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F OR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. IThe RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be foun 1 in every article sold by E. MOSES and SON, Every description of Clothing ready made, or made to measure, for all ages, and all lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring mud fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should 1 ... e accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be , heerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the nonoy will be returned. All Goods aro marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can he made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats Ind Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea mre, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufae tunrs, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES aad SON:— LONDON. " CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 154, 'MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85. ALDGATE Se, ALDGATh tLDGATNJ 83, ALDGAT 49, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 06, NEW OXFORD-STREET 307, NEW OXFORD-STREET ,OS, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH'. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 783, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS, For the Year ending 30th June, 1869, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, 13th August, 1869, WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Deputy- Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The Report which the directors have now to submit to the proprietor differs in its tenor but little save in one or two particular from that laid before them in 1868. the income of the year, it will Le seen, amounts t £540,499 18s., and the total charge to £445,077 10s. 9d The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the balance of the surplus fund at the commencement of the financial year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE YEAR. s. d. DR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,;,'52 8 6 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0 X s. d 371,548 12 1 interest from investments 120,959 12 10 492,508 4 11 Profit and loss, balance of account 47,991 13 1 Total income 550,499 18 I. £1,448,052 6 6 Examined and approved. __THOMA S ALLENI Auditors. HENRY ROSE. . _ . _ CHARGE OF THE YEAR £ s. d. CR. Dividend to proprietors Claims on decease of lives X s. d. 8,880 4 0 assured - Additions to those under participating policies 24,304 6 6 Policies surrendered Re-assurances—new Ditto old 51,009 4 1 ri 405,561 12 1 L , ommission Medical fees Incometax 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 9 10 436,187 6 9 •Total charge Balance of account, June 30, 1869, as per balance-sheet £1,448,052 6 6 The total of premiums received is £371,548 12s. ld., of which sum £13,560 ss. ld. is for new assurances effected in the year. interest The: from investments is £120,959 12s. 10d., or £4 2s. per cent, on the net amount of the company's realised assets existing in June, 1868 ; and in connection with this important feature of the company's affairs the directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the profit and lass account again exhibits a considerable profit, amounting this year within a trifle to the sum of £48,000. It may be remembered that a profit of nearly equal amount was announced in last year's report. Turning to the items constituting the charge of the year, it will be noticed that the sum payable in satisfac tion of claims on decease of lives assured is larger than usual. This circumstance, however, is not very material; as was observed of a previous occasion, the proper quin quennial average is generally pretty sure to obtain, and the fact that the average for the past two years barely ex ceeds £309,000 tends to confirm that statement. The expenses of management are greater by nearly £BOO than they were last year. They would have been materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring the company's securities into the names of additional trus tees. Taken as they are, however, these expenses must be regarded as very moderate. It will be observed that they are only three per cent. of the total income. ----- BALANCE-SHEET, JUNE 30, 1869. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors ).:laims on decease of lives assured, and Addditions thereto unpaid 108,940 6 7 Sundry accounts -- ler sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprietois fund Surplus fund £6,757 17 0 Z 7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN / } di to iv. HENRY ROSE,' CR ASSETS. Imount invested in fixed mortgages £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions....,,,,, 278,557 16 6 Ditto ditto Funded securities.— 491,303 4 2 litto ditto Temporary secu rities 198,207 17 0 „urrent interest on the above investments 30,934 4 6 Cash and bills 12,256 15 10 Advanced on security of the company's policies 165,387 1 8 Agents' balances Sundry accounts Value of premiums ( 1867 ) 85,706 14 5 Value of re-assurances £7,675,813 0 10 The balance-sheet does not appear to call for any re mark. The assets are, of course, increased by the aum of £95,422 7s. 3d. already mentioned, as is shown by the augmentation to that extent in the balance of the surplus fund. • 4 AM. The Direction of the Company is now constituted as follows: WILTJAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ., Deputy-Chairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Boddinc , ton, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. Charles Chatfi e ld. E sq . George Russell, Esq. SirJ.BullerEast, Bt., D.C.L. Thomas Godfrey Sambrooke Wm. A .. .gustus guy, M.D., Admiral Tindal. caarlesThos.llolcombe,Esq. Right lion. Sir John Young Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Bart., K.C.B. r iE 4, SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE "NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. THE " SINGER " SE ,r► - ING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p lunar simplicity of these Machines enables any one to acquire their perfect use in a few hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free. THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY Chief Mee in the United Kingdom: 147, CREAPSIDE. CLERICAL, 'MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. The ANIMAL IxcomE, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000 The AssritAxcE FUND, safely invested, is over £1,649,000 Forms of Proposal, and every_ information, can be ob tained of GEORGE CIITTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAlRMAN—Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham• Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq James Goodson. Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne, Esq Thomson Hankey, Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemacb, Esq, ACTUARY—SamI. Brown, Esq. N.B.—Fire Policies which expire at Michaelmas must be renewed at the Head Office, or with the agents, on or before the 14th of October. The Government Duty is totally abolished. Prospectus and Forms of Proposal, with statemen of the asset. and liabilities in the Life Branch, free on application to the Company's Agents,or to the Secretary. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. RAILWAY. AUTUMN EXCURSIONS, AND LAST OF THE SEASON. On SATURDAY, Oct. 2d, a CHEAP EXCURSION will leave EUSTON STATION at 9.50 a.m. and Camden 9.55 a.m.. for LANCASTER, Blackpool, Preston, Bolton, Wigan, Birkenhead, North Wales, Chester, Northwich, Crewe, Nantwich, Aberystwith, Machynlleth, Llanidloes, Montgomery, Newtown, Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Craven Arms, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Wellington, New port, and Stafford ; returning to London on THURSDAY, October 7th. From Euston Station at 12.20 noon, and Camden 12.25 for LIVERPOOL, Manchester, Warrington, Stockport, the Yorkshire District, Buxton, Leicester, Trent Valley, Stour Valley, and South Stafford Stations, Birmingham, Rugby, Leamington, Kenilworth, Coventry, and Wolver hampton , Returning on October 7th. Ttains'in connection with the above will be run from Victoria (L. B. and S. C side), Clapham Junction, Batter sea, Chelsea, West Brompton, and Kensington ; also from Broad-street (City), a - Liston, and Highbury. Po: fares and full particulars see bills, to be obtained at any of the Company's Stations ; the various Parcels Re ceiving Offices; and at Gaze's Tourist Office, 163, Strand. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, Sept., 1869. (OLIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY e , TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleanant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. UOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this woncirful liquid. It is now offered to the public a 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 passsage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. A MORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT of - LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable and efficacious, preventing and curing fevers, skin complaints, and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most intense head ache and thirst, and if given with lime juice syrup is a specific in gout and rheumatism.-113, Holborn hill, London, E.C. EATING'S INSECT POWDER, KILLS MOTHS, and ILL OFFEN;,,IVE LNSECTS. Sold in Packets, ls., and Tins, 2s. 6d. an 3 4s. 6d. each or is Packets, free by post, for 12 Postage Stamps. Also in Bottles, with Bellows, is fd. and 3s each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, 1 0 0 RMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicanit : Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, lohk Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of 8011 ROWED PLI7MES. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Will Open for the Winter Season on SATI7RD NY, October 2, with (never acted) LOST AT SEA: a London Story. By Dion Boucicatat and Henry J. Byron. Box-office open on Wednesday, Sept. 29, and every other day, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a 'ortnight in advance. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, ltr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE. A t 8.15, Mr. T. W. Robertson's new Comedy, in three acts, entitled PROGRESS: Messrs. Billington, IL Neville, J. Clarke Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall ; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens. HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, a new and original ketch, by Harry Lemon, Esq , called WAIT FOR AN ANSWER. After which, at 7.45 will be produced, with new scenery, fur niture, and appointments, a new Comedy, in three acts, by Thomas Morton, Esq., entitled PLAIN ENGLISH, in which Messrs Parry Sullivan, George Honey, J. C. Cowper, W. H. Stephens, D. Evans, Charles tiorstnan, Lin Rayne, Cotte, Dyam, W. Arthur, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, and Miss Howard will appear. To conclude with the Musical Farce of THE WATERMAN. The magnificent new scenery by Mr. Julian Hicks; the furni lure and upholstery by Mr. James Lyon. Acting Manager—AmoßY SULLIVAN. OYAL STRAND THEATRE . Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr CI arke. Followed by THE TOODLF.S: Mr Clarke. After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD; Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton ; Mesdames Sheridan, Newton. Maitland, ex. THE " SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8, Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. 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Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUM L S GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. VHS EVENING. at 7, BREACH OP PROMISE. At R.l the new Comedy, PROG RES : Messrs. Billington, 11. Neville, J. Clarke, Westland, E. Mar s h a ll ; Mesdames Lydia Foote, rend, and Mrs. Steph ens. HP4hneesl,le r.e. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. TIM; EVEviNG, ", WAIr FOR AN ANSWER. After Mild', PLAIN ENGLISH: Mr. Parry Sullivan, 1 rs. Hermann Vezin, &c. Awl THE WATERXAN. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs.Swanhorongh. This EVENING, at 7.:30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And THE FIELD OF THE CLO I'll OF GOLD ROYAL AL HA3IBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office open fromil to 4. CBRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at S Wednesdays and tzaturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL (3 ARDENS ' Roger t's-patk. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Adtaission, Is.; on Mendays, 6d. Children under twelve, Gd. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1869. 2 , nipt tl.„1 Sult, Corps L6gislatif is postponed week after week, and the EMPEROR'S subjects, remembering in what a Gordian fashion he cut the knot on a former occasion, are beginning to dread another resort to the sword, another coup tretut. We do not ourselves think that such a contingency is possible. As we pointed out on a former occasion, the circumstances in which the EMPEROR finds himself are very different from those which prevailed in 18.51. Then the magic of his name was able to rally to his cause eight millions of Frenchmen. The illusion is destroyed, and he could not now count upon half that number. Moreover, it does not seem as if a repetition of December 2 were contemplated when we see General FLEURY, the man who above all others was responsible for the massacre of eighteen years ago, sent to Russia as Ambassador. The General and the Duke of PERSIGNY are, besides the EMPEROR him self, almost the only survivors of the conspirators who plotted against French liberties in the Elysee on that memorable December night. PERSIGNY is not now in office, FLEURY is out of the country, and NAPOLEON is a hopeless invalid. There do not seem to be any materials here for a transition requiring so much energy as a State blow. Turning to Germany, we find a question that has for some time been in abeyance coming to the front. After Sadowa, and on several occasions since, NAPOLEON has warned Prussia that any attempt to cross the Mein diplomatically, any endeavour to obtain the entry of South Germany into the North German Confederation, would be considered a casus belli. BISMARCK thereupon bided his time. He allowed -NAPOLEON to increase his armies, to strengthen his fortresses, and to render himself more unpopular than ever