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London, England, 1869-05-24

POLITICAL TRIALS AT ROAM

Another batch of conspirators has just been tried and
condemned at Rome. About sixty persons implicated in
the attempts at insurrection in October 1867 have been
sentenced, two to hard labour for life, and the rest to
periods varying from ten to twenty years. All of them
will come under the amnesty decreed on the occasion of
the Pope's jubilee, and will therefore have two-thirds of
their sentence,remitted.

• • - ANTI•PRIMIAN FEELING IN HANOVER,.
Immediately afier the striking defeat of the Prussian
Ctutrualatiathe_satysfileamr. And the eloctiotel

Professor Ewald, King William's visit to his lately.
acquired province was postponed. It was announced
that indisposition was the cause of this delay. The
Patric, however, positively affirms that the fear of hostile
demonstrations from the Hanoverian populace has brought
about the change of programme. Not only has the visit
been postponed, but when it does take place a route
differing from that first chosen will be followed.
London, England, 1869-05-24

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, £220,000
ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, £1,598,000
SPECIAL NOTICE.

All Persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale
before June 30th, 1869, will be entitled at the NEXT BONUS
to one year's additional Share of Profits over later
Entrants.

Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained
of

GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary.
13, St. James's-square, London. S.W.
London, England, 1869-05-24

THE OVERLAND ROUTE BY BRINDISI.

Captain Tyler has reported favourably to the Board of
Trade both on the accommodation at Brindisi and the
facilities of the Brenner route of communication with
India. The Mont Cenis track is shorter by 150 miles than
the Brenner route, by way of Ostend, Munich, Verona,
and Brindisi ; but the time required for traversing the two
would be much the same. The time occupied in the
Brenner route is estimated at 150 hours ; by the Mont
Cenis route 1501 hours, or 147:3 after the Mont Cenis
tunnel is completed. Either service, if carried out, would
effect a saving of thirty hours over the Marseilles
route, but practically the time saved as regards letters
from this country would not be more than twenty-four
hours, because the Indian mail now leaves London on
Friday evening, and as the General Post Office is closed
on Sunday, the latest time for the postage of letters
would be Saturday evening. Captain Tyler, however,
has far grander projects in view. He looks forward to
the time when the Euphrates Valley will be complete, and
when the Indian traveller may " pass dryshod from
London to Bombay—through a submarine tunnel from
Dover to Calais—through Europe by railway—over the
Bosphorus by a bridge—and forward by railway down the
Euphrates Valley, and round the Persian Gulf to
Bombay."

ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
Sir Francis Head continues his researches into that
unfathomable mine—American inconsistency. Mr. Sum-
ner, in his famous speech, complained that without
British interference the Southern rebellion must have suc-
cumbed much sooner than it did. Sir Francis publishes
numerous documents, proving that the Canadian out-
break of 1837 was not only originally encouraged by
hope of support from the United States, and fed by
United States supplies, but that after the rebellion itself
collapsed the war was mercilessly carried ou by repeated
invasions, extending over a period of two years. England
has never asked for one farthing for the enormous loss
inflicted by these proceedings.
London, England, 1869-05-24

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1869.

MISCELLANEOUS NEIVS.

,3!.

A POLITICAL CRISIS.

It appears that such pressure has been put
upon the standing committee of the Irish Church
Conference that, after having determined not to
recommend the rejection of the Irish Church Bill,
they have reconsidered their decision, and by 28 to
9 votes have decided to send a deputation to the
forthcoming meeting of Peers in London, in order to
recommend them to oppose the bill. The Central
Protestant Defence Association have also determined
to send a deputation with the same object.
This announcement, taken in connection with the
very important statement of the Jam Bull that its
previous announcement of Lord Derby's intention
to oppose the second reading is correct, and that if
he had not resolved to do so Lord Redesdale or Lord
Bandon would have done so, indicates that we are on
the eve of a very formidable political crisis which
cannot fail to alarm all thoughtful and far-seeing
men. or is this all; meetings are to be organised
in all parts of the country, in order to agitate against
Mr. Gladstone's measure; and as we may safely
calculate upon similar demonstrations in behalf of
the measure, we must expect a season of storm such
as we have not witnessed for many years.
London, England, 1869-05-24

FRANCE.

