biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-16

ROBERT MARTIN COLE, deceased.—Pur-
suant to an Act of Parliament, 22 and 23 Vic.
cap. 35, intituled "An Act to further Amend the Law
of Property and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, That all Creditors of R. M. Cole,
late of No. 22, Sydney-street, Fulham-road, Brompton.
in the county of Middlesex, Commander in the Royal
Navy (who died on the 6th day of April, ]869),
and whose will, with a codicil annexed, was duly
proved on the 7th day of June, 1869, by Joseph Marsh,
one of the Executors therein named, and all other
persons having any claim or demand against the
Estate of the said Robert Martin Cole, are hereby required
to send particulars in writing of their claims and demands
and of the nature of the securities (if any) held by them to
me, the undersigned J. Chapple, of No. 25, Carter-lane, in
the city of Lon don,Solicitor to the said Executor on or before
the 31st day of July next, after which time the said Execu-
tor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Robert
Martin Cole, amongst the persons entitled thereto, having
regard only to the debts or claims of which the said
Executor shall then have had notice, and that the Exe-
cutor will not be liable for any debt or claim of which he
shall not then have bad notice.

Dated this 24th day of June, 1869.
J. GRAPPLE,'
Solicitor for the Executor.
London, England, 1869-07-16

THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.

NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommended as a simple but certain
Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all
the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so
uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice
tailed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach.'
" Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape-
rient ; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir-
iumstances, and thousands of persons can now boar testi-
mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they
have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of
20 years.
Sold in bottles at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and Ils. each, in
every town in the kingdom.
CAUTION.

Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not
be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations
which have sprung up in consequence of the success of
Norton's Camomile Pills."
London, England, 1869-07-16

TVIR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de-
scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without
springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble
the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori-
ginals by the closest observer ; they will never change
colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth
ever before used. This method does not require the
extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will
support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is gua-
ranteed to rostorc 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, 1869-07-16

CHATHAM.

A large and influential meeting was held in the Lecture
Hall on Tuesday evening, to protest against the Lords'
amendments to the Irish Church Bill, and to support the
Liberal majority in the House of Commons. The utmost
unanimity prevailed, and the proceedings throughout were
of a most enthusiastic character, every allusion by the
various speakers to Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright being
received with loud cheers.
London, England, 1869-07-16

A RAPE COMBINATION.
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in every article sold by E. MOSES and SON.
Every description of Clothing ready made,
or made to measure, for all ages, and all

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Commodious apartments for measuring
ind fitting in the spacious and elegant Show
Rooms, which contain a very large and diver-
sified stoa of materials.
For the convenience of Ladies a ccomw s-
ing their Sons there is a distinct department
for Young Gentlemen's Clothing.
Orders by Post are attended to with care
and punctuality, and the easy and accurate
system of self-measure introduced by E.
MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee
a faultless fit.
Orders from persons who are not known to
the firm should acenmpanied by a remit-
tance, or a London reference.
Any article not worn or injured will be
cheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the
money will be returned.
All Goods are marked in Plain Figures,
from which no abatement can he made.
The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats
and Caps. and Bnotq and Shoes, is en-
equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap-
ness.
Complete Ontfits for all Climates, with
every requisite for the voyage.
Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea-
sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and
post-free.
E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts
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Saturday evening at sunset, when business
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The following are the only addresses 'of E. MOSES
and SON :

LONDON.
CITY ESTABLISHMENT.

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158, MINORIES
151, MINORIES
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London, England, 1869-07-16

HUDDERSFIELD.

At Huddersfield a crowded meeting was held on Tuesday
evening, in the Gymnasium Hall. Mr. Alderman Mellor
moved a resolution that Parliament be petitioned to
restore the Irish Church Bill to its original character.
The resolution was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Miller. An
amendment was proposed that the bill should remain as
amended by the Lords ; and another to the same effect,
but rejecting concurrent endowment. The proposers were
impatiently eard, and only about 100 voted for the
amendments. The original motion and petition were
then carried.
London, England, 1869-07-16

THE IRISH CHURCH BILL.

Meetings continue to be held all over the country to
protest against the mutilation of the Irish Church Bill by
the Lords. In no single instance as yet has there bqen a
sign that the majority of the people of the country have
changed their minds on the issue so plainly put—and
equally as plainly answered—at the general election in
November.
London, England, 1869-07-16

• TEETH. --JEWEL-POINTED INSTRUMENTS ; a
Treatise on their safety, comfort, and efficiency in the
cleansing and improvement of Natural Teeth. By A. ESKELL,
Consulting Dental Practitioner, of 8, Grosvenor-street, Gros-
venor-square. Free on application, or by post for two stamps.
London, England, 1869-07-16

NEW FRENCH MINISTRY.

La Presse of to-day gives the following list of
the new French Ministry :—M. Schneider, Minister
of State and President of the Council ; M. .Drouyn
de lahuys, Foreign Affairs ; M. Chevandier de Val-
drowe, Interior ; M. Chasseloup-Laubat, Pubic
Work ; M. fleurlier, Agriculture and Commerce ;
M. de Paden, Education and Religion ; M. Segris,
Justice ; M. Magne, Finance ; Marshal Niel, War ;
M. Rigault de Genouitly, Marine.

HOW A RUNAWAY BANKRUPT WAS
C..4UGH7'.

