The Sun. — London, England, 1869-09-27 00:00:00

PROSECUTION OF THE ALBERT COMPANY'S DIRECTORS. At the Marlborough-street Police-court, on Saturday, Mr. Xnox was engaged in hearing the summons taken out by Arr. Edward Lee against the directors cif the Albert -Assurance Company. The following defendants answered `to their names :—William Beattie, M.D. ; Peter Hood, G. Goldsmith Kirby, E. P. Vansittart Neale, Esq., Dr. Nicholls, M.R.C.P., Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Lord George Paulet, C. 8., H. Page, Esq., T. Phillips, Esq., T. Stevenson, Esq., J. W. Johns, Esq., and R. Whit worth, Esq. The court was crowded, and Mr. Wyld, the ex-member for Bochnin, and Mr. Price, the (axial liquidator, were present. Mr. Metcalfe, Mr. E. T. E. Besley, and Mr. Poland were counsel for the various defendants, whilst the prosecution was conducted by Mr. Douglas Straight and Mr. Bromby, and in opening, the first-named gentleman said that a 3 he stated when he applied that the summons might be made returnable, that day ho should have to ask for an adjournment, and he was sure that every one of the defendants was as anxious as himself for a full and search investigation. . . . Mr. Poland was making some remarks - when Mr. Straight 'observed that he did not think it necessary to make a sworn statement before the summons was granted; but a statement would suffice. He had to ask that there might be an adjournment to see the minute-book of the company, so that they might see who were acting directors, and not 'merely ornamental ones. Mr. Knox said he must have some evidence to go on with. Mr. Straight here stated that he not only represented Mr. Lee but Mr. Tarring (who held 300 shares) and others. He did not intend to cast reckless aspersions without first seeing the books. Mr. Metcalfe said he must insist on having some prima facie case to go on with. It was monstrous to cause gentleman to attend and then simply ask for an adjourn ment. They now were here on a criminal charge, and not only in order for the prosecution to get hold of the books. Mr. Poland said that the defendants were charged with conspiring from the Ist of January 1862 to the 18th of September 1869. Mr. Knox said that Mr. Straight certainly laboured under difficulty in not having the books before him; but it was usual to have sworn evidence befcre he could adjourn the case, After a long conversation, it was agreed that Mr. Straight should formally open his case, which he proceeded to do at some length. The learned counsel said that ho should go into the case without any exhibition of feeling, though, of course, a good deal had arisen amongst the many thousands who had been ruined. Ho should not indulge in wholesale denunciations against the persons who were now before the magistrate, but should quietly and dispassionately state the case on which he proceeded against the defendants. He must say that the directors ought to have been, and must have been, aware for four or five years past that the company was in a state of hopeless insolvency, and yet reports were published and bonuses paid, that would lead to the belief that the company was in a solvent condition. It would perhaps be said that the directors had been led by 'a man who was now deceased; but it would scarcely be fair to try and lay the blame on a dead mans' shoulders. Mr. Straight then referred to the doctrine laid down by Lord Campell in the celebrated British Bank case, and then proceeded to give a résumé of the history of the company. It was established in 1838 but it was not until 1865 that it assumed its present title of tho " Albert Assurance Company." The capital of the com pany was £500,000, in 25,000 shares of £2O each all of which were allotted. In 1865 the defendants were directors of the company, with other per sons, named Jervis, King, Statters, Raymond, and Wilbra ham, who seemed to have subsequently withdrawn. In 1867 the defendants were also directors, and on each share £3 had been paid, and further sums at the desire of the shareholders. At the time of the crisis, in July, there was a sum of £321,939 to be called up. The shareholders were to receive 5 per cent., and the profits were to be divided on a participating system between the shareholders and the policy-holders. From 1855 to 1853 the pro fits were £27,108 14s. 3d. ; from 1359 to 1861, £33,650 14s. 9d.; altogether £274,152 3s. Bd. had been paid for amalgamations, and for tho time they were made, the losses seemed to have commenced, for from 1862 to 1866 the loss was £281,702 Ils., and between that period there had been amalgamations with the Western, the Kent Assurance, and the Indian. Now, he would call attention to the fact that in 1835 the defendants were directors, and must and ought to have known that the company was insolvent. They had the accounts and books before them, and continued paying dividends and bonuses, and he would ask the magistrate to say that this was done to make the company appear a good and sound concern, and this, he would argue, was criminally, wrong. From 1867 to 1363 £1,360,630 13s. 7d. was lost, and yet statements were put out calculated to induce the public to buy shares and become policy-holders. Even on the 15th January in the present year an advertisement appeared in the papers stating that the half-yearly dividend was in course of payment to the shareholders ; and he (Mr. Straight) would sci.y that it was not right to conceal frcm the shareholders and the public the trao state of the com pany's affairs. In February last, Mr. Lee bought Lis shares, and then he believed the company to be in a good and sound condition. The learned counsel at some length pro ceeded to speak of the amalgamations, to which he attri buted much of the company's misfortune, and concluded by reading a report of the meeting of the shareholders on the 30th August, on which occasion Mr. Price made his celebrated statement as to the affairs of the com pany. Mr. Edward Lee lived at 55, Lancaster-road, Notting-hill, and was a law student. In the early part of this year he had a few hundreds of his own, and was desirous of in vesting it. On the 15th of January he saw an advertise ment in the Times, stating that the half-yearly dividend of the Albert Company was in course of payment. He also saw two reports of the directors for 1865 and 1866. He was led to believe from that that he would receive good interest for the money he invested. Witness made in quiries with regard to the company. He gave instructions to Messrs. Smith, brokers, to buy him 199 shares, for which he paid £l2O. Witness then instructed Messrs. Smith to buy whenever they could. For thirty or forty of the shares witness never got a certificate. After pur chasing them, witness made certain inquiries at the office, Waterloo-place, and from information he got there he bought more shares, for which he received certificates. After some considerable time he first learnt that the com pany was in trouble, and that was either in July or August, and he learnt it from the newspapers. Witness -eceived a circular from the secretary of the company, and attended the meeting of the shareholders which was held on the 28th of August, at the offices in Waterloo-place, Mr. Neale in the chair. If witness had not believed that the company was in a sound condition, he would not have ' , ought the shares. 