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London, England, 1869-09-20

52, Fleet-streot. At home from 10 till 5.

DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE
LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury)
The very best remedy for
BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE,
HEARTBURN, &c.,
And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest
and mildest pills for every constitution.
in boxes at Is. iv., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists.

SHOOTING SEASON.-
E. M. REILLY and CO. beg to acquaint their numerous
Patrons and Sportsmen that they have for inspection a large
ASSORTMENT of the LATEST IMPROVED CENTRAL
FIRE and other BREECH LOADING GUNS and RIFLES,
r...t their usual moderate prices.
EVERY REQUISITE for the FIELD.
502, New Oxford-street, London.
Branches: 315, Oxford-street; 2, Ruo Scribe, Paris.
Illustrated Price Lists on application.

THE INVIGORATIVE NERVINE
ESSENCE.—The most powerful .nutritive cordial ever
introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretions,
on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific
for debility of all kinds, and from its containing, among other
ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will prove highly
beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassall's re
port. Price Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in ono for 225.
BAUMGARTEN 85 Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car-
riage free on receipt of remittance.

EXCELLENT BEEF TEA, for 2id. a Pint.—
Ask for LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXT I:ACT of MEAT.
ONLY SORT WARRANTED GENUINE by the Inventor, Baron Liebig,
whose signature is on every genuine jar.
Ropplied to the British, Prussian, French, Russian, Dutch, and
other Governments.

AAIORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT of
LAMPLOIIGH'S PYRETIC, SALINE is most agreeable
.
and efficacious, preventing and curing fevers, skin complaints,
and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most intense head
ache and thirst, and if given with limo juice syrup is a specific in
gout and rheumatism.— 113, Holborn hill, London, E.O.
London, England, 1869-09-20

PICTURE GALLERIES.

Bridgewater Gall,ry—Clevelard-sittare. Cards to view
maj• he obtained front Mr. Mitchell, Obi Bond-street,
British A rusts - Suffolk- street. April to July. is.
British Inbiitution-52, Pall-nail. Pictures by British
Artists, its k'ebt nary, March, and April ; and by Ancient
Ma-ters; June, July, and August. Is.
Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael- South Kensington Museum. Mon-
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free ; other days, 6d.
Crystal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp-
ture. ls.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday.
Flaxtuan Gallery—University of Loudon, Gower-street.
Foundling hospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays,
19 till -1.
Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall-mall. ls.
Greenwich Painted Hall-- Greenwich. Mondays and Fri-
days free; other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen cn application to the hall-
keeper.
Hampton Court Palacc.—The galleries aro open free daily,
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d.
_

National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
National Portrait Gallery-29, Great George-street. Open
free, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cremorno Gardens—Chelsea. is.
Crystal Palace Park—Sydenham. Open daily, ls. Satur-
days, 2s. 6d.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Open free.
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
gib►ibury Barn and Gardens -Highbury. 6d. and
refreshment tickets.
Sew Gardens—Kew. Open free, daly at OLA o'clock.
Richmord Park--Richmond. Open free, daily.
Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. Gd.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
members order.
Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Open free. Windsor
Castle may bo visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord Chamberlain's
Office, in the Castle.
London, England, 1869-09-20

LOUD LIFFORD ON THE LAND QUESTION.

The _Dublin Freeman publishes a long letter
froin Lord Lifford, a Conservative Peer, on the all
absorbing land question in Ireland. His lordship is
unable to trace the analogy between the position of the
tenant-at-will on Irish soil and that of the Prussian
serf. His ancestor 200 years ago world never, he
says, have purchased the family estate in Donegal
had he not fully believed that he and his descen-
dants would hold it under recognised English law ;
nor would the present occupier have improved it at
the heavy cost ho has done. Everyone who has
bought or sold property in Ireland for the last 200
years has held the same conviction. Assertions to
the contrary, and demands for more than justice to
the tenant in securing, to him his outlay, while they
must deter men from investing in Ireland the capital
so much wanted, are calculated to complicate the
settlement of the land question ; the simple
solution of which Lord Lifford believes
would• be to secure to the tenant the value
of all outlay made with the knowledge and not
against the will of the landlord. This would be but
just, and, opposed to no internal or economic law,
would go far to promote practically what is called
" fixity of tenure" in all cases but those of the very
worst tenant. The end in question might be attained
by so far altering the existing law as to make it pre-
sume that in Ireland the outlay has been made by
the tenant, unless cause be shown to the contrary,
enabling the tenant to recover the value of that
outlay in the ordinary courts of law in case of evic-
tion, or of the termination of the tenancy in any
way.
London, England, 1869-09-20

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AGIIA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
int; this wone,rful liquid. It is now offered to the public
a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each,
including brush.

Red Bill Wharf, Angel passenger 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C.
London, England, 1869-09-20

SADLER AND RROWN.

