The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-23 00:00:00

" Ta E APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS TIE 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, hr all ages, all occa sions,. and all classes, at E. MOSES and SON'S. ;,-,"=1; An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTHING, in all the newest designs and materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19d. to £5.5., BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. 6d. to 458. §lFor 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, includinz all the favourite designs ar.d the most fashionable materials. Ort!yrs by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and sec:irate system of self-rneasurn introduce" by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Ord,rs from persons wilo are not icnown io )lie firm should '.e accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will he 3heerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods aro marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. ThP Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats tnd Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is un- Ninalied for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very lame assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4cl. the pair. CompletA Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. - - Lists of Prices, with Rules for Solf-mea inre, 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, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Il a bitmakers,Woollendrapers, Ihtters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac ternrs, and General Outftttl for all Classes. The following aro the only addressee of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CORNER OF MINORTES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART•STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENIIA3I-COCRT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch BRADFORD, YOP.KSIIIRE. THE CHEAPEST DIARY EVER PUBLISHED. POCKET DIARY FOIE. 1870, Second Edition. containing the following useful information : • Almanack Corporation of London 1 Transfer Days of Public Funds Postal Information Weights and Measures List of Bankers Stamp Duties Arm y and Navy Agents Foreign Moneys Cab 'Fares Ministers of State I Ready Reckoner Also A DIARY, a - ranged oo the moat approved plan, and neatly printed on gi - pd writing paper. Price One Penny, or post-free for Twopence. E. MOSES and SON, MINORTF.S and A LW; ATE, NEW OXFORD-STREET, ) LONDON, TOTTEN HAM-COU k T- P OAT), And BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. To be obtained also at the Metropolitan Railway and other Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co. METRO P 0 LITAN and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS. WORKMEN'S TICKETS, at a Reduced Fare cf Four pence per day, will be issued at Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, Lhtimer Road, Notting Hill, and Westbourne Park, to Moorgnte Street, and intermediate Stations on the Me tropolitan Line, on and after the Ist December. .For full particulars see special notices. • A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introdnee commodi . ies valuable to every householder Mg% aryl low. This offers a hi g hly remunerative Commission Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Serva nts, &e. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street, Norwich. f 01IN GOSNFT,T, and CO.'S CHERRY .11 TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleanant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.--Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GIJA. 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 inc4 tLis worm ,en] liquid. It is now offered to the public tr. a more concentrated form, and at a lower prirn. Sold in bottles, f-is. each ; also 55., 7s. Gd., and 15s. each. includinm brush. Bed Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, upper Thames 4trset London. TirAUTY ANT) TIIE BFAST: or HARLEQUIN .1 .) A‘n OLD MOTITFI: BUNCH. will be ploduced on 310NDAY. nee , .mber 27, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, Febrnary ning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday daring the above_perind. Box ofll-41 open from 10 till 5 daiIy.—THEATRE-BOY AL, DRURY-LANE. THEATRE ROTA L, H A YMARKET. Sole Les e. Mr. Rvekstone. THIS EVENING. at Seven, FOUNDED ON FACTS. Mr Compton. At hall-past Seven. the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstone, inn.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, dre. C. melndinz with (by desire) HIGH LTFE BELOW STAIRS : Mr Kendal, Mr Buckstote, Mr Howe, Miss F. Wright, and Miss F. Gwynne. Box-Oleo open daily from Ten till Five. 11IIEATItE It OIC A AI)ELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. TTTIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. THE LONG STRIKE: Mr Benjamin W,bster: Messrs A. Stirling, G. Belmore, J. G. Taylor, W. igreAd. Miss Furtado. &c. To conclude with LOST AT SEA: Mr G. Tie Imore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. IT. Stephenson, Miss Rosa Leolercq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Lennox k:rc,y. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and 3ranager, BARRY SULLIVAN. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of THE RATH ROAD. At 7.45, Lovell's celebrated Play (in five acts), of LOVE'S SACRIFICE.: Mr Harry Sullivan ; Messrs. George Honey, J. C Cowper, Charles itersmo,n, tin Trxcne. Lunt, nys.s, Arthur, itc.; MrA. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Risen°ld, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Mrs. C. Horsmftn. &e. • To conclude with S CAT E. SECRETS. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—AmoßY SULLIVA.Iq, GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. Imnrmse success of the new Comic Drama. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY : Miss Lydia Foote, Mr Henry Neville. At 7.15, Mr. Byron's new and original Comic Drama, in three acts, written by himself, entitled NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Siiiwon Simple, Mr. H. J. Byron. To conclude with THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS: Mr T. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. A new Burlesque. by Mr. Henry J. Byron, in which Miss ny Josephs will appear. is in active preparation. TIOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole I.essee and Manageress, Mrs Swanhorongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr CI ITN.. Followed hy THI TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After wll;eh. INO: Messrs Thorne. James, Fenton, Turner Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland. fie. 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Palace RY ST AL P ALA C E PANTOMIME.— ‘--/ TO-MORROW (FRIDAY).