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London, England, 1869-12-20

CUBAN INDEPENDENCE.

A petition for the recognition of Cuban independence
has been presented to Congress. It was brought to
Washington signed by 29,748 citizens of Philadelphia and
the neighbourhood. It asked Congress to award to the
" Infant Republic of Cuba the rights of a belligerent Power,
and to recognise her independence." Among the
signatures are merchants, manufacturers, statesmen, and
others. The petition is wound on a reel or cylinder, and
measures several thousand feet. The most decided
contradiction has been given to the rumour of a Spanish
fleet being ordered to New York for aggressive purposes.
One vessel was sent thither to be repaired, because the
floating dock at Habana was not largo enough. A letter
from General Rodas to the New York Associated Press also
denies that there was any notion of sending a Spanish fleet
to New York. A thousand Spanish volunteers have arrived
at Habana from Spain; they were welcomed with the
greatest enthusiasm.

___
Correspondents from the__...,Midlands speak of great floods.
A letter from gatingharn, dated Sunday, says :
Deluging rains We fallen during ;early the whole of
the past week; thetiejhave caused the Trent, tho Derwent,
and other rivers in the midland districts to overflow
their banks, and to totally submerge the low lands. In the neighbourhood of Nottingham the water
rose very rapidly on Saturday night and this morning,
and the meadows near the town are nearly covered, the
cellars of the houses in the lower parts being flooded. The
water rose with great rapidity, and necessitated the
removal of live stock in the vicinity. Up to the present time
no casualty has transpired. Where the winter sown grain
lands aro covered there must be great loss, as the land will
have to be resown. At Wilford, nateliff e, an d, indeed,through-
out the whole of the Vale of the Trent, the water appears
like a vast lake, thousands of acres being submerged, At
11 30 this morning the water was within four inches of the
great flood of 1861, and was rapidly rising. The barometer
is very low and the rain is falling fast, there being every
appearance of as great a flood as has visited this district
for a number of years past.. 4 p.m.—The waters are still
rapidly rising, and have passed the mark of the great flood •
cf 1364 and reached the height of the flood of 1857. The
water is now within three feet of the flood of 1852, the
greatest inundation recorded for a series of years, Th
weather is now fine, but the barometer is low.
London, England, 1869-12-20

TILE SITUATION IN FRANCE.

According to the Liberle, the organ of M. Emile de
Girardin, and, consequently, of his friend, M. Emile
011ivier, a number of the deputies of the Corps Legislatif
have agreed that it is useless to expect many extensive
measures of reform from the Chamber during the ensuing
ordinary session. The attention of reformers should con-
sequently be concentrated upon three points —l, the
electoral law; 2, the law of municipal councils ; 3, the
modification of Article 75 of the constitution of the year
VIII., which precludes citizens who have any ground of
complaint against Government officials from obtaining
redress under the civil law. 4. meeting has been held
at M. Emile 011ivier's house of the members
of the Right Centre. They discussed the best mean '
of harmonising the measures which they contemplated
introducing with those which were likely to emanate from
the Left Centre. According to the Gaulois, M. Rouher
has been directed by the Emperor to prepare the
draft of a Senatus-Consultum respecting the constitu-
tion of a regency, should any unforeseen disaster befall
Napoleon 111.
London, England, 1869-12-20

PRINCE ARTHUR.

The most cheerino' news is to hand of Prince Arthur.
He is charming all hearts in Canada, not so much by
his manner, as by his intense devotion to work.
He is, according to all accounts, pursuing vigorously
and successfully his military studies. He actually
"works as hard as ever," notwithstanding that the
northern winter has set in with extraordinary severity.
His Royal Highness shows "an indomitable spirit and
persevering determination to surmount difficulties."
The Prince's example is having the very best effect.
The thoughtless and idle are rebuked; the hard
workers are encouraged. Would that the same
report might be made of all princes.

REPUDIATION.
It is worth while to note the grcat change that
has come over the feeling of the American Parlia-
ment on the subject of repudiation. But a little
while ago projects for lobbing the public creditor in
one form or other were common. Prominent men of
both parties upheld the principle. Ex-President John-
son openly advocated it in his last message. But
now the house of Representatives by 123 votes to
1 has adopted a resolution declaring that, without
distinction of party, it condemns the idea of repudia-
tion.
London, England, 1869-12-20

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London, England, 1869-12-20

HER MAJESTY.

