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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-30

COMB O PAPERS.

(From Punch.)

,

BOTHERATION -On the Irish Lini question everybody
is—of course—at sea. Then they should try to promote
the Irish fisheries.

The author of "time 'Homo " succeeds Canon Kingsley
in the char of .44liern. History at Cambridge. Lord
Shaftesbury is as vorell as can be expected, and Archdeacon
Denison is so much recovered that no further bulletins
will be issued.

OPENING ON A SCENT.—The Times, in a city article,
mentions "as an illustration of the devices used by the
European Assurance Society to entrap the unwary," that
in one of its pamphlets it said that " favourable notices of
the report and meeting appeared in the Times." "It is
hardly necessary," adds the writer of the City article, "to
say that no such notices were inserted." Not necessary,
but very desirable, because here is indicated a means of
getting at somebody. Somebody must have written the
pamphlet. Where is the manuscript ? Where is the
printer, to prove whence he got it? And then—where is
the nearest police court?

(From Fun.)

" Fux " PROPOSES A TOAST.—May education spread, but
never let it enable a cabman to count his horse's ribs.

No MISTAKE.—Tne Standard the other day spoke of a
notorious insurance company as the " Alhert." This was
not a misprint by any means. The mistake was in not
spelling it All-hurt.
TARE A LESSON FROM THE PARTRIDGES.—That admi-
rable institution, Guy's Hospital, is about to be enlarged.
Now is your opportunity, holders of long purses or stray
sovs. ; imitate the " birds," and come out strong on "the
wing."

(Front Judy.)

GOLDER FOOD.—A roll of bank-notes.
A Very " Deep " Dive—the Khe-dive of Egypt.
After the late Macmillan affair, nothing that is hidden
ought to be described as Stowe-d away !
CoLoYTAL.—Why is a sleeping child like the method
adopted for procuring labourers from the Sandwich Islands?
Because it is kid-napping.
THE IRISH QUESTION AGAIN.-At a meeting held near
Limerick, to petition for the liberation of the Fenian
prisoners, a resolution was agreed to, which ran thus :
" That the farmers of Ireland will not accept of any tenant-
right until the prisOners are first liberated." The Irish
question is thus made a mere matter of lease and release.
London, England, 1869-09-30

(OLIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
e, TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleanant fragrance to
the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.
London, England, 1869-09-30

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

NEWMARKET FIRST OC TUBER

MEETING.
QUEEN'S PLATE.

Blueskin..
Mysotis

SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS.

Macduff...,
Verity— ~

Seven ray.
LATEST BETTING.
CESAREWITCEI.
9 to 1 agst See Saw (taken)
500 to 15 agst Birth&ly (taken)
Very little betting. The Palmer is reported to have
broken down.

CLIT BETTING.—Turs DAY.
CESA RE WITCH.
10 to 1 agst See Saw (taken)
SO V) 1 agst Cecil (taken)
203 to 2 agst Marquis of Carabas (taken)
100 to 1 agst Palmer (offerod)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
100 to 8 ngst Prior (taken)

NEWMARKET RACES—YESTERDAY.
BIENNIAL SWEEPSTAKES.
Duke of Beaufort..

17.0.

HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, 15 SOVS.
Brocklesby
Recruit
Moonstone 3
Eight ran.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, 20 SOVS.
Monkshood
Nightjar 2
MATCH.
Parva beat Aftenr ath.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS.

Jersey
Succession

Damages... .., t
Zerlina t

21sT TRIENNIAL PRODUCE STAKES
Martinique
Toison d'Or

Islam .

3

Five ran.
£5O PLATE.

Vortigern
Anemone f

Ajax
London, England, 1869-09-30

TUE DRESDEN TREATRP.

The Dresden Theatre was destroyed cn the 21st of Sep
tember. The roof of the building was covered with
smoke, and in a few minutes flames were seen
inside the windows. In about a quarter of an hour
the stately building was entirely enveloped in flames.
Those engaged in the preparations for the evening's per-
formance rushed out, and almost before they gained the
street the statues on the roof were falling among the
Before the first engine appeared no hope
was entertained of saving the theatre. Nothing could be
done but to observe due precautions with respect to the
adjoining buildings. They were drenched with water, but
if the wind had not subsided on the day in question, the
picture gallery could not have been saved. The fire com-
menced at noon, and by three o'clock the theatre was a
perfect ruin. The loss is supposed to be £15,000, of which
little more than a tenth rart is insured.

ruins.
London, England, 1869-09-30

CLERGY MUTUAL ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.

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 Boy. John Hodgson, M.A.

