The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-11 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES " Perfection of mechanism."—Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE FAMILY SECRET. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Villiers, Buckstone, Mrs. B. White, 3lrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. Fo'lowed by the Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND BOW TO USE IT. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Rogers, Mrs. B. White, Mrs. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE. RO YAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, to commence with MY WIFE'S OUT. Mr. Widdicomb and Miss L. Keeley. Followed by THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Bertuccio, a Jester, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with the extravazanza of THE SYLPHIDE. Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen Howard, Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank Matthews, Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- OPERA COMIQUF. Under the management of M. LAURENT, Sen. THIS EVENING, Auber's celebrated Opera "LA PART DU DIABLE." Madame Faure, M. Achard. "LE MARIAGE AUX LANTERNES," Opera Bolin, Madame Salmson, Madame Dalis, M. Geoffroy. ADELPHT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole rroprietor and Manacer. Mr. Benj. W€bster. Enzagement of the celebrated American Actress, Miss JULIA DALY, and Mr. LEIGH MURRAY. . . rrirs EVENING, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Mr. Leigh Murray, J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Romer ; Miss H. Simms, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. and Mrs. Chatterl After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billing - ton, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with the Fairy Extravaganza, THE FAIR ONE: ?PITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount Verysoso, Hr. C. J. Smith ; Graceful, Miss K. Kelly ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne ; Mollmopsa, Mrs. Billington. - - - Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Fit Otani, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING the performances will commense with a new and original comedy, entitled A FRIEND IN NEED. F Robinson, C. Young, &c. To be fol'ow.A by DIDO. After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 8d; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor Mr. Wm. BATTY. Manger, Mr. EDWIN HUGHES, Brilliant career of the GREAT MILITARY SPEC TACLE. Enthusiastic reception of the renowned Artistes of the Cirque. Second week of the celebrated Delavanti Troupe and of the extraordinarily gifted wonder of the age, Little MENONI. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, To commence with the Great Military Spectacle, in Four Acts, entitled "THE HISTORY OF A FLAG," in Austria, Ecypt, Russia, and France. Full Military Band, real Camels. The entire stud of trained Horses. The amusements supported by the most celebrated Star Riders of the day. The novel and elegant arrangements of the Arena are universally admired. The magnificent Chan 'eliers manufactured by Messrs. De fries and Sons, Houndsditch. Doors open at halt-past 6. performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA, FAUST. First Time in this Country. Faust Mr Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Slobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, ls, Hall, ed. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dean and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfield. The AFRICAN OPERA T OLIPE, their first appearance since 1552, consisting of ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS, who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment every evening. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. CONCERTS. THE WEATHER.-.-SVN OFFICE, MAY 11, 1860. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 65 —highest since noon yesterday. 56 —lowest this morning and during the night. 64 —this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.85. WIND, IV.S.W. ; rather fresh, with dull, mild weather—at d occasional sunshine and sprinkles ;—but it rained smartly yesterday evening. I.3o—Heavy showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 45m.—Afternoon, 6h. 10m To-m( $s )w.-Morning, 6h. 36m.—Afternoon, 7h. 2m, 4 ,.... ;::: ,,, , ..),, .. __, c, : „. f ,:• , ,, r y ., Aro 4 A 0,4 •r , .:, ! ' C": t '=-` , ' ' ' :'''''-",',):;\ 4 1,_ , ~ e ,chitia. ; ' . 7.t • ' 4 '1 .. ' - 4c r 2 -:. ' • , ''. ' ' t,..i1.- ,Ily i t , ‘ L• • • • H tf, ,C)f ‘ iiYi ...! .1i......r,,czer,..., 7 11.; I l:ifitflS. ; ) l. 4 ' ... ' -mg 01,,, -'..< i. ''... ' '''''..... 17.-.,,;0,0,:";t1 , - , .... . - • 1 - ' .. ‘ , , i% . - THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1860. We observe that a denutation from several bodies waited yesterday on Lord PALMERSTON in refer ence to the Census Bill of the Government. The object of course was to invite his lordship's atten tion to the objectionable proposals on which we felt it right to make some strong remarks a few days ago. The deputations were, we perceive, all from different dissenting organisations ; the prin cipal one being the old, and, for dissenters, rather conservative body, the " Protestant deputies of the Three Denominations," a body not at all likely to bestir itself for anything which would not be thought a real grievance. They were introduced also by Sir M. PETO and Mr. FRANK CROSSLEY, the member for the West Riding, who, though hearty Liberals, are neither of them men of theories and crotchets—altogether, indeed, business men, and certain not to lend the weight of their names to any mere fancy grievance. The character, therefore, of the deputation con firms our suggestion that the proposal to ask every man in England " Are you a Churchman—or a Dissenter—or a Roman Catholic"—came origi nally from the high* Church party, and was devised to nullify the effect of the returns on Religious Worship of 1851. Those returns showed what al. Englishmen, by their very temperament, care most about—the work done, and who did it. We all dis like inquisition, whether it be into the amount of our income, or into the nature of our creed; but we all feel an interest in knowing what is doing and who are the doers. Now, we think it grossly unfair, because the returns showed that Dissenters, at no cost to the nation, were doing full half the work of religious instruction, while the establish ment at the cost of Church-rates and tithes, and all the endowments conferred on it by HENRY hardly did half that was done—we think it utterly unfair that the Churchman should endeavour to get rid of a similar return for 1861. Worse, indeed. than that, for they want to supersede it by another return, which shall give them the fictitious advantage of reckoning as Churchmen the great mass of those who go to no church whatever! And, as we remarked last time, the advantage, too, of -counting an the Wesleyans, who, voluntarians anti entire senders as they are, do not call them so i v ey Dissenters; also the greater portion of the army and navy, and the inmates of gels and work houses. A re t urn