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OPEN daily (ox. cept Sundays). Adinission, is.; on Mcndays, 6d. Children under twelve, Gd. ajr -- frkti:Vg, , LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 10, 1869. A veteran Reformer, as earnest and untiring as PEYRRONET THOMPSON, deserves at our hands some passing tribute of respect and recognition. At the time of his death, at Blackheath, on Monday last, the 6th of September, 1869, he was in his 87th year, having been born at Hull in 1783. Latterly known, during his old age, as Lieutenant-General THOMAS PEYRRONET THONIPSON, he won a reputation for him self, chiefly, during the middle period of his life, as Colonel PEYRRONET THOMPSON. A midshipman on board the flagship of Admiral GAMBIER, he served for nearly four years in the Royal Navy, changing that profession, however, for the Army in 1806, when he entered the Rifle Corps as Second Lieute nant. His education had previously been cared for, first of all, at the Grammar Schoal of Bull, and afterwards at Queen's C.)llege, Cam -1 ridge. At the former, the Master had been JOSEPH Ai I LMER, the author of the Church History. At the latter, that is, at Cambridge University, PEYRRONET THOMPSON had taken his bachelor's degree in 1802 as Seventh Wangler. it was only six years after this, and when be had been nearly two years in the Army, nominated Gov the c t r N i v lo erntyof fifth year of his age, he w Sierra Leone (familiarly spok t e o n t o h f a a t s po th st el a V t h t i t t l e e a r e n : s Grave), having been named t l influence of Mr. instance and through the personal ILBERFORCE. Returning to active service in the army, in 1812, he took part in the South of France in -mor"'" •*- ~.,......4 . a°'''''' . 7„. ‘7 c iitSIONI SIS * ..r.........." . '" AN D .r...-z%- F ~,Rist 0i ,,, To_ 0 , a soli have , cer y der/ t E. It - SEB " Iv large scale, in ,ides ad and on an nnusua , . • husix.ess. For tr. a mean reparations, i that . iveriisereent followlaG a‘ Itt a r e e n s t s c ° :_x • see \IBIS . MINI ii of SI- al ' . 1 Rd, COL , 0 . 14 . w .,1 ai° .. Is be found ,The 11 ' 1 ' -z - 'cBEATN rss Is and S °N. 1,E13 CE with la by so.on 01 s. ISOS _ ma d e , it, every ir ticlo . Clothing resaay and all Sm aeserW" re, fort all age , measurina L „„t for Masses. • s aPar llll s a elegant Si-- or made to raeasu Commodion spacious an in the ontain a veryl , Urge 97- allnondmfitsitivingbichic For the conveni t sifted stock o msteenriceelso.. ~. ~,,, p es •;inen's Clothing. %air Sons there ... , adfes accompany. ing , . ng Geut! .s a distinct department .._ are attended 'to with care for Yoi. Orders I-, and punctualii., , • and the eas y and accurate system of self-men sure intr oduced by E. MOSES and SON el cables V d e ra t o guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should i.e Locompanied by a remit tance, or a London I reference. Any article not - porn or injured will be zheerfully exchanc ;ed, or, if desired, the .noney will be retu rued. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, an.a. Boots and Shoes, _is un equalled for inagnitude, variety, and cheap mess. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmfikers, Woollendrapers, Ratters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes!. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATI ALDGATE 88, ALDGAT 89, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 5414, NEW OXFORD-STREET 307, NEW OXFORD-STREET .108, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-51 EET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. )37, TOTTENHA3I-COURT-ROAD 138, TO'TTENHAII-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. _..,1 diver, RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Li Tread Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Hates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlf ment of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS, For the Year ending 30th June, 1869, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, 13th August, 1869, WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Deputy- Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The'Report which the directors have now to submit to the proprietor differs in its tenor but little save in one or two particular from that laid before teterb in 1868. The income of the year, it will be seen, amounts t £510,499 18s., and the total char,re to .£145,077 10s. 9d The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the balance of the surplus fund at the commencement of the financial year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JusE 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE YEAR. s. d. Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,Z52 8 6 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0 X s. d 371,5 , 18 12 1 Interest from investments 120,959 12 10 Profit and loss, balance of account 402,508 4 11 47,991 13 1 Total income 550,499 18 0 £1,445,052 6 6 Examined and approved. THOMAS • A T,LEN,I Auditors. HENRY ROSE, ) CHARGE OF THE 3 EAR s. d. CR Dividend to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured Additions to those under participating policies 24,304 6 6 Policies surrendered Re-assurances—new Ditto old 51,009 4 1 £ R. d. 8,880 4 0 405,56 t 12 1 Commission Medical fees Income tax 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 9 10 436,187 6 9 Total charge Balance of account, June 30, 1869, as per balance-sheet • £1,448,052 6 6 The total of premiums received is £371,548 12s. ld., of which sum £13,560 ss. ld. Ls for new assurances effected in the year. The interest from investments is £120,959 12s. 10d., or £4 2s. per cent. on the net amount of the company's realised assets existing in June, 1868 ; and in connection with this important feature of the company's affairs the directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the profit and loss account again exhibits a considerable profit, amounting this year within a hide to the sum of £48,000. It may be remembered that a profit of nearly equal amount was announced in last year's report. Turning to the items constituting the charge of the year, it will be noticed that the sum payable in satisfac tion of claims on decease of lives assured is larger than usual. This circumstance, however, is not very material; as was observed oi a previous occasion, the proper quin quennial average is generally pretty sure to obtain, and the fact that the average for the past two years barely ex ceeds £309,000 tends to confirm that statement. The expenses of management are greater by nearly £3OO than they were last year. They would have been materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring the company's securities into the names of additional trus tees. Taken as they are, however, these expenses must be regarded as very moderate. It will be observed that they are only three per cent, of the total income. BALANCE-SHEET, JUNE 30, 1869. DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors £6,757 17 0 Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 108,940 6 7 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprietors' fund urplus fund £7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 16 6 Ditto ditto Funded securities 491,303 4 2 Ditto ditto Temporary secu rities 198,207 17 0 Current interest on the above investments 30,934 4 6 Cash and bills 12,256 15 10 Advanced on security of the company's 1' 'po toes - - 165,387 1 8 Agents' balances Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) ..... 