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GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.

Trns EvErincr4, at 7. MINNIE, or, Leonard's Love. At 9,
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London, England, 1869-05-14

ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN
during TEMPORARY ILLNESS.
The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro-
fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small
weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com-
bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the
establishment, 90, Upper Harley-street.
This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro-
nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor,
and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the
Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady
Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and othei ladies.
All information respecting it may be obtained on writ-
ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent.
Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the
Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand.
W. C SPRING RICE Iron Sec.
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The distinguishing featnres of this Association aro
Equitable- Rates,
Undoubted SeenTitr.
Prompt settlement of
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London, England, 1869-05-14

rIIjE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—His Grace the Duko of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, and
001. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary.
Office, 82, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a -.Y payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.
The private medical attendants of the patients are
invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent,
W. ;or to Mr. Baker :Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
Brown, 136, Harll3
ey- street, W.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great
Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing]
370 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for ono year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbnry, KO.; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-ttelds.
London, England, 1869-05-14

TIIE DEANS.

The deans don't see it. The Archbishop of Can-
terbury has had a gathering of them at Lam-
beth this week. About a dozen were present, and
the Archbishop represented to them the absolute
necessity of doing something in " these perilous
times " to " correct existing anomalies." But his
very reverend audience, as we have said, could not
see it. Dean Duncombe, of York (for whom, upon
his appointment by Lord Derby, the income of the
deanery was raised from £l,OOO to £2,000 a year, by
way of acknowledging the valuable political support
of Lord Feversha.m and his relatives), declared that
the present decanal system was unimpeachable. Deans
Boyd, of Exeter, and lloxvson, .of Chester, were of
the same opinion. Dean Mansel, of St. Paul's,
seemed to think -that so far from a .dean's roost
London, England, 1869-05-14

ITR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
A. Fleet-street, bas 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 bomo from 10 till 5.
London, England, 1869-05-14

HOME for the lIELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOMI. 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.
London, England, 1869-05-14

nt,IIE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—rat:kers: 3fessrs. Barclay, Bevan, an I Co.;
Messrs. Bansoin, Bouveric, and Co. —The eornmittPe
APPEAL very carric.stly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is row open oh ifoncla?.-s, We and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-05-14

FRANCE.

BOURSE, May 13.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :-
41 per Cont. ...... 102 Bank Shares 2950
End of mouth_ ItaF.ail Fiveg 67 15
3 per Cent
End of mouth 7l 8•4 Mexican Loan 25
Credit Mobilier 955 Do. Bonds
End of month... 255 Spanish Threes 29 23
Credit Foncier —.102 60 Home Debt —
End of mouth... Deferred ......
RAILWAYS. cash .
Orleans ... • 4 (ilBl
Northern
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Southern.... CI3I
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Austrian
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The troops by the Shannon were brought from
Spitheai yesterday tuorning, and landed at Ports-
mouth dockyard, and the ship proceeded to London
to discharge her cargo. The time-expired men—
two non-commissioned officers Royal Artillery—
were sent to Woolwich ; the remainder-190 in-
valids—were devatched by "special train to the
Royal Victoria llcspital, Netley.
London, England, 1869-05-14

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution
contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship-
wrecks and 25 vessels Ham destruction. The Institution
also expended .£20433 in the same period on its Lifeboat
Establishments, in addition to granting £2.431 for re-
wards.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the
public for assistanceto enable them to meet the continued
heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments.
Contributions will bo thankfully received by the London
and countr- bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the `.nstitution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London.
London, England, 1869-05-14

IVAtIAN'S Tit. WHISKY. -ll
EXII I STTION. 1 Slis.
Thls celebrated OLD IRISH 'WHISKY pined th,
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Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very 'Wholes(
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tho Agents in the prineinal tcwno in England: or who7'
8. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, ‘,
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.

