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ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUN CS OF Mr. CHARLES PETTITT ALLEN, Treasurer of the County of Middlesex, from 3d July, to 2d October, 1889, in clusive. AS TO THE ORDINARY GENERAL COUNTY RATE. RECEIPT. Balance on 3d July, 1869 .. .. X 11,570 0 6 RATE. Arrears of Rate made on 15:h April.lB69 £10,C83 13 9 Rate made on 15th July, 188) .. 18.860 3 4 £38,943 16 9 Arrears on 2d October, 1869 .. 1,957 4 u Amount of Rates received .. HOUSE. OF CORRECTION AT COLDBATH FIELDS. For Materials worked up and La bour done by Prisoners For Bread, Cocoa, Cell Brooms, for the House of Detention 148 14 4 For Bread, Flour, Cocoa Officers' Uniforms, and Prisoners' t"hoes and Repairs for the House of Corr"ct bn at Westminster .. For Printing for the discharged Pri soners' belief Committee .. For Maintenance of Military Pri soners For Bookbinding, Repairs to Bas kets,&c., fDr thelndustrial School 16S 11 2 at Feltham By Sale or old Stores .. Ditto of Mats and Baskets Com sensation tor Uniforms re t fined by Officers on leaving the service of she i'rison Ditto for Damage to the Prison Van Bums taken from Vast rants to be applied towards their menten- For copies of Commitments ... COMPAGNIE GENE RALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. _ _ _ 4, Rue de la Paix. Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New;York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK. First 'Jlass 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Crnz, New Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japan. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROBE, and Co., Agents, 8, Anstinfriars, London, E.O. 484 19 11 0 5 6 95 2 0 12 5 2 23 6 7 1) 16 2 2 0 6 0 15 0 0 19 10 0 2 8 tforsE OF CORRECTION AT WESTMINSTER. For Labour done by Prisoners .. 81 19 8 For Stockings made for the House of Correction at Cold bath -Heide •• .• •• For Making and Repairing Boys' Socks ant Washing and Mend ing Linen for the County In dustrial School at Felt ham .. For Rags and Bones Sold.. For Grass Sold 33 10 0 61 5 4 13 5 8 6 0 0 HOUSE OF DETENTION. For Maintenance of Deserters .. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FELTHAM. By sale of Farm Produce ... 20 14 8 Cows, Milk, Sows, Tar, dtc., sold 63 1 9 Old Rags and Iron sold ... 24 11 4 Towards the Maintenance of Jn ivenile Offenders in the School. viz.:— From the Lords of the Treasury £1,359 15 4 Contributions by Parents b 9 13 5 Weights and 3feasures : Fees received by Inspectors .. Fines and Penalties .. .. Sun dries ; For the removal of a Lunatic to Han well Asylum ... ... ... 38 6 11 26 16 0 Total Receipt .. EXPENDITURE. House of Correction at Coldbath-flelds:— General Expenses... ... £12,481 6 11 Tontine Annuities 906 4 5 Interest of Moneys borrowed .. 1,239 5 7 Principal repaid .. .. 1.023 6 8 Annuities to Retired Officers .. 412 13 10 House of Detention at Clerkenwell : General Expenses.. .. Inter est of Moneys borrowed Principal repaid .. Annuities to Retired Officers .. House of Correction at Westminster: — Gen eral Expenses Inte rest of Moneys borrowed .. Principal repaid .. Ann uines to'Retired Officers .. County Industrial School for Boys:— General expenses .. .. interest of Moneys borrowed .. Principal repaid .. .... Payments for Boys on their dis charge .. .. £53,336 7 2 £16,279 17 5 2,581 10 2 5,249 13 6 6,856 12 1 2 I 2 1,9 1 10 S 184 17 1 333 6 8 161 15 9 3,506 4 11 342 16 5 1,191 13 4 208 18 19 5,601 3 8 543 14 10 613 C 8 178 6 11 Conveyance rf 31a1e Juvenile Offenders to the In dustrial School at Feltham Roman Catholic industrial School at Little Ilford—Maintenance of Boys .. ..• . Reformatory School-ship Cornwall ditto .. 328 19 7 36 6 8 9 15 0 Ditto Clarence ditto The Philanthropic Society's Re formatory School, ditto .. Reformatory School at 'Wands worth, ditto 34 3 10 Ditto at Brook-green, ditto 6 19 9 Ditto at Mount St Bernard's—ditto 99 9 4 Ditto at Parkhead, Glasgow—Main tenance of a Boy Ditto at Bedford, ditto 4 4 8 2 18 6 1 19 0 Reformatory School at Hampstead —Maintenance of Girls .. .. Limpley Stoke Reformatory, ditto Toateth Park Reformatory, ditto.. North of Englandßeformatory,ditto Liverpool Reformatory, ditto .. 134 r , 10 1! 15 0 10 16 10 5 13 0 1 5 11. County Lunatic Asylum at llanwell : Interest of Moneys borrowed. .. Principal re paid ... ... .. Militia Storehouses:— Rents, Taxes, Insurance, Fuel,&c. Interest of moneys borrowed Principal repaid Prosecutors and Witnesses:— Central Criminal Court .. Middlesex - essions Criminal Justice Act .. 29 2 8 200 0 0 219 6 3 252 6 7 626 13 4 1,029 1 0 2,5'5 2 11 35 9 8 1,528 1 6 65 2 11 0 17 0 524 16 4 Middlesex. West. I Central, Coroners:— £s. d. £ s. d, £ s. d Salaries.. 150 0 0 425 0 0 511 6 6 Ex)enses pd t 2o7 16 61753 16 8 541 4 6 1 357 1G &LIM 18 811,05. 11 0 164 16 7 229 2 8 1,C98 6 2 3,599 13 7 Duchy West- I of East. minster. Lancaster. d. £ s d 140 0 0 13 12 4 124 7 0 12 14 2 261 7 0 2i 6 6 Total Bridge 4 Sessas House, C:er'cenwe'l •• Guildhall, Westminster ... Assistant-Judge's additional :salary Clerk of the Peaeo Weights and Measures ~, Treasurer of the County ... Expenses of pre aring a new Basis or Standard for a ounty Rate .. ... Conveyance to Depots of Offenders sentenced to penal servitude ... General Printing and Stationery .. • • • • Advertisements.. Miscellaneous charges.. • • ..£1,28017 2 400 A o 3,00 0 0 11 6 2 VO 11 3 £z,BB 4 1 8 12 9 2 5 lA 5 85 5 11 75 0 0 111 15 2 156 5 0 264 12 6 407 13 0 33 8 8 161 2 g 9! 9 1 313 4 11 Total Expenditure .. £41,462 :9 7 Balance in the Bank of England .. 11,87.1 7 7 £53,336 7 2 AS TO "THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT, 1853," RATE RECEIPT. Balance In the Bank of England on July 3, 1869 15, •• £13,110 2 1 Arrears of Rate . inadeo . n 1869 ..£3,161 4 7 Rate made on July 15, 1869 .. 11,430 1 6 £17,'91 6 1 1,478 12 0 Arrears on Oct. ?, 1869 .. Amount of Rates received -- 16,312 14 1 Pensions due to County Lunatics in H anwell and Colney Hatch Asylum .. Money in the Post Office Savings Bank due to a County Lunatic in Hanwell Asylum 21 5 8 53 G 5 Total Receipt .. EXPENDITURE. Lunatic Asylum at llanwell— Ordinary repairs Additions and Alterations Interest paid Principal repaid .. Annuities to retired Officers .. £29,497 8 3 755 8 5 700 0 0 131 11 8 3,267 15 3 Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch— Ordinary repairs &improvements 1,406 5 0 Interest paid .. 2,3*a 4 9 Principal repaid .. 5,220 0 0 Annuities to retired Ofßoers .. 88 17 6 Law Charges as to Sewage 946 4 11 Maintenance of County Lunatics •• .. 9,9 M 1 ' 2 3,752 9 11 Totalexpenditure Balance in the Bank ofexEngland . £17,(88 17 4 . 