BOURSE, May 22.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

4f per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent
Er

Bank Shares 2985
Ital'an Fives 57 70
End of month

End of month... 71 95
Credit Mobilier 262 50
End of month... 265

Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes 30 25
"

Credit Foneier ...1627 50 Home Debt —
End of month... Deferred ......
RAILWAYS. Cash
Orleans ... • 0(42
Northern .., 1077}
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6161
___4

Westorn

Eastern , •
Sardinian

50
Austrian 742
'7ll

Lombard 47.
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman 6l

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7his Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

11013 BERT AT ♦ JEWALLERS.—Ann James or Emma
M`liennis, a .respoctable-lootting young woman, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a keeper ring
of the value of 12s. Gd., the property of Mr. George Dyer,
jeweller, Regent-street.
Mr. Dyer, junr., said that on Saturday evening the
prisoner came into his father's shop and asked to be
shown some keeper rings. He showed her a tray,
and she made several objections to the rings, first to
the price, then to the stones ; she having asked
for those with garnets in, and afterwards to the quality.
While the prisoner was looking at the rings he missed one
and subsequently another, and saw one under the pri-
soner's little finger. He allowed the prisoner, who made
no purchase, and was about to leave, to get into the middle
of the shop, and then went to the shop door, and told her
that he should send for a constable, upon which, without
his charging her with stealing anything, she threw down
a keeper ring on the floor, and said she had not taken it,
and knew nothing about it.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner.
London, England, 1869-05-24

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London, England, 1869-05-24

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.
4 GUA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
nt one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public
in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 155. each
'ncluding brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C.
London, England, 1869-05-24

THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CAM.

Cambridge rowing men are congratulating them-
selves that they will soon have a river fit to row on.
The subscription list for the improvement of the Cam
is a full one, and there is little doubt that there will
be money enough to carry out any reasonable altera-
tions. The question, however, which money does not
settle, is, whether these large funds will be profitably
___ . .
London, England, 1869-05-24

lAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
k-/ and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women.
2,746 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, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.
•
London, England, 1869-05-24

IMBER.

Richmond 21, 22
Lichfield
Western (Ay r) 22, 2$
Hendon 23 24
Monmouth..., '23, 24
Newmarket i et Oct 28, &e.
Lanark... 29 30

NOVEMBER.
Harrow 2, 3 Eglintou Hunt 6, 7
I
Woroester B, 4 Liverpool 4l, 10, 11
St. Albans 5, 6 I Shrewsbury ... .

TIIE ENGLISH JOINT-.STOCK BANK

PROSECUTION.

To-day Captain Mangles, Mr. Abbias, Mr. Bradshaw,
and Mr. Finney again appeared before the Lord Mayor on
summonses which charged them with conspiring together
to defraud the shareholders.

Mr. Kemp, the accountant, who had examined the ac-
counts of the concern, said the loss, on the failure of Roger
and Oldiog's bank, amounted to £66,ooo—the whole of
the money paid for the transfer. The proceedings were
again adjourned.

EXTRAORDINARY MATCH.—A match of a novel nature
was made on the Monday night previous to the races, be-
tween Mr. Graham, the well-known owner of Formosa,
and Squire Dowding, who races under the name of Mr.
Edwyn, in which the former backed himself to ride For-
mosa against The Squire on Needle Gun, ono mile, during
the Ascot Meeting, for £5O a-side, catch-weights. On the
following morning, however, Mr. Graham paid £lO forfeit
to have the match declared off.
COLOURS OF RIDERS.—Mr Heene (altered to): Violet
body, canary sleeves, violet and canary quartered cap ;
second colour, same, and violet cap. Mr. Black: Blue,
yellow seams and cap. Mr. F. li. lIW Green and white
stripe, green cap with white tassel.
WARK STEEPLECHASER.—Braes of Deriventwater has
been disqualified for the Hunters' Selling Stakes for being
improperly described, and the race awarded to Novelist,
who came in second. Tile objection to Shy Girl for the
Tynedale Hunt Cup has been overruled.
SOR SUMMER 3IEETING.—The entries for this
meeting promise strong fields. - The Eton Handicap has
obtained s.xty-one subscribefift Rays rs, the Two Year Old Plate
y-threo, Handicap
twenty-eight, the Nursery
forty-two, Thames Handicap Plate forty-six, Windsor
Handicap rixty-four, Welter Cup thirty-two, and the
Surly Ball Handicap thirty-four.
BLUE Gows.—We believe that this horse will not ho
sent to Epsom, but that Vagabond will represent Sir Josh.
Hawley in the Walton Manor Stakes.
Airdrie Ram have been fixed for Thursday and Friday,
July 16 and 16.
SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT BATH.—On Wednesday, Mr.
R. Tompkins -bad a sale of blood" stock, and disposed of
the following, the property of Mr. H. Bradshaw :—Hail-
storm, bay yearling by Wild Dayrell out of Freight (Mr.
T. Cannon), 100 guineas ; Sunshine, bay yearling by Wild
Dayrell out of Pavilion (.fr. Burgess), 24 guineas;
Den-
mark (6 yrs), by Gamma di Vera out of Freight (Mr.
Todd), 42 guineas.
London, England, 1869-05-24

LOIIDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only
institution In thelletropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Pled-street and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN
during TEMPORARY ILLNESS.
The relatives of Olergymer'. Naval, Military, and Pro-
fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small
weekly payment, receive the comforts pf a HOME, corn-
blued with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the
establishment, 90, Upper liarley-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, lb* Cecil Russell, and othei ladies.
All information respecting it may be obtained on writ-
ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent.
Subscriptions received at the fustitution, and by the
Treasurer, at Messrs. °mitts and 00.. P, 59,__Strand.
W. C SPRTNG 11I(1P3 Tlon Sec.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate Cicinity of the Groat Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Orbs&
Patron—Her Most Gracious MA/2811 the COLIN.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
President—His Grace the Duke of BTXCLEUCII,
This Hospital, founded iu the- year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent .or support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destkute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 8,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite, funds to maintain them.
nker
Contrite.:.tions are received by their ba
also s,
Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abohurch-lane ;
Messrs.yCoutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and
Berries and Co.;; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Pay's and Co.; Barclay and Co.;
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Demers-street ;;and at
the Hospital LOW 10 LW •
London, England, 1869-05-24

I;ICTENSION OF THE EPISCOPATF.

Tile John Bull states that Mr. Gladstone has been
requested to receive a deputation early next month
in favour of an increase of the Episcopate. A public
meeting is spoken of. It need hardly b© said that
Mr. Gladstone would give any well-considered tiny
practicable plan for extending the EpiScriiiitth his
hearty support. He is not one of thohe who sympa-
thise with the Royal Conanikoners on the Irish
Church, who proposed to abolish LishBps in order to
keep the Church reveni:::,„opon,
ot,
the choice has to
Tificed. loe Inade between thetwo it is the
money, n't
tie fathers of the Church, that ought to

CONFESSION.
One of the Church papers states that " one of the
priests of All Saints', Margaret-street, heard 300
confessions during last Lent, while another connected
with the same church received 100 first confessions,
of which about eighty were from men." We believe
that the practice of confession is very largely on the
increase in London.

TRE nEcr.NT ROYAL TOUR:
Messrs. Routledge have, it is stated, made arrange-
atents with 1)r. Howard Russell, of the Times who
accompanied the Prince and the Princess of Wales
in their recent tour to publish a narrative of their
journey. The booli is likely to be produced very
shortly, although Pr. Russell is not remarkable for
'rapidit of production, and his novel, " Dr. Brady,"
had to be abstracted from him with almost as much
difficulty as an opera from Rossini.
London, England, 1869-05-24

ATTRACTIVE SPECULATIONS,
UNRIVALLED SUCCESS.

You could never meet with a more advisable opportunity to
try the favours of Dame Fortune.
With a Single Stake of £1 you can realise £20,000!! with
£2 £27,(00!! with £8 £12,000! ! with (10 £45,000!!
For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TiLLOT,
General Merchant, Guernsey.
London, England, 1869-05-24

ARRIVALS AT EPSOM.

Geant des Batailles, Bronnus, Miss Peddie c., Moon-
stone, Leontes, Consternation, Tenedos, Prince Imperial,
Stephanotis, Venice, Nightjar, Cast Off, Royal Rake,
Rupert, De Ver,e, Dryad, Frivolity, Elferon, Mysotis,
Chapel Royal, Riga, Compromise, Lancet, Rushworth,
Neuchatel, Sabrina, Spruce, Sister to Torquise, Troca-
dero, Vespasian, Stork, Hermit, Martyrdom, Swift, Bor-
der Knight, Rattletrap, Sagittarius, Honesty, Neropretby,
Green Riband, Ethus, Scout, Choral, Ironstone, Eltham,
Lumley, Walmer, Braemar, Apollo, Hengist, Hereford,
Actress, Henrietta, lEpan, Alpenstock, Kingsley Vale,
Lincoln c, Beadown c. Perfume, and President Lincoln.,

PARIS RACES.

CnarniLT, Sunday.
THE FRENCH DERBY.

Count de Lagrange's Consul, Bst 71b (Mixon) 1
M. Delatre's Cerdagne, Bst 41b. (Carrot) 2
It J. Reiset's Pandour, Bst 71b 3
Major Fridolin's Gourbi, Bst 71b • 4
Fourteen ran. Betting-9 to 4 each agst Consul and
Glaneur, 6 to 1 agst L'Aspirant, 10 to 1 each agst. Eck_
much and Glaieul. Won in a canter by two lengths; a
length and a half between second and third ; half a length
between third and fourth.

Race Glasses, by Voigtliind, are now no longer the ex-
clusive luxury of the rich. Since the great demand for
photographic lenses has diminished, au opportunity has
been atforaed for applying mechanical power with the
greatest sue: es,., whereby the cost of these beautiful and
tuoAt perfoet instruments is reduced in price in some
instances to as much as 20 per cent. In fact they are now
no dearer than those of the best French or English makers.
At the depot Aullaghan, 23.5., New Bond-street, corner of
Conduit-street, the patrons of the Deiby may indulge
their taste in the possession of a veritable Voigtlauder at
comparrvively trifling cost. It is superfluous to say the
qu-slity is as ever matchless.