'By Mr. Metcalfe : Bought some of the shares at ss. 6d. cm which £3 had been paid. Paid 28s. 6d. for others and would imagine they were £lO paid up. When he gave ss. 6d. for the shares he believed that profits were being made, and attributed their low price to the badness of trade. By Mr. Poland : Held about 240 shares. Could not say how many out of that had £lO paid on them. By Mr. Begley : The capital represented that he pur chased was about £l,OOO. He was told that his liability would be the uncalled capital out of the £23. Had trans actions with Smith for the last two years. Had been studying with Mr. Valiance Lewis. Would swear he saw the reports of the company for 1865, 1866, and 1867, in Mr. Smith's office before he gave that person authority to purchase. Samuel Lowell Price, provisional liquidator of the com pany, said that his services were first brought into requisi tion on the 13th of August. Mr. Kirby, jun., for some time acted with him as co-provisional liquidator. He first prepared a report for a meeting of shareholders on the 28th of August. He framed certain tables from the ledgers and cash-books and books in daily use. The report he made was substantially correct. The company was originally started in 1838 ; in April 1865 it reassumed its present title. The capital now standing to the credit of the shareholders was £178,011 ; the realising , value was £325,989, which he thought would pro duce £150,000, but might produce more, and ‘.hus there was a deficiency of £971,857 2s. 2d. in August last. In 1858 interest was paid to the amount a £5133 4s. 2d. ; but there was no bonus. In 1859, £6,034 lls. 8. interest was paid, but he did not think there was any bonus • in 1860 £8,835 Bs. 11d. was paid; in 1861 £9,759 2s. 9d. ; in 1862 £12,607 10s. 7d ; in 1863 £23,530 7s. 3d. • in 1864, £12.610 10s. 74. ; 1865 £9,556 Bs. 6d. ; in 1866, £13,625 9s. ; in 1867 £9,041 15s. 3d.; in 1868, £9,059 15s. In January 1869 dividends at the rate of 5 per cent. were paid, amounting to about £4,000. Between 1859 and 1861 a profit was made of £54,235. The witness then gave evidence as to the amount given to the various societies which were amalgamated with the Albert. There was an arrangement with Mr. Kirby, and 1 '11,090 wal still due to him. In point of fact that person was to receive .C5OO per annum, 5 111kr cent. cn all premiums, resMo on the promises, and be allowed to carry on his own business. On the 4th of December, 18(37, the arrangement was altered, awl Mr. Kirby agreed to receive £15,000 payable in six half-yearly instalments, in 5 per cent., and after that he was not to receive more than £3.100 in one year. At this point Mr. Straight asked if the case should go further that evening, and Mr. Knox said the only question he expressed an opinion on was as to inspecting books. Mr. Metcalfe then questioned Mr. Price, who said thal the books gave the fullest information, and there was not the slightest wish to conceal on the part of the directors. By Mr. Poland : There was a fair and legitimate diffe rence of opinion between accountants as to how accounts should be kept. The directors were holders in the com pany to very large amounts. Mr. Straight then asked that the case might be adjourned for a fortnight so that he might personally inspect the books, in order to see who really were acting in the control of the company's affairs. After some conversation the case was adjourned for three weeks, the ,defendants being liberated on their Own Eecegnkances in the sum of £lO each to appear. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. On Sunday morning, at half-past five o'clock, a murder was committed at No. 7, Little Suffolk-street, Borough. It appears that a man named Charles Martin, a shoe maker by trade, residing in that street, hatl made the acquaintance of a young woman named Johnson, aged 21 years. She was a girl of some personal attrac tions, and had been married, it is supposed unhappily, for she, shortly after her marriage, left her husband, and lived for a considerable period with another man, and during that time gave birth to a female child. Shortly afterwards she met with Martin, who is a married man with five children, and resides at a house in Lant street, in the Borough. At six o'clock on Sunday morning Martin presented himself at the police-station, Stones end, and asked to see the inspector on duty. He said, " I give myself in charge for murder." The inspector said, " You are joking." Martin replied, " I am not, for I have murdered my dear Sarah ; I loved her, and rather than see her in the possession of another man I killed her." The inspector, seeing that Martin was -trapped up to the threat, asked him what was the matter ? Martin making no reply, a constable pulled his coat down, and then a gash was discovered in his throat, but the injury was comparatively trivial, and the officer on duty considered that he was justified in sending him to Guy's Hospital. The police authorities proceeded to the address indicated by Martin. On the first floor they found lying on a bed the_body of a young woman. Her head was almost cut off from her body, the bedclothes being completely saturated with blood, and the little child was lying by her side unconscious of the sad fate which had befallen its mother. Dr. Donohue, of Westminster bridge-road, was called in, and pronounced life to be extinct,the wound itself being of a frightful nature. There being no signs of a struggle, it is presumed the unfortunate woman was murdered in her sleep. It is believed the object of Martin in killing the unfortunate woman was to prevent her making the acquaintance of a man of whom he was jealous. THE MURDERS NEAR PARIS. Further particulars of tho Pantin tragedy are to hand. The young man arrested at Havre on Thursday was not Gustave Kinck, as reported by telegraph, but an Alsatian named Traupmann, a friend of the Kinck family. He is the man who, calling himself Jean Kinck, took the lodging at the Hotel du Chemin de Fer du Nord, and he is, on hill own confession, one of the murderers. This phenomena villain, adopting the current rumour of Paris, which he took artful means to propagate, says that Kinck, sen., planned the murders, and that he, Traupmann, was but an accomplice with the Kincks, father and son, in the exe cution. The manner of Traupmann's arrest at Havre was almost miraculous. A marine gendarme named Ferrand smelt him out as if by instinct. He had been inquiring about the cheapest way of getting out to America, and was quietly taking a glass of beer at a sailors' drinking shop, kept by one Manageneau, No. 57, Rue Royale, when Ferrand, who was going his rounds at ten in the evening, to drive tardy sailors en board their ships, saw him, and did not like the looks of him. All the gendarmes of the land service had been carefully warned to keep a sharp look out for any stranger visiting Havre who might answer tho description of the suppositi tious Jean Kinck of the Rue Denain. Ferrand had received no official information but what he read on the subject in the newspapers. Ferrand asked him what he was doing in Havre. "lam on the look out for work." Have you any papers ?" "No." "Well, you must have a passport." "How so? There is no need of a passort to travel in the interior of France." "That's more than I know. As you have no papers you must come with me to the police-office to establish your identity." Very well." And then the two went out together and walked along the Rue Royale, and the Quai aux Casernes. Presently Ferrand asked his quasi pri soner what was his name. Wandergenberque, to least, that is the nearest spelling that can be made out. Ferrand observed that it was a queer name, and asked him if it was really true that he had no papers. "Yes," he said, " I have some letters in German," shewing them. Ferrand was by no means satisfied with the German letters, and said he should have to take him before the Procureur Imperial, at the mention of which functionary Traupmann turned deadly pale. Continuing his insidious, but conver sational examination, Ferrand said :—" You say you come for work—what is your trade ?"—" A mechanic. "Where do you live ?"—" At Roubaix." " And where are you last from?"—" Paris." The three words, mechanic, Roubaix, Paris were a revelation to Ferrand. Instead of keeping his own, counsel till he had his man in safe custody, he could not resist the temptation of giving utterance to his belief in his own penetration, and he said—" Yes, and its my belief that you left Paris by way of Pantin." Thereupon Traup mann, in despair—they were on the Pont de Lombardie at the time—took advantage of a cab passing along the carriage-road to rush to the left footway, while Ferrand was on the right, and jumped over the railing cf the bridge into the dock basin. Who will rave that man for me ? cried out Ferrand in a st:nttaian voice. In an instant one of the dock porters, a man named Haugel, who has already saved four lives, plunged into the water, and after a violent struggle—for Traup mann did his utmost to drown himself and disable Haugel —the murderer was near enough to a boat to be pulled on board by Ferrand alive. He was taken to the prison infirmary, and restoratives soon brought him to a state which the doctors said was not dangerous. For a long time he kept his head under the bed-clothes, pretending to be worse than he was, and to all questions put to him answered only, " Let me be quiet." At length he said, " I will tell what I know to-morrow." Upon this promise the Judge of Instruction let him alone for the night, and now it is known he has made a full confession as far as concerns his own guilt. LAW - AND _POLICE. BABY FARMING.