Tots] Existing Assurances £4.473,023 Os. Od.
Total Annual Income 173,545 9s. 7d.
Total Invested Capital

For the year ended 31st May, 1869, 315 proposals, as-
suring £274,540, and yielding iu annual premiums £9,383
16s. 6d., were completed ; and .ER8,482 13e. 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

Prospectuses, Accounts of Bonus, &c., he., to be had nt
the Office, on application personally, or by letter; also a
Pamphlet by the Rev. J. Hodgson, called " Notes on Life
Assurance," containing explanations on various interest-
ing points. .
Clergymen and their Wives, and the relathm
invited s of Clergy-
men and of their Wives, are to make Life Assur-
ances in this Society.
London, England, 1869-09-30

A COMING STRUGGLE.

Before it is definitely known whether Mr. Mon-
eroiff is to be the new Lord Justice-Clerk, prepara-
tions aro already being made for the expected vacancy
in the representation of the Glasgow and Aberdeen
Universities. The Conservatives have fixed upon Mr.
Gordon as their candidate, the acting committee who
promoted his canvass at the general election having
unanimously resolved to request him to allow his
name to be put in nominativi, biberals will in
I _
who is spoken of as the new Solicitor-General. Mr.
Gordon is very popular in Glasgow, and his defeat
last December was generally attributed to the resig-
nation of the Conservative Government just prior to
the closing of the poll.
The North British Mail does not believe it is
likely that Mr. Gordon will stand. The Conservative
party is out of power, so that the seat could be of no
immediate use as a stepping-stone to the Cabinet or
to the bench. It is stated that Mr. Clark is already
engaged in a vigorous canvass. Another candidate
on the Conservative side is spoken of in the person of
Sir William Maxwell, who sustained a severe defeat
in Perthshire at the last election.
London, England, 1869-09-30

CLERICAL, 'MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

Established 1824.

The ANIMAL IxcomE, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000
The AssritAxcE FUND, safely invested, is over £1,649,000

Forms of Proposal, and every_ information, can be ob-
tained of
GEORGE CIITTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary,
13, St. James's-square, London. S.W.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE.
Established 1821.
Subscribed Capital Two Millions.
11, Lombard-street, London, E.C.
DIRECTORS.
CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq.
DEPUTY-CHAlRMAN—Frederick H. Janson, Esq.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq
Hy. Bonham• Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq
Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P
Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq
Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq
James Goodson. Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq
Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne, Esq
Thomson Hankey, Esq

SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemacb, Esq,
ACTUARY—SamI. Brown, Esq.

N.B.—Fire Policies which expire at Michaelmas must
be renewed at the Head Office, or with the agents, on or
before the 14th of October.
The Government Duty is totally abolished.
Prospectus and Forms of Proposal, with statemen of the
asset. and liabilities in the Life Branch, free on application to
the Company's Agents,or to the Secretary.
London, England, 1869-09-30

INTOLERANCE IN SCOTLAND.

A cruel case of intolerance has recently been com-
mitted by a Scotch clergyman, and one which has
rarely been equalled. Two or three days ago a young
man was buried in the parish of Arbuthnott, in Kin-
cardineshire. The minister of the parish was invited
to the funeral, the family being members of the Esta-
blished Church, but the following letter was received
instead:— •
"Madam,—l was grieved and surprised to receive this
morning an invitation to attend the funeral of your son
to-morrow. As you never informed mo of his illness, as
you never gave me an opportunity of seeing him in life, I
feel that it is solemn mockery to ask me as a minister to
come and pray beside his lifeless body. I cannot, and will
not come. Mr. Cameron will, no doubt, attond.—l rm
yours, &c., R. M. SPENCE."

It is scarcely credible that at such a moment, when
all earthly emotions should give place to thoughts of
a different nature, a man, who assumes the name and
station of a minister, could be found to inflict such a
cruel wound on a mother's heart. But the last sen-
tence is believed to represent the real grievance.
Several of the members of the family had been in the
habit of attending on the ministrations of Mr.
Cameron, but , this occurred very rarely—such as in
wet or stormy weather—and merely because his
place of worship was nearer than the parish church.
London, England, 1869-09-30

THE ADMIRALTY CRUISE.

The special correspondent of the Times on board
the Agincourt has apparently had quite enough of
the pleasures of seafaring life during the cruise of the
Lords of the Admiralty. His latest account, dated
Queenstown Roads, September 27, bewails the hard
fate which kept the Agincourt standing off and
under small canvas daring forty hours of an Irish swell
off Cape Clear. On Saturday sonic anxiety was felt res-
pecting the Inconstant, which had not been seen since
the gale off Corunna, but happily on Sunday morning she
joined the squadron, her delay having been caused b)
the loss of both her tillers. Great credit is due to
Captain Aplin and his officers for the manner
in which they met the disaster by fitting a
temporary tiller, besides steering by rudder
pendants without going into port. It wa.°
fortunate, however, that the gale abated so soon.
The Inconstant has been ordered to Pembroke to
repair damages, in readiness for the next cruise of the
Channel squadron, which will 'commence about the
Bth or 9th proximo. Before the ships left
their rendezvous off Cape Clear, the Mino-
taur ranged up close on the starboard quarter
of the Agincourt to receive her mail-bag. The
manoeuvre was exceedingly well done, and quite
worthy of the reputation of a ship which is acknow-
ledged by all to be one of the smartest and best dis-
ciplined in her Majesty's navy.
London, England, 1869-09-30

