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London, England, 1868-10-27

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London, England, 1868-10-27

SPORTING TRANSACTIONS ON THE SUNDAY.

A writer in the Post calls attention to a state of
things which can hardly be generally known. He
points out that professional sportsmen know no
Sunday, no day of rest. They were as hard at work
at Newmarket on Sunday week last as the " dullness "
of the time would allow them to be. " The Rooms"
are open, and gentlemen relieve the tedium of the
Sunday afternoon by a lounge there. The
Post correspondent asks:: "If this betting ex-
change at Newmarket is open, why should
not the Stock Exchange in London be open ?
Is the arm of the English law too short to reach to
Newmarket ? Do the regulations of the Jockey Club
overrule time-honoured institutions? I am not a
qabbatarian ; I am not one of those who believe that
taan was made for the Sabbath, but (he exclaims) to
ace the class which of all others contributes nothing
by its labour, and brings by its gain no profit to
the community, which thrives upon wealth wrung
from the folly and vices of others—to see this class
privileged to pursue its trade unchallenged in the
midst of a people who gravely legislate against Sun-
day recreations for the poor man,—this, sir, is a
sight that brings irresistibly to the mind a denuncia-
tion that we have heard uttered somewhere against
those who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel."
Certainly this writer has much reason on his
side, and few will be found, unconnected
with the Turf, who will not endorse what he says
about racing itself. "It is not a pleasing picture—
it is not a hopeful one—that of England's national
sport in this year of grace 1868. A noble sport
degraded into a mere gambler's excitement; rank
and influence fraternising with low-bred chicanery ;
laws set at nought by the rich and powerful, and
rigidly enforced against the poor."
London, England, 1868-10-27

"E OUTRAGES ON MISSIONARIES.

The following extracts from letters received by the last
mail supply trustworthy information respecting the recent
outrages on missionaries in China. The Rev. J. H.
Taylor, writing in a boat on August 24, says : "The
events of the past week baffle all description. We
are all on the way to Chin-Kiang, and are nearly
there. Thanks be to God, no life has been lost;
and, after the experience of SatUrday and Sunday,
if the loss of our property does not give rise to feelings of
joy, it at least appears a very small matter indeed. The
house was surrounded by some thousands of rioters—
the natives say 20,000, but this is probably a number
magnified by their fears. They dug through the walls,
burst open doors, and tried in several places to set fire to
the premises ; rifled our boxes, drawers, and rooms ;
searched and took what they valued from the persons of
three of the ladies, &c. All of us are more or less
bruised. Mr. Reid has nearly lost an eye, and several
teeth. . . ." From the letters of the other missionaries
it appears that the 18th August was actually placarded
about the city as the day upon which the house would be
attacked, and endeavours made to set it on fire,
irrespective of the natives or foreigners in it
at the time. These placards contained the grossest
libels against the missionaries, and in one of
them the name of Jesus was blasphemed in the vilest
terms. From about the above date until the 23rd they
had been almost in a state of siege, the climax being on
the 22nd and 23rd. Miss B. writes : "Wo have had to
flee from Yang-Chau. I cannot stop now to describe the
last few days, if indeed they are describable. The next
mail must bring you particulars of events. Meanwhile
you will join us in praise to God for saving our lives and
limbs, and our most valuable property. The rioters
sacked every room but one, in which were all our most
important papers and the bulk of our money. . . We
had to escape for our lives by jumping from the roof over
the front of the reception hall. But God graciously sus-
tained and saved us. Very earnestly do I desire and
plead that He will yet take us back to that city, for His
•lory's sake."
London, England, 1868-10-27

ARMY CONTILACTS.—Tenders will be re-
ceived by the Commissariat Officers in charge of
the undermentioned Districts, until twelve o'clook noon on
the 27th day of October, 1868, for the supply of
• BREAD AND MEAT
for the use of her Majesty's Troops, from Ist December,
1868, to 31st May, 1869.
NORTH BRITISH.
Commissariat Office, 3, Hill-street, Edinburgh:
1. Aberdeen and Ballater. 6. Glasgow.
2. Ayr. 7. Greenlaw.
3. Dumbarton, Fort Ma- 8. Hamilton.
tilde, and Paisley. 9. Inverness.
4. Edinburgh, Leith, Fort, 10. Perth, Dundee, 'and
and Piershill Broughty Castle.
5. Fort George. 11. Stirling.
‘ERN.

