The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-31 00:00:00

:Tf F +`'' P LONDON. CITY ESTA.BLISIDIENT. 155, MIN DRIES t5B, MINORIES 157, mrNoßrns 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85. ALDGATE 86, ALDGATk 87, ALDGATI' 88, ALDGAT 89, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 506 NEW OXFORD-STREET ¶O7, NEW OXFORD-STREET ,03, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET 371,548 12 1 Interest from investments 120,959 12 10 Profit and loss, balance of account Dividend to proprietor;.... Claims on decease of lives qtrtd Adilitions to 1114)&1 under 492,1,08 4 11 17,991 13 1 305,614 3 6 participating policies 24,304 6 6 Policies surretid,red 11,9-a - isiirances new Ditto old 51,005 4 1 Commission Medical foes Income tax.., 103,561 12 1 10,1118 11 2 760 18 0 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,2a8 910 Char!esTho: , .th:lcombo,Esq. Right floii. Joshua Lecliwo , d, Egq. Bart., F OR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS E. MOSF.S and SON have mad 3 preparations on an unusually largo scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses. see following aflvertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every ,;.rticle sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, 1r made to measure, for all ages, and all .lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring Ind fitting in the spacious and elegant Show booms, which contain a very large and diver sified stink of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and -the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be theerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the :money will be returned. All Gonils are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is -un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap- nese. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until P.HVPTI o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, ready-rna(le and Be spoke Tailors. Tinbitmakers, Woollend rapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES . and SON:— TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT - ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YOItRS. B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS, For the Year ending 30th June, 1869, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, 13th August, 1869, WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Deputy- Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The Report which the directors have now to submit to the proprietors differs in its tenor but little save in one or two particulars from that laid before them in 1868. The income of the year, it will be seen, amounts to £510,499 18s, and the total charge to £145,077 10s. 9d. Tho difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the balance of the surplus fund at the commencement of the financial year, wised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE YEAR. £ s. d. DR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,52 8 6 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0 X B. d 550,199 18 0 Total inconlo X 1,118,052 6 6 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, CHARGE OF THE SEAR. ( I. t. s. d, 8,80 4 0 436,187 6 9 445,077 10 9 Total charge Ba'ance of account, June 30, 1869, as per balance-sheet .. 1,002,971 15 9 £1,448,052 6 6 The total of premiums received is £371,548 12s. Id., of which sum £13,560 ss. ld. is for new assurances effected in the year. The interest from investments is £l' 0,959 12s. 10d., or £4 2s. per cent. on the net amount of the company's realised assets existing in June, 1868 ; and in connection with this important feature of the company's affairs the directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the profit and lass account again exhibits a considerable profit, amounting this year within a taifle to the sum of £48,000. It may be remembered that a profit of nearly equal amount was announced in last year's report. Turning to the items constituting the charge of the year, it will be noticed that the sum payable in satisfac tion of claims on decease of lives assured is larger than usual. This circumstance, however, is not very material; as was observed oa a previous occasion, the proper quin quennial average is generally pretty sure to obtain, and the fact that the average for the past two years barely ex ceeds £309,000 tends to confirm that statement. The expenses of management. are greater by nearly £BOO than they were last year. They would have been materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring the company's securities into the names of additional trus tees. Taken as they are, however, these expenses must be regarded as very moderate. It will be observed that they are only three per cent. of the total income. BALANCE-SHEET. JUNE 30, 1869. Dn. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and £6,757 17 0 additions thereto unpaid 108,940 6 7 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund £7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. TI/°MAS ALLEN I- Auditors. HENRY ROSE, ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 16 6 Ditto ditto Funded securities 491,303 4 2 Ditto ditto Temporary secu rities 198,207 17 0 Current interest on the above investments 30,934 4 6 Cash and bills 12,256 15 10 Advanced on security of the company's policies 165,387 1 8 Agents' balances Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) • 4,506167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 8 5 ,706 14 5 £7,675,813 0 10 The baiance-sheet does not appear to call for any re mark. The assets are, of course, increased by the sum of £05,42 i 5. ?d. already mentioned, as is shown by tto augmentation to that extent in the balance of the surplus fund. The Direction of the Company is now constituted as follows: WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RIIE, ESQ., Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ., Deputy-Chairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Boddicgton, Esq. rbilip Rose, E6q. Charles ;!lintfield, Esq. :George Russell, Esq. Buller Fast. Bt.. D.O.L. I 'F homas Godfrey Sambrooke, Wm. Augustus Guy 31.1). EFq. John Young. T HE « SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE "NEW FAMILY " SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND TIIE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH. Work by nand and Tromile, and in a Portable CaF3l3 for Travelling. THE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND TIIE MOST COMPLETE, WITII NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p collar simplicity of then: Machines enables any one to %cquire their perfect use in a tew hours. Illostra'ed Price Lists post free. THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief °Jae in the United Kingdom: 147, CHEAPSIDE. Branch Depots or Loca Agents in every Town', L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. SEVEN OR FOURTEEN DAYS IN IRELAND. On FRIDAY, Septenfler 3r3, a CHEAP EXCURSION will leave Euston Station at 9.50 a m., awl Cam len 9.ss—Trtins in connect ion will also be run from Clapham Junction, Victoria (L. B. and S. C. Side), Battersea, Chels -a, West Brompton, and Kensington, Brad-street (City), Dalston, and Highbury—for DU 'A LIN via Holyh , ad. Returning 10th September, or on any week-day up to 17th September. Fare fur the Double Journey:— To return 10th September only. ITo return any Week-day up to 17th September. Covered Cars and Deck 2ls, First Class and Saloon 49s, For full particulars, see Bills, to be Md at the Stations; Par cels Receiving Offices; and at Gaze's Tour st Office, 163, Strand. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, August, 1869. COMPENSATION IN C NSE OF INJURY, vv ANT) A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by a . Policy of the RAILWAY PA SS ENGF RS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of 13 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, nd an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCI t BENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 51, CORNUILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. OWILIA3I J. WAN Secretary. THE UNITED LAND COMPANY (Limited). The Tr°hien of the IN TEREST WARR ANTS for the INTERIM DIVIDEND at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, for the fonr months ending list July, are requested to present the same for PAYMENT forthwith at the Offices, 33, Norfolk street, Strand, W.C. By order of the Board. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEESEN, • Secretary. 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The fact is, that the incorporation of all the companies joined to the Albert coat £274,000, and this sum is " exclusive of any loss upon the assets handed over." The report makes no pretence that this policy of amalgamation was a profitable one. It is clear that such a system must be suicidal on the general principle that a good assurance office, like every other sound concern, will maintain its indepen dent existence. It is probable that these acquisitions would have been dear at any price, much more so at the extravrgant cost we have quoted. There can, indeed, be no doubt, as one shareholder remarked, as to " how the money went." The long list of sums, varying from £l5O, to several amounts of LILCO° to £15,000, paid to the managers and directors of the offices which luckily lost their independent existence, tells it own story—but not the whole story. These officials got their reward, but there must be two parties to every bargain. It will be interesting to know why and for what inducement these immense sums were handed over to the servants of any bankrupt office which chose to seek amalgamation. There is another highly important personage who does not seem to have lost much by his connection with the Albert Company. This is Mr. KIRBY, the manager, Mr. KIRBY was the original projector of the com pany, and by the deed of