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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-09

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
COTINCIL.
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 RO7. J. E. Kempe
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. ,Esq Morton
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canun Nepn
Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.O.
Rev. J. Connell Rey. G. F. rrescott
Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hesaoy 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 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.
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ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-heath.
Established 31st 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-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 their
own homes.
A now wing to the Hospital lota last been completed
at a cost of upwards of XlO,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, 0 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully
FRreceived.
EDERIC ANDREW; Secretary
No, 10„.PoltrylLvidoxi, Lc, pepternkg OM
London, England, 1869-04-09

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METROPOLITAN and METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT RAILWAYS.
A New Station at WEST BROMPTON will be OPENED for
TRAFFIC on MONDAY, the 12th inst.
Trains will run to and from Gloucester-road Station at frequent
intervals

MILES FENTON,
General Manager.

April 8.

TORN GOSNF.LL and CO.'S CHERRY
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enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street. London.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.
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JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
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war.

Births.

BEST—On the 7th inst., the wife of F. A. Best, Esq., of
Watton, Norfolk, of a son.
STRAUBENZEE—On the 7th inst., At Dover, the wife of
Lieut.-Colonel Fredk. Van Straubonzee, of a son.

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Marriages.
DOLPHIN— ONIMANNEY—On the ith inst., at Putney. J,'S
Dolphin, Esq., oldest son of Captain Dolphin, late Rifl4
Brigade, to Jane Georgiana, third daughter of Major-
General Otnmanney,
I fuNTEtt—WEsT —On the 3d inst., at Upper Norwood,
Patrick Ilunter, Esq., of Roden, Shropshire, to Elizabeth
Aun, youngest daughter of the late John West, of
Little Bowden, Northamptonshire.

Deaths.
COLE -On the 6th inst., at 142, Mile-end-road, Robert
Colo, Esq., aged 80.
COLE—On tho 6th inst., at 22, Sydney-street, Bromptovt
Captain Robert Martin Cole, R N aged 81.
HEymx—On the 6th inst., at Alexandria-road, Norwood,
Alex. Heylin, Esq., aged 41.

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London, England, 1869-04-09

METROPOLITAN and METROPOLITAN
LT DISTRICT RAILWAYS.
A New Station at WEST BROMPTON will be OPENED for
TRAFFIC on MONDAY, the I 2th inst.
Trains will run to and from Gloucester-road Station at frequent
intervals

MYLES FENTON,
General Manager.

April S.

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from dec%y, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.
London, England, 1869-04-09

HARD TO PLEASE•

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Our American cousins, or let us say brethren, are
hard to please. We used to make them angry
because we held them up to ridicule. They are now
angry because we hold them up to admiration. They
were "riled " when Mrs. Trollope and Mr. Dickens
made fun of them, and now they are "riled"
because English visitors flatter them. They
complain that we are too " condescending,
that we go to them expecting to see people
of vulgar manners and slangy speech, and when we
find that it is not everyone who addresses us as
"old hoss," and that their young ladies are not
accustomed to express their approval by such terms
as " right smart," we are surprised, and manifest
our emotion in a patronising manner that is almost
more offensive than our insulting caricatures. This is
the burden of the last very interesting letter from the
New York correspondent of the Daily News. But, after
all, the Americans should see in our compliments at
least a sign of improvement. We are clumsy, no
'doubt, and we ought to dissemble our love for our
relations better than we do. Perhaps if we had done
so we should not now be having the fragments of
the torn Clarendon-Johnson treaty thrown into our
f aces.

THE IRISH CHURCH.
There is to be an important meeting next Tuesday
with reference to the Irish Church. It will be a
copference of the several dioceses of the Church, and
will be attended by laymen as well as by clergymen.
Among the lay delegates are Lord James-Butler,
Mr. Cecil Guinness Sir E. Grogan, Mr. Hamilton,
Sir Joseph NapierAhe Eton. D. Plunkett, the Master
of the RoLls, Sir F. Shaw, the Vice-Chancellor, and
General Dunne. In Monaghan a meeting of " all
denominations" has been held, at which the follow-
ing resolution was passed That we shall con-
tinue to uphold the legislative Union between
Great Britain and Ireland so long as the inter-
national compact is respected and held inviolable by
the British Parliament ; but, should the fifth article
of the TreAy of Union—which is expressed to be
essential, fundamental, and perpetual—be repealed,
we shall be forced to regard the Union as virtually
dissolved." After this, the " loyal Protestants " of
Ireland will never be able to reproach the Nationalists
for desiring to repeal the Union. Clearly, the
second. have as much right to urge that change for
political, as the first have for ecclesiastical, reasons.
London, England, 1869-04-09

N VEMBER.

