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The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-11

LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING.

WHITEHALL, AUG. 8.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a
Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto George Etienne Cartier, of the city of Montreal,
in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada,
Esquire, Minister of Militia in the Privy Council of the
Dominion of Canada, and to the heirs male of his body
lawfully begotten.
MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE, Aua. 10.
Tho Prince of Wales has been pleased to appoint
Oscar Clayton, Esq., M.D., Extra Surgeon in Ordinary to
his Royal Highness.

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ADMIRALTY, AUG 7.
Royal Marine Light Infantry—The following named
gentleman bas been appointed a Lieutenant, viz. :—Ed-
ward Barrington Stephens.
Royal Marine Artillery—Lieutenant Frederick Amelius
Ogle to be Second Captain, vice Dodgin, deceased.

ADMIRALTY, AUG-. 8:
Royal Marine Light infantry—Lieutenant Ernest Au-
gustus Macy to be Second Captain, vice Ellis, appointed
Barrack Master.

AUGUST 10.

The undermentioned —jai-lieutenants and Act-
ing Sub-Lieutenants have been promoted t.q
the rank of Lieutenant and Acting Lieutenant in
her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority from the sth of
August, 1868 : —Edward Grey Halton (acting), Lindesay
George Pitt Goodrich, Robert Rankin Jaffray, George
Sandom La Coste, Charles Robert Wood, Joseph Swan,
George Sidney Lindeman, Matthew James Harrison
(acting), George Moncrieff Loch, Edward William Fre-
derick Boxer, Charles Passingham Foot, Henry Holden
Wilding, Alfred J. Booth, Thomas Henry W. .13eddoes,
Frank Anthony Gataker, Frank Archdall Har?ton
(Acting), Frederick Leonard Charles Reece, Joseph Allison
Fraser, Anthony Kingscote, John Gustavus William
Harrison, Edmund Henry Oldham, Charles Carter Drury
(Acting), Reynell John Fortescue, Nathaniel Cotton,
Lenox Napier, and Reginald Arthur Brock (Acting).
Francis Blasford Moore, Esq., has this day, been pro-
moted to the rank of Paymaster iu her Majesty a Fleet.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Ang. 10.— Somerset, steamer, from Antwerp ;
Regalia, from Christiania.
Arrived, Aug. 11.—Voyager, from Geft3; Oscar, from
Warburg; Czar, from Iludickswall.
Sailed, Aug. 10.—Pulton, steamer, for Dunkirk.
Sailed, Aug. 11.—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed.—Juno, of Edwey, and R.S.R.W. (Own. Code),
from the north, for the west.

STRANGE DISCOVERY.—On Friday a piece of iron
ore was dug out of the bottom of the shaft, which is 74
feet deep, at Mr. Brown's iron mine near Brixbara, Devon,
and on breaking it there crept out a lizard, six inches long,
the belly yellow and the back of a brownish colour.

The Peace Congress is to meet this year at
Berne, and will sit from the 22d to the 26th of Septem-
London, England, 1868-08-11

WHY incur the risks of Limited Liability, by
taking Shares in Civil Servio3 or Co-operative
Stores, when you can SAVE TEN PER CEST. by
PURCHASING of
THE EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
and can have tho goods delivered at your own door ? Teas
of all descriptions from Is. 3d. per lb. upwards. Price
Lists post free, on application at the Company's Ware-
houses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate.
London, England, 1868-08-11

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PENSION WALLIS, LUCERNE, August 9•

The Queer:, travelling as Countess of Kent, fie'
cornpanied by Princess Louise, Prince Leopold,
and Princess Beatrice, arrived at Lucerne at 10.30
on Friday morning.

The Queen was much fatigued by the journey
and great heat, but has been able to drive out 10
the neighbourhood since her arrival.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended
by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge, General Kuollys, and
Major Grey, left .Marlboroug.h-house last evening
for Abergeldie Castle, Ali2rde,;nshire.
London, England, 1868-08-11

NOTICE.

THE lIANIMA.III (Tußmsg. BATH), 76, Jermyn-
street, will be Closed from the 22d August to the Ist
October for cleaning.
The ST. JAMES'S lIOTEL, reconstructed on 'a large scale,
will he distributed into sets of Chambers, to be let unfurnished,
and will be ready for occupation in January, 1869. Applications
for Chamber 3 to be addressed to the Secretary of the Loudon
and Provincial Turkish Bath Company (Limited), 76, Jermyn-
street.
Until the Offices of the Company, at 76, Jermyn-street, are re-
constructed, the. Temporary Offices will be at 13, Duke-street, St.
James's, S.W.