12,•88 10 11 £29,497 8 3 AS TO TILE RATE MADE UNDER " THE CATTLE DISEAbES PREVENTION ACT, 18C6." D. Balance in the Bank of England on 3dJnly, 1862 £1,1348 2 0 (*R. Amount in the Bank of England on 2d 0et.,1869, 1,648 2 0 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT HANWELL: DR. Balance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq.. Henry Morris Kemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, on 3rd July, 1869 •• •• •• •• • . £1,137 5 6 Cr. Paid the expense of converting the old Brewhouse into ormitories Balance in the Bank of England In the three names mentioned per contra, on October 2, itt3P. „ . GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. Last Night but Four of PROGRESS, THIS EVENING, at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE. At 8.15, Mr. T. W. Robertson's new Comedy, in three sets, entitled PROGRESS: Messrs. Billing,ton, H. Neville, .1. Clarke, Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall ; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens. Mr. HENRY J. BYRON will appear on Saturday Evening next, October 23d, in his new farcical drama, in 3 acts, entitled NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Fimon Simple, by Mr. H. J. Byron. pox -office open from 10 till 5. .CBl2 14 6 334 11 0 £1,137 5 6 LS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT COLNEY HATCH. 1)R. Balance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris Kemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, en 3d July, 1869 .. /„358 0 7 Received the sum authorised by the Curt to be borrowed (on Bond No, tiB) on mortgage of the County Rates HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, THE LOTTERY TICKET: Mr George Honey. At 8 Moore's great Tragedy of TILE GAMESTER: Barry Sullivan; Messrs. J. C. Cowper, W. H. Stephens, Lin Rayne, Charles H orsrnan, 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. Principai Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—Astonv SULLIVAN. : . 4,* 00 0 0 £4,8.58 0 7 Cr. Paid the Contractor on account of works executed by him in connection with the Sewage of the Asylum.. • • • • • • . • .. 41,100 0 0 Balance in the Bank of Enzland in the three names mentioned per contra .. 3,758 0 7 £4,858 0 7 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR ENLARGING THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION' AT COLDBATH-FIELDS. RECEIPT. Balance in the Bank of b ngland in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris Kemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, on .3d July, 180 £17,424 19 G EXPENDITURE. raid Messrs. MTers'and Sons the 1 , th.llth, and 12th instalments due to them under their Con traitt for erecting new Enildings Mr. '1 Lomas, for altering lozike fitted in Sin new raid Mr. P. 11. rowliall, Architect. his com mission on lh: ahove-mentioned sums .- P.LI !Sir. A. c;r:isswell, Clerk of the Works, 12 weeks' Wages BiCarne in the :sank of England in the three names mentioned per contra on 2.1 Oct.. 1869 13,595 6 1 37 16 0 X 17,124 19 6 AS TO )lONETS BORROWFD FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COtSTY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FELTHAM. DR. Iteer•ired the sum authorised by the Court to be borr d (on Bond No, 109) on MortgLge of the County Rates 900 0 C Paid on account of wages for workmen employed in the erection of a house for the Chaplain ... For bricks, timber, stone, and lime supplied for ditto ... Balance in the B tnk of England in the three names mentioned per contra on 2d October, 1869 . £l6O 0 0 379 7 3 370 13 9 .co 0 0 account 3, of whieh tbc above is an abstract, were p-e- T HE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" ~,„ S centainlng all the LATENT a ' n ' d s poi:TING INTELLICIENC?:, by H W HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, 131s.ckfria.n-roacl, Lonlon, S. rented to the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Middlesex nn the 4th instaat, and were audited on the same day by the followitnr, Justices of the Peace for the said county, narn.ly : Henry Morris Kemshead (Chairman), Francis I'roclmn Morley, John Savery Brooking, William Peter Bodkin. and Thomas Jervis, Esquires, and were audited and allowed by the same Quarter Sessions on the 14th inst Ant. CHARLES P. ALLEN, Treasurer of Middlesex. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. —The Petitions in Chancery against this Society having been yesterday dismissed with costs, Notice is hereby Given, that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of Shareholders will be held at the Chief Offices, No. 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of November next, being the earliest day on which a meeting can legally be held in accordance with the Deed of Settlement of the Society. Dated this 16th day of October, 1869. By order of the Board. FREDERIC SMITH, Chairman. European Assurance Society, Chief Offices, 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBENTURE STOCK. The Directors are now prepared to enter into arrange ments for converting the Debentures of the Company into equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Deben ture Stock, and also to receive applications for allotments of the same Stock, at par, to be applied in the repayment of Debentures filling due. Any amount of Stock, not being a fraction of a pound, can be subscribed for and transferred. A commission of (one-half) per rent. is allowed to ap plicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Company's books free of all expense. The interest will be paid half-yearly on the 15th Jan uary and 15th July, by warrant. The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same priority against the property and income of the Company as the Debenture Bond Debt, ranking before the Com pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions (£30,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income now amounting to upwards of Three Millions (£1i,000,000) annually. Further particulars and forms of application may be obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. Euston Station, March, 1869. WANTED, by an ex-Licensed Victualler, Manual Employment, in any capa ity. Town or Country. First-class character. Address E, 13, John street, Hanway-street, Tottenham-court-road.. - LIVENING EMPLOYMENT WANTED, by a 1 Young Gentleman (a Reader at the Bri ish Museum), ago 22, after Six p.m. Has received a good education. Can give excellent references. Address R, 46, Theobald's road, W.C. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodi ies valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerativeCommi , sion to Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARItISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. SIN CHANCERY.