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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-02

THE SUN, LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1869.

two years ago, aged 99. He left the estate to
his eldest nephew, the counsellor. The house is of plain
stone. It was humble when Maurice died, but Daniel
has already added some loftier and more spacious rooms,
wishing to render the abode more suitable to his rank, as
the great leader of the Roman Catholics. I was delighted
by his demeanour towards those who welcomed him on his
arrival. I remarked (myself unnoticed) the eagerness with
which he sprang from his horse and kissed a toothless old
woman, his nurse.

in one noose of (Ammons. The fees received last
year amounted to £1,648. " There are now
about 710 separate registered estates, with
indefeasible titles, on the register, and the
original value of the property brought under the
operation of the Act is about £4,700,000 ; but much
of the land being building property its value is con-
stantly increasing." This is more satisfactory ; and
no doubt the business will improve. But the
expenses nevertheless largely exceed the income,
and there is still abundant scope for the improve-
ments spoken of by Mr. Lowe.

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RAILWAY GUARDS AND
PASSENGERS.

The Railway News believes that Mr. Harrison's
plan of communication between passengers arid guards
will be adopted on all lines which are not already
fitted up with an electric apparatus. By Mr.
Harrison's arrangement a thin cord passes over
pulleys under the eaves of the carriages, and may
easily be reached by any passenger who desires to
communicate with the guard. The last guard's van
of the train is fitted with a continuous card wound
upon a drum attached. Before leaving ti'e station
it will be the duty of the guard to see this cord paid
out, passed through the handles on the off side of
the carriages, and connected with the bell on the
engine-tender.

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE SPANIARDS.

The Imparcial, one of the best representatives of
Spanish journalism—which, by the way, is by no means
first class—recommended the other day that the " Toison
de Oro," the highest order of Spanish knighthood, should
be given to Mr. Gladstone, in recognition of his services
to the cause of liberty. Very likely the Premier would
not object to be made a Spanish knight if it would please
the people of Spain ; indeed he could hardly fail to accept
the honour from a people whose appreciation of his merits
is thus high :

" Mr. Gladstone, whom the illustrious Republican
orator, Senor Castelar, called the citizen who holds the
British sceptre in his hands,' is to-day the personification,
so to say, of the old Saxon liberties amplified with the
conquests subsequently gained over restrictive ideas. Free
Spain, by sending one of the vacant poisons to Mr. Glad-
stone, would be demonstrating her appreciation of the
eminent statesman who personifies the Liberal party of
Liberal England."

One of the Republican papers supports this project.
This is well; some time, perhaps, the Spaniards may think
of imitating Mr. Gladstone in matters of finance.
London, England, 1869-11-18

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the
bowels or affecting the head; truly efficacious and pleasant,
is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re-
lieving coughs, colds, confirmed eases of asthma, and inci-
pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the
faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the
ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach-
ing consumption its effects aro truly beneficial. Persons
deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca-
tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes aftor taking it.
Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8,
King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all
druggists, in bottles, 13401., and three quantities in one,
2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert 's Asth-
matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on tho
stamp.
London, England, 1869-11-18

OPENING OF THE SUEZ CANAL.

ISMAILA, Nov. 17, Evening'
The Imperial yacht Aigle, with the Ea'Tres;
Eugenie on board, the Austrian, Prussian, all
Dutch royal yachts, with their respective prinnes'
the Psyche, with the English Ambassadors Oa
Admiral on board, followed by the Newport Ano
Rapid, in all a fleet of forty vessels, arrived
afternoon from Port Said, and are now at their
moorings. The journey through this half of the
canal has been performed in eight hours.
•
Four good-sized steamers have likewise arrived
here from Suez to-day. The maritime canal 10
thus been traversed by seagoing vessels through-

out.
Great rejoicings and festivities are taking Place.
Ismaila is splendidly illuminated.
The Khedive and his Royal guest are expected to
land here to-night.
London, England, 1869-11-18

QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only Free Hospital fOr Diseases of Women ;
2,913 patients were treated lnst month without letters of
recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS
are much neede(!, and will be received by Messrs. Ilatcha•rd,
Piccadilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. ; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, Bane= ; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1869-11-18

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

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
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid. supplying a home, with

2d. By granting an annuity of 420 to patients at the!
own homes.

A new wing to the Hosp p
vital has just been completed
at a cost of upwards of XlO,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 300 approved applicants are awaiting election
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex.
tension of the benefits of tho Charity, donations,. and espe-
cially annual subnriptions, 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
No. 10 Poultry London, E.O September 1868.
London, England, 1869-11-18

THE LAND PRODLE3f.