---

Some of the papers report the capture at Rotterdam of an
absconding bankrupt„ Mr. W. J. Lamb, partner i❑ the firm
of Morris and Lamb, wholesale tea merchants, of Bristol.
A Dutch correspondent gives the following particulars ef
the arrest :•—" Mr. Ltimb arrived some days bit:CO Lt
Flushing with Lis family, and ho was at ()Led take❑ is
custody. From Flushing he was sent to Rotterdam and de-
livered to the British Consul, who set him at liberty. Mr.
Lamb thereupon took up Lis lodgings at the llotel
Vorhaeren, and all the endeavours of the English Lutho-
rities to arrest Lim proved ineffectual. In tho rneantiruo,
however, some disguised policemen arrived from England,
engaged quarters in the came hotel, and succeeded in mak-
ing Mr. Lamb's acquaintance. Various excursions were
proposed and agreed to, and on Tuesday morning Mr.
Lamb and his new friends walked together along the riverside
till they arrived at the spot whore the English steamer 'Water-
loo was lying ready to start for London. Mr. Lamb was in-
vited by his friends to visit the steamer. At first ho declined,
but was eventually got on board. Tho British standard
WAS at once hoisted, steam was got up, and the vessel
started. The Dutch papers protest against the arrest. The
Nieuwe Rotterdantsche Courant demands that the Government
of the Netherlands shall ask satisfaction for this violation of
its territory.
London, England, 1869-07-16

THE MANCHESTER SHOW.

The trial of implements is still going on at the Royal
Agricultural Show, Manchester. Meanwhile several
prizes for other things have been awarded. The following
for models of cottages, for instance :—For plans or models,
specifications, and estimates of labourers' cottages, to be
built in pairs, with not less than three sleeping rooms
each, having regard to cheapness, arrangement, and con-
venience, prize of £lO, the Central Cottage Improvement
Society (H. Martin, secretary), 37, Arundel-street, Strand,
London. Prize £lO, two sheets of drawings for labourers'
cottages, with specifications for same, Edwin Clarke, Lin-
coln. Prize £lO, plan, with printed specifications for a
double cottage, with estimate of cost, Mr. James Martin,
Wainfleet, Boston.
There are also some prizes for sheds and roofing. Model of
hay and corn sheds, prize £lO, Mr. George Jackson,
Tattenhall Hall, Chester. Circular felt roofing, prize
£5, Messrs. M`Tear and Co., Belfast and London. Gal-
vanised iron thatch substitute for hay and corn ricks
Peal prize), Messrs. Morton and Co. (Limited), Naylor-
street, Liverp.ol ; ditto permanent, hay, barn, or corn
shed, Messrs. F. Morton and Co. (Limited), Liverpool,
highly commended.
London, England, 1869-07-16

RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS!

st Birkenhead lOO 92 94
100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 100 102
at Buckinghamshire
at Chester and Holyhead,,,,,, 100 51 56
at Do. 51 per cent.
at Do. 5 do.
at Clydesdale, guaranteed , 100
at Colchester Stour Valley
st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132
20 Cluster and Dean Forest all
s Gt. Easu., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ***
s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100
st Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 ."
at Git. West ,W. Mid., Heral 100 96
50 Hull and Selby all 110 112
st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2 6
st Loudon and Blackwall lOO 93 95
at Do. 41 per cent lOO
st London, Chat., &c., p c lOO
at Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do 100
at Loudon and Greenwich
at Do. do Preference lOO ••• •••
st London, Tilbury, & South 100 80 85
st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 81
at Du. do. 6 do.
51 Mauch., Buxton, & Matlk all
at. Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 9 4
10 Mid Kent Cray Liue)
50 Northern&• East., 5 per cent all 53 56
50 Do. do. 6 do. all
st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l
st N. West. A perp. pref, 5p c lOO 107 109
st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO
st Notting. & Grauth. It. & C lOO 91 93
15 Preston and %Vyre. all 44 46
Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 102 134
at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 134
10 Do do 8 2 21p
st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 99
st Do 4 per cent gua lOl 78 80
st Do 5 do
at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 UR
at West Cornwall
20 West London, Class A all 13 14
20 Do do B all
20 Do do C all
at Weymouth and Portland lOO
at Wilts and Somerset

DOOES.
et East and West India lOO 119 121
st London and St. Katherine lOO 94 46
100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all
Millwall Freehold Land
st Dock lOO '25 30
at Southampton lOO OS 70
at Surrey Commorcia.l
••
London, England, 1869-07-16

DENySBURT.

On Tuesday evening an open-air meeting was held in
the Market-place, Dewsbury. A resolution was passed
unanimously expressing entire disapproval of the amend-
ments introduced by the Lords as an unjust continuance
of Church endowments and religious inequality in Ire-
land ; and also because these amendments are in direct
violation of the preamble of the bill.
London, England, 1869-07-16

THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET.
Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnckstone.
THIS 'EVENING, THE OLD GUARD: Messrs Sol. Smith,
G. Murray, Trafford. H. Naylor Mag Llewellyn.
After which, ALT.. FOR MONEY: Miss Amy Sedgwick. Miss
Maud Haydon, Miss Stephens; Messrs. G. Jordan, H. Irving
W. H. Vernon, IT. Naylor. tte.
To conclude with A QUIET FAMILY : Miss Polly Marshall,
Miss Coleman ; Messrs. W. H. Vernon and Char:es Swan.
Box-office open daily.
Commence at Seven.
London, England, 1869-07-16

CHELSEA.

Arrangements are being made for holding a meeting in
the Vestry Hall of Kensington, at which the members for
the borough will be asked to attend ; and on Monday next
a public meeting will be held in the Chelsea Vestry Hall,
when both Sir Charles Dilke and Sir Henry Hoare arc ex-
pected to be present.

