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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-22

TEE PICIIAIZDSON CASE.

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The inquest on the Richardson case—the murder of that
person by M`Farland, through jealousy, the former having
cohabited with the woman whom the latter claimed as his
wife—has just been concluded at New York. The jury
returned a verdict to the effect that M'Farland had
caused Richardson's death by shooting. The prisoner on
being called upon said, through his counsel, that he would
trust his vindication to a jury. A.t the opening of the
Court of Fcssions, Rece rdcr Hackett delivered an
i nportant charge cn the Richardson case, and
recommended the grand jury to indict Ministers
of the Gospel for aiding and abetting bigamy.
In connection with this subject the New York press have
cr.lled attention to the faulty arrangements that exist in
respect to the waning() ceren;er.y. The _American system
shot:ld rcuLli n(r.rer rrevails in Furore.
for the rment facility cper.s the door to all sorts of
abuses.

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got up in the most perfect style and strongly bound, so that they
will last t. r years, and at extraordinary low prices, by rarkinn
and Gptto, 27 and 28, Oxfordiatreet,Lcoldpn, W. • •
London, England, 1869-12-22

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RATES OF PASSAGE.
From Hems or BREsT to NEW Yong.
First Mass 7OO fr.
Second Class
Third Class . ...... ..
From Paris to New York Ila.vre or Brost, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr.

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, atc., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japan.

Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be bad of
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London, England, 1869-12-22

WESTMINSTER.

PAUPERS AND SPECIAL PLEADING. -- Three
paupers, named Egerton, Barton, and Hart, all
creditable looking men, driven by their necessities
to the labour yard of St. Margaret's and St. John's,
Westminster, were charged this morning with ne-
glecting to perform their work.

John Legg, assistant-]abourmaster. said that the
defendants had 51bs. of oakum given to each to pick
yesterday morning. None of them did their work.
One of them wa3 31b. short.

Mr. Arnold—Have they picked the same quan-
tity before ?
Legg—Oh, yes, and can well do it. We only
give them 51bs. to pick. We can give them Gibs.
Defendant (Egerton)—The oakum was so bad
we could not pick it. It was in long plaits or knots,
and was great rubbish.

Barton—l would have done my work, and was
willing, but I say no man could pick it. I told
them what rubbish it was when I took it.

Slack—lt is quite true what they have said, and
I have more to say. I have not committed any
offence •against the law. If I picked the oakum I
was to receive food and money. When they f-,and
fault with me I refused to take eithit:, so I can't
have committed an offence. I t is not as though I
had had the food and Inoney first. They call it
relief. I can't—lt's earnings for what I have dont;
and if I 0..-Jn't take the payment I can't see what
offeP.;:e I commit.

Mr. Arnold—Are they paid afterwards?
witness—Yes; they have their relief after the
work is done.

The labour master said—When the policeman
was sent for he put the relief down. He took it
at first.

Mr. Arnold—Dil he take it away with him ?
Labour niasta—No, he left it.
Mr. Arnold considered Slack's argument sound,
and discharged the prisoner.
After a further investigation the other men were
discharged with a caution.

The naval pension of £5O a year, vacant by the
death of Captain James Underwood, has been
granted to retired Captain James Gillian.
Retired Commander 1). B. Dawes has been ad-
vanced to the £3O Coastguard Retirement List, vice
Jackson, deceased ; and Retired Commander W. T.
Newnham to the £2O list, vice Dawes, advanced to
the senior list.

RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year
London, England, 1869-12-22

PUDDING,

The great pudding question is really becoming very
serious. Pudding is universally wanted for next
Saturday. The Telegraph prints a whole column of
metropolitan appeals on behalf of this great necessity,
and the country pudding agitations are not less
vigorous. The key. It. neeker claims pudding for
7,000 costermongers and labourers in the Walworth
neighbourhood. The Rev. J. Eden wants Christmas
fare for Bethnal-gr.:6. Five hundred children of
Ijope Schools, Chequer-alley, are in a einatr strait.
In the region abettt NeNT.CMS4..road, a Christmas
dinner is waited for the poor old women. And
93. on, Thu Tdefp.arh suggests that .political
economy be in abeyance for next Saturday, and that
pudding reign supreme. Mr. Ooschen's minute about
co-operation between public and rrivatt ohttrity Wtt
be all very well, but for this Onto there must b. via
exception to the rule. A slice ought to be given
eve!' to the undeserving casual, who has iwithcr
bzo.cen stones nor picked oakum in a zealous and
e.ithusiastic u-ay.

AN ATIMISTICE IN 11 THE " PARISH.

