The Middlesbrough Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1869-07-23 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

DEBT BILL—The Lori Chancellor proposes to nomi- elation for the relief of inch wounded soldiers itt nate as a Select Committee on this bill, which is now times of war, now offers a prize of 100 Frederies d'or before the House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor, Lord (about £B5) for the best essay on the following clues. Privy Seal, Viscount Halifax, Lord Overstone, Lord dons :—"ln what circumstances, under what form, Belper, Lord Chelmsford, Lord Westbury, Lord awl with what success, during the maritime wars of Colonsay, Lord Cairns, Lord Romilly, and Lord the past, has private therity assisted in saving the Penzance. shipwrecked and taking care of the sick and wounded The fugitive Afghan Sirdars, Azim Khan and Ab. of the belligerent fleets? To what extent, and un•ler dool Rahman Khan, have, it is stated, been hospitable what conditions, can the relief societies undertake this received in Persia, but will be treated simply as refu- task with a probability of success? What arrange. gee princes. They have been told that Persia will do incubi ought to be made in times of peace, in order to nothing towards aiding them in any attempt to re- obtain such results as may satisfy the wishes of phi. establish themselves in Afghanistan. Rumours of a latithropy in this respect? Would the realisation , Persian advance upon Herat have again been empha- of these wishes be at all hastened or sectu e.l if the tically declared groundless. Parliamentary Relief Committee, and whose ditties are to aid the hospital and to assist the ambulance service of the British armies in time of war were to The resignation of at least four members of the establish a practical understanding with the exist i ii, Council of India is anticipated as soon as the Duke of Life Boat Institution,? The author of this essay mustArgyll's bill becomes law • and the following names baso his conclusions upon the experier .es of former of gentlemen likely to become successors to two of the wai s, and also take into eonsideratien the ideas vacated seats are mentioned, namely, the Hon. IT. S. cb toonufegilwitn efeo to. war a Br de r laitn tohfetshietti2nBgniofApthriel llasntte.rnisatoior en as l. Maine, retiring third ordinary member of the Council of the Governor General of India, Bengal, and Mr. George Campbell.—Morning Star. frictions are placed on the arrangement or extent of At a recent woman's rights' meeting in New York, the essay. The essays, written in German, French, or wording to the reported proceeding*, "Miss Upham, English, must be sent to the Prussian Central Corn. of Georgia, announced herself as a woman who was mittee not later than let of May, 1870. They must not married, never had been, and probably never would be without signature, but distinguished by a motto, be, and then put the following conundrums :—Who and accompanied by a sealed note reproducing this am I? What am I? Where am I? Am I a citizen rnotto, and giving the name and residence of the or am I not? Where do women stand? Or do we, author. On the 30th of September, 1870, the birth• willday of be awarded Ij e s ttyo the e essay n to of wPrussia, stall prize e like Mahomet's coffin, hang in mid-air ?" Theht rawb lie, tilt,:esaliiiaml:lol,iadjudgedwgadiiiliblapyticutaahvejeauptror;imgiset:tieo:_d,pw.bioyiibt,thhiesnhsiotixmhaert:ieett.edenait:s.i. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE nr