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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-29

DISTURBANCES AT ANCON_4.

A correspondent writing from Ancona says tnat
a popular demonstration took p' acs on Monday
against the new Octroi laws. By these not only were the
original duties materially increased, but a variety of new
duties were imposed on articles of food exclusively
consumed by the poor—already sufficiently bur-
dened by the daily increase of Government taxes.
Cal.& and places of business throughout the
town remained closed in the morning, and the streets
were in the possession of an excited mob, which threatened
to make quick work of the civic authorities if the obnoxious
statutes were not for thwi th repealed. The military and police
were confined to barracks ready to act in case of any out-
break, and a deputation of leading citizens waited on the
Syndic at the Town Hall, urging him, in order to prevent a
serious riot and bloodshed, to suspend the obnoxious laws
for the present. While still so engaged an angry crowd
burst into the Town Hall and into the Council Chamber,
crying out, " Morte al Sindaco," " Abbasso la Giunta,"
and there is very little doubt that they would have carried
out their threat, so far as the Syndic was concerned, by
throwing him out of one of the windows of the room,
which overlooks a deep ravine, long before any
assistance could possibly have reached him. Fortu-
nately, the few gentlemen who were conversing with
the Syndic succeeded in calming the most turbulent spirits
in some degree, but the crowd would not be pacified until
the Syndic issued a decree repealing the obnoxious laws
entirely, which was followed up by a notice that the
Syndic and Giunto, had sent in their resignations to the
Government. As soon as the news of these concessions
spread, all the shops were reopened, and the town
resumed its usual aspect.

The weather is so severe in the Pyrenees that bears
ham° been seen amongst the villages at the foot of the
mountains. Sheep, cows, and ono child have been car-
ried off.

A grand review will take place on the Fifteen
Acres, near Dublin, the week after next, in honour of
Prince Arthur's visit to Ireland, at which his 'loyal High-
ness, as well as the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess
Spencer, will be present.

A spinning mill at Chaddetan, near Oldham, has
lust been destroyed by fire, damages £12,000. The mill
erected io the year 1800, and belonged to Mr. Willi,
Smethurst, but latterly it has been workod by `Tess] s.
Thomas 11. Smethurst and Sons.

It is announced that her Majesty will hold Draw-
ing-rooms at Buckingham Palace on ThurEday, the Bth
April, and on Tuesday, the 11th of May ; an that P.

Arthur will hold a levee at St. James's Pulacy, on Lobo.,
her Majesty, on the 3d of April, instead of on Friday, ow
Itl4 as originally announced.
London, England, 1869-03-29

DOG LICENSES.-OAUTION.

THE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December
last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is
required forthwith to talc,' out a new License.
The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings.
The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five
Pounds.
A License is not transferable from one person to
be obtained by the owner giving his
another.
naAmeLai
innsaeddinraeys Landohet ame of thei pllnacet_hwehenreeigthhe_
bourhood of the
dog is kept, on apica
applicant's re-
Or Office of the Collector of Inland.),
Revenue,
sidence.
A Mosey Order Post Office.
The Office qof trhe Distributor of S tamps 1
Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors
of inland Revenue.
Persons residing at a distance from any of the above
offices, by transmitting with their application Inland
Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
amount of duty, to the Collector
in return
Inland Revenue for
the Dis rict, will receive a license return by post.
COBBETT, Socretarv.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-heath.
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.
Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.
2‘l. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their
I'STABLTSHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN own homes.
during TEMPORARY ILLNESS. A new wing to the Hospital has lust been corn leted
The relatives of Clergymen, Naval. Military, and Pro- at a cost of upwards of .£lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urrontly
fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, coin- There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
establishment, 90, Upper Barley-street. Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election.
This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro- For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor, tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the daily annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies. half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
All information respecting it may be obtained on writ- Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure,
ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent, upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the will be thankfully received.
Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand. I FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary
W. Q. RIQE, soo. eec. No. 10.Youltr31_149ntism, Peptimber 1808.,
London, England, 1869-03-29

14R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
iviL Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de-
scription of ARTIFICIAL Trincru, 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, end will be found superior to any teeth
ever before used. This method does not require the
extraction of roots, or any painful operation, end will
support and preserve teeth hat aro 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, 1869-03-29

R 0 YAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. '3lLrke.
Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bufton and Maitland.
After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. James, Fen-
ton, Turner, Chamberlain; Mesdames Bufton, L. Maitland, &c.
To conclude with HITE AND DYE.
London, England, 1869-03-29

TOHN GOSNELL 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, 1869-03-29

THE SCOTCH EDUCATION BILL.

