The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-13 00:00:00

^a6. - I.olb a..N..4~1011101 , ►+ TUE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES, BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, br all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and $O 'S. An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTHING, in all the newest designs and materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5. BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. 6d. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs and 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• MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless lit. Orders from persons who are not known to the ftrm should l.e accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. • Any article not worn or injured will be cheerfully 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. A very largo assortment of BLANKETS. from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea -3 tire, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufae thrers, and General On if 1t( ) for all Classes. 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Reduced Fare cf Four pence per day, will be issued at Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, Latimer Road, Notting Hill, and Westbourne Park, to Moorgate Street, and intermediate Stations on the Me tropolitan Line, on and after the Ist December. For full particulars see special notices. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE - to 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. f OHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY t-F TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay. and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 43, Upper Thames-street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hai: to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. (V)SNELL end CO. hive at length, with the eV of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wont Tful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in Mottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., -and 15s. each including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F.B. Chattertnn. TILTS FIVPIN:NO, at 7, TIF,I,LEF. , OF TIE KTTCTIBN. At 8, FORMOSA. new fenr-act Drama. by Dion Botteiesnit : Messrs. Barrett. IT. Irving, David Fisher, DI-Wain Wright Wit. Douse; Mrs Killington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, FOUNDED ON FACTS. Mr Compton. At a Quarter to Eight, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES : Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstone, inn.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Rill, dm. Conelndinz with (by desire) HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS : Mr Kendal, Mr Buckstone, Mr Howe, Miss F. Wright, and Miss F. Gwynne. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIJI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. THE LONG STRIKE: Mr Benjamin Webster Messrs A. Stirling, G. Belmore, J. G. Taylor, W. Rignold, Miss Furtado, &c. To conclude with LOST AT SEA: Mr ff. Belmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. IT. Stephenson, Miss Rose Leolereq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Lennox Crey. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY StruivAN. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of THE BATH RO AD. At 7.45, Lovell's celebrated Play (in five acts), of LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr Barry Sullivan ; Messrs. George Honey, J. C Cowper, Charles Horsman, Lin Bayne, Lunt, Dyas, Arthur, &C. ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Mrs. C. Horsman, &c. To conclude with STATE SECRETS. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. • Acting Manager—AmoßY SULLIVAN GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. Immense success of Mr. H J. BYRON, THIS EVENING, a t 7, AU HOEHOLD FAIRY. Mr Henry Neville, Miss Lydia Foote. At 7.15, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, by Mr. H. J. Byron. Messrs. J. Clarke, Parselle, &cc Mesdames Hughes, Berend, and Stephens. To conclude with THE GOOSE wrni. ME GOLDEN 4GGS: Mr J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. 1? 0 YAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Lrke. Followed by THE TOODLES : Mr Clarke. 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General Life As surances, less re - Assurances Children's En dowments Annuities (Im mediate and Deferred) 13,844 £765,021 Total.. 14,472 21,260 137,544 1£923,825 £912,643 23,287 156,345 1117122,175 1X177,622 2,027 18,80 :198,450 The valuation has been made at 3 per cent. interest, and the net premiums only have been taken, so that the loadings for future profits and expenses are entirely hold in reserve, and not brought into the valuation. The results show a considerable Pimping in the Life branch, amounting in the whole to £198,450. JOHN H. M'LAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. caole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. MIA EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORAMS.% : Messrs. Barrett, H Irving, David Fisher, Brlttain, Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billlngton, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES •.•••sumirroos sald_ T, 11E LATE EDITION of THE SUN "at .1. SIITTITS, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. IT lIE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at t " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, 3 rand. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ROYAL EXOICANGB, LONDON. 24th Ncvembor, 1869. The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal Ex change Assurance do hereby give Notice, that their Transfer Books will be shut from TUESDAY, the 11th of December next, to TUESDAY, the 4th of January following; that the A nasal General Court appointed by their Charter will be holden at their Office, on the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d of December, at Twelve o'clock at Noon ; and that a Divi dend will be considered of at the said Court. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. THE DIRECTORS have now the pleasu re of submitting the following statement, showing the financial position of the Company: The CAPITAL availelle for the purpose of meeting any unusual calamity happening to the assured is Two 3fILLIONS STEtualvo. The amount actually paid up is £288,495. This, with the accumulated funds in hand, exceeds £1,800,000. For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se curities belonging to the Company are annually submitted to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditor; and the following is an extract from their report to the last annual meeting: " The whole of your books have been audited ; every document, every account, every voucher, your bank-book, and every security - all have been most carefully kept, and there is not one doubtful security in the whole." A detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as already published, may be obtained on application. An independent valuation of the Life Liabilities, as at 31st December, 1868, has also been obtained from Mr. Samuel Brown, the result being— LIFE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS. r et Valuel Surplus. Assurancesl :own. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tins EVENINO, at 7 o'clock, FOUNDED ON FACTS; Mr Compion. After which, !' EW MEN AND OLD ACRKS: Mr Bucicstone. Concluding with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS : Mr Buckstone, Mr Kendall, Miss F. Wright, Ic. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tuts EvENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Belmore, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr Itignold Furtado. tte. Followed by LOST AT SEA : Stir G. Belmore, Mr A . Stirling, 31r Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. H. Stephenson, Miss R. Leclereq. and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROTAL. ' THIS EVENIN(4. at 7, A HOUSEHOLD F A IRA% At 7.'5. NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS: 31r J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. THEATRE,ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tun EVENING, at 7, THE BATH ROAD. At 7.45. LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Elerlllatlll Vezin, &c. And STATE SECRETS. ROYAL STRAND TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. lies EVENING. at 7.30. AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 snd 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GI A..RDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, Gd. Children under twelve. Sd. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. —THREE BALLET; Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. fltj °l4, C ll" ; t 9--C . • LIS' LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 13, 13i9. England has seen the last of the great philan thropist, whom she has so highly honoured. The remains of GEORGE PEABODY were, on Saturday, removed from their brief resting place in Westminster Abbey, and duly embarked on board H.M.S. Monarch, being formally consigned by the American Ambassador into the keeping of Captain COMMERELL. The ceremony was brief, but impressive. Mr. MOTLEY, no unworthy representative of the great people who sent him among us, made a short address, observing that the PRESIDENT of the United States bad intended to send a vessel for the remains of the honoured American, but bad yielded to her MAJESTY'S wish that they should be conveyed in an English man-of-war. Both countries feel this to be the most fitting arrangement. It was meet that England should make some public acknowledgment of the debt which she owed to the magnificent liberality of the foreign citizen who was so prompt to recognise the claims of her poor upon his charity. As in life so in death GEORGE PEABODY ha s called forth the best feelings of both na tions. Zhe war vessels of the great Anglo- Saxon peoples have met too often in hostile encounter. They have been rivals—not always friendly rivals—in commerce and in adventure, but now they unite in an office which does them equal honour in honouring one so worthy of it. We need not fear that diplomatic imbroglios and has speeches can avail to separate the nations who can produce such men as the great philanthropist, and are alike ready to recognise his worth. WE are on the threshold of Christmas, and the usual appeals are being made to the charitable for their alms. Far be it from us to check the flow of benevolence, especially at this season of the year. In proportion as the days are dark the light of good works should shine brighter; in proportion as the frost binds up our streams the river of loving-kindness should flow full and strong. In truth there is far too little money spent in charity. The persons who give one tithe of their income to benevolent and reli gious purposes, do, we fear, constitute but a very small percentage of the population. The reports of our societies shew the same names over and over again, for giving grows like hoarding, and they who have given ten times are more likely to give once more, than they who have not given are to give once. The eclat which attends a subscription of £l,OOO shews how mall is the proportion of their income which the very wealthy—the men whose incomes are from £lO,OOO a year to £l,OOO a day—set aside for works of mercy. The world was loud in its praise a few years ago because a titled CMESUS contributed to the London Church Extension Fund £lO,OOO, or a little more than a week's income. Yet though few persons give any filing like th e am o un t th a t th e y should give, those who do give often do more harm than good by giving. Scanty as is the stream of charity, it is nevertheless often wasted. It is like the torrent of a mountainous country, rapid, destructive, and short lived. For proof of this we have only to turn to the admirable article in Frasci:s Magazine for this month by Mr. PITCH, who was one of the Assistant Commissioners to the Endowed Schools Commission. his account of the mischief wrought by misdirected charity both temporary and permanent, is most melancholy. As regards permanent charity, that which takes the form of endowments, it is clear that Mr. GLADSTONE, in his celebrated speech on the taxing of charities in 1863, understated, rather - than overstated, the truth. Towns are utterly demoralised by the bequests which were left by `.'some rich inhabitant of a past age who Accumu lated Fund Number. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECO I D ER 13 , 18G9 hoped to cheat death by handing down his name to endless generations. There was,.for instance, a cer tain Mr. SMITH, who left his estates, which now bring in about £15,000 a year, nearly £7,000 of which goes to his descendants, the rest to the poor of certain parishes. The first amount is claimed by relatives in the tenth remove, some of them in order to pay for a trip to the sea-side, some to pay for a daughter's music-mistress, some to purchase a piano, some to defray an ex travagant undertaker's bill. As for the other portion, it is claimed by one-third of the population of East Grinstead, by one-half of that of Kingston, and by two-thirds of that of Farnham. Vagrants and idlers go to live in these towns in order that they may get without work the money which should be the reward of industry. For a proof of the degrada tion which such endowments induce we have only to read the disclosures before the Election Com- missioners at Beverley. It is, however, not of posthumous charity that we wish more particularly to speak to-day. It is of the alms given to the poor by the living hand. They are given either through societies, or personally. The relief funds for alleviating the distress at the East end of London have, it is now admitted, done far more harm than good. An energetic clergyman, in a parish of Whitechapel, who of course would naturally welcome aid from wealthy P a ddington and Belgravia, as a means of relieving him from a great embarrassment—has de clared that the West End has demoralised the East End. The residents of the latter district now feel so certain that they will get money during the weeks they are out of work, that, however high their wages, they never save. The guardians refuse tc' levy rates which they, among others, will have to pay, because the West End will supply them with the necessary funds. They indeed are not wholly without excuse. So long as the rates are not equalised, so long a the poor parishes