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pSINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY,
by !Ir. B. L. NIOIEI.Y, the Deatilt by special appoint-
ment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal
Polytechnic. Established 1820.—Tho System of Painless
Dentistry originated by Mr. IL L. Mosely, and now recog-
nised by the medical faculty no 1 the profowsiou as one of
the improvements of the ago, can nowhere be obtained in
such perfect success as at his only residence, 312, Regent-
street. Advantages are: Perfect immunity front p ,in
no operations—stumps and decayed teeth rendered useful
- loose teeth and tender gums protected Qmalhies: They
never change colour or decay—in fit une: ring—ease and
comfort unsurpAssed—dete, Con impossiblo—tho facial
anatomy faithfully studied awl youthful twenrance re-
stored - magi kat ion and artionl ien g ara:tteid. Tho
" Times" of March 6 says: - "So good at imitation b
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55.: sts, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultations f• ee.—Ouly
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technic.

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First ;;lass 7OO fr.
Second Class
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From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; secaal class, 440 fr. ; third class
283 fr.
London, England, 1869-05-14

THEATRE-P.OTAL, ADELPH[.

Trim EVENING. at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
TO C e MBERWELL: Mr. G.l3elmure, Mrs. L. Murray At 15
to 8, LIFE FOR LINE: Miss Neilson. Mr. A. Stirling, Mr.
Stuart. Mr Ashley, Mrs Leigh Murray, Miss Minnie 'ydney,
And WHITEBAIT AT ORM KNWICH : Mr Atkins.

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Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SwanborouEh.
This EVENING. at 7.30, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. Bel-
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James. Fenton: +. esdames Goodall, Lydia Moitland,Bufton. To
conclude with HUE AND DYE
London, England, 1869-05-14

ARCTIC AFFAIRS.

Another German expedition to the North Pole will
start on the 7th of tJune. It will consist of two
vessels, which will endeavour to force a passage east of
Greenland through the barrier of ice surrounding
the Pole between the seventy-fourth and seventy-sixth
degrees of latitude. If the expedition do not succeed, it
will not return, but winter at Spitzbergen, and try again
next year. There is some probability that the scheme of
a north-east, in opposition to a north-west, passage wiN
be revived. The Russians have discovered that warm
currents flow along the north of Siberia, between Spitz.
Bergen and Nova Zembla, and that, perhaps, a passag
may be found along the north of Europe and Asia to
Behring's Straits and the Pacific. Unfortunately, thi:
route would be so lengthy that it could never be of much
use,

DuNvit.T.E and Co., Belfast, are the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports
lion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co.,
Belfast; or 4, Beaufort buildings, Strand, London, W.O ---[Ad-
Tvrtisement.

The Ancient Order of Foresters has forwarded
an additional contribution of £l4O to the National Life-
boat Inst.tutiou on account of :heir second lifeboat, which
is to be launched in Sunderland in the beginning of August
n xt, in the presence of some thousands of Foresters, who
are to assenale-on the occasion from all parts of the North
of England.

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London, England, 1869-05-14

THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT.

According to a telegram in the Standard, the project of
a Government with Serrano as regent and Prim as head of
the Ministry is notlikely to be matured. But a despatch in
the French papers states, not only that the scheme is
seriously entertained, but that the Ministry has been
formed. Figuerola, Sagasta, and Lopez de Ayala, of the
present Cabinet, will retire, and their places will be filled
up by others. Figuerola is Finance Minister, 130 his
policy inspires the people of Madrid with great distrust.
Nothing, however, will be officially announced until the
33rd Article of the Constitution, providing for the form of
Government, is passed. The Cortes is now at the,32nd.
London, England, 1869-05-14

Just published. price Is. &1., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in 111113-
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tration of the nefarious proceedingsof the Advertising Qaacks,
REVEL ATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."

London: 11. Balliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Satur day
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, snd o ther
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are repriutel with
this edition.
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EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE-
PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the
Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS
WEBB, Esq., in the chair.
Tho directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur-
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issued, assuring .£703,451 4s. and producing in annual
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•ns exhibit the new bosi-
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tho Administration,- the febiotals referred to being
those of office-holders who had run on the Demo-
cratic ticket last year, and ought therefore on Re-
publican victory to be discharged.

firs
RNERA L CUSTAR'S INDIAN 1?AlD.