The leaders of the Times on the Irish land question
are hardly calculated to give satisfaction to those
who would form a clear and consistent opinion on
the subject. Legalising the custom of Ulster has
been first advocated and then set aside ; fixity of
tenure is, of course, pronounced impossible ; and yet
we are told that the Land Bill, when it is finally
settled, will contain something "novel and
startling." This sounds vague, not to say
ambiguous. But one
_principle the Times
is quite decided about. There must be a tri-
bunal to which landlord and tenant can appeal. "The
necessary consequence of intervention on the part of
the State between landlords and tenants in Ireland
must be the creation of a power—it may be
the ordinary Law Coults, it must more pro-
bably be a local and accessible tribunal—
authorised to arbitrate between the contending
parties." Such a court will not often be called into
requisition, for "the sense of there being over both a
power strong enough to compel recalcitrants to
acquiesce in just judgments will induce the most per-
verse to listen to reason beforehand." Very likely ;
but this suggestion is neither strange nor extraordi-
nary. The "novel and startling" element .has yet to
be revealed.
London, England, 1869-11-18

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY.
CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBENTURE
STOCK.
The Directors ara now prepared to en!er into arrange-
ments for converting the Debentures of the Comptny into
equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Deben-
ture Stock, and also to receive applications for allotments
of the same Stock, at par, to be applied in the repayment
of Debentures falling duo.
Any amount of Stock, not being a fraction of a pound,
can be subscribed for and transferred.
A commission of I- (ono-half) per cent. is allowed to ap-
plicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Company's
books free of all expense.
The interest. will- be paid half-yearly on ho ' h Jan-
uary and 15th July ny warrant.
The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same
priority against the property and income of the Company
as the Debenture Bond Debt, ranking before the Com-
pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions
(£30,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income
now amounting to upwards of Three Millions (.C.1,000,000)
annually.
Further particulars and forms of application may be
obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned.
STEPHEN REAY, Secretary.
Euston Station, March, 1869.
London, England, 1869-11-18

MALLOW.

The Irish farmers are thinking of returning one of
their own class to represent Mallow, which will be
vacant shortly, through the acceptance of the Master-
ship of the Rolls by the Irish Attorney-General. At
a meeting of the Cork Farmers' Club it was loudly
complained that the barristers generally seized vacant
seats. Irish members, when appealed to, can rarely
give a satisfactory explanation of what tenant farmers
want. It is thought that Mr. James Byrne, of Wales-
town Castle, will come forward to specially represent
the agricultural interest.
London, England, 1869-11-18

THE LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND
NEWS-ROOll.

Lombard-street, London.
MANAGER— Mr J. H. YOUNGBUSBAND, late Treasurer
and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange.
Subscription, £3 3s. per annum, or I.os. monthly, payable

in Advance.

The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home
and foreign ; Router 's Telegrams, giving commercial,
political, and general telegraphic information ; Shipping
Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re-
ference.
There is also an excellent Refreshment-room att ached,
as well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur-
nished.
The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac-
turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will
be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business
engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro-
polis.
For further particulars apply to the Manager of the
Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City
Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London.

N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to "Messrs. Letts, Son
and Co., 8, Royal Exchauge, E.C. ; or at the Office in the Lom-
bard Exchange.
London, England, 1869-11-18

THE WRECK OP THE CARNATIC.

The following is an extract from the report of the
superintendent of the diving operations being carried on
by the Salvage Association of Lloyd's, at the wreck of the
Peninsular and Oriental steamer Carnatic, in the Gulf of
Suez, for the purpose of recovering the £49,000 in bullion
which had been lost in the vessel :—" Egyptian Govern-
ment Ship Ter, lying off Shadwan, October 23, 1869.—
From the 14th to the 20th there was a continual
heavy gale, preventing all operations. On the 20th the
English diver was down at the wreck four hours. She
lies over, at an angle of 45 degrees, and he works in 13
fathoms of water. He found the Carnatic's spare shaft
and crank had fallen overboard to leeward, and the end
rested against the mail room door, where the boxes of
specie were deposited. Bales of goods were also found
jammed in, requiring great power to remove them,
and breaking much tackle in the attempts. 22nd,
Employed Arab divers at the loose copper sunk in ten
fathoms ; they recovered in that and following day 126
pieces. 24th : The diver who had been down daily,
managed' to get into the mail rcom, and sent up the mail
bags and cases with postmaster's lugg,ago. The mail bags
were rotten and the pulp flowed out. Recovered six
gold watches and seven silver ones, with a large quantity
of valuable jewelry. Every tin package had given way,
and the water and sediment had penetrated. There
were no marks on the packages. 25th : The Bengal
steamer arrived off the island, and Mr. Hain, in charge of
the mails, who was also in charge of the mails of the Car-
natic at the time she was lost, came to the wreck, and
took with him the recovered mails on to Bombay. The
English diver on the 26th, after several hours' cutting
away, at length got into the mail-room, where the treasure
was, and in three days sent up twenty-two boxes, contain-
ing in all £26,000. The operations were still proceeding
when the report left Suez, on the 23th October, the divers
being sanguine that they would be enabled to recover the
whole of the remaining treasure."
London, England, 1869-11-18

