The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-24 00:00:00

TIIE 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, br all ages, all occa sions, and all easses, at E. MOSES and BON'S. R. An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTHING, in all the newest designs and materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5. BOY'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 so the most fashionable materials. *Agid 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 lo the firm should ".o accompanied by a romit tance, or a Loudon reference. Any nrticlo not worn or injured will he 3heeri'ully exchnnged, 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 Ind Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is un- Nunlied for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS , from ss. 4d. tho pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage• - Lists of Prices, with rules for Self-mea ;tire, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES And SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening. at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E: MOSES and SON, Beadv-made and Be spoke Tailors, Ilabitmakers, Woollendrapers, flatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General On If tic for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF lIART•STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT -ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THE CHEAPEST DIARY EVER PUBLISHED. POCKET DIARY FOR 1870. Second Edition. containing the following useful information : Almanack I Corporation of London Tr ins fer Days of Public Ftuids Postal I tif.)rmation Weigtt.... and Measures List of Rankers Stamp Duties Army and Navy Agents Foreign Moneys I Cab ra re 3 Ministers of State 1 Heady Reckoner Also A DIARY, o:ranged oa the most approved plan, and neatly printed on g od writing paner, Price Ono Penny,OE or pee and Sost-Ir fON. or Twopence. E. MTN , IRTES and A I,DGA.TE, NEW OXFORD-STREET. ' 1 LONDON, TOTTEN Er AM-COU t: OAD. Awl BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. To he obtained also ti,t, the Metropolitan railway and other Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an Ex traerdinery General Meeting of the Shareholders (that is those now holding share,...) in the EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY will be held at the Company's Offices. 8 and 9, Queen-street -place. in the City of London, on Saturday, the 15th January, 1870, for the purpose of receiving, considering, approving, con firming, adopting. or otherwise dealing with a Report to the Directors of the Company from the Committee of Ap portionment, and of transacting such other business and matters as may then be, or appear to be, necessary in rela tion to cr in cnnnectlon with the aforesaid Report, or the matters to which it relates. refers to, or affects. By order of the Board of Directors. Dec. 24,1869. J. WESTWOOD, Secretary. A GENTS WANTED EVERY Wll ERE to introduce commocli•ies valuable to every householder nigh and low. This offers a highly remnnArativeCommission to Tradesmen, Treller.. Gentlemen's Servants, &e. Apply with two stganps to av MARRISON, Great Orforl-street,Norwieh. 10111 N 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 pleartant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA AMARELLA restores the Human hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect in' this wane. +dui liquid. It is now offered to the public u. a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 5e., 7s. 6d., and 15e. each. ineludina brush. Rod Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames street London. N.C. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; or HARLEQUIN AND OLD MOTHER BUNCH, will be produced on MONDAY. December 27, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 26. limning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday during the above period. Box office open from 10 till 5 daiIy.—THEATRE-ROYAL , DRURY-LANE. lIE ATR 14: ROYAL, II A YMAR KE T. sole Lessee, Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING. at Seven, FOUNDED ON FACTS. Mr Compton. At half-past Seven, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Bnekstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers. Mr. Braid, Mr Bnekstone, - inn.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill„to. Com:Mains; with (by desire) HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS : Mr Kendal. air Bueketone, Mr Howe, Miss F. Wright, and Miss F. Gwynne. Boa-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTFIL THE, EVENING, at 7 o'clock. THE LONG STRIKE: Mr Benjamin Webster: Messrs A. Stirling, G. Belmore, J. G. Taylor, W. ►;ignold, Miss Furtado. &c. To conclude with LOST AT SEA: Pelmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Ilignold, Mr (1. P. Stephenson, Miss Rose Leolereq, Mire Eliza Johnstone, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Lennox Grey. 13ox-osice open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance.' OLBORN THEATRE.ROYAL. Solo Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of THE RA9 II Ro A.D. At 7.45. Lovell's celebrated Play (in five acts), of LOVE'S SACRIFICE• Mr Barry Sullivan ; Messrs. George Honey, J. C Cowper, Charles Tiersman. T.in Bayne, Lunt, ryas, Arthur, fie.: Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Rlgnold, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Mrs C. Horsman, &e. To conclude with STATIC SECRETS. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting , Mutineer—Amour Suir.trim' GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. Immense success of the new Comic Drama. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY : 3liss Lydia Foote, Mr Henry Neville. At 7.55, Mr. Byron's new and original Comic Drama, in three acts, written by himself, entitled NOT SCCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, Mr. 11. 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 ny Josephs will appear. is in active preparation. OYAL STRANI) THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at I%M, AMONG THE BREAKEES : Mr 131 /Ate. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which. INO; Messrs Thorne. James, Fenton, Turner Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &e. To conclude with THE CROPS OF =F. CTIANNEL. P 0 RTM G.—J 01 - M ROBERTS supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SITN" as soon as pub iihed.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. THE " SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. G-ENTE, Sporting Library, 4. Connanabt-terrace, Edgeware•road. delivers the LATH; VDITION of "Tills; SUN" at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. lie is able to deliver Copies fr. 