The Sun. — London, England, 1869-10-15 00:00:00

- _ F OR THE AUTUMN & WIN rER SEASONS E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. RARE COMBINATION. The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be foun in every r:rticle sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, of made to measure, for all ages, and all Commodious apartments for measuring tnd fitting in the spacious and elegant Show dooms, which contain a very large and diver eified stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care a tvi punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-Measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Ordens horn persone who are not known to the firm sbould 'AP accompanied by a remit tame,. or a T.onden reference. Any article not worn or injured will be :heel-11111e Pzehanged. or, if desired, the Horny will ho returned. All floods lire marked in Plain Figures, from which nn abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats Ind Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea ;tire, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Readv-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, lTatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turars, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the• only addresses of E. MOSES nd SON:— LONDON: CITY ESTABLISHMENT, 155, MINORIES M, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE ALDOATE ALDGATE ALDGATB ALDCIAT 88. ALDGAT 39, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 504. NEW OXFORD-STREF:r 507, NEW OXFORD STREET , 03, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-S"ritEET 3, HART-STREET TOTFENHA3I-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 183, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. THE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE " NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- ST ITC If. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. 'TIE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p uliar simplicity of these: Machines enables any one to scquire thsir perfect use in a rew hours. Illcstrated Price Lists post free THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY Chief Office in the United Kingdo m: 147, CHEAPSIDE. CLERICAL. MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. The ANNITAL IxcomE, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000 Th© ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, is over £1,649,000 Forms of Proposal, and every information, can be ob tained of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St.James's-square, London. S.W. BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION. Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of dame. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. T HE STANDARD - LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1825. Constituted by Special Acts of Parliament. GOVERNOR. His Grace tho Duke of Du ccLitcn. and QUEENSBERRY, K.G. DEM.; TY-GOVERNORS. The Right Hon. the Earl of DALKEITII. The Right Hon. the Earl of STAIR, K.T. Edinburgh-3 and 5, G crge-street. ORDINARY DIRECTORS. T. Menzies, Esq., Merchant, Leith George Moir, Eeq.. Advocate 11. Maxwell Inglis, Eeq., P.C.S. A. Davidson, Esq., Merchant T. Graham Murray, Esq., w.B. Andrew Blackburn, Esq. W. S.Walker, Esq., of Bow land Sir J. Y. Simpson, M.D., Et. James Veitch, Esq., of Elicck Ja/TIOR flore, jun., Esq ,W.S. Robert Hunter, Esq. John Dundas, Esq , C.S. W. Jas. Duncan, Esq., Man ager of the National Bank of Scotland Andrew Wood, Esq., M.D. Wm. Moncreiff, Esq., C.A. Charles Pearson, Esq., C.A. MANAGER AND ACTUARY: Will. Thos. Thomson, F.R.S.E. JOINT ACTUARY : Spencer C. Thomson, B.A. Cantab. AUDITOR : Charles Pearson, C.A. PHYSICIAN : Professor Christison, M.D. BANKERS : The Bank of Scotland—The Royal Bank of Scotland. London-82, Kin, ORDINARY g William-street. DIRECTORS : W. Ratray, Esq., 41, Tavi stock-square Charles Hemery, Esq., 28, T h n adneedle-street Lieutenant-Colonel JamesD. G. Tulloch Alexander Gillespie, Esq., Heathfield, Walton -on - Thames GENERAL SECRETARY FOR ENGLAND : Henry Jones Williams. INSPECTORS : George Edwards- Stephen Hudson. MEDICAL OFFICERS : A. T weedie, M.D.—R. 11. Semple, M.D. BANKERS : Lestock Robert Reid, Esq., 122, Westbourne-terrace Francis Le Breton, Esq., 21, Sussex-place, Regent's park T. Nesbitt, Esq., 42, East cheap J. C. Dimsdale, Esq., Banker London and Westminster Bank—London and County Bank—Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Barnard, Corn hill. London—West-end Office : 3, Pall Mall East, S.W. RESIDENT SECRETARY : John ()Wagon. Dublin-66, Upper Sackville-street. RESIDENT SECRETARY: William Eentham. The STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY was established at Edinburgh in 1825, and is one of the oldest of the Scottish Life Offices. The Acts of Parlia ment, 2d and 3d Gul. IV ., cap. 81, and Bth and 9th Vict., cap. 75, also 22d and 23d Viet., cap. 27, have been granted for the purpose of its constitution and fcr the regulation of its affairs. It has been conducted with much sncces , , and that result may be attributed, not only to the extensive and influential connection of the Company, but more par ticularly to the liberality of its dealings, and to the con stant attention paid by the Directors to the management of its business. AMOUNT of ASSURANCES AC CEPTED during the year 1868 (1,802 Policies) TOTAL SUM ASSURED at 15th No vember, 1868 ANNUAL REVENUE at 15th Novem- — ler, 1868: PREMIUMS X524,679 4 7) INT EREST ACCUMULATED FUND, invested in Mortgages, Government Securities, 4,095,589 16 2 Land, &e. STATEMENT 'SHOWING THE INVESTMENT OF THE FUNDS AT 15T0 NOVEMBER, 1868. Mortgage and other landed securities f2,687,308 17 3 Government securities Loan on the Company's policies within their surrender value . 205,552 12 9 Various investments, including , the obli gations of other Companies, by way of re-assurance St cks and dobeutures Bankbalances, agents' balances, and pre miums upon which days of grace are current Invested at woad in connection with Co!o- 355,179 8 7 , ........... 280,475 6 I 27:t,906 9 9 niul businrss 84,459 1 5 35,691 16 10 108,464 4 0 7.ire annulties and reversions pureltated kliscella:leous property Z 1,096,589 16 2 The necessary investi;nron preparatory to the Bth di-. vision of profits is now in pre4ress, and persons who now us IWO will parricip,te. - By order of the Direct ors WILL. T flt )S. 1' 01‘f SON, Mnnsger. H. JONES WILLIAMS, General Secretarf for England Further information can be oLta;n.•d by application at the offices of the Company in Edinburgh, London, Glasgow, and Dublin, or at any of the agencies which have been established in almost every town of importance through out the Kingdom. Edinburgh 3 and 5, George-street, (Head Office). Loudon 3, Fall-moll East, S.W. Dublin Glasgow lO, St. Vincent-street. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN. GR. GLENIE, of the SPORTING LIBRARY, • 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde park, London, W., begs to inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers In genera that he has been appointed Agent to the above-named paper in addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of "THE SUN," and can supply th same on Friday evening, if required, in town )r country. G. It. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN," and can supply it earlier than any other man in London or Conntry the evening of pubb cation. 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WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western district, 24, Delancey-street, Camden-town, N.W. TIIE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen every Evening, at Eight o'clock, at Mr GILLMAN . ,S, " The Wheatlihea,f," High-street, '..:amden-tQwn. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQTJE._ 4, Rue de la Paix, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New . York. RATES OF PASSAGE. from HAVRE or BREST to NEW YORE. First Mass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japsi.. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be bad of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Anstinfriars, London, E.O. L ONDON - AND NORTILIVESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBENTURE STOCK. The Directors are now prepared to en'er into arrange ments for converting the Debentures of the Company into equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Deben ture Stock, and also to receive applications for allotments of the same Stock, at par, to be applied in the repayment of Debentures falling due. Any amount of Stock, not being a fraction of a pound, can be sahscribed for and transferred. A commission of a (one-half) per cent. is allowed to ap plicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Company's books free of all expense. The interest will be paid half-yearly on the 15th Jan uary and 15th July, by warrant. The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same priority against the property and income of the Company as the Debenture Bond Debt, ranking before the Com pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions 030,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income now amounting to upwards of Three Millions (XF.,000,000) annually. Further particulars and forms of application may be obtained by letter nddreocoa to the nndersiened. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. Euston Station, March, 1869. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE 11, to introduce commodi ies valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmerl, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. (IN CHANCERY.—Lord Chancellor. Vice-Chancellor Malins. Nixey v. Lewis.) CAUTION. —Whereas the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Mains, on the Ist day of July, 1869, upon the ap plication of William George Nixey, of No. 12, Soho-square, in the County of Middlesex, the plaintiff in the above suite, awarded a perpetual injunction, restraining the defendant, Joseph Lewis, his shopman, servants, and agents, from hereafter selliAg any black lead, or other composition purporting to be black lead, in tablets or cases enclosed or covered in manner in the bill mentioned, or folded in wrappers, or enclosed or packed up or folded in any cases. coverings, or wrappers, which are fac similes, or copies or fraudulent imitations of those invented or used by the plaintiff, and from in any way using any cases, coverings, boxes, labels, devices, or other things which shall re present or have the appearance of representing the plaintiff as the manufacturer or vendor of articles which have not, in fact, been manufactured or sold by him. Al, persons are therefore cautioned against purchasing, selling, exposing for sale, or other wise dealing in black lead or other composition purporting to be black lead not manufactured cr prepared by the said William George Nixey, in tablets or in cases, enclosed or covered, or wrapped or enclosed in wrappers, or with other ac companiments being fac-similes or fraudulent or colourable imi tations of those invented and used by the plaintiff, the said William Gem ge Nixey.—Dated this 231 day of July, 1869. VALLANCE di VALLANCE, 20. Essex-street, Strand. Plaintiffs Solicitor. 011 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 decry, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUN 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 ono of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonc.lrful liquid. It is now offered to the public u. a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 58. 1 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames itreet London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. D. ChattPrton. THIS EVENING, at', BELLES OF TFI E KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicattlt : lifessn. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Britt .in Wright. loht. Rouse; Mt, Killington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. 171IEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCII OF A GOOD THING Messrs Ash ey, C.H. Stephenson, and 3lisses Maria and Nelly Harris. At 15 to 8, LOST AT SEA: a London Story. Messrs A. Stir ling, G. Belmore, E. Atkins, J. D. Beveridge, C. 11. Stephenson, C..T. Smith. B. Milner; Miss Rose Leclerc% Miss ( liza John stone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray. To conclude with I)OYiESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Bt 'more and Mrs. Leigh Murray. • Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Flaces can be secured a fortnight in advance. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING. at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE. A t 8.15. Mr. T. W. Bol:ertson's new Comedy, in three acts, entitled PROGRESS: Messrs. Billington, 11. Neville, .1. Clarke. Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall ; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. A QUIET FAMILY After which, at 7.45, a new drama, entitled ESCAPED FROM PORTLAND: Characters by Mr Charles Mathews, Mr Vining, Messrs W. Rignold, G. F. Neville, C. F. Edgar, C. Steyne; Miss Georgiana Pauncefort, Miss Carlisle, Miss Kemp, Mrs Addie, and Mrs Charles Mathews. With new scenery by Mr F. Lloyds, Mr W. Fianna, and assis tants. Furniture and decorations by Mr. Nosotti. Concluding with the Farce of NOTHING TO NURSE. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, a new and original ketch, by Harry Lemon, Esq , called WAIT FOR AN ANSWER. After which, at 7.45 will be produced, with new scenery, fur niture, and appointments, a new Comedy, in three acts, by Thomas Morton, Esq., entitled PLAIN ENGLISH, in which Messrs. Barry Sullivan, George Honey, J. C. Cowper, W. H. Stephens, D. Evans, Charles H orsmnn, Lin Bayne, Cotte, Dyne. W. Arthur, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, and Miss Howard will appear. To conclude with the Musical Fa-ce of THE WATERMAN. The magnificent new scenery by Mr. Julian Hicks; the furni ture and upholstery by Mr. James Lyon. Acting Manager—AMOßY SULLIVAN. j 4 OYAL STRAND THEATRE. lk, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongb. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREA KERS : Mr Cl trite. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. Alter which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton ; Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE deliNers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn. 8, Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. SPORTING. —J OIIN ROBERTS supplies the LATES C EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub ished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. 