so made would be of no real value, tliough men like the Duke of MARLBOROUGH would trunrcat it iv, :the House of Lords, and Lord ROBERT n r T AIONTAGUt irl 1:11C House of Commons ; while, in addition to its unfairness and worthlessness, is the utterly na•iaglish demand to be made of us all, and made uuner a heavy penalty, " What is your creed ?" As if, too, to make the question still more provoking, you are not even to shape your answer as you please. It is like the ballots of the Empe ror of the FRENCH, " Oui," or " Non." We repu diate the right of the Govertu‘ent to e.sk.the ques tion at ; but to ask it sothat-you map dislike all the pernai:tted answers; yet ,not 'be allowed to give your own, is a refinement of annoyance whioh could have been devised only by a High-Church inqui- sition. General Sir DE LACY EVANS is—if we may jliSt for once use a mixed metaphor—fast becoming a PAUL PRY grafted upon a DON QUIXOTE. The gallant old veteran put to the occupants of the Treasury Bench three very simple questions last evening in the House of Commons, and in two in• stances got unmistakeably snubbed by members of the Government. Really and truly the gallant member for Westminster appears to be losing all discretion, whether as an " Old Soldier" or as an " Old Representative." What Sir DE LACY can possibly be driving at we cannot for the life of us conjecture. He asks the noble lord the represen• tative of the Admiralty in the House of Commons once more very coolly—for it is not by any means the first time General EVANS has been thus egre giously inquisitive—he asks Lord CLARENCE PAGET yet once again very coolly to oblige him (Sir DE LACY EvANs) by stating the precise number of marines and sailors now on the Chinese stations ! To this extraordinary request Lord CLARENCE PAGET responds very significantly, that he should be glad to give the gallant officer the number in private ! The astounding indiscretion of the member for Westminster is, in those few words, clearly demonstrated. Before, however, commenting further upon this amazing evidence, almost we had said, of fatuity, on the part of as brave a man, we believe, as there is in her Majesty's army, we must briefly specify the two other in stances in which Sir DE LACY EVANS sustained yes terday his fast growing reputation for injudicious curiosity. Directing his attention a few minutes later on in the evening to the right hon. gentleman the Sec retary for War, Sir DE LACY EVANS inquired what was the exact strength of our garrison at China and Hong Kong. Whereupon Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, breaking away for once from what may be termed the official habitude of Ministerial reti cence, replied that " the garrisons of Hong Kong and Canton comprised three batteries of artillery consisting of 292 men, three companies of Royal Engineers containing 268 men, and a battalion of European troops 735 strong." Adding that "there were also three battalions of native troops contain ing 1,639 men, who were to be relieved by an equi valent force ; and orders had been given that the English soldiers who were sick should be sent home, unless urgent affairs required that they should be retained there some time longer." So that Sir DE L. EVANS has by his im portunate reiteration of inquiries, at last succeeded in extracting from one of her MAJESTY'S Secretary's of State this small modicum of information—for the advantage of her MAJESTY'S enemies! The gallant general ought, therefore, we suppose, to feel con soled for the sarcasm latent in the reply already alluded to as having been previously vouchsafed to him by the noble lord the representative of the Ad miralty in the Lower House of Parliament—and even for the distinct and curt refusal of any infor mation whatever by another noble lord, the Secretary. of State for Foreign Affairs, the refusal of any information whatever upon the sub ject to which we are now about, for one moment, to direct the reader's attention. General Sir DE LACY EVANS, then, to put the matter very briefly, asked the noble lord the Secre tary for Foreign Affairs to lay on the table " the despatches to which he had formerly alluded, which he had addressed to the Sardinian Govern ment as to the expedition of General GARIBALDI." To which (to say the very least of it) curiously timed request, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said at once, in reply, that—a-hem—" it would not be convenient to produce those despatches ! " And, certainly, one might venture to say that it only requires half an eye to see upon the instant that it is just within the limits of possibility that it might not be con venient. Why, here is General GARIBALDI but just now actually embarked upon that extraordi narily perilous expedition of his—we don't know yet how it has gone with him and his followers since they quitted the Bay of Genoa—we have yet to hear whether they have been able to effect a safe landing upon the coast of Sicily, and yet there is Sir DE LACY EVANS—here is General Sir DE LACY EVANS asking eagerly for those despatches to be laid upon the table which relate directly to the fortunes and exploits of the famous Condotteri. It is all perfectly in. keeping, however, with the gallant veteran's prevailing thirst for all kinds of indiscreet and ?nul apropos pieces of information. His chief curiosity being, as we have seen, directed to the laying bare, if possible, of all the ins and outs of our proposed warlike doings upon the coast of China. We wonder very much sometimes how Sir De LACY EvANs would have liked the same kind of inquisitiveness to have been directed a few years back to his own famous warlike expedition in the Iberian Peninsula. Whether, for example,it might just possibly have crossed his mind at that time that his interests might have been materially mili tated against, and his plans as a military comman der very seriously jeopardised, by indiscreet inquiries of this nature put in the House of Commons at that time as to the exact strength of his Spanish Legion, and, even it might be, as to its probable movements ! Whenever the gallant member for Westminster may, from his place in the House of Commons, direct any more of these singular inquiries of his to the occupants of the Treasury bench, we do ear nestly trust that no one upon that bench will answer as explicitly as Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT answered only yesterday ! We sincerely hope, on the contrary, that whomsoever among our administrators may be called upon to reply will do so either by sarcastically offering (as Lord C. PAGET did last evening) to give Sir DE LACY EVANS the required information "in private," or by distinctly declining to give any information at all (as Lord J. RUSSELL did very resolutely last evening) explaining simply while doing so that it would be—inconvenient. When will St. George's-in -the-East rest from its dissensions ? When will the Church find peace ? Never, we are afraid, until some legal enactment regulates the Church service. At a meeting of the ratepayers of St. George's.in•the-East, some short time since, it was submitted by one of the congre gation " that the placing of a police force in the parish church of