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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-24

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.

THIS EVENINff, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S
SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs.
Marshall,Warner. David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone, J. Clarke;
Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar-
nold, and Stephens.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVIINI3I4. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel-
ford, Clarke; Miss Button. THE FIELD ON' THE CLOTH
OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; eadamea Maria
Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To
conclude with HUE AND DYE

QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE.
anar, Mr. W. Liston
This EVENING, A M
RACE FOR AH. DINNER. After which,
NOT GUILTY: Messrs. J. L. Toole, L. Broach, H. Irving. S.
Emery, Miss Hodson, &c. With THE BIRTHPLACE OF
PODGERS: Mr Toole.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN.
EvFNINa, AUNT CHARLOTTE'S MAID. Mr. E. Price,
Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby. After which, FETTER ItD:
Messrs. Cowper. • eville, Parselle, Prow, Brunton, W. A,thur,
Partleman, and George Honey: Mesdames Lydia Foote, Turner,
Marlbro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. To conclude with LU-
CRETIA BORGIA, M.D.: Mss Fanny Josephs, George Honey.

THEATRE-ROYAL. OLYMPIC.
MIS EVENING., at 7, SL -% SHER &CRASHER: Messrs. Atkins,
gaughan, G. Vincent. &c. : Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield.
Alter which, at 7.45, PA PER WINGS : -Messrs. H. Wigan ,
H. Net iles'le,
Furta E.Atkin
Schs, H. Vau7lian, 11. Cooper, and Smithson ;
Mesdam____
.do. ayey, N. Harris, an:l *t. Henry.

• ROYALTY THEATRE.
Flitter the 'Management of Mi. AI. Oliver.
TH73 EVENING, a t A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss
M. Oliver. To be followed by riLAATDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar,
&e. To conclude with FAMILY JABS.

PIHNCE OF ';WALFS'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the' I,lanaement of 'V iss 3Tarie Wilton
Tries EVENING, 'SCHOOL: 'Messrs. Hare, J. Itlontague,
Addison Glover, and. 114aneroft: Mrs. Puekingharn Hiss
C. Addison, and Miss Valle 'Wilton. After which, A White.
WINNING
HAZARD. And INTRIGUE.

ROYAL AMPIIITHEATR 14 AND CIRCUS, DOLBORN.
THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud
of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c.

ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET.
This EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S
MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the. Burlesque
Extravagnza, THE V.E.Z.Y GUAND DUTCH—S.
London, England, 1869-02-24

THE TOMB OF LADY CANNING.

A letter in tho Times states that the tomb of Lady
Canning, the beautiful, accomplished, and beloved wife
of Lord Canning, the Viceroy, is fallinginto ruins, and
having appealed in vain to the heir of Lord Canning's
fortune and titlefor the sum required to repair it, he is
compelled to appeal publicly to the friends of the late
Viceroy. The heir of Lord Canning's title and
fortune is Hubert de Burgh Canning, Viscount
Burke, M.P., for Galway. The fortune which this
gentleman inherited is known to have been very large.
Since he came into possession of it, his elder brother,
Lord Dunkellin has died, and Viscount Burke is
therefore heir to the title and estates of the Marquis
of Clanricarde, in addition to the title and estates
which he actually enjoys from Lord Canning. The
public will not form a very high opinion of the piety
or the liberality of Hubert de Burgh Canning.
London, England, 1869-02-24

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-13 EVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
:IL QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
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15. Catherine-streei. Strand.
London, England, 1869-02-24

THE DUMFRIESSHIRE ELECTION.

Mr. T. CHAMBERS nominated the select committee to
inquire as to the alleged Parliamentaay disqualification
of Sir Sydney Hedlew Waterlow under the statute 22
George 111., c. 45: the Lord Advocate, Mr. Thomas
Chambers, Mr. Brand, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Gathorne Hardy,
Mr. Henley, and Mr. Pemberton. Powers to send for
persons, papers, and records ; five to be the quorum ;
That the committee have leave to hear counsel upon the
matter referred to. —Agreed to.

