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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-24

EAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN
The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which
shall enable them to establish the Hospital in more suit-
able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded
and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole-
sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want
of room for stowage, every inch of available space being
occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the
staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children,
hut no more can be admitted 'LI the present building.
xB,OOO at least is required to can y out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme

Contribiitions will be thankfully received by the Trea-
surer, E.S. Norris, Bsq. Sbadwell; or by
SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon, Sec.,'"
'Rectory Wapping

URSINE.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
111 SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for
HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848.
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris,
is at present superintended by the.; Sisters of John's
House.
Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
trained to nurse, are quested to communicate with the
Lady Superior.
Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the
Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid
to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's
House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.
London, England, 1869-12-24

CUBAN AFFAIRS,

The adoption of General Cameron's resolution in thelTnited
States Scnate,which called upon the President for such infor-
mation as he might have in his possession with reference to
the war in Cuba, is regarded as a sign in favour of the insur-
gents. The Vice-President presented a communication from
the South Carolina Legislature asking Congress to recognise
t'►e independence of Cuba. President Grant's Message
gave great satisfaction to the Spaniards in Habana, but the
Cubans were greatly disappointed by it. It is stated that
numerous letters have been received by citizens of
Habana from General Goicoura asking money for the
insurgents. They were handed over to the Spanish
authorities. Incendiary proclamations, bearing the date
of Now York, have been circulated throughout the city.
Cespedes has issued a prcclamaticn calling on all patriots
to destroy their sugar and tobacco crops in order to deprive
the Spaniards of these means of revenue. Mr. Hamilton
has presented a petition to the House of Representatives,
signed by 72;000 citizens of the State of New York, asking
Congress to accord belligerent rights to Cuba, and to
acknowledge her independence.
London, England, 1869-12-24

DINN EFO RD'S FLUID M AGN ESIA.—
The medical prAfe?-,sion for Thirty Years have ap-
proved of this pure solution of Magnesia as' the best
remedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn, headache,
Goof, and indigestion; and as the best mild so orient for
defiesto vonstitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil-
dren, and Infants.
DINNEFORD and CO.. Chemists,

72 New Bowl-str,et, London • and of all other chemists
throughout the world.
London, England, 1869-12-24

AMErICNN CANAT.c.

The success of the Suoz Canal seems to have given fresh
impetus to engineering enterprise in America. Thelsthmus
o' Darien has always offered a favourable site fur the pro-
j'ctors of such a scheme, and the advantages which it will
c-nfer arc too r :Arable to be overlooked. The scheme of
a ship canal which shall unite the two great oceans has
l.ttcly been resuscitated, and no less than nineteen routes
'hive been surveyed. One of these is theTelmantepicree te,
one the Honduras, four are across the Isthmus of
PAtanta, and five are caled the Darien Isthmus.
r ; three others follow the San Juan. river to Lake
M nagna, fire follow it to Lake Nicaragua. Some of the
r.)utes bare been condemned as impracticable on account
0'.7 their length and of the outlay which they demand, but
saveral others aro under consideration. No new line, it is
Viought, can be eiicovered, the country having been
theroughsy eel I irel. Another ship canal of a much loss
f anit'a'.le character is being talked of in the North
American Continent. an 1 being beset with no such diffi-
culties as lie in the way at Darien, will be shortly
c)mmeneed. A canal through the narrow strip of land
s ,parating Buzzard's Bay from Cape Cod Bay in
M ,ssachusetts, will render unnecessary the long voyage
round Cape Cod and enable vessels from Long Island
Sound to proceed North without facing stormy seas and
passing rocky coasts. The water way of this canal is to
be 300 feet wide and 24 foot deep at low water.
London, England, 1869-12-24

81711'1'1X6' lATELLIGILA'CR.

GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived—Ali-xander, horn Dantsie ; Seine, steazer,
from Ostund ; Florence, steamer, from Rotterdam.
Sailed—Seine et Tamise, st,ainer, for Paris; lane,
steamer, for Boulogne; Sea Bird, for Jersey; A tier,
steamer, fur BrEmen ; Aleeste, steamer, for Antwerp;
Argos, steamer, for Calais; Edith Moore, for Calcutt..
DVAL, Frida Mortin
y g.

No arrival'.
Dorothy, from Tutio3rin, for London, Las run to
leeward.

THE LNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGII.—Dr. John
der of the Sanscrit Chair in tho University
of dinb g as increased his original endowment of th•
chair dition of il,ooJ.—Ocotough
London, England, 1869-12-24

Bank of France.

rams, Dec. 23.
The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account:—

DEBTOR.
Dec. Iti.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) .........
Reserve of the Bank

Dec. 23

182,500,000

7,044,776 02 7,044,776 0!

