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s OCTOBER CRYSTAL PALACE GUINEA SEASON TICKETS issued THIS DAY by all Agents, at the Palace, and at Exeter Hall. Children under twelve and schools half price. A favourable thus for purchase. CRYSTAL PALACE.—FIRST SATURDAY CONCERT and AFTERNOON PROMENADE, TO-MORROW (Saturday.)—Mdlle. Vanzini, Mdlle. Drasdil, and Mr. Vernon Rigby. Conductor, Mr. Manus.' Programme includes—Symphony No. 2 in D(" Beeth oven); Overtures, " Der Freisebutz" and " Midsummer Night's Dream." Entr'acte in B flat and Ballet Airs in G, " Rosamunde" (Schubert). Admission Half-a-crown. Guinea seasonlicket free. Stalls 2s. 6d., to-morrow, at the Palace only. Stalls, for the series of twenty-six concerts, two guineas. CRYSTAL PALACE.—FIREWORKS.— Notice. It had been intended that Saturday's dis play of the great set piece of the ARC DE TRIOMPHE should bo the last. It was given, however, on Saturday with such complete magnificence that an EXTRA. DIS PLAY, to include this grand pyrotechnic work of Messrs. Brock, will be given on MONDAY NEXT, sth October, at 7 o'clock. From other arrangements entered into, this must posi tively be the last time the Arc can be exhibited. Other amusements during the day, including Blondin's Marvellous Feats, International Championship, and Amateurs' Bicycle Races for Cluld, Silver, and Bronze Medals, etc.. Ono shilling, as usual. L ONDO.N AND NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. 3dEADOW LAND to I,e LET.—About Five and a Half Acres MEADOW LAND to be Let, situate near Old Willesden Station. For particulars apply to Mr. Thomas Savill, Estate Department, Euston Station. By order. Euston Station, Sept., 1869. PO the POLICYHOLDERS and SHARE HOLDERS of the EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—You have seen from the newspapers that a Petition has been presented to the Court of Chancery for the Winding up of this Society, which is to be heard on Saturday, the 2d of October. This Petition bore the names of Mr. Thomas Carlyle Hayward, a former Director of this Society, and Mr. Robert Crawford, one of its present Directors. Mr. Crawford attended a meeting of the Directors on Monday last, and took part in their deliberations, and on the very next day, without the slightest intimation to his colleagues of his intention, he presented this petition. It is but fair to Mr. Hayward to say, that as soon as he became aware that he had been improperly induced to join in the petition be withdrew at once, The allegations of Mr. Crawford have been responded to in the following affidavit, although the first intimation of his petition was about four o'clock on Tuesday, when notice to appear before Vice-Chancellor James, at two o'clock the next day, Wednesday, was served : " The statement in the said petition, that the said Society is altogether insolvent and unable to pay its debts is un true. The moneys available for payment of current claims are sufficient for the purpose, and the assets and subscribed capital are, and will be, suiicient to provide for every lia bility as the same may arise. The said Society does, in fact, pay its debts, and there is not a single undisputed and due policy claim remaining unpaid, or which the Board is not prepared to pay, and no debt of which pay menthas been asked of the said Society remains at the present moment unpaid, or which the Board is not pre pared to pay. " The books of the Society show that the petitioner, Robert Crawford, appears a debtor to the Society for sums amounting to £1,200 or thereabouts. including the unpaid call on his shares, and loans unaccounted for, believed to have been received by him as an agent of the Society." The Directors have also issued the following advertise ment to the daily papers:— " European Assurance Society. —The Directors of the European assurance Society request the policyholders and shareholders not to be alarmed at any of thereports which may appear at the present moment, as they are, advisedly and in full assurance of its sound position, determined to oppose to the utmost the unwarrantable attempts to ruin the Society." Nothing could be more improper than the course pur sued by the petitioner. Had he one grain of the sympathy be professes for the great interests concerned, his course would have been to secure the policyholders first, and not to rush into Chancery and hand these important interests over to a set of wreckers, whose sole object is to fill their own pockets at the expense of the Society. It is now well known that a gang of designing persons has been occupied for weeks, if not months, in compassing the destruction of this and other Insurance Companies, and it is suggested that the policyholders and shareholders throughout the country should combine with the management at the chief office to overthrow these unprincipled attempts at injury. . - With this view, the time for convening meetings being so short, sheets with headings have been prepared, which can be signed by eitherpolicyholders or shareholders, and have been distributed to the district managers and agents in the country, where they can be signed, or at the chief offices of the Society, 17, Waterloo- place, Pall-mall, Lon don. By order of the Board. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. CITY OF LONDON BONDS.—/500,000. Remaining Portion of the Loan of £600,000 autho rised to be raised by the "Holborn Valley Improvement (Money) Act, 1869," 32 and 33 Viet., cap. 20. The Improvement Committee of the Corporation of London, being authorised by the Court of Common Coun cil to acquire the remaining property in connection with the Holborn Valley Viaduct and Improvements, the under signed is directed by the Finance Committee of the Corpo ration to negociate the disposal of City Bonds for £500,000, being the remaining portion of £600,000 authorised to be raised by the above-mentioned Act. The Bonds will be issued at par, under the common seal of the Corporation, for sums of £l,OOO, £5OO, or £lOO respectively, for a period of twelve years, and bear ing interest payable half-yearly, by means of coupons, at the Bank of England, at the rate of £4 ss. per cent. per annum. The security l rovided by Parliament for these purposes is the net produce, subject to existing charges, of the duty of 4d. per ton on coals brought into London, continued by the Act 31st and 32nd Vict., cap. 17, until the sth July, 1889, and chargeable for the purposes of these improve ments to the sth July, 1888. Th ) prior charges on the fund now eonsist of Lon& amounting to £1,260,000, issued in respect of the Cannon-street and Holborn-valley Im provements. In the event of the fund so continued proving insufficient, the Corperarion secures payment of interest and principal, out of their own proper revenues, as pro vided by the Act. Parties desiring to tender for any of the said bonds must make application at the Bank of England (Private Draw ing Office), in the form annexed : such applications to be accompanied by a payment or remittance to the said Bank of 10 per cent. up on th e amoun t app li e l for Applications will not be received later than three o'clock on Tuesday, the sth inst. Allotment will take place at this office by J. T. Bedford, Esq., the Chairrean of the Finance Committee, and by the undersigned, on Tburrday, the 7th instant, and in the event of an amount greater than the sum of .Z 300,09 being offered, a rateable allotment (not less than £lOO in any case) will bo paid to each applicant. The balance of the amount allotted must be paid at this Office not later than Friday, the 22d of October instant. Upon paym en t o f t h e balance Scrip Receipts will be issued to parties producing their Letters of Allotment and Bank of England Deposit Receipts ; such Scrip Receipts will be exchanged for Bonds, so soon as they shall have been pre pared and sealed by the Court of Common Council. Interest will commence from the dates of payment in full, respectively. Printed forms of application will be furnished at this Office, and at the Bank of England. BENJAMIN SCOTT, Chamberlain. Chamber of London, Guildhall, Oa. 1, 1869. FORM OF APPLICATION. City of London Bonds, .