CEI W E PPE'S MINERAL WATERS.-
By Special Appointment to Her Majesty and H.R.H. the
Prince of Wales.—Every bottle is protected by a label, having
name and trade mark. Manufactories London, Liverpool,
Derby, Bristol, Glasgow, Malvern.

AMORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT.
LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable
and efficacious, preventing and curing fevers, skin complaints,
and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most intense head-
ache and thirst, and if given with lime-juice syrup is a specific in
gout and rheumatism.-113, Holborn-hill, London,.E.C.

" PAINLESS DENTISTRY r
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London, England, 1868-08-11

N°. 23,765.

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " MARGARET AND
HER BRIDESMAIDS."
Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
H R EE•
• By the Author of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids," ite.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1868-08-11

COLLIERY ON EIRE.

Early on Saturday morning last the .colliery of Messrs.
Mercer and Evans, in Park-lane, near Wigan, was dis-
covered to be on fire. Several seams of coal are got at the
colliery, and there are four shafts for the purposes of
winding and ventilation. It was in the seam known as
the Ince Four-foot. about 70 yards from the surface, and
in the No. 1 or furnace shaft, that the fire was
first noticed, about four o'clock on Saturday
morning, by a workman whose duty it was to feed the
furnace. He saw as be supplied the fuel that there was a
current of air so strong as to blow it away, and fearing
something was wrong he proceeded to the surface by
one of the winding shafts, and gave an alarm. By the
time some of the firemen had been summoned to the spot
flames and smoke were issuing from the mouth of the pit,
and on a party of explorers descending they found that the
west side of the workings was in flames, and so rapidly
was the fire spreading that it had already attacked the
woodwork in the shaft, and in a few minutes more it was
playing about the head-gear. A stream of water was sent
down the shaft by a small pumping-engine, but this was
of no avail, and it was soon found that the only chance of
saving the mine was to shut out the supply of air by closing
the whole of the four pits. This was accordingly done,
and all was believed to be progressing favourably
during Saturday. On Sunday morning, about six o'clock,
a man named Thomas Bromilow, a carpenter in the
employ of the firm, proceeded, from curiosity,
to the No. 4 shaft, where he noticed that the covering was
not quite air-tight, as some steam was escaping at the
side. He jumped upon the clay, and began stamping it
down in order to close the aperture, when, unfortunately,
one of the planks upon which the puddle rested gave way,
and the poor fellow slipped through. He held fast to the
board for a short time, but assistance not being
prompt, the intense heat, the clouds of steam that escaped
through the hole, and the fact that the covering where he
was hanging was some short distance down the shaft, it
was almost difficult to render him any aid. An attempt
was made to reach him, but it was unsuccessful, as the
strength of the ill-fated man failed, and he fell down the
shaft, a distance of 240 yards. A short time afterwards
the shaft was again closed, and remains in this state at
present.
London, England, 1868-08-11

NOTICE.

lIANIMAM (THRKist: BATH), 76, Jermyn-
street, will be Closed from the 22d August to the Ist
October for cleaning.
The ST. JAMES'S HOTEL, reconstructed on a large scale,
will be distributed.into sets of Chambers, to be let unfurnished,
and will be ready for occupation in January, 1869.- Applications
for Chambers to be addressed to the Secretary of the London
and Provincial Turkish Bath Company (Limited), 76, Jermyn-
street.

Until the Offices of the Company, at 76, Jermyn-street, are re-
constructed, the Temporary Offices will be at 13, Duke-street, St.
James's, S.W.
London, England, 1868-02-20

DEBTOR.

Feb. 13. Feb. G.
fr. c. fr. c.
Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to

capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,014,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank

and its branches 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to order and

receipts payable at
sight 34,097,587 28 33,659,143 23
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 72,405,215 73 68,631,036 05
Current accounts, Paris 374,036,898 59 366,545,723 :-.0
Do. branch banks 43,437,142 44,202,204
Dividends payable 1,704,995 75 1,959,988 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months 930,376 76 930,376 76
Surplus of receipts not

distributed ..
- -
Sundries

Total
CREDITOR.
Feb. 13. Feb. 6.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c
Branch banks 1,085,820,444 44 1,063,816,758 58
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 241,524,611 97 245,875,991 75
Do. branch banks 227,093,016 231,109,788
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks 11,143,077 11,211,877
Do. on French Public
Securities 12,066,700 12,230,800
Do. by branch banks 7,645,300 7,553,400
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks -
Do. on Credit Fencier
928,600 939,200
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, Juno 10,
1857) 60,000,000 --60,000,000
Government Stock re-
serve 12.980,750 14 12,980,750
Do. disposable
Certified by the Senator Governor of the Dank of I` rauce.
(5i)1144 EQVLAND.
London, England, 1868-02-20

PARTRIDGE AND COOPER'
WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192
FLEET-STREET (CORNER, OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.O.
THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE

PRICES.
CARRIAGE PAID TO THE COUNTRY ON ORDERS

OVER 20s.