St. George's, for the purpose of countenancing and upholding a parcel of fractarian priests in the propagation of their Popish doctrines, was unlawful ; and that, as the police were paid out of the poor rates, the ratepayers would do well to pause and consider whether they ought to pay any more rates until the police resumed their legi timate duties." The resolution was agreed to, with one dissentient. This was a new phase in the comedy ; first protection is demanded by the lovers of law and order, and a sufficient police force is sent to insure peace and quiet without resorting to violence; next the ratepayers declare that they consider the presance of the police in the church unlawful, and feel conscientious scruples about paying poor rates. What is at present being en acted in one locality may shortly spread throughout the length and breadth of the land, for there is no reason why one congregation should feel more sensitive on religious doctrines than another. We believe that it requires the presence of about 300 policemen to render the religious truths which emanate from the lips of the white-robed incumbent of St. George's acceptable to his hearers. How would it be if the same force were required f'gr each parish in London ? The spiritual welfar e o f the champions of the peace might be enhanced, but prudence would suggest to rich paterfamilias to re main at home during Divine service to guard the plate. The Church of England service can be dis torted'into a variety of shapes, like every other sub ject, when people begin to split hairs. This is a land of toleration, and advantage is taken of it to form a variety of religious societies ; they have their own chapels, and go to heaven or elsewhere their own way without let or hindrance. Why, then, should not these gentlemen who support peculiar theories promulgate them to the select few who admire them in some private chapel, and not take possession of a parish church has been said if a congregation object to the manner in which a clergy man performs his religious office, let them appeal to the bishop of the diocese. But of what avail would such application be if the worthy prelate countenanced such proceedings, and considered lighted candles and a white robe as among the mainstays of Christianity, and that without such valuable adjuncts salvation would ,be doabtful. The only course open to the discontents would be either to grin and bear the infliction, go into ano ther diocese, or discontinue attending religious worship,when they found that, in the place of piety, they were regaled with cant. It is evident, there fore, that some higher authority must be appealed to than the bishop, seeing that bishops are after all but men, and differ in opinion just as much as other mortals. The only true way of putting a stop to such disgraceful proceedings as occur week by week in St. Georges-in-the-East would be to enact that the Church of England service, without super fluous additions or innovations, should be strictly adhered to in all parish churches, and let secta rians and others find temples of their own to cele brate their particular forms of worship. Better still let us have that revision of the Liturgy which was discussed the other night in the Upper House, and let simplicity and conciseness be added to the merits of the Church service. Let such a form be established by authority, and let it be recognised that those who introduce elaborate ceremonies, and scru pulously insist on trivial forms, are acting in oppo sition to the principles of the Church, rather than in accordance with them, and can only do so at the desire or with the consent of their parishioners. Were such a course as this pursued, people might go to Church confident that they would hear prayers read according to an approved and fixed regulation, and not look forward, half in doubt and half in expectation, to see whether the divine would ascend the pulpit in black or white, or, if the fancy of the moment might induce him, to don purple. Religion has always been a source of con tention since the world began. The same spirit actuated the Moslems when, with fire and sword, they forced the doctrines of the Koran over the Eastern hemisphere, the auto-da-Ye of the Spanish Inquisition, the reciprocal burnings of Catholic and heretic, and the present controversy of white spirits and black. But it is not fair to the spirit of toleration that England should suffer herself to be made the laughingstock of Europe. High-Church authorities may object, the bench of bishops may protest, and the House of Lords may withhold their sanction ; but if the bench of bishops had always been allowed their own way, no revision of the ecclesiastical courts would ever have taken place. Some good has been done in that quarter, but much more requires ti be done. People have now arrived at that stage of common sense when the mountebank show of a man doing penance in a . white sheet, with a candle in his hand, can no longer be tolerated, and, although such exhibi tions are of rare occurence, nevertheless they are still on the statute-books of the Church, and such a one did take place some years ago at the village of Ditton in Cambridgeshire; the sheet and candle were dispensed with, but the scene which followed this blasphemous tomfoolery surpassed in iniquity the Sunday performances of St. George's•in-the East. We desire that religion should be respected, and maintain that it is the duty of the representa tives of her MAJESTY—the Head of the Church and Defender of the Faith—to see that, under the cloak of authority and religion, sectarian schemes are not permitted to bring ridicule and disgrace upon the Church they profess to honour. COWES, ISLE OF IVIGHT.-11Iay 11. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. The annual general meeting of the members of the squadron takes place at the Thatched House Tavern on Saturday next, when the arrangements will be made for the Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta, and all other matters connected with the squadron. There are nine candidates to be balloted in. The following members have been at the squadron house this week :—Col, Armitage, Col. Smith, P. Percival, Esq., the Earl of Cardigan, Capt. Ponsonby, James Maxse, Esq., and F. P. Deline Radcliffe, Esq. THE SUN, LONDON , FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1860 GENERAL YACHT NEWS, The Phasma yacht, of 36 tons, was launched by Ratsey on Saturday last. She is for E. Saunderson, Esq. The cutter yacht Diana, built for C. Keyser, Esq., was lowered on Monday, and on Tuesday the St. Lawrence, of 80 tons, for G. R. Stephenson, Esq., from the same yard, and the Caprice, T. Baring, Esq., was hauled up to be re fitted and re-coppered. The Anaconda schooner, P. L. Powys, Esq., M.P., the Rosalind, and another yacht, are being got ready in White's yard, and there are three small yachts building in Spencer's yard. .7.11. E 11V , SURRECTION IN SICILY. Mr. Grant Duff has given notice that this even ing he will ask the Solicitor-General whether his attention has been drawn to an advertisement which appeared on Wednesday, announcing that a sub scription had been opened in London in aid of the Sicilians, and