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to those voluntarily engaged in some
good work Of the latter character.
The State Board OF Charities now
desires to have its supervisory authority
extended TO these private charities.
The board says that during the ten
years since this decision was rendered
the number Of such sOcieties and insti-
tutions has increased from about six
hundred 20 more than seven hundred
and fifty, and that their annual expendi-
lures are estimated at more than ten
millions of dollars.
We venture to doubt the wisdom or
expediency Of any compulsory legisla-
ton which will thus subject all private
charities to State control. There is no
valid objection TO permitting any pri-
vate charitable institution which de
sires to do so voluntarily to submit
itself to the jurisdiction of the State
Board of Charities: but if the Legislature
shall declare that all must do so ire
spective of their wishes on the subject,
the law will render it practically impossi-
BILE for any person to establish private
charity in New York which shall be free
from the control of the State. Expert
ence has shown that every legislative
enactment which hampers in any respect
the free exercise of charity tends to
prevent the establishment of charitable
foundations generally. IL is quite con-
ceivable that benevolent man OF wealth
who desires to devote his fortune or part
Of his fortune to charitable purposes
may strongly prefer that the manage
ment of the property which he wishes
to apply to that purpose shall be exclu-
sively in private hands and free from
any interference or regulation on the
part of Governmental officers. Why
should the law refuse to recognize or
tolerate his preference in this respect I?
We can perceive no good reason unless
il be that evils have grown up in the ad
ministration OF private charities which
require Governmental interference as a
remedy. We are not informed, however,
that any such condition OF affairs ex-
lists; and we believe that the legislation
now advocated by the State Board Of
Charities if enacted will operate directly
and extensively to check bountiful giving
for the benefit of the poor, the sick and
the needy.
The demand for such legislation is
only another striking instance of the
tendency of public officers to seek an
enlargement of their official powers.
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1he Direct Primary In Florida.

II
Anong those who advocate direct
,primaries no argument is more famiAar
n nor more popular than that which is
cDntained in the declaration that the
systenn enlfsts for public service men OF a
I. higher r*ype and greater efficiency than
the existing machinery. Interesting as
ID cpnamenfary upon this assertion is
fh& public statement recently issued by
'ib& Hon. w. A. BLoUNT of Pensacola
ensplAaning his reasons for withdrawing
frofn the contest for United States Sena-
15r in Florida From this document we
.Quotg the following, extract;
/ b{keve that no man MOI heretofore holding
pnbas asnh<e and therebS largely known to the
'rubllr has any chance of election without exa
}tndtd personal canvass OF the STATE extending
y FAR As possible into each hamlet and village. 1
have been making such a canvass since the nrst
" Os,ober. nearly three months.
A some length Mr.. BLoUNT then
siesdribes the physical discomfort and
actual Illness which resulted from the
exeftione Of his canvass. Not only, he
,conthides. was it apparent that his
contnuipG in-tbis campaign might i'm
/. pair his health permanently, but it was
bquAily evident that it might leave him
1s,nfiss to perform the duties of the Office
whSt;h he sought.
The second reason for his withdrawal
xhith Mr.. BLoUNT gave seems TO us
2vebI more valuable and pertinent to
me- present discussion:
A /. -ta.r. {. s.o,s.r reason. les, tangible su, 10
.se a, ess real; my repusnAnce to the personal
sollc,.stlon Of votes. either by a dIrec, reques,
N me. voter or by an exhibition of myself to
bim lsr the soe purpose Of tae't solicitation
ssgeeaw heS'iancy on my part to do this but
fpoFhl maj snort pIAe''ce would MAKE II a
,af ~. anu vac" ',"oS.s0 oO'
- .- 4, - ~.n,s S,~. .,.s~s,s suorDs -
4 y, eaagrs ,F,s dnrpg a r,mp,,vn even though
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A Kentucky Dream OF the Panama
Canal