by the conscription and heavy taxation. Then when the popular ill-will was excited, and when the ruler of France was lying upon a sick bed, the wily German renewed his negotiations, and at this present moment arrangements are being made for the accession of the Grand Duchy of Baden to the Confederation. Nor is this all. NAPOLEON hitherto has counted upon the alliance of Austria to frustrate this event. But now we are told in a semi-official Vienna paper that the CROWN PRINCE of PRUSSIA is about to visit the Austrian capital with a view to a closer rapprochement than has existed hitherto between the two great German Powers; and it is added that it will be necessary for them to come to some understanding by which both Powers will "honourably and sincerely relinquish every absolute influence in the reconstruction of the Southern States, completely recognise the right of the South Germans to settle their own future posi tion, and leave matters there to settle themselves." In other words, the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH sees, as all the rest of the world sees, that to trust to a BONAPARTE alliance would be to rest upon a broken reed. Three years ago it was impossible to say which State would have the upper hand, Prussia or France. All doubt is now at an end. If a State would be powerful, it must be at unity within it self. France is nearly rent in twain by political antagonism, and there is no telling how soon a great catastrophe may befall. It is not with such a State that any prudent Prince would connect himself. Therefore it is that FRANCIS JOSEPH has severed himself from NAPOLEON and France, and now throws in his lot with BISMARCK and Germany. There is little doubt but that Lord CLARENDON'S recent visit to the Continent has been connected with this alteration of European politics. The Daily News has indeed positively stated that our Foreign Secretary went to Paris in order to advise the EMPEROR that England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia were agreed that no hindrance must be put in the way of German unification. In other words, the Great Powers would not suffer a diplomatic passage of the Mein to be made the pretext for a military passage of the Rhine. Turning to Spain we find a less satisfactory state of affairs. It is now exactly twelve months since Queen ISABELLA fled from her kingdom—since the last of the Bourbon sovereigns vacated her throne. Since then little progress has been made in the choice of a successor, and none at all in the reduction of Cuba. The kingdom itself is still a prey to anarchy; the great American possession is still scourged by civil war. So far as can be seen at present, it is not likely either that the Spaniards will chose a king or recover their colony. The Republican party increases in the mother country ; the rebels grow more confident in the daughter settlement. So much more easy is it to pull down than to build up. LATEST INTELL MENGE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Sept. 29. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 132 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1321; the lowest, 131. Sterling Exchange on London lOB. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll9. cc 4 4 188 5 llBl. 64 64 186 7 ll6/. 10-40 46 111in0i5.............. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2Blc. Petroleum—Standard White 3lie. Flour, extra state, $5.95c. to $6.55c. Corn, old mixed, sl.6c. The Gold Board is still closed. Values are gene - ally unsettled. The stock market is feverish, and several large stock houses have failed or sus pended, PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Sept. 29 (Evening). The Berlin papers publish intelligence from Con stantinople stating that the differences between the Porte and the Viceroy of Egypt have been almost entirely arranged through the mediation of the Great Powers. At the present time there is but one point of disagreement, and that will probably be soon settled. THE LORD LIEUTENANT AT CORK. The Cork papers contain accounts of the reception of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Countess Spencer at Cork. His Excellency's reply to the address of the Corporation was as follows:—." As representative of the Queen, I accept your welcome and acknowledge it in her Majesty's name. I am happy that my first visit to Cork is connected with a highly important public work—the inauguration of a Government dock at Haul bowline. The position makes it a ready access from tho Atlantic, and its other natural advantages well adapt it to be a harbour of resort for a royal navy. I sincerely trust that the new dock will not only prove itself of great utility, but will give a healthy stimulus to the intelligent enterprise which has characterised the mer chants of Cork in all matters that concern the shipping interest. I feel sure that the works necessary for its com pletion will be carried out as expeditiously as is consistent with the interests of the public service. In connection with this matter, you refer to the general opinions of her Majesty's Government wits rrg.ird to Ireland. It needs no assurance to convince you that the Eng lish eople aro earnest in their desire that the same justice which they exrect for themselves shall be given in equal measure to the people of this country. They especially made this clear at the last election, and the Parliament of the Un:ted Kb gdom Las passed a measure which is a pledge of its intention to carry out this policy. The question which you introduce at the end of your address is ono of the gravest character. The first duty of a Government is to uphold the Constitution of the country. It cannot overlook the conduct of those who break the laws, and it is bound to support loyal citizens in the proper performance of their constitutional duties. The clemency of the Crown has already been extended to many cf tho prisoners, who from motives which I must decline to dis cuss, have incurred tho penalties cf the law. Further to ex tend this clemency would be an act requiring the most seri ous consideration. The answer to the petitions presented to the Government on the subject is now receiving their careful attention. CHARGE OF PERSONATING A SOLDIER TO OBTAIN HIS PRIZE MONEY At Bow-street Police-court, on Wednesday morning, William Bird and John Lake, the former unknown, the latter late a soldier in the 3rd Madras Europeans, were charged with falsely personating and causing to be per sonated a soldier, named John Campbell, also belonging to the Indian Army. and endeavouring to obtain £75 prize money duo to him. It appeared that the sum in ques tion was due to Campbell on account of his services in the Banda and liirwee engagements, but the money had not been claimed up to Tuesday last, nor was anything known as to Campbell's whereabouts. On that day the prisoner Bird came up the steps, and into the military department of the India Office, and stating that he was John Camp bell, claimed to be paid the amount. Some suspicion had been caused in the mind of John Disney, a messenger, who had seen the prisoner Lake hanging about, and who came into the office to make inquiries about the money, and both prisoners were subsequently taken into custody on account of the unsatisfactory