RACING- F

'IXT li RES.

Croydon 2,3, 4
Newton 2,3, 4
Newark 3

Newcastle 22, 23, 24
Odibam 22
iiibury Club 28
Btockbridge 24, 25, 26
New Forest Hunt

Barnstaple 3
Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11
&lyeley 9
Windsor 15, 16
Hampton l7, 18
Curragh 22, 23, 21

(Lyndhurst) 98
Chelmsford
Liverpool Summer 29, 30
Sutton Park

Worcester 1, 2
Newmarket July 6, &c.
Carlisle
Hendon ..... 9, 10
Pontefract ....... ...... 12, 13
Nottingham 13, 14
Southampton 13, 14
A ITO

Down Royal Corpo l4
Airdrie 15
Reading 15, 16
KnutBford 16
Huntingdon 2O, 21
Stamford ... . .... . 23
Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 80
IST.

Deauville..
Ripon j
Brightofi
Tiverton
Brighton Club 5
Levres 8, 7
Egham lO, 11
Wolverhampton le, II
Windsor 12, 18
Bromley 17, 18
Stockton lB, 19, 20
Dorer 18
SEPT]

Oxford
Hungerford 24
York 24, 26, 26
Croydon
Plymouth - 14, 27
Scarborough 80, 31
Badep Baden 3l
Great Yarmouth 31
Derby Summer ...81, Bap. 1
Weymouth 31, Sep. 1
Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1

-8, 4

Margate 2
Ipswich 2
West Drayton 3
Warwick. 7, 8
Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9
Abingdon 9, 10
Doncaster 14, 15, 16, U
Hampton 21, 22
London, England, 1869-05-24

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

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness —Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution afforls employment in various ways to
172 blind men and woman.
cannot be given for
Pensions to various 'mounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their oirn living.
500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions Will be thankfully received by tho Secre-
tarn
.Rev. G. B. REID, M.A.

GREAT
NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
caiodonian-road, Islington N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free-

Bankers-Messrs. Barnet Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ratisorn Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—llon.
See., I. Smith. Era. GEO. REID, Sec.
London, England, 1869-05-24

ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

Sir Francis Head continues his researches into that
unfathomable mine—American inconsistency. Mr. Sum-
ner, in his famous speech, complained that without
British interference the Southern rebellion must have suc-
cumbed much sooner than it did. Sir Francis p üblishes
numerous documents, proving that the Canadian out-
break of 1837 was not only originally encouraged by
hope of support from the United States, and fed by
United States supplies, but that after the rebellion itself
collapsed the war was mercilessly carried on by repeated
invasions, extending over a period of two years. England
has never asked for one farthing for the enormous loss
inflicted by these proceedings.
London, England, 1869-05-24

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issued.
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1869

In Weeks.
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Excess ..
In 52 weeks; ending April 7th, 19

22 .£4,211
3,105 -£539.442
London, England, 1869-05-24

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LTFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, £220,000
ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, £1,598,000
SPECIAL NOTICE.

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before June 30th, 1869, will be entitled et the NEXT BONUS
to one year's additional Share of Profits over later
Entrant'.
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of

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13, St. James's-square, London, S.W.
London, England, 1869-05-24

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London, England, 1869-05-24

Just published. price ls. 6.1., by post Is. 84., the Second Edition,
with Addenda,. containing additional Facts and Cases, In illns-
trat!on of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks,
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. Balliere, 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.

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London, England, 1869-05-24

CLERKENWEIL EXPLOSION RELIEF FUND.

The final report of the Clerkenwell Relief Com-
mittee has been published. The Rev. Robert
-Maguire, vicar of Clerkenwell, signs it, and remarks
that the length of time which has elapsed between
the explosion and the final report has been due
to the fact that some of the injured per-
sons have continued so infirm that it was not
possible to close the account earlier. Six persons
were killed by the explosion, six more died from its
effects, five died from ifs indirect consequences, 20
infants died, 120 persons were wounded, 15 were
permanently injured, and two women went mad.
The damage done was estimated at £20,000.
The contributions received by the fund amounted
to a little more than £lO,OOO and the expenditure to
£9,800, leaving a balance of about £2OO. The com-
mittee, at an early date, set aside £5,500 for making
permanent provision for those permanently injured.
Forty-three persons have received substantial
101 Iroin tills portion of the fund. About
700 individual cases are entered on the
books of the committee as applicants for
relief, and nearly 600 have been compensated
by the committee, and the others by
the Government. The full nature of the injuries
sustained has not in some cases been ascertained until
a recent date. A loss of eyesight was certified to the
committee in November last, and the injury
to a child's knee resulted this January in
a permanent disablement. The Government
undertook to reimburse the losses in material struc-
tures, houses, &c., and Corporation-lane and Corpo-
ration-row, which were levelled by the explosion, are
now rebuilt. It is satisfactory to know that all that
could be done to alleviate the distress and suffering
arising from this catastrophe has been so kindly and
judiciously effected.
London, England, 1869-05-24

