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OITY OF LONDON BONDS.—£SOO,OOO. N.J Remaining Portion of the Loan of £600,000 autho rised to be raised by the " Holborn Valley Improvement (Money) Act, 1869," 32 and 33 Vict., cap. 20. The Improvement Committee of the Corporation of London, being authorised by the Court of Common Coun cil to acquire the remaining property in connection with the Holborn Valley Viaduct and Improvements, the under signed is directed by the Finance Committee of the Corpo ration to negociate the disposal of City Bonds for £500,000, being the remaining portion of £600,000 authorised to be raised by the above-mentioned Act. The Bonds will be issued at par, under the common seal of the Corporation, for sums of £l,OOO, £5OO, or £lOO respectively, for a period of twelve years, and bear ing interest payable half-yearly, by means of coupons, at the Bank of England, at the rate of £1 ss. per cent. per annum. The security provided by Parliament for these purposes is the net produce, subject to existing charges, of the duty of 4d. per ton on coals brought into London, continued by the Act 31st and 32nd Vitt., cap. 17, until the sth July, 1889, and chargeable for the purposes of these improve ments to the sth July, 1888. Th 3 prior charges on the fund now eonsist of bonds amounting to £1,260,000, issued in respect of the Cannon-street and Holborn-valley Im provements. In the event of the fund so continued proving insufficient, the Corporation secures payment of interest and principal, out of thoir own proper revenues, as pro vided by tho Act. Parties desiring to tender for any of the said bonds must make application at the Bank of England (Private Draw ing Office), in the form annexed: such applications to be accompanied by a payment or remittance to the said Bank of 10 per cent. upo n th e amount appl i ed for App li ca ti ons rill not be received later than three o'clock on Tuesday, ihe sth inst. Allotment will take place at this office by J. T. Bedford, Esq., the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and by the undersigned, on Thursday, the 7th instant, and in the event of an amount greater than the sum of £500,000 being offered, a rateable allotment (not less than £lOO in any csse) will be paid to each applicant. The balance of the amount allotted must be inid at this Office not later than Friday, the 22d of October instant. Upon payment of the balance Scrip Receipts will be issued to parties producing their Letters of Allotment and Bank of England Deposit Receipts ; such Scrip Receipts will be exchanged for Bonds, so soon as they shallhave been pre pared and sealed by the Court of Common Council. Interest will commence from the dates of payment in full, respectively. Printed forms of application v, ill bo furnished at this Office, and at the Bank of England. BENJAMIN SCOTT, Chamberlain. Chamber of London, Guildhall, Oct. 1, 18G9. FOCM OF APPLICATION. City of London Fonda, £300,000, part of Loan of XBOO,OOO. Holborn Valley Improvements (Act 32 and 33 Viet., cap. 20). To the Chamberlain of the City of London. hereby tar der the snm of pounds, by way of deposit of 10 per cent. upon the snm of pounds, on account of the Loan of .£500,000, part of X 600,000, authorised to bo raised by the Corporation of London, under the abovementioned Act for completing the purchase of lands and the execution of works connected with the Holborn Valley Viaduct and Improvements; and r.squest that City Bonds may be delivereA to me, or to my order, in respect thereof, in accordance with the an nouncement in respect of the said loan, which has been made public, viz.: (If I;onds of particular amounts are required, liere state details.) Bonds for £l,OOO each Bonds for £•500 each Bonds fcr £lOO each Total , , Name in full Address in full - Quality or description /Dated this day of October,lB69. F OR THE AUTUMN & WINTER SEASONS. E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, . on an unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following-advertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CEIEAPNESS will be found in every article sold by E. MOSES and SON. ' Every description of Clothing ready made, or made to measure, for all ages, and all Vasses. Commodious apartments for measuring ind fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should lie accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be 'heerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the noney will be teturned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats tad Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES .nd SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDOATE 86, ALDGATII 97, ALDGATE 88, ALDOATE 89, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCU. 06, NEW OXFORD-STREET 307, NEW OXFORD-STREET >OB, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 131, TOTTENHAM COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGESTREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. SHOOTING SEASON. - E. M. REILLY and CO. beg to acquaint their numerous Patrons and Sportsmen that they have for inspection a large ASSORTMENT of the LATEST IMPROVED CENTRAL FIRE and other BREECIILOADING GUNS and RIFLES, r.t their usual moderate prices. EVERY REQUISITE for the FIELD. 502, New Oxford-street, London. Branches: 315, Oxford-street; 2, Rue Scribe, Paris. Illustrated Price Lists on application. TO the POLICYHOLDERS and SHARE HOLDERS of the EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—You have seen from the newspapers that a Petition has been presented to the Court of Chancery for the Winding up of this Society, which is to be beard on Saturday, the 2d of October. This Petition bore the names of Mr. Thomas Carlyle Hayward, a former Director of this Society, and Mr. Robert Crawford, one of its present Directors. _ _ . Mr. Crawford attended a meeting of the Directors on Monday last, and took part in their deliberations, and on the very next day, without the slightest intimation to his colleagues of his intention, ho presented this petition. It is but fair to Mr. Hayward to say, that as soon as he became aware that he had been improperly induced to join in the petition be withdrew at once. The allegations of Mr. Crawford have been responded to in the following affidavit, although the first intimation of his petition was about four o'clock on Tuesday, when notice to appear before Vice-Chancellor James, at two o'clock the next day, Wednesday, was served : " The statement in the said petition, that the said Society is altogether insolvent and unable to pay its debts is un true. The moneys available for payment of current claims are sufficient for the purpose, and the assets and subscribed capital are, and will be, sufficient to provide for every lia bility as the same may arise. The said Society does, in fact, pay its debts, and there is not a single undisputed and due policy claim remaining unpaid, or which the Board is not prepared to pay, and no debt of which pay ment has been asked of the said Society remains at the present moment unpaid, or which the Board is not pre pared to pay. "The books of the Society show that the petitioner, Robert Crawford, appears a debtor to the Society for sums amounting to £1,200 or thereabouts. including the unpaid call on his shares, and loans unaccounted for, believed to have been received by him as an agent of the Society." The Directors have also issued the following advertise ment to the daily papers:— " European Assurance Society. —The Directors of the European Assurance Society request the policyholders and shareholders not to be alarmed at any of the reports which may appear at the present moment, as they are, advisedly