answers they gave. Lake subse quently acknowledged that Bird was not Campbell, and that he sent him in with the papers duly filled up, and which he had previously obtained at the India Office, as he (Lake) was starving. Mr. Vaughan remanded the prisoners for further inquiries. THE FERIVDALE COLLIERY EXPLOSION, -0-- This inquiry, which has been extended over a period of about three months, was brought to a close on Tuesday, at the New Inn, Pontypridd. Important evidence was given by Mr. Lionel Brough and Mr. T. Wales, her Majesty's Inspectors of Mines, and the jury brought in the following verdict :—" We find that the deceased came to their death from an explosion of fire-damp in the Ferndale colliery on the 10th of June last ; but we have not sufficient evidence to satisfy us as to where it arose. We are of opinion that the air was not properly distributed over the whole of the pit, and that the windways were not of suf ficient size. We regret that we should have to investigate another explosion in this colliery so soon after the terrible catastrophe of 1867. We regret also that the suggestions of the jury on that occasion have not all been fully carried out by the manager and officials of the pit. The evidence shows a lamentable want of care on the part of the officers of the pit. We beg to offer the following suggestions :—First that a Government inspector should visit every pit once in three months, and that a sufficient number of sub inspectors should be appointed with proper authority; second, we think that all officers having the charge of collieries should undergo an examination, and obtain a certificate of their qualifications before they aro allowed to undertake their duties; third, we recommend that all old workings be filled up immediately after they are aban doned ; fourth, we recommend that the resident manager should have the sole control and management of the work ings of the mine." LONDON, 711EIRSDAY, SEPT. 30, 1869. Several remarkable Ministerial speeches have been recently delivered. The Secretary for War, the Post master-General, and the Foreign Secretary among the most recently. To the address delivered by the last mentioned member of the Cabinet there are three reasons wby especial consideration should be accorded. In the first place, Lord CLARENDON is the oldest of the thirteen Chiefs of the Administration. In the next place, be is the Foreign Secretary. And in the third and last place, the speech delivered by him on Monday was one of the very ablest and most vivacious, one of the boldest and most outspoken, to which he has for a long while past given utterance. He dealt with the Irish Church Question in retrospect. He dealt with the Irish Land Question in anticipation. He spoke of the House of Lords in its relation to the country, and especially in its relation to the House of Commons. lie treated of the age and of its requirements. He spoke not only as a Peer and as an Administrator, as a Landlord and as a Politician, but, holding in the grasp of his hand, as he does, the knotted threads of the whole of our delicate and complicated system of diplomacy, he shrank not from speaking frankly also in his capacity as a Diplomatist, as the Minister peculiarly responsible to the Crown for the satisfactory maintenance of our Foreign Relations. And in what he said in this particular hesitated not to refer very directly and pointedly to the actual situation of affairs upon the European Continent. For the exquisite discretion with which all this was done, we have only words that, in the absence of anything like extracts in the way of proof, might, to mere cynical readers, appear abso lutely extravagant. Instead of praise, therefore, we will adduce illustrative evidence, in itself an equivalent to the most emphatic commendation. Speaking of the House of Lards, as having been this year subjected to vehement attacks, and in a manner put upon its trial, Lord CLARENDON said, "I feel that I could neither vindicate, nor blame, nor explain the course of policy which has been pursued without adverting to that great question which, almost to the exclusion of every other, occupied the attention of Parliament last Session, and which ought not to be brought into the arena of discussion on this occasion. But having been a member of that House now for more than thirty years, having been a regular atten dant in it, and to the best of my ability having observed the spirit in which its proceedings have been conducted, I will say, without any odious com parisons, that, in respect of knowledge, eloquence, ability, and experience, it stands second to no other legislative assembly in the world. Nor can this be wondered at when we consider how the House of Lords is recruited, and the amount of new blood which is conatantly being poured into that body." Having said this, he reminded his hearers at Wat ford that the House of Lords had been especially jeered at for the non-initiation by it of measures, and for the brevity of its debates. The one thing he attributed with justice to what he called the natural jealousy of the House of Commons, to initiate all matters affecting the taxation of the country, a prerogative or right inherent in them as the chosen representa tives of the people. As for the shortness of the de bates, while facetiously denying that that was any fault at all, he declared it to be mainly attri butable to a laudable custom long maintained in the buss of Lords, never to speak when they had nothing particular to say. While the house of Commons was a representative body, the House of Lords, he insisted, was a responsible body, a body knowing and feeling that it was responsible to the country. " Three months ago," he said, amidst hearty cheering, " it gavo a signal proof of it." At the same time Lord CLAREN DON frankly admitted, as one of the Liberal Leaders of the House of Lords, that that august assembly, iu his own individual opinion, wanted—steam ! Steam or go it wants above all things, he said, in this age—in which we live a century in thirty years. " I will ask anybody here," remarked Lord CLARENDON, "What would have been thought of a man who, thirty years ago, had predicted that we should, with ease and convenience, go across Europe, from Marseilles to London, in 24 hours ; that the traveller, on arriving in London, should be able to learn, by means of a bit of wire 2,000 miles long, buried at the bottom of the ocean, that a friend of his had had his leg amputated in Philadelphia or New York five minutes before, and that by taking two or three sniffs of a vapour he was unconscious of pain. What would have been said of a man who asserted that he would command the sun to take our portraits or that a Conservative Government would establish household suffrage." At this of course there was much laughter and cheering. " I think that such a man, only thirty years ago, would have been considered fit for Bed lam, and we know from history, and not such very ancient history, that many men have been tortured at the Inquisition, and even burnt alive, for ex• pressing views and opinions far more sober than these. But what would you think," added the Foreign Secretary, "of the man who, when these benefits had been realised, would say, ' No; I pre fer to go to Marseilles in six days in my own