POOR LAWS.
Mr. CORRANCE moved for the returns of the number
of married persons a3ed 60 years and upwards who may
have occupied common apartments within any union
house, in pursuance of the Act 10 and 11 Vic., c. 109, s.
27, during 1867 ; of the total number of pauper children
receiving education under the Act 22 and 23 Vie., c. 29,
s. 111; and of the comparative number of paupers re-
lieved in the borough and county union houses since the
Acts 24 and 25 Vic., c. 55, and 28 and 29 Vic, c. 79, a. 8;
exclusive of the metropolis. Agreed to.
The house adjourned at 12.45.
London, England, 1869-02-24

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AGUA. AMARELL A. restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what ago.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of 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 15s. each.
including brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C.
London, England, 1869-02-24

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

Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-malL—Hon,
Sec., / Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, Sec.
London, England, 1869-02-24

THE LATE PLYMOUTH ELECTION.

An action for libel, brought by Mr. Walter Morrison,
M.P. for Plymouth, against a person named Shepherd, a
printer, of the same town, came on for hearing in the
Court of Common Pleas, Guildhall, London, yester-
day, before Mr. Justice Montagu Smith and a special
jury. The libel was contained in a placard
largely circulated in Plymouth at the time of the
late general election, and signed by "An Elector, once a
Liberal, but now a Conservative." The insinuation was
that Mr. Morrison had fraudulently formed a drapery
business, in which he had an interest, into a com-
pany, and thereby victimised a large number
of shareholders. The defendant had printed th
placard, and as the author (supposed to be a supporter
of the Conservative candidate, Mr. Stuart Lane) could not
be discovered, the action was brought against him as the
only means by which Mr. Morrison could vindicate his
character. When the case was called on, Mr. Hawkins
Q.C.. who appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
fruddlestone, who represented the defendant, held a
long consultation, the result of which was that Shepherd,
having been put into the box, and having admitted
that he was the printer, but nut the author (nor
did he know who was) of the placard, Mr. Haw-
kins, on an apology being made and the impu-
tations fully withdrawn, consented to a verdict for 405.,
stating that Mr. Morrison, knowing that the defendant
was not a man of means, would not press for costs. Mr.
Justice Smith held the libel to be "most gross and
scandalous."

It is a fact worth noting, says the illandiester Guar-
dian, tl.at among the deacons ordained by the Bishop of Ox-
ford on Sunday was Shapudi Eduiji—a Parsee, wo pre-
sume. In India. there are a good many native clergymen,
but Mr. Edulji has not been sot apart for the evangelisation
of his fellow-countrymen. He takes his place among
the clergy of England, and is at this moment curate of Bur-
ford and Fulbrook, not many miles from Oxford itself. A
native of India is thus Appointe3 to teach en English parish
Christianity—a circumstance, we should imagine, altogether
without Precedept.
London, England, 1869-02-24

THE BISHOPS AT THE CAP:

The Churchmen in Cape colony cherish no feeling
of sympathy with Bishop Colenso, but they will have
none of Mr. Macrorie. A petition is now being
signed by large numbers of the laity, and including
according to the local papers, Churchmen of all
shades and doctrine. Though averse to the here-
tical opinions of Dr. Colenso, they feel that be
has not been dealt with in accordance with
the laws and constitution of the Church of England.
His trial, with excommunication following it, by
Metropolitan Gray and his suffragans, has been pro-
nounced by the highest authority in the re ,lin in law
simply null and void. They therero:e hold that
Dr. Colenso, whatever his faults may be, is still
legally recognised as Bishop of the Church of Eng-
land in Natal. Other views are entertained ; but the
light of the Cape, the South Afri, ai. Adrertieer.
believes this party to be in the ascendant.

RED TAPE INCARNATE.

The half-yearly meeting of the Dagenham ii(,el.2
Company has just been held, and very strong and
natural inclination was expressed at the refusl.l of a
permission to open the docks. The chairman said
that the President of the Board of Trade (Mr.
Bright) was quite disposed to grant the license, but
that the Board of Customs, which is the real obstruc-
tion. "was presided over by one of the greatest
emblems of red tape in existence." The official
7eferred to is Sir Thomas Freemantle. As this
gentleman is 71 years old, her Majesty would pro-
bably be better served by a younger man sitting at
the receipt of custom.
London, England, 1869-02-24

THE GOVERNMENT AND COMIC

JOURNALISM.