Representative JOHN W. LANGLEY of
Kentucky. who has just returned from
a visit to the Isthmus OF Panama brings
back to us so many prospects of increase
and opulence and national exaltation
we can hardly look them in the face. He
is convinced OF the entire success of the
lock canal. Everybody is. Even those
Congressman who went there two or
three years ago and came back loaded
with misgiVing are now convinced
No need, therefore, to inquire into the
profound conclusions OF the buoyant
and optimistic LANGLEY. The canal is
as good as finished, and already the eye
Of ordinary prophecy can see the gal
Icons climbing up and down the PAN
anna hills and scattering their boarded
riches over the coasts of two oceans and
still more numerous seas.
Mr.. LANGLEY docs not quite surprise
us by predicting that the canal will cost
Ave hundred millions OF dollars-as
much, in fact, as IS each for every man.
woman and child in the United States.
High toll, but we have recently suspected
as much and are prepared for it. This,
however, lie only half Of Mr.. LANGLEYs 8
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Lions and Dragons.

There seems TO be keen desire'among
Republicans in'some parts Of the coun-
try to throw our Innocent young friend
from Danville to the lions. in that
event we pity the lions. Perhaps the
Republican party should have some
pity too.
We don't know too well what this
horfendous dragon called -Cannonism
is, but il is Republican worm; has been
great and strong under Republicanism;
and We should suppose that a good
many Republican toes might feel the
steel when the st. Georges from Kansas
and way stations begin TO chop the
accursed varmint up.
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SPAIN AND AMERICA.
Renewed Efforts 20 snlarge spanish Trade
and BANKING.

FrOw Daily Consular and Trade Reports.
ConsuI-General Frank y. Hill OF Barcelons
furnishes the following information relative
to movements in Spain for the enlarge
n1ent OF It's commercial and financial relas
tions with Latin America:
According to advices the Bank OF Spain
is about 10 abandon les policy OF connnnR
ite banking relations to the Spanish PENN
sula and contentlng itself with the role OF
creditor and banker OF the Spanish Gov
crnment. IL is stated that the bank intends
to establish branches or at least secure cor
respondents in the principal Latin American
centres. Important sums OF money are
remitted every year TO the Peninsula BY
the thoGsan of Spaniards who have enis
grated TO Latin America. and the Bank of
Spain apparently proposes TO establish
banking operations In Latin America which
will facilitate these remittances. The great
srea over which spanish is spoken 0t is said
10 be the official language Of twenty -two
Etatesl should encourage the bank TO extend
its operations.
The Banco Hispano- Americana and the
Banco Espahoi del Rio de Ia Plata have,
branches in Spain Indeed. the Banco'
Espan noi del Rio de la Plata Is constantly
extending its business. as Is evidenced by
the recent establishment Of a branch Offce
In Bareelona in addition to the branch
already at Madrid.
Three Spanish steamship companies hare
lines connecting Spanish and Latin ARefi-
can ports and there has recently been talk OF
a new line from Barcelona to Porto Rico.
There are many Latin Americans reai-
dent In Spain. some Of whom are here Tor
business reasons, while others have chosen
to establish themselves In the Peninsula
permanently or for protrRcteds residence,
rke locRl Dress has recently noted a nloYs-
ment to secure some sort OF organi zatfUn
for Latin Americans resident at Darcolonn.
This colony is estimated at about 5000 per
sons. A good deal Of the building up OF
the new quarter. the Ensa nche, is due -
these Latin America ms, who have chosen
TO make Be rcelona their home,
All theee facts furnish additional srgu-
ments for the prompt establishment Of
American branch banks in Latin American
capitals. Spain, il IL plain, has no idea OF
abandoning her efforts to extend her rels
tions with her old colonies, to which she
In united by manv, ties. There has been
manifested practical unapiwity In support
Of the projected Spanish-Ciban treaty.
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SIR WILFRID LAURIER.
His Recent Dennitisn % the Political
status eT Canada.