whether persons in this country who contributed to the fund which it was proposed to raise would render themselves liable to any legal proceedings ? Prhaps, while the subject is before the house, some one will ask the same learned gentleman whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that subscriptions have been openly col lected in this country to pay the foreign rabble with which Gen. Lamoliciere is to re-conquer the Romagna for the Pope ; but we trust the question will stop there, and that no one will ask whether the persons who have collected them have ren dered themselves liable to legal proceedings in so doing. _ _ _ It rather late in the day to call in question the conduct of Englishmen who give a little money or even themselves to a nation struggling for freedom. No one now regrets the little we did to aid the Greeks in winning their independence,though, look ing at the present subscription for the Pope, one is struck by the fact that there should have been in those days no proposal to make collections for the long suffering and injured Turk. If any persons are inclined to aid the Sicilian subscription we re commend them to send the money at once, by cheque or post-office order, to Messrs. Fabbricotti Brothers, of 150, Leadenhall-street, E.C.—Daily Yews. Major Sibthorp was shut out of the division eit the Bleaching and Dyeing Bill, or he would have voted with the ayes. The following have been among the recent visi tors to the Great Globe in Leicester-square :—Marquis •f Bute and party, Mr. Walpole and ladies, Lord Alfred Paget and family, Mrs. General Scott, Marchioness of Salisbury, Lord Camden's family, Mr. Bristow, M.P., Lady Augusta Gordon Haliburton, Marquis of Kildare and party, Lady Flower and ladies, Lady Tuffnall and family, Lady Bruce and ladies. LATEST! _NEWS. The following telegrams were received at Mr, neuter's office : PARIS, MAY The lloniteur of to day contains the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results as compared with the April account : INCREASE. Cash Bills discounted not yet due Treasury balance Fr. 3,100,000 10,750,000 21,000,000 DECREASE. Advances Bank notes Current accounts 10,250,000 ... . . 500,000 MADRID, MAY 10, Marshal O'Donnell has arrived, and has been received with enthusiasm. The army of Africa will enter Madrid to-morrow. Count Montemolin and his brother embarked this evening for Port Vendres. The Correspondencia Autografa maintains the authenticity of the text of the renunciation of Count Montemolin, which it recently published. ROME, MAY 10, The official Giornale di I►'oona says : " The reception of King Victor Emmanuel by the clergy at Bologna was very different from what the Turin papers represented. "A large number of refugees and some students were guilty of sacrilege and profanity in making the dome of the sacred Temple resound with their shouting, in order to make the people believe it was a demonstration of the priests. "The King was to have passed seven days at Bologna, but remained only two days on the soil of the Romagna, which he appeared very anxious and in a great hurry to leave." DRESDEN, MAY 10, A letter in the official Dresden Journal from its Vienna correspondent, treating of the position of Austria in reference to the proposed Conference, says— " France being determined not to accede to the claims of Switzerland, notwithstanding that they are supported by the Powers, the assembling of a Conference would only be a fresh triumph for French policy. The few concessions which France is ready to make could be procured for Switzerland by way of diplomacy. Should England, however, maintain her opinion that Switzerland would de rive more advantages from a Conference, Austria would be willing to send a representative as well as the other Powers." VIENNA, FRIDAY, MAY The members of the newly organized Council of the Empire have received their appointments, which are signed by the Emperor. The first sitting of the Council remains fixed for the 21st inst. General Benedek is endeavouring to bring about an arrangement between the Government and the six Hungarians who declined their appointment to the Council of the Empire, tending to re-assure the latter and determino them to sit in the Council. VIENNA, MAT 10. In temporarily relieving the late Baron von Bruck from his functions as Minister of Finance, the Emperor had no other object than to insure the free course of justice. The idea that the Baron was directly or indirectly compromised in the affair of General Eynatten never entered the mind of his Majesty. In the interim, therefore, he replaced Baron von Bruck by provisionally appointing M. von Plener to the charge of the Ministry. Now, however, Baron von Bruck is dead, M. von Plener definitely remains as his successor. One of the principal reforms which M. von Plener, in conjunc tion with his ministerial colleagues, is about to effect consists in a proposal to re-establish the Ministry of Commerce and of Public Works, which, in August, 1859, had been united with the Ministry of Finance. SERVIA. VIENNA, MAY 10, The Porte has resolved upon declaring to the Servian deputation at Constantinople that, in prin ciple,, it by no means acknowledges the hereditary rights of the family of Prince Milosch. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Moniteur publishes the following :—" The Prince Imperial having manifested a wish to see the enfans de troupe of the Guard, the Emperor allowed those belonging to the regiments now in Paris to be brought to the Tuileries. About five o'clock yesterday afternoon nearly 150 boys were marched to the Palace, where Marshal Regnaud de Saint Jean d'Angely, General Mellinet, and the colonels of the Ist division of infantry of the Guard had also assembled. The Prince Im perial placed himself in the ranks, and the whole of the troop filed off before the Emperor and the Empress. Immediately after, the boys went into the Gallerio du Musee, where a collation had been prepared. The Prince Imperial, who was seated in the midst of them, was the object of a real ovation on their part, and in reply to it he cried out, Vive rmee !" Five les Enfans de Troupe !' This toast, which was not expected from a child of his age, gave great pleasure to all present." BOURSE, May 10.—The market was at first de pressed, but rallied on the receipt of a despatch an nouncing that the Bank of England had reduced its rate of discount from sto 4t- per cent. Threes, which had been at 70f 70c, improved to 70f 90c. Mobilier varied from 685 f to 692 f 50c; Lyons, 865 f to 870 f ; Orleans, 1323 f to 1332 f 50c ; North ern, 980 f to 985 f; Southern, 518 f 75c to 522 f 50c; Lombard, 518 f 75c to 524 f 25c ; Austrian, 522 f 30c to 523 f 75c. The following are the last quota- ons 1+ per Cents. .... 9G 15 Cr6dit Foncier 800 Do. end month .. !Belgian 41 — --- 3 per Cents Do. end month 7 7 00 80 80 Bank Shares...... 2875 i A us t r i an P it i o e m dm an ontese (5) 84 Credit I\lAilier .. 602 £0 Spanish Threes p. 48 25 Do. Account ..... 693 75 I Home Debt 46 RIILWAYS. Cash. Account. Northern Orleans 986 25 985 .. New ditto 875 .. 878 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 873 75 .. 870 Geneva 4lO .. 410 Southern Western ... 