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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 as tx'ract from their report to the last annual inceting: " The whole of your hocks have been audited ; every document, every account, every voucher, your bank-book, and every security - all ha (o been most carefully kept, and there is not one doubtful security in the whole." A detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as already published, may be obtained on application. An independent valuation of the Life Liabilities, as at 31st December, 1868, has also been obtained from Mr. Earnuel Brown, the result being— LIFE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS. Not Value' A ccumn ef lated Fund Surplus. Number. Assurances! --- 1 — General Life As surances, less re-Assurances 13,844 £765,021 £942,643 £177,622 Mild ren's En dowments 207 21,260 23,287 2,027 Annuities (Im mediate and Deferred) , 421 137,544 156,345 18,801 . — T0ta1..—....1 14,472 £923,825 .£1,122,975 £98,450 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 c xpenses are entirely held in reserve and not brought into the valuation. The results show a considerable surplus in the Life branch, amounting in the whole to £198,430. JOHN H. M•LAREN. Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. THEATRE-ROYAL, lIA YM ARKET. 'rim EVENING, at 7 o'clock, FOUNDED ON FACTS; Mr Compton. After which, NEW MEN AND OLD ACR KS: Mr Buckstone. Concluding with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS: Mr Buckstone, Mr Kendall, Miss F. Wright, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL THIS EVENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Bellmore, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr Rignold Mi-s Furtado, &e. Followed by LOST AT SEA : 11r G. Belmore, Mr A. Stirling, Sir Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. 11. Stephenson, bliss B. Leclercq. and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROTAL. Trris Evkstiqa. at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FALt Y. At - .'5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And 'I HE GOOSE WITR THE GOLDEN EGti S : Mr J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. TIIEATRE-ROTAL, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING. at THE BATH ROAD. At 7.15, LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Yezin, And STATE SECRETS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanhorough. THIS EU:IIXL at 7.30. AMONG TILE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. and ISO. Concluding with THY CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Nt, at S Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. igh ZOOLOGICAL GAR DENS, Rogerre-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mcndays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. ROYAL. ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. is. Box-office open fromll to 4. .0' "THE SUN" will be published on Chrisimas Day at One o'clock. There will be no Later Edition published. • • Ar, _ A 4' LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 24, 18G9. The decision of the jury in the OVEnEND and GURNEY case has given pretty general satisfaction, and those who were not previously prepared for the verdict of not guilty seem to have reconciled them- selves to it, and agreed that it was the best test that could be recorded under the circumstances. At the same time it is a relief to all persons that the trial should have been carried out and not put off indefi- nitely as some feared, and as at one time appeared only tooprobable. In every respect it is fortunate that the proceedings at the Court of Queen's Bench were carried on in a calmer spirit than that which pervaded the trial at the Mansion House. The charge was too serious a one and the consequences too grave for the intrusion of personal feeling or prejudice to be justi fied, and the public may rest satisfied with the manner in which the difficult task has been performed by those who had to deal with the case. In his admir able charge, the Lord Chief Justic3 put the principal points of the case very clearly before the jury, and warned them that they were dealing with an affair which was on the confines of civil and criminal law. Perhaps the best thing to do now is to guard against rushing into the other extreme, and believing the directors to be as free from blame as thL y were a few months ago supposed guilty of heavy offences. We cordially agree with the hope expressed by the Lord Chief Justice at the conclusion of his speech, when he referred to the lesson which these events might teach the commercial world. There is no doubt, as he said, that a spirit of speculation and gambling has taken hold of the minds of large classes of the population. Those who are not satisfied with "moderate gains and safe investments" will not be content until they realise more than ordinary profits. The mischief that ensues, and the misery that is the result of this unwise course, have been told only too plainly during the last few years ; and let us trust that, as his lordship said, this memorable case may have the salutary effect of checking the disposition to speculation which seems to pervade all classes, and that its sad consequences, which have led to high and illus trious names being soiled and tarnished, may prevent men from engaging in doubtful and disreputable transactions. Putting abide the charge of fraud against the OVEREND and GURNEY directors, there yet remains much for which they are accountable, and many of their actions were inexcusable, even though it be established that they were performed with the beat intentions, and under the impression that the general interests of those concerned were being studied. We should not do evil that good may come of it is a truth that needs no elucidation ; and it would be well if commercial men would also remember that they have no right to risk the safety and security of others in carrying out their own individual views and opi nions. To make a lucky hit or a fortunate venture the test of merit is manifestly unfair, but such is too often the judgment of the world—success is virtue and misfortune blame. Those who can see clearer and further, however, will acknowledge that the real es timate to tale of men of high position and great in fluence is the spirit iu which th"y act. It would be well also for tho.:e who are inclined to pass too harsh a judgment on these unfortunate directors to remember that they only followed the dictates of the spitit of the age. Hail they been wise enough to withstand the mania for speculation they would not haveb,!en where they were on Wednesday; but let it be also remembered that there would have been nothing to lay to their charg e if the business world had been as cautious and prudent as it was a g, - nieration ago. They did not create the circumstances which led to their ruin and the grief of many, and there fore their individual loss may yet turn to general gain, if the public will have sense and spirit enough to appreciate the lesson. Making too much baste to own. TBE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1869. be rich is a dangerous thing to do ; prudence, prin ciple, and common sense are