General Custar, with his command, reached Fort
Hays, Kansas, April 12. His expedition has been
attended with great hardship ; the men living on
horses and mules, and the animals on the bark of
the cotton-wood trees. In this way he scoured the
Staked Plains, and the Red River, moving far into
I'axas. After ten days' continuous march he sur-
prised 290 Lodges, who, imagining Custar was in
a totally different direction, had dispatched their
scouts the wrong way. The Indians were struck
dumb with amazement when they beheld the dense
troops of cavalry riding down on their camp, but they
proved themselves, in the trying position, clever
actors. Mounting in hot haste, they rode out to
welcome their white brethren, exhibiting the ,
greatest pleasure at the sight of their dear friends,
to whom they tendered a warm invitation to camp
down beside them. General CuAar, between the
Head Chief and the Medicine Man, became the
centre of a circle of chiefs, plying him with
the pipe of peace, and going through a long
harangue, which assumed a sacred character ;
and this was followed by a grand parade of mounted
warriors, who, bedizened with painted trickery,
passed in single file, each blowing a flageolet. All
the while the squaws were packing up with the
utmost speed. The Indians, finding the General
impatient, then attempted to parley for their
captives, Mrs. Morgan and Miss White, of
Kansas. The former was taken by the Sioux in
the late raid on the Solomon River, her husband being
killed and she was sold to the Cheyenne; a party .of
whom in the previous August had captured Miss
White on the Republican River after killing her
father. Gen. Custar seized three chiefs, and giv-
ing them till the next day to deliver these ladies he
let them understand that as sure as the sun shone
they would hang as it dipped below the Western ho-
rizon if the captives had not been brought in. The
ropes were ready, the trees selected, but the women
came in time to save the lives of the chiefs. The
ladies had been the slaves of the savages, their
hewers of wood and drawers of water, beaten with
sticks, and living on dead dogs an I wolves. Once
they tried to escape, having one night walked twelve
miles, and their agony may be imagined when they
heard the rush of a drove of buffaloes coming
down on them in the dark. Next day they were
discovered by an Indian who fired a shot above
their heads to frighten them, the first notice they
had of his presence. After the battle of Washita
their treatment changed much for the better. For
the last winter the tribes have had a bard time of
it, being routed about from place to place by these
incessant cavalry raids, and they must have ardently
longed for summer. One of their greatest chiefs

complained that he had not time to make his seat
warm before he was driven away by the whites.
London, England, 1869-05-14

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London, England, 1869-05-14

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London, England, 1869-05-14

THE DITIZTOY ON THE PERMISSIVE

1. •-

BILL.

As already announced in our Paritamentary report, the
second reading of the Permissive Bill was rejected on
Wednesday afternoon by a majority of 106, the numbers
being : For the second reading, 87 ; against, 193. The
following is a list of the members who recorded their
votes in favour of the bill :
Arehdall, Captain M. Downing, M'Carthy Mundella, A. J.
Backhouse, E. Finnie, W. O'Neill, Hon. E.
Baines, E. Fletcher. I. Palmer, J. H.
Beach, W. W. B. Gavin, Major Pollard-Urquhart, W.
Beaumont, H. F. Gourley, E. T. Potter, T. B.
Birley, H. • Grieve. J. J. Price, W. P.
Blake, J. A. Hadfield, G.: Reed, C.
Bourne, Colonel Hamilton, Lord C. Rebow, J. G.
Brewer, Dr. Hamilton, Marquis of Richard, H.
Bright, Jacob Hanmer, Sir J. Richards, E. M.
Brown. A. H. Hoskyns' C. Wren- Robertson, D.
Burrell, Sir P. Hughes, W. B. Rylanda, P.
Callan, P. Johnston, A. Sartoris. E. J.
Candlish, J. Johnston,' W. Scott, Sir W.
Carter. Mr, Alderman iCinnaird, lion. A. F. Smith, J. B.
Cavendish, Lord G. Kirk, W. Stanley, Hon. W. 0.
Chadwick, D. Knox, Hon. Col. ki, Talbot, C. R. M.
Chambers, M. Lewis, J. D. Tite, W.
Chambers, T. M'Arthur, W. Tollemache, J..
Cnolmeley, Captain M'Clure, T. Tomline, G.
Cholmeley, Sir M. MI aren, D. Tracy. Hon. Hanbury-
Cowen, J. Msgniac, C. Trevelyan, G. 0.
Crichton, Viscount Meyrick, T. . Vivian, H. H.
Dalrymple, D. Misll, E. "Wedderbuin, Sir D.
Mislay, M. R. Miller, J. Wnitwell. J.
Davie, Sir H. R. F. Milton, Viscount Whitworth T.
Davies, R. Mcorc, C. Willyams, E. W. B.
Dawson, R P. Morgan, G. 0. Winn, R.
Dickinson, S. S. Mod, y, S. Young, A. W.