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off
Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All
Nations, who are received without any recomendation,_

The Committee require upwards of £4,500 annually
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this
Hospital.
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birehiu-
lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street,
RC., by

S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life
Governor, £lO 10s.
London, England, 1869-09-30

PRESIDENTS ADDREM

In his introductory remarks the right hon. gentleman
adverted chiefly to the duties of Parliament with regard to
social legislation. " Too much legislative interference must
be pernicious ; but too little can scarcely be less so. If I
were asked, what at this moment I considered to be the great
English problem, I should reply : It is how to makethe best
use of Parliamentary Government. We have in Parliamentary
Government an engine of the highest capabilities, which may
be turned either to good or to bad account according as we
understand, or do not understand, the mode of using it.
It is, perhaps, to be regretted that we are to prone in the
present day to turn to Government and the Legislature for
help in matters which we ought to settle for ourselves.
At the same time, any candid person, who takes a compre-
hensive view of our position, must admit that in some
respects the intervention of the Government is much more
necessary now than it used to be in former times ; and that
social questions are assuming such large dimensions that
they cannot be adequately dealt with except by the
employment of the central administrative machinery.
That the discussions of the Social Science Asso-
ciations will tend to settle this question of legislative
intervention there can be no doubt whatever.
London, England, 1869-09-30

THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

Mr. Samuel Smith is quite positive that the had
state of 'things in Lancashire is owing simply to the
fact that an excess of enterprise has been embarked
in the cotton manufacture. There is now in the
Manchester district 2.i per cent. more machinery than
the raw material will supply. Before the American
war broke out, Lancashire was very prosperous ;
great fortunes were made, and most of the
additional capital was invested in fresh looms
and spindles. Just when the war broke out the
building mania was in full play, and instead
of being checked by this catastrophe it went on
vigorously during nearly the whole period of the
American war, and when that struggle came to an
end it found Lancashire able to spin 00,000 large
bales (4201 b. each) of cotton per week, in place of
50,000 bales, as in the year before the war. Here is
the secret of the matter. The Lancashire folks
believed that there would be more cotton grown with
free labour than under the slave system, and in so
believing committed a grievous error. There is now
more capital invested than the business will bear, and
the weaker spinners are rapidly going to the wall.
London, England, 1869-09-30

COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

The Duke of Marlborough and the Bishop of
Oxford have been speaking at Oldham on the ques-
tion of Education. They agree in denouncing a secu-
lar and rate-supported system of compul..,ory oduca-
tion. The existing system, in their opinion, is
sufficient, if properly worked out. The loyal adoption
of the conscience clause in every denominational
r/001 Ilut the ground from under those who
emand a rac ucat ciict •
Eery of the country.

DEMORALIMG UTERATURE.

It would seem that the ghastly tragedy in Paris is
to furnish another instance of the demoralising eacts
of the literature of crime. The Temps has an article
on the subject, in which it draws attention to a
statement published in a llaTre paper. Accord-
ing to this account the murderer Tiaupniann
remarked to an acquaintance in that town that the
Abbe Rodin, in Eugene Sue's " Wandering Jew,"
was his ideal. That character in the novel is exclu-
sively occupied in the extermination of the scattered
members of a family in order to obtain their
inheritance. The Temps does not charge the
memory of Eugene Sue with a share in producing
Traupmann's crime, but it thinks that he must be
considered the initiator of a class of works which
abound at the present day in Prance, and which are
demoralising and dangerous.
London, England, 1869-09-30

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.
RAILWAY.
AUTUMN EXCURSIONS, AND LAST OF THE

SEASON.

On SATURDAY, Oct. 2d, a CHEAP EXCURSION
will leave EUSTON STATION at 9.50 a.m. and Camden
9.55 a.m.. for LANCASTER, Blackpool, Preston, Bolton,
Wigan, Birkenhead, North Wales, Chester, Northwich,
Crewe, Nantwich, Aberystwith, Machynlleth, Llanidloes,
Montgomery, Newtown, Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow,
Craven Arms, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Wellington, New-
port, and Stafford ; returning to London on THURSDAY,
October 7th.

From Euston Station at 12.20 noon, and Camden 12.25
for LIVERPOOL, Manchester, Warrington, Stockport,
the Yorkshire District, Buxton, Leicester, Trent Valley,
Stour Valley, and South Stafford Stations, Birmingham,
Rugby, Leamington, Kenilworth, Coventry, and Wolver-
hampton , Returning on October 7th.