Per ream.

a a.
Pine Cream Laid Note: a cheap paper
Superfine Cream Laid Note: much approved 4 0
'Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recom-
mended 5 6
Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0
Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing
Large Commercial Note Papers Is., 45., 55., and 6 0
Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 10s. 6d., 12e. Gd., anti 14 0
Outsides Foolscap, thick hand-made
Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto 4 6
Tinted Lined Note five quires 11. 6d., or- 5 G
per 1,000
Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes 4s. Gd., ss. 61, and 6 6
Extra Thick ditto, "Registered Secure" 9 0
Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes 4 6
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, ttc.
COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished
steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the
prices charged by the retail houses.

An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands
Stationery Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelliur
Writing Cases, Desks, Bags, &c., post free.
London, England, 1868-02-20

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on Loudon is 251. 12c. per £1 sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
Li its. 100. per ounce for stAndar,i gold, it appeccs that
gold is nearly two-tenths dearer in Paris than in London.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at 60 days' sight is about iO9l per cent. At this rate there
isn or
profit on the importation 01 gold from the
United
States.

SMOKERS.—In the year 1811 the quantity of to-
bacco cleared for consumption in the United Kingdom
amounted to 13ioz. per head of population. In the year
1861 the amount had increased to 111, 31oz. per head of
of smoking tobacco extending iu this country.
pisotphoelahtiaobnit; and in the year 1865 to 11b. soz. So greatly
ROBBERY OF £4oo.—Edward fiddle and Jane
Black, alias Jane Black Biddle, who a week ago wore re-
manded by the stipendiary magistrate at Salford upon a
tod tQC trial
charge of stealing £lOO in bank notes from the person of
JohniJAllllSl7, LION CQUIDai Hodgson, ofe bAoccrington, while in Salford, on the
Committed
London, England, 1868-02-20

E "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE,
Sp-A•:ing Library. 4. Connaught-terrace. Edgeware-road,
deliver?. the LAT v. KDITION of "THE SUN " at the earliest
possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver
„pie.., in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country
at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say .10 miles by
tie o'clock.
Ordtrs by post punctually attended to.

ryntE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,"
the SPORT' ti NEWS of the day. may be seen
JEMMY M vN To house, ..'the Swan and Horse Shoe,"
Litt T:ritaiu, City, E.C.
London, England, 1868-02-20

SUNDAY TRADING.

Mr. T. HUGHES obtained leave to introduce a bill to
regulate Sunday trading and hawking. The hon. mem-
ber said the bill was substantially the same as that ha
brought forward last year.
The house then adjourned.

Bank of England Returns,—This Evening.

An Account, pursuant to
cap. 32, for the week ending

;h© Act 7th and Bth Victoria
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1868.

- •
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued .....£34,977,845 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 3,964,909
Gold Coin and
Bullion
Silver Bullion

£34,977,81,1
London, England, 1868-02-20

THE SUN, LONDON, HUT SDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1868.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

The latest novelty introduced into the me-
tropolis is the Oriental Troupe, which are now
nightly giving their entertainment at Covent-
garden Theatre. The troupe consists of about 16
persons—men, women, and children—who, we are
informed, travelled night and day from India, in
order to meet their present engagement. The first
part of the entertainment consists principally of
acrobatic feats ; amongst them being the one long
known in the metropolis, viz., one man balancing
another at the top of a very long pole. One of the
great novelties is the somersault throwing by
the females, but the sensational feat
.is the extra-
ordinary contortion of her body by one of the ladies
at the time that the points of more than a dozen
sabres are placed near her mouth and eyes. The
performance is quite indescribable, and the precision
required to successfully accomplish it must be re-
markable. We have also a conjuror who accom-
plished a variety of very elegant tricks in a neat
and clever manner ; and, taken as a whole, the per-
formance of the Oriental troupe will be found very
peculiar, and to a great extent extraordinary.
London, England, 1868-02-20

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Ma. 'WEBB, DENTIST,
27, NEW BOND-STREET,
Many years with Mr. EsKELL, of 8, Grosvenor-street,
Bond-street.
London, England, 1868-02-20

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and
GLOBE INSURANCE COUPANY.
Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and
Charing-cross, London.
The Invested Fun& now amount to £3,254,334, the
Fire Revenue to £818,055, and that of the Life to £254,397.
The moderato rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed
Bonus for the Life Policies othis Company, and their
value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties,
render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world
leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid
thirty days after admission.
JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary.
London, England, 1868-02-20

Just published, price is. 6d., by post 15..8d., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks,
11,EVELATIO NS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."