and in full assurance of its sound position, determined to oppose to the utmost the unwarrantable attempts to ruin the Society." Nothing could be more improper than the course pur sued by the petitioner. Had he one grain of the sympathy he professes for the great interests concerned, his course would have been to secure the policyholders first, and not to rpsh iuto Chancery and hand these important interests over to a set of wreckers, whose sole object is to fill their own pockets at the expense of the Society. It is now well known that a gang of designing persons has been occupied for weeks, if not months, in compassing the destruction of this and other Insurance Companies, and it is suggested that the policyholders and shareholders throughout the country should combine with the management at the chief office to overthrow these unprincipled attempts at injWitury. h this view, the time for convening meetings being so short, sheets with headings have been prepared, which can be signed by eitherpolicyholders or shareholders, and have been distributed to the district managers and agents in the country, where they can be signed, or at the chief offices of the Society, 17, Waterloo. place, Pall-mall, Lon don. By order of the Board. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. CRYSTAL PALACE.-THIS EVENING. The LAST GREAT DISPLAY of the ARC DE TIZIOMPHE at Seven o'Clock THIS EVENING. The New Shells and ILLUMINATION of FOUN TAINS in full play. Note.—Reserved Seats on arrival at the Palace. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. MEADOW LAND to be LET.—About Five and a Half Acres MEADOW LAND to be Let, situate near Old Willesden Station. For particulars apply to Mr. Thomas Savill, Estate Department, Euston Station. By rder. Euston Station, Sept., 1869. T HE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE " NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. THE " SIiNGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEET SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p tultar simplicity of these Machines enables any one to tequire their perfect use in a rew hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free rHE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY .Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 147, CHE APSIDE. (OHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.--Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper T hames- street, London. A GENTS WAN TED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highlyremunerativeCommission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Ser vants, &c. Apply with two stamps to B. HARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F.B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicanit: dressrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, °ht. Rouse ; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: Messrs Asb!ey, C. H. Stephenson, and Misses Maria and Nelly Harris. At 15 to 8, LOST AT SEA: a London Story. Messrs A. Stir ling, G. Belmore, E. Atkins, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith, R. Romer; Miss Rose Leclercq, Miss Eliza John stone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Belmore and Mrs. Leigh Murray. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. G LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE. A t 8.15, Mr. 'l'. W. Robertson's new Comedy, in three acts, entitled PROGRESS: Messrs. Billington, H. Neville, J. Clarke, Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall ; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens. HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, a new and original Sketch, by Harry Lemon, Esq , called WAIT FOR AN ANSWER. After which, at 7.45. will be produced, with new scenery, fur niture, and appointments, a new Comedy, in three acts, by Thomas Morton, Esq., entitled PLAIN ENGLISH, in which Messrs. Barry Sullivan, George Honey, J. C. Cowper, W. H. Stephens, D. Evans, Charles Horsman, Lin Rayne, Cotte, Dyas, W. Arthur, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, and Miss Howard will appear. To conclude with the Musical Farce of THE WATERMAN. The magnificent new scenery by Mr. Julian Hicks; the forth • tore and upholstery by Mr. James Lyon. Acting Manager—AmoßY SuLLIVAN. OY AL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Cl &rke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton ; Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c. T",, SUN" NEWSPAPER. - G. R. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8, Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. SP ORTIN G.—J OHN ROBERTS supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub i9hed.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " J. 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Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING Mr A shley, Mr, Stephenson, and the Misses Harris. Followed by LOST AT SEA: Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Belmore, Mr E. Atkins, Mr Beveridge, Mr Stephenson, Mr Smith, Mr Romer; Miss Rose Leclercq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray. And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Air G. Belmore and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE. At 8.15, the new Comedy, PROG RES Messrs. Billington, H. Neville, J Clarke, Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, at 7, WAIT FOR AN ANSWER. After which, PLAIN ENGLISH: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, &c. And THE WATERMAN. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanboreuzh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30. AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL G ARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. 7:1 1 1"' 1 * Af`Z)lllT • t LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1869. Are all these idle auguries of tranquillity for the nations of the earth, coming to us simultaneously from so many different directions? From Vienna arrives the intimation that very shortly there may be looked for the announcement of a General Disarma ment. From Paris we learn at the same moment that upon the occasion of the last Cabinet Council, held at St. Cloud, and presided over by the EMPEROR, the day was at length fixed for the reassembling, under the new regime, of the Corps Legislatif. Th e session is to commence, it is now said, in the middle, or, at any rate, before the conclusion of November. And the expectation is that its labours will be inaugu rated by an Imperial speech from the throne, in which NAroLEON 111. will announce to France, and through THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, UM, France to Europe, that the chief Powers of the most populous and highly civilised of the four quarters of the world have agreed together upon an immediate, general, and simultaneous disarmament. It was only the other day, down at Watford, that the Earl of CLARENDON, who among all the Cabinet Ministers, is the one especially responsible to the Crown for the friendly maintenance of our Foreign Relations, declared his conviction that never in bis remem brance have the nations of the earth been more amicably disposed towards each other than they are to all appearance at the present moment, and that everything gives promise just now of the maintenance intact of the exist ing tranquillity. Immediately prior to those heartening declarations on the part of the oldest, and therefore most experienced among our principal Administrators, the immense warlike organisation which has for three hundred years been flourishing and in full force at Woolwich, is closed by order of her MAJESTY'S Government. Simultaneously the nation realises the fact that the grand old Maritime Hospi tal at Greenwich has become vacated, and that the question forces itself upon our consideration as to what we are to do with it. The popular art writer, signing himself " FEux SusiMEßLEY,"—otherwise that bite noire of the Saturday Review, Mr. HENRY COLE, C.B.