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The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-05

The Price of Gold.

The quotalim of gold at Paris is about at par, and
tie short exchange on London is 25i. 171 c. per £1 sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
.£3 loid. per ounce for standard, gold, it appears that
gold is about the same price in London and Piris.
The course of exchange at New York on London for ill
at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 1 91 percent.
At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold
rom the Uni: cd hta tee.

DROWNED in streams and rivers are
frequently to all appearance drowned, strange as the idea
of a drowned fish may be. When a stream is suddenly
swollen with water that has fallen upon and drained from
a surrounding soil which has been exposed for some time
previously to the sun's rays, the water is warmed and de-
prived of its power of holding a proper complement of
oxygen; the vivifying gas in consequence escapes, and
the fish, deprived of the air necessary for respiration, faint
and die, as they would if placed in tepid water.—The Gen -
lien:an': Magazine.
London, England, 1868-12-05

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the
bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant,
is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re-
lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci-
pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the
faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the
ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach-
ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons
deprived of sleep, or even lying downfor fear of suffoca-
tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it.
Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8,
King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all
druggists, in bottles, 13d., and three quantities in one,
2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lanabert's Asth-
matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the
stamp.
London, England, 1868-12-05

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AGITA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public
in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each,
including brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. B.C.
London, England, 1868-12-05

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAY3IARKET.

DVS EVENING. EASY SHAVING. Messrs. Rogers, Clark,
Gordon, Miss Burke, &c. After which, LEAH: Messrs. Howe, Ro
{tern, Kendal, Braid, Clark, F. Buckstone, White, Weathersby,
&c.; Mesdames Bateman, Francis,Wright.Maccabe, Fitzwilliam,
Laws, Coleman, &c. And A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINE;6S.
Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, &c. Commence at 7.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.

Twig EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8,
AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. Walter
Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. a Shore,
Nl:lc:lean, Holston Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leelereq
concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY.
London, England, 1868-12-05

The Price of Gold.

The quotalim of gold at Paris is about at par, and
t!ie short exchange on London is 251. 1713. per Li sterling.
on cumpariug these rates with the English Mint price of
V Gs. WO. per ounce for standard gold. it appear that
gold is about the- same price in London and Paris.
The course ol exchange at New York on London for ill
at CO days' eiht was on the last date about 1 91 percent.
At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gol.l
rota the Uni:cd ;.,ta tea.

DROWNED FISH.--Fish in streams and rivers are
frequently to all appearance drowned, strange as the idea
of a drowned fish may be. When a stream is suddenly
swollen with water that has fallen upon and drained from
a surrounding soil which has been exposed for some time
previously to the sun's rays, the water is warmed and de-
prived of its power of holding a proper complement of
oxygen ; the vivifying gas in consequence escapes, and
the fish, deprived of the air necessary for respiration, faint
and die, as they would if placed in tepid water.—The Gen
(lemon': Magazine.
London, England, 1868-12-05

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPITT.

TntS EVENTNG, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
TO CAM B F.RW ELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45
MON'IE CRISTO . Messrs. Feehter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A.
Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W
11. P burne, It. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclerc%
and Mrs. Leigh Murray.
London, England, 1868-12-05

AN ARISTOCRATIC VICE.

In the Westminster Police-court one Benjamin
Kierley has made an application under the Small
Tenements Act to eject his tenant. It appears that
the tenant occupied the lower part of the house and
the upper storey, the landlord being in the middle.
Kierley was a Liberal, and the tenant, Lane, a Tory.
The result was that the house uresenteda most incon-

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sistent appearance. The shop, occupied 6y Lanb,
contained a huge placard inviting the Westminster
electors to vote for Smith. If the eye of the elector
wandered to the first floor, he was instructed to vote
for Grosvenor and Mill. Should he direct his gaze
to the top of the house, he found that the upper
stories contradicted the first floor and upheld the
recommendation of the shop. Kierley had evidently
made up his mind that it was part of a landlord's
duties to coerce his tenant. He had some high
examples before him, and because Lane refused to
remove his placards he sought to turn him out. His
plea was the disfigurement of his house, but he was
evidently influenced by political considerations. The
magistrate found, however, that the tenure was a
quarterly one ; and thus landlord terrorism is
defeated for the nonce.
London, England, 1868-12-05

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THIS EVENING, at 7, BORROWED PLUMES. After which
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son, Barrett. J. Irving, H. Sinclair, E. Price, John Rouse, G
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Ballot of Action, BEDA.
London, England, 1868-12-05

MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke
• • Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters,
hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters
for all Classes.

