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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-12

TIIE PEERAGESPILL

Several Conservative peers voted in the minority (77)
4n Thursday night in favour of the third reading of
Earl Russell's Life Peerages Bill. Among these
were the Marquis of Salisbury, and Earls Car-
narvon, De La Warr, Stanhope (who acted as one of
the tellers), Stradbroke, azNa Winchilsea and Nottingham.
The Liberals who oppose third reading were the
Earl of Radnor, and Lords Carew, Congleton, Granard,
Grinstead (Earl of Enniskillen), Monson, Stanley of
Alderley, and Truro. Only three members of the episco-
pal bench went into the division lobby—the Archbishop
of Canterbury and the Bishop of Chester recording their
votes in favour of the bill, and the Bishop of Gloucester
and Bristol against. The minority included the Dukes of
Devonshire and Somerset, the Marquises of Lans.
downe and Normanby, and Earls Grey, Granville,
St. Germans, Fortescue, Do Grey, Kin.berley,
and Russell. In the majority weze the Dukes of Beau-
fort, Buckingham, Manchester, Northumberland, Rich-
mond, Rutland, and Wellington, the Earls of Derby and
Malmesbury, and Lords Cairns, Chelmsford, and St.
Leonardo. Lord Westbury did not vote.
London, England, 1869-07-12

,r•
•11)
t 6 a Amount d Amount Annual
4 5 o • Proposed. Zti Assured. Premiums.
0,
o 4 „,a
- -
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ B. d.
1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 654,140 0 0 21,347 16 •5
`1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10
1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 1 8 122,257 17 6
Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 , 26,763 6444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9
The net premium income has increased to
the sum of - £216,704 1 7
• •

The net prothium income
the sum of
The interest on investment
of receipt yield

s and otheritems

'1,276 18 1

Making a total income of 4'237.980 19 8
The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886
125.1 d.

The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d.
Tho assets of the association at the close of the year
amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd.
The directors draw special attention to the fact thst the
next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year
1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior
to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate
in tho same. _

The directors also draw attention to the successful esta-
blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire
Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc-
tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to
work in active.co-operation with the Life, will tend much
to the advantage and profit of both institutions. It is
scarcely necessary to remark that the capital, funds and
constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct.
By order of the Board,
JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary.
London, March 18, 1869.
London, England, 1869-07-12

SHARE LIST.

ORDINARY SHAKICS AND STOCKS.

Shhre Billways.

Closing filminess
Paid' Prise. dens.

81 Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 70 781
at Caledonian lOO 791 791 80
t Cambrian lOO 18 43
20 Cornwall all '2l 3
at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 77 79
at Dun„rerth, & Ab.J unc lOO 70 72
2 P East London all 6 7
10 Do 15
20 Do 10
st Glasgow &S. Western lOO 102 104
at Great Eastern .. 'OO 381 3 381
at Do. E. A ngl. No. 2 lOO
at Great North of Scotlarn4 lOO 15 10
st Great Northern .. 100 107
st Do. A stock
at Do. B stock
at GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO VS V 7
t Gt. Western —Original lOO 501 51 501
at Do. South Wales 143 54 56
st Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 25 27
at Do. Newport lOO 25 20
at Lancashire & Yorkshire lOO 1'25 .26
st Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 441 40 45 J
0) Do Scrip
at Lon., Chat., and Dover.. 100 161 lit
et Do. Metrop. Ex. A.... 100 9 1,
at Lon. & North Western.. 100 1181 ,19 1181 1
st Lon. me South Western.. 100 89 91 b9l
at Man., Shet., Lincoln.. 100 56 561 csi
at Metropolitan
at Do EstonsiJn
10 Do. New rd
st Metropolitan District. all
10 Metrop. St. John's 11 oo I 6
st lltuiaud
at Do, liirmin. & Derby lOO 84 86
st North British ...... 100 14 141
et Do. Ed., rth., & Dun lOO
st Nor. Eastern-- Berwick lOO 107 108
25 Do. G. N.E purchase —16.11.1
st Do Leeds . ....... 100 63 65 611
t Do York lOO 98 19
st Do Carlisle . . . lOO
at Do Stock. &. Darling lOO 134 136 1361
st North London
10 Do New 1868
at North Staffordshire...... 100 57 59 57
at North and S.-W. Junction 100 118 100
10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ...
_ .

st Rhym ney — --
100 54 65
st Shropshire Union lOO 5S 5.i
st South Devon'..
st South Eastern lOO 77 771 77f
at Staines, Wuk'ham, & Wok all 12 13
st Tad Vale lOO 162 155
-- Do. C •• • -
- Wateriord & Kilkenny Ku
10 Waterloo & Whitehall 6
London, England, 1869-07-12