—steps forward, in the midst of the general bewilderment as to the new purpose, if any, to which Greenwich Hospital is to be applied. "The answer I would make to this," says he, " is, 6 Apply it to the education of the children of seamen of all grades in both the Navy and Commercial Marine.' Admit the child of the poor lieutenant, or even post captain, at cost price, say 120 a year for teaching, maintenance, and clothes. Admit also the child of the common seaman at half this cost, or less. Admit two, three, or four thousand children, with even infant schools, according to the extent of the accommodation. With such numbers, the best education that can be given may be given. You may have religion taught, not by a worn-out schoolmaster, but by a chaplain. Yon may teach the English language, with reading, writing, arith metic, drawing, drilling, and vocal and instrumental music. You may teach French and other languages, and the elements of science. By a proper distribu tion of time and intermixture of intellectual and in dustrial occupations, you may accomplish both head work and handwork, better than only intellect is trained at most public schools." That is Mr. COLE'S proposition in regard to the future purpose to which to apply what " FELIX SUMMERLEY"—with a sin gular disdain for the interior of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, to say nothing of the whole glorious structure of St. Paul's Cathedral—is pleased to designate "the masterpiece of "WREN." Whatever we may resolve upon doing with Greenwich Hospi tal, there remains at auy rate very clearly before us these happy auguries of a protracted, if not a perma nent, pacification of the world by means of a simul taneous disarmament. Towards a prospect, or hope, to say the least of it, of some such disarmament, two things have been especially and quite appreciably conducive. First of all, the spread of Free Trade Principles. And, secondly, the astounding, and some of them appalling, advances made by science in the improvement, or rather it should be said, the absolutely transformation of our warlike missiles, defences, and implements. The hideous contrivance of what are known as explosive bullets led not long since, it will be remembered, to an agreement among the Great Powers never to em ploy them in time as projectiles. llTHrrwoßnr, ARM STRONG, SNIDER, and the like, we have long since come to look upon as among the most practical and efficient of the world's pacificators. THE Rev. Canon WiNGSLEY'S able and enlightened address on Education, at the Social Science Congress, is well worthy of attention. Seldom indeed have the salient points of this great question been so clearly appreciated and so fearlessly dealt with. It must be confessed that though the labours of the English clergy in the cause of educa tion have been of incalculable value, they have not hitherto been ready to acknowledge the increased necessities of the age. But Canon KINGS LEY, whilst giving voluntaryism its full meed of praise, finds it unequal to its present duties, and un hesitatingly discards it in favour of some more effec tual system. The nation can no longer, he thinks, depend upon charity for the instruction of the masses ; it must bear its own burdens. There is much to be said on behalf of the existing plan of education—a combination of State payments with free contributions ; but it is open likewise to serious objections. Charity, when applied to such a purpose as that of national education, is after all a tax—a burden upon the generous in favour of the covetous. The liberal giver towards the support of schools contributes not merely his own share, but in a measure the share of some other person who evades this public duty. A tax presses equally ; but voluntaryism burdens the worthy and sets the un worthy free. Further, charitable education is ill distributed. In the case of endowed schools it is a decided grievance that whilst some counties enjoy abundant bequests, education in others is starved through the want of them. Elementary instruction is injured by a similar anomaly. Some landowners wholly and efficiently maintain the schools in the neighbourhood of their estates ; in other districts the burden falls for the most part on the clergy. Worst of all, the sum total of voluntary aid falls far short of the requirements of the nation. Hundreds of thousands of children who ought to be attending school are wandering about the streets and lanes supplementing their ignorance by the learning of vice. Canon KINGSLEY states—and there can be no doubt of the fact—that there are in England 1,280,000 children who ought to be at school, but who are not. At Birmingham nearly one-half the children are absent. At Manchester the voluntary and freewill system bears similar fruit. In the rural districts many hundred parishes are desti tute of schools. And the explanation is simple : the voluntary system is deficient, not in quality, but in extent. The exertions of the public, and especially of the English clergy, have been most laudable, but they are not equal to the whole task. Doubt less it would be better that the fine organisation which now exists should be preserved and supplemented, rather than that it should give way to something entirely new. But the addition must be extensive, the improvement thorough. The country must prepare to pay a greater sum for its education, since it is impossible to get more work out of the existing materials. Voluntaryism will go no further, and all that is done henceforth must be paid for by the State in the shape of rates or taxes. Canon KINGSLEY has another reform in his pro gramme. He bluntly desires to give parents the choice of sending their children to school or of getting themselves in gaol. The alternative is rude, but the evil is grave. The nation suffers not only from the deficiency of educational materials, but from the unwillingness of parents to avail themselves of such materials as are within their reach. The million and a quarter of children who are vagrants instead of scholars, are not all shut out from school through the want of accommodation. In Birmingham, for instance, of the 21,000 absentees, there is room for at least one half. Similar neglect on the part of parents is complained of by the inspectors of every district in England. In some cases stern necessity prevents mothers and fathers from sending their children, but hi great part the omissions arise from sheer indifference. It may be questioned how far it will be wise to increase educational facilities when those which exist are not fully used ; but the fact is that the two reforms must go together. The million and a quarter children need instruction ; it must be provided, and they must be induced to avail themselves of it. In the opinion of Canon KINGS LEY there can be but one resource—compulsory atten dance. He finds that the voluntary system is a failure ; but there is no hope that any system will succeed so long as ignorant, careless, and vicious parents have the option left them in the matter of attend ance. At present the clergyman has to be " a judge and a policeman." He must coax parents, persuade them, threaten and sometimes punish them. The Rev. Canon thinks it hardly fair that these duties should be added to the sufficiently onerous labour of teaching, and many eminent authorities are coming round to the same opinion. The remarkable fact