1/HE LA MST EDITION of " THE SUN " J. H.)LAIES begs to inform his friends and the public generally that he' supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SON " as soon as published.—No.lo, Hampsteail-road N.W. THE LATEST. EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by II W HARRIS. Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. THE “ SUN" NEWSPAPER.--G. R. (41,EN lE. Sporting Library. 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware road delivers the LA Tl 4: 14',DITION of "TH SUN "at the earlies+ possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver Copies it Town, the Suhurbb, and in many parts of the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles b; Q. 45 o'clock OPders by post punctually attended to 110'S GR AINGER? LICENSED VICTUALLERS' TOBACCONIST, SHEPHERD'S-BUSH. The SPORTING EDITION of "THE SUN " can be seen at GR k I NGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight o'clock. SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,' THE LATEST or SPECIAL EDITION of "THE SUN " every Evening, at Eight o Clock, at Mr ROBERTS, "The Black Cap," High-street, Camden-town. T HE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. friiE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden ,own. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, I' rand. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. gole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, ti Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Ilillington, Misses M. Breunan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES will be remembered, were unseated for bribery at Lancaster, and with a promising feeling of repentance, withdrew from the Commission of the Peace. Their repentance has been brief. They have just been reinstated in their position as magistrates. This act, which must be attributed to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord BUFFERIN) certainly occurs very inopportunely, at a time when revelations of evil electoral doings were pouring in faster than ever, and when for the first time the Election Com missioners are fearlessly striking at the root of the evil by ruthlessly exposing the doings of the most elevated personages. That the corruption of the rich Liberals should have been so soon forgotten by a Liberal Government does not speak much for the sincerity of anti-bribery leg,isla lation. There is, however, some consolation amid our electoral woes. If we are not making much way in the cultivation of political virtue we aro rapidly probing the depths of poli tical vice. Never before have election inquiries been nearly so complete as those which have taken place, or are proceeding, at Beverley, Norwich, and Bridgwater. The researches of the Commission at the latter town have, in fact, established one safeguard—and it may be of some value—against future bribery. No candidate can henceforth employ corruption and cast the odium upon some subordinate ; he must make up his mind to face exposure. Previously the guilt often lay on the side of the rich aspirant, whilst public disgrace was borne by the needy agent. Now no one, however exalted, can be considered safe. The Bridgwater Commissioners have behaved with a boldness which some have called rude, but the rudeness of indignation will readily meet with excuse from a nation which has suffered too long from systematic winking at the sins of " respectable " people. One Commissioner declared that the impudence of members of Parliament transcended any thing he ever heard of. Another hinted at perjury on the part of a rich culprit. Inconvenient questions have been ruthlessly forced upon " respectable witnesses." Ladies have been put in the witness-box. In short, the Commis sioners have gained themselves the title of the " World, the Flesh, and the Devil "—foolish nick names which have not the merit of novelty, and which might much more justly have been applied to some of the gentlemen who appeared as witnesses. It is possible that the Commissioners might have done their work a little more mildly. But too much mildness to the rich is just the grievance from which the public has hitherto suffered. It is better even to be rude in the discovery of truth than to imitate the miserable drivelling of previous inquiries. There can at least be no question as to the comparative utility of the two systems. The " rudeness " of the Bridgwater Commission has shown us that members of Parliament freely and personally bribed, and that other members became the agents of their aspiring fellows. We learn that Mr. WESTROPP " nursed" the borough by paying nearly £4OO a year for six years, in the hope that he would then be returned without further bribery, and that he would thus be able to affirm—as he did affirm—that he had " paid no more than the sum stated by the returning officer." But the rude Com missioners found out that the borough would be bribed, notwithstanding the six years' " nursing," and that a large sum had been laid out in bribing it. One man received £1,500 to spend in buying votes. The money was not supplied by Mr. WESTROPP, but by a lady—the lady whose name he was so reluctant to mention, but who proved to be, his wife. Nor was this all. A sum of £5OO had been personally given by Mr. WESTROPP to the agent Tno3IP, though the former "expected to get it back." The Commission, too, established the fact that Mr. SPOFFORTII and the Carlton Club winked at and practically encouraged these proceedings, if they did not actually abet them. These are the revelations which justice requires, and we may pardon a little rude ness in the process of getting at them. It may be hoped, too, that the chance of appearing in a witness-box before vulgar Commissioners may restrain candidates from evil deeds, if no other consideration will. LATEST INTELL MENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AM.ERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Oct. 14. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 130 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1301 i the lowest, 130. Sterling Exchange on London lO9l. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2Ol. ac " 1885 ll9f. 11 it 1867 ll7l. 10-40 16 Illinois Erie ................................ , Cotton—Mid. upland 2610. Petroleum—Standard White 33c. Flour, extra state, $5.70c. to $6.30e. Corn, old mixed, sl.Be. ITALY. FLORENCE, Oct. 15. It is stated the reopening of the Italian Parlia ment has been fixed for the 16th of November inst. VENICE, Oct. 14. The Crown Prince of Prussia left this morning for Brindisi. _ MADRID, Oct. 13 (Evening). Senor Pruneda, one of the members of the Cortes compromised in the outbreak at Saragossa, has been arrested. The two insurgent leaders in the South, Paul and Salvochea, have fired the town of Carthagena. In to-day's sitting of the Cortes, authorisation was granted to the authorities to proceed judicially against those members of that body who have taken part in the insurrection. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 15. The Khedive is still at Cairo. The waters of Nile are diminishing, and the apprehensions that were entertained as to the damage to the cotton crop are over. It is esti mated that the loss will not exceed 500 bales. BOURSE, Oct. 14.