ROBERT MARTIN COLE, deceased.—Pur-
suant to an Act of Parliament, 22 and 23 Vic.
cap. 35, intituled "An Act to further Amend the Law
of Property and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, That all Creditors of R. M. Cole,
late of No. 22, Sydney-street, Fulham-road, Brompton,
in the county of Middlesex, Commander in the Royal
Navy (who died on the 6th day of April, 1869),
and whose will, with a codicil annexed, was duly
proved on the 7th day of June, 1869, by Joseph Marsh,
one of the Executors therein named, and all other
persons. having any claim or demand against the
Estate of the said Robert Martin Cole, are hereby required
to send particulars in writing of their claims and demands
and of the nature of the securities (if any) held by them to
me, the undersigned J. Chapple, of No. 25, Carter-lane, in
the city of London,Solicitor to the said Executor on or before
the 31st day of July next, after which time the said Execu-
tor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Robert
Martin Cole, amongst the persons entitled thereto, having
regard only to the debts or claims of which the said
Executor shall then have had notice, and that the Exe-
cutor will not be liable for any debt or claim of which he
shall not then have had notice.

Dated this 24th day of June, 1869.
J. CTIAPPLE,!
Solicitor for the Executor.
London, England, 1869-07-12

INTERNATIONAL I.X IL B. TIONS.

The Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 have
decided to hold in 1871 the first of a series of exhi-
bitions of fine and industrial art, and scientific' in-
ventions. The proposed international shows are to be
held at Kensington. The first one will, in respect of
industrial work, consist of only three classes.
London, England, 1869-07-12

GREAT BANK ROBBERY AT NEW YORK.

One of the toldest and most successful robberies on
record was committed at the Ocean Bank, New York, on
Sunday, June 27. This establishment is situated above a
broker's office, and the thieves, getting into the latter,
knocked a hole through the ceiling and ascended. The
vault, defended by three doors, was entered, and two safes
forced open, th.whole of QIN long task being accornplisl e I
in the most businesslike manner. The burglars got cle&
off with property to the value of not lees than half
million dollars.
London, England, 1869-07-12

rjallE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
.1 the CH.c;ST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex-
penses. Assistance is urgently needed.
F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman.
JAMES BLYTH, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-07-12

THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE.

BREST, Saturday Morning.
Colonel T. G. Glover, 11. E., telegraphs as fol•

lows :---

" All going on well on board Great Eastern.
Mr. May reports tests satisfactory. Communica•
tion between ship and shore excellent. Ship much

steadier."

Despatched at 10.5 a.m., Greenwich time.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southaraptol.....July 17.
Ditto, via b`vseilles
........ • • • •••• • • • • July 12
Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Aug 4.
Ditto, by Frew% packet
Cape Verde. by Brazil packet ....« .. Aug. 4:
Cape of Good HuPe. Asoension. and St. Helena.. —July 13.
China, Penang., and Singapore, via Southampton—July 17.
b ibraltar, via Southampton July 10
India, via Southampton
vitto, via Marseilles
Malta, Egypt, dzo. July 10
Dint), Marseilles July 7
Newfoundland,.,,., ... ........ ........ ..... • • • • ...July 14
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southampton
Ditto, Marseilles ~, Aug 1
Portugal Aug 4.
United States, Canada, California, dfo., by British _

_
paoket July 10
Ditto dittc (Baltimore)
Ditto, by L sited States packet
Ditto, by Inmsu paoket July 7
West Indies and Pazitio (except Mexico and Baha-

mas) July 14
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe July
Cuba and Mexico
Bermuda, via Halifax..
Bahamas, via New York. July ii
London, England, 1869-07-12

THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN.

Tuts EVENING, at -.30, THE SMOKED MISER. After which,
THE SCHOOL }'OR SCANDAL : Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. J.
CoC. Nt per, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. C. Coghlan, Mrs. HermanuVezin,
Mrs. C. Horsman,

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh.
Tins EVENING, at 7.30, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. Bel-
ford, Clarke ; Miss Button. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne,
James, Fenton; Ai esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland. Bufton. To
connlude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D.
James,

ROYALTY THEATRE.
Under the Management of Miss M Oliver.
Tuts EvENINO, at 7.30, IN FOR A HOLIDAY. Followed by
A ROVING COMMISSION. And THE MILT VARY BILLY
TAYLOR. To conclude with CLAUDE DUVAL : Mr. Day,
Mr.•Derwar, Mr,Danvers, Miss M. Oliver, Miss K. Bishop.

PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE.
Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton

SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague,
Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss
C. Addison, and Miss 3larie Wilton. After which, A WLNNING
HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8
Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.

