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London, England, 1869-01-06

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London, England, 1869-01-06

OOTOBER.

West Drayton 21, 22

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 19} ... 12
Do
Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 1
Antwerp — ... 25 3 * ... 25 42*
Brussels
Hamburgn
... 13 10} ... 13 10*
Paris

..., ... ..._ ,
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 120.•
4. •
le i a n n a
... 12 20 ... 12 30;
Trieste
... 12 20 ... 12 30;
Petersburg
Copenhagen.. .......
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz... — .:". 48 ... 481
Leghorn.
Milan — ... 27 20 ... 27 27
Genoa — ... 27 20 ... '27 30
Naples
Palermo — ... 27 2U ... 27 30
Messina
Lisbon —
... 51'- ... b 2
Oporto — ••• 511 ... b 2
Rio Janeiro
New York

The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at 60 days' si;rht was on the last date about 1091 per oent.
At this rate there is no profit on the impcortstlO of geld.
fotaz the Untied Otte&
London, England, 1869-01-06

PAUPERISM AND THE POOR LAWS.

The second conference on the above subject, held
under the auspices of the Social Science Association,
provoked an animated discussion. The chairman
was Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., and the avowed object
of the meeting was,
not to abuse or praise the poor-
law system, but to consider whether there was not
a large amount of suffering which the present poor-
law system did not reach, and how it could best be
dealt with. Amongst the remedies suggested were
the abolition of all notion of a right to relief, efficient
and comfortable out-door relief, improved educa-
tion for the children of the poor, well-considered
emigration, public employment by Government,
and an equalisation of the poor rates. The debate
was closed by Dr. Stallard, whose paper at
a former meeting had given rise to it. He
warmly defended his proposal to offer the desti-
tute labourer relief in the form of employment,
and eventually the following resolution was carried :
" That Dr. Stallard's paper be printed and circulated,
and that the council of the association be requested
to take such steps as they may think best calculated
to promote reform in the administration of the poor
laws, and that a further conference be held on the
subject on an early day."
London, England, 1869-01-06

A NEW PROBATE COURT SENSATION.

The Solicitors' Journal understands that a case, which
may probably in public interest rival the Yelverton
cause, is approaching trial at the Court of Probate,
London. About the (year 1830 a youthful scion of a
respectable Irish Catholic family became enamoured of
the blooming daughter of a well-to-do Clare farmer, resid-
ing not far from Lough Derg. He wooed and won, was
married, and lived for some months happily with his wife
and her father, then left home to push his fortune, and
never returned. A son was the issue of the marriage.
No tidings were heard of the absentee for above
twenty years, but at last he was found to be in lucra-
tive business and opulence in London. Ho had married
thrice after the abandonment of his Clare bride—
first, the daughter of an eminent stockbroker, and sister
of one of the leading physicians in the metropolis :
again, the daughter of a Cambridge squire ; and
lastly, the daughter of an Irish J.P. The second and
third reputed wives had families. At last the delinquent
died, and a marble monument in an English seaport
records his many virtues. His wife, who still lives, was
silenced with a pension in his lifetime ; his fourth reputed
wife and widow obtained administration, and stepped into
possession of the property. This fact reached the ears of
the son of the first marriage, who had been honestly earn-
ing his bread as a confidential clerk in a merchant's office
in Dublin, and a suit is now pending in the English Court
of Probate to set aside the administration to his father,
on the ground that the administratrix is not a widow to
the deceased, and that all the later marriages were
bigamous and void. They can only be sustained on the
ground that the deceased, before his first marriage, had
abandoned the Roman Catholic faith and embraced Pro-
testantism ; and in this consists mainly the interest of the
suit. Many of the witnesses being very aged and infirm,
we understand that the English court has ordered the
examination of witnesses by commission in Ireland,
London, England, 1869-01-06

THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1821.
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.G.
Subscribed Capital Two Millions.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES
which expire at CHRISTMAS must be Renewed within
Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents
throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void.
All Insurances now have the benefit of the Reduced
Duty of ls. 6d. per cent.
For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com-
pany's Agents, or to

T. TALLEMACH, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-06

REPRESSION OF VAGRANCY.

The subject of vagrancy has been under discussion
by the magistrates and others interested in the ques-
tion, at a public meeting held in Bedford. After a
long conference it was agreed that the Poor-lawßoard
should be requested to make a compulsory order for
the uniform treatment of tramps throughout England
and Wales ; that the relief of vagrants should be
transferred altogether from the board of guardians
to the police ; and that adequate accommodation, on
the separate system, should be provided for them at
the police-stations, and that the expense be defrayed
partly out of the county rate and partly out of the
Consolidated Fund.
London, England, 1869-01-06

KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.-
RECENT TESTIMONIAL.