—At the Middlesex Sessions, on Satur day, a woman, named Annie Cummings, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude for abandoning her infant child in Glocester-road, Brompton. It appeared that the defen dant was in communication with a baby-farmer, and the manner in which the children were provided for was by putting them on the high road. ARBITRARY CONDUCT OF THE POLICE.-At Worship street, on Saturday, a respectably-dressed man, named Mackenzie, was charged with obstructing the police in the execution of their duty. It seems that two police constables who were catching stray dogs, under the order of Sir Richard Mayne, which is still in force, seized a dog belonging to a woman in the crowd. She claimed it, but they refused to give it up, unless she produced herlicence,or went to the station. The prisoner coming up, declared they should not take the dog, and a scuffle ensued. For the defence six witnesses were called, three of them being tradesmen living near the scene of the affray. They gave evidence that the policemen, when seizing the dog, used it most cruelly, putting a string round its neck and swinging it round to keep off the crowd. The prisoner interfered to save the dog from being strangled. The owner of the dog produced the license, but the constables would not sur render it till she went to the station. The magistrate commented on the conflicting nature of the evidence and said he should send the case for trial. The constables ought to be careful how they performed their duty. Low LITERATURE.-At the Worship-street Police-court, Frederick Meek, an errand boy, was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for stealing a sum of money, his case being another instance of the demoralising effects of low literature, of which he was a patron. THE WIFE MURDER AT HOUNSLOW.-011 Saturday, William Smith, a stonemason at Hounslow,who is charged with the murder of his wife, was committed for trial. The unfortunate woman had given him great provocation by her drunken habits and improper behaviour, and h appeared to have acted without premeditation. The defence wat that the deceased fell down stairs, and died in consequence, but it was proved that she was struck with a hammer first. The bench expressed themselves with great severity against the deceased's sister and her husband, who allowed the dead body to lie at the foot of the stairs for three hours without sending for either a doctor or a police man, while they went on drawing beer and serving their customers as if nothing had happened. POACHING AFFRAY NEAR PRESTON.—TWO cases of porch ing were brought before the Preston magistrates on Saturday, both having cceurred early that morning The keepers of Mr. Cross, of Alston Hall, found a middle aged man with three nets set in the preserves, and captured him. He was sentenced to three months' im2risonment. The other affair was more serious. It occurred in the grounds of Mr. Johnson, at Lalmesbury, where a ff3ht took place between five keepers and six poachers, only one of whom was captured, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. MR. SIIF:RIDAN, M.P.—.l r3qui3ition, callin2 upon Mr. Sheridan, 31. P., to place his resignation is Cie hands cf his constituents, is in CC 1`.13C of signature in Dudley. The document states that the subscribers have " no confidence" in their lumber. NEW BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.—The whole of the roadway and footpaths cf the bridge which overlay the arches have been paved, and the lower portions of the lamp-posts have been erected. At the ends of the bridge the roadway is being constructed and paved to join Far ringdon-street and Blackfriars-road, which will require a considerable amount of labour. A portion of the balus trades near the centre of the bridge still remain unfinished. Labourers aro engaged removing scaffolding, and part of the tcanpora.ry wooden bridge at the Surrey side. The wgic s bcing c4,giecl on wiitt great vigoW, MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE LATE LORD JUSTICE CLERIC. The finding of the body of Mr. George Patton (as announced in a Central Press telegram on Saturday) clears up the doubt which existed for so many days as to the whereabouts of the missing judge. The body was discovered at twenty minutes past three on Friday afternoon, in the river Almond, at a little below the bridge of Buchantry, and about 100 yards from a pool in which it was at first supposed the deceased would be found. The body, which was dressed in a suit of black clothes, was drawn up by means of a creeper, which had caught hold of the palm of the right hand. There was a deep gash across the throat, evidently inflicted by a razor. The Procurator-Fiscal and Dr. Absolom arrived at Glenalmond in the course of the evening, in order to make a post-mortem examination of the corpse, which had been immediately removed to Glenalmond House. Mrs. Patton left the last-named house for the Cairnies about noon on Monday ; and on Thursday, in company with her mother, she re moved from the latter place to Mountwhannie House, Fifeshire. Rumours are already rife - as to Mr. Patton's succes sor. Both the Times and the Daily IVews believe that Mr. Moncreiff, the present Lord-Advocate, will bo raised to the bench ; and that Mr. George Young, the present Solicitor-General, will be appointed Lord- Advocate. In the event of Mr. Moncreiff's accept ance of the office, a vacancy will be caused in the representation of the Glasgow and Aberdeen Univer sities. At the general election the present sift*. membor defeated Mr. Gordon, the Lord-Advocate in Mr. Dieraelfs Government, by the narrow majority f 67 votes. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 169. of theil late capital, — the of the names of the responsible parties might, it is urged, materially assist the general public in judging of ►.ho value of this so-called "asset," especially as it may be presumed such official list would be prima facie evidence of the liability of past shareholders for twelve months after the date of their last appearance in these lists. Tm VACANT LORD-JUSTICESHIP. In commenting on the reported offer of the vacant Lord-Justiceship to Lord Westbury, the Daily News trusts that ho will accept it. The noble lord is impossible henceforth as Lord Chancellor. His theories and practice with respect to the patronage of that office were not in harmony with modern ideas and- the prejudices of Parliament. At the present time Lord Westbury is yachting in the Mediterranean, and it will be some time before his acceptance or refusal of the office can be announced. The Daily News thinks the Government deserves credit for making the offer, the economy of the proposed arrangement—a stLving of the ex-Chancellor's salary of £5,000 a year—being a considerable recommendation. Our contemporary ualvely adds that Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues have not thought of the political skirmisites of the last session ; and Lord Westbury need not, and is not likely to be, more sensitive on the matter. THE CABINET AND THE LAND QUESTION. Several announcements have lately appeared in different newspapers purporting to foreshadow the plans of the Government on the Irish 'land question. The Daily News officially declares that these rumours possess no authority whatever. Nothing has yet been determined. Indeed, the Cabinet will not meet to consider the measures of the coming session until late in October. THE IRISH LAND QUESTION. The Marquis of Hartington presided the other night at the dinner of the Lismore Farming Society, and spoke on the land question. - While carefully disclaiming any intention of speatting for the Govern. ment, the Postmaster-General advised tenant farmers to look at the question not only from thou own point of view, but from that of landlords, labourers, and the general public. Englishmen would never consent to deprive, witliGut adequate compen sation, persons of rights legally acquired, which they had not palpably misused. Tenant farmers shoat( be prepared to shew how they propose to com pensate landlords, or guard their rights. Parliament would not legislate on the question unless satisfied that it would be for the advantage of labourers as well as farmers, tn - ho should shew that the legislation proposed would be as good for labourers as themselves. It was to the public in terest that land should be most effectively cultivated and farmers solvent ; and farmers should shew that under the proposed legislation Ireland would be made to produce as much as under the best system of agri culture. If farmers did not view the