-London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.
London, England, 1868-02-20

THE LIVERPOOL 'AND LONDON and
GL0134 INSURANCE CO3IPANY.

Offices—l, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and
Charing-cross, London.

The Invested Funds now amount to £3,254,334, the
Fire Revenue to £818,055, and that of the Life to £254,397.
The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed
Bonus for the Life Policies of this Company, and their
value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties,
render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world
leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid
thirty days after admission.
JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary.

67TH PRIZE MEDAL
AWARDED TO
WHEELER AND WILSO.N;
FOR PERFECTION OF THEIR
LOCK STITCH
SEWING MACHINES
London, England, 1868-02-20

THE WHEELER AND WILSON

lOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINE :
-41 Necessaries first, then luxuries : this is the ra-
tional order. Tho Wheeler and Wilson Sew-
ing Machine before thn Piano.

THE WHEELER. AND WILSON
LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINE :
Women may reject the ballot, but they want the
Sowing Machine. Two hundred Wheeler and
Wilson's are elected daily as the good genius of
the household.
London, England, 1868-02-20

WHAT WILL HE DO WITH THE CAPTIVES

Six hundred of the Magdala garrison had gone out to
assist in bringing in Theodore's heavy baggage, which
would now be a task of no great difficulty. The letters
and messages forwarded from time to time to the captives
by the King have invariably been couched in most affec-
tionate terms, but no reference whatever has been made to
the expedition, of the approach of which he cannot but be
well aware. This reticence on the subject, which must
of all others occupy his mind, is undoubtedly a
piece of deep-laid policy on Theodore's part ; though
it is impossible to say what its signification
may be. Mr. Rassam has' received no intimation,
however faint, of what Theodore's intentions regarding
him and his fellows are, but it seems to be the general
impression that, after making a short stay at Magdala
to set his house in order, he will take them all with him
into the Gallas country, or away to punish the Lasta and
Begemder rebels. Should he do so, the pursuit would
not be a difficult matter ; for with an army, a cumbrous
piece of ordnance, and a number of valuable prisoners to
drag along with him, his progress would be but slow.
There is, of course, the risk that, madman as he is at
certain moments, he may in a drunken fit vent his fury
on the captives, and provide for his own safety by flight ;
or the rains, about the times and seasons of which nobody
knows anything definite, may come upon us, and compel

the cessation of all operations for a few months—a con-
tingency the result of which we can only dimly conjecture.
Certain it is that if the rainy season is at all protracted,
the army would have to but ; tents, which are but slight
protection against the sun by day and the cold by night,
would be utterly useless to ward off heavy rains. Prepara-
tions are already being made to meet this contingency, not
only at Senaf6, but also in the Pass, where the dangers
would be more varied and difficult to cope with. The
Sooroo Pass, for instance, where the road lies right in the
bottom of the river bed, and which all authorities agree
would be a torrent on the slightest provocation, will, if
possible, be dispensed with ; and surveying operations are
now, or shortly will be, in progress to discover some
other safer route between Koomaylee and Undal Wells.
Even if the object of the expedition is accomplished
before the advent of the rains, it seems impossible that
the army could be moved out of the country before that
time.
London, England, 1868-02-20

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have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining
their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth
without springs, at MODEHATE ()HAUGES, which may be
had free by post for four stamps.
London, England, 1868-02-20

THE DEANI OF COLONEL DTJNIT.

The expeditionary force and the service at large have
sustained a heavy loss by the death of Colonel Dunn, V.C.,
commanding H.M.'s 33rd Foot. The gallant officer went
out on the 25th ult. in quest of guinea fowl and other game
with which some parts of the plateau abounded, and his
gun, which had an exceedingly fine trigger, went off acci-
dentally while he was drinking, the charge lodging in his
breast and shoulder. Being accompanied only by a
native servant, assistance could not be rendered ; but,
from the nature of the injuries received, the best assistance
would have been of no avail. .As the coveted decorations
he wore chew, Colonel Dunn had seen service, and been
distinguished for valour beyond most others. He served
as a lieutenant in the 11th Hussars in the Eastern cam-
paign of 1854, including Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and
the siege of Subastopol, for which he received the war
medal and clasps, the Turkish medal, and the Victoria
Cross. The deceased officer was greatly liked by all who
knew him, and by none more than by the regiment he
commanded.
London, England, 1868-02-20