The pairs in favour of the bill were—Sir James Stronge,
Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Mr. Macfie, and Sir Gibson-
Maitland.

The tellers for the Ayes were Sir Wilfrid Lawson
(Carlisle), and Mr. T. Bazley (Manchester) ; and for the
Noes, Colonel Jervis (Harwich), and Mr. Staveley Hill
(Coventry).

THREATENING NOTICES POSTED IN

lI?ELAIVD.

A threatening notice found posted in two places in the
town of Kells, county Meath, has caused some agita-
tion in the neighbourhood. It is of an unusually elaborate
kind-, and possibly not " genuine." It runs : " Notice—
Important to landlords and oppressors. You are hereby
requested totake notice that each county in Ireland repre-
sented itself at a congress lately convened, where it was
decreed by 63 Ayes, in a house of 85, that Irishmen are
bound by this act of congress to prevent any further oppres-
sion inflicted on them by you. Since we cannot find protec-
tion by constitutional means we must only have recourse
to the revolver to protect ourselves. Had we taken
such a course twenty years age, we were not
exiled to-day. Let it be clearly understood that
for the future we will not suffer to be evicted or trampled
on in any way while one ounce of lead is sufficient for
any tyrant. Guarded landlords will not deter us from
this course. We trust there will be no further cause
given in this country by evictions, land jobbing, or other-
wise, as we would regret to have to take the defensive.—
By order."
London, England, 1869-05-14

THE AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS OF IRELAND,

Perhaps few things will contribute more towards
contentment, peace, and quietness in Ireland than a
good harvest and a fine potato crop. It is, therefore,
most satisfactory to learn that Irish agricultural
prospects were never brighter at this season than
they are at present. The most favourable accounts
are received from all parts of the provinces as to the
extent of cultivation and the state of the crops. The
grass lands have benefited immensely by the rains,
and the potato and cereal crops are healthy-looking,
and promise an early and abundant yield.
London, England, 1869-05-14

IMPORTANT TO AIWITZOLOGISTS.

Two items which will interest the archfeologists
are published by the 'Times. Some further traces of
Roman London have been discovered. A beau-
tiful tesselated pavement has just been unearthed in
Bucklersbury. An invention for restoring, or rather
for cleansing, bronze statues has been made, and is
being used on the tombs in Westminster Abbey.

THE DUFZE OF CAMBRIDGE ON THE CONTAGIOUS

DISEASES ACT.

The Duke of Cambridge, presiding at the anni-
versary of the Metropolitan Lock Hospital, on Wed-
nesday, spoke very decisively on the subject of the
Contagious Diseases Act. Though wide and
a delicate question was opened up by the suggestion
that this legislative measure should be applied to the
civil community, and though the moral feeling of a
very numerous and respectable class might be
offended by such a proposition, he would not shrink
from the avowal that he himself regarded with favour
a careful and well-planned scheme of the kind. Sir
Hope Grant, G.C.8., 1)r. Dickson, Lord Lifford, and
Mr. Mitford also spoke of the good effects of the new
law.

EXPERIENCE DOES NOT TEACH.

The gullibility of a seet,ion of the British public is
somewhat surprising. One would think that no
trick was more worn out, more certain to fail, than
the one of card-sharping in railway carriages. The
pretended strangers, the dirty pack of cards, the
exciting game, the invitation to join, the first gain
and latter loss, the discovery that the confederates
have been swindling, are all too well known to anyone
who reach a newspaper. And yet hardlya week passes
but we have a casein the police courts in which the story,
wearisome in its sameness, is told over again and
again. The North British Railway Company has at
last hit upon an expedient, whereby it is to be hoped
the fool will be protected against himself. The com-
pany has a bye-law prohibiting gambling in its car-
riages. They announce, a propos to a recent very bad
card-sharping case, that they will in future prosecute
all the players other than the sharpers. With a
knowledge that, if be escape being swindled, he has
a chance of being fined, the most simple traveller
ought to be strong enough to resist temptation.