ROYAL AL FIAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET?.
Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. la. Box-office
open from D. to 4.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-pule, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children
under twelTe, 64.
London, England, 1869-07-12

ROBERT MARTIN COLE, deceased.—Pur-
suant to an Act of Parliament, 22 and 23 Vic.
cap. 35, intituled "An Act to further Amend the Law
of Property and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, That all Creditors of R. M. Cole,
late of No. 22, Sydney-street, Fulham-road, Brompton,
in the county of Middlesex, Commander in the Royal
Navy (who died on the 6th day of April, 1869),
and whose will, with a codicil annexed, was duly
proved on the 7th day of June, 1869, by Joseph Marsh,
one of the Executors .therein named, and all other
persons having any claim or demand against the
Estate of the said Robert Martin Cole, are hereby required
to send particulars in writing of their claims and demands
and of the nature of the securities (if any) held by them to
me, the undersigned J. Chapple, of No. 25, Carter-lane, in
the city of Lon don, Solicitor to the said Executor on or before
the 31st day of July next, after which time the said Execu-
tor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Robert
Martin Colo, amongst the persons entitled thereto, having
regard only to the debts or claims of which the said
Executor shall then have had notice, and that the Exe-
cutor will not be liable for any debt or claim of which he
shall not then have had notice.

Dated this 21th day of June, 1869.
J. CHAPPLE,7
Solicitor for the Executor.
London, England, 1869-07-12

ME? ROPOLITAN GOSSIP-- Satarda j.

- - -

At the time I write great uncertainty al

‘ :e

intentions of the Government with regard to the exact course
which they will take. That they will resist the most important
of the Lords' amendments there is no doubt. The real
question is, whether they will accept the others? I have
reason to know that it was the current opinion of some
eminent Conservative peers this morning that Ministers
had decided to reject the amendments en bloc, without
discussing them, on the ground that the bill had been so
radically and fundamentally altered by their lordships,
that it was lost time and labour to consider it. In fact, so
general was this belief among the Opposition members of
the Upper House after Lord Granville's distinct intima-
tion that the Government must now reserve to itself the
right to deal with the tritote amendments, that Lord Col-
ville, the Conservative whip, issued a circular begging
the attendance of the Conservative peers, not only on
Monday, but on Monday week, when the bill would
be sent back to their lordships from the Lower House. Of
course this would be impossible if the amendments are
discussed in detail That would occupy at least three,
probably four, nights ; and as the bill will not reach the
Commons until Thursday, it would not return to the Lords
until the following Thursday, instead of Monday, as Lord
Colville's circular supposes. _

But while it was the general impression in the Upper
House that the Government would decline to discuss the
amendments, the contrary impression prevailed in the
Lower House last night. It was there stated as probable
that a very long discussion would take place, and the
officials who had charge of various measures of public, but
non-political, importance were warned to make their
arrangements accordingly. At that time it is probable
that Lord Granville's significant remark was not
known in the Lower House. That remark would cer-
tainly imply the first course, and even independent
journals like the Saturday Review affirm that it is the only
one open to Ministers. But it was not to be expected
that Ministers would make any explicit statement until
after the Cabinet Conncilheld to-day, and which is sitting
as I write. Seldom has a Cabinet met at a more anxious
London, England, 1869-07-12

EARL GRANVILLE.

We have lately seen that the generally immobile
Mr. Disraeli can be moved, and that the mellifluous
Sir John Coleridge can distilvinegar; and those who
have witnessed these unusual phenomena have been
puzzled to account for them. But a more
portentous thing had happened previously. Earl
Granville had sent to the unfortunate New Zealand
Government a despatch which Earl Russell might
have written in the palmiest days of his Foreign
Ministry, and which Mr. Lowe must envy. It
was not only vinegar, but vinegar and worm-
wood. Those who are best acquainted vith
the state of New Zealand, Liberal papers though
they are, predict that the result of this despatch will
be the secession of the colony from the empire, and
a throwing of itself upon the protection of Prussia
or the United States. We learn that great pressure
has been brought to bear upon Lord Granville, in
order to induce him to telegraph a countermand of
the order for the withdrawal of the last
British regiment ; so that the order may not
arrive simultaneously with the despatch, and lead
to the belief on the part of the Maories
that the colonists have incurred the displeasure
of the Queen, and may be attacked with impunity.
The strange thing about this despatch is that its
writer has just given a very different answer to a
similar application for imperial aid from another
colony. Lord Granville has recently informed the
Canadian Government that if that Government
desires to construct fortifications on the American
frontier the home authorities will guarantee the
necessary loans, but, at the same time, the necessity
of fortifying is not insisted on. Upon this a non-
political paper (the Broad Arrow) remarks:—
" The colonists of New Zealand will hardly
fail to mark the exasperating contrast between
this complacency on the one hand and the
refusal of a guarantee to them under pressure of
actual necessity on the other. We can only account
for the anomaly by crediting Lord Granvilla with a
religions desire to follow as closely as possible the
Gospel maxim, ' Let not your left hand know what
your right hand cloeth.'"
London, England, 1869-07-12