August 23, IS6B.
Dear Sir,—Having tried your Cough Lozenges in India I have
much pleasure in testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of
Incipient Consumption, Asthma, and Bronchial affections ; so
good a medicine ought to be known to be appreciated. I have
prescribed it largely with the best results.
W. B
Apothecary H.I. Indian Medical Service.
To Mr. Thomas Keating.
Sold by all Druggists.
London, England, 1869-01-06

HOME for the HELPLESS.--ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON,
Rev. J. W. Ayre 1 Major-Gen. Et. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield 1 Herbert. M.P.

Hon. and Rev. F. Byng RO7. J. E. Kempo
Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev, W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse
Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepean
Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. C. W. Purse Rev. F. Pigou

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J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F. Hessey laugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Subscriptions will be received by any of tho above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co ; and by the Hon.
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
man-square, to whom communications may be addressed.
London, England, 1869-01-06

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The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done
on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and
Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on
receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for
reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices,
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London, England, 1869-01-06

THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMPACKET
COMPANY.

Among the unhappy shareholders of various under-
takings who have to go without any dividend are those
of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.
Naturally, they were not well pleased ; naturally,
the directors have been cogitating how they might
improve their position. Inquiry of their agents
in the West Indies elicited the information that
nearly, the whole of the French traffic would be
diverted to the English company if only the company's
steamers would, after calling at Plymouth, run across the
Channel to Cherbourg. Nothing could be more rational
than the suggestion, nothing more feasible than carrying
it out. Yet it is not to be carried out ; and if the dividend-
less shareholders of the Royal Mail Steam Company wish
to know the reason why, we answer that it is because at
the last general election the Right Hon. Russell Gurney
was returned at the head of the poll for Southampton.
The two facts seem wide apart. Yet they are bound
together by a chain of very few links. If the steamers
go to Cherbourg, the English passengers will disembark
at Plymouth, whereas now they go on to Southampton.
Southampton does not approve of this ; therefore South-
ampton being strong in influence at the Board, and Ply-
mouth being weak, it has been determined by the directors
at the meeting just held, that the steamers shall not call at
Cherbourg. In other words, the shareholders must consent
to go on without their dividends because the Southampton
tradesmen and hotel-keepers do not like losing the custom
of the passengers. In a word, the shareholders are
expected to carry the passengers without any remunera-
tion in order that the traders of Southampton may grow
rich. How far the shareholders will approve of this
arrangement it is not for us to say. They will have an
opportunity of expressing their opinion at the share-
holders' meeting which takes place next month.—Northern
Daily Express.
London, England, 1869-01-06

LITTLE ECONOMIES.

The employ6s of the Admiralty and the War
Office must be having an uneasy time of it just now.
Every
.morning sees some new order directed against
some little extravagance which is henceforth to be
cut off, much to the chagrin of the few, much to the
advantage of the many. A few days ago an order
was issued forbidding the excessive multiplication of
telegraphic despatches ; then came another for
bidding dockyard employtis to use Government
vessels except in the Government service ; and now
comes a very
significant notice :—" Losses having
occurred in consequence of
champagne and other
articles, not usually prescribed for the sick in
military hospitals, being ordered in unnecessarily
large quantities, it has just been notified in a
War-office circular, for the information and
guidance of purveying officers and others, that
demands on contractors for supplies of such medical
comforts are to be limited as far as possible to daily
requirements, as shown by the patients' diet sheets.
Any loss arising from neglect of this order will
be chargeable to the officer by whom the supplies
have been demanded." Surely old officials will be
swearing that "the service is going to the dogs, sir,"
when they are thus deprived of all their perquisites.
Life is hardly worth having if all these little luxuries
—unlimited telegrams, excursions in Government
ships, and a liberal allowance of champagne—are cut
off. Alas for the good old days when Tories adminis-
tered the army and the navy without stint and
grudging, and when we could count the Radical
economists on the fingers-of one hand
London, England, 1869-01-06

CANON MILLER ON THE RITUAL JUDGMENT.