very apt to be looked over in the struggle, and then come vanity and vexa tion of spirit. While the Directors may be con gratulated upon their acquittal of a criminal charge, they have to answer for a social wrong inflicted on many, and the only secondary satisfaction of the affair is that those who succeed them in commercial circles may profit by their fate, and at any cost of immediate gain avoid the risks they ran, and the dangers they fell into by unwise speculations. " England takes a great deal more care of her criminals than of her paupers." Such is the startling conclusion arrived at by a man of tried experience and ability, placed iu a high official position, in every way qualified to express an opinion, and to command respect for that expression. More care for criminals than paupers, more watchful tendance of the thief, the burglar, the wife-beater, the poisoner, the swind ling tradesman, the ingenious impostor. If the health or strength of such as these ilreome affected while they are under the care of the State, doctors and nurses are ready to prescribe and to tend them, to see the proper remedies properly administered, and to give every chance for the prolongation of lives so vain able, and energies put to such worthy account. But the sick pauper, who cares for him or her ? What matters one more or less amid the thronging crowds inside and outside our workhouse walls? The underpaid parish doctor, who is bidden to attend to the wants of three or four hundred pa tients daily for a remuneration utteriy inadequate for professional requirements, has enough medical skill for them even should they be labouring under agonising and complex diseases. The pauper nurse, rough handed, reckless, with the harsh arbitrary manner and loud jarring voice of one of the lower ranks "dressed in a little brief, authority" is enough in the way of guard, and even she must be kept on duty for a length of time which would stupify the clearest intellect and deaden the most watchful care. The result is what might be expected, neglect, rough treatment, and occasionally terrible mistakes. If they were criminals who suffered, directors, and in spector?, and members of Parliament, and Ministers of State would be up in arms about the rights of Englishmen, but paupers are so plentiful among us that whatever one may profess we are all Malthusiaus in practice, and hold their lives and deaths as mere matters of course. Such at least must be the conclusion of the " in telligent foreigner" who reads the report of an in quest held on 'Wednesday afternoon by the coroner for Middlesex. It was one of eight held by Dr. LAN KESTER, on that occasion fire of them referring to parish cases. The woman, whose death was the subject of the inquiry to which we especially refer, was named lIANNAtt Burr, and died in that Paradise of Metropolitan Pauperism, St. Pancras Infirmary, from the administration of a wrong dose of medicine. HANNAH BUTT, who was 61, an age which, in the pauper class, stands for much more than in the better cared for ranks, was suffering from carbuncle and debility. A mixture was ordered for her, and at the same time a strong dose of calomel was ordered for a young woman in the next bed, who was ill with pleurisy. The result is soon told. A careless overworked pauper nurse gave the medicines wrong, the young woman was not hurt by the mixture, but the five grains of calomel put a speedy end to all poor HANNAH Burr's ail ments in this world. iTbe nurse was not present at the inquest, St. Pancras nurses having had apparently enough of giving evidence, and a verdict of " Death from misadventure" was returned. Of course DO other verdict could have been given, but subsequent inquiries el acid tte 1 the facts that there was only one night nurse to 22 ward.:, containing about 300 persons; that, going on duty at eight at night, the nurses were kept on duty till seven the next morning, and then assisted in the scrubbing until twelve o'clock. The public verdict on workhouse management will be something a little more stringent. The three hundredth share of the attention bestowed by an ignorant, over tasked woman, who can scarcely know one patient from another. What would FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE say to this? Yet the narrow beds have each their tale of suffering, patiently or impa , iently barn', self-inflicted or undeserved, but suffering stil!. Human frames quivering with anguish, human nerves depressed by the languor of sickness, human hLads throbbing with every jarring sound, human hearts craving for the soothing voice of kindness, for the ministering touch of love. Such aro not for the English pauper. If he escapes absolute suffocation, if he be not poisoned by mistake, he must drag out his miserable d.tys amidst these cheerless adjuncts. If he were only a criminal ! If HANNAH BUTT bad only coveted her neighbour's goods or taken her neighbour's life, breaking the old fashioned teachings of the decalogue, even as we her neigh bours, in this great city of London, break every day the command to love our fellow-men in regard to these miserable dependants on the Christian kindness of the State. POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE.-7his Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. NINE TI3IES CoNvicrED.—Patrick Hannan, a sturdy fellow, dressed in filthy rags, which scarcely covered his nakedness, was brought before Mr. Knox by Hewitt, Mendicity Society officer, charged with begging. Hewitt saw the prisoner in Piccadilly accosting ladies in an insulting manner, and following and threatening them if they refused to give him anything, and he then took him into custody. In answer to Mr. Knox, Hewitt said he bacl known the prisoner as a beggar for ten years, during which time be had been convicted nine times for begging, each time at this Court. _ . Barnes, the gaoler, said he had known the prisoner since he was a child, and he had always got his living by begging and preying on the public. Mr. Knox said he should not deal with the case, but send the prisoner to be dealt with as an incor ri.;ible rogue at the Middlcsex Sessions. CAUTION TO CABDIIIVERS.—AIexander Ferguson, cab-driver, badge 1,292, appeared before Mr. Knox charged with cruelty to a horse by working it while in an unfit state. An officer of the Royal Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals watched the case. The prisoner was driving a horse attached to a cab in Mill-street, and on Howes, 95 C, examining it he found it to have a sore on its shoulder, another on its back, and two wounds on one of its hind legs, and on speaking to the prisoner about the horse he said he did not think there was anything the matter r ith it. Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 10s. or 7 days. WESTMINSTER. THE BOY NUISANCE.—A NICE POINT OF LAW.