diligence. Nothing will induce me to receive a bit of informa tion by telegraph ; I greatly prefer agony to chloro form, and rather than have household suffrage, I firmly believe that a finer measure to make things snug and comfortable would be the restoration of rotten boroughs.'" Again, as a matter of course, there was a renewal of the laughter and of the cheering. It was at the close of his speech, however, that, without any mingling of laughter with cheering, the Earl of CLARENDON was greeted with the loudest acclama tion. This was when he said in his closing sentence, with particular reference to his recent excur sion upon the European Continent, from which, in point of fact, the Foreign Secretary had only returned a few days previously —" I had there the opportunity of collecting opinion, and I have seen some persons who exercise no little influ ence on the destinies of Europe, and, although I have not the gift of prophecy, though I do not pretend to see further into futurity than other men, yet 1 cannot help, on this occasion, expressing my belief that at no time within the last three years—at no time since the war between Prussia and Austria—have we had a fairer prospect of maintaining the inestimable bles- sings of peace." Peace! It is surely the happiest last word to a speech that could possibly fall from the lips of a Foreign Secretary. FOREIGN affairs are once more becoming interest ing. After a period of unusual quiescence, during which REUTER'S telegrams were reduced almost to nothing, and even that small minimum was scarcely worth reading, the nations of Europe are beginning to arouse themselves. We naturally turn first to France, our nearest neighbour, and the country whose politics next to our own we best understand. France indeed has for some weeks been an exception to the prevalent dulness. pier affairs have given rise to no little anxiety. They still do so. The EMPEROR, about two months ago, promised divers liberal reforms. That promise has as yet been but very incompletely fulfilled. The summoning of the FRANCE. PARIS, Sept. 30. The Official Journal of this morning publishes an Imperial decree revoking the provisional ap pointment of M. Forcade de la Roquette as Minis ter of the Interior, and permanently appointing him to that office. The Droit considers that various signs seem to point at Traupmann as the sole designer of the mur der of the Kinok family, adding, however, that it is not known if he perpetrated the deed alone. During the night a fire broke out in the Hippo drome. No particulars have as yet transpired. BOURSE, Sept. 29.—Three: ;o'clock—The market closed as follows : 4} per Cent. End of month — 3 por Cent Eu,l of month 7O 87} Credit Mobilier 215 Transatlantic 262 5G Credit Foucier 1695 Paris Gas 1620 RAIL WAli Orleans Western Bank Shares 2837 50 ItaPan Fives 53 10 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 42 Spanish Threes 26 50 Home Debt - Deferred — 'B, Cash fs63l 605 Northern ... 1095 Strasburg . 592k Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 612; Sardinian Austrian Lombard soBf North of Spain 49 Saragossa Roman 5O Du:svILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky iu the wortd. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co , Belfast; or . 4, 13oaatfortrbuil4ings, Strand, London, W.C.—[Ad yet tisement STRANGE MURDER AT WIGAN. Early on Tuesday morning a frightful murder, the result of excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks, occurred at a farmhouse in the little hamlet of Dig Moor, situated at the extreme west of the township of Uphol land, a short distance from the main road to Wigan. A farmer, named John Brown, a stout, thickset man, aged about 40, described as remarkably quiet when sober, but just the opposite when drunk, and his farm-servants, ono of whom was named George Ashton, about the same age as his master, and with a similar fondness for drink, were the persons chiefly concerned in the crime ; and on Monday last the foundation stone of a Primitive Methodist chapel had been laid at Dig Moor. Brown, his wife and daughter, a girl of 16, all attended the ceremony and the tea party afterwards, and then they adjourned to the Bowling Green publichouse, where they remained drinking till midnight, when Brown left to go home. There were then at the house four Irish labourers, who were sleeping in an outbuilding, and Ashton and two other men. It is stated that on Brown's arrival at home more drink was obtained by the party, who were already completely intoxicated, till Brown became wild and threatened to kill the whole of them. He thereupon seized the poker and laid about him vigorously. Qne man succeeded in making an escape from the house without injury, and the others with only one blow on the head, but Ashton, now left alone with Brown, was beaten by him most unmercifully about the head with the poker until he was lifeless. The sight of the dead body does not Appear to have made any impression upon Brown, or even t o I , ave sobered him, for he obtained a white sheet, which he threw round him to represent a surplice, and taking a book he pretended to read the Burial Service over the re mains. Meanwhile, information was conveyed to the police-stations at Upholland Moor and Skelmersdale, and l3rown was taken into custody. A foreigner speaking of the House of Commons, says :—"So difficult is it for anything to be heard inside its gorgeous walls; that the impatient members are obliged to be continually calling out, ' Hear, hear, hear.'" THE NEW COMPOUNDING ACT.—On Wednesday the Act of last Session as to tenant 3 for short periods paying the poor-rate and deducting the same from the rent took effect. Landlords may now compound for the rates, and vestries, previously to the 29th instant, could enter into arrangements with the owners of small tenements. ELOPEMENT FROM THE NORTIL—The ono topic among the lovers of scandal in a certain city in the north of England is the elopement, for the second time, of a well-known dancing, -master with the widow of an Indian officer. The gentleman, who was on a previous occasion pursued and brought back, deserts a young wife and family, and the case, which is said to be full of piquant details, will be shortly brought before the Divorce Court. Mr. Jacob Bright, in opening a bazaar in aid of a Methodist Free Church Fund, at Manchester, on Tues -449r, paid a tribute to the efforts which Dissenters had mutd in furthering political progress. In all the great political Changes which formed the landmarks in the history of the 1 ,9,at half century, Dissenters had, he said, invariably made tiiir influence felt on the right side. They had watched that no Act of Parliament should be passed that was not in accordlZnce with the principles of Christianity. For this they had con;:qUded in the past, Ind for this, he believed, they were prepared io nuntencl is The future. P a few clays ago upon Reciprocity and the Revivers, the Times spoke in the following scorn ful style :—"A sample of the books on Reciprocity may be obtained. Ono copy at least has been duly enshrined at the British Museum, and the rest gone to the grocers and cheesemongers, or converted into pulp for the penny papers' A more degraded office, it .would seem, no pulp could serve. It is a contemptible fate enough for these Reciprocity treatises to be used ass wrappers for slivers of chees or ounces of tea ; but to be made into pulp for penny papers ! Tho illustration shows at once how vulgar the raw material must have been, how debased and how ignorant. The pulp now of the Times is quite another thing. It is comrosed of numerous stacks of Chesterfield's Letters and Macaulay's History, published on cream-laid superfine sheets. The famous works wo refer to are honoured in the pulp by the use to which they are con verted in Printing-house-square. Working men should respect arguments coming from a quarter to which the choosemonger or the grogcr on nom hvo (v,i 0 19A1 1 .