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London, England, 1869-07-12

IRISH AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

There are the worst accounts from the North of Ire-
land as to the flax crop. Without exception, the news
from all districts is that it is poor, in some cases so
very bad that farmers have ploughed it up and sown
othcr crops. Wheat is spoken of as good, oats
much the same, potatoes backward, and the turnips
suffering much from fly. In the South, wheat looks
well, barley is tolerable, potatoes are backward, and
turnips are bad.
London, England, 1869-07-12

EARL GRANVILLE.

We hare lately seen that the generally immobile
Mr. Disraeli can be moved, and that the mellifluous
Sir John Coleridge can distil vinegar; and those who
have witnessed these unusual phenomena have been
puzzled to account for them. But a more
portentous thing had happened previously. Earl
Granville had sent to the unfortunate New Zealand
Government a despatch which Earl Russell might
have written in the palmiest days of his Foreign
Ministry, and which Mr. Lowe must envy. It
was not only vinegar, but vinegar and worm-
wood. Those who are best acquainted iv ith
the state of New Zealand, Liberal papers though
they are, predict that the result of this despatch will
be the secession of the colony from the empire, and
a throwing of itself upon the protection of Prussia
or the United States. We learn that great pressure
has been brought to bear upon Lord Granville, in
order to induce him to telegraph a countermand of
the order for the withdrawal of the last
British regiment ; so that the order may not
arrive simultaneously with the despatch, and lead
to the belief on the part of the Maories
that the colonists have incurred the displeasure
of the Queen, and may be attacked with impunity.
The strange thing about this despatch is that its
writer has just given a very different answer to a
similar application for imperial aid from another
colony. Lord Granville has recently informed the
Canadian Government that if that Government
desires to construct fortifications on the American
frontier the home authorities will guarantee the
necessary loans, but, at the same time, the necessity
of fortifying is not insisted on. Upon this a non-
political paper (the Broad Arrow) remarl;s:—
" The colonists of New Zealand will hardly
fail to mark the exasperating contrast between
this complacency on the one hand and the
refusal of a gm:rantee to them under pressure of
actual necessity on the other. We can only account
for the anomaly by crediting Lord Granvill3 with a
religious desire to follow as closely as possible the
Gospel maxim, ' Let not your left hand know what
your right hand Booth.' "

IRIbII AGRICULTI:PAL PROSPECTS.

There are the worst accounts from the North of Ire-
land as to the flax crop. Without exception, the news
from all districts is that it is poor, in some cases so
very bad that farmers have ploughed it up end sown
other crops. Wheat is spoken of as good, oats
much the same, potatoes backward, and the turnips
suffering much from fly. In the South, wheat looks
well, barley is tolerable, potatoes are backward, and
turnips are bad.
London, England, 1869-07-12

IRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN-
STITUTION.

President —nov. ,CANON DALE.

CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E. 0.; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.
London, England, 1869-07-12

WELSH LANDLORDS.

The John Buil " has the courage of its convictions."
Referring to the recent debate on the conduct of the
Welsh landlords at the elections, it says boldly :
"The Conservative landlords, in self-defence, are per-
fectly justified in having evicted, not their labourers
and honest sons of toil, but the deacons and other
officers of Dissenting bodies who have stirred up so
much strife. If Conservative Churchmen really
believe in their principles, surely they have a right
to—' prefer as tenants persons of their own
opinions—just a s Nonconformists have an equal
right." To the latter part of this statement
there can be no objection. Before a contract is made
(whether expressed or implied) either party has a
right to insert conditions therein, because the other
party is at full liberty to decline those conditions. If
a landlord cho4ses to insist, :.s a deceased duke
that ::11 the farm labourers should go to church on
Good Frith.), and Ascensita liay, and that the
farmers should pay them their wages all the s.ime,
he had a perftct right to do so because it was in the
poser of the farmers to decline accept-
ing a tenancy with that condition attached
to it. So, too, if a landlord insists beforehand
that his tenants shall always vote for a particular party
he is justified in equity, though perhaps not in pru-
dence ; for a tenant whose convictions belong to the
other side may decline to ratify a bargain involving
such conditions. But no landlord has the power to
insert that or any. other new condition in the bar-
gain after it has been made. At present the land-
lord to often labours under the idea that he confers
a favour upon the tenant in letting his land. He no
more does this than a shopkeeper confers R. benefit
upon the customer who purchases his goods.
The bilier has just as much right to insist
that the head of the household whom ho
supplies with bread shall always support
a candidate of particular political views, •as the
landlord has to insist upon that condition in letting
his land. Of course the baker can do it if he chooses,
but the bread-buyer can also refuse if he chooses.
London, England, 1869-07-12

CZAMARITA N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
end CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women
2,74 ii patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca-
dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutte,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the secretary.
London, England, 1869-07-12

THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouveric, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospitalds now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-07-12

WELSH LANDLORDS.