Mindful of the approaching season, the St. Pancras
Guardians have concluded a peace. At the last
weekly meeting, Air. V.Tatkin, whose name figured
rather prominently in the report of the preceding
week, asked permission of the Board to withdraw
some expressions which fell from him on that occa-
sion, adding that he had regretted them ever since.
214_1200Wet which published some very
London, England, 1869-12-22

THE DAIVEINS-PAULET CASE

Colonel Dawkins writes to protest against the
decision in his case against Lord F. Paulet. It was
held by a majority of the judges that a civil court
could not take cognisance of Colonel Dawkins' charge
of slander, because the offence was committed in the
routine of duty and must come within the scope of the
military courts. The complainant urges, however,
that such is not the. case in fact ; for be has made
repeated application for a court-martial, without
effect. " I was indaced to render possible a Court of
Inquiry, upon the deceptive promise from the Adju-
tant-General that the injurious statements against me
should be investigated, which, among gentlemen,
means, should receive decision upon their merits
but the Court of Inquiry, finding the allegations I
made were correct, actually evaded, and was allowed to
evade, decision upon them, and convicted me without
a proved"fact, aid without even precedent grounds
for such conviction, upon a charge which, contrary to
acknowledged rules of justice, had been kept secret
from me—namely, to the effect of whether my com-
mand was beneficial." The Court of Inquiry Colonel
Dawkins calls a mock tribunal, and sums up that if
the civil law refuses redress, no redress exists.
London, England, 1869-12-22

DISARMAMENT.

The positive statement in the • Times that France
had proposed disarmament at all the leading Euro-
pean capitals caused an. immediate rise in foreign
stocks. On the London 'Change English Funds ad-
vanced t, the French Rentes 17 and other foreign
stocks, with one or two exceptions, went up still more.
It is a remarkable testimony to the importance of
disarmament that such an effect should have been
produced by a statement which, though coming from
a good quarter, had, nevertheless, no official character.
Confirmation of tho news Was anxiously awaited.
Unfortunately, the Tines itself lays nothing about
this commercial activity, and makes no fuitfier
&on to its correspondent's statement.

BISHOP TIIIRLWALL AND MU. BURGON.

The Rev. J. W. Burgon, of Oriel College, Oxford,
hq-7 been havi' a warm controv.a.sy with llishoi)
upon Pr. Temple. hishop somt vears
ago con lemned "Essays and Review's in a charge,
ted spoke in terms of not very decided disapproval
)1' Dr. Temple's contriLution, making a wide distinc-
tion however between it and the other Essays. Mr.
Burgon pointed out these passages, and asked
him to condemn Dr. Temple's appointment.
This his lordship refused to do, and chewed Mr.
Burgon that another clergyman, Canon Girdlestone,
whose_orthodoxv is undoubted. 4,kought_ the
_•
London, England, 1869-12-22

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

An alarming column of information is given by the
Chamber of Agriculture Journal. It records the pro-
gress of the foot and mouth disease among cattle.
The disease has broken out at Woolhope, Ledbury,
it prevails in the district of Alford, Lincoln-
shire, in the region around Carlisle, and
very extensively at Thornbury. It has just made its
appearance near Swindon, near Kidderminster,. at
Shirehampton, and in the county of Dtirsetshire.
From Spilsby in Lincolnshire a large number of
cases are reported, some of them of a very serious
nature. It is satisfactory to note that, while
the disease is raging. in some districts,
others are free from it; and that it is
dying out, for instance in the Bakewell division
of Derbyshire, in and around the town of Worcester)
and elsewhere.
London, England, 1869-12-22

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The very best remedy for
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London, England, 1869-12-22

TILE PANTIN MURDERER.

Troppmann, says Galt:gnaw; still manifests as great
indifference to his position as foimerly. He appears to
have no fear of the scaffold, and has made to his fellow-
prisencr3 the remark : "If I am condemned to death I
shall not be executed, as I possess means of committing
suicide which no one could prevent me from employing;
I am sure of escaping any watch that may be set on me."
Whenever he refers to his crime, he does so in a careless
manner without any signs of remorse, and speaks of it
as of an affair which did not succeed in consequence
of a defective execution. He admits that he de-
rived little profit from the murders—a few thou-
sand francs only. " I wanted the money," he said,
"to construct a new weaving loom, which would have
been the commencement of my fortune ; I should
have invented other machines, and then I should
have become rich, very rich. I should have travelled,
and there is not a corner of the earth that I would
not have visited." He might have been seen on Saturday
from some of the windows at the Palace of Justice taking
his recreation in the small triangular courtyard of the
Conciergerie, and playing at chuck-penny with his gaolers,
or amusing himsolf,without any apparent anxiety, in jump-
ing over chairs and performing other feats of agility.—The
Rappel states that a physician, who has made disorders of
the mind his especial study, is to visit Troppmann to
examine his mental state.
London, England, 1869-12-22

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ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY,
EXETER HALL.