The Commission of the General Assembly of the
Established Church of Scotland has at last considered
the Scotch Education Bill, and has condemned it.
The members almost unanimously denounced it as
an attempt to introduce the secular system-into Scot-
land. By forty-eight to six, a series of resolutions
was passed objecting to the bill, because it made no
provision for securing religious instruction, which
the Church had ever held to be an essential element in
the eclucation'of the young ; because it not only made
no such provision in regard to the new schools, but
endangered the provisions already existing in the
parochial schools ; because there was no reason why
persons who had attended the university should not
compete for their certificates along with those who
had been taught at the normal schools; because
sufficient consideration was not shown towards the
teaching body, in respect of provision to secure
in the school committees the presence of men
specially qualified to judge of the teachers' work;
because the bill arrested the progress of the
denominational system, by means of which the wants
of the country had been met, without that collision
which would be the almost certain result of the diffe-
rent religious bodies obtaining the control of the
proposed national system ; because the cost of the
new system would be so exorbitant, from the with-
drawal of voluntary contributions, that in many
instances districts now supplied by these means would
be more inadequately provided for than they have
been. Thus both the Free Church and the Establish-
ment in Scotland have condemned the bill, in each
case because of its religious provisions.
London, England, 1869-03-29

TiTEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatt,rton.

THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, a new Drama, THE MAN OF
TWO LIVES: Mr Charles Dillon; Messrs Ryder, J. Rouse. F.'
Moreland, Barrett, F. Wilson; Barrett: Mesdames Heath, Edith
Stuart, Hudspeth, and Mrs Vandenhoff.
To eonclude with the grand Pantomime of PUSS IN BOOTS,
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open
from 10 till 5 daily.
London, England, 1869-03-29

NAVY RETLIMMENT.

Mr. Childers appears to be more successful than
his colleague in satisfying the service over which he
presides. "At first," says one of the professional
papers, " his acts were not only vigorous, but appa-
rently arbitrary." Now the First Lord has offered
most liberal terms for the retirement of the necessary
number of officers. It is said that not only will the
officials of over twenty years' service get ten years'
additional service allowed them in computing their
superannuation, but each year in excess will be
allowed to count in addition. It is expected that a
large number of officers will take advantage of this
offer, and so make room for a return to active
employment of the great bulk of those who have been
placed on the redundant list.
London, England, 1869-03-29

BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Chief Offices-429, Strand, London.
TRUSTEES.
Lieut.-General Sir J. E. IR. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S.
Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq.
Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D.
Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., I Millis Coventry, E.A.
F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN or THE BOARD —FR &NOIS WEBB, Esq.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN - W. TYLER SMITH, Esq.
EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE-
PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the
Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS
WEBB, Esq., in the chair.
The directors have recei
ing the sum of X 972,866
issued, assuring X 703,451
premiums the sum of £25,1
The following tabulated
ness transactions during tl

ved 3,212 proposals for assur-
18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were
4s. and producing in annual
!27 8d
retu:
ie thr

las exhibit the new busi-
e quinquennial periods :
London, England, 1869-03-29

;SYNCH LAW IN GEORGIA.

AUGUSTA, March 13.—Dr. G. W. Darden, who killed
Charles Wallace, editor of the Clipper, was taken from the
gaol at Warrentown last night by a party of disguised men,
who took him some distance from the town, where they
shot and killed him. Mr. Wallace had applied for ad-
mission into the Masonic Lodge at Warrentown, and was
Mack-balled by Dr. Darden, who had promised not to op-
pose his application. Wallace then attacked Darden
through the columns of his paper, denouncing him as a liar.
and a villain. As Wallace was passing Darden's office the
latter shot Lim from his window with a rifle, the ball passing
through Wallace's head and causing instant death. The
affair causes intense excitement in Warrentown. Wallace
was a Democrat and Darden a Republican.
London, England, 1869-03-29

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1869.

METROPOLITAN R AILWA Y.-EASTER
- - . YS.-EXTRA TRAINS.

LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
—Paris and Eravre Exhibition Gold Medals. CAUTION.
None genuine without taxon Liebig's (the, inventor) signature
being on every jar, accompanied. by full printed directions.
About 70 Pints of excellent beef tea for Us., the present reduced
retail price per pound. Finest, most Convenient, and by far the
cheapest meat-flavouring ingredient for soups, made dishes, and
sauces. Sold by all Italian warehosemen, chemists, groclrs.
ship chandlers, andlravision dealers.

MILKERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND
FIRE RESISTING SAFES, Chests, Doors, and Strong
Booms, with the progressive and recent improvements effected
after half a century's experience, effectually guard against Fire
and Burglars.—Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull,
and 47A, Moorgate-street, City, London.
London, England, 1869-03-29

WEST INDIAN MAIL.