OsBonNE, Dec. 19.
Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, ar-
rived here at two o'clock yesterday.
The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses
Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, and the
Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine
service this morning at Osborne.

LATEST 111 TELL CGENC3

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NEW YORK, liec. 18.
The North German Lloyd's steamship Rhein
arrived out to-day at 3 p.m.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCB.

CLOSING PRICES.

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Sterling Exchange on London lOBB.
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Petroleum—Standard White 3llc.
Flour, extra state, $5.10c. to $5.70c. Corn, old
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LlN,.EitrooL, Dec. 20.
The West African mail steamer Calabar has
arrived off this port.

FRANCE.

PARIS, Dec. 20.
The official journal of this morning publishes a
report of M. Forcade de la Roquette, dated the
15th of August last, relative to the establishment
of mutual benefit societies for soldiers and sailors.

An Imperial decree, dated Saturday, authorises
the formation of a committee of patronage for the
object, and places the sum of 500,000 francs at its
disposal.

The electors of the circumscription of the Haute'
Saone have been convoked for the 16th of January
next.

BOURSE, Dec. 18.—Three: o'clock—The marl
closed as follows
4i per Cont. lO3
End of month
3 por Cent
End of month 72 60
Credit Mobilior ~ 2lO
Transatlantic 233 75
Credit Foncier 1715
Paris Gas 1642 50
RAIL WA

Bank Shares 2840 --
- ^
lltalian Fives 5O 10
Austrian Fives
Ottoman Loan -
Do. Debt 44 65
Spanish Threes
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Home Debt ___
Deferred 26 5°
Cash
Orleans ... 960
k,W Western
Northern
Strasburg .r.
Lyons and Alediterranean -
980
Southern.... . 5931
Sardinian
Austrian BlO
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
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London, England, 1869-12-20

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, _ Putney-heath.

Established 'Blst July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Rolief is afforded--Ist. 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 thei
own homes.

A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed
at a eost of upwards of .£lO,OOO, and FUNDS aro urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions. _

Nearly SOO approved applicants are awaiting election
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex,
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HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the

L 26 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
[6O boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Qaeen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing'

870 children.
415 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, ar.d 41. Lothbnry, E. 0.; and by
WILLIAM WILLI LDIS, Secretary.
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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-
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COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON.

Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng nO7. J. E. Kempe
Rev. It. CI. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. S. Brooke
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. Moorhous
Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox
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Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou
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Rev. Dr. I` Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the Hon.
Secretrry, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
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London, England, 1869-12-20

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DR. TEMPLE.

The time is short; delay is dangerous. There only
~main a few hours for Dr. Temple's opponents to
shew how much they dislike him. They aro bringing
their opposition to bear with all its force. Protests
are pouring in thick and fast. After Tuesday it will
be too late. So the Bishop of Gloucester has sent
his expression of dissent to the Bishop of London.
Archdeacon Denison has sent his to the same
prelate, with that of two clerical neighbours;
and. fulaThr.klarke___ninaitzof laymen and clerics
London, England, 1869-12-20

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London, England, 1869-12-20

THE GOVERNMENT OF DAL3fATIA.

The Austrian Government has thought it advisable to
change the personnel of the Dalmatian Administration,
a great part of tho responsibility of the insurrection being
attributed to the officials. Count A.nersperg, Comman-
dant of the Corps d'Operations, has been replaced by
General Rodic, a Servian, and Baron de Lydenkrow
is to be Governor of Dalmatia in place of General
Wegener, whose measures, it is said, provoked the out-
break. These changes have produced a favourable effect.
The insurgents of the South have offered to lay down
their arms, and the insurgents of Crivoscie, who offered so
energetic a resistance to the military colonies, have shewn
a disposition to enter into negotiations.
London, England, 1869-12-20

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London, England, 1869-12-20

TILE EDUCATION LEAGUE'S BILL.