Canon Miller has written an admirable letter to
the Record on the Ritual judgment. He says he
has for some time . been coming to the conviction
that the Low Church party must make concessions
in order to obtain a greater approach to law and
order in the Church than has been the case of late.
The great evil from which the Church has suffered
is lawlessness. The late „judgment will put an end
to that, if it is carefully obeyed by all parties.
.Happily, this is possible without any sacrifice
of. principle. Let, then, the clergy of the
school to which he belongs confer together, in order
to see what the judgment involves, and having
ascertainedthat, let them obey it, without waiting for
a monition from the bishops. At the same time, let
them remember that the clergy do not constitute the
Church, and that their people ought to be considered. ;
and, in making any changes, let it be clearly ex-
plained that they are made, not out of any sympathy
with Rome, but in loyal obedience to the law of the
English Church. It is to be hoped that this letter
will serve as an cirenicon. One is much needed just
now.
London, England, 1869-01-06

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-

road.

Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those
numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street ; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.
London, England, 1869-01-06

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. -At 7, GOOD
FOR NOTHING.
At a quarter to 8, Mr. J. Byron's original Comedy, in five acts,
entitled CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David
fisher, Newbound, Andrews, Tindale, Hurlston, and J. Clarke;
Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Breman, Berend, Hughgs, and
Stephens.
London, England, 1869-01-06

THE GOOD OID TI3IES.

We have all heard of and sighed for the aaya
when it used to be an article in the indentures of
apprenticeship that the tvprentice should not be
required to eat salmon /Wre than twice a week.
The C'hanzler of Agriculture Journal mentions that
in 1512 a partridge could be bought in London
for 2d., whereas the price now varies from Is. 3d.
to 2s. d. ; and a pheasant cost ls. which now fetches
from 2s. 6d. to ss. In reality, however, the price is
less now than it was 350 years ago, for money was
worth about ten times its present value. The marvel is
that game should be sold at its present price. We have
heard a nobleman's steward sly that every pheasant
had cost his employer ..C.ts before it was killed. A
costly dish this, even though the consumer paid but
half a crown for it.
London, England, 1869-01-06

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free. _ _

Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon.
Sec., 1. Smith. Esa. CEo. REID, Sec.
London, England, 1869-01-06

PUL ICE .INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH.- STREET.

AMBASSADORS' SERVANTS' PRIVILEGES.—A re-
spectable-looking young woman applied to Mr.
Tyrwhitt for an affiliation order against a servant
of the French Ambassador.

Mr. Tyrwhitt told the applicant that the man
complained of being the servant of an ambassador
she had no remedy, ambassadors' servants being
privileged, and not to be touched. He considered
it a shameful thing that it should be so, but that
was the law. However, if the applicant got a me-
morial drawn up asking the Ambassador's permis-
sion that proceedings might be taken against his
servant it should be forwarded to him, as he con-
sidered that it was a CaS3 in which a mister ought
to interfere. lie had tried the matter with other
ambassadors, and it had been of no use, but the ap-
plicant might be more successful.
Mr. Tyrwhitt reqnsted Welsh, the office-
keeper, to assist the app!icu_ tin her object.
London, England, 1869-01-06

SPORTING INTELLIGENOE:

LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.
TUESDAY, MARCH 2.
Nominations for the Grand National Steeplechase of 300
sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya each ;
winner of any steeplechase after the weights are pub-
lished 101 b extra. About four miles and a quarter. 110
subs.

(Corrected List.
Artesian, Archimedes, Astrolabe, Ace of Trump;
Anglo-Saxon, Ada, Alcibiade, *Alberta (by Trumpeter),
Benazet, Billy Gladstone, Black Prince, Bannockburn,
Belmontino, Beadle, Brick, Bristles, Bishopton, Brigstock,
Barbarian, Brahma, Clansman, The Colonel (h b), Coot
Columbia, Count Horn, Comus, Captain Crosstzee, Dane-
bury, The Doctor, Despatch (h b), Domino, Dick Turpin,
Eudsleigh, The Earl, Fertullagh (h b), Fan, Fairy Land
(h b), Flatcatch.,r, Fort unatus, Fitz-Ivan, Guy of War-
wick, Goldfiuder, Gardener, Globule, Gipsy Girl (h. b),
Gleaner, Harcourt, Helice, Hall Court, Havelock, Hunts-
man's Daughter, Juryman, Kingawood, Knave of Truzips,
K,l,lsaroo b), Ly,auder, The Lana), Leases, Littl., Ben,
L.S.D., Lawrence, Liston, Lord Burghersh, Lord. Ronald,
Lady Welliegtor. (late Mamma) (b. b), Malvern, Marche-
Mal (late Silly), Mario, by Cull:ng wood, Moose, The Nun
(11 b), Needle Gun, Northern Light, Orne, Oddfellow,
Priority, Polestar, Planet, Piume.ike, Pretentaino IL,
Plover, Philosopher, Pearl Diver, Pensioner, Q. 0., R. I.
Fusilier, lied Cap, Raving Mail, The Robber, liedan, Sea
King, Salamanca, Surney, Steamboat, Shakspero, Sultan,
Said, Summertime, Searriugton, Stanton, Tathwell, Ten-
nyson (h b), Tribune, Tusculauum, *Tallyho, Vanguard,
Valentine, Whitehall (h b), Xi, Kilcreen (by Rattle), and
*Laura (h b).
Those horses marked thus * having been entered
without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out
at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to re-
main in.
London, England, 1869-01-06

ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

Mr. Tallack writes to the Star on the subject of
the abolition of capital punishment, and mentions
that Mr. Charles Gilpin will give notice of a motion
on the subject when Parliament reassembles. Though
immediate success may not attend the efforts made
in the matter, much good may be done
by persistence in the work, if only by renewing
public attention and reflection. The first
result of the Capital Punishment Commission was
the Private Executions Bill of last session. The
" great moral lesson question " was thereby done away
with. The danger of hanging innocent persons
ought, in the opinion of this writer, to furnish a
conclusive argument against the capital penalty.
Experience chews that in the continental and
American States the extreme measure can be dis-
pensed with without lessening public security,
and with no increase of crime. The condemna-
tion of men to death on circumstantial evidence
is not justifiel by Scripture or justice. We may
look at the case of Pellizzioni, who was sentenced to
death for a murder which it was afterwards found he
had not committed ; and that circumstantial evi-
dence cannot be depended upon was fully proved by
the case of Smith, in 1805, in the trial for th ,
Cannon-street murder. The advocates for the abot-
tion of capital punishment seek no impunity for
Arirnia, but. on the contraxy, tloJr object has been
London, England, 1869-01-06

THE SCOTCH METHOD OF COURTING

The Royal Commissioners who have been considering
the laws of marriage had some evidence on the subject
of courtship and matrimony
.in Scotland. A medical
man of forty years' experience informed the com-
missioners that among the agricultural working
classes the ordinary time for courtship is in the
middle of the night. Farm servants got out of the house
when everybody is in bed, go to a neighbouring farm-
house, and rouse a young woman in it by making a
noise at her window. The girl comes to the window,
and if she knows the young man, or, after a little
parley, and if she does not know him, she either admits
him into her bedroom, or comes out and goes with
him into an outhouse for courting. There is no courtship
in any other form. The fathers and mothers will not
allow their daughters to meet a young man in the daytime,
and the young man never visits the family ; but the
parents quite allow this. They have done it themselves
before. If the father knows it is going on, he lies com-
fortably in his bed, just as a father in a higl er rank of life
would shut his eyes to his daughter f._,,oing--out for a walk
with a young man. This medical witness says that he has
remonstrated with parents when ill consequences have
followed, but they say their daughters must have hus-
bands, and there is no other way of courting. Marriage
follows, perhaps, in two-thirds of the cases; and
frequently the expectation of thus securing a husband
leads a young woman more easily to fall. The witness
states that in attending midwifery cases among the work-
ing classes he notices that it is very rare to find the first
child born so long as eight months after marriage. The
general feeling among these classes is that if they are
afterwards married, and any previous offspring thus
legitimised, there has been no tin, as in fact there is no
scandal, no shame, no disgrace.
London, England, 1869-01-06

REFORM OF HIGHWAY BOARDS.

Agriculturists generally are dissatisfied with the
present Highway Act, and are determined, if possible,
to get it reformed. To this end a number of pro-
posals have been broached by the various Chambers
of Commerce. The last comes from the North
Riding Chamber, and is warmly supported by the
Association for " Disestablishing and Disendowing
the Highway Act in the North Riding." It is suggested
that the parish be the boundary of the highway dis-
trict, and every person in the parish rated at £lO
annually be by right a member of the parish high-
way board; that the surveyor. of the parish be elected
by the board, and receive his orders from the board
or from a committee ; that one of the members of the
board be appointed clerk, and the accounts be
audited by two members ; and that to secure good
roads it be made the duty of the chief constable, on
complaint, to direct the superintendent of
the district to report, in order to proceed
in his official capacity against the parish highway
board. One of the members for the North Riding
will introduce a bill into Parliament on the subject.
London, England, 1869-01-06

Commence at Seven,

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon.