22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14

and its branches
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation 1,315,919,050 1,318,339,150
Banknotes to order au d
receipts payable at
sight 47,355,401 95 46,271,819 62
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor ......... 219,870,156 42 231 458,259 :7
Current accounts, Paris 369,355,747 90 361,360,018 85
Do. branch banks 4.4,55.1,989 43,650,081
Dividends payable 825,004 791,076
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

9,317,427 95 8,827,320 79

Total
CREDITOP..
Dec. 23. Dec. IG.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

227,669 23 '2,869,741 74

due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 310,032,089 19 302,625,80 i
Do. branch banks 287,275,214 292,125,580
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks 1,725,900
Do. on French Public

22,457,800 -1,6'J9,860

Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares

22,410,100 -
9,089,900 -

22,642,700 -
9,051,800 -

and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier

39,095,800 -
3'2,986,250 -

39,380,10 -
82,94G,170 --

1,118,200 --
1,127,900 -

1,131,800 -1,2'At300

Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000
Government Stock re-
serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 1,0,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bbuk and landed
proper ty branches
Expenses of manage-

60,000,000 -

9,053,892 -

9,048 897 --

Inent
Suudries

2,948,103 50 2,554,010 93
6,873,525 63 9,995,002 42

Total
Certified by the Senator-Uoveruur of the Bank

of France.

(Signed) Ro ULAND.

At the trial in the Queen's Bench for the libel on
the directors of the Ottoman Railway, Mr. Brookes,
the defendant, having unreservedly retracted all
the charges, and expressed his great regret that he
had been entirely misinformed. a verdict was en-
tered by consent for 10e. for the plaintiff.
London, England, 1869-12-24

DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
_EL —The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN
and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810.
Increased PECUNIARY . ASSISTANCE is most
urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the
poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital.
Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E.
hankers—Messrs Fuller, 13anbury, and Co., 71, Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RE NTON, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-10-16

PRUSSIAN FINANCES.

The Prussian Chambers strongly disapprove of the
Ministerial financial policy. The Upper House has
by a formal vote declared the intended loan to be
prejudicial to the interests of the Empire. The Chamber
of Deputies has passed a resolution deciding that
questions of this nature should not be matters of arbitrary
administration. The Ministers perceiving that it would
be imprudent to press the Chambers en the point,
are, it is said, inclined to yield. The Chamber
of Deputies will not, it is thought, consent
to the additional imposts and will suggest that
instead of burdening the people with fresh taxes, mecum)
should he had to the State treasure of thirty million
Widen, which is kept in reserve in case of war. The
position of the Ministry is insecure, as both Liberals
and Conservatives unite in opposing it on irhe question of
the loan.
London, England, 1869-10-16

THE ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE.

(THIS DAY.)

The prosecution of the Albert Life Assurance
Company's directors, was resumed this morning
before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough-street Po-
lice Court.

Mr. Straight, for th 3 prosecution, said the spe-
cific charge he had to make was that the directors
had conspired to represent falsely to the share-
holders that the company was in a sound and pro-
sperous condition, capable of paying dividends on
its shares, and entering into new engagements with
insurers, in the years IS6G-69. It would be for
the Court to decide whether the company was in-
solvent in those years, whether it was known, to
the defendants, and whether knowing this they en-
tered into a design for the purpose of deceiving the
shareholders and to induce the public to become
shareholders and insure their lives, by representing
that the company was in a sound and prosperous
state.

We shall give the result in our latest edition.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

CITY BETTING.—THIS DAY.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
Bto 1 agst Far Away (taken)
9 to 1 agst Prior (offered)
10 to 1 agst Cherie (taken and offered)
100 to 9 agst Typhoeus (taken)
20 to 1 agst Perry Down (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Cocoa Nut (offered))
1000 to 45 agst Van Amburgh (taken)
25 to 1 agst Sylva (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Provider (off—take 30) j •
200 to 7 agst Miss Dayrell (taken)

RACING FIXTURES.
OCTOBER.