r: SIYMTVER:

accept Mr. Forster
)ply to Mr. Sdniteie
rds him as an ardelll
vidence in court with
e says that he exerted
that it was absoluttli
h itself. It was
sympathy with Div
is the first publics oil
d be issued. Wb*h
,pts this evidence 00
theory, and subs ti
lgment of the Arne&
.ed by every influence
was enforced by the
under these circa ?
d for a plain declare'
it they would not in'
to the privateers the
hey adhered, as ad
,f Paris, privateerisg
1 all these complies-
Forster wished t 0
irates, but found tbet
t it. Finally, with
ion, Mr. Forster ob'
-ogatory to America
t remonstrance. The
od towards Eng Jana
he Tdegraph thinte
more effective thee
d sympathised with
Forster, complain of
Pall Mall, and tb°
Republican Ameriee
.stion is—What did
egraph thinks thel
he has done us Oa
the case to mina'
t of sight, such as the
rds the South 1111C1
Canada thirty yew
ith the Fenian cos'
they fairly reviewed
whole controverel
London, England, 1869-05-24

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DR CE: Madame Celeste, Louisa Moore, &c.; Messrs. Rignold,
Shore, Dominick Mull ay, &c.

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more and Mrs Leigh Murray. At 8, THE DEAD HEART: Mr
Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Mi Stuart, Mr Ashley, Mr
G. Balmore, Mrs Alfred Mellon, &c.

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Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh.
IHIS EVENING. at 7.30, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. Bel-
ford, Clarke ; Miss Bufton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne,
Tames, Fenton; ‘'esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Button. To
conclude with RUE AND DYE
London, England, 1869-05-24

EMIGRANTS TO CANADA.

About a month ago, it will be remembered, a party of
320 emigrants were sent out from East London by the
lion. Mrs. Hobart and others. It is gratifying to learn
from a Canadian paper that the voyage has been made
in safety, that the party has passed into the interior,
and that no difficulty is experienced in finding employ-
ment.

THE GOVERNMENT OF PARAGUAY.
A great number of Paraguayans have signed a petition
to the Allied Governments, requesting the immediate
establishment of a Provisional Government at Asuncion.
Lopez has been driven out, the Allies have set up no
definite authority ; anarchy menaces the unfortunate
Paraguayans. President Sarmiento, representing the
Argentine Republic, has assured the petitioners that his
State had no design of subverting the independence of
Paraguay when it joined the Brazilians in the war against
Lopez. Serious fears are entertained of the fate of Mr.
MacMahon, the American Ambassador to Lopez. Nothing
has been heard of him for four months.

THE MAGIC OF RAILWAYS.
Great undertaking as is the Pacific Railway across the
American continent, and just as is the praise which has
been bestowed upon it, we ought not to lose sight of still
more remarkable works which have been success.
fully achieved by British enterprise. The Indian
railways are undoubtedly a more striking triumph
of science than even the Pacific line. Nearly
4,000 miles are now in operation, and about 1,665
miles are sanctioned and remain to be completed. All
this work had to be executed many thousands of miles
from England, where the capital was raised. The mate-
rials had in great measure to be conveyed from this
country. Five thousand three hundred and thirty-nine
shiploads of goods have been taken out for the construc-
tion of Indian railways. No such difficulty was met with
in America. The engineering obstacles experienced in
crossing jungles, forests, and mountains were not less for-
midable than those which beset the Americans in the Rocky
Mountains.

The results of these enterprises have been proportionate
to their magnitude. The railways have revolutionised
India. The Railway News states that last year nearly
fourteen millions of passengers were conveyed on the
lines of our Oriental Empire, and of these it is
noteworthy that more than thirteen millions were
third-class passengers. " Those scruples of religion
and distinctions of caste which have been for so
many ages the bane of Indian society are fast disap-
pearing before that mighty leveller of the age—the loco-
motive. Separate carriages or compartments were in the
first instance provided for women, in deference to the
feeling of dislike universally entertained at wives or
daughters being seen by strangers ; separate accommo-
dation for different castes was also provided. Now all is
changed, or rapidly undergoing a change. Brahmins,
too, of the purest blood travel in the third-class car-
riages, huddled in crowds with the most wretched
Pariah, whose very presence near the household roof
would in former times be regarded as the most deadly
pollution."
London, England, 1869-05-24

41VD

MP. roPsz.

SUMNE.2?.