The match, for £lOO a-side, between Joseph Sadler, of
Putney, and Walter Brown, the American, fixed to take
place on Thursday, October 7, on the Thames, has not as
yet created any great interest in aquatic circles. Brown
came to this country with the avowed intention of meet-
ing only Renforth, but as the backers of the Tynesider
:;xpressecl some unwillingness to allow their man to row
from Putney to Mortlake, and as Brown eventually con-
cluded not to scull except over the Championship course,
the cartel thrown down by Sadler was accepted, and
articles duly drawn up. For the past fortnight Brown has
been training under the care of his backer, Mr. J. Tyler,
jun., a well-known supporter of oarsmen in America. In
the first instance he took up his quarters at Willcox's, the
White Hart, Barnes, but shortly removed to the Bells,
Putney. He has had one or two spins with the veteran,
Harry Kelley, and report affirms that his time between the
bridges is faster than Hamill was said to have made over
the corresponding portion of the Tyne course. Brown
takes his breathings somewhat irregularly, on one day
going out, it is said, as early as six in the morning, and on
anothernot till evening. Ho had not yet decided whether to
row in his paper boat or in a new Jowitt. The former is one
of the lightest craft ever seen on English waters, her
weight—including the riggers—being only a trifle over
221 b., while her length is 31ft. 7in. by 12in. wide in the
broadest part. Sadler was to have left Surbiton during
the past week, but he will not now take up his quarters at
the Red Lion, Putney, until Wednesday or Thursday next.
There is no betting.
London, England, 1869-09-20

SMALL BIRDS.

The relative amount of good and evil affected by
the smaller birds is a constant source of dispute, and
the Field points out that opinions are formed accord-
ino• to the prejudice of the advocates rather than on
evidence of a reliable character. An illustration of
the fact has been made public. The tits are usually
regarded as insectiverous ; but it appears that one of
the smaller species, the tole, has been seen in nume-
rous flocks near London attacking the filberts, per-
forating through the shell, and devouring the kernel.
The contents of the stomach proved, under micro-
scopical examination, to consist almost exclusively of
the fragments of kernels. The common nuts have
been destroyed in a similar manner in some parts of
Nottinghamshire.

HOSPITAL CHANGES.
When the time of the present Captains-Superin-
tendent at Haslar and at Plymouth Hospitals shall
have expired they will, says the Army and Navy
Gazette, be succeeded by executive officers, but these
establishments will for the future be under the con-
trol of a medical inspector-general, subject to the
supervision, as at present, of the authorities in
London.
London, England, 1869-09-20

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 decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.
London, England, 1869-09-20

TUE REVISED CODE.

"A Certificated Schoolmaster," in a longletter on
the English Education question, in the caitinns of'
the Daily ,News, argues against the principle em-
bodied in the Revised Code. That principle briefly
expressed is payment for results, and ought to be
payment for work done. The most important results
are exactly those which cannot be measured. Under
the code, too, those schools are aided that need help
least, and those unaided that need help most ; the
amount of instruction for which it stipulates is insuffi-
cient, and it does not even attempt to supply the
educational wants of large numbers of children who
need education most.
London, England, 1869-09-20

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

ITIMHT-MTICan Tel.,linal all 201 201 21 1
10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 1t 17 16i
st Atlantic Telegraph lO 17 18
st Do. 8 per cent.
st B. and L Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 163 163
st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 25 : 237
10 Do. New 8 12 13p
25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ld pr
5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 3i 4
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all i 1p
10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., Km all 6k 7i
25 Reuter's Telegram all 7S 79 791
20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 161 17 16 151 I
st Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 1f 2 1 15-16
SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 7i
5 Do. 10 per ceit. Pref all it o p
London, England, 1869-09-20

LIFEBOAT SERVICE.

IVou'rnisGt StlilriP
This morning, about 10 o'clock, while tih!iii:l°
was blowing from the S.W., and a heavy se-n.boll°
running a vessel was reported to be in distress
five miles off this place (says H. Hargoeciaile"
The lifeboat Jane, belonging to the National -
fld
boat institution, was immediately 1311Tiebe:,'f'0'
proneded to the vessel, which proved to be - ;00
ing smack belonging to Selsey, without anYPe
the
on. hoard, having parted from her anchor darlngtheri
night. Three of the crew of the lifeboat jog,
rb..oarded her and brought her safely to 18rarTroill
he lifeboat on her return also picked 1W 3,1-riiro
l
boat.i keel 'uppermost, marked on her stern,
Chillon, Boulogne.

SO lITIIPORT, 5t110131.0.
Admiral Barton, the Hon. Secretary of the Slop
port branch of the National Lifeboat Nod
reports that the barque Cadet, from St. Jold°,' pert
Brunswick, to Fleetwood, with a cargo of, l'ulArsD
stranded last night on the Horse Bank. rlbesoio
intelligence
of the wreck re-_,Tived by the eos
of the lifeboat was that the vessel's crew ef c- e
rco
men had landed in their own boat. As the llittlo
grounded about high water there seems hut
Ivo
chance of her getting afloat again, but the
c`
sails, spars, &c., will probably be saved.
London, England, 1869-09-20

OCTAVIUS WIGIZAM
JAMBS STEW.A.ILT IF)DGSON, E
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, I
DIREC

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garret Cattloy, Esq.
Mark Conic Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq
Lancelot William Dont, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Frodk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Eq.
Rivesrs dale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sarni

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
FIRE DUTY. This Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances.
FA niING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine:;.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on ono

Life.