— William Jones, a boy about 14 years of age, was charged with throwing stones in a public thorough fare to the danger of passengers. Police-constable Matthew Stickler, 69 B, said that he saw the defendant throwing stones last night in Orford-street, Chelsea. Great complaints generally had been made of the damage caused by boys in throwing stones, and there was a tradesman iiow present to speak to the magistrate on the sub ject. Mr. Burgess, proprietor of the Doyley Arms Tavern, Marlborough-road, Chelsea, said that he had felt it his duty to come forward in order to lessen if possible a great nuisance that existed. There were a number of boys of defendant's stamp constantly annoying the residents of the neighbour hood. They occupied the pavement by walking about on stilts, and the amount of damage they did was beyond conception. a nice point of law whether stilts is ess — Theirlanguage is something fright wfualill.lkrrilllgSehuoairdfng t 4 playing a game." i e occasion to speak to this boy, and his answer was revolting. The police do their best to quell the thing, but the boys are upon the look out, and when they see the constable they disperse until he has passed, and then recommence the an noyance. Mr. Selfe—Are the prisoner's friends here ? .._. can won come. They say they deal of trouble for some time F ast. o d l o ice n m o a a n i — ag Th w e i y th him. He has been a great The defendant Was s:nt to hard labour for five days. D.R. TEMPLE'S RECEPTION _TY H/S DIOCESE. There is a hitch, it appears, in the arrangements for the reception of Dr. Temple on his arrival in Exeter next Tuesday. The Dean and the clergy generally take a decided stand against joining in any demonstration in his honour until ho has been actually installed as Bishop. The Dean, in a long letter on the subject, points out that until his installation Dr. Temple will not be the duly accredited bishop of the diocese. The Town Council, submitting to the Dean's better judgment, have therefore (subject to the approval of Dr. Temple) modified their arrangements as follows :—His lordship is to enter the city privately on Tuesday, the 26th inst. On tho following day he will be met at the east gate by the civic authorities and others, and escorted down High-street—the main thoroughfare of Exeter—to Broadgate, which leads to the cathedral. This will be in accordance with a custom that has prevailed from time immemorial. At Broadgate he will be received and welcomed by the Dean and Chapter, and then conducted by them to the cathedral, whither he will bo acccompanicd by the large procession by which he was first met. After the installation, Dean Boyd will entertain his lordship and a number of the clergy at the deanery or the Royal Clarence Hotel hard by. On Thursday a &jeimer in the Guildhall will be held, when the Dean, and Chapter, the city and county magistrates, and others will assemble in the Guildhall and hold high festival in honour of the new Bishop. Bank of France. rams, Dec. 23. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account:— DEBTOR. Dec. Iti. fr. c. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) ......... Reserve of the Bank Dec. 23 182,500,000 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 0! 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14 and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 1,315,919,050 1,318,339,150 Banknotes to order au d receipts payable at sight 47,355,401 95 46,271,819 62 Treasury account cur rent creditor ......... 219,870,156 42 231 458,259 :7 Current accounts, Paris 369,355,747 90 361,360,018 85 Do. branch banks 4.4,55.1,989 43,650,08 1 Dividends payable 825,004 791,076 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 9,317,427 95 8,827,320 79 Total CREDITOP.. Dec. 23. Dec. IG. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over- 227,669 23 '2,869,741 74 due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 310,032,089 19 302,625,80 i Do. branch banks 287,275,214 292,125,580 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 1,725,900 Do. on French Public 22,457,800 -1,6'J9,860 Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares 22,410,100 - 9,089,900 - 22,642,700 - 9,051,800 - and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier 39,095,800 - 3'2,986,250 - 39,380,10 - 82,94G,170 -- 1,118,200 -- 1,127,900 - 1,131,800 -1,2'At300 Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 1,0,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bbuk and landed proper ty branches Expenses of manage- 60,000,000 - 9,053,892 - 9,048 897 -- Inent Suudries 2,948,103 50 2,554,010 93 6,873,525 63 9,995,002 42 Total Certified by the Senator-Uoveruur of the Bank of France. (Signed) Ro ULAND. At the trial in the Queen's Bench for the libel on the directors of the Ottoman Railway, Mr. Brookes, the defendant, having unreservedly retracted all the charges, and expressed his great regret that he had been entirely misinformed. a verdict was en tered by consent for 10e. for the plaintiff. THAMES. RETIREMENT OF MR. BENSON. —The connection of Mr. Benson with this court will cease after this day, and whom the people of the Tower Hamlets will los , , and the inhabitants of Southwark gain an able, impartial, and intelligent magistrate, who has always tempered justice with mercy, and whose humanity and kindness has been often exercised on behalf of the poor and needy. The state of his health and his wish for lighter duties, induced Mr. Benson to appeal to the Home Secretary to trans fer him to the Southwark Police-court, where he will officiate in future. He leaves the Thames Police-court with the ris, ect and esteem of all who have been in the practice of transacting busi ness there, and who fully appreciated his legal knowledge and his high and chivalrous feeling as a gentleman and scholar, and his consummate tact, readiness and zeal, as a rnagistratate. We under stand that it has been arranged that the new magistrate, Mr. Lushington, will in future s t on the first three days, and Mr. Paget on the last three days of the week, but this arrangement will, of course, be occasionally set aside when the magistrates have business elsewhere or require a holiday. THE SAILOR AND HIS GOLD.--Charlotte Hewlett, aged 23 years, of Palmer's-folly, Ratcliff-highway, where so many sailors have been " taken in and done for," was brought before Mr. Benson charged with stealing four sovereigns from the person of Robert Abaramson, or Abrahamson, or Abaramam soner. The prosecutor would give up the task of spelling his name and relate how he was served by that 'ere lady, pointing to the prisoner, last night. He was fetching a walk and she fell in with him. "The compliments of the seam, sir," she said. Well, he thought, that was very polite, and asked grog, to w hi c h s h e con her to take a glass of sented. They had a couple, because as how one glass each would make them topside'. She invited him to conduct her home, and he became her convoy, and went into her room. She asked him to sit down, and he did. Soon after wards he put his hand in his pocket and missed four sovt reigns from his purse. lie had four sovereigns and a half sovereign in it when he entered the house, and only half a sovereign was there. how she took out the four sovereigns without his know ing it puzzled him to know. lie accused her of taking his money, which she denied. He was about to call in the police, when she exclaimed, " Hold on, I know where your money is," and pretended to search the bed, where he had not been, and the bed clothes, and produced a sovereign, which she said he had lost. The other three were produced, and so he called a " bobby," and gave her into custody. Miss Hewlett denied the soft impeachment. She had never robbed her sailor of a farthing. Ile had been robbed by other women. " Hold hard," exclaimed the prosecutor, " I have not spoken to a single lady, but you, since I have been on shore. You have got my gold." Mr. Benson committed the prisoner for trial, and said that Palmer's-folly was a file p lace, where many sailors had been robbed. MOSES'S DIARY FOR 1870.