Conductor—Sir MICHAEL COSTA.
The THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPETITION
CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE of the MESSIAH TO-
MORROW (THURSDAY) EVENING, December 23.
Principal Vocalists—Madame Sinico, Madame Sainton-
I)oiby, Mr. Vernon • Rigby, and Mr. &vat ey. Solo
Trumpet, Mr. T. Harper.
Band and Ch'rns, on the uznal complete scale of these
performances, will consist of 700 perform •rs.
Tickets, 35., 5F.., and 10s. 61., at the Society's Office, No.
6, Ext ter Ball.

c,IACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, Exeter
k--) Hall.—Last Performance, of the MESS] AII by the
Society in Exeter Hall this Christmas TO-MORROW
(T IIIJI:SDA 17) EVENING. Commence at half-past
Seven.
London, England, 1869-12-22

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Illinois 991

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London, England, 1869-12-22

THE BEST REMEDY' FOR INDIGESTION.

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be persuaded to porches° any of the various imitations
which havo sprung up in consequence of the success of
N orton's Camomile Pills."
London, England, 1869-12-22

FRANCE.

PARIS, Dec. 21.
The rumour that General Fleury is about t°
,eave St. Petersburg and return to France is totally
unfounded.
M. Strat, the Roumanian Diplomatic Agent, leas
delivered a letter to the French Government Doti-
fying the marriage of Prince Charles with the
Princess Elizabeth of Wied.

M. Strat will leave Paris this morning for Brus-
sels and the liague to deliver a letter bearing °'(/

same import to those Courts.
Intelligence received from Madrid states that
immediately after the reassembling of the Cortex
the Government will appoint a certain period, after
which the candidature of the Duke of Genoa I'6ll
be abandoned unless it is officially accepted by the
Italian Government. The same advices state that
rumours are current that a reconciliation has taker'
place between the Duke of Montpensier and Queer'
Isabella. Should this rumour be confirmed the
major portion of the members of the Liberal-1111i°
will coalesce with the Progressist party.
BOURSE, Dec. 21.—Three o'clock—The war°
closed as follows :

44 per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 72 GO
Credit Mobilier 215
Transatlantic 234 25
Credit Foncier 1725
Paris Gas 1640

Bank
Italian
Shvairveess
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Austrian Five
Ottoman Loan 326
Do. Debt......... u
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Spanish Threes 265
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Orleans ,
Western
Northern
Strasburg • •
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Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 595
Sardinian
Austrian 817;
Lombard 535
46
North of Spain 6O
Saragossa
Roman

RAILWAYS.

Dr. John Grant Stewart, C. 8., late Director-
General of the Medical Department of the Nall'
died on the 17th inst. The lamented gentleman enk
tered the navy as assist.-surg., and obtained the ran
of surgeon in 1840. He was specially promoted ,0
be Deputy-Inspector in 1845, for having v°ltin
teered his services to go on board and take charge
1.
the infected patients in the Eclair. In June, 186 ci
he was made an Inspector-General of Hospitals anl
Fleets, and for a short period was Director-Genera
of the Medical Department of the NavY, fc°.lo.
which department he had to retire through 1..
health. He was granted a good service pension 17.
April last, and in June this year was made a 6°93
panion of the Order of the Bath for his civil sec
London, England, 1869-12-22

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
vre as fol:ows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, Now Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland. street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Horne—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Groat Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 624 appli-
cants, whose histories aro recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may bo lied on application.
'rho Society is ender the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend Rs work to the
benevolent. DANL. CODPER,
itr ocaon-street ChAanaide.
London, England, 1869-12-22

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.

THIR EVENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin
Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Sir Belreere, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr
hignold 3ii s Furtado, &c. Followed by LOST AT SEA:
G. Oelrnore, Mr A. Stirling, r Atkins, Mr W Rignold, Mr C.
tephenson, Miss It. Leciereq. and Mrs L. Murray.

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
THIS EvE:sagn, nt 7, A HOUSEHOI.D F I.CY. At
NOH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr IL J. Byron. And
1 BEGOOSE WITIL THE GOLDEN E(It.,S: 3IrJ. Clarke and
Mrs Stephens.

TIIEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN.
THIS Evzsm, at THE BATH ROAD. At 7.45, LOVE'S
SACRIFICA: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin,
Antl STATE SECRETS.
London, England, 1869-12-22

mestic felicity. True he will be arrested, all the
circumstances will be minutely inquired into by the
Press as well as by the Courts, but this has invariably
ended in the homicide being acquitted and retaking
his place -in society. Nor does the Government
regard a man thus stained with the blood of his
fellow-citizen as in any effectual degree barred from
serving his country even in the highest posts. At
this moment General SICKLES is American Minister
at Madrid, and General COLE has, we understand,
just been appointed to a place in the New York
Post-office. Is it, then, surprising, thata half-crazed
person should make the sacred precinct s:of the Tri-
bune office the scene of his homicidal exploit. lie
wants notoriety ; he wants something to assuage his
wounded feelings ; he works himself into a hatred
of the man who is to profit by it if he did not cause
his misfortune, and as this can all be carried out by
simply raising a pistol and pulling a trigger he
takes that course; but the imminent chance of
capital nt would have a strongly sedative
effect on '•a craze." If sentiment cannot be extracted
from one side it may be flout the other, and if the
crozy, drunken M•FattLaND cannot furnish it the
talented correspondent who he has made his ‘ictint
can. The de:tat-bed scene of RICHARDSON was one
of the most torn mile ever enacted ; ind;..eil, romance
overshadowed Mr. RICHA RDSON'S life, culminating
far beyond fiction in his death. The morality of
the death-bed wedding, with the divorced wife, is
not for us to discuss, considering that around his
couch stood divines of the highest character, his
friends and near relatives participating in the cere-
mony, whik the lady was supported by her mother
and women of repute. ABBY SAGE devoted herself to
the memory of the man she loved with a singleness
of purpose which found favour in the eyes of both
his and her friends. Mr. BEECIIER, in a funeral
sermon, declared the lady to be both legally and
morally justified in separating from a brutal hus-
band, who, he insinuated, had given her the reason
which..all the world pronounces to be sufficient. lie
asserted his belief in the purity of Mr. Ittcrrann-
SON'S motives, although his conduct might not have
been marked with prudence. "If," he said, "I
believed that this man, by whose corpse I stand,
had broken down the wall, and plucked the fairest
flower in a neighbour's garden, and that he was
struck dead for such a crime, surely I would say no
word here to-day." It is advisable that the &anti-
tnent should be on RICHARDSON'S side, if romance
is to be made out of it, rather than on that of the
man who has so audaciously, after appealing to the
law, after emptying his revolver on a former occa-
sion at his victim, and in a way so cowardly, has con-
stituted himself a judge, a jury, and an exe3tt-
tioner in his own quarrel. The London Standard,
in its severe strictures on the death-bed marriage,
has been misled by its correspondent, still we are
not prepared to say that it had nothing more to
justify its remarks.

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London, England, 1869-12-22

FIELD-SPORT MORALITY.

Mr. V. A. Freeman's letter, condemning fox-
hunting,
has, of cowrie, called forth intne tottesptin:-
deuce on sllch ft poptittt and exciting subject.
"Reytin,rd '3 writes in person, and pleads in favour of
being hunted. It is much better to run into the
open, and incur the risk of being torn to pieces b 7
dogs, than to be poisoned, trapped, and shot, as "if
wo were no better than so many rats." What there is
in being hunted to render it a preferable mode of depth
to poisoning or shooting, it is not easy to tell. " tey-
nard " says that without fox bunting his race would
disappear altogether. This is the common argument,
but surely it is wide of the mark. What particular
necessity is there for keeping up the breed ? The
question is whether the sport is so cruel that to in-
dulge in it is inhuman. If it be so, then the preser-
vation of foxes can be no consideration whatever,
London, England, 1869-12-22

BREVET.

Colonel Edward John Lake, retired full- pay,
Royal (late Bengal) Engineors, to ba Major-General, the
rank being honorary only.
Brevet-Colonel Charles Wkl ion Moore, who retires upon
a pension as Lieutenant-Colonel 108th Foot, to have the
honorary rank of Major-General.

Bank of France.

PARIS, Dec. 16.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
Dec. 16. Dec. 9.
fr. o. fr.
Capital of the Bank 182,509,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law,
J 7044776 02 7,044,776 02
June 9, 1857) , ,
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve of lauded pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 219,870,153 42 218,758,168 GO
Current accounts, Paris 30,355,717 90 351,199,1)34 70
no. branch banks 44,554,989 45,779,1108
is payable 825,004 851,473
' sundry
9,365,453 74 8,826,878 89

22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14

47,335,401 95 46,835,692 41

Discounts ans.
interests
Rediscounted the last
six. months ............ p)1,660 38 991,660 33
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

......-
9,347427 95 9,703,541 69
___--

Total
Certified by tie Senator-Governor of the Bank

of France,

(Signed) Bouwatv.
London, England, 1869-12-22

General Life As-
surances, less
ro• Assurances
Children's En-
dowments
Annuities (Im-
mf•diato and
Deferred)

18,801

Total.