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of ono of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing this wonc Jrful liquid. It is now offered to the public
to a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 58., 78. ad., and 15s. each.
includinz brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames-
street 'London. E.C.

BRITATTNNiTAOffices, .412.19RIs:trand,ALS,SSoCnIATION
The distinguishing featares of this Association are
Equitable Rates,
Undoubted Security.
Prompt settlement of Anima.
.10UN 11,7,SSF,NT. Afnnager.

APOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE
PCSURANCES.
prriE Directorg of the ROYAL INSURANCE
A- OMPA Y, in antic'pation of the above, beg to intimate
that on all new I. anrances now effected there will only be
payable (provisionally) ther proportion of Duty for th
between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day neat, time
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

HEAD OFFICES:
Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool.
and
Lombard-street, London.
London, England, 1869-11-18

"LONDON HOSPITAL, Mani:lapel-road, E.
-1-4 The great East: end receptacle for Accidents and
Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059
were free cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary.
London, England, 1869-11-18

THE COMIC PAPERS.

(From Punch.)
GOOD CHEMICAL PREPARATION FOR OVER:trATRN
Bur.Locxs.—Ox hide of Iron.

CRIMINAL-Why is a prisoner's time like an abominable
joke ? Because it's past in durance.

EQUAL TO ANY DUTY.-At the Lord Mayor's dinner the
Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed the toast of "The
Ladies ! " in a manner which showed that the task was no
tax on his politeness.

(From Fun.)
A CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE.—We rarely see a bicycle
rider without feeling assured that he will be "better of."
THE C'RECT CARD.—Each succeeding mail confirms the
fact, at first received with incredulity, that at the Cape
spades turn up diamonds.

COMING VERSUS INCOME.--A San Francisco paper states
that "in Virginia City, Nevada, pretty waiter-girls are
taxed." The pretty waiters taxed for their pleasing traits
might suggest a very popular impost to Mr. Lowe. Taking
. all females who are be-coming-ly attired as waiters, he
might by introducing the tax into this country induce all
who had pretensions to good looks to insist on being taxed
—it would be a voluntary female poll (or should we say
"chignon?") tax.

(From Judy.)
BAD.--Why is the Lord Mayor's Show like "Tommy
Todd ?"—Because it 's a popular absurd-ditty.
VERY SHORTLY INDEED.—An agitation is taking place it
America for tho removal of the national capital. If hall
the reports one reads about the "gold scare," in which al'
the high Government officials aro implicated, aro true, th(
Americans will soon have no capital to remove, and xi(
credit on which to raise any.

'WANTED A COACIIMAN.—In the account which the news•
papers gave of the proceedings on Lord Mayor's Day, i
was stated that the old State coach had been recently
repaired and em')ellislied at considerable cost. Judy
it
aware that whenever the Rads are in office " considerablf
cost " is a phrase with which the nation becomes painfully
familiar; but as to repairing and embellishing, that is al
nonsense. All that the State coach wants is a good driver
If the reins were in the hands of a Conservative whip 0,.
our acquaintance, the State coach would make steady pro
gress without " considerable cost" to the country.

tA 4W 44,111.1
ix.
London, England, 1869-11-18

MORT II LONDON or UNIVERSIIY
COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidents and Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS earnesly 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.

CLERGY MUTUAL ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
Establit,hed in 1829.
OFFICE
No. 2, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster.
TRUSTEES.
The Archbishop of Canterbuty.!
• The Archbishop of Dublin.
Tho Bishop of Winchester •
The Archdeacon of Maidstone.
CHAIRMAN.
The Venerable the Archdeacon of London.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
Tho Honourable Edward W. Douglas.
ACTUARY.
Stewart Helder, Esq.
SECRETARY. •
The Rev. John Hodgson, M.A..
Tot.l Existing Assurances £4,473,623 Os. Od.
Total Annual Income 173,545 9s. 7d.
Total Invested Capital 1,693,975 ls. 6d.

