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"THE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN." BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES, BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, fir all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SON'S. An ' immense - assortment of WINTER CLOTRINI-, in all the newest designs and materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19s. to £s.' SOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. 6d. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs awl the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. ICIOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orl.rs from persons who are not known to Ilie ft-tit should '.e a ceonynnied, by a remit tance, or a London reference. .Anv nrtiele not worn or injured will be .Theerfully ~ x ebenfree. or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats 'and Capg. and Boots and Shoes, is un squalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. • A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-men sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till t4aturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Ntroollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and ShGe Manufac turers, and General On if iftt for all Classes. 'rho following- are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CORNER OF mrsonTrs AND ALDGATF.. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF lIART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: B F:ADFORD 7 TORKSHIRE. TILE CHEAPEST DIAR .Y EVER. rUBLISIIEP. POCKET DIARY FOR 1870, containing the following useful information:--I A lutanack Corporation of London Transfer Days of Public Funds Postal Information Weights and Measures List of Bankers Stant, Duties 1 Army and Navy Agents For.3ian Moneys 1 Cab Fares Ministers of State 1 Ready Reckoner Al'so A DIARY, a•ranged on the moat approved plan, and neatly printed on g• od writing paper. Price One Penn', or post-tree for Twopence. E. MOSES and SON, MINnRTF.S an I A I .DG ATE, NEW OXECRP-STREET, 1 LONDON, '! TOTTEN HAM-COU • T-0A And BRADFORD, Y, iRKSITTRE. To be obtained also nt the Metropolitan Railway and other Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co. METKOPOLtrAN and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS. WORKMEN'S TICKETS, at a Reduced Fare of Four pence per day, will be issued at Hammy smith, Shepherd's Bush, Latimer Road, Notting Hill, and Westbourne Perk, to Moorgate Street, and intermediate Stations on the Me tropolitan Line, on and after the Ist December. For full particulars see special notices. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introdree commodi•ies valuable to every householder nigh and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission 'o Tradesmen, Travellers. gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. HARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. OHIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY q--- 1 TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a plearant fragrance to the treath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bnll Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its Pristine boo. no matter at what are. JNO. (')SHELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wow-. ,rful liquid. It is now offered to the public a. more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. inclu ling- brush. Red Prll Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames stre.t T.0nd0n.143.0. EA - FRE 1: () Y A f 4. DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. )fr. Chatterton. 'HITS EVF . r , :Net, nt 1-:ELLEs OF TPE KITCHEN. At Ft, FOyMOSA . new four-net Drama, by Dion Boucienult: ires , s,v. Barrett. H. Irving. David Fisher, Britt.ain Wright. loin. Rouse; tiro Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, do l Kat hart ne Rodgers. To conclude with tho farce of BORROWED PLUMES. T HEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. BnckMone. THIS EVENING. at Seven, FOUNDED ON FACTS. Mr Compton. A t a Quarter to Eight, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Burkstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers. Mr. Braid, Mr Duckstone, pin.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, &c. Coneludinrz with (by desire) HIGIf LIFE BELOW STAIRS : Mr Kendal. Mr Buelistone, Mr Howe, Miss F. Wright, and Miss F. Gwynne. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTF,R. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. THE LONG STRIKE: Mr Benjamin Webster: Messrs A. Stirling, G. Eclmore, J. G. Taylor, W. liignold, Miss Furtado. &c. To conclude with LOST AT SEA: Mr G. BE lmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold. Mr C. IT. Stephenson. Miss Rose Leolercq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Lennox rey. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance:: --e. HOLBORN THEATRE.ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BAURY SULLIVAN. THIS EVFINTT.NO. at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of THE BATH ROAD. At 7.35, Lovell's celebrated Play (in five acts), of LOVE'S SACRIFICE; 3fr Barry Sullivan; Messrs. George Honey. J. C Cowper, Charles IlorAman. Lin Payne, Lunt, Dyas, Arthur, Re.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Mrs. C. I (Inman, &c. To conclude with STATE SECRETS. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—ANON GI OBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. Immense success of the new Comic Drama. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY : Miss Lydia Foote. Mr Fleury Neville At 7.#5, Mr. Byron's new and original Comic Drama, in three . acts, written by himself, en ti t l e d NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, Mr. H. J. Byron. To conclude with THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS: Mr J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. A new Burlesque, by Mr. Henry J. Byron, in which Miss nny Josephs will appear, is in active preparation. 1 OYAL STRAND THEATItE. Sole I essee and 31anageress, Mrs Swanhorough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS : Mr CI ►rks. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which, *ENO; Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton, Turner Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, Ito. To conclude withTIIE CHOPS OF THE CHA NNELI QPORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS suppli es th e LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub , ilbed.-4 Bath-street, City-road, E.C. T"E “SUN"NEWSPAPER.--(1. R. GENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connancht-terrace, Ecigeware•road, delivers the LAN: Ie.DITION of "THE. SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He Is able to deliver Copies it Town, the Suburb,, and in many parts of the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 4 .45 o'clock Orders by post punctually attended to rr EHE LATEST DITION of " THE SUN "t o 1_ he seen Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT MEA.COCK'S. v:e:tannia, Kensal New-town THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen every Evening, at Eight o'clock, at Mr GiumAß's, " The Wheatrheaf," High-street, n-town. THE LA I'EST EDITION of "THE SUN" s J. 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WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western Dlstrlet. 