question thus, they would find by bitter experience that Parliament would be less disposed than ever to legislate for the benefit of one class alone. VACATION rTTERANCES. The electors of Tiverton have had an opportunity afforded them of meeting the Hon. George Denman, Q.C., one of their members. The first reformed Parlia ment, he said in the course of his address, was the best he had ever seen. There was in it a true spirit of work, and a deep-seated and honest determination to get at the root of grievances. The House would, in his opinion, be furth3r improved by the addition of a few men from the ranks of the working classes. Mr. Denman paid a Binh compliment to Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Bright, for the ability with which they had drawn up and carried through the House the great work of the session. If he voted fox the Ballot at all ho would do so with reluctance. Mr. Reed, M.P., has been dealing with the educa tion question at Coggeshall, Essex. He was not, he said, a believer in secular education. Education taught the heart, and the heart and conscience were not taught by reading and writing. Education, to be worthy of the name, must be based on religious truth contained in God's Holy-Word, which must bo kept at all cost in our daily schools. It was said that the working classes wanted purely secular education. They wanted the best education they could have ; not gratuitously, but at the very lowest cost and of the - very best quality, provided no one interfered with the legitimate right of a parent to choose his child's school and teacher, or trilled with a parent's religious feelings. Mere denominational teaching was to be avoided. BRVERLEY AND BRIDGWATER. On the resumption of the Beverly election inquiry on Friday the principal point of interest was the expected examination of Sir Henry Edwards. Six Henry was received with applause on enter ing the court, but was informed that the commissioners had decided not to examine him. Upon this he obtained leave to make a statement, in which he contradicted the evidence of Mr. Sykes, his former colleague. When Mr. Bainton proposed that Mr. Sykes should pay Sir Henry's share of the election expenses as well as his. own, Sir Henry declared that ho refused to accept a penny. The arrangement by which Mr. Boyes received £5OO originated with Mr. Sykes, and not with himself. He had at first refused to pay his share, and only consented on hearing he was almost ruined by the prosecution. Sir H. Edwards further stated that he lent Mr. Baker the £5OO solely from good will, having never heard that he had advanced money on his ahalf, though he knew he had canvassed for him. At Bridgwater the Commissioners have easy work. the confessions being very candid. Frederick Jarman stated that in 1859 he was employed to bribe voters, and also in 1865, receiving in the latter year 2300 for that purpose from the " Man in the Moon," whom he descriled as being "as nice and pleasant a man as ever he was in company with." Some amusement was excited during the inquiry by the evidence of a clerk named Jarvis, who described himself as secretary to the Bridgwater Working Men's Con servative Association, formed in June 1868 "to educate the new electors." The secretary was unwilling to calculate how many of his members knew the difference between Conservatism and Liberalism, and would not undertake to say that the majority would not accept bribes, their political education notwithstanding. WHICH IS RIGHT ? The Morning Star calls attention to what it de • scribes as an interesting discrepancy of view. In his recent speech at Aldbury, the Earl of Carnarvon said, "It has been the glory of England that in every single branch of public life those steps on the great social ladder of improvement have never been wanting, and, please God, the day will never come when these opportunities will be taken away, because it it is our glory that the highest place in law, the most exalted position in the Church, the highest position in the land, may all be claimed and obtained however low may be the sphere, and however humble may be the rank in which the man commenced life Writing on the condition of the agricultural labourer. Sir Charles Trevely - an remarks :—" His ordinary sub sistence is not sufficient to maintain him in the health and strength required for the efficiency, and there fore the economy, of labour. It is impossible for him to make any provision out of his scanty earnings fox sickness and old age ; and all he has to look forward to is a life of unintermitted toil, shut out from every hope of advancement, and ending with his being pensioned as a pauper on the poor rates." THE LATE BISHOP OF EXETER. Sir George Bowyer declares, on his honour, that the very words which he represented as having been uttered by the Bishop of Exeter, in reference to the Irish Church, were actually used by the deceased prelate. " They made an impression on me at the time as coming from him, for I knew how much he deprecated that which his wonderful power of intellect enabled him to foresee, and late event! brought the recollection vividly to my mind." Sir George says he published the anecdote at this time because the sayings and doings of great men acquire an additional interest after they are stereotyped by death. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. A correspondent of the Times suggests that now that the subject of life assurance companies is so pro minently before the public, it would be well for somo member of Parliament to proposo the introduction of a bill next session to compel the publication annually, of a list of shareholders in all proprietary assurance companies, similar to the officialßlue-book list of the shareholders in joint - stock banks. As many nommmies lay =eat stress __llDOll the security THE PROTECTION CRY. Mr. Cavendish Bentinck has suddenly withdrawn from those who are in favour of reverting to protec tion in trade. The member for Whitehaven was one of the first of our public men to raise the ques tion which is now being agitated by the "Revivers," but he has since recommended the Cumberland farmers not to join auy morement for a return to the original state of things precious to 1847. His reason is simple, but exceed ingly touching, especially to the British farmer. Ile finds that farming is at this moment the most pros perous of British industries, and he, therefore, advises his agricultural friends to " sacrifice their own present interests to the general benefit of the country." After this, would it not be a libel to call Mr. Bentinck a member of the " stupid party? " The Spectator ridicules not only the Protectionists, but also the efforts made by the old Anti-Corn Law League to disprove the "imbecile Protectionist theory." Our contemporary think it is useless to publish manifestoes and call congresses in order to prove that Free Trade is a success. What is wanted, is to het up an organisation for the instruction of our working class in elementary political economy. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE COMPANY. The _Railway News says that there is some reason to believe that the attempt now being made to wind up the European Assurance Com pany is not wholly unconnected with that system of " wrecking ' which a year or two since was applied so mercilessly to numerous joint stock companies. The petitions for winding up were very numerous, and among the agents were several whose names are very familiar to persons who have watched the proceedings in these winding-up concerns. In reply to the petition for winding up, the manager, our contemporary observes, distinctly states that the company is in a solvent condition, and a special examiner has been appointed by the Court to take his evidence upon this point. • The Broad Arrow states tuat the Hydrog,rapher of the Navy has been on an official visit to Jersey to in quire into the details of the pilotage establishment in that island. Before leaving he ordered the establish ment to be closed, and the Jersey cutter to be removed from the station. Six of the pilots will be transferred to the Dasher in lieu of the same number of petty officers. The Speedy has also been ordered to Ports mouth, to be put out of commission on the comple tion of the Channel Islands survey. THE LATE SIIGEBURYNESS MEETING. The War Office has acknowledged the report of Colonel Chermside, the commander of the camp at Shoeburyness, and of Colonel Elwyn, commandant of the School of Gunnery. The Secretary for War is stated to have read the reports