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 85,706 14 5 £7,675,813 0 10 The balance-sheet does not appear to call for any re mark. The assets are, of course, increased by the sum of .£95,422 75. 3d. already mentioned, as is shown by the, augmentation to that extent in the balance of the surplus fund. The Direction of the Company is now constituted as follows : NV T,T,IAM FRF;DERICK DE LA RUE, EBQ., Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, EsQ., Deputy-Chairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Roddington, Esq. Philip Rose, EM. Charles Chatfield. Esq. George Russell, Esq. S irJ. Buller East, Bt., D.C.L. 'I homas Godfrey Sambrooke, Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D. F.R.S. Admiral Tindal. CaarlesThos.llolcombe,Esq. Right lion. Sir John Young Joshua Lockwoud, Esq. Bart., K.C.B. TIM LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " J. HJL3IES begs to inform his friends and the public generally that he s u pplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SON " as soon as published.—No. l o, Hampstead-road N.W. 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LERICAL, 11EDICAL, LIVE ASSUitis:NcE SCN IET, PAIL Established 182 4 . 1 1814 • The ANNUM, INCO*At, steadily increasieng,.; '.orzetti „,,.. ... __, 00 imtu _ 1 .. n.attoL:e advar, The Ass-cit.asc FUND, safely inve.st d, 1 s r. e 1 4 ' , 7_ p 0 di, eai Forms of Propooal, and every .inforroatV,)/2, c;:._ "u,O is tamed of GEORGE CIITOLIFFE, Actor,.' 13, St. Jar be ob- .rT~E r f and Secretary, —.vs's-square, London. S.W. LAND COMPANY (Limited), operating with the "Conservative Benefit Building Society." NOTICE—The first issue of Ten Thousand Shares being now completed, no further application can be entertained for the present. By order of the board. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. September, 1869. Prospectuses, showing Land in plots for sale in various counties, sent free on application. COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of £3 to In Ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. 3 , 12 AMWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 51, CoaNniu, and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. LWILLLUI J. \TIAN Secretary. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. (OHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY LP 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 ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to Its pristine hue, no matter at what ago. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonairful liquid. It is now offered to the public IL a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, Ss. each ; also 55., 7s. Gd., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Ball Wharf, Angel pasaage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. E. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault: &tessrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, Joh:. Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharies Rodgers. To conclude with tho farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. -I- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Will Open for the Winter Season on WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15 with (never acted) LOST AT SEA: a London Story. By Dion Boncicault and HenryJ. Byron. The new scenery by Messrs. Hawes Craven, Maugham, and assistants. I ) 0Y A L STRAND THEATRE. iv Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanboroagh. - - THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Cl .trke. Followed by THE TOOD LES: Mr Clarke. After which, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE: Messrs E. Terry, Turner, Ertre, &c.; Mesdames Richardson, Erskine, Newton Fosbrcoke, to. rrHE NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE 1 delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8, Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.00; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. C 1 PORTING. --JOHN ROBERTS supplies the LATES r EDITION of "MN SUN" as soon as pub i ;bed.-4, Bath-street, City-read, E.C. B E 8U AT LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1869. ....4: movement of the British Forces _...f prior to the Great NAPOLEON'S first ab- —,ation. Although he had been Governor of a Colony, as we have seen, half-a-dozen years previ ously, it was only in 1814 that he was promoted to the rank of Captain. Obtaining his majority in 1825, he was subsequently advanced to a Lieutenant- Colonelcy, but by that period had virtually forsaken the military profession for the life of a politician, a public journalist, and a member of Parliament. The pen, from that time forth, came more acceptably to his hand than the sword. As a devoted champion of the cause of Free Trade, Colonel PEYItRONET THOMPSON (lid more than yeoman's service in bring ing about the destruction of the Protective interests. He was one of the very earliest of the advocates of the politico economic principle set forth through the writings of ADAM SMITH, and through the speeches of 'WILLIAM HUSKISSON. In point of time he took precedence of COBDEN, of BRIGHT, of Fox, of WiLsoN, of ELLIOTr, of all the leading Free Traders. His wittiest and most effective contribution to the literature of the cause he and they had all of them so devotedly at heart, was the brilliant Catechism of the Corn Laws, by which his name, as a political writer, will yet for long be remembered. He was never very successful as a speaker, either in the House or out of it, but as a political writer he con trived to make his mark upon his own imme diate generation. His political works were col lected into a series . of substantial volumes upwards of a quarter of a century ago, and since then have beenvery considerably extended, though his later writings have never yet been republished in a sepa rate form, like their more famous predecessors. During several years he was the Editor and Proprie tor of the Westminster Review, to which he very largely contributed. During many years also he wrote chiefly under the non► de plume of " An Old Reformer" in these columns—meaning in the columns of The Sun newspaper—Colonel TIIOMPSON having been one of the most constant of our Correspondents. Subjects the most miscellaneous occupied his atten tion in turn. It was in 1827 that he published his " Corn Law Catechism"—in 1829 his " Enharmonic Theory of Music"—in 1830 his" Geometry without Axioms"— in 1848 his " Catechism on the Currency." As a pamphleteer, as a political economist, as a reviewer, as a journalist, as a liberal reformer, but above all especially and particularly as a free trader, he was zealous and indefatigable in furtherance of