THIS Ey ENING-, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray.
At a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja-
min Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley,
Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J.
smith, Mr. Romer. Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss
Carlotta Leclercq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nefly Harris.

it 0 YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.

THIS Ev ENING, THE SECRET.

After which tat 8 o'clock) Dion Boncicault's new drama, in
rinr acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life.
Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. O. Harcourt,
J.G . Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq.
Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds ani assistants.
To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY.
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open
daliy from 10 till 5.

T 0 YAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs.
Clarke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Buf\an and Maitland.
After which, THE FIELD OF TLZ CLOTH OF GOLD.
Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long-
more, F. Hughes, L. Maitland, &c.
To conclude with A COMICAL COUNTESS.

sZT. GEORGE'S THEATRE (ST. GEORGE'S
HALL).—Great Success of SARDANAPALI73.—The new
Drama, SAVED, and the original Ninevitish Burlesque of SAR-
DANAPALIJS (received with roars of laughter and applause),
eveiy Evening, at half-psst 7.—Morning Performances on Satur-
day, Jan. 9, and on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at Two p.m.

(LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. -At 7, GOOD
FOR NOTHING.

At a quarter to 8, Mr. T. Byron's original Comedy, in five acts,
entitled CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David
fisher, Newbound, Andrews, Tindale, Hurlston, and J. Clarke•
Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Breman, Berend, Hughgs, and
Stephens.

ROYAL AMPHIHTOHEAL4RE AND CIRCUS,

The most charming entertainment in London. Two Thousand
Five Hundred Seats. No crowding. No confusion, The
SCENES in the ARENA unparalleled and matchless. The
beautiful Horses alone worth seeing. Great success of the
Holiday Programme. The Great Carre Troupe every evening,
introducing Herr Oscar (Jerre and his magnificent stud of Fifty
Performing Horses. 'The laughter provoking Clowns, Burgess
and Loyal, in a series of whimsicalities, novel and new. In ad-
dition, a spectacular bit of Pantomimic Extravagance, entitled
THE M ‘RVEL-; OF ELECTRICITY, in which the whole
strength of the establishment will tike part, besides 250 troops
and beautiful ponies. Doors open at Seven, commence at half
past. Morning Perf ,rmances Monday, Wednesday, and Satur-
day, commencing at Balf-past Two.
London, England, 1869-01-06

OCTAVIUS WIGRAM,
JAMES STEWART HIDOSON, El
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, I
DIREC

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fred k. Joseph Ed'mann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,

Esq.
Riversdale WM. Grenfell,

Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam'

NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will
expire on the 9th of January.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
for Fire Policy
uniformN o
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arragt
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iosf ls .
made 6 d per .
by this
sn t perorpannum.
ti
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or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
rMING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
This Corporation affords to the AsFured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CB/minx AND A
J-I ALF.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-06

THEATRE-ROYAL, HA YMARK ET.

Tins EVENING. A HERO OF ROMANCE. Messrs. Buck-
stone, Sothern, Compton, Chippendale, &c. ; Mesdames Ada
Cavendish, Chippendale, Burke, Fitzwilliam, Sic. Concluding
with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR• Messrs. Compton, -Kendal,
Buckstone, jun., Weatheraby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke,
Gwynn, &a Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL
TIM EVENING, at 7, DID YoEr EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
TO CAMBXRW ELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45
MONTE CRISTO. Messrs. Pechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A.
Stirling. R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W
H. P burne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclerc%
and Mrs. Leigh Murray.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.
Tens EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8,
AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W,
Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; 11Iessrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore,
Btaclean. Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq
C.ncluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY.

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
Trtts EvmciNG, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a quarter to
8. CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon. David Fisher,
Newhound, Andrews, Timlale, Her:stone, J. Clarke: Mesdames
Hearsay, C. Thorne, Bremen, Berend, Hughes, and Stephens.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swa,nborongh

Tiffs EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDi )W HUNT. Messrs. Bel-
ford, Clarke; Miss Braton. T IIE FIELD OF THE CLOTH
OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria
Longmore, B. Goodall. Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To
conclude with A COMICAL COUNTESS

QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston.
Tins EVENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H.
Stephens, C. Wyndham. and LI trough; itresdames• Montague,
J. Ri,gnold, Mexe, and Everard. And THE CIISWIE $1.1105}.
Air,T99le, With A RACE kVii A NIVEA
London, England, 1869-01-06

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London, England, 1869-01-06

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon.

THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray.
At a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja-
min Webster, Mr. G Delmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley,
Mr. IL Phillips, Mr. Stuart. Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C....T.
smith,. Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss
Carlotta Leelereq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris.
London, England, 1869-01-06

THE NEW LAW COURTS.

Now that the Thames Embankment has made such
rapid progress, the question about the site of our
new metropolitan law courts has been re-opened.
A. large class of persons believe that it would be far
better to abandon the Carey-street site, which has
many drawbacks, and to take advantage of the fine
position offered by the Thames Embankment. Sir
Charles Trevelyan belongs to this party, and he has
put himself forward as their spokesman in a letter to
the Times, in which he sets forth all the arguments in
favour of the proposed change. In the first place, he
considers that the great number of steps which will
be necessary at Carey-street from the rise in the
ground will prove formidable to all parties. On the
Strand side the number of steps will be about
eighty, and the very persons whose time
is most valuable—the barristers and solicitors
in full practice, for instance—would have to make
the ascent and descent many times in the day, thereby
losing much of what they would gain by the junction
of the courts. The Carey-street site, too, is hemmedin by large buildings, while the embankment has an
open space that cannot be curtailed. Immediately
in front is a road 100 ft. wide, with a railway
underneath ; beyond the road is the river, with pas-
senger steamboats constantly plying to and fro. Thus the
facilities for rapid and constant conveyance to and
from all parts of the town would be unceasing, while
the City communication would be far more conve-
nient than the old Strand and Cheapside route, as
the new street goes direct to the Mansion House from
the end of the embankment. The connection with
the Houses of Parliament and the public offices would
be supplied by the embankment itself. On the
southern side there are also great facilities for easy
communications, while a new street on the north
might readily connect the courts with Holborn. On
the Strand side the courts might be on a level
with the main thoroughf are, and full advantage might
be taken of Mr. Street'sfacade. The site already occupied
is seven acres and a half ; the Thames Embankment
is nine: and a half. The £BOO,OOO already paid for
the Carey-street site has been declared insufficient,
and the commissioners have recommended that
application shall be made to Parliament for nearly
C-00,000 more. The estimated cost of the embank-
ment site would be about a million and a half, so
that there would be little difference in the outlay, as
it is not likely much loss would be incurred by the
sale of the Carey-street site.
London, England, 1869-01-06

ROYAL AMPHITHEA TRE AND CIRCUS,
HOLBORN.
The most charming entertainment in London. Two Thousand
Five Hundred beats. No crowding. No confusion. The
SCENES in the ARENA unparalleled and matchless. The
beautiful Horses alone worth seeing. Great success of the
Holiday Programme. The Great Carte Troupe every evening,
introducing Herr Oscar Carre and his magnificent stud of Fifty
Performing Horses. The laughter provoking Clowns, Burgess
and Loyal, in a series of whimsicalities, novel and new. In ad-
dition, a spectacular bit of Pantomimic Extravagance, entitled
THE MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY, in which the whole
strength of the establishment will take part, besides 250 troops
and beautiful ponies. Doors open at Seven, commence at half
past. Morning Performances Monday, Wednesday, and Satur-
day, commencing at Half-past Two.
London, England, 1869-01-06

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
President—Ms Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-06

MR. GLADSTONE'S FIRST CHURCH PATRONAGE

The first piece of Church patronage which has
fallen into the hands of the Premier is rather impor-
tant—it is a canonry of Worcester, worth £BOO
a year. The late holder was the Hon. John Fortescue.
uncle of the present Earl Fortescue, and who was
born in 1790. The late canon was a pluralist, having
held the rectory of Poltimore, near Exeter, which
was worth about £590 a year. The latter prefer-
ment is in the gift of Lord Poltimore.
London, England, 1869-01-06

THE RITUAL JUDGMENT.