2t, Delancey-street, Camden town, N W rilflE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen in A the Coffee room, at the "Southampton Arms," High street, Camden-town, where all t.porting and Political events ere freely discussed. !THE' LATEST •ar 'SPECIAL EDITION of j._ rgr, suN every Evczav-:, L'izht o'p'-:.c'.,0 Mr Rc BEATS', " The Black Cap," High-street, Camden-toirti IMPERIAL OTTOMAN LOAN, 1869. For £12,000,000 Sterling Money, or Francs 300,000,000 effective. Authorised by Firman of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan. To be issued in Bonds to bearer of £2O, £lOO, and £5OO each, bearing interest at Six per Cent. per annum, from let October, 1869, payable half-yearly in London in sterling, in Paris, and Constantinople. The Loan is to be redeemed in Thirty-three Years by an accumulative Sinking Fund of One per Cent. per Annum, the Bonds to be publicly drawn by lot, semi annnedy in Paris, in the usual manner, and paid off at par in Constantinople, in Paris, or in London in sterling. Thu Dividends of this Loan, as well as the Bonds drawn for redemption, are, by a special clause in the Convention, declared by the Ottoman Government to be now, and at acv future time, exempt from every kind of Tax, Charge, or Deduction. 1. Messrs. Louis Cohen at.d Sons are authorised by the Contractors to receive Subscriptions in Loudon for the above Loan, at the pace of £6O les. for each £lOO Stock. 2. The Bonds will be to bearer, and will carry interest, until cancelled, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, pay able half-yearly, on the Ist of April and the Ist of Octo ber in each year at Constantinople, at the Office of the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris, in Paris, and in sterling at the London Agency of the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris, London. The first payment of interest will become due on the Ist of April, 1870. 3. The Loan will be redeemed at par in thirty-three years, from Ist October, 1869, by means of an Accumu lative Sinking Fund of one per cent. per annum. The Bonds will be publicly drawn by lot in Paris in the usual manner in the months of March and September in each year, and the bonds so drawn will be payable on the suc ceeding Ist April and Ist October in London, in British sterling, and in Paris and Constantinople, when the in terest thereon will cease. As the definitive Bonds may not be ready for delivery before the month of March next the first drawing will take place in September, 1870, and will comprise an amount equal to the two- first-half-yearly drawings. 4. This Loan is secured on the general revenues of the Ottoman Empire, and by a lien on the following revenues, which aro specially appropriated for the payment of in terest and principal, as follows : To the amount of 1. The tithes of the provinces of Alqppo and Adana, Syria, Janina, Trebizond, Boniah,and of the Islands of the Arch ipelago .. £1,015,000 2. The tithes of the province of Iludavin diguar (District of Broussa, &c.) 3. The tithes of the province of Bosnia (with the exception of the district of Yeni Bazar) 4. The tithes of the province of Adin and Menteche 105,000 5. The surplus of the taxes on sheep, 540,000 6. The revenues of Bagdad 225,000 Total .02,375,000 to meet the annual charge of interest and sinking fund of the Loan of about £1,560,000. Detailed statements have been received from the Otto man Government of the shove revenues, which show that they have been continuously increasing for the past three years, and amount to the full sum for which they are ap propriated. 5. The Ottoman Government guarantee these appro priated revenues to be free from any prior charge, and the same are stipulated to be paid over on collection, by the Agents of the Ottoman Government, into the hands of the Contractors or their representative, until they amount to the annual sum requisite to perform the service of interest and sinking fund of the Loan, and to be remitted to the Contractors at the chary of the Government to Paris ; so that each half-year, at least one month before the matu rity of each semi-annual payment of interest and redemp tion, the Contractors may be in possession in Paris of the requisite funds for such payment. 6. The Bonds of the present Loan will be accepted by the Ottoman Government at par, as equal to Turkish metallic legal currency, in satisfaction for any caution monies, which may hereafter be deposited for all engage ments with the Government. 7. The payments by Subscribers will be as follows:- 5 per Cent. on Application. 10 per Cent. on Allotment. 15 per Cent. on 31st January, 1870. 15 per Cent. on Ist March, 1870. deducting dividend Balance 15 10s. per Cent. on Ist of 3 per cent. less April, 1870 English Income Tax. £6O 10s. In default of payment of the respestive instalments at their due dates previous payments will be liable to for feiture. In cases where no allotment is made the deposit will be returned without deductions and where an allot ment is made of an amount smaller than that applied for the surplus deposit will be applied towards the amount payable on allotment. 8. Subscribers may on allotment, or on any subsequent Monday or Thursday, anticipate the future instalments under discount at the rat., of 6 per cent. per annum. The accrued interest from Ist October, 1869, and the dh-count on anticipating the instalments render the price of issue equivalent to abcnt 5. per cent. Taking into consideration the reimbursement cf the Bonds at 100, by means of the Sinking Fund. the return to the Sub scribers will be equal to about 111 per cent. per annum. 10. Scrip receipts to bearer will be issued by Messrs. Colwn and Sons against allotment letters and re eeipt,z, as soon as possibfe. These .Scrip receipts will, after payment in full, be exclr for Bonds to bearer, as soon as they are received from the Turkish Govern ment. _ _ 11. Applications must be made on the annexed Form, and will be received by 3Jessrs. Louis Cohen and Sons, 23, Throgreorton street, E.C. ; The London Agency of the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris, 144, Leadenhall-street, E.C.; and Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co., Brokers to the Loan, 52. Threadneedle-street, E.C. ; from all of whom Forms of Application may be obtained. 12. The Subscription List will be open on the 15th, 16th, and 17th December, hut no application will be re ceived in London after three o'clock on Fridhy, 17th December. Applications from the country posted on the 17th instant will be received. 13. Subscription Lists for the Loan will be opened simultaneously in Constantinople, London, Paris, Amster dam, Berlin, and Hamburg; but Scrip Certificates issued in respect of London allotments can only be paid on, and exchanged for, Bonds in London. Certified copies of the Imperial Firman for the Loan will ho deposited at the Bank of England, and copies of the documents may be inspected at the office of Messrs. W. and 11. P. Sharp, 92, Gresham house, Old Broad-street. 23, Throgmorton-street, E.C., 13th December, 1869. IMPERIAL OTTOMAN SIX PER CENT. LOAN O F 1869. N 0.., .• LETTER OF APPLICATION, To be left with the Bankers, after payment of the Pre liminary Deposit to them of 5 per cent. on the nominal amount applied for. Messrs. Louis Cohen and Sons, London. Gentlemen,—Having paid to the London and Westmin sterßank, Lothbnry, the sum of .£ request you to allot to Pounds Stock in the above Loan, on the terms of the Prospectus issued by yon; and hereby agree to accept that or any smaller sum which may be allotted to , and to pay the ins.alments thereon accord• ing to the terms of your prospectus of the 13th Decem. ber, 1869. Your obedient Servant, Signature Name in full Address in full Date December, 1869. Addition to be filled up if the Applicant wishes to pay in full. desire to pay up subscription in full, receiv ing discount thereon at the rate of £6 per cent. per an num. Signature BANKERS' RECEIPT, To to Retained by the Applicant, after being Signed by the Bankers. December, 1869. Received of the sum of pounds sterling, being the d:posit on application for an. allotment of in the imperial Ottoman Six per Cent. Loan of 1869. X For the London and Westminster Bank. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. THE DIRECTORS have now the pleasure of submitting the following statement, showing he financial position of the Company:— The CAPITAL available for the purpose of meeting any unusual calamity happening to the assured is Two MILLIONS STERLING. The amount actually paid up is £288,495. This, with the accumulated funds in hand, exceeds £1,800,000. For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se curities belonging to the Company are annually submitted to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditors, and the following is au extract from their report to the last annual meeting: " The whole of your books have been audited ; every document, every account, every voucher, your bank-book, and every security-all have been most carefully kept, and there is not one doubtful security in the whole." A detail e d Li s t o f t h e Investments of the C ompany, as already publi s h e d , may be obtained on application. An independent valuation of the Life Liabilities, as at 31st December, 1868, has also been obtained from Mr. Samuel Drown, the result being— LIFE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS. 'et Value N amber. ,lAccumu lated Fund Assurances) Surplus. General Life As surances, less re• Assurance , 13,844 Children's En dowments .207 Annuities (Im mediate and Deferred) 421 Total ...... ...1 14,472 17(35,021 21,263 137,511 £942,643 23,287 156,345 1£177,C22 2,027 18,801 1X928,825 1.C1,122,975 £198,450 The valuation has been made at 3 per cent. interest, and the net premiums only have been taken, so that the loadings for future profits and expenses are entirely held in reserve and not brought into the valuation. The results show a considerable furplus in the Life branch, amounting in the whole to .£198,450. J 03DT H. 2.1 • LAREN. Mana ger. 701 EN B. JOHITSTOY, secretary to Loudon. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " it J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. sitars Camden Stores, * 78, Park-street, Camden- THE LATE EDITION -of " THE SUN " at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wehhagton,"Wellington-street, town. THE SUN, LONDON, THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. This Evvulva, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8. FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, H Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald, and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'fats Evatruto, at 7 o'clock, FOUNDED ON FACTS; Mr Compton. After which, fiEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone. Concluding with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS : Mr Buckstone, Mr Kendall, Miss It% Wright, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENTEG, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Idr.Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, !Ur a Belmore, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr Itignold Mi•s Furtado, &c. Followed by LOST AT SEA : G. lielmore, Mr .5. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. H. Stephenson, Miss R. Leclercq. and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-BOTAL, Trim Evzxtxci, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD F litY. At 7.!5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byro n. And THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS: MrJ.Clar ke and Mrs Stephens. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. --- Tuts EVISNING, at 7. THE BATH ROAD. At 7.45. LOV E'S SACRIFIC: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Dirs. Hermann Vezin, &c. And STATE SECRETS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee sn , l Manneress. Mrs. Swanboroturh. litts EVNNIN4. at 7.:10. AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Citrke. With THE TOODLES. A nd INO. Concluding with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and S all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL Q &EDENS, Rogent's-pack. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, le.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelTe. ed. ROYAL ALITA.ITBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office open fromll to 4. 11. Ult. LONDON, THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1869. Tim three " middle-class " Liberal candidates for the vacant seat in Southwark have consented to a test ballot for o the purpose of preventing a dangerous " split " in the party ; but Mr. ODGER, the artisan representative, refuses his adhesion to this plan. What ever may be the result, he will go to the poll. He approves of preliminary ballots generally. The prin ciple that several candidates of the same party should invite that party to express its perfeyence for one of them must be sound, as saving time and expense to the competitors, and as preventing an injustice to the constituency through the return of a member who represents only the minority. Mr. ODGER, however, claims that his case is- exceptional. He is not an ordinary Liberal candidate, but the representative of a special principle—that the artisan class should have a direct share in the making of laws. The claim of the working men in this respect can be properly upheld, Mr. ODGER thinks, only at the poll ; and to the poll accordingly he will go. It might be urged that if the working-man candidate has any chance of a majority on election day, he would have an equal chance of carrying the test ballot ; but it is difficult to disagree with Mr. ODGER. He did make one concession to the middle-class Liberals who stood for Chelsea, and the middle-class seems in no way disposed to requite the favour. The return of work ing men to Parliament has been much talked of; but the wealthier section of the Liberal party care very little, apparently, for the realisation of that dream. It is only by persistently asserting their rights in actual contests that the claim of the newly-enfran chised voters can secure recognition. If the working men perseveringly fight a few battles, regardless of the cry about " dividing the party," the Liberal leaders will soon come to terms. The danger of reducing Mr. GLADSTONE'S majority in the House of Commons will speedily gain the handworkers a reasonable measure of direct represen tation. Of course that measure, under present cir cumstances, cannot be very large ; but of the few places where a working - man candidate would have a good chance of success, Southwark is undoubtedly one. The metropolis is decidedly the most hopeful field for the new experiment. It is thoroughly Radical, and it is taken for granted that working-men M.P.'s will be Radicals. Moreover, it can furnish a greater variety of suitable candidates than any other part of the kingdom. The difficulty of finding the right man in the pro vinces, and the expense ofgetting a band fide artisan from the great contra of wealth and intelligence to contest a provincial seat, must always militate against the multiplication of working-men candidates. But surely the class which is now, in an electoral sense, the most powerful of the community ought to I_e allowed the few seats which it can conveniently command. It is not difficult to explain the reluctance of the middle-class to give way in this matter. The House of Commons has long been deemed a rich man's club, with a subscription too high to permit the entry of a plebeian