This Corporation affords to the Asrared
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

per roam. s. d.
Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper 3 0
Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0
SupeifineThick Cream 1. id Note ; especially recomtnended 5 6
Extra Superfine Double Thick. Cream Laid Note 7 0
straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6
Large Commercial Note Papers Ss., 45., 55., and 6 0
Foolscap Papers, blue or cream........ 103. 61, 12s. 6d., and 14 6
Outsides Foolscap 6 6
Letter Paper for scribbling... plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6
Tinted Lined Note .... . ..........
..five quires for is. 6d., or 5 6
The New Vellum Wove "Club douse" note, five quires for

2s. 6d.
Ruperflne Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s Gd, & Ga 63
Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 45 GI per 1,000
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s
COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished
steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the
prices charged by the retail houses.
An ILLIT,,TR TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
tion, with prices of Accon•it Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands,
,Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling
Writing Cases, Desks, &e , post free. Established lilt
London, England, 1869-09-20

FRANCE.

PARIS, Sept 18/3.0
General Prim and Senor Silocla leave here
morning for Madrid. A grand dinner will be gly
this evening at the English Embassy in honour
Lord and Lady Clarendon.
BOURSE, Sept. 18.—Three o'clock—The
closed as follows
4i per Cent.
End of month —
3 por Cent
End of month 7O 75
Credit Mobilior
Transatlantic 269 50
Credit Foncier 1715
Paris Gas 1600
ItAthwA

....
Bank Shares ...... 281593 '
A@
Italian Fives ....•••
5 ..,'
' Austrian Fives •.. 60 43
Ottoman Loan ... °4O.
Do. Debt......... 76 5v
' Spanish Threes ... '
Home Debt...... "... .."
Deferred .........
a. Cash
Orleans
Western
Northern ••••...... 1090
lot
Strasburg • •
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6o7i
Sardinian -
Austrian
Lombard 520
North of Spain
60
Saragossa
51
Boman
London, England, 1869-09-20

DES7RUCI I-YE FIRE.

The Horse and Groom Tavern, situated in
Winsley-street, Oxford-street, the property of Mr.
B. Broome, fell a prey this morning to that fearful
element, fire. The discovery was made by a man
named Chalton, who was running past the
house to procure a doctor for his wife, when
he noticed smoke issuing from the bar window.
Fortunately the whole of the inmates managed, but
with great difficulty, in escaping with safety. The
engines, to the nuirayr of ten, came up in rapid
succession, and fortunately au abundant supply of
water was procured, from which the land and
manual power engines went to work in an admirable
manner. At length the roof of the building fell,
as well as portions of the floorings of nine rooms,
which for a few minutes caused the flames to suc-
cumb a little, but they suddenly shot forth with
increased vigour in immense sheets of different
colours, caused by the burning of brandy, rum,
and other spirits. Eventually the fire was extin-
guished.
London, England, 1869-09-20

THE BYRON CONTROVERSY.

The heated discussion about Lord Byron is raging
more furiously then ever. The Times devotes some
five columns to it ; and the various writers paint
Byron as an angel or a demon as their opinions lead
them. Fresh facts they have not discovered ; greater
light they do not bring ; but they take up and turn
over the story till one is led almost to doubt whether
Byron and his wife were ever separated at all. One
correspondent, however, is an exception to this rule ;
Lord Wentworth has something to tell all those in-
terested in the Byron scandal, and his letter is
thought the most important wo have yet had on the
subject. The letter is intended to close the contro-
Tersy ; in very fact it makes the whole thing more
mysterious than ever. Lord Wentworth, Lord and Lady
Byron's grandson, stated in a former letter that papers in
his possession, written by Lady Byron, do not bear
out Mrs. Stowe's story. It was replied that these
papers were not the papers ; to these only the trus-
tees have access. Lord Wentworth, in return,
affirms his full acquaintance with the history of Lady
Byron, especially with the period of her married life,
and separation. " The denial I gave of the truth of
Mrs. Beecher Stowe's narrative rested on Lady
Byron's own testimony, contained in those papers, to
which (according to your leading articles) I have not
access." Now this letter leaves us perfectly be-
wildered as to Mrs. Stowe's story. Did Lady Byron
tell one version to a lady who was enjoined to keep
it secret ; and leave another statement to her trustees ?
And by what right has Lord Wentworth been
admitted to read papers left to trustees, and only to
be made public at their discretion ?
London, England, 1869-09-20

THE CAPE MAIL

PLYMOUTH, Sept. 20.
The Union Cape Mail Company's steamer Nor'

,ham has arrived.