570 .. 570 Eastern Sgrdinian 425 .. 422 50 Austrian Lombard ..... Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 18c.; money, 251. 17c.; three month s , phper, 24f. 87ic. ; money, 4f 86c. The dates from Cnina yesterday are to the 30th of March. The rate of exchange had advanced to 4s. Did. at /long Kong, and Gs. 71d. at Shanghai, showing an ad verse alteration of about 11 per cent. in the former case, and 31 per cent. in the latter. According to private ac counts, a panic had been created at Shanghai from the operations of the rebels in the silk districts, and trade in consequence was suspended. The exports of tea to date are stated at 70,01 o,ooolb, and of silk at 56,000 bales. Stocks were small, and prices higher. 'TIE LATE FIRE AT ToTTENHAm.—Yesterday Mr. John Humphreys, coroner for the Eastern division of Middlesex, resumed, at the Roebuck, Lower Tottenham, the adjourned inquiry respecting the outbreak of a fire in the premises of Mr. Pizi, marine store. dealer in the town, which destroyed three houses. Mr. Morgan's solicitor at tended on: behalf of the insurance offices, and Mr. Turner for Mr. Pi 4. Nothing positive was elicited as to the origin of the fire, but the evidence generally disclosed facts of such a suspicious nature that the coroner recommended a further adjournment, which was agreed to. BURFO. I RAMA ROME-ANCIENT AND MODERN, We yesterday afternoon attended at the private view of this new and important addition to the attractions of Mr. Burford's celebrated Panoramic Establishment. Venice, during the Carnival, and the matchless bird's-eye view from the Rigbi Kiilm, are there still as powerful lures to the London sight seers. But added to these, there is now opened to public inspection (from to-day)—in the principal circular room, in the north-east corner of Leicester Square, a grand and most illusive panorama of the Eternal City, ancient and modern. This colossal picture—taken from the drawings made by the proprietor, Robert Burford—has been painted by Robert Burford and his accustomed collaborateur, Henry Selous. The effect is magical. The spectator is supposed to stand (as Mr. Burford actually did stand when taking the original drawings) upon the Tower of the Capitol of Rome, or what is now called the Campidoglia. From this wondrous elevation the Seven Hills are distinctly visible. The windings of the Tiber are clearly discernible here and there. Towards the south-east lies what is yet left of the ancient mistress of the world, those marvellous ruins of Ancient Rome which (it is justly said in the explanatory catalogue) "may be classed in three distinct periods, the works of the kings, of the republic, and of the emperors." The catalogue adding—" Of the first, from the time of Romulus to the expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus, very little has escaped the ravages of time ; and of the second, embracing a period of 480 years, the Pantheon, mili tary ways, and a few small temples only remain ; but it was during the dominion of the emperors thatßome attained the meridian of her glory, and the taste and magnificence of the Romans were displayed in the erection of temples to the gods, pillars and triumphal arches to conquerors, forums, amphi theatres, palaces, and other works of ostentation and luxury, for which architecture was made to ex haust her treasures, and no expense was spared to decorate, as the many noble remains still extant will fully prove." Yonder, for example, is the magnificent pile of the Colisseum or Amphitheatre, of which it is interesting to learn, as we stand there gazing at its effigy, the following particulars :—" It was commenced by Vespasian in the year 72, on the site of the Stagnum Neronis, and was completed by Domitian, and many thousand Jews were em ployed in its construction. It is of an elliptical shape, about 1,788 feet in external circumference, the total height being 160 feet ; the whole is a mixed mass of enormous blocks of stone and bricks, metal and cement. It presents a series of three ranges of open arcades, each tier consisting of eighty arches, above which was an attic or covered gallery ; al together it would accommodate 87,000 seated spec tators and about 20,000 more standing. It is sup posed to have been the first of the class of build ings erected for the purpose, and the Gladiatorial spectacles, of which it was the scene for more than 400 years, were on the grandest possible scales ; at the dedication, the games lasted nearly one hun dred days, and 5,000 beasts,were slain in honour of the occasion. Naval fights 'were also sometimes represented, the arena being flooded for the pur pose. During the persecution of the Christians it was the scene of fearful barbarities, the traditions of the church being filled with the names of mar tyrs who perished here. Nearly two-thirds of the original building have totally disappeared, for after having been converted into a fortress in the middle ages, it supplied the Roman princes for nearly 200 years with materials for their palaces." Towards the north-west lies the modern city—principally occupying " the plain lying on each side of the Tiber, which river divides it into two unequal portions, traversing it from north to south in an irregular winding course of not less than three miles. On the left bank the Pincean, Quirinal, Virminal, and Capitoline hills, form a kind of amphitheatre, enclosing the irregular plain of the Campus Martius, which area in cludes the principal part of the city, is the seat of trade and commerce, and contains the bulk of the population." Instead of amounting, however, is it is said to have done at one period during the classic ages to a vast total of some 7,ooo,ooo—the population of Rome has shrunk in these times to an aggregate of less than 200,000. Dwindled, however, though she is in the number of her inhabitants, Rome possesses still such wholly matchless attrac tions amongst the fairest and grandest cities of the world, that it can yet be truthfully written of her here—" Rome in whatever aspect she is viewed, stands unrivalled, and is in the mass, ancient and modern, incomparably the finest and most interesting city in the world; few have such vast and magnificent monuments, such gigantic fragments, to tell of former grandeur, none so many proud temples and gorgeous palaces as adorn her modern state. Poets, painters, anti quaries, and scholars, flock from the most distant countries to admire her magnificent buildings, to meditate over her majestic ruins, or to study in her matchless galleries of works of art. So peculiar and powerful are her many associations and attrac tions, that to the learned and scientific, Rome will, even in the latest period of her decay, present greater claims to attention, than any other city in the proudest season of prosperity." Looking towards Messrs. Burford and Selous' represen tation of the Castle of St. Angelo the visitor listens with interest in its regard to the subjoined statistics :—" It is a massive circular tower, 987 feet in circumference, on a square base ment of 247 feet each way. It was converted into a fortress about 423. Urban VIII. constructed the outworks in 1644, and furnished them with cannon made from bronze