Tc TIE EDiToa OF THs SuN-Sir. At
banquet given in his honor last week In
Toronto the Canadian Premier thus defined
the political statns OF the Canadians:
We are q nation. We feel that we are nation.
We have population OF over seven millions. We
have practical control OF our foreign relations.
We have command OF our own forces We arc
free. Our country IL the nncss under the sun.
We are under the suxorainty OF the King OF Eng
land. We are his loyal subjects. We bow the
knee Ia him, but the King OF England has no more
rights over than are allowed him BY our own
Canadian Parliament. II this Is not q nation.
what then constitutes q nation' And II there IL
nation under the sun which can say more than this,
where Is Il TO be founde-
There is q seeming ntradictiOn In n dec
Iaration OF freedom coupled with an ac-
knowledg gment Of subjectiOn. but Sir VIII
frid explains this by saying that the British
Empire is unique IN the history Of the world
in that its colonies have become uations
without breaking the tie which binds them
to the motherland." In simpler terms. the
Prentier's opinion evidently is that while
the Canadians are fully capable Of padding
their own political canoe. IL Is their pleasure
TO paint It red and do their padding under
the Union Jack so long as the policies of the
mother country do not unduly conflict with
the interests OF the colony. They bow the
knee 10 the King Of England" ss a matter OF
those which they themselves see At to grant
him.
In 1863, when England became the sole
proprietor Of what is now the Dominion of
Canada, Vol.aire sneeringiy referred to
Canada as after all but few acres Of
snow" A century aisA he II has converted
more than scven millions Of people. govern
ing in their own interests land and water
on % mOrs
than 5000, ,OO0, 900 q year.
As Sir John Macdonald may be regarded
as the founder Of Canadian nationality. 80
pay Sir Wilfrid Laurier be regarded az its
builder. CANADIAN.
NEW YoRK, January ~.
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Docks Doonaday Book, which gives pR u
ftsua a. this; -Toossie FlyeOeo Our wOddi.g
must remain q secret still. Pater's cut my
income down 70 4IB.Ooo yearly since the
budret-Lordy. "wanted-Very badly,
peer with q little feeling for the sunerings
OF others why did the Dock Of Dsshlot
object 10 putting his cottage property into
proper sanitary condition? Because it
would have meant drain on his pocket.
why. does tho brewing interest seem to
have q natural acanity with the heraldry
Of the Lordsl Because IL represents the
bar sinister. and poems OF this sort:
ANT Doox TO ANT orHKR Doox.
Those thankless unemployed complain
And aAk Aoz more 70 eAt and drink
They ought 10 know thst grief and pain
Are natural hare. and yet they think
They oueht 70 be
Ped up. you see
Like mo ana you and you and me.
They 60 and tramp about the street.
Ana look fOrIOrn and worn and III
On purpose. 30 that II they meet
The likes Of ~ Ihs sight may chill
With shocks undue
The blood that's blue
OF you and me and me and you.
The wild" peers, -unaccustoned to pub
Ito speaking who, as one OF them. Lord
wlllouehby de Broke. said the other day.
have faced the music" Of electoral meet
ln Gs TO defend their order. have not perhaps
revealed any startling talent. though some
OF them have risen far above the level OF the
peer who. according to the Radical papers.
professed himself incapable OF making
speech but offered to sing a song instead.
A hostile critic declares that "pretensions
to Second Chamber authority, when ex-
pressed In the language of the stable and the
heath, are sadly lacking In strength" This
h.. h.,k h. .laIf nj Shank-
woods peers" has at any rate done some
thing toward humanizing the contest.
It may perhaps illustrate the not over
excited mood OF the campaign that within
three weeks OF the election a truce was
declared for the Christmas holidays. and a
north country Alderman who Expressed
his political views on the Christmas cards
he sent to his friends and clients was
severely rebuked by several newspapers
for "ursportsma nike" conduct. Something
OF this spirit has appeared in the mild
ness with which the Radical press has
hitherto treated the letters" from Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain's sickroom. but as
the letters" grow more frequent and more
influential the spirit of forbearance toward
the wounded lion shows sigrs os wearing
out. and the DaiiB Segs remarks: -Chivalry
demands that We should not make war on
the sick and the maimed. but there must
be no firing from under cover OF the Red
Cross" Another Radical organ declares
that the writer OF the letters In not Mr..
Joseph ChAmberlain; -the higher criticism
We are sure could easily dispose by internal
evidence OF any such claim and it adds:
Mr.. H. J. Msxse. we observe. speaks OF
his interview with Mr.. Chamberlain In the
strained language Of the devotees OF Mrs.
EDDY what is evident at least Is the con-
juring power which still belongs to Mr..
Cha m berla ms name.
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A BRITISH CITIZEN.
the Experiences Of . HIndu Gentleman
ln south Africa.