settlement it was provided that he should be life manager, with £4OO a year and a commission of 5 per cent. He was to use the offices for his own purposes ; he was to carry on his own private business there; and he was to have all the legal work of the company to himself, and be paid separately for it. For the company such a bargain was inconceivably bad. The terms are extravagant to absurdity. The principle of appointing a life manager is in itself sufficient to ruin any enterprise. Not less unsound is the system of granting a com mission on earnings irrespective of the manner in which they have been obtained. A commission on net profits may be all very well ; a commission on net receipts is folly. Mr. KIRBY'S bonus was on the premiums solely, without reference to losses ; and thus he was secured a comfortable revenue, even in the company's worst days. The evidence as to " where the money went to" is, it will be seen, a but complete. TIIE desire of the working class to secure them selves direct representation in Parliament must gain the approval of every advocate of perfect national representation. It is a good sign that working men should display considerable interest in a question respecting which they have formerly manifested such indifference. Moreover, the object is in every respect praiseworthy. Whilst the franchise was confined to the classes just above the artisan in mate rial position, it was not to be expected that the work ing man would find any place in Parliament. But now that the balance of political power is held by this class its total exclusion from the House of Commons is neither satisfactory to workmen themselves nor reassuring to the rest of the community. The former may justly complain that their grievances and neces sities cannot, in the nature of things, receive full attention in an assemblage which contains only indirect working-class representatives, and those only few in number. The general community cannot rest satisfied that the present conditions of government, by which a large class is wholly deprived of legislative power, are safe. The business of Parliament is in the main twofold—to legislate, and to combine the opinion of the nation upon every species of question. Neither of these objects are perfectly well attained at present. That artisan interests are not adequately cared for under existing circumstances is sufficiently proven by the meagre list of measures which have been passed of late years in the special interest of hand labour. The Legislature has, indeed, displayed much more consideration in this way than of yore ; but the work done is a trifle compared with that which has been neglected. As a representation of public opinion,. Parliament must be elually imperfect whilst some twenty millions of the population speak only through a few mouth pieces. Represented in the House of Commons, it is probable that working men will look to Parliament for the redress of their grievances; now they have recourse to other means. Decidedly it will be well if the great interests for which the Reform Act of 1867 provided are fully represented in Par liament. A few eldest sons, barristers, and army officers might most advantageously make way for a corresponding number of working men. ' Hitherto the interests of English artisans have been well cared for by a band—far too small—of gentlemen who, though not, working men, are honestly devoted to the cause of their poor fellow-citizens Working men cannot do better than to continue to put their case into the hands of such advocates as Mr. HUGHES and Professor FAIVCETT. It is not to the credit of the class that the able representative secured in Mr. MILL was not retained last November. The new voters will, with the greatest advantage, increase rather than diminish the number of these indirect representatives. The work ing men of France have generally rested con tent with giving their suffrages to great writers and scholars, they have secured the ablest of their countrymen in aid of their cause, and they appear to have suffered little by the want of representatives from their own class. Still the justice of the principle cannot be questioned. It is a mere question of ways and means ; and though this difficulty is a somewhat means insuperable. g A ra t v i e ontheoef itt see hem m o s ney by sp n e o nt in strikes might do much more than the whole sum in sup porting a few working men M,P.'s. If trades unions spend thousands at times in keeping—rightly or wrongly—their members in idleness, the cost of con verting some of them into legislators would not be much more. It is necessary that some provision of this kind be made, but it is by no means essential that an artisan M.P. should be able to live in luxurious style. That a membership of the House of Commons might, in the case of a working man, involve little cost is quite certain, if the will and the courage to do it -can be found. Besides, there are some few ex-artisans with a competence who might be chosen. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1869. The festivities which took rlaca yesterday at the Crystal Palace, signalised not only in a very agree able but also in a very appreciable manner the fact that the sportive competition of Friday last between the Harvard and Oxford crews, in what has been called the Great International Boat Race, has about it, in one point of view, an aspect of really inter national importance. Those who were present at the banquet, given, last evening, by the London Rowing Club to the pick of the American and English Oars men, could thoroughly understand this from the tone and manner of the whole proceedings. Those who were not present can recognise the truth of what we have just tow asserted from the speech in which Mr. CHATILES DICKENS :TopOsec] the toast of the evening. Than this speech, from first to Lst, nothing could possibly have b?en in better taste. It, transf'ortned, in the most natural way in the world, a defeat iuto a subjct of pcitive congratulation. It veiled none of the g l ories of the victors, but, at the sam3 time, it covered with honour—out of the very fact of their discomfiture—the vanquished. In the opening of it, it was a light, merry, cheery, after-dinner address, that soon became warmed into earnestness. Flushed with fireworks, Mr. DICKENS told his hearers, that he warranted himself to imitate those gorgeous illusions by making a brief spirt and then dying out. Yester day's speech was far more than that, however, and will be read upt n both sides of the Atlantic with eager delight and with a vivid sense of satisfaction. It will realise both nations how heartily they can appreciat e oneanother, - without any abatement in the zeal and energy of their competition. Casually though Mr. DICICENS touched, in a passing sentence ortwo,:apon the subject of Harvard University, he contrived to remind everyone upon this eastern side of the great ocean dividing us from America, of the salient points in the history of that young but already famous 'ionic and haunt of learning. R3ferring, first of all, to the ninety-five dauntless sons of Harvard who had died thedeath,sword in hand, during the great Civil War , like heroes as they were, he reminded those who were listening to him how true to herself Harvard still was sheaving herself to be, in peace as in war, as was signalised clearly enough on Friday last when little less than a million Londoners were enabled to recognise in her boat's crew the leavea of her soldiers. Beating them—that Harvard boat's crew —he declared to be a new feather in the proudest cap, and added that it was the essence and life-blood of such a defeat to become at last sure victory. The whole meaning of the mingled courtesy and competition upon both sides throughout this really memorable contest, Mr. DICKENS indicated, most happily, when he spoke of the readiness of Oxford to yield the " pas " iu the order of precedence to their American rivals from Ilarvard, and to do this to every imaginable extent, saving and excepting always allowing thereto take the first place in last Friday's match if they could by any human and honourable means be kept in the second! At which announcement even the Harvard men laughed cheerily. Cordial as his words were in reference to the gallant crew from Harvard, his reference 'to the victors of Friday was couched in terms that will make every Oxonian's heart glow within him by sympathy, when he reads that CHARLES DICKENS said last night, in the hearing of English and American's to gether,—" We unite in one accord in regarding the Oxford crew as the pride and flower of England." Perhaps, however, the most characteristic touch in the whole of Mr. DICKENS'S capital speech of yesterday, was that in which he related to his audience, and through them to all England and all America, the remark be had himself overheard made by a discontented gentleman on Friday night, about ten o'clock, when he was baiting a very small horse in the Strand—" he was one of eleven with pipes in a chaise cart.," observed the great humorist in one of his whimsical asides, at which, of course, every body laughed parenthically— " I say it must be admitted," said Mr. DICKENS, re verting to his reminiscence, "in disparagement of the Oxford crew, on the authority of this gentleman, that they have won so often that they could afford to lose a little now, and that ' they ought to do it, but they won't." Whereat there were roars of laughter. And, so with the utmost possible good humour and congenial merriment, the contest between Oxford and Harvard has been struggled through, has been won and lost, and the rival competitors, side by side, have been feasted and congratulated together—the words of commendation, that both crews have so nobly earned, being pronounced befittingly enough by one of a nature so genial, manly, keen-sighted, and large hearted, as to render his name and his words accept able on both sides of the