stripped from the roof of the Pantheon ; but, as a military position, its strength is by no means remarkable. The Pons cross ing the Tiber is the approach to it. It is now used as a state prison, and it was in an attempt to escape from it that Benvenuto Cellini broke his leg"—as may be read of in Cellini's romantic and enthral ling " Autobiography." Yonder, soaring towards the sky, is the loveliest dome ever constructed by the genius of man in adoration of the Divinity—the dome of the sublimest temple in the world, the mighty cathedral of St. Peter's ! As the visitor gazes upon it, he listens to the words of the Cice rone thus articulated—" The first basilica, and the largest and most magnificent of Christian temples, not only in Rome but in the whole world; the labour of ages, the wealth of kingdoms, the spoils of ancient times, and the proudest efforts of modern art, have been employed to produce this noble struc ture, which may truly be called one of the most wonderful of the works of man. As early as the year 90 St. Anacletus, who had received ordina tion from St. Peter himself, erected an oratory in the circus of Caligula to mark the spot where the body of the saint was deposited after his crucifixion, and in 306 Constantine founded a basilica on the spot, which was demolished at the beginning of the 16th century to make way for the present church. The works were commenced by Paul 11., on the plans of Bramanti Lazari ; continued by Leo. X. on those of Sangallo, and continued by Paul 111. on those of Michael Angelo, to whose genius all the magnificent portions are due ; and it was at last finished by Julius V. in 1614, having occupied pre cisely one century. The collonnade was added by Alexander VII., and much internal decoration by Pius VII. as late as 1800, so that it has really taken three centuries to bring it to its present state of perfection, and the cost is estimated at ten millions and a half sterling !" We hearken yet further to these added particulars :—" The exterior of the church is of Travertine stone of a pure white and bright colour, much of which was taken from the septizonium of Sep Severus. The whole stands on five acres of ground, and the cupola, the object that commands the admiration of all strangers, is 448 feet in height to the top of the cross. The front is 180 feet in height by 400 in width, approached by thrr e succc &sive flights of marble st( ps, from either side of which extends a grand collonnacle of four rows of pillars, surmounted by 192 statues of saints, which, I sweeping round, encloses an immense area, having in its centre an Egyptian obelisk and two beautiful foun tains. The obelisk is the largest wrought stone in Europe, being 84 feet in height, and weighing 300 tons. It was brought to Rome by Caligula, who erected it in his circus. Sextus V. placed it in its present position at the cost of £9,000. The interior of the church it is impossible to describe ; it is en crusted with the richest and rarest marbles, and is adorned with every art that painting, sculpture, and taste could devise; the chapels, altars, and tombs are of surpassing splendour, and the whole, in magnitude and magnificence, stands unparal leled." Altogether the attractions of this remark able panorama of Ancient and Modern Rome will hardly fail to prove irresistible among the throng of both travelled and untravelled Londoners. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The twenty-first annual meeting of the share holders of this society was held on Wednesday, May 9, at the offices of the company, 142, Strand. The meeting was very fully attended. The chair was occupied by E. S. Symes, Esq., the chairman of the company. The usual routine business having been dis posed of, The CHAIRMAN said it gave him groat pleasure to see so large a number of shareholders present ; it was always better that people should look a little after their own affairs, and it gave him an oppor tunity of affording any explanations they might require. (Hear, hear.) He would now call upon the Secretary to read the report of the directors and actuary on the present position of the society. (Hear, hear.) Mr. RICHARDSON then read as follows : " DIRECTORS' REPORT. • _ "The directors have much gratification in meeting their co-proprietors at this the 21st annual general meeting of the society, it being also tie first quinquennial period since the alteration was effected by whi.l the profits of the society are ascertained once in five years only, instead of annually, as formerly. " It is, thorefore, the duty of the directors to lay before the meeting the balance-sheets showing the result of the. operations of the past financial year, as well as the report of the actuary, exhibiting the aggregate results of the five years up to the Ist of December last. The SECRETARY here read the audit3d balance sheets, which was followed by THE ACTUARY'S REPORT. " London, May 4, 1860. "Gentlemen,--The first quinquennial periol of the In ternational Life Assurance Society having terminated on the Ist of December, 1859, I have now to lay before you the results of my investigation of tho affairs of the society up to that date. " During the five years 2,862 policies have been issued, assuring the sum of £1,198,087, and the premiums upon the same amount to L 37,061 Os. sd. per annum. The claims paid during the five years amount to £158,550 135., and the claims falling in during the same period amount to £161,411, being £1,515 less than the average expectation. " The income of the society from premiums on 5,083 policies is now £71,040 10s. 9d. per annum, exclusive of extra premiums and income from other sources, and the corresponding amount of assurances, is £2,228,424. The position of the affairs of the society, calculated up to the Ist Dec., 1859, is as follows : Present value of income receivable by the society under life assurance contracts, £68,450 15s. 10d. per annum £905,422 12 0 Present value of income from deferred and survivorship annuities, al2 Bs. 8d per annum Present value of income from endowments, £l9 ss. Bd. per annum Amount of investments, as per auditors' 2,490 6 10 111 7 9 _ report Present value of liabilities en life assurances, with additions, £2,164,262 n 22,207 8 7 Present value of liabilities on deferred and survivor ship annuit e5,£2,729 19s 8d per annum 18,699 16 0 Present value of sums as sured under endowments, £746 is. Od Present value of imme diate annuities, £5,375 10s. 10d. per annum 40,086 17 7 Paid-up capital Arrears of bonus on shrs 309 6 9 £1,121,868 9 6 676 8 5 £1,060,65516 4 Balance in favour of the society .... £61,012 13 1 By reserving from this balance the sum of £41,356185. 