The following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and
SOX:—

CITY ESTABLISHMENT.

155, MINORIES
156, MINORIES
157, MINORIES
83, A L DOATE
84, ALDGATE
85, A LDGATE
SC, AL D A.TE
87, ALDGAT E

A T,I, ATE
1, A LD,"A ATE

0 X FORD-STU ET BRANCH.
OXFORD-STREET
507, NEW OXFORD-STREET
508, NEW OXFORD-STREET
1, HART-STREET
2, HART-STREET
3, HART-STREET

TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BR ANC H.
137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
133, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
283, EUSTON-ROAD.

Country Branch:
13, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS.
20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS.

SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre-
sentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state than
they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their
only F.stablishments are the above-mentioned.
London, England, 1868-12-05

AMERICA.

Evenin.thvgs_days of extraordinary commercial transac-
tions, the swindling in connection with the Erie Railway
must be regarded as a phenomenon. A lawsuit has been
commenced to restrain three of the directors, who form a
majority of the whole board, from further mismanage-
ment of the company, and for the appointment of a
receiver. The bill of complaint is an excellent specimen
of its kind. It states that the whole amount of legally
authorised stock is 165,000 shares. The defendants, the
three directors, illegally issued 58,000 additional shares in
May 1866 ; in February last they issued 50,000 more, and
the next month another 50,000. Legal proceedings had been
taken against these directors, but they were disregarded, and
whilst the lawsuit was slowly going on in the courts, the
Erie Company was rapidly going on the road to ruin.
Three million dollars in convertible bonds were issued,
and these were quickly converted into 30,000 more illegal
shares, and shortly after a large holder was bought out of
the company in order to give the triumvirate a more com-
plete command of affairs. These things done, the three
made themselves members of the " executive com-
mittee" that controls the railway, and, being a
majority of the five direct Ors comprising it, ruled the
company, and from that time forth stopped having any
meetings of the board of directors at all. The committee
met secretly, did what it pleased, and submitted its pro-
ceedings for approval to no one. They even appointed
one of their own body auditor. More illegal shares were
issued, and, finally, the original number of 165,000 was
swollen'to the enormous total of 607,000. The complaint
states that the money thus raised has been applied to the
directors' own purposes. They have even kept a sum of
£3,600,000 in their own hands, not depositing it in any
bank, but using it for operations on the money market.
They finally contemplated carrying over the falsified books,
the funds and everything else, to New Jersey, out of the
reach of the New York court. The worst of the story is,
that the authors of this, perhaps the most flagrant speci-
men of commercial swindling ever known, have hitherto
been triumphant even in the law courts. The effect of
these transactions has been unparalleled. For a fortnight
the three directors "knocked about at will the prices of
gold, wheat, bonds, railway shares, and almost everything
that is bought and sold."
London, England, 1868-12-05

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

THIS EVENING, EASY SHAVING. Messrs. Rogers, Clark,
Gordon, Miss Burke, &c. After which. LEAH: Messrs. Howe, Ro
gers, Kendal, Braid, Clark, F. Buckstone, White, Weathersby,
&c.; Mesdames Bateman. Francis.Wright.Maccabe, Fitzwilliam,
Laws, Coleman, &c. And A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSIE6S.
Messrs. Buckstone. Howe, &c. Commence at 7.
London, England, 1868-12-05

Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 90
ltiliati 5 per Cent., 1865 —
)o. Account .. —
Do Mareinmana Railway
'dexican 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 —
Do (; per Cent. Anglo-French —
tiontevidQau C per Cent. .. —
Vloorish imperial 5 per Cent
Nest Granada —
Do 3 per Con, 36
Do. Deferred
Do Laud Warrants (lleetares) -
Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865
Do Account.
Purl ug uoso 3 per Ut.,1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'1,' 381
Do. do. 1867 3Bl