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE EMPLOYES OF HER
MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS.—For some time past a move-
ment has been on foot directing the public attention, as
well as that of the Government, to the extraordinary dis-
crepancies which exist in the remuneration of officers in
different departments of the Civil Service, and more par-
ticularly the marked distinction between the Custom
House clerks and those in the west-end offices. There is,
it now appears, a still more glaring instance of injustice
brought to light towards a class of officers who, although
forming a branch of the Customs department, hold posi-
tions of a far more responsible character than more
clerks, and upon whose unchecked integrity the Govern-
ment are compelled to place individual and implicit
reliance as a means of preventing frauds on the revenue.
We allude to the officers of the Old Landing Depart-
ment of her Majesty's Customs, formerly known under
the denomination of " Surveyors" and " Landing
Waiters." It seems that a system has sprung up under
which so soon as men, who have spent the best part of
their lives in the public service, arrive at that ago when
they have a right to expect to rise to superior positions,
they are superannuated. In the highest class, where sala-
ries of £5OO and upwards were attached to them, they have
been reduced by nearly 63 per cent., and the number of
positions where th salaries were in excess of £3OO have
been reduced to 52 per cent., whilst almost all officers above
50 years of age have been removed ; six of the old officers,
of whom the oldest was 51, being retained. In justification of
this proceeding, the Lords of the Treasury have recently
propounded a most novel and startling doctrine, namely,
that there is no implied engagement on the part of the
Government to advance a civil servant, however comp'-
tent and well-behaved, a single step beyond that ac-
quired by his first appointment in the service ; iu other
words, that a youth engaging to devote his life to the
service of the State, and entering at the bottom of an
ordinary classification, say at £BO a year, has no ground
of complaint should his salary never receive any
increment during the course of his official life. However
subversive this doctrine may be of all our preconceived
ideas on the subject, and of the practice which has hitherto
Prevailed in all our public departments, it has received its
first application in the Custom-house, where that most
responsible class of officers referred to as "landing waiters"
have had their prospects wholly destroyed, adequate com-
pensation for the loss of tiles,' prospects being denied
them.—Observer.
London, England, 1868-02-20

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Feb. 20.

A circular has been issued by Dr. Giskra, the
Minister of the Interior, to the provincial Governors
of Upper Austria and Styria.
The Minister calls attention to the agitation
fomented by the clergy in the above-nawed dis-
tricts against the new Constitution, and in-
structs the Governors to warn them against
encouraging intrigues. They are desired to inform
the Bishops that the Government has no intention
of interfering with the clergy in the execution of
their spiritual duties, but that it also demands that
they should not consider themselves as above the
laws. In case of non-compliance the Government
will be comp,•lled to bring the disturbers of the
public peace before the tribunals.

FLORENCE, Feb. 19 (Evening).

The Chamber of Deputies continued to-day the
discussion of the estimates of the Ministry of Fi-
nance. The Report of the Committee proposed an
additional vote of 20,000,000 lire to cover the loss
sustained by the payments abroad in gold. Signor
Ferraris opposed the payment abroad in gold of
all coupons of the different debts without distinc-
tion. Count Cambray Digny, the Minister of
Finance, asked the Chamber to pass to the order of
the day on this question, and said that the adop-
tion of the proposal of Signor Ferraris would• ruin
Italian credit abroad. Count Cambray Dign y
refused to accept a proposal made by Signor Fossa
to suspend the discussion of the question, declaring
that such an adjournment would have an equally
injurious effect. Signori Sella, Minghetti, and Finzi
condemned the proposal of Signor Ferraris as con-
trary to the national good faith. The close of the
discussion was then proposed, but not put to the
vote, the Chamber not forming a quorum. Signor
Ferraris will reply to-morrow.

THE COLENSO CONTROVERSY.

NATAL, Jan. 13 (via Plymouth).

Judgment has been declared in the suit of Bishop
Colenso against Dean Green. The Supreme Court
has set aside the judgment of the Privy Council,
and declares that Natal was a Crown colony
when the plaintiff's patent was issued, that Dr.
Colenso is, therefore, trustee of all the
buildings, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The
judgment further ejects Dean Green from the
deanery, and prohibits him from officiating in any
of Dr. Colenso's churches.
The friends of the Dean have since held a meet-
ing, at which it was resolved not to appeal against
the judgment, but to erect or hire temporary
churches, and that Dean Green should at once pro-
ceed to England.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Feb. 19.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :-
44 per Cent.
End of month... Itt,l'an Loan
3 per Uent

-End of mouth._ 68 65 Mexican Loan l6 50
Mobilier ... 217 50 Do. Bonds

End of month... 190 Spanish Threes 38 50
Credit Fourier ...1422 50 Home Debt —
End of m0nth...1383 75 Deferred —
RAILWAYS.