£500,000, part of Loan of £600,000. Holborn Valley Improvements (Act 32 and 33 Vict., cap, 20). To the Chamberlain of the City of London. Sir,—l hereby tender the sum of pounds, by way of deposit of 10 per cent. upon the snm of pounds, on account of the Loan of £500,000, part of £600,000, authorised to La raised by the Corporation of London, under the abovetnentioned Act for completing the purchase of lands and the execution of works connected with the Holborn Valley Viaduct and Improvements; and I request that City Bonds may be delivered to me, or to my order, in respect thereof, in accordance with the an nouncement in respect of the said loan, which has been made public, viz.: (If bonds of particular amounts are required, here state details.) Bonds for £l,OOO each Bonds for .£.500 each Bonds fcr £lOO each Total • £ Name in full Address in full Quality or description Dated this day of October, 1869. SHOOTING SE ASON.- E. M. REILLY and CO. beg to acquaint their numerous Patrons and Sportsmen that they have for inspection a large ASSORTMENT of the LATEST IMPROVED CENTRAL FIRE and other B REECHLOADING GUNS and RIFLES, at their usual moderate prices. EVERY REQCIS ETE for the FIELD. 502, New Oxfordstreet 4 London. Branches: 315, Oxford -street ;2, Rue - Scribe, Paris. Illustrated Price Lists on application. THE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE " NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND TIIE NEW EMBROIDERY-- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a \Portable Case for Travelling. THE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p enliar simplicity of these Machines enables any one to lc-luire their perfect use m a few hours. Illistrated Price Lists post free rHE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY lief Office in the United Kingdom: 147, CHEAPSIDE. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. CHAMMAN—Williern Steven, Esq. DEPT:-CHAInMAN - Frederick H. Jensen, Eeq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard 3r. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham. t arter, 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, Eart .Piries Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq A braham J. Roberts, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne, Esq '1 IP7mson Hankey, Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemach, Esq. ACTUARY—SarnI. Brown, ESC'. N.T.—Fire Policies which expire at Michaelmas must le renewed at the Head Office, or with the agents, on or l'efore the 14th of October. The Government Dutyis totally abolished. pro.,p,;tus and Fcrms of Proposal, with stateracn` of the z: t I and liabilities is the Life Branch, free on applieatiort to the cuopany'e digeuts,or tc. the Secretary, CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSIMANC'E SOCIETY. Established 1824. The A NNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000 The ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, is over £1,619,000 Forms of Proposal, and every_ information, can be ob tained of GEORGE CIITOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decry, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 43, Upper Thames-street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA 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 int; this wonc oful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. _ _ ...... sold in in bo ttles, Sold 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. __ _ ._.. fled Bull Wharf, Angel passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. }LC. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodi ies valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerativeCommi4sion 'o Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. THEA'fRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F.D. ChattAfton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault: Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, loht. Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Will Open for the Winter Season on SATURDAY, October 2, with (never acted) LOST AT SEA: a London Story. By Dion Boucicault and HenryJ. 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 fortnight in advance. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at 7, BREACH, OF PROMISE. At 8.15, Mr. T. W. Robertson's new Comedy, in three acts, entitled PROGRESS: Messrs. Billington, H. 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 sketch, by Harry Lemon, Esq , called WAIT FOR AN ANSWER. After which, at 7.45. will be produced, with new seemly, fur niture, and appointments, a new Comedy, in three acts, by Thomas Morton, Esq., entitled PLAIN ENGLISH, in which Messrs Barry Sullivan, George Honey, J. C. Cowper, W. H. Stephens, D. 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Children under twelve. 6d. 3r t 1 13 11) s*N LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1869. According to a telegram published at Paris in the I Petit Journal of last evening, and dated from Guebwiller (baying been despatched from that place at 10 o'clock yesterday morning) another body—can it be the eighth body of the KINCK Family ?—had been dug up in that neighbour hood. A translation of the telegram runs sim ply to this effect—" lIAEUSLER, brother-in-law of KINCK, has been sent for by the authorities to identify a body discovered between Bollwiller and Cernay." And the inference deduced from this, by the newspaper publishing the account, naturally is that there is every reason to believe that the body so found will prove to be that of KINCK, senior, JEAN KINCK, of Roubaix, the father of the murdered family, and as is now conjectured the first victim of TRAUMIANN. That, at any rate, is the supposition. Out of all the horror of this appalling tragedy, there is at least this imnienso consolation, that the stupendous crime which basun loubtedly been perpetrated, is not, at any rate, of that monstrous and abnormal and most unnatural character which it was at the outsst imagined to be. First of all, it will be remembered that the horrible impression which pre vailed was this—that Madame KINCK and her five children (counting the child yet unborn—her six children) had been cruelly murdered—by whom ? By her own husband and by the father ofthoseehil chil dren--he he being aided and abetted in the accomplish ment of this atrocious massacre by his at first oldersott wasson (GLITAyE) by former marriage ! T hat THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1869. the ap t alling supposition. It was the popular belie immed=iately after the six corpses were accidentally discove red, hid away in the field of slaughter at Pantin. And the conjecture which had sprung up to that effect directly after the dead bodies had been conveyed to the Morgue was supported by the direct accusation directed against the KINCICS Pere et fits, JEAN and GUSTAVE, by the miserable man dragged out of the water in the harbour at Havre, at the risk of his own life, by the brave caulker at the docks there—HANGUEL, the captor of TRAmpatANN. Soon after the capture of TRAUPMANN at Havre, and his removal up to Paris—the murdered body of young GusravE KINGS was discovered in another part of the same field of butchery at Pantin. And now an eighth body —as is supposed the murdered remains of JEAN tCINCK, the father--is declared by tele gram to have