A correspondence which has just been published by Mr
Hamilton Hume, editor of Will o' the Wisp, a -comic
weekly paper which was started in the Conservative interest
during the elections, throws somolight on the relations between
the late Government and the press. Mr. Corry, it appears,
endowed the print in question with a subsidy from the
public purse of £l3 Gd Bd., the price of 100 copies a week
for circulation among the fleet on foreign stations. About
the time when a change of Government took place the
order for these copies was countermanded, and the edi-
tor of 1,1711 o' the Wisp at once assumed that this was
an act of political spite on the part of the new
Ministry, and attacked them accordingly. It turns out,
however, that the order was cancelled on the 14th of
December, and Mr. Childers did not take offiee till the
23d of that month, and know nothing about the
matter except from the articles in Will o' the Wisp.
Mr. Hamilton Hums himself quotes a passage from
a letter written by Mr. Gladstone's secretary explain-
ing that his paper was "discontinued before the pre-
sent Board of Admiralty came into office, not because it was
a Conservative organ, but on account of its vulgarity and
scurrility," and to this statement the writer still adheres.
However that may be, Mr. Childers had apparently
nothing to do with the matter, and it is certainly not
difficult to conceive that the late Government may have
had their own reasons for thinking that the transaction had
better not remain open for the too curious investigation of
their successors. It is to be hoped that the question, trifling
as it is in itself, will not be allowed to rest here. A strict
and impartial inquiry into the newspaper patronage of the
late Government would, if all tales be true, produce some
re ther astonishing results.—Pall Mall Gazette.
London, England, 1869-02-24

THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at
W. SMITH'S ',Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden

town.

THEATRE -ROYAL DRURY- L A NE.
Bole. Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, at 7, BORROWED PLUMES. Followed by
MACBETH. Concluding with BED Al

T ATRE - ROTA L, HA YMARK ET.
This EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal
Buckstone, inn., Misi Laws, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothern,
Chippendale, &c.; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding
with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal,
Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames C. Hill, Scott,
Gwynn, &a Commence+ at 7.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.
THIS EVENING, at 7, to cornmence with THE SECRET. At a
quarter to 8, MARIE ANTOINETTE: Mr W. Rignold, Mr.
J. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murray; Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud-
ing with A CUP OF TEA: Mdlle. Beatrice.

, THEATRE-IZOYAL, ADELPHT.
TIM EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 15
to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling,
G. Reimers, R. , Phillips, Ashley, Stuart; Mrs. Alfred Mellon,
Miss Lennox Grey, &c.
London, England, 1869-02-24

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.

Tins EVENTNG, at 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S
SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs.
Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Ithrlstone. J. Clarke;
Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Perend, Hughes, .A r-
uold, and Stephens

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
Tins EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel-
ford, Clarke • Miss Baton. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH
OF GOLD : Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; It esdames Maria
Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To
conclude with HUE AND DYE

QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE.
Manar, Mr. W. Liston
Tuts EVENING, A RACE FOR AHD INNER. After which,
NOT GUILTY : Messrs. J. L. Brotwh . Irving. S.
Finery. Miss Hodson, itc With THE BIRTHPLACE OF
PODGERS: Mr Toole. *

THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN.
Tins Ey; !TING, AUNT CHARLOTTE'S Mr% IP. Mr. T. Price,
Mesdames Larkin, Weatherby. After which, FETTER 14;D:
Messrs. Cowper. • eville, Parselle, Drew, Brunton, W. Arthur,
Partleman. and George Honey; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Turner,
Marlbro, Hodson, and Fanny Josephs. To conclule with LU-
CRETL9. BORGIA, 11. D.: 11:ss Fanny Josephs, George Honey.

TITTIZE-P.OYA 1.. OLYMPIC.
TUTS FAT.Nisn, .tt 77,, SL SUER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins,
7anghan, Vincent, Miss Lennox Grey :tn,l Mrs Canlfiel,l.
After which. at 7.4:i. PAPER WINGS : V.74-;:tn •
IT. Nedlle, F. Atkins, T.T. Van7ll,n. IT. Cooper an,l Prniihson;
T,TeAanws rurta‘lo. Seliarey, N. ITarris. t. Henry.

ROYALTY Tft EATIIE.
Tiu(ter tlt Manageripntof MiSR Oliver.
Tll,ll EvENING, ^t 7."0. A LOVINi; CPT. Mr. Dewar, Miss
M. Oliver. To be iw (IT,MTDE DLIVA.L;• INIr. Dewar,
(Sc. To conclude with FAMILY JARS.

PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE..
E7n,lor the 31-3n,epment of N• iss Marie Vpilton
Tills i.vt Xrva, SCHOOL: 111es,r8. Hare, H. J. Montague
AcMison, Glover. and P.anerori,: Mrs. Huctingilarn Whip,. 3.11,4
C. Addison, and Miss varie Wilton. After which, A. WINNING
HAZARD. And INTRIGUE.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN.
THIS EVENING, the Groat Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud
of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c.

ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET.

THIS Er ENING, at 8, THE ROY ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S
MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque
Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S.

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

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET 4,
Promenade Concert. Band cf GO. Begin at S. ls. Box-office
open from 11 to 4.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-r.salv, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, is.; on M'ndays, 61; Children
under twelve, 64.

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London, England, 1869-02-24

The Price of Gold.

---
The quotation of gold at Faris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 2M. 15c. per Li sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
.£3 i.e. ipid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price is about 1-10111 per cent. dearer in
Paris than in London.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bilis
at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 1 81 percent.
At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold
from the United btates.
London, England, 1869-02-24

lust published, price is. 6d., by post is. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in Bins,.
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks,
REVELATIONS - OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: 11. Balliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, end other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.

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London, England, 1869-02-24

THE MANURE FARM AT ALDERSHOTT.

An important experiment of sewage as an
irrigating manure has been brought to a satisfactory
s conclusionioh a
have
takenat‘.ldei
ahie sewage
great
t
place
sh°tt.
on Although
th v many discus-
manure for agricultural
purposes, only twoof
beenthe tned, at Barking
latterand
place was of the
mpractical experiments have
andtha t o
_s
kt
1 cl ers
hopelesshot t . The
description,soilii e
stony desert seemed
unpromising for a farming
rich
and investment;
barren wilderness is now a
thriving
wif farm,tahr
chiefmt
heer
and all has been accomplished in three years
aid of liquid sewage and careful
James Blackmore, a Scotch gentleman farming. Mr.
of great experience, has been the
agent in this work, and the success he has
met with has been most surprising. By the end of a
year the fifty acres of sand were fit for sowing with
Italian rye-grass. As the reclaimed lands require
less sewage, the barren wastes are brought under the
influence of the surplusage, and got ready in a like
manner. The land is laid out in the old Scotch drill
system, and the liquid manure let flow through 12-
inch gullies about 20 yards apart. At Camp Farm
there arc now 75 acres under cultivation, and before
the end of next year the whole will be bearing green
crops. One of Mr. Illaclnore'sgreat secrets is to get the
liquid manure on to the land as soon as possible, for
half the fertilising elements of the sewage are lost by
decomposition when exposed to the air. In three
years the Camp Farm at Aldershott has been re-
claimed from a sandy waste into a flourishing home-
stead, which is a sure proof of the success of the
system that has been employed.

THE TURF.
On the question of early training for the turf, "A
Rider" writes to the Times, and urges very strongly
the want of wisdom of the present system. "I am
not a horse-dealer." he writes, " bat few persons
have had the oppOrtunities I have had of seeing
horses of various countries, and I have always looked
at them with the eyes of inquiry and. affection.
Above all, Ihe myself broken in well-
bred horses for my own use as hunters and roadsters
for hard work, and I can add the testimony of a
wanful experience that too early work disnoses the
London, England, 1869-02-24

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness-114r 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.
London, England, 1869-02-24

TIIE RAINFALL OF 1808.

Mr. Symons writes to the Times, to correct an
erroneous statement repeated in many quarters
respecting the rainfall of last year. It has been said
that the total rainfall of 1868 was only 16.17
inches, instead of 93.95, and that in every
part of the country the same deficiency
was observable. Mr. Symons pronounces this
statement to be wholly incorrect, and he gives a
table shewing that generally speaking the rainfall
throughout the country was nearly, if not quite, up
to the average. The only station at which a marked
deficiency was that of Witham, Essex, while in Mar-
dale Green, Westmoreland, the fall was 37 per cent.
a bove the computedaverage. Mardale Green is situated
in that part of Westmoreland from whence it is pro-
posed that the future supply of London should be
drawn. According to last year's experience, it can
very well afford to assist the metropolis, the total
amount of rain being 193.08 inches, or nearly six
times as great as in London. Only what will the
waterless towns of Lancashire say at seeing this
supply carried past their doors, and, so far as they
are concerned, " not a drop to drink ?"
London, England, 1869-02-24

m.. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
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 shat are loose, and is gua-
ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed
teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti-
cation.
52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5.
London, England, 1869-02-24

Eight ran.
lIANDICAP STEEPLECHASE.