For the year ended 31st &fay, 1869, 315 proposals, as-
suring £274,540, and yielding in annual premiums £9,383
16s. 6d., were completed ; and £88,482 13s. la. was (not-
wi-hstanding the large reductions made by Bonus in every
fifth year from 1831 to 1866, both inclusive) added to the
Fund accumulating for the purpose of meeting future
claims.
Prospectuses, Accounts of Bonus, &c., &c., to be had at
the Office, ou application personally, or by letter ; also a
Pamphlet by the Bev. J. Hodgson, called " Notes on Life
Assurance," containing explanations on various interest-
ing points.
Clergymen and their Wives, and the relations of Clergy-
men and of their Wives, are invited to make Life Assur-
ances in this Society.
London, England, 1869-11-18

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, NOV. 17.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Leopold,.
walked out this morning.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise went out
driving.
Ilis Majesty the King of the Belgians
M. and Madame Van de Weyer. visited

LATEST INTELL MENG?)

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

(Per French Atlantic Cable.)
NEW YORK, NOV• 17.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1261 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1274 ; the lowest, 126/.
Sterling Exchange on London lO9.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 llsf.
I "
1885 ll3s•

t 4 66 1867 1158•

10-40

gi,

Illinois l39}•

Erie

Cotton—Mid. upland 2SP.

Petroleum—Standard White
Flour, extra state, $5.20e. to $5.80c. Corn, old
mixed, sl.Bc.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 12.*
The loan of £12,000,000 sterling, concluded
with the Comptoir d'Escompte, has been defil3
tively ratified by the Council of Ministers.

_ ..
The Levant Herald states that the loan will bear
interest at the rate of 6 per cent., with a sinking
fund of 1 per cent.

The Comptoir d'Escompte takes the loan nouli-
nally at 56, which is reduced by charges to 54.
Six millions of the loan are taken from the reci
tnainder on commission, the whole being secured
by sixty millions of uuhypothecated revenue, ebie"
Anatolian.

* This telegram has been delayed by the bad worltia
of the Turkish lines.

QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 18.
The Guiou steamship Idaho arrived here fr°lll
Liverpool at 8.30 a.m. to-day, embarked passengerBl
and proceeded for New York. All well.
London, England, 1869-11-18

00.0 w
" THE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE
MAN.°

E. MOSES & SON (the ORIGINATORS
of the READY-MADE CLOTHING SYS-
TEM) supply- Ready-made Clothing equal
to Clothing made to measure, and Clothing
made to measure equal to the best that can
be cbtained.l

E. MOSES and SON possess unequalled
resources for the MANUFACTURE of
CLOTHING, and are consequently able to
snpply the public at lower prices than any
other house in the trade.

E. MOSES and SON'S STOCK for the
WINTER SEASON comprises an immense
Issoriment of Overcoats, and every descrip-
ion of Clothing hr all ages, all occasions,
and all classes, in all the newest designs and
materials.

E. MOSES and SON give particular at-
tention to CLOTHING for YOUNG GEN-
TLEMEN. For the convenience of Ladies
accompa-ling their Sons there is a separate
department for this important branch of their
business, and it is furnished with a splendid
assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing
for all occasions, including all the favourite
designs aLd the most fashionable materials.

Orders by Post are attended to with care
and punctuality, and the easy and accurate
system of self-measure introduced by E.
MnSP,S and SON enables them to guarantee
a faultless fit.

Orders from persons who are not known to
the firm should lie accompanied by a remit-
tance, or a London reference.

Any article not worn or injured will be
zheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the
money will be returned.

All Goods are marked in Plain Figures,
from which no abatement can be made.

The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats
and Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is un-
equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap-
ness.

Complete Outfits for all Climates, with
every requisite for the voyage.

Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea-
,3ure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and
post-free.

E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments
are closed every Friday evening at sunset till
Saturday evening at sunset, when business
is resumed until eleven o'clock.

E. MOSES and SON, Readv-made and Be-
spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers,
Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac-
turers, and General Outfitters for all
Classes.

The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES
and SON:—

LONDON.
CITY ESTABLISHMENT,

155, 11TNORTES
156, MINORIES
157, MINORIES
8• ALDGATE
84, ALDGATE
85, ALDGATE
86, ALDGATI
57, ALDGATE
88, ALDGATE
39, ALDGATE

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

TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH.
137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
183, EUSTON-ROAD.