MANCHESTER.
On Tuesday evening a special meeting of the Executive
Committee of the National Reform Union was held at the
offices, Gladstone Buildings, Manchester, "for the con-
sideration of the Irish Church Bill as altered by the
amendments of the House of Lords." Mr. George
Wilson, the president, occupied the chair. The following
resolution was adopted :—" That this meeting is deter-
mined to employ all the means in its power to support her
Majesty's Ministers in restoring the Irish Church Bill to
the condition in which it was when sent up to the House
of Lords ;" and it was resolved to send a copy of it to Mr.
Gladstone.

ROCHDALE.
On Wednesday evening a public meeting was held in
the Public Hall, under the auspices of the Young Men's
Auxiliary of the Liberation Society, and there was a large
attendance. Resolutions and a petition against the Lords'
amendments were adopted.

STOCKTON.
On Tuesday night, in compliance with a numerously-
signed requisition to the mayor, a public meeting was held
in the Borough Hall, for the purpose of considering the
alterations made by the House of Lords in the Govern-
ment bill for the disestablishment and disendowment of
the Irish Church, and of adopting such course thereto as
may be necessary or expedient. The hall was crowded to
excess. Resolutions were proposed and carried unani-
mously supporting the Government and condemning the
amendments.

HALIFAX.
On Wednesday night an open•air town's meeting, to
consider the Lords' amendments to the Irish Church Bill,
took place at Halifax. The Mayor presided, and over
3,000 persons were present. The Rev. E. Mellor and others
spoke, and resolutions condemning the amendments and
upholding the bill as it left the House of Commons were
carried all but unanimously.

SUNDERLAND.
The Sunderland Liberal Political Union held a meeting
on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of shewing that no
reaction had taken place in the borough on the subject of
the Irish Church question. A letter was read from Mr.
Candlish, M.P., expressing his satisfaction that the
Liberals of Sunderland are strengthening the hands of the
Government. It was resolved that a petition should be
presented to the Commons, asking them to refuse to
accept all such of the Lords' amendments as alter the
principle or main features of the bill.
London, England, 1869-05-12

TRUST AND AGENCY COMPANY OF
AUSTRALASIA (Limited).

IT 13 TTERERY NOTIFIED, That the WARRANTS for the
DIVIDEND and BONUS of Three Shillings per Share (equal.
with the interim Dividend, to 20 per Cent. on the Capital called.
up), declarad on 10th inst., were this day forwarded through the
post to the registered Proprietors.
-

JAMES HORA, General Manager.

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London, E.C., May 11, 1861

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BUILDING S, ,ClETY.—Offices, 33, Ncrfolk-straet, Strand. Lon-
don, W.C.—Prospectuses. contai ing particulars of the Freehold
Plots on the Company's Estates in various Counties, together
with details cc to the system of purchasing Land on payment of
monthly or other instalments, will be forwarded free of charge.
The mode of investment in the Company's Shares is also ex-
plained in thfi prospectus.
CHARLES LEWIS GIIUNEISEN,
Secretary.
The Dividend Warrants issued last month are Payable at the
Offices daily, between ten and four o'clock.
London, England, 1869-05-12

7HE PUBLIC PRESS.

The New York Tribune has written a dignified
reply to some comments of the New Fork limes on
the President's ostentatious neglect of the public
press. The limes sat s :—" No editor of an influen-
tial newspaper has been appointed to public office,
with one exception, and in that case it was promptly
declined. Whatever may have been the motive of
this exclusion, the fact is eminently serviceable to
the profession which it somewhat contemptuously
ignores." Alluding to itself, and the fact that for
twenty years those who had conducted the leading
journals were still the conductors. the Tribune asks :

Where are those who were leaders in our politics twenty
pars ago —the Presidents, Cabinet Officers, Serators,
Governors,Ministers the budding and ripened Statesmen?
All a'ong sir•ce gone to 11‘.wer and seed—their fame,
ashes; their power vanished into the mists.. General
Grant is the tenth Pres!dent the Trityne Las known!
Ten Presidents— seven full Administrations and two

wars, and great renown and pageantry, and end-
less companies of great Statesmen ! All so many
ghosts today—and occasionally a rusty ex-President,
or forgotten Senator, or neglected MitLister (no:longer
extraordinary or plenipotentiary), elbows his way up
Broadway unknown even to the policeman. Yet
such influence as the Tribune may pos3ess—its power
for good or evil remains with it—greater, we think, than
it was under Polk or Pierce or Johnson—still to be with
it, we trust, when this Administration joins the ghosts of
its predecessors, and General Grant is crowded from Lis
seat by some " indispensable" warrior or statesman. We
sometimes feel like llatolet when he walked among the
graves and the bones of the dead men.
[t considers that the Press pays those really valu-
able to it better than the Government, and valuable
men only the Government should require, but not
requiring them, the journalists are better placed as
they are, and ought therefore to be grateful for
being let alone. The Press will uphold Grant's
Administration where right, and oppose it where
wrong, whether he appoints one, or a hundred
editors; as it did when he was an unknown officer
without power, so it will do now that he is a Presi-
dent with 50,000. offices to bestow. To show what
gosition the Press ought to take, the following letter,
which will explain itself, is given :
London, England, 1869-05-12

TIIR ALABAMA CLAIMS.