-1 Now. SPIRIT OF TR PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times believes it was Lord Palmerston who said that tenant right must not bo made landlords' wrong, and the remark, though it may read like a truism, is singularly ap plicable to the demands recently advanced by Irish agita tors on the pending land question. Perhaps these people really do think they can extort what they please from the Imperial Government; perhaps they are only setting their price as high as possible so as to be better prepared for tho inevitable abatement ; but in any case they may as well assure themselves of the truth in good time A Ca binet Minister has already announced that, whatever Ministers may do, they will not do what they are thus urged to do. " Although," said :Lord Clarendon at Wat ford, " I will not tell you what the Government will do, I will tell you what they will not do. They will not adopt any of those wild and subversive schemes of which we have heard so much during the last few days." That is plain speaking; and we may now add, for the benefit of the same expectants, that English Liberals are en the subject entirely in accord with the Ministry. Irishmen must understand that what the country now purposes is, not to confer special privileges, but to remove ascertained wrongs. There is no reason whatever for giving an Irish tenant what an English tenant cannot obtain and never demands. Except for the peculiar condition of Ireland there would be no reason for entertaining the " Land Question " at all. The one condition to be observed is that the tenant shall not be a loser in respect of his dealings with the land. In so far as he has improved it, he should be compensated for the im provement, either by long holding or substantial equiva lent. If industry had as many openings in Ireland as in England, and if an Irishman who could not got a farm to his liking had a dozen other trades to turn to, there would be neither necessity nor justification for any land law at all. It is only in consideration of the disadvantage at which Irish tenants stand that a land law is now con templated ; but they must not e_zpect to be turned into landlords themselves, or to be presented with the property of others while receiving protection for their own. The Telegraph says it is, of course, impossible to follow the President of the Social Science Congress through all the sections of his speech ; but, in most of them, a sentence or two may be noted that might serve as epitaphs for the very grave of Toryism. Even now, as we have hinted, the position of the speaker colours his views. When he talks of the agricultural labourer—a poor, forlorn item of humanity, who has excited some interest in Devonshire of late—he is careful to insist upon the evils attending any sudden displacement of labour; and he insists upon them in a strain which will perchance provoke an energetic rejoinder before the Congress is over. Again, when he has to deal with co-operation, he takes pains to speak of it as something better suited to Plato's Republic than to our actual England—just as, five years ago, he would have spoken of household suffrage as a capital thing for a new colony just organising its constitutional system, but utterly unsuited for an old monarchy like Great Britain. Co-operation has made a few strides of late, since the days when the Chairman of the Educational Section at Bristol, Canon Kingsley, was rebuked in open church for naming it ; but Canon Kingsley—another Devonshire man, and of a nature somewhat less timidly amiable than Sir Stafford's—has lived to see that and some other dreams of his youth come within the pale of even Episcopal toleration. However, we readily and most cheerfully forgive all short comings and hesitancies in Sir Stafford's speech for the sake of the manly frankness with which he challenges the fullest and freest discussion ; the point and force with which he denounces the tricks and scandals of public debate, advising the "police of society" at once to arrest such ill-regulated words as "sectarian ;" and, above all, for his hearty recognition of the "Ladies' Conference," under Miss Carpenter's management, which sits every day with closed doors, not even reporters being admitted : sits—as Walter Savage Landor says of the eagle in his "Count Julian"—" sits solitary, sits immovable, beyond the arrows, shouts, and views of men." The letter of the Bishop of Orleans, addressed to Father Hyacinthe, is, says the Standard, the proper and natural complement to that of the eloquent ex-Carmelite. He does not insult him for his rebellion, neither does he even ques tion that there has been much to goad him into it. He confesses, with an exquisite ingenuousness, of which it were well that there were more amongst us, that Father Hyacinthe has suffered. What a world of suppressed meaning there is in that word "suffered," and we pray Anglicans, who are occasionally worried with their spiritual anxieties, to weigh it well. There is suffering, it seems, in obedience and submission of the understanding, as well as in its exercise and reasonable liberty. It is the worthy letter of a worthy man, and Father Hyacinthe owns that he is touched by it. It would have been strange, indeed, if ho had not been. Fortunately, however, he is made of sterner stuff than to listen to the invitations. his answer is brief, but it is pregnant and sufficient. " What you call the committal of a grave fault I call the fulfilment of a great duty." Here are the two sides of the shield. We would beg all hesitating Anglicans not to shrink from the examination of both. That men who already bear the yoke of the Romish Church should hesitate to get rid of it is intelligible. The moment is scarcely propitious for Ro man Catholics to fly to evils that they know not of. But that Protestants, with their eyes open, with the fate of Lamennais, and the "sufferings" of Lacordaire, Ravignan, and Father Hyacinthe before them, should dream of gratui tously submitting themselves to such a yoko fairly passes our comprehension. The Post declares that the ease set up for the Fenians may be dismissed with two words. Tho truth is that they contemplated a rebellion which there was nothing to justify, and in which they could not hope for success; that they were fools if they were not knaves ; and that, any how, they richly deserved the punishment which vindi cated the majesty of the law. While therefore it may be proper to consider whether the requirements of justice are now satisfied, it would be highly inconvenient to grant an amnesty on grounds which, if not clearly defined, might