—. FRANCE. closed as follows :—.. Three o'clock—The marktt 41 per Cent. ...... 100 70 Bank Shares 2BOO End of month... —.— Italian Fives 53 15 3 per Cent End of month 7l 40 Ottoman Loan ... 322 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 206 25 Spanish Threes ... 25 Credit Foncier 1675 Home Debt __. _ Paris Gas 1577 50 Deferred ...... ... RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans , ... 945 Western ....................................... 5 83 / Northern ... 10931 Stra-iburg .......... Lyons and Mediterranean .......... (.)88- Southorn..... Sardinian ......... ;MI Austrian ....................................... 765 Lombard._ ......... sti North of Spain, .............................. V S , r) - o sin. ........ '' • -, , sCRoman .. ... The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DIINVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity fur their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. VHS EVENING, at 7, TOO MIICII.OF A GOOD THING Mr e , shley, Mr, Stephenson, and the Misses Harris. Followed by LOST AT SEA: Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Belmore, Mr E. Atkins, Mr Beveridge, Mr Stephenson, Mr Smith, Mr Romer; Hiss Rose Leelereq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr G. Eelmara and Mrs L Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-110Y AL. Tins EVENiNIL at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE. At P.lg, the new Comedy, PROGRES : Messrs. Billington, H. Neville, J. Clarke, Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tuts EVENING, at WAIT FOR AN ANSWER. After which. PLAIN ENGLISH: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mia. Hermann Vezin, &c. And THE WATER \IAN. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vinini, TEM EVENTNG. at 7, A. QUIET FAMILY. After which, E • CAPED FROM PORTLAND: Mr Charles Mathews, Mr Vining. Mrs Chas. Mathews, &c. To conclude with NOTHING To NITRSE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs.Swanborouzh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD CFIRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-perk. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission. is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve. O4 ROYAL AL HAMB RA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. 7-T Q, - , Ji LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 15, 1869. Doubts are beginning to increase and multiply as .0 the wisdom, after all, of that system of Competi- tive Examinations which was to effect such wonders, and to ensure such efficiency, throughout we don't know how many important Government depart- It has been thought by many from the very commencement that the system itself, in its organization, was very much indeed of a sham and of a mere make-believe. One of the most sagacious of modern intellects has avowed, since the date when Competitive Examinations were first instituted, that out of a dozen questions on one of the printed lists or papers, there were only two that he himself, though a skilled mathematician and professor of the sciences, could have answered off hand, and on the spur of the moment, supposing he had been put to it. The questions, in point of fact, according to that dispassionate witness, are framed un - fairly with the very design of entrapping the victim they are placed before into bewilderment. It has been often said facetiously before now that a new wing is required to Bedlam in consequence of the ex traordinary addition to the number of lunatics caused by Bradshaw's Guide (so called !) to the Railways. And only a little more seriously it has for a long while been insisted upon, by many, in the same way, that precisely the same necessity will de volve upon the next generation in consequence of the maddening influence of this long be-puffed and be praised system of Competitive Examinations. A new unhappiness and a new solicitude have been thereby ingeniously added to the discomforts of school-time, and of youth's first entrance upon the duties and responsibilities of early manhood. School-days pro verbially mark the happiest epoch in life, as a whole, —among all except schoolboys themselves. Yet these very days have their griefs and anx . eties, just as much as any other of the stages of burn tn exist ence; The schoolboy's elders had hitherto ignored them altogether, and systematically, until they were very considerably magnified and enhanced by the ins'itution of this wonderful syston of Competitive Examinations. Ihe strain or tension put upon the intellectual energies of the mass of youth ful competitors in these Examinations we believe to be anything but wholesome or beneficial—we believe to be, on the contrary, in the highest degree pre- men t s. judicial. With knowledge, moreover, it is, as a rule, as it is with money —soon won, soon lost. Those who are in course of training for a Competi tive Examination are what is called " crammed" for some time previously. They swallow a large mass of raw and undigested, and therefore, to employ another phrase in the animal economy, of unassimilated information. It may serve its pur pose just for the time being, if the pupil's memory can, for that time being, remain sufficiently reten tive. But, afterwards, the results are just simply nil. The knowledge so acquired, hurriedly, and all jum bled up altogether, is forgotten just as rapidly as it has been acquired, or, as we should rather say, accumu lated. And it drops out of mind thus glibly, simply, and solely, and obviously, because it has never been realized, so to speak, by the pupil's own inner consciousness. Supposing, however, for the sake of argument, that anything like a strain or effort has been put upon the young scholar's intelligence in the process of mastering (for the one imminent pur pose) the multitude of details placed together within reach of his acquisition, the result, then, might be even worse—will, in all human probability, be even worse—than simply the losing of that loosely-obtained masa of information. His faculties will become, in that case, not improbably, dulled and muddled per manently, by their premature or precocious deve lopment. As Mr. DICKENS describe; it to have been with Dr. BLIMBER'S favourite pupil, in that intellectual forcing house—the human plant will blow, and blow, and blow, until it becomes at last a mere stalk ! Hence really we believe the otherwise bewildering circumstance, that hardly ever has a SeniOr Wrangler obtained any after celebrity in public .life. Baron ALDERSON, in that respect, being almost, and we might say, the single exception that proves the rule. No ; our convic tion is that the thing is being overdone. To be consistently carried out, it ought to be applied, this system of Competitive Examinations, not merely at the outset, but at intervals, peri odically among all the holders of public offices, not in this or in that department, but in all the depart ments indiscriminately. And if so applied we wonder how the various holders of office—not merely those who are stripling aspirants to become so —would enjoy the felicity of its application ! How they would care to be trotted out thus