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

SUEZ, Sept. 13-.
The Messageries Imperiales steamer Dounai, with
the India, China, Reunion, and Reunion mails'
arrived here this morning with 112 passengers.
London, England, 1869-09-20

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

Mr. Mechi, in a letter to the Times, good-
humouredly refers to the attacks that have been made
upon his farming operations, and the doubts which
in some quarters have been cast upon the statements
of his success. "For twenty-six years," he says,
"my farm has been open to public inspection, and
mon who jinderstand their business as farmers can
as well judge of the probable yield of the crops
as either I or my bailiff, and although I
was assured (when I began my improvements) by
practical men that I should never grow enough
on my poor farm to fill the great barn I had just
completed, yet the barn was filled this harvest, and,
in addition, twenty-one good corn and hay stacks
show their agreeable proportions. No doubt those
unfortunate farmers who are still shut up in little
fields, with great trees and hedgerows, their land
=drained, their dilapidated premises inconvenient
and without steam power, and their farmyard manure
well washed with the rains from untroughed build-
ings, can hardly realise the advantages arising from a
totally different state of things."
London, England, 1869-09-20

THEA'IRE 1W YAL, DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F.D. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF TOE KITCHEN.
At 8, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault:
Messrs. Barrett, 11. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright,
Johh Rouse; 311,4 Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald,
and Kat hari de Rodgers.
To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES.

IIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
_c Sole. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Will Open for the Winter Season on WEDNESDAY, Sept 29,
with (never acted) LOST AT SEA: a London Story. By Dion
Boucicault and Henry.J. Byron. The new scenery by Messrs.
Hawes Craven, Maugham, and assistants.
London, England, 1869-09-20

AMERICAN TARIFFS.

Complaints have been made of the sharp practice of the
Custom House authorities in New York, who demand
duty on the invoice ccst of tea from Ergland, plus tho
English duty, which the goods have not I aid. A similar
course is adopted with respect to the duty on malt im-
ported at Chicago, from Canada. By this rule the effects
of the high American tariff arc greatly aggravated, to the
injury alike of foreign merchants and American p.m,-
Burners.
London, England, 1869-09-20

A PREDICTION.

Mr. Alnatt, whose monthly met eorlogical letters to the
Times have excited attention, writes calling attention to
a forcast mado by Mr. S. M. Saxby, of the:Royal Navy, who
states thot the physical conditions which will exist on
the stl* of October, 1869, will bo such as never occur
without marked atmospheric disturbance. He says :
"At soven a.m. on tho ensuing rah October the moon will
bo at the part of her orbit, which is nearest the earth; her
attraction will, therefore, bo at its maximum force. At
noon the moon will be on the earth's equator—a circum-
stance which never occurs without marked atmospheric
disturbance. At 2 p.m. of the same day lines drawn from
the earth's centre will cut the sun and moon in the same
arc of right ascension. Tho moon's attraction and
sun's will, therefore, be acting in the same direction.
In other words, the new moon will be on the earth's
equator when in perigee, and nothing more threatening
of high tides and destructive storms can occur."
The effects aro to extend to both hemispheres. If obser-
vations carried back into the past had furnished data for
the foregoing prediction, well and good ; but Mr. Saxby
has cited only one specific instance—stud that a somewhat
dubious ore—in support of his theory, which rests, there-
fore, at present upon insulated and well nigh uncorrobo-
rated testimony. The time approaches for the test to be
applied, and, whatever the issue, meteorologists may de-
duce a letter of wisdom.
London, England, 1869-09-20

TIM PRINCIPAL IN MADRID.

The volunteers having left the Principal in the Puerta
del Sol at Madrid, the authorities havi:destroyed all
traces of its occupation as a military post. The people do
not trouble themselves much about the matter, but the
Volunteers themselves are most dissatisfied, and attach
blame to their commander-in-chief, Don Nicolas Rivera,
for the part he has taken in their removal.
London, England, 1869-09-20

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPIIIOIBER 20, 1869.