Ttains'in connection with the above will be run from
Victoria (L. B. and S. C side), Clapham Junction, Batter-
sea, Chelsea, West Brompton, and Kensington ; also from
Broad-street (City), a-Liston, and Highbury.
Po: fares and full particulars see bills, to be obtained at
any of the Company's Stations ; the various Parcels Re-
ceiving Offices; and at Gaze's Tourist Office, 163, Strand.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, Sept., 1869.
London, England, 1869-09-30

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
the CHeiST, City-road.— The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. 'KEMP, Secretary.

CIANCER HOSPITAL (Free) : founded 1851.
kJ —Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.
Treasurer—Geo. T. ITertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strard.
By order, 11. J. JUPP.
London, England, 1869-10-15

j 4 OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
lk, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongb.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREA KERS : Mr
Cl trite.
Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke.
Alter which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD:
Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton ; Mesdames Sheridan, Newton,
Maitland, &c.
London, England, 1869-10-15

VORM of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS-
PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIO
Queen-square, Bloomsbury :—I give and bequeath to the
Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in
1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out
of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for
charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use
of the said Hospital.
The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out
Patients, a Samaritan Society to relieve the more desti-
tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.

E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Soc.
London, England, 1869-10-15

THE “ SUN" NEWSPAPER.--G. R. (41,EN lE.
Sporting Library. 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware road
delivers the LA Tl 4: 14',DITION of "TH SUN "at the earlies+
possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver
Copies it Town, the Suhurbb, and in many parts of the country
at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles b;
Q. 45 o'clock
OPders by post punctually attended to
London, England, 1869-10-15

ORTH LOND ON or UNIVERSIIY
1-1 COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidents aud Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS earneslv solicited to meet the
annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000.
The committee also plead for help for the sick children,
the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who
enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges
of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank-
fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19,
Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the
charity.

HENRY J. KELLY, R.N., Secretary.
London, England, 1869-10-15

TOAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN.
1-1 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,
but no more can be admitted in the present building.
£B,OOO at least is required to carry out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme.

Contribiitions will be thankfully received by the Trea
surer,F.S.Worris, Esq., Sbadwell; or by
SHERRARD R. BURNABY, Hon! Sec.,
Rectory Warping E'
London, England, 1869-10-15

ENGLAND AND THE SUEZ CANAL.

The Viceroy of Egypt's invitation to the meinbcrs
of the English Royal Family to- attend the opening
of the Suez Canal has not been accepted ; and his
Highness's vi-it to us, so far as this matter is con-
cerned, has been of no effect ; for, according to
a metropolitan contemporary, it has been " defi-
nitely settled " that neither the Prince of Wales
nor any member of the Royal Family of England will
go to Egypt on the great occasion. Of course, we
must be represented; but Mr. Elliott, our Minister at
Constantinople, will probably be our envoy.
London, England, 1869-10-15

THE sun, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1869.

SAFETY OP DR. LIVLNGSTONE.

The confirmation of Dr. Livingstone's safety is only
what might have been anticipated from the nature of
the intelligence we first published. This latest news
is from the explorer himself, whereas the previous
reports have been brought from the interior by
various Arabs. But though one such rumour might
be untrustworthy, it was reasonable to conclude that
several natives would not bring precisely the same
intelligence at different times. There was only one
white man up the country, and therefore all reports
of the kind could refer only to Dr. Livingstone.
London, England, 1869-10-15

NURSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
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.

members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
Ladies or others wishing to
trained to nurse, are requested to communicate with the
Lady Superior. qualify themselves as
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.o.
London, England, 1869-10-15

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT-
LANTIQTJE._

4, Rue de la Paix, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New. York.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
from HAVRE or BREST to NEW YORE.
First Mass 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr.

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND

CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japsi..
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be bad of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Anstinfriars, London, E.O.
London, England, 1869-10-15

THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wei-
mouth-street, W. (where many 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, 0112.30.
London, England, 1869-10-15

AMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
).7 and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ;
2,913 patients were treated last month -without letters of
recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS
are much needed, and will bo received by Messrs. Hatcbard,
Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1869-10-15

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
barn-rise. instituted in 1861.
Patroness—ll.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for porscns over
20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum aro also granted
The Horne was opened in September 1563 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have boon elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS aro
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard -
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD. WEAYER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.
London, England, 1869-10-15

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. A QUIET FAMILY
After which, at 7.45, a new drama, entitled ESCAPED FROM
PORTLAND: Characters by Mr Charles Mathews, Mr Vining,
Messrs W. Rignold, G. F. Neville, C. F. Edgar, C. Steyne; Miss
Georgiana Pauncefort, Miss Carlisle, Miss Kemp, Mrs Addie,
and Mrs Charles Mathews.
With new scenery by Mr F. Lloyds, Mr W. Fianna, and assis-
tants. Furniture and decorations by Mr. Nosotti.
Concluding with the Farce of NOTHING TO NURSE.
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7.

HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, a new and original ketch, by
Harry Lemon, Esq , called WAIT FOR AN ANSWER.
After which, at 7.45 will be produced, with new scenery, fur-
niture, and appointments, a new Comedy, in three acts, by
Thomas Morton, Esq., entitled PLAIN ENGLISH, in which
Messrs. Barry Sullivan, George Honey, J. C. Cowper, W. H.
Stephens, D. Evans, Charles H orsmnn, Lin Bayne, Cotte, Dyne.
W. Arthur, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, and Miss
Howard will appear.
To conclude with the Musical Fa-ce of THE WATERMAN.
The magnificent new scenery by Mr. Julian Hicks; the furni
ture and upholstery by Mr. James Lyon.
Acting Manager—AMOßY SULLIVAN.
London, England, 1869-10-15

LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in-
stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dirnsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.
London, England, 1869-10-15

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
_ Caledonian-road, Islington, N.

Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbee at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free- _

Bankers.-Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bower's, 1, Pall-mall.—Ron.
Sec, 1. Smith, Each Gao. REID, SOC.
London, England, 1869-10-15

DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
_IL —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.
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-10-15

CATTLE DISEASE.

The foot and mouth disease prevails extensively in
the parish of St. Pancras. Forty-four per cent of the
cowsheds in that very large metropolitan district have
been assailed already, and the same proportion of
animals have been attacked. Only two
have died. Dr. Stevenson, the medical officer
of the parish, states that cows grazing in the fields
enjoy immunity from this plague. What may be the
influence of the disease on the milk of the animals
affected by it, and on the quality of their flesh when
dead has not been ascertained; but we are assured
that human beings are liable to it ! It conies within
the experience of many persons to eat cow at different
times ; but the world might surely be spared from
diseased cow.
London, England, 1869-10-15

/11HE DEAF & DUMB.—The Committee of the
1 JEWS DEAF and DUMB HOME are prepared to
receive APPLICATIONS for the ADMISSION of DEAF
and DUMB CHILDREN, of all denominations, as Day
Pupils, for instruction in audible speech and lip-reading.
The system adopted rigidly excludes the use of the
manual alphabet and all artificial signs.
A public lesson is given every Wednesday, at 3 p.m.,
when the successful results of the system can be wit-
nessed. _

Applications for terms, the course of instruction, and al
other particulars, tots) made to
W. VAN PRAAGIT, Esq.,
Director of the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home,
44, Burton-crescent, W.C.
London, England, 1869-10-15

S PORTING IN TEL LIGENCE —This my

NEWMARKET SECOND OC TUBER
MEETING.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
POST MATCH.
Duko of Beaufort receives forfeit.
PLATE OF £5O.
Void-
SWEEPS FAKES OF 10 SOVS.

Lincoln..

Roxana..

Queen of the Valley

Eight rat,.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, 15 SOPS.

ROllll..
Perfume
Magdalen
Eight ran.
NEW MARKET DERBY.

3

Boulogne
Pretender
Wildbad

Four ran.
PRENDERGAST STAKES.

Atlantis .,
A this
Haw thorud 2D

Eight ran.
L &TEST BETTING.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
9 to 1 agst Far Away.(taken)
10 to 1 agst Prior (taken)
11 to 1 agst Typhoeus (taken)
11 to 1 agst Cherie (taken)

2a to ki agst Cocoa Nut (taken)
1000 to 45 agst Van Amburgh (taken)
25 to 1 agst Provider (takan)

NEWMARKET RACES-YESTERDAY.
FREE HANDICAP.

No race.
lIANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 13 SON'S.
Mysotis
Blueskin
Workman 1

Four ran.
HANDICAP PLATE.

Stromboli
Compromiso 2
Brother to Raviofi...

Fiv© ran.
MATCH.

La blechante f ~ 1
Jersey.....
BRETBY STAKES.

Sunshine..

Blue Gown..
Friponnier...

Ss ... W. 0

MATCH.

HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. T.Y.C.

Tit-Bit ...
Mount Pleasant..
Blanche

Five ran. The winner objected to, and Mount Plea-
sant gets the Stakes.

Heather Bell
Sylva

Fairminster..

W MARKE r OAKS.

Five rau.

a
London, England, 1869-10-15

TIIE SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND.

the " move upwards" baking place among the
clergy in England, caused by the deaths and retire-
ments of bishops, is represented in the legal profes-
sions of Scotland by a similar move, the result of the
suicide of Lord Glenalmond. We have already
stated that Mr. Moncreiff has been made Lord
Justice Clerk—the second judge in the Northern
Courts ; and our readers know that Mr. Young, late
Solicitor-Cieueral, has bowl ma4o 1•ord. Aglyoc_ats,

It is noW alulaariced that lilt Atiarew _Rutherford
Clark has been made the Scotch Solicitor-General.

ONE VIEW OF. THE LAND QUESTION.