have to pay 3s. in the pound, while the rich parishes pay only Gd., it is but natural that the guardians of the first should allow the ratepayers of the second to compensate voluntarily for the deficiency of legal taxation. But the evil works in far other and more mischievous ways. It was found that during the very height of the destitution at Poplar and Milwall, houses were better occupied than usual, because idlers had swarmed into the district in order to partake of the flow of good things which came from the West. Even here the mischief does not end. The money subscribed to the relief funds was frequently bestowed by religious sectaries, who with coin gave spiritual advice, and with the blanket a tract. Rival religionists would sometimes follow in each other's wake, and display great indignation when they found that unorthodox tracts had been administered. The recipients soon learnt to hide these, and to receive money from as many different quarters as possible. Thus the gros sest hypocrisy was often engendered. Then, lastly, there is the personal form of charity. This is almost wholly mischievous so long as money is given without inquiry. We have heard it said by a London parochial clergyman of a quarter of a century's experience that district visitors do more harm than good because of their desire to act the Lady Bountiful. If this is the case where charity is bestowed under some sort of supervision and organi tion, it may be easily imagined that mischief must follow indiscriminate almsgiving in the streets. As a rule,. 99 out of every 100 beggars are impostors. Some persons will say, better give improperly to 09 rogues than withhold improperly from one starving person. There is no need to do either. If only every town would adopt the principle of the various mendicity societies in London, we should soon be rid of impostors. For instance, the old Society for the Suppression of Mendicity, which has its office in Red Lion-square, London, gives tickets to subscribers of one-guinea, for them to distribute - to street beggars. If a beggar is an impostor, he will not use the ticket, but will probably swear at you for giving if. If his is a genuine case of distress, he will take the ticket to the society, which will investigate his case at once, and, on finding it worthy of relief, will give him lodging money for one night, and perhaps a meal. The society has premises where it sends its applicants to chop wood and pick oakum, and during the time they are employed, men receive Gd. and women 4d. a day for lodging money, and two meals, and one meal for each member of the family. On Saturdays there is a double allowance of money with an extra meal to take home, so that there may be no excuse for Sunday begging. At the end of a week the order for work may be renewed until the applicant has been employed for a month, when he is discharged, unless the com mittee should decide that there is reason for renewing the arrangement. Sturdy vagrants just arrived in London are not relieved. A. register is kept of all beggars, and all details relating to them are duly entered. There is also a begging letter department, and every subscriber of two guineas is entitled to have any application enquired into, relief being left to the subscriber. This society has been established about fifty years, and during that time 55,334 registered cases have been disposed of, and 3,749,184 meals have been distri buted. The society is in constant communication with the several metropolitan parishes, hospitals, and dispensaries, with a view to provide for necessitous and afflicted persons. During the above period 48,644 vagrants have been apprehended by constables employed by the society, and 27,853 have been con victed. Recently similar associations have been formed in the suburbs of London with the best result. It must surely be possible to extend this system to the provinces. One of the most benefi cent acts of charity which could be performed at this season would be to set such an organisation on foot. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURI.-7his Day. THE RECORDER'S CHARGE. The winter sessions cnmmenced this morning at the Central Criminal Court. The total number of cases for trial is 55, comprising the following : Murders, 1 ; manslaughter, 1 ; burglary, 6 ; wound ing feloniously, 1 ; forgery, 4. The learned Recorder said, on charging the grand jury, the most important was a charge of wilfu murder against Catherine, Coomber, a widow, wLo was charged with having murdered her infant child, and the question for the jury to consider was whether the child had died through the wilful ne glect of the woman or not. The only other charge of an offence affecting human life was against Walter Frazer, for the manslaughter of a man named Horne, and it would be for the jury to say whether or not the injury which resulted in death was sustained at the hands of the prisoner. The learned Recorder concluded his charge by re marking that the majority of the remaining charges were for unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin, and the grand jury were then dismissed to their labours. THE EXECUIION 'IHE WOOD-GREEN .31URDERER. The execution of the culprit, Frederick Hinson, for the double murder at Wood-green, took place this morning at nine o'clock, the Secretary of state having made a communication to the gaol authori ties, in answer to the memorial sent to him on the prisoner's behalf, to the effect that he cannot find any circumstances of mitigation in the case such as would justify him in recommending the prisoner to the clemency of the Crown. Since his conviction the culprit seems to have been upon several occasions in a state of great ex citement ; and, notwithstanding the earnest endea vours of the Rev. Mr. Jones, the ordinary of New gate, to bring him to a proper sense of his condition, it is to be feared that he has not been successful, as the culprit was evidently under an impression, which it seemed almost impossible to remove, that he was perfectly justified in committing the dread ful acts of destroying the life of the woman with whom he cohabited, and whom he persists in v.,- garding as his wife, and the man who he considers was guilty of adultery with her. It has been quite in vain to remind him that it was quite impossible for the wretched woman who lost her life to have stood in the relation to him of his wife, in asmuch as he had a legal wife still living. He still insisted upon his having a right to regard her as his wife, and evidently seemed to think that he has not been guilty of any etnne in destroying her for her supposed infidelity, and he has upon several occasions quoted passages from Scripture for the purpose of showings that he was justified in taking the life of an adulterer. It will be remembered that it was proved at the trial that the prisoner had a wife, who, it appears is liv ing in Scotland, and from whom he was separated shortly before he became connected with the murdered woman, Maria Death. His mother-in law has visited him during the last week, but it was evident that she did not entertain a very kind feeling towards him, for it would seem that almost immediately upon her enter ing his cell she began to upbraid him w;th the dreadful crime he had committed, and the culprit, actuated, no