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship
Douro, from the West Indies, &c., has arrived in
dock two and a half days before time.

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, March 28.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales were about to leave this port yesterday
afternoon, when a delay was caused by the screw
of the steamer Ariadne getting entangled in the
chain of.the buoy. The repairs having been com-
pleted, the Ariadne left with their Royal High-
nesses ou board at noon to-day for Constantinople.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, March 29.

The Inman Royal Royal mail steamer Citna,
from Liverpool, arrived here at 5.30 p.m. yester-
day, and having embarked mails and passengers
she proceeded for Halifax at 10.30 this morning.
All well.

LOSS OF H.M.S. FERRET.
DovEn, Monday.

In a north-east gale of great violence, accom-
panied by a snowstorm, at 4.20 this morning, her
Majesty's training brig Ferret, Lieutenant Carre,
Commander, of eight guns and a crew of about 25
men and 86 boys, was driven ashore to the eastward
of the Admiraly-pier. All hands were saved by the
exertions of the crew of the mail steamer Breeze.
They are now at the Sailors' Home. The ship is
fast going to pieces in the midst of a violent gale.
The Breeze lost or damaged one paddlewheel.
Dreadful weather is prevailing.
London, England, 1869-03-29

R
STRAND THEATRE.
) Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough.
THIS EVENING. at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. tjhrke.
:lford, Joyce; Mesdames Bufton and Maitland.
After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. James. Fen-
I, Turner, Chamberlaine; Mesdames Button, L. Maitland, &c.
Jo conclude Frith HUE AND DYE.
London, England, 1869-03-29

yiOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, le, Broad-street, and Ealing
-
370 children.

£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.O. ; and by
WILLIAM WILLI &MS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

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 %Sisterhood,
"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'
R9v. E. Capel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox
Oetavius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. C. W. Furse
C. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Heesey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer

Major-Gen. 'Rt. Hon. Percy
Herbert, M.P.
Rev. J. E. Kempe
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhouse
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. Canon Nepean
Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.O.
Rev. G. P. Prescott
Rev. P. Pigou
R. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
R. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigram, Esq.

_ • _
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the Hon.
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
man-square, to whom communications may be addressed.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCIJIUBLES,
West-hill Putney-heath.

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.
Belief is afforded—let. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for tho in-
valid.

2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their
own homes. _

A new wing to the Hospital has lust been completed
at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 800 approved applicants are awaiting election.
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
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 greatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary
lio.l.o..roultryl Ludo, LC). Oeptemaber 1860.,
London, England, 1869-03-29

STATESMANSHIP WITH LIMITED LIABILITY.

The Spectator, in a very clever article, recalls to
Lord Stanley his sarcasm uttered during the Danish
war, that some one should propose war alliances, with
limited liability for each ally, and asks if he is not
adopting the same principle in statesmanship.
During the last three years we have had from him
but one speech in the House of Commons on any
question of the first class except foreign politics, and
that speech was not an expression of his real mind on
the political issue which he strove to delay, but a
speech merely in favour of postponement,namely, his
speech last year on the amendment to Mr. Gladstone's
Irish Church Suspensory Bill. Lord Stanley seems
to be of the opinion which prevails in the City, that a
man should try to do one thing well, and in order to
do it stick to that thing alone. But this will not
answer for statesmen. It is impossible for party
men} to place any confidence in a leader who keeps
silence even from good words on all the great ques-
tions of the day. As well expect the English public
to be enthusiastic about a distinguished foreigner
who addresses us only in French, like a foreign
ambassador at a City dinner, as to confide in a
nobleman, however able, who ignores elee+ oral
reform and the Irish Church, and can speak only about
Greece and Turkey and the Luxemburg guarantee.
This conduct is not fair either to his colleagues or his
party.o p plf
ern hoi
first on the question
n
to
support them with his
speech, and remove the impression that he
uo uppermost, agrees h
eought
with the
differs from them ; if he really does differ from
them, he ought to say so, and thus help to save his
party from the damaging mistake of committing
themselves to an untenable defence. It is pretty
well known which of these alternatives is true, and
the result of Lord Stanley's taciturnity is that he is
allowing a man in every way his inferior, Mr.
Gathorne Hardy, to take his position, and yet fails
to secure the confidence of the Liberal party.
London, England, 1869-03-29

OCKS.