The members of the old Reform League are just
rousing themselves to consider the land laws; and, as
might be expected, f: 3me of them, and not the least
prominent, are taking a very extreme view of the
matter. They called together a meeting in London
on Wednesday, and to it was presented a programme of
what .was necessary to be done. Its leading
principle appears to be that there is no such thing as
private property in superfices. The land (said one
of the speakers) is the Lord's; and who ever heard of
God asking for rent ? Yet even the most extreme
speechmakers did not go so far as to say there should
be no rent. The aforesaid programme declared that
the land belonged to the people—an expression which
may mean anything or nothing. The meeting passed
a resolution endorsing the sentiment. A. protest was
also adopted against the monopoly now held by the
landlords. Beyond this, however, the reformers
did not seem to agree very well. The next declaration
upon the motion paper was "that the land should be
held by the State for the people ; " and it was followed
by the proposal that the State should buy the land
from the landlord; or, as the words went, "the land
should revert to the State," the landlord being
" compensated " by terminable annuities—and the
State should, on obtaining possession, lease or let the
land to the people. To what common result the
theorists will come we cannot predict, as they ad-
journed their meeting for a fortnight.
London, England, 1869-10-15

'RETRENCHMENT.

The retrenchment system at the Admiralty has
been painted a little blacker than it really is. It was
stated that the factory system had been forced upon
the hands at Chatham, and that the establishment
at Portsmouth was being reduced to the same level,
to effect a saving of £3OO a week. This is wrong.
No reduction is being made or contemplated either in
wages or in numbers at Portsmouth ; and at Chat-
ham, instead of forcing the factory system on the
bands, the reverse is the case, it being intended to
assimilate in January next the hours of the non-
established factory men at Chatham to those of the
established shipwri,hts. This will remedy the evil
of having different hours for men in the same esta-
blighment, and will obviate the necessity of dis-
charging some of the men. The reduction in the
l o totaf wag,:s will not exceed £lOO a week.
London, England, 1869-10-15

FINANCIAL GAMBLING AT NEW YORK.

Nothing could be more complete than the utter
prostration in American commercial circles caused by
the late gold speculations. Every share, security, and
bond in the Republic was affected by this terrible
convulsion of finance. Government stocks fell not less
than 7 per cent., and some of the principal rail-
ways declined to an enormous extent. The
New York Central Railway fell 60 per
cent. ; lludson River, 19 ; Harlem
Rail-
way, 43. There has been an almost total suspension
of business, a demoralization of trade, and depression
in the price
bore Wall-street cannot be cleared away ; the loss
of everything. " The wreck that encum•
the country has sustained is incalculable ; and it is
believed in New York that if either Fisk or Gould
were to appear in the open streets their lives would
be in danger from the infuriated mob." These, the
two notorious Erie men, are most answerable for
these catastrophes. It was owing to their manceuvres
that dozens of great fortunes were lest and won in
the space of hours. Now things are looking better,
there is a reaction in prices, and commerce will
probably recover with the ordinary transatlantic
rapidity.
London, England, 1869-10-15

LIVE 'WITH AN EARL'S BROTIIER FOR. £lOO.

Here is an honour ! For the loan of £lOO one
may board and lodge in the family circle of
an Earl's brother. We are really serious ; in proof
thereof read the following advertisement which ap-
pears in the Times :
An Earl's brother requires a loan of £lOO. As security,
would admit lady or gentleman into his family circle to
board and lodge. References required.—Apply by letter,
&c., &c.
How cheaply may the great boon be obtained ! To
board and -lodge with an Earl's brother for the loan of
£lOO ! Perhaps—and this is ascertainable—the
lodger and boarder who lends the 1010 may even
occasionally catch a glimpse of the ;Earl himself, say
from the top of the staircase as he comes into
the hall. If he leaves his hat in the said
hall, stipulation might be made for the privilege of an
examination. A drawback is suggested by a con-
temporary that the board at the house of even an
Earl's brother who needs a hundred pounds, would
not overflow with plenty. Still, that could be
overlooked, for what matter the fare when it is eaten
inlitinjuivitth; atztrobjeir of a real. live.
London, England, 1869-10-15

THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIE7 F.

(THIS DAY.)

The further hearing of the petition presented by
Mr. Crawford and others to the Court of Chancery,
to order the winding-up of this compiuy, was re-
sumed to-day before Vice- Chance:lor James.
Mr. Glasse, on the part of the company, opposed
the petition. Ile said it was one that ought not for
one moment to be entertained by the court, the
more so as the counsel engaged by the petitioner
had altogether failed to substantiate one single
allegation contained iu the document. The learned
gentleman then proceeded to cite various authorities
and casts to strengthen his argument for a dis-
missal of the petition.

The Vice-Chancellor said the more important
point to argue was to show that the company had
sufficient capital to meet its debts.

Mr. Glasse contended that it had not been
proved that the company was in an unsound
cundition.