doubt, by the feeling Le- fore mentioned, was about to retort in a manner not at all befitting his awful position, but the offi cials present, seeing what was likely to occur, and the unseemly scene that would probably take place, very prudently put a stop to it by removing the visitor, and the prisoner, who seemed a good deal excited by what had taken place, was some time before he recovered his composure. Since the conviction of the prisoner he had been visited by his father, his brother, and his sister, but his mother did not see him until Friday aft r noon, and the interview between her and her unh .ppy son appears to have been of a west painful character. The prisoner was a tall and very powerful and muscular man, and from the state of mind in which he appeared to be, some apprehen sion was entertained that he might make some desperate effort to resist the carrying out of the sen tence. It will be recollected that something of this kind occurred a year or two ago upon the occasion of the execution of a man named Wiggans, for the murder of a woman with whom he cohabited at the east end of the town, the culprit making a despe rate effort to prevent the executioner from placing the rope round his neck when upon the scaffold, and the exertions of several of the warders of the pri son were required to restrain the culprit until the drop fell. The two children, one of whom was legitimate, and the other the survivor of the family by Maria Death, have been provided for by a gentleman, named Morgan, who resides at Wood-green, and who knew the prisoner, and have been placed in school at Wood-green. The sheriffs, Sir J. Causton and Sir J. Vallentin, arrived at the prison shortly before nine o'clock. When the prisoner saw Calcraft he addressed him, " Good morning, Mr. Calcraft," and at this time he exhibited a good deal of firmness, which, how ever, forsook him shortly afterwards. W hen the platform fell the culprit appeared to be dead almost in an instant. POLICE IN2ELLIGENCE.-2hts Day. THAMES. THE QUEEN " FRIENDLY" SOCIETY AGAIN.— Thomas Strickland, a poor man, living in Canrobert-street, Bethnal green, who has been paying sd. a week for some time past to an agent of the Queen Friendly Society on behalf of himself and three' children, made a complaint that he had been defrauded of his money by an agent of the society, which had suspended operations. The offices were closed, the place advertised to be let, and the secre tary, treasurer, committee all wine, no one knew where. He bad paid his contributions for himself and children regularly, and now he was informed the Queen Friendly Society was a mockery, a snare, and a delusion. There were persons in and near the street where he lived who bad been paying their weekly contributions, and were in the same position, and it was a very hard case on the poor who had been defrauded. Mr. Paget could only once more regret his inability to assist the sufferers. • Mr. Odell, the second usher, said that John Mooney, calling himself the secretary of the society, had forwarded a letter from Birmingham to a poor woman dwelling in Stepney, who was entitled to £lO on the death of her hus band, and the letter enclosed a Post -office order for 195. only. Mr. Paget said there was no doubt the attention of the authorities in Birmingham would be called to the matter if anything wrong was attempted there. Mr. Gron, the secretary of the East London Provident Association, a respectable and flourishing Benefit Society, in existence 25 years, and which contains among its mem bers many seafaring persons, and longshore artisans and mechanics, said the society, whose offices wore at No. 6, Arbour-terrace, Commercial-road, Stepney, had been put to great inconvenience and annoyance, owing to the circumstance that the fraudulent benefit society called the Queen had been held at No. 6, Colet-place, in the same road, a quarter of a mile from Arbour-terrace. People had confounded the two societies together. He bogged leave to state that the East London Provident Association had always promptly met allits engagements, did not employ any c ollectors or agents, possessing a capi tal of £ll,OOO well invested. It had not the most remeto connection with the Queen, and repudiated the swindle altogether. Mr. Gron added that shameful frauds by the agents and collectors of the Queen Friendly Society had been practised on the poor. MARKETS.-7his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Dee. 13.—Sales probably 12,000 bales. The market steady. THE MINT.—It has been decided to make no reappointment to the office of Master of the Mint. The present Deputy-Master, Mr. Freetnantle, will preside over the establishment, which will be attached to the Treasury. The next examination of candidates for appoint ments as assist, surgeous in her Majesty's Indian medical service will be held in Chelsea Hospital ou the 7th of February next. BREAKFAST.— Errs's COCOA.— GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.— Tho very agreeable character of this prepara tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette remarks : —" The singular success which Mr.Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparatio❑ of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap plication of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JAMES Errs and Co., homoeopathic Chemists, London. THE HBAjd 7 . VAS TBESTUP OF RUGBY. In the Birmingham Daily :Post we read already known that great dissatisfaction exists in conse quence of the choice which ha 6 been made of a successor to Dr. Temple in the head -mastership of Rugby, the ap pointment, it is alleged, having been made on grounds other than those of academical distinction or personal fitness. Nowhere. we believe, this feeling stronger than at Rugby itself, especially amongst those who are intimately connected. with the reputation and prosperity of the school. We hear that practical shape is about to be given to the opposition which the appointment of Mr. Hayman has evoked ; and that the under-masters have decided upon preseiting a memorial to the trustees of the school, requesting them to reconsider the recent nomina tion to the head -mastership. -" It is CONFIRMATION OF THF, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER. On Saturday morning the confirmation of the election of the Right Rev. Dr. Sam .el Wilberforce by the Dean and Chapter of Winchester to the Bishopric of that See, took place in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside.. His lordship was accompanied by the Rev. Ernest Wilberforce, his chaplain, and took his seat immediately under the pulpit. Compared with the services of Wednes day last, when the confirmation of Dr. Temple took place, the proceedings were of a most orderly character. No opposition was offered to Dr. Wilberforce, and Sir Travers Twiss, the Vicar-General, pronounced the sentence of con firmation. This act renders vacant the Bishopric of Oxford, to which Dr. Mackarness, the Vicar of Honiton, will succeed. Bishop Wilberforce will be enthroned in Winchester Cathedral on Thursday, the 16th inst. DR. LIVINGSTONE'S LETTER. A telegram received a few weeks since by the Foreign Office stated that a letter had been received by Dr. John Kirk, her Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar, dated