element; and this delusion has not yet vanished. A poor legislator, notwithstanding recent professions, would still be looked upon as a sort of monstrosity. Moreover, there are yet a good many men of fortune who would give a fair price for a seat, and are quite regardless of any claim save their own desire to gain that position which money alone cannot bring. Ccnsiderable local hostility to the new idea may also be expected. The election of an artisan must necessarily be a cheap election. Not to speak of bribery, there are a thousand and one customary sources of profit to the free and independent voter, which would be cut off in the case of the working man. There would be no army of paid agents, with a powerful staff of local solicitors. The eligible rooms in the neighbourhood would no longer be hired for committee purposes. Trade would not be benefited by those foolish placards, " SMITH for Southwark," and the like, which now glare with too-symbolical stupidity from every dead wall. The publicans also would come sorely to grief. It is not surprising that these consi derations should be deemed important by those local magnates who have hitherto pulled the wires at elections. The harvest of gain would be seriously impaired. But for this very reason the true seeker after electoral purity will uphold the :candidature of working men. The return of a few such repre sentatives will accomplish an act of justice, and it will likewise tend to secure that great boon—a cheap electoral procedure. The success of Mr. ODGER is to be desired for many reasons, and not least because it will demonstrate that such a thing as a contest without immense expenditure is possible. THE funny little rebellion at the Red River settlement has an indirect importance which ought not to be overlooked. In itself, the outbreak is not calculated to attract much attention in this country. In mercantile phraseology, it is only "an extended protest" against the incorporation of the Hudson's Bay Territory, of which the settlement forms a part, with the new Canadian Dominion. The colony on the Red River occupies a fertile district, far removed from any other abode of British subjects, though only a short distance from the nearest point of the United States. Desert or unknOwn territory stretches round on all sides ; Canada is 2,000 miles distant, and the ocean 500 miles. On this solitary spot in the centre of North America, a small colony of Scotch men was formed some sixty years ago. Slowly the number has increased, until Assiniboia, as it is now called, musters some fifteen thousand inhabitants—a motley group of Indians, Canadian half-breeds, and British. For sixty years the settlement has jogged on with a good deal of prosperity and some troubles. The different races have quar relled both frequently and furiously ; but the mono tony of life in the centre of a wilderness would have been intolerable without some internal excitement. Intestine Alice was a matter of course under any circumstances. The settlers enjoyed cheap govern ment under the Hudson's Bay Company, which on its part got a cheap reputation for promoting the progress of colonisation, whilst in reality its only concern was the quest of furs—the peopling of the North American continent, being entirely contrary to its interests. Things have gone on quietly in this way, until the transference of the Hudson's Bay Ter ritory has aroused the clouists.of the Red River to (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1L69. protest against incorporation with Canada. Why they object to this change it is not caw . to say. They probably need excitement, which a e qate of armed hostility against Canada will undouotedly supply. Possibly they dread unknown evils. The Hudson's Bay Company gave the settlers mans concessions in order to keep them quiet ; and it is rot at all likely that the Canadian Government will keep up a similar system. However this may be, the Canadian half-breeds have risen, and have prevented the Governor sent out by the Ottawa Government from entering the settlement. Here is the serious part of this business. There is no direct road from Canada to the Red River. The inter vening country is wild, and is thought to be very difficult, whilst the passage from the United States is very easy. The Governor, Mr....lacnorsoAL, has been obliged to go through the United States, and in fact there is at present no other mode of reaching the disturbed territory. This want of communication between Canada and the inland districts must prove a serious obstacle to the consolidation of the Dominion. If the products of the settlement can reach the United States without difficulty—as is the case—they will be sent that way; and soon there will spring up between Assiniboia and its great neighbour an intimate connection which will look very much like union. Canada has at any rate a most formidable task before her. To bridge over the vast region of swamp and desert which lies between the Dominion and the Red River, and thence to British Columbia, will require all the energies of the newly-fledged State. LATEST INTELL MENGE AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. UNIVERSITY REFORM. OF EXPTEIe. President Grant has nominated Attorney-Gene ral Iloar Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Eighteen gunboats have been formally trans ferred to the Spanish flag at New York to-day, and it is expected that they will sail for Cuba on Friday next. NEW YORK, Dec. 15. The National Steamship Company's steamer Pennsylvannia arriccd out to-day. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Cimbria arrived here to-day at 9 a.m. Gold closed at 1211 ;the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1214; the lowest, 1211. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll4. 66 " 1885 ll2l. gi " 1867 ll5O. 10-40 gf, Illinois 1331. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2slc. Petroleum—Standard IVhite 3lc. Flour, extra state, $5.10c. to $5.70c. Corn, old mixed, $1.12c. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 16. AND WAIT." The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Tarifa, from Liverpool, arrived here at 1.30 a.m. to-day, and having embarked mails, passengers, and telegrams, she proceeded for Boston immediately All well. She experienced very tempestuous weather down the Channel. DEPUTATION TO - THE PREMIER ON On Wednesday the members of the deputation organised under the auspice; of the Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Aid and Control, assembled at the Westminster Palace Hotel, and proceeded to the official resi4ence of the First Lord of the Treasury. It was originally intended that the deputation should be a large one, but a letter received from Mr. Gladstone, in which he stated that he desired to meet only a few gentlemen well posted up in the, subject, for the purpose of ascertaining their views in conversation, materially altered the complexion of affairs. The interview was one from which the representatives of the press were excluded, but it was understood that a long and highly-interesting dis cussion took place, the views of the deputation as they were unfolded being attentively listened to by the Premier, who interspersed the conversation with a number of sugges - tive questions. THE E. C. U, AND TITE BISHOP-ELEC7 A meeting of the English Church Union has been held in London, at which the rcpc rt cf the council was sub mitted. Tho appointment of Dr. Temple to the Sec of Exeter meets with the strong disapprobatic , n of the Union ; but the council do not think that with the utmost allowance that can be made for the contrary opinion, the nomination of Dr. Temple to the Episcopal