be misapprehended. The dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church have a diffi cult part to play. It would not be consistent with the Pope's docti ines for them to preach sedition ; and, on the other hand, they have to keep abreast of the Fenians, who are ready enough to take the monopoly of demagogism out of the ecclesiastical custody. Fortunately, they are not all like Father O'Connor. There can be no permanent improvement in Ireland, or in the relations existing between England and Ireland, which does not proceed from the recognition of that pure patriotism which exalts and arms a nation ; but it is madness, and worse than madness, for it is sheer blasphemy, to inscribe "God save Ireland" on the emblems of a faction which, in vainly compassing her destruction, trampled under foot every law human and The Daily News observes that the carrying out of the plans which led up to the murd ers, an d the fury with which the victims were assailed in the act of murder, suggests that murder had become a passion in Tropman's mind. He is said to have made a hero of the wholesale murderer in the " Wandering Jew." He is also said to be an imaginative and excitable youth —a mere boy of 19— just the boy and just the age to catch a passion for horrible adventure from stories which make villains heroes. Many a lad has become a thief from the mere infection of his imagination by stories of Jack Sheppard and Dick Turpin. Tropman's imagination had probably become possessed with the idea of making his fortune by a coup which would strike the world with horror; he seems to have pursued this idea with all the skill and coolness which persons thus possessed generally exhibit ; but when the murderous passion, thus nu rse d , cherished, and obeyed, found its victims before it, it broke out in a mad rage to inflict wounds and see blood. Hence the insatiate fury which could not oven spare the child of five years old, and which was not content with murdering its victims, but must cover them with superfluous wounds. Trauppmann must have been possessed by the demon of a desire to kill. He is perhaps the extremest example this age has produced (.' the tyranny which the imagination can exercise when bIICC it is possessed of an absorbing thought. It was probably his object to create a sensation, to do something original and striking, and he has accom plished it by the commission of one of the most horrible and astounding crimes the present generation has witnessed. Considering the active part which Mr. Lange has taken, in the great undertaking of the Suez Canal, which is des tined to revolutionise the means of intercommunication between Europe and Asia, the Star cannot blame him for pointing out the advantages we may hope to derive from the canal in the event of war with the United States. Mr. Lange, however, manifestly exaggerates the danger of such a calamity ; and this tono of exaggera tion, when combined with the line of argu- merit he has pursued, is adapted to impart In creased vitality to whatever of turbulent feeling there , taype in both countries. It is true that the shortening of the uLtanco to India and China, and the contraction in the same proportion of the line to be defended, must prove a great boon to the commerce of this country, whether in peace or in war. But wo are afraid that, if the even tuality upon which he speculates were really to ari - .:, his vaticinations would only be partially borne out by the result. When corsairs are 011C3 let loose they roam over the sea without limitation as to degree - ; of latitude and longitude ; and the change in the route to India would give very little security to our traders in travenl- h g the highways of the Indi,:n Ocean. There remains' the question as to the o4tont to which the Suez Canal will really d ivert the tra de of the East into t henew This resolves itself int) a simpslPfivmatter of enable kitipowners in all, or even the i majority - of Will the tor Shillings, and pence. o n t he r r ou i t s oL e ' d fh a o t toll ten c ic :. : l: ip t:A a e gn l , y . ed by the cases, to give the preference to the sh o• for the passage from one sea to the francs per ton measurement, and an additional two francs A simple arithmetical calculation amount to as regards a per ton for towage, will shew what this tribute will whip of any given tonnage. On the a other hand,circumstances e andt com pany is always able to adapt itself to itstar; that d the new therefore,nLeawngreoandaso India. pjl a may, at reason ;i o 4 revisee for anticipating t an t day, entirely eclipse the old one, . LAW AND POLICE. ...~ TrinZATMZING A MAGISIMATE.—On Wednesday, Are Brown was charged, at the Westminster Police-court, With sending threatening letters to Mr. Arnold, a magistrate of that court. Last May Mr. Arnold received an anonymous letter, telling him that he had ruined a young man's prospects byla punishment for drunkenness, through which ho had lost a very profitable employment, and if he did not make compensation, the injured person would take his life. Mr. Arnold, having consulted a detective, advertise d in the Standard, as requested by the letter, forfurther parti' Lars. After some communications had been exchanged, the prisoner was arrested. He is a respectably-dressed man a about 30, and described himself as a gentleman. He vTas , attacked with illness during the hearing of the case an' was, therefore, remanded for a week. FALSE CHARACTERS AND FRAt:D.—At Guildhall, on Wednesday, a man named Fray, and his two sons, w er° committed for trial on a charge of systematic fraud. the father obtained a situation for one of his sons as erraul boy, in which position the boy and his brother robbed t he employer. A FRENCH MASTER CHARGED WITH THEFT. Wednesday, M. Francois Layard, a D.C.L., of the University of Paris, and French master at the Queen Elizabeth School s, Horselydown, was charged with stealing a number of book s belonging to the pupils. It seems his salary was £l7O a Ye sr with a prospective increase up to £3OO, and he had been at his post for about a year and a half. For some time Pa st the pupils had missed books, but no suspicion attached to the prisoner. One of the pupils going to a cheap 1,04- stall in Holywell-street to replace one of the lost boolch found his own book exposed for sale. This led to 0° detection of the prisoner, who admitted selling eight) , 0 ninety books lately, but said they were his own. now three French dictionaries were missing. The prisoner Wa s remanded. THE ALLEGED WIFE MURDER AT HouNsLow. -- T he inquiry into the death of Sarah Ann Smith, at Ifounsloo, was terminated on Wednesday, before Dr. Diplock, coroner for West Middlesex. The jury inquired whothcr the husband of the deceased, w h o is accus ed n of murdering bei., was to be brought before them, wi l t Dr. Diplock read L I, letter from Mr. Bruce stating that could not be don) as the man had been committed O r trial. The jury were much dissatisfied, and returned verdict of manslaughter against William Smith, und°r circumstances of great provocation, appending their opil'i °/4 that the magistrates had acted hastily in committing the man for trial on so little evidence. THE PANTIN TRAGEDY. The body of Gustave, the eldest son of M. Kinck, which was found in the field where the other corpses were discs' vered, was brought to Paris on Monday, and Traupiraa nil was confronted with it. 