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GRAND MILITARY STEEPLECHASE.
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WINDSOR OPEN STEEPLECHASE.

Hippolyto
Arlescott I
London, England, 1869-11-30

THE BRISTOL STRIKE.

A Central Press Telegram informs us that the
istrike at the Groat Western Cotton Works, Bristol,
is believed to be at an end. Mr. S. Morley, M.P.,
has acted as mediator, and decided that the one
thousand operatives now on strike ought to accept
ten per cent. reduction. It is thought that the
workmen will abide by this award. If they do not
go in, the mill will be closed for three months.

ANTI-NEPOTISM.
Dr. Wilberforce will be praised evenby his enemies
for one feature of the administration of his diocese.
His lordship has studiously avoided nepotism. He
leaves the diocese of Oxford, after holdinc, the head
pastorship for twenty-four years, with not° a single
relative beneficed in it. The Bishop's son, the Rev.
Edward Wilberforce, was rector of Middleton Stony ;
but the rev. gentleman becomes his father's domestic
chaplain at Winchester, and Oxford is now without a
Wilberforce holding place within it.
London, England, 1869-11-30

CUBA.

News has been received in New York by well-known
Cubans that the insurgents have recently burned four
large sugar estates near Matanzas, one of them the Austra-
lian plantation, the property of the brothers Mara, but
confiscated by the Spaniards. From Habana it is reported
that the Rosarita and Flora plantations near Cienfuegos
have been burned. A battalion of mobilised volunteers
has gone to Cineo Villas.
London, England, 1869-11-30

THE PRINCESS OF WALES•

The following bulletin has been issued :--
MARLBOBOUGII HOUSE, Nov. 30.
" Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales has
passed a very favourable night, and is progressing
at isfactorily.
" The infant Princess continues well.
(Signed) ARTHUR FARRE, M.D.
EDWARD H. SIEVEKING,

LATEST INTELLEGFANCB

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
(Per French Atlantic Cable.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.
The steamer Columbia (of the Anchor line) ar-
rived out to-day.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.
Gold closed at 1221; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 123 ; the lowest, 1211.
Sterling Exchange on London
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll2l.
« " 1885 llll.

64 " 1867 1131•

10-40

107•

Illinois

132•

Erie
Cotton—Mid. upland 250-
Petroleum—Standard White 3110•
Flour, extra state, $5.35e. to $5.95e. Corn, old
mixed, sl.loe.

ITALY.
FLORENCE, Nov. 29 (Evening).
Up to this afternoon Signor Lanza had not cola-
pleted the formation of a Cabinet.
ROME, Nov. 29.
Count Traumansdorff, the newly
Austrian Envoy to the Holy See, presented his
credentials to the Pope to-day. appointed

SPAIN.
MADRID, Nov. 29 (Evening.)
In to-day's sitting of the Cortes Senor FigUer°la'
the Minister of Finance, declared that the SahlCO
of the Alhambra would ramain in state—propertl
and will not to be sold.
The discussion on the proposed sale of the ONO
property continues.

EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 29.
General Ignatieff, the Russian Ambassador to the
Prrte, arrived here this afternoon from Cairo. t
The Khedive gives an official banquet to-nigh
in honour of Mr. Eliot, British Ambassador to tile

Porte. • o
Her Majesty's troop-ship Serapis has arrived
here.

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.
SUEZ, NOV. 29.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer°
Nubia sailed at noon, and the Candia at 2 p.m, to'
day for Bombay and Calcutta respectively.
London, England, 1869-11-30

ILLNESS OF PRINCE LEOPOLD.

His Royal Highness the young Prince Leopold is,
we regret to announce, again ill. He seems to suffer
from perpetually recurring weakness, and is ailing
more or less continually. On Friday, when the
Queen and suite removed from Windsor Castle to
Claremont, it was not thought advisable for the
Prince to accompany her Majesty. Several doctors
are in attendance upon him.
London, England, 1869-11-30

EAUTHQVAKES fl GERMANY.