The Tinzes and the Telegraph both accept Mr. Forster's
speech, at Bradford, as a conclusive reply to Mr. Sumner's
nernoralle address. The Times regards him as an ardent
`riend of the North come to offer his evidence in court with
•expect to the famous Proclamation. He says that he exerted
himself to procure its issue, believing that it was absolutely
necessary in the interests of the North it elf. It was Mr.
Forster, acting in friendship and close sympathy with Mr.
Sumner, who elicited from Sir G. Lewis the first public en-
;agement that the Proclamation should be issued. What-
ever the practical result, the Times accepts this evidence as a
3omplete answer to Mr. Sumner's theory, and submits
the testimony with confidence to the judgment of the Ameri-
can people. Our Government was urged by every influence
to declare for the South, and the appeal was enforced by the
paralysis of our greatest industry, and under these circum-
stances the friends of the Not th pressed for a plain declara-
tion on the part of the Government that they would not in-
terfere in the contest. With regard to the privateers the
Times reminds the Americans that had they adhered, as they
were invited to do, to the declaration of Paris, pi ivateeries"
would have been an act of piracy, and all these compllca-
tions would have been avoided. Mr. Forster wished to
treat the Alabama and her consorts as pirates, but found that
the law of nations would not permit it. Finally, with
regard to the sentiment of the question, Mr. Forster ob-
serves, with justice, that no words derogatory to America
have ever passed in this country without remonstrance. The
same cannot be said of the language usod towards England
in the United States' Legislature. The Telegraph thinks
that no pert of Mr. Forster's speech is more effective than
his reply to the complaint that England sympathised with
the South. The Americans, says Mr. Forster, complain of
the language used in the clubs of Pall Mall, and the
drawing-rooms of Belgravia, but is Republican America
to judge England by this ? The question is—What did
our Government do ? And the Telegraph thinks that
the orator may by and by discover that ho has done us good
service by recalling the whole facts of the case to mind.
Some important matters had dropped out of sight, such as the
conduct of the States themselves towards the South and
towards neutrals, their behaviour to Canada thirty years
ago, and their more recent sympathy with the Fenian con-
spiracy. The Americans themselves, if they fairly reviewed/
the question, should hasten to place the whole controversy
on the broad grounds of public law.
London, England, 1869-05-24

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THAMES.

MUDEROUS ASSAULT.—James Wilson was brought be-
fore Mr. Pagot charged with assaulting and wounding
Jeremiah Maloney, whose face and head were marked with
contusions and wounds, and his temple coverod with sur-
gical plaisters.

The complainant had been savagely kicked, or, as it was
termed, " booted" by the other, who was without a scratch.
They came home in the same ship, after a long voyage,
and had been recently paid off. There wore differences
between the two seamen in the course of the voyage
home, and upon meeting in a public-house near the
Sailor's Home their differences were renewed, and they
quarrelled and abused each other. From words they
same to blows, and were turned out of the house. The
tight was renewed in the street, and they were en-
couraged by some roughs and low blackguards. Wilson,
who is the smallest man of the two, got his adversary on
the ground and kicked him with his heavy sea boots until
he was perfectly insensible.
The Prisoner—I was not drunk when Wilson first
struck nw.
Mr. Paget —You aro fined ss.
London, England, 1869-05-24

ARRIVALS AT EPSOM.

Goant des 'Litanies, Brennus, Miss Pe !di, c., Mo ).1-
stone, Leontes, Consternation, Teuedas, Priuee lwprri d,
Stephanotis, Venica, Nightj ,r, Cast Off, Royal R
Rupert, DJ Vere. Dryad, Frivolty, Eller" Mys;otis,
ChapA Royal, Riga, Compromise, Lancet, Rushwo:th,
Neuchatel, Sabrina, Spruce, Sister to Torquise, Troci-
der°, Vo:Tasiaa, Stork, Hermit, Martyrdom, Swift, 80--
der Knight, Rattletrap, Sagittarius, Honesty, Nerc,Pret by,
Green Ritan,l, Ethus, Scout, Choral, Ironetoac,
Lumley, Wainer, Braemar, Apollo, Hengist, Hereford,
Actress, Hearietta,iEsaan, Alpenstock, Kiugaley Vala,
Lincoln c, Baad.own c, Perfume, and Presideut Lincoln. ,

PARIS RACES.

CHANTILLY, Sunday.
THE FRENCH. DERBY.

Count do Lagrange's Consul, Bst 71b (lifizen) 1
M. Delatre's Cerdagne, Bst 41b. (Carrot) 2
M J. Reiset's Pandour, Bst 7lb
Major Fridolin's Gourbi, Bst 71b
Fourteen ran. Betting-9 to 4 each agst Consul and
Glaneur, 6 to 1 agst L'Aspirant, 10 to 1 each agst Eck-
mulh and Glaieal. Won in a canter by two kngths ;a.
length and a half between second and third ; half a length
between third and fourth.