Newmarket 2d 0cf...11, &c. Curragh l9, 20 ,21
Chelmsford l9 120 West Drayton 21
Kelso 19 20 I Newmarket lltton &
Cheltenham l9 20

NOVEMBER.
Harrow ...2, 3 I Egliuton Hunt 6 7
Worcester 3, 4 1 Liverpool
St. Albans 5, 6 i Shrewsbury ..... l5, 6

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES,
NOVEMBER.
Worcester 2,3, 4 f Shrewsbury 13,
Harrow 2, 3 1 Leamington Hunt ....23 &c
Lverpool 9 10, 11, 12

COURSING FIXTURES.
London, England, 1869-10-16

polis.
For further particulars apply to the Manager of the
Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City
Offices Company. Palmerston-buildings, London.
N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. Letts, Son
and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; or at the Office in the Lom-
bard Exchange.
London, England, 1869-10-16

THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
mouth-street, W. (where =any cases deemed incur-
able are cured), much needs support. Inspection is in-
vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the
Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER,
Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra-
tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30.
London, England, 1869-10-16

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board tho Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Groat Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing

870 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Oontributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbnry, 8.C.; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
London, England, 1869-10-16

THE HEALTH OF LORD DERBY.

This morning our reporter, on inquiry at 23, St.
James's-square, was informed that no telegram
describing the condition of the Earl of Derby had
been received to-day.

latiZST 11V IL/mu La MITOM

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.'
(Per French Atlantic Cable.)

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 130 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1308 ; the lowest, 130.
Sterling Exchange on London lO9l.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2Ol.
" 1885 ll9l.
" 1867 ll7B.
, lOBl.
134.
321.
26ic.

10-40 "
Illinois
Erie
Cotton—Mini. upland

Petroleum—Standard White 33c.
Flour, extra state, $5.70c. to $6.30c. Corn, old
mixed, $1.12c.

According to Mr. Adam Moffat's report the
week's receipts of cotton have been 68,000 bales,
and since the Ist of Sept. 275,000 ; shipments to
England 22,000 bales ; to France, 10,000:; and to
the Continent 3,000 bales ; total shipments since
the Ist Sept., 83,000 bales ; stock, 124,000 bales.
M.-Upland, 11 3-16, cost and freight per steamer.

PLYMOUTH, Oct. 16.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Westphalia, from New York with the United States
mails of the sth instant (consisting of 58 sacks),
has arrived here with 142 passengers and $220,200
in specie. She experienced heavy northerly and
north-east gales, and had to heave to for 24 hours.
Among her passengers are Count d'Aerschot,
Attache to the Belgian Legation at New York, also
Mr. Aldis, United States Consul at Nice, and Mr.
Rennie, Auditor-General at Hongkong.
The Westphalia landed 35 sacks of mails, and
proceeded for Cherbourg.
London, England, 1869-10-16

IMPORTAIir TO SPECI7LATORS.

THREE SPLENDID SPECULATIONS may
actually be strongly recommended as affording every
prospect of Great Succes.
With a Single Stake of £2 you can realise £26,00011 with
£8 L 37,00011 with LI M 0001!
For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT,
eral lgerchant, Guernsey.

Put ps:7 A r
CIETY.
Established in 1829.
OFFICE :
No. 2, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster.
TRUSTEES.
The Archbishop of Canterbury.:
The Archbishop of Dublin.
The Bishop of Winchester.
The Archdeacon of Maidstone.
CHAIRMAN.
The Venerable the Archdeacon of London.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
The Honourable Edward W. Douglas.
ACTUARY. -
Stewart Helder, 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
For the year ended 81st 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 from 1831 to 1866, both inclusive) added to the
Fund accumulating for the purpose of meeting future
claims.
Prospectuses, Accounts of Bonus, &c., &c., to be had at
the Office, ou 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 Life Assur-
ances in this Society.

11.-Y

A- c QTT I? A T\T r
London, England, 1869-10-16

THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLB ORN.

Trus EVENING, at; THE LOTTERY TICKET. After which,
TH v; GAMESTER: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin,
&c. And THE WATER VAN.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining

- -
THIS EVENING, at 7, A QUIET FAMILY. After which,
E- C APED FROM PORTLAND: Mr Charles Mathews, Mr
Vining, Mrs Chas. Mathews, &c. To conclude with NOTHING
To NURSE.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress,.Mrs.Swanborongh.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr
Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And THE FIELD OF THE
CLOFU OF GOLD.

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

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-Pm k, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children
under twelve, 64

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS
Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office
open fromll to 4.
London, England, 1869-10-16

Just published, price le. 61., by post ls. Sd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks,
IIEVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. BaMere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.

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

DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET.
VgKEILIC., A.,..,.4,uur G. ruin cis us try,
I V and What it Does for Ers,""is Painless Tooth Extraction;
or Amesthesis Locally Applied ;" "Dental Surgery: a Practical
Treatise ;" Modern Dentistry: its Principles and Practice." &c.,
may be CONSULTED DAILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Four
o'cloblr.;*st his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, aIiOSVE-
NOR-SQUARE (a few doors from Bond-street).