been discovered at Guebwiller, Alsace. The ghastly mystery seems to be gradually ex plaining itself. TRAUNIANN, it is now supposed, was the contriver of the whole series of mur ders—of this ext ralination of a whole family. There is a talk of his having ha I an accomplice in the actual perpetration of the butchery. A tall man, with enormous hands, and altogether of formidable proportions, is stated to have been seen at Pantin, on the night of the murder, armed with a bludgeon, following Madame KINCK and the five young child ren, in company with two other men—TRAUPMANN being, of course, one of them, while the other was, possibly, GUSTAVE KlNGS—already, at that time, the innocent dupe and, to be soon afterwards, the hacked and strangled victim of the midnight assassin or assassins. Added to the atrocity of this cold blooded butchery of a whole family, came the addi tional atrocity of so contriving its perpetration as to fix upon two ofithe victims the guilt of being—of the other five—the most unnatural murderers. After assassinating poor JEAN and GUSTAVE KINCIC—it was like murdering their reputations ! For the sake of our common humanity it is so far a comfort, we repeat, that the truth in this matter has already come out, and that at least, though the lives of the father and the eldest son have been cruelly sacrificed, their memories have been vindicated. THE position of the President of the Social Science Association becomes year by year more delicate. It is impossible for the labours of such an organisation, to be kept free from the influence of political creeds. It may appear, perhaps, that it ought to be otherwise. The alleviation of human suffering, the preservation of health, and the spread of enlightenment, with most of the other objects of the society, may seem far above the con tamination of party strife ; and to a certain extent they are so. But the duty of the Association is not merely to discuss preventions and cures, but to give them practical effect. And it is not to be hoped that the Legislature can be appealed to on behalf of many of these objects without involving those differences of principles which lead men to range themselves under opposing party banners. It would be pleasant, no doubt, to settle our colonial relations, education, and State interference with endowments, without political strife. But it is quite certain that all these questions will more or less be made the sub ject of a parliamentary appeal to arms. Hampered by these considerations, Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE has done his work well. His examination of many important branches of social science is as thorough as it is moderate, and his duties as a political leader have not prevented him from offering several valuable suggestions. Unfor tunately, the fundamental mission of the society in itself involves to no small extent distinctions—not, indeed, cf party, but of principle. The prime object of the Social Science Association is to determine where legislative interference should begin and end. The President for 18G9 concedes that many good ends may be promoted by good laws ; but he is greatly apprehensive lest the Legislature may be led into *the error of doing too much. Many, how ever, will think this apprehension ill-founded. In spite of all the talk of late years, the amount of work that has been done really amounts to very little. Of agitation in the country, debates in Parliament, Royal Commissions, select committees, and the like, there has been no stint; but there has certainly been no superfluity of good laws. The great progress of the cen tury in social legislation is really only a beginning. The very fact that Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE found so many great and unsettled topics to enlarge upon is an answer to his own fears. It will be long indeed before an outcry against too much and too trenchant legislation can be well founded. It is on this principle that the PRESIDENT'S re marks on charitable endowments are open to the charge of over-caution. Sir STAFFORD, in common with most people, allows that money left by will for the benefit of any class of the public ought to be sub ject to State control. "It is obviously monstrous to contend that every line of a founder's will is to be literally obeyed two, three, or four centuries after his death, however complete the change of circumstances may have been, or how ever foolish may now be the working of an originally wise disposition of his property." Nothing can be more sound than this doctrine. But if the State is to interfere at all in the case of obsolete endowments, it cannot interfere with advantage under the restric tions which Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, in his fear of over-control, would place upon its action. He is disposed to favour Earl FORTESCUE'S plan of esta blishing a public authority to which all proposed endowments should be submitted, and which should have the power of rejecting or accepting the offer in Coto, but not of modifying its terms. Further, the original tenour of the bequest must be staictly observed for, say, a century; and the working of the endowment should be reported upon, and, if necessary, revised at intervals of fifty years. It is strange that the right hon. gentleman should have overlooked that these provisions would really be carrying out that excessive State intervention against which he protests. If it is bad for Parliament to meddle too much with the action of the public it is bad for it to meddle with its own action. The same principles which induce the President of the Association to condemn the policy of restricting the independent decision of individuals, equally condemn the laying down of cut and dried rules for hampering, the future decisions of the Legislature. Earl Fon- TESCUE'S scheme could not fail to work badly. It is not merely the lapse of time, but changes of circumstances which render endowments, at first useful, inoperative or mischievous, And such changes may occur any time—as well soon after a bequest is made as a century hence. It is quite pro bable that the terms of an endowment arranged to-day pla re n n , d t e h re er d e m fo a o y lish byin a im fe e w x y p e e a c r t s e . d B c u i t 7 acc um o s rdin tanc g e to s, can be no remedy for a hundred years, and after that t h b i e s for fifty years. The fact is, that no precise rules of this kind can be prescribed for dealing with charitable bequests. The general principles of the subject aro clear enough, and they must suffice. Par liamentary interference ought to be sought only when endowments become useless or pernicious; the money ought to be applied to a good pur pose, and as nearly as possible in the manner pre scribed by the founder; and vested interests must receive due consideration. Beyond these rules it would be dangerous to go ; but they should be at once applied whenever occasion arises for inter ference. Sir STAFFORD NORTITCOTE'S suggestion that a Minister of Health should be appointed deserves every consideration. Indeed, whether the authority be termed a Ministry or a Department ; or receive any other title, it is quite certain that some inde pendent jurisdiction, with the sole control of sanitary matters, is greatly needed. As was pointed out in these columns a little while ago, the malad ministration of the health laws is a pecu liarly irritating grievance. The sanitary mea sures passed during the laet half-Century are exceedingly numerous, and, in most respects, quite adequate. But, owing solely to the effects of bad administration, local and central, these Acts of Par liament are to a large extent inoperative. The juris diction of the central Government is defective in two ways; it is not sufficiently