Do. do. Scrip, X-20 pail —
Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ Su
Do 4} per Cont.. 1850
Do 41- per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds , 00
Do. du. £B4 15s. do —
Do., £lOO Bonds
1866 ,
.... .... . 891 90

Do.'
Do Nicolas Railway 65 I
Sardinian b pr,r Cent
Do 4f per Cent. (Uribarre►u)
Do per Cent., 1862

£Bl 15s. do —

Do Account
Spanish 3 per Con ...
Do. Account
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferred
Do. Account

Do. Passive
Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded
Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do dc, 1863
Do do, Scrip
Turkish G per Cent.
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account

Do £lOO Bonds 64 2
Do 5 per Cent. 1865 —
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1865
Do I por Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela 3 per Cent.: —
Do. Account
Dividends on the above payable i a London.
Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cont., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 4 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil„ —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... . B7
French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 2M. —

Do Account -
'Win, 5 per Cent. 1831, Ez. zsf.
Do. Account 56
CLOSING PRICES.
Consuls,'Money 92- f xd
Do. Account, Jan. 5 92i xd

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

STATE OF THE POLLS.

GLASGOW AND ABERDEEN UNIVERSITIES.
FOUE,TIi DAY.—GROSS POLL AT 10 A.M.—Tins DAY.
Moncrieff (L) 2033
Gordon (C) ... ... 1991
ORKNEY AND SHETLAND.
FINAL CLOSE IN ORKNEY.
Dundas (L) 578
Riddle (C) ... ... ... 345
(Shetland poll not included.)

111,11tKE7 S—'l Ills DAY.

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COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, December 5. —Sales pro'eAly 8,000 bales.
Market flat.

HAY.

Smithfield—Primo clover, from £5 108 to £6 Gs ; infe-
rior ditto, £1 5s to £5; prime hay, £5 5s to £5 15s; in-
ferior ditto, £1 5s to £4 los ; and straw, £1 6s to £1
por load.
COVENT GARDEN.

Supplies aro well kept up. All the broceolis are now
coming unusually good.

MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
London, England, 1868-12-05

THE LATE PRIMATE'S WILL.

The will of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, dated
the 3d of April, 1868, with a codicil dated the 16th of Octo-
ber, 1868, was proved on the Ist instant by the Hon. H. W.
Parnell, the Rev. J. R. Hall (Rector of Ilunton, Kent),
and Henry Longley, Es.q. (the eldest son of deceased),
the executors. The personal property is sworn under
£40,000. The dispositions of deceased's will and codicil,
with the exception of nineteen guineas to each executor and
legacies to his servants, aro entirely in favour of his sons
and daughters. Among tho specific bequests the testator
gives to his son Henry the following, which ho wished him to
consider as heir-looms---" The Holy Bible" and'' The Early
Years of the Prince Consort," given to him by the Queen,
with her autograph. The statuette of Raphael given to
him by the Princess Alice, and the "Reading Boy," given
to him by the Princess Helena, on their respective mar-
riages; the service books for the several offices of the
Church which he has performed for different members of
the Royal family ; the gold coronation medal and the two
silver medals given to him by the Queen on the mar-
riages of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Helena;
his correspondence with the Queen and other royal per-
sonages; and the three books given to him by the Queen
of Prussia, viz., "La Vie Eternelle," "Lo Pere Celeste,"
and "Jesus Christ et son Temps."

THE BISHOP OF CORK AND RITUALIS3I.

The Right Rev. Bishop of Cork inaugurated a series of
Advent lectures in the parish church, Belfast, on
Wednesday evening. In the course of his sermon he
rebuked the effeminate sacerdotalism of the day. Their
duty, he urged, was to preach tho Gospel—to
preach Christ—and not to imitate those who went
on preaching churches, dresses, music, twists here and turns
there - folly ! folly! only fit for an asylum, for a lunatic or
idiot asylum, but not for an institution and agency
charged with the office of preaching the Word. Con-
cluding a sermon practical rather than didactic, his
lordship remarked that it was to him a sincere plea-
sure to come to this northern country whore there was
so mcch Protestantism—where, he trusted, the noble Pro-
testant mind of this country was being strengthened, and
the noble Protestant heart of the country purified. Ho felt
when he went to England an elation finding himself in the
midst of a great Protestant people—with the body of the
people—of a great country which had risen precisely as it
became more and more Protestant.
London, England, 1868-12-05

A COMPLIMENT TO MP. BEVEDDY JOHNSON.