Apparently tn the average colonial mind q
highly educated Hindu Gentieman. q British
subject, barrister Of tho Inner Temple is Idsuh-
cal with cooIis. He Is regarded as n "nikseg"
Is regarded In Carelina, and The Britain Govern.
ment Is incapable of proeectAne him against the
treatment which In a less civilized place Is the
natural result of such a view. Mr.. Gandhi hrst
went over 70 South Africa 70 conduct an important
lawsuit In isos. HIS earliest experience was 10
be turned out of hrst class railway car and or.
dered into the ivan compartment" and wnen he
took the stage coach he was Knocked down By the
driver % Dutchman). He was not ADMITTED 20
the Grand National Hotel At Jchannesourg. and
was kicked on the path in font OF President
Krugcr's house by the sentry. In Natal he found,
me Ministry embarking on campaign OF ais
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Gladstsne and Tesaccs.
From tAs Wssimlnsisr oa.stle.

One OF the few accom- pilshments which Glad.
stone pcVcr acquired was the art OF smoking
HIS fsk attempts In this direction are reported
he known to Try cigarette. the occasion being
one evening when King Edward uhen Prince OF
waIes) was his guest at Downing street. After
dinner the Prince desired TO smoke. and Glad.
stone with nne courtesy sought to place his tuest
at ease BY at least lighting q cigarette. In later
years the Grand Old Man one day accused his
secretary Of smeiling Of tho weed. NO wonder
was the reply: 1--WE been over half an hour with
Sir William HArcourt." What Does Harcourt
smoker" exclaimed Gladstone. you must tell
him TO be careful always 70 change his clothes
before he comes TO me-"
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An ErrAtie Shell.
FROM ths London 0iO6,

FF0m fNe LONDON LI00f.
One Of the most remarkable incidents on record
Of the srratic action OF projectile has Just taken
place in connection with the battle practice OF tho
Ocean On the Mediterranean station. Firing had
taken place with Q ineh shell a. range OF s.ooo
yards, And whsn the umpirss made an examination
of the target thoy were surprised 10 and q shell
resting Oh the wooden base. II Ia no uncommon
occurrence for shell 10 become embedded In the
structure which carries the target but I'm this In
stance the missals was quite Tree. The ouly plaus-
ibic theory OF this 70 that The shsi being nred
fsLi short. then ricoehsttsd. and hnsliT managed
70 reach Ne target before It's energy was COM
p4etsly sxhAaste4. Naturally thD shcii h iooxed
upon 40 euhosity. and a. suoh a 70 pfcposed 70
sond Il 70 one Of the gunncry schcols.
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Mss Mackensie. Granddaughter OF the Man
OF Feeling" whose death at tho age OF 90 has
occurred In Edinburgh. had vivid recoilections
Of Sir Walter Scott who spoke to her of both
her grand parents-henry Mackenzie a. his oldest
and dearest friend, and the last Baron seaforth,
whom he imnaortallsed a. High Chief OF klntaIl =
Miss MackenEie delighted 70 recall meeting with
Campbell the poet jeffrey. Erskine Of Lnlsshnn,
Emerson and Macaulay, a. well as memories OF
the mother Of W. Y. Gladstone. who, In q letter
he wrote 70 Miss Mackenzie during bis Midlothian
campaign. recalled the friendly reletlons Of the
two families. Among the eighteenth century
ccrrespOndence oa her grandfather In MIss Mac
kenzie's possession were included letters from
william Cowper and samuel Johnson.
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MELTING THE CiTY'S SNOW.
The Proposal 10 Eliminate Long HauIs
Declared ImpraetIcable.