Ujiji, May 30th, 1869. That letter is now to hand. The epistle is, as above stated, dated " Ujiji, 30th May, 1869," and is addressed to •`My dear Dr. Kirk." This note," the letter commences, " goes by Musa Kamaals, who was employed by Koarji to drive the buffa loes hither, but by overdriving them unmercifully in the sun and tying them up to save trouble in herding, they all died before he got to Unyanyembe. He witnessed the plundering of my goods and got a share of them, and I have given him beads and cloth sufficient to buy provisions for himself in the way back to Zanzibar. He has done nothing here. Ho neither went near the goods here nor tried to prevent their being stolen in the way. I suppose that pay for four months in coining, other fcur of rest, and four in going back would be ample, but I leave this to your decision. I could not employ him to carry my mail back, nor can I say anything to him, for he at once goes to the Ujijans and gives his own versionof all he hears. Ho is untruthful and ill-conditioned, and would hand off the mail to any one who wished to destroy it. The poople here are like the Kilwa traders, haters of the English. Those Zanzibar men whom I met be tween this and Nyassa were gentlemen, and traded with honour. Here, as in the haunts of the Kilwa hordes, slaving is a series of forays, and they dread exposure by my letters. No one will take charge of them. I have got Thani bin Suellim to take a mail privately for trans mission to Unyanyembe. It contains a cheque on Ritchie, Steuart, and Co., of Bombay, for 2,000 Rs., and some forty letters written durifig my slow recovery. I fear it may never reach you. A party was sent to the coast two months ago. One man volunteered to to take a letter secretly,but his master warned them all not to do so, because I might write something he did not like. He went out with the party and gave orders to the headman to destroy any letter he might detect on the way. Thus, though lam good friends outwardly with them all, I can get no assistance in procuring carriers, and, as you will see if the mail comes to hand, I sent to Zanzibar for fifteen good boatmen to act as carriers if required, eighty pieces of meritrano, forty ditto of kinitra, twelve farasalas of the beds called jamsain, shoes, kc., and I have written to Seyd Majid begging two of his guards to see to the safety of the goods here -into Thani bin Suellim's hands, or into those of Mohammed bin Sahib. As to the work to be done by me, it is only to connect the sources which I have discovered from 500 to 7001 miles south of Speke and Baker's with their Nile. The volume of water which flows north from latitude 120 south is so large, I suspect that I have been working at the sources of the Cango, as well as those 'of the Nile. I have to go down the eastern line of drainage to Baker's turning point. Tanganyika, Nyige Chowambe (Baker's?) are one water, and the head of it is 300 miles south of this. The western and central lines of drainage converge into an unvisited lake west or south-west of this. The outflow of this, whether to Cango or Nile, I have to ascertain. The people of this, called Manyema, are cannibals, if Arabs speak truly. I may have to go there first, and down Tanganyika, if T come out uneaten, and find my new squad from Zanzibar. I earnestly hope that you will do what you can to help me with the goods and men ; £4OO to be sent by Mr. Young must surely have conic to you through Fleming and Co." In a postscript the learned traveller says :—" A long box paid for to Nijiji was left at Unyanyembe, and so with other boxes." Dr. Kirk comments upon this letter. It was - received at Zanzibar October 2. " The requests made by Dr. Living stone in a previous communication that reached on the 7tb ult. having been complied with; I shall lose no time in supplying the things herein demanded. There will, how ever, be some difficulty in getting faithful men, as the Arabs at Unyanyembe, being of the El Haothi tribe, art by no means loyal subjects of Seyd Majid, and, as Dr. Living stone tells us, still engaged in the slave trade." AN ELECTRICAL INSECT,—It is reported, on the authority of the late Major-General Davis of the Roya] Artillery, that the Reduvius serratus, commonly known in the West Indies as " the wheel bug," can, like the Symnotus electricus, communicate an electric shock to the person whose flesh it touches. The Naval and Military Gazette mentions at probable the abolition of the post of Military Secretary at the Horse Guards, by which a saving to the country of £2,240 a year will bo effected, and the public service will be considerably expedited. The duties have been per formed by the civilian assistants in the Military Secretary's office. In addition to the pay and allowances of the Military Secretaryship, General Forster is in receipt of £l,OOO a year, as colonel of the list Regiment, which was bestowed upon him after he became Military Secretary. A JUDGING CLERGYMAN.—A clergyman of a pro vincial town in Wfirtemberg has been making a fool of himself much in the same way that Fournier, the French pastor, did in Berlin some time ago. On the occasion of the baptism of an illegitimate child, the godmother appeared in church, according to the custom of the place, adorned with the maiden wreath. This greatly enraged the worthy pastor, and he at once ordered the young woman to remoNe the obnoxious symboL Not unnaturally she was equally offended at his order and declined to obey, reminding the clergyman that she had done nothing to merit such degradation. The reverend gentleman, however, was inflexible and when words were of no avail he made the congregation sing two more verses of a hymn and went off in search of a knife, with which himself to cut off the wreath. Un fortunately no knife was at hand, so that he was obliged to apply to the offending maiden for one. She, however, either could not, or would not, produce the required instrument. At last a bread-knife was procured from a house adjoining the church, and with this piece of cutlery, in presence of the astonished congregation, the unfortunate damsel was shorn of her wreath. The amiable parson then proceeded to baptize the child, who fortu nately was not old enough to profit, as he might other , wise have done by the example shewn him of Christian charity. LETTER FROM SIR ISAAC NEWTON.—A hitherto unpublished letter of Sir. Isaac Newton is printed in the Academy. It was addressed to Dr. John North, who suc ceeded Dr. Barrow in the Mastership of Trinity College, Cambridge. It was found a few weeks since among the papers of Mr. F. North, M.P. for Hastings. Mr. North being immediately descended from Roger North (the author of the " Lives of the Norths," and brother both of the Lord Keeper Guildford and of the Master of Trinity) was great-great-great-nephew of the Dr. John North to whom the letter in question was addressed. The original is twice endorsed, first in the handwriting of Roger North, Esq., of Rougham, son of the Hon. Roger North, in the following words :—" Sr. Is : Newton to my mild° John ;" and, secondly, in the handwriting of the late Mr. F. North, M.P. Sir Isaac Newton's letter is a critical examination of a treatise on music ; but it conclude 3 with the following:—" I am much obliged to you for giving me notice of the objection made against my notion about colours. But ye experiment succeeds otherwise than tis reported. If you place your eye wee blew-light falls on ye . wall so yt a by-stamfer see your eye of a blew colour you will at ye same time see ye Prism of a blew colour, & so if you place your eye in ye red light you will see ye Prism red. What colour a By-stander sees fall yor eye you will see at Prism; as I can affirm by iterated experience." Reference is made to this letter p. 293 of Roger North's " Lifo of the Lord Keeper Guildford," who was author of the treatise on music. In order to give further security for its genuineness, it is proposed to place the original in the hands of General Sir Edward Rabin°, Dart., for. the ihspootioa 9, the membere • the Royal - MARLBOROUGH:STREET. VIOLENT ASSAULTS.