with great interest, and the Deputy-Adjutant-General, Royal Artil lery, is requested to move his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, to convey to Colonel Elwyn, Colonel Chermside, and the several officers of Royal Artillery who assisted at the camp in question, the expression of Mr. Cardwell's thanks, and of the satisfaction which he feels at having received such favourable reports. There were 3,028 volunteers present in all during the nine days of encampment. A STERN DISCIPLINARIAN. A story is told of an old Scotch soldier, who was nighly incensed with his degenerate nephew for being effeminate enough to use a snowball for a pillow while campaigning. Major-General Murray is anxious to restore this type of military valour, and has called the carpet knights of modern days to account. According to the Broad Arrow, he has just issued a divisional order to the forces under his command at Chatham, censuring their lavish display of mas sive gold watch-guards and jewellery, which he " considers to be highly objectionable, as well as un-officer and unsoldiorlike." The troops are also desired to moderate the amount of whisker and moustache they indulge in, and on no account are "imperials" to be worn The Broad Arrow, while commiserating the distress of those military heroes, who appear to be more anxious to attain distinction by their gold than by the aid of sterner metal, reminds them of Napoleon's address to the brilliant Murat, 44 Va mon aria. Go and take off those gewpiaws. You look as if you had come from Francom's." ANOTHER CABLE ACCIDENT. To the surprise of a great many, the shares of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company, which have exhibited remarkable firmness for some time past, fell on Friday to the extent of about £l. The movement naturally led to much conversation ; and in the course of the afternoon the following communication was posted up :—" Information has been received this morning that the cable of 1860 has parted about 70 miles from Heart's Content, Newfoundland. The cable of 1805 remains in perfect condition. No interruption in the traffic has occurred." This is not the first time that news of such an important character has been kept back, thereby enabling speculators to operate, to the loss of many. The directors are called upon to stats how long the intelligence was in their possession previous to its announcement on the Stock Exchange. ECONOMY IN COAL CONTRACTS. A. story has been told by Sir Edward Watkin during his electioneering tour in East Cheshire, which goes far to prove the sterling business qualities of the Secretary to the Admiralty. A Mr. Ashton had applied to several members of the Government for a sum of £30,000 or £40,000 for the enlargement of Ashton's College, in order that the child of any working man might have a collegiate educa tion. Owens Not much encouragement, Mr. to Mr. Bright, and whilst wentreceiving speaking to that gentleman, Mr. Baxter came up. The President of the Board of Trade informed Mr. Baxter of the apvlioation, when the latter immediately replied, give it him. I have saved double the "Give theainenn tt t him tc, l ty a coal contract." It t u rned out that a plan had been for years in opera tion whereby only a favoured few were permitted to send in tenders for coals, and one of these few always secured the contract. Mr. Baxter found this out, and went down into South Wales to the open market, and, on one contract alone, in one morning, saved the and .80,000. country between £70,000 THE NEW PROFESSOR OF HISTORY. It is worth noting that the October number of Macmillan's Magazine contains articles from h ith the isle his able paper on late and the present Regius Professor of History at Cambridge. Seeley . Mr. Kings King y writes on " Women and Po " Roman Imperialism." continues THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. The United Service Gazette says that it is confi dently stated that eighty officers of all ranks belong ing to the Army Medical Department will shortly be placed on half-pay. The rumour is partly attributed to the proposed withdrawal of troops from the colonies,. but in New Zealand the Imperial force is likely to be increased rather than diminished. The lists have been closed against fresh candidates, but the United Service Gazette thinks no mater ial reduction will be made in the numerical strength, though something may be done for the assistant-sur geons of ten years' standing by the concession of a step of army rank, and a proportionate increase of pay, THE LATE ANTRIM ELECTION. Another illustration of Orange tyranny is reported from the North of Ireland. It will be recollected that in the late contest for the representation of county Antrim, Mr. Dalway, M.P. for Carrickfergus, energetically supported Colonel Adair, although the former had opposed the Government on the Irish Church question. For this act he has drawn down upon him the vengeance of the Orange party. The masters of the lodges have been requested to have resolutions of censure passed, and Mr. Dalway complains that he has in no way violated the rules of the Orange Institution in adopting the political cGurse which he took. The 'Northern 7Vhig condemns the proceedings against him as inquisitorial, and calls upon Mr. John ston) M.P., of Ballykilbeg, to assert his independence and sustain Mr. Dalway. . THE ABYSSINIAN EX.PEDITION4S: It was stated a short time since that Mr. Candlish, M.P. for Sunderland, and chairman of the Abyssinian Committee, intended going to India, where, with Captain Beaumont, M.P. for South Durham, he pro posed malting further inquiries into the extravagant cost of the late expedition to Abyssinia. The an nouncement was received with a certain amount of incredulity ; but the Northern Daily Express now confirms the original statement. Mr. Candlish has left Sunderland en route for India. TIIE CIIOLEILA. IN INDIA The Army and Navy Gazette gives sad accounts of the progress of the cholera in India. The out break appears to be especially fatal, every one who has been attacked succumbing either to the disease itself or to the fever which followed it. Every new scientific discovery has been tried in vain, a fact which is less surprising when we are told that at Lucknow the patients had to be placed in canvass tents exposed to the - full action of the sun. The 02nd Regiment lost forty-five men in eighteen days, and the 102nd lost two or three men every clay. Both these regi giments are stationed at Lucknow, but in other parts of the country matters are still worse. In Umritsur the town has become a desert, there having been ninety six deaths on ono hot clay in August. The fortress of GWalior has been invaded by the intangible and in vincible enemy, and men and women alike have been etruck down. _The United Service Gazette thinks b - aiiiiaentiv serious to recall the _Marian Minister to town, and suggests that telegraphic messages should be sent over to apply all the medical skill at the disposal of the Bengal Government to the infected places, and also that commissions of inquiry should be at once sent to ascertain whether there are any removable causes to which the outbreak maybe traced. FOREIGN NOTES. TEE BELGIAN FETES. The English volunteers left Liege on Wednesday for Spa, and the French proceeded to Brussels. The King invited all those who might remain in Belgium to attend the grand ball which is to be given in Brussels at the new railway station. The results of the shooting at the Tir are not known yet, as the scores will not be made up until after the termination of the long-range shooting at Spa. The King attended the theatre at Liege on the last evening of his stay, and many French and English volun teers were likewise present. The French have left a fine medal, bearing a suitable inscription, to be shot for by the Civic Guard at Liege. The Lord Mayor et London, the Burgomaster of "Liege, Colonel Thomson, and others went in the same train to Liege. They were re ceived at the station by the civic authorities and a pro cession was formed to the Public Baths. M. Servals, the Burgomaster of Spa, expressed the delight they felt in welcoming the first magistrate of the first city in the world, and the British volunteers. Ho returned a suitable answer, The Lord Mayor was requested to fire the first shot at the long range competition. He did not achieve any success, and handed the weapon to the Liege burgomaster, who :made a much better figure. The Secre tary of the Tir Shooting, at Brussels, is reported to have made the highest