11/f R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
A_ Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de-
scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without
springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble
the natural teeth*as not to be distinguished from the ori-
ginals by the closest observer ; they will never change
colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth
ever before used. This method does not require the
extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will
support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is gua-
ranteed to restorc articulation and mastication. Decayed
teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti-
cation.
London, England, 1869-10-16

rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1869.

are in the south, where the uhuren is wealcest,
and where it requires more nursing. At length a
committee was appointed, which divided the dioceses
into three classes, giving three, which has a popula-
tion of over 100,000, about seventy representatives each;
four, which has between 20,000 and 100,000 popu-
lation about thirty-six delegates ; and five, which
have less than 20,000 Protestants, about twenty repre-
sentatives. The total number will be 446. This
report was adopted. At the last sitting it was
resolved that the archbishops and bishops be invited
to convene meetings as soon as possible for the pur-
pose of electing delegates, lay and clerical, to attend
the General Synod.
London, England, 1869-10-16

BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Chief Offices-429, Strand, London.
TRUSTEEfI.
Lieut.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S.
Dupuis, K.C.B. 1 Francis Webb, Esq.
Sir James Duke, Bart. IW. Tyler Smith, M.D.
Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, E.7,q.
F.R.S.
errArlivrAN vnn BpAup —FR iNCIS WEBB, Esq.
DEPUTY UHALLULAN - Ll 2
EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNEAL RE-
PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the
Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS
WEBB, Esq., in the chair.
The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur-
ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were
issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual
premiums the sum of £25,227 Bd.
The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi-
ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods :

to Ts
.1
.
4-..7:4 °E; ,4
s,. : —E, • Amount Amount Annual
r.t.; A.§ Z 6 p,-- Proposed. '31,. Assured. Premiums.
M 11, "E 5
a 114
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 p 54,140 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 1,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6
——
Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6 444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9
The net premium income has incroased to
tho sum of £216,704 1 7
The interest on investments and other items
-. -__ ..

The net pre
tho sum o.
The interest on investmen
of receipt yield

1,276 18 1

Making a total income of £237,980 19 8
The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886
12s. ld.
Tho balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d.
The assets of the association at the close of tho year
amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd.
The directors draw special attention to the fact that 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 the 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, 1869-10-16

MEXICO.

The Mexican Congress was opened on the 16th of Sep-
tember, the anniversary of the independence of the Republic,
by President Juarez in person. In his address he felici-
tated the members of Congress on being able for the first
gra° since 1859 to celebrate their anniversary in the midst
.4 general tranquillity. The laws were, he said, every-
where respected, and the Government was strong enough
to repress disturbances for the future. After the cere-
mony Juarez proceeded to Puebla, accompanied by his
Ministers, and Mr. Nelson, the American representative, to
inaugurate the new railway between Puebla and Mexico
Two or three thousand persons were present. A banquet
was given, at which the American Minister spoke strongly
in favour of maintaining an entente cordiale between the
States and Mexico. The last census showed the popula-
tion of Mexico to be 6,5137,0 W• persons.
London, England, 1869-10-16

AUSTItTAX REFORMS.

The question of electoral reform is being actively dis-
cussed in Austria. The Government is anxious to remove
the difficulties which arise from the divers Diets of the
Empire, and intends to propose a very liberal measure,
with the view of satisfying the different nationalities.
Some of these, however, desire a complete autonomy. The
North-East Correspondence, while confirming the impres-
sion of the liberality of the Government, adds that it will
not go beyond the limits of the existing Constitu-
tion, which it wishes to be considered the base of
all reforms. The Government desires to establish a system
of direct elections as the only means of obtaining a really
national represontation,but it does not wish for centralism-
_tion, and considers that the kcal Diets should be com-
pensated for the loss of their tight to elect Deputies to the
Reichsrath by other autonomic concessions. The Corres-
pondence believes that the conntffe is on the eve of new
reforms, but that they will be sTictly constitutional and
by their means a crisis may be avoided.
London, England, 1869-10-16

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.