the popu lar cause. Never has a member of Parliament, we believe, more conscientiously devoted himself to the advancement of what he believed to be the interests not alone of his own constituency, but of the great mass of the public generally. In promoting what he deemed to be the truth, he never shrank from the risk even of being regarded in the light of a bore by his political opponents. Regarded by many as an antagonist of an irritable and, at times, ungovernable temperament, among his friends and associates he was singularly genial and placable in his disposition. For ourselves, we can speak of him only as of one who was personally known to us for the first time many years ago, and who, is the recollection of all these years, is by us sincerely ad mired and very earnestly regretted. THE annual report of the Friendly Societies Registrar, though an important document, is always unpleasant reading. It ought not to be so. Mr. TIDD PRATT, the Registrar, is master of his depart ment, and is exceedingly careful to present every fact that can be of public interest. No working-class movement is of greater moment than the earnest endeavours of the poorer orders to lay up, by means of benefit societies, a provision against sickness and death. And certainly there can be no more gratifying testimony to the spread of provident habits than is to be found in the large sums of money which arc invested in this way. But the pleasure to be derived from this source is marred by the dismal chronicle of fraud, swindling, and waste which this annual report invariably contains. The en tire system of benefit clubs and the like is in an unsatisfactory con dition. Many of these socities are well managed, and worthy of the confidence reposed in them. But in many other cases the working classes are disgrace fully preyed upon. Owing to the lack of sufficient fstatistics sent up to the the central authority, and the obscurity in which the affairs of many clubs are care fully kept, it is impossible to ascertain the exact amount of insolvency ; but that it is great there can be no doubt whatever. The state of these friendly societies bears a close ana logy to that of certain public companies ; they have been worked, not for the benefit of the contributors, but to support the officials who are entrusted with the conduct of affairs. The " expenses of management" are the one great cause to which the ruin of benefit clubs is to be attributed. Burial societies present the most flagrant examples. The Royal Liver, which numbers above half a million of our deluded countrymen, has spent 15s. 9cl. in expenses for every 20s. given in relief. In the Society of St. Patrick, every sovereign given in case of sickness or death costs 10s. 3d. to " manage" it. The Victoria Legal spends even sums in management and distribution; and one "glorious institution" in Birmingham has attained a matchless fame by incurring a cost of three pounds in expenses for every pound given to the mem bers. Compare this scandalous waste with the management of the Post Office Savings Banks, which last year administered a sum of nine millions sterling in deposits and withdrawals at a cost of only £Ol,OOO. There can be only one conclusion from such facts : the burial societies are utterly untrustworthy, and the working men of England cannot be too earnestly warned to have no dealings with them. It is true that friendly societies in general are in a much better condition. The Oddfellows and Foresters muster above 700,000 members between them, and have enormous funds at command. But insolvency prevails to an enormous extent even amongst these bodies. An eminent authority recently estimated that the Odd Fellows were seven millions sterling to the bad ; and though much progress has been made of late years, the deficit is still sot down at two millions. Of course the prosperity of such organisa tions is not to be estimated by the sum of money in hand ; but by the ratio which that sum bears to the amount insured. The pra,c- tice of holding the meetings of the courts in public-houses, and buying beer instead of paying the landlord directly in money, are still common. The societies do not yet recognise the principle of valuing their property at stated times. It is certain that many clubs are got up by speculators for the mere purpose of plundering the poor, and that many more are so recklessly managed as to speedily become bankrupt. The fact that 139 societies dissolved during the past year tells its own tale. A few of these possessed some little property when their existence termi nated, but others had " no funds," and in a greater number of returns occurs the significant expression, " funds not stated." It is understood that this great subject will be brought before Parliament very shortly; but it does not appear that any very definite scheme of reform is under consideration. The draft of a bill, prepared by the Royal Liver Society, was circulated during the late session, but though some of its provisions might do good, it is full of absurdities, and can never be admitted as a law. Mr. TIDD PRATT thinks that much good might be done by establishing a distinct management fund, instead of levying expenses at random upon the con tributions; and there can be no question that such a change would be highly beneficial. But in general, the whole subject seems in a chaotic state, and the difficulty of legislating upon a perplexing question is increased by the want of information as to what is going on. A Royal Commission has been spoken of by Mr. BRUCE. Such a course seems tedious, whilst the work of waste is going on ; but the inner life of friendly societies requires investigation much more than other sub jects which have been thought meet for a Commis sion. Inquiry would doubtless be productive of benefit, but it ought to be speedy. 4T, gil"rt c. 0, rt i n Itl! HER MAJESTY. INVERTROSSACHS, Sept. 8. Dull weather prevented the Queen from making an excursion this nvirning ; but in the afternoon her Majesty drove on the south road past Callan der, in the direction of Donne, and returned by the same route to Bridgend, where the Teith was crossed. The royal party then drove in the direc tion of the Pass of Leni. LATEST INTELL IGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. President Grant has appointed General Sherman acting Secretary of 'War until Mr. Rawlins' suc successor should be appointed. The Conservative Republican Convention of Mississippi has confirmed the nomination of Louis Dent as Governor. Mr. Chaves, a Republican, has been re-elected Congressional delegate for New Mexico. NEW YORK, Sept. 9. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1351 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1361; the lowest, 1341. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2ll. " 1885 l2o}. " 1867 ll9l. 10-40 44 Illinois l3Bl. Erie 34. Cotton—Mid. upland 34lc. Petroleum—Standard White 32lc. Flour, extra state, $6.45c. to 17.5 c. Corn, old mixed, $1.20c. PLYMOUTH', Sept. 10. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Silesia, from New York, has arrived here with 198 passengers, 80 sacks of mails, and $92,000 in specie. 