bench constitutes a cause sufficient to justify them in inaugurating a resistance such as had they resisted at all, they could not, consistently with their own self-respect, have refused to carry out to its legitimate consequences. They have, however, drawn up a memorial to the Primate, asking him to obtain from Dr. Temple certain explanations and assurances previous to his consecration. The council sees an absolute necessity foi some modification in episcopal appointments, and is in favour of a substantial election. The report expresses sympathy with Mr. Mackonochie, and condemns the action of the Church Association. A MEMBER WHO PREFERS TO "STAND Mr. Cogan, M.P.ior Kildare, alarmed at the effects of the land agitation, promoted by the leading supporters of the government, has refused to attend a tenant-right meeting at the Curragh, and has written a letter instead, advising the tenants to lower their demands. It is remark able that he admits the Irish Liberal members to be divided in opinion, and talks of a threatened mutiny. Mr. Cogan says :—" It will require the most consummate tact and prudence on the part of our representatives, together with the courage, great ability, and earnestness of purpose which I am satisfied animate the councils of the Government, to carry a comprehensive measure, and defeat the powerful opposition we may antici pate. I cannot conceal from myself that the grave difficulties which necessarily attach to this question aro greatly increased by many sad and untoward circumrtances which have occurred lately in Ireland. The great states man now at the head of the Government, who has already led us to a glorious victory, is preparing for another great campaign, in which, it is to bo feared, there may be danger of mutiny and desertion in the ranks of his supporters. In his arduous effort he is entitled, by every principle of honour and of grati tude, and regard to their own interest, to the forbearance and confidence of the Irish people. Under these circumstances I believe I shall best discharge my duty as a member of parliament by receiving with the most re spectful attention the views of any constituents, while ab staining myself from prejudging the solution of a question beset with so many difficulties, and which may be dealt with in so many ways, until I have before me an exposition of the measures to be proposed by Government on the subject, and which must be laid before Parliament in a few weeks from the present time.' SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. 15. In to-day's sitting of the Cortes the motion for instituting a Parliamentary inquiry into the disap pearance of the Crown jewels was adopted by 130 against 5 votes. Senor Rios liosas explained the abstention of the Unionist members from voting, and said— " Kings are inviolable as long as they reign, and are judged when they have been expelled by re volution." CCE HEAVY DAMAGES FOR LIBEL. At the Manchester Nisi Prius Court, before Mr. Baron Martin, two actions for libel were brought on Tuesday, by Mr. Edward Clayton, a bookseller and newsagent at Huddersfield, against Mr. George Harper, the publisher of the Huddersfield Chronicle, and Mr. Benjamin Brown, the publisher of the Huddersfield Observer, for having published defamatory libels concerning the plaintiff. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and also that the alleged libels wore true in fact. It was arranged that the cases, being precisely similar, should be tried together. The plaintiff is one of the workhouse guardians, and the libels complained of accused him of improper conduct towards one of the under nut ses in the workhouse. The plaintiff swore that the alle gations were totally fal e, and stated that their publication had greatly injured his business. The woman also denied the statements, and evidence was coiled ou both sides, the plaintiff's witnesses contending that at the time referred to in the libel he was at another place. After an investi gation which lasted all the day, the jury returned a verdict in the first case for the plaintiff ; darnage! , , £l,OOO. In the second case, on the judge's suggestion, a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff for £lOO damages. The judge refused to stay execution. THE COMIC PAPERS, (From Punch) FAMILY "PICKLES"—SpoiIt Children. THE TunxisH " Finiu'uN."—The Sultan. SOLEMN JEST.—Where should Postmen bo In a Post-crypt. _ _ ON THE FACE OF IL—Pretty Teacher : " Now, Johnny Wells, can you tell me what is meant by a miracle ? Johnny: "Yes, teacher. Mother says if you don't marry new parson, 'twull be a murracle !" WISHING HIM WELL.—We are told that the employ. ment of O'Donovan Rosso., ("M.P.") in the prison at Chat ham is to darn his fellow-convict's stockings. Let us hope, before he comes out, that he will have learned tr mend his own ways. VOMITED Foirrw.—Broadhead has left Liverpool for the United States, in the Etna. Let us be thankful for the eruption that carries off such very foul humours as those bred in the Broad Head of Sheffield Porfirio', and let us hope that this Broadhead has not left even the narrowest tail behind him. FRENCH ECHOES.—In this happy isle (Britain) tlu. Address is always called an "Echo" of the Speech from the Throne. The word seems hardly applicable in France. Blow, breezes, blow, set the very wild echoes flying. Listen. Throne : I will give you mayors from municipal councils. Echo: No great army—no centralisation—no official interference with electors—no arbitrary arrests— free press—trial by jury —changes in the constitution— something like a revolution. (Front Fun.) STOCK QUOTATIONS.—See Money Market article in daily papers. - itOLLING STOCK.—Too many of her Majesty's liege sub jects at Christmas-tide. BRETHREN IN MISFORTUNE.— An item in continental news states that M. Thiers is in one of his fits of fright about the "Reds." Here, in London, it almost gives one " the blues " to contemplate the paucity of " browns " and the superabundance of " blacks." MILK AND WATER.—We see announced in a contempo rary the establishment of a " Milkman's Total Abstinence Society." This looks bad for their customers, for they were pretty well addicted to water before, and if they stick to it altogether, London milk may as well " walk its chalks " altogether.. A Sulacy . CnowN.—We believe there is no truth in the report that a thoroughly neutral and unpolitical contem porary was refused admission into France last week because it contained the following paragraph :—" Business people are cautioned against bad sovereigns which are in circula tion just now." (From Judy.) The latest " Musical Pitch "—Mr. Sims Reeves's pitch into his brother professionals—Mr. Bishenden to wit. A Goon NOTlON.—According to the Globe, it is reported in naval circles at Portsmouth that so great is the difficulty of obtaining employment amongst captains and comman ders, that an officer from these ranks has accepted the ap pointment of beadle to a City company. He has been per mitted, in consideration of his limited income and large family, to utili3e his naval cocked hat, which he now uses athwartships, instead of fore-and-aft. This is a hint for the First Lord. Everyone knows that beadles' hats cost a lot of money; couldn't some arrangement be made with the various parochial authorities for the supply to parish beadles of the cocked hats of naval officers out of commis s;on--at an allowance say, of so much—or rather, so little—a week ? A dangerous practical joke is reported from Leeds. Three operatives scared a new-corner to the mill whore they worked by telling him that a man had some time before com mitted suicide in the room where he was detailed to labour, that the apartment woe haunted, and that a pendant rope, which they exhibited, was the instrument of coif-destruotion. OA) of them, towards dusk, dressed himself in white, and rushed towards tho man Dickinson with a hate* and hurled a pitcher at him. In his fright he fell seneeleei, and the shock endangered hie life,' For this freekoi inadae#B the "ghostly 7 trio wore each flood 20e, an 066, rrtA BOURSE, Dec. 15.