Tnrs EVENING, at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE. At 8.15, the
new Comedy, PROG RES s: Messrs. Billington, H. Neville, J.
Clarke, Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall; Mesdames Lydia
Foote, Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens.
London, England, 1869-10-16

QAMARIT A N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
k) and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women
2,746 patients were treatedlast month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed .and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca-
dilly ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1869-10-16

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
invited 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.
London, England, 1869-10-16

MISHAP TO TILE SUEZ CANAL

According to information received by the Austria from
Alexandria the part of the canal between Suez and the
Bitter Lakes was to have been so far completed by the
15th of August that the festival of Napoleon might be
celebrated by letting in the waters of the Red Sea. The
event did not realise the expectations that had been
entertained. Indeed, the company were threatened witb
a great danger, which might have cost them millions, and
delayed even the rough completion of the undertaking
now aimed at, for some months. The dry works, it is true)
were finished on the 14th August, and the water of the Red
Sea was let into the canal at Suez. The dam, however,
which was to regulate the flow of the water and prevent
the current becoming rapid enough to injure the sides of
the canal gave way. Fortunately the second dike held, and
was sufficient to prevent any serious damage being done.
Still a good deal of material has been lost. The Bitter
Lakes are of course filling more rapidly than was intended,
but there is reason to fear that the strength of the current
may wash away the banks, and render a great deal of
deepening necessary.
London, England, 1869-10-16

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

STITCH.
Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case
for Travelling.

THE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES
ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM
AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS
FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING.
The p tuner simplicity of these Machines enables any one to
require their perfect use in a tew hours.
Illustrated Price Lists post free

[HE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY
'hief Office in the United Kingdcm:
147, CHE APSIDE.
London, England, 1869-10-16

A LOST CIILD.

Lieutenant-Colonel llickie, of Maidenhead, tolls a
strange and melancholy story. His nurse, Elizabeth
Barry, some little while ago, received notice to quit
his service. The woman expressed her determination
to be revenged, but her threats naturally received little
attention. A. week ago, however, whilst Lieutenant-
Colonel llickie was m Ireland, Barry disappeared,
taking With her the youngest child, a girll7 months old.
The woman carried off a change of clothinff for
herself and the infant, thus leading to the coaclusion
that though the little one had been stolen for the
sake of gain or revenge, her life was safe. However
this may be, the lost child has not been recovered.
A. reward of £lOO has been offered, the detective
department has been set to work, but in vain.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hickie now appeals to the
public :
" We are anxious to enlist in our behalf the sympathy
and mightier help of the millions of self-made detectives
who may be found in the fathers and mothers of England.
They alone can conceive the awful agony we suffer as one
sad day after another passes away,
and our hopes of seeing
our dear child are still deferred. They can also understand
our still deeper dread for the future, lest, lost and for ever
hidden from us, she should grow up in poverty, ignorance,
and perhaps crime.
The woman took only a small sum of money with her.
She has a mole on the right side of her upper lij
and the child has a peculiar blue vein under the le
eye.
London, England, 1869-10-16

THE FIRST PENNY DAILY PAPER.

- - - -
In reference to the claim made by the Morning
Star to be the pioneer among the penny daily papers,
the dates of the issue of the low price daily journals
may be of interest. The provinces, strange to say,
may claim the priority in this matter; for the first
daily paper published at the price of one penny
was the Northern Daily Express, which dates its age
from April 21,1855. On the Bth of June the Shdield
Telegraph, and on the 11th of June in the same year
the Liverpool Daily Post came out; and thus Liverpool,
Sheffield, and Darlington were supplied before the
metropolis. The Daily Telegraph was first issued on
June 27 ; but even then the price of one penny
was looked upon with mistrust; and twopence was at
first charged for it ; the reduction to the
lesser price took place on the 17th of September,
1855. The London field was not left to the sole glory
of the Telegraph many months ; on March 17,1856,
the Morning Star appeared, and thus was the fifth
daily penny pa
_per in the country, the second in the
metropolis. The Standard, it may be added, was
published first on June 2.9, 1857.
London, England, 1869-10-16

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off
Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All
Nations, who aro received without any recomendation.
The Committee require upwards of .£1,500 annually
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this
Hospital.
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-
lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street,
E.C., by

S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life
Governor, .£lO 10s.
London, England, 1869-10-16

BITING OFF A CAT'S TAIL.

A German paper states that on the 29th ult. the police-
court at Barmen was much crowded, in consequence of two
gentlemen in the neighbourhood being summoned—one of
them charged with biting part of a cat's tail off, the other
with assisting his companion by holding the cat during the
process. The prosecution was instituted by the Society for
the Protection of Animals at Wupperthal. It appeared that
one of the defendants had laid a wager in a pothouse that
he would bite off a portion of the tail of the landlord's cat,
and accordingly carried out his intention. The accused
protested in court that they had acted with the best inten-
tions—they were fully persuaded that a reduction in the
length of her tail would not only not injure the animal,
but would greatly conduce to her comfort and con-
venience.. This view was supported by a veterinary
- --nduced in court as a witness in
their favour. They were nevertheless lima twenty
dollars, on the ground that the biting off of cats' tails is
not recommended in any scientific institution where the
treatment of animals is taught ; that the act in question
was one of wanton brutality, and utterly repugnant to
humanity.
London, England, 1869-10-16

THE LAND QUESTION IN CORK.