To THE EDITOR or TIE Sun Sir. The
proposal OF Mr.. John +. Ba 1ter in a letter
to THE SrN OF January 10 to install melt
ing machines as labor saving devices in
place OF what he calls the brainless priml-
tive system of oarting snow FOR miles and
dumping it overheard is not a new sugges-
tion. It has been proposed from tine to
time as though 1t we're an obvious expedi-
ent, often with view OF obtaining letters
patent on the process and on the machine.
Before Mr.. Gaynor's Street Cleaning De-
partment adopts the proposal ss substi-
tute for the cartiug system. which Mr.. Pc xier
attributes TO Tammany's opposition to the
use Of laboF saving devices. q computation
of the cost OF the supposed new and i'm
proved melting scheme should be made.
Elementary hooks on physics teach that
the melting of snow at ~ degrees Fshren-
heit to water at ~ degrees is like heating the
same quantity OF water from ~ degrees
Fahrenheit u i7e degrees. or well toward
the boiling point. and that raising pound
OF water one degree in ten mpcreture requires
precisely the ssme energy az to lit pound
Of water or snow 772 feet. slight calcu-
lation shows that to raise a pound OF water
through this lA degrees Of temperature
or to melt q pound of snow at ~ degrees
to water at ~ degrees. which Is the same
thing, would REQUIRE the same energy as
to raise the pound OF snow twenty-onc
miles into the air. frightful expenditure
OF energy compared with that required for
carting the snow away and dumping Il on
the dock
The competition which Mr.. Baxter thin ks
would quickly determine which was the
beet style OF machine for melting snow
would face. therefore. a probleDp in ply sizes
which in terms OF brute force may be stated
thus: Shall we cart the snow on the street
g. mil lMa1
II IL true that horse power derived from
horsefesh costs more unit than horse
power derived from the burning OF coal.
the proposal to melt the snow away In
fantastic and impossible. Compare carttng
snow a mile on the level with raising its
weight even one mile into the air. Never
theIess snow might be disposed OF by the
sewers through the manholee TO the extent
that the sewer currents would melt IL. but
the bulk Of IL not melted by the sun will
be carted away In primitive fashion for
some time 10 come. perhaps until the laws
OF miscal latent heat are amended or
The enormous energy of the sun. so
silently and quickly melting away a snow
fall. is at FIRST sight apt 20 blind us to the
energy expended In changing snow at the
freezing point into water at the freezing
point. To work the thing on the streets
OF New York for q single day would require
enough heat to change peTceptibly the
climate Of New York for the same length
be brought to bear on the snowbanks would
have about as much effect as Q smile on a
NEw York, January II.
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Colonel GORDON brought Mr.. TAFr a book Of his
own production which bears the title The Old
Plantation and Other Poems" The President,
senator GORDON said, was glad to get the book,
and although he might not agree with all the sen
timents he would know what a Southerncr had
70 say about such things. --DesDdfch from Wash
iHGfOH.
Glad TO get the book Of verse that
the Colonel composed underneath the
bough.' with a jug of juice beside him On
many a iocund day. but gladder to gaze
into those smiling eyes and listen to that
gentle and melliHuous fiow OF anecdote Of
the days "befoh the wah.-
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January In early Britain must have been a
month of terror. Richard Verstegan. In his Res
utu,Ion OF Decayed Intelligence In Antiquities. Z"
a work published In 1873, says:
The month whlch We now call January our
saxon ancestors called wolf monaL' wolf
month because people are wont always in that
month 10 be IN more danger TO be devoured Of
wolves than in any season else OF the years for
that through the extremity OF cold and snow,
those ravenous creatures could not And other
beasts suficent 10 feed upon"
Keeping the wolf from the door was in those
days no mere metAphor.
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that he was sound enough to continue In
the service. This result will not surprise
those who are familiar with similar break
downs in competitive athletics. Mara
thOn runners have collapsed on the track.
and yet after q period OF rest under
physicians care have entered themselves
In other races and won them.
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The Nays snare.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE sUN-Sir. In
yesterdays Sun in referring to General
Curtis II Is said that Fort Fisher was taken
by the army only. This is erroneous. be-
cause the navy was there with both feet in
both attacks. FIRST under General Butler and
secondly under Admiral Porter I and a
few others (aimost the whole United States
navy were there: 40 we ought to know.
NEW YORK, January 10. Z, X. j.
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HeekiiaR In Florida.