—Th closed as follows : 4 per Cont. - End of month 3 per Cent End of month 72 95 Credit Mobilier 211 '25 Transatlantic 245 Credit Foncier l€7o Paris Gas 1635 - - RAILWA' ree o'clock—The mark, t Bank Shares 2842 50 ItaPan gives 55 05 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 44 90 Spanish Threes Rome Debt 22 75 Deferred . TB. Orleans ................. , Western ................. . Northern ................. . Cash ............. 9,58i 635 ............ Strasburg ....... .. Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5921 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman LIFEBOA7' SERVICES. PORTHCAWL, SOUTH WALES, Dec. 16. The Spanish schooner Loretta, bound from Liverpool to Cuba, with a general c argo , was seen to be drifting on the sands to the eastward of this port on the 13th inst. (says the Re v . E. D. Knight.) The lifeboat Good Deliverance, belong ing to the National Institution at once went to the rescue and first brought ashore the captain's wife, the captain and crew refusing then to avail them selves of the services of the boat. h owever the position of the vessel afterwards became so critical that signals of distress were shown, and the life boat put off again through a heavy sea, and suc ceeded in landing the whole of the crew of eleven men and the pilot. The lifeboat Birmingham, at Caister, Norfolk, and the Commercial Travellers' lifeboat at Castle town, Isle of Man, also went out during the recent severe gale, in reply to signals from vessels in dis tress. LOWESTOFT, Dec. 14. Mr. John Henderson, the Chief Officer of Coast Guard, reports that the lifeboat Lsetitia, of the National Lifeboat Institution, has happily been the means of saving the crew of eight men of the Adina, of London, which was wrecked on the Holin Sands, very early this morning. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 13. At about six o'clock this morning two vessels were reported in distress in the Harbour of Refuge, close to the backing of the Breakwater, says Wm. P. Elliott, Esq. It was then quite dark, and was blowing a heavy gale from S.W., and raining very hard. The lifeboat Princess of Wales, belonging to the National Institution, and a steamer pro ceeded to the spot, and, with the assistance of the crew of the boat, the steamer took in tow a schooner, which had dragged her anchors, and was nearly on the breakwater. The lifeboat then went to the assistance of the other vessel, but found a steamer had preceded her, and taken the ship in tow. THEATRE-ROYAL DRDRY-LANE.-MR. J. STRIDE'S BENEFIT.—We have much pleasure in calling attention to the above gentleman's benefit, which takes place to-night (Thursday), and to-morrow evening (Friday), at Old Drury The entertainments comprise "Belles of the Kit chen," the now drama of " Formosa," and " BOrrowed Plumes." From the well known obliging disposition of Mr. Stride wo are sure his friends and the public will give him no cause to complain of their attendance. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MORNING. EVENING, TITURSDAY 12 min past 12 34 miu past 12 FRIDAY 53 min past 12 12 min vast 1 SATURDAY 33 min past 1 54 min past 1 SUNDAY 12 min past 2 30 min past 2 MONDAY 54 min past 2......10 min past 3 TVEBDAY ut. 30 rain put 8 50 min fast_ 8 THE '.RESIDENT OF THE TOOR-LATV BOARD ON CHARITIES. The Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, M.P., made a speech on Wednesday on the organisation of poor relief. He attended a conference at the well-known Sion College—a corpora tion of metropolitan clergymen—and spoke to a resolution setting forth " That it is desirable to promote concerted action among those engaged in the distribution of charitable relief in the City and the Eastern districts of London, with a view to prevent wasteful expenditure, to discourage imposture, to check the increase of pauperism, and to make adequate provision for the de serving poor." The right hon. gentleman referred to the difficulty of defining the limits between legal and charit able relief. The principle of the Poor-law, of which he and the guardians present were the representatives, was to administer the minimum of relief only. It was by no means certain that the Poor-law itself—not the Act of 1834 merely, but the Poor-law dating back from the time of Elizabeth—was not responsible for a vast amount of pauperism by establishing the principle that every man— every pauper—whatever, his antecedents, was entitled to relief at the expense of the country—a principle which prevailed in no other country. There were at length symptoms that that distaste to receive parish relief which had, to the credit of the poorest classes, survived so long, was e.;inning to decline. Within the last few days he had observed that the miners in one district, on being in vited to join a benefit society to which the mine-owners contributed, for providing for the relief of the workers in sickness, desired to make it a condition that the allowance from the society should not be taken into account when they received relief from the parish. It was important, therefore, that the,/ should do nothing to expand the Poor Law so as to further subsidise pauperism, which would be the effect of giving through it a sort of legal recognition of the different charities established for relieving distress. At present the Poor Law and the charities acted independently, and that independent action he would not disturb, but he thought by a system of registration of relief the co-operation of the charities and the boards of guardians in distributing relief might be secured. Believing any general metropolitan scheme hopeless, he thought it would be better to leave it to be worked by unions or parishes. He suggested that the guardians, where disposed to co-operite with the charities, should appoint a committee to -Meet weekly, fortnightly, or monthly, according to the exigencies of the case, and invite the representatives of the leading charities in the parish or union to meet them, together with such ministers of religion as they might wish to obtain information frern, and that at such interviews, lists should be interchanged of all persons receiving relief from either source. In any district where the charities would co-operate and act together, the committee would repre sent the associated charities, but where that was not practicable, the representatives of the charities would be brought together on the invitation of the guardians. In this way, if all parties were willing to unite, he thought a fairly accurate register might within six weeks be prepared of all who were in receipt of either pauper or charitable relief. Pau perism in the metropolis was so vast that few, if any, could measure its exact rate. It varied from 125,000 to 150,000 weekly, and the weekly returns proved that 150,000 people in the metropolis were in a chronic state of pauperism. The normal amount was 125,000, and every winter about from 20,000 to 40,000 were added to it. The difficulty was how to deal with, not the exceptional, but the normal amount, It was a mistake to suppose that there was a large proportion of able-bodied amongst those habitually receiving relief. On the contrary, of the 153,000 who were on tho lists on the Ist of January, not more than the odd 