powerful and it is divided. A Ministry or any other separate department would unite the scattered fragments of power which are now vested in the Privy Council, the Home Office, and the Board of Trade. It would also—to be useful— have greater control over local functionaries, and more complete information on matters affecting the public health. Probably, also, the advantages attendant upon the establishment of one separate department of the kind would speedily lead to others. As Sir STAFFORD happily puts it, this is our day of Royal Commissions ; the clay of Ministries is yet to come. It is to be hoped so ; for of all the defects of our Government, none is more pernicious than the practice of one department doing many different things, and of one thing being done in many different departments. Equally worthy attention: are the President's observations on that very knotty difficulty—the present state and future prospects of lIODGE. It does not appear that Sir STAFFORD has any specific proposal to make on behalf of the agricultural labourer; but his view of the question is moderate and fair. It is unquestionable that the capitalist, if he is to conduct his business at all, must contrive to gain a profit; and it is unfortunately true that so far as the farmer is concerned this fact is overlooked in many suggestions for the benefit of the agricultural labourer. The customary nostrum for the under-paid tiller of the soil is to apply the trades' union principle to his case ; Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE is an advocate of the opposite theory of piece -work. It may reason ably be doubted whether a system which tends to develop the energies of the indi vidual is not to be preferred to a remedy the essence of which is to reduce men to a level. The agricultural labourer suffers already from the latter system—from being banded with his fellows in a common herd. It is difficult to tell how his posi tion can be mended by completing the levelling process through a trades' union. The one thing re quired for the farm worker is a career—a prospect of future advancement of some kind. The trades' union rule of keeping the gains of all men alike forbids the progress of the better before the worse. Surely more is to be hoped of the piece -work principle in the way of developing single energy, and giving the best of the agriculturists a chance of rising —which they are now denied. The plan at all events might be tried ; for as yet it is almost unknown in agriculture. There is no royal road to the elevation of a great and impoverished class, nor is it any arbitrary scheme which is sug gested. Payment according to work is the natural mode of recompense which may stimulate the labourer to personal improvement, and when he is worth more wages the world is open to him, and he will get it. PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. pltrßSDat Another MinisteriarCouneilivai had — yesierday at SI Cloud, under the presidency of the Emperor, which lasted two hours and a half. Nothing was, however, decided respecting the convocation of the Chambers. That important point is, it is said, to be settled on Saturday, when another council is to be held after the return of MX Magne and de Chasseloup Laubat. All is expectation, therefore, as to the result. I understand that it is likely an early day in November will be fixed for the opening. It is much to be hoped that the Government will fix some definite date, and so put an end to that restless anxiety and excitement which prevails everywhere on the subject. The Public affirms that as yet neither the President of the Senate nor of the Corps Legis latif has received an invitation to attend the Council. Meanwhile the paper warfare still goes on. M. de Kdratry has replied to M. de Jouvenel through the columns of the Siecle, declaring that, in his opinion, France would commit national suicide by preserving silence at this crisis. He has, he says, been threatened by the gendarmerie should he carry out his programme of the 20th. M. Ernest Picard has published a letter in the Electeur Libre, in which he declares that although M. de Keratry's proposal may not be universally approved, it responds to the public feeling. He wishes for his own part that his colleagues of all parties should assemble in Paris before the 20th, and concert some definite plan of action. The Left will not, it is said, support the movement of M. de Kdratry. The Tresie announces that the Government is busy preparing a Senatur-Consultum regarding the municipal nominations. It will suppress the 57th article of the Constitution of January, 1852, which provides that the Mayors shall be nominated by the Executive, and may be chosen outside the municipal council. The Government will, however, reserve to itself the nomination of the mayors of towns whose population exceeds 10,000. If this be true, it will be a step in the right direction. There is a succession of horrors just now, and the Parisian world had scarcely realised the full details of the Bordeairx calamity when their attention was excited by a catastrophe in their own vicinity. Last night at eleven o'clock the Hippodrome was destroyed by fire. No lives were lost on the occasion, and no one was seriously injured, but the fire presented the most alarming appearance to the throng of spectators. Half-an-hour sufficed to convert the building into a heap of ruins. In that part whore the fire raged with the greatest fury all the surrounding buildings were enveloped in flames, and it seemed to the lookers-on as if the whole town was about to be destroyed. The violence of the fire may be appreciated by the fact that it was not entirely extinguished until half past eight o'clock this morring. The wind was un fortunately very high, and this must account for the amazing rapidity with which the flames spread and en gulphed the immense amphitheatre of 18,000 metres. It is said that three horses were burned. The flames which rose from the fire were so clear that on the hills of Chaumont people were able to read by their light, and the firemen came from all the surrounding environs directed by the brilliancy of the conflagration. The Pantin murder has created the most extraordinary excitement, and it seems to be the chief topic of interest in all quarters. During the last few days the employds of the Stamp Office have been almost exclusively occupied by the stamping of the Figaro and the Gaulois. These journals have given the most complete details of the crime at Pantin, and their sale has consequently increased at an extraordinary rate. AIVFUL CALAMITY Al BAYSWATER. SEVEN PERSONS BURNT TO DEATH. This morning, at five minutes before three o'clock, one of the most fearful fires which has occurred iu the metropolis for some years past happened in the premises of Mr. E. Tetheridge, who carried on the business of a cook and confectioner, situ ated in Moscow-road, Bayswater. To render any assistance to those in the place at once became impossible, owing to the fury of the flames. It was well known that at least eight persons were sleeping in the dwelling. The fire-escape arrived in the course of a few minutes, but the con ductor was unable to enter the building owing to the flames, whch kept rushing through every win dow some distance across the road. The main body of thefire in the premises of Mr.Tetheridge could not be extinguished until the building might be said to be nearly destroyed. Mr. Palmer, chief brigade officer of the district, then gave orders for the men under him to search the ruins for the missing par ties, and the only person found alive was Mr. E. Tetheridge ; but ho was so severely burnt and in jured that he was taken to the hospital, where he lies with little hopes of recovery. The following were found burnt to death , E. Tetheridge, aged 9 years.: Henry Tetheridge, aged 5 years. Edward Tetheridge, aged 3 years. Mrs. Jack, aged 22 years. Steward Jack, aged 28 years. Agnes Jack, aged 17 years. Henry Jack, aged 14 years. The bodies were carefully collected together, and removed to the Paddington dead-house. The origin of the fire is at present reported to the brigade as unknown, though it is stated there was a large quantity of fireworks which exploded. - - Tetheridge was licensed to sell fireworks. DUN VILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. 