— Tho Pantomime, DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS WONDERFUL CAT, and the Butterflies' Ball and Grasshoppers' Feast, written by Harry Lemon, and produced by Mr. E. T. Smith, is commenced thus early to enable season ticket holders and young per,ons to witness either of the three performances before Christmas without inconveni ence frrm the crowds which usually attend the first few days after Christmas. Principal performers : - 31;ss Annie Thirlwall, Miss Carolina Parkes, Mer-s , s. M. L. lti-ans eombe, T. H. Fii..nd, J. Busse-11, Lupine, Ste. In the Bar kquinade, Fred. Evans and Little Adolph liowella; Miss Amy Rosalind, Tom Lowell, 'Towers, and the Brothers Fur, &c. 30t) performers in all. The scenery, including Magnificent Transformation Scene, "The Opening of the Fairy F lower ;" Highgate-hill by Sunrise ; Old St. Paul's from Ludgate-hill, &c., by Mr. F. Fenton and assistants. The unusually extensive decorations of the Palace, in cluding, in additi.m to those usually employed, all the fittings employed at the Holborn Viaduct and Blackfriars Bridge, is complete. Also the Gig antic Christmas Tree, with the novel display at its base, and Great Fancy Fair and Bazaar for the purchase of Christmas Presents. Special arrangements for reserved seats for schools and large parties. CRYSTAL PALACE. -TO - MORROW.- MAGNIFICENT DECORATIONS. CRYSTAL PALACE PANTO MI M E.— ‘-/ GREAT SUCCESS.— TO-MORROW AFTER NOON at 2.30. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. THE DIRECTORS have now the pleasure of submitting the following statement, showing he financial position of the Company : The CAPITAL available for the purpose of meeting any unusual calamity happening to the assured is Two MILLIONS STERLING. The amount actually paid up is £288,495. This, with the accumulated funds in hand, exceeds £1,800,000. For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se curities belonging to the Company are annually submitted to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditors, and the following is an extract from their report to the last annual meeting : " The whole of your books have been audited ; every document, every account, every voucher, your bank-book, and every security— all have been most carefully kept, and there is not one doubtful security in the whole." A detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as already published, may be obtained on application. An independent valuation of tho Life Liabilities, as at 31st Decetuber, 1868, has also been obtained from Mr. Eamuel Brown, the result being— LIFE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS. Net Value Number. of Accumu- lated Fund Surplus. Assurances - - -- -- General Lifo As surances, less re-Assurances 13,844 £765,021 £942,643 £177,622 Children's En dowments 207 21,260 23,287 2,027 Annuities (Im mediate and Deferred) 421 137,514 156,345 18,801 Total 14,472 *X923,825 £1,122,275 1.£198,450 The valuation has been made at 3 per cent. interest, and the net premiums only have been taken, so that the loadings for future profits and expenses are entirely held in reserve and not brought into the valuation. The results show a considerable surplus in the Life branch, amounting in the whole to £198,450. JOHN H. M •LAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET . ----- Tins EVENING, at 7 o'clock, FOUNDED ON FACTS; Mr Compton. After which, lk EW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone. Concluding with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS: Mr Buckstone, Mr Kendall, Miss F. Wright, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: hir.Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Belmore, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr Rignold 111,6 Furtado, Ex. Followed by LOST AT SEA : G. Helmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. IL Stephenson, Miss 11. Leelereq. and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. TUTS Evzituto, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD F Alai'. At 7.'5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And 'I HE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGt;S: Mr J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. THEATRE-ROYAL, 110LBORN. TATS EVENING, at', TiIEBATH ROAD. At 7.45, LOVE'S S t CRIFICA : Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, And STATE SECRETS. IIOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanhorongh. lairs EVENING. at 7.30. AAIciNCI THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TODDLES. And ISO. Concluding with 'MP CHOPS OF THE CFIA'NNEL. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at Wednesdays and Saturdays, at and 3 all the year round. ZDOLOGICAL G,IIIDENS, Regents-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Snndays). Adwission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children nnder twelve. 6d. ROYAL AL !lAMB RA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. is. Box-office open fromll to 4. "THE SUN" will be published on Chrisimas bay at One o'Clock. There will be no Later Edition published. 01V DON, 71117RSDAY, DEC. 23, 1819. As the facts and arguments stand at present, Mr. OTWAY'S speech at Chatham, and the letters he quoted from Mr. CHILDERS, must be taken as a vin dication of the Government on the dockyard re trenchment question. The policy of reduction has been pursued with care, and neither rashly nor with unnecessary harshness. Indeed, from the figures adduced by the TINDER-SECRETARY for FOREIGN AFFAIRS, it is clear that the GLADSTONE Ministry, with an avowed intention to economise, have made fewer disquieting changes in the dockyards than their predecessors, who put forth no pretensions to reduction. Of course, the question has two sides, but the attack has been made, and it can hardly be compared to advantage with the defence. The argu ments of Mr. OTWAY and Mr. CIIILDERS date back to the RUSSELL-GLADSTONE Ministry, which fell in 1866. It will be remembered that when the outcry arose about the discharge of dockyardmen by Mr. CHILDERS, it was immediately answered that the Government were taking no excessive cr exceptional measures, for their predecessors in office had dismissed a considerably larger number. Whereupon Admiral ELLIOT came out with a letter in the Standard, admitting that the Conservative Administration had sent away 2,634 men from the yards, but urging that this course was the unavoidable result of the previous Liberal policy. The Admiralty Lord who reigned under Earl RUSSELL had made very large contracts for ships with private firms. These heavy engagements were bequeathed as a legacy to the Conservatives, when they took office in the latter half of 1866. In order to meet such prodigal bargains, the DERBY Government had to reduce the staff in the royal yards. Such was Admiral ELLIOT'S theory. The reply of Mr. CHILDERS is a straightforward denial. The RUSSELL Ministry had not a special weakness for private firms, and so far from leaving many ships for their successors to finish, there were only two private-built vessels incomplete when the decisive division on the Reform Bill took place. Upon these two ships only £55,233 remained to be paid. The late Government, then, assumed the control of affairs with a clear field for any Admiralty policy they might select. According to Mr. CHILDERS, they availed themselves of this freedom to adopt the very course for which Admiral EwoT condemns his rivals. The last Conservative Ministry contracted with private firms for twenty-three vessels, costing altogether above £1,700,000, and when the change of last December occurred, rather more than a mil lion of this sum remained, for the GLAD STONE Cabinet to pay. The Liberal Ministry left £55,000 "on ;" the