NORT
Commissariat Office, Bai
chester :-
1. Ashton-under-Lyne.
2. Birmingham.
3. Bradford.
4. Burnley.
5. Bury.
6. Carlisle.
7. Chester.
8. Coventry.
9. Fleetwood.
10. Hartlepool new Batteries.
11. Isle of Man.
12. Leeds.
13. Liverpool, Liscard, and
Perch Rock.

k-street, Hulme, Man•
London, England, 1868-10-27

THE POLICE IN DISGRACE.

From a contemporary we gather a report that the
entire C division of the police has been ordered to
the East-end of London. The reason for this is a
supposed connivance of the police in the night-housd•
evil at the West-end. Inquiries are said to havl
been made under the direct authority and supervisionl
of Sir Richard Mayne, and the results have bed
very startling. The matter has been dealt'
with by an officer high in the confidence
of the Chief Commissioner ; certain prosecutions,
it is said, will ensue, and a careful surveillance will be
maintained by the constables who take the places of
those removed. For a long time it was a cherished
theory that the policeman was immaculate and his
evidence unimpeachable. This fiction has been long
exploded. The man who goes about town with his
eyes open is obliged to confess that venality and
tyranny are two of the special vices of the force.
The sight of money will touch their tenderest sym-
pathies, the sight of poverty and suffering too often
excite their brutality.
TILE POOR, THE POOR LAW, AND THE PUBLIC.

That very old subject, the administration of the
poor law, is again exciting attention. The opinion
is gaining ground that from beginning to end our
present system is a hopeless failure. But no one
suggests a really practicable plan to put in place
of it. It is admitted that the out-door relief
is in many cases too small ; that as an organi-
sation for supplementing the endeavours of
really working people it fails ; that it takes
away much of that sense of self-dependence
which constitutes manliness, and that it pro-
vides for and almost encourages the vicious and idle;
that it feeds the criminal while he is out of prison
and in want of a job. But instead of trying to bring
our present system "up to the mark," and using
it as much as possible, societies are formed—
with terribly large working expenses—and by the
encouragement of indiscriminate charity make the
evil tenfold worse than it was before. The Rev.
John F. Kitto, the incumbent of one of the
metropolitan parishes, makes a proposal which
deserves attention, but which is by no means free
from objection. lle suggests that the object of the
guardians' charity shall be narrowed to those living
on relief, who are paupers pure and simple, that
these shall not be allowed to receive relief other than
froM the parish, and that the parish relief
shall be made sufficient for all wants.
He proposes to leave to private philanthropy all
others to be relieved. The obvious objection to this
plan is, that private philanthropists are not and
cannot be made responsible, 'and without responsi-
bility somewhere, any plan for the relief of the dis-
tressed could not be carried on properly.
London, England, 1868-10-27

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London, England, 1868-10-27

SPORTING TRANSACTIONS ON Tiro SUNDAY;

A writer in the Post calls attention to a state of
things which can hardly be generally known. He
points out that professional sportsmen know no
Sunday, no day of rest. They were as hard at work
at Newmarket on Sunday week last as the "dullness "
of the time would allow them to be. " The Rooms "
are open, and gentlemen relieve the tedium of the
Sunday afternoon by a lounge there. The
Post correspondent asks:: "If this betting ex-
change at Newmarket is open, why should
not the Stock Exchange in London be open ?
Is the arm of the English law too short to reach to
Newmarket ? Do the regulations of the Jockey Club
overrule time-honoured institutions? I am not a
labbatarian ; lam not one of those who believe that
Juan was made for the Sabbath, but (he exclaims) to
see the class which of all others contributes nothing
by its labour, and brings by its gain no profit to
the community, which thrives upon wealth wrung
from the folly and vices of others—to see this class
privileged to pursue its trade unchallenged in the
midst of a people who gravely legislate against San-
day recreations for the poor man,—this, sir, is a
sight that brings irresistibly to the mind a denuncia,
tion that we have heard uttered somewhere against
those who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel:"
Certainly this -writer has much reason on his
side, and few will be found, unconnected
with the Turf, who will not endorse what he says
about racing itself. "It is not a pleasing picture—
it is not a hopeful one—that of England's national
sport in this year of grace 1868. A noble sport
degraded into a mere gambler's excitement ; rank
and influence fraternising with low-bred chicanery ;
laws set at nought by the rich and powerful, and
rigidly enforced against the poor."
London, England, 1868-10-27

MR. WEBB, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of "The
Latest Improved System of Dentistry," second edition'
just published, and sent free for two stamps. "Will well repay
perusal."—Express. Attendance nine to six. Consultations free.
—27, New Bond-street. N.B. -Many years with Mr. Eskell, of 8,
Grosvenor-street.