—One of the most useful, and decidedly the cheapest diary published, is that issued by the Messrs. Moses and Son's, of the Minories. From its size it is admirably adapted for the pocket, and with respect to the information contained within the little volume it is so extensive and complete that it is as handy as a book of reference as it is for the entry of daily memo randa. The issue of this book, at the astonishingly low price of one penny, is a perfect wonder, and that the first edition, which amounted to over 100,000 copies, should have Leen already exhausted is not a matter of surprise. The book is to be had on application at either of the estab lishments of Messrs. Moses and Son's and at the railway s'ations ; and, as the second edition is now ready for dis tribution, no time should be lost in securing a copy of one of the curiosities of the trade of the metropolis. ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. —At a meeting of the Court of Examiners, held at 10, Red Lion-square, London, on Dec. 21 and 22, the following. students from the Royal Veterinary College, having un dergone the necessary examination for the diploma, wore admitted members of the body corporate, namely, Messrs. Walter Henry Kemp, Canterbury ; Richard Alwen Thrale, Croydon, Surrey ; Edwin Ware, Martock, Somerset ; John Rostock, Altrinchatn, Cheshire ; and Jas. Macer, Wistow, Huntingdonshire. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE t Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MORNING. EVENING FDIDAT 35 min past 5...... 0 min oast 6 SATURDAY 26 min past 6 50 min past 6 S UND AY 20 min past 7 50 min past 7 MONDAY 22 min past 8 57 min past 8 TUESDAY,,,,. 20 min past 9 10 mix pad 10 MR. PEABODY'S WILL. Peabody's will has been proved in the Probate Court. As much interest attaches to it, and as many bequests have been erroneously reported, we give the main provisions in full. The personal property in England is sworn under £lOO,OOO :—" I, George Peabody, gentleman, do make this my last will and testament, Firstly, I direct that my remains shall be sent to my native town of Danvers, now incorporated by the name of Peabody, in the county of Essex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, and be deposited in the ground appropriated to that pur pose in the cemetery of Harmony-grove, in Salem, in said county (near Peabody Town line) under the direction of my executors, hereinafter named. Secondly, I give and bequeath to Henry West, of 22, Old Broad-street, London, the sum of £2,200, and in the event of his decease, to his wife, Louisa West ; and, in the event of her decease, to his surviving children, to share and share alike. Thirdly, I give and bequeath to Thomas Per man, of 22, Old Broad-street, London, the sum of £l,OOO, and, in the event of his decease, to his wife, Annetta Emma Perman ; and, in the event of her decease, to his surviving children, to share and share alike ; and I empower my executors to pay the above-named lega cies within six months after my decease, and free from any tax, duty, or charges whatever. Fourthly, I give and bequeath to the Right Hon. Lord Stanley ; the Ameri can Minister at the Court of St. James's for the time being ; the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart.; Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson, Bart.; and Junius Spencer Morgan, Esq., trustees of the Peabody Donation Fund, and their successors, trustees of the said fund, the sum of £150,000 upon trust for the building of lodging houses, for the labouring poor of London, as defined in my late letters to the said trustees ; and I direct that this legacy be considered a part of the second trust, and dis posed of in accordance with the said trust. And I direct that my executors, hereinafter named as my London execu tors, shall, of the said sum of £150,000, pay to said trustees of the Peabody Donation Fund the sum of £lOO,OOO on the first Monday of October, A.D. 1873, and the sum of £50,000 at any time during said year of our Lord 1873. As this work progresses, the labour and responsibility increase, and I therefore deem it essential that another trustee be added, who will have the necessary time and possess the requisite knowledge of all that may be needed for the successful prosecution of the trust.. Without as suming to dictate to the trustees, I would mention the name of Charles Reed, Esq., M.P., who is well known to me for his high and most honourable character, as a most suitable person to fill that office. Fifthly, I nominate, constitute, and appoint Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson, 80, Eaton-square,Pimlico, in the county of Middlesex; Charles Reed, Esq., M.P.; George Peabody Russell, of Salem, in the county of Essex, and State of Massachusets, Esq.; R. Singleton Peabody, of Rutland, in the State of Vermont, Esq., counsellor ; and Charles W. Chandler, of Zanesville, in the State of Ohio, Esq., counsellor, executors of this my last will and testament, fully authorising said Sir Curtis Miranda Lampsen and said Charles Reed, hereafter called my London executors, to act independently of said George Peabody Russell, and R. Singleton Peabody, and said Charles W. Chandler, hereafter called my Ameri can executors; and I also authorise my American exe cutors to act independently of my said London executors ; but it is my wish and hope that all my executors, both London and American, may act together with the utmost harmony. Sixthly, I direct that all and each of execu tors aforesaid be exempt and excused from giving bonds to any court or magistrate or otherwise for the performance of their ditties or offices as my executors. Seventhly, I give and bequeath to the said Sir Curtis Miranda Lamp son and said Charles Reed the sum of £5,000 each for their services. Eighthly, I give and bequeath to the said George Peabody Russell, It. Singleton Peabody, and Charles W. Chandler, my American executors, the sum of $5,000 each. Ninthly, I give and bequeath to the George Peabody Russell. R. Singleton Peabody, and Charles W. Chandler all the rest, residue, and