The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-09 00:00:00

BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES, 56, Great Marlborough-street, W. Bankers, Messrs. Ransom. SUPPORT is earnsPtly solicited. ALEXANDER RI VINGTON, ion. See. GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to Introduce commodi ies valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a hi g hly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Servants, &e. Apply with two stamps to H. MARRISON, Great Orford-etreet.Norwich. 011 N GOSNF.LL and CO.'S CHERRY I 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 Ilse breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper T hames- street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GtJA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect int; this wonwrful liquid. It is now offered to the public ul a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 70. 6d., ind 15s. each. including brush. _ Bed gull Wharf, Angel passage, 98, Upper Thames street Loudon, E.O. " THE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN.'' E. MOSES & SON (the ORIGINATORS of the READY-MADE CLOTHING SYS TEM) supply Ready-made Clothing equal to Clothing mado to treasure, and Clothing made to measure equal to the best that can be obtained. E. MOSES and SON possess unequalled resources for the MANUFACTURE of CLOTHING, and are consequently able to supply the public at lower prices than any other house in the trade. E. MOSES and SON'S STOCK for the WINTER SEASON comprises an immense issortment of Overcoats, and every descrip ion of Clothing f all ages, all occasions, Ind all classes, in all tho newest designs and materials. E. MOSES and SON give particular at tention to CLOTHING for YOUNG GEN TLEMEN. For the convenience of Ladies accompanying their Sons there is a separate department for tide important branch of their business, and it is furnished with a splendid B , 4sortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all oe.msions, including all the favourite designs ar.d the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. IeInSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should .e accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be zheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and 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 gure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Ilabitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, 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, MINOBIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINOBIES 83, ALDOATE 84, ALDOATE 83, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATII 97, ALDGATE 89, ALDGATE S 9, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. noa, NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD STREET >OB, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD ns, EUSTON-ROAD. _ _ Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. SHORT SIMIMARY OF THE POSITION OF THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C. Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's. The Annual Premium Income of the Company, at the close of 1868, was £220,978 Os. 10d., and the Total Amount Assured £4,832,197. The Business is divided under two heads :- Ist —The General or Ordinary Business, being the same as that transacted by other Companies. 2nd —The Industrial or Working Class Assurances. The Premium Income of the General Business was £52,432, and the sum Assured £1,562,960. The present value of the lia bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load ing. was ...C139,32215 8 The Premium Income of the Industrial Branch was 168,546, the sum Assured £3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0 £189,322 15 8 The Liabilitv.2f T ?Awl' Rip li TlL—eati same way ns that of the General Branch, on account of the very large proportion of Policies which coust .ntly la; se, so that the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks for short terms only ; the estimated re serve for the liabilities of this Branch of the business is shown by the result of 14 years' experience to be abundantly suffi cient. The Assurance Fund on 31st Decem ber, 1868, was £241,301 12 4 The average duration of the whole of ►be Industrial Policies was considerably under three years. The average age of the Assured in the Industrial Branch was 19 years. A detailed List of Assets can be bad on application. H. HARBEN, Secretary. CONTRACTS for FRESH OX BEEF and VEGETABLES. ADMIRALTY, WHITEHALL, Ist November, 1869. TENDERS will be received at the Department of the Superintendent of Contracts, Whitehall, at Noon, on THURSDAY, the 25th instant, for the supply, at the undermentioned ports, of FRESH OX BEEF between the Ist January and 30th June, 1870, and of Vegetables between Ist January, 1870, and 31st March, 1872, viz.:— FRESH OX BEEF. ENGLAND, &c. Jersey and Guern- Newhaven soy Portland and Liverpool Portland Roads London Bridge to Plymouth (Oxen) Woolwich, in- Portsmouth (ox elusive en) Lymington I Sheerness (Oxen) Milford Haven, Ramsgate Pembroke, and j Scilly Pater Yarmouth Netley SCOTLAND. Berwick Cowes Dartmouth Falm,ut'i Fleetwood Gravesend Greenhithe Harwich Hull, Hawke Roads, and in the Ilumber Ardrishaig Greenock Gran ton Queensferry IRELAND. Carrickfergus I Kingstown and Queenstown and Foynes 1 Dublin Kinsale Galway I Lough Swilly Rathmullen Killibegs Valentia VEGETABLES, Foynea I Lough Swilly I Raihmullen Fleetwood Newhaven Scilly Valentia. The conditions of the contracts may be seen, Forms of Tender obtained, and all particulars ascertained, in the Lobby of the Department of the Superintendent of Con tracts, or by applying to the Superintendents of the Vic tualling Establishments at Deptford, Gosport, and Ply mouth; the Superintendents of her Majesty's Dockyards at Chatham, Sheerness, and Pembroke; the Naval and Vic tualling Storekeeper at Hr.nlbowline; the Officer conduct ing the Packet Service at Liverpool ; the Secretary to the Postmaster-General, Dublin; to the Collectors of her Ma jesty's Customs at Berwick Cowes IGranton Greenock Harwich Hull Jersey & Guern sey .sters at each of the ANTONIO BRAD Superintend, ILondonderry (for Lough Swilly) Newhaven Ramsgate Scilly Yarmou*.h other places. )Y, Dartmouth I Falmouth Fleetwood Galway And to the Postma: lent of Contracts. HEATFIER'S TRUS t (under the Managemen of the Clothworkers' Company). At a COURT, to be holien on the Ist December next, this Company will DISTRIBUTE to Six Poor Widows of decayed Housekeepen the Amount divisible under the above Trust, being about £8 to each. Printed fOrms of application may be obtained at the Company's Offices, Clothworkers' Hall, Mincing-lane, London. _ The applicant must insert therein particulars relative to her condition and circumstances, and name references from whom information may be of-tamed for verifyi ng th e same . The application, with certificate of her marriage and a certificate or other proper proof of the death of her hus band, must be left at the Company's Hall previously to the 23d November inst., addressed to OWEN ROBERTS, Clerk. Clothworkers' Hall, Nov., 1869. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the past twenty-two moiths the National Life boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,633 lives from various shipwrecks and 44 vessels from destruction, The Institution also expended £36,134 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £4,250 for rewards. The Institution has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London. THE .TERSEY WATER WORKS COM PANY (Limited).—Notice is Hereby Given, That an Ex traordinary General Meeting of the Sha eholders in the Jersey Water Works Company (Limited) will be hoiden at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street, London. on TITESD AY, the 16th day of November, 1869, at Four o'clock, for the following pur poses:- Ist—That Article 2 of the Articles of Association of the Com pany, which was by inadvertence omitted to be expunged at the time alterations were made in the sail A rticles by a special re solution of the Cc mpany, duly confirmed on the 6th day of May, 1869, may be now expunged, and treat'd as having been expunged on the said ilth day of May, 13 U ; and that the rights, resolutions of the Company, and all other persons, nmy be such as they would have been if the said Article 2 had been duly expunged on the said 6th day of May, 1869. 2nd—That Article L 5 of the said Articles of Association may be varied by giving power, if they think - it desirable to do so, t decrease the n, ether of D rectors to any number not less than Four Dir. ctors instead of Five Directors as such now stands. London. (Signed) THOS. E. BEES, Secretary . THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. R. ChattArton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault : %fessrs. Barrett. IL Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, lohh Rouse ; Mr. Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. T HEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, FAMILY JARS : Mr Compton ; Mrs E. Fitzwilliam. At a Quarter to Eight, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES : Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Iluckstone, pin.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, &c. _ _ __________ Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY : Mr Kendall, Miss F. Gwynne, &c. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTEB. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr Atkins, Mr C. J. Smith, and Miss Eliza Johnstone. At 15 to 8, LOST AT SEA: a London Story. Messrs A. Stir ling, G. Belmore, E. Atkins, J. D Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith, R. Romer; Miss Rose Leclercq, Miss Eliza John stone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray. To 'conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr U.Btlmore and Mrs. Leigh Murray. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. OPEN FOR THE WINTER SEASON. THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: Messrs Ash7ey, D. Leeson, and Misses Maria and Nelly Harris. At 15 to THE WILLOW COPSE: Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs R. Phillips, J. G. Taylor, A shley. Stuart, W. Rignold, D. Leeson, 0. J. Smith. R. Romer, W. H. Ebnrne, Miss Furtado, Mrs Alfred Mellon, Mrs Addie, 31 i s M. Harris, &c. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. At 7.•5, NOT WITCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, by Mr. H. J. Byron. Messrs. .1. Clarke, ParEellc, &c Mesdames Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens. To conclude with A BREACH OF PROMLSE. Box-office open from 11 till 5. HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN_ Fourth Week of " The Gamester ' THIS EVENING', at 7 o'clock, TR& LOfTERY TICKET: Mr George Honey. At 8 Moore's great Tragedy of TTIE GAMESTER : Barry Sullivan; Messrs J. C. Cowper, W. H. Stephens, Lin Rayne, Charles Horsmatt, and Lunt; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, and Miss Howard. To conclude with THE WATERMAN: Messrs. G. Honey, E. Cotte, Evans; Mrs C. Horsman. Miss R. Power. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—AmoßY SULLIVAN. i 3 OYAL STRAND THEATRE. t Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanhorongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Cl trke. Followed by THE TOOD LES : Mr Clarke. Alter which. INO; Messrs Thorne. 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Barrett, H Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse: Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES THEATRE-ROTA L, HAYMARKET. 'NITS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, FAMILY JARS. After which, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRKS: Mr Buckstone. Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THrs EVENING, at 7. MY PRECIOU-1 BETSY, Followed by LOST AT SFA: Mr A. Stirling, Kr G. Belmore, Mr E. Atkins, Mr Beveridge. Mr Stephenson, Mr Smith, Mr Romer; liss Rose Leclerc% Miss Eliza Johnstone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray. And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr G. ilelmore and Mrs L Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIM EVENiNa. at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. At 7.45. NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And BREACH OF PR( ►MIS E. Mr J Clarke and Miss Hughes. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIA EvaxiNG, at 7. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD TITING. M Ashley and the misses Hants. With THE WILLOW CDPSE Mr. Benjamin Webster. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. THIS EVEviNG. at', THE LOTTERY TICKET. After which, TII GAMESTER: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Ilermaun Yezin, Ala THE WATER MAN. ROTAL. STRAND TIIEATItE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanberou7h. las EymNlNa . at 7.30. AMONG TILE PREAICERS : Mr Clarke. With TETE TOODLFS. All.l IN°. Concluding with THE CHOPS OF THI , I CITANNEL. OFIRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Rail, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at I and 3 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, la.; on liendaya, 6d. Children under twelve. P•dl. ROYAL ALIIAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open fromll to 4. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1869. SAM *4. only. There is authentic evidence of builders making matters agreeable to architects, and even of such a case as a locomotive superintendent taking fees from coal contractors. It would be highly unjust to prematurely charge an entire profession with fraud. But if unfair prac tices prevail privately to a great extent it is un doubtedly right that the public should be warned. And here, as we have seen, it is not the testimony of outsiders, but the evidence of engineers themselves, upon which this charge rests. How far the com mission system prevails it would be hazardous to speculate; but that it is carried on more or less seems clear. The fraud is unfortunately simple and safe. If the contractor and the engineer agree, there is no one to interfere. The former engages to do a piece of work, and the latter is employed to see that the plan is thoroughly carried out. The only third parties are the manager or directors of the company contracted for; and we all know what amount of trouble they gene rally give