The John Bull " has the courage of its convictions."
Referring to the recent debate on the conduct of the
Welsh landlords at the elections, it says boldly :
"The Conservative landlords, in self-defence, are per-
fectly justified in having evicted, not their labourers
and honest sons of toil, but the deacons and other
officers el Dissenting bodies who have stirred up so
much strife. If Conservative Churchmen really
belie,-e in their principles, surely they have a right
to prefer as tenants persons of their own
opinions—just as Nonconformists have an equal
r!.,lit." To the latter part of this statement
there can be no objection. Before a contract is made
(whether expressed or implied) either party has a
right to insert conditions therein, because the other
party is at full liberty to decline those conditions. If
a landlord chooses to insist, as a deceased duke did,
that. all the farm labourers should go to church on
Good Friday and Ascension Day, and that the
farmers should pay them their wages all the same,
he had a perf,ct right to do so because it was in the
power of the farmers to decline accept-
ing a tenancy with that condition attached
to it. So, too, if a landlord insists beforehand
that his tenants shall always vote for a particular party
be is justified in equity, though perhaps not in pru-
dence ; for a tenant whose convictions belong to the
other side may decline to ratify a bargain involving
such conditions. But no landlord has the power to
insert that or any other new condition in the bar-
gain after it has been made. At present the land-
lord too often labours under the idea that he confers
a favour upon the tenant in letting his land. Ile no
more does this than a shopkeeper confers a benefit
upon the customer who purchases his goods.
The b.ilter has just as much right to insist
that the head of the household whom he
supplies with bread shall always support
a candidate of particular political views, as the
landlord has to insist upon that condition in letting
his land. Of course the baker can do it if he chooses,
but the bread-buyer can also refuse if he chooses.
London, England, 1869-07-12

TITS NE3ROES IN VIRGINIA.

It is undoul)tedly a remarkable fact that at the recent
election in Virginia the negroes supported the Democrats,
who opposed their emancipation and enfranchisement.
The blacks have never deserted the Republicans before.
But it appears that they took care to make a rod
bargain for themselves. They voted for the Democrats
only an a solemn promise that all the recent laws in favour of
negro freedom and negro snffrage should be preserved intact.
They likewise, it appears, secured a private promise of
safety from.the armed bands which now threaten them, and
considering that the negroes are in a minority in the " Old
Dominion," they certainly acted sagely in making peace
with the predominant party on these sub. tantial term?.
London, England, 1869-07-12

THEATRE-ROYAL. E-R YA L, HOLBORN.
Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN.

Fourth Week of " The School for Scandal."

EVERY EVENING, at 7.30, the very laughable fare THE
SMOKED MISER.

At 8 o'clock, Sheridan's inimitable Comedy of THE SCHOOI.
FOR SCANDAL. Supported by the following celebrated
artistes :—Batty Sullivan, J. C. Cowper, (-3 eorge Honey, W. F.
Stephens, Charles Coglan, D. Evans, Lin Rayne, A. Bernard.
E. Dyas. and W. Arthur; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane
Rignold. Miss Louisa Thorne, Miss Amy Fawsitt, and Ma'.
Charles foreman

Acting Manager—AmonY SULLIVAN.

J) OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
JA• Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. :lake
and Belford; Mesdames Button and Hughes.
Atter which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. James, Fen
ton, Turner, Chamberlaine ; Mesdames Burton, L. Maitland, &c.
To conclude pith THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr.
D. James.
London, England, 1869-07-12

MILITARY TRAINING IN FRANCE.

The Army and Navy Gazette mentions a very remark.
able fact in connection with the French Garde Mobile.
This body is not a reserve, but a supplement to the resery
andthe active army, and it is ordained that every Frenchman.
of 21 years of age who is not drawn for the regular forca
must serve in the Garde. The drilling of these citizen
soldiers has commenced, but the work of organisation dof s
not go on very rapidly. In order tolighten the burden for the
rising generation, the Minister of War has had cases of
Chassepots despatched to the various schools all over
France, and the young Gallic idea will learn to shoot at
an early age. If found proficient when the time arrives
for entering the Mobile, his services will be dispensed
with except in case of war. Thus not only are the
French to be made a nation of soldiers, but they are to be
trained to war from childhood.
London, England, 1869-07-12

TRIAL OF CENTRAL-FIRE REVOLVERS.