Canon Trevor writes to the Eastern Morning News to
dispute the statement that the judgment of the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council was in effect in
favour of the use of mass vestments. ki The question of
vestments was not before the court at all, and there is
not a word upon it in the judgment from begin-
ning to end. The " ornaments " referred to in the
judgment are those of the church, not of the minister,
and the principle on which it was ruled that lights in the
daytime are not lawful now, will, when the case comes on,
pronounce as strongly against albs, chasubles, and tunicles.
The Ritualists have been wrong in every point yet, and
they will be found wrong in this. It is true that
the judgment has ruled that the consecration prayer
is to be said 'standing before the table,' which is what
the old-fashioned Anglicans (so despised by the new
school) always said and did. It is so manifestly right
that it would perhaps have been general before this if it
had not been for the alarm excited by the pranks of
the Romanisers. Still, I must admit that the judgment
has not determined the question raised by some as to what
'before the table' means. I cannot doubt myself but
other people do. Lastly, allow me to remark that the
Judicial Committee has no right, and has never pretended,
to expound the Church's law for the guidance of the
clergy. It is simply a criminal tribunal, charged
to decide on the penalties alleged to be incurred by
the accused. It interprets so much of the rubric, and
so much only, as is requisite for its own decision, and it is
tied to the very letter of the law in a penal judgment. It
doubts and difficulties arise on other rubrics from the
principles laid down with respect to that before the court,
the Committee cannot help it. They cannot supplement
or modify the law to meet an unforeseen case. But the
bishop can : he is expressly empowered to take order for
all doubts and dive: &tics with the single restrainst of not
ordering anything contr.ry to the book. If the clergy
would do what they are bound to do, and resort to the
bishop, the Judicial Committee would be seldom invoked,
and if the bishops would do what they are bound to do,
when people take things divinely and will not resort, the
Church would be much better governed than it has been
of late years."

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.
London, England, 1869-01-06

ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary.
05Ice, 54, Chefs/side, London, E.CI
London, England, 1869-01-06

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 5.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice
and Prince Leopold, drove out yesterday after-
noon. Lady Caroline Barrington and Colonel
Ponsonby were in attendance.

Gen. the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey had the
honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal
Family yesterday.

Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Teck
and suite honoured the performances at the Theatre Roy al
Adelphi last evening.

LATEST INTELL IGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

MADRAS, Jan. 2.

Lord Mayo arrived here this evening, and met
with au enthusiastic reception.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Jan. 5.

The Minister of the Colonios is ill.
The state of siege at Cadiz has been raised.
HAVANA, Jan. 4.

General Lersundi has left for Spain.

HUNGARY.

PESTH, Jan. 6.

Herr Peak has consented, upon the invitation
of the Central Electoral Committee, to come for-
ward again as a candidate for the Chamber of

Deputies

The agitation for the elections has commenced
throughout the country.
In the Hungarian, German, Slovak, and Croa-
tian electoral districts the party of Deak is in a
great majority, while in the Roumanian and Ser-
vian districts the Opposition are the strongest.
The majority of the Doak party in the Diet is
assured.
London, England, 1869-01-06

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-bill, Putney-heath.

Established'3lst July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Relief is afforded—lst. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their
own homes.
A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed
at a cost of upwards of .ClO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election.
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the greatost pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary.
No. 10, r oultry,:Lonclon, E.G., sept9mber, 1608. j
London, England, 1869-01-06

METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS.

Extreme Sea
Wednesday, F. 0
Jan. 6,
B. T. !,11 4 4
W. Ito F. D. WR. to
8 kin.
12 9---
Nairn 29'77r. 37 36 3 8 S.W. rob o'll 2
Aberdeen 29•86r. 37 36 S.W. 1 3 W.N.W. o.rb 0'37 1
Leith . . 29'95r. 40 38 vY• 3 7 W. Ib. o'ol
Scarboroughields
30'07r. 38 37 W. 4 9 5 ro.b o'l2 3
Yarmouth 3019 r. 36 35 W.S.W. 3 9 N.W. r. o'2l
Fielder
Cuxhaven
SkudesnaesArdro.ian
29—'98r. 4-4 11 W. —6. 10 N.W. c. 0711 0
Green castle 30'01r. 40 39 W.S.W. 2 7 N.W. r.c. o'l9
Holyhead 3o'l2r. 43 41 S.W. 4 9 W.S.W. c.b.
Liverpool 30•15r. 40 37 S.W. 3 7 W. o.c. o'o4 1
Valentia 36'l9r. 43 41 W. 3 7 N. c.ro o'o6 3
Cape Clear 3015 r. 43 42 S.S. W. 2 7 N.W. c. o'o3 3
Roch es FL 30'15r. 42 41 W. 2 8 W.S.W. c. 3
Penzance . . 30'21r. 44 44 N.W. 3 7 S.W. c. o'oB 4
Plymouth 39•29r. 42 40 W.N.W. 1 8 W. c.m o'o7 4
Weymouth 30'29r. 43 41 N.W. 1 7 S.W. o.na 41'07 2
Portsmouth 30'30r. 42 41 W.N.W. 1 9 S.W. c. 10'18 1
London 30'26r. 29 38 W. 1 9 S.S.W. r.b.10 13—
CpeGrieNez 30'23r. 45 43 W.S.W. 4 9 S.W. r.c.10'03 2
Brest
L'Orie nt 30'34r. 52 52 Sm. 3 9 S.W. r. o'os
Roche fort
Biarritz
Corunna —
Brussels
Paris .— --
— —
Straabourg —
Toulon
Heart's Con-
tent (9 a.m.
local time)