11d., the remainder, after first providing the 5 per cent. thereof, and setting apart 20 per cent. towards the Guarantee Fund according to the Deed of Settlement, will enable you to declare to Non-withdrawal Policies, on the profit scale, a 'cash bonus varying from 10 to 25 per cent. in reduction of the next Annual Premium, and to all Poli cies effected on the Profit Scale a Revel sionary Bonus, averaging 371 per cent, on the Annual Premium, and to the Proprietors a Bonus of 5 per cent., or 1 per cent. per annum for the next 5 years, in addition to the regular in terest of 6 per cent., which would be the preferable mode. —I am, gentlemen, your very obedient servant, W. S. B. WooLnousn, Consulting Actuary, To the Directors of the International Life Assurance Society. " The policies issued within the year amount in number to 424, covering assurances to the extent of £176,182, and ielding £5,483 in annual premiums, of which the propor tion actually received was £4,340 18s. ; the apparent dis crepancy arising from some of the premiums being payable by half-yearly, or quarterly, instalments, all of which had not been paid at the termination of the financial year. " The sum of £2,898 2s. 4d. was received for eleven imme diate annuities. " The proposals declined, or not carried out, were 31, amounting to £10,450. "In addition to the above, £64,278 19s. was received for renewal and extra premiums, £8,063 12s. 3d. for interest on investments, and £9l 13s. 6d. on exchange, &c. ; thus bringing up the inc me for the year to £79,673 5s 7d. "The claims paid on 60 lives amount to £24,758 12s. Bd. ; and there has been further disbursed in the purchase of policies £7,137 19s. 2d., by which, and the lapsed policies, liabilities are extinguished to the extent of £136,777. " On the other hand, five annuitants have died, by which further liabilities have been extinguished, amounting to £759 16s. 2d. per annum, the present value of which is estimated at £6,508; and the investments of the society have been raised from £192,397 13s. 10d., at which they stood at the date of the last report, to £213,844 3s. 10d. on the 30th November last. " The directors have gradually been bringing into opera tion the arrangement referred to at the annual meeting in 1858, for ultimately doing away with all salaries to our general agents, and making their remuneration depend entirely upon commissions. This will account for the increase in the item commissions' in this year's balance sheet. On the other hand, a corresponding dimi nution is observable in the amount of branch charges,' and the latter item will be still further reduced when this mode of payment can be fully carried into effect. " It would be in the recollection of the proprietors pre sent at the last annual meeting, that the directors then stated that proceedings in Chancery had just been com menced against them by Mr. Charles Drake, in the name, of himself, his mother, and one other shareholder in the society. This suit, the directors hoped, would have been brought to a conclusion before the present time; but they regret to say that, notwithstanding the most distinct denial on oath having been put in by them six months ago, to the scandalous charges made against them, the plaintiffs have not ventured to take i sue on that denial, but have, within the last few weeks, availed themselves of the practice of the Court to amend their bill, and thus to oblige the directors to repeat their denial of these reiterated allegations ; but as they are thus called upon to set forth almost all the society's transactions since its first establishment, very great expen diture of time and labour is necessarily involved in so doing. "It is satisfactory, however, to be able to state that when ever Mr. Drake and his colleagues have ventured to bring their case before the court, they have signally failed, espe cially in the attempt made in January last, to stop the whole of the society's business by injunction, when the Vice- Chancellor refused the application with costs. The direc tors aro thoroughly convinced that this litigation is being carried on for the solo purpose of inducing a compromise on terms advantageous to these parties, and without any expectation of establishing a case for judicial interference. The whole course pursued by Mr. Drake shows this to be so, and it is all the more evident by his having within the last few days, without waiting for the expiration of the time allowed by the Practice of the court for answer ing his bill, taken the unworthy course of circulating among the proprietors one-skied and false statements of the society's accounts and position. This proceAling, like all his former acts, is so evidently hostile to the interests of the society, and so inconsistent with any real intention of abiding by the decision of the Court, that the directors feel confident that their brother qiareholders will assist them in defeating such unjustifiable conduct, and they again invite any proprietor who will take the trouble to do so, to satisfy themselves by inspection of the acocunts, of the groundless and vexatious character of the attacks. " During the past year the society has experienced con siderable opposition in America, in mom of the States of which country, new laws, affecting foreign insurance com panies transacting business there, have been enacted. In one of the States, that of Massachusetts, a report of the position of this society was promulgated, founded upon data so manifestly insufficient, and purporting to arrive at results so erroneous and unfair, that the directors, immediately upon becoming aware of attempt to injure the position and credit of the society, obtained from their most able actuary, Mr. Woolhouse, and also from another very eminent actuary, Mr. Neison, independent valuations of the society's assets and liabilities ; and the result of these gen tlemen's investigations has beg, to show, beyond all doubt, the fallacy (to use no stronger term) of the Massachusetts' report, and to establish that the International Society is possessed of assets fully adequate to meet not only all its liabilities under contrac s of assurance, but also to repay the shareholders the whole amount of capital paid up by them. These conclusions have further been verified and confirmed by Professor Pierce, of Harvard College, Massachusetts, an eminent American mathemati cian, and the directors are happy to find that the investiga tion of the society's affairs, detailed in Mr. Woolhouse's report laid before this meeting, and which is completed up to Dec. 1 last, show oven a more satisfactory result than those juct referred to, which extended only up to the 30th of November, 1858. "In accordance with the actuary's report, the directors recommend that this meeting should declare a bonus to holders of shares at the rate of one per cent, per annum for the next five years, in addition to the ordinary interest of five per cent., and also a bonus to the different classes of policy holders entitled to participation in profits, as explained by Mr. Woolhouse. " It will be the business of this meeting to elect three direc tors in lieu of Henry John RodgsoM Esq., John Moss, Esq., John Symes, Esq., whose period of office expires, but who aro eligible for re-election, and offer themselves accord ingly. Also to elect two auditors in lieu of Professor Charles Wheatstone, P.R. S., and Professor John Radford Young, whose period of office expires, but who are eligible for re election, and offer themselves accordingly. " For the Court of Directcrs, "E. S. SYMES, CHAIRMAN." The CHAIRMAN, in rising to move the adoption of the report, said, after hearing the comprehensive statement that had just been read, he thought he should not be called upon