The committee of the National Education League
has drawn up the " rough draft " of a measure which
it is proposed to submit to Parliament next session.
It begins by providing school districts to be adminis-
tered by school boards, which boards are to be
appointed by local elective authorities where such exist;
where they do not, to be elected by ratepayers
of unions in the same proportion as Poor-law
Guardians. These boards are to have power to
provide a sufficient number of efficient schools in the
districts, to certify industrial and other schools, and to
levy rates. The rate-supported schools are to be of
different grades, scholars being enabled to rise from
one grade to another; admission is to be free ; and no
special creed. is to be taught, though the board may
permit the reading of Scripture immediately before or
after the school business. The board is also to see
that all the children of a district attend some school
either as whole-timers or half-timers, to appoint a
school visitor to look up absentees, and in cases of
wilful neglect to summon the parent. Existing
schools may be converted into rate-supported schools
if the managers think fit. The proportionate division
of expenses will be one-third from the rates and two-
thirds from the Consolidated Fund.

At present, when it is interesting to note every
straw which will shew which way the wind of
public opinion is turning, it may bo mentioned that
the Rev. Francis Tucker, a well known and influential
Baptist Minister, has written to the Daily News
giving in his adhesion to the League scheme. He
declares himself to be fully in favour of r-rular
education.
London, England, 1869-12-20

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London, England, 1869-12-20

THE AFRICAN TRAVELLER.

The North German an-respondent alludes to letters which
have been received from George Schiweinfurth, the
African traveller. He had reached the goal of his
journey, and had taken up his residence at the great
Seriba of Ghattas. He intended to make an excursion
into the land of the Njam-Njams, a hilly country, still
entirely unknown. His journey has been very successful
in a scientific point of view, and a part of his zoological
and botanical collections may be expected in Europe next
spring.

OBITUARY.—M. L. Taylor of De Kalb, Illinois,
who was wounded by the Western Pacific Railroad acci-
dent, died on the 19th inst. in the Alameda Hospital.—
Rev. A. Gladwin, missionary of tho American Baptist Pub-
lication Society, has died suddenly at Laramie, Nebraska.
—Mrs. Roswell Lee, a widow, died in Springfield, Mas-
sachusetts on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Her husband was at
one time Superintendent of the Armoury in that city, and
among her sons is the present Episcopal Bishop of lowa,
Henry W. Lee and Colonel Roswell Lee of Texas. -Mrs.
Martha J. Gorham, mother of George C. Gorham, Secre-
tary of the United States Senate, died suddenly of para-
lysis, near Dorchester, on Monday, Nov. 29. She was
buried at New London, Connecticut.—General William P.
Jones, a wealthy citizen of Stamford, Connecticut, died in
the Hartford Insane Asylum.—Mr. Parley Converse, pre-
sident of the Stafford Bank, Connecticut, died at his re-
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age of 77.—Edward H. Arthur, Esq., president of the Na-
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London, England, 1869-12-20

TRH RICHARDSON TRAGEDY.

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has written to explain
his conduct in the Richardson marriage case. He knew
personally none of the parties, and had only a vague im-
pression of the facts. He found that those whose judg-
ment he respected were warmly on Mr. Richardson's side.
He was asked to perform the mortuary service for Mr.
Richardson in case he should sink. The questions for him
to answer was whether the woman ought to be left with-
out name or support, and whether the dying man ought
not to extend some protection to the woman who had been
joined with him in the miserable tragedy. He declares
that whatever change:may hereafter take place in his judg-
ment of the parties, it will not alter the fact that he then
believed they wore legally and morally divorced, and that
the marriage was an act of justice and mercy.
London, England, 1869-12-20