that many of the school inspectors pronounce in favour of compulsion is the more noteworthy, since a very short time ago there was scarcely one. Indeed, the compulsory-attendance party promises soon to com mand a decided majority of those most intimately connected with national education. Mn. GLADSTONE seems likely to equal Lord PALMERSTON in the part of bishop-maker. One after another the English sees are falling vacant. This it might be thought is but the natural effect of the passing of the Bishops' Resignation Bill. But while two of the vacancies are caused by this circumstance three of them are caused by decease. In one of these advantage would have been taken of the Act had not death stepped in and converted the voluntary into an enforced surrender of office. .In the two other vacan cies of the same kind death has been premature. The Bishop of EXETER was more than four score years and ten. The Bishop of SALISBURY had but just passed three score years. The Bishop of CARLISLE, whose death we have to announce to-day, was but 52 years old. Thus within two months five dioceses have lost their chiefs, and as there is little doubt but that one of them will be filled by a translation, Mr. GLADSTONE will have had no fewer than six appointments to make. We doubt if so large an amount of patronage has ever fallen to one Minister in so short a time. We are sure that no Minister has ever felt the responsibility involved thereby so keenly as Mr. GLAnsTone. He is the first Premier who is by educa tion and mental bent a theologian. He began life as a theologian, as the author of the essay on Church and State. He is still a theologian, and during his short absence from office wrote a criticism on " Ecce Homo." His selections will, therefore, be guided by higher motives than have influenced many Ministers. They have often looked upon mitres as a means of rewarding political services, or at the best as a way of obtaining popular applause. Mr. GLADSTONE will consider before all things the good of the State Church. Paradoxical as it may sound, it is this very con scientiousness which gives rise to anxiety. Mr. GLADSTONE has definite religious opinions, and he may think that the welfare of the Church is identified with the promotion of those opinions. The danger is, therefore, that he may choose men of one school. At the same time we do not think that he will fall into this mistake. He cannot fail to recog nise the fact that the Church contains three distinct schools, and that they all ought to be represented in the episcopate. It would be a grievous blunder if he were to repeat the policy of his former chief, and select from the High Church school, as exclusively as LO/11 PALMERSTON did from the Low. The only three appointments which Mr. GLADSTONE has made, or is believed to have made hitherto—Dr. JACOBSON to Chester, Dr. MOBERLY to Salisbury, and Dr. WILBER FORCE to Winchester—indicate a tendency to favour one school rather than the others, which it would be wise for the PREMIER to guard against. Of course a regular rotation settled without regard to the dioceses would be most inexpedient. It would be highly un desirable, for instance, to appoint a Low Church man to Exeter or a High Churchman to Carlisle just because it happened to be the " turn." The stamp of men that the country desires to see is those who are not very pronounced in their opinions, but who are known as good organisers rather than decided theologians. A Bishop's individual "views " are of very little impor tance if he works his diocese efficiently, and is thoroughly impartial in the distribution of his patron age. A Bishop who will bring men of all schools together, who will soften the sharp lines of party, is the kind that we need in these days of dissension and division. Such were Lord PAL MERSTON'S later appointments, made after public indignation had. been aroused by the succession of avowed partisans whom he had promoted ; such were the present Bishops of GLOUCESTER and ELY. Such, too, were many of Lord DERBY'S and Mr. DISRAELI'S appointments, notably Bishops SELWYN and MAGEE. We heartily trust that M r . a ...,LADSTONE may be as successful in this matter as his two last predecessors in the Premiership. THE IMPERIAL GU.A RDIAN LIFE OFFICE A petitionfor the winding-up of the "Imperlal guardian Assurance Company" is to be heard before ViCe-Clian cellor James on the first day of petitions: This office was established in 1867. According to a recent parlia mentary return, its nominal ca'ntal was £lOO,OOO, of which £12,450 was subscribed and £2,810 paid up. GOVERNMENT AND LIFE. ASSURANCE. We understand, from good authority, that her Majesty's Government have at last seriously considered the question of regulating the proceedings of the assurance offices by legislative enactments of a stringent character. Publicity of accounts of the most complete character will form a part of the scheme. Whether a special department of the Board of Trade will be organised to carry out the law remains in abeyance at present. We can only say that the sooner the question is settled the better. Delays arc ruinous under present circumstances. Although the Ma 33 of the offices are sound, yet the proceedings of a few con cerns, which ought to be shut up, are damaging the busi ness of all. The vast majority of the solvent offices are most anxious for the question to be settled at once. The business of life assurance meanwhile seems to be paralysed. —The Review. _ _ _ There can be very little doubt that Government will in the next session of Parliament introduce a bill to afford the public greater security in their dealings with assurance companies. The Government at present insures lives to the amount of £lOO, but now that life assurances by public companies has been proved so hazardous, thousands would gladly, if they could, avail themselves of such security as State Assurances would afford. If the Government would issue policies up to £l,OOO, it would open its advantages to the bulk of the community, without creating any greater monopoly than actually exists in the Post Office Savings Banks.—Advertiser. ADELPIII 7REA7RE. On Saturday the regular winter season com menced at this theatre, and on the occasion a new drama, the joint production of Mr. Boucicault and Mr. Byron, entitled " Lost at Sea," was the great attraction. The piece is one which probably is laid aside for the purpose of presenting a series of sen sational situations, and as these materials have been very cleverly strung together, a drama that on Sa turday called forth the most enthusiastic applause, is the result. The drama is in four acts, and it tells a tale of great rascality frustrated by love and honesty. A certain city banker, who is hopelessly insolvent, through the aid of a " confidential" clerk, learns that a ship, bearing a Mr. Coram from the Indies, who is a claimant to a l h a a r s g e b a e n e , u a n n t d e t f h p a r t o p C e o r ram tyi n , the safe of the bank, is lost t e a effectst to am a o p n p g s r o t priate h those,The banker determines of Coram, and with this view he induces Rawlings, the clerk, to get a man to personate the supposed dead man, and for so doing he is to share the proceeds of the fraud. This is done, but Coram, turns up alive, he having been saved from the wreck ; but on ar riving in London, he falls exactly into the hands of those from whom he ought to have escaped. The discovery of Coram's arrival leads to plotting his death, and this is arranged to be produced by poisoning. The drink of Coram is drugged, and then the house in which he is left, as it is sup posed, dead, is set on fire, but from this peril he is rescued by the daughter of one of the rascals who bad plotted his death. As Walter had previously saved the life of Kate) , from self-destruction, a love at once arises, and from this the whole of the villainy is discovered ; the rogues aro punished, and Kate) , in the end marries Walter Coram. There is a comic under plot, but although it does not add to the interest of the piece, it is a source of great laughter. The piece, although some of the sensations are not entirely new, was received, as we have said, with great applause ; and it will certainly prove a great at traction to the Adelphi• The principal parts in the piece were well supported by Mr. A. Stirling, Mr. Atkins, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Beveridge, Miss Rose Leclereq, and Miss Lennox Gray. The scenery was particularly effective, more especially the view of the Thames Embankment by night and the representation of a house on fire, in which some very vivid effects were introduced, which gave great reality to the mimic scenes. The piece is a great success, and it will doubtless keep its place in the bills for more than a hundred nights. CRYSTAL PALACE (FIREWORICS).