On Saturday a trial was made, in the covered rifle-
•sound at the Crystal Palace, of improved Colt's revol-
vers, the improvement being one which has long been
desired, and which has been under the consideration of ;
inventors for two or three years. Since the six-chamber
" Colt " was first introduced to the notice of Englishmen,
at the Great Exhibition of 1851, it has maintained its
supremacy as an accurate shooter. But it has
been surpassed by the mechanical adaptability and
handiness of use ; and it was in a dangerous way of being
gradually superseded and rendered obsolete, till the plan
of making it a central-fire pistol was perfected. The
old revolver, made on the ordinary cap and nipple pattern '
which was general with fire-arms of every kind
before the system of breecbloading began rapidly
to tend towards universal adoption of central-fire
cartridges, can, at a cost of twenty shillings, be
converted to the new and approved form. There
are about 17,000 Colt's revolvers in the service of the
English Government; and it is therefore a question of
some national importance whether, instead of rearming
our men, it would not be wiser to improve the weapons
with which they are already provided. With those
weapons it is perfectly well known that better practices can
be made, at a greater number of paces,than with anyother
kind of revolving pistol. In the matter of rapidity, some
of the repeating breechloaders may appear Eta: to have
an advantage over the "Colt," even in its improved
shape. But the merits in this respect are balanced by the
facility with which exploded cartridges are ejested fans
the new central-fire pistol bearing the redoubtable Ameri-
can colonel's name. It is an unquestionable recommenda-
tion of the improved "Colt" that its empty cartridges can
be readily got rid of in the simplest manner, without aid
of the lever ramrod. This appliance is used in loading
just as it was used with the capped chambers of the
old-fashioned pistol. That is to say, the central-fire
cartridge is not inserted at the breech of the chamber, but
is rammed home, and the pistol is thee discharged in the
usual way. The empty shells are removed by cocking
and snapping; the hammer--an operation which, with a
little practice, can be performed in an astonishingly short
space of time. Another valuable quality of the improved
pietel, or of its ammunition rather, is the saving of the
metallic cases or shells, which can be reloaded again
and again. An interchangeable nipple cylin.' sr
is supplied with these pistols, which can thus
be loaded with loose powder and ball, a matter of no
small importance in countries where made-up ammunition
is not easily procurable. The trials on Saturday were,
without the smallest exception, satisfactory. So far from
accuracy and penetration having suffered by the change
of cartridge and the addition of the extracting apparatus,
it was found that, if anything, the pistols were improved
in these respects, as they are unquestionably improve,"
all others.
London, England, 1869-07-12

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London, England, 1869-07-12

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1889.

all; in spite of the salt that otner eierrmen sup-
ported by it have taken a much stronger part against
Mr. Gladstone than Mr. Haim has taken for him.
The only thing left to Mr. HaMs to do is to
protest. Is there no Liberal member of the society
who will get this matter sifted P

Ztotra The :Nlarlborougn-street ronce-counntre Ina
so. They are about to call a general meeting of the
members to take the matter into consideration,

THE " SPENDING DEPAIITMENTS."

The Broad Arrow states that the Secretary for
War has decided on postponing all further proceed-
ings with reference to Lord Northbrook's committee
on War Office Reorganisation till after Christmas.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, after having made
himself fully acquainted with the details of the
control scheme, has given his consent to the
arrangements being completed, provided the Con-
trollers have no voice regarding " finance." The
Lords of the Treasury insist that a sufficient check
and audit shall be established independently of the
Horse Guards or the War Office.
It is statedthat owing to theimprovements introduced
by Mr. Baxter in the purchasing department of the
Admiralty, there will probably be a further reduction
of one million in the Navy Estimates next year.
It is rumoured that the Indian Navy will be re-
vived, at least :in part. The position of affairs in
Persian waters is so unsatisfactory that it is thought
necessary, at all events by old Indian naval officers,
to increase our strength there. The Dulie of Argyll
is believed to be in communication with the Admi-
ralty upon the subject. Mr. Alison, our Minister to
the Court of Teheran, is now in London, and his
presence there has revived the rumour that British
officers are employed in drilling and officering the
Shah's army.

of .the personal and irresponsible rule of the Emperor,
was the subject of conversation at the State Ball on
Thursday. The Emperor expressed himself favourable to
the principle, but appeared indieplsed to make any imme-
diate cm cession.. Time, he said, would bring the measure.
The Sp, , S (tardily Perini', and Times agree not only
that this reform is desirable,but that the Emperor will find
himself compelled to give way. The Saturday Review notes
that the Emperor may refuse to allow this question to be
discussed, but such refusal would amount to an admission
that he was afraid to meet the Chamber which he himself
has created. The Spectator thinks it not improbable that
the Emperor may try the experiment of a Free Executive
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aocordance with that of tlin United States, allowing the
Legislature to propose measures, but retaining the power
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President—Ris Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.
GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-07-12

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London, England, 1869-07-12

LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1869.