48 sacks of mails and $5,7000 were landed, and the Silesia pro ceeded for Cherbourg. The mails will be for warded by the 2.15 p.m. train. At the beginning of the voyage the Silesia ex perienced strong easterly winds, and at the end variable winds and moderate weather. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 10 The Hamburg and American Company's steam', ship Silesia, from New York on the 31st of August, arrived here at 9 45 a.m. to-day. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 9. Daoud Pasha's new propositions relative to the Roumelian railway scheme were discussed to-day at the Council of Ministers. It is reported that they will be accepted, as the Sultan is very desirous that railways should be constructed throughout the country. A better feeling prevails in the money market. RUSSIA. Sr. PETERSBURG, Sept. 9. The Imperial Bank Las raised its rate of discount for bills to 51- per cent., and ,for advances on secu rities for three months to 7 per cent. The same rate of discount will be current at 'the bank offices at Moscow, Odessa, liiga, and Mitau, but at the other branches the rates will be 6 and 7 per cent. respec tively. SPAIN. MADRID, Sept. 9. Complete tranquillity prevails here. The Government has sent a telegram to Vichy, informing General Prim that there was no necessity for his speedy return to Madrid. CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 9. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonab, from Southampton 4th inst., arrived at 8 a.m., and leaves at noon this day for Alexandria. All well. AIARSEILLES, Sept. 10. The Nyanza arrived here at 7 this morning, and the mails leave at 10.45 for London. PARIS, Sept. 10; An Imperial decree, dated Saint Cloud, the Bth inst., has been published, promulgating the Senatus Consultum of the 6th inst., together with the articles relative to the budget, which formed a schedule to the Senatus Consultum. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 10 The Liverpool Brazil and River Plate Company's steamer Kepler, from the River Plate and Brazil, was signalled off Holyhead at 10.15 this morning, bringing the homeward Buenos Ayres mail of the 9th of August. The Humboldt, of the same line, Captain Perry, left the Mersey this morning for Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, and Buenos Apes, calling at Lisbon, where she will receive telegrams up to the 16th instant. 2111; RUSSIAA HARVEST. A correspondent of the Times—G. Bower—gives an . opinion of the harvest in Russia.. Writing from Voronege, he says : " The general opinion is that wheat yields only one-half of an average crop in these districts. For six weeks prior to harvest there was no rain, so that the wheat matured prematurely, and there was besides immense loss in harvesting through the ears dropping off. Further south tho crop is represented as being good, nut the failure in the districts I have named must seriously affect the present year's export of wheat by Russia to England. I think if young farmers knew that there was such good land to be Obtained in Russia as there is at a price which, together with the necessarycapi tal to work it, is only equal to the capital they require on enteriug upon a good farm in England, they would not hesitate to come. Ten pounds per acre will be ample both to purchase the land and for cultivating it ; and the railways now being made in every direction will give them every opportunity of getting their produce to market. If it lie possible to combine business with pleasure they could also have the finest fishing and shooting iu the world without licence and without fear of being prosecuted for trespass." FRANCIi. Bo URSE, Sept. 9.—Three; o'clock—The: market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month... -- Italsen Fives 5l GO 3 per Cent End of month 7O 271 Ottoman Loan ... 312 50 Credit Mobilier Transatlantici 260 Spanish Threes ... 275 Credit Foncier —1637 50 Home Debt — Paris Gas 1540 Deferred — - RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans ... 955 Western Northern lO6O ... Strasburg ......... . Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... s9Bf Sardinian Austrian 740 Lombard North of Spain 5O Saragossa Roman 5O The Russian screw corvette Askold, Captain Kaznakow, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Mediterranean, bound for the Baltic. On anchoring she exchanged salutes with the garrison and the Duke of Wellington filgship of Vice-Ad miral Sir J. Hope, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. Capt. Kaznakow landed in the afternoon, and accompanied by Mr. G. Baker, the Russian Vice-Consul, paid official visits to the naval and military authorities. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—George R. Johnson and Philip W. G. Canning, assistant paymasters, to the Duke of Wellington. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL lIAIR.—MIIS. S. A ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth, it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In'largo bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers Depot, 166, High Holborn TWO MEN SUFFOCATED IN A WELL. On Thursday morning an inquest was held at IVhetley (Northumberland) on the bodies of John Dagmore and Thomas Scott. Dagmore, who is afittcr, had been engaged about lfift. down a well at the Home in making some alterations in the piping, and Jane hall, the cook at the Home, asked him to draw her a can full of water. She lowered the can to him and, while he was lowering it to the bottom of the well the rope broke and the can fell into the water. At his request the cook returned to the Home for another can, and on returning after the lapse of a few minutes she could see noappearanceofDagmore. She concluded that he had come out of the well and gone to some other part of the premises. Nothing more took place till about an hour afterwards, when Dagmore's employer, wish ing to give him some orders, inquired after hirir. He was no where to be found about the premises, and suspicion being aroused that ho had fallen into the well, the porter of the Home went down the shaft to the depth of twenty six feet, when he was stopped by the gas. He reported, on being raised to the surface, that he had seen tbe body of a man lying at the bottom, and an alarm was instantly given. Thomas Scott, who was employed about the place, came hurriedly up to the well, and in spite of all that could be said to him by those standing round of the danger he would incur by going down in the shaft, in consequence of the large quantity of gas in it, he insisted upon doing so. He immediately afterwards went down the shaft. The people standing around, naturally anxious to learn the result of his mis sion, called to Lim, and receiving no answer, it began to be feared that he also had been overcome by the gas, and bad fallen to the bottom. After the lapse of fifteen or twenty minutes, the shaft was cleared of the gases, and a young man, named John Rudd, a joiner's apprentice, went down with a rope attached to him. On reaching the bottom of the well, he found the bodies of the two men. and succeeded in fastening ropes round their bodies. Medical services *ere of no avail, the two poor fellows being beyond medical skill. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to their death by inhaling carbonic acid gas. ACROSS NIAGARA ON A BICYCLE. Phis feat was announced by Professor Jenkins to be accomplished on the 25th of August, and accomplished it was, in the presence of a vast crowd. A thousand feet of good two-inch rope was stretched across the stream below Suspension Bridge, and where Blondin crossed with a man on his back. The _New York Times says :—" The machine used by Professor Jenkins is rot in any sense a velocipede. It is, however, a bicycle, and turned upside down would resemble in some degree a modern velocipede. The wheels, three inches wide, are made heavy and of wood, without tires, but in their places are grooves an inch and three quarters deep. The front wheel is 3ft. 2in., and the hind wheel 2ft. 10in. in diameter. The connecting rods are iron, so also the balance-pole, which is Bft. long and tipped with 10-pound balls, and weighs 28113. The whole thing, with the man thrown in, weighs 2031 b. The propelling power is a pinion cog-wheel, made of brass, about Pin. in diameter, which is made to gear to cogs which surround the front wheel at the bottom of the groove. At 2.30 p.m. the professor made his appearance at the small house on the Canada side with the pieces of his machine, and at once proceeded to put them together, a task of no small labour. With the aid of his men he first placed the fore wheel on the rope just at the edge of the precipice, and while one balanced it, another placed on the standard from the undo' side, thus bringing two strong bars of iron on either side of the rope. All the joints were securely fastened with bolts. Tho braces or connecting rods extending from the stan dard to the rear shaft in the form of the letter 0 made the connection complete and very strong. The professor then got outside the rope, arranged the pinion wheel and fastened the balance-pole across the 0 part of the braces. This done, the seat, a strip of leather, was secured to the rear axle by means of straps. This arrangement, which it was seen at once would throw the entire weight of the machine and the rider under the rope, was a source of disappointment, if not of relief, to many of the specta tors, who, not consulting the inventive genius of the Canadian Blondin, rather expected to see him mounted on a Greenwood velocipede, which, of course, would give a good chance for ground and lofty tumbling. All being in readiness, the bicycle was fastened by a rope to the bank, and Jenkins prepared to start. He wore white tights, black velvet knee breeches, shoulder straps, and cross-belts of the same materials, and on his head was placed a crown-shaped hat, and all were profusely bedecked with tinsel and beads. His feet were covered with buff moccasins. He took his position astride the rope, and proceeded to arrange the leather strap or seat, which, as it was allowed to touch the rope, seemed more for the purpose of protecting the velvet pants from damage by attrition than to sit upon. In fact, he did not sit, but stood up with his feet about 18 inches apart, resting on the balance pole. In a moment he grasped the handles of the pinion wheel, and turned them, moving slowly from the bank, the crowd preserving a death-like stillness. After passing out a few yards a halt was made, and the photographers were allowed to take his picture. He then returned and waited five or ten minutes, and resumed his seat. Three pistol-shots were then fired from the Canadian side, and it was a ' go.' The machine moved slowly forward, the rope swaying gently from side to side until he had passed about 50ft., when another oppor. tunity was given the artist, after which he crawled along at a snail's pace to the middle of the abyss, where he raised and waived his hat, and received a faint cheer in response. From the centre to the American shore it was evidently hard work to propel the bicycle, but at last the edge of the cliff was reached, and then the welkin did ring with the applause of the people. The time occupied in passing over the rope was just eleven minutes." Every one who has occasion to visit the British Museum reading-room will regret to hear of the death of Mr. Thomas Watts, the keeper of the printed book de partment. His marked and unvarying courtesy, as well to the young and inexperienced readers as to those who more regularly frequented the place, will be long remem bered. Mr. Watts died on Thursday afternoon at his resi dence in the Museum. Mr. Kekewieh, M.P. for South Devon, on Wednes day afternoon, at the Newton Abbot Town-hall, addressed a large Inoeting of agriculturists on the subject of middle class education. Mr. C. J. Wade, J.P., presided. The bon. mem ber entered Lis protest against secular apart from religious instruction, and expressed his fit in conviction that no system of education can be of real value unless founded on what is called in our examinations "Faith." At a meeting held on Wednesday at Zion Chapel, Bothnal-green, for the purpose of promoting the emi gration of the working classes, a statement was made by the President of the Venezuela Emigration Society that the Emigration Commissioners had demanded exces sive fees. It was alleged that in reference to the departure of Mrs. Pattison's pioneer party for Venezuela Captain Foster demanded a fee of £2 10s. for each person. As this sum, in addition to the cost of the paseage, would have amounted to a considerable sum, Mrs. Pattison was compelled to proceed to Hamburg, and charter a vessel under a foreign flat: to take the emigrants to their destination, on the River Caura, in Venezutda. • TUE NEWPORT POISONING CASE. —Mr. W. 11, Brewer, coroner, has again resumed the inquiry at the Queen's hotel, Newport, touching the death of Emily Amelia Collier, who was supposed to have been poisoned by Charles Gritt, a boy in the employ of her father, who is an oil merchant in Dock-street-, Newport. The coroner said since they last met he had received a letter from Dr. Taylor, in which Ile says :—" Taking the medical circumstances as they come out in the evidence with the facts observed by Mr. J. Brewer after he WaS called in, and the state of the viscera as I saw them, it is highly probable that the child died, not from poison administered to her, but from latent disease of the brain. had pest• mortem examination been made at the time of death, and the brain inspected, it is most probable that the cause of death would have been discovered." Mr. James Bone, master of the industrial schools at Caerleon, belonging to the Newport Union, gave the prisoner, Charles Gritt, an excellent character, and stated that there was no poisoned wheat about the school, and no poison the prisoner could have had access to in the ordinary course. The inquiry .wlts adJournod to; a luck. THE VOLUNTEER FETES AT LIEGE. Amongst the twelve or fifteen hundred English volunteers who will take part in the Tir International at