at intervals to show their paces! Ilow they woul I like to have their memoties thus searchingly refreshed ! What is gc o I for the gosling muse, as a matter of course, be good for the gander. And if ther e really is all the good , ht.re is sail to be in this wonderful system of Com petitive Examinations, the more widely that system can be applied surely the better. TILE nation makes indifferent prog,ress in its eflbrts to convince itself that bribery is a grievous moral offence. The Government, at all events, does not seem to be very keenly alive to the sin of corruption, otherwise the names of Messrs. SCHNEIDER and FEN\VICK would not have again coma before public notice. These gentlemen, it HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MORNING. EVENING FRIDAY 25 min past 10 3 min past 11 ►SATURDAY 40 min past 11 9 min past 12 SUNDAY 10 min past 12 30 mi❑ past 12 MONDAY 53 miu past 12 10 min past 1 rr V LSDAY 30 min past 1 50 mill Data 1 :;OCTOBER 15, 1869. CHURCH CONFERENCE AT MIDDLESBOROUGH. A conference of the clergy and laity of tho rural deaneries of the neighbourhood was held on Wednesday, at Middles borough, under the presidency of the Archbishop of York. The Earls of Zotland, Mulgravo, Lord Houghton and many other persons of distinction were present. The Archbishop, in addressing the meeting, said that his object in calling them together was to afford the opportunity for an inter change of ideas by the clergy and laity. All were there for the purpose cf pointing out any existing evils, and he invited them, if possible to suggest remedies. He never knew meetings of that kind without good result. To his mind the English Church would never be in a thoroughly healthy position until there existed in every parish a consultative body, which should represent the parishioners and advise the clergyman. Papers on Education were then read, and followed by a discussion, in the course of which a clergyman stated that from his experience of a prison not more than one-third of the prisoners could write their names. A gentlemen pre sent said only one-third of the puddlers employed in his ironworks could write their names, and though his firm had erected national schools, they could not get all the men to send their children. This made him a convert to compulsory education. Other speakers, among whom was Lord Houghton, supported the same principle. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FEXIANS. In a letter to the Amnesty Committee in Dublin, The O'Donoghue, M.P., expresses his opinion that the Govern ment, " collectively and individually, heartily commiserate the unfortunate condition of the prisoners, and are most anxious to liberate them, if they can do so consis tently with what they consider their duty to the State ;" but he is equally convinced " that they will not as they cannot, without degrading the functions of Govern ment, or betraying the trust reposed in tbem, yield any thing to the faintest semblance of unconstitutional pres sure." "How my dear countrymen," he adds, "in their cells must curse the vanity of the heartless spouters, who would persuade the world that, while powerless to savo the captive from being dragged within the prison walls, they can, nevertheless, extort his release, It is this loathsome fustian that keeps the door locked, and not the unappeased wrath or vindictivenes of either the Govern ment or British people. Let us approach the Government with the respect due to their poeition, and with a confi, dence which not only their acts but the attested worth of their individual character entitles them to. If we take this course, I have no doubt of the result." THE NATIONAL EDUCATION LEAGUE, The closing meeting of the Conference of the National Education League at Birmingham was held in the Town Hall, the Mayor in the chair. Mr. GEORGE Dixon, M.P. (chairman of the League moved the first resolution, which was: as follows :—" Mx. in the opinion of this meeting the scheme of the National Education League is the one best adapted to secure the education of every child in the country." Ho said there was reason to believe that education in towns had not increased beyond the proportional increase in population; and Canon Kingsley averredthat the denominational system had failed in the rural districts. Mr. Villiers was of opinion that so long as the present system continued not more than half the children in agricultural placc s could bo educated, and his statement was corroborated by other school inspectors, and a Cabinet Minister of the late Administration. It was under these circumstances that the Educational League had sprung into existence. They had been informed lately that the education in the existing schools contained a very small tincture of religion indeed, and that in the new schools there might be as much religion as in nine-tenths of the present schools. By means of that League they hope to rouse the people, in whom now happily was placed political power, and if Mr. Forster would not act as their leader in the movement, they must accomplish their objects in spite of him. Professor FAwcurr, M.P., seconded the resolution. He said the labours of the League would prove as fruitful in blessings as the labours of the Anti-Corn-Law League. They were determined that they should form one united body, and would never cease their efforts until elementary education had been guaranteed to every boy and every girl in the country. Perhaps the greatest danger that threatened the movement was the possibility that some of the members would be tempted to accept a compromise. Nothing should satisfy the League but free, unsectarian, compulsory education. The Conservatives, who had raised the cry against the system, were never done talking about the Factory Acts, which their party had passed, and yet these very Acts made it compulsory for a child at a certain age not to attend work unless the child also attended school. The universities should be made the pro perty of the nation. He was glad that the House of Lords had thrown out the University Tests Bill. He ventured to predict that the House of Lords would never have that 1 ill before them again. Next session they would have to express their opinion upon a very different measure. They would have to say "Aye" or "No" to a proposal which would abolish at once and for ever every remaining vestige of religious test and disability, and thus make the Universities truly national institutions. Mr. MuNDELLA addressed himself to working men. Ho desired first to point out to them what was already accom plished by compulsory education. Although this was a now doctrine in England, or comparatively new, it had been in operation for many years in the North German Con federation and other parts of Europe ; and indeed on the Ist of January next there will be 80,000,000 of the people of Europe under the operation of compulsory education. He mentioned the case of Switzerland, whose people were the best educated in the world. There was the religious difficulty. He had never found any difficulty in this respect with the working men. He reminded them of some lines written by Charles Dickens—describing this constant contest between sects—this great religious difficulty which we now stand in the face of : " So have I seen a country on the earth, Where darkness sat upon the livinc , waters, And brutal ignorance and toil and dearth Were the hard portion of its sons and daughters; And yet where those who should have ope'd the door Of truth and charity to all men's finding, Squabbled for words upon the altar floor, And rent the book in struggles for the binding." The resolution was carried. Mr. Jos. CHAMBERLAIN moved " That the Executive Committee of the National Education League be requested to prepare a bill, based upon the principles of the League, for introduction into the House of Commons dining the next session of Parliament.' Mr. CREMER seconded the resolution. Mr. CARTEn, M.P. for Leeds, next briefly addressed the meeting, after which Mr. LLOYD JOIcES also spoke in favour of the proposition, which was unanimously carried. THE ITARTLF.Y COLLIERY RELIEF FUN - D.