Conservatives one million. The former had two ships in private hands when they resigned ; the latter above a score. It is scarcely likely that Mr. CHILDERS would make a public statement of this kind-without good grounds ? and town. dusk. TfIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, L 69 the only conclusion is that Admiral ELLIOT has been guilty of very remarkable inaccuracy. The defence of the present Government does not, how ever, end here. The policy of reducing the dockyard staff is not a new idea. On the contrary, it was com menced some years ago, and would have been con tinued, had not the incoming of the opposite party caused its reversal. A Committee reported in 1864 that Woolwich Dockyard might advantageously be closed, and in 1865 the Admiralty resolved to do no more shipbuilding there. This decision was reversed in 1867. The DERBY Govern ment wanted more small wooden craft. The official staff was increased to build them, and finally work was recommenced at Woolwich. The estimates naturally mounted up with terrifying rapi lity. In 1868 a large number of men were dis charged, and the Conservative Administration decided to go no further with the work of construc tion. This is not the place to enter upon the justice or otherwise of the reasons which induced the DERBY-DISRAELI Government to first adopt the policy of strengthening the navy, and then to abandon it. The simple facts aro that they did adopt that course, and afterwards suddenly retrenched. The fluctuations in the dockyard staff are fairly attri butable to these fluctuations in policy. If the resolu tion of the Liberals in 1865 had been adhered to by their successors, it is clear that the reduction of an overgrown service would have been accomplished gradually and easily. Ere this, the full change might have been brought about, and the country would have been reaping the benefit. Whatever might be the arguments which induced the Government of 1866-8 to overrule the decision of their predeces sors, the change had undoubtedly a certain effect, which ought to be attributed to its real authors. An investigation of this kind is important, no doubt, in a party sense, but it is of far higher moment in its public bearing. The scandals of Admiralty management have op pressed the nation until they have fairly aroused it. The British, on the whole, may challenge comparison with any nation in respect of general indifference to the disposal of public money. Unless the evil is unendurable, it is seldom that the English taxpayer goes beyond broad complaints, and peers into details. But even the mind accustomed to English official waste was amazed at the extravagant blunders and utter recklessness which characterised the Admiralty, under every Government, up to the last few years. The story has been told again and again, and the main facts have been established beyond refutation. It now remains for the nation to consider which of its servants are best calculated to bring about the required reform. In a matter of this kind there ought surely to be no difficulty in ascertaining the truth. The GLADSTONE Ministry promise much, and have performed some thing. The navy estimates have been reduced, as an earnest that the pledge of putting a stop to waste with out hampering efficiency will be redeemed. Time will shew whether the end is likely to correspond with the beginning. On the other hand, the late Govern ment took a course which in no respect de parted from the old groove. Their policy was the old policy, their estimates of the old stamp. They made no economy pledge—indeed, they expressed themselves rather hostile to the notion— and the sum total of the Admiralty expenditure was in no way diminished under their guidance. And yet, by an attempt at compromise between the two systems, they caused those sudden changes in the dockyard complements which have been ascribed to the present Administration. WHATEVER verdict the jury will think fit to return on the case of the Welsh fasting girl—and the duty is not without difficulty—there can be no doubt as to the cause of death. The fast was an imposture. The child had been in the habit of taking food during her career as an object of public curiosity, and the depriva tion ofnourishment during the watching led to death. The medical testimony was unanimous in shewing that the girl had received sustenance at no distant date. The body was healthy, well-formed, and in no way defective. There can be no doubt whatever that a supply of nourishment in due time would have arrested the catastrophe. It seems, indeed, that Dr. DAVIS, of Llandyssil, was thinking of this some what obvious expedient ; but the thought that " the father might feel annoyed" restrained him, and, moreover, ho wished to take the opinion of the medical committee. 'Whilst he was pondering over the father's possible annoyance, and the wishes of the committee, the girl was dying. - When she was nearly dead, Dr. Davis overcame his repugnance to encountering parental annoyance, and asked permission to give stimulants, which the affec tionate father refused. The jury must be left for the present to deal with this scientific mode of treat ing fasting girls. There can, however, be no hesi tation in saying that the spectacle of these fond parents, doctors, and nurses watching a child die of hunger is neither pleasing nor creditable, and it may not be too much to express a hope that such an experiment will never be repeated. If impostures of this kind are to be exposed, where shall we leave off ? The deluded might safely be left to their delusions. Public curiosity ought not to be gratified at such a price, nor ought science to require living victims. THE LOSS CF THE DERWENI (S.S.) OFFICIAL REPORT. To the Lords Committee of Privy Council for Trade. My Lords,—We, the undersigned, two of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace acting in and for the borough of Sunderland, have, in accordance with your lordships' instructions, held an inquiry, under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, into the circumstances attending the loss of the ship Derwent, of the port of Sunderland, which occurred on the 29th day of September last in the East or Baltic Sea, on a voyage from Cardiff to Cronstadt, in which inquiry we have been assisted by Captain Harris and Commander Elliot, R.N., the Nautical Assessors appointed by your Board. The Derwent was a screw steamer, built at Wellington Quay, on Tyne, in the year 1866, and was registered at the port of Sunderland on the 30th of May in that year. It was an iron clincher built vessel, schooner rigged, of 649.90 tons gross 510 96-100 register tonnage, and was owned by Charles It. Fenwick, of London, and others, and commanded by Mr. Jan es Dennis, who holds a cer- tificate of service issued at Yarmouth on the 3d May, 1851. The crew numbered 18 all told. The Der went left Cardiff on the 21st September last, laden with a cargo of steel railway bars, stowed in the fore and main holds, the square of the hatchways being filled up with coals for the ship's consump tion during the voyage. None of these bars or any other cargo was stowed upon deck. She had two compasses on board, one on the bridge and one aft before the wheel. Both of these compasses were said to agree, but strange to say, there were no deviation cards on board, nor was there any information as to when or where the ship was last swung. .'"