Liege, there will not be many representatives from the West of England. There are about half-a-dozen members of the Gloucestershire corps, but the names do not include those of the best shots. Exeter, Torquay, and the battalions in that district will not have one champion. Plymouth and Devonport will send Captain Corry and Lieutenant Derry, of the 13th Devon Artillery, and Captain Rodd, Sergeants Thomas, Williams, Milroy, and Ilohnes, of thel6th Devon Rifles. The North and North-West of England will have a much better chance of carrying off honours, as several good riflemen from those districts will be present. As might have been expected, the largest proportion of British competitors arc going from the metropolitan regiments. Scotland will have in the field a larger number than the West of England. The entire list, however, only includes the names of a very few—three or four well-known shots. Mr. Peake will appear for Manchester, and Mr. Wyatt for London. It will be remembered that the last-named is a " Queen's" winner, and that Mr. Peak° at one of the ineetim, , s made the highest score for the grand prize, but was disqualified. A suggestion was recently made by the English Committee that the volunteers going from this country should present the volunteers of Liege with a handsome cup, as a prize to be shot for amongst them selves, at such time and on any terms as they might please. It has been decided that the cup shall be of the value of £lOO to £l5O. Animated by the enthusiastic manner in which riflemen of England, France, Switzerland, and Germany have responded to the invitation of the citizens of Liege, the municipality of that city held a meeting on Thursday, at which it was decided to give another 50,000 francs towards the expenses. Of the Englishmen present only GOO will have tickets for the banquet, at 3vhich the King will be present. THE ALBERT ASSURANCE COMPANY. A crowded meeting of the policy-holders of the Albert Life Assurance Company, convened by the provisional official liquidators, in conformity with an order of the Vice-Chancellor, was held at the London.' Tavern on Thursday, "for the purpose of considering the best mode of arranging the affairs of the company, and the plaa pro posed by the provisional official liquidators with reference thereto." Lord W. IfAir was called to the chair. He said that he was a policy-holder, and had been so for many years. His pecuniary interest was not very large, and on that account alone he should not have attended the meeting ; but he considered it the duty of every man, in the case of the failure of an institution of this magnitude, to aid his fellow-sufferers. Their first Lusiness would be to consider the scheme proposed by the liquidators, which he expected would be summarily and entirely con demned. But he would ask them to hear the liqui dators patiently, and to reserve any expression of opinion on the conduct of those who had hitherto had the management of the company until tLey had all the facts before them. He would recommend them to employ the greater part of their time in considering the best mode of arranging the affairs of the company ; anal he thought that for this purpose the interests of the policy-holders and the assignees were practically identical. r lie would beg them to remember that union was strength. The converse was equally true—disunion would be weakness; and by shewing weakness they would be playing out the game of those who had been instrumental in bringing them to this position. There were only two courses open to them : the one, reconstruction, and the other, liquidation, which included the possibility of reconstruction. But no scheme, whether for reconstruction or any other pur pose, could be considered in a place and on an occasion like that ; and it would be for the meeting to consider whether the best plan would not be to appoint a committee fairly representing the interests of the whole body of policy-holders, whose first business would be to recommend a liquidator to the Vice Chancellor. Such an officer must be a person in whom they had complete confidence, for he feared the ruin which surrounded those interested in this company was to be attributed to the fact that an amount of confi dence had been placed in persons who were scarcely worthy of it. Mr. PRICE, one of the provisional liquidators, was glad 1* meet the policy holders, in order that he might give them all the information which he had gathered during his investigation of the affairs of the company. That investigation had been wholly uninfluenced by director, manager, or anybody connected with the company. Ile had had no communication, direct or indirect, with any one connected with the company, and for the results stated in his report he alone was responsible. The report ho would not at present discuss. lie wished to xplain that the plan proposed by the provisional liquidators was not des , gned to be accepted as a whole by the policy holders; it was not intended to indicate so much the precise mode of reconstruction as to point out the principles which occurred to them as being those upon which recon struction might safely, with advantage both to Aare holders and policy-holders, be formed. Tie proposed to read a statement, signed by himself, Messrs. A.sllurst, Morris, and Co., and Messrs. Lewis, Munns, Nunn, and Longdon, which had been sent to the newspapers, but had only appeared in one or two that morning. (Cries of "No, no," and "Read, read.") Some opposition was raised to the reading of the state ment, and the meeting divided upon it, amidst conside rable disorder. The numbers for and against were nearly equal, and Mr. Price withdrew his statement for the moment. Mr. JOSEPH said they wanted to know what had led to this disaster.—(" No, no," and hear, hear)—and who had taken their money (Hear, hear, cries of " Robbers ! u and We wish to know whom we should hang.") Mr. Joseph prolonged his remarks for some time, while the greatest confusion prevailed, and the chairman having several times begged him to keep to the point, he moved a resolu- tion to the effect that any committee to be appointed should inquire into the liability of shareholders of the amalgamated companies. A policy-holder moved as an amendment that the com• pany go into immediate liquidation. (Hisses). The resolution was withheld until later in the day. THE BISHOPRIC OF SALISBURY.