The Independence Beige publishes a telegram from
London containing intelligence which, if correct, is of the
highest importance. It says the English Government has
officially informed the Cabinet of Washington that the
principle of arbitration must apply to all claims arising
ovt of the civil war, whether preferred by English or
American citizens. One of the leading arguments brough tby
Mr. Sumner against the Clarendon-Johnson treaty was
that it allowed the counter claims of English citizens to
be brought before the mixed commission, and that it was
therefore possible for the damages awarded to English.
men to exceed the damages conceded to Americans.
According to the Independence Beige, the British Govern-
ment is resolved that if the claims of one country be sub-
mitted to arbitration, those of the other must be dealt
with in the same way. If General Grant's Government
will not allow English claims to be considered, the British
Ministry will decline arbitration altogether. This is the
meaning of the telegram published in the Belgian paper,
which, it may be remarked, is a highly respectable
authority, and is the only continental paper well informed
on English affairs.
London, England, 1869-05-12

- ENGLAND AND AMEEICA.

Two letters have appeared in the Star respecting our
relations with America. Professor Newman writes
from Clifton to give his impression of Mr. Sumner's
recent speech, in which he does not see any menace
of war, direct or indirect. He justifies Mr.
Sumner's arguments, and declares that Mr. Reverdy
Johnson altogether misrepresented the feelings of
his countrymen. Mr. Newman mentions a singular
fact which he has recently heard from the report of
the Paris Anti-Slavery Conference of. 1867. Mr.
Seward, it seems, in 1861 assured the European
Cabinets that the President willingly accepted the
doctrine "that the Federal Government could
not reduce seceding States to obedience by
conquest." Mr. Newman thinks that Mr. Seward
must therefore bear the blame of that recognition of
belligerency which he now condemns. Mr.
W. S. Lindsay, on the other hand, thinks
that American politicians are too ready to identify
the acts of individuals with those of the Govern-
ment, and wishes to explain that he
.alone
was responsible for the motion in favour of recogni-
tion, which stood so long in his name, though it was
never submitted to the House of Commons. He
quotes the opinions of many leading men in the
Northern States at the time of Mr. Lincoln's elec-
tion to the Presidency. The recognition of
the Confederacy was then openly discussed
in the North, and Mr. Lindsay rennnds us that the
war had been waging for three years before he gave
notice of his motion. He was urged by many
members of the Administration to withdraw it, and
he did not receive the slightest encouragement from
any of the leading members of the Opposition. He
therefore took no action upon it, and he was con-
vinced there was on all sides a determination not to
interfere between the contending parties. In con-
clusion, Mr. Lindsay denies that any of the blockade
runners were his property, as stated.
London, England, 1869-05-12

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London, England, 1869-05-12

ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

Twe letters have appeared in the Star respecting our
relations with America. Professor Newman writes
from Clifton to give his impression of Mr. Sumner's
recent speech, in which he does not see any menace
of war, direct or indirect. He justifies Mr.
Sumner's arguments, and declares that Mr. Reverdy
Johnson altogether misrepresented the feelings of
his countrymen. Mr. Newman mentions a• singular
fact which he has recently heard from the report of
the Paris Anti-Slavery Conference of 1867. Mr.
Seward, it seems, in 1861 assured the European
Cabinets that the President willingly accepted the
doctrine " that the Federal Government could
not reduce seceding States to obedience by
conquest." Mr. Newman thinks that Mr. Seward
must therefore bear the blame of that recognition of
belligerency which he now condemns. Mr.
W. S. Lindsay, on the other hand, thinks
that American politicians are too ready to identify
the acts of individuals with those of the Govern-
ment, and wishes to explain that he alone
was responsible for the motion in favour of recogni-
tion, which stood so long in his name, though it was
never submitted to the House of Commons. He
quotes the opinions of many leading men in the
Northern States at the time of Mr. Lincoln's elec-
tion to the Presidency. The recognition of
the Confederacy was then openly discussed
in the North, and Mr. Lindsay reminds us that the
war had been waging for three years before he gave
notice of his motion. He was urged by many
members of the Administration to withdraw it, and
he did not receive the slightest encouragement from
any of the leading members of the Opposition. He
therefore took no action upon it, and he was con-
vinced there was on all sides a determination not to
interfere between the contending parties. In con-
clusion, Mr. Lindsay denies that any of the blockade
runners were his property, as stated.

TILE ADMIRALTY.

the
Admi roarlrteyspaorne d e“nitn oaf the
pSetrcant de/a 7;111
gdeclaresdt
ahraet
in a
thoroughly confused and disorganised' state." The
writer declares that Mr. Baxter has far too much
power. The other day he would have abolished the
invoice branch had nut Mr. Walker (auditor of the
dockyard accounts) interposed and " soundly rated "
Mr. Childers, who expressed his regret- and
total ignorance of the whole affair. The
same correspondent affirms that the system of sup-
plying coal to the Admiralty by contracts has been
abolished, and that a Mr. M'Uulloch has been ap-
pointed purchaser with a commission of threepence
per ton and all his travelling expenses, which for two
months amounted to £O5. The correspondent says
that Mr. M'Culloch is making £3,000 a year. With
two Scotchmen at the India Office and a Scotchman at
the Admiralty it would be strange indeed if North
Britons did not prosper under the present Govern-
ment.

COMPACTNESS V. DIVISION.
_Poor:lase guardiansiat now are gteatly jigitatini
London, England, 1869-05-12

AUGUST.