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London, England, 1868-10-27

A PALPABLE TRICK.

The highest art is to conceal art. Mr. John Bright
hr.s been trying his hand at a little bit of finesse, but
the dodge is too plain to deceive anyone. He writes
to Mr. Brogden to say that he would gladly see him
member for the borough of Wednesbury, and would
say so publicly if he did not fear to intrude himself
where hehas no right to appear. He gives his reasons:
" You are the chosen candidate of the Committee of
Selection, and on that ground alone, if I were an
elector, I should give you all the support in my
power. I was glad to hear from a friend of yours
a few days ago a favourable account of your pros-
pects, and I hope you may meet with a marked
success on the day of the poll." Of course this is
immediately printed in a local paper, and
Mr. Bright's private opinion will shortly be the
property of the whole nation. Mr. Mill's dictation
may be objectionable, but it is straightforward
enough. John Bright can no more successfully
imitate the tactics of a Disraeli, than he could per-
form on the trapeze like Leotard.

MR. GLADSTONE TO THE NON-ELECTORS OF
NEWTON.

Even after a fortnight's " stumping," Mr. Glad-
stone is by no means " stumped out." In answer to
an address from the non-electors of Newton, he says
that the Liberal party have done their best to impress
upon the Reform \ct of 1867 a satisfactory character,
"under the disadvantage arising from its being in
the hands of those who conceded Reform, not from
equity, but from necessity, and resisted onvery many
occasions, and on some of them successfully, our
attempts to improve its provisions. They regret that
the county franchise is, by so wide an interval, sepa-
rated from that of the boroughs. Further, they
believe themselves to be as loyal to the agri-
cultural as to the trading interests of the country.
The measures of the so-called farmer's friends kept
him in continual uncertainty, in frequent distress,
and in the odious position of living in part at the
expense of his fellow-countrymen. No legislation
can do for this or any other class all that we could
desire ; but the measures of those who were decried
as the farmer's enemies have given him on the
whole increased profits, greater steadiness of
business, and exemption from a reproach the more
painful because it was true,"
London, England, 1868-10-27

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.

The private medical attendants of the patients are
vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
reatment.

Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.
London, England, 1868-10-27

EXPLOSION OF A NAPHTHA LAMP.

Mr. Richards held an inquest at the London Hospital.
on Monday, touching the death of Jane Evans, aged 4
years. Jane Evans, the mother of the deceased, said that
on Friday, at six o'clock, a man named Robert Matthews
entered her shop with a naphtha lamp in hishand. There was
a fire in the shop, and round it were seated the deceased,
her brother, and a sick baby. Matthews went to a shelf in the
shop, and took a can of naphtha off it, and he then went
to the fire, and while he was filling his lamp he let someof
the naphtha fall into the grate. There was an explosion at
once ; and the deceased, who was nearest the fire, had her
clothes set in a blaze. Matthews let the lamp and can fall
on the ground, and he did his best to extinguish the child's
burning clothing, but before he could do so she was burnt
all over the body. The child was then carried to the hos-
pital. Matthews was a friend of the family, but he had not
got leave to take the naphtha. The witness had told him
on Friday not to take the naphtha. Robert Matthews,
having been formally cautioned by the coroner, said that
he had taken the naphtha off the shelf before. On Friday
Mr. Evans said, "If we have any to spare, you can take it."
When the explosion occurred, although he was severely burnt
about the legs, he did his best to put out the fire in which the
deceased was wrapped. Mr. W. Evans said that on Friday
he did not give Matthews leave to take the naphtha, but
he had done so on other occasions. Mr. E. B. Rutledge,
surgeon, said that the deceased died on Friday night. The
whole front of the child's body was burnt. The jury
returned a verdict of " Accidental death, caused by the
e :plosion of a naphtha lamp ; and they desire to rebuke
Robert Matthews for his want of caution in pouring out
naphtha near a fire where children were seated,"
London, England, 1868-10-27

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London, England, 1868-10-27

BRITISH HOME for INC URKBLES, Clap-
ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persons over
20 years of age 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.G. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD. WEAVER, Soc.
Cheapside, E.C.
Offices, 73,
London, England, 1868-10-27

PROGRAMME OF HARROW AUTUMN MEETING

WEDNESDAY.