Country Branch:
19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS.
20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS,
London, England, 1869-11-18

BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL
TAPE ASSOCIATION.
Chief Offices-42.9, Strand, London.
TRUSTER,..
Lieut.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S.
Dupuis, Francis Webb, Esq.
Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D.
Sir W. Fergussou, Bart., Millis Coventry, E. 4.
F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD —FR &T CIS WE 88, 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,`z1.2 proposals for assur-
ing the sum of £972,8GG 188. 9d. 2,472 policies were
issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual
premiums the sum of £25,227 Bd.
The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi-
ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods :
London, England, 1869-11-18

GLAMORGAN SHIITE.

The Liberals of Glamorganshire will, it is thought,
most likely bring forward Mr. Theodore Talbot, the
son of the present member, to fill the vacancy caused
by his father's elevation to the peerage. The Con-
servatives of Swansea have chosen Mr. John
Dillwyn Llewellyn.
London, England, 1869-11-18

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FENIAN PRISONERS.

Mr. Gladstone has again intimated the refusal of
the Government to release the Fenian prisoners. The
English Amnesty Committee had informed the
Premier, through their president, that they had a
memorial on behalf of the prisoners, signed by 100,000
persons, in their possession, and likewise two other
memorials, ono from Sheffield and the other from
the Hyde Park meeting—all of which valuable docu-
ments they would be glad to present in person to Mr.
Gladstone. But the hard-hearted head of the
Government refuses to receive a deputation :
Though the question has been fullyrecognised as one having
a claim on the careful attention of her Majesty's Govern-
ment, and has been dealt with accordingly, it is not in
their judgment one well suited for discussion with a depu-
tation. Mr. Gladstone hopes, therefore, that he may be
excused from a compliance with your request on behalf of
the English Amnesty Committee, and that you will be
good enough to bring the memorials alluded to in your
letter under view in the usual manner.

The Com,- ttee held a meeting on Tuesday evening
to consid !lis reply. Mr. Merriman the president,
thought had been badly treated. He had agreed
that the deputation should be a small one. There
should be no demonstration in Mr. Gladstone's house.
Everythinc, should be managed in the most diplomatic
style. And yet all he had got in reply was
this curt message from the Premier's secretary. The
great question then confronted the committee : What
was to be done with these memorials, which had
been so carefully got up, but which the Government
despised ? Nobody seemed able ;to solve this
problem. The committee couldn't well see what
to do with the 100,000 signatures, and the untold
numbers of the other two memorials. But they
came to one very business-like conclusion—that
they had better dissolve and cease to be a committee.
This was done, and it was further resolved that no
Amnestry Association be formed. The committee,
therefore, can at least claim praise for dying well.
Nothing in life has become them like the leaving
of it.
London, England, 1869-11-18

THE PRESS AND THE MAGISTRACY.

The Lord Chancellor's unfair exclusion of gentle-
men connected with the press from. the office of
magistrate is exciting much comment. The Town
Council of Maidstone have taken the question up; for
Lord Hatherley has disregarded their recommenda-
tion of one Mr. Cutbush to be made Justice of the
Peace. They have passed a resolution requesting his
lordship to reconsider his determination. Journalists
themselves will hardly let the matter rest where
it is.
London, England, 1869-11-18

PLICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
t•ie short exchange on Loudon is 251. 15e. per LI sterling
comparing these rates with the English Miut price of
v‘s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price is slightly dearer Paris than in
Loudon

ExCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE
aro the properties of Lath',lough's Pyretic Saline, curing the
wcrst headaches, sickness, skin, or billiary affections. Pleasant,
palatable, and invigorating. poi(' by all Chemists.—[Ativl.]
London, England, 1869-11-18

THE ST. PANCRAS DOINGS.

The Poor-law Board has replied to the complaint
of the ill-used St. Pancras Guardians. These officials
requested the removal of Dr. Ellis, representing that,
in the first place, he had been guilty of
" designedly contriving and bringing about " the
horrible state of things in the infirmary described by
the medical witnesses at the late inquests; and in the
second place, that ho had wilfully overcrowded the
infirmary by retaining in it patients who ought to
have been drafted oil to the infirm wards. The
Board refuse to dismiss Dr. Ellis on such grounds
without previous enquiry, but investigation into the
truth of these serious charges will be promptly made.
We shall, therefore, soon learn finally whether a con-
spiracy has been formed to destroy the reputation of
the guardians, or whether they are answerable for
the shameful neglect and mismanagement recently
disclosed.

MR. LOWE'S TWOPENCE.