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, Beaufort , buiMings, Strand, LQndgn, W.C.—(Ad- YeztiPenient LATEST INTELL MINCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Sept. 30. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1291 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1311; the lowest, 1291. Sterling Exchange on London lOB. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2O. 44 " 1885 ll9. 44 " 1867 ll7l. 10-40 64 1091. Illinois 1351. Erie Cotton—Mil upland 27lc. Petroleum—Standard White 3lc. Flour, extra state, $5.95c. to $6.55c. Corn, old mixed, sl.6c. CHLVA. HONGKONG, Sept. 2. The Austrian Embassy bas opened negotiations at Pekin for the conclusion of a treaty, but it is said that the Envoy is annoyed at the needless de lay on the part of the Chinese authorities in ar ranging terms. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, OCt. 1. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delhi, with the above mails, has arrived here with 30 passengers, £9,374 in specie, and a general cargo. On the Nth die spoke the titer:mar Masailie. MARSEILLES, OCt. 1. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonah arrived at Marseilles at one o'clock this morning. The mails leave for London at 10.45. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 30.—Three::o'clock—The market closed as follows : 4 per Cent. End of month - 3 per Cent End of month 7O 87i- Credit Mobilier 215 Transatlantic 262 5G Credit Foncier 1695 Paris Gas 1620 - RAILWAY Bank Shares 2837 50 Itaßan rives 53 10 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 42 Spanish Threes Rome Debt — Deferred — 8. Cash Orleans , ... 963 k Western Northern ... 1095 Strasburg . 592/ Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 612/ Sardinian Austrian 767/ Lombard 5OBl North of Spain 49 Saragossa Roman 5O THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS. BRISTOL, THUIZSDAY. Sir Stafford Northeote has won golden opinions both by the character of his address and the effective way in Vhich he presented it to his audience. In the President's delivery it would have been difficult to detect a flaw. Not a single point missed its mark, and had it not been that the printed slips, from which it was read, were visible, it would have been scarcely possible for anyone to detect that the address was not an extempore effort. The departments have been in full swing to-day. At ten o'clock this morning there was a large gathering of members and associates in tho Victoria Rooms to hear the address of Mr. George IVoodyatt Hastings, the President of the Department of Jurisprudence and Amendment of the Law. Thence an adjournment was made to the various meetings of sections. OUR PREAL AND CIVIL LAW. The address of the President of Jurisprudence and Amendment of the T..;,w Department w as a l eng th y one. Mr. Hastings, aft:r dwelling upon the importance of the subject of i':_risprudence, proceeded to investigate the best means of arranging and enforcing the criminal and civil la so as to secure the greatest benefit to the general com munity. "If punishments are merely vindictive, if an exaggerated severity beget a reluctance to convict, or a mistaken leniency abolish the certainty of sentence, if prisons corrupt without detening, cr enervate without re forming, if prisoners are dismissed as idle and thriftless as they came, or are tizzifed adrift without help to find employ ment as they ,Atn, if old and young, the casual offende r and the prae i vise4 criminal, are treated with a stupid sameness, if a predatory class is allowed to wage war on society with no control and little molestation, if the police be inefficient, or prosecutions be ill-conducted, or the matistracy be incapable then the criminal law, however well i n t en d e d , w ill f a il i n i ts object, and the cry of the people for justice and security will remain unappeased." All these faults have at some time or other disgraced our penal law, and many of them exist still. Wearisome delays, costly and complicated processes, distant and intermittent courts were not less injurious to the efficacy of the civil law. Mr. Hastings congratulated the association on its success in advocating the better treatment of criminals. "Continually since our first Congress, and especially since our meeting at Dublin in 1861, when our members had the opportunity of visiting the Mountjoy prison, and that remarkable establishment, the intermediate prison at Lusk, we have advooated the introduction into Great Britain, and the complete development of the Crofton system. I call it, as it ought to be called, after its distinguished founder, whom at this meeting we are able to name as the Right Honourable Sir Walter Crofton, raised to the rank of Privy Councillor by the Irish Government in recognition of his invaluable services. Guided and instructed by him, the association has repeatedly affirmed the true principles of convict discipline, the individualising of the prisoners, the division of the term of sentence into several stages, of separate confinement, of associated labour, of inter mediate probation, and of release under supervision, through which a convict rises by a system of marks in exact proportion to his good conduct and industry, and in any one of which he can be at once relegated for miscon duct to the bottom of the scale." Agreeing with the opinion that drink and bad company were the principal causes of crime, the President devoted much attention to the licensing question. The power of granting licences should, ho said, be placed solely in the hands of the magistrates. Something in this direction had been done by the Act of last session; but this measure by no means represented all the reform that the question required. "It is well, indeed, to have taken the first step for the removal of that curse which the Beerhouse Act entailed on the country, but let us remem ber that this amendment of the licensing system is only a means to an end, and not the end itself. The object to be aimed at is the cure of, perhaps, the greatest evil that now afflicts our population. It has been said, indeed, in answer to every proposal for legislative interference, that you cannot make men sober by Act of Parliament. Nobody has ad vanced that you can. It is no more possible to create tem perance, in its true sense, by enactment, than it is to create chastity, or honesty, or ?ruth. But the point on which I submit that the law sins against the canons of jurispru dence, as I have ventured to express them, is this—that it legalises temptation to vice. Speaking from the most moderate view of the question, putting on one side the total abstinence idea s , i s it no t certain that the number of licensed houses in the kingdom vastly exceeds the amount required for any purpose of reasonable refreshment ? But is it not equally certain, argue how you will, that every house in excess of that amount is an inde fensible evil? Yet it is an evil existing under the direct sanction of the Legislature, which by professing to regu late the number, undertakes the • responsibility that it shall not exceed the legitimate limit." Sir Stafford Northcote highly complimented Mr. Hastings on his address, describing it as a complete vindication of the usefulness of the association in promoting the amendment of the law. TILE REVENUE, —The following is an abstract of the gross produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom in the undermen tioned periods, ending Sept. 30, 1869, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year : Quarters ended Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, 1868 1869 1869 1869 - £ £ £ £ 1 Customs . 