Selling Handicap Steeplechase of 3 soys each, with 25
added; the winner to be sold for 40 sous. About two
miles.

The Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of 40 sovs. About

5 furlongs.

Plate of 30 sous; two year olds, 7st 71b; three, Bst 121 b;
four and upwards, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed
31b ; a winner of 50 sous in 1868, 51b extra ; horses that
have not won in 1868 allowod 71b; the winner to besold
for 30 sous. About 5 fur.

Scurry Stakes of 3 sovs each, 2 ft, with 25 added, for all
ages; two year olds, 7st 31b; three, Bst 41b; four,
Bst 71b ; five and upwards, Bst 101 b ; mares and geldings
allowed 31b ; any winner in 1867 or 186 S of a race value
50 sovs, 71h ; of 80 sovs, 101 b ; of 100 sovs, 141 b extra ;
maiden three year olds and upwards allowed 41b; the
winner to be sold for 50 soya ; 3 fur. 100 yards.

The Aliddic sex Grand Open Handicap Steeplechase of 10
cove each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 50 added ; any winner
of 50 sovs after October 16, at three p.m., 71b extra ;
second to save stake. About three miles.

Harrow Steeplechase Plato (Handicap of 40 sovs ; any
winner of 60 sous after October 16, at three p.m., 101 b ;
any other winner, 710 extra. About two miles.

RACING* FIXTURES FOR 1869.
FEBRUARY.

25
Nottingham Spring 23 1 Derby Spring

MARCH.
Liverpool Spring 2
I Northampton
Shrewsbury Spring,

APRIL.
Newmarket Craven l2 I Newmarket First Spring 25

MAY.
Cheater
Bath
London, England, 1868-10-27

RoYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-heath.

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

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
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Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
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Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse
R9v. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nopean
Octavius Coop(); Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.O.
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott
Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H. G. Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
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THE MINORITY CLAUSE.

In the three-cornered constituencies all the odium
of the minority clause has been laid on the Conser-
vatives. But the Tory candidates by no means wish
in all cases to accept the responsibility. Indeed, the
Constitutional candidates for the City of London-
-which may be called a " four-cornered constituency "
—rather seem anxious to throw it on the other side.
Mr. Fowler, the chairman of their committee, pub-
lishes a letter, in which it is shewn that while only
nine Liberals voted against it in the House of Lords,
forty-three Conservatives recorded their antipathy
to it. On the other hand, seventy Liberals an'
seventy-two Conservatives voted for it.

INLAND REVENUE OFFICERS AND THE FRANCHISE.

Mr. Monk, the author of the Inland Revenue
Officers' Disabilities Bill, and Mr. Stephenson, the
chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, are having
a pretty little squabble between themselves over a
very interesting subject. Mr. Stephenson, some time
back, ordered notices to be put forth in the depart-
ments under his control, forbidding canvassing by
the employ6s. But Mr. Monk suddenly discovered
that the Act declaring canvassing illegal had been
repealed. Forthwith he posted off this information
to Mr. Stephenson and the daily papers. Mr. Stephen-
son politely informed him in reply that he had made
a mistake—had discovered a mare's-nest. There it
was thought the matter would have ended. But it
appeared that the correspondence has still been going
on. Mr. Monk is not convinced by Mr.
Stephenson, and asks for proofs of his statement,
adding that the Act to which Mr. Stephenson refers
as tmrepealed is one concerning soap, paper, and
linen. Mr. Stephenson returns that he believes
himself right : " With respect to any proof of the
correctness of my assertion. that the prohibition
enacted by s. 182 of the 10th Anne, c. 10, remains in
full force in regard tq the Department of Inland
Revenue, I c^ll only say that I am so advised,
and that I must be guided, by that opinion
until it has been demonstrated to be erro-
neous." Yet again Mr. Monk, nothing daunted by
the stiffness of the reply, returns in a letter in
which he quotes all the ids in question. The argu-
ment he uses is, that the Act on which Mr. Stephenson
relies refers to officers engaged in certain duties.
By subsequent statutes these duties have failed to be
required. There is nobody, therefore, engaged in
them. The Act, therefore, is a dead letter, and has
no power as to those engaged in similar, but not the
same work.
London, England, 1868-10-27

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
-I- DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.