Account
Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.....
Western
Eastern . 545
Sardinian
Austrian S6U
Lombard 3764
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman 47
London, England, 1868-02-20

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

troTpholeis which are now
latest noveltyheorien itali;troTroduupceed, into the me.
nightly giving their entertainment at Covent-
garden Theatre. The troupe consists of about 16
persons—men, women, and children—who, we are
informed, travelled night and day from India, in
order to meet their present engagement. The first
part of the entertainment consists principally of
acrobatic feats ; amongst them being the one long
known in the metropolis, viz., one man balancing
another at the top of a very "g pole. One of the
great novelties is the somersault throwing by
the females, but the sensational feat
.is the extra-
ordinary contortion of her body by one of the ladies
at the time that the points of more than a dozen
sabres are placed near her mouth and eyes. The
performance is quite indescribable, and the precision
required to successfully accomplish it must be re-
markable. We have also a conjuror who accom-
plished a variety of very elegant tricks in a neat
and clever manner ; and, taken as a whole, the per-
formance of the Oriental troupe will be found very
peculiar, and to a great extent extraordinary.
London, England, 1868-02-20

Just published, price Is. .6d., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Ceses, in illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks',
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY: By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, Anti other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.
London, England, 1868-02-20

£34,977,845
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' Capi-
tal X1.4,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits
(includiug Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National

Governmt. Secu-
rities(includiug
Dead Weight
Annuity) £13,468,079
Other Securities 16,265,366
Notes 11,601,685
G old aud Silver
Coin

Debt, and Div.
Accounts 4,048,567
Other Deposits.. 20,003,424
Seven Days and
other 8i115..... 598,596

£42, 552,424

£42,552,424

RACING FIXT
MA

Liverpool Spring M.M.3
o.lelmsford Spring M. 10
Sarevrebury Spring 10
West Drayt0n............ 12
Warwick Spring 17
AP

TRES FOR 1868.
=f.

Margate
Epsom Spring Meeting 24
Croxton Park
Northampton .......... 31

6
Bromley Spring
Durham
Hendon ]3
Newmarket Craven
Knighton l4
Abergavenny ..... 16
MAY.
Chester 5
Winchester
York Spring
Doncaster Spring
Salisbury

Catteriek Bridge... l6
Lewes Spring
Tiiirsk
Qurragh April 2l
Newmarket Ist Spring 27

Bath
Croydon Ist Summer
Harpenden
Epsom Summer

JUNE. -
West Drayton • 1 Newton
Croydon 2d Summer ... 3 Hampton
Manchester 3 Newcastle 23
Ascot Sulumer 9 Bibury Club 23
Beverley, Hull, and Stockbridge
East Riding lO Alexandra Park ao
Windsor Summer
JU Y. - -

Chelmsford
2 I Odiham, l6
Worcester Summer ... 2 I Stamford
Carlisle 7 I Radcliffe • ... 2O
Newmarket July 7 Huntingdon' 2l
I
Pontefract
Reading
Down Royal Corp
Liverpool July M.
AUGUST.

Brighton
Brighton Club
Lewes Summer
Wolverhampton
Stockton
Plymouth .......... 13
Windsor August ......••• 13
Eghain ............. .
Hastings
York A ugust
SEPTE.
Baden
Warwick September
Abingdon 8
Leicester ... 3
Doncaster September 8
Brecon
Richmond
Hampton Autumn l5

Dover
Oxford
Soirborough
Canterbury
Darby Summer
Weymouth
Lichfield
Tunbridge
Margate 3l
London, England, 1868-02-20

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WHAT WILL HE DO WITH THE CAPTIVES ?