Atlantic as those of a typi cal Englishman. THE disclosures made at the meeting of the Albert Assurance Company, on Saturday, still leave much of the dismal tale untold; but the facts already known were materially supplemented. The outline of this infamous history is now so far complete that the officials will assuredly profit little in public estimation by withholding the details which they still do not care to tell. It has long been clear that the Albert office has been brought to bankruptcy by gross mismanagement. Who profited by the long series of misdeeds, and why the company was quietly carried on without change for years after ruin had gathered round it, are queeions which the outside public is now perfectly well able to judge of for itself. Most people will find the profit and loss account submitted by the directors to be tolerably unintelligible ; but the very obscurity of that amazing document tells its own story. It informs us that from 1854 to 1861 the business of the company was carried on at a small profit; and that from the latter date down to the final collapse a continuous and unvarying series of losses had to be met. It is no doubt contrary to all modern commer cial rules to expect directors to make voluntary dis closures; but still it is well to note the fact that no pro fits have been made for some eight years, end that the business has been carried on during that time without any information being furnished to those most inte rested. In certain mercantile circles such a policy as this is regarded as a matter of course ; but the un commercial mind is apt to look upon these transac tions as something worse than "clever financ ing." There may be occasions which require such secrecy as this. It is not impossible that a corn - pany which has met with losses at one time may retrieve them at another, though the danger of making confusion worse confounded is always ter ribly But in the case of an assurance com pany thera is practically no chance of retrieval without sacrifice from shareholders orpolicy-holders, and the sooner the worst is known, and a fresh start made, the better. The Albert became more and more involved ; but still the prudent and the self-denying were invited to throw away their savings. The real position of the com pany was not merely concealed, it was falsely repre sented to be flourishing. Dividends and bonuses were distributed. Prospectuses, declaring that the office was the best and safezt of its kind, were put forth. Kindred proceedings would ordinarily be stigmatised as infamous ; but when done in the name of commerce, they are called "clever financing." The details of this profit and loss account are by no means calculated to diminish the indignation which its general tenour must excite. In 1855, it states, the profits were rather more than £53,000; from 1855 to 1858 the total gain amounted to only £27,800 ; and from 1859 to 1861 £33,600 was set down as profit. Then commenced the period of loss. In the four years from 1862 to 1866 the busi ness done left £281,000 to the bad. In the years 1867 and 1868 the loss suddenly increased to £1,016,000. It is impossible to accept such a statement, except on the production of proof which at present is wanting. This financial exposition affirms that in twelve years the sum gained amounted to £114,000, and the total loss to £281,000. And yet in two years more above a million sterling vanished, though the annual income of the company is only R 350,000 ! But if the directors can show that the statement is literally correct, their position can hardly be improved; for even after this tremendous downfall, the public were still informed that the Albert Office was the safest deposit for the savings of the prudent who wished to provide for the future of those most dear to them. It was claimed for the directors at the meeting that they were " honourable men." Possibly the share holder who cried out, "Question," in reply to this allegation, was a rash and imprudent person. But how participation in this species of business can be considered the work of honourable men remains lc be explained ; and equally has it to be shewn what the plea of ignorance can avail. Some other information of considerable interest was afforded at the meeting on Saturday. It is noticeable that the period of amalgamation com menced almost at the same time as the period of loss. The first office incorporated in the Albert Company was the Beacon, and this union took place in 1856. STRAND TR HAZIZB. The long and highly successful run of " Joan of Are " terminated on Saturday evening, and, in its place, Mr. Byron's burlesque, " The Pilgrim of Love," was revived and performed for the first time. The extravaganza is, probably, one of Mr. Byron's best, though early productions, and last night it was received with as much favour and applause as it was when first performed at the Haymarket Theatre nearly ten years ago. Miss Robertha Erskine, a lady new to the Strand