_ .
The private medical attendants of the patients are
invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.
London, England, 1868-10-27

FRANCE.

PARIS, Oct' 27.10,
The Moniteur publishes the report of A 131.5130
Neil, proposing to reserve annually for soldiers 11 jo
re-enlist 7,000 civil appointments. This reP°rted
followed by an Imperial decree, already publi°l3o
on Sunday last in the Moniteur de l' Armee to
effect.
4., of
The Moniteur also publishes the appointments s,
42 commanders of battalions and of six chefs tre
cadron of the National Garde Mobile in the E3s,
tern departments. eq
BOURSE, Oct. 24.—Three o'clock.—The barb
closed as follows :

q per Cent.
End of month_
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 371
Credit Mobilier
End of month 2Bl
Credit Foncier —1462
End of month —

Bank Sharps ......3095

Italian Loan ......
End of month... 03 50
Mexican Loan •..
50
Do. Bonds ......
Spanish Threes •,',O 70
Home Debt...... "
Deferred .........
Cash
Orleans
Northern llB6
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 566
Western
577
Eastern • •
45
Sardinian
Austrian 575413
Lombard
North of Spain 59
Saragossa
40
Roman

RAILWA.

~5 fo:

It is stated by telegram that her 11IajestY : on
dian troopship Crocodile arrived at Alexandriato,
the afternoon of the 24th inst. with the Ist j°a for
lion of the 11th112giinent, and others destine

Bombay. fficeo
A detachment of 30 non-commissioned
eg)etit
and men of the Ist Battalion of the 22d Rials to
at Chatham garrison yesterday received or'er to
be held in readiness to embark for Nova Sec"ltjers
join the service companies of the regiment' ''ttiog
were also received at Chatham yesterday dirce,oth
a the
20 non-commissioned officers and men , 'slew
Regiment to be held in readiness to proceed
to 1
Brunswick to join headquarters.
London, England, 1868-10-27

A PALPABLE TRICE'.

The highest art is to conceal art. Mr. John Bright
has been trying his hand at a little bit of finesse, but
the dodge is too plain to deceive anyone. He writes
to Mr. Brogden to say that he would gladly see him
member for the borough of Wednesbury, and would
say so publicly if he did not fear to intrude himself
where he has no rightto appear. He gives his reasons:
" You are the chosen candidate of the Committee of
Selection, and on that ground alone, if I were an
elector, I should give you all the support in my
power. I was glad to hear from a friend of yours
a few days ago a favourable account of your pros-
pects, and I hope you may meet with a marked
success on the day of the poll." Of course this is
immediately printed in a local paper, and
Mr. Bright's private opinion will shortly be the
property of the whole nation. Mr. Mill's dictation
may be objectionable, but it is straightforward
enough. John Bright can no more successfully
imitate the tactics of a Disraeli, than he could per-
form on the trapeze like Leotard.

MR. GLADSTONE TO TIIE NON-ELECTORS OF
NEWTON.

Even after a fortnight's " stumping," Mr. Glad-
stone is by no means " stumped out." In answer to
an address from the non-electors of Newton, he says
that the Liberal party have done their best to impress
upon the Reform \ct of 1607 a satisfactory character,
" under the disadvantage arising from its being in
the hands of those who conceded Reform, not from
equity, but from necessity, and resisted on very many
occasions, and on some of them successfully, our
attempts to improve its provisions. They regret that
the county franchise is, by so wide an interval, sepa-
rated from that of the boroughs. Further, they
believe themselves to be as loyal to the agri-
cultural as to the trading interests of the country.
The measures of the so-called farmer's friends kept
him in continual uncertainty, in frequent distress,
and in the odious position of living in part at the
expense of his fellow-countrymen. No legislation
can do for this or any other class all that we could
desire ; but the measures of those who were decried
as the farmer's enemies have given him on the
whole increased profits, greater steadiness of
business, and exemption rom a reproach the more
painful because it was true,"
London, England, 1868-10-27