Brighton 3, 4 Oxford
Brighton Club 5 York 24, 25, 26
Lewes 6, 7 Plymouth L6 17
Eguant lO, 11. Scarborough 30, 31
Wolrerhaly pton lO, 11 I Derby Summer —.31, Sep 1
Windsor 12, 13 1 Weymouth 81, Sep 1
St. Albans 17, 18 I Canterbury .........31, Sep. 1
Stockton lB, its, 20 I
SEPTEABER.
Warwick... 7, 8 H.impton 2l, 2
Cnrragh (Royal) 7,6, I
9 Western (Ayr)........22, 23
Abingdon 9, 10 I Hendon 23, 24
Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 I Monmouth— -, 23, 24
Richmond 21, 22 I Newmatket Ist 0ct....
298, tte
30
Lichfield

OCTOBER,.
Bedford 5, 6 i Cheltenham ll. !I
Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 1 Curragh l9, 2i., XL
Leicester 7, 8 I West Drayton .........2/, 22
Bromley 7 8 1 Hereford 2l, 22
Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, ,!tc I Monmouth 23, 2.1
Chehusford it) 20 1 Newhiark 11'tou. ...23, &o.
Kelso 19 -20 I
NOVkABER.
-- . _ _

Harrow 2, 3 I bglinton Hunt 6, 7
Worc,ester 3, 4 Liverpool
11
St. A1ban5............ ö, 6 Shrewsbury ..... lb, 16

CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

MESSINA, May 12.

The Peninsular and Otiental Company's !Steamer
Ceylon passed Messina at seven this morning en
route for Marseilles.

POLICE EV TELLIGENC.E.-Ihis Day

THAMES.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—John Connor, a labourer, was
brought before Mr. Benson charged with stealing lead from
the Island Leadworks, Limehouse, the property of Messrs
Pitchford and Co.

Mr. Charles Young stated the case for the prosecution.
The prosecutors had lost a large quantity of ingots of lead,
from their premises in the course of the last month. The
property disappeared almost daily in a very mysterious
flannel, and exceeded in value £3O. The police were eon-,
suited, and on Monday, the 3d inst., Police-sergean',
Briden, 4 IC, was concealed on the premises, and after
watching some time saw a man enter the premises through
a hole near the banks of the canal called the Lea-cut, and
proceed in the direction of a pile of pigs of lead from which
he removed one, and returned with it on his shoulder to
the hole in the side of the premises. Briden then dis-
covered himself and pursued the thief, who threw down
the pig of lead, and being about thirty yards in
advance of the officer he reached the hole first
and got his legs through. Briden seized the villain by
the shoulders and attempted to pull bins back, bat a con-
federate of the prisoner, who was in a barge outside the
lead works, pulled the thief the other way, and liberated
him. The thief escaped, leaving his jacket in Briden'a
hands. The prisoner was met with yesterday by the
officer and taken into custody.
Mr- Charles Young then called witnesses in support of
his statement.
James Stratton, of No. 7, Eltham-place, Stepney, car-
man, said that on Monday week he saw three ell on
fa
barge on the canal. The prisoner was one. Theyle
the barge, pulled a man through the whole of the leac
Ile was sure the prisoner wa
factory, and ran away.
one, and ho ran past him within a foot of him..
Danremovedielfrom
eek,fo
a pileremanto wastbe worth •pioseeutolrss;;., satadndthwe
was the
lead t
hue
of Monday,
property of Messrs. Pitchford and Co.thelt3dwoafssoinaya. pile at
six o'clock in the evening
Mr. Benson remanded the prisoner for a week.
London, England, 1869-05-12

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
F WAAL% PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN •
STITITTION.
President—Rev. CANON DALE.

CONTRIBUTIONsfOiiIie support of the Homes in 1868 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, F..C.; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 111.0.
B. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.
London, England, 1869-05-12

THE ➢IURDER OF MR. BRADSHAW.

The _Limerick C'hronick is informed, "upon the
most reliable authority, that the murder of Mr.
Bradshaw was one of an agrarian and not of any
other 'character." The same journal states that
"one of the leading solicitors of this city has received
instructions to take legal proceedings against several
English and Irish journals for libel contained in
inuendoes in leading articles and correspondence in
those newspapers having reference to members of
Mr. Bradshaw's family, and that the necessary briefs
to counsel are in preparation."
London, England, 1869-05-12

SEIZURES OF AMERICAN VESSELS BY SPANIARDS.

It is satisfactory to learn that the Spanish Government
not only disapproves of the arbitrary condtict of its repre-
sentatives in the West Indies, but has in one case, at
least, taken a step towards reparation. Two American
vessels have been seized by Spanish war-ships within
the last few weeks. One of these—the Mary Lowell—
was captured in British waters, and is yet the subject of
a curious diplomatic etnbroglio, in which all three nations
—England, America, and Spain—are involved. The
other ship was the Galvanic, taken off the coast
of Cuba, on the supposition that it was bearing aid
to the insurgents. No proof that the passengers and
crew were guilty of this breach of international law is,
however, forthcoming. The revolutionary Government has,
therefore, expressed its disapproval of its officers' conduct,
and the crew and passengers of the Galvanic have been set
at liberty. This prompt justice contrasts favourably with
the endless delays of Isabella's Government in the cases
of the Tornado and the Mermaid, and affords ground for
the expectation that the Mary Lowell dispute also will be
speedily settled. The Americans claim this vessel
because she is an American ship ; we have suffered injury
inasmuch as the capture took place within British waters
—off one of the Bahamas ; whilst the Spaniards hold that
the seizure was not made in British waters, and that the
capture is legal, as the llary Lowell was carrying contra-
band of war.
London, England, 1869-05-12

ONION, TILBURY, AND SOUTHEND
.-111 RA ILWAY.—Whi; suutide Holidays.—SOUTA EN ri and
BACK for 2s. 6d., from FENCHUBCH-STREET and STEP-
NEY STATIONS, on WHIT-SUNDAY, at 8.0, 10.:0, and 10.40
a.m.; on WHIT-)MONDAY, at 8.10, 10.20 and 10 50 a.m.; return-
ing from Southend each day at 6.20 and 6.40p.m.
The Tickets are not available to or from any other Station,
and only on the day of issue.