rillr e B
E,N NTI-.IF A,LLFs. Su
ROSES BLOW. New Ballad.
Sung, with wonderful effect.
by the Royal Christy's Minstrels. 3s. ; free by post for 19
s'arops.
PUT IT DOWN TO ME. Comic Song. (A.
S. Gaily.) "Is just now in the midst of a +We of
success by the help of the Royal Christy's Minstrels -it is
having a run."—Brighton Times. Post free for 19 stamps.
WJSIIING CAP. Song. •Words by
CHARLES MACKAY. (W. S. Wrighton.) "Is really
beyond the average of excellence. Mdlte. Liehhart has
done much to make it popular, but it could afford to stand
simply and entirely on its own merits." - City Press. Post
free for 19 stamps. London: Robert Cocks and Co., New
Burling-ton-Street.
London, England, 1869-03-29

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining
Revival of "After Dark."
THIS EVENING, THE SECRET.
After which, Dion Boncicault's Great Drama, entitled AFTER
DARK: a Tale of London Life. Mr Vining, Mr Walter Lacy,
Mr Dominick Murray, Mr J. G. Shore, C. Harcourt, Edmcnds,
Holston, and Gresham; Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Rose
Leclereq.
Concluding with MASTER J')NES' 3 BIRTHDAY.
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open
daily from 10 till 5.
London, England, 1869-03-29

THE SUN, LO.NDOS, MONDAY 'EVENING, MARCH 29, 1869

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

"WHAT WILL THIS LORDS DO r

According to the London correspondent of the
i`J'eotsn2an, Lord Derby has declared against the rejec-
tion of the Irish Church Bill on the part of the
Lords. In that case, Lord Cairns would try to
mutilate and man;sie the bill in committee. The
noble lord is ecpected to fortify his opposition
to the bal by the arguments of Sir Roundell
r,'alraer, and . a scheme is being hatched for em-
bodying the distinction of the learned member for
Richmond between disestablishment and disendow-
ment. The writer hears that an attempt of this kind
will probably be made in the House of Commons,
either by moving an instruction on going
into committee, or by moving a clause or
amendment in committee. Of course such an
instruction as this would he scouted in the Com-
mons, but might be renewed iu the Upper House
with more success. If the peers mangled the bill to
such an extent, it is doubtful whether the Commons
would pass the bill in that form. This assertion is
partly corroborated by the Telegraph, which " confi-
dently states that the Tory party, as a whole, will
make no endeavour to throw out the bill, but will
direct their united strength to amend it in com-
mittee." Our contmnporary speaks only of the party
as an organisation; it is impossible to forecast the
action of eminent individual peer,.
LORD SPENCER.

Did Lord Spencer threaten to resign ? This ques-
tion is still being 'Mt, in spite of, perhaps because of,
Mr. Gladstone's not very precise reply in the House of
Commons. It is assumed in some quarters that the
Viceroy of Ireland disapproved the release of the
Fenian convicts. That release meets with little
approval from independent journals of course
with none at all from those which represent th
Opposition.

the fact that Mr. Fraser, one of the commissioners
sent over to the United States by the Endowed
Schools Association, had discovered that thinking
people in the States were losing faith in their system
of education, because it did not secure a high
moral tone and strict adherence to truth in the
children.

port and everywhere throughout Croatia the Emperor nas
met with the most enthusiastic reception. He is much
gratified with this welcome, and it is certainly no more
than ' his due. History can scarcely furnish a
more remarkable example of a sovereign retrieving
his, early errors and seeking the reparation of
national disasters in the good of his people. One melan-
choly episode has occurred during this tour. The Emperor
has visited Miramar, the home of the unfortunate
Maximilian, near Trieste. His Majesty shed tears on his
departure from the spot where he gave his last adieu to hie
ill-fated relative.

Agram has resolved to strike a medal to perpetuate tne
memory of the Emperor's visit. Fiume, on the other
hand, proposes to outdo this by something much more
substantial. It is about t ) offer the Emperor an armour-
plated ship for the Austrian navy, to be built in the
dockyards of the place, and to be called The Francis
Joseph.
London, England, 1869-03-29

Order of all Musics°Hers.

READABLE SHORT-HAND, SELF-TAUGHT :
Being a System by which people can teach themselves:
write the longest word without lifting the pen; read what they
write; and correspond with friends at home or abroad, on plea-
sure or business. It embraces a double set of vowels, with liquid
consonants grafted on the other letters ; together with a DIAGRAM
OF I )OTS. and a combination of words in most familiar use, into
ready sentences The whole forming A SYSTEM OF READABLE
-SIIOEY-1-1 IN D, Shortened. By MITI{ DO YOUNG.
London: Edward Stanford, 6 and 7, Charing-cross, S.W.
Price 2s. 6d.