—Fredorick and Thomas Ryan, two bootmakers, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with vio lently assaulting Richard Coolssey, a brass finisher, living at 22, Windmill-street. It appeared that the prosecutor had to complain to the prisoner Frederick, who resided in the same house, of an intolerable nuisance, and this offended him ; and on Satur day night the prisoners, who are brothers, assaulted him —Frederick kicking him in the mduth and Thomas strik ing him on the head with a poker--the result being that two of his teeth wore loosened and his head injured. The prisoners said they were first struck by the prose cutor, but this was denied by two witnesses. • Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner Frederick 40s. or a month, and committed Thomas for six weeks without a fine. WESTMINSTER. CoMMITCAL or A CLUBHOUSE SERVANT WITHOUT A FlNE.—Wilson Noble, servant at the Marlborough Club, was charged with being drunk and assaulting a police. man. John O'Brien, 56 B, said that at past 12 on Saturday night ho heard a disturbance in front of the Grosvenor Hotel, and on going there found the defendant in front of the railings of the Grosvenor Hotel leaning against them He said that three or four men had beon on to him and offered to fight any two of the persons around him. Wit ness endeavoured to persuade him to go away quietly, when the defendant struck him a deliberate blow on the mouth. Witness had not until that moment laid a hand upon him. Another constable said that shortly before this, hearing a disturbance, he found defendant and others opposite the Grosvenor. Some of the party had been turned out of the Shakespeare near there. Witness drove some woman away, and when ho came back he found defendant in cus - tody. A third constable proved defendant was drunk. Defendant declared be was perfectly sober. He and a fellow-waiter, named Harris, were going home, when Ifarris was importuned by a loose woman, and ho and defendant were subsequently attacked by some of her com panions. He positively denied that he struck the police man, and called Harris, who confirmed his statement, an d also another man, who provtd defendant was sober at 11.15, aid was a very quiet roan. Mr. Arnold said this was one of the cases he was deter mined sot look over. Defendant was committed for 14 days to hard labour in the House of Correction. The A battery, F Brigade, Royal Horse Artil lery, has marched for Benares, after a sojourn o about six years at Umballa. ANOTHER GREAT CANAL. The Post says that the successful completion of the Suez Canal appears destined to give rise to a similar undertaking nearer home, and already there has been placed before the public a project under the name of the "Great Western Maritime Ship Canal," which is to commence at Bridgwater Bay and terminate at the estuary of the Exe, thus connecting the English and Bristol Channels, and opening a new route between the great South Wales coalfields and adja cent districts, and the western and southern counties, London and the Continent, by which the sea pas sage will be reduced by nearly 300 miles. In addition to the great advantage of thus shortening the distance and saving the time, the long and dangerous passage round the Land's end, so perilous to life and property, will be entirely avoided. The cost of the canal, including harbour and lock works, it is assumed, will bo £3,500,000, the length of the canal being 59 miles; width at surface, 124 feet; at bottom, 31 feet; and 21 feet deep. There will thus be suffi cient draught of water to accommodate the largest vessels, and a port, accessible at all states of the tide, is to be osta bllshed on the coast of Devonshire, which will no doubt be a boon to the shipping interests, there being no harbour answering that description from Portland to Plymouth. It is expected that the quantity of coal which would annu ally pass through the canal would be 4,261,334 tons, and, if on this was levied a toll of Id. per ton per mile, a profit of nearly 5 per cent. on the outlay of £3,500,000 would bo the result, I.nd if we add the tonnage of coke, iron, and other mineral and miscellaneous products, it would seem that a very large revenue ought to be forthcoming. Like the great enterprise of M. de Lesseps, we believe that the canal now proposed is but the revival in a now form of an old idea, the celebrated engineer, Telford, having designed a somewhat similar work iu the year 1825 ; but the increasing import ance to the community of the development of the mineral riches of Wales gives additional interest to the subject at the present time. AN OFFICIAL I?EPORT UPON THE SUEZ CAIVAL. The Globe publishes the official report to the Admiralty on the Suez Canal with directions as to its pilotage. The following are some passages from it :—A single ship could pass through in from fourteen to sixteen hours; and two small ships, entering one at each end, could pass each other without slackening speed. But it is imposssible to carry a train of large ships through in one day. Lake Timsah and the town of Ismailia are conveniently situated and sufficiently largo for a stop ping place ; and doubtless arrangements will be made for ships to start from each end on one day, for all to meet and anchor for the night at Lake Timsah, and to start for their respective ends the following morning. This, allowing eight hours for passing through each end of the canal, and twelve hours for remaining at Ismailia, will give twenty-eight hours for the transit. With a full moon a handy ship, by entering the Canal in the evening and arriving at Ismailia in the morning early enough to join the train of vessels, might perform the voyage in from sixteen to twenty hours. With a train of only two or three ships, and no delay at nights, the transit would occupy about eighteen hours. There is no doubt that every vessel will cause more or less damage to the banks on passing, but screw ships only going five or six knots will hurt the Canal very slightly, except in the Lagoons, where the banks are formed of very fine sand. Should a vessel touch the ground in any part of the Canal, except in the tidal part of the Suez end, she will sustain no damage, merely being thrown out of her turn in the line. In the total 861 miles, 65 may be considered as quite completed. Throughout the remaining 211 miles there is either dredging or embanking work still going on. For five miles in the worst parts of Lake Ballah and the Lagoons