score for the first day ; but as yet nothing definite is known. In the evening the town of Spa was illuminated, and the trees were lit up in an effective manner. The names of the eight countries that took part in the affair were formed in gold-coloured oil lamps, and over each appeared their respective flags. The fireworks appeared to great advantage in consequence of the pictur esqueness of the place. There was a ball in the Redoute, and play was suspended, in order that the amusements might not be interfered with. The weather has been fortunate. The English marksmen of reputation have not fired yet, so that the general effect of the competitive trial cannot be known. The rule that has been made respecting the military rifle being used has prevented many volunteers from bringing over their best weapons. The English volunteers seem disposed to make the best of things, and got over the difficulties that may present themselves. TILE TRRATY OF PRAGUE. Prince Metternich is said to have called the attention of the French Government to the Prussian policy with respect to the grand duchy of Baden. It is generally believed that the Berlin Government seeks to incorporate Bade; and this would be contrary to the Treaty of Prague. It is to be noticed that the Prussian Government has never been very scrupulous in its observance of treaties, and the agreements which were entered into concerning North Schleswig have not been fulfilled. The French have always desired to keep the line vof the Maine, and it would give great offence to their prejudices if any attempt were made to interfere , with its integrity. The affair iu rendered still more complicated by the fact that France connot protest against the violation of the Treaty of Prague, because she was not one of the contracting parties. The prevailing impression is that Prussia desires the incor poration of Baden, but doubts exists as to her being ready or willing to face the storm which such a change might call forth. SIR SAMUEL BAKER. A letter from Alexandria, dated the 26th ult., says that the expedition to Central Africa, under the superinten dence of Sir Samuel Baker, will shortly proceed on its journey. Great political results are expected from it, as it is thought that it will lead to the conquest of very extensive and wealthy territories for the Viceroy. This supposition casts some doubt on the Khedive's sin cerity in the suppression of the slave trade. He appears determined to spare no expense, as the force placed at Sir Samuel Baker's disposal has been selected from the best troops in the Soudan. Five iron river steamers have been ordered in England, and the cost of the preliminary outfits is already £25,000. Sir Samuel has been given the rank of Boy, and has engaged to remain four years in the Egyptian service. THE NEW YORK GOLD MARKET. The Times correspondent at Philadelphia reports that a degree of wild excitement prevailed in the New York golf' market on September 24th, the premium at noon being forced up to 1622. The movement then broke down, the premium falling to 133. The market was completely demoralised, but the speculations had no reference to poli tical affairs, being caused by clique operations. CENTRAL ASIA. The Moscow Gazette has a remarkable article on the rela tions between England and Russia in Central Asia. I' states that it was Russia who proposed the neutralisation of Affghanistan, and that, seeing England was uneasy at the aspect of affairs in Asia, she offered a pledge of her pacific intentions, making, at the same time, a counter de mand on England, the substance of which is not stated. The Moscow Gazette, which makes this assertion, disapproves of the action -it attributes to its own Government, as Russia has assumed a new and advantageous position with regard to the British empire by her invasion of Turkistan, an advantage which the Moscow Gazette does not think her called upon to sur render. This journal, which is b .!lieved to be the organ of the national party among the upper classes of Russia, is evidently anxious that Russian influence should increase in India. Herat, which the Russians hold, has been called the Key of India, and though England may subsidise the Affghan prinees, it is thought that Russia in case of war would gain the good will of the Affghan people by holding out the hope of Indian plunder. It has been suggested that the counter demand which Russia made while offering to neutralise Afghanistai was with regard to the English policy in Turkey, as India and Turkey aro the only two points on which the interests of the two countries clash. THE CATASTROPHE AT AVONDALE. It is believed in some quarters that the Avondale mine was sot on fire by an incendiary, and this opinion is cor roborated by the fact that the fire was not communicated from the furnace, but commenced near the top of the shaft. The miners do not think that incendiarism clears the present system of the peril of working mines with but one outlet, and that outlet encumbered with inflammable material. They consider the carelessness of the owners to have been nearly as culpable as the act of the incendiary. Some tes timony has been taken, but the inquest has not yet been concluded. The fund for the sufferers by the calamity has increased so much of late that it is confidently expected to reach the desired amount of £250,000, thus enabling per manent provision to he made. The company to whom the mine belongs have undertaken the funeral expenses of the victims, but have not as yet subscribed to the general fund. The other great coal companies have con tributed to the Relief Fund. New York has sent the bulk of the subscriptions. The general foreman of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Company has sent a letter of thanks to the brave men who dared death and horror to bring out the en tombed miners. The miners have resumed work, and the terrible calamity seems already to belong in a great MU' . sure to the past. The Liberte quotes an article from the Times, and de'Claies that it expresses sentiments with which the readers of the Liberte are already familiar. It lays particular stress upon the remark that the only safeguard against a revolution from below will be a revolution from above, and declares that all these delays can but aggravate the situation. To maintain the statu quo the revolution must be accom plished from above, if the authorities do not wish to see it effected in the streets. The Temps refers to the remarks which have been made on the subject of the opening of the Corps Legislatif, and declares that the general voice of public opinion has demanded its convocation. The different journals have spoken out most strongly. The Francais in particular puts the case in the clearest manner before the public, and affirms that the Government has no right to complain of suspicions being excited, for it has given foundation for them, nor of anxiety being felt, for it has produced the feeling. While it could restore confidence by the utter ance of a single word, it will not utter it. There seems to have been only too much reason to fear the consequences of the double responsibility of Ministers to the Emperor and the Chamber. In some recent conver sations at his Councils the Emperor is said to have expressed a desire for the development of constitutional and parlia mentary reforms. Ile added, however, the significant fact that he did not mean to be the slave of the Corps Legislatif. If his present Ministers were not popular, he would willingly choose new ones, but the selection must depend entirely on himself. One reason given for the delay in opening the Corps Ugislatif is that the state of the Emperor's health renders it uncertain when he can perform the cere mony. It is also added that the Government cannot come to a decision on many points which must be determined upon prior to the meeting of the Chamber. A Ministerial crisis is very likely to take place shortly, for several mem bers of the Cabinet entertain opinions which arc diametri cally opposed to those now obtaining public favour. Prince Napoleon sides with the Ministers, and may be willing to take part in public affairs if he thinks it likely that the Corps Ugislatif will be dissolved should occasion require it. Some changes are likely to take place in the great mili tary appointments before long, but just now M. do Mahanit stops the way by refusing to give up the Chan cellorship of the LOgion Monacan He is now advanced :Si years, and generally resides in England, but still hesi tates to resign the