Six hundred of the Magdala garrison bad gone out to
assist in bringing in Theodore's heavy baggage, which
would now be a task of no great difficulty. The letters
and messages forwarded from time to time to the captives
by the King have invariably been couched in most affec-
tionate terms, but no reference whatever has been made to
the expedition, of the approach of which he cannot but be
well aware. This reticence on the subject, which must
of all others occupy his mind, is undoubtedly a
piece of deep-laid policy on Theodore's part ; though
it is impossible to say what its signification
may be. Mr. Rassam has' received no intimation,
however faint, of what Theodore's intentions regarding
him and his fellows are, but it seems to be the general
impression that, after making a short stay at Magdala
to set his house in order, he will take them all with him
into the Gallas country, or away to punish the Lasta and
Begemder rebels. Should he do so, the pursuit would
not be a difficult matter ; for with an army, a cumbrous
piece of ordnance, and a number of valuable prisoners to
drag along with him, his progress would be but slow.
There is, of course, the risk that, madman as he is at
certain moments, he may in a drunken fit vent his fury
on the captives, and provide for his own safety by flight ;
or the rains, about the times and seasons of which nobody
knows anything definite, may come upon us, and compel
the cessation of all operations for a few months—a con-
tingency the result of which we can only dimly conjecture.
Certain it is that if the rainy season is at all protracted,
the army would have to but ; tents, which are but slight
protection against the sun by day and the cold by night,
would be utterly useless to ward off heavy rains. Prepara-
tions are already being made to meet this contingency, not
only at Senaf6, but also in the Pass, where the dangers
would be more varied and difficult to cope with. The
Sooroo Pass, for instance, where the road lies right in the
bottom of the river bed, and which all authorities agree
would be a. torrent on the slightest provocation, will, if
possible, be dispensed with ; and surveying operations are
now, or shortly will be, in progress to discover some
other safer route between Koomaylee and Undal Wells.
Even if the object of the expedition is accomplished
before the advent of the rains, it seems impossible that
the army could be moved out of the country before that
time.
London, England, 1868-02-20

EUROPEAN FISHERIES.

In the Revue Populaire we find an article by
Dr. Bader, from which we glean the following
curious facts concerning Norwegian and Italian
fisheries. On the coast of _Norway cod-fish is so
abundant that the fishermen measure the depth
of the shoal by means of the plumb-hne, in
order to know how deep their nets are to be
sunk, that none of their victims may escape. Cod-
fishes exported from Norway in enormous quanti-
ties, either simply salted, when it is called klip-
Es* or salted and driel in the sun, in summer,
when it goes by the name of stockfisch. The
female of this species of fish produces about nine
millions of eggs, the greater proportion of which
is used as a bait for pilchards and sardines.
Much of it is exported to the western coast of
France and sold to the French fishermen there.
As to herrings, upwards of a million of barrels are
annually exported from Norway, while in France the
quantity prepared for sale scareely exceeds 150,000
barrels. Salmon and mackerel are also caught in Nor-
way in large quantities for exportation, but not much
for home consumption, for the Norwegian chiefly
lives on ray, lobster, ling, and plaice. The number
of fishermen in Norway is stated at 30,000; in
France at 56,000 ; and in Italy at 16,000 only.
On the Italian coasts thunny, mackerel, eels,
and pilchards are the staples of the fishing trade,
and form an important item of exportation
Thunny and mackerel are sometimes pickled
but the eggs of the former are salted and sold
under the name ofpottarga. Eel fishing chiefly goes
on in the lagunes of Comacchio and at the mouth of
the Po. The communications between this river
and the lagune are opened annually on the 2d of
February; the young fry, just batched, of the eel-tribe
then obey the instinct which impels them to go up
the current, and so get into the basins, where they
stay and grow until October. At this time of the
year, by another instinct, they follow a contrary
direction, but are stopped on their way by a multitude
of enclosures prepared for their reception, where they
get so packed as to form, as it were, a solid mass
appearing above water. Italy has 9,522 boats,
forming an aggregate of 29,976 tons, for the small
fishing
_trade, and about 800 boats of somewhat
greater to nnage for the large fisheries.

BANK OF FRANCE.
PARIS, Feb. 13.
The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :
London, England, 1868-02-20

FAIR NEAR SENAFE.

The Daily News correspondent describes a fair which is
held every Thursday, about six miles from Senafd, at
which several hundred Abyssinians collect, bringing for
sale various kinds of grain, pottery, plaids of goats' wool;
bullocks, and occasionally a female slave or two. "The
fair," says the writer, "when I visited it, had more than
an average show of pottery, plaids, and Abyssinians, but
the out-turn of bullocks and grain was very scanty indeed,
the commissariat having bought up the whole at six
times the rates that formerly ruled at Tigr6. There was
not, from one end of the hillside to the other, one
sir gle sign of prosperity, or even plenty ; and the
sword and spear which almost every one carried
explained the reason why. They have yet to learn the use
and value of money; the absurd prices demanded for the
most trifling articles shew that the ideas prevailing regarrd-
• ins dollars are such as to preclude the possibility of their
deriving much advantage from the possession of them.
One thing must be said to the credit of the Abyssinians—
though there were several hundreds collected there, each
following his own inclinations unchecked, it was the most
orderly and quiet assemblage I have witnessed for a long

time. Half the number of-Hindoos or Parsecs would have
made twenty times the din ; half-a-dozen fat Bhattias in
the Bombay share market would gabble two hundred
Abyssinians into shame and confusion.
London, England, 1868-02-20

A VALUABLE ACCESSION.