—Lord Chancellor. Vice-Chancellor Malins. Nixey v. Lewis.) CAUTION. —Whereas the Vice-Chancellor, Sir C_.) Richard 31,1 ins. on the Ist day of July. 180, upon the ap plication of William George Nixey, of No. 12, Soho-square, in the County of Middlesex, the plaintiff in the above suite, awarded a perpetual injunction, restraining the defendant. Joseph Lewis, ais shopman, servants, and agents, from hereafter selling auy slack lead, or other composition purperting to be black lead, in tablets or aces enclosed or covered in manner in he bill mentioned, or folded in wrappers, or enclosed or packed tip or folded in any cases, coverings, or wrappers, which are fac similes, or copies or fraudulent imitations of those invented or used by the plaintiff, and from in any way using any cases, coverings, boxes, labels, devices, or other things which shall re present or have the appearance of representing the plaintiff as the manufacturer or vendor of articles which have not, in fact, been manufactured or sold by him. Al. persons are therefore cautioned against purchasing, selling, exposing for sale, or other wise dealing in black lead or other composition purporting to he black lead not manufactured cr prepared by the said William George Nixey. in tablets or in cases. enclosed or covered, or wr pped or enclosed in wrappers. or with other ac companiments being fac-similes or fraudulent or colourable imi tations of those invented and used by the plaintiff, the said , :eol Nixey.—Dn.ted. this 20d clay of July, 1819. VALLANCE VATLANCE. 20. Essex-street, Strand. Plaintiff's Solicitor. I OH` ()SNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder: gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decry, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper T hames- street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. 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Mr. BUCKSTONE respectfully informs the public and patrons of this Theatre that it WILL OPEN for the sea son on MONDAY, October 25, with a new comedy, in three acts, written by Tern Taylor and Augustus Dubourg, Esqs., entitled NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES, in which Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr Braid, Mr Buckstone, jun., Miss Robertson, Miss Caroline Hill, Mrs E. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs Chippendale will ap pear. With other Entertainments, supported by Mr Compton, Mr Kendall, Mr Clark, Miss Fanny Gwynne, Mrs Laws, and Miss Fanny Wright. The box-office will he opened on Friday, October 22nd, under the direction of Mr George Tnrpin. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: Messrs Ash!ey, C. H. Stephenson, and Misses 31aria. and Nelly Harris. _ __ At 15 to 8, LOST AT SEA: a London Story. Messrs A. Stir ling, G. Belmore, E. Atkins, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith, R. 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THE g , SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p tuliar simplicity of these Machines enables any one to require their perfect use in a few hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free ME "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 147, CHE APSIDE. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. gole Lessee s.n , l 7tianafrer, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tins EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, H Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse: Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUM ES THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING Mr A shley, Mr, Stephenson, and the Misses Harris. Followed by LOST A T SEA: Mr A. Stirling, Mr G. Belmore, Mr E. Atkins, Mr Beveridge, Mr Stephenson, Mr Smith, Mr Romer; Miss Rose Leelereq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Or G. Belmore and Mrs L Murray. 41 4.1. j; 5 4 1.14416 it appears in the newly-published number of the Quarterly. It is complete, and it is conclusive. It demonstrates, as with the clearness of a syllogism, the utter groundlessness, the absolute impossibility of the infamous charge brought against the second greatest poet of England. A charge brought, not only against him, but against a lady of blameless life and spot less reputation. It chews that the tenderest intimacy subsisted between Lady BYRON and the Hon. AUGUSTA LEIGH, not only throughout the period of thirteen months during which Lord BYRON and his wife were living together, but immediately after their separation from each other—a separation arising purely and solely out of the one (sufficient) cause of incompatibility. It realizes far more even than this—it actually realises, not merely by dates and arguments adduced in startling juxtaposition, but by the irrefragable testimony of a mass of documentary evidence, never before published, that Lady BYRON and the Hon. AUGUSTA LEIGH were conti nually, during all the years that followed the se paration of the former from her husband, the custodians and fosterers to the very last—until, in fact, one of them died—of that same tender inti macy which preceded the date of the separation, and which, instead of being diminished or loosened by that separation, appears to have been thereby more securely and more closely knit. together. Lady BYRON'S letters—of various dates—are thus brought triumphantly in evidence against the whole of Mrs. STOWE'S monstrous argument—letters addressed to Mrs. LEIGH by Lady BYRON, and in which Lady BRYAN writes to Mrs. LEIGH always as her " Dearest AUGUSTA," or in some similar term of sisterly endearment. How, now, about the " hour of revelation "—about the " guilty paramour"—about the Incestuous Adulte ress? Lady BYROX under her own hand—address ing herself, again and again, to the cruelly-maligned half-sister of her husband—is, unintentionally, her self, the triumphant vindicator (from this hideou a charge of incest) of the noble poet's (in this par ticular) unsullied reputation ! Lady BYRON, by those letters of hers, addressed at intervals, during a long series of years, to Mrs. LEIGH as her " Dearest AUGUSTA," gives the lie direct to Mrs. BEECHER STOWE'S atrocious narrative. Talk of appealing from PHILIP drunk to PHILIP sober It has nothing to this appeal from Lady BYRON'S maundering and morbid hallucinations of thirteen years ago, hallucinations which were whispered into the ears of the credulous Yankee Magazine writer, to be afterwards shamefully trumpeted by the latter, as so many Gospel truths, for so much (par ticularly) filthy lucre—this startling appeal by the Quarterly to Lady BYRON'S own (fortu nately preserved) Correspondence. Supposing that most unhappy woman to have really told Mrs. STOWE, in confidence, what the latter, with an atrocious breach of that confidence has told the two hemispheres—the only conclusion we can possibly come to, holding in our hand these letters of Lady BYRON'S, addressed by her to Mrs. LEIGH as her " Dearest AUGUSTA," the only