The Reform League, having constituted itself into
a sort of cosmopolitan tribunal, or supreme court of
appeal for the settlement of the affairs of all nations,
has begun to be very cautious. Delegates from the
League, the International, and
.other associations,
have met to consider the propriety of giving the
American Ambassador a dinner, to chew the good
will of the working classes in this country towards
their brethren in America. ' But here arises a
difficulty. They do not want to compliment Mr.
Johnson, but only the people he represents. Mr. Beaks
was in the chair. After a Mr. Coningsby' had said
something about not confounding Mr. Johnson's
public with his private career, Mr. Beaks discussed
how far " the compliment would be acceptable to the
people of America, sent through a tainted medium."
A resolution was passed to invite working men of all
parties to another meeting. Perhaps the " tainted
medium " will best consult his own dignity by declining
any invitation. It is not absolutely necessary for
the perfection of his mission of conciliation that he
should be patronised by the Reform League. It
should be remembered that Mr. Johnson has already
accepted an invitation, and been put off on the score
of expense.
London, England, 1868-12-05

AN AIIISTOCIIATIC VICE.

AM.1.1 • -
In the 'Westminster Police-court one Benjamin
Kierley has made an application under the Small
Tenements Act to eject his tenant. It appears that
the tenant occupied the lower part of the house and
the upper storey, the landlord being in the middle.
Kierley was a Liberal, and the tenant, Lane, a Tory.
The result was that the house oresenteda most ineon-

THE CONVOCATION OF ronii.
The Archdeacon of York writes to the Times as to
the Ivithdrawal of Dr. Vaughan from the contest
for the election of a, proctor in Convocation. It
appears that Canon Hey interpreted the letter ho
received from Dr. Vaughan upon the subject as an
zly7o:ute withdrawal. But now it transpires that the
Vicar of Doncaster was willing to be put in nomina-
tion if no opposition w.is raised. Archdeacon Jones
protests against the inference drawn by the Times,
that there has been a deliberate rejection of
Dr. Vaughan, or a general disposition to ostracise
independent thought. He says : "Many clergymen
came froM a distince, and that upon very short
notice, to support Dr. Vaughan, but had no oppor-
tunity of voting afforded them ; others I know would
have supported him if they had been aware of the
opposition. With every sentiment of respect both for
Dr. Vaughan and for the learned and exemplary cler-
gyman who has been chosen to succeed him, I feel com-
pelled to say that by making his candidature depen.
dent on the unanimity of his constituents, the former
has left the clergy at the mercy of a body of men who
raised an unexpected opposition at the eleventh
hoUr." The correspondence between Canon hey and.
Dr. Vaughan shewed this :—The canon plainly inti-
mates that if the doctor came forward, he would
court defeat Dr. Vaughan, in reply, intimated that
he did not seek the office, and would not seek it, and
that, under the circumstances, as placed before him
by Canon Hey, he would prefer not to come forward.
NEW COLLEGE. •
. Further correspondence upon the subject of the
late outrage at Oxford gives a very different com-
plexion to the affair. An undergraduate made out
that the culprit who broke the windows was requested
by the other undergraduates not to give up his
name. • It now appears that it was only the men of
his set who thus advised him, and that a meeting of
undergraduates has condemned the blackguardly con-
duct of this unknown offender. Now that the whole
college is punished for it, if he have any sense
of honour, he will give himself up. The authoriii?s
may have taken a very severe step, but a " Fellow of
a College " thinks there is no alternative, as the
undergraduates are free from police control, and are
not subject to that government vested in the more
intellectual members of their own society, which
constitutes the monitorial system at our public
schools. This window-breaking is said to be the
climax of a long series of wanton and deliberate
insults. It is unfortunate that undergraduates, in
emulating the heroes of "Verdant Green," should
omit all the wit from the part, and retain all the
mischief.
London, England, 1868-12-05

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LOCKS—for Houses, Hotels, and Railway Offices, from 2s. to
165.; for Mansions and Banks, Bs. to 505,--adapted for all pur-
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to £lO Offices, 24 to 72 inch, £lO to £l2O.
H , H., au dOo. solicit an examination (especially by engineers)
of their three entirely NEW PRINCIPLES of construction for
security Safes and Doors.—See Report in List of Prices.
London, England, 1868-12-05

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.
This EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8,
AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining,-Mr. Walter
Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murrby; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore,
Maclean, Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Hose Loclercq
Concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY.
London, England, 1868-12-05

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
_a_ Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.