Race Glasses, by Volgilind, are now Ito longer the ex-
clusive luxury of the rich. Since the great demand for
photographic lenses has diminished, uu opportunity hai
been afforded for applying mechanical power with the
greatest snceese, wh..‘rehy the cost of these beautiful acd
most perfect instruments is reduced iu i.t some
instances to as touch as 20 per cent. In fact they are LOW
no dearer than those of the best French or English maker,.
At the depot Armaghall, 23A, New Loud-street, corner of
t:onduit-street, the patrons of the Detby may indulge
their taste in the possession of a veritable Vo .gt ii•eler at
comparaivtly trifling cost. It is superattuas to sAy the
quality is Utl ever matchless.

RACING F

IXTURES.

Croydon 2,3, 4
Newton 2,3, 4
Newark 3
Barnstaple 3
Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11
Bewley 9
Windsor 15, 16
Hampton - 17, 18
Curragh 22, 23, 24

Newcastle
Odiham 22
Bibury Club 23
1 Stockbridge "4, 23, 26
New Forest Hunt
(Lyndhurst) 28
1 Chelmsford
Liverpool Summer 29, 30
Sattou Pack T.), au
r.., -1.-

Worcester l, 2
Newmarket July 6, &c.
Carlisle 6, 7

Down Royal Corpo. l4
Airdrie 15
Reading 15, 16
Snutsford 16
Huntingdon 2O, 21
Stamford ... "'', 23
Goodwood '7, 28, 29, 30
IST.
Oxford
Hungerford 24
York '?-1, 25, 26
Croydon
Plymouth A.6, 27
Scarborough •..30, St
Badep Baden 3l
Great Yarmouth 31
Derby Summer ...81, Sep. 1
Weymouth 31, Sep. 1
Canterbury ....31, Sep. 1

Hendon . 9,10
Pontefract l2, 13
Nottingham l3, 14
Southampton 13, 14

AUG

Deauville 1
Ripon..
Brighton B, 4
Tiverton 4
Brighton Club 5
Levees 6, 7
Egham lO, 11
Wolverharrpton l9, I 1
Windsor 12, 18
Bromley 17, 18
Stockton lB, 19, 200
Doter . lB
SEPT'

Ilargata 2
Ipswich 2
West Drayton 3
Warwick... 7, 8
Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9
Abingdon 9, 10
Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17
Hampton 21, 22
London, England, 1869-05-24

THE FRE'INA7 AMBASSADOR IN CHINA

A day or two ago it was announced by telegraph that a
rupture between France and China was imminent. It
was stated that difficulties had arisen between the Govern-
ment of Pekin and the Minister of France, and that a
Chinese official had "slapped the Ambassador's face."
The Indepenclance Beige, however, states that the report
of this rupture has yet to be confirmed. The French
Government have received no intelligence of it. But this
is quite possible, for the French telegraphic agency is
evolorablw bad—more so than that which haw man
England.

APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF THE
CROWN PRINCE OF DENP-ARTF_

The correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette at Copenhagen
says:—llis Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Den-
mark left Copenhagen oa Wednesday afternoon for
Lubeck, en route for London. His Royal Highness will
remain in England on a visit to the Prince and
Princess of Wales for a month or six weeks. The
27th of next July is the day fixed for the marriage of the
Crown Prince of Denmlik with the Crown Princess of
Sweden. When it was officially announced last year that this
marriage had been settled, the news was received with great
satisfaction by the Danish people. Tho print shops and illus-
trated journals were at once filled with portraits of the young
Prince and Princess, with allegorical figures of Peace and
Happiness crowning them with wreaths of flowers, whilst
underneath were prayers addressed to heaven in their behalf.
The chief cause of this rejoicing is the the fact that the mar-
tinge is looked upon as the first step towards the union of
the two kingdoms. "Scandinavia," it is said, " will then be
an important Power with an army and a fleet which will
enable it to hold its own against foreign aggression." Apart,
however, from political considerations, the young Princess
is good-looking, most amiable, highly accomplished, and
possessed of a large private fortune, derived from her mother,
who is a Princess of the House of Orange.

FOUR VESSELS AND SEVEN LIVES LOST.

Advices from St. John's, Newfoundland, announce
the wreck of four vessels at the seal-fishery, and the
loss of seven men belonging to one of the ill-fated
ships. The brigantine Elfrida, Captain Jeffers, belong-
ing to and bound for Habor Grace• from the seal-
fishery, was totally wrecked in a snowstorm on the 15th
April, at a place called Mosquito Point. Seven of her
men were killed by the falling of the mainmast. The
second vessel on the list is another brigantine named the
Selah Hutton, Captain Batterton, which was dismasted
at the seal-fishery during a gale from the N.E.
This vessel was driven into Bonavista Bay, where she
also became a total wreck. The third vessel lost is the
brig Volunteer, Captain Gordon, also belonging to Harbor
Grace. She was lost at the seal-fishery, but no date is
given. The other vessel lost is named the Packet, Captain
Osborne, which was wrecked at the seal-fishery, near a
place called Twillingate.
London, England, 1869-05-24

If R. A. ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, of 8, Gros-
venor-street. the Author of " MODERN DENTISTRY:
its Principles and Practice." "PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRAC-
TION. or Antesthesia Locally Applied," &c., at home for
CONSULTATION D IILY, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVE-
NOR-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUARE.
London, England, 1869-05-24

THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CAM.