Suudorue, Salop
Cothau and Eston .. 9, •t 0•

BRECON ELECTION PETITION.-7his Day.

BRECON, Friday.—Baron Marton gave judgment to-day,
declaring the election void, that corrupt practices had not
extensively prevailed, and that Mr. Gwyn personally had
nothing to do with the corrupt practices.
London, England, 1869-04-09

ANOTHER AGRARIAN OUTRAGE.

Another outrage has just taken place in Ireland.
A man named Austin WlCean, with his widowed
mother and two brothers, occupied a farm at ,Kil-
shanny, county Clare, under Captain Crowe, a gentle.
man at present in India. Notice to quit was recently
served upon the M'Kean's, and the time having expired, the
agent, accompanied by Thomas Horan, a farmer, whose
son-in-law was the expectant tenant, set out for the place
on Monday to demand possession. The agent, a Mr.
Mahon, left Horan at his son-in-law's house close by, and
walked up to the farm alone. The widow and her sons
came out to meet him, and Austin declared that " the
land would not be given up without a life." Mr. Mahon
thus intimidated, withdrew. Austin then went towards
the house mentioned, and encountering Horan, he asked
why he had put " a rascal of an agent to take away his
land ?" Before Horan could reply, he presented a pistol
at his breast, and cried, "Take that." A bullet penetrated
Horan's clothes on the right side and struck upon the
breast bone ; thence, fortunately, it glanced off, and the
man received only a superficial wound, though his nervous
system sustained a severe shock. M`Kean, it is stated,
proceeded to re-load his pistol, but the other found imme-
diate, refuge in the house of the parish priest. The would-
be assassin took to the woods.

The Metropolitan Street Tramways Bill is still
under the consideration of the Select Committee of the House
of Commons. Various witnesses were yesterday called
in support of it, and set forth the various advan
tages which would accrue to the public from the adoption
of a speedier, safer, and more convenient mode of locomotion
than was now adopted in the streets of the natttropolis. The
ineminr 11413, to be it long
London, England, 1869-04-09

BATTLE IN MEXICO.

The army of Juarez has narrowly escaped a destructive
defeat by a rebel force, headed by General Negrete.
Colonel Malo, a Mexican officer, had joined this insurgent
chief, and the forces of the two amounted to 4,000 men,
all well armed. Battle was joined with the Government
troops in the State of Puebla, about 100 miles distant
from the city of Mexico. For some time the conflict went
decidedly in favour of the rebels. Colonel Malo's men
fought for their lives, and in some charges the Government
troops were decidedly worsted. But at the turning
point of the engagement some of Negrete's men, actuated
by an unaccountable purpose, suddenly went over to the
side of their foes, and turned their arms against their
former comrades. The deserters numbered only a few
hundred men, lint their defection created great confusion
along Negrete's whole line, and at this moment 11-lalo was
himself killed. The rebel army was routed and completely
destroyed. The object of this insurrection was to capture
a sum of three million dollars in cash, and with this spoil
to set up an independent government. But though Negrete
has come to grief, risings constantly take place in every
na:.t of the ~.ountry.

HEAL CHARITY.—A few days since there was
paid i❑ to the tankers to the Metropolitan Free Hospital,
Dtyonshire-square, under the initials " E. G.," a donation
of "one thousand pounds" to that institution.
ADVERTISEMENT.I ETollointy's pills are decidedly the
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fidence. They do not contain a single grain of mercury
or other noxious substance, being composed exclusively of
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cacious, and, as a family medicine, nothing yet invented
or discovered can bo compared with them for a moment.
With these inestimable pills at hand, together with the
printed directions.affixed to each box, no other medical
advice or assistance can be needed in any ordinary case of
sickness.
London, England, 1869-04-09

TIIE POLICE.

Mr. razucE said that the case of the persm; Mac-
donald, who was stopped by a police, officer named Coucher
whilst delivering Treasury circulars to tteml:ers of the
houso ar ! charged him with loitering, had been.
inquired into, and had tho man answered the question
put civilly to him by the constablo ho would haw aviided
the short, (I,tention which he suffered. The polico had a
vary difficult duty to perform, and it was but just that as
much assistance should be given them as possible.

NEUTRALITY LAWS.
Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. Harcourt, said he hoped to
introduce a bill founded oa the Report of the Royal Com-
mission appointed to consider the laws of neutrality, na-
turalisation, and allegiance during the present session.
London, England, 1869-04-09

THE COTTON TRADE.