themselves, and how little competent they would be in most cases to detect dishonesty, if they did look after both engineer and contractor. As a matter of fact, if the latter can bribe the former he is free to execute his work as he pleases. The douceur to the engineer enables the contractor to get extra pay for work which ought to be included in the " lump sum," or, as is more commonly the practice, he can do the business in an inferior manner. Dis agreeable clauses in the contract may likewise be evaded. There is not the slightest chance, as a rule, that any weakness will be disclosed if the engineer and the contractor agree. It is unnecessary to enlarge upon the flagrancy of this species of bargain. The prime duty of the engineer is to see that the contractor does his work properly. To re ceive a bribe on condition that he allows the work to be done improperly is a violation of the engineer's agreement 'with his employers, a fraud, in fact, which may involve the loss of thousands of pounds, or the lives of human beings. The principle is the same, no matter what may be the kind of work done ; the acceptance of a com mission by the superintendent from the superintended is a crime. There is every reason why such a ques tion should be investigated to the full. It is no discredit to the honest of the profession, but a protec tion, for the doings of their unscrupulous brethren to be exposed. Public opinion is not, as we have learned to our cost, a perfect protection against commercial rascality, but it is much better than nothing. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TIIE HEALTH OF THE KING OF ITALY. FLORENCE, Nov. 8 (Evenitig). An official bulletin dated San Rossore, Monday, says: -- " The improvement in the condition of the King, which was announced this morning, continues." General Menabrea, and the Ministers of War and Finance remain at San Roiaore. Addresses are arriving from all parts of the kingdom testifying to the affectionate and earnest interest in his Majesty's health. PARIS, Nov. 9. The Official Journal of this morning publishes a telegram, dated San Rossore, Monday, 7 p.m., stating that the King's health had sensibly im proved, and that his Majesty was entirely out of danger. THE ARCHDEACON WHO HATES NEW,S'PAPERS. The Venerable Archdeacon of Exeter, who recently declared that he hated newspapers, now says, in a letter to the local press, ho is sorry to find that Lis friends have taken umbrage at his observations upon newspapers and magazines. It was far from his intention to speak slightingly of a laborious and honourable profession, to which all who occupy any public position are constantly indebted, and from which ho has ever received most kind and courteously rendered assistance. But ho ventures to assert that the real dignity and use fulness of newspaper literature are upheld rather than other wise when it is contended that the press should supplement more solid reading, and not usurp the place of it. An igno rant, ill-read person cannot appreciate really good political or critical writing, so that if newspapers wish to ledil the place claimed for them as the "fourth estao," they Jhoul.l wish well tc any effort that is made to improve the quality and generality of people's studies. DOUBLE WEDDING IN . WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Westminster Abbey was on Mon 'ay the scene of one of the most imposing marriage ceremonials which has been witnessed in the metropolis for some years. The knowledge that Lady Albertha Hamilton, and her sister, Lady Maud —daughters of the Duke of Abercorn—were to appear as brides at the altar, whence they were to return, the first named the wife of the Marquis of Blandford, and the second named the wife of the Marquis of Lansdowne, drew to the Abbey a crowd of such dimensions that it tried the utmost limits of the building to pro vide anything like accommodation. The hour appointed for the commencement of the service was half-past eleven, but at half-past nine, and even before that time, the doors were besieged by hundreds who were the fortu nate holders of tickets, and had, therefore some chance of getting in, and by as many other hundreds who, not having any such authority, had no chance at all. The assailants of the Abbey portals were for the major part ladies, but they were ladies of an aspect so determined that it required great moral courage on the part of the official who announced, after they had been rattling at the gates for over half an hour, that no one would be admitted for a good hour and more. As was only proper the choir of the cathedral was reserved exclusively for the snore immediate friends of the two families playing the prin cipal part in the ceremony. Tickets gave admission to the nave, which afforded the best view of the procession as it movel from the western entrance to the choir, and to the north and south transepts, from which lite ally nothing could be seen. The crowd gathered outside the Abbey must have numbered many thousands, as the spectators stood eight or nine deep on either side of the way, extending from the western entrance through the Broad Sanctuary as far as Parliament street. The arrivals of the Prince and the Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess Christian, the Duko of Cambridge, of the bridegrooms, the bridesmaids, of the many members of the aristocracy who graced the occasion with their presence succeeded each other rapidly up to a quarter past eleven, the advent of the Royal guests being proclaimed by the performance of " God save the Queen " upon the organ, the whole assembly standing. At this time the Sub-dean, the Rev. Lord Wriothesly, uncle of the brides, and five other clergy of the Abbey, were in attendance within the rails of the High Altar, the singing men and singing boys being ranged in a row on either side of the choir immediately under the lantern. At this moment the sun broke out in a manner which cheered the hearts of those who had feared that the rain of the earlier part of the morning would have continued through out the whole day, and added greatly to the brilliancy of the scene. As the bridal procession entered the choir from the nave the officiating clergy went forth to meet it, the greater portion of the marriage service being intoned in the body of the choir, and not at the altar. The brides, of whom Lady Maud is the elder by about a year, were dressed alike in white satin bed dices and trains trimmed with a profusion of lace, and were decked, as brides ever are, with a mass of orange blossoms. Six bridesmaids waited upon each, the one bevy being dressed in cerise - and white, and the other in blue and white. Of these important officials four in each case were children whose appearance added much to the interest of the spectacle. From the body of the choir the bridal party—the knot having thus been tied (the Duke of Abercorn gave away his daughters)—headed by the choristers chanting, entered the Sacrarium. The clergy passed within the rails of the high altar, the choristers ranging themselves on the left hand side, and the remainder of the service was proceeded with, the musical portion b ing more than usually effective. The new/r Married left the Ssereriens sssahnig