5,998,000 5,485,000 5,515,000 5,333,000 Excise 5,431,000 5,990,000 4 971,000 4,326,000 Stamps Taxes 1,287,000 431,000 1,430,000 3 8,000 Property Tax Post-01;e 1,150,000 1,2J0,000 1,12 ~000 1,200,000 Crown Lands Mis Lei aneous Totals Quarters ended Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, 1867 1868 1868 , 1863 £ £ X £ Customs 8,102,000 5,547,000 5,453,0( 0 5,488,000 Excise 5,0 ri,ooo 5,742,000 4,857,000 4, 84,000 Stamps Taxes Property Tax vosl-ofit e 1,180,000 1,100,00) 1.120,000 1,1.0,000 Crown Lands Miscel.aneous Totals 17,525,930 119,378.574 1 15,1 IAnOS ;nded Sept. 30, 1868. Customs Excise Stampl Taxes Property Tax Post-Office Crown Lands Misce 1 ineous Total 22,3 1,000 20,718,000 9,42 ~/00 3,40 ,, ,000 8,v06,0t 0 1,67',000 3620)00 3,382,767 7 t,262,767 22,5'40,000 19,875,000 3,•:f 0,000 3 ,cf 7,000 7,28 ,Ot 0 4,5:0,000 317,000 2,867,562 7' , ,307,562 11.—Increase and Decrease in the periods ended Sept. 30, 186), as compared with corresponding periods of the preceding year : Customs Excise Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post-Office .... Crown Lands •••••. •••• Miscellaneous ..... Tota's • •••• . Net Increase. Customs Excise Stamps Taxes • Property Tax Post Moe t rown Lands Miscellaneous ... Totals . Net Increase Quarter ended Sept. 30. 1869. Increase, Decrease. 114,x_ 00 95,00) 8,000 lo,00) 1,000 334 000 £107,735 X 155,000 71,265 226,265 Year ended Sept. 30, 1804. Increase. 848,000 177,0. 0 1,625,003 t 0,000 13, 01 515,205 !3,255,205 ;2 95.5,203 Decrease. A ;261,,000 :: 41,700 300,000 III.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Re ceipts in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1869, the issues out of the same, and the Charges on the Consolidated Fund at that date, and the Surplus or D eflciency of the Balance in the Exchequer on Sept. 30, 1869, in respect of such Charges : Income received, as shown in Account I. .. £15,226,740 Amount raised on account of Fortifications, per Act 30 and 31 Vict., cap. 145 Amount received in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &c. 002.467 Ditto, for New Courts of Justice .. 2,000 ICO,OOO £15,831,207 Excess of the Sums charged on the Consolidated. Fund on Sept 3 , 1 69, payable in Dec. Quar ter, 1 , 69, above the Balance in th. Exchequer at that date, viz. : Excess of Charge in Great Britain .. X 3, 8 -8,803 Surplus over Charge in Ireland • • 388,433 lsict deficiency •3,689,875 *Charge on Sept. 30, 18 9 .. 6,521,204 Paid out of Growing Produce in Sopt Quarter, 1869 697,281 Portion of the Charge parable in Dec. Quarter, 1869 .. .. 8,823,923 . .. To meet which there was m the Exche quer on Sept. 30, 1863 .. 2,131,018 Net deficiency as above .. X 3,680,576 £19,321,082 Net deficiency of the balance in the Exchequer to meet the charge on June 39, 1861, as per last account ... .£2 580 P3B Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Scr • vices (including £1,000,0 )0 Exchequer Bonds paid off) •.• •• •• Amount Advanced for New Courts of Justice .. Charge of the Consolidated Fund on Sept. 30, 1:69, viz.:— 10,216,840 3,000 Interest of the Permanent Debt £5,022,164 !terminable Annuities 52-,008 Interest of Exchequer Bonds 41.000 Interest of Exchequer Bills 59,4.0 Interest of Deficiency Ad- _ vancep The Civil List Other. Charges on Consoli dated Fund 445,231 Advances forPublicWorks,&c. 35 ,%.11 Paid out of Growing Produce in Sept. Quarter, 186) Payable in December Quarter, 1869 3,453 101,386 6,521,204 £ 9,321,082 LADVERT/SEMENT. I—Holloway's1—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Indisputable Facts.—lt cannot be too frequently impressed on the sick that the merits of these remedies have been and are acknowledged in both hemispheres. Few would presume to impugn the experience of the whole world. Testimonials from all parts vouch for their efficacy as curatives in over coming abscesses, swellings of the joints, enlargement of the glands, cutaneous eruptions, sores, ulcers, and i n allaying inflammation and pain in rheumatism and gout. It heals by cleansing all it comes in contact witb, and pro motes a sound and permanent cure. It removes a ll . ob structions to the free circulation through the minutest vessels, and repairs mischief by constantly securing pure blood. 1 18,281,003 Year ei Sept. 30, 1869. ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES. What ought to be the legal and constitutional relations between England and the colonies engaged the attention of the International and Municipal Law Section of the Jurisprudence Department. A letter was read from the Duke of Manchester regretting his inability to attend this discussion. His Grace expressed his deep anxiety to pre vent the separation of the colonies from the mother country. "If we lose our colonies, our power is gone. Gai the other hand, if we amalgamate our colonies with us, if we take them into partnership with us in the government of tho empire, I am convinced we should greatly increase our power. At present the Parliament of Westminster, in which the colonies have no voice, can pass laws which affect not only indirectly, but di rec tly, th e ma t er i a l inte rests of the colonies. But, if they had a voice in the Government of the empire, they would be bound, and I do not doubt that they would be willing, to bear their fair share in the defence of the honour and interests of the empire. At present, no doubt, many of the colonies would not be able to do much in this way—but every year, especially if we assist their prosperity more than we do now, their wealth and p ower w ill increase.l do not think it would be practicable to give the colonies an adequate voice in the Parliament of Westminster. Either the representatives of the United Kingdom must be vastly reduced in numbers, or the representatives of the Colonies must be so numerous as to make the assembly utterly unwieldly. It seems to me that the only practicable plan would be to substitute for the Colonial Office, a Council containing representatives of the United Kingdom and the Colonies in fair pro portion according to their wealth and the number of their inhabitants. The system is already in practice by the Colonial Secretary in reference to some of the laws passed by the Colonial Legislature ; but the Colonial Governments are not consulted about any decisions which may be come to by the Parliament of Westminster." By such a system the Imperial Legislature would abdicate much of its powers. But its constituencies would be relieved of a certain and increasing weight of naval and military expenditure, and besides it would be doing justice to the colonies. On the subject of emigration his Grace represented himself in favour of imperial assistance. As the country the emigrant leaves, the colony to which he goes, and the emigrant himself aro each benefitted (in different proportions), the three parties ought tocontribute towards the expense. The paper by Mr. J. E. Gorst, the late member for Cam bridge, set out with the assertion that the relation between England and her colonies was not like the relation between parent and child, and the theo ries of colonial government based on the supposition that it was, must be erroneous. The relation between colonists and the Colonial Office must from the first