remainder of the property, both real and personal, of which I shall be possessed at my decease, or which may afterwards come or fall into my estate upon trust to sell, exchange, or retain, and the interest accruing on the same, to divide semi-annually (reinvesting the same in the case of minor children) among the parties named as beneficiaries in the family trust, of which Messrs. J. M. Beebe, S. T. Dana, and J. Endicott Peabody are trustees, according to the proportions of the sums allotted to each in said trust or such other proportions as I may hereafter prescribe to the, my said American executors. In witness whereof, I the said G eorge Peabody, declaring this to be my last will and testament, written on seven pages of paper, have hereto set my hand and seal this oth day of September, 1360. A critic makes mention of a class of Americans In this wise : " They all belong to that keen, nervous, sallow faced breed of mankind who are qualified at a moment's notice to keep a school or edit a newspaper." A. few years ago an ig,genious gentleman managed to get drunk free of expense almost daily in the streets of London by falling down in a fit, with a small placard on his breast, " Don't bleed me, but give me a glass of hot brandy and water." Lockyer, the famous Surrey wicket-keeper has just died. Between the years 1850 and 1861-2 he was universally recognised as without rival in his special department of the game of cricket. The following advertisement is cut from a daily contemporary : " Education.—Wanted, by a father, a school, where his son may receive an education to fit him for a manly and useful life, without any humbug as to nations dead and buried thousands of years ago.—Address stating terms, A., at —." GRATTAN.—It was said he took Chatham for his model, and there are certainly many points of resemblance between them. Still Grattan's manner was distinctive enough to reject all idea of imitation, and there weretraces of that Celtic nature so evident about him, it would have been impossible for him to have conformed to any discip line that should have curbed the imaginative discursive ness of his mind, and the play of a fancy that soared to the highest flights of poetry. His own adoration of Chatham —of whom he said, " Modern degeneracy had not reached him, the features of his character had the hardihood of antiquity, his august mind overawed majesty itself," — may have contributed to the impression that he had taken him for his model. There was, however, in Grattan one characteristic eminently individual, and, in a great degree, Celtic. He was extremely antithetical, not so much from any deficiency in the power of graduated reasoning and close logical ability, as from his instinctive quickness of perception, amounting to positive impatience, which rejected the slow march of a demonstration, when by a bound he could grasp the proof that lay under his hand. Wide and great as were his intellectual powers, there was that in his temperament aerial and lofty that soared high above them. Engaged with a great subject, or with one to which his genius had lent greatness, his enthusiasm know no bounds. All the resources of that splendid intellect came forth in glittering array, and no man could marshal them with such terrible effect : lofty and impassioned appeal, noble sentiment, classic allusion, brilliant imagery, the most polished wit, sarcasm the most withering, and, not least of all, a tone of tenderness that vibrated in every heart that heard him. All were his, and none could vary, com bine, or alternate them with more consummate art. Above all his intellect rose his personal nature. There never lived a more generous, more forgiving, more kindly man— none who could dwell with more heartfelt pathos on the ties of friendship, nor one who could depict an adversary with more generous justice. The charm that surrounded him in private life, they who knew him in his intimacy speak of as something of actual fascination. There was not one of his great powers that he could not bring, reduced to the meridian of daily life, to the intercourse of society. With out a touch of pedantry, he gave to common conversation the elegance of literary culture, and this without a vestige of the great political leader, or ever overbearing by his superiority the least venturesome or ambitious about him. —From qhmpricicina. in Aliq cornliio JlcTazt:n; \ !*l.l . itaminr; SPIRIT OF 0 JOMINAL B. It was always obvious, remarks the Times, that, from one point of view, the late experiment on the case of the Welsh fasting girl assumed a very ugly appearance. The girl undoubtedly was starved to death, and the question arose who was responsible for her starvation ? The ques tion then lay between the father and the doctors. The father declares the doctors never told him the child was in danger until the morning of the day she died, and the evidence of the doctor who saw her on Thursday afternoon confirms this statement. If so, it is really hard to say which behaved worse. A doctor who can consider a girl not in danger after eight days' fast must be an extraordinary specimen of his profession, even in Wales. It is difficult to acquit the father of being an accomplice in the deceit, and of having shrunk from its detection. He now stands charged with manslaughter, and it is satisfactory that the case will thus be fully investigateed in a court of law. But on what grounds the coroner can have directed the jury that the doctors were not to blame we are unable to comprehend. The girl was for the time in their hands, and if, from recklessness or credulity, they failed to take obvious mea sures of precaution, they have incurred at least a heavy moral responsibility. But medical men, and, above all, the authorities of a Metropolitan Hospital, ought to have refused to treat this credulity as a fit subject for experiment. If Welsh parents, doctors, and clergymen are capable of such gross superstitions as t) believe that a human being can exist without food, it is the duty of those who are better informed to set them a wholesome example. It was monstrous that, when a London Hospital was applied to, the only steps taken should have been precisely those which would naturally aggravate the disease—in short, that metropolitain aid should only have been granted in order to assist in cul pable homicide. The circumstances of the case need a great deal more explanation, and that from various sources. The herald considers that the contemporaneous visita tion of two actual and so many passive architectural mis fortunes under the same Government, is a thing so unpre cedented in any history we are acquainted with that it forces us to the conclusion that the country is suffering under a deficiency of superintending power of correspond ing magnitude. It would be a poor plea, though the best there can bo given us, to say that the break-up of our two modern wonders In archi tecture is an affair of the foundations. In modern engi neering we have high scientific authority