to go at any very great length into the present position of the society. The report showed that the society still maintained the prosperous position it had occupied for many years, and that success still continued to attend it. The amount received for new assurances was as nearly as possible the same as that of the previous year, as was also the amount paid for claims arising from death and from surrendered policies. The expenses of the management, including commis sions, appeared by the balance-sheet to bo a little higher than those of the previous year, but that arose principally from our having paid a bill for law expenses in America extending over a period of five years. The expenses properly chargeable to this year were even less than the last, and the shareholders would bear in mind how con siderably these had been diminished from year to year for four consecutive years since he had been the manager, so that they were absolutely one-third less at present than they were five years ago. (Hear, hear.) As regards the new assurances with the company during the past year, they had been by no means inconsiderable. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Most offices considered that if on an average one policy a day was completed that would be a fair business, but the number effected with this company amounted to 424, and the new pre miums earned had exceeded £5,000. (Hear, hear.) If, however, he were asked, as chairman, whether the directors were perfectly satisfied with this result, he would frankly tell them they were not, because he was perfectly aware that, had it not been for adverse circumstances over which they had no sort of control, the result would have been even more favourable--far more favourable. (Hear, hear.) He held in his hand a classification by the actuary of the assurances effected in each month during the year, which showed that during the first six months 297 policies were issued, the premiums on which amounted to no less than £3656 (that is, at the rate of £7,312 per annum), out of the £6,423 of premiums earned during the whole year. That result was due to the adverse report of the Massachusetts Assurance Commission, which appeared in June last, and which, as far regarded this society, was most unjust, and, in fact, altogether irrelevant, and expressed in language as undignified as it was incorrect. You all know, he continued, the nature of life assurance. It may be regarded as a ter minable annuity receivable by the office during the life of the individual, or for a specific term of years, in return for which the office guarantees to pay a certain sum equivalent thereto at his death; and of course, if the payment is not kept up, the liability else ceases. Now, that being the case, it is clear that some amount of annuity, or premi um , wou ld cover the whole of th e risks on our books without our having any reserve fund whatever, and how nearly the value of the risk can be calculated is shown by the fact that while the amount of the assurances effected by this company during the last five years exceeds £1,000,000 sterling, the claims which have accrued during that period are just £1,515 within the expectation. What, then, will you think, gen tlemen, when I tell you that the assurance commis sioners of Massachusetts—or commissioner rather for one of them, Mr Eleazur Wright, has since con fessed that although two names are appended to the report, he alone is responsible for it—l say, what will be your surprise when you learn that the calculations of this commissioner were avowedly not made upon the premiums ac tually receivable by us. He did not even know them for he never asked us. But his calcu lations are based upon a mere hypothetical pre mium, having no reference whatever to those actually charged by the company; and, on this assumption he chooses to argue that we ought to have reserved a much larger sum than we have done, to provide for future liabilities. But what right had Mr. Wright to assume anything of the sort when it was easy for him to have obtained the real facts ? (Hear, hear.) By such a mode of calculation two companies, ono of which was receiving, for example, 5 per cent. for the same risk which another aceepted at 4 or 3 or 2 per cent. would be placed by him on precisely the same footing. (Hear, hear.) The directors imme diately took measures to protect your interests and arrive at the real merits of the case. They called upon our actuary, one of the first mathematicians in the kingdom, to make a thorough investigation of the• true position of the society. That investiga tion showed that the International is in a position to meet all its engagements, to return every shilling of the shareholders capital, and to leave a handsome surplus. (Cheers.) So far as we are concerned we should have been perfectly satisfied to rest our case upon Mr. Wool house's report. But as the Massachusetts report was signed by two commissioners, we submitted the whole of our affairs to Mr. Neison, another eminent actuary, who made a separate and inde pendent investigation without seeing that of Mr. Woolhouse's, and although he adopted a different mode of calculation and a different table of mor tality from those of Mr. Woolhouse, the result coincided in a remarkable manner with that arrived at by our own actuary. These, again, we submitted to the professor of mathematics and astronomy in the principal university in the United btates, by whom they were fully confirmed. It cannot be doubted that this most unjustifiable report did us great injury in America. Our busi ness there, for a time at least,:was almost at a stand still ; and, although in America, generally, it is gradually recovering itself, we are at present doing nothing in that particular State. This, however, does not arise from Mr. Wright's report—for there, as elsewhere, that report is getting to be looked upon in its proper light, but from the circumstance of arbitrary enactments having recently been made there with which it is absolutely impossible for a great company like ours to comply, viz., That'on or before the 15th November in each year a return shall be filed there of the whole affairs of the society up to the 31st October preceding." Now you will see at once that it is impossible for a company, whose ramifications are so widely ex tended as ours, to comply with such an enactment. In fact, it is only within the last three weeks that our final entries have been made, and the books balanced; but had it been otherwise, we could not have published our accounts to the world before they had been submitted to and confirmed by the shareholders themselves. (Hear, hear.) This, however, having now been done, we shall comply with their requirements, and resume our business in the State. (Hear, hear.) We have also taken measures to bring before the notice of the State Legislature the total unfitness of their commis sioner for the office he holds. He might be asked how a public assurance commissioner could give in anything but a fair report. To such an inquiry he could only reply by relating a trifling circumstance which might possibly throw a little light upon the matter. 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