SHARE LIST.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing Basilica
Share NAME. Paid. Price. done
10 Agra Limited, A all 11 114 111 /
Do
30 Albion
....... 15 9 7
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, Hui all 211 221 p
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4
40 Australasian ........ .
20 Bank of British dolumbia all 12 13
20 Do issued at 2 pm.....,._ 5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lim
25 Bank of South Australia.,, all 30 32
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39
10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 lot
.50 British North American all 501 511
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, nd China.,,.,,, all 18 19
25 Chartered Mere. of India,
London, and China all 32 34 321
20 City
............ 10 10 11 10
100 Colonial ........................... 25 36 37
10 Consolidated, lizu.
.......... 4
50 Delhi and London, 10n 25
50 East London,
............. 5 21 11
20 English and American ion 10 ...
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro. lim
..... 10 pr 1p
20 English, 6cottish, and Aus.
tralian Chartered ..... all 61
281 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation........ all 36 38
281 Do new.......... 111 4
100 Imperial, lim ...... . ............ 20 15 16
20 Imperial Ottoman.. .......... 10 21 21 121 I
25 lonian. ............................ all 19 22
5 Do new....... 5 6 3
Lnd Mortga•re of 11:11 4 31
100 Do 5 p.c.Deris.ls6l, 30 all 76 70 tO
100 London Bank; of Mexico
and South America, lint. 20 7 6
100 London and I3raziliau, lim. 45 30 27
20 Do new 71 541
100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 6 8
25 Do new Itl 11 P
20 London Chart. of Australia all 231121,- 214
20 London and C0unty........ 20 491 501 401
50 Do new. ins at 20 pan, 16 pd. 11
London Joint 5t0ck......... 311 311 30
London and South African al 8 9
100 London &S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11
50 Loudon &Venezuela, lim.., 12/ ...
100 London and Westminster. 20 57/ 531 56
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pin......... 20 •••
100 Merchant, .................. 25 61 51
10 Metropolitan, lira ............ all 71 7i
00 Midland, lira-- • ............ 20 I
5 National of Australia ...... 4 .• •
25 National of Liverpool, lint. 15 3d •IP
00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... 1102
10 Do
30 National...... .................... 30 ...
20 New South Wa1e5............ all 41 43
20 North-Western .............. 71 ...
Bankßak Corporation.corpo n. allOl • 461 431
25 90 92
10 Do new.. all ••• •••
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 11 11
632005 Opprrriooevvinintanceli. 51
100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6
Provincial of Ireland
25 Union of Australia all 46 18
100 Union of Ireland, lim
50 Union of London l5 35 36 351
London, England, 1869-09-20

enaeesThos.Flolcombe,Esq. I
JoAna Lecliwood, Erq

Right Hon. Sir John Young
Bart., K. 0.8.

"SINGER" SEWING MACHINES.
TEE "NEW FAMILY"
SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY-

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Work by Hand and Trea,lle. and in a Portable Case
for Travelling.

THE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES
ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE REST SYSTEM
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London, England, 1869-09-20

AtrSTRI.LN POLAND.

Thera are rumours at Vienna of a union between Hun-
gary and Galicia. This union, it is thought, would tend
to reconcile Austrian Poland with the Cisleihanitua Govern-
ment, and tho compromise would bo welcomed by the
Poles. Prince Czartorisky, it is said, is one of the most
zealous promoters of this alliance.
London, England, 1869-09-20

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AT TRH lIAGITE.

The seventh meeting of the International Statistical
Congress of the Hague has closed its sittings. It was
divided into five sections, the first being devoted to the
theory of statistics; the second to civil and commercial
justice ; the third to finances and banks ; the fourth to
commerce and fishery ; and the fifth to colonies. The
_latter question possesses great interest in the Netherlands.
A noticeable feature of the Congress was the presence of a
Hindoo statistician.
London, England, 1869-09-20

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE.
At 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, 1869-09-20

TILE ELECTION COMMISSIONS.

The proceedings at Bridgwater were comparatively
" tame " on Friday. A. draper said he supplied
rosettes, " favours," and ribbons to Liberals at the last
elections to the amount of £lO or £l2 ; and he
expected to be paid by the party, but had not received
any money yet. Various persons were called up,
and admitted they had been bribed. One man
confessed to having taken £3O from the Liberals
to vote for thew, after having received.
£l2 10s. from the other side to support Mr. Wes-
tropp. This man had obtained about £BO altogether
from the various candidates contesting Bridgwater.
Another person received last year £lO from the
Liberals ; from which of them he did not know ;
thought it was from Kinglalte, and voted for him and
estropp. It turned out that the money had come
from Vanderbyl. The witness expressed his regret
that he had not carried out the tacit contract with Van-
derbyl. Other voters deposed to receiving sums
of £lO, £l5, and £2O from the Liberals. One of
them bad had £4O given to him at a previous elec-
tion. His memory, however, wanted refreshing, and
the Commissioner gave him a night to think over the
facts.

At Bridgwater there was very little evidence given
beyond what has already been stated. The Conser-
vative election agent told how an arrangement was
made whereby a second Conservative candidate would
be required to pay all the expenses—those of Sir
Henry Edwards as well as his own. Mr. Sykes was
to be requested to pay, and also to settle the out-
standing accounts of previous contests. There seems
to have been a considerable sum owing at the bank.
Mr. Glover, at the 1857 election, was paid 200 when
he gave up. He was disqualified by want of property.
The £2OO came from Sir Henry Edwards.
THE EARL OF STRATHMORE AND HIS TENANTS.

The tenants of the Earl of Strathmore having a
year ago presented his lordship with his portrait,
they have just been entertained at a banquet
by their noble landlord. The Earl, in his speech,
combatted the idea that the interests of the tenants
were opposed those of the landlords. Their watch-
word should be " Unity and strength." Social
meetings of the two classes were, in his opinion, of
great importance as a means to produce that end.
London, England, 1869-09-20

%&fil) Lrirtnikr.