for saying that, with skill and money, everything is possible. French science has just solved at Suez the problem that defied the successive efforts of the Pharaohs and Ptolonaies ; and foundations, which have been proverbially shifting and unstable, now boar in safe transit the wealth of one hemi sphere to the other. A Ship Canal safe in the sands of Egypt under the aid of the French Government, and a g, cat Embankment and a costly Viaduct thing under our own superintendence, on the same soil that has supported for centuries St. Paul's, and so many other heavy super structures, only to be giving way as soon as erected—this is a contrast so humiliating that we may reasonably doubt if a like indictment has stood against the authorities of any other country. Now that the illustrated books of the season are crowding our tables, says the Daily News, and that attention is directed to various styles of art, it is interesting to look back on the productions of one of the most illustrious painters and draughtsmen of a distant era and a foreign country. The publication of two lives of Albert Durer—one by Mrs. Charles Heaton, published by Messrs. Macmillan and Co., the other by Mr. William B. Scott, from the press of Messrs. Longman—places before the English people the means of judging for themselves of the character of Ger man art in the early part of the sixteenth century. Both books are ably and carefully executed; both include many of Durer's own letters, besides lists of his works; and both contain copies of some of his designs. Durer has left us specimens of almost every description of pictorial art; but his chief power is in the region of the fantastic. Phantasmagoria generally need to be explained ; and it is amusing to find Durer's admirers differing totally as to the meaning of some of his designs, and Mrs. Heaton remark ing that possibly he did not quite understand them him self ! Still, the German art-region is one of great interest and attractiveness ; and it has no higher name than that of Albert Durer. The Telegraph observes that it will be many years before the New Law Courts are finished ; but there is a point which should receive immediate attention. In most of our law courts, the science of ventilation, such as it is, has not been brought fairly into play. It is a fact that many of the police-courts which have so bad a name are far better ventilated than the halls in which the judges of the land are went to administer justice. We do not say that the problem is altogether easy of solution ; still, much might be done in the way of pailiating evils which cannot be cured effectually until the New Law Courts are opened to the profession and to the public. Limit the number of idle spectators, call into play the resources of modern ventilation, and appoint competent docrkeepers—we have no further temporary expedients to suggest. It would be well, no doubt, if the Common Pleas could be shut up altogether, and the wretched hole used for some purpose for which it is really fitted. This, however, will not come to pass—so groat is tho force of habit and custom. We shall kill off two or three more of our Judges as a matter of dry duty, before their successors are provided with suitable tribunals. Not only, however, do we actually kill these most excellent and valuable men, as we have done to a certain extent in the case of poor Mr. Justice Hayes ; but we keep the others alive at half stroke. It is as though we had picked out a score of our best philosophers, and told them to perform miracles of intelligence in the half-exhausted receiver of a huge air pump. Death is bad enough, but surely diseased life is worse. Is this fair upon the Judges ? Is it fair upon the public ? LORD NAPIER AT BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham has been doing honour to Lord Napier of Magdala, who has just paid a visit to the town for the purpose of presenting the annual prizes to the Volunteers. The conqueror of Theodore was received at the station by the Mayor•and Town Councillors and other officials, andthe Volunteer officers. Great crowds lined the streets andgave Lord Napier and his son, Captain Napier, a hearty wel come. In the afternoon of his arrival a complimentary address was presented to him by the corporation. Lord Napier, in reply, expressed his gratification at their approval. Speaking of the expedition to Abyssinia, he said they had endeavoured to do their work honestly, and regretted very much that the expense should have been more than was expected. He appealed however to their experience as practical workmen to en dorse his remark that a tough job required plenty of tools, with plenty of plant, and everything was supplied them which they required for success. In conclusion he expressed his con' iction that Birmingham would remain the first work shop in the world. In the evening the distinguishedguest was entertained at a grand banquet, at which Lieutenant- Colonel Ratcliff presided, and the Earl of Dartmouth, Lord Lyttelton, Messrs. Newdegate, M.P., P. Muntz, M.P., and Dixon, M.P., were present. In returning thanks for his health, Lord Napier referred to the wonderful activity of Birmingham, "where the sound of the hammer never ceases by day, and the glow of furnaces is never lost sight of by night," and expressed his gratification at seeing in the midst of it, free parks and free libraries. The dis tribution of the prizes took place in the Town Hall, which was crowded by a brilliant assembly. Lord Napier was received with enthusiasm. After the prizes had been delivered, Mr. Muntz, M.P., made a short address, and said that the volunteer move ment was commenced some ten years ago, and had worked very satisfactorily ; but it would not go on long unless it were better supported—supported not only by the moral and physical strength of the nation, but by the pecuniary aid of the Government. After addresses from Sir Charles Adderley, M.P., Mr. Newdegate, M.P., and Lord Napier himself, the meeting separated. The Delhi Gazette records a marriage between an Englishman and an Indian lady. A grandson of the famous Colonel Skinner, of Delhi, has been married to a daughter of the Prime Minister of the Rajah of Bhurt pore, at Meerut. The bride and bridegroom wore Euro pean costume, both having had an English education. The bride is described as "a plump, pleasant-looking girl under 20, and splendidly got up by the milliner," The event has created rather a sensation. THE ALMOND TREE.