—III pursuance of the conga d'elire under the Great Seal and the Queen's letter recommendatory, the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Sarum, at a chapter meeting held on Thursday morning in the Chapter-house of the Cathedral, elected the Rev. George Moberly, D.C.L., to be bishop and pastor of the See of Salisbury, in the room of the Right Rev. Walter Kerr Hamilton, D.D., deceased. THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT HENDON. —lt is stated that the friends of the young woman who was found dreadfully injured on the line of the Midland Rail- Way, near Cricklewood, in June last, are about to bring an action for damages against the company. A sum of £6OO has, it is said, been offered as compensation ; and in case of an action coming on, that amount will be paid into Court without prejudice. ST. PAUL'S C ATHEDRAL—Workmen aro now engaged at the east end of St. Paul's Cathedral removing the plain glass window over the north side of the com munion table, which is to give place to one of stained glass. The central window is already filled in with a representation in coloured glass of the Crucifixion, and it is stated that as soon as the work which is now going on is completed, the window over the south side of the Com munion table will be removed, and one of coloured glass 'substituted. No visible preparations have yet been made in the cathedral for the "national monument" to the Duke of Wellington, though it is now seventeen years since his remains were deposited in the vaults beneath. LADY PREACIIERS.—In the Free Church Pres bytery of Orkney there has been a curious discussion in reference to female preachers. A Miss Smiley, of Balti more, who seems to be a Quakeress, was allowed to preach a short time ago in the Free Churches at Harray and Sanday. At the Orkney Free Church Presbytery a few days ago attention was called to this fact, and Mr. Roy moved a resolution declaring female preaching to be in consistent with the practice of the Church and opposed to Scripture, and enjoining the brethren within the bounds of the Presbytery to discourage such preaching by refusing the use of their churches for it. The two ministers who had allowed Miss Smiley to preach—Mr. White and Mr. Armour—defended themselves vigorously, and there was a long discussion. Mr. White moved the previous question, but on a division Mr. Roy's motion was carried by seven votes to two. ONE OF THE " ALBERT'S " VICTIMS.—At the ordinary weekly meeting of the board of guardians for the West Ham Union, Mr. John Meeson, the vice chairman, drew the board's attention to a very sal case which had come before one of their relief committees that morning. It was that of a poor widow who had a short time since sunk her little property in the pur chase of an annuity in the Albert Life Assurance Company which would yield her a sum of Ps. 6d. per week, imagining that she had thus secured a provision for herself during the remainder of her life. As it was, in consequence of the failure of the company, she was left at 67 years of age quite penniless, and had been compelled to apply for parish relief that day. The Chairman observed that this was a very distressing case, and worthy the board's kindly consideration. Mr. Meeson added that he had written to the committee which he believed was sit ting in connection with winding-up the affairs of the coin. parry, to two if anything could ho done for the voor woman. SPIRIT OF THE FUBLIO JOURNALI The Times renets the reluctance of the invalid bishol to take advantage o f th e Bishops Resignation Act, a ll hopes the time is not now di s t an t w h en th e South d, England will again possess the advantage of efficient epis' copal services. The appointment of Dr. Moberley ta Salisbury provides a worthy successor to Dr. ll a milton 1 . 11 his most active c l a y s , an d ma k es an ausp i c i ou s brea t in that "spi r it ua l d es tit u ti on " w hi c h l ate l y pr evaile d in the matter of bishops from the Land's End to Canter bury. It is very unfortunate that, either from habi t , ( ! t from the for ce o f circumstan( es, bishops should so much reluctance to withdraw from their posts in we l' ness and age. An impression is encouraged that bc.-q l°. ; the functions assigned to a bishop are but few, it is bu t little matter how they are performed, so long as some ° l ' d in episcopal orders can be obtained to perform them. 'l b° truth is the very opposite. The more solemn the duti es discharged by a bishop, the snore imperative it is fled should be w e ll di sc h arge d. A bi s h op ' s vo i ce i s hear' at the most critical moments in the lives both of t n° young in general and of the clergy in particular. No °ll° can say how much may be gained or how much maY lost by neglect or feebleness on such occasions. 11 ' 8 fact that those whom a Bishop addresses are themselves anxious and impressible gives him the means of exerting immense influence. With the young in general the Bishop s possess advantages which no other public teachers elijql and an English Bi s h o p h as pro b a b ly the most splet'di" opportunities in the world. These powers involve pr e• portionate responsibilities, and the Bishops themselves ought to be the foremost in providing for the etlid e/11 . discharge of their duti es . U n d er a pro l onge d ep i sco pate c i diocese is almost certainly invaded by monotony an lethargy. The great duty of a Bishop is to unite his di e ' cese, not to divide it by leading a party within it. much-belied "articles and formularies" might even 3 1 !: in judicious hands, be made the protection Of classes in the Church. All have a settled rule to go and if they would be content to appeal to the lawf a authority to interpr e t it i n cases o f d ou b t, an d lird ai abide by his d ec i s i on , th e a tt en ti on o f t h e c l erg y anj ~ , people might be m ore com pl e t e l y di recte d to t`' "weightier matter s o f th e l aw ." If t h e C hurc h ca nnot do what is required of her with the means, and svit liai the limits, of her p resen t organ i sat i on, she w ill neve r accomplish it by changes and controversies, Now, tu e it4 /.6 than ever, we need in th e ru l ers o f t h e Ch urch men Kr" pious, moderate, and wise. The Standard thinks that the Workshop Act may be said to mark an era in the history of labee n. Mr. Mundella was not very precise in his language 'r ile : he said that under the new law " the man who emP l t fifty children is subject to inspection, but the inallsv'k employs forty-nine escapes inspection altogether," i t ; true that in certain cases the extension of the Faet °n ' Acts does not apply to establishments where fewer thse fifty persons are employed. But at this stage the W ork; l shop Regulation Act steps in, and, with one OP; exception, comes down even to the level of a "workshop employing a solitary child, young person, or worst° . Yet Mr. Mundella declared that these new M t : " were an injustice to the large employer." Injustice was certainly perpetrated before these - B ,, e : r were passed ; when factories of one degree were enact -Regulation inspection and factories of another degree were not. Dig' Mundella referred to a visit recently paid to Shale° Z o one of the Government inspectors of factories, w; endeavoured to persuade the local authorities to enf e l r , c ; the Workshop Act. " I should be very sorry to courage you in your attempt to do this," said : 1 ; r ; Mundella, " but I say you cannot do it." The sre'"" it contended that it was impossible to carry out the law now stood, and he seem e d t o thi n k th at if t h e law 'veto carried out, the educational good resulting from it w° ll , o be very much less than most people expected. Wldle ° ll cannot see the logical correctness of the opposition wb,, c , prevails at Sheffield, we can quite conceive that t" 