The commissioner sent by the Times to investigate
the land question is finding plenty of work in the
" Premier County "of Ireland. Albeit the men of
Cork claim this high-sounding title, theirs is not a
flourishing county. The capital prospers well enough,
but the agricultural districts labour under many
difficulties. The soil is poor in many places. The
agricultural labourer gets only from six to nine shil-
lings a week, and even at this rate work is not eon-
stant. Rents are very high; indeed, the great
majority of farms are over-rented:—
" Ono of the worst examples in this respect Inas that of
the property of an American gentleman, who, though
fresh from that land of freedom, and I have little doubt
an admirable Democrat, has the smartness to see that
tenancy at will can, under the existing system of law, be
made a good instrument for screwing down his depen-
dents."

The landed system of the country is much the
same as that in other parts, save that its vices are
exceedingly prominent. Speaking generally, the
same religious differences divide the owners and the
occupiers of the soil ; the same absenteeism is too
prevalent ; there is the same widespread insecurity of
tenure; law in the same way upholds the power of
the landlord, and disregards the just claims of the
tenant ; there is the same creation of vast rights of
property in the form of improvements by the
peasantry, unprotected by the least legal sanction,
and liable, nay, exposed to confiscation ; vague usage
similarly is the only safeguard against frequent and
intolerable injustice. Such is the verdict of the
Times' representative. Ile declares that examples of
tyranny are not infrequent, especially where the
territorial magnates are absent. Even granting these
grievous powers are not often used, the possibility of
their existence is in itself a crying shame.
One example of the use of this excessive power is
worth quoting :
" I happened to see a neat slated house standing almost
alone on a fair-sized tract, and I asked the occupier how he
came to be in possession of such a good dwelling. " Oh!"
he replied, " it was not built by me, but by the tenant who
was here before me, and he, poor man, is gone to America."
I then asked why ho had left this country, and the
answer, given with a look combining suspicion and hatred
in no common degree, was 'that he had been ejected for
a year's rent, a sum of about £2B, and that he had lost his
house, which cost him MOO' I made inquiries in the next
village, and I am satisfied that this tale is in substance
true, that this eviction really occurred, and that no com-
pensation was given to the tenant for this absolute loss of
perhaps, his whole property."
After all is it to be wondered at that the relations
between landlord and tenant in Cork are often of the
worst description ? Is it even surprising that agra-
I rianism should be rampant in the county ?
London, England, 1869-10-16

MR. GOSCIIEN AND THE GUARDIANS.

Workhouse authorities must keep a sharp look-out.
Mr. Goschen, tired of reading the letters of guardians
and the reports of inspectors, has determined to go and
observe the working of the Poor Law for himself.
He has already been to the Birmingham workhouse,
and has caused infinite trepidation throughout the
establishment. The President inspected the whole
of the building, and put "no end of questions." His
visit lasted several hours, and was, it is said, very
satisfactory. It will be well if all similar visits have
a like result. Most people will agree with the
Lancet that Mr. Goschen will find the process
" highly instructive."
London, England, 1869-10-16

A. RARE COMBINATION.
The BARE COMBINATION of EXCEL-
LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found
in every article sold by E. MOSES and SON.
Every description of Clothing ready made,
or made to measure, for all ages, and all
Commodious apartments for measuring
and fitting in the spacious and elegant Show
Rooms, which contain a very large and diver-
sified stock of materials.
For the convenience of Ladies accompany-
ing their Sons there is a distinct department
- for Young Gentlemen's Clothing.
Orders by Post are attended to with care
and punctuality, and the easy and accurate
system of self-measure introduced by E.
MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee
a faultless fit.
Orders from persons who are not known to
the firm should be accompanied by a remit-
tance, or a London reference.
Any article not worn or injured will be
,heerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the
noney will be returned.
All Goods are marked in Plain Figures,
from which no abatement can be made. -
The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats
and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un-
equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap-
ness.
Complete Outfits for all Climates, with
every requisite for the voyage.
Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea-
;tire, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and
post-free.
E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments
are closed every Friday evening at sunset till
Saturday evening at sunset, when business
s resumed until eleven o'clock.
E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be-
spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers,
Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac-
turers, and General Outfitters for all
Classes.
The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES
ad SON:—
LONDuiN.
CITY ESTABLISTIMENT,
155, MINOILIES
136, MINORIES
157, MINOBIES
83, ALDGATE
ALDGATE
ALDGATE
ALDGATI
87. ALDGATE
88, ALDGATF.
39, ALDGATE