office. If the authorities can persuade him to take a place at the Privy Council, Marshal Regnault will give up the command of the Imperial Guard to take the Chancellorship, and Marshal Canrobert will take the Imperial Guard. Letters from Madrid contain, some accounts of the assassination of the civil Governor of Tarragona. At the )inie of the murder, General Pierrad was haranguing the crowd and holding a Republican flag in his hand. He galled out, in an excited manner, "Death to Kings, and Long Life to the Federal Republic !" The young governor remonstrated with him on his violence, and while he was speaking he was suddenly attacked and felled to the ground. The crowd trampled on him, and dragged his body along the quay, shouting in favour of the Republic. General Pierrad took to flight, but is said to have been arrested with some others connected with the crime. The Pantin murder still engrosses a large share of public attention, and all the details of tho affair are eagerly sought after. M. de Montalembert has written to the Journal de Paris denying some words recently attributed to him by M. Laurier, a Parisian advocate, who made a speCch at Lau sanne. M. do Montalembert, according to M. Laurier, once said, " When I am in Opposition I demand liberty in the name of your principles ; when lam in the Government I refuse it in the name of my own." The illustrious parlia mentary orator indignantly disowns both the words and the sentiment they convey, and' defies anyone to cito them from his speeches or his works. They contain, he says the very doctrine which he has been opposing dur• ing his whole lifetime, alike among the Catholics and among the Liberals, • M. Felix Pyat has returned to France, making, however, only a temporary stay in the capital. The Fatrie is delighted to find that the election of M. Marion, the new ally of M. Keratry, has not been substan tiated. Unluckily for the Patrie, there seems no reason to doubt that the Breton reformer at least is duly qualified for action in the Parliamentary arena. The forthcoming Paris elections a',e beginning to occupy attention. M. Gueroult has not definitely stated whether or no he will come forward as a candidate, but it seems probable that he will do so. In any case we may expect to see a strong reinforcement of the Liberal ranks, whatever influence the Government may exert to the contrary. The French papers still continue their criticisms on Father Hyacinthe, and seem to be greatly interested in the affair. With one thing and another the French Press has had plenty of opportunity for plain speaking of late. (From the Anglo-American Times.) General G. F. Butler's review of Mrs. Stowe's Byron story will go far to redeem his character with a large class of Britishers, who on reading it will conclude that he is by no means the " beast " Now Orleans repre santed. Mrs. Stowe may perhaps think that he is a far greater "beast," for ho treats her as if a witness on a stand, mercilessly cross-examining, and skilfully sho wing up every discrepancy of the dazed authoress. Gen. Butler's review appears in the Boston Journal, and, as might have been expected, is written with great vigour, displaying his usual legal acumen. _ _ _ A Virginia International Laud Company has been organized in New York, and lately hold its first meeting. It has secured 500,000 acres of land along a projected railroad—the Norfolk and Groat Western— which is to be constructed immediately. Half the capi tal of $1,000,000 will be offered in Europe to give those an interest in the undertaking who can influence emigra tion, particularly the proprietors of the Gorman steam lines. Colonel M'Kaye, the president, now in Europe, has re ceived satisfactory assurances of co-operation. The object of the company is to facilitate the purchase of farming lands in Southern and South Western Virginia. Well known names are on the direction, which leads us to be lieve the company is what it is reported to be—thoroughly practical, and in the hands of officers calculated to ensure its success. General J. D. Imboden, No. 259, Broadway, takes a leading part, and wo mention his name and ad dress, as inquiries should be sent there, only regretting that we do not know the address of Colonel James3Fliaye of New York. We draw the attention of families desirous of emigrating to this company, although we only know it from newspaper reports, as many inquiries have lately been made to us on the subject of emigration. There is a marked movement going . on just now among a well to-do class in England, and well enough instructed not to be humbugged by those who desire to divert emigration from the best fields because they are under a foreign and a Republican Government. There is no State an English family with some means and brought up in the midst of a high civili zation can less afford to overlook than Virginia, for what ever may be its faults, it in a singular degree combines proximity to large cities and a settled condition, with the advantages of a new land, and numereus important rail ways aro being there projected, especially one between Richmond and Washington. The Chicago 2 ribune reports that Senator Grimes, of lowa, who is now in Europo for his health, has resigned his seat in the United States Senate, the resignation to take effect Dec. Ist. His term expires in 1871. The Hon. James F. Wilson, who:refused to servo longer in tLe House, and declined important posts offered by General Grant, will probably be elected in his stead, but it is doubtful whether he will accept the office. The Hon. William M. Gwin, late Senator from California, aspires to a seat in the United States Senate. This the New York Tribune terms " a remarkable exhibition of cheek' on his part, even in this age of bronze. Senator Gwin aban doned the Northern Free State which had done her best to honour him, in order tc aid the Rebellion to the utmost. He persevered in the work so long as a Rebel flag floated ; and it strikes us that, should he now aspire to return to the Senate, he should migrate to Kentucky, as his friend Bright has done." The Erie has been occupying attention in the New York market to the exclusion of other shares. The transactions on the announcement that the Stock had been registered in the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company were enormous, the first advance being from 34 to 39 with a reaction to 37. The excitement was immense ; the Erie statement being received on the Exchange with cheers. The amount of Common stock is now recorded at seventy millions, which is an increase of three millions sinco the last report. The Preferred Stock remains unchanged at $18,536,900. The earnings of the road from the Ist of October, 1868, to Sept. 1, 1869, are stated at $17,348,955. As the operating expenses will not exceed 75 per cent. of the gross earnings, it is anticipated that the company will show that they have earned a dividend on the preferred stock for the current year, and have a small surplus. The road is expected to be in perfect order in every respect, and fully equipped with the best rolling stock procurable. Meanwhile the Susquehanna War was resumed on the 7th inst., when the election for directors took place at Albany, although no violence or bad feeling was manifested. Both the Fisk and Ramsey cliques had obtained injunctions against the other. Shortly before noon the stockholders met in the office of the company, James Oliver being chosen secretor:, and resolutions of censure were passed upon Mr. Ramsey, the ex-president of the road, and his co-direc tors, who had been engaged with him in counselling and abetting the recent acts of violence. Judge Allen pro tested against the proceedings, and A. J. Vanderpool served the inspectors with an injunction, but the votes all being taken the polls were closed; 13,400 were de clared to have been given for the following per sons, for whom certificates of election were then made out, Walter S. Church being named president. Charles Courtier, Jacob Leonard, Robert L. Banks, James M'Quade, Charles B. Lansing, David Wilber, Samuel North, Azere Chase, Walter S. Church, Joseph Bush, James Fisk, jun., Jay Gould, and Alonzo Everts, The Ramsay party opened their polls, and having received 10,742 votes, the following directors were declared elected : Pierpont Morgan, Robert H. Pruyn, Joseph Hen dricks, William A. Rice, Joseph H. Ramsey, Minard Har der, John Westover, John Cook, Jared Goodyear, Elias R. Ford, Harvey Hunt, Ira E. Sherman, and Rodney A. Ford. The Fisk party demanded possession of