..fhe Derwent was bound to Cronstadt, in Russia. Everything appears to have gone on favourably, and there was no reason to doubt the accuracy of her compasses, as each landfall was made correctly. She passed Estholm Light on the 27th of September, and en-, tered the Baltic Sea. On Tuesday, September 28 they had a good observation both for latitude and longitude, in 56 10 N., and 17 E. At this time they found the ship to the eastward of her course. Nevertheless, though in 14 fathoms of water on the bank to the southward of Gland, no soundings were taken, which would at once have verified their I position. At noon on the 29th they had again goo.' observations both for latitude and longitude iu 57 38 N., and 20 50 E. An azimuth is also stated to have been taken, and the compasses up to this time were found correct, but they were still under the impression that the ship was to the eastward of its course. Instead of hauling well to the north ward into a clear channel and a fairway to round the Island of Dago, the ship was kept N. by E. E. till 6 p.m., too near the land, when she struck upon one of the outlying shoals on the coast of Oesel, about six miles from Filsand Lighthouse. The weather is described as moderate and clear till just before four p.m., when the master's watch commenced. It then became thick and hazy, so that objects could not be seen at a greater distance than one and a half mile. A cast of the lead would then have warned them that they were approaching dl►nger, but this precaution was neglected, and the ship ran full speed upon the Petulka Shoal, and became a total wreck. Fortunately, no lives were, lost. The Court came to the conclusion that the Derwent was lost by default of the master, and suspended his certificate of service for six calendar months from the date of this report. The certificate is forwarded herewith.—We have, &c., GEO. HUDSON,' Magistrates. K. ELwirr, We concur in this report, Hr. HARRIS, Nautical R. ELLIOT, 5 Assesors. Sunderland, Dec. 14, 1869. ''CIRCUMLOCUTION" OUT OF ENGLAND. We have heard a good deal in this country, says the Daily News, of circumlocution, red tape, and official cere mony. We may, however, be consoled by the knowledge that other Governments suffer from circumlocution equally with our own. In the French colony of Tahiti there is a little establishment where an engineer is installed is the presiding genius of a Board of Works. In pis own person he fulfils the duties of chief of the ,ervice, general surveyor of works, overseer, shopman, and 3ook-keeper. As an overseer he one day required a pound A nails ; and to obtain what he wanted had to go through most elaborate process. He took a sheet of paper, care fully numbered and dated it, and then wrote: "To the General Surveyor of Works.—The overseer of this section oegs to inform you that he requires a pound of nails." Then, Liking another sheet of paper, he again began: "nave the sonour of fi rwarding to the chief of the service of the Board of Works the demand of the overseer," &c., &c, These two letters written, he began a third :—" I approve the demand of the overseer of the section. &c., forwarded oy," Re. A fourth sheet of paper was then taken out, and a letter to the filowing effect written :—" To the over ear of the Section of, ,Sze.—l have the pleasure of return ing your demand approved by the chief of the service." After that came a fifth sheet of official paper. "To Shopman.—Please kindly to deliver a found of nails according' to my demand, approved of on instant. But even this was not all. As shopman the same individual was bound to write, " To the Book-keeper of the Works.—l have delivered to the demand of the overseer, approved on the instant, a pound of nails." In the evening this correspondence had to be copied out threefold and forwarded to the head office. Now the evident calculation suggested by this little feat of bureaucracy is that the pound of nails was worth about threepence, while, counting an hour's office work as worth no more than fivepence, the result would be that the writing for the pound of nails cost about six t,:mes their value. THE INDICTMENT AGAINST THE PANTIN MURDERER. The French papers publish the indictment agains Traupmann, accused of the assassination of the Kinck family. The document is very long and according to French custom, is for the most part in narrative form. It commences by giving an account of the finding of the bodies of Madame Kinck and her five children at Pantin, on Monday, the 20th September last, of the arrest of Traupmann, at Havre, on the 23rd September, and of the discovery of the body of Gustave Kinck, on the 26th September. The indict ment then adds the following account of Traupmann : "Traupmann, now 20 years of age, is a native of Cernay, hamlet situated in the department •of the Haut Rhin. After receiving a certain amount of education, he served his apprenticeship as a mechanician in an establishment managed by his father. He was endowed with good intel gence, and he had only to be industrious to gain an honest living. But he cherished other projects; gloomy, suscep tible, and violent, he seemed a prey to ambitious and jealous dreams which were betrayed by the nature of his conversation. He read constantly and greedily, publica tions containing accounts of great crimes or dramatic events, made experiments in chemistry, and neglected his business. In December 1868, Traupmann, senior, sol d some machines to a manufacturer in Paris. The accused was entrusted with the duty of fitting them up. He lodged at Pantin, where he resided at the Quatre Chemins (the scene of the Pantin tragedy) until May 1308. The persons with whom he associated during this stay testify to the desire of getting rich by which he was agitated. Shortly afterwards he was sent by his father to Roubaix, to fit up a machine. It was there he made the acquaintance of the Kinck family." The in dictment then gives an account of the Kincks and of the affectionate terms on which they lived. " Upon one point alone (it adds) the husband and wifo were at variance ; Kinck, independently of the three houses he pos sessed at Roubaix, had some property he wished to increase at Buhl, near the accused's native place. He had sometimes expressed a desire to go and live there one day, and his wife endeavoured to dissuade him from doing so. Traupmann determined to turn to account the sentiment which attracted his compatriot towards the place of their common origin. This gloomy young man, who hitherto had been intimate with nobody, was now seen in sinuating himself into the Kinck household, and became especially intimate with the father. The accused more than ever displayed by his language the ardent desire he had to make a rapid fortune. He announced that ho would do ' a thing that would astonish the whole universe.' All means were good, he said, and a stay in America would cause, if need be, the source of. ill-acquired riches to be forjotten. The plan of a journey in Alsace, revealed by the facts and the correspondence collected by the prosecu tion, was arranged, under these circumstances, between Kinck and Traupmann. On the 18th August, Traupmann first quitted