FOREIGN NOTES.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.

The New York correspondent of the Post repeats, "on
authority," the statement made in so many quarters, that
Mr. Motley, the successor of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, will
be furnished with no instructions concerning the Alabama
claims other than very general ones. lie will be authorised
to say that the speech of Mr. Sumner in the Senate ex-
presses not only the popular feeling, but the opinion of the
Government, on the matters at issue; but_as that speech
proposes nothing, and leaves it for England to take the
next step in the affair, Mr. Fish does not anticipate
that anything more will be done for some time to come,
London, England, 1869-05-14

THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.

The struggle between the coalowners and miners
of the South Yorkshire district is being carried
on with great severity, and in the case of some
of the unionists with great hardship. At the collieries
of Mr. B. Huntsman, where prior to the strike nearly
800 men were employed, the struggle is a very severe
one. Mr. Huntsman has sent emissaries to Staffordshire
and other parts of the country, and they have engaged
men to work on the collieries on strictly nonunion and
free-labour principles. Mr. Huntsman has five pits alto-
gether, but now he has only two of these,. the principal
ones, at work, instead of the full complement
of hands he having only 300, and these as
a rule are very inferior men. Fresh lots are
coming up every day, and in all probability Mr. Hunts-
man will soon have as many hands as he had before the
strike. On the other hand, the unionists all remain firm
to their cause, not one man having deserted the ranks;
they receive their weekly allowance from the union with-
out intermittance. The unionists maintain that the
" blacks" whom Mr. Huntsman now employs, in-
stead of doing him any good, will, as they are not
experienced miners, merely swallow up his capital without
any commensurate return. At the Thorncliffe Pits, where
800 men are locked out, the dispute is as far off termina-
tion as ever, as is the case at Denaly Main, where 300 men
are looked out. At the latter place 600 loaves of bread
are distributed gratis to the unionists by the inhabitants
every week.
London, England, 1869-05-14

THAMES.

AN INCORRIGIBLE FEMALE.—A dissipated-looking woman
named Jane Blake, who was in a very dejected condition,
was charged with stealing a teapot from a stall in the
whitechapel-road.

Yesterday morning the prisoner was brought bfore Mr.
Paget with being drunk and disorderly and was discharged.
A few hours afterwards she took a teapot off a tinplate
worker's stall, put it under her shawl,and went away with
it. She was given into the custody of John Mackay, 414
K, and made a desperate resistance. She was taken to
the station-house, and Police-sergeant Dillon thought
she answered the description of a female ticket-of-leave
convict who had not reported herself monthly to the police
under the conditions of her license. Dillon now produced
her ticket-of-leave. She was convicted of arson at the
Essex Assizes, Chelmsford, in July, 1864, and sentenced
to seven years' penal servitude, of which two years and
four months had bean remitted, for she was liberated
from the female convict prison at Brixton on the
3d of March last. Dillon put in her ticket-of-
leave and other documents, and said ale had
been convicted for setting fire to a building in which she
was sheltered, and was a most dangerous character. She
had been several times in prison since she left Brixton
Convict Gaol.

Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial, and said, as
she had again relapsed into crime, she would have to
serve the remainder of her commuted sentence in addi-
tion to any punishment that might be inflicted for steal-
ing the tea pot.
London, England, 1869-05-14

EXPERIENCE DOES NOT TEACH.

The gullibility of a see of the British public Is
somewhat surprising. One would think that no
trick was more worn out, more certain to fail, than
the one of card-sharping in railway carriages. The
pretended strangers, the dirty pack of cards, the
exciting game, the invitation to join, the first gain
and latter loss, the diseovery-that the confederates
have been swindling, are all too well known to anyone
who reads a newspaper. And yet hardlya week passes
but we have a e,ase in the police courts in which the story,
wearisome in its sameness, is told over again and
again. The North British Railway Company has at
last hit upon an expedient, whereby it is to be hoped
the fool will be protected against himself. The com-
pany has a bye-law prohibiting gambling in its car-
riages. They announce, a propos to a recent very bad
card-sharping case, that they will in future prosecute
all the players other than the sharpers. With a
knowledge that, if he escape -being swindled, he has
a chance of being fined, the most simple traveller
ought to be strong enough to resist temptation.