A political juncture of considerable importance
seems to have arrived by an odd coincidence on this
day, Monday, the 12th of July, 1869, for England,
and France, and Ireland simultaneously. In Ireland,
to day has been looked forward to, especially in the
North, with some degree of eagerness and solicitude
as the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne—when
the unfurling of the Orange flag is generally, in the
eyes of every Wearer of the Green, as irritating, as
gladdening, one might say, as the flutter of the red
cloak of a toreador in the eyes of a bull in a Spanish
amphitheatre. In England the turn-point of the
political crisis of the hour is marked on the papers
of the House of Lords for this evening, by the
order of the day for the Third Reading of the
Irish Church Bill, and the notification immedia•ely
append 'd to it by the Viscount CLANCARTY, that he
will move instead that the third reading of the BEI
shall be taken this day three months or, in plainer
words, of course, that the Peers shall be asked to
stultify themselves after all their discussions, after
all their divisions, after all their amendments, by re-
jecting altogether the very measure they have been,
during these last few week-A, so elaborately tinkering.
In France the political ci his is of a yet more forLnid•
able character—expectation being aroused in reg trd
to this particular sitting of the Llgislative Chamber
of to-day by reason of its being understood as not
by any means improbable that an Imperial manifesto
may be read by M. Row-lEn announcing lila detertni-
London, England, 1869-07-12

WELSH LANDLORDS.

The John Bull "has the courage of its convictions."
Referring to the recent debate on the conduct of the
Welsh landlords at the elections, it says boldly :
"The Conservative landlords, in self-defence, are per-
fectly justified in having evicted, not their labourers
and honest sons of toil, but the deacons and other
officers of Dissenting bodies who have stirred up so
much strife. If Conservative Churchmen really
believe in their principles, surely they have a right
to prefer rs tenants persons of their own
opinions—jest aa NOTleollfnrmisq nn equal
right." To the latter part of this statement
there can be no ebjection. Before a contract is made
(v. hether cipreesed or implied) either party irs
right to insert conflitiens :herein, becaesi_• the other
party is at full liberty to decline those conditions. If
a landlerd chooses to insist, as a deceased duke did,
that all the firm labourers should go to church on
Good Fridi,y and A3CCI18(11 Day, and that the
farmers should pay them their wages all the s.ime,
he Lad a perf et right to do so because it was in the
F 0 .ver of the farmers to decline accept-
ing a tenancy with that condition attached
to it. So, too, if a landlord insists beforehand
that his tenants shallalways vote for a particular party
he is justified in equity, though perhaps not in pru-
dence ; for a tenant whose convictions belong to the
other side may decline to ratify a bargain involving,
such conditions. But no landlord has the power to
insert that or any other new condition in the bar-
gain after it has been made. At present the land-
lord too often labours under the idea that he confers
a favour upon the tenant in letting his land, lie no
more does this than a shopkeeper confers a benefit
upon the customer who purchases his goods.
The biker has just as much right to insist
that the head of the household whom he
supplies with bread shall always support
a cand'date of particular political views, as the
landlord has to insist upon that condition in letting
his land. Of course the baker can do it if he chooses,
but the bread-buyer can also refuse if he chooses,
London, England, 1869-07-12

ANOTHER ROW AT CORK.

There is still a want of harmony in the Cork
Town Council between the present and the late
mayor. The present mayor deprecates all need-
less exhibltion of party feeling; the late mayor
likes to have party bitterness constantly maintained.
The pr.bli band iu Cork-, for instance, he would have
to play party tunes continually ; not, he it noted,
" The Battle of the Boyne," it would be downright
treason to play that, and only serve to incite the
people to riot; but" The Green above the Bed," and
such like, Mr. O'Sullivan would have to be played
continually. The Mayor having advised on Friday
that the band should not play such tunes, he was
attacked in the style peculiar to Mr. O'Sullivan.
Then ensued the usual reply that insults were being
used, and amid noise, confusion, and rival shouts the
Council broke up.
London, England, 1869-07-12

THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouveric, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.
HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-07-12

A DIVIDED KINGDOM.