—The almond tree is a native of the Levant, and is extensively grown in Provence. There are two principal kinds of it ; the one produces the bitter, and the other the sweet fruit. Both the latter will yield the medicinal oil equally ; but the former only will, by distillation, give laurel water. There should not be more than eighty of these trees planted per hectare ; each will produce six kilogrammes of what the French call amandes princesses, a hectolitre of which weighs about fifty kilogrammes. The almonds are gathered about the begin_ ning of September, when the outer dupraceous envelope opens of itself; this is good food for cattle. Of the above mentioned quality, Provence exports 20,000 bales of 120 kilogrammes each, value 160 to 170 f. per 100 kilogrammes ; but in 1866 the crop was so small that the price rose to 340 f. The kind called amandes ala dame are cheaper, and cost only from 75 to 80f. with the outer shell on, and about 130 f. without. The Bouches-du-Rhone exports 12,000 bales; the Hautes and Buns, Alpes, 18,000 • Vau elupAQAo-i-anit* YUMA Ulo-rktbaki 090 ; 47 L,,ID ' .4, "r 1 .1.1 1 iSjI• 1 1/ • HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. 23. Her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal High ness l'rince Leopold,: drove out in the grounds this morning. Princess Louise and Princess Beatri^,e also walked in the grounds. LATEST INTELL [GENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Dec. 23. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1201 ; the highest quotatfou dur og the day was 121,1; the lowest, 1204. Sterling Exchange on London lOB4. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll3l. " 1885 ll2. it " 1867 • 1144. 10-40 66 lllinois l3ll. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2sla. Petroleum—Standard 'White 3lc. Flour, extra state, $5.10c. to $5.70c. Corn, old mixed, $1.14c. ITALIFAx, Dec. 23. The Allau (Glasgow) steamship Sweden ar rived out yestceday. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 24. The North German Lloyd's steamer Hermann, from New Orleans and Havana, has arrived here with 21 passengers and a full cargo, for this port and Bremen. She experienced heavy weather during her voyage. THE BRAZILS. GIBRALTAR, Dec. 23. The Societe Generale Company's steamer Poiton, from the Brazils, has arrived here with 230 passen gers and 530 tons of cargo. BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 20. Exchange on London, 49 ; on Paris, 514. Rio DE JANEIRO, Nov. 29. Exchange on London, 19i ; on Paris, 406. Coffee, good first, G,200 reis. ; exports since the departure of the last steamer to the United States, 25,500 bags ; to the Mediterranean, 3,000 bags ; and to the Nor.h of Europe, 8,000 bags. Stock, 70,000 bags. TILE WAR IN PARAGUAY. RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 29. Adv:ces received here by River Plate papers from Paraguay as late as Nov. 19th announce that Lopez had abandoned his forces and fled towards the north, his present whereabouts being unknown. PORTS3IOIiTII, Dec. 24. The Indian troopship Crocodile, Captain Watson, has arrived here NS ith troops from Alexandria. F RA] BOURSE, Dec. 23.—Th. closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 72 45 Credit Mobilier „ 207 50 Transltlantic 220 credit Foncier 1722 50 Faris Gas 1640 RAILWAI NCE. tree o'clock—The market Bank Shares 2840 Italian vives 56 60 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan 333 -- Do. Debt .15 3 5 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — Cash Orleans Western Northern Strasburg rayons and Mediterranean Southern__ 5921 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 525 North of Slain Saragossa Roman 44 LIFEBOA7' SERVICES. DOVER, Thursday, 10 p.m. It is blowing a gale from the N.E. (says Mr. Cullen Marsh). The lifeboat Royal Wiltshire, be longing to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, has been off to the steamer M. E. Clarke, which has gone on the rocks, and has just returned, hav ing rescued the crew of 17 men, and safely lauded them, and they were afterwards taken to the Sailors' Home. RAMSGATE, Thursday. A vessel was seen to be on the Goodwin Sands this morning, during a strong north-easterly gale, reports Captain Shaw. The Ramsgate stainer Aid and the lifeboat Bradford thereupon proceeded out to her through a very heavy cross sea. On arriv ing near the East Goodwin Buoy, about a mile and a half from the wreck, which was found to be cn the South East Calliper Saudi, the lifeboat was slipped from the steamer when sail was m.lcle, and she proceeded towards the vessel through a terrific sea. On arriving within Wty fathoms the anchor was let go, and she was veered away towards the vessel's port quarter, three or four of the crew being seen on that part of the vessel. With their assistance a hawser was got into the lifeboat, and after very great exertions on the part of the lifeboat men the boat was hauled to within 10 or 12 fathoms of the wreck, but the mountainous sea and strong eddying tide prevented them getting closer. The ship was fast breaking up, and masts and spars falling, and the master then made an attempt to reach the lifeboat by sliding down the hawser, but when half-way between the lifeboat and his vessel a very heavy sea swept him away. Fortunately he fell within a few yards of the boat and succeeded in grasping a lifebuoy that was thrown to him. There being no time to stare if the men left on board the wreck were to be saved, the lifeboat men were compelled to leave him for 3 time, and they then made some desperate attempts to get nearer the vessel. Meanwhile, one of her crew followed the master's example and core down the hawser, but he also was w ashed away, being however got safely into th e lifeboat. There now remained only one wa s and a boy on the wreck, the former made a rope fast round his body, and plunged into the water ; but, notwithstanding every exertion made to sag e him, he unfortunately sank and was drowned. The poor boy was now the only one left, and his screams to the lifeboat-men to save him were hear t " rending. For half an hour the brave follows made every effort to do so, then a tremendous sea struck the ship, nearly broke her in two, and the lad NO ° washed overboard. The cable of the lifeboat was then cut, and she steered clear of the wreck, when providentially the boy floated near the boat, was seized by the boat hook, and hauled in. He was then apparently dead, but after some time the men succeeded in bringing him to. A search was then made fo r the master, and he was found floating with th e lifebuoy among the breakers, and after several a t ' tempts he also was saved, although also in a yell exhausted state. The lifeboat then joined her con sort the steamer, and then proceeded with the rescued men to Ramsgate Harbour, Sv her° she arrived e.irly in the a't,..rnoon. lifeboat carried away the timber-head en th e port quarter, and sustained other damage. steamer's bulwarks were also damaged. The vC3- sel was the ship Providence, of Waisa, 490 tons! bound from South Shields to Nap t les with a ca r p er of coals. Twelve of h er crew bad left in thel boat during the night, and it is not known wh,, has become of th e m, but it is to be feared th at, considering the violence of the gale and the heel sea, they must have perished, if th e y have not b ee picked up by a passing vessel. Iti. 0 com? Busincs is invarial from acti prcparatic Tuesday to be of a Securities are made sellers. 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