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, Sept. 17.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice
and Princess Christian, drove out in the morning.
in the afternoon the Queen, accompanied by
Princess Louise, again drove out.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone had the honour
of dining with the Queen and the royal family.

LATEST INTELL MENUS

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
(Per French Atlantic Cable.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.

According to Mr. Main Moffat's report the
week's receipts of cotton have been 25,000 bales,
and since the Ist of Sept. 41,000 ; shipments to
England 300 bales; to France 1,200 bales ; and to
the Continent none; total shipments since the Ist
Sept. 5,500 bales; stock 27,000.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.
The North German Lloyd's steamship Weser ar-
rived out yesterday at midnight.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.
Gold closed at 1364 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1364 ; the lowest, 136 f.

Sterling Exchange on London lo7i.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2ll.
cc " 1885 1204.
it " 1867 ll4.
10-40 (t
110. yi
Illinois l3Bl.
Erie 39.
Cotton—Mid. upland 3olc.
Petroleum—Standard White 32lc.
Flour, extra state, $6.20c. to $6.80e. Corn, old
mixed, $1.14c.

PLYMOUTH, Sept. 18, 2 p.m.
The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Saxonia, from New York, has just arrived here.

The following telegram bas been received from
he Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation

Company :

" SUEZ, Sept. 18.

" Carnatic struck reef two miles north of Shad'
wan. When left part of starboard bow and forc.
topmast nearly level with water, and only visible.
Ship supposed to have parted amid-ships and after-
part sunk in deep water. Specie and mails for'
ward : hope to recover. Cargo hopeless. Further
appliances unnecessary."
London, England, 1869-09-20

THE MAST'EF, OF THE MINT.

The office of Master of the Mint is vacant by the
aeath of Dr. Thomas Graham, who filled the post
for fourteen years. Dr. Graham, who was known as
one of the most careful and painstaking experimental
chemists in Europe, was a Scotchman by birth, and
was educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh Univer-
aities. In the former seat of learning he occupied
the chair of Andersonian Professor. In 1837
he was appointed Professor of Chemistry in London
University, and held the appointment till Sir John
llerschell resigned the position of Master of the Mint
in 1856. Dr. Graham was then appointed to fill
this important post. Among the discoveries by
which he is honourably known is that of the law of
the diffusion of gases, and some remarkable confirma-
tions of the new means of investigation by spectrum
analysis with regard to tho constitution of the
heavenly bodies. Dr. Graham was a fellow of the
Royal Society and numerous other learned bodies.
London, England, 1869-09-20

OFFICERS' AMUSEMEN

Lieutenant William Thompson Adair, of the t,riatharo
division of Royal Marines Light Infantry, and Charles
Adair, an officer in the Royal Navy, were apprehended in
Rochester at an early hour on Friday morning by the
police of that city on the charge of being con-
cerned in several gross outrages, maliciously damag-
ing the exterior of several houses, and also with having
disabled one of the police constables in the execution of
his duty. The accused shortly after midnight on Friday
visited several houses in the Maidstone-road, at each of
which they proceeded to commit the most wanton mischief.
At the residence of Alderman J. G. Naylar they smashed
a piece of statuary and committed other damage. They
next proceeded to the residence of Mr. R. S. Gibbons,
where they destroyed several flower vases and removed
some metal ornaments, which were afterwards found
thrown into a pond near. At Grove House they damaged
the ornamental wall surrounding the garden, but being
pursued, they effected their escape. They after-
wards broke one of the public lamps in East-
gate, and en Croak, a police-constable, attempting to arrest
them, he received a severe kick from cne of the accused,
from the effects of which he has since been prevented dis-
charging his duty. The two officers were ultimately cap-
tured in Chatham, while running away to the Royal
Marine Barracks, one of them being without his hat, which
he had lost. The accused were brought before the mayor
AO magistrates at the Guildhall at twelve o'clock on
Saturday. The magistrates, after deliberating in private
for some time, ordered the defendants to pay the sum of
£4 155., amount of damage and costs for the malicious
damage, and Charles Henry Adair a further sum of £3 for
the assault on the police-constable. Tho fine and costs,
amounting to £7 155., were tt once paid by the defendants,
who immediately left the court.
London, England, 1869-09-20

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London, England, 1869-09-20

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
SEVEN OR FOURTEEN DAYS IN IRELAND.
LAST EXCURSION OF THE SEASON.
On FRIDAY, September 24th, a CHEAP EXCURSION will
leave Euston Station at 9.50 a.m., and Camden at 9.55 a.m., for
DUKLIN via Holyhead. Returning October Ist, or on any
week-day up to October Bth.
TrVns in connection will be run from Clapham, Victoria
(L. B. and S. C. Side), Battersea, Chelsea, West Brompton, and
Kensington, Broad-street (City), Dalston, and Highbury—
Fare for the Double Journey :
To return October Ist only. To return any Week-day up to
October Bth.
Covered Car.s and Deck 245. 30s.
First Class and Saloon 4os. 455.
Fares from Broad-street, Dalston, and Highhury, 6d. extra.
Tickets and bills to be obtained at the above Stations, the
usual Parcels Receiving Offices, and at Gaze's Tour.st Office,
163, Strand.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, September, 1869.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

Established 1824.
The ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000
The ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, is over .£1,619,000
Forms of Proposal, and every information, can be ob-
tained of
GEORGE CUTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary,
13, St. James's-square, London. S.W.