in line, followed by the bridesmaids. Then came the Prince cf Wales, conducting the Duchess of Abercorn. The incoss of Wales x a 5 attired, both as regards her dress and bonnet, in cerise and white. The presents made to the brides were numerous and costly. Her Majesty presented Lady Albertha Hamilton with a valuable Indian shawl; and in addition, as a mark of special favour, sent Lady Albertha (to whom the late illustrious Prince Consort stood sponsor) a beautiful brooch, surrounded with pink coral and pearls, and having in the centre the bust of the Prince Consort in alto-relief. The Queen also presented Lady Maud Hamilton with a beautiful cashmere shawl. The Prince and Princess of Wales's gift to Lady Albertha was a rich gold bracelet, set with emeralds and rubies, containing the portraits of their royal highnesses sur rounded by their cyphers and crown in diamonds. The Prince and Princess presented to Lady Maud Hamilton a similar rich gold bracelet, set with pink coral and pearls, also containing the portraits of their Royal High nesses, surmounted by their cyphers and coronet in dia monds. Lady Albertha's presents of jewellery consisted of—from the Duke of Abereorn, her father, a necklace of three rows of fine pearls with diamond clasp; from the Duchess of Abercern, a pair of top and drop pearl ear rings, and a guard ring of emeralds and diamonds ; from the Duke of Marlborough, a rich scroll pattern brilliant tiara, surmounted by five stars, the latter made to be worn separately as a necklace, &c. ; from the Marquis of Blandford, a silver gilt toilette service, in Kingwood cast, the fittings engraved with coronet and cypher; a fine single sapphire ring, and a splendid brilliant guard ring; from the Marquis of Bute, a remarkably splendid bril liant locket, set with five fine sapphires. Lady Maud Hamilton's presents from her father and mother were as nearly as possible similar to those of her sister, namely, a necklace of three rows of pearls and diamond snap, and a pair of stop and drop ear rings ; and a guard ring of rubies and diamonds. The Marquis of Lansdowne presented his bride with a toilette service in silver-gilt, engraved with their cypher and coronet, and a pair of fine brilliant top aid drop earrings. The most valuable of all her ladyship's presents was a large magnificent flower-pattern diadem (family jewels arranged by Garrard's), a present from fhe Marchioness of Lansdowne. The above were but a few of the gifts which were arrayed in the Italian room of Chesterfield House for the inspection of the friends of the two The new weekly illustrated newspaper lately an nounced is to be entitled The Graphic. The Christmas number will consist in great part of fiction by popular authors. The food prospects in the North Western Pro vinces of India are so little indicative of famine, or of scar city approaching to famine, that the local Government has discontinued the publication of reports of its relief operations. FATILF.R HYACINTHE AND THE AMERICAN PRESS.—" Father Hyacinthe ate a beefsteak last Friday. The Catholics are much incensed." "Father Hyacinthe ate a broiled beefsteak on Friday because, as he claims, he had a right to do so." These are two scraps of " news" just laid before the public. Father Hyacinthe has now seen in operation for the first time a " free press." We hope he likes it.-27m Fork Times, Oct. 23. Readers of the Animal World, the new illustrated periodical launched in the interests of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, will rejoice to learn that an improvement in the manufacture of horse collars has just been devised by a Yankee mechanic. The practi cability of the painless collar may be readily understood from the following brief description :—" Tho collar, being stuffed with elastic cork, is light in weight, and adapts itself to the shape of the animal as readily as if it was moulded. It is highly elastic, does not chafe or gall the neck, and the cork being a non-conductor, injury from the heat is prevented." Ti ri.Es.—Our racing and musical title lie often offensive. I speak now of the latter. I one. heard a priestling give out, with squeaking solemnity, "Great is the Lord Hayes." One profanity leads to another. " Lord Hayes, who's he ?" Of course Mr. Know-all says confidently, "Hayes of the G-lth." You may also hear the senseless as well as the pious "Amen," for example, in the hymn concluding, "Perhaps next the bell may toll for me, A men !" A thoughtful musician would prevent those mis takes; Lot, alas! fingers are plentiful, and brains are be muddled. In musical books we may see things of this sort, "It is time to awake out of sleep," John Robins; or "0! grant the king a long " Child. A little care would greatly im prove these matters ; really, as a loyal philosopher, I hope the olive branches of royalty will always possess the usual complement of brains, and also the average supply of limbs, especially feet, both in a pedestrian a nd perpen dicular sense. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 9, 1869. There are men who really go up like rockets and come down like sticks. M. ROCHEFORT is one of them. Within a few months simply by the adop tion and travestieing of DANTON'S axiom of audace, audace, toujours l'audace, he bounded at a hop, skip, and a jump, not into renown, but into notoriety. With the slightest flavour of wit, any unprincipled writer may do the like any day out of the three hun dred and sixty-five, by simply indulging in personali ties, indecencies, atrocities of words and of insinuation directed against the constituted authorities of the land in which these infamous writers are allowed willi-nilli to obtain circulation. Indignant with the morality of a political scribe of this class, the Government thus outraged may resolve at last upon adopting measures with a view to the suppression of further slanders, eminating from the same source. In so acting the "powers that be" continue, however, the most effectually to strengthen the influence and to enhance the otherwise insignificant name of its intrinsically mean and utterly contemptible assail ant. A creature of this genus has, during the chief part of the present year been polluting the atmosphere of Parisian journalism, and like the villainous reptile, sung of by the poet POPE in his sometimes ferocious "Imitations of HORACE," fluttering to and fro on " gilded wings," c)ntrives every now and then to do its little all ac cording to its twofold capability, insomuch that it might be said of it, fitfully and at intervals, all through this past twelvemonth, ;that it "stinks and stings." That is the epitome of ROCIIEFORT'S whole existence, since the knowledge of his being in existence came to the knowledge of the flaneurs on the boulevards, and the blouses in the lower quarters of the gayest and the most voluptuous city in Chr;stendom. The mere fact that a man like M. ROCHEFORT should have been tolerated for even the briefest interval in Paris affords conclusive evidence that the realm of NAPOLEON 111. is not the inexorable despotism it has long been represented to be by the more implacable foes of the second Empire. Where, in the United Kingdom, could it be possible for any reviler like ROCHEFORT