3,000 were able-bodied men, fit to do a clay's work—the rest being made up of women, children, and old, sick, and infirm. At present the distribution from the charities was very unequal, for while in some parishes there was the Poor-law relief supplemented by charity, in others scarcely any charitable relief other than under the Poor-law was dispensed at all. Exception had been taken to that part of the late Poor-law. minute, referring to the adequacy of the relief. It was said, test it by this : withdraw the charities, would the guardians not say that they were not bound to give adequate relief ? But the law of the land fixed no limits to the amounts of relief, or the amount of the fund to be raised in rates. Whatever was necessary must be spent, and if the charity was withdrawn the guardians must step in and give that which was necessary up to that point of minimum relief. They must give adequate relief. But the answer was, they did not; and why did they not ? Because the charities were doing it for them. But the point was, whether it was more economical in the long run to give this half kind of relief, leaving the poor with two strings to their bow—the Poor-law and the charities, or to give more adequate relief at once, and give it under greater supervision? He spoke not on his own authority in this matter, for at a meeting of a board of guardians last year it was laid down that to give ample relief, when relief was given at all, was more economical in the interest of the ratepayers than to give insufficient relief. It it were said en either hand, We have not money enough to relieve effectually, it would be better to divide the cases, leaving half to the Poer-law and half to the charities. He con cluded by promising the cordial co-operation of the Poor law Board in carrying cut the object of the meeting; but reminded the representatives of the boards of guardians and charities present that the arrangements for concerted action must come from themselves. There was a very mixed assembly at the meeting where this address was delivered. Dissenting ministers and clergymen, lay visitors and guardians, members of the Poor-law Board and trustees of charities mingled together. The discussion neon the resolution was an interesting one. The Earl of Lichfield joined in it, and said that, in refe rence to Mr. Goschen's suggestion that the boards of guardians should form committees to confer with the mana gers of the organised charities, they would experience considerable difficulty in the prejudice and ignorance which in many instances they would be met with. Some charity managers would say, "We prefer you should not know what we are doing, as, if we tell you, you will regulate your relief accordingly, which is not our object." And others would regard the inquiry as preli minary to a more direct interference with the charitable societies. He was in favour of the organisation being made applicable to the whole metropolis. Ho explained the principle on which his society acted, and pointed to its operation as an example of what might be done by co operation in repressing vagrancy and fraud. The resolu lution was carried, and also another for the appointment of a committee to carry out the principlescontained in it. Four men have died of Asiatic cholera, almos suddenly, at the Moscow railway station. Our readers may be interested in learning that the Rev. Father Montsabra, of the Order of Preaching Friars. who is preaching at Notre Dame, Paris, as the successor of Father Hyacinthe, was born at Blois in 1822. When ordained, he distinguished himself by preaching through out Lent in Orleans, and afterwards went to Belgium as tutor to the children of Count de Brigode. Having read the lectures of Father Lacordaire in 1850, he wrote to him asking to be received as a novice. His desire was acceded to, and he became one of the most fervent disciples of that theologian. The subject chosen for the pulpit discourses at Notre Dame is the (Ecumenical Council. To THOSE WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.—The criminal classes, and those who cater for their wants, evidently take a lively and intelligent interest in the arrangements which society finds it necessary from time to time to make for their benefit. The following is the title page of a cheap edition of a late Act of Parliament : " Just out;one penny, ' The Habitual Criminal Act, 1869,' completely annihilating the receivers of stolen property, considerably affecting publicans, beer, and refreshment house keepers, &c. ; and of importance to marine store dealers, being the most stringent Act passed for the appre hension, conviction, and punishment of offenders against the law, and causing an entire revolution in criminal society." THE OPPOSITION TO DR. TEMPLE.--The Guardian, in its extended report of the confirmation of Dr. Temple's election, furnishes some particulars in themselves suffi ciently ludicrous, but which are painfully illustrative of the spirit in which the legal " opposition" to the new Bishop of Exeter was adopted. The opposers, it seems, traversed the whole petition—that is to say, they objected to Dr. Temple's confirmation on all possible grounds. They commenced by requiring proof of the Bishop-elect having been "born in lawful wedlock," and proof that he was "a prudent and discreet man, and eminent for his knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, and for his life and morals deservedly commended." As it was only known on the previous day that these objections would be raised, it is even said that Dr. Temple's sister (some years older than himself) had to be telegraphed for in the night to give secondary evidence on the first point, and Mr. Lingen roused from his bed to speak—after thirty years' intimacy —as to the second. Among the proctors who had been appointed to appear for the Dean and Chapter, were Mr. Arthur James Day and Mr. John Hassard, who had been entrusted with the perusing of Dr. Temple's papers, and they were ready with the affidavits which the extra ordinary tactics of the opposition had rendered necessary; but the affidavits, it is said, were only filed in the court fi ve minutes before going into church. The Guardian adds that " according to the records of the Archbishop's Court, proof on those points has never been required since the confirmalion of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Can terbury, who died in 1575, and whose brother Sled an aftl, , , iof Isla/1... J. 4. kias ain IltakkwaNc tt u g az ir —" sa 4fr fil ) " - t -V-. 'ffslll,llNl RI I HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, DCC. 15. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, drove out this morning. LITERATURE. Debenham's Vow. By Amelia B. Edwards. Three Vols. llurst and Blackett. Since that very successful and very charming narrative, entitled " Barbara's History," Miss Ed wards has written nothing so attractive and so in teresting as this very striking and effective story of " Debenhana's Vow," and its results. The charac ter of Ttinple Debenhain is well ?,onceived and very skilfuily depicted. The only son of a widowed mother, at the very turning point of his career, when entering upon life, he learns that be is the heir of a ruined family, that ins name is De Benham, and not Debenharn ; and, moreover, that a title should be prefixed to it. Standing in a country church, amid the tombs of his ancesters, Temple Debenharn registers a vow that by him shall the rights and fortunes of the family be restored, and that another:Lord De Benham shall again rule in Benhampton. H o w the vow is kept the narrative of this history mus t reveal, and very vividly it is revealed by a very faithful pen. At the moment whe n the secret of his rights is confided to Temple De benhatn, he is surrounded by the halo of " Love s Young Dream." He has just pledged his faith to a gentle damsel, well worthy of his affection, but the terrible vow arises like an icy barrier between the determined man and his happiness. Love and peace, and almost life itself, are sacrificed at the shrine of this terrible Moloch, an d the moral of the story teaches, i n very truthful language, how "prosperity is not ail success, conquest is not all triumph, and to these whom the gods chastise they grant the desires of their heart." Juliet Alleyne and Claudia Hard wicket the two heroines of the tale, are a striking contrast to each other. Juliet is loveable and charming throughout the whole story ; but Claudia, cold wad haughty as she is, wins upon our sympathie s at the last, and we could wish that a less inexor able' dispensation had presided over her ultima te happiness. Archie Blyth is a delightful charac ter, and very soon supersedes in the reader's estima tion the earnest and unyielding Temple Deben ham. We congratulate Miss Edwards on this nil' pressive story, which will linger with good effec t in the memory of many a reader. POLICE IN7 ELLIGEJ.V C'E.-71as Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A PRETENDED DETECTIVE.—John Sample, a shabbilr dressed man, who described himself as a detective, we e charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and dis orderly. Police-constable Butler, 148 0, said that about one o'clock that morning he was in Compton-street when he saw the prisoner about to fight with another man. He got th e other man away, and the prisoner, who was drunk, wen; and kicked at the door of Messrs. Sewell and Cross, an d on his telling him to go away ho turned round and told him that he was a detective, and that if he was not off be would lock him up, as he also did the watchman Who eau►a up. He then took the prisoner to the station, where he still represented himself as a detective. Mr. Knox said if the prisoner was a detective perhaps he would show his authority. The prisoner ',said that he was not a detective, and that he did not know that he had represented himself as one. He had lost his watch chain, and he supposed he sus pected the man ho was going to fight with of having taken it. Mr. Knox asked the prisoner whether he was aware that by representing himself as a detective, ho was liab• e to a very heavy fins ? The prisoner said he was drunk at the time. Mr. Knox fined him 10s., or seven days. ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.—John King was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and behaving 0 3 disorderly manner, and also with assaulting Police-coa stablo Middleton, 50 C It. Jt appears that the prisoner wont into the St. Jamess' averu, Windmill-street, last night, and having beta guilty of disorderly conduct was put out by the proprietor, who has only been in possession of the house a few dills , and on Middleton attempting to remove him knocked laol down, and Middleton, besides being kicked several times by some rough persons who were collected, lost h' e helmet, and on the way to the station the prisoner W ae very violent. In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said he had see ll the prisoner frequently about the same spot of a nig ° with bad and disorderly characters, but that the prisoner denied. Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 40s. or a month for the dis crderly conduct, and committed him for a month for th e assault on the constable, stating that it looked very Inu e as if the affair had been got up for the purpose of robber)* THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ROBBERY.—STRANGE STOICf' —oao Bartch, aged 37 years, described as manager of the Sugar-loaf public-house, St. George-in-the-East, and Louie Beaber or Beaver, 29, were brought up on remand, charg ed with having by force and menace stolen £3O from Ado l P h Moritz. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, conducted the prosecution; 31r. Charles Young, solicitor, defended Bartch. In opening the case, Mr. Stoddart said that, although the prisoners had not actually taken the money from th e person of the prosecutor, they compelled him to give it 119 ,„ by using threats and menaces, and the act constitute d - larceny. All the parties are Germans, and it appeared that the prosecutor, whose evidence was fragmentary and dig' jointed, was a m erc h an t, an d came h ere a f ew days ag r with £6O or £7O, in foreign money, in his possession , ' 0 ; the purpose of trade. lie went to lodge at the Sugar-low, and both prisoners repeatedly asked him to allow them W change his money i n t o E ng li s h go ld , an d t h a t o n oh' „ occasion Bartehe's wife said her husband wanted him in the cellar. H e was d escen di ng th e ce ll ar sta i rs w hen '- saw both prisoners, and Beaver was hiding iu a c orne t armed with a hammer or chopp e r. He was afraid a n d turned hack. He was repeatedly requested to enter the cellar again and refused. After he had been over and over again urged to part with his money he was called in to Bartch's bedroom on Sunday afternoon last, the d i o i e t 4 locked upon him:by Bea ver an d B ar t c h, who said, " now time that I should change your money." Moritz o' l he mistrusted the prisoner s , b u t th e y com p e lled him te t part with it, and he t o ok .£3O from his inside wais tc oat pocket. Bartch took the money out of his hand. half gave it to Barcb, and he half took it from him. then had £BO more in another pocket unknown to th prisoners. He asked for the £ 3O he had parted with pelt day, and was put off with various excuses until Mo n evening, evening, when Bartch said he had not got the mon e y. Next day he wont to S c otl a nd y ar d, an d D e tective S et geant Davy was sent with him to that Court. it Mr. Charles Young s a id the s tory was as strange °- was improbable, and elicited in cross-examination the " Bartch said he had given the money to a foreign tf e/f f named Bernstein. Mr. Young then put in a newspeP e L e i Wednesday giving an account of the examination of a.'" named Salk Singermann for stealing £35 from Leon Bern' stein. Singermann was ranandeci. an Beaver said the prosecutor had entrusted him Bartch to change his Germany money, £6O, into Englis h gold, which Moritz admitted. eh. Mr. Charles Young submitted that put an end to ...- whole case. Mr. Stoddart said his client had been the victim of fraud in which the prisoners and Bernstein were engag e ,, , and there had been very recently another jobber,' 1 ; Bartch's house. The scene in the cellar was full of det significance. Mr. Charles Young said that the prisoners were ar ivin ,,f pegs into casks with a m a ll e t w h en M or it z entered tm" cellar. The prisoners said that Bernstein had the prosecutor money. It was here stated that Bernstein was seen in the coutc a few minutes ago. He was called and searched for an could not be found. Benjami n St u bbi ng, en of fi cer o f t h e C our t , 111 Gala he apprehended the prisoners on Tuesday, and sh °o d , arrest Bornstein when he could find him. Bartell 'flitted to him that he had £29, not £3O, of the prosecut°t'7 and that Be a v e r was p resen t w h e n the prose cu , spread it on a table. Bartch also said that be had be g e robbed of the money, and if the prose c utor had waited 1° a day or two he would have made it up to him. Mr. Benson said he should commit both prisoners 0.,f trial, and that he believed Bernstein was a participat or t l' o the plot to swindle Moritz of his money. 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