TITIS EVENING, at 7. BORROWED PLUMES.
At 7.4 A. KLNG 0' SCOTS. Mr. Phelps, Mr. E. Price, Mr. H.
Sinclair. Mr. Addison, Mr. H. M. Barrett, Mr. Joseph Irving, Mr.
I Rouse, Mr. William Mclntyre, Mr. James Johnstone, Mr. F.
Charge, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. W. C. Temple; Miss Heath, Miss Edith
/Stuart Miss Fanny Addison. and Mrs. Frank Matthews.
To conclude with a Grand Ballet of A ction. entitled BED?.
London, England, 1868-12-05

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London, England, 1868-12-05

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London, England, 1868-12-05

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.

THIS FN WING. at 7. GOOD FOIL NOTHING. At a quarter to
8, CYRIL'S SUCCESS: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, Fisher, New-
bound. Andrews, Tindale, Hurlstone, and J. Clarke; Mesdames
Henrade, C. Thorne, Bremen, Berend, Hughes, and Stephens.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
Trns EVENING. at 7.30, TliE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel-
ford, Clarke: Miss Button. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH
OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria
Longrnore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To
conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees. Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.

frirs EVENING, THE WIFE'S SECRET. Sir WalterAymott,
r Creswielc; Lady Evelina,Rs Pauncefort. After which,
AND RATS AND WATER RATS.

QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE.
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teller had at first assisted Ler with drugs procured from the
herbalist ; but that the experienced performer himself
finally stepped in with the white powder and precipitated
the result. She confessed, too, that she entertained the
idea of poisoning Marino's wife, and gave him the cheerful
assurance that if he had refused to marry her after that
removal of obstacles she would have poisoned him as well.
Finally, Marino received two kinds of poison, with direc-
tions for its use, and learned, en passant, that two other
women of Marseilles bad sought and found the aid of the
herbalist. The entire budget was then laid before the
police.

Thus were these murders discovered: the manner in
which each of them was committed is a story in itself, but
I have not space to tell it. In the case of Vine the detest.
able operation lasted from the beginning of the year until
the nth of May, and the husband throughout suffered
horrible tortures. Arsenic and belladonna were alter-
nately administered to him, the symptoms of the two being
so conflicting as to altogether baffle the medical man.
The infamous wife then actually had the audacity
to call in the most competent physician in
Marseilles —an act of incomparable daring and
finesse, which almost entirely disarmed suspicion.
The husband vomited much, but the ejections were
removed before the doctors came. On one occasion, how-
ever, they managed to obtain a portion of the discharges,
and determined to analyse it, but the apparatus broke
down, and the experiment failed. The woman Ville, was,
however, so much frightened by this escape, that the pro•
cess of killing was suspended for some time,
It was, however, resumed towards the end of
March, when arsenic only was given. The second
murder was comparatively an ordinary affair. A woman
named Salvago was hampered in her career of profligacy
by a lazy and eranken husband, whom she removed by
means of such doses that he died so far back as last
February. The third murder, in which three women are
implicated, affords, perhaps, the strangest story of the
three. The chief murderess is not more than 20 years of
age. She was originally a foundling, and was brought up
by two honest people who had no children of their own.
She married well, then made the acquaintance of profli-
gate women, and entered into a career of vice, of which
this accusation of murder is the end. Her husband
was poisoned by arsenic in eight days. The
proceedings in this great trial were to commence
yesterday. I need hardly say that the excitement caused
by such a series of crimes is intense throughout the
country. All the judicial papers of France were to be
represented at the hearing of the case, and one reporter
has been sent from Berlin.