gxpLarraTioN
Esrometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The
letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion
of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in
shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours,
Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.— fog;
h.--hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; (4—overcast, dull ; r.—
rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted)
daring last 24 hours, Sea disturbance.

REMARKS.
Since yesterday the increase in barometrical pressure has been
great on all coasts, amounting. to snore than an inch at Greencastle :
the increase since last evening has been most on the E. coast. Read-
ings, which are now generally high, are least in Scotland, chewing a
difference of nearly six-tenths of an inch between Nairn and L'Orient.
Temperature is much lower everywhere. The south-westerly gale
which was general yesterday on all coasts shifted to N.W. at some
stations, and subsided during the evening, and this morning a light
westerly wind is reported from most stations. At Ardrosssn a fresh
westerly breeze is b'owing. On the coast of Scotland the sky is
clear: elsewhere it is generally cloudy, with mist at places on the P
and E. coasts. Some rain has fallen since yesterday.

Lord Hawke, the master of the I3adsworth Fox-
-I,ounds, is at present dangerously ill at his seat in Womer-
sley Park, near Pontefract. Only faint hopes aro enter-
tained of his recovery.

On Tuesday next Captain Donelly, the commis-
sioner appointed by the Privy Council, will hold an inquiry
at Barnsley, and hear evidence upon two petitions for and
against the incorporation of the town and township ,of
Barnsley.

The Conservatives of Brierley-hill and the sur-
rounding towns and parishes have invitod Sir Smith Child
and Mr. Meynell Ingram, the members for West Stafford-
shire, to dinner, on tho 27th instant. The new members
141}yogoepte4 the invitation.
London, England, 1869-01-06

SPECTACLES.—The Achromatic and Tinted
SPECTACLE LENSES, registered by S. and B. SOLO-
MONS, Opticians to the Government, give extraordinary relief
to weak, dim, and defective vision. Copies of Testimonials from
the Ophthalmic Hospitals post free.-39, Albemarle-street, Pic-
adilly.
London, England, 1869-01-06

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.

India Office, Ist December, 1868.
NOTICE is Hereby Given, that an examination
of Candidates for 20 appointments as Assistant-Surgeons
in her Majesty's Indian Medical Service will be held at
Chelsea Hospital on the Bth February, 1869.
Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi-
dates, together with information regarding the pay and
retiring allowances of Indian Medical Officers, may be ob-
tained on applicati n at the Military Department, India
Office, Westminster, S.W.
T. T. FEARS, Major-General,
Dilitary Peautory•
London, England, 1869-01-06

LITTLE ECONOMIES.

The employ6s of the Admiralty and the War
Office must be having an uneasy time of it just now,
Every morning sees some new order directed against
some little extravagance which is henceforth to be
cut off, much to the chagrin of the few, much to the
advantage of the many. A few days ago an order
was issued forbidding the excessive multiplication of
telegraphic despatches ; then came another for
bidding dockyard employ6s to use liovernment
vessels except in the Government service; and now
comes a very significant notice :—" Losses having
occurred in consequence of champagne and other
articles, not usually prescribed for the sick in
military hospitals, being ordered in unnecessarily
large quantities, it has just been notified in a
War-office circular, for the information and
guidance of purveying officers and others, that
demands on contractors for supplies of such medical
comforts are to be limited as far as possible to daily
requirements, as shown by the patients' diet sheets.
Any loss arising from neglect of this order will
be chargeable to the officer by whom the supplies
have been demanded." Surely old officials will be
swearing that " the service is going to the dogs, sir,"
when they are thus deprived of all their perquisites.
Life is hardly worth having if all these little luxuries
—unlimited telegrams, excursions in Government
ships, and a liberal allowance of champagne—are cut
off. Alas for the good old days when Tories adminis-
tered the army and the navy without stint and
grudging, and when we could count the Radical
economists on the fingers of one hand.