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the 1
Bishop of London. The work carried on by aSisterhood, I
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed
Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed,
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON.
Rev. J. W. Ayr° Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng 11e7. J. E. Kempe
Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev, W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
E. Charrington, Egq. Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse
Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepean
Octavius Coopo, Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. C. W. Purse Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gfiliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessoy Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H. G. Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co ; and by the Hon.
, Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
man-square, to whi'lli 99RaMIlitic49111 PAay bei aliclosoed
London, England, 1868-10-27

TALLOW.

The market is steady. Town tallow, 52s Gd ; Peters-
burg Y.C. on tho spot, 53s 6d.; D,?.cocerubor, 53s Gd ;
January, 53s Od ; March 54s 3d.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL PRODUCE.
Sugar.—There is a good demand for brown qualities
at full prices. 100 tons clayed Manilla sold at 30s 3d
and 2,500 bags common jaggery Madras at 275. Refined
quiet.
Coffee—The market is steady, but only a moderate busi-
ness has be©n transacted.
Tea—No improvement has taken place in the demand
for this article.
Fruit—Full prices are paid for all descriptions.
Rum—The market continues active for Jamaica, at firm
prices ; 250 puncheons sold at 3s ld co 3s 6d.
Rice-5,000 bags pinky Madras sold at Os 3d, and 1,400
tons Rangoon, afloat, at lOs 9d.
London, England, 1868-10-27

REMARKS.

Barometrical pressure has recoTered itself generally, and at our
southern stations readings are now high. The change since yesterday
has been upwards of a quarter of an inch. The highest reading is at
Valencia : that at Nairn is half an inch less. The fall in temperature
has been general :in the S.E. it has been greatest. A high westerly
wind blew yesterday in the Irish Sea, where it is now fresh from the
same quarter. On other coasts the wind is from*the N.W to W., and
moderate. On the E. and S.E. coasts the weather continues fine :
the sky is generally cloudy elsewhere. Rain has fallen in the W. and
S.W.
London, England, 1868-10-27

DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER
JILY PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe
of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ;
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
croate appetite; promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and
three times the quantity iu one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a
square green package, with "William Lambert" engraved
on the stamp.
London, England, 1868-10-27

INDIA OFFICE, 15th October, 1868.
By order of the Secretary of State for India in
Council.
Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain
reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and
soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of
Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to
time been received from the Governments of the respec-
tive Presidencies in India.
Packages containing articles reserved from the follow-
ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:-
11. Babington, W. R., Assistant Surgeon, Madras
Medical DepartmenL
12. Briggs, F. W., Rev, Madras Establishment.
17A. Barclay, J. S., Captain, 39th Madras Native
Infantry. •
20. Coust, H. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran
Battalion.
21. Carter, C., Captain, 88th Madras Native Infantry.
26. Chancy, A., Lieutenant, 39th Madras Native In-
fantry.
33. Donne, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
42. Dillas, It., Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regi-
ment.
48. Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras
Native Infantry.
52. Fenning, D. A., Colonel, lst Madras Light Cavalry.
63. Grinelack, E., Private, 104th Foot.
65. Harris, J. D., Lieutenant, 28th Madras Native In-
Infantry.
69. Hawes, J. C., Brevet-Major, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
7". Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment.
79. Johnston, J. 3IcM., Captain, 4th Madras Native In-
fantry.
83. Keighly, F., Lieutenant, 24th Madras Native In-
fantry. •
85. Kensington, H. 8., Ensign, 32d Madras Native In-
fantry.
117. Owen, M., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry.
128. Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native In-
fantry.
134. A. Ryan, P., Deputy Commissary, Madras Sappers and
Miners.
142. Sbedden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De-
partment.
1508. Stothert, IL, Major, 4th Bengal Native Infantry.
154. Walker, A., Captain, Madras Establishment.
1.65. Walker, T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native In-
fantry.
170. Wright, W., Sergeant, Madras Saprers and Miners.
Applications for such packages should be made by next
of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of
such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office.
In the event of any of the packages in question remain-
ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from
this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of
by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate
of the deceased.

T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military Secretary.

THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and 'Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.
London, England, 1868-10-27

--
The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. 220. per £1 sterling
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price
£3 08.100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold is about 9-10ths per cent. dearer in London than
Paris.

DEATH OF MR. FREDERIC DimNs.--On
Friday morning the sod closed over the dust of Frederic
William Dickens, latest surviving brother of Mr.
Charles Dickens. Mr. Frederic Dickens—who has re-
sided at Darlington during the last twelve months—had
for three weeks before his death suffered from an abscess
in the lung. On Sunday and Monday last he was con-
siderably better, and no danger was feared. About half-
past three o'clock on Tuesday morning, however, ho
became seriously ill, and died shortly after four o'clock.
The geniality—it was something more to those who could
see below the surface—of Mr. Dickens's nature, and his
ready fund of humour and anecdote, will not readily be
forgotten by those who knew him bast, and liked him
best.—Darlington Times.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—A repetition of the success-
ful display of fireworks given on the 19th inst. takes place
to-morrow (Wednesd;xy) evening. The two Chinese
Pagodas, nearly a hundred feet in height, and the groat
Water Temples will be again illuminated with coloured
lights. The display will commence at seven o'clock, the
company's orchestral baud and that of the Coldstream
Guards will play before, and the military band again
during and after, the fireworks. The building will be
lighted up for promenade until ten o'clock.

PATENT OFFICE MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSINGTON.-
Number of visitors for the week ending Oct. 24, 3,846 ;
total number since the opening of the Museum free daily
(May 12, 1858), 1,418,884.
London, England, 1868-10-27

CUBA.

Letters from Havana explain the conduct of the Cuban
authorities upon receiving the intelligence of the Spanish
The f.ta a. Queen Isabella► wa.tAbou_t to be

held when the telegram from the riovisional Government
was received ; but, fearing to alarm the populace, the
Governor allowed the festivities in honour of the fallen
sovereign to proceed without interruption. The next day
a council of the chief men of the island was held, when it
was determined to accept the new Government, stipu-
lating only that emancipation of the negroes should not be
immediately proclaimed.
London, England, 1868-10-27

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

£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions rocoived by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C. ; and by
WILLIAM WI-111 kMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
London, England, 1868-10-27

AIIEItICA.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.
The steamship Hansa has arrived out.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold opened at 1338, and closed at 134 g. The
range of the fluctuations during the day was g
per cent.
Sterling exchange on London, 110. Five-
Twenty United States Brnds, 1882, 1128 ; ditto,
1885, 111 ; ditto 1865, 1098 ; Ten-Forty do., 1053.
Illinois, 1448 ; Erie, 38k.
Cotton—middling upland, 253 c.
Petroleum—standard white, 301 c.
Flour—extra state, $7 70c. to $7 30c.
Corn—old mixed, $1 15c.
General Hooker has been placed upon the list of
retired officers with full rank, in consequence of dis-
ability caused by wounds and sickness.
Advices from Cuba state that 200 insurgents at
Las Tunas have been dispersed by the troops of the
Captain-General.
At Hayti Salnave continues gaining ground
owing to dissensions in the ranks of the Cacos rebels
at Seadus.

(Per the City of London, via Queenstown.)

NEW YORK, Oct. 17, Noon.

The final returns from tha late elections in
Nebraska show a Republican majority of 2,000
votes.

Gen. Morgan, Democrat, who was ousted by the
Republicans during last Session of Congress, has
been re-elected to sit for Ohio.

Mr. Belmont, and other members of the National
Dc ntratic Committee of New York, have pub-
lished a card, declaring any change of the Demo-
cratic candidates for the Presidency to be utterly
impracticable. The same view is generally and
strongly taken by the Democratic press.
A party of disguised men seized the steamer
Hesper on the Mississippi River below Memphis,
and threw overboard 4,000 stand of arms, which
had been intended for arming the negroes of
Arkansas. The party then escaped into the woods.
London, England, 1868-10-27

JOIIN BURGESS AND SON'S Original and
Superior ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES, also MAIN-FIELD'S
PATENT PICKLES, are perfectly pure and uncoloured. To be
had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS AND
SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. I
London, England, 1868-10-27

BREVET.