OXFORD-STREET BRANCH.
506, NEW OXFORD-STREET
507, NEW OXFORD STREET
•08, NEW OXFORD-STREET
1, HART-STREET
2, HART-STREET
3, HART-STREET

TOTTENII AM- C UR T -ROAD BRANCH.
137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
183, EUSTON-ROAD.
Country Branch:
19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS.
20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS.
London, England, 1869-10-16

GREAT N ORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, 'sling-ton, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbeti at King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted
free.
Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—lion.
Sec., I'. Smith, Esa. GEO. REID, Sec.

'HE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
_l_ of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-

road.
Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daffy at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those
numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co.,trand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, 13 E.
London, England, 1869-10-16

pIiAILASAICAL SADBATARIANISM.

That "the letter. " seldom has been more
strikingly exemplified than in a case before the deputy
coroner for East Middlesex on Thursday. The inquiry
he had to hold concerned the death of the wife of a
shipwright, who had been confined on the previous
Saturday. The evidence chewed that death
was caused by the neglect of the mid-
wife. She had gone away on the Satur-
day night ; and the next day being Sunday
had refused, "on religious grounds," to attend her
patient, notwithstanding that very peremptory and
pressing messages were sent to her. Being called
before the coroner she took the theological argument
up, and told the jury that she did not and
would not go out on "the Sabbath." Neither
the coroner nor the jury seemed to have blamed
her; to have called her attention to the words
of our blessed Lord when He healed the withered
hand would probably have been useless. But the
verdict, "Death by misadventure," seems to us open
to question. We are not quite sure that the woman
ought not to have had to answer a charge of man-
slaughter.

We have been passing just now through a season
of general indignation against cruelty, aroused either
by a powerful awakening of the instinct of cruelty in
some, or an exceeding sharpness of the sentiment
of mercy in others. The need of putting
the law in force more strenuously is seen
in
the
fact that " little " things for which police
magistrates are wont to imprison, are explained
'ls being customs. Is what William Dukes has been
sent to prison by a London magistrate for
really a custom among drovers ? ye was seen
to beat a cow he was driving very se-
verely. The beast was
evidently exhausted, and
presently fell down, hardly able to move. Dukes could
not stir her ; what then did he do but obtain some straw
put it under her neck and set fire to it Even thus
goaded, the poor creature could only rise and stumble
from the flame which had taken away all the hair from
her neck. The man, we are glad to say, is to taste
the delights of a month's incarceration in prison.
London, England, 1869-10-16

OCTOBER.

Ormosby 19 .tc.
Huntingdon Club.. 23, 24.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening.

FOREIGN OFFICE, OCT. 13.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Jorge
B. Day as Consul at Montreal for the Republic of Peru.

WHITEHALL, OCT. 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
James Moncreiff, her Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, to
bo her Majesty's Justice Clerk and President of the Se-
cond Division of the Court of Session in Scotland, and
also one of the Senators of the College of Justice there.
The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of ber
Majesty's Advocate for Scotland to George Young, Esq.,
her Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland, in the room
of the Right Honourable James Moncroiff, appointed her
Majesty's Justice Clerk and President of the Second Divi-
sion of the Court of Session in Scotland.

The Queen has also been pleased to grant the Office of
Solictor-General for Scotland to Andrew Rutherford
Clark, Esq., advocate (now Sheriff of Haddington and
Berwick).
London, England, 1869-10-16

MHE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127,Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.

HOSPITAI for DISEASES of the THROAT
Golden-square W.

President—His Grace tbo Duke of GRAFTON.
The rommittte of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help thern 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, 1869-10-16

BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES,
_Clapham rise.

Instituted 1861.
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES.
TREASURERS.
George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons.
This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of
the kingdom. provides for those afflicted with incurable
diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical
attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO
obtained by election.

No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper
class, is eligible. _ _

,
Full particulars and the necessary forms may be pro-
cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub-
scriptions aro earnestly solicited.

BANXERS.

Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E C.; and
Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER,, Secretary.
Offices, 73, Cheapside.
London, England, 1869-10-16

THE NEW BISHOP OF CARLISLE.