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THE CLERGY AN": ' tr:•••Cit•

Mr. Henry Labouchele, whose reject,rr. for Middle-
sex is to a large extent owing to clerical influence,
sends a neat letter to the Times, in which he explains
why, though in his opinion a Dissenting minister
may preach and teach politics, a Church clergyman
should not. " A Nonconformist divine," he argue;
"in his relation to the State, is a private individual ;
clergyman of the Established Church is not. ITe is
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London, England, 1868-12-05

THE TOWER, HAMLETS FLEC NON.

It would be just as well if Mr. Beales were to keep
his temper over his defeat at the T. .
Tower Hamlets.
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motives, charging everybody . else with
motives, &c., is not a very dignified spectacle. One
of the other Liberals who was beaten was
tklr. Newton. . Mr. Beales thinks that had
Mr. Newton retired, some of his voters would have
given their adherence to him, and thus he might
have beaten Mr. Samuda. So he is very hard upon
Mr. Newton, hinting pretty plainly that he had re-
ceived money to hold on. Mr. Newton indignantly
denies any corrupt motives or bargains of any kind. To
which Mr. Beales returns, " You could not have acted
worse if • you had been paid." Er suggests, too, that
the election was not caridiuqej. 11); ;mounds either
honourable or pure. a.j. e charges are
needless and shew a pct Dish spiri
London, England, 1868-12-05

DEATH OF CAPTAIN BROOKE.

The death is announced cf Cs.:tain J. B. J. Br: e.
son of the late Rajah of Sarawak. Mr. Brooke wts
formerly captain in her Majesty's 88th Regiment. In 1848,
at the request of his uncle, Sir James Brooke, he left her
Majesty's service and joined Sir James Brooke in Sarawak.
Mr. Brooke devoted himself to the service in Sarawak; and
in 1868, when Sir James Brooke was incapacitated by an
attackof paralysis from further active exertion, Mr.Brooke,as
Raja Muda,effectually carried on tho government of Sarawak.
Mr. Brooke was distinguished for the energy with which he
suppressed piracy on the coast of Borneo, and for the able
manner in which he rulel and conciliated the natives of
Sarawak. Last year Mr. Brooke exhibited symptoms of a
fatal malady similar to that which caused the death of his
uncle and early friend a few months ago. Within six
months the two principal actors in the scenes of Sarawak
have passed away unier the influence of disease brought
on by the cares and anxieties attending their position in
Sarawak. Mr. Brooke married, in 1856, the o.anghter of Mr.
and Lndy Lucy Grant; of KilgraF;ton, by whom he had two
sons. Mrs. Brooke died in 1858 in Sarawak, his eldest son
died in Sarawak in 18611, leaving his accond son, Hope Brooke,
as his hoir. Mr. Brooke married again in 1861, Mica Wel-
stead, of Kimbolton. Mrs. Welstead Brooke died in Sara-
wak in 1862, leaving issue ono daughter. Mr. Brooke was
the eldest son of tho Rev. Charles Francis Johnson, of
White Lackington.
London, England, 1868-12-05

CLUBS FOR WOMEN.

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"those nasty clubs." Women, however, are now to
have clubs of their own. We have a proposal, which
is being carried out, that a women's club shall be
established, whose aim shall be to provide healthy
apartments and good food for those who now com-
plain of having neither, and who, moreover,
are suffering from ennui. The secretary, however,
is in want of money, games, and books, and appeals
for these through the press.
London, England, 1868-12-05

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LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 5, 1868.