The Vice-Chancellor said it would be a waste of
time to go on dealing with the circumstances
that justified a petition. The ordinary course
of bringing about a winding up was well
known. •lt was quite open for any share-
holder, backed up by the requisite number
of supporters to call a meeting of the company for
its winding up, but the case coming to Chancery,
it was to be presumed that the person could not
get a number of persons to agree with him.
Mr. Glasse said that was so, and all the Court
now had before it was opinion evidence, with which
it ought not and could not deal, the more especially
so as no claim remained unpaid.

The Vice-Chancellor observed that there was no
evidence before him to show that any claim on the
society had not been paid.
Mr. Glasse thought that that was a matter which
doubly strengthened his argument for a dismissal of
the petition.
The learned gentleman was proceeding when we
went to press.
London, England, 1869-10-15

ELECTION MATTERS.

The parliamentary return touching the election of
1868 affords more light respecting the sublime indiffe-
rence of the lodger. In the metropolis this indifferenco
amounts to absolute disdain, for in Lambeth out of
33,377 electors but 419 are lodger votes ; in -the
Tower Hamlets, 467 out of a total of 32,546 ; in
Greenwich, 255 out of 15,588. Marylebone is far
more enlightened than the rest of the Loudon boroughs,
for she musters 4,019 lodger votes, a ninth of the
whole constituency. In Plymouth one elector
in every fifteen is a lodger. The returns -vary exceed-
ingly. A small borough like Windsor has 58 lodgers;
a very large city like Manchester only 28. Canter-
bury and South Shields have both 18 ; Lticester and
Malton are blessed with one. It is evident that time
is required to enable the lodger to develop° himself.
On an average about three-fourths of the entire
number of voters came to the poll at contested elec-
tions last November. But in the large boroughs, as
might be expected. the datjn A liwydaprisnild
in the small _Plag.os...creaue—it was much
urger. -rte Ashton-under-Lyne the number who
came to the scratch was 4,44.5 out of the 4,822
on the register ; at Bewdley 1,03 G out of 1,043, the
closest polling of all ; at Bridgwater, 1,408 of the
1,484 ; at Clitheroe, 1,453 of the 1,595; at Coventry,
7,717 of the 7,925 ; at Durham, 1,508 of the 1,603 ;
at Maidstone, 3,123 of the 3,214; at Peterborough,
2,249 of the 2,461.; at Pontefract, 1,902 of the 1,910,
very close polling indeed ; at Stockport, 5,279 of the
5,702 ; and at Taunton, 1,809 of the 1,977.
The large boroughs shew very differently. At
Leeds there were 10,000 out of 37,500 who cared
nothing about voting; at Finsbury more than a third
of the registered men knew not the poll ; and South-
wark disgraced itself by bringing up but one half of
its total. Sheffield appears to have presented the
fairest proportion-22,015 out of 29,955. It must
be remembered, however, that in these large places
the contest was usually so hollow that it was really
not worth while polling.
London, England, 1869-10-15

AMNESTY AGITATION.

A. meetin,g• of moderate proportions was held in
South London_ on Tuesday, in furtherance of the

agitation for the release of the Fenian prisoners.
The assembly not only passed resolutions on its own
behalf, but it came to the conclusion to give energetic
support to a demonstration contemplated in Hyde
Park on Sunday week. An imposing array will be
gathered together on this occasion. There will
be bands, banners, trade and benefit societies,
" district bodies," horsemen, and a ladies' pro-
cession. It does not appear that any member of
the Royal Family will take part in the pro-
ceedings, but "several members of Parliament, the
representatives of democracy, and the distinguished
advocates of Continental Liberal opinion" will, when
the procession arrives, diffuse the hght of their coun-
tenances around the scene. But even these great men
are not heart and soul in the cause. They will not
walk.
London, England, 1869-10-15

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sistorhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON

Rev. J. W. Ayre
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R G. Baker
Rev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton
Rev, W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain'
Rev. E. Capel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox
Octavius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. C. W. Furse
O. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessoy
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be rem
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloy(
man-square, to whom comm,.

Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Herbert, M.P.
Re 7. J. E. 'Kemp°
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhoust,
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. Canon Nepean
IRev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. F. Pigon
R. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh 11. Seymour, Esq.
11. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigram, Esq.
ived by any of the above ; by
and Co; and by the Hon.
3, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
ntications may be addressed.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES
West -hill, Putney-beatti.

Established 31st July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
andßelief
all requisites for the in-
valid.
supplying a home, with
medical
2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at thoi
own homes.
A row wing to the Hospital haa just been completed
eta cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS aro urgently
attendance, affdaVce,edruirsstin•
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ox
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the reatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will bo thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary
No. 10. Poultry? London, E.C. September 1868.
London, England, 1869-10-15

HEALTH OF LORD DEBBY.

We regret to state that, although the Earl of
Derby passed a quieter night, unfavourable symp-
toms have been presented this morning. This is
the substance of a telegram received at his Lord-
ship' '
s residence in St. Jamtss-squaro.