The Aisociated Chambers of Commerce have been

discussing the subject of international coinage at
Birmingham. Mr. Behrens proposed a resolu-
tion endorsing Mr. Lowe's scheme of charging
a seigniorage on the coinage of gold. Our
Mint at present does its work for nothing, whereas
other Governments charge a small percentage to de-
fray the expense of coining money. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer would levy a mintage of twopence
upon every pound, and thus, he argues, put an end to
the practice of inciting sovereigns, and, at the same
time, equalise the pound and the 25-franc piece,
which differ in value by about twopence. We
should in this way, Mr. Lowe promises, gain
two advantages : prevent the baneful practice
of melting and exporting, and make a stop
in the direction of an international money. The
Chambers of Commerce, however, are by no means
certain that these good results would follow from
the change. One delegate at this Birmingham
meeting affirmed that, though the reduced sovereign
would serve as an international coin, for all English
purposes it would represent only 19s. 10d. instead of
20s. Another feared that if such depreciation com-
menced there would be no knowing where it would
stop. It was the general sense of the meeting that
the representatives of commerce should not commit
themselves too hastily, and accordingly the Associated
Chambers came to no resolution whatever.
London, England, 1869-11-18

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.

THIS EVENING: at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. At
NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And
BREACH OF PROMISE. Mr J Clarke and Miss Hughes.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

THIS EvsNING, at 7. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Mr
Ashley and the Misses Hants. With THE WILLOW COPSE
Mr. Benjamin Webster.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN.
'Tuts EVENING, at ". STATE SECRETS. After which, THI4I
GAMESTER: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, &c.
And THE LOTTERY TICKET.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING. at 7.30. AMONG THE BREAKERS:. Mr
Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And ISO. Concluding with
THY CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL.

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

ZOOLOGICAL G &RDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children
under twelve, 6(1.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS
Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office
open fromll to 4.

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iJ1i0r.:4110"4% Sillt
,
London, England, 1869-11-18

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the T11110..1.T,
Golden-square, W.
President —His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help thorn to moot the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor portions have been relieved in tho
last six years.
GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-11-18

GROUND GAME.

Lord Middleton has given permission to his tenants
to "dig out, ferret, and kill' rabbits on their farms
during December and January, provided they do
not use gun or snare, nor resort to unfair
means, nor damage fences. The tenant-farmers
are, of course, glad to accept the privilege of
destroying to some extent the vermin their crops
have fed. The Yorkshire Chambers of Agriculture,
which have condemned the over-preservation of ground
game, propose to thank Lord Middleton for setting
this good example.

THE PRICE or BREAD.
The Telegraph thinks the price of bread is far
higher than it ought to be. There has been a groat
decline in the quotations for wheat and flour—they
fell further on Monday, and the result is that both
commodities are now as low as at any time durinc, the
last four years. Yet the familiar quartern is sold at a
much higher figure than is necessary to secure a profit.
From the highest point which was reached, for both
wheat and flour, rather more than a year and a half
ago, there has been a gradual decline, amount-
ing for the whole period to about 40 per cent. But
the corresponding fall in bread has certainly not
exceeded 25 per cent., and, in the case of high-priced
bakers, it has been only about 20 per cent. In other
words, the quartern is only twopence cheaper,
whereas, to give the public the full benefit of the fall
in the raw material, it should have been at least
threepence or fourpence cheaper. The natural con-
clusion, the Telegraph holds, is that either bakers
sold at a loss some time ago, or are now reaping
an exorbitant profit. Tho former theory is inadmis-
sible; therefore the public must " put on the screw."
London, England, 1869-11-18

RELAPSING FEVER.

The remarkable epidemic which has assailed Lon-
don is, unhappily, still on the increase. A. temporary
hospital has been ordered by the London Sanitary
Asylum Board ; but as this refuge has yet to be
erected, Mrs. Gl:ll3ton° proposes to throw open the
Convalescent Home identified with her name fo;
the gratuitous reception of those recovering from the
fever. More accommodation can be provided at once,
but further assistance will be required.
London, England, 1869-11-18

WHITBY.

At the nomination for Whitby on Tuesday, Mr.
W. H. Gladstone defended the conduct of the
Ministry with respect to the dockyard labourers.
He called attention to a statement, which shewed,
he said, that the Tory Government discharged more
than 4,000 of those men, whereas the present
Ministry had only discharged 1,400. On representation
being made to Mr. Gladstone, the Government had
assisted to emigrate or to remove to other yards a
larger number than those who, under Mr. Childers,
had been discharged. With respect to Ireland, the
speaker was in a position to deny that the peasantry
were more discontented. The Irish priesthood at
that moment reposed infinitely greater confidence in
the Government of this country than they did
before the introduction of the Irish Church
Bill. It was true that agrarian outrages were
still perpetrated; but then only half of the legislation
had been done. They must wait until the reforms
were complete before they could adequately judge of
the result.
London, England, 1869-11-18

nOPAHINE MEGE JOZEAU. Prepared by
CLERET, French Chemist, 151, Rue Montmartre, Paris.
In chronic or recent diseases a cure is effected ou an ave-
rage of six days. Approved by the Paris Physicians'
Academy. Paris Hospitals have awarded a Gold Medal
to the Author. _ _

v llepot for England-4.
JOZEAU, t ranch Chemist, 49'
Haymarket, W.

IOYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of
OFFICERS of the ARMY,
_l.Jansdown, Bath.

Instituted, A.D., 1864.
Under the Patronage of her Maj,sty the QUEEN.
President—H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c.
Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K. 0.8.
This school has been founded upwards of four years,
and it is intended for the education of the daughters of
officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There are
already 70 pupils in the school, but more could be admitted
if the committee had further funds; they, therefore
APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out to its
full extent the benefits of the only institution specially
provided for the daughters of officers of the Army.
Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all
elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to
one vote at all elections during the current year. The
amount may be forwarded by an order on a bank, agent,
or post-office (Charing-cross), payable to.
GEO. W. FORSTER, Under Secretary.
Office, 22, Cockspur-street, London.

The number of hands employed on the Cerberus,
4, armour-plated turret ship, built for the defence
of Melbourne, now in No. 4 dock in Chatham dock-
yard, preparing for the voyage to Australia, has
been increased, in order to complete her as early as
possible. But there is a good deal to do in making
her iron bulwark and upper deck--intended merely
for the purposes of the long voyage—and she will
probably not be floated out of dock till May next.
This ship is built at the expense of the Victoria
Government, an instalment of that fleet of the
future when colonies shall pay entirely for their
own defence.

[ADVERTISEMENT. I -lloilowny's Ointment and Pills.
Effectual aid. -In the sad time of sickness it is cheering
to know that a remedy does exist., and that it can be pro-
cured at a little cost. Holloway's ointment and pills are
always useful in relieving pain, in reducing inflammations,
and regulating disordered actions. They never can be
misapplied, nor can they, under any circumstances, cause
mischief. They are a blessing to the rich when tormented
by indigestion, gout, skin diseases, &e., and a precious
boon to the poor when struck down by illness. Hollo-
way's medicines should be in possession of all soldiers,
sailors, and emigrants, who will then be in a position to
ease pain and cure disease when medical assistance cannot
bo obtained
London, England, 1869-11-18

lIAVNTED UOITSES.

What houseowner has a haunted house heavy on
his hands, unrentable, unsaleable ? He is wanted.
Some scientific gentlemen—we moan gentlemen who
profess to have a very high
philosophic object—wish
to make arrangements with him. They are anxious
to "by the spirits," where, who, and what they be
.3f. So they have inserted this advertisement in the
Times

To PROPRIP.TOTZS or ThUNTED Housts.—A few gentle-
men wish to have the onuortunity c f vieiting a house said
to be haunted, situate in or near London, for the purpose
It scientific observation.
A. correspondent of the Daily .News is virtuously
indignant at this piece of credulity. It is probably/
however, the work of the Committee of the Dialecti-
zal Society. The Daily News correspondent says it is
monstrous that at this Stage of our so-called progress
we should have fortune tellers with or without
almanacs, "spiritists levitating, or otherwise," fasting
4irls, and men and. women who believe in haunted-
houses,- and are ready to negotiate for the purchase
caulB for good luck.

M. PREVOST-PARADOL ON THE EMPIRE.

M. Prdvost-Paradol has published, in the form
krs4llll)liiet. 1114 lecture.s_delivered recently in Eclin
London, England, 1869-11-18

S7ATE OF TRADE.

BELFAST, Nov. 16.—Flax—Owing to the incle-
mency of the weather, supplies, with few exceptions,
were small ; demand was not active, and prices
generally ruled in favour of purchasers. Yarns—
Although nomarked improvement can be announced
some large orders at low figures for the Continent
have been reported. Inquiries from England and
Scotland have been numerous, but business resulting
not extensive. Stocks do not increase. Prices show
little change, still the tendency is towards decline.
Handloom Linens, brown—Good makes of light
linens for bleaching continue in fair request ;
coarse grades dull of sale, prices irregular. Ap-
proved makes of cloth for dyeing and Hollands are
in fair request. Improvement in demand has been
reported for linen handkerchiefs and diapers ; prices
unaltered. Heavy linens and drills are not much
inquired after. I'owerloom.—Transactions mode-
rate in cloth for dyeing and Hollands and linen
handkerchiefs ; prices show little alteration. De-
mand not active for light linens for bleaching and
roughs ; prices tend downwards. Demand for
heavy linens quiet prices barely supported. Im-
provement in demand has been announced for
damasks ; prices firm and stocks show reduction.
Bleached and Finished Linens.—Home trade dull ;
purchases being made only to supply immediate
wants, buyers appear to operate but sparingly.
Improvement latterly announced in the Continental
trade has entirely disappeared ; still a mocleratb
business has been transacted. In the West Indian
trade there has been improvement, and transac-
tions have been of a satisfactory character. Stocks
show little alteration.
London, England, 1869-11-18