Theatre, appeared as Prince Uhmed, and gave the tripping couplets, with which the part abounds, with such point and spirit as to call forth the loudest applause. Miss Kate Newton, also a new engage ment, made a lively and loquacious Parrot, and Mr. Edward Terry represented the King of Toledo with great fun and humour. The tutor, Ebben Bonabben, was sustained by Mr 11. J. Turner, and Princess Aldegonda by Miss Fosbrooke, both of whom supported their parts excellently. The text of the extravaganza has been altered to suit the present day, and a number of popular ditties introduced, which gave a freshness to it that was much enjoyed by the audience. The dresses and scenery are of the most chaste and, elegant deicrip tion, and under such circumstances it is no wonder that the revival gave the greatest pleasure to the audience. Mr. J. S. Clarke Is becoming quite at homein " amongst the Break era" and the" Toodles," and, taken as a whole, the entertainments at this favourite theatre were never more amusing than they are at the present time. DINNEI?. TO THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY CREWS The competitors in the boat race between the 'Univers ties of Harvard and Oxford were entertained, on Monday )vening, at the Crystal Palace, by the London Bowing Club. Upwards of a hundred gentlemen sat down, the room Icing gaily decorated by flags and other devices uitable to the occasion, and the chair being occupied )y Mr. James Layton, President of the Club. On his Sight were Messrs. Simmons (Harvard Boat Club) Mr. Charles Dickens, Fay (H.8.C.), Sir James Anderson (cap .ain of the Great Eastern steamship), Mr. Blaikie (secretary )1 the H.8.C.), &c. On the chairman's left were Messrs. Willan (0.U.8.C.), Lyman and Burnham (H.8.C.), Ur. T. Hughes., M.P., Sir Aubrey Paul, and Messrs. Bass and Bice, who occupied seats in the Harvard crew vhcn they first came over to England. After the dinner .he guests left for some little time to witness the display -)f fireworks prepared for the occasion, among which set ,ieees in honour of the crews were received with much acclamation. Harvard, in crimson letters, being the first •et piece to the right, and Oxford, in dark blue, to the left, each being surrounded by a wreath with crossed oars un lerneath. On returning to the dinner table the customary healths f the Queen and "loyal Family were proposed by the chairman, succeeded by that of the President of the United States, both being received with considerable Ithusiasm. Mr. CHARLES DICKENS (who was ITCuil7O(l with loud and hearty cheers) said—Gentlemen, flushed with fire works, I can warrant myself to you as about to imitato those gorgeous illusions by making a brief spurt and then dying out. (Laughter.) And, first of all, as an invited visitor of the London Rowing Club to this most interest ing occasion, I will beg, in the name of the other in vited visitors present—always excepting the distinguished guests who are the cause of our meeting—to thank the president for the modesty and tho courtesy with which he has deputed to one of us the most agreeable part of his evening's duty. It is the more graceful in him to do this because he can hardly fail to see that ho might very easily do it himself, as this is a case of all others in which it is according to good taste and the very prin- ciples of things that the great social vice of speech making should hide its diminished bead before the great social virtue, action. (Loud cheers.) However, there is an ancient story, of a lady who threw her glove into an arena full of wild beasts to tempt her attendant lover to climb down and reclaim it. The lover, rightly inferring from the action the worth of the lady, risked his life for the glove, and then threw it lightly in her face as a token of his eternal adieu. (Laughter.) I take up the President's glove, on the contrary, as a proof of his much higher worth, and of my real interest in the cause in which it was thrown down, and I now profess my readiness to do even injustice to the duty which he has assigned me. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, a very remarkable and affecting volume was published in the United States within a short time before my last visit to that hospitable land, containing 95 biographies of young men, foe the most part well born and well nurtured, and trained in various peaceful pursuits of life, who, when the flag of their country waved them from those quiet paths in which they wore seeking distinction of various kinds, took arms in the dread civil war which elicited so much bravery on both sides, and died in the defence of their country. (Cheers.) These great spirits displayed extraordinary aptitudo in the acquisition, even in the invention, of mili tary tactics, in the combining and commanding of great masses of men, in surprising readiness of self-resource for the general good, in humanely treating the sick and the wounded, and in winning to themselves a very rare amount of personal