—The difference as to the application of the .surplus of the Hartley fund returned to South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire, was settled at a meeting of the trustees and committee, held on Wednesday at Wolverhampton. It was resolved unanimously—" That as soon as the colliers of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire have, in accordance with their promise, raised and paid into the Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire Bank the sum of £5OO, and so raised the present balance of £2,500 to £3,000, the interest of the total sum of £3,000 shall be periodically divided amongst the widows and orphans of those colliers who may have been killed in the above dis trict during the first year of their destitution, in such pro portions as a committee to be hereafter appointed shall deem most desirable." SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A CLF.ILGYMAN. — A case which has excited considerable sensation in this neighbourhood occupied the attention of the m agistrates in petty sessions at Ledbury for no less than seven hours on Thursday. It was a charge of affiliation brought against the Rev. J. Jackson, vicar of Ledbury, by Eliza beth Parry, of being the father of her illegitimate child, aged twelve months. Mr. 0. Ricardo was chairman. Mr. Gwillim, solicitor, Hereford, appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Ford, solicitor, London, for the rev. defendant. The inquiry was confined almost entirely to the examination and cross-examination of the mother of the child, a good-looking young woman, who took th extraordinary course a few Sundays ago of attending the parish church of Ledbury and holding up the infant during divine service, publicly proclaiming that the rev. vicar (then in the pulpit), was its father. The defence was a direct denial of paternity. The investigation was adjourned. Mu. CloscHEN AT nu: BIRMINGHAM WORK itousm.—We are glad to learn that the Preiident of the Poor Law Board, following the example of score of his colleagues in their departments, is determined to make him self acquainted with the practical working of the Poor Law ny personal observation. Last week Mr. Go:Then the Birmingham - Workhouse, accompanied by Mr. Pcel, the Poor Law Inspector; and, although the immediate object of the visit was the inspection of the epileptic wads, the President visited the sick wards, and went over the whc'e house. The news of the arrival of so unexpected a visitor brought up several of the guardians to the workhouse, to whom and to the medical officer Mr. Goschen put "no • , ncl of questions." His visit lasted some hours, and we are in formed was very satisfactory. We trust that many similar inspections will be made, for we are confident that the head of the Poor-law Board will find the process infinitely more instructive than listening to the letters of guardians and the reports of inspectors.—Lancet. BUNHILL-FIELDS CEMETERY On Thursday this time-honoured place of sepulture, about which so many interesting associations—historical, religious, and political—linger, was formally opened to the public, with much ceremony, under the auspices of the Corporation of the City of London, for purposes of peaceful recreation, it having for the last seventeen years ceased to be used as a burying-ground, and was at one time threatened with appropriation to secular uses. A few years ago the lease under which the Corporation of London hod held the Finsbury Prebendal Estate for more than 3CO years ran out, and the estate, of which the burial-ground formed part, passed into the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. It had been set apart as a place of inter ment by the Corporation 200 years ago, and was enclosed at the cost of the city in 1603, in the Mayoralty of Sir John Lawrence, Knight, as an inscription over one of the entrances still records. In it lie the remains of men whose memory and writings are among the most precious of the national heirlooms. The ground is usually associated in the public mind with the Noncon formists, and it was called accordingly by Southey " the Campo As'anto of the Dissenters.'; This it was to a great extent, but not exclusively so, for probably every denomination of Christians has there found a resting-place for its dead. There lie the remains of, among others, Jolla Bunyan, " the iminortal dreamer," and Daniel Defoe; Lieu tenant-General Fleetwood, Cromwell's son-in-law ; Lady Erskine and Dame Maria P ugh, pious and devoted women of their time; Mrs. Susannah Wesley, the mother of the Wesleys ; George Fox, the Quaker ; Dr. Isaac Watts; Dun ton, the bookseller ; Ritson, the antiquary ; Stothard and Blake, the painters ; Thos. Hardy and John Home Tooke ; the reformers; David Nasmith, the founder of City missions; the Rev. Joseph Hughes, founder of the Bible Society ; Dr. Thomas Goodwin ; the Rev. Daniel Neal, historian of the Puritans ; Dr. Abraham Rees, editor of the Encyclopcodia ; and many more persons cf note. Of late a rumour obtained that there was some likelihood of the ground being turned, in part, at least, to some common uses ; but a spirited protest having been made by many leading Non conformists, at the head of whom were Mr, J. R. Mills, and Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., against such a designaiian, the intention was abandoned, if over it existed, and at the instance of the Corporation an Act of Parliament was recently passed securing for ever the ground from any preversion from its original and sacred uses. Since then the civic authorities havo expended a considerable sum in laying it out in an ornamental manner, in plant ing it with trees and flowers, and in restoring many of the monuments which have a historic interest. Yesterday the Lord Mayor, accompanied by Alderman and Sheriff Causton, Mr. Sheriff Valentin, and the Under-Sheriffs, went in state from the Mansion-house to attend the cere mony. Arrived upon the ground, where many hundreds of well-dressed people, admitted by ticket, had assembled, Mr. CHARLES REED, M.P., Chairman of the Bunhill fields Preservaticn Committee, said :—Five centuries have passed since this manor was granted by the Prebend of Halliwell and Finsbury to the citizens of Loudon in return for services rendered to the Church. In the midst of the fen, beyond the city wall, a tumulus or mound marked traditionally the site of Saxon burial. This spot has been so used from time immemorial, and