The cotton trade is in a most deplorable state. Through-
out East Lancashire great distress prevails. In Blackburn
out of a total of seventy-two mills in the borough, nine,
and these including some of the largest, are stopped alto-
gether, and nine or ten others are running short time. By
the stoppage of Messrs Dickinson and Son's mills, at Bank.
top, owing to the failure of the firm, about 800 additional
hands have been thrown out of employ. At the last meet-
ing of the board of guardians for the Blackburn union no
fewer than 3,950 persons were relieved, and this number
will be considerably augmented next Saturday. The duties
of the relieving officers are so heavy that it is found im-
possible to visit properly the many cases of want and die-
' tress brought to their knowledge, and it is expected that
the guardians will at their next meeting appoint one or
more assistants. The distress in Blackburn
`pass ot been
so great for thirty or forty years past. At ig, many
of the mills have not been working for several months,
and the majority of the remainder have been on short
time. At the factories of Messrs. Taylor Brothers, the
largest employers of cotton operatives in the town, full
time has hitherto been worked, but notices have been
issued of a reduction of 10 per cent. in wages, and this
has been accepted by the hands. At other places where
full time has been worked, reductions have been made and
accepted. The business of the district is almost at a
standstill. The relieving officers do not report any mate-
rial increase in the number of cases coming under their
notice, for while many families must necessarily be suffer-
ing severely from the reduction of wages, in the majority
of instances they are not left entirely destitute, but are in
receipt of incomes sufficient to exist upon, though very
small when compared with those received a short time

ago.
At Preston were the strike to end immediately, a large
number of mills could not resume. The business
is so very dull that neither a 5 or 10 per cent. reduction
would justify the owners in starting their works. It
should be mentioned, with regard to the strike, that the
weavers seemed inclined to agree to a 5 per cent. reduoo-
tion ; but the masters, at their meeting, insisted upon the
alteration of the " wheel dividend" system, so that in
effect the weavers were asked to submit to a Si per cent,
reduction. The weavers asked that the question might be
referred to exhitration. In default of this, the strike
will
takaplaisk ,
London, England, 1869-04-09

ENGINEERING.

Engineers are now-a-days perpetually startling us
by some amazing novelty. Before the Suez Canal
has become un fait accompli, before success is certain,
we have quite as wonderful a proposal—a scheme to
intersect Ireland by a ship canal. Liverpool men are
said to be canvassing in favour of the adoption of the
plan. It is suggested that the canal should be made
between Galway and Dublin. The distance between
the two ports is about 100 miles, the ground flat, and
it is understood that no engineering difficulties of
moment are in the way, while a large amount of
time would be saved, and danger and shipwreck
avoided. Americans offer to raise the whole money
in the United States.
London, England, 1869-04-09

THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
2ole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
This EvENINg, at 7, THE MAN ')F TWO LIVES: Mr.o
Dillon.
'J o conclude with PUSS IN BOOTS.

THEATRE.-ROYAL. HA YMAR K ET.
'ints EVENING, ELITE DEVILS: Messrs. ITowe, Rogers
Buckstone, jun., Mis 4 Fanny Wright, &c. Afier which. HOME:
Sothern. Chippendale. &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Hill;
&c. Followed by THE cAPTAIv OP THE WATCH. r.
othern. Concluding with MAhE YOLTR WILLS: Mr Buck
stone. Commerwe at 7.

PRINCESS S THEATRF..
S'-o!e Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Vining:.

%Vr.NTNG. at 7, 'TWICE KILLED. At 8, AFTER
DARK : 31r 3lr Walter Lacy, _Mitt Rose .Leclercq;
And THE SECRET.

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIR,

THIS EVENTNG, at 7, A DAY'S FISHING. Mr. G. Delmore,
Yr. Stephenson, Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. At 15
to s. BLAt K A D WHITE: Messrs. Pechter, A. Stirling,
B. l'hillins, Stuart:. Carlotta Leclereq, Miss Lennox Grey, &e,
And WHITEBAIT. AT GRl' NWICH : Mr Atkins.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
Lus RVEtcy.4o, at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. • Messrs. Bel-
ford, Clarke ; Miss Burton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs..Tligne„
James, Fenton: esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Bufton. To
conclude with SUE AND DYE
London, England, 1869-04-09

AN APT SCHOLAR.