confidence and trust. (Cheers.) They had all risen to be distinguished soldiers; theyhad all done deeds of great heroism ; they had all combined with their valour and self-devotion a serene cheerfulness, a quiet modesty, and a truly Christian spirit ; and they had all been edu cated in ono school—Harvard University. (Loud and prolonged cheering). Gentlemen, nothing was more remarkable in these fine descendants of our forefathers than the invincible determination with which they fought against odds, and the undauntable spirit with which they resisted defeat. I ask you, who will say, after last Friday that Harvard University is less - true to herself in peace than she was in war? (Immense cheering.) I ask you, who will not recognise in her boat's crew the leaven of her soldiers, and who does not feel that she has ❑ow a greater right than ever to be proud of her sons, and take these sons to her breast when they return with resounding acclamations. (Cheers.) It is related of the Duke of Wellington that he once told a lady who foolishly protested that she would like to see a great victory, that there was only one thing worse than a great vic- tory, and that was a great defeat. (Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, there is another sense in which to use the term a great defeat. Such is the defeat of a handful of dating fellows who make a preliminary dash of three or four thousand stormy miles to meet great conquerors on their own domain—(cheers)—who do not want the stimulus of friends and home, but who sufficiently hear and feel their own dear land in the shouts and cheers of another—(renewed cheers) and who strive to the last with a desperate tenacity that makes the beating of them a new feather .in tha proudest cap. (Great cheering.) Gent!emen, you agree with me that such a defeat is great, noble part of a manly, wholesome action ; and I say hat it is la tho essence and life-lbod of sach a dcfetit to become at last sure victory. ((fear, hear, and cheats.) Now, gentlemen, you know perfectly well the toast I am going to propose, and you know equally well'that in thus glancing first towards our friends of the: white stripes, 1 merely anticipate and respond to the instinctive courtesy of Oxford towards our brothers from a dis tance—a courtesy extending, 1 hope, and Ido not doubt, to any imaginable limits except allowing them to take the first place in last Friday's match, if they could by any human and honourable means be kept in . the second. (Laughter.) I will not avail myself of the opportunity provided for me by the absence of the greater part of the Oxford crow—indeed, of all but ono, and that its most modest and devoted member—(cheers)-1 will not avail myself of the golden opportunity considerately provided for mo to say a great deal in honour of the Oxford crew. I know that the gentleman who attends hero attends under unusual anxieties and difficulties, and that if ho were less in earnest his filial affection could not possibly allow him to bo here. (Hear, hear.) It is therefore enough for me, gentlemen, and enough for you, that I should say here, and now, that wo all unite with one accord in regarding the Oxford crew as the pride and flower of England— _ . _ _ (loud cheers) -and that wo should consider it very weak indeed to set anything shurt of England's very best in opposit'on to, or competition with, America; though it certainly must be confessed-1 am bound in common justice and honour to admit it--it must be confessed in disparagement of the Orford men, as I heard a discontented gentleman remark last Friday night, about ten o'clock, when ho was baiting a very small horse in the Strand he was one of eleven with pipes in a chaise cart—(laughter)-1 say it must bo admitted, in disparagement of the Oxford men on the authority of this gentleman, that they have woa so often _ _ that they could afford to lose a little now, and that" They ought to do it, but they won't." (Great laughter.) Gen tlemen, in drinking to both crews, and in offering the poor testimony of our that ks in acknowledgment of the gallant spectacle which they presented to countless thou- sands last Friday, I am sure I express not only your feel ing, and my feeling, and the feeling of the Blue, but also the feeling of the whole people of England, when I cordially give them a welcome to our English waters and English ground, and also bid them "God speed" in their voyage home. (Prolonged cheers.) As the greater in cludes the less, and the sea holds the river, so I think it is no very bold augury to predict that in the friendly con tests yet to come and to take place, and I hope, on both sides of the Atlantic —(much cheering) —there are great river triumphs fur Harvard University yet in store. (Cheers.).. Gentlemen, I warn the English rortion of this audience that these are very dangerous men. (Laughter and cheers.) Remember that it was an undergraduate of Harvard Uni versity who served as a common seaman two years before