Roubaix and went to his parents at Cernay, arriving there on the 24th. The same day he wrote a letter to Kinck—found among the papers of the latter, in which, announcing that he had already made the arrangements agreed upon, he made an appointment with his friend at the station of Bollwiller. Kinck imme diately replied. On the 24th of August he left Roubaix, saying that his absence would only be a short one, and that he was going on business to Alsace. He took with him only a small sum, but also had some blank cheques, detached from his cheque book, on the house of Deeroix, Verlier, Verley, and Co., at Roubaix. On the 25th, at 11 o'clock in the morning, he arrived at Bollwiller. Traupmann was waiting for him there They were seen to get upon an omnibus which took them to Soultz. There Kinck placed in the omnibus office the two carpet bags and the hat box, which formed the whole of his luggage, and asked at what o'clock in the even ing the conveyance going to Guebwiller passed. Both went and had something to eat at Widow Lorvers. Kinck paid, and they went rapidly away towards Watviller. From that moment Jean Kinck was never seen again.' The indictment then describes the means by which Traupmann obtained an order for 5,500 f. from Madame Kinck, by writing to her as the amanuensis of her hus band, who was represented to have met with anaccident to his hand. The negotiations which followed, and which ended in Gustave Kinck, the eldest son of Jean Kinck, being allured to Paris, and afterwards Madame Kinck and hem five remaining children, are then detailed at great length Traupmann now says that he had three accomplices, but he gives no details, and the indictment says that his story is evidently a gross fabrication. "It is evident,' it adds, " that Traupmann alone committed the eight murders," Horace Walpole tells a story of a Lord Mayor of London in his time, who having heard that a friend had the small-pox twice, and died of it, asked if he died the first time or second, A marrying bachelor anxiously asks if it would be of any use to attempt to make love to a young lady after one has stood on her dress till he could hear the gathers rip at her waist ? Troops continue to be poured into Ireland. The troopship Himalaya has arrived at Kingstown, with the 47th Regiment and two batteries of the Royal Artillery from Darbadoes. They will proceed to the Curragb, and after the departure of the 17th Regiment the 47th will re turn to Dublin. The .211aneltoter Courier, calling attention to the report that Mr. Kinnersley, the Birmingham stipendiary magistrate, had spoken in " praise of ignorance," denies its truth, and impunes the accuracy of those who circulated it. Our contemporary declares that the object of the address was not to ch fend the withholding of instruction from the children of the poor, but to urge the uselessness of a merely secular system of education ; not to oppose the instruction of such children in reading, writing, and arithmetic, but to advocate the extension of their training in such a way as to cover a much larger field. Mr. Kinnersley wished to point out the fact which is so frequently put out of sight, that in the proper sense of the word the " three R's" are not "educa tion" at all. BAD SPEAKERA.—The two representatives of con stitutencies, who were the worst speakers I ever heard when sober, were the late Sir William Guise, M.P., for Gloucestershire, and Colonel Webb, the member for the city. The former, in an after-dinner speech, expressed his satisfaction at having his health proposed "by so respect able an individual " as his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, and the latter, in a low pothouse, during his canvass, assured half-a-dozen sweeps and tinkers that "his feelings overcame him in having the onerous responsibility of addressing so respectable an assembly." The assembly grinned, and one of them cried, "Walker."—The Hon. Granary nerketcy'.l Life and Recollection:. A NONCONFORMIST ADMITTIID TO THE CHURCH. —Ali iholtient 4 deep Interest took place at the ordination hell by the Bishop of Lincoln, in Lincoln Cathedral, on ' Sunday last. Mr, Chapman, for many years minister to a largo congregation of Nonconformists in Nottingham, having sought to bo reconciled to the Church, was publicly admitted, together with his wife, by the rite of confirma tion, which was administered immediately after the ordi nation sermon, preached by Chancellor Massingberd, Sub sequently he partook, for the first time, of the Holy Com manion with the newly ordained clergy and the rest of the congregation, The combination of the two services was most impressive, Mr, Chapman has resigned his post at Nottingham, and 14 otticlying at 440rcl wit 4 aview to Ncliptig. - - TSB vgANoaLLOR OF T7tr ITOZMUER ON THE P.AtMEII7 OF THE I.YCOME TAX. Mr. Lowe has addressed the following letter to an evening contemporary: — " In the Pall Gazette of December 20 I find the following passage :-- A curious question has arisen with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's arrangement, by which on the Ist of January we arc to pay our taxes in advance. Suppose a professional man who makes £5OO a year has paid his income tax for the year in the month of January and dies in February, will Mr. Lowe return the amount overpaid?' Permit me to point out to you that the question cannot arise, because there is no 'arrangement that we aro to pay our taxes in advance.' The taxes which fall due in January 1870—the land tax, the house tax, and schedules A, B, and D of the income tax—are composed in respect of the year beginning April 1869, and ending April 1870. Of this year nine months will have expired before any portion of these taxes is demanded. The hardship, such as it is, consists, not in the requiring the taxes to be paid in advance, but in requiring them all to be paid at the same time. It must, however, be remembered that for this hardship, the necessity for which I regret, the pahlic has bad an ample equivalent. By this means have we, instead of imposing fresh taxation as was generally and very reasonably expected, been able to take one penny off the income tax, to repeal the corn and fire insurance duties, to abolish the licence for the sale of tea, and to remodel the taxes on locomotion." THE GOVE.RNMENT AND THE VOLUN- TEERS. Tho Secretary of State for War, at the conference held at the War office on Tuesday, discussed the question of increasing the capitation grant to the volunteers, and the result is that Mr. Cardwell proposed to connect the force with the army under ono' general organisation, but so as not to interfere with the functions of Lord Lientenants. 