to obtain an audi ence ? Supposing any one could be found to emulate the editor of the Lanterne hero in London by personalities of the gravest character directed against the reigning Sove reign, and by perpetual incentives to insubordination against the institutions of the country—who would not recognize the reasonable of putting an end to a succession of outrages at once so contemptible and so malicious in their character. Hiding him self in Belgium and constantly transmitting his diatribes to the capital of France, M. ROCHEFORT at last caps the climax of his audacities by crossing the frontier and presenting himself in the metropolis as a candidate for the popular suffrages—how ? By a succession of spoken scurrilities quite on a par with the printed scurrilities of the Lanterne. Instead of his arrest being continued and rendered secure, he has been released,from durance by order of the long outraged Chief of the Government. He has not only been set at large—he has been allowed free access to the disaffected part of the lowest ranks of the popula tion. The most inflammatory of the political incen diaries of the land has been endowed with the privilege of commanding, at his own free will and pleasure, the ears and eyes of those who are perpe tually prepared at any opportunity to take part in a revolutionary outbreak—the evil-plotters who are ri-11 Acme-wain an vernment ! Tim Institution of Civil Engineers has entered upon a warm dispute, on a question of great public interest, with the Indian Government. A. week or two ago a strange announcement—a melancholy com mentary on the commercial morality of the times — appeared in the Indian papers. It was a notification from the Calcutta Government for bidding civil engineers to receive commissions on contracts and supplies of materials in connection with the works which they are appointed to superintend. The number of engineers employed in our Eastern Empire is large and increasing. The authorities are informed that it is a recognised practice in England for the members of this profession to accept douceura from contractors, who, by thus making things pleasant with the engineers, can fulfil their obligations pretty much in their own fashion. Without making any specific complaint respecting the execution of works in India, the Government declares these commissions to be illegal. In plain terms it affirms that the engineering profession carries on a systematic course of fraud in England, but that such cheating must not be attempted in the East. Naturally enough this intimation has roused the indignation of the fraternity. Its members have met in conclave, have "emphati cally denied " that the receipt of commissions is a " recognised practice," and have, moreover, affirmed that any civil engineer detected in such practices would be held "guilty of disgraceful conduct which would dis qualify him from being a member of this Institution." Several individuals, too, including Mr. HAWICSIIAW, have declared that though there may be black sheep in this as in every other vocation, yet such fraud, as a " recognised practice," has no existence. A. repudia tion so prompt and decisive is highly gratifying at an epoch when commercial morals are seemingly at their worst ; and the denial must, to a certain extent, be accepted as decisive. It would be unjust after such a declaration to retain the impression that the commission swindle was accounted by the Institution a regular part of professional gain. But there are many things done in commerce which are not dreamt of in its philosophy. It is hardly likely that so gross a fraud as this receipt of bribes would be held a "recognised practice," as the Indian authorities clumsily put it; the question is, how far is the system carried on in secret ? The Institution can answer for the corporate body; but there is, unfortunately, reason to think that the doings of individuals are beyond its control. Evi dence is not wanting to prove that in general the system of superintendents taking presents from the persons whom they are appointed to superintend prevails to a greater or less extent. The SECRETARY Of STATE for INDIA, in answer to the complaint of the Institution, has promised to make inquires as to the reason for publishing the famous notification ; but it may be presumed beforehand that the Indian Government would not publish such a serious imputation except on authority of some kind. Only Ihe other day the Metropolitan Board of Works were engaged in tracing the origin of some palpable "stamping" in one of the London improve ments. Divers engineers have given testimony very different from that of Mr. lIAWESHAW. One says the practice is so common that it is impossible for even an engineer who would be honest to refuse commissions. If he were to do his duty, and make too rigid inquiries, he would speedily be set down as a troublesome fellow, whom no company would employ. Another affirms that whilst the fortunes of the lead ing men are honestly made, roguery prevails to a great extent. He has himself been offered bribes by contractors in a cool, business-like way, which indi cated that " they Lai on similar occasions had their offers accepted, as, indeed, they told me at the time that they had." This witness knows personally that it is a general custom amongst engineers in more than one railway company to allow them selves to be treated to an unlimited extent. Nor does it seem that the practice is confined to engineers AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Nov. 8. The Guion steamship Nebraska arrived here to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. ••• • • • - • -- • •• aiu ing the day was 127 ; the lowest, 1261. Sterling Exchange on London.. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 " 1885.. gg " 1867.. 1083. 1153. 114. 116. 10-40 Illinois 1371. Erie 2Bk. Cottop—Mid. upland Petroleum—Standard White 3sie. Flour, extra state, 5.45 e. to $6.05c. Corn, old mixed, sl.oe. BOSTON, Nov. 8. The extra Cunard steamship Malta arrived out at 7 p.m. yesterday. THE BRAZILS. LISBON, Nov. 8. The outward bound Brazilian Post-office packet Laplace arrived here from Liverpool yesterday, and will leave for Bahia, Rio, and Santos to-day after receiving the Continental mails and latest tele grams. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. .B—Three, o'clock—The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month... -- Italian wives 52 80 3 per Cent End of month 7l 17i Ottoman Loan ... 829 Credit Mobilior Transatlantic 232 50 Spanish Threes ... 26 25 Credit Foncier 1645 Home Debt 24 Paris Gas 1565 , Deferred — Orleans ••• Cash. 935 Western 61 61 Northern ••• lOBBl Strasburg . 596 Lyons and Mediterranean ............... 987 k Southern.... 