be a relation between equals. In affairs strictly colonial, the colonists must be free, the Colonial Office restricting itself to pro viding for interests which are imperial. Having dwelt on the theory upon which colonies are now managed, Mr. Gorst proceeded to contend that the Council which now exists in the Crown colonies, and is appointed by the Colonial Office, ought to be the embry o o f a f u t ure f ree Parliament. The members of the Council ought to vote according to their real opinions, and their resolutions should be accepted as the expression of the colonial will, and should, in colonial matters, be final. This was not the case now, the Council in most instances being made a sham. A good working majority of officials was secured to vote according to instructions given them from Downing-street. Instances of this were pointed out in the paper which described this system of arbitrary government as being the more mischievous because it was the government of an office and not of the House of Commons. No department was so entirely exempt from the control of Parliament as the colonial department, and in England there was no public opinion on colonial matters. Having vindicated th e r i g ht of colonists to the management of their own affairs from the outset, the paper admitted their liability from the outset to pay the whole cost of their own maintenance and defence. The privilege of self government necessarily entailed the obli gation of self defence. Every free colony must fight its own battle with its own enemies, whether rebel or alien. Free. dom, Mr. Gorst added, was not necessarily separation In America the independence of the States was not found inconsistent with the maintenance of the Union, and there was no reason why Great Britain and the other enfranchised countries which acknowledged the sovereignty of the Queen should not continue in one free confederation. Mr. Noble, in a paper on the same subject, regarded the question from an English point of view. Replying to the arguments usually brought forward in favour of the reten tion of the colonies, he shewed that British trade with those possessions amounted to only one-seventh of ow total foreign commerce. Three-fifths of the emigrants who left the United Kingdom selected the United States as their future residence. The number of paupers in this country nearly equalled the population of Australia and New Zealanl; whilst just above the line of pauperism there was an equal number struggling for bare existence— taxed for the benefit of prosirsous colonists. In addition to deriving considerable benefit from the taxes levied or the inhabitants of these island; the colonies enforced pro• tective duties upon our manufactures—a proceeding des• tructive of any real union. Mr. Noble laid down, as tile only principles on which the union could be maintained, the establishment of perfect freedom of trade throughout the whole Empire, the disposal of waste lands foi the benefit of the entire population, reserving an adequate land-tax as a provision for future revenue, and the equitable contribution of every state—the mother country and the colonies—towards the Imperial expen• diture. - In the discussion which followed, Sir John Bowring supported Mr. Noble's views as to the influence of Free Trade on the relations between England and the colonies. He deplored the spirit of Protection which some of the dependencies exhibited. The interference of the Imperial Government in colonial affairs was sometimes absolutely indispensable.—Mr. Marsh, thought the suggested confederation of tho Australian colonies would not be practicable at present. He regretted that Mr. Stuart Mill had suggested Protection as a good thing for the colonies. IMPROVEMENT OF THE POOR LAW. In ghatl Law b e ptreosvpec(; is under c i t In the Economfyca,neEßl TigTitdenDene.pasrttempehnetn, Cave, the the presidency o my n a- this subject seve ral p a p ers were read. Th at by Mr special the citAidemstiinonist froartionof discussi on tlte Poor was, Elisha Robinson specially referred to the inequality with which the labour test is enforced, those places where the practice is carried out being the exception rather than the rule. Great stress was laid upon the beneficial effects of work, not so much on account of the direct profit to the union, but for the good which it does the pauper himself by teaching him to be self-reliant. Mr. Robinson would carry this principle to its extreme length, and rather than neglect the application of the "labour test," would insist on what is called " short drill," or the removing of stones frora.949. plactt9 antler; tll9n o ta ch kinig tlagna back again, aa_thiOnclitialltbslieft94l4l46-b • ' 64 t Ulop - Naitiqr , labour was not to be had. There is the habitual paliPe r l as well as the habit ua l criminal, and experience shows the_ this class has never been dealt with either in the letter 9r the spirit of the Poor-law Amendment Act of 1834 and. subsequent Acts. The aged sick, feeble, and imbecile ought to be dealt with more generously than has been the custom. The rearing of children in the workhouse wag condemned by the author, who recommended that the boarding-out system, in vogue in Scotland, should be adopted. The Poor-law, he said, ought to enable guardians to effect a separation of the " able " from the feeble in tl te unions. This separation might be effected by sending th e " able " to the workhouse, which should be placed close to the centre of population in the union, that no hardship, should be inflicted by long t r a v el. Th e " f ee bl e " s hould provided for in what w o uld b e a com bi na ti on of . tu, ° almshouse and infi rmar y, an d mi g ht b e ca ll e d th e hospital Children might be sent to the district schools or distribute d amongst cottagers of good character. Another reform suggested in the paper was that power should be given t° the guardians to detain for a certain polio(' those who are continually claiming their discharge, and running iii out of the house. In dealing with the same subject of Poor Law Admit" tration, Mr. Francis Fox attributed the failure of t he existing system to the non-recognition of certain prineiPlri which, he said, were essential for preser v ing the vel a r , fabric in a healthy condition. Foremost amongst thr: was that principle of mutual friendship and . 111 , 1 terest which entered so essentially into feudalisi,; The guardians of the poor should have a sense °.; individual and personal re s ponsibility impressed re': them by the charge or oversight of a definite number of families. A broad line of se paration s ho u ld be es t ; bashed between the pauperism of idleness and the Poverty of misfortune. No relief should be afforded to the able bodied except in the form of wages, INFANTICIDE, In the Reformatory and Repression of Crime Section; presided over by Sir Eardley Wilmot, the p oss ibility e ! diminishing infanticide by legislative enactment Was l ig e cussed. Dr. Lankester urged that some legisla t e measures should be devised to reduce the number of ch il murders, which was now so excessively high. A paper, by Mrs. Maine, suggested, in preference , t he influence of homes for women who had fallen. Other papers on the subject were read. EDUCATION. In the Education Department there was a debate on the question whether an unsectarian achetn of education was inconsistent with religio us teaching. Canon Norris read a paper in fa /°i t t of denominational teaching •, the Rev. E. Bartle and Mr. Wyles read papers. Mr: Flint also furnish ed , ' l ' contribution on the same subject. A well-sustained (.IjB' cussion followed. The Health Department was occupied with the action o f the Government in connection with the spread of 0119.