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

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AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER,
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FISHING.
THE STRONGEST MAN in the world cannot break
the ever-lasting Porpoise skin Boot Laces made by

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12, Brewer-street, Golden-square, London, W.
Price ls. per pair; by post, 14 stamps; six pairs, ss.
FRENCH DUBBING.—This invaluable composition
possesses the properties of preserving leather, rendering it
supplo and waterproof. It is identically the same dubbing
as that used by the best curriers in Bordeaux. BOOTS,
SHOES, and HARNESS are particularly benefited by its
application.
Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. GILL and CO.,
Curriers and Leather Sellers, 12, Brewer-street, Golden-

square.
Pries Is. Gd., 2s. Gd., awl ss. per can.
London, England, 1869-03-29

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly
. payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown. ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
The private medical attendants of the patients are
in vited to visit them,
treatment.
lication to the
Full particulars can be obtained on app
and to meet in consultation before
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brow
136, Ilarley- street, W.
London, England, 1869-03-29

STRUGGLES OF VERDI.

The career of Verdi furnishes an instance of the
value of perseverance. He was born of peasant parents,
in a little hamlet near Brussels, and one of his earliest recol-
lections was the delight he felt at hearing the organ play in
the village church. He was fortunate in obtaining lessons
in his favourite art from the organist of the public school
to which he was sent, and at a very early age
be devoted himself to composition. When he
had reached his seventeenth year, he came to a crit:cal
point of his fortunes, for his faller could not afford to
have him sent to Parma to continue his studies at the
University. It was therefore suggested that he should
return home, and work in the fields. He escaped this
uncongenial employment, and obtained a sufficient sum to
proceed to Milan. On presenting himself at the Conser-
vatory of Music, he was declared to be utterly unfit
for the art. This was a great disappointment to the
youthful genius, but he resolved to persevere in
spite of all obstacles. He studied privately for some years,
and devoted himself with the greatest zeal to the task
before him. In order to effect his purpose he lived in the
most simple manner, and denied himself all amusements.
He became the successor of the organist who had
been his first instructor. An opera of Verdi's,
which was brought out at Milan, was not very
successful. While engaged in writing a comic opera for
the manager who had accepted his first production, he
met with heavy domestic afflictions, and hence the work
was not a success. After these troubles Verdi gave
up the study of his profession for a long
time, but was finally induced to undertake the
opera of " Nabucco," which turned out a complete
triumph. The name of Verdi instantly became the
fashion in Milan, and from all the cities in
Italy managers made offers to the new composer.
The manager who had been his first friend was
before them, however, and handed him a contract
for a new o?era, with a blank for the composer to
fill up the sum himself. Verdi would gladly have
been left alone to dwell on his success, but this
was not permitted, and he found himself suddenly
besieged by a swarm of friends, who manifested the
greatest interest in his proceedings, and declared that his
musical career had always been a source of delight to
them.
London, England, 1869-03-29

QANIARIT N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
kJ and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for dis aces of women.
2,74( patients wore treated last month without I,tters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard,
; Sir Samuel Scott. Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1869-03-29

WEST INDIAN MAIL.

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship
Douro, from the Wrest Indies, &c., has arrived in
dock two and a half days before time.

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, March 28.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales were about to leave this port yesterday
afternoon, when a delay was caused by the screw
of the steamer Ariadne getting entangled in the
chain of the buoy. The repairs having been com-
pleted, the Ariadne left with their Royal High-
nesses on board at noon to-day for Constantinople.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, March 29.

The Inman Royal Royal mail steamer Citna,
from Liverpool, arrived here at 5.30 p.m. yester-
day, and having embarked mails and passengers
she proceeded for Halifax at 10.30 this morning.
All well.

LOSS OF H.M.S. FERRET.
DOVER, Monday.

In a north-east gale of great violence, accom-
panied by a snowstorm, at 4.20 this morning, her
Majesty's training brig Ferret, Lieutenant Carre,
Commander, of eight guns and a crew of about 25
men and 86 boys, was driven ashore to the eastward
of the Admiraly-pier. All hands were saved by the
exertions of the crew of the mail steamer Breeze.
They are now at the Sailors' Home. The ship is
fast going to pieces in the midst of a violent gale.
The Breeze lost or damaged one paddlewheel.
Dreadful weather is prevailing.

FRANCE•
BOURSE, March 27.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :—.