TILE AMERICAN PRESS ON THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE,

The New York Press is generally favourable to the
President's Message. The Tribune, while it does not fully
concur in its every recommendation, regards it as one of
the wisest and
,most judicious messages ever trans-
mitted to Congress, and confidently predicts for
it the hearty approval and concurrence of the American
people. The Tribune does not express any opinion
upon President Grant's remarks on the Alabama
claims, but chews some pugnacity respecting the
"aggressions of France" through her Telegraphic Cable
Company, declaring that "our Government will neither
submit to be bullied nor trifled with." The .2Vetcl'ork Times,
which praises highly the tone and substance of the speech,
thinks the country will heartily approve of the Presi-
dent's views on the foreign relations of the
States, and especially upholds his refusal to
recognise the independence of Cuba at present. "We
cannot reasonably be expected," says the Times, "to
involve ourselvni in foreign war at the instigation
of every people who desire to libera' e them-
selves from their rulers." The President, says
the writer, addresses Congress and the people
in the tone of an earnest man who is striving hard to do
his duty, and is ambitious for nothing but the welfare of
the people who have chosen him. His message is one of
good news throughout, and the financial policy is well
considered, practicable and statesmanlike in most respects.
The Times finds subject for national jubilation in the
fact that it would be possible for the States to clear off
their public debt in ten years. It says:—" We are richer
now immediately after passing through one of the greatest
wars on record than any other nation in the world."
London, England, 1869-12-20

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London, England, 1869-12-20

THE FRENCH MINISTRY.

More affirmations respecting the prolonged Ministe-
rial crisis. The Paris correspondent of the Teley oph
positively states that M. de Forcade la Roquette—
the
.great supporter of ultra-Imperialism, and
especially of official candidatures—has resigned
office ICllais affirmation la correct__ —IWW-
London, England, 1869-12-20

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NEGRO RISING IN criu.

The steamer De Sota has arrived at NI w York from
Habana, and brought details of the discovery of a negro
rising in Cuba. The most cruel punishments were inflicted
on the blacks, and many of them were shot. A
Creole, who Wit 3 suspected of being in the plot
received 1,20 J lashes. No distinction was made
between the slave and the freed hands on the estates ;
and when some of the latter were taken to gaol, the physi-
cian who visited them declared that it was useless to treat
their wounds, because he was sure that they would all die.
It is well understood that if any of them survive, it will be
to be shot. The plan of the negroes is supposed to have
been to rise on Christmas-eve, kill the whites, and join
the insurgents.
London, England, 1869-12-20

AFFAIRS IN THE LIST.

The Cologne Gazette furnishes some information on
Eastern matters. Its Vienna correspondent says that the
opposition on the Austrian military frontier is on the
increase, and in Croatia the national party, which objects
to any compromise with Hungary, is gaining strength. Its
members oppose such a step, not from any fear that the
independence of their country may be injured, but because
they desire the political union of all South-Slavonians.
They are indifferent to the independence of the Crown-
lands, and to a federation which would secure the indi-
vidual existence of the various countries. Even greater
concessions on the part of the Magyars would not lead to
their pacification. The same journal, in a leader on
the settlement of the Turco-Egyptian difficulty, says the
result has proved that England's influence in the East is
very great.
London, England, 1869-12-20

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LlOl ?M of BEQUEST..—NATIONAL
IOS-
I'ITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC,
Quren-square, Bloomsbury :—I give and bequeath to the
Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in
1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out
of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for
charitable purposes, and to • be applied to the goneral use
of the said Hospital.
The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out
Patients, a Samaritan Society to relieve the more desti-
tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.
E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec.

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persc n s over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of 410 per annum are also granted
The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, L3van and Co., 54, Lombard
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD. WEA YEA Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.
London, England, 1869-12-20

THE 37TH MIDDLESEX.

On Saturday evening the 37th Middlesex, one of
the corps standing highest on the War-office rolls
for efficiency, held its prize distribution at the large
hall of the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street.
The first presented was the Duke of Bedford's
challenge cup, value £lOO, the winner of which for

' the year receives £5 and a photograph of the cup,
has his name inscribed on it, wins tha Bedford
badge, and becomes entitled to the honour of
competing for the Queen's prize at Wimbledon
without further challenge. The winner was Ser-
geant Miller, wbo made 62 points in the seven
rounds at each of the Queen's ranges. The squad
prize for drill, a challenge cup presented by the
same noble donor, with a sum of £4O from the funds
of the corps, formed the incentive for seven full
companies to compete, and the winners in order
were known to their captains, the first three win-
ners being Capt. Maakelyne, Captain Lyon, and
Captain Stedall. Colour Sergeant Gould, Colour
Sergeant Bewick, Quartermaster Sergeant Hayes,
Sergeant Saunders, Corporal Tuppin, and Colour
Sergeant Gatfield were prominent names among the
prize winners. The prize donors were Mr. T. Tay-
lor, Mr. Stephen Smith, Mr. James Patrick, Mr. J.
Turner, and the awn of the company, Major I
London, England, 1869-10-12

FATAL FIRE AT NEWINGTON.