116 will increase the grant to 30s. per head for every efficient, providing the man shoots into the second class or fires t3O rounds, 10 of which are to be "volley firing." The old system of finance is to be reverted to--4hat is, all expenditure will have to bo vouched at the War-office. Commissiened officers will have to qualify themselves by joining a line or militia regiment for a month, or by pissing an examination. Camp equipage and targets will be provided without charge, and all Government stores delivered free. As to ranges, it transpired that an inquiry is pending to ace if it is not possible to provide two ranges near London for the use of metropolitan corps. Company drills to count for capitation grant must be with not less than twelve files and battalion parades four companies of sixteen files. IMPORTANT TO DEBENTURE-HOLDERS. In Vice- Chancellor Blalins's Court, on Wednesday, pro ceedings of a character most important to debenture-holders came before the court. Mr. Pearson, Q.C., on behalf of Messrs. Naylor and Stokse, debenture-holders in the Panama, New Zealand, &c., Mail Packet Company, claimed that his clients had a charge on the ships and other property of the com pany, which was now in course of liquidation. The company had power in the first instance to borrow £50,000 on debentures, and subsequently the power was enlarged to borrow an additional £lOO,OOO. The plaintiffs in their affidavits stated that they believed they had a charge on the ships and other property of the company.— Mr. Pearson, in arguing the point, said that it had been decided that holders of debentures similar to the one before the court had a lien on the property of a company. —Mr. Cole, Q.C., for the general body of creditors, con tended that by the debentures, the holders of them were only entitled as general creditors.—The Vice-Chancellor, in giving judgment, referred to the circular inviting debentures, which, after relating the number of ships in possession of the company, said " therefore there is ample security." There is no doubt the company intended to pledge their property. A mortgagee could not stop an undertaking, but undoubtedly he could claim when the con cern ceased so be a " going " one. He was therefore of opinion that the debentures were a charge upon the ships as the undertaking had ceased to go. THE SUEZ CANAL. The journal L'lsthine de Suez of the 18th instant, publishes the following with respect to the Canal : —" The subjoined letter has been communicated to us. It was written by M. de Lesseps to a body of shareholders in reply to an address forwarded to him by them asking him to procure from the Khe dive a temporary guarantee for the payment of in terest :—' Gentlemen,—The directors have trans mitted to me the letter:bearing your signatures re lative to the Suez Canal. In consequence of the sinis ter reports that have been circulated regarding it, you propose to ask of the Khedive a temporary guaran tee for the payment of interest. What has oc curred to justify such a request, the evident result of which would be to give rise to the supposition that the shareholders, after having had faith in their enterprise and sustained it through diffi culties, are discouraged now that the work has been crowned with such striking success? A de mand for a guarantee which I abstained from making at the beginning, as conta i ning a prin !fly convictions, could n ot no w ciple contrary to be adopted by your president. Nor is there any necessity for such a guarantee ; it rests with the shareholders to keep up the value of the shares by the attitude they assume in the face of the calumni ous reports that have been propagated concerning the enterprise, evidently for the purpose of lowering the price of the securities, and thereby causing you to dispose of them in order that they themselves may buy them at a discount — a proceeding which proves that they estimate the worth of the shares more highly than you yo arselves do. A stranger toallkinds of Bourse speculations, I learnt with the greatest astonishment that on the day succeeding the inau guration of the Canal, accomplished with unhoped for success, there was a great fall in the price of the shares. lam quite aware that the majority of the shareholders have been unaffected by these ru mours, rightly attribu ting them to the manoeuvres of stock jobbers; but I do not the less deplore the alarm that has seized the minds of some of the most steady and oldest of my co-operators. Why is it that past experience has not warned them against the unblush ing falsehoods which a body of jobbers have set afloat on the Paris Bourse? I have but one reply to make to reassure those of the shareholders whose alarm has been awakened. Between the 17th and the 27th of November 130 large vessels passed from one sea to the other, representing a gross tonnage of 80,000 tons. Since that time the navigation has not been interrupted a single day ; every vessel arrived at either port has and can pass through the Canal without the slightest difficulty. Our position is therefore excellent, and to cut short the scandalous proceedings of the clique above men tioned I have requested the Council of Adminis tration to convoke a general assembly at an early period. Consequently, I shall soon be among you, and will lay before you with the same frankness as heretofore the exact condition of our fine and fruitful undertaking. I may add that we have no kind of loan to submit to you. . . . You may publish this letter if you think proper.' After an absence of five months Mr. Hepworth Dixon returned to town yesterday. In the course of his journey he had joined the pilgrims at Solovedsk, lived amongst the Nomadic Kalmucks, and visited the most holy places in Russia. MURDER IN SCOTLAND.— EDINBURGH, Wednes day Night.—On Tuesday night John Miller, an old man, keeping the Blackhill toll-bar,, near Dunblane, was mur dered. lie must have been attacked while at supper, and beaten to death with a crowbar. The house was rifled of all that was valuable. The murder was not discovered until this morning. A NEW LIFEBOAT.—The Misses Carter, of Har rogate, have been engaged (luring the past three or four . years in preparing needle and fancy work, and afterwards disposing - of the same at bazaars held at their house, for the purpose of realising the entire cost of a lifeboat. The last b,:zaar has just been hold, and the sum of £420 has now been realised altogether by these sales of the ladies handiwork, which amount is at the disposal of the Na tional Lifeboat Institution for the purpose of placing an hdditional lifeboat on this C9P.t. Vift7 udilloll '.ti , :clopcs are 501.. i 111141101 V, and stamped with 4 '.'.0 el%st and ail 1- --vms fr6ni upwards of :;1,000 steel dies, at l'arkirr .l.iiit Motto'::, who make no charge for stamping or cement ing, and, having only one price, undertake to supply the nobility and gentry with every description of writing paper and envelopes of the best and most fashionable kind, at extraordinarily low charges. Monograms , Crest or address dies cut at less than half price. Colours'' stam pi ng reduced from 2s. tole. per 100. Arms, monr "T'arns, and crests emblazoned. 60 stampers, die sinkers, and engravers being kept upon the preromiases, all orders are eme c u ted with great despatell. Dance pgrmmes, invitations, at home notes, MSS. books, return thanks, bordered and overland papers, dish, dessert, and bouquet papers, and every description of fancy and household stationery. Parkins and GOttO, mann actaing stationers, 2-land 25, Oxford-streot, WI LIFEBOAT SERVICES. 