Well done Serjeant Sleigh ! A very few years
ago lie was an advanced Liberal, and used to
diversify his Old Bailey business with occasional
excursions to Liberal constituencies in want of a can-
didate. No man was more proficient than lie in the
whole creed of Liberalism. He had it at his fingers'
ends, could roll it off his tongue as glibly as though
he had been at politics all his life. Bu fcir some
reason or other the constituencies did not want Mr.
Sleigh. They were fitly punished by loss of office,
and. the Conservatives believing in the enterprising ad-
v ocate, he offered them faithful service, and fought two
battles for them with signal ill success. Now that the
Liberals are back again at Downing-street, it might
have been expected that Mr. Sleigh would have re-
sumed his first principles. But the Conservatives were
wise in their generation, they made Mr. Sleigh a
serjeant: and thus established some sort of claim
upon this erratic politician. He has now just been
down to Huddersfield (one of the boroughs he
vainly tried to represent), and has made
a speech of the true Constitutional kind. There
was Maynooth, and the Constitution, and the
Monarchy (in capital letters), and much talk about
pillars and bulwarks of the English Throne, and
martyrs and streams of blood, and a quotation from
" King John " by way of conclusion. In fact, the
Serjeant: had got up his brief thoroughly, with one
exception. He referred to Shakespere as "the great
bard of 200 years ago." No doubt this was a poetical
license. The Serjeant thought that it was a delicate
flattery of a " pious and immortal memory " to
make the greatest of English poets a contemporary
of Dutch William.
London, England, 1869-04-09

THE GUN TRADE.

The gunmakers of Birmingham are much dissatis-
fied. The Enfield factory has grown so large as to
be absorbing the work which used to be done in the
town represented by the President of the Board of
Trade. The men have made several applications to
the Government in the matter, but without avail.
Another was made on Wednesday to Mr. Cardwell.
He could not give them any satisfactory answer,
however, but pointed out that the Enfield
establishment was working at a lower rate
than usually—in fact, at the lowest rate at
which it could reasonably be kept open. So
far, therefore, the present depression did not lie at
the door of the Governmept. He was not permitted
to make any promise, but he might appeal to the
fact that Government had very recently given out an
order for small arms to Birmingham over and above
the present requirements for the service. The depu-
tation seemed to think that it would be better if the
Enfield establishment were shut up altogether. Mr.
Bright (who accompanied Mr. Cardwell) thought not,
for if the Enfield establishment were to be shut up,
it would throw a large number of skilled hands
into the Birmingham trade as competitors.

OUR INDIAN EMPIRE.

On Wednesday Sir Vincent Eyre read a paper
at the Royal United Service Institution. White-
hall-yard, on a The Rise and Progress of the
Affghan War." Lord Lawrence was pre-
sent, and Sir R. Murchison was in the chair.
After taking an historical survey of the affair
he shewed that our position in Affghanistan was
a false one, and fraught with danger in many ways.
We should be careful for the future not to play at our
favourite old game of opposition to Russian progress
in Central Asia. The fears which were entertained
respecting the interference of Russia in the East
were_, he considered, groundless, and the inhabitants
of India would not desire to change European
masters, and be under the dominion of the Czar. For
generations to come the Russian forces must neces-
sarily be too insecure to undertake any wild enter-
prises in the direction of Affghanistan. In con-
clusion, he advised our authorities to look to the
assailable points of the Indus, and to maintain
friendly relations with the subjects of Affghanistan.
Sir R. Murchison proposed a vote of thanks, and
declared that the Russian Emperor was peaceably
inclined, and had given solemn assurances that he
would never attempt to approach Affghanistan.
London, England, 1869-04-09

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS,
HOLBORN
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Last appearances of the Wonderful PERFORMING HORSES.
—Brilliant .nd unequivocal success of the Easter Programme.—
The SAL &MA NDER HORSE, the greatest Equine Wonder of
The day —The best and only entertainment of the kind in the
netropolis. No other Theatre in London offers a programme
so replete with variety, amusement, and excitement The
magnificent Stud of FIFTY PERFORMING HORSES,
and the matchless SCENES in the ARENA. The most com-
plete combination of equestrian talent ever brought together.
Those who have not yet seen the wonderful and beautiful horses
should lose no time in doing so, as they leave London for the
Continent on the 26th of April.
Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per-
formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past
Two.
London, England, 1869-04-09

OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
,JI 11, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Clarke.
Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bufton and Maitland.
After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne, James, Fen-
ton, Turner, Chamberlaine; Mesdames Bufton, L. Maitland, &c.
To conclude with HUE AND DYE.
London, England, 1869-04-09

POLAR EXPEDITIONS.