A sad catastrophe, resulting in the loss of tour lives,
occurred at the shop of a tailor named WMicken residing
at Newington Butts, South London. On Sunday morning a
police constable noticed a light and a quantity of smoke in the
upper part of the premises, which were small. Suspecting
a fire had broken out, he proceeded to arouse the
inmates, but was unable to make any one hear,
although he knocked loudly at the door. One of
the neighbours procured a ladder, and on ascending
to the upper floor window, found the whole of the
upper part of the house enveloped in a dense and
suffocating smoke. At this time an engine came, the fire-
escape arrived, and one of the firemen having ascended,
broke in the windows and entered the front room, where
he found Mr. M`Micken lying on the ground insensible,
and much scorched about the shoulders and. breast. He
was immediately lowered down to the street by a rope,
and taken off to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he was
pronounced to be dead from suffocation. In another part
of the room was found a little boy, George M`Micken,
two-and-a-half years of age, insensible, and much burned
about the body, and ho also was sent off to the hospital,
where he died from his injuries at ono o'clock on Sunday
afternoon. In the meantime the firemen had succeeded in
extinguishing the flames, and on their entering tho back
bedroom they found Mrs. M`Micken and her infant child
six months old uninjured by fire but dead from
suffocation. An alarm was then given that there was
a servant girl still in the house, but it was afterwards
found she had escaped. at the back of the house,
much burned, and had been conveyed to the hospital,
where she is now lying not expected to recover. It was
not more than twenty minutes from the first discovery of
the fire until it was extinguished, and it is only the back
portion of the house that has suffered from the flames.
The fire is supposed to have broken out in the kitchen, and
to have been smouldering through the night. From
appearances it is thought that Mrs. M`Micken and her
infant were suffocated while asleep, and that Mr. M`Micken,
who awoke by the knocking of the policemanovas so stupe-
fied by the smoke as to be incapable either of saving him-
self or his family.
London, England, 1869-10-12

TIIE FENIAN DEMONSTRATION.

All accounts agree that the Fenian demonstration.
in Dublin on Sunday passed off quietly. In conse-
quence of the police notice, no general procession
marched through the City ; but the various trades,
with their banners and insignia, met at different
points, and proceeded to the place of meeting at
Cabra, near to the Phoenix Park. Every person in
the procession, as well as those who lined the streets,
wore green scarfs or ribbon, and nearly all the
banners displayed had the Irish harp on
them without the crown. The numbers present
are estimated at about 100,000. Mr. Butt
Q.C., presided at the meeting. Mr. Moore, M.P. for
Mayo, was abusive as usual. The Irish people would,
he said, be always in insurrection, not against the
English people, but against that -vile and tedious
usurped tyranny of national self-conceit and national
self-will, that called itself English public opinion,
which was half outward swagger and half inherent
flunkeyism, which was not born in the instincts of
the English people, but was the spawn and the vilest
gabble of the weakest and vainest representatives of
the English social system. The . bloodhounds,
spaniels, lapdogs, mongrels, and turnspits of the
English press who had been barking at his heels
were strongly denounced. A Catholic priest next
addressed the meeting in rather violent language.
A memorial was adopted, praying for the release of
the Fenian prisoners.
London, England, 1869-10-12

LIOBAT of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS-
-u PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIor
Queen-square, Bloomsbury :—I give and bequeath to the
Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in
1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out
of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for
charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use
of the said Hospital.

The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out
Patients, a Samaritan Society to relieve tho more desti-
tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.
E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec.

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
bam-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—ll.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for porscns over
20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who aro hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted
The Homo was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may beob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard
troet, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD. WEAYER, See.
Offices, 73, Choapside, E.C.
London, England, 1869-10-12

PLEURO-.PNETTMONIA.