Cambridge rowing men are congratulating them-
selves that they will soon have a river fit to row on.
The subscription list for the improvement of the Cam
is a full one, and there is little doubt that there will
be money enough to carry out any reasonable altera-
tions. The question, however, which money does not
settle, is, whether these large funds will be profitably
110 John jlawkshaw. the. eminent
London, England, 1869-05-24

CLERKENWELL EXPLOSION RELIEF FEND.

The final report of the Clerkenwell Relief Com-
mittee has been published. The Rev. Robert
Maguire, vicar of Clerkenwell, signs it, and remarks
that the length of time which has elapsed between
the explosion and the final report has been due
to the fact that smile of the injured per-
sons have continued sa infirm that it was not
possible to close the account earlier. Six persons
were killed by the explosion, six more died from its
effects, five died from its indirect consequences, 20
infants died, 120 persons were wounded, 15 were
permanently injured, and two women went mad.
The damage done was estimated at £20,000.
The contributions received by the fund amounted
to a little more than £lO,OOO and the expenditure to
£9,800, leaving a balance of about £2OO. The com-
mittee, at an early date, set aside £5,500 for making
permanent provision for those permanently injured.
Forty-three persons have received substantial
aid from this portion of the fund. About
700 individual cases are entered on the
books of the committee as applicants for
relief, and nearly 60) have been compensated
by the committee, and the others by
the Government. The full nature of the injuries
sustained has not in some cases been ascertained until
a recent date. A loss of eyesight was certified to the
committee n November last, and the injury
to a child'is knee resulted this January in
a permanent disablement. The Government
undertook to reimburse the losses in material struc-
tures, houses, &c., and Corporation-lane and Corpo-
ration-row, which were levelled by the explosion, are
now rebuilt. It is satisfactory to know that all that
could be done to alleviate the distress and suffering
arising from this catastrophe has been so kindly and
judiciously effected,
London, England, 1869-05-24

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-

road.
Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to t.hoso
numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, 3fessrs. Fullei, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co, Strand.
CFLA-RLES J. P. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—aXll. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persc ns over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted
The Home was opened in September 1963; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tainea from the Secrot,,y.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
emros ly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclhy, Bevan, and Co.,u 54, Lombard-
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Lrumtnond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD, WEA TER, Sec.
Offices, 78, Cheapside, E.C.

IFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storm
1-1 of the year 1868, tho National Lifeboat Institution
contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship-
wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. Tho Institution
also expended £20,483 in the same period on its Lifeboat
Establishments, in addition to granting £2.431 for re-
wards. _ _

The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the
public for assistanceto enable them to meet the continued
heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
ind countr►- bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis.
Esq., at the rnstitution, 11, John-street Adelphi, London.
London, England, 1869-05-24

SMALL FL)ATING BATTERIES.

Str William Armstrong points out, in a letter to
the Times, that our commercial harbours are practi-
cally defenceless. An enemy in time of war might
send an invulnerable varship into the port of Liver-
pool and destroy utterly the masses of merchant
ships which are there closely packed in docks, might
lay in ruins the large sticks of warehouses and millions
of pounds worth of Inerchandise. To do so would
be barbarous, would be unworthy of this
age ; but Sir argues that we should not
trust to the forbearuce of an enemy in this respect,
we should provide against the occurrence of such a
catastrophe. He proposes to do so by establishing
fleets of small vessels at our commercial harbours.
The Staunch, a recent invention of Mr. Rendel, Sir
William's partner, is just of the kind which he
thinks is required. Tlis vessel, though a mere barge
in point of size, carries a 121-ton gun, the move-
ments of which are effected by steam power,
so that a very smal crew suffices for working
it. The boat is propelled by twin screws,
which give her such a power of turning that she
' can change the direction of her large gun as
easily and quickly as if it were mounted on a turn-
table. She is encumbered with no armour, because
leer safety lies in her smallness, which renders her
difficult to hit, and because armour is worse than use-
less when opposed to guns capable of piercing it.
She is cheap. The cost of a couple of ironclad
frigates would furnish a hundred Staunches. A large
armour-plated ship, surrounded by six of these
kind of vessels, would have as many guns against
her as she carried, would find it difficult to sink one
of her enemy, and if she succeeded in doing so
would have only destroyed one-sixth of the power
against her, while she herself would be struck each
time, and would be in great danger of being sent to
the bottom. This would be applicable (Sir William
adds) only to commercial harbours, not to places like
Portsmouth or Plymouth.