14,472

£923,825

X 1,122,975

L£198,450

The valuation has been made at 3 per cent. interest, and
the net premiums only have been taken, so that the loadings
for future profits and expenses are entirely held in reserve
and not brought into the valuation.
The results show a considerable Furplus in the Life
branch, amounting in the whole to £198,450.
JOHN H. ISPLAREN, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
'fins EVENINa, at 7 o'clock. FOUNDED ON FACTS; Mr
Complon. After which, t EW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr
Buckstone. Concluding with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS:
Mr Buckstone, Mr Kendall, Miss F. Wright,
London, England, 1869-12-22

BRITISII HOME FOR INCURABLES,
Clapham rise.
Instituted 1861.
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES.
TREASURERS.
George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons.
This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of
the kingdom, provides for those afflicted with incurable
diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical
attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO
obtained by election.
No perso❑ under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper
class, is eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may be pro-
cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub-
scriptions are earnestly solicited.

BANKEiS.
Messrs Barclay, &van, and Co., Lombard-street, E C.; and
Messrs. Drummond, Cnaring-cross, S.W.
WEAVER Secretary.
04ceo, 73, Cloapsidot
London, England, 1869-12-22

KJAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ;
2,5.3 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS
are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatcbacd,
Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1869-12-22

THE BRAZILS.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 2.
The Government has contracted a loan with the
Bank of Brazil for 25,000 contos of refs
in
apolices of one conto. Five thousand contos arc to
be paid immediately to the Government at 80, bear-
ing six months' interest payable in January,
balance is to be paid by April at 77, the interest on
which will be due in July.
Advices from Paraguay state that numerous
small engagements occurred at Ygatemyuses, and
that Lopez's last resources in the North bad been
cut off. Private letters from the seat of war assert
that he is now in despair in consequence' of the de-
moralisation of his forces and want of provisio3a.
The Oneida arrived here to day.
London, England, 1869-12-22

RUPTURES.—By ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 avid 18G2) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical men to ho the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of lIEBNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided--a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
rot fail to fit, forwardei by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.

A Single Truss, 165., 21s. 268.6 d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
ls. A Double Truss, 31s. dd., 425., and 526.6 d. Postage,
is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 10d.

Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadily.

NEW PATENT
VLAS TIC STOCKINGS,
02.4 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all eases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., a. 6d.
10s., and 16a. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.'
London, England, 1869-12-22

SHORT SUMMARY OP THE POSITION
OF THE

PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY,
62, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C.

Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's.

The Annual Premium Income of the Company, at the
close of ltgiti, was .£220,078 Os. 10d., and the Total Amount
Assured .£4.832,197.
The Business is divided under two heads:-
Ist —The General or Ordinary Business, being the
same as that transacted by other Companies.
2nd —The Industrial or Working Class Assurances.
The Premium Income of the General
Business was .£52,432, and the sum Assured
.£1,562,960. The present value of the lia-
bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per
Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load- _

lug, wa, .................. .......................... £139,322 15 8
The Premium lneome of the Industrial
Mth"l, was 16-7',54a, the sum Assured
£3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0

£lB 322 15 8

The Liability of the Industrial Branch
does not admit of being estimated in the
same way as that of the General Branch,
on account of the very largo proportion of
Policies which const ,ntly fat se,
so that
the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks
for short terms on]
Y ; the estimated re-
serve for the liabilities of this Branch of
the business is shown by the result of 14
years' experience to bo abundantly suffi-
cient.

The Assurance Fund on 31st Decem-
ber, 1868, was .................................. £211,301 12 4
The average duration of the whole of
die Industrial Policies was considerably
under three years.
Tho average age of the Assured in the
Industrial Branch was 19 years.
A detailed List of Assets can be had on application.
LIARBEN, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-12-22

KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.-
WEIAT DISEASES ARE MORE FA TAL IN TuErn
e,nsequences than ne lected conzhs, colds, sore throats or
!angular affections? The first and best remedy in KEA TING'S
COUGH L• •ZE\t;ES, whic'i are daily roc mmen.le•l by the
Faculty—Testimonials from the most• eminent of whom may be
inspected. Sold in boxes, Is. lid.: tins, 2s. fld., 45.. A., and Vs.
641 each. T. KEATING, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard,
London. Sold retail by all Druggists, &c.

BOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.
, Open to all without letters of reconunendation
FUNDS aro urgently needed.