J. LOUTH, Manager.

LONDON. TILBURY, AND SOUTIIEND
RAlLWAY.—Whitsuntide Holidays.—GßAVESE - P and
BACK for Is. 4d.. from FENCIICRCH-STREET and STEPNEY
STATIONS, on WHIT-'Y, a NDAt 9.7 aLcl and
3.7 p.m ; on WHIT-MONDAY, at 9.7 and 11 22 a.m., and 12.7
and 3.7 p.m.
The Tickets are available to return frcm the Town Pier brany
Train after 4 p.m., and only on the day of lEsne.
J. LOUTH, Manager.

TRUST AND AGENCY COMPANY OF
AUSTRALASIA (Limited).
At the Morin{ ANNUAL GENI•RAL MEETING of the
PROPRIETORS, held this day, at the Offices of the Company,
10.91, St. Swithin's-lane, in the City of London,

ANDREW BONAR, ESQ., in the Chair,
The advertisement convening the meeting having been read. it
was moved, seconded, and unanimously resolved—That the Re-
port now presented, together with the Balance-sheet and Re-
venue Account, be approved and adopted; that a Dividend. free
of Income-tax, for the Half year ended 310 t December, 1868, '•f
One Shilling per Share, he now declared, together with a Bonus,
free of Income-tax. of Two Shillings per Share, making, with
the "interim" Dividend declared in November last, a total dis-
tribution for the year 1883 of 20 per Centkin the Capital called
up.

(Extracted from the Minutes.)
JAMES HORA, General Manager.

31. St. S
London, E.C., May 10, 1860.
London, England, 1869-05-12

THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults aro received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretaty.
Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1869-05-12

MARKE7 S-7 lIIS DAY.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
May 12.—Sales probably 8,000 bales. The market
very dull.

The Union Pacific Railroad sold 10,000 passes
ger tickets from Chicago to White Pine, Nevada, dnrin
the month of March. Everything indicates a great rus
to the silver regions from the East this spring.
A most extraordinary and rapid increase in tl..
emigration from Liverpool has just commenced, and from
the number of applicants for berths there is every likeli-
hood of the exodus continuing for some mouths.
London, England, 1869-05-12

PREVENTION OF CATTLE DISEASE.

The agriculturists have been battling this long
time for a separate cattle market for foreign beasts,
and they have carried the day at last.
They failed while they made it a party question ;
but having appealed to the Government through
Mr. Gladstone, having consulted Mr. Forster instead
of Lord Robert Montagu, they have obtained their
desires. Mr. Gladstone writes, in reply to a petition
asking that separate arrangements should be made
for the sale of foreign cattle, " Under all circum-
stances, it would be my duty that such a document
should have the careful consideration of the Govern-
ment ; but on this occasion I have the satisfaction of
hoping that the arrangements to be embodied in the
Government bill, should Mr. Forster be able to com-
plete them, as is desired and contemplated by us,
will meet all cases of 'suspicion or danger in impor
tation from abroad, and will give content to every
reasonable expectation."
AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

The week's reports as to the agricultural prospects
are not encouraging. Too wet and too cold, the
farmers complain. The wheat in some places has
already suffered damage, but, happily, it is not very
serious. If the weather which is prevailing in most
parts of the country just now—a humid atmosphere,
with occisional very cold showers—continue, vege-
tation will be thrown back considerably. It is rather
early, however, to cry out as yet. On light soils
things have gone favourable on the whole. Even
the heavy groands have received no very important
injury.
London, England, 1869-05-12

THE WOODMAN'S BAROMETER.

The Chambers of Agriculture Journal notices that
the oak is getting into fine foliage, whereas the ash
is quite bare, and that this circumstance is an indica-
tion of a fine dry summer.
"Had both trees presented the same appearance as
regards foliage, the chances are that the ensuing season
would have been neither particularly wet nor dry, but
cold and unproductive throbghout. A few selected cases
will tend to strengthen, if not to confirm, the observa-
tion. In the years 1816, 1817, 1821, 1823, 1828,
1829, 1830, 1838, 1840, 1845, 1850, and 1859 the ash
was in full foliage more than a month before the oak, and
many of our readers will recollect the cold and unproduc-
tive seasons which succeeded. Again, in 1831,1832, 1839,
1840, 1853, and 1860 both these species of vegetation
began their race at about the same period, and the
summers which followed were neither one way nor the
other. Whereas in 1818, 1819, 1820, 1.822, 1824, 1825,
1826, 1827, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1840, 1842
1846, 1854, and 1868 the oak displayed its
umbrageous foliage weeks before its companion of the
forest, and these years were particularly distinguished for
fine, dry, and warm weather, and subsequently by the
most abundant harvests recorded, in the annals of our
country."

Of course no one supposes that the earlier foliation
of the oak has any causative connection with the
summer dryness. Rather both are the result of the
same cause—a damp, warm winter and spring,
There is just the same connection between the twc
events that there is between the weather and the rim
and fall of the mercury in the barometer.
London, England, 1869-05-12

23,(399.