The propriety of stamping out pleuro-pneumonial,y
slaughter and compensation has engaged the attention
of an influential meeting of farmers in Cheshire.
Regard being had to the fearful losses Cheshire had
sustained by the unrestricted spread of pleuro-pneu-
monia, and the lessons taught at Aberdeen and
throughout England by cattle-plague restrictions,
which stopped the progress of pleuro-pneumonia for
the time, the meeting strongly affirmed the principle
that slaughter should immediately follow in all cases
certificated by the chief constable to be pleuro-pneu-
monia. The establishment of an insurance fund from
which compensation could be given to those whose
cattle were slaughtered was also approved.
London, England, 1869-10-12

TILE GOLD PANIC IN NEW YORK.

Tho accounts of the extraordinary commotion in
Wall-street, New York, during the closing days of
September, are certainly startling oven for the
excitable Empire City. A combination of unscrupu-
lous speculators bought up all the available gold in
order to raise the price which they sent up from
135 to 165 in twenty-four hours. The commotion
in the City was indescribable, and business was vir-
tually suspended, while men of all ranks and profes-
sions hurried to the vicinity of -Wall-street. The
old-room itself is described as a perfect
dlam—" a pandemonium ever to be re-
membered with terror, bringing before the
mind a vivid picture of the condemned in the lower
regions." That this language is not entirely hyper-
bole may be judged from the fact that a prominent
broker, Albert Speyer, became deranged in the room,
and had .to be led . away by his friends, while
another broker has since shot himself. The struggle
went on between "Bulls and Bears," the former being
victorious until the climax which the New York
Herald appropriately describes as " The Bull Run of
the Stock Campaign.". A Government order to sell
four millions of gold restored sanity to the -Wall-street
Gold Room, and from thence to the great towns
throughout the States which had all been more or
less affected by the fever. The confusion had been
Bo make its statements tally.
however too groat to be at once tranquillised, and
kept at work all night, the
not gat through its work, nor
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Everyone's affairs were consequently deranged, and
no man's credit was good for anything.
The American papers just arrived state that the
wildness of Wall-street had not abated on September
29th. The Gold Exchange and the Clearing House were
unable to still the storm, the Secretary of the Treasury
having come forward so late. The Bank of New
which had undertaken the task of clearing the
business of the aith (when 500,000,000d015. changed
York
hands) gave it up despair. After much terrible
excitement and many fruitless efforts at settlement.
the Gold Exchange Bank was placed in
the hands of a receiver, Smith and Gould,
two prominent speculators, having obtained
an injunction against it, confessing that forty millions
of gold were bought and sold on their account in one
day. Universal indignation is expressed outside the
ring of speculators at tbe unscrupulous ccraibinationa
which have produced such disastriputeffects.
London, England, 1869-10-12

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

1/7111TE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Groat Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical men to be the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. 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 bo worn during sleep. A.
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which car-
rot fail to fit, forwarded 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., 215., 265. Gd., and ils. Gd. Postage,
ls. A Double Truss, 31s. Gd., 425., and 525. Gd. Postage,
ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Gd. Postage,
Is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
AFLASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, &c, for Varicose Veins and all cases
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., is. 6d.
10s., and Hs. each. Postage, Gd.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.:
London, England, 1869-10-12

REVOLUTION.

The Times reporter made a shocking mistake
touching Mr. Beresford Hope's speech at the Church
Congress. He was made to say " Lay patronage is
exclusively an evil; so is an hereditary House ofLords."
The notion of the member for Cambridge University
denouncing
an hereditary legislature as exclusively an
evil might well excite surprise. But it appears that
the Conservative M.P. meant something quite different.
Speaking of lay patronage, he said it was an insular
institution, but so was an hereditary House of Lords,
and would it be well to pull down the Upper House
because it was an insular institution ? Mr. Beresford
Hope thinks that the scarcity of lay patronage pre-
pared the way for the disestablishment of the Irish
Church by rendering the laity indifferent. He
opposes the abolition of lay patronage here on the
ground that it may lead to similar results.
London, England, 1869-10-12

ORTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY
A-1 COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidents aud Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS earnesly solicited to meet the
annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000.
The committee also plead for help for the sick children,
the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who
enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges
of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank-
fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19,
Cheater-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the
charity.
HENRY J. KELLY, RN., Secretary.
London, England, 1869-10-12