1-IAYLE, CORNWALL, Wednesday Night. W. H. Holmes, Esq., Collector of Customs, re ports that about 9 o'clock this evening the Isis life boat, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institu tion, was providentially the means of gallantly saving the master and crew, six in all, from the schooner Vigilant, of this port, which was in dis tress on the Western Spit of Hayle Bar during bad weather, and in a heavy ground sea. This valuable boat has been instrumental in rescuing the crews, consisting of twenty-two persons, of three wreaked vessels since she was placed on her station, about three years since. She was the gift to the society of members of the University of Oxford through the Rev. G. S. Ward, M.A., of Magdalen Hall. NORTII WALES, Wednesday. The schooner Jessie, of Liverpool, laden with limestone, from Ltaudulas, stranded off Rhyl this afternoon (says Mr. Robert Ifughes). The crew were saved by the Rhyl tubular lifeboat, the Mor gan, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution. During a heavy north-east gale yesterday morn ing, before daybreak, the brig Mary Young, of West Hartlepool, laden with iron and timber, for Gefle, grounded on the North Gare, at the entrance of the Tees, a mile and a half south of Seaton Carew, and about half a mile from the shore (states the Rev. John Lawson). The Seaton Carew life boat Charlotte,which belongs to the lifeboat society, was taken down to the spot, launched, and brought safely to shore the whole of the screw, eight men, including the captain. In the after noon the lifeboat was again called out on service. A small vessel was seen at the mouth of the Tees, about a mile from shore, dragging her anchor, and a steam tug was for some time making vain attempts to get near her. The boat was launched, and being taken in tow part of the way by the steamer, succeeded in reaching the vessel, which proved to be a small schooner, the Daisy, of Berwick, laden with pit-props (timber). The fore mast had been carried away—not a man was found on board, and it is feared the crew have all been drowned. The steamer afterwards towed the schooner up the Tees to Middlesbro'. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE & Co., who hays gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, IS to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MORNING. EVENING THURSDAY ..... 50 min past 4 1.0 min past 5 FRIDAY 85 min past 5 0 min oast ' v SATURDAY 26 min past 6 50 min ,-. s .F BoxDAY 20 min past 7 50 Tr.', ', i •-• r. " MONDAY 22 min past 8 — ...._ last TVESDAY ,„ • 20 min past min psst 8 o 10.rair past 10 SHOCKIIIG MURDER IN GALICIA. Five Jews named Moses Schneider, Mayer Brecher, Abraham Moses Schneider, Joseph Landau, and Moses Feldmann, have just been tried for the murder of Abra ham Feldmann, son of the latter, at Tarnapol, in Galicia. It appears that the deceased had made an offer of mar riage to a Christian girl, and that she had accepted him on his promising to become a Christian also. Having heard. of this premise, the accused men assembled in the house of Moses Feldmann and warmly upbraided young Feldmann for his apostasy. The latter, however, remained ob,tinate, and during the altercation the father threw a sling ope round his neck and pulled at it with the other men until his son was strangled. Hannah Feldmann, the aother of the deceased, who was absent at the time, spewed much grief at the death of her son, but was soon pacified by her husband representing the murder as a religious sacrifice, and passed the rest of the evening with him in prayer. The case was clearly proved against the defendants. Moses Feldmann and Mayer Brecher were sentenced to be hanged, and the other three to ten years' imprisonment with hard labour.—Eastern Budget. LITERARY ADVICE.—In reply to a young writer who wished to know which magazine would give him the highest position quickest, a contemporary advised " powder magazine, if you contribute a fiery article." A HUMAN Fossm.—While some men roam the world over, and never seem contented to rest, others have an almost superstitious love of the place where they first saw the light, and never care to leave it. Mr. Joseph Rundle, storekeeper of " Par Consols "Mine, in Cornwall, who has just died at St. Blazey, was one of the latter sort He had lived to the age of 31 years, and it is reported that in all that time he never slept one night out of the parish in which he was born. A. WONDERFUL OLD WOMAN.—The telegraph informs us that President Lopez, of Paraguay, has again murdered his mother for conspiring against his life. That sprightly and active old lady has now been executed three thousand times for the same offence. She is now 83 years old, and erect as a telegraph-pole. Time writes no wrinkles on her awful brow, and her teeth are as sound as on the day of her birth. She rises every morning punctually at four o'clock and walks ten miles ; then, after a light breakfast, enters her study and proceeds to hatch out a new conspiracy against her first-born. About two "p.m. it is discovered, and she is publicly executed. A light toast and a cup of strong tea finish the day's busi ness, and she retires at seven and goes to sleep with her mouth open. She has pursued this life with the most un- faltering regularity for the last fifty years, and it is only by this unswerving adherence to hygienic principles that she has attained her present green old age.—San Francisco News Letter. AMERICAN PRISONS.—The American prisons appear to be the best and the worst in Christendom. The best as regards the larger and state prisons ; the worst as respects some of the county gaols, and even some larger prisons in the Western States. Almost incredible enormities were reported last spring of a certain Indiana prison, such as systematic profligacy and revolting cruelties practised by the male officers on the female prisoners. The Howard Association has been since reliably informed, by a valued correspondent in the west, that the reports were but " too true." Thanks to the energetic action of Mr. Charles F. Coffin, of Indiana (chairman of State Reformatory), and some others like minded,these abomini tions have been checked, though it is feared their perpe trators have not been duly punished. The appointment of short term officers (in prisons, post-offices, &c.), in the United States, mainly through political party interest, and only during the term of party tenure of power, is a curse and bane in many ways. It often checks or almost paralyses the influence of the philanthropic and able men who are happily neither few nor inactive in that great country.' Mr. George Dawson, in a late lecture on the great founder of Methodism, gave the following details. When Wesley settled he said, "it would be more useful to marry." There is nothing like giving that sort of pretty facing to your wishes. I have known a friend, when he was going .. to move from a little living to a large one, say that it was because he was going to " a larger sphere of usefulness." A certain witty man used to say that when ever a clergyman went from a little living to a large one, he did so because had got a call, but that he would want a "good loud hello to take him from a large to a little living." Wesley married a widow, who, through her jealousy, led him a life of wretchedness and misery. At last his spirit was up, and he wrote to her, "Know me and know your self. Suspect mo no more; provoke me no more; do not any longer centend for mastery, for power, money, or praise ; be content to be a private insignificant person— known and loved by God and me." It was not likely that a woman would be pleased at being recommended to be an insignificant person. After twenty years of disquietude, she one day left him. He bore it philosophically. He went even beyond it—he took his diary, and put the most pithy entry into it I ever met with in a diary :—" Non earn reliqui, non demisi, non revocabo," which may be trans lated thus : " I did not leave her; I did not send her away ; I shan't send for her back," And so ended the married i7_7.l`• • 417 0'1/ t Or, di is 1,;114„ HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. 22. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louse, went out in the grounds this morning. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatri,,e aleo walked in the grounds. LATEST INTELL MENCFA (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Landoll arrived here at 11 p.m. to-day. All well. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 120 i; the highest quotation dur ng the day was 121 i; the lowest, 1201. Sterling Exchange on London lOB l-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll3i" " 1885 ll2. " 1867 ll4 1091- 1311. 10-40 114 Illinois Erie 22. Cotton—Mid. upland 2sl°• Petroleum—Standard White Flour, extra state, $5.10c. to $5.70e. Corn, old mixed, $1.14e. . .. BOSTON, Dec. 22. The extra Cunard steamship Tripoli arrived out at 9 p.m. yesterday. PORTLAND, Dec. 22. The Allau (Glasgow) steamship Austrian Ar rived out to-day. QUEENSTOWN, Dee. 23. The National Steamship Company's steamer France arrived here this morning from Liverpool, and having embarked passengers she proceeded for New York. All well. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MESSINA, Dec. 23. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon passed through the Straits of Messina at si% this morning, en route for Marseilles. MALTA, Dec. 22. The Delta, with the heavy portion of the above mails, leaves at two to-morrow morning for South ampton, where she may be looked for about the Ist proximo. The Bangalore, from Southampton lith, with the India and China mail, arrived at Malta on th e 20th inst. at 7.15 a.m., and ~left at midnight for Alexandria. GIBRALTAR, Dec• 21. The Syria left at three this afternoon for South ampton, where she may be looked for on the nigh t of the 25th inst. All well. FRA: BOURSE, Dec. 22.—Th closed as follows : CCE. .eo: o'clock—The naarkLt 41 per Cent. End of month - 3 per Cent End of month 72 474 Credit Mobilier 208 75 Transatlantic 226 25 Credit Foncier _l7OB 75 Paris Gag 1640 RAILWA' Bank Shares 2830 Italian Fives 56 5 • 7 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan 334 Do. Debt 45 30 Spanish Threes Rome Debt 23 uv D e f erre d 26 78, Cash ... Orleans Western Northern 635' 1122 Strasburg • • Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 595 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ttomar 815 L2sl 46 COLONIAL E.IIIGRA7ION. Yesterday, by appointment, a preliminary o n : ference of gentlemen interested in promoting en l: ' gration (on sound principles) to the colonies 105 held at the Mansion-house, where, for the occasion, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor had placed 3° apartment at their disposal, besides consenting t° occupy the chair. There were present, aro° l3g others, Alderman Sir James Clarke Lawrence, Sic George Grey, K.C.8., Sir Charles Nicholson, gr' E. B. Ea,Awick, M.P., Mr. Wm. M'Arthur, the lion. Reginald Capel, Mr. Alexander M'Arthur, Mr. Frederick Young, Mr. Daniel Pratt, the Ite sr. A. S. Herring, Mr. Edmond Beales, Mr. Georg e Potter, Mr. J. R. Taylor, Mr. J. Standish 1-131/.; Mr. W. J. Maxwell, Mr. Dixon, Emigration Age° for Canada ; Mr. Alfred Iloulder, Mr. C. v Measor, Mr. D. Chinnery, and Mr. Daniel Guile..d The LORD MAYOR, in opening the meeting, °.ll they were met thereby appointment, in order to tri if they could not amalgamate the three societie-' the National Emigration Aid Society, the Bri ll° and Colonial Society, and the Workmen's Ealig ra ' tion Society—whose objects were precisely the ea al or with very little variation, and so form one gell society, who would undertake to carry o ut tb d e benefits of emigration on something like sound 3° common principles. They had all the same Pl ir : pose in view, but they went to work by differe, means, and the consequence was that the fo rce public opinion was divided between three societies. Now, the proposition was to unite the three Neje ties, and form one grand whole, by which 0 1 might not only /hope to obtain the Governale° aid, but that of the colonies also. Mr. F. YOUNG moved the first resolution , to the effect that the meeting, representing various socie ties engaged in promoting emigration, considered that the great object they all had equally in view although although differing in their plans for carrying it °II ' t would be best secured by united action, and t b3 a committee be formed for the purpose of code: - vouring to bring about that most desirable lull° which the meeting believed might be ac e° . l ; plished without compromising the particular trait ciples to which they had heretofore given support. A oci That resolution was seconded by Mr. B-133„,°" Beales, and supported by Mr. Eastwick, l' 7 1 ; 111°Arthur, M.P., Mr. George Potter, and Mr. Du a l, all of whom spoke strongly in favour of 0111 gamation. Sir GEORGE GREY thought that, instead of g ilt deavouring to compress the societies, they e u g it rather to endeavour to extend them, and that would be better if each went to work in its 0/1 way. and That view met with little if any respons e, - stir after some further conversation the motion 1" amalgamating was carried. tha' - The LORD MAYO R to o k occasion to say r jf though the great p r i n ciple of emigration was elnos marked on the various societies, yet the p articu te r objects, if they w e r e to amalgamate, could be be`slie defined by the appointment of a committee on part of the general body for the purpose of carry" ouUpont these th objects it. at was resolved that seven ge ntlerae lt e from each of the two soc:eties repres ented meeting, viz., the Workmen's Emigration represented, t th S o i and the National Emigration Aid Society, shelite be appointed to confer together, with C o t a 4°l D ial combined action d , and that the British and °Pito an Emigration Society be requested to join, that appoint seven other gentlemen to represent t' society. Lora he A vote of thanks was then passed to tto Mayor, and a further conference was apPai ete f a,or be held at the Mansion•house on Friday, Deee—ttio rl rge 31, preparatory to a meeting at Exeter- hall a evening of Tuesday, Jan. 4, at whic h Sir Ge° i Grey, K.C.8., will preside. Mc COM The Ba without a the Stock confined Consols zi has been Telegrapl Cousoil ditto, fo d aced, 9 Exchequi par to 5 p prem. 4 + per CI India ditto 5 p per Cent. 5} per C( In the are 44i, Peruvian, 551 to 5 to 13i ; . to 86i. In Rai lower, viz also a dec and Brig Great Ea to 110 ; London, don and I South W 83i ; and Lomba bourg Sh In Anil to 16'1 a Twenty 841 to & Ten-Forti Bank S 21 to 2i Austrian, London J struction American MiscelL Bay, 124 ternation a The suz was taken of the we , balance, ii The Cit £5,400. The ye and Co. with inter of a proci among ti during th and enter] of the ca leading m, origin. 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