—The great set piece of the " Arc de Triomphe," so much admired on pre vious occasions, will be repeated to-night for the last time. The grand illumination of fountains, &C., commence at 7 o'clock. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Har from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth, it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In largo bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and P 'lumen; Depot, 266, High Holborn A FEROCIOUS NOBLEMAN. An act of disgraceful ferocity has just caused the greatest excitement at Brnnn (Moravia). Towards seven in the evening of the 25th of September the people were re turning from the races, and a considerable crowd had collected before the Neuhauser Hotel, where most of the sportsmen had alighted. Among the spectators was M. Muller, a draper, with his wife and child. They were close to the principal entrance to the building when Count Henry Hornspech, brother of Count Ifornspech de Joslo witz drove up. Muller's child was unfortunately in the Count's way as he descended from his carriage, and instead of putting the little boy gently aside, the Count struck him in the face with a whip. As the father came to his son's defence, tho Count said, "Be quiet, clod hopper, or I will strike you." An instant after the report of a pistol was heard, and Muller fell, struck by a ball which had penetrated the head, entering beneath the left eye. The furious crowd immediately prepared to inflict Lynch law on the aggressor, and the Count was with great difficulty rescued from its hands and conducted to prison.# Hopes are entertained that Muller's wound will not prove mortal, but he will probably lose his eye. A WELSH CLERGYMAN" ON THE ESTA BLISHED CHURCH IN WALES. At a meeting held at Denbigh, which was addressed by Mr. Osborne Morgan and Mr. Watkin Williams, the mem bers for the county and borough, an extraordinary speech was made by a Rev. Mr. Morgan. He called upon the Liberals of the principality to disestablish and disendow what he described as "a curse to Wales an insult to our country, and a scandal to Christianity." There was a bishop he had seen that day in the cathedral of St. Asaph—a cathedral endowed by their ancient British princes for the benefit of the religious portion of tho Welsh race—and there he saw a thing not to be seen in the rest of the world. Ho saw a man who for twenty-seven years, with the full consent of what he (Mr. Morgan) must call the accursed British Government, had been wringing £5,000 per annum from the pockets of the oppressed and over-taxed Welsh people, and yet not able to speak one word of the Welsh language — not able to say the Lord's Prayer by the side of a dying Welshman. He asked, would their fellow-subjects in England submit for a single day to a foreign bishop—("No")—who could not speak one word of English, and not only that, but had done his utmost to exterminate the English language ? Would the Englishmen submit to a Welsh bishop ? (" No," and cheers.) They would not submit to it for a single day, and why should the Welsh ? (" We won't do it.") Were the Welsh worse than the English ? No ; better. If they were, it was because they were false to their principles. Did not the Welsh members do their part in sending the message of justice to Ireland, and should Welshmen, then, be denied justice to themselves? Were the Roman Catholics of Ireland to have justice done to them, and the Protestants of Wales not ? lie saw another sight at St. Asaph. He saw the great Tory chief, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn—a man of £lOO,OOO a year, a man who paid £lO,OOO a year for dogs and horses, and not one shilling for the support of his own religion. He compelled them, if they believed not as he liked, not only to support his religion—the religion of the rich man—but he drove them into the valleys and the hills to build chapels and support their own ministrations as well. Would they submit to that in any other country ? He said " No." They subjected themselves to the charge of being cowards if they did not sweep this away for ever. They wanted no favour from the English Government; it was their love for the Church of the Welsh nation, which for the last 150 years had been in the hands of foreign bishops, who not only could not speak one word of the language, but hoped and did their best to exterminate it. He would say no more on that occasion, but he asked them to go with the whole combined Welsh nation to sup port the motion of Mr. Watkin Williams. Dean Ramsay has Been invited to allow himself to be put in nomination for th 3 Bishopric of Edinburgh, but has declined, principally on account of his age. THE BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS.—We are informed that the Lord Bishop of-the Diocese is much better. Prayers have been offered in the Cathedral for his lordship for some time past. These were discontinued last Sunday.—Bath Express. DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A PRISONER.-011 Tuesday last a ploughman, named Jeremiah Ryan, was committed to the Cashel Bridewell by the Hon. Martin Toseph Ffrench, R.M., as a particeps criminis. A day or two ago, when Mr. O'Kearney, bridewell-keeper, went to feed the prisoners, he found Ryan suspended by a short leather belt from the window-bar of his cell, quite dead. It is said Ryan had made some revela tion concerning the murder in the early part of the day, and afterwards, it is surmised he became stung with remorse, and put an end to his life. The height from the bar of the window to the floor is only six feet; but the prisoner's bed was underneath him at the time, and, therefore, lessened the distance to about four feet; so that the unfortunate man had, in fact, to extend his feet upon the bedstead in order to strangle himself. A. PANIC ON THE BOURSE.