'Me prisoner was perfectly unr re ; pared for the spectacle presented to him of Ges ture freshly dug up corpse. As on previous occasion, he feigned tears, but he in reality sta r tl e d. M. D ouo t d' . A rcq put th e u . sual question, "Do y ou recogn i se hi s b o dy ?" " leg' t it is Gustave." "You murdered him ?" "No, it have been his father. The wretch, only fancy '- murdering his own son." In vain the juge wa de touching appeal to him, add r e ss i n g him as the ; man on the verge of eternity, and imploring him that to persist in denying to himself t o consolation it would be to him during his last hours, t o reflect that he had at least confessed and repented of his g el' sins, and thus might crave forgiveness from his Cr e3tot. The few words the magistrate said were to the Pu r P c's e e ' .: and uttered with unfeigned emotion. The c °- 1 , lent man's efforts were, however, fruitless. Tl oug r o Traupmann replies to every question, his an sWe ee are in strict conformity to the line of defel'ii he has adopted from the first—namely, that he was in.er°lcre a subordinate employed by Kinck pert, in fact a a, looker on. He signed the proces verbal with a ff ll3lll3 . l' ed , The question, says the correspondent of the Star , a ris- ,;{ Does his signature correspond with the handwriting the letters received by Madame Kinck from her lins W • c o ' indited, as you are aware, in a strange ha nd 'i,io consequence, as stated therein, of his having sprain e ' A ma t wrist If Kinck pere sprained his wrist so severely ly he could not hold his pen, how comes it that he su ddll c acquired the strength that Traupmann imputes t 0 h tye required to deal the murderous blows which causecl, di gaping wounds to be seen on the corpses of seven 111 viduals? 4 ; 0 0 The Barnsley Working Men's Liberal Assocla—; had an enthusiastic inaugural soiree on Tuesday, at Lord Milton was present. His lordship spoke the of the cultivation of political kno w l e d ge on g the w orki'ls classes. Women's rights are making way. The oversee° of Brown University in Rhode Island, one of the 1 1 50S institutions in America, have resolved that it sll."08° opened to young women as well as young men. it "Courses of Instruction "at Harvard for the Conlin; Yoe also will be given to " competent persons of both se% e , s. The Council of the Bradford Chamber of "irior merce on Tuesday adopted a memorial to the Lord CbOcesiva requesting several modifications in the BankrurtcY" tct '4l (l another to the Colonial Secretary praying that steps ~ be taken to obtain the reduction of duties on iroP erts posed by some of the colonies. le a 00 The Westminster registration comnieu e `,. u se• Wednesday, before Mr. F. 11. Bacon. The list shows- u ° of hold claims, 97; lodger claims, 4,278; objections, 99 :, or these about two-thirds of the householder claims On the jections emanate from Liberals, and 2,617 lodgers. °l' part of the Conservatives, the lodger claims are 1,6 61 c 1 , 0 0. At a preliminary meeting, held at Dudley p° or iel day, a resolution was passed to the effect that a Inern e tia should be presented to the Mayor to call a public rseecept to consider the connection of Mr. Sheridan with the r o t a failure of the Albert Assurance Company. M. tisl i will, in all likelihood, receive a notification of th e 19-e) about to be held. At the annual meeting of the Female Mei(jiilli . p e r Society's College, held on Wedne s d a y at Exeter Bared' 00 Edmunds, who presided, stated that 82 ladies had a nte ba d students at tho society's college, and no ensT iaint9 T be reached the committee of p ro f ess i ona l inctlicien e r op society was of a purely publi c c h arac t er ; and, s.° ' 4° l C ol' funds were collected, they would consolidate a Inedii,eis. e sad lege for wom e n by R oya l c h ar t er on a s t r ictly P u b self-supporting basis. There is at present a dispute as to the " .11 . r e1 e7 ll of St. Andrew's Church at Ramsbottom, LallertePre' Mr. Giant, who claims the church as his own Pr ° r oof 5 perty, has about eighty men in possession. Oa 0f formal demand for admission was made on be l ' 4.- d boi s representatives of the congregation, and tbo den' upon fruitless, a committee was appointed to &cid ° hoe" course to be pursued to regain possession of the c o air A great crowd had assembled, but there wa s turPance. Qaca v The canonry of Durham Cathedral rendere,d The by the death of the Bishop of E xe t er has been cePies).lol; the Bishop of Durham upon the Rev. J. D. Bade- 0 o tt ,lll , Bishop Phillpotts held what was termed a "g c t ie r g of to but most of the gold will in future go into the cc" e ig cs ol :l Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The stipend of the WO will be £l,OOO a year. At a meeting of the C° l2 : °c ,,:so cGir Durham University on Tuesday the degree of P . '" -1 1 0 1.1 ‘ forred by diploma upon the new dean. AMERICAN COTTON CROP. The S c .: 3 al b ; Skipping and Commercial List, in its annual e 3l - lil 15 0 ` 7 14 cotton trade, makes the aggregate of the crop s cr050di,260,557 bales, against a total of 2,430,80 the: Sr:69 cotton year. The exports to foreign P ° 4. r 31, I to year, from September 1, 1868, to Aug lis ' bals ° , l 3l are stated at 1,447,643 bales; 98 0, ' 5 7 " et p Great Britain, 224,527 bales to F ra n' to °" bales to the North of Europe, 56,43 6 ba ' e " 13$ foreign ports. hrOil tll s e0 g The crew of the lost fishing boat at A r- ,, 0 prie - 0 happily turned up. They got on board t" the r 0 5 Alice, a barque which had been lying °- le. 0 t h t orders but which had to put to sea owing to • ---e bu barque was as far north as near the GirdlenesciStotecl, s et , unable to touch land. The weather having W ° , g ti ° , /j t b. got back to Arbroath, and landed the three n"bs-vboarob.ii., men. When it became known that they Nve re . , , ° e : 0 1 e t'' barque, a crowd, among whom were their 111 ~,b ei t 0 a t dren, assembled on the quay to welcome thorn. a fr oo had been despair e d o f . tad f A murderous poaching affray is repay yeti of gu n ß s a Barton, near Bideford, North Devon. A gang o f four own Turoiti, rAe r, the wellin noble °c his others wat n ch een i e n ria g ßilied a ae t if. d g e -ho citfhl;f: °' °I whom turned round and fired ord. Zho gatunlleiikue.° life-P d followed, the gamekeeper using his antagonist was even 1 ually capt ured, and prove_ ourb oi ; 0 o f Sparks, a navvy, and a stranger in the neig lll) . , c ! arg comrades escaped. Sparks is in custody or eke t e n p u er. _a poaching and attempting to murder the gars , O lt. They do strange things iu Nottinglourn„u t o 1: it of the strangest we have known was enacted,ros,l:o l ola e t bullock was publicly roasted in aid of a . t o yeenl orf .o 4 is proposed to erect in that town to _ re p rtr i v _ ti the late Sir R. Clifton. Bands of rausicaror. qv% and the principal actor in the affair v't o f Ba d Seymour, who undertook the extraordinary_atsbiJl Dootiae, yi9 coat off, apron on, knife in his h am, cu t 0 , 0 1 :° t pA up the bullock in slices for visitors. steel s. rte the bared gentleman must certainly hay . ' " o ur V figure. Ho afterwards . made an 9r 6691:1 14 91.1ect YIQW. el at I