conclusion we can come to in the light of those letters—now, thank heaven, laid before the world by the Quarterly Re viewer —is, that thirteen years ago, Lady BYRON was labouring under a horrid, morbid, monstrous, hallucination. That was our instantly avowed opinion directly Mrs. STOWE'S intollerable " True Story" came into our hands in an early issue of the number of Macmillan's Maya. zinc for September. We then, at once, de clared it to be a charge springing out of a horri ble craze or hallucination on the part of Lady BYRON. And we did so in the very first publication of our journal after we bad had the pain of reading Mrs. STOWE'S unwomanly, execrable, and wholly unjustifiable narrative. That narrative appear ing before the English public on the first of last September, we denounced, as utterly un true, in He Sun of Monday, the 30th of August. That conclusion we have since insisted upon, and maintained by arguments, in a series of leading articles, of which the present one is the eleventh. Now that Mr. MURRAY'S Quarterly has spoken, and has spoken, too, thus decisively and conclusively, nothing remains for us but to add—that, in the name of public decency, Mrs. STOWE and her supporters in this country supporters of such __emi nence, we grieve to say, as the Saturday Review — should at once come forward and make what repara tion they possibly can, by means of an honest apology and retractation. THE relations between Assurance Companies and the law are bad enough already, and the decision of Vice-Chancellor JAkrEs in the case of the European is not likely to improve them. That he dealt out sound law in his judgment on Friday there is no reason to doubt, and his verdict seemed to be popular enough from the applause it met with in court ; but it raises one very serious consideration. The VicE-CHANcELuou, was asked to wind up the company on the gro u nd, i n th e first place, that it was unable to pay its debts. But it was shewn that no creditor who had actually applied for his due had been denied it. There is no certainty that the office will continue to meet its claims, and the company's own statements testify that a large number of liabilities will fall due within the next three months. But it was answered that there was much capital remaining uncalled, that the shareholders forward. The Court might in case of ehmadergemneety demand, and an d of Chancery has power to wind up insolvent com panies, but the VICE - CHANCELLOR laid down that the insolvency must be actual, not contingent ; the court could interfere only when the company was unable to pay money really due, not when it was only probable that obligations not yet ripe would be dishonoured. On this point the petition was dis missed. It had another bearing. The court was asked to wind up the company on the ground that it was just and equitable so to do; but this request shared the fate of the former. The petitioners argued that the concarn had been very badly managed. It had little or no reserve, whereas it ought to have a million. Large sums—£243,ooo in all —had been spent in buying business, or, in other words, had been thrown away. Claims were rapidly coming in. But, on the other hand, there was again the uncalled share capital. The Vice-Chancellor agreed that if the assets had been proved to - be less than the liabilities, according to their worth at the present time, he would have granted the petition. This however, had not been shewn. There was the capi tal to fall back upon, and this ought to be sufficient to stave off the worst. The result may be well. Great care may yet retrieve the undoubtedly falling fortunes of the European, and the directors nave received a lesson which ought to induce them to exercise caution. But, on the other hand, the result may be disastrous. The business may proceed, as the petitioner's case put it, only to the destruction of the sole assets out of which the liabilities of the shareholders can be discharged, or the claims of the shareholders realised. The grave consideration which this case raises, and it is obvious enough, is that the claims upon an assurance company are mostly con tingent, and yet no firm can be wound up in Chancery except through its inability to pay debts actually due. Very few of an assurance office's liabilities may have fallen in at Any given time, though it may be hopelessly insolvent. And thus people may be called upon to continue paying their premiums for an indefinite length of time after the company is unable to refund the policies. In short, this case raises the • old grievance : life assurance is a peculiar business, resembling no other, and yet the rules of the ordinary commercial law are made appli cable to it, TRADE AND FINANCE SAI'tIIDAY EVE:SDP:I The New York press has been greatly exercised by the recent panic in the gold market. The subject has been variously discussed, and the action of Mr. Boutwell has in many quarters been severely criticised. We read, however, of few suggestions in regard to the prevention of such panics for the future, the difficulty being apparently accepted as a necessary evil. It seems to us, however, that while the difficulty cannot be altogether obviated, it might be much modified were the United States Government to adopt some more rational mode of conducting their financial arrangements. The action of the Govern ment has by a certain party been much condemned. It is argued that by interfering the Government have given to what was merely a contest between two bodies of speculators, both equally unscrupulous, a character of na tional importance. It must not be forgotten, however, that the Government created the gold market by demanding the payment of the import duties in coin, and thus causing a daily demand for gold, and it may reasonably be argued that the Government are responsible for the evils which sprung into existence with the premium itself. It may be re marked that the transactions which passed through the Gold Exchange Bank are chiefly of a speculative character, for while the transactions ordinarily represent a total of between one and two hundred millions of dollars, the a ctual amount of Lend fide sales is not above two or three millions of dollars. The daily necessities of the merchants, however, have caused the gold market to assume an importance which is not justified by the extent of the legitimate transactions which take place in it, but gold, having lost its distinctive character as a circula.ting medium, would become a mere article of commerce, is naturally highly sensitive in value, and affords the most favourable opportunities for speculators. The gold premium is very high—ordinarily about 33 per cent.