in 1549 more than 1,000 carticads of human remains were removed from the charnel-house of St. Paul's Cathe dral and deposited here. From that period there were burials around the Bone-hill, which soon acquired the name of Bunhill-in-the-fields. In the days of tho first Stuart, and during the period of the Commonwealth, burial in this ground was much sought of ter by families who could claim no right of interment in the City churches; and the Corporation of Lon don in 1605 enclosed the hithei to unprotected spot for the use of the Nonconformists. It is true that this place boasts no gilded shrines or splendid mausoleum, and yet through England, in America, and the colonies an interest is felt in this humble spot of earth scarcely second to that with which the Abbey of Westminster itself is regarded. Not the "rude forefathers" are buried here, but the founders of families ; not solely the citizen, but the pious and learned pastors and teachers of every religious com munity; not divines alone, but men distinguished in lite rature, science, and art. I desire to add that in all the repa rations and alterations carried on within this enclosure not a fragment of stone has been taken away, nor has any por tion of the soil been removed. Tombs have been raised from beneath the ground, stones have been set straight, illegible inscriptions have been deciphered and re-cut, hundreds of decayed tombs have been restored, paths have been laid and avenues planted; and in all, the sacred rights of sepulture have been scrupulously respected. The Loub MAYOR said Mr. Reed had carried back their recollections to a period of time very different from that in which they had the happiness to live, but it was most desirable that people should now and then look back upon those distant times and try to place themselves in the position in which the eminent men whose names had been referred to then occupied. It might be that people visiting the place and looking around on the monuments of the honoured dead would have their nintts carried back to the times in which they lived; and that they knight possibly catch a portion of the spirit that had animated them, and would go away with the determination to du what was right and true, regardless of all considerations of self-interest or expediency, whether political, moral, or religious. The Earl of SnArrEsnunv added a few words. The cemetery was not to be a place of amusement, nor of joy or revelry. It would be no loss impossible for persons of sober or steady hearts to walk through it without having their thoughts lifted from the earth in which they lived to the better world to which they all were tending. Let them seek to emulate the virtues of men like Daniel Defoe, Isaac Watts, Thomas Goodwin, and many others whose remains were interred there. Among them was ono name which was perhaps more honoured than all the rest—he meant the glorious old Bunyan. Let them consider the dignity which in God's providence that man had conferred upon labour. Mr. SAMUEL MORLEY, M.P., in the name of the public, briefly expressed the obligations they owed to the Lord Mayor and the Corporation of London for the manner in which they had surmounted the obstacles which at one time stood in the way of the preservation of the ground from secular uses. The LORD MAYOR then formally declared the ground to be opened, and with that the ceremony terminated. In the evening the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress en tertained the principal persons who had taken part in the proceedings at dinner at the Mansion House. An American paper says that Boston boasts of a oitizen who on his 100th birthday ordered a pair of shoes, saying he wanted them stoutly built. The shoemaker remarked that ho might not live to wear them out, but he s harply retorted that he began this 100 years a good deal stronger than he did the last ono. ENGLISH PRIDE AND LORD PALMERSTON.—AS an example of the pride of Englishmen, the Domino tells the following story :—" While Marshal Sebastiani was French Minister in this counts y, ho sat next Lord Palmer ston at a City dinner, and, after listening to all that was said in praise of England in the various speeches deli vered during the evening, he remarked to his neighbour, 'Oh, my lord, if I was not a Frenchman I should wish to be an Englishman' `And I,' coldly replied old Pam, (le 'deux Pam), if I was not an Englishman, should wish to be one.' " A NURSE AND CHILD LOST.—The unusually quiet town of Maidenhead, Berks, has been thrown into a state of excitement owing to the fact that a nurse had stolen a child and mysteriously disappeared with it. The child belonged to Colonel Hickie. Late on Saturday night, when the discovery was made, many rumours were afloat of the supposed insanity of the nurse, of the ditches in the neighbourhood being - searched, rivers dragged, and nothing was found. Tho distress of the parents was great, the police were soon startled into activity, and Superin tendent M'Graw suggested the propriety of searching the box of the missing woman. It was then found that she had taken all her things with her; but no clue could be found at either of the railway stations, and the event was soon the general talk of the town. The nurse is said to be an Irishwoman, and it is supposed that she walked to Slough. When the police arrived there she had left some four or five hours, and, it is believed she was last seen in Hammersmith. AUSTRALASIAN GOLD.—The imports of Australa sian gold into the United Kingdom in the eight months ending August 31 this year amounted to £5,151,549, as compared with £4,361,245 in the corresponding period of 1863, and £3,277,613 in the corresponding period of 1867. The amount of the gold brought down by escort in the province of Otago, New Zealand, in the first six month of this year was 71,21.10 z., as compared with 71,6180 z. in the first six months of 1863. It is stated that there is a prospect of a valuable goldfield being found in the Mare whenua district about 40 miles from Oamaru, in the province of Otago. Mr. Warden Robinson has been directed to visit the workings, and report upon them to the Provincial Government. About 100 men were at work in the locality at the last dates, some good specimens of auriferous quartz bad been found, and, as the district adjoins that of Mount Ida, it is expected that a similar formation will be found to, exist over a wide extent of country. There are now 87 companies formed in connection with the gold mining of the Thames fields, in the province of Auckland, NOW Zeiti land. These 87 companies had raised between them capital: to the amount of 4270,201. A large demand for sidLted; mining labour is stated to prey op , V10;114/40 fields.' which are extruzdiumily Lam; HER MAJESTY. BALMOPAL CASTLE, Oct. 13. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, went out this morning. Her Majesty, acc)rnpanied by Princess Augustus of Saxe- Coburg, drove out in the afternoon. ._ ~ (riff * Tt ITZIIO. LITERATURE. The L icar's Courtship. Three Vols. By Waller Thornburg. Hurst and Biackett. A novel from the graceful pen of the biographer of Turner, the lyrist of the Cavaliers, and the author of so many charming works, cannot fail to prove attractive to the reading public. The ad mirers of Walter Thornbury will not be disap pointed in this, his latest e.: say as a novelist. The style of the narrative, though still betraying some few instances of that careless haste conspicuous, here and there, in the former productions of its author —and which can hardly be regarded as matter of surprise considering the extraordinary rapidity with which he has penned his now voluminous produc tions—is animated and interesting throughout- The descriptions of country scenery are vivid and picturesque in the extreme, being all of them pictures worthy of an imagination accus tomed to regard nature with a painter's Ore. The Vicar, Arthur Beauflower, the hero of " the Courtship," and of the novel, to which it gives its name, is introduced to us as a frank, open hearted, high-spirited gentleman, and during the early part of the story he - very happily responds to that description. In the crisis of his fortunes , however, he is represented as acting in a manner totally at variance with his antecedents. Going 12 1 3 to London on a hasty visit from his country vicar age he is entrusted with some rare and valuable jewels by a virtuoso friend, who is anxious to have them conveyed in safety to the metropolis. Bciag at the time grievously tormented by certain college debts, and sorely in want of money, our high spirited Vicar is induced to offer his friend's jewels in pledge to a Jew money lender; and, moreover, being duped by the said Jew into the belief that one of the jewels is worthless, and has been destroyed while undergoing a test as to its real value, the hapless Beauflower con gents to purchase a fabricated imitation of the same in order to palm it off upon his friend as th e original article intrusted to his possession. su ch an act of deception is utterly at variance with the character of Beauflower, and the crime of the hero is assuredly in this delineation of his history "worse than a crime—a mistake." We will not reveal all further the incidents of the plot, incidents whi ch sustain its interest throughout. The heroine / 0 very charming character, very amiable and loveable as a heroine should be, while equally attractive i ° a different way is the lively and vivacious Mi: Beauflower, the Vicar's sister. The very gr ea ... variety of characters introduced on the scene, th e "; various peculiarities being cleverly discriminatel and vigorously poutrayed, constitutes a very g re9 feature in " the Vicar's Courtship." We h ale noticed, it is true, what we cannot but think an error in the delineation of the character of Arth c 7: Beauflower, but we have found very much to a mire, and very much to commend in this new 311 '; brilliant novel from the practised hand of We l " Thornbury. Our Common Insects.. By Mrs. E. W. Cox. Se' cond Edition. Robert Hardwicke. We are not surprised to find Mrs. Cox's " First Steps to Entomology" already in a Second Edition: There is so much interesting information conveYn.' with so much simplicity and clearness to be found l e thislittle volume, that it is well calculated to been° a general favourite with all seeking acquaintance with the insect world. The wonders of t he telescope, amazing as they are, are hardly so 111 , er h ; vellous as those revealed by the microscope worlds of life around us are, if rightly viewed, a s lim ; ject for the consideration alike of moralist and philosopher. The curiosities of insect life, even as re e vealed in the charming volume now before US, er a striking indeed. Pictorial illustrations are scatt ere bo over the pages; the graceful dragon-fly and t o a homely beetle, moths and spiders, silk worms grasshoppers, flies and butterflies, are here to c il found depicted with life-like fidelity by the p e to g of the artist and the pen of the authoress. A 6t yo motto to the history of the insect world mig ht ut : e fo been taken from a poem of Eliza Cook's—"l li i o t nothing in vain," in which, after reminding us h " lo g "from the mite to the mammoth there's nc: 4 in vain," the poetess happily exclaims "We know they all come from the Infinite gau d, 2 0 And shall man in his littleness dare to ask—W" - , e o, Although these words are not quoted in her 04 0 , they express the reverent feelings with livilinh!: o f Cox has studied and expounded these mysterle' the World of Nature. BANK OF FRANCE. 1 4 ' PARIS, O ct. 0. 08 V The following is the return of the Bank of - r or , for the week ending to-day, together with the c responding figures of the previous account: DEBTOR. Oct. 14. e. Oct. 7. fr .." fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182 500 000 182,5001"- na Profits in addition to 7 7 Capital (Art. 8, June 9, 1857) Law , 7,044,776 02 776 44,776 0 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 2 , 2 1 05 ' lb° t 4 Reserve of landed pro- A 000 _.„ perty 4 000 000 4,00.A,650 - Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight. 7 1 315 91 33 41 1 -48 ' e l 1 3 "a 6 Treasury account cur- 47 , 007 , 759 rent creditor 177 893,010 54 188,1u144 Current accounts, Paris 331 7 ,766,303 12 313,741 ' 36 / 9 6 t / Do. branch banks 45,045,408 43,7150‘ 081 Dividends payable 1 256 473 lok"" gOt Discounts and sundry 7 7 80 0 95.. interests - 1 )91,66° 39 Rediscounted the last 7 7 six months 991,660 38 91 Surplus of receipts not ..---''g 0 distributed , 0 - 0 34 / - Sundries - 41 ,341 D(s.Le T rcal o ve t , al CREDITOR. Oct. 7. Oct' 14. 6 Cash in hand and in fr. Branch banks Commercial bills over- ' ' ' DADDD odoos..v. eobcnyur counted, eitsi e brancho Securities banksodt deposit s t i due u o e f 304 ; 691 , , 292 'a' 1 g ' due 304 2 . 5 _ 2, , 474 v St Commercial bills dis al.3 Do. branch banks bullio bF n i 272 866 052 274, 3 °"' / 1 1 58 6 : , 3 9 123 1 7 9 7 , :2 0 0 0 00 0 0 _—__ 1 ' ., ::::, : 18,: 3 8 1 ,1a / branch banks b a P n u k b s l . i . e l7 00, 2 „,J °° Do. on railway shares Q a/1k) - ' Credit s ta: State e s :Le r ;976,100 "" A / 09 4 , 0U v ~... D D and o o .. Do. b t O o r a n Bonds t d h e 0 1 e - 3 2;301 600 Do. Stock :0- 0.: nal I ° / 1,058,700 --. 1'2'7 : 9, 5° vention, i 1857 s 1,179,300 -- ' / disposable jiinni June ne o2b ali s e e 60,000,000 --• 000, 0 60, 0 flotel and furniture o s f ~,, 90, 0 T ° 0 12.980 750 14 1',605,18' , ' 80,605,187 21 80, ~ ,„ 2 1857) 100,000,000 --- the Bank and landed property branches P Expense ••• 9 155,780 --- , s of manage- ' went 1, 65 1 ' 1 , 91 8° 41 ' 1,609,212 19 , 7, 183, 3 Sundries ~, 34 v Total ---------- o f, B,+ -0, 2,197,572,173 83 2, 7 . t.e pa Certified by the Deputy-Governor of 0 of France. ,1• F. Cu` (Signed) 71 1 ' ------------------ t he Pail 0 Mr. James Gordon Bennett (jun-) ° I sq uad t.° 4 ; less, Vice-Commodore of V.° American Yacht ,_ re , 11 0 „, and Mr. Douglas of the Sappho, Rear -Coinroooliuted Se, been elected honorary visitors of the Junior 1)11 o f tlr e 1090,,1050:009: /,, vice Club. This marks the growing liberslit)trboff rul e, i, hitherto exclusive clubs is the interpretation of _ . , 4 ,06 1 . 0 ..0 General Badeau was elected at once as a distingu'',llolol", litary officer; but in the case cf civilians th•-° regal tviS it i lli e rt appear to stand in the way. English civilians ~,fall i' 4 0 i America receive so much hospitality that the ; tO the on their part to reciprocate in the only vial "L . 1 and this old Conservative C lub sets the 001143