4 ver Cont. ...... 101
End of month... ..._

Bank Shares 2860
Ital,an Fives 56 25
End of month —
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —

3 per Cent
End of month 7O 30
Credit Mobilier
End of month 278 75
Credit Foncier 1485
End of month
RAILWA

Deferred —
Cash
Orleans .....
N0rthern...........,..................
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 615
Western
Eastern -

Sardinian ..... .............
Austrian ............
Lombard ............
North of Spain

52
663 k
4711-
631

Saragossa
Roman

Lord Teynham is at present on an evangelising
tour in Shetland, and has been officiating- in several of the
churchit there. His lordship (says the Globe) is a very
earnest preacher, and is very zealous in the work in which
lie is said to have been more or less engaged for upwarJs of
40 years. _

Messrs. Hibbert and Platt, the members for Old-
ham, have been relieved of the responsibility of the costs
attending the late scrutiny which was demanded as a means
of unseating them. Mr. Justice Blackburn, having con-
sulted the other two judges appointed to try election cases,
has decided that the petitioners shall pay the costs.
London, England, 1869-03-29

THE " SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE
1 delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn,
8 ; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford,
9.45.

THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at
j. J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden.

TIIHE LATE EDITION of "THE SIIN" at
W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden
London, England, 1869-03-29

THE RECENT FIGHTING IN SPAIN.

According to one account the good behaviour which
characterised the Spanish soldiery at Malaga and Cadiz
vanished entirely at Jerez. The troops committed gross
excesses after their victory. Great numbers of them be-
came intoxicated, pillaged private houses, and "killed
everybody they found in them." This brutality has,
however, been suppressed, the dead have been gathered up,
the barricades demolished, and the last signs of the
struggle are disappearing. Meanwhile, according to a tele-
gram received at Paris, the Carlists have sustained a very
heavy blow. General Miramon has been arrested at
Paterna. It is added that the ill-success of this Jerez
insurrection has greatly discouraged the Carlist party.
London, England, 1869-03-29

GOOD FRIDAY IN LONDON

The Good Friday services in London were attended
by probably larger congregations than at any time
since the Reformation. At a large number of
churches there was an almost uninterrupted series of
services throughout the clay. In addition to the
ordinary morning prayer and Communion office
(there was no celebration), there were the Litany
and the " Reproaches," and between the hours of
twelve and three a very solemn service, con-
sisting of the chanting of the last seven
words from the Cross, each • being followed by
a short discourse delivered from the altar-steps,
an appropriate hymn, and silent meditation and
prayer. The solemnity of the service was increased
by the vesting of the altar in crape, and the tolling
of the minute bell before the commencement of the
service. In the district of St. Peter's, London Docks,
which was recently formed out of the well-known
parish of St. George's-in-the-East, Mr. Lowder led a
procession through the streets, stopping at certain
points to represent the " stations of the Cross," and
at each delivered a short and fervid address, and
sang a hymn. There was a large crowd of
the very lowest of the population, who behaved
with at least outward reverence ; and it
was noticed that some of the leaders in the
riots during Mr. Bryan King's time took part in this
procession. The Three Hours' Meditation was con-
ducted at Alban's, Holborn, by Mr. Mackonochie ' • at
St. Barnabas, Pimlico, by Mr. White ; at St. Diary
Magdalene, Paddington, by Mr. Cleaver; at All
Saints, Lambeth, by Dr. Lee ; at St. Michael's,
Shoreditch, by Mr. Stanton. The last-named gentle-
man, at the conclusion of the service, held up a large
crucifix, which he kissed, and then called upon the
congregation to do so. Many persons responded to
this certainly extraordinary request.
London, England, 1869-03-29

T;
41 '
vi
C
O
ro•
• o Amount og Amount Annual
ao Zo Proposed. Zll3 Assured. Premiums.
-4+3
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ P. d.
1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 (54,140 0 0 21,347 16 5
1863 13,214 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10
1868 17,466 1,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6
—— -
Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9
The net premium income has increased to
the sum of £216,704 1 7

The net premium income
the sum of ..
The interest on investmen
of receipt yield

£2
Is and other items

1,276 18 1

Making a total income of £237,980 19 8
r The claims wero 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886
12s. ld.

The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d.
The assets of the association at the close of the year
amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd.

The directors draw special attention to the fact that the
next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year
1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior
to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate
in the same,.

The directors also draw attention to the successful esta-
blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire
Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc-
tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to
work in active co-operation with the Life, will tend much
to the advantage and profit of both institutions. it is
scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and
constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct.
By order of the Board,
JOHN XESSENT, Actuary and secretary.
London, March 18, 1869.
London, England, 1869-03-29

DISTURBANCES AT ANCONA.