—but there is no reason to believe that gold is becoming scarcer in the United States. In point of fact the presumption is rather the other way. But the great fault of American finance lies with the Government. The United States Treasury have no banker, and owing to the fact of the interest on a consider able portion of their debt being paytble in gold, they naturally feel compelled to keep a largo stock of coin in reserve. Before Mr. Boutwell's heavy sale of five millions of dollars there were upwards of twenty millions of dollars lying idle in the Treasury. It is to be noticed that this reserve is completely withdrawn from the market and is lying alto gether idle. The withdrawal of so largo an amount of gold cannot fail to have a very important influence upon the gold market, and must undoubtedly tend to raise the gold premium. It may reasonably be concluded that if the United States Government were to adopt the plan of having a banker, as is the case with the other leading commercial States, the matter would assume a very different aspect. The Act of Congress which allows the use of the national banks as depositories of the national funds is still in force, and it is difficult to understand why advantage is not taken of it, especially when trade generally is suffering hem the want of a reserve of gold. Had the amount of twenty millions of dollars been in the hands of the banks, such a panic as that of which the particulars have lately come to hand would have been entirely out of the question, nor would any body of speculators have been able to assume so great a control over the market. We aro aware that the American Government feel it advisable to hold a large cash reserve, in order to convince foreign holders of their bonds of their perfect solvency, but in the present state of their credit this is almsst an excess of caution. Lady Mordaunt is said is to be more hopelessly de ranged than over; and Mrs. Vivian remains in Paris, having, the John Bull hears, declined the Marquis of Water ford's offer of marriage. A correspondent of the Northern Whig states that Mr. Nicholson, of Balrath, who was fired at in his carriage some days since, when his coachman and female relative were shot, has determined to sell his farm and leave the country, and that two hundred labourers have been already discharged. The actuary of the Penny Savings' Bank, at Heck mondwike, a Mr. Eversden, who is also master of the Town's School, has disappeared with above £lOO belonging to the bank. Ho has also embezzled other BUMS of money, one being the balance left in his hands as treasurer of a Work ing Men's Club. The colliery at Wigan reported on fire on Sunday is still in a dangerous state. Thinking that the measures adopted had put the fire out the men ventured into the pit on Thursday, but were driven out again by the smouldering coal, and the pit was again closed, and will have to remain so for a week or two. The last sitting of the Bridgwater Commission has teen held for granting certificates of indemnity to the wit nesses. After deliteration a certificate was granted to liogg. and Prior, who were instrumental in getting .CT,OO spent in bribery for Kinglake at the last elevtion. Mr. Lovibond, Liberal lawyer, was refused a certificate. The commis sioners adjourned to Westminster until the 2d of November. At the Belfast Police-court, on Friday, a prosecu tion, which is probably the first instituted under the Mer chant Shipping Act, was heard. The owner of the Wonder, a steamer plying between Donaghadee and Portpatrick, was summoned for carrying passengers on the 9th of September without the duplicate of certificate required by the Board of Trade. The case, after some evidence had been adduced, was adjourned. The South London Press says that a new system of strategic house robbery has come into fashion in South Lou don. The lady of the house is tempted out by a ruse to visit a Neighbour's residence, when the robber enters her abode, and if confronted by the servant or any other person left in the house, feigns to bo intoxicated, and then suddenly makes his escape. If no inmates are found, the plunder is rapidly proceeded with. The revising barrister for Reigate on Friday struck out the whole of the claimants who appeared in the Report of the Parliamentary Commissioners appointed to inquire into corrupt practices in the borough of Reigate (1866) to have been bribed. The Mayor, who said he was personally interested in the decision, contended that the revising bar rister was exceeding his authority. The latter intimated his willingness to grant a special case for the Queen's Bench. A court-martial has been sitting at Woolwich for the trial of Sergeant Grimes, of the Royal Artillery brass band, for drunkenness and for lending money at high inte rest to the men and boys under his control on security of their pay. The charge of drunkenness was dismissed; but Ser geant Grimes was found guilty of two charges of usury, and sentenced to be reduced to the ranks and sent to his duty as a common soldier. Ho has volunteered for India, and will be sent out with the first draught. Professor Fawcett regards an Irish land bill as a necessity for next session. Addressing a Liberal meeting in Warwick, he said that a moderato land bill could be passed with Conservative support; but it would not settle the question, and would not pacify Ireland or meet her just demands. In a few years there would be an English land question to settle. Our laws ought not to foster artificially the creation of largo landed properties, and our laws of primogeniture and the restrictions on the sale of land ought o be abolished. Lord North Rook's Committee held a sitting on Wednesday at the War-office, and examined Lieutenant- General Forster, Lieutenant-General Lord William Paulet, and Lieutenant-General Sir J. Hope Grant, with reference to the proposed reconstruction of the Military Head-Quarter Establishments. It is said that the "economists" aro bent 311 eliminating the military element to a considerable extent, and would seek to condense the offices of Military Secretary, Adjutant-General, and Quartermaster-General in one "Chief of the Staff." ALARMING BOAT ACCIDENT OFF BRIGHTON. — An accident of a very alarming character occurred on Sun day off Brighton. Every visitor to Brighton is acquainted with the four large pleasure sailing yachts which make daily trips from the beach at the bottom of West-street, the point to which every excursionist wends his way immediately upon arriving in the town. On Sun day, the Sea Lark, one of the largest of this class of boats, started about noon with something like thirty passengers on board. After going a short dis tance to the eastward she was put about and run down off Brunswick-square, and was returning to her station when everyone on board was alarmed by a shock which shook her from stem to stern. It was immediately dis covered that she was