JAMES S. BLYTIT, Sec.
London, England, 1869-12-22

THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES.

CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 208.
per ream. s. d.
Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper 3 0
Superflae Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0
Supet flneThick Cream Laid Note : ospe,:iallv recommended 5 6
Extra Surorllne Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0
Straw Paper, " Patent:" adapted for rapid writing 2 6
Large Commercial Note Papers. 33., 45., as., an.l 6 0
Foolscap Papers, blue or cream... 10s. 61, 12s. 6d., and 14 6
Outsides Foolscap 6 6
Letter Paper for scribbling.., plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4- 6
Tinted Lined Note .,five quires for ls. 61, or 5 6
The New Vellum Wove "Clublifouso" N ote, due quires for

2s. 6d.
superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s Gd, 5s 6d, & 6s Gd
Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s Gd per 1,000
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 38
COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100 Polished
steel dies sunk by the beat artists in tbo trade at about half the
prices charged by the retail houses.
An ILLU .TRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands,
Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes. Travelling
Writing Cases, Desks, &o , post free. Established 181 t

~ZAIIIARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
aset OKI LD HEN, - Lower--fieymour,straet, Portman-
square. The only free hospital fol. d—leabes of women
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed ,and will be received by Messrs. ilatchard,
Picca-
dilly; Si r Samuel Scott, Dart.; Messrs. Barclay, Ooutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

IIHE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
IL —Bankers: Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bonverie, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women are applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. 0. B. REID, M.A.
London, England, 1869-12-22

Ecuador New Coniolidated, 1 pc,r Celli,
Egyptian, 7 per Cent .... 81 33
occ Secoad lame .. —
Jo. ..£s.o', Bcuo.s Bl3
Du. 1164.
Do. Acc..),llt,
Do. X 560 Bonds
De. .£ I ~I`,.', Bon ls , 9Ol i
Do. 7 per Cent, 1868 ~...
Do. £lOO Bonds ~,,, 78
Government Railway Debantures
Greett 5 per Ctlnt., 1821 5, ex Coups —
Do. Coupora
G 1 Lteinala-5 per Cent .. —
liondurasOov Rail. Loon.,lUp..Ct., all pd
Do. Ace. ant
14,1dau 5 pel Cert., 1865 —
.)o. iocetiut ... ,
Do MArenimana Railway
.. .

nexic.tt. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Ito. 1861., . —
Do s per Cont. Anglo-French —
.J ono,vidieati 6 per Cent. ..... ....in,
‘lc:risti ttuperial 5 per Cent
N2e %V Granada —
Do :i per Otto —
vo. Def,tr.ed
Du Laud W:irrants(l-toctare,)
Po:al-int. 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account .. t•-,3,i
Do 'hi per Cent. (Ui:`.arron)
Do 'lt per Cent., 1862 • —
Do Account
'>o 6 per Cent., .mi 2 —
['or h''' gu,,st ;h per Gt., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2': 34 1.
Do. do. 1567. —
Do. do. Scrip, £2O pai,l —
Itus,inu 5 eer Cont., 1822, £ St -
Do 12, per Cent 1850 -
Do .111 per Cent., 1860
Do :1 per Cent., 1859 -
Do 5 per Crnt., 1862
Do 'do, Scrip —
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO liond.,
Do. do. J.:81 lbs. do —
Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds ' 9l
Do. do £B4 lbs. do —
Do Nicolas Railway —
Sarlioiau 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Con . —
Do. Account
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferroa —
Do. Passive

Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded —
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Tnrkish 6 pa- Cent

.
Do Account
80 1
Du 6 per Cont. 1858 —
Do Account
Do £10( Bonds .. .
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do. Account 674 4
no £lOO Bonds 7O
Do. 5 per cent. 1865 —
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860
Do. Account I
D , 4 per Cent., Guaranteed.... —
Venezuela 3 per Cent....
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Divideucts on the above payable in hondo,
Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 21 per (lent. Ex. 12 Gull„ —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... —
French Bentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. —
lhlian 5 per Gent. 1831, Ex. 25f
Do Account 554 i
TWO O'CLOCK.
Oonsols, Money
Do. Account, Jan. 6

POLICE IN7 ELLIGENCE.-7his Day.

THAMES.

TOO QUICK FOR Ilim.—Henry Williams, aged
33 years, a general dealer, of 11, Driver's-buildings,
Mile-end-road, was brought before Mr. Lushington
charged with stealing a grey jacket, value £l, the
property of Mr. Moritz Werner, the chief mate of
the ship Ferdinand Broom.