6184 Sardinian Austrian 767 Lombard 5961 North of Spain 5l Saragossa Roman 4B RAILWA THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS. The general committee, organised for the purpose of making arrangements for the presentation of an address to the King and Queen of the Belgians on their intended visit to London, hold a meeting on Saturday at the committee rooms, 21, Albert-gate, Hyde-park. Captain Wells, R.N., who presided in the absence of the Duke of Wellington, having opened the proceedings, Captain Charles Mercier, the hon secretary, said that the address which it had been proposed to present to the King and Queen of the Bel gians had already r ece i ve d the s ignatures of 170 of the chief magistrates of counties, cities, and towns in Eng land and Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. The Duke of Cambridge had desired him to convey to the committee his Royal Highness's good wishes for the success of the project specified. Several offers of subscription to pro mote the object of the meeting were announced. After the transaction of some further formal business, the meet ing terminated with the customary vote of thanks to the chairman. Sir A. Conyngham, Commander of the Forces in Ireland the Mayors of Halifax and Dover, and Mr. Ounliffe Brooks, M.P., have joined the general committee, and the sub scription (limited to one shilling each for volunteers and others), for the purchase of a silver casket to contain the address to ba presented to their Majesties, progresses most favourably. The Governors of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and . lowa met at Portage City, Wisconsin, on tho 20th Oct., with delegates from other States, to devise measures for opening navigation from Lake Michigan and Green. Bay to the Mississippi River, th rough the Fox an d Wisconsin Rivers. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improv3m 3ntg for the inan7ilacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUN VILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity fo r their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MORNING. MONDAY 40 min tat 4 EVENING 5 min poet 5 ME4n.Ar ..- 26 min past 6 50 rain past 5 WEDNESDAY 12 min past 6 40 rain past 6 TRuitsDAY.....,.. ~,,,,,,,10 min past 7 40 min past 7 FRIDAY 18 min pact 8 0 min vast 9 NEI V ZEALAND. On the general aspect of affairs in New Zealand the Wanganui Chronicle, of the 31st of August, says:— "Not a shot has been fired in connection with the native war during the whole of the month now ended. This looks like peace, and yet the man would be very simple who should reckon on any such thing—who would fancy, indeed, that the worst of this bitter business had yet been experienced. We like ill to be an evil-boding prophet, but the position of affairs with regard to tho hostile natives continues to be, to our thinking, of the most unsatisfactory character. There is just now no violence -- no massacre, and it is well; there is a general lull, less pleasant than portentous —a lull in the tempest rather than ,the subsidence of the storm, yet the Government make no sign, or rather they make too many signs, but these arc, all in the wrong, direc Lion. Tho Defence Minister is rapidly reducing and remodelling the Armed Constabu lary. We wish to hope for the best, but to reckon upon Face, so long as there has been no vin dication of law and no execution of justice, appears to us to be an abnegation of all rule, and a confession of defeat. The ringleaders in rebellion ars still at large, Lot only un punished, but masters of the situation." THE SUEZ CANAL. A spec!al correspondent of the Daily .IVetrs, who is now at the Suez Canal, awaiting the fates which are to com mence on the 17th inst., writes home two long and inte resting letters, describing a couple of voyages he had made on the great artificial river, and giving his general conclusions about the great work. The first voyage was made from Ismalia, on Lake Tismah, to Port Said. The following is an abstract of the " special's " description of his journey :--; "Lake Timsah is, as everyone knows, about midway between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, so that the inspection about to be described embraced in round num - bers fifty miles of the canal, or half its entire length. The experience was so utterly unlike what had been expected beforehand that it partook of the nature of a surprise. The very word canal seems misapplied to a continuous sheet of water, the surface of which is wider than the Thames at Richmond, where flying fish skim before you, and which is literally crammed with sea-fish, as the constant jumps and eddying circles prove. A canal again, in spite of ail one has read of this particular one, does vaguely suggest locks and tow-ropes, and barges dragged by horses. Hero sailing vessels, with the curious sails and lofty tapering masts of the Nile boats, are almost always in sight ; some bearing stores to the various stations, others carrying a motley lead of Mussulmans, Egyptians, and g rimy mechanicians to and from their work. A broad and handsome river, which suns straight to its destiration, instead of indulging in devious windings, is what the Suez Canal resembles most at a first glance. Your steamer is licensed to carry forty first and thirty second class passengers, and has saloons and a deck over them like some of the boats running between London and Gravesend. For the first quarter of an hour or so you might be going out to sea, so rapidly do the waters expand to right and left. Then a corner to the left is reached, and the •vord is given to go slowly, and in a few minutes more you arc on the Canal, and having the point at which it joins Lake Timsah en its other or Suez side shewn you in the distance. We pass through a narrower part of the Canal on leaving Lake Timsah than we meet with again. Even here, however, the waters are of con siderable width, and for the first hour we see camels. donkeys, and labourers, literally by the thousand, at work upon the banks. No view of the country is to be had. A magnified railway cutting, the sloping banks of which are of sand, and the space between each side of which is the width of many railway lines, is what the canal resembles most. The breadth from point to point from each embankment-top is enormous, and when it is remem bered that this represents the degree of excavation which has taken place, the wonders of the Suez Canal far trans cend all your pievious estimates concerning it. It will be understood that the width of surface-water does not affect its practicability for the transit of great ships. These must keep in a prescribed channel in the centre, and it is agreed on all hands that as two cannot pass each other in this at the same time, the same precautions will have to be taken as on a single line of railway. Accordingly, sidings will be constructed every six or eight miles, into which the ship going one way will be shunted, while those on the opposite tack go on. At present, however, the chief point of interest is the effect of the opening on the lith ; and on Oct. 26 some of the Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s officers arrived here from Suez, taking careful soundings all the way, with the view of ascertaining how far the canal is already practicable for 'arge vessels. Th.lr report is that much has yet to be auuu, but that the engineers admit this, while insisting that all will be ready before the opening day. As the soundings taken yesterday gave fire feet and a half in certain places, it is to Le hoped the engineers are right. On the 11th, however, the Viceroy's yacht, which draws fi•om 17 to 22 feet of water, will leave Port Said for Suez, making