filling rapidly, a large hole having been knocked in her starboard bow, which had come in contact with a pile connected with the Western Outfall Works. The alarm increased to a panic, but the master and his crew behaved with great coolness and presence of mind. They immediately set every stitch of canvas they had with them, and made for the shore, from which they were nearly half a mile distant ; but the passengers shrieked and waved hats and handkerchiefs. Their cries fortunately attracted the attention of the promenaders upon the esplanade. The yacht was then fast settling down; her low position in the water, which was then level with the gunwale, indicated that something, was wrong. Several boats immediately put off, and several of the passengers were taken off, others jumped over and were picked up; and, thus lightened, the vessel gradually drew towards the shore, where by this time two or three thousand persong had gathered together. The remainder of those on board were safely got out, some of them in a very exhausted state, produced by fright. Everyone on board was saved. Luckily, the wind was off land, or the consequences would aye boon salmi. TIIE "QUARTERLY _REVIETV" ON. TEL BYRON CONTROVERSY. The new number of the Quarterly Review contains an elaborate article on the controversy raised by Mrs. Stowe's "True Story of Lady Byron's Life." The Reviewer writes' in a atyle of which the present generation has had little experience, that of the slashing pamphleteer. Ile begins by apparently repudiating the plea put forward by some of Byron's defenders that the poet's works are to be judged of apart from his life; the "fair fame" of Lord Byron is dear to the admirers of his genius, and "to weaken his moral character is to lower his literary reputation." On the next page, however, ho leaves this strong ground, and asks, " Are we not to relish Rousseau? because, whilst expatiating on parental love, ho sent his illegitimate children to a foundling hospital, or Alfieri, because he committed adultery with Lady Ligonier." With these feelings t'he writer proceeds to " take Childe Harold and Don Juan out of quarantine, and fumigate them for family use." The Quartes/y Reviewer has some substantial contlibutiens to make, not, perhaps, to a solution of the Byron mystery, but to the defence of Lord Byron against Mts. .. , Aowe's particular charge. They consist of letters written by Lady Byron to Mrs. Leigh, the poet's sister, long after the date of which, according to Mrs. Stove's narrative, Lady Byron had become aware of the incestuous con nection between her husband and that lady. Of the letters now published for the first time, we are told:— The first, not dated, was evidently written by Lady Byron in January 1810, shortly before she left for Kirby Mallory, her sister-in-law being then under the same roof with her. Mrs. Leigh remained with Lord Byron in Piccadilly for several weeks after the departure or Lady Byron; and only left him when she found she could be of no further use to either party. "You will think me very foolish, but I have tried two or three times and cannot talk to you of your de parture with a decent visage —so let me say one word in this way to spare my philosophy.. With the expectations which I have, I never will nor can ask you to stay one moment longer than you are inclined to do. It would (be) the worst return for all I ever received from you. But, in this at least, I am 'truth itself' when I say that whatever the situation may be, there is no ono whose society is dearer to me, or can contribute more to my happiness. These feelings will not change under any circumstances, and I should be grieved if you did not understand them. Should you hereafter condemn me I shall not love you less I will say no more. Judge for yourself about going or staying. I wish you to consider for yourself, if you could be wise enough to do that the first tima in your life. "Kirby Mallory, Jan. 16, 1816 (the day after she left London). "My dearest A ,—lt is my great comfott that you aro in Piccadilly." "Kirby Mallory, Jan. 23, 181 G. "Dearest A.,—l know you feel for me as Ido for you, and perhaps lam better understood than I think. You have been, ever since I knew you, my best comforter, and will so remain, unless you grow tired of the office, which may well be." " Jan. 25, 1816. "My dearest Augusta,—Shall I still be your sister? I must resign my rights to be so considered. But I don't think that will make any difference in the kindness I have so uniformly experienced from you." "Kirby Mallory, Feb. 3, 1316. "My dearest Augusta,—You are desired by your brother to ask, if my father has acted with my concurrence in proposing a separation. He has. It cannot be suppeEed that, in my present distressing rittaticn, I am capable of stating in a detailed manner the reasons which will not only justify this measure, but compel me to take it; and it never can be my wish to remember unnecessarily :sic] those injuries for which, however deep, I feel no resentment. I will now only recall to Lord Byron's mind avowed and insurmountable aversion to the married ;tate, and the desire and determination ho has expressed - Aver since its commencement to free himself from that •)ondage, as finding it quite insupportable, though can didly acknowledging that no effort of duty or affection has been wanting on my part. He has too painfully con vinced me that all these attempts to contribute towards his happiness were wholly useless, and most unwelcome ',o him. I enclose this letter to my father, wishing it to -eceive his sanction.—Ever yours most affectionately, I. BYRON." " Feb. 4th, 1816. " I hope, my dear A., that you would on no account withhold from your brother the letter which I sent yester lay, in answer to yours written by his desire; particularly Ls one which I have received from himself to-day renders it still mere important that he should know the contents )f that addressed to you. I am, in haste, and not very well, yours most affectionately, A. I. Brnolc." " Kirby Mallory, Feb. 14, 1816. " The present sufferings of all may yet be repaid in blessings. Do not despair absolutely, dearest ; and leave ne but ruough of your intere.t io afford you any consola qon, by partaking of that sorrow which I am most unhappy to cause thus unintentionally. You will be of my opinion hereafter, and at present your bitterest reproach would be orgiven ; though Heaven knows you Lave considered rue , nore than a thousand would have done—more than any thing but my affection for 8., one most dear to you, 3ould. deserve. I must not remember these feelings. Farewell! God bless you, from the bottom of my heart.