—The great square round the Exchange was filled with a restless, motley, be wildered crowd surging in a compact torrent towards the steps of the building with consternation written on their faces. At every moment broughams and cabs rattled up through the adjoining street, bearing senators and merchants, generals and ballet-dancers, deputies and actresses, all troubled and excited by the re ports of the morning ; all muttering in tones of dismay and doubt the name of M. Bousse, all wondering anxiously what his resignation could mean, and whether it was not the portent of an immediate catastrophe. Inside the building two thousand Christians, with a per centage of Hebrews, were roaring, plunging, and fighting. Those who have never beheld the Paris Bourse on a day of panic should go and see the sight as an instructive example of the state of commotion into which humanity may be thrown by the sudden descent of a Cabinet Minister. At ono time women were admitted within the Exchange, but it was found that men could make noiso enough without their help. At present they cluster in distracted groups outside the building, looking out for their respective brokers, and bearing down upon them with indignant ejaculations, ten or twelve together (when a Frenchwoman hears that the funds are declining she always attributes it to her stockbroker). v Some of the brokers resist and make violent efforts to escape; but what is a man to do with a Countess clinging to his sleeve, an actress to his collar, a ballet dancer to his shirt-front, and an applewoman to his coat-tails ? In France, thanks to the encouragement of popular Government loans, all classes of the community,male and female, gamble at the Bourse, and the applewoman, whose one share in the Mexican o: Kamtschatka Twenty per Cents gives tokens of depression, i 3 not the one whose wailings are least lamentable. Thom of the brokers who are fortunate enough to get clear from their forensic clients rush through the open doors of the Exchange, and try to make head unmolested against the angry sea of howlers that chokes up th , great hall. On every side they aro met by raving beseeching, or furious shouts, by wild orders to sell by flushed faces, starting eyeballs, and piteous entreaties. not to allow their clients to be ruined. Your panic-stricken Frenchman is not a cheerful customer. Ho shrieks, he weeps, he strikes out with his fists ; happily a provident Administration confiscates his umbrella at the door, :otherwise the transaction of business on important occasion , would cuTiously resemble a pitched battle.—Cornhai XagPine. THE ALBERT ASSURANCE COMPAAY. i SPIRIT OF On Saturday Mr. Lewis, on the part of Mr. Leo, who ;. prosecuting the Albert directors, applied to Vice-Chancellor James for an order to inspect the books of the company. He said that his client only wished to see who were really taking an active part in the direction so as to withdraw th e summo n s es against those who merely allowed their names to be on the directorate.—The Vice-Chancellor would make no order on the subject; but would allow the liquidator to authorise the books to be inspected if he In the affairs of the same company a question arose as to whether tho winding-up order should be carried to the hareholders or policy-holders ; but the matter was ulti mately referred to the Chief Clerk in Chambers, as was an application for the appointment of a liquidator. THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times observes that the Parisians at this moment are so impressed with the circumstances of a terrible murder that they neglect every other subject of intelli gence. A mother and five children lying dead together, the victims of a frightful crime, do, indeed, constitute a most appalling spectacle, but exactly such a sight is now to be seen in our own metropolis. A widow with her two sons and a daughter, and three little children of another family, Were all burnt to death on Friday morning in a pleasant and popular suburb of Lon don. The seven bodies will be viewed by the Coro ner's jury, like the seven corpses in the Morgue; but whether the calamity will carry its proper lesson we can hardly yet attempt to say. To us it appear s that the event, until it is more completely explained, ?nay well create alarm. The alarming fact before us is ibis , that seven persons were burnt alive in a house within a few minutes' walk. of a metropolitan fire-station. It i$ impossible not to ask what, if such has been the case , would be the chance for dwellings less favourably situated. It will be important to ascertain when and how the alarm was given, and it is already alleged that neither policemen nor firemen are as numerous as the/ ought to be in a quarter so populous an d wealthy as that in which the disaster occurred. Possibly the explosion and the burst of flame which followed it produced such instantaneous destruction that no la could have been of any avail; and, indeed, we do not see that any of the victims were observed at the windows a supposed to have made any attempts to escape. We ear' not, in short, pretend to disguise the fact that a s mall tene ment charged with combustible and explosive stores mig ht be consumed by fire very rapidly indeed; but then , on the other hand, 'there were favouring circumstances. 11 policeman was at hand on the first alarm; he had no difficulty in summoning another to the spot, and the fire brigade station was close hi' We may also remark that, though seven person s were actually burnt, six actually escaped, and the questie n is whether the chance of life thus shown to exist mig ht not have extended to the whole number. No doubt , be° the police force and the fire brigade are undermanned, {he latter especially; but we cannot at present trace :Oil terrible disaster to that cause. A cause for it, hovrell there must be, and it greatly concerns the public inter"' that it should be fairly brought to light. The Star says that Mr. Stephen Cave has delivered all address at the Social Science Congreis which may b e cite,' by Conservatives who wish their party to stand we ll wi,' this generation as evidence that a real Conservative Ile" not be either reactionary or sluggish in his public ide a l . 4 Mr. Cave's service at the Board of Trade gave him e r r e ' opportunities of running the intelligence he hadacquireaill his own commercial career into a statesmanlike mould; 0 4 though still in many of his preferences an old-fashi on Conservative, he employs upon all the subj °c .. which come within the range of commercial le J P" keen considerable natural ability and accl e skill. In his speech at Bristol Mr. Cave revie% almost all the prominent circumstances in recent commercial history, and though on several poia ts 4 appears to us very wrong, he is on all points thoug ht : to and to a certain extent original. Nor does he la egi instance exhibit the detestable flippancy and unf air ld which in most cases constitute the capital of Toil' e r ', l on public affairs. The nearest approach to the orcli; style of his party, is in discussing the French Tres.* Cave condemns the error of supposing that the Stader bound to make good the losses which any perso ns $ f es from changes in the course of trade cr man ufacta' ai Such reviews of public affairs as Mr. Cave has thus are of double advantage. They form public opialee, and they stimulate our public men to the real corePrein., sion of topics which they are too apt to treat nieelv-1 cally. e 0 laer ir The Telegraph thinks that Dr. Waidegrave , Bishop of Carlisle, was a good specimen of the stonian Bishop. It has been customary to sneer a t t hi group of divines whom Lord Palmerston raised t 0 episcopal bench, at the recommendation, it is understo of a peer with whom he was connected by naarriag e ' er oi who is a luminary of the Evangelical party. T he a1i10.0% el verdict is so far true, that none of those bishops hast beef out to be a man of first-rate ability ; but some ha ve men of considerable attainments in scholarship, and,, the number was the late Bishop of Carlisle. 