WHO 19 TO BLAME P

Mr. Gray, who was one of the chief spectators of
the Wood-green murder, writes explaining his con-
duct on that occasion. It appears that he, in common
with most of the passengers who arrived by the 5.10
train from King's-cross, did not see the first assault
by Henson upon Boyd and the woman. But hearing
that a man was dragging a woman into a house
against her will, ho went to the cottage, accompanied
bi a Mr. Sawyer and a Mr. Wilton. " Almost
directly I heard the rsport of a firearm, saw a flash,
and noticed the form of a woman fall upon the
ground. Immediately afterwards I heard a violent
beating, and plainly saw that a weapon was being
used in a frightful manner." Henson rushed out of
his cottage, and then went to Boyd's residence.
Several gentlemen entreated the navvies who were
present to "make a rush," but in vain. To break
open the doorway of Do yd's house and commit the
second murder was but the work of a minute on the
part of Henson. Mr. Gray afterwards assisted to
captm o him. Such is Mr. Gray's narrative; but
it can hardly be said that he has gained
much by publishing it. Every allowance
must be made for the extraordinary rapidity with
which lIENsON acted. But it is clear that most of
the railway passengers were not to blame, for
most of them saw nothing of the first assault, and
those who did—rows between man and wife being
common enough in London—could hardly be expected
to anticipate the dreadful crime which followed.
But Mr. Gray confesses that he saw the woman
fall, and yet he did not interfere with the murderer
beyond calling upon some navvies to "make a ruAh."
Both he and the gentlemen who were with him
might have set the example. It does not appear that
anything could have saved the woman ; but presence
of mind might have prevented the second crime.
London, England, 1869-10-12

PRICY,: OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. 151. per £1 sterling.
tin comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
43 lis.loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price is slightly dearer in Paris than in
Lor►dun.

The mug° of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60
dare Alb, was 1074 per cent. on the Oth inst. At this rate there
would be a loss 012 the transmission of gold; from the United
States.

Mr. H. J. Byron will shortly appear at the Globe
Theatro in a new drama from his own pen, entitled "Not
such a Fool as he Looks."

EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE
are the properties of Lamplougu's Pyretic Saline, curing the
worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant,
alatablo, and invigorating. Sold by 11 Chemists —[Advt.
London, England, 1869-10-12

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT.
LANTIQIJE.
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4, Rue de la Pain, Park
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, forNewjYork.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From Mona or BREST to NEN'ir YORK.
First Class 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr.
London, England, 1869-10-12

COMPENSATION IN C ASE OF INJURY,
AND
A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH
Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by
Policy of the
RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY.
An Annual Payment of £3 to £6 Is. insures £l,OOO at Death,
and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against
by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies.
For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to
the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, Contitimb anyl 10, REGENT
STREET, LONDON.
WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary.
London, England, 1869-10-12

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry.

THIS EVENING, at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE.
A t 8.15, Mr. T. W. Robertson's new Comedy, in three acts,
entitled PROGRESS: Messrs. Billington, H. Neville, J. Clarke,
Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall ; Mesdames Lydia Foote,
Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens.
London, England, 1869-10-12

TO LET, in St. Paul's-road, Camden-square,
N.W., TWO ROOMS or more (Unfurnished), in a
respectable private house. Any Gentleman or Lady re-
quiring such, will find this most desirable. No children.
Also, a good Bed-room, with use of sitting-room (Fur-
nished), for a Gentleman. Partial Board if required.—
Apply at 1, Murray-street, Camden-square, N.W.

DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET.
MR. ESKEL Li, the Author of "Pure Dentistry,
and What it Does for Us," "Painless Tooth Extraction;
or Anaesthesia Locally Applied ;" •' Dental Surgery: a Practical
Treatise:" Modern Dentistry: its Principles and Practice," &c.,
may be CONSULTED DAILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Four
o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVE-
NOR-SQUARE (a few doors from Bond-street).

R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de-
scription of .ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without.
springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble
the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori-
ginals by the closest observer ; they will never change
colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth
ever before used. This method does not require the
extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will
support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is gua-
ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed
teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti-
cation.
52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5.