Mr. GLADSTONE'S principal objoct will, of course,
be to form a strong Government. A host in himself,
he must not surround himself with a host of mediocri-
ties. The first guarantee against this is, as a matter of
course, the sweeping aside altogether of those old
used-up Whig Administrators of whom the world
was sick to very nausea long ago, men too utterly
insignificant individually to merit, even the
distinction of being enumerated. Those, at
least, we are at last, thank Heaven, well
rid of. But, while we are rid of them, there are
other claimants for promotion to their vacant
places immediately surrounding the future Prime
Minister, his selection of whom as his colleagues
would be very serious matter for regret—simply, it
should be said at once, by reason of their comparative
insignificance. Precisely, however, because Mr. GLAD-
STONE iS so vigorous and powerful an administrator
in himself, is it earnestly to be hoped, in the inte-
rests of the Crown and of the country, that he will
associate with himself in the Cabinet men of com-
manding ability, not mere political make-weights —the
pick of the foremost men, in fact, of what was yes-
terday the Opposition. Obviously a strong GLAD-
STONE Government would be one which would in-
clude in the same Cabinet such men of mark as the
following—under Mr. GLADSTONE'S Premiership—
Lord CLARENDON, Lord GRANVILLE, the Duke
of ARGYLL, Mr. CARDWELL, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr.
LOWE, Mr. CHILDERS, Mr. W. E. 'FORSTER—
a Cabinet inelnding in it, moreover, Sir ALEX-
ANDER COCKBURN (then, of course, Lord
COCKBURN) as Lord High Chancellor. There are
ten out of the fifteen names required to make up
the aggregate of the Cabinet— ten of the foremost
names of the Liberal Party. Others there are from
among whom the rest might be judiciously select :d,
among them Lord K =MILEY, Lord DUFFERIN, Mr.
GoscuEN, Mr. AYRTON---We were going to add Mr.
LAYARD, only that his intollerable insolence of
temper, as so of tep evidenced in the House,
and as mere recently and more shame-
fully manifested on the hustings in South-
work, may be regarded as having in a mea-
sure shelved him. From names, such as those we
have just now enumerated, if Mr. GLADSTONE makes
a bold and discriminating selection, then but then
only, as we conceive, he may be deemed to have
constructed an administration wprtby of him in its
intellectual strength and in its administrative capacity.
London, England, 1868-12-05

ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.

A complaint was made the other day that the sub-
scriptions could not be paid to St. George's Hospital
without a commission of 4 per cent. going through
the hands of the collector. The secretary now
explains the matter. The collector is allowed 4 per
cent. on subscriptions (by which, we presume, he
means annual subscriptions), but not on legacies
and donations. He has frequently to call more
than once on some of the subscribers, amounting
to very nearly 1,300, who may not be at home;
and although a few subscriptions may not
actually be paid to him, yet the trouble is the
same ; and besides this, he has other duties connected
with the hospital to perform, for which he receives
no further remuneration. Last year the commission
was only paid on the subscriptions—Rs,6lo 2s.—
amounting to £224 3s. 5d., but nothing was paid on
other sums, nor on the donations to the building
fund. This places the matter in a better light than
it appears at first. It is well known that, however
willing people may be to put their names down for a
subscription, the extraction of the money requires
more skill than a surgical operation.
London, England, 1868-12-05

THE LAND TAX.

A letter complaining of too much land tax would
probably make Mr. Bright stare. But such a com-
plaint is made by a correspondent of the Times, who
asks what authority the collectors of Worcestershire
have for increasing the tax 10 per cent. 44 A new
valuation of estates was," he says, " made in
1692, and certain payments were apportioned to
each county, hundred, or other division, but I know
of no new valuation of the land since the time of
William 111. The inequality of the land tax in
various counties is very great, owing to a variety of
causes ; for instance, while in Bedfordshire it was
2s. ld. in the pound, and in Surrey Is. ld., it was at
the same but 32d. in Durham, 2d. m Lancashire, and
21d. in Scotland. We have been accustomed to look
on this tax as fixed in amount and unalterable, but
during the present month the collector has demanded
an increased payment of something like 15 per cent.
on the whole rate, and is unable to assign a reason
for it, except that the alteration is based on the poor
rate book."
London, England, 1868-12-05

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NURSERIES.

The Lancet contains some advice to mothers. They
should look after their own children a little more.
All other suggestions are mere palliatives. It is im-
possible to get nurses to treat children as mothers
used to treat them, and these nurses are sometimes
cruel. Our contemporary recommends the introduc-
tion of deserving and dependent gentlewomen into
the service of the nursery, but has no faith
in any suggestions which contemplate the
exemption of the mother from her principal
duty of living for and with her children.
The words of our contemporary are the words of
wisdom, but he might as well rebuke the wind. If he
will consider the arrangements of a lady of fashion,
he must know that attention to such duties is im-
possible. The study of Le Feet, the
.fete, the flower-
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the four o'clock tea, the dinner, the opera, the ball,
politics, and flirtation, form a tolerable day's pro-
gramme, without the intrusion of domestic duties.
The choice of a robe for the evening and the com-
pletion of that edifice known as the " chignon " will
alone occupy hours.