— A.. I. B." The Reviewer thinks it not unlikely that there arc those who, even with these letters in their hands, will )elieve that Byron did act as Mrs. Stowe has related, and tie imagines a number of sophisms by which they may receive themselves. Alter these letters the following from Earl Stanhope will probably seem pale and super .uous :—" I was very well acquainted with Mrs. Leigh about forty years ago (alas !) and used to call upon her at St. James's Palace to hear her speak about Lord Byron, as sho was very fond of doing. That fact itself is a presumption against what is alleged, since, on such a supposition, the subject would surely be felt as painful and avoided. Sho was extremely unprepossessing in her person and appear %nee—more like a nun than anything, and never can have had the least pretension to beauty. I thought her shy and sensitive to a fault in her mind and character, and, from what I saw and knew of her, I hold her to have been utterly incapable of such a crime as Mrs. &teller Stowe is so unwarrantably seeking to cast upon her memory." The Reviewer accounts fora considerable proportion of Byron's evil reputation by "his tendency to be le fanfaron des vices gu'il n'avait pas." His habit of mystification was so inveterate that he paltered with himself. Of Lady Byron the Reviewer's conclusion is that her delusions are most charitably accounted for by monomonia. " Her mind was not a weak one, but she had impaired it by religious speculations beyond her reach, and long brooding ever her trials, involving some real and many imaginary wrongs,' Sir Titus Salt, Bart., is providing a park for the people of Saltaire. It will extend over eleven acres of land. Notice has been given by many of the cotton spinners of Bolton of a reduction of 5 per cent. in the wages A all hands—to take effect in about a fortnight. On Friday afternoon a terrible explosion took place at Brymbo ironworks, belonging to the Messrs. Darby. One of their large blast furnaces from some means exploded, and killed one man and severely injured three others. The acci dent caused great consternation in the neighbourhood. It is believed that the answers to the questions issued to the clergy and churchwardens of the diocese of Oxford, prior to the ensuing Visitation, will show that more than a million of money has been spent for Church purposes whilst the present Bishop has held his See. The Vienna Presse publishes a telegram from Con stantinople announcing that the Khedive had convoked the principal Arabs, and had asked them whether they had any reason to be dissatisfied with the Government. They replied in the negative. An the Turkish mudirs have been replaced by Arabs. A meeting of the magistracy of the county of Armagh has been held at Lugan, to cons7d r the pro priety of memorializing the Government Lr an increase of the police force in Lugan and Portadown. Lord Lugan presided, and 35 magistrates were present. The meeting was unanimously in favour of the increase, which is ren dered necessary by the July riots in both towns and by the subsequent disturbances. In conscquetc f the illness of Lord Derby, the banquet to the Duke of Abercorn at Belfast, has been postponed. THE RAPACITY OF PIKE.—The only well-accre dited fact of a pike devouring salmon of large size occurred to a correspondent of the Field. at Winn,. He says :—"A short time since, when returning from fishing, we saw a large jack floating apparently helpless on the top of the water. As we had a gaff in the boat, we rowed very quickly till nearly within reach of the fish, when, with a swish of his tail, he went down. While we were waiting and wondering, we saw the fish come up again, and floating on the water about fifty yards off ; and then, although perhaps nct very spertsmanl:k-, I Halo thou row me ashore for a gun, and, gi, ing the fish a charge in the back of his neck, we soon got him into the boat. Having landed, we weighed the fish, which was just 2oz. short of 201 b., the length 3ft. lin., and in beautiful condi tion, and with the stomach evidently gorged. We after. wards opened the fish, and found the air bladder enor mously distended, which fully accounted for its being on the surface, and on cutting open the stomach we found the remains of a salmon ; the head and shoulders were digested, and the fork of the tail also. The remains of the salmon weighed just 41b., and the length was llin. ; and judging f corn the shape and size, the fish must have been at least 71b. when .411ve,77.The TiO4, LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN. GR. GLENIE, of the SPORTING LIBRARY, • 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde park, London, W., begs to inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in genera that he has been appointed Agent to the above-named paper in addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of "THE SIIN," and can supply th same on Friday evening, if required, in town or country. G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi cation. No connection with any other persons. Bally's, Ruff's, Wright's, and M'Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Magazines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint-Stock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to. rT HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " to .3- be seen Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT MEAcomes, Britannia, Mensal New-town. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. --- - - THIS EVENING, at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE. At 8.15, the new Comedy, PRO( RES • : Messrs. Billington, H. Neville, J. Clarke, Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE LOTTERY TICKET. After which. TH GAMESTER: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, &c. And THE WATER VAN. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanboroneh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. Aud THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD, CIFIFtISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL G &EDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6,1 ROYAL AL HAM - BR A. PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office open fromll to 4. LONDON, 3101VDAY, OCT. 18, 1869. A Quarterly Reviewer has pulverized Mrs. STOWE'S slanderous scurrilities, as some microscopic reptile might be pulverised by NASMYTH'S steam hammer. We are grateful to Mr. MURRAY, we are grateful to the Quarterly for this absolutely triumphant vindi cation—from one of the foulest of charges—of one of the most resplendent names in the whole range of English Literaure. Whatever Mrs. STOWE may say or write in the future—in regard to this horrible im putation, wantonly cast by her unwomanly hand against two of her fellow creatures whose remains have crumbled into dust years ago in their hon oured graves —nothing can clear her from the guilt of having advend ured upon this most shame• ful libel upon Lord BYRON and his half-sister, the Hon. AUGUSTA LEIGH—as nothing certainly can ever again be seriously insisted upon in regard to this very cruel and wicked imputation upon the noble poet himself, and upon the purest and the most beloved among all those who were the most intimately associated with his radiant reputation. The article itself should be read in its integrity, exactly as - - " (.51 1 rill' k HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, Oct. 15. The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of El3rl drove out this morning. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out in the afternoon. LATEST INTELL MENG?) (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA.' (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Oct. 1 6 . The North German Lloyd's steamship Hans a arrived here at 10 p.m. yesterday. The Hamburg and American steamship Teutonic arrived here at 5 p.m. this morning. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 130 k ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 130 k ; the lowest, 130. Sterling Exchange on London lo9i• 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2oi. 44 " 1885 , 119 a. 44 " 1867 ll7s• 10-40 44 Illinois 131• Erie „ 311• Cotton—Mid. upland 26ic' Petroleum—Standard White 33e. Flour, extra state, $5.80e. to $6.40e. Corn, ° mixed, $1.12c. • BOSTON, Oct. 1 6 .. A The extra Cunard steamship Samaria arri le ' out at 7 p.m. yesterday. SPAIN. MADRID, Oct. 1 6 ' Advices receive] from Valentia state that 13(l taxpayers or proprietors of houses took part in the insurrection, and therefore the destruction of so many houses was a matter of no consideration to the rioters. In many of the streets they had chalked on the walls in large letters the words " Here at° Valentia." The cause of the delay of the attack, W only commenced this morning, was the omission e m the part of the G overnmen t, t o su pply the tr e° , r o with sufficient ammun iti on , w hi c h did not arl il, before yesterday. The druggists of Made id have communicat ed the Government that they had previously sold 134 A sir quantities of turpentine, the exact destination - purpose of which was, however, unknown. /t supposed that it was procured in order to be 11°ea for incendiary purposes while the troops were eO, veil' gaged in suppressing a revolt, should such an e occur. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 16.—Three o'clock—The; lll3rltt closed as follows : If per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7l 40 Credit Mobilier 200 Transatlantic 206 25 Credit Foncier 1675 Paris Gas 1577 50 RAILWA" Bank Shares ..... 280 1 5 . „ .3 9 iVeS ....... Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt......... Spanish Threes ... Home Debt...... Deferred ......... Cash -945 Orleans . Western - 583 i. Northern 1099i ... ...... Strasburg • • 6 0 0 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 615 Sardinian Austrian 765 Lombard 5 2 71 North of Spain 49 Saragossa Roman 5O ST. JAMES'S 711EA7RE. On Saturday Mrs. John Wood commence' n managerial career in London. Having ta g cab cr lease of the St. James's Theatre, her first step 'for to render the dark and dingy interior suitabl e 0, the comfort of her patrons, and this has been eiot ciently and elegantly accomplished. Th e °tr c el of the theatre now presents a beautiful apP ear°l3 oB the hangings are of blue satin and white lac e ' t o cushions in the boxes and other parts of t he lion are of the same colour, and, with the rich gll.OO, in front of the various tiers of boxes and prosce°oo the St. James's rivals any theatre in the e 3 e tr° ' r gecl for taste and comfort. The company e n.ood is a very good one one, and altogether I‘.l o ' . . e ot o has been so liberal in preparatory arrange"-will that great success ought and we hope cosi' follow as a natural result. The performa uce oro menced with a pretty operetta entitled " rrrevoli'o Trove," which is an adaptation of Offe ° 0,9 4 " Mariage aux Lanternes," and to wh ieil ti o Susan Pyne, Miss H. Everard, Mr. H. CI ue peared. This was followed by ,hich '' " old comedy, t , Sho Stoops to Conquer, goo was played with a completeness tbati3oef a brilliant foreshadowing of the Th e in which Mrs. Wood's pieces will be produc e ' . 140 acting by Miss Herbert (Miss Hardcastle)'lo3l Henrade . (Miss Neville), and Mr. L. Broug h ` pe d i Limpkin) was of first-rate excellence, and I"' comers, Messrs. Mark Smith, Barton lii ll 9Z, the Naylor, each in their respective parts, 6 .,1 by ti „ loudest applause. The comedy was follcogeoth very pleasing ballet called the "Magic,,,-, Fri which introduced to us Madlle. Rivet an d " 1 7 1a pce° Lacey, both of whom are very grace ful — a Of f/. The opening night was a great success, ipter Wood has our best wishes for a season of 12°00 rupted prosperity, a reward her spirit and justly entitle her to. SURREY THEATRE• t Mrs. Charles Pitt commenced her reigh :oath; favourite theatre on Saturday night, on whir; joi)b sion the house was crowded in ever,' P er o 0 4 ( i before the rising of the curtain. Sh e 1 . 1 t ,e0, 1/ 1i rounded herself by most of the old favour l b ighi g e the new engagements are, without exceptio% efficient. The opening farce, " W 7 11 0'13 W b of t , admirably performed by Mr. John 11101:70314"0 Lilly, and Miss H. Coveney ; but the gr ea ' 0 0 tion of the evening was the melodrantei‘todooA Watch Dog of the Walsinghams," in wi lie r r /l be 0,70 Celeste sustained the leading part. '%vith abounds with telling situations, an ci ;ioP ef ; adjuncts of brilliant dresses and oplenaDA it was all that could be desired. A 01 .0 % g a ballet terminated the performances, whit e unbounded satisfaction to the entire Odle-00" inauguration night of Mrs. Charles Pit t 'S ment was in every respect a great success. GREAT 1111 E—THIS D AY " l w countered - i r n o a r d e s . t e P r i , e ; -A terrific fire broke out this morning 00 - b io tv raises of Mr. Flanders, a licensed victo lle vi ri ss °P i The greatest difficulty acti o 0 6 a the huge flames, occasioned by the wit'. j og tij 4 stock cuing the inmates in coesecia o f 0 0 of spitits. A large factory adi'' boo9c ' lif tavern was totally destroyed, and fo ur or fi' e et/ 0 iere greatly damaged. Th e loss of Pr°9 theloss fire is very great, but fortunately the r, covered by insurance. te'' :rec.of at Blellfeastvery extensive lre, n imp Distillery ov ein ents nfoorWiliobewlfr,oc 0o:flod Irish whisky, by Messrs. DIJNVILLE & C O" ' Co vill° ~,. 10 ' . biSYJ ' a world-wid • ~. celebrity for their fine old Irish W •alle,; •` The Royal Irish Distillery." Tiope • HIGLI WATER AT LONDON 1311 -0 6 ' 1 girl'', f st j. moiI:RING. pia Wo MONDAY 53 min past 12......10 1 t o ; TUESDAY... 30 min past 1 ...... 50 Ti; Poi WEDNESDAY 3 Min past 2 ...... 18-w