0 tendency of things is to extend the law downward'' so as to bring the smaller establishments more gel ler : - 't under the same rule as the larger ones. 13 ' 1 „ i t would have been hopeless to have proposed this at " I ", g -. . The law is tentative in its character. It would be w a r m on the part of the Sheffield authorities to e nforce " Workshop Act as vigorously as possible, and —if t ! e io think fit—to agitate for something more. If the law - f defective—as Mr. Baker seems to allow—the inertness : sr the Sheffield people is making matters worse. The ract° 3. Acts Extension Act of 1867 is not dependent on the g o o n will of the local authorities. Whether they like it or 11 11 , the Government inspectors carry out the law. If must Workshop Act is to be a dead letter, injustice inu e „,, perpetrated, and the so-called " handicrafts" will e°" - of pete with manufactures. But the general sa le , employers is in favou r o f th e W or k s h op A c t, though the hotbed of unionism it meets with disfavour. The Post observes th a t M r . B r i g h t shares King S mon's impatience of f oo l s , w ith t hi s di fference , that iqr, Bright's fools are rather a more numerous class, since ti h le fi t arc everybody who d oes no t agreee with hint, and this i his impatience i s th ere f ore a ll th e greater. Mr. B r ig' j• aware that besides fools th ere are k naves the w on t ; but it would seem that, having smashed all his opP° ll ,, ell o s up in heaps in the fir s t ca t egory , h e h as no b o d y l e ft w' he cares to put into th e secon d , an d th e cons equetecd that in the letter whi c h h e h as j us t wr itt en he Pr ° : t i e l the painful impr e s s i on th a t w hil e h e i s very an grY 1" DO with fools who write pamphlets "in Bedlam," b e 4 ' l no anger left f o r th e k naves w h o "prey uP them. Mr. Bright, however, possesses the fae tli t e e telling useful truths in a disagreeable way. It has lately argued by some of their false or indiscreet ft' that the working classes have suffered by Free Trade , ajoi l now need protection for n a ti ve i n d us t ry i n the Inca': trades, as agriculture w as su pp ose d t o nee d it in tue po tlf generation. Against this f a ll ac y, M r . B r i g ht velleni-,, He protests ; but he is, after all, only " slaying the 813111. 0 would render much more eff ec t ua l serv i ce to the e 3ll D a economical truth if he were to set to work manfu lly 0o convince the working classes th a t it i s P ro tection , i urio g specious form of Trade U n i on i sm , th a t is InJ them now. It was Prot ec ti on i n th e sense ° do t/ eluding foreign corn a n d ca ttl e an d o ther Pr o tisi which was said to b e s t arv i ng th em Prier ,tfnaise! establishment of free trade i n HA It is trade tv"- and which, by seeking to mak e l a b our ar tifi c i a lly se anc :por dear, has had the effect of p reven ti ng it f ro m helf chased at all. In othe r wor d s , th e s h ac kl es and ' I O O imposed upon capitalists an d em pl oyers by trade sus have prevented them f rom b e i ng a bl e t o co m Pete ' - e ieeet cessfully as they wer e once a bl e t o d o w i t h the for e in the markets of th e wor ld . G reat and di sas trone7.,o effects, not only di rec t b ut i n di rect, of the co tton 1 7 0 9 undoubtedly we re , th ere can b e no quest i on that unionism has ver y muc h to answer for i n re spect; nf on° dull trade whi c h h as preva il e d so long, an d whiclt - as if, in some quarters, it never would revive. s o ose j The Telegraph says th a t a ll T or i es h ave not the pet and useful common sense of M r . H en l e y ; ° el ocl „ know, as he does, when it is ti me t o go to sleeP',,g the "great world spi n " p as t th e i r o ld-fashione%oci marks. They tried to ch a tt er d own the Irish L' Bill when it had been proved useless to o ppose it ; 6 0 wise Mr. Henley was sound as l ee p i n hi s place, p el f, srt' 9 . amid his " forty winks," th a t th e C onserva tive Pe n ', 40 14 " far " better a.-bed" than occupied i n struggliag l e rrec dt i the inevitable. If the same use l ess scen es shoa l sa° next year, we shall count upon the good se ll l o ° patriotism of the right honourable gel ltiern io sle d : move, " that the Tory p ar ty d o n ow ge for e - without snoring:" and then whatever the f oole; of the House w ou ld perm it i n th e way ° aD niferous indulgences —as, f or i ns t anc e, niglit cal" by pillows—would surely be conceded with readines s hii t h delighted Chamber and a grateful country. te d, usual wisdom, Mr. Henley has herein demonstio c o l point of fact, exactly what hi s p ar ty ought to d lo , pliance with the laws of its inevitable transforrn e pa° sluggish organisms which suffer periodical Ch ang Coil; through an interval of profound repose ; and er f it ; servative party is one of these. It changed and _„d e° l . under Canning, under Peel, and under Disraeli ; f ` o " nc ien; another great change is coming, for the gru b ° , t ote Church and State views will pass to the butterfly Potiveisi new ideas and brilliant necessities. The C ePs a r seso io r cannot, therefore, do better than hybernate for rat io) f ° or two, as the appropriate and pleasing PreP s oe ,rovi lla that new life which will find them disinterest edly ing the edifice" of the next grand reform. r ent 04 The Daily News observes that the late Generalay vi o l Thompson ought not to be allowed to pass u w s odel'! % boot sou 0 a word of honour and regret from the couuttlbe le served for three score years, and which is the otaso his having lived. The services which General 1-1:31, rendered to the cause of Free Trade were, pe r t o bisq ) oo most useful achievements. His " Corn Law C : te posi t v l 0 and his other economical writings occuPY o f jte' o f intermediate between the theoretic cepositions Smith and J. S. Mill and the Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright l' h is ()f position he occupied at different std 0101 01 01 , o f life. Together with Mr 'Roebuck, Mr. Grat .c , s 110 ,1y rio , Molesworth, he' belonged to that sek. t c Pof relined and scholarly men who rescued deu2clivi on o ,' ciples from the coarse hand of the Cobbetts. a .n a so, i ,lc Popular Teldiatorla,io llunts, and gave their professors intellectual standing. Later in life he formed the colon ", f . 1 )1 ; ct between the cultivated and fastidious' schoolc, u ro og",, / sophical Radical and the more robust al,.(s;;Iio Radicalism of Manchester ; between the '.`„ w y review and tbo Freetrade I fall. Though a llT o f r1;1 1 ig who had seen service, and a European GoverP9!_ a nd,. llo colony, he was humanitarian in his syrnpatme'4 . I ', o early zeal against slavery and the ill-treattplwilictio,in subject races found vent in the indignation witj of ficero branded the military excesses of some of r " the 3AlM tio ° the suppression of the Indian Mutiny and tig er o f Promotion ; but he was rewarded with the e_ I P unfashionable ples n p g so li f e l r. c v o e u d ra b g i e sc o u t) s irfiod fr e l g i e ° o l e -)l 6 the people, and with the respect even a those cordially hated and feared him.