Yesterday afternoon the prosecutor saw the pri-
soner come on board the Ferdinand Broom. He
watched him, and saw him go into the cabin, from
which he soon emerged looking much stouter than
when he entered. The prosecutor followed the pri-
soner and gave him into the custody of Peter
Neilson, a dock watchman, who searched him and
quickly reduced him to his proper dimensions. The
prisoner was wearing the prosecutor's sea jacket,
which he had taken from a chest hi the mate's own
cabin.

The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said it was his
first offence.

Mr. Lushington-1 am afrail not. You are
sentenced to two mouths' imprisonment and hard
labour.
London, England, 1869-12-22

y AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
ILA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the
bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant,
is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re-
lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci-
pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the
faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the
ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach-
ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons
deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca-
tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it.
Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8,
King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all
druggists, in bottles, 13-1-4., and three quantities in one,
2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth-
matic Balsam. The name and address aro engraved on the
stamp.
London, England, 1869-12-22

410
'
711111 tav vier, ,(1,11

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Dec. 21.

Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness Princess Beatrie,e, went out in the grounds

,his morning.

Princess Louiee walked in the grounds yester-
day afternoon.

LATEST INTELL lUENO

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
(Per French Atlantic Cable.)

NEIV YORK, Dec. 21.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.
Gold closed at 1201 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the clay was 120-1 ; the lowest, 1191.
Sterling Exchange on London lOBl.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188-)
44 " 1885 llll.
14 " 1867 ll4.
10-40 it
Illinois
Erie
Cotton—Mid. upland...
Petroleum—Standard White 3lc.
Flour, extra state, $5.10c. to $5.70c. Corn, old
mixed, $1.14c.
According to Messrs. Moffatt, Davidis, and
Co.'s report the receipts of cotton for the last
four days, at all ports, have been 64,000 bales;
shipments to England, 34,000 bales ; to France,
7,000 bales; and to the Continent, 4,000 bales.
Middling, 11 3-16, freight and cost per steamer.
CROOKIIAVEN, Dec. 21, 9.30 a.m.
The Inman steamer City of Paris, from New
York on the 11th inst., is now passing Browhend
Signal Station en route for Queenstown.

BR ST, Dec. 22.

The Transatlantic Company's mail steamer
Pereire arrived here to-day at one a.m., with 98
passengers and $92,000 in specie.

CANADA.
THE RED RIVER INSURRECTION.

TORONTO, Dec. 21.

Despatches received here from Red River settle-
ment are unfavourable. The insurgents eontinus
to show a determined resistance to the authorities,
and have seized the prominent Canadian syniPa-
thisers in the settlement, and taken possession of a
fort situate opposite Pembina. Colonel Dalnis is
reported to be retreating.
London, England, 1869-12-22

JjING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current:ex-
penses. Assistance is urgently needed.

J. W. WALDkON, Secretary.

BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES
56, Great Marlborough-street, W.
Bankers, Messrs. Ransom.
SUPPORT is earnestly solicited.
ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, lion. Sec.

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
the CHiST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.

CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in-
-1-4 stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.

CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. D;msdale and Co., 50,•Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cros3 ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

I' NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN OHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL A LBEET ORPH &N ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALK ER, Secretary.
Olice, 54, CheapEdde, London, PLC);

LONDON HosPrrAL, Whitechapel-road, E.
The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and
Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059
were free cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary.

THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers —The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults aro received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers--I,ondon Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary
Office, 32, Sackyille-street. Piccadilly.

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off
Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All
Nations, who are received without any recomondation.
The Committee require upwards of £1,500 annually
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this
Hospital.

SUBSCRIPTIONS will be moat thankfully received by
Messrs. William; Deacon, and Co., banker; Birohin-
lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, Bing William-street,
E.C., by
S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s, annually ; Life
Governor, £lO 10a.

i;OURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam Short
Do
Rotterdam
Autworp
Brussels

11 Pi 11 19
12 1 ~ 12 11
12 1.1- ... 12 11
25 871 ... 25 421

'." •••

25 371 ... 25 421,-

Hamburgh — ... 13 10; ... 13 11
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles

Frankfort-on-the-Main
V ienna
Trieste

1201- 120 j
... 12 65 12 70
... 12 65 ... 12 70

Petersburg
Ccpenbagon.
Berlin

... 29 ... 291.
~ 9 18 9 22
... 6 27-1 ... 6 28
London, England, 1869-12-22

SEPTESIBEft,

,Varwick 6, 7 i 11.einuoud 20I 21.
..
Al) uglon t 4, 9 I Western aoct,(Ayr) 21 :u 23
doucaster 1S to 16 I lienihni 2:1, 23
Liziniptuu ... ... ......... 2,), 21. I NOWnutrk.4 181. Oc.. 2; to 30
OCTOBER. .

i3edford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 to 14
Leicester
Itromley 6, 7 I Newmarket Liot'u...2l to 29
IS 0 VEMBER.

Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury 14 to 18

STEEPLECHASE FIX CURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.
Birmingham 8, Harrow l7, 13
I Derby 10, 11 Nowtoa 25,
MARCH.

Liverpool 8,9, 10 I B..ornley 31 and April 1.
West 6omerset 16, 17 I Cheltenham-31 and April lit
Warwick 22 to 24 I
APRIL.'

Aldershot 748 1 Kingsbury

ITALY.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ROME, Dec. 20, Evening.

The third general congregation of the CouncilWM
held to-day. The election of 11 out of 24 ecclesi-
astics who are to compose the committee on matters
of faith is notified. The principal members are the
Archbishops of Cambray, Utrecht, Posen, Malines,
and 'Westminster, the Bishops of Poictiers, Jaen,
Sion, and Paderbour, the Primate of Hungary, and
the Armenian Patri:►rch.
The assembly has elected 21 members as a com-
mittee on questions connected with discipline.

The Apostolic Bull " Sedis," dated the 12th of
October, which, out of consideration of the spirit
of the age, reduces the number of cases reserved for
ecclesiastical censure, was promulgated to-day.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL, DEC. 21.

Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Charles
Robert, Lord Carington, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Francis George Augustus Faller, who retires;
Cornet Henry Lane Fox to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Lord Carington.
London, England, 1869-12-22

BAVARIA.

MUNICH, Dec. 21.
It is stated that llerr von Braun, Councillor of
State in the Ministry of Commerce, has been
appointed Minister of Interior ; and Herr von Lutz,
the Minister of Justice, will definitively fulfil the
functions of Minister of Public Worship in addi-
tion to the duties of his present office.

A USTRIA.

VIENNA, Dcc. 21.

It is stated here that no European Power has
either made or received any proposal for disar-
mament.
London, England, 1869-12-22

lIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEAL
—AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION, 1839, FIRST PRIZE,
being ABOVE the Gold Medal. Supplied to the Bri.ish, French,
Prussian, Russ'an, Italian, Dutch, and other Governments. One
pint of fine flavoured Beef-tea at 21d. Most convenient and
economic "stock."

CAurioN.—Only sort warranted genuine by the Inventor, Baron
Liebig, whose signature is on every genuine Jar.

Ask for LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT, and not for
LIEBIG'S EXTRACT of MEAT.
London, England, 1869-12-22

A MORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT of
(11. LAMPLOUGIPS PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable
and efficacious, preventing and curing fevers, skin complaints,
and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most inte •sc head-
ache and thirst, and if given with lime juice syrup is a specific in
gout and rheumatism. —ll3, Holborn hill, London, E,C
London, England, 1869-12-22

ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN.
Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Swoasey.
THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN LONDON IS
LE PE IT BLONDIN
AND HIS SISTER BLANCHE,
who dance a comple e Set of Quldrilles on the Double Tight
Rope, without the aid of a Balaming Pole. and
perform Feats never attempten by any other Perrormer,
ECLLP:-.ING 'TIEOI:IGINAL BLONDIN.
Great Success of Mille. Csrlitze Marino.
Miss Carlotta Vcrte, Serio-Comic and Danseuse ; \Tr. M. P.
Foster, Miss Kate Alacnamara„ Mr Louis Lit.dsay, and dam-•s
Laytield.
Miss Julia Wade, the fascinating Serio-Comic; Miss Clare
mon t ; the Sisters Rushbr)oks ; and Mr Rowland Lascelles.
Pr:ccs of Admission as usual. Balcony, 6d.; stalls, Is.
Mr. P. Gent Musical Director.

IIA DAME TUSS 4liD'S EXHIBITION.
Bake ...street. —POR, rii,trr MODELS of FttEDERIOII
HINSON and THAUPPMANN are added to the Chamber of
Horrors. Admission, ls.; Chamber of Horrors. Gd. extra.
Open from 11 a.m. till p.m., and from ; p.m. till 10 p.m.

ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccadilly.
The extraordinary success which has attended the production
lf the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of
the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici-
pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance
Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes,
have had the gratifying effect of making the i.r sent one the
most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The
celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient
chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com-
positions of ad distinguished composers—the solos in which are
assigned to the eminent euphoniontat, Signor L. Mosca ; Messrs.
Wierayes, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr
Thomas Pitts. Professor Ifalliman M.C.
Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s.
R. R. BIEINELL, Proprietor
London, England, 1869-12-22

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.

President—His Grace tlie Mike of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet tho heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.