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had passed since 1859, and " about 30 per cent, of those discharged and placed in situations had really been reclaimed.'* A deputation of ladies waited the other day upon the Recorder of Dublin to pre sent to him a memorial adopted at a pre vious meeting, praying him to reduce the facilities for drinking in Dublin. The Recorder, in replying, stated that the number of licensed houses in the city had been reduced from 1400 to 800 during the last 40 years, and he granted no new licenses, though he allowed transfers in proper cases, and a moderate extension of premises. He could not hold out any hope to the deputation that in a free country the sale of drink could be alto gether prohibited. You will, of course, havo heard by telegraph of the birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh on the 15th inst. The Duchess's mother arrived at Buckingham Palace just 5^ hours too late, in spite of the utmost speed of special trains and steamers. This is the twenty-fifth grandchild born to the Queen, three out of the twenty-five being dead. 1 Your Paris correspondent will doubt less inform you of the visit the Prince of Wales has been paying in France to the Due de la Rouchefoucauld-Bisaccia, and of the far more than regal magnificence of his reception. I may mention, however, as an instance of this, that his toilet service was of solid silver, and that one Dresden dinner service from Avhich he ate was Avorth £8000. Yielding to long-continued remon strances, the Metropolitan (underground) Railway Company now attach to all their trains carriages for the exclusive use of ladies, arid of gentlemen accompanied by ladies. The necessity for sucli an arrange ment has long been apparent. The first session of the neAvly-estab lished London Medical School for Women ia Henrietta street, Brunswick Square, was opened on the 12th inst. Avith eight students, but this number has since been doubled. The School starts Avith good auguries of success. GENERAL NEWS. Harvest thanksgiving services have been held in a number of the Anglican Churches in London and Edinburgh dur ingthe month. 