The Times correspondent writes :—" The force has just
received a valuable addition in the person of Lieutenant
Speedy, late of the 31st, who, at Sir Stafford Northcote's
request, has come from Australia. There was a deplorable
dearth of interpreters of any kind, and Lieutenant Speedy,
in addition to the advantage of being an Englishman and
a military man, knows Abyssinia and the language
well. He was in Theodore's army in about the
year 1861 as a Basha Fellaka,' whatever this
high - sounding title may mean. Theodore had
not then committed any of the excesses of cruelty or
caprice in which he has since indulged. But the extra-
ordinary change which has since come over his character
was just commencing, and Lieutenant Speedy did not get
away from Abyssinia in time to avoid grave risk of impri-
sonment, and only escaping, indeed, by threatening to cut
down a royal messenger sent to arrest him, and then going
himself to tell the King that apparently ' some mistake
had been made.' Luckily, the Imperial humour had
changed, and Theodoi e punished the luckless messenger,
but let the Englishman go free."

It is an echo from the Clubs that the Military
Train will be at once created a non-purchase corps.

SUICIDE FRO'f THE CRYSTAL PALACE TOWER.
A Young, man of fair complexion, of probably some
sft. Gin. in height, and about 20 years of age, applied at the
turn-table at the base of the tower to be allowed to go up,
and put down a pennr and a threepenny-piece. The boy
in charge asked the visitor if he would take a copy of the
" Guide to the Palace," as the charge for mounting the
tower is but one penny. The young man took up his
money, told the boa he did not want the book, and passed
upstairs. At about 5.30 the body of the youth was seen
to fall from the gallery of the tower by another visitor.
The body fell near the blacksmith's shop, and only a few
feet from the base of the tower. On searching the body a
Church Service was found upon it, the gift of a person
whose name was not very intelligibly written, to Thomas
Lee, which, it is believed, was the name of the unhappy
youth who has so terribly destroyed his own life. The
face is still recognisable, but the body is much mutilated.
London, England, 1868-02-20

Deaths.

BARTLEY On the 13th inst., at Liandefellog, Caimarthen-
shire, Miss Ann Bartley, agcd,o3.
BRIDGE—On the 18th just-, at Croydon, Isabella A. S'
Blinge, aged 86.
FARRIS On the 18th inst., Antonio Farris, Esq., of 30'
rhrogmortou-streot, aged 70.
GARBETT —On the 16th inst., at Dawley, E. J. H. Garbettl
Esq., solicitor, aged 25.
GRACE—On the 18th inst., Richard Grace, Esq., Hadley'
green, I.lidd esex, aged 56.

London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDBEW'r;
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tug SUN Once, No 11
Strand, in tla. Precinct of the 8i voy, in the County °
Middlesex.—Thursday, February 20; 1805.
London, England, 1868-02-20

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No. 23,617.

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LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
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THURSDAY and FRIDAY, February 20 and 21, 1868.
SPECIAL TRAINS will leave EUSTON STATION
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noon ; returning from HARROW at 5.0 and 5.40 p.m.,
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11.40 a.m., calling at Shoreditch at 11.13 and 11.43 a.m.,
Dalston unction at 11.18 and 11.48 a.m., and Camden-
road at 11.28 and 11.58 a.m.
Trains will also leave KENSINGTON for Willesden
Junction at 11.10 a.m. and 12.10 noon.
Passengers from Kensington, Broad-street, Dalston, and
Shoreditch will have to change carriages at Willesden
Junction both going and returning.
FARES TO HARROW AND BACK.
First Class. Covered Cars.
From Euston 3s. od. ... 2s. Od.
„ Broad-street
„ Shoreditch 3s. 6d. .. 2s. 6d.
„ Dalston
„ Kensington
„ Camden-road 3s. Od. 2s. 3d.
By order.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, February, 1868.
London, England, 1868-02-20

CONTENTS

1. The Rock Ahead, By Edmund Yates. (With an Illustra-
tion.)
Book H. Chap. VI. Gertrude speaks.
VII. Half-revealed.
2. Why we stopped the Joan of Arc.
3. The Irish Conspiracy. By an American Fenian.
4. "For the King!" (With an Illustration.)
5. Swan Songs.
6. The Queen's Book.
7. A House of Cards.
Book L Chap. 1. With Closed Doors.
11. A Compact.
8. English Photographs. No. 11. By an American.
9. Guernsey in Midwinter.
10. Sonnet: Impossible!
11. The Adventures of Dr. Brady. By W. H. Russell, LL.D.
(With' an Illustration.)
Chap. XXX. An Apparition.
XXXI. A Quiet Night at the Castle.
XXXII. The Night Attack.
XXXII'. Wounded.
12. Middle Age.
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