With regard to the various Polar Expeditions now
talked about, Dr. Wallace, of Liverpool, has written
to the Telegraph suggesting a new course to the Pole.
He has spent a summer in the polar regions,
and has gathered a good deal of information
from experienced whalers in the Arctic Seas. Ile
thinks the best course to pursue is to
penetrate the thick belt of ice which lies along the
eastern coast of Greenland to what sailors call the
West Land, where a wide open sea has generally
been found skirting the Greenland shore. The belt
of ice presents the only difficulty, but in one season,
which will admit an open passage to the east
of Spitzbergen, a dozen will be found with
an open sea leading to the West land. If that
its
utmost is reached, a steamer could run north to
utmost limits in a few days ; travelling party might
then leave the ship safely moored, and travel on the
land to the Pole, if land extends so far. Such are
the main outlines of Dr. Wallace's scheme, which
deserves the attention of Arctic navigators.
London, England, 1869-04-09

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San Francisco, China, and Japan..
Hand books, with-full details of- all the routes of this
company, can be had of
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London, England, 1869-04-09

THE COTTON TRADE.

The cotton trade is in a most deplorable state. Through.
out East Lancashire great distress prevails. In Blackburn
out of a total of seventytwo mills in the borough, nine,
and these including some of the largest, are stopped alto-
gether, and nine or ten others are running short time. By
the stoppage of Messrs Dickinson and Son's mills, at Bank.
top, owing to the failure of the firm, about 800 additional
bands have been thrown out of employ. At the last meet-
ing of the board of guardians for the Blackburn union no
fewer than 3,950 persons were relieved, and this number
willbe considerably augmented next Saturday. The duties
of the relieving- officers are so heavy that it is found im-
possible to visit properly the many cases of want and dis-
tress brought to their knowledge, and it is expected that
the guardians will at their next meeting appoint one or
more assistants. The distress in Blackburn has not been
so great for thirty or forty years past. At Wigan, many
of the mills have not been working for several months,
and the majority of the remainder have been on short
time. At the factories of Messrs. Taylor Brothers, the
largest employers of cotton operatives in the town, full
time has hitherto been worked, but notices have been
issued of a reduction of 10 per cent. in wages, and this
has been accepted by the hands. At other places where
full time has been worked, reductions have been made and
accepted. The business of the district is almost at a
standstill. The relieving officers do nut report any mate-
rial increase in the number of cases coming under their
notice, for while many families must necessarily be suffer.
ing severely from the reduction of wages, in the majority
of instances they are not left entirely destitute, but are in
receipt of incomes sufficient to exist upon, though very
small when compared with those received a short time

ago.
At Preston were the strike to end immediately, a largo
number of mills could not resume. The business
is so very dull that neither a 5 or 10 per cent. reduction
would justify the owners in starting their works. It
should be mentioned, with regard to the strike, that the
weavers seemed inclined to agree. to a 5 per cent. reduce
tion ; but the masters, at their meeting, insisted upon the
alteration of the " wheel dividend" system, so that in
effect the weavers were asked to submit to a 81 per cent.
reduction. The weavers asked that the question might be
referred to arbitration, In default of this, the strike wiU
taw PIM
London, England, 1869-04-09

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.

The private medical attendants of the patients aro
invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can bo obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.
London, England, 1869-04-09

THE ELECTION PETITIONS.

The application to change the venue of the South Hants
petition from Winchester to Southampton has been made
to Mr. Justice Willes. The respondents brought the
motion before his lordship at Chambers, but he said he
must hear the other side before he would make any
order.

The Horsham petitions have also been before Mr.
Justice Willes. In respect of one petition an application
was made to make an order of withdrawal, as the ques-
tion raised would be decided in the pending petitions. No
application was made for costs. His lordship made the
order of withdrawal,

An application was soon after made on the part of the
petitioners in the late Blackburn election petition for an order
under the recent rules for the return of the deposit money,
£l,OOO. On the part of the respondent it was stated that
there was no affidavit that the witnesses had been paid.
Mr. Justice Willes said that he should require such an
affidavit. In the Bradford case it was shewn that the
claims were discharged. It was stated that in the present
case each party was to bear his own cost, and it was
proposed that the money should either be repaid to the
petitioners or their solicitors. His lordship said there
would be one rule in all the cases. There was about
£30,000 deposited in the Bank of England, and as a
number of applications would be made he must be satisfied
that the claims were discharged.
London, England, 1869-04-09

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

April ' 9.—Sales probably 7,000 bales. Market quiet ;
unchanged.

SPAIN.

.`- -

(BY REUTERS TELEGRAMS.)
MADRID, April 9.

The Correspondencia of to-day, commenting
upon the rumour of the candidature of the
Duke D'Aaosta for the Throne of Spain,
says that since the Crown has been
declined by Dom Ferdinand of Portugal, the ques-
tion of another candidate is not entertained in
official circles, and that the idea of forming a
Directory, consisting of five members, is gaining
ground.

INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS
SuEz, April 9.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers
the Surat, from Calcutta March 17, and the Suma•
tra, from Bombay March 27, arrived at 6 a.m. to
day.
London, England, 1869-04-09

PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 251. 1610. per £1 sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
Os. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price is of about the same value in Lon
don and Paris.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at GO days' sight was on the last date about 1: 8 percent.
At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold
fium the Uni!cd btaters.

WRECK ON TILE CORNISH COAST.—Tbe American
ship Nellie Harding, 1,500 tons register, from Antwerp,
went ashore about a mile to the east of Porthile,nven, on
Tuesday, and soon became a complete wreck.
wore t cre.w
were saved. The disaster is attributed to mis-
t' an. nI;I3P averageB:4. d tons
0 n e
lasts s; aI o culent the ship
weather was foggy. At the time o n
hnu
copper ore realised £5,120 108. 6d.,
taking the light of a steamer for thef Lthoenga?!ps llght. The
was going at the rate of ten knots a r.
CORNISH TICKETING. —Tliursday.—At Redruth
ooff.£3 14s. per ton. Fine copper, 81 tons
standard, £lOB 18s., being an ad-
tbvl to-day'
inedn:gn e
SONORA PACIFIC RAlLROAD.—lnformation bas
been received—says a Washington correspondent—that
the Texas Convention has passed an ordinance giving the
right of way to the Int,_,,rnatioual Pacific Railroad, from
the eastern to the western border of that State, and a re-
servation of twenty miles on each side of the road, the
road to be completed within six years. This road is one
of the connecting links of the international line from
Cairo to Altata, on the Gulf of California.
The Wall-street Journal announces that Messrs.
J. and W. Seligman and Co., bankers, of New York, have
been appointed agents for the periodical transmission of
funds to London, for the use of the State Department at
Washington iu the Diplomatic and Consular service
abroad.
London, England, 1869-04-09

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London, England, 1869-04-09

EXCITED ORANGE7SIEN.

The Hanover-square Rooms have for some months
past resounded once a fortnight with the eloquence
of Mr. Edward Harper, " Grand Master of the
Orange Institution of Great Britain." Hitherto
no influential journal has thought these meetings
worth notice, but the Times, by way of shewing
what -
an Orange meeting is like, has
given a report of the last of these
gatherings. Mr. Harper wore an Orange
sash, so did many other persons present. There
were plentiful allusions to " the pious and immortal
memory" of William 111. (who, by the way, was so
pious that even his great admirer, Lord Macaulay,
admits that he was an adulterer), to the " crossing of
Boyne water," and similar historical incidents, which
provoked the usual outburst of Kentish fire. Mr.
Harper attributed the levelling-up policy to Lord
Russell and Mr. Gladstone, and said that Lord
Mayo, it suggesting it, was but following out
their proposal. He magnified the three-quarters of
a million of Irish Protestants into double that
number, and upbraided the English Dissenters, whol
of course, are all Jesuits in disguise, with aiding the
present bill, which has been described as " the thin
end, of the Popish wedge." Mr. Charley, who I;
wa
the only M.P. present, accidentallygave the Dissenteri
a very good reason for not joining with the Orange-
men, for he said that the first thing to be d°
to "strike a blow at the very heart of the Libera-
tionists." era-
lvair
tionists." He declared that the majority of 1181 was
i 4 a tyrant majority," and must be got rid
of. This
a
defender of the Irish Church preferstyrant
minority. He said that there were thousands o f
Protestants who thought Mr.. Gladstone wa
traitor to his Queen, his country, and his God," and
"a
and
he would not say so merely because it was " unpar-
liamentary." There was much talk about the Act of
TJniou DA the Wilwark of th C co C •
nsittution, but no

one thought Of explaining how the country gat on
seventy years ago, when there was no Act of Union.
Great importance was attached to the Irish Church
as the prop of Protestantism, but no one
attempted to chew how a Church, whose chief
merit, according to Mr. Disraeli, is that
it has nothing to do with proselytising, can
advance Protestantism amid a Roman Catholic
population. Altogether the meeting was as excited,
illogical, and absurd as even Cardinal Cullen could
have wished. He ought to pay Messrs. Harper and
Charley for the skill with which they revolt all men
of common sense and common fairness. He should
also, however, insist that on a future occasion Mr.
Murphy should not be prevented speaking. The
refusal to hear him was the only sensible proceeding
of the whole meeting, and to render future meetings
more effectual for the Cardinal's purpose, the pugi-
listic apostle should be allowed to talk as long as he
pleases.
London, England, 1869-04-09

REDUCTION OF TIIE AUSTRIAN ARMY.