an experimen`al trip, and, if all goes well, the Viceroy himself will go over the same ground (or water) in her the nest day. The passenger by steamer finds it dill- cult to reali3e that there is anything in the way of the inauguration leing a success, for his craft draws but little - .eater, and though he feels it grating against the bottom once for a moment, it is explained that this is before he is nut of the shallows of one Portion of Lake Timsah, and does not bear upon the Canal. Under date October 29th, some further investigations are recorded :—" Since posting my letter (says the "special") I have steamed along the Canal again at a steady tate of nine knots an hour, and have spent another day in sounding its depths at parts said to be critical. The circumstances under which I was enabled to do this were peculiarly favourable to independent observation. No Frenchman and no official connected with either the Egyptian Government or the Suez Canal Company were of the party; and the lead was heaved and measurements were taken and recorded • - ntil the precise state of the Canal and the extent 4 its fitness for great ships are as well known to us as they can possibly be to any one. It is highly satisfactory to be able to confirm generally the statements of the French engineers. There can be no sort of doubt that a , leep passage exists all the way between the Red Sea znd the Mediterranean, that there is an abundant supply' of water, and that vessels can and do pass along the entire canal. The width of this passage on the 17th November, and whether all its remaining shoals will have been removed by that date, are the only points upon which difference of opinion can arise. The great' 'urface breadth of the Canal, to which I have already alluded as most impressive to a stranger, has, of course, nothing to do with its capacity for bearing largo ships. It is the freedom from obstruction of the central channel upon which their safety must depend ; and upon which English owners must be satisfied before availing them selves of the route. This can be only tested by such a course as I have taken part in, or by a ship of a certain draught passing through or sticking fast. Taking the posts or buoys which mark out one side of this channel as our standing point, we measured and :auged as I have said, and arrived at the unanimous con clusion that while it would be impossible for the Viceroy's yacht, the Mahroussa, which draws eighteen feet of water, 1- ,o pass from sea to sea now, it is quite probable that matters will have been so far advanced by the 12th, the day fixed for the experiment to be tried privately,that she will do so without material hitch. That that there is some tide in the canal is insisted upon. We were at some pains to collect and compare the local evidence on this disputed point ; and while all we spoke to declared there was a rise and fall, varying in their statement from two inches to six, none would agree to this being due to wind, but ?ointed to a regular water-line which they averred to be 'aigh water mark. Another point to which we gave more attention than I was able to bestow upon it during previous visits, was the action of the water upon the Canal's aides. These sides or banks vary considerably in character. Now stretching to a great height, sow low-lying ; now composed of fine dry sand, aow of sand which is intermingled with mud, and comparatively hard. Throughout you feel yourself on a mighty river, rather than on an artificial channel. Where the sides look softest, and where the marks of camels' hoofs sink deepest and clumsiest into the soil, the ripples from two steamers meeting certainly bring down lumps of sand, and countless small holes, as if burrowed by minute animals, show that these portions are under mined by the action of the water. Summing up his conclusions, the Daily; .2rews correspondent says :—" 1, in common with other observers, regard it as unfortunate that the formal inauguration of this great enterprise should not have been delayed at least a few months longer ; and while of opinion that largo ships may be piloted through from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea on the 17th November, consider that the proceeding will not be free from risk, and will need the nicest pilotage. But that the unbroken communication between sea and sea is no myth, and that a further and perhaps continuous expenditure of capital, labour, and skill in the direction which has already accomplished so much, are done needed to make the Suez Canal a practicable high ..vay for the nations of the earth, must be obvious to all who have eyes to see. Independent investigation hay ,;roved that a canal of the proportions stated by the engineers, namely, sixty or sixty-five feet wide, and twenty-four or twenty-six deep, is formed, always except ing certain obstructions not yet cleared away. General Garibaldi has Written to a friend to say bat ho still contemplates visiting tho North of Englagcl before .-...,.,. ammft. "Ak:l}tv„ 7.4.1 y jalyikt rr • r ay , - , - HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 8. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, went out this morning. Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also event out. LORD MAYOR,',S DAY. The day of all days in the City of London, that on which the Right lion. the Lord Mayor attends the Barons of the Exchequer in full civic state, un fortunately, this year, was, as far as the weather was concerned, most unpropitious. The morning was very damp and dull : at 12 o'clock the ra►e descended heavily, and disappointment and dis comfort was visible amongst those who were to take part in the time-honoured procession, as they flitted to and fro in front of Guildhall previous to starting. Great coats and umbrellas were in general demand, but notwithstanding the mud and the rain, the City Marshal was as energetic as usual in forming the procession. Towards one o'clock the rain ceased and the spirits of the Lord Mayor's re tainers rose in a corresponding degree. The ancient watermen felt a pleasure in the prospect of. being able to bear his banner triumphantly in the cal procession, and although the new blown and splendidly decked footmen of the Lord Mayor re joiced in being able to show their gorgeously ern' broidered coats, yet there was some feeling of regret at having to walk from Guildhall to Westminster in patent leather pumps and flesh-coloured silk stock ings through the black and slushy mud, yet they ac complished their task most successfully, and ar rived at their destination in a presentable condi tion. The white ducks of the banner bearers showed symptoms of distress, yet, on the whole, the pre cession curtailed of the ancient knights in their armour and their esquires, was better than could have been expected. The Lord Mayor met with 3 very hearty reception from the thousands wil e flocked to witness the procession, and the ancient City State coach in which he rode was the theme of universal admiration. THE ARRIVAL AT WESTMINSTER. On the arrival of the procession at Westminster the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, accompanied 14 the Sheriffs, the Common Sergeant, and Sword and Mace