.In 'the course of the same article there is' another
serious fallacy. The John Bull asks "if England
shall allow Imperial interests to be entirely swamped
by Scotland, Wales, •and Ireland ? " In the first
place the thing is impossible. If " England" is
agreed upon . one point, that is, if all. the English
members vote together, .they would be in an over-
whelming majority. (more than two to one) even
though all the Irish, Scotch, and Welsh members
voted together. But the question is really a most
improper one. It implies that England alone
has the right to discuss " Imperial" questions. Such
questions belong to the whole country, and
when they are at issue there is no England nor
Wales, nor Ireland, nor Scotland, but one united
kingdom. A remark like this is really most uncon-
.stitutional, .and appeals to the worst kind of
prejudices.
London, England, 1869-07-12

INDIA OFFICE, 29th January, 1869.
1_ By order of the. Secretary of State for India in
Council. • •
Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain
reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and
soldiers of the late Dast India Company's Service, and of
Her Majesty's Indiah Military Forces, have from time to
time been received from the Governments of the respec-
tive Presidencies in India.

Packages oontaining7iiticles reserved from the follow-
ing estates remain Im/tanned, viz.:-
8. Bell, H., Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry.
10. Bouthflower, H.
Surgeon, Madras Medical
Departme4k
13. C. -Conductor, Madras Establishment.
22. C130.1e, A., erlistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
DepArtMlln
24. Cockburn; A. IL, Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native
Infantry.

25.. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department:
53. Flom( E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In-
fantry.
59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Light Cavalry.
Gunthorpe,.W. 31., Major, 6th Madras Native In-
fantry. •
- 76.. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In-
- fantry: •
78. James, E., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De-
• artment.
94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native
Infantry.
98. Marriott, B. IV. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na-
' tive Infantry.
113. Neale,. F., Cadet, Madras Establishment.
121. Perring, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native
Infantry. '
124., Pinchard, J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery.
126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry.
133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry.
140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery.
14c. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In-
fantry.
150 A. Stewart, G., Ensign, 36th Madras Native Infantry.
155. , Watson, G. H., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native
Infantry.
156. Ward, A.. Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
158. Wynter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In-
fantry.
163, 'Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry.
Applications for such packages should be made by next
'of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of
Such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office.
In the event of any of the packages in question remain-
ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from
this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of
by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate
of the deceped.
T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military Secretary.
London, England, 1869-07-12

ANOTHER ROW AT CORK.

There is still a want of harmony in the Cork
Town Council between the present and the late
mayor. The present mayor deprecates all need-
less exhibition of party feeling ; the late mayor
likes to have party bitterness constantly maintained.
The public band in Cork, for instance, he would have
to play party tunes continually ; not, be it noted,
" The Battle of the I3oyne," it would be downright
treason to play that, and only serve to incite the
people to riot; but" The Green above the Red," and
such like, Mr. O'Sullivan would have to be played
continually. The Mayor having advised on Friday
that the band should not play such tunes, he was
attacked in the style peculiar to Mr. O'Sullivan.
Then ensued the usual reply that insults were being
used, and amid noise, confusion, and rival shouts the
Council broke up.
London, England, 1869-07-12

TIIE wrixrs BOOTH riot

It appears that the assassin Payne, who attempted the
murder of Mr. Seward, made a diasciosnre to his lawyer
which throws some light on the plot which too success
fully ended in the assassination of President Lincoln.
Payne said that the scheme originally was to carry
off President Lincoln, and deliver him to the Confecle-
rates. That plan was abandoned, and then Booth pro•
posed to kill the entire Cabinet. This was actually done
in the case of the President, and very nearly accomplished
in the ease of Mr. Seward, but the rest of the conspirators
lost courage, and rune no attempt to do their part of the
bloody work.
London, England, 1869-07-12

NEW LAW COURTS.

Mr. Finlaison writes to the Telegrarh on the New
Law Courts, and consideri the respective claims of the
Carey-street and Embankment sites. With regard
to cost, he believes the advantages to be all on the side
of the Government scheme, and he makes out that
there will be a balance in its favour of -,,C25000.
This estimate is on the supposition that the Courts
could be built on the Carey-street site for £1,000,000
equally as well as on the Embankment, but this
cannot be assumed to be certain. All other diffe-
rences sink into insignificance compared with the
question of approaches. The Carey-street site as
it is would be inaccessible, and it would be necessary
to have a new street; but the approaches are already
provided on the Embankment site, and practically we
see in the estimate the total cost involved on this
site. It must also be remembered that the Howard-
street site will have to be used for some public
purpose, and therefore on every ground the adoption
of the Government scheme will be prolictive of a
great saving of expense to the country.
London, England, 1869-07-12

riniE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
11 the CHEST, City-road.— The wards for in-patients
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UNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex-
penses. Assistance is urgently neoded.
F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman.
JAMES BLYTH, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-07-12

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