A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE
1--x_ to introduce eommodi les valuable to every householder
high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to
Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with
two stamps to It. 3IARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich.

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.
London, England, 1869-09-20

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CLERGY MUTUAL ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
Established in 1829.
OFFICE:
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TRUSTEES.
The Archbishop of Canterbury.'
The Archbishop of Dnblia-.•
The Bishop of Winchester.
The Archdeacon of Maidstone.
CHAIRMAN.
The Venerable the Archdeacon of London.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
The Honourable Edward W. Douglas.
ACTUARY.
Stewart Holder, Esq.
SECRETARY.
The Rev. John Hodgson, M.A.
Total Existing Assurances £4,473,023 Os. Od.
Total Annual Income 173,545 9s. 7d.
Total Invested Capital 1,693,975 ls. 6d.
Fer the year ended 31st May, 1869, 315 proposals, as-
suring £274,540, and yielding in annual premiums £9,383
16s. 6d., were completed ; and £88,482 13s. ld. was (not-
withstanding the large reductions made by Bonus in every
fifth year front 1831 to 1866, both inclusive) added to the
Fund accumulating for the purpose of meeting futuro
claims.
Prospectuses, Accounts of Bonus, ecc., &c., to be had at
the Office, on application personally, or by letter; also a
Pamphlet by the Rev. J. Hodgson, called " Notes on Life
Assurance," containing explanations on various interest-
ing points.
Clergymen and their Wives, and the relations of Clergy-
men and of their Wives, are invited to make Lifo Assur-
ances in this Society.
London, England, 1869-12-08

WATCILVAKING.

The Clerkeuwell watchmakers complain that their
trade is in a very bad state. They cannot hold out
against foreign competition. The Swiss and the
French have of late years been moving onwards, and
the English watchmakers have been proportionately
losing ground. At a meeting just held to consider
the position of the trade, the chairman said that in
1867 there were imported into this country gold
watches to the number of 24,380, and silver
watches to the number of 95,317—from France
alone; while the exports were 11,454 clocks and
9,010 watches. In Switzerland, he added, the peo-
ple, " who manage without a workhouse, without a
standing army, without a navy, without a Queen, an
Emperor, or a Czar "—the difference between the
two latter personages was not explained—can
enjoy the comforts of life on. from fifteen to
twenty francs a week. This cannot be done in
England. Other speakers endorsed these facts, one
observing that in Geneva a workman received a franc
for finishing a watch which sold for a guinea. It
was agreed that the matter ought to be brought
before the
.Government; but only one watchmaker
seems to have thought of the usual remedy for dis-
tressed trades—a duty on foreign importations.
London, England, 1869-12-08

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY—LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. r.. Chattr.rton.
THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLE s OF TFIE KITCHEN.
At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama. by Dion Boucicault:
Messrs. Barrett, IT. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright.
loht Ronse: Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan. Macdonald.
anal Katharine Rodgers.
To conclude wi:11 the farce of BORROWED PLUMES.

THEATRE-P.OTAL,
Tnis ETENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin
Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Belmore, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr
Ilignold Ls Furtado, &c. Followed by LOST AT SEA : Sfr
G. Belmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr Beveridge, Mr C.
H. Stephenson, Miss R. Leclercq. and Mrs L. Murray.

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. At 'l5,
NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And
THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS: MrJ. Clarke and
Mrs Stephens.
London, England, 1869-12-08

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE

GIIA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.

JNO. GOS'NELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing this wonnoftil liquid. It is now offered to the public
tu. a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.

Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each
includin z brash.

Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C.
London, England, 1869-12-08

FOOT AMD MOUTII DISUASE.

We have good news for farmers—for everybody--
as to the foot and mouth disease : it is on the decline.
The Mark Lane F,rpress reports that the complaint,
having reached its climax in Great Britain, is gra-
dually decrea.sing in virulence and diminishing in ex-
tent.ln Ireland, however, it is still on the increase, and
no wonder. According to the Chaniter of Aliricul-
tare Journal there aro very few inspectors working
in that country ; the Pricy Council orders are disre-
garded ; dead animals are allowed to be carried along
the highway ; diseased beasts live to infect others ;
mil, except in Dublin, very few seizures are
made. It may be that tho inspectors arc
afraid of an agitation for " tumbling," them as
the enemies of the tenant farmer. While negligence
is producing its result in Ireland, strict repression is
bringing forth its fruits in the sister isle. According
to the returns, sixty-six counties were the seat of the
malady down to the middle of November, in the
place of sixty-eight in the corresponding period of
the
.Drecedieg month. A similar diminution had
London, England, 1869-12-08

THE REV. PROFESSOR BADEN-POWELL.