Earthquakes aro still being felt in several parts of the
Continent. A correspondent of the Mainzer Zeitung,
writing from Gross Gerau on the 23rd, states that
the earth appeared to he in a continual state of
intestine commotion, and that occasional heaving; of great
violence were felt. A letter from Darmstadt of the same
date, says that shocks had been felt through the whole of
Adenwald. and great anxiety prevailed. At Riedesheim
and Wiesbaden repeated shocks had also been felt.
London, England, 1869-11-30

TEE TWELVE DAYS' MISSION.

Some of the more advanced Churches have some-
what unfairly been made the example by which the
Twelve Days' Mission has been characterised. It
should be remembered that in no other church but
St. Alban's, Holborn, did the ceremony with the
candles take place, and some of the churches were
"Low." It has been said that a Book of Missions was
adopted by the whole of the clergy who took part in
the revival • and this work contained a form of con-
fession. Here is another mistake ; for Canon
Gregory, the proposer of the Mission, declares that
no form of service was issued by his sanction ; he
himself did not enjoin confession ; and each clergy-
man did that which was right in his own eyes.

KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD.

The new college erected at Oxford as a memorial
to the late Mr. Keble is to be opened in October,
1870. The warden-designate has issued an adddress
describing the advantages it will offer. Those
advantages will not be counterbalanced by the
college being a, party one ; it will be that
in no sense. Yet, Mr. Talbot says, it
will differ in some material respects from the
older institutions. Its most prominent feature will
be its cheapness. Not, however, that it it is going to
outbid all other attempts at the same object. It will
simply provide all the advantages of college life, at
the-lowest possible cost—the fees will be about L7O
per annum ; it will make arrangements so that
wow= may bgacqueumaL_And—axiargisa--aiwx 414"'
London, England, 1869-11-30

S PORTING INTELLIGENCE —This D

CROYDON INTERNATIONAL MEETING.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.)
SELLING HURDLE RACE.

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CITY BEITING.—Ims DAY.
METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE.
3 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (offered)
9 to 2 zigtt Gardener (taken)
6to 1 ags: Brick (offered)
100 to 7 agst Planet (taken)
60 to 40 agst any two (offered)
50 to 20 agst Pearl Diver and Chevy Chase coupled
(taken)
Very little doing.
London, England, 1869-11-30

NORTHERN OF CANADA.

The gross traffic receipts on this company's line,
97 miles in length, from the Ist of July last to the
6th instant, amounted to £59,251, and for the cor-
responding period in 1868 to £44,270, showing an
increase of £15,044, or 334 per cent.
London, England, 1869-11-30

tion, said that while all agreed as to the practical objet'

in view, different seasons would weigh differently with
each of them ; and the reason that most strongly moved
him was one that no previous speaker had brought forward.
He believed that theological education was not only in
itself one of the most important functions of the University,
but also the best means of invigorating other departments of
education ; he believed also that the formularies of the
Church of England (and the remark might come with
special force from him, who had not been brought up a
member of that Church) afforded the best means of
theological education ; and believing this, he felt more
and more strongly every year how the perversion a those
formularies into tests had weakened and impaired them
for their proper use ; when thus perverted they become
instruments of falsehood and sources of immorality,
instead of instruments of truth and piens of religious
education.

Mr. CLARK, the late Public Orator, suggested that the
memorial, instead of being forwarded to Mr. Gladstone,
should be presented by a deputation, who might meet any
difficulties or objections on the part of the Prime Minister,
and might convince him that this measure was more simple,
more effectual, and less objectionable even to Conserva-
tives, than the Permissive Bill introduced by Sir John
Coleridge. Professor Hencounr and others supported
this suggestion ; and it was adopted.
The Rev. S. G PREAR, in proposing a vote of thanks to
the chairman, expressed his satisfaction that the compro-
mise of last session had been rejected by the House of Lords.
It was no case for compromise, as the interests of all
parties were, ho believed, really identical.

The vote of thanks having bcon seconded by the Rev..N.
M. FERIZERS, Was most emlially ra3ml, and the meeting
then terminated.