south of Lake Timsah, constant dredging will be required, until means are found to keep the banks solid enough to prevent the waters communicating. In the S6rap6um cutting there is a rocky ridge of a few yards with only eighteen feet water upon it, which will soon be removed. Except for about ten Miles there is twenty-four feet of water throughout the canal. Vessels drawing seventeen feet can pass through with ease. When the barrier at SerapOum is re moved, the canal will be open to ships drawing twenty feet The largest ship that passed through the Canal at the opening was the Peluso, Egyptian yacht, drawing 16 feet, about 250 feet long. Several ships grounded on the passage, but all got off again with a little delay. The grounding was caused more by the desire of the forty or fifty ships to got quickly through than through any fault in the Canal. TRADE AND FINANCE. SATURDAY EVENING. As a rule the appointment of a commission of inquiry into any matter by the French Government affords the best means of smothering the question in hand, and this plan we have frequently seen resorted to with success. The agitation against the treaty of commerce with England, however, has assumed such im portance and extent, that no such tactics can be adopted in its case ; indeed, nothing can be more satisfactory to the large party of Free Traders who have always supported the Emperor's commercial policy than the prospect of a full inquiry into the rapid progress which France has made sinco the conclusion of the treaty. If statistics are of any value at all, and any reliance is to be placed upon either the English ornench return, the result of the deliberations of the commissioners must be to con firm the treaty in every particular, and to cause the com mercial policy of the Emperor to be more energetically pursued. . . The question has a great interest for England, ana although no one can contemplate that any retrograde movement will take place, still less that the initiative will be taken by France, who has profited largely by the Treaty, it may be as well to point out what are the real causes of the agitation against it. We find that as far as the movement in France itself is concerned, it is made wholly in the name of the operatives engaged in the iron, cotton, and wollen manufactures, and it is probable that the opening of the market to English competition has caused depres sion in those particular industries. With regard to the wollen trade in particular, we find that pre viously to 1860 scarcely any shipments of wool len goods were made from this side, while the exports last year amounted to about 18 millions of yards; that is to say that a trade of about three millions sterling has actually been created by the treaty. The great point, how ever, to look at is the fact that the trade between the two countries—both inward and outward—has increased to about five times its extent in 1860, in the nine years since the conclusion of the treaty, and it is impossible to argue that this vast increase has been made in the trade without a corresponding benefit to the two coun tries. So far as figures prove anything, the results of the movement have been more favourable to France than to England, as our imports are always largely in excess of our exports, and were the exchanges settled in a direct manner they would always be very unfavourabe to us. The settle ment, which takes place in a roundabout way, does not affect the present question. France has been a direct gainer by having the most remunerative market in the world thrown open to her, and England has benefitted in like manner, though not to the same extent. It must not be forgotten that the agitation against the treaty on this side has, in particular quarters and where particular interests were affected, been ceaseless. Certain industries on both sides of the Channel appear to be languishing from the effects of the treaty; but this occa sional displacement of labour was only to be expected, and is the natural result of the removal of those protective duties :which enabled a rotten industry to prolong its existence. With regard to the silk trade, the only conclu sion to be arrived at is that there was a good business to be done in silk goods, and our manufacturers—notwith standing the advantages they had--allowed the opportunity to escape them, and the trade has accordingly passed into other hands. Whether this arose from inability or mis management will not be discussed here, but the recent evidence beforo the commissioners abundantly proves that the action of the trades unions in the silk trade was of the most suicidal character. Granting, however, that particular branches of trade, but limited in number and extent, have suffered by the increased competition, there can be no doubt that the general results of tho Treaty have been most beneficial to both countries, and any return to the old Protective tariff on the part of France is simply out of the question. No nation will now consent to pay heavily for its manufactures, in order that a few lame and sickly industries may be kept alive. The United States certainly present a remarkable exception to this, but this is owing to the peculiar circumstances attending the finances of that country. Sir Titus Salt, Bart., and Mr. Isaac Holden have promised to contribute £l,OOO each to the funds of the Na tional Educational League. The Weekly Register says that the Bishop of Lon don has lately refused to ordain two candidates for Angli can orders because they believe in the Real Presence. The Pall Mall Gazette says that at the Council which her Majesty held at Windsor on Saturday it was determined that Parliament be prorogued until the Bth of February. Mr. James Taylor, of the Britannia Works, Bir• kenhead, was on Friday fined 20s. and costs in two cases (40s. in all), in which he had employed boys under 16 years of age after six o'clock in the PiTntrigt CV4 & - eia A l t 7 le . fflY atal ) 11ER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 12. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Princess Christian, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine service this morning In the private chapel. LATEST INTELL LGENCB (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Dec. 11. The North German Lloyd's steamship Deutsch land arrived here to-day at 3 a.m. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE: CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 123 f ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 123 f ; the lowest, 1231. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll5l. cc " 1885 1134. " 1867 ll* 10-40 1101. Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2slc• • Petroleum—Standard White 3lic. Flour, extra state, $5.10e. to $5.70c. Corn, old mixed,, $1.12e. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 13. The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Alleppo, from New York, arrived off this port at 1.30 to-day, and proceeded for Liverpool immediately All well. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. GIBRALTAR, Dec. 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nyauza left at noon to-day for Southampton, where she may be expected to be looked for about the evening of the 16th instant (Thursday). All well. BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE. LISBON', Dec. 11. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's steam' ship Douro, from the Brazils and River Plate, arrived here at 11 a.m., and will leave at 3 p.m. f or Southampton with 44 passengers, £481,183, 681 bags of coffee, GOO rolls of tobacco, and 1,185 bales of cotton. The Oneida, with the outward mail of the 9th November, was at Pernambuco on the 27th ult., and the Royal I\lail Company's extra steanishiP Rakaia was at St. Vincent on the 4th December. FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 13. The Empress received yesterday at the Tuileries the congratulations of the diplomatic body ou her Majesty's happy return. The report of M. Magne, Minister of Finance, has been issued to-day. It says that the floating debt has been reduced by 232 millions since the 31st July, 1868, and now amounts to 818 million francs. The budget of 1868 shows ar et and (1 4 " nitive surplus of 18,500,000 f. The receipts from indirect taxation during the last eleven month s having inceased by 32,000,000 f., the surplus of t he budget of the present year will probably amount to 55,000,000 f., making a total surplus for the two years of 73,000,000 f. The report anticipates that the budget for the year 1870 will show an equally favourable result. M. Magne proposes to suppress the demi-decirue, which weighs heavy upon the succession tax. The ordinary revenue in 1871 is estimated at 1,771,000,000 f., and the expenditure at 1, 761 millions, leaving a surplus of 97,500,000 f. Th is surplus is carried to the extraordinary budget, an d would be applied to various purposes—one portion, amounting to 4.2 i millions, being reserved for publ ic works. The total sum to be expended on publ ic works in 1871 will be 60 millions, being the same amount as in 1870. Thus, the report proceeds, we shall succeed for the first time after a long interval in defraying en tirely from the solid ordinary revenue the expendi ture required for public works. Henceforth a recourse to credit " would not b° justifiable either in the shape of redeemable obli gations" nor in any other form, unless the Govern' ment and the Chamber should propose to giv e special impulse to works of extreme urgency. M. Magne proposes to reduce the mininoin amount of Rente which may be registered in t he Great Book of the Public Debt from 5 to 3f. The Sinking Fund has been applied during tb c : last four years for the redemption of 100 millions o' francs Rente, and its amount would in 1871 cg aeed even the sum prescribed by law. In conclusion the report says : " This solid condition is a proof both of 03° wisdom and of the power of public opini° ° ' which has reacted in favour of Liberty against th ° excesses committed in her name. It proves f ur ; ther that the moral force of the Gover nment sufficed for the maintenance of safety and crcl er c i In one word it proves the solidity of our socia l and political state." Bo URSE, Dec. 11.—Three o'clock_ The man ge closed as follows : per Cent. - End of month — 3 per Cent End of month._ 72 074 Credit Mobilier 212 &O Transatlantic :247 50 Credit Fonder 1655 Paris flak; 1632 50 RAILWA' Bank Shares 2855 ""an Ital 4 an Fives 55 °- Austrian Fires Ottoman Loan 335 Do. Debt 45 -4 : Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred Cash •T ... 1621 Orleans 6381 Western 1127 i Northern 582 i Strasburg • • 985 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern. 595 .... 52 Sardinian Austrian s l 7i Lombard 47 North of Spain 6O Saragossa Roman NAVAL ITEms. —The Navy Department, the . 23, ordered a vessel to Nassau to bring to Nay West crew of the privateer Lilian, on their pledging thenisels: not to again violate the neutrality laws.—Lie ut.-c n mander Selfridge has .been ordered to take cominalad,os, the United States steamer Nipsic and proceed to Palls — for the purpose of making a survey for the propess a the across the Isthmus of Darien.—The following wt s „., : tl.l position of the United St a t es N ava l fleet in the t b o Pacific at latest dates :—The Delaware, flagshiP Yo ke Asiatic squadron, with Admiral Rowan, was at - ` 4 -1 . ° 0 ; hams; the Idaho, had put into Yokohama ; the Ashuelot was cruising, o'Ll's having been dismasted during a 5" ° ",,, ( , ~lionocacy was at Osaca, and the Iroquois was at , 11 el , Kong on the southern station. The Unadilla had be to sold for 51.9,500, and her officers and men transferred the Allauwe. e recte ct The very extensive Distillery now being ro of at Belfast, with all recent improvements for tho rnatTufactuioti Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE Co., who hava a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whislq , t called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON x.. MORNING. -----EVESINY 'lO MONDAY 46 min past 9 ...... 15 Tnin pas? , it TUESDAY. 50 min past 10 ...... 20 min pas! 0 WEDNESDAY 50 min past 11 ...... 30,min in past 10 THURSDAY. 12 min past 1 2 ...... 34 m Pa: j FRIDAY 53 min past 12 ...... 12 min oak Ti COMMI The progr Most of the prices of CI closing on continuation Railways Ali Principal det shares. In ration of int] Consols r. ditto, for duced, 91i Exchequer 1 2 7 prem. ; prem. ; Jt per Cent 4. . India Stoc ditto 5 per Per Cent., 0( bf per Cent In the Fo] to 271; Tu the Six per 544 ; Mexic Argentine, 8 In the R is j better, went of i to 56 ; Lop London and other hand, decline of 1, i., at 781 to 79. Great North( shire and Chatham, au to 841. ; Midl 77i to 77k. Lombardo• and Great Lt The Dahul preen. American 85i; the 181 868. to 86i; Shares are 20 In Telegra tenance, shoei Cable is 1 lo is quiet, at Cents., at 2 t In Bank higher, 31 tl and Imperial 121 to 132 Chartered N 42 to 4,-1 ; L( London and to 42. A decline c lished in Eng There were ou Saturday. The Hanov in specie. The followi Commerce of terday, conne having sup( Heaven, Ford will not excee liquidation wi In this town A meeting (Limited) is c report of the I With regarl Railway Con that, as the r( pointing, thei the late impr had exception half of 1868 v Man a ge tit eu ts lately to redu creased net re of traffic. Iu tions have be( Unprofitable t Year in a dee! pared with the la expected wi 1 2 said to be n Pany may ha` as compared NI It does not has yet effe a more decide Companies wi misfortunes. net by the fail 12,500 or But for these alight have 1 Brighton 3 pe Brighton Co by the traffic Proposed revs th e Ist Jan. by the compl ences in dispu now been arr in connection the successful debenture stol politan Exter understood to among whom The accoun tion of enorm vigilance of tendente. T and the Inter diately have and new rel foreign coma dealers never With refers the respectab laity to have, with joint-stc Mains in its tention to th( from a discrej 2 5 Victoria, trustees and ( liable to pros , to protect hi ceedings is ins shall be coral lqajesty's Al which relate striction, and trustees, they tacked in the hundreds of t Bible, and wt be limited to GOVERNIC 8 per Cent. Co Ditto for Ac , 3 per Cent. Re New 3 per Ce New 21 per Ce Do. 5 per Ci ekunuitio.9, SO Do. for 30 yi Do (Red Sea Exchjqinr D. Bank of Eugla Do. opening Canada 4 per ( Inter-Colonial INDIAN C 4, lndis stock, 1( De., Opening Do. o per Ct Do. 4 per. Cc Do. Certifica Do. Enfaced Do. 5 per Ce Do. 5f per C DJ 5 per Ce Do Do. BSA