bearers, proceeded to the Court of Exchequer/ and the Chief Magistrate of the City of London, the late Lord Mayor, awl the rest of the civic party, took up their position in the front bench , usually occupied by the Queen's Sergeants and Consul. The Lord Chief Baron, Sir F. Kelly, and other Judges of the Court, habited in their State robes then entered, and the Lord Mayor, Mr. Al derman Besley, was introduced by the Comm° Sergeant in a very complimentary speech. Th e Lord Chief Baron congratulated the Lord Mayer on his selection by his fellow-citizens to the importan t office of Chief Magistrate for the year ensuing of the City of London. He said he had no doubt the duties would be most efficiently performed, and 01 his retiring from office he would receive the thank° and congratulations of those who had selected hin l for the honour. He, the Lord Mayor, also appeared there to claim the ancient rights and privileges be longing to the city, and he had no hesita tion in granting all that was required. To the late Lord Mayor he had to offer his con gratulations on the very efficient manner in which he bad fulfilled the duties of Chief ga m gistrate during his year of office, and although he i returned into comparative privacy, yet he would have the satisfaction of knowing that he had dis charged his duty to the satisfaction of her Majesty and the Livery of London. The ancient oaths were then administered to the Lord Mayor, and the late Lord Mayor was also sworn to give full and go od account of the City funds during his year of offic e, and, according to the words of the oath, to " con duct himself properly while so doing. me Common- Sergeant having invited the judges to the banquet this evening at the Guildhall, the procession returned to the City. POLICE IA TELLIGENCE.-7 his Day. T Ali ES. REFRACTORY PALTERS.—A SCENE IN A POLICE-COUR T. —Three paupers belougirg to St. George-in-the-Ea st were brought before Mr. Benson charged with refractory conduct. They gave their names as follows—Elizab eth Irwin, aged 26 years, Margaret Haggerty, 13, and Mar garet Welsh, 18, all strong, ablebodied women. They kept up a continued clamour in the court, an a abused Mr. William Allison, the master, most shamefully Welsh has been repeatedly convicted, and was once Be II" tenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour for dangerously kicking Mr. Folo, one of the relieving rac er ' and she then said sh e wou ld ru i n hi m. Th e o ther pri soners have also been convicted. Three more shameful, foul-mouthed vixens have never appeared in a court of justice. _ _ Mr. Allison, who is an invalid, stated amidst groat flO l and clamour, that the prisoners made a noise on Santini night, and threatened and frightened some infirm ° ld women, who were very much terrified. That morniug they were dancing on the tables, and made use of obs° 9lle language. They also swore at an old woman, and at tempted to got at he r an d b ea t h er . Th ey were ordere d into the lobby near the street, when they peremptorily de : manded their discha rge , w hi c h h o re f use d . Th ey h a d don; that so often, a n d th e i nconven i ence o f t h e i r go i n g ° tl and coining in week after week was so great that the Board of Guardians ordered that no more discharge° should be granted until the Board was consulted. 1:11 , i e prisoners the* made a g rea t no i se , screec h e d , ye ll e d, 011 shouted " Murder," alth oug h no one touched them , and he was obliged to call in the police. The prisoners said the master kicked them and threat' ened to cut their heads off. He declared there was not word of truth in their statements. ; The magistrate se n t ence d _ them to days ' impr is on' ment and hard labour. MARLBOROUGH- S TREET. DISAPPOINTED FROM SEEING TER LORD MAYOR'S SO; —Two lads, named O'B r i en an d J o h nson, al i as Lee, wer'' charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with loitering for a felonioag purpose. William Beechy and Phillip Sh r i ves , t wo divisoliAl s detectives, saw the prisoners last night pushing among st the persons leavin g th e L on d on P av ili on i n a v? ,„, ,'" suspicious manner, and foll owe d th em t o Windral-o street, and then saw them looking into carriages waiting at the Argyle Rooms, and on going to take them i ll '' custody, suspecting th e y h a d some thi ng a b out them 'O/hie, ...- did not belong to th e m, J o h nson started off. BeechN having left Shrives to l oo k a ft er O'B r i en, wen t i n purialls of Johnson and took him into custody. Johnson said ths‘ his sister had t rea t e d hi m t o A stley ' s Theatre an d Old O'Brien was going to see him home. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the officers said they kn elf Johnson as a companion of thieves, and Sergeant COl c i 1 C, said that J o h nson, w h ose rea l name was Les, had been twice convicted and never did any work. Johnson—Don't I? You once h a d me f or no thing at ala Mr. Tyrwhitt committed Johnson for two months an O'Brien for one month with hard labour. Johnson (while leavi ng th e cour t)—A n d it' s L or d Mayor's day, too ! WESTMINSTER. A GANG OF CADGERS SENT TO PRlSON.—Patrick taugb, 42, James Slater, 25, James Thompson, '24, s e Wm. Campbell, 50, four stalwart fellows of forbiddiel aspect, and in a regular cadgers "get up," were charge with begging under the following circumstances. Walter Barrel!, a divisional detectivo, said he was is th: company of Shaw, a brother officer, last ni ht in Beg en i; street West, when ho s aw t h e prisoners engaged in the t ordinary occupation, singing a doggrel, which had Ile it " e ; sound nor meaning, and asking alms. Murlaugh (wi th c'll f arm) and Slat er wore walking down the mid dle ° the road singing, and the others, the first of ' ll3 . ° T had but one arm and the other but ono leg, wore g,t°l"- into all the shops along the road soliciting alms, an 7,,, re s fusing in many instances to leave when thu user's, lf,aonrdlaindsytangcei;e a butch men declin e d to give them mo ne y. At i pbell l i v a a l s fpen s u o y abusive that of to get lid ,t,e - tt l him. Wit ness and his companions took into custody, and on searching them at the st f it tion ss. 10d. was f ound on them, the grea ter part of being in coppers.tis e d or The -* • poners all denied th a t th e y h a d iatimidattheit annoyed any o ne; th ey were merely try i ng to get vigte living by sin g i ng, and s i mply accepted wha t m ouoY (lea' given thorn. If let off on thi s occas i on th e y would es your to procure situations. t the The worthy M ag i s t rate o b served that t hi s was no vg, way to get a situation, going about in an organise d ga vi ho trading upon th e i r m i s f ortunes, and annoying pere ee ! to refused them alms when solicited. Ile must put aat such a nuisance, an d p r i soners an d a ll h e sen t to C° lCl Fields for 10 days' hard labour. grol Prol are and pric eitt, duel r Pr Prel 4 1 dittl Per Q$ d road Au s 33 ; to I do n 42i gra / this Corr ton ofC teal Wile elacli Ban Y or] T, Xl6, '12 . 1 iliac totti marl quer. Val/ Ti Atla Novi £1,9 the / b ard with tub e. Getti tti4 Ti co ti i 4 rtp t ort, for t of _ e( th ey iAI ea 1 I pet a Di li te, li,: ' l 4ll 1 , 13 ( %to.: •k r .,„ t r „