01 Oxford he took a double first-class, and in 18 54 No chosen to deliver the Bampton Lectures. If h is v° , on " New Testament Millenarianism," which fornieutev discourses that he then preached, did not excite much at bOll tion, in this respect the book did not differ from the olr of the class to which it belongs. Indeed, wi th the es tion of Dean Mansel's discourses on " The Limi ts of lid gious Thought," and Mr. Liddon's on " The Div ie l o rl Christ," none of the Bampton Lectures have in r ecent) ; e o 4 excited more than the most momentary attention; a ryl t s( discredit is reflected even on a bishop who cannot riv ted scholastic learning of Mr. Manse' or the brillian t rhe of Mr. Licldon. In his diocese Dr. Waldegr ave W te eei good working bishop, and he will be rerc el:a e i s te as an energetic, if not a distinguished , P r thl Several mitres now lie at the disposal ° si ted Prime Minister ; and his choice will be aW et lo with keen interest alike by his enemies and firs frleioel Lord Melbourne dreaded to open a black-edged en , a nd lest it should bring the news that a bishop w as ele .7 e lisstl force him to make an appointment involving more (' other. considerations of policy and prejudice than any 1,0 4 While Mr. Gladstone is too sincere a man to sha re e ns iel Melbourne's fears, he will more than share thewv conscientiousness of that honest epicurean, and ' e e p por unquestionably seek to make the very best of 0 14 tunity which so strangely presents itself for recrnl7oo% highest ranks in the Church with Christian ea'ril and administrative efficiency. s ebie el . The Standard declares that there is hardly' all $ O O which could be more usefully discussed by tn is 0 4 Science Congress than the education question. rs pflA great problem of the day, and has been so f or Yea irge/3 and there is every reason to believe that it wi ll s e s sion occupy the - attention of Parliament in the calla s- a te Admitting that the present system is far from acleq!setliel the needs of the population, the question arises 700, reform is to take the shape of an entirely ne w s _, Ys pe t whether it is to be accomplished by the eulargel"-ietspea improvement of that which is already i n ° arsit °4l It is agreed on all hands, as Canon SingsleY a a tte r in opening the discussion on Friday, that compuls°l nee, , dance would be an indispens a bl e condition of °real' system, the State holding to the doctrine tha t if flight ; 11 will not educate their children voluntarily it has the interests of society at large, to give them a t t a m :ties i o o t charge such training as may fit them for the s tioasivg citizenship. If the father will not provide edue; roo w. 4 his offspring the State will do it for him, his quota towards the cost through the mean s ° nee' sJ o si rate. We do not place much stress upon the fa te n. seP l a tei merit that the compulsory system is u- silli °e but it is to be regretted that its gr. tio o at the Congress, such as Mr. Kinesley ece, exac ting f l o , o l o ; o , Bunsen, did not enter more fully' into t'" a ss of how it works. Now, no one doubts that tileciaooe,jaies effect of a system based upon compulsory att e T ss l i' ° e `4) supported by local rates and administered by 1°- tette' V must be, sooner or later, to get rid of religiou;sog o f, o f and substitute the secular system, and, in d e a r 0 ", ° , 0 1. to! alienate the ministers of religion from the g r- 1 .0 0 1 '0 1,1 education, and to throw upon the State, or t 111° 41 11 1 4 , the entire burden of the cost. The former I,aboar:oo. consent to be hampered in their unpurchased ' to r e e oe the dictation of a local board or vestry. Th e 1 :0 be expected to maintain schools at their e ,„ s ow' while at the same time they are called upon "" to the local rate. ter ellf, 1 0 1 Mr. Gladstone's responsibilities as the Chde with the selection of Chief Pastors of the England aro, says the Daily News, becoming se „:,10, 111- The death of Dr. Waldegrave, Bishop of Caf s ;a tor,: e rtn, four the number of episcopal sees to be pro °ll o - ''oe"3 fierce party contentions which are kindled 1 a (D ra ge portion of the Church press as often atoll Well 4 requires a Bishop, and which ban k end. 'll 'around the names of Oxford, BayTh:cre a-e s c 1 and Winchester, can hardly be much 1 ro pe c ol i this addition to the number of prizes in P o ho o piej would, however, be a service if some Per se t B o.l ,l ,„ r r eb s m e t speak with influence, if not with authoritY , 1) 01 ",i ere, those partisans who denounce a ppointrc en en o, ow ,1 and on mere suspicion, that the Church is ay be so considered by every Minister wile 0 C ,,t1 We wish it could be said that these Ila s `Theec e 7iper I so injurious to the credit of the Church , Pr e ; sell' he t 1;/ sively from some one school of though t got to :i0 ; ,1 but intolerance is too human a din e ; wee , ' ,pe d e' r , mark of a party. In the Guardian of l (s " to stated that a clergyman who had been inv' te n to ig io celo prayer tonein the choice of a new bishoP for 0 01 , 110 ai,g received a second n o t e as king him to s t ta-1 0 that ground that it was cl ear f ro m a sermon oi eeyed to V the promoters of th e mee ti ng would be 4.4 , --P bishops of very different kinds. o fes s°l'e r( c The Herald is glad t o fi n d that the eminent Phetoberooso; addressed the m e di ca l s t u d e nts on the Ist efirop4olleoo; anxious to enforce th e i r arguments by tile s ,,, g es trations possible. Thus, Dr. Johnson, at ~ so to toe reminded his hearers that sea sel l s - 0 0a le misunderstood, had been distinctly. , it sso , 01 ; cr . deficiency of fresh vegetables and heat!' 4ssea i gap c a o ll m y e b s o food of sailors; that a dreadful amount a t" g ee n is s Aft cit arisen from an improper use of load; th a 0 la t so 1 tioued cases in which doctors had. ; r o o f u l g u i ld w r ar t c e r d . m s a r p s c h a e k s nagn of t h s a rn t a i s t. h 0 disease by trying to get rid of its syn l l_l7 - g ther ttr o ri who had killed their patients by coy' rnot herc ( I ° l 4 wet sheet ; of some who had herlaetifstall° to, under heaps of bed-clothes with nets s?.t to rile and windows. But, after alb sise ena s ,4 oof this common sense it is somewhat r co de ." De orfr, informed upon such high authority that o g u cera l oc .t , jot tine is utterly imperfect, and that n? ? ceo pt. 1 0A therapeutics has the slightest claim to D° s eati c _44; or trustworthy. Indeed the confession f9r ot o s i i' i g, e_P ia know less of drugs than we thought Ng? 431 ;" ha si d . a.!for feeding and nursing are more essential ocly that mechanical inventions are likely to, afitieteienteill tb,Pa the Iliarmacome l THE EUROPEAN IN CHANCERY. Saturday having been appointed by Vice-Chancellor James to hear the various matters in connection with the Euro- pean Assurance Company, the court was densely crowded. On his Honour taking his seat, Mr. Kekewich proceeded to make his application for the petitioher (Mr. Crawford) ;o inspect the books of the company. Mr. Glasse, Q.C., said that he should have to take a preliminary objection which would possibly preclude the petitioner's counsel frcm being heard further. The pro ceeding was quite informal, and could be of no avail. He might mention that the European was always looked on as a most respectable office, and one in which the employds of the Post Office were guaranteed. Mr. Kekewich then proceeded to say that his client was a shareholder, director, and policy-holder, and the only feeling he had in the matter was for the protection of the shareholders and policy-holders. Mr. Glasse contended that the Vice-Chancellor could not nterfere in the matter. He proceeded to state that by the 105th clause of the deed of settlement of the European Company it was enacted that the subject of dissolution could not be brought forward unless it had been brought before two extraordinary meetings of the company. That proviso was specially made to pro tect the interests of the policy-holders. Mr. Craw- ford, as a director, could see the books and accounts