The cashier of the Second Nutional Bank of
Cleveland, Ohio, has committed suicik in ccnsequence of
his losses in the late gold panic. The Bank states that its
obligations will all be promptly met.
The judges' bills in connection with the late elcc-
tiou assizes are (the. Pall Mall Gazette remarks) being
severely taxed by the Treasury. In one case a charge
of Bs. 4d. as gratuities to railway servants for carry-
ing luggage has been objected to. Another judge was asked
for vouchers for his railway fares. Ile replied that he had
obeyed the law and given up the tickets to the guard when
they wore demanded. It came out in a recent trial in the
Court of Queen's Bench that Mr. Justice Willes's expenses at
Tamworth included a charge of ss. for dishes, which the
Treasury disallowed charge -91 2s, foE reititiiriugthinaco
iwith

f I
London, England, 1869-11-30

MARKETS.-7 his Day.

LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Nov. 30.—Sales probably 12,000 bales. The market
Luiet.

LIST FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO
TILE METROPOLIS.
MUSEUMS.
Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application
to the secretary.
Botanic —Royal Botanic Society of Loudon. Regent's-
park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal
Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free.
British—Great Russell-s reet. Open free on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Frida s, 10 to 4 ; summer months 10
till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January, Ist till 7th May, and
Ist till 7th September; al o on all thanksgiving days.
City--Guildhall. A colloc on of antiquities, &c. Daily,
10 till 5.
Geological - Jermyn street. Open daily (except Fridays)
free.
India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his-
tory, antiquities, &c. Open free on Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders.
King's College—Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily',
10 till 4.
Patents—South Kensington.
°poll free daily.
Royal Institution--21, Albemarle-street. Various objects.
Daily, 10 till 5.
Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models of forti-
fications, cannon, and warlike appliances. Daily, 10
till 4.
Royal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent-street. Scien •
tiiie, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. ls.
Soane's-13, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Antiquities, curiosities,
and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri-
days in April, May, and June ; and Wednesdays, from
February to August. Admission on application to the
Curator
Society of Arts—John-street. Adelphi. Inventions, pic-
tures, curiosities &c. Daily : admission by member's
order.
South Kensington—Cromwell-road. Open on Mondays,
Tuesdays, and Saturdays, 10 till 10, free; on other days
10 till 4,5, or 6. 6d.
Tower of London—Ancient armour, &c. Open daily, 10
till 4. is.

Models and inventions.
London, England, 1869-11-30

PRICE OF GOLD.

the quotation 01 gold at Paris Is about at par, and
t .e short exchange o❑ London is 2M. 1.5.1. per £1 sterling
un comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
lis.loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price is slightly dearer in I'aris than in
Lo do .
London, England, 1869-11-30

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London, England, 1869-11-30

THE TORNADO CASE.

The public will be astonished to learn that the
Icoreign Office has advanced a little in the Tornado
case. The Spanish Government has made an offer.
It proposes to award £1,500 to the officers
and crew of the vessel, and, considering that
the ship's company in March 1867 estimated
their losses at £1,093 7s. 2d., the worthy Ministry
of Madrid comes to the conclusion that it is acting
with singular liberality. Mr. Forbes Campbell thinks
differently. In a letter to the Earl of Clarendon he
points out that the actual losses of the crew were
£1.093 7s. 2d. If this sum be deducted from £1.500.
there remains £406 12s. 10d., or £4 33. Gd. for each
able-bodied seaman, as compensation for 'six months'
imprisonment. Such an offer, says Mr. Forbes
Campbell, is a mockery. If the men had not been
ill-treated, the Spanish Government would never
have made an offer at all. Why not, then,
do justice P One hundred pounds per man
would not be too much for such injuries. The
Spaniards deny that the seamenwere robbed of money
or clothes. But Mr. Forbes Campbell says that the
testimony of the British Consul at Cadiz, irrespective
of the crew's affidavits, is conclusive.
London, England, 1869-11-30

THE YORKSHIRE STATUTE FAIRS.

Yorkshire agricultural life has been disturbed to
its depths during the last three weeks. All has been
change and unsettlement. This state of things has
been caused by the holding of statute fairs through-
out the county. The last fair of the season was held
at Malton on Saturday. In the market place young
men and rough girls mingled together, ()tiered them-
selves as servants to the farmers who chose to take
them. The fairs became a nuisance long ago ; they
have always been a source of the greatest mischief to
all who take part in them ; the demoralisation of the
young women is something deplorable ; and still they
go on year after year working the same sad evil.
Efforts have been made to suppress them, but with-
out effect. The quieter girls, however, are talcing to
the register offices, and with tho growth, of a healthy
opinion amongst the most respectable agricultural
servants, they at least may be brought to avoid the
public hiring places. It is also proposed to limit the
fairs to one week, instead of three, for the boys, and
to separate the girls ; the latter to be hired in May.