FroNa tAs Laks Guy Tades.
A certain local candidate was addreaslng o sma
bunch Of farmers at district school house In the
western part OF Columbls county week OF 50 ago,
Whlle he was IN tne midst OF telling them how oad
ne wanted the once, . tail. hungry looking fenow
rose up Ia tne back Of the house and said; ~
you giseleotea In move Alxon nsNetoaY,
returned tho quick wttisd candidate. is 70 thFo's
q eoard fun Of water on the Are and cailyour des'
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It is well that Representative MANN
failed to reduce the sum proposed in the
army bill for militia encampmehts from
81 $50, 600 to 100000. More rather than
less money should be spent TO promote
the efficiency Of the National Guard. upon
which the country must mainly depend in
case Of great war. whether guardsmen
volunteer for service abroad or orGaniza-
tions are called upon to resist invasion.
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ruling OF Judge HEIsIEx To. day unseats the
present Mayor of Neptune City and gives tho
once TO the candidate who was declared defeated.
One vote decides the contest.-Despdtch from
Long Branch.
No doubt the old chap with the trident
came ashore and cast il.
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Lieutensnt Commander JOSEPH NJ.
REEVES, who gave out on the fifty mile
walk required by Executive order, has
been saved 70 the navy, OF which. he is a
very capable officer with a good war rec
ord. By a -etiring board wilich found
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The Ceatrabuting Editor Contributes 20
His own Disgrace.
From fhe HdTfioTd T-imeS

The underweighing OF sugar would have
been stopped six years ago II Mr.. Roosevelt
had put capable men in charge Of the New
York custom house. but he had not been
out Of the white House two weeks before
he was showing DR.. Abbott how to put a
few extra dollars into the Outlook treasury
by expoeine-what? Why, the crOokedDess
OF his own Administration.
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x III Ndsf.fytssds 1Ao fapor us urah manuscripts for
pssFelier rtsh 10 hare rejeeted articles returned
Ih4 4Asft IN all cases send Sfam ps for that purpose
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A pr,ok,yn Restaurant ke.p,r.

To TEE EDrroR OF TEE SUN-Sfr: q. Munger
caters 90 empty stemachs over In Rrockiyn.
WILLIAM SHkRkR 3D. =
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. narssofncs. 81 eRueLoulsle Grand. The daily and
snRdsy saIssops sreon sale NJ Kiosaue Il. near the
'<1rxnd fseaet Klosauc IT. Boulevard des Cspucines.
:foxtaer Place dc lopers. and Klosaue 49, Boulevard
1se3 tailenss cSrnss Rue Louis ie Grand.
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4 renaOn 6rnce, EninshArn House. lArundel street.
aAssnt the daily and Sunday SUN are or sale in
I.enden al the American and Colonial Exchange.
csllion street, Regent street. and DAVIS Steamship
Afknsy. II Green street, Leicester Square.