at a general meeting. By the Act of Parliament under which the:company assumed its present name, it was enacted that the deed of settlement should continue in force so that it really existed up to the present day. In Mr. Crawford's petition it was stated that the company wal the result of amalgamations, and claims of policy holders to the amount of £lOO,OOO would soon be payable. The original capital was £200,000, in 80,000 shares of £2 10s. each ; but in 1862 the capital was increased to £1,000,000, and Mr. Crawford said a " small portion of which had not been paid up." (He, Mr. Glasse, was instructed that half a million had not been paid up.) Further on in the petition it was stated that a call of ss. per share had been made during last midsummer. Mr. Crawford held £4OO in shares, and had his life insured for £3OO ; he had also an interest in two other poli cies, for which he was paying the premiums. The petitioner hal been a director for four years, and had objected on more than one occasion to the proceedings of the actuary and manager, and two years ago he objected to £70,000 being paid to the shareholders, and also to the fees received by the directors. In 1868 a committee of investigation was appointed, of which Mr. Crawford was a member ; but the persons forming the committee pursued their inquiries under great disadvantages, and in _ _ - _ some instance were denied information. Mr. Crawford W&3 desirous of the business still being carried on; but thought it best, for the sake of all concerned, that the Court should interfere in the company's affairs. He believed that the company was insolvent, and cou'd not meet its engagements, and he was, therefore, desirous that money should not be paid to one person in preference to another. The assets, such as unpaid capital, he believed to be very trifling. (Mr. Glasse said they would be £500,000.) The learned counsel next read the Act of Settlement, and concluded by stating that as the preliminary steps mentioned therein had not been taken, the petition was informal. It was the evident desire of the petitioner to get rid of his liabilities. The Vice-Chancellor : He cannot, unless this court agrees to conspire with him. (Manifestations of approval.) Would the counsel argue that the creditor for half a million could not petition because of that deed of settlement ? Of course such would be an extreme case, but it was extreme cases they had to consider. After some further discussion the Vice-Chancellor said the demurrer would not go.' Mr. Kekewich next referred to the production of the books by Mr. Lake for the information of the petitioner. The learned counsel also asked for the appointment of a provisional liquidator. Mr. Glasse never knew of such a course having been taken beforo the order for winding-up was made, and he designated the attempt to get the books as only fishing for evidence to justify the petition. He felt sure that the Vice Chancellor would not make the order, which was. only asked for to furnish the petitioner with evidence. The Vice-Chancellor asked if Mr. Crawford, in his capacity of director could not see the books. Mr. Kekewich said his client had asked to be allowei to do so, and had been refused. Mr. Glasse said that, as an individual director, he soul, only see the books at a board meeting. Mr. Kekewich did not know whether Mr. Glasse con tended that the court had no authority to make the order. Mr. Glasse : Oh ! Yes, I do. Mr. Millar at some length argued that there was no' precedent for such an order being made. He then pro ceeded to read the answer of Sir Frederick Smith and the remainder of the directors to the petition. They stated that information had not been refused to Mr. Crawford, that the petitioner the day before he presented his peti tion took an active part in a meeting of directors, that persons representing £824,262 had expressed themselves satisfied with the proceedings of the directors, that Mr. Crawford owed the company £934, and until the petition was served on the manager they had no knowledge what ever that such proceedings were contemplated. A long legal discussion took place, and in the result the Vice-Chancellor expressed himself averse to creating a precedent. It bad been shewn that during the seven years the court had had jurisdiction over such matters, no such order had been made prior to a winding-up order. He therefore refused to comply with the request of the Petitioner. He also dismissed the undertaking for carry ing money now received to a separate account. Mr. Glasse was glad that such was the case, as the inten tion of the petitioners was to get the funds of the company blocked up so that creditors would not have their claims settled, and thus be in a position to petition for a winding up order. Mr. Rekewich denied that his client had any such inten tion. Two counsel said they represented creditors whose claims were matured, and if they were not paid, of course they would be in a position to petition t,s a matter of right. The proceedings were then adjourned to Wednesday week. Mr. Glasse, Q.C., then said he had :to move for leave to commit Mr. Francis Goodlake, printer of the Times, for contempt of court, for commenting on matters sub judice. He was sorry that the leading journal should have done so, but really the comments were utterly uncalled for and untrue. On the 23rd instant the city article con tained assertions that were positively groundless. The European was saidto havebought the goodwill of companies that were "worthless." " The prospect of the liquidation was said to be most discouraging." It is not the least lamentable part of the affair that the board of directors comprises the names of men of whose individual honour and intentions there can be no doubt, and who, partially ignorant of prac tical business, must have been grossly misled by more adroit persons." On the succeeding day another article appeared, and the writer of it seemed to have gone quite out of his way to spit dirt at the directors, and in it the company was represented as insolvent. The learned counsel then referred to the rule laid down by Vice- Chancellor \\rood (Lord Chancellor) in the Tichborne case in the cause of " Daw v. Eley," and others. Mr. Wood, who appeared for the defendant, went through the article, and at first denied that it referred to matters sub judice, but ultimately he agreed to make a public and humble apology, to submit to the decision of the court, and to pay the costs of the motion. Mr. Locock Webb said he had to make an ex parte appli- cation on the part of certain shareholders to recover from Mr. Crawford certain moneys, and for an injunction to restrain him from parting with certain documenta, The application ultimately stood over. THE RESULTS OF POLYGAMY.—The mortality among the children in Utah is reported to be very great. Of sixty deaths in Salt Lake in a month, forty-four were children. Heber Kimball is reported to have buried forty eight children out of sixty-three in his collection ; en bishop had lost twenty children, another twenty-eight ' ano ther seventeen. Joseph Smith had six wives, but left only two sons. GLOUCESTER DIOCESAN CHURCH CONFERENCE. —A conference of clergy and laity is to be held at Glou • cester next Friday, under the auspices of the lord bishop of the diocese. The conference is to be held at the Shire Hall, and the subjects to be discussed are-1. The best mode of promoting and maintaining the spiritual efficiency of the National Church. 2. Church organisation in the diocese, present and future. 3. Middle-class education in town and country, The subjects will be introduced by tho Earl of Ducie, e Rev, Canon _Powell, 4n4 tll9 Rev, J. W. Sliernincham. '