The most strenuously attacked of the Essayists
and Reviewers in the Temple controversy
has been the Rev. Professor Baden-Powell. His
friends have hitherto very discreetly kept silence.
But Dr. Pusey has goi_e so very far as to state that
ono of the essayists (meaning thereby the Professor)
had died without any ministrations of religion. "W.
H. Flowers" now writes to deny the strong
deduction that has been made from these
words. The writer was in constant atten-
dance upon the reverend professor during the
last days and nio-hts of his life. "Up to within a few
days of his fatal illness—as long, in fact, as he was
able to leave the house—Baden-Powell had been in
the habit of attending the services both Sunday and
week-day, and of partaking, of the Holy Communion
at St. Andrew's Church, Wells-street; and at
home he read the service from our Liturgy every
night to his family and servants until the progress of
his illness rendered it impossible. I can only say,
most unhesitatingly, that neither during the
condition of semi-c nisciousness brought on by the
disease under which he sank, nor during the occa-
sional intervals in which his mind was perfectly clear
during those last three days, did one single expres-
sion escape him that did not tell of peace, of resigna-
tion to God's will, and of faith in the religion in
which he had been brought up, in which he always
lived, and in which he was then dying. llis physical
sufferings were great, but bravely endured, and his
mind retained to the last that happy serenity which
eminently characterised him through life."
London, England, 1869-12-08

Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.

A Single Truss, 165., 21s.1 265. 6d., and iis. 6d. Postage,
ls. A Double Truss, 31s. dd., 425., and 525. 641. Postage,
Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 10d.

Post-office Orders to be made payablo to John White,
Post-offico, Piceadi'ly.

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ROYAL • MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN.
Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Swe%sey.
THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN LONDON IS
LE PETIT BLONDIN
AND HIS SISTER BLANCHE,
who dance a comple.e Set of Quidrilles on the Double Tight
Rope, without the aid of a. Balancing Pole, and
perform Feats never attempte,f by any other Performer,
ECLIPSING THE ORIGINAL IMONDIN.
Great Success of Mdlle. Csrlitze Marino.
'Miss Carlotta Verte, Serio-Comic and Danseuse ; Mr. IL P.
Foster, Miss Kate 31acnaanara, Mr Louis Lindsay, and James
Layfleld.
Miss Julia Wade, the fascinating Serio-Comic; Miss Clare-
mont; the Sisters Rushbrooks ; and Mr Rowland Lascelles.
Prices of Admission as usual. Balcony, 6c1.; stalls, is.
Mr. P. Corit.Alusical Director,

AD AME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
Bake r-street —ON VIEW, a PORTRAIT MODEL
of the late EARL of DEBBY. Admission, ls.; Children under
ten years of age, 6d.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m.
tills p.m. and from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m.

ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET,
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The extraordinary success which has attended the production
of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of
the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici-
pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance
Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes,
have had the gratifying effect of making the 1 r sent one the
most extensively patronizel season since its first opening. The
celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient
chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com-
positions of ail distinguished composers—the solos in which are
assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses; Messrs.
W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr
Thomas Pitts. Professor Hulliman 31.0.
Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s.
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London, England, 1869-12-08

POLITICS AT IVAIIIVICIL

My. Peel, the member for Warwick, had the custo-
mary interview with his constituents on Monday
night. Ho extte with a very fair certificate
of good conduct, for out of 160 divisicns
last session he was present at 115, whilst
his colleague, Mr. Greaves, has attended only
29. Mr. Greaves did not appear at this meeting.
Animated by the consciousness of well-doing, Mr.
Peel, made a ti igorous speech, pronouncing for the
ballot, the repression of Fenianism, and other reforms
more or less pressing. But, like so many of his
colleagues, Mr. Peel is utterly non-plussed
with the land question. All that we can gather
from his speech is that he does not like
fixity of tenure, security of tenure, nor the Ulster
custom (as a forced measure for the whole island.)
But as to what remedial measures Mr. Peel does like
the world at large is in complete darkness. He is
quite sure, however, that the Government will be
able to arrive at a satisfactory settlement. The un-
bounded confidence which Liberal M.P.'s repose in
their leaders in this matter of the land ought to be
highly encouraging to the ➢linistry.

TWO AND THREE 3IAI E FOUR.

Mr. Lowe's fine Budget manoeuvre of collecting a
year's taxes in advance is meeting with more pro-
nounced hostility as pay-day draws near. Eight
months' reflection has not convinced the British tax-
payer that two and three make four, that he can pay
live quarters' taxes within the year, and yet be n 3
loser. The tradesmen of Southwark and Lambeth
have held a meeting to protest against the collection
in. advance. They contemplate getting up an organisa-
tion to resist the impost. Should the agitation
spread it will be awkward for the Government ; but
the South London folks are rather late in taking the
field.