A telegram from Vienna informs us that a further reduc-
tion of the standing army of Austria is to be effected bypost-
poning a,- calling out of the recruits. Although the last
army reorganisation law established a full Austrian force
of more than a million men, the standing- army was made
comparatively small—lower than that of Prussia,, and not
more than three-fiftlis as large as that of Prance. This further
reduction is decidedly a pacific symptom. It is primarily
a measure of economy, but it is not likely that economical
considerations would prevail if there was serious danger of
war.
London, England, 1869-04-09

riVIIE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, 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.
London, England, 1869-04-09

ENGINEERING.

Engineers are now-a-days perpetually startling us
by some amazing novelty. Before the Suez Canal
has become un fait accompli, before success is certain,
we have quite as wonderful a proposal—a scheme to
intersect Ireland by a ship canal. Liverpool men are
said to be canvassing in favour of the adoption of the
plan. It is suggested that the canal should be made
between Galway and Dublin. The distance between
the two porta is about 100 miles, the ground flat, and
it is understood that no engineering difficulties of
moment are in the way, while a large amount of
time would be saved, and danger and shipwreck
avoided. Americans offer to raise the whole money
in the United States.
London, England, 1869-04-09

THE GIIN TRADE.

The gunmakers of Birmingham are much dissatis-
fied. The Enfield factory his grown so large as to
be absorbing the work which used to be done in the
town represented by the President of the Board of
Trade. The men have made several applications to
the Government in the matter, but without avail.
Another was made on Wednesday to Mr. Cardwell.
He could not give them any satisfactory answer,
however, but pointed out that the Enfield
establishment . was working at a lower rate
than usually—in fact, at the lowest rate at
which it could reasonably be kept open. So
far, therefore, the present depression did not lie at
the door of the Government. He was not permitted
to make any promise, but he might appeal to the
fact that Government had very recently given out an
order for small arms to Birmingham
it over and above
the present requirements for the service. The depu-
tation seemed to think that would be better if the
Enfield establishment were shut up altogether. Mr.
Bright (who accompanied Mr. Cardwell) thought not,
for if the Enfield establishment were to be shut up,
it would throw a large number of skilled hands
into the Birmingham trade as competitors.
London, England, 1869-04-09

OYA L CHRISTY'S.
GREAT ST. GEORGE'S HALL, REGENT-STREET.
Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain.

EASTER NOVELTIES.
Fresh Engagements, in addition to the most powerful
Ethiopian Troupe in the world. First Appearance of the
celebrated American Comedian, Mr. Harry Leslie. Pro-
nounced by the Press to be the genuine sensation, and tho
only Company of Christy Minstrels who have performed
by express command before her Majesty the Queen and
the Court at Balmoral.

Arrangements for the Easter week :
CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.
New Songs, Comic Sketches, and continued success of the
Burlesque Extravaganza,
THE VERY GRAND DUTCH-S.
ADMISSION ONE SHILLING.
Private Boxes, £2 25.; Stalls, 55.; Reserved Seats, 35.;
Balcony, 2s.

Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO.
London, England, 1869-04-09

THAMES.

PENALTY.—Abraham Sollefield,
the steward of the Dutch steamship Batavier, was brought
before Mr. Benson, charged with smuggling 151bs. of
foreign manufactured tobacco and 51bs. of cigars, found
secreted on board the vessel by a Custom-house officer,
named Bird.

Mr. Beverley, from the Customs' Solicitors' Office, pro-
secuted on behalf of the Crown, and said there had been a
great many cases of smuggling from the Batavier, wkich
traded between London and Rotterdam.

The prisoner at once pleaded guilty, and said the
obacco and cigars were his property.
Mr. Paget said all he had to do was to sentence the
prisoner to pay £lOO to the Queen, and to be imprisoned
until it was paid. He bad no power of mitigation, and
any appeal for mercy must be made to the Board of
Customs.

WESTMINSTER.
DANGEROUS COMPANIONSHIP.—WiIIiam Groom was
charged with an unprovoked and violent assault upon
James Sullivan.
Complainant, a respectable-looking man, bet ?teen
GO and 70 years of age, said that he met with the
defendant last night, and, at his request, had
some drink with
his cobriet him. Finding that ho was losing
y, he refused to take any more, and telling the
defendant so left the tavern at Chelsea where they had
been
when enjoying themselves. He had not proceeded far
he suddly received a violent blow in the face,
which blackened his eye and knocked him down.
The prisoner was remanded.

wPETITIox
JUDGES' Cir-----I-------AmßETts
of, on the part
xin.THEWW. ITS
.T 3sl Ii:
ISTI ,HE ELECTION,
.11.—An
appl c a
tiri
01
til B •
supposed the costs
gave th o
AGAINST
petition of " Beal against W. a Smithas" road©
in
the
of the petitioner for the repayment
.£l,OOO
deposit.—Mr. Justice Willes said he
were .£lO,OOO. Neither Mr. Ford nor Mr. Bat
amount, but his lordship said he supposed they
much. Mr. Ford said a man of moderate means would
have have been utterly ruined by such a petition. His lordship
thought the costs were collateral and not interlocutoryP
He would, however, write to Baron Marton on the subject..
The matter stood over accordingly.