WE PRINCE OF WALES AT CHESTER.

This morning the Prince of \Vales was presented
with an address from the county of Cheshire this

morning at the Grosvenor Hotel, Chester. His
Royal Highness was conducted at noon through the
principal streets with a magnificent procession, to
the new Town Hall, which the Prince, after re-
ceiving an address from the Corporation, formally
opened.
London, England, 1869-10-15

A CANDIDATE'S EXPERIENCE.

Mr. Walter Bagehot's evidence at Bridgwater is
instructive reading. Mr. Bagehot is a man of good posi-
tion, an author ofrepute, and the editor of that able parer
the Economist. Having long been connected with
Bridgwater, he considered himself an eligible candi-
date for the Liberals of that borough, and, indeed, se
he was. Being asked to stand, he consented. lie
was given to understand by the local wirepullers that
the election was to be pure, and at a public meeting
he declared his intention of standing on no-corruption
principles. Alas ! though Bridgwater had known
Mr. Bagehot's family for seventy years, Mr. Bagehot
did not know Bridgwater. With the exception of a
little disgust at the cupidity of the electors, he re-
mained in guileless innocence until after the polling
day, albeit he thought it strange that he should
secure so many votes, for the Liberal game was
confessedly a losing one. The next day, how-
ever, the wire-pullers, with a • somewhat
abashed countenance, presented him with a heavy
bill. Mr. Bagehot would not at first
undertake to pay the money. It was against the
moral code ; it was a direct violation of the pledge
which had been given him. But the advice of his
agent, and the fear of being considered mean, in-
duced him at last to consent. Mr. Bagehot paid £1,532
10s. ; his legitimate expenses being £193 10s. Such
is the story of Mr. 8a,,0-ehot. It is a clear. proof that
in a hopelessly corrupt constituency the will of a can-
didate does not go for everything in the matter of
bribery; votes must and will be paid for.
London, England, 1869-10-15

THE RECONSTRUCTED CHURCH.

The Irish Church laity are getting ahead of the
clergy in the work of reorganisation. A. very cum-
brous work it was at first, so cumbrous that it is really
surpriSing to find it pretty nearly accomplished. The
bishops called together the provincial synods as a preli-
minary, and told the laity that they must get to
business. The laity, however, did not know what to
do, and the bishops did not in the beginning enlighten
them. At last, after a little coquetting between
shepherds and sheep, the laity sent a requisition to the
bishops. The bishops replied by a requisition to the
laity, and finally the diocesan conferences came about.
The parochial machinery was set going. Lay repre-
sentatives were first chosen—one for each clergyman
—who met, and out of the whole number selected
delegates, one out of every five, to attend a
general conference of the laity, which first
met on Tuesday. Thus the body of non-
clerical representatives is organised, whereas the
clergy have yet to choose their delegates to the
General Synod, where both parties meet as one
assembly. The correspondent of the Times is highly
satisfied with the body of lay delegates. It has been
chosen not merely with regard to social rank and
influence, but to intelligence, earnestness, and prac-
tical ability, without any reference to political dis-
tinctions, and with a laudable disposition to blot out
the remembrance of past differences. "Itis an
assembly worthy to represent any Church or country
with honour and advantage, containing as it does
400 of the noblest and best types of Irish Protes-
tantism."
London, England, 1869-10-15

MR. BERNAL OSBORNE.

The entertaining representative who was so ruth-
lessly rejected at Nottinglvvm last year has favoured
the electors of Tipperary with Ins opinions on Irish
matters. Mr. Bernal Osborne holds that the views of
the Roman Catholic prelates on the subject of educa-
tion ought to be treated with respect, seeing that
those prelates act as spiritual guides to the majority
of the Irish population. Now, the leaders of the
Catholic Church in Ireland desire that the children of
their followers be educated in Roman Catholic schools,
and Mr. Osborne is inclined to grant this request.
"So far it appears to me that the demands of the
Roman Catholic bishops are not unreasonable, for if
a system of denominational instruction be maintained
in England, where the majority are Protestant, how
can it be refused to Ireland, where the majority are
Roman Catholic ? " A rigid conscience clause would
answer all purposes. The late member for Notting-
ham is not sanguine respecting the land question, but
he is inclined to support any legislative measure so
as to interest more people as proprietors of the soil by
removing every obstacle to the purchase and sale of
land.
London, England, 1869-10-15

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.

VHS EVENING, at 7, TOO MIICII.OF A GOOD THING
Mr e, shley, Mr, Stephenson, and the Misses Harris. Followed
by LOST AT SEA: Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Belmore, Mr E.
Atkins, Mr Beveridge, Mr Stephenson, Mr Smith, Mr Romer;
Hiss Rose Leelereq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Miss Lennox Grey,
Mrs Leigh Murray And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr G.
Eelmara and Mrs L Murray.