The Premier's appointment to the diocese of Car•
lisle is at last announced. He has chosen a very
moderate man indeed, one with whom none but the
most bigoted will be found to quarrel. Dr. Goodwin,
Dean of Ely, is the nominated successor to Dr.
Waldegrave. He is a Cambridge man, was educated
privately, and entered Caius College in 1836. He
graduated in 1840 as second wrangler and Smith's
prizeman. He became fellow of and mathematical
lecturer to his college. For ten years he held the
incumbency of St. Edward's Church, Cambridge. From
1855 to 1857 he was Hulsean Lecturer. He became
Dean of Ely in 1858. Ile is distinctly known as a
"non-party man ;" and though several volumes of
sermons and a commentary on one of the Gospels
have come from his pen, no one party has ever been
able cu The B: ad Churchmen were at
one time ready to include him amongst taw.--A.—
but of late his leanings seem to have been in
another direction. The Tinzes says of him that he
has " exerted great religious influence in the town of
Cambridge as an eloquent and powerful preacher,'
and approves his appointment on the ground that he
"is a divine whose energy is likely to sustain and
extend the benevolent designs of the late Bishop
Waldegrave for the benefit of the diocese."

PROFESSOR FAWCETT TO WORKING MEN.
Professor Fawcett has been addressing a working
men's meeting at Birmingham on the questions 01
working men's representation, the prevention of elec.
toral corruption, and education. The questions are
not so dissimilar as they seem ; for granting the need
of working men's candidates, and allowing that men
with money and influence now gain more than they
should on account of that money and influence,
the necessity for the Ballot arises; and, beside the
Ballot, education is generally admitted to be the best
preventive of corruption. This was the way Professor
Fawcett worked out his speech. The arguments it
support of working men representatives he put
very, neatly. One of them was as follows :
Parliament is a deliberative as well as a
legislative assembly. In deliberation it is
needful that all fides should be put before the
deliberators. The absence of working men from Parlia-
ment is an evil ; for they cannot be adequately
represented by those who are not of themselves.
Their presence would he a national good ; .for they
would render the House of Commons complete. On
the Ballot the Professor declared that lie did not
expect it to stop bribery ; but undue influence (which
lid thought was worse than bribery) it would effec-
tually prevent.
London, England, 1869-10-16

PRUSSIA AND GENERAL FLEURY.

The Libered announces that the Prussian Cabinet is so
much troubled by the intended departure of General
Fleury for St. Petersburg that it has instructed its Charg6
d'Affaires at Paris to ask an explanation from M. do b'
Tour d'Auvergne. M. Benedetti will have the task of
giving a verbal reply to the Prnssian demand.
London, England, 1869-10-16

DOCKS.
st East and Weiii.lndia lOO 113 121
London and St. Katherine lOO 10 51 501
100 D oDeb. stock, 4 por cent all
Minivan Freehold Land
st Dock lOO 27 32
st Southampton lOO 6$ 70
st Surrey commercial
London, England, 1869-10-16

MARLBORO UGH- S TREET.

VITRIOL THROWING.—Sarah Hicks, a smartly-dressed
young female, was charged before Mr. Knox with mali-
ciously throwing some corrosive fluid on Fanny Laws,
a young woman living in Gerrard-street, Soho.
The prosecutrix said, about one o'clock that morning
she was in Cook's, at the corner of Windmill-street, taking
some refreshment, when, seeing the prisoner there, she
expostulated with her for shipping her (prosecutrix's)
sister's face the previous night. The prisoner said she
would do so again, and while talking to her a friend saw
her pour some vitriol from a bottle down the back of her
dress, damaging her apparel to the amount of £6 or £7.
Mary Grace Lewis, residing in Gerrard-street, proved
seeing the prisoner pull the cork out of a bottle with her
teeth, and then pour some vitriol down the prosecutor's
dress and run away.
The prisoner denied running away.
After some further evidence, Mr. Knox committed the
prisoner for trial for maliciously injuring the prosecutor's
dress, stating that he did not think she intended to injure
the prosecutor's person.
London, England, 1869-10-16

A.D. 1720.
ft 0Y A L EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Ma, S.W.

Esq Governor.
;sq Sub-Governor.
Esq Deputy-Governor.
ITORS.
William Tetlosv Hibbert,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Ditalcolmson,
E
Lord sq.
Josceline Wm. Percy.
ra,; 11 ann, Ee.q.
bamuel Leo o,D.uaLt.n,
Brio Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
tuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.
London, England, 1869-10-16

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 other. 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. 0 SPRING RICE Hon. Sec.