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Plunket Ireland, retired upon
full-pay 2d West India Regiment, to have the honorary
rank of Colonel.
Major Thomas Horan, retired upon full-pay 43d Foot, to
have tho honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Paymaster Robert Stein Forlong, 25th Foot, to have the
honorary rank of Captain.
Quartermaster George Gillam, retired upon half-pay, late
ith Dragoon Guards, to have the honorary rank of
Captain.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—?his Evening.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 181 ... 11 19
Do
Rotterdam — ... 12 0 ... 12
Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40* Brussels — ... 25 35 ... 25 40
Hamburgh — ... 13 91 ... 13 101
Paris Short ... 25 12* ... 25 20
Ditto
Mraseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 1201
Vienna — ... 11 75 ... 11 8U
Trieste — ... 11 75 ... 11 80
Petersburg
Copenhagen .,. ... 9 2U ... 9 23
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz — ... 47f ... 481
Leghorn
Milan — ... 27 40 ~. 27 50
Genoa — ... 27 40 ... 27 54
Naples
Palermo — ... 27 40 ... 27 50
Messina
Lisbon — ... 524 ... 521
Oporto — ... 524 ... b2l
Rio Janeiro — •.•
Now York — Of.

•
London, England, 1868-10-27

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

'TILE 11INLSTIVrd
714
ilamilton,. second son of the Duke of Abercorn, has
keen appointed a Lord of the Treasury, in place of
Kr. Noel, who succeeds Colonel Taylor as Secretary
k the Treasury.
DESPERATE TACTICS.

The great amount of mendacity mixed up with the
present election struggle is something frightful. A
Birmingham gentleman, passing through the streets
of an adjacent town, saw the following placard on
the walls in large type :—" From a quite independent
quarter, we learn that within the last nine months
Mr. Bright and Mr. Dillwyn had a formal interview
with Cardinal Cullen and Monsignor Woodlock, to
arrange in what way the spoils of the Irish Church
could be appropriated by the Irish Roman Catholics."
He wrote to Mr. Bright to know if it were
true, and received an answer that Mr. Bright
had not thought it worth while to contradict
a lie so absurd, and that " there is, surely, no person
who can believe it, on whom any argument, or state-
ment, or contradiction of mine could have any
influence." The " independent quarter " from which
these tales come must be somewhere in the neigh-
bourhood of the " Father of lies."
London, England, 1868-10-27

THE POLITICS OF THE CLERGY.

If the Conservative working man disturbs tho
Liberals, the Liberal parson troubles the Tories. If
ever the Liberal party looked for the support of the
clergy, it was on an occasion when the Church was
assailed ; and now day after day we hear of important
defections. The Hon. and Rev.W. 11. Lyttelton, rector
of Hagley, although he declines to join the Liberal
committee for East Worcestershire, promises to vote
for the Liberals. On former occasions he voted
on•the principle of " men, not measures," but now
that a great question is ahead he will vote on the
reverse principle. Nothing but very strong reasons
would induce him to vote for a leader who has done
so much to demoralise public men as Mr. Disraeli
has,even were his politics more to the reverend gentle-
man's liking. The Conservatives have a set-off in
the Hon. and Rev. A. C. Talbot, who not only has put
bis name on the Conservative committee for West
Staffordshire, but goes on the "stump."

THE " TIMES" JUSTICE.

The leading journal has forgotten the homely
proverb as to the equal value of a condiment for both
sexes to the bird sacred to St. Michael. The Bishop
of Chester having given some hard raps to both those
parties in the Church who disregard her spirit and
formularies, our contemporary rejoices that the
Bishop has condemned the extreme Ritualists, and
at the same time laments that he has destroyed the
value of his reproof by extending his condemnation
to those who violate the spirit and the letter of the
Prayer-book by their omissions and modifications.
The Times finds an excuse for them in custom, and
has no doubt that if the Bishop were to remonstrate
with these offenders they would immediately amend
their ways. To put their disobedience into the same
category with naughty Ritualists is too bad. The
Bishop of Chester's care is to maintain discipline in
the Church, and to call back those who are going to
Geneva as well as Rome. He takes for his standard
the Prayer-book, not the Times ; and impartial
thinkers will hold, in direct opposition to that
bournal, that the Bishop's charge is valuable chiefly
ecause it deals out equal measure to all classes of
offenders, and places him out of the category of per-
secuting bishops.
London, England, 1868-10-27

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