- gious diseases, The Ladies' Conference met at three o'clock this off Cr noon with closed doors. The subjects discussed werevo, be house visiting, secret drinking, female intemperance , `. , training of nurses, and other subjects of a kindred n i " li i i e o Miss Carpenter presided. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell , has had considerable experience in the study and prac' l of medicine, was present, SHOCKING TREATMENT OF A SICK FAMILY. The Liverpool Mercury gives particulars of a case wh icli shows how disease is sometimes disseminated. The 41 ' cumstances are briefly these : A family named Ba bill ; son, living in a house owned by a Miss Duffy, ha d g° ,, behind in the payment of their rent. The 0 % was cut of work, three of his children were ill wit" scarlatina, and the child of a lodger was lying dead in the honse, a victim to the same dread disease. At this iu tic t ' tare, Miss Duffy sent her tenants a peremptory acd ice in - : quit the house immediately, with a threat of dia tra ', if the rent were not p a id. I n va i n wa s she pealed to for time ; she would h ave th e rent, or feat bailiffs should be put in. The b a iliffs wer e put in ; th e ' s ) household goods were swept away, and but for on ° the men employed in the work taking compassion q; the forlorn condition of the family, they would 11; been left without a bed to lie down upon. The 1 7 cipal agent in making the seizure was a named Rooney, carrying on business in West Derby -r"- and he conveyed the goods to his shop and exposed tketaa ° there with a view, of course, to their sale. The g r f for gain seems to have overridden ever" ° : a e rs consideration, and not a moment's thought 0143 : - h t to have been given to the misery which v is a be inflicted upon families who innocently h ec : 9- w , the purchasers of the infected articles. Fortutial," the matter came to the ears of the health o ffi cers, ol d result was a prosecution under the Sanitary Act --ae - 4 Miss Duffy for allowing the things to be removed, 1 1, against Rooney for exposing them in his shop. Th e b e strates, in consideration of its being the first offeno of • 10 kind, inflicted a fine of only £3 in the one MO arid 2.95* the other. TRIAL OF BARRETT. The trial of Peter Barrett at Galway for an atteraP7 o assassinate Mr, Lambert terminated on Thursday'. , cr affair has excited the greatest interest in the locality', Mr. Lambert was a gentleman of property, and the atto n o P o was made under circumstances of peculiar audacity eu very day that her Majesty's judg es o f ass i ze were in I,ooct administering the law. The foll ow i ng i s a narr ative of fact, as given by the counsel for the prosecution Lambert took possession cf the estate on the dcath of a father, in 1867. The prisoner's father was a tenan t, sP e Captain Lambert had some dispute with him abou t 5 , ° 70 cropping of land and the covenant in his lease, an" 0 ,1 was dispossessed shortly before July last, He wa s °11 0( r to say that there was no reason to think that the P ris° ,sp interfered, directly or indirectly, with that quarrel. o f to the time of the outrage the prisoner was a pers o4l 4loo respectahle character, and was a letter-carrier in the L ° t e es Post-office, and he had been out of the country fo rei ' b bace months prior to July last, save that he inig lit t v tas come over on a temporary visit at Christmas. 111 ; / it a fact which they should bear in mind, '°""tD would be of great moment when he laid before °Sidi several facts of the case. Frem August, 1807, a t eo cr , period Captain Lambert last saw and spoke to th e P rls . the Captain Lambert was not aware of the prisoner beingne~l at Country. On the 11th of July Captain Lamber t lent , his brother's house, not far distant from Castle Lain i „vial and met there his sister and two nieces, who retur nct Dort him to Castle Lambert. After they had stopped f°r f s ille 9 -time Captain Lambert saw them as far as the gat e ' e a cri left about nine o'clock. Captain Lambert returne d all: 'froni on his way up the avenue, and when about eighty Y art tree.. / ' the hall door, he saw a man walking under som e l inlc o vrer' Captain Lambert challenged him, but received locale:lin It was quite lightsome at the time, and when 0 f an , Lambert came within ten or twelve yards c f tit I St c a that person, whoever he was, presented a short 0 1° him, and fired several shots. The first shot did j r p° l ‘ . effect, but the second struck his watch, carrie d 49 :vter e tion of the chain, and rebounded, and then two sb° fired, striking him in th e r i g ht s id e . A fifth sho t ,„s and the bullet pierced his hat and entered his tool' tb° at once fell, and the assass i n th en r ushed off tu 3v . a ', f l, rookery, and vanished. C a pt a i n Lambert recevelebr°oo gored to his hall door, and fell into the arms o f llis chiefly' exclaiming that he was shot." The defence bailie(' t the upon the identification of the prisoner. On thi s P ° jury disagreed, and were discharged. After being or 0 0 0 ; up three hours, nine were for acquittal and th p ' e k ith viction.. The commission adjourned until tb:o October, when the prisoner will be re-tried. ' The of IRONMASTERS' PRELIMINARY MEETII 46/. 11 preliminary meeting of the Ironmasters' Assve3;°l t jl South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire w'3o:cill'ice.4, Thursday at Birmingham. It was decided 01 ' 1 ' t l l O. should remain unchanged, and it was also rc' Vcc „ l o //°,, the application of the men for advanced Ics'''rec rejected, on the ground that the • mediate Pit -9°i of the trade did not warrant any alteration present paid. DEATH OF THE REV. CANON DLO3IIII3to r death is announced of the Rev. Samuel Taylor J" rew 31. A., one of the oldest clergymen in the diocese sfeeileg' borough. He was educated at Sidney SusseLl. ,qO „3, 311. Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree in l a - l je, o f year in which Langdale, afterwards Lord I• n 3:4 , :- 01 P senior wrangler; and Blomfield, afterwards °OrP" London, was third wrangler. Among other 111 ::13 0) , 11 contemporaries were Sir Frederick Pollock, the lat e r 10" Alderson, the late Mr. Justice Maule, the late 0"ile Professor Sedgwick, and Archdeacon Rayreone ia th : d ordained in 1809, and, having served v arious 01 lectiapa Church, was nominated in 1814 by the Duke °f be t; ho P the vicarage of Besbrooke, near pinghant, ';natsti up to the time of his death. In 1854 he was n°l ;;bor °i4' Bishop Davy to an honorary canonry in P Cathedral. A CID, CHILD MURDER. AND ATTEMPTED SI.I - s ae ttr de structionae t ss a i iblgou about ten of child murder and attotate joba 9t ', s e e n th o e ,cl m oc o k tk o e n r, l w v ho d is, there ni th of the local murderess, po i police force force heard° from n screams ese a'lYt e egisrlibu t:i9'4l: * fle o er : t in°lssll; reported b direction of the river Stour, at Barton-mills, :;" v er e ` and that on his proceeding to the spot a l B a w oman in the river. She was in the micla, vioc stream, but the constable, with praiseworthi. Doi: rushed into the water, and succeeded in ca te11111 ; '1, 13 4 of the drowning woman, and landed he r m as' ir , bank , The poor creature was in a most ! state, and frequently muttered, "My child is g ° %IV • g yetx child is gone!" Search was made, and durin the dead body of a female infant,l6 months old , ' O , O 0 133 ; out of the river near the same spot. The W °1313 . 0 g tO is Day; and she is the wife of a soldier belongit coteral 2nd Dragoons, the depot of wh ich regime nt 033 bury. Mrs. Day was taken to a public-huse ba rec overe d ; t sr e A under medical treatment she p artially torday was not considered out of danger. She 10 90 tb e • td i o =fo lniudi taav op:pains in charge 9. . 1 , 1 53