NEW NOVEL BY LADY DI BEAUCLERK.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 1 vol., 10s. 61,
I`RUE LOVE. By LADY DI BEAUCLERK,
Author of " A Summer and Winter in Norway."

Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street
London, England, 1869-05-12

(Extracted fro -n the Minutes.)
JAMES lIORA, General Manager.

nt. St. Swithin's-lane.
London, E.C., May 10, 1869.

TRUST AND AGENCY COMPANY OF

AUSTRALASIA (Limited).
T r 13 TIFRERY NOTIFIED, That the WARRANTS for the
DtVIDEND and BONUS of Three Shillings per Share (equal.
with the interim Dividend, to 20 per Cent. on the Capital called
up), deelar3d on 10th inst., ware this day forwarded through the
post to the registered Proprietors.
JAMES HORA, General Manager.

31, St. Swithin's-lane,
London, E.C., May 11, 1861

rrHE UNITED LAND COMPANY (Limited)'
- co-operating with the CONSERVATIVE BENEFIT
BUILDING S iClETY.—Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand. Lon-
don, W.C.—Prospectuses, contai, ing particulars of the Freehold
Plots on the Company's Est, tes in various Counties to ether
with details as to the system ot perenasmg
monthly or other instalments, will be forwarded free of charge.
The mode of investment in the Company's Shares is also ex-
plained in the prospectus.
CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN,
Secretary.
The Dividend Warrants issued last month are Payable at the
Offices daily, between ten and four o'clock.

COMPENSATION IN C ASE OF INJURY
AND
A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH
Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by a
Policy of the
RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY.
An Annual Payment of £3 to £6 ss. insures .£l.OOO at Death,
and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against
Sy Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Joni-flies.
For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to
tie Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, CORNHILL and 10, REGENT
TEEET, LONDON. -

WILLIAM J. WAN, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-05-12

ALARMING.

Two things have alarmed the Rock very much this
week. One is that the Bishop of London's Fund has
been used for other than Low " Churches. St.
Chad's Haggerston, the trustees of which are pro-
nounced " Catholics," has been raised almost entirely
on the fund. The other symptom of degeneracy is that
" the pest of Ritualism " is shewing itself among the
orthodox Dissenters. On Monday evenings the
Psalms are chanted, and the prayers are intoned at
Surrey Chapel—the Rev. Newman Hall's. Both are
doubtless very dreadful, the former especially unfair,
the High Churchmen having themselves contributed
towards the fund; the latter, a particular encroach-
ment of modern times, the Psalms having been sung
by David himself.
London, England, 1869-05-12

TONDON. TILBURY. AND SOUTIIEND
A 11. WA Y.—Whit suntide Holidays.—SOUTA END and
PACK for 2s. 6d., from IeENCHURCH-STREET and STEP-
NEY STATI' 'NS, on WHIT-SUNDAY, at 8.0, and 10.40
a.m.; on WHIT-310NDAY, at 8.10. 10.20 and 10 60 a.m.; return-
ing from Southend each day at 6.20 and 6.40p.m.
'The Tickets are not available to or from any other Station,
and only on the day of issue. _ _

J. LOUTH, Manager.

TONDON, TILBURY, AND SOUTHEND
RAlLWAY.—Whitsuntide Holidays.—GßAVESE, nand
PACK for Is. 4d.. from FENCE ETRCH-STREET and STEPNEY
STATIONS. on WAIT-, UNDAY, at 9.7 and II 2 a.m., 2.7 and
3.7 p.m ; on WHIT-11(..NDAY, at 9.7 and 11 22 a.m., and 12.7
and 3.7 p.m.

The Tickets are available to return frcm the Town Pier by any
Train after 4 p.m., and only on the day of issue.
J. LOUTH, Manager.

TRUST AND AGENCY COMPANY OF
AU -TRALASIA (Limited).

At the EI HUI ANNUAL GENFRAL MEF TING of the
,PMETORS, held this dny, at the Offices of the Company,
No. f.'l, St. Swithin's-lare, in the City of London,

AvIDEENV DONAR, ESQ., in the Chair,

The advertisement convening the meeting having been read. it
wtA moved. seeon 'ed, and unanimously resolved—That the Re-
port now presented, together with the Balance-cheat and Re-
ve-t,e Account l e arprored and adopted; that a Dividend. free
or Income-t, x. far the Half year need 31st December, IS6B,
117,p Shilling per `.zintre. he now declared. together with it Row,
frog of Ilenme-tax. of Two Shill'n,,s rer Share. malemr. with
‘• " Div (lend 'eclared in November last. a total rlis•-
t ilmtion for the year 1868 of 20 per Cent. on the Capital called
u•.
London, England, 1869-05-12

THE MAY MEETINGS.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SUNDAY-SCHOOL INSTITUTE.
The Archbishop of York presided, on Tuesday evening,
In Exeter Hall, at the meeting of the above institute.
The report of the society, read at the meeting, gave the
publications issued under its auspices as the Sunday.
school Teachers' Magazine and the Sunday Scholars' Com-
panion. The financial statement spews that there is a
slight increase of income this year upon that of the
previous one, the sums being £2,448 this year,
while that of last year was f 2,436. 22 new annual
subscribers and 28 subscribing schools have been added
to the list since the last report, while at the same time
some old ones have fallen off. In moving the adoption of
the report, the most rev. chairman gave his idea of how a
Sunday.school teacher should work. Everything should
be done with simplicity, not in a childish way, but in a
simple way. It had been said that it was useless to teach
children dry dogmas. He was willing to accept the state-
ment that merely teaching children dry dogmas was of
very little service ; at the same time children could in
their measure receive truths. The words of the blessed
Master in the parables were never forgotten by childi en
and such should be the way of teaching. The
Sunday-school Institution had been a great blessing to the
whole realm. Some good had been done to the wretched
hovels in this cold and cruel world ; the poor had received
help, and a light had been taken where before there was
little but darkness.