Her Majesty' rn to Windsor Castle to-day
from London has been postponed, owing to the indisposi

Lion of Prince Leopold.
THE NORWICH MYSTERY.—Mr. Stanley, Sheward's
solictor, left Norwich this morning, for the purpose of pre-
senting to the Home Secretary the memorial praying for a
commutation of sentence.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
Prince and Princess Teck, and suite honoured the perfor-
mance of "Black and White" at the Theatre Boyal
Adelphi last evening.
London, England, 1869-04-09

THE " SUN" NEWSPAPER.—G. R. GLENIE
delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn,
8 Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 0.20; Watford,
9.45.

THE,, SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE,
Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road,
ielivers the LAT EDITION of "THE SUN "at the earliest
possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver
Jopies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country
at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by
9.45 o'cloek _
London, England, 1869-04-09

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.
Soc., . Smith, Esa. GEO. Rau, See.
London, England, 1869-04-09

rriIEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatfrrton.

TfITS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, a new Drama. TFTE MAN 01?
TWO LIVES: N:r Charles Dillon: Messrs nyder, .1. Rouse. I'.
Moreland. Parrott, I'. Wilson, Barrett: Mesdames Heath, Edith
Stuart, Hudspeth. and Mrs Vandenhoff.

To en/I:dude' with the grand Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS,
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open
from 1) till 5 daily.
London, England, 1869-04-09

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN.

GR. (GENIE, of the SPORTING LIBRARY,
• 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs to
Inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general,
that he has been appointed Agent to the above-named paper in
addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of "THE Surf,"
and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town
or country.
G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the
LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier
then any other man in London or Country the evening of publi-
cation. No connection with any other persons. Bailv's, Ruff's,
Wright's, and M`Call's Guides. All the Daily rapers, Magazines,
and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint-Stock
Coal Company. Orders by post attended to.
London, England, 1869-04-09

THE PALACE AT WESTMINSTER.

The discovery of the entire unsuitability of the
present House of Commons is raising discussion
in several directions. First, as to the matter itself, is
the present House large enough ? If not, how should
a new House be constructed ? The first question
may by no means be considered as settled. The
House of Commons is large enough to hold all its
members, but it does not give every one a speaking
place. Is it advisable or needful that this should be"
given ? The House is full to overflowing only on
certain great days. The number of speakers is then
few, and they can easily be heard in the galleries.
Even if it is advisable to have more room on the
floor, more room can be obtained by a rearrange-
ment of the House. Such are the arguments
against change. But the members themselves,
the old ones especially, find the present state
intolerable. How can the nation expect its legisla-
tors to do justice if they are being worried night
after night by such petty things as not finding a
s eat ?
The moral of the matter is given by "An Archi-
tect," in the Times. In building the Houses of
Parliament, he says, a national monument was
required. A demand was made for the duke rather
than the utile. We have the former, and the Palace
at Westminster will descend to all time as a memorial
of the present age. But we have not got what was
really wanted after all. Let us take warning, then,
from the present failure, and in our law courts look
rather to the useful than to mere msthetics.

FOREIGN NOTES.

111217BLICAN MOVEMENTS IN ITALY. ,

_
The Florence correspondent of the Herald confirms in
every particular the information given by our Rome con
respondent respecting Republican agitation in Italy.
The nth of March, St. Joseph's clay, sacred to the patron
saint of both Garibaldi and Mazzini, passed off quietly,
because the authorities took special precautions ; but it is
tot the less certain that the party of action has for some
time been making preparations for a general outbreak at
the first propitious moment. The committees correspond-
ing with the Mazzinians centred at Lugano are busily
working in every direction. But the hope of success
seems small indeed. The facts brought to light at
Piacenza, at Faenza, at Ravenna, and, more recently still,
at Naples, on a still larger scale, have placed some of the
principal threads of this complicated web in the hands of
the police. These are not likely to be taken by surprise.
London, England, 1869-04-09

Iit)VEMBER.

Sundorno, Salop
Cothan and Eaton •• 9, &c.

BRECON ELECTION PETITION.—This Day.

--
BRECON, Friday.—Baron Marton gave judgment to-day,
declaring the election void, that corrupt practices had not
extensively prevailed, and that Mr. Gwyn personally had
nothing to do with the corrupt practices.