FOREIGN NOTES.
TIIIi ALABAMA CLAIMS.

The New York- correspondent of the Post repeats, "on
authority," the statement made in so many quarters, that
Mr. Motley, the successor of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, will
be furnished with no instructions concerning the Alabama
claims other than very general ones. He will be authorised
to say that the speech of Mr. Sumner in the Senate ex-
presses not only the popular feeling, but the opinion of the
Government, on the matters at issue ; but as that speech
proposes nothing, and leaves it for England to take the
next step in the affair, Mr. Fish does not anticipate
that anything more will be done for some time to come,
London, England, 1869-05-14

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STITUTION.

President—Rev. CANON DALE.
CONrarntmONs for the support of the Homes in 1868 aro ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
greet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, K.C.; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O.
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THE ➢METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right lion. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS aro earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary
Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.

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 are
in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
160 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing
870 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E. 0.; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

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
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R. G. Baker
Rev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton
Rev. W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain'
Rev. E. Capel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox
Octavius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell _
Rev. C. W. Furse
C. J. Freake, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be recei
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloy
man-square, to whom commi

Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Herbert, M.P.
Re 7. J. E. Kempe
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhouse
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. Canon Nepean
Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.O.
Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. F. Pigou
R. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
R. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigram, Esq.
ived by any of the above ; by
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is ications may be addressed.
London, England, 1869-07-26

UNIVERSITY TESTS BILL.

Mr. Chase writes to the Daily News in answer to
the " Seven Fellows of Colleges" on the Univer-
sity Tests Bill. [b contradicts their assertion
that Lord Carnarvon's plan had been previously
suggested by Mr. Liddon. Mr. Liddon proposed
that each of the colleges might be taxed to
the extent of one-half of its property for the pur-
pose of erecting various Nonconformist colleges in
Oxford, Lord Carnarvon's scheme created a fund
for " university fellowships." to be awarded by a
university delegacy, and in which any man of any
persuasion might engage.
London, England, 1869-07-26

TIIF. FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE.

The Railway _Yews publishes an important letter
written by Mr. Secretary Fish, of the United States
Government, to the Ministers of England and France,
on the subject of the landing of the French cable on
tha shores of the United States. Mr. Fish states that
" the projectors of the enterprise now in progress have
not received orawaited the permission of this Govern-
ment, either to the establishment of this telegraphic
connection or its use for intercourse with the coast of
France ;" and he distinctly notifies that "in the
absence of the consent to or concurrence in the pro-
posed telegraphic connection of the Government of
the United States, the proceedings of the parties
interested must be taken in submission to the autho-
rity of the Government." The bill regulating the
landing of cables will probably be passed
by the House of Representatives as well as
by the Senate. The bill provides that its privileges
"shall not be enjoyed by any company whose lines
terminate in a foreign country by which similar pri-
vileges are not extended to companies incorporated
in this country." Our contemporary thinks the
shareholders have just ground of complaint against
the directors of the company, who, in the face of
difficulties which they knew to exist in the way of
landing the cable, still pushed on with the work,
leaving it at the eleventh hour to be announced that
they had not obtained the necessary authority for
landing the cable in the United States. It is, how-
ever, generally believed that no substantial difficulty
can be experienced.
London, England, 1869-07-26

THE CUBAN INSUURECTION.

The American filibusters, anxious as they are to get to
Cuba, are by no means satisfied with that paradise when
they actually arrive. On the 23rd of June an expedition
of 120 men quietly went oft' from New York to Cuba.
About a fortnight ago they quietly came Lack again.
The men landed and had a slight brush with the Spaniards,
but cholera and yellow fever were prevailing so badly in
the insurgent camp that all hands concluded to return
home while it was yet in their power to do so.
London, England, 1869-07-26

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill Putney-boath.

Established '3lst July, 1854.

This Institution exists for the coinfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Belief 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 cost of upwards of £lO,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 aro awaiting election
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subriiiptions, 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 g-eatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.

FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary
No. 10, Poultrvr London, E.C. September 1868.
London, England, 1869-07-26

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the Bonds, and the numbers of the Scrip must be inserted on
printed forms, which may be obtained of Messrs. J. litnry
Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street.
July 22, 180.

CIREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
kJ' FOURTEENTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
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1869, at One o'Clock in the afternoon precisely, for the
purpose of receiving the Directors' Report, and for the
transaction of other business.

And Notice is Hereby further Given, that one of the
Dir,ctors of the Company, viz., Sir Edward William
Watkin retires by rotation at this Meeting, and, being
eligible, offers himself for re-election.
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day fixed for the meeting, of Lis intention to offer 'himself as
such candidate.

And Notice is Hereby further Given, that Charles
Morgan, Esq., one of the Auditors of the Company, retires
by rotation at this Meeting, and being eligible offers him-
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himself as a candidate for such office, must give to the
Secretary notice in writing, under his hand, for a period
of not less than fourteen clear days previous to the day
fixed for the meeting of his intension to offer himself as
such candidate.

SALISBURY, Chairman.
J. B. OWEN, Secretary.
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LOIVDON, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1869.

Al] the customary signs of the rapidly approach-
ing close of the session and of the season are becom-
ing distinctly visible. The Lords and Commons are
preparing for the grouse shooting. Within a week
or thereabouts after the commencement of August
Parliament will have been prorogued. The principal
Government measure of the year--meaning, for 1869,
the Irish Church Bill—having already passed through
the two Houses of the Legislature, it is expected this
evening will receive the Royal assent by Commission,
becoming, thereupon, instanter, upon the magic utter-
ance of those four Norman-French mono3yllables
La reyne le veldt, no longer a Bill, but an Enactment.
Imme-liately will follow what is favtiously termed in
Parliamentary slung the Massacre of the Innocents. Al l
the lumber of incomplete attempts at legislation wal be
swept as!de:as hopelessly cumbering the tables of the
Lords and Commons. The QUEEN and Court, mean-
while, are preparing for their autumnal migration
northwards to the Royal Castle of Balmora'. The
Great World, as it sometimes oddly enough calls
itself, meaning numerically, in fact, the Little World,
the " beau monde," the cream of the cream, already
is filled with porien!s of the annual flitting to
country seats, to inland and seaside watering places,
and to all the more frequented parts of the European
continent. And quite as eagerly scattering themselves
to all points of the compas3, the Middle Million, as it
has been alliteratively termed, emulates in this the
divergent movement of those vulgarly spoken of as the
Upper Ten Thousand. The Academy and the rest of
London, England, 1869-07-26

AN 110NOTJRABLE ARRANGEMENT.

Sir Charles Eastlake, as director of the National
Gallery, had to provide pictures for the nation.
During the time he held the office he was not to
be expected to refrain from buying for himself, and
did not do so. But, seeing the position he held, Sir
Charles thought it right to give instructions that on
his decease all pictures which he had bought during
his tenure Crf 'office should be offered to the
nation at the price he originally gave for
them. This offer has been made by Lady
Eastlake, and the National Gallery now possesses
several paintings originally private property.
Mr. Layard writes explaining this, and remarks on
the extreme delicacy and the high and honourable
feeling which such an arrangement reveals. At the
same time the member for Southwark states, in
answer to Mr. Bentinck, that two other pictures
which had belonged to Sir Charles Eastlake long be-
fore he held the office of director were purchased b 7
the trustees from his representative at their fair
market value.
AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.

The paper war between the journals of Austria and
Prussia has broken out again. This is the third distinct
renewal of this pen-and-ink strife during the last
twelve months. The taste of the Austrians and Prussians
for abusing each other amounts to an incurable disease.
Doubtless it would be of no importance were it not that
the contagion spreads to much higher spheres. The
despatches in the Austrian lied-book, just published, are
full of recrimination against Prussia. There is too much
ground for the fear that the hostility between these two
nations did not end with the Treaty of Prague.
London, England, 1869-07-26

SLIGHTLY INCONSISTENT.

The Lords of the Admiralty are very anxious that
the anchors.of private ships belonging to companies
should be safe. They insist, for instance, that
" Trotman's anchor " shall be one of the fittings to
those mail steamers to which they have to give their
imprimatur. The same anchor is used for their
own yacht, and they are careful to have it affixed to
her Majesty's yacht. But for the vessels of the
Royal Navy the invention which they force upon
other vessels is not thought necessary. One of
the Service papers suggests that it is "too much
trouble for their lordships to accept" thci anchor for
the navy.