A correspondent writing from Ancona says tnat
a popular demonstration took p 7 aC 3 on Monday
against the new Octroi laws. By these not only were the
original duties materially increased, but a variety of new
duties were imposed on articles of food exclusively
consumed by the poor—already sufficiently bur-
dened by the daily increase of Government taxes.
Cafes and places of business throughout the
town remained closed in the morning, and the streets
were in the possession of an excited mob, which threatened
to make quick work of the civic authorities if the obnoxious
statutes were not forthwith repealed. The military and police
were confined to barracks ready to act in case of any out-
break, and a deputation of leading citizens waited on the
Syndic at the Town Hall, urging him, in order to prevent a
serious riot and bloodshed, to suspend the obnoxious laws
for the present. While still so engaged an angry crowd
burst into the Town Hall and into the Council Chamber,
crying out, " .11.Iorte al Sindaco," " Abbasso la Giunta,"
and there is very little doubt that they would have carried
out their threat, so far as the Syndic was concerned, by
throwing him out of one of the windows of the room,
which overlooks a deep ravine, long before any
assistance could possibly have reached him. Fortu-
nately, the few gentlemen who were conversing with
the Syndic succeeded in calming the most turbulent spirits
in some degree, but the crowd would not be pacified until
the Syndic issued a decree repealing the obnoxious laws
entirely, which was followed up by a notice that the
Syndic and Giunta had sent in their resignations to the
Government. As soon as the news of these concessions
spread, all the shops were reopened, and the town
resumed its usual aspect.

The weather is so severe in the Pyrenees that bears
havo been seen amongst the villages at the foot of the
mountains. Sheep, cows, and ono child have been car-
ried off.

A grand review will take place on the Fiftecu
Acres, near Dublin, the week after next, in honour of
Prince Arthur's visit to Ireland, at which his Royal High-
ness, as well as the Lord Lieutenant and the Counters
Spencer, will be present.

A spinning mill at Chaddeton, near Oldham, has
iust boon destroyed by fire, damages £12,000. The mill was
9rected in the year 1800, and belonged to Mr. William
Smethurst, but latterly it has been workod by Messrs.
Thomas 11. Smethurst and Sons.

It is announced that her Majesty will hold Draw-
Mg-rooms at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, the fi!II
April, and on Tuesday, the 11th of May; and that P.
Arthur will hold a levee at St. James's Palace, on hoha4
her Majesty, on the 3d of April, ins' ead of on Friday, tic)
th bat', 4114.ettgAPY ATAintactd.
London, England, 1869-03-29

H O'S GRAINGE R? LICENSED
VICTUALLERS' TOBACCONIST. SHEPHERD'S-BUSH.
The SPORTING EDITION of "THE SUN" can be seen at
GR AINGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight
u'clock.

rullE tt bUN" NEWSPAPER.—G. R. GLENIE
I delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn,
8 • Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.N; Watford,
9.45.

THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at
J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden.

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

town.
London, England, 1869-03-29

TILE EPISCOPATE.

The Rev. William Garden Cowie, who has
accepted the bishopric of ' New Zealand, was edu-
cated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduated without
honours in 1855, but was a prizeman in 1854. Ile
was formerly chaplain. to the late Bishop Cotton, of
Calcutta. Latterly he has been rector of Stafford,
and in that capacity no doubt Bishop Selwyn has
had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with his
fitness for his new post. :W e need scarcely add that it
Nevi lber f
presentor. e
Bishop,
is very arduous, responsible,
. and. ill-paid. An attempt
is being made to establish a. bishopric in Madagascar,
and is supported by Archbishops Tait and Trench,
andßi sh
theop s l
atJackson,e and Atlay, Wordsworth,
thof Mauritius.
There are 10,000 native Christians in the capital of
Madagascar alone.

SIR JAMES WILDE.

A correspondent calls attention to the fact that Sir
James Wilde is not the brother of the late Lord
Chancellor Truro, but was his nephew. Our corres-
pondent is correct. The new peer is the son of Mr.
E. A. Wilde, who was the first Lord Truro's
brother.
London, England, 1869-03-29

DOG LICENSES.-CAUTION.

THE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December
last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is
required forthwith to taka out a new License.
The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings.
The penalty for keeping a dog withuut License is Five
Pounds.
A License is not transferable from one person to
another.
A License may be obtained by the owlnner
tghievinngeighhis_
name and address, and the name of the place where the
bour.bood of the
applicant's dog is is kept, on application at,
TLevOeffinucee,of the Collector of Inland'
The Office of tihe Distributor of Stamps },
A Money Order Post Office. j sidence.
Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revenue.
Persons residing at a distance from any of the above
offices, by transmitting with their application Inland
Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for
the Dis rict, will receive a
WliceMnse in return b
. CORBETT,Secretary.

14` STABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN
during TEMPORARY ILLNESS.
The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro-
fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small
Pro-
week payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com-
bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the
establishment, 90, Upper Barley-street.
This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro-
nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor,
and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the
Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady
Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies.
All information respecting it may be obtained on writ-
ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent.
Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the
Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand.
W. Q. 011111 i( ANA }l9/1. OQC.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.
The private medical attendants of the patients aro
in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.
Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown,
136, Harley-street, W.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the TFIROAT,
Goldn-suare, W.
President—His Gracee the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expFnses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.
GEORGE WOOD, Secretary
London, England, 1869-03-29

FOREIGNERS TAKE NOTE.

The judge of the Liverpool County Court recently
had a very queer case to decide. An outfitter, named
Woolf, sued a German, named Rothe for work done
and goods sold—£ll4s. The story Woolf told dis-
closed the fact that the work done was procuring
Kothe a wife, and the inference was that the goods
sold was the wife herself. Kothe, having long sighed
for a partner in life, and being out of that rabble
rout which he would-faiti bein, applied to the outfitter
(whose trade would seem to b e very general indeed) to be
supplied with a lover. Woolf had one to hand, and
the languishing swain was introduced to a Mrs.
Clarke, who boasted of having been five times
widowed. For this introduction Kothe wrote out
for Woolf an I. 0. U. for £lO. But after marriage
he changed his mind about the value of his new wife,
and refused to pay the money he had formerly intended
to do. Woolf had to sue. The learned judge laid
down most solemnly this dictum : the I 0 U being
substantially a marriage brokerage contract, was
void, for marriage was too holy and sacred a thing
in the eye of the law to be the subject of sale and.
barter. Foreign papers please copy for the infor-
mation of those who still believe in the wife-market
at Smithfield.
NEWSPAPERS IN THE STATES.
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---
That the Yankees are ahead of all the world in the
number of their newspapers has long been a well-
known fact. In this country the newspaper has not
yet become a necessary in every house ; in America,
be a man never so poor, he must have his journal.
According to a return, just compiled by a well-known
Anglo-American publishing hoes; • oni the lists of
Messrs. Collins and ITLeester, the number of periodi-
cals, newspapers, and magazines published throughout
the forty-six different states and territories of the Un ion
now reaches the enormous total of 5,734, as against
2,027 in the United Kingdom. Of this immense
mass of literature about one-tenth, or 542 different
publications, are daily newspapers, 4,425 weekly,
and 277 monthly. In addition there aro LO
tri-weekly and 63 semi-weekly papers. Of
periodicals of various kinds, chiefly of the
magazine class, there are 40 fortnightly, 297
monthly, 4 bimonthly, and 24 quarterly. In the
United Kingdom, with a population differing from
the States by little more than one-fifteenth, there
are only 80 daily papers, and only about 1,200 weekly
or occasional papers. The English pride themselves
on the superior "tone" of their journals. This they
may perhaps do without presumption ; but, with all
its faults, the Aim York Herald stands alone as a
specimen of the most extraordinary enterprise and
success which has yet been witnessed.
London, England, 1869-03-29

TIIE EPISCOPATE.

The rev. William Garden Cowie, who has
accepted the bishopric of New Zealand, was edu-
cated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduated without
honours in 1855, but was a prizeman in 1854. Ile
was formerly chaplain to the late Bishop Cotton, of
Calcutta. Latterly he has been rector of Stafford,
and in that capacity no doubt Bishop Selwyn has
had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with his
fitness for his new post. W e need scarcely add that it
is very arduous, responsible, and ill-paid. An attempt
is being made to establish a bishopric in Madagascar,
by Archbishops Tait and Trench,
and is supported
Bishops Jackson, Wilberfore, Atlay, Wordsworth,
and the late and the present Bishop of Mauritius.
'There are 10,000 native Christians in the capital of
Madagascar alone.
London, England, 1869-03-29

BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSOCIATION.

Chief Offices-429, Strand, London.
TRUSTEE-1.
Lieut.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S.
I Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq. ,
Sir James Duke, Bart. W. TYler Smith, M.D.
Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., I Millis Coventry,
CHAIRMAN OP THE BOARD —FR kICOIS WEBB, Esq.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN -- W. TYLER SMITH, Esq.
EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNEAL RE-
PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the
Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS
WEBB, Esq., in the chair.
The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur-
ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were
issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual
premiums the stun of £25,227 Bd. •
The following tabulated retu
ness transactions during the th

•ns exhibit the new busi-
:e quinquennial periods :