IRISH CHURCH MISSIONS.
The twentieth anniversary of the establishment of these
missions was celebrated at St. Jamess Hall, Piccadilly.
The meeting was presided over by Mr. J. C. Colquhoun.
The report sheaved that in connection with the missions
there were 81 missionary clergy, 108 lay agents and Scrip.
ture readers, 61 schoolmasters, 57 schoolmistresses, and
162 text teachers. The income during the past year
amounted to £24,445, and the expenditure to £22,761 Os.
3d. The Bishop of Tnam, the Rev. J. M`Cartie, the
Bishop of Ripon, Sir Arthur Cotton, the Rev. H. C.
Cory, and the Rev. Dr. Collis addressed the meeting.
London, England, 1869-05-12

THE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. GLEN lE,
Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road,
lelivers the LAT 4. vDITION of "THE SU " at the earliest
possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver
Jopies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country
at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by
9.45 o'clock
London, England, 1869-05-12

110 tE MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of this association was held in Fins-
bury Chapel, where there was a numerous attendance.
Mr. S. Morley, M.P., presided, supported by Mr. 11.
Richard, M.P., Rev. Dr. Bailey, Mr. J. Alexander, Rev.
J. H. Wilson, &c. From the report it appeared that the
operation of the society had greatly increased during the
past year, the finances being in a more flourishing con-
dition than they had ever been. The income for the year
was £9,24.14 13s. Bd., and the expenditure 28,504 Pis. &d.

SEAMEN'S CHRISTIAN FRIEND SOCIETY.
The twenty•third annual public meeting of this society
was held at the Institution in St. George-street, E., on
Tuesday evening, and was well attended. The chair
was occupied by Lieutenant-Colonel 11. J. Brockman,
V.P. The Secretary read a very interesting report, from
which it appeared the society was prospering. During
the past year its agents had held 975 Bethel meetings on
shore and afloat, attended by about 22,000 sailors;
paid 5,404 visits to sailors' homes, ships, &c., and distri-
buted 228,170 books, bibles, periodicals, tracts, &c.,
in eighteen languages. Income for the year, £1,017 Bs.
10d, ; expenses, £999 Ss. 10d., leaving a balance of £lB.
London, England, 1869-05-12

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.

71113 FVENINO. at 7. MIN.NIE, or, Leonard's Love. At 9, k
BREACH OF PROMISE. After which, BROWN AND THE
BRAHMLNS. Messrs. Marshall. David Fisher, Andrews, Hurl-
stone, J. Clarke; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Brennen, Berend,
Hughes, Fountain, and Stephens.
London, England, 1869-05-12

THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' at
JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wehiugton," Wellington-street,
Strand.

THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET

'Nis EVENING, EASY SHAVING: Messrs. Gordon, Rogers,
Clark; Mis- es Fanny Wright, Glynn, &c. Afier which, HOME:
Messrs. Sotheru. Chippendale. &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Hill,
&c. Followed b; THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. N• r
others. Concluding with MARE YOUR WILLS: Mr Buck
stone. Commenef, tt 7.

PRINCESS S THEATRE.
So!e Lessee awl Mantger, Mr. Vining.

_ .
This EVENING, at 7, THE DOD -E t N THE BRIDGE:
N' adame Celeste.. tone:l:din! with Ptt F.SI; b 1 PTIV E EVI-
DE CE : M adame Celeste. Louisa Moore, &c.; Messrs. Rignold,
Shore, Dominick Murray, &c.
London, England, 1869-05-12

THE MAY MEETINGS.

mum/ OF MGLAND SUNDAY-SCHOOL INSTITUTE.
The Archbishop of York presided, on Tuesday evening,
in Exeter Hall, at the meeting of the above institute.
The report of the society, read at the meeting, gave the
publications issued under its auspices as the Sunday-
school Teachers' ?Magazine and the Sunday Scholars' Com-
panion; The financial statement shews that there is a
slight increase of income this year upon that of the
previous one, the sums being £2,448 this year,
while that of last year was £2,436. 22 new annual
subscribers and 28 subscribing schools have been added
to the list since the last report, while at the same time
some old ones bare fallen off. In moving the adoption of
the report, the most rev. chairman gave his idea of how a
Sunday school teacher should wvik. Everything should
be done with simplicity, not in a childish way, but in a
simple way. It had been said that it was useless to teach
children dry dogmas. He was willing to accept the state-
ment that merely teaching children dry dogmas was of
very little service ; at the same time children could in
their measure receive truths. The words of the blessed
Master in the parables were never forgotten by children
and such ' should be the way of teaching. The
Sunday-school Institution had been a great blessing to the
whole realm. Some good had been done to the wretched
hovels in this cold and cruel world ; the poor had received
help, and a light had been taken where before there was
little but darkness.
London, England, 1869-05-12

HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING.

The proceedings relative to the Mayor of Cork being
fixed for to-day a large number of persons assembled in
Westminster Hall to witness the arrival of the members
at the House of Commons. Within the house the strangers'
gallery was fully occupied, as was also the ladies' gallery.
'1 he SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock, at which
hour there was a very full attendance_ of members, and
the utmost interest prevailed.