The Wivern, 4 guns, double-turret sloop, 1,900
tons, 350• horse power of engines, is ordered to be
completed with all possible speed, at Portsmouth,
for active service, and, when ready, to proceed
round to Hull for coastguard duties on the liumber,
London, England, 1869-11-30

RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN SWEDEN.

Sweden is still, morally, a century behind its time ; it
has not yet learnt the futility of religious intolerance. It
is hard to believe, yet official documents attest the fact,
that a poor agricultural Baptist has had four kettles, a
cart, a sledge, and a clock taken away from him because
he had spoken heretically. The simple farmer said
openly that he did not believe in infant
baptism. He was thereupon taken before the
magistrates and fined $75. He did not pay
the money. Distress was levied on him, and he
finds himself minus some domestic utensils, and
without the means of satisfactorily carrying on his
labour. The abstraction of the cart and sledge is a cruel
persecution, and we believe illegal; for the law of Sweden
agrees with that of England in forbidding implements of
industry, by which
.a. debtor earns his bread, being taken on
behalf of a creditor..
London, England, 1869-11-30

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Foreign Moneys Cab Fares
Ministers of State
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Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co.

METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAYS.

WORKMEN'S TICKETS, at a Reduced Fare cf Four-
pence per day, will be issued at Hammersmith, Shepherd's
Bush, Latimer Road, Notting Hill, and Westbourne Park,
to Moorgate Street, and intermediate Stations on the Me-
tropolitan Line, on and after the Ist December.
For full particulars see special notices.

AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE
to introduce commodities valuable to every householder
nigh and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to
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(OHN GOSNF.LL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street. London.
London, England, 1869-11-30

PICTURE GALLERIES.

Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may be obtained frotu Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. is.
British Institution-52, Pall-mall. Pictures by British
Artists, in February, March, and April ; and by Ancient
Masters, June, July, and August. Is.
Buckingham Palace Pictures. —May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free ; other days, Gd.
Crystal Palace—Sydenhatn. Modern Pictures and Sculp-
ture. is.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday.
Flaxman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guild ford-sti cet. Open Mondays,

10 till 4.
Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. is.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the hall

keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries aro open free daily,
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. Gd.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Mondays
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
National Portrait Gallery-29, Great George-street.
free, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily till
10 p.m. is.
SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.

Cremorne Gardens—Chelsea. ls.
Crystal Palace ?ark—Sydenham. Open daily, Is.; Satur-
days, 2s. 6d.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Onon ree
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
Highbury Barn and Gardens —llighbury. 6d. and is by
refreshment tickets.
at cam o'clock.
Kew Gardens—Kew. Open free, da:ly
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. 6d.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
members' order.
Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Open free. Windsor
Castle may be visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord Chamberhin's
Office, in the Castle.

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London, England, 1869-11-30

A' NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

The New York Times publishes:. the following
"special despatch," dated St. Petersburg, November, 12th :
—A project for a treaty of alliance, offensive' and de-
fensive, between France, Austria, and Russia, has
been submitted by Prince Gortschakoff to Fleury,' the
French Minister, and sent by the latter to Napoleon!:. The
duration of the alliance is to be three years, and' is to be
renewable upon six months' notice. Each party is to keep
a certain standing army.
London, England, 1869-11-30

SEWAGE.

The British Association at its Norwich meeting
appointed a committee to report upon the treatment
and utilisation of sewage. This committee made some
progress during the year 1868-9, and were re-
appointed at the Exeter meeting, it being thought
desirable to enter more fully and practically into
the subject. It is proposed to obtain all the
information which is procurable, and to make
experiments, analyses, and observations. But
though the committee desire to give their per-
sonal attention to the inquiry, their expenses will be
so heavy that the attempt must be abandoned unless
a fund be raised. An application is therefore being
made to the authorities of all the towns in Great
Britain and Ireland for a subsidy according to pupu-
lation. The sums which will be asked are at the
rate of five guineas where the inhabitants do not
number more than 10,000 ; between 10,000 and
25,000, £lO 10s. ; between 25,000 and 50,000, £2l ;
between 50,000 and 75,000, 30 ; between 75,000
and 100,000, £5O ; above 100,000, £lOO. Surely an
inquiry of such importance is worth this assistance.