the road from Governor Hoffman, who invoked judicial action, directing a suit to be brought in the name of the people, to decide which board had been rightfully elected, the road to be run by a receiver till the decision be made. The Hon. W. H. Seward and party left Oregon for San Francisco on the 10th inst., after making a brief speech at a reception at Portland on his departure. He denominated California the commercial centre, Washing ton Territory and Alaska the prospective ship yards, and Oregon the future granary and workshop of the Pacific coast. He referred to the loss of the nation by the death of Secretary Rawlins, and said he was distinguished by honourable and effective services in the late civil war, and had just entered upon a civil career which promised to be equally brilliant and useful. He paid a high tribute to the memory of the late Senator Fessenden, long his compatriot in the Senate of the United States and in the Cabinet. He said his most cherished hope was that the intercourse between the States of the Union would hence forth be conducted with moderation and harmony, and that the foreign relations of the United States would con tinue to be guided with the dignity and justice required for the advancement of civilization throughout the world. It is announced, on what authority we are not aware, that 100 negroes are studying for the priesthood in Rome. They aro designed as missionaries to their breth ror. in the Southern States, and will doubtless, long after the prusont Pope has ceased to exist, be there propagating the Roman Catholic religion. The policy of Rome on such points has always been in the highest degree liberal, recognizing to the full a common humanity. In this lies no small measure of its success and permanence as a Church, and it is to the absence of such liberality in the Anglo-Saxon people that their split and consequent failure, as yet, to rule the human race is to be attributed. 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Allbrook :* 4 6 1 0 , Vallation g " 4 6 lu, The Returnee' *** a 0 ". 1 0 Kaupai ••• 3 6 i g Juanita :i t ) Lady Evelyn f 36 1 9 Turret ••• 6 g Assineboine 3 6 King Alfred's jus"" 3 Antietam ** 3 5 / Di s Lamlash pank e r . 66 Cherie ••• Toby `,; Aubade G r asshopper '• THE NEWMARKET Age st lb Romping Girl ... 5 9 7 See Saw ... 4 9 7 Cock of the Walk... 4 (pd) Xi ... 6 8 10 King Victor ... 5 8 9 Suffolk 4 8 8 Rosicrucian 4 8 7 Grimston 4 (pd) Vagabond ... 3 8 7 Athena ... ... 4 8 5 Purveyor ... 4 8 4 President Lincoln 4 8 3 Lictor ...4 8 3 Rupert ... 3 8 3 Typhon 3 8 3 Cornet ... 4 8 2 Paul Jones 4 (pd) Bel Giorno ... 4 8 0 Ryshworth 3 8 0 Outfit 5 8 0 Islam 3 7 13 De Vero ... 3 7 12 Robespierre ... 3 7 11 Cardinal York 3 (pd) Historian a 7 10 Cap- a-pie ... 4 7 8 Satyr ... 5 7 8 Tramp 3 7 7 Lades 3 7 7 Tenedos 3 (pd) Lumley 3 7 4 THE CES Age st lb The Palmer 5 9 3 See Saw ... 4 8 13 Cecil ... 4 8 9 Rosicrucian ... 4 8 9 Kidderminster ... 5 8 9 Cock of the Walk... 4 8 8 Taraban ... 5 8 7 Paul Jones ... 4 8 4 Cap-a-pie ... 4 8 4 Goodwood... , ... 5 8 4 Duke of Beaufort... 3 8 0 Fair Wind 5 7 11 Gondolier 4 7 11 Sycee 5 7 9 Robespierre 3 7 9 Starter ... ... 3 7 8 Morna 3 7 8 Nancy 6 7 8 The Laird 4 7 8 Siderolite ... 3 7 7 Clemenco 4 7 7 Legislator .., 4 7 7 Marquis of Carabas 4 7 6 The Special ... a 7 6 Etoile Filante ... 6 7 2 Birthday ~. ... 3 7 0 Myosotis 3 6 12 John Davis ... a 6 12 Adrastia 3 612 Robin Rover 3 6 10 Tasman ...3 6 10 THE LAMB Age st lb Knight of Garter... 5 10 7 Vespasiaa 6 10 6 Blue Gewn 4 9 12 Friponnier ... 5 9 9 See Saw ... 4 9 7 The Palmer 5 9 6 Laneret 6 9 5 Rosicrucian ... 4 9 2 Silenus ... 5 9 0 King Alfred ... 4 9 0 a 8 12 Plaudit ... 5 812 Cecil ... 4 8 10 Xi ... 6 8 10 Charnwood ... 4 8 8 Typhoeus 4 8 8 Nelusko ...4 8 6 Duke of Beautort... 3 8 5 Goodwood—. ... 4 8 4 Cornet 4 8 4 Osbaldeston 3 8 4 Van Amburgh ... 5 8 3 M orn a ... 3 8 3 Taraban 5 8 3 St Ronan ... 4 8 0 Vagabond 3 8 0 Viscount ... 4 8 0 Bel Giorno 4 8 0 Historian a 8 0 Perry Down ... 3 7 13 Lady Zetland 4 7 12 Cardinal York ... 3 712 Starter ... 3 7 11 Clemente 4 7 11 Robespierre 3 7 10 Lades 3 7 10 Islam ... 3 7 9 Dunbar ... ... 3 7 9 Epworth ... 4 7 9 Heather Bell ... 3 7 8 La Maladotta f 3 7 8 John Leech ... 4 7 8 Stork ... 3 7 7 Fair Wind... 5 7 7 Nancy 6 7 6 Benbow 3 7 6 Virgule 4 7 6 Border Knight ... 3 7 6 Brambridge ... 3 7 4 Skipjack ... 5 7 4 Eton° Filanto ... 6 7 4 Michael de Bascoe 4 7 2 Mdlle. de Fligpy f 3 7 1 Adrastia ... 3 7 0 19 :1 - The " girl of the period " in Arkatoag 0001 an as 13 years old, shoeless, stockingles s, 130°0 with the sheriff after her for stealing a horse. and • pied LADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Ointul o- has P o o r Diseases of Advanced Years.—When m ag a raor ° 014,ie the borders of old age the digestion becou le ' li d th e jse impaired, the nervous system grows feeble , IP t ireD, cal power shows increasing weakness . dbi ottro , congestions of the liver, lungs, head, follnyreoettlL 0# asthma, or apoplexy, which too frequently' t w ac tiitly,i tko The liver usually first gets torpid, but , i tei o iatin v i dle S e speedily be revived by rubbing HollowaY. ''l ht ei dB a roughly over the pit of the stomach and c' 4 6 twicea day, and taking the pills at the Ba 00,P) of some treatment cures all other congested orq ut dioll 0 ing the parts rubbed according to th e 4 4% or l • congestion. 9,10 5. 1.0 ° ,0 0 [ADVERTISEMENT.) —Avoid Medicines: they „ sf yl- 0 0-41 chronic complaints: but Du Barry's deliciou, es Wren°, Revalenta Arabica Food, which yields three n o tber 00 , 0 ,1 re, mentor the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in, s ier f et io7 e p and invariably restores perfect digestion, stronb fon d. 4 0 lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sle,,TeeD, l f l , ra g l gularity, and energy to the most disordered or best 41, A lti,, tract a few out of the 63,000 cures: " The PoPe " 0 Julio 'ire) by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413. l i ' ca:n i3ol o°- elltie —The health of the Holy Father is excellent', b oo ono r eo abandoning all other remedies, ho has collilna,„%h 1 0 019, of: t e . to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of vim - ou rpri! s tld' C e s a plateful at every meal. It has produced s ,prall e 16 ,11 4 ,0 finial effect on his heath, and his Holiness calax4ll,lo'%;'ol'oo,4o lent food too highly.' From the "Gazette du s ele4 0 1 1 0 OP No. 53,216, of the Marchioness d 3 Brehan , a' ss , v7 1 " 00 0 0 ', '9 2 4 ' complaint, wasting away, debility, nervouslesioeylai,7ll'ierot palpitation all over, bad digestion, corla,t x t u re 1 0s ltl y Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the most intolerable nervous agitation.: for d, (3 , 1 0 1 '00 40 Water .0 010 it t . . P ro dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fifty years' indoa_cliastiat.Cal'ild dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, e ..4. 0 . n8 90 1 9• o f 3 0 0, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.- 31 'gurr,,gsa i h e e e h Oi l 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frill:del , dera""f 4 1( 1. : 1 0 1 ' u p n a r s t a i a v o l deafness. y e a f a n n e d s s m . diseased lungs, spitting of blood, live i f it a o re ws .:f i t ot. o vi rop o Important ran i. tasnl name authority, Baron Liebig's name i s most 94 5 7; 0 11 0 1 :00" 14 Cp0 In tins, atls Ild; 1 lb 2s 9d; 21bs 4s 6d ; A s ole„ for At, 2 lbs 40s. -Also Du BARRY'S BEVALENTA at " 4 4 POWDER is packed in tin canisters : for 12,,07f0r Pod , at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at Os, for 288 cups ' a nd 65a ffica C c o; —being about one penny per cup. The 30 0 0 J pCpyaution.---; - free of carriage in England on receipt ar t _ t reet, BARRY Dir BARRY and Co., No. 77, lieg e° all Grocers and Chemists BIRTHS D ifo j a ul : hit i e l— m O_n thP 24th of bq ' of 20 , Budge- row, t B (-1 " 8 4 A" row, Cannon-strae Countess of Durham, of a daugter. On the 24th inst., at The Thirilmo 7 Admiral De Courc:, .4,00 0 t S e " tri'V Klmmis—D CouncY—On the 23d ins.t , . B , - POI lle l i at, ria Georg a e Kenunis, Esq., 13th Lignb,tor o Ilano v t e ' o r . - - i s q iill.:/A GES. e ' ,, , Frances Katherine, the eldest daug" 000dyllt i St. vot,..fi APDOWEI T CLARKE —On the 23(1 inst., A.0.0br0,-err Cam nare, 3.amesM‘Dowell, M.A., F f 00 0. 11 Es,ciu.cyAlyirliglnit, second daughter g Clarke, 7 CI_IAP . LIN—On the 24th i l9 nt .i . i° l in , OV I'l ED E G b A q i . t. ' liceadilly, aged 79. 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