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

£llsvrnl keep a boy or girl for one year.
Oontributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, Lligh Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, 11. O.; and by
WILLIAM WfLLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
London, England, 1869-11-18

to
.5.5 •
01 -• 4:3
...Igo
o Amount cs%) Amount Annual
gi"l's g' Proposed. .)Z. Assured. Premiums.
z s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
1858 4,802 1,023.140 0 0 3,318 054,140 0 0 21,347 16 6
1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9.746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10
1868 17,466 4,861,303 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
s and other items

'1,276 18 1

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

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 MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary.
London, March 18, 1869.
London, England, 1869-11-18

_ME SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1869.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

India. Of the first class 4,555 have not presented
themselves; 10,558 have failed absolutely; 7,133 have
failed in competitive examinations, and 31,509 have
gained certificates. Most of the failures were in
reading, spelling, handwriting, arithmetic, or some
similar subject; very few were rejected by tests of
"general intelligence and cultivation."

bitr,gli-On the state of -France: To it helvelixes an
advertisement," in which ho defends the Liberal
oarty, even when it seems unreasonable, in its oppo-
ition to the Empire. The events of the coup d'etat
ire enough in themselves to produce Irreconcilables.
[t is impossible—feeling makes it so—to trust the
Emperor ; Napoleon does not trust the people. The
present situation is not; M. Paradol points out, -with-
put its parallel
When Napoleon I. contrived to escape from Elba,
and was seen suddenly by Europe again occupying
the French throne, he sent to every nation the most ear,
aest assurances of peace. As a mark of his absolute since-
rity, ho professed to accept without reserve the new terri-
torial state of France as the treaty of 1814 had established
:.t. There was every reasonable cause to believe him this
Lime true and sincere. Europe and England, however, refused
stubbornly to have anything to do with him, except'
to expel him from power, and to open again for this end
the cruel and scarcely healed-up wounds of general war.
Were you right or wrong ?—it is not for me to say. You
obeyed then an instinctive and insuperable feeling ; you
gold not like him and you could not trust him, and that
feeling of yours sealed his fate. Do not, therefore,
onflemn beforehand the French Liberal party if they
find it too hard to give to Napoleon 111. that
zoodwill and trust which, in spite of your love for
Ilumanity and of your longing for peace, you refused to
Napoleon I.
London, England, 1869-11-18

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOOESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate, direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a 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 I Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield I _ Herbert, M.P.

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
Octaxins Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. 0. W. Purse
C. J. Freake, Esq.
J. S. Gil Hat, Egi.
Rev. Dr. F lieswey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasnrer
Subscriptions will be rece:
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloy(
man-square, to whom comm

Re 7. J. E. Kempe
Rev. W. P. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maolagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhouab
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. Cann Nepean
Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. G. P. Prescott
Rev. P. Pigou
R. P. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Soymour, Esq.
R. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigram, Esq.
ived by any of the abov3 ; by
and Co; and by the Hon.
1, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
anications may be addressed.

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

VAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN
5t2...i 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.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea-
surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
" SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon:Wec.,
Rectory Wapping E
London, England, 1869-11-18

LI OHM of BEQUEST.--NATIONAL HOS-
PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC,
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 lunacy 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.

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—Eß.ll. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over
20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted
The Home was opened in September 1863; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard -
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAYER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.
London, England, 1869-11-18

uUTRAGES IN MEATH.

A Dublin correspondent says:—Twenty-three magis-
trates of Meath have forwarded a memorial to
the Lord-Lieutenant on the state of that county. Within
twelve months, they say, ono farmer has been murdered, throe
magistrates shot at, one in open day, in attempts to murder
them ; two ladies have been wounded, one seriously, and
the coachman of cno magistrate had been killed. They ask
that Government should grant them protection, even
should it entail an autumn session. Mr. Fortescue, in reply,
asks to be favoured with any suggestion as to remedies.