the mast, and who wrote about the best sea book in the English tongue. (Cheers.) Remember that it was one of those young American gentlemen who sailed his mite of a yacht across tho Atlantic in mid-winter, and who sailed in her to sink or swim with the men who believed in him. (Hoar, hear.) And now, gentlemen, in con clusion, animated by your cordial acquiescence, I will take upon myself to assure our brothers from a distance that tho utmost outhusiasm with which they can be received on their return home will find a ready echo overy corner of England—(enthusiastic clieers)—and 'urther, that none of their immediate countrymen—l use the qualifying term immediate, for we are, as our president said, fellow countrymen, thank God—(cheers; —that none of their compatriots who saw, or who will road of, what they did in this great race, can bo more thoroughly im bued with a sense of their indomitable courage and • their high deserts than are their rivals and their hosts to-night. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Gentlemen, 1 beg to propose to you to drink the crews of Harvard and Oxford University, and I beg to couple with that toast the names of Mr. Sim mons and Mr. Willan. (Cunt inued cheering.) Mr. SIMMONS, who was received with prolonged cheer expressed his best thanks, on behalf of the crew as well as himself, for the honour clone them, and for the kindness of the London Rowing Club, whose members bad all vied with one another to advise and helle i the Americans in every possible way. The Harvard men came over under considerable difficulties, such as those of change of climate, different water, and different boats and steering. He trusted that if another crew tame over to meet Oxford the results of the experience of those who had gone before them would not not be unserviceable. He had formed one of the unsuccessful crew, but from what he had seen of English oaremen and F,nglish rowing, he felt that it was no disgrace to be beaten by the Oxford erew. Mr. F. WILLAN next rose and apologised for the absence uf the other members of the winning crew, who, he said, all lived far away from London, and had to keep long itauding engagements, lio.. had rowed. he said, many hard races from Putney to Morttake, - but none so - Clara as the match of Friday. He complimented the Thine!! Conservancy and their executive officer, Mr. Lord, upon their successful endeavours to prccure a clear course for the crews, and he considered it a matter of congratula tion that no unforeseen evil had occurred, either by accident or design, to mar the race. The best thanks of the Oxford men were, he also observed, due to Messrs. Warre and Morrison for their unceasing efforts to improve he crew in their rowing and in their physical condition; . 00th gentlemen had watched over the crew with fatherly , :.are, and without them they would have made but an indifferent figure. Mr. THOMAS HUGHES next proposed " The Health of the Members and rregident of the London Rowing Club," to which Mr. LAYTON replied, when Mr. IL IL PLATFORD proposed the toast of "The Visitors," and availed himself of the opportunity afforded him to offer a little advice to the Harvard crew. It was that in future they should secure the services of an effi cient coach to look after them, instead of trusting to themselves or to the teaching of one of their own crew, in which respect they might take example from the Oxford men. The company shortly afterwards broke up, LAW AND POLICE. CURTOUS CASE OP FRAUD. —At Guildhall, on Monday, a curious case of fraud was investigated. A man named Edgington, Rho carried on the business of a bonze and business agent, was in the habit, it seems, of selling worthless businesses to persons who had saved a little money. He sold a cigar business to a widow, named Day, for £7O, representing its profits to be £4 a week, giving her a guarantee signed by Mrs. Maria Cox, who was said to be the owner of the agency, undertaking to refund the premium in a month if the business were not approved of. The takings of the business proved to range from 10. to 2s. Gd. a day, but Mrs. Cox escaped the liability imposed by her guarantee on the ground of being a married woman. Nine previous examinations had taken place, and on Monday Mrs. Cox and Mr. Edgington were both committed for trial on a charge of conspiracy to defraud. CHARGE or FORGERT.—Mr. Gambell, of Wood Green, was charged with forging and uttering bills of exchange. The prosecutor was a bill discounter, and the forgery was committed in the name of Captain Greer, an officer in the army, whom the prisoner represented to be his brother-in-law. He was remanded for trial, and it "was stated that there was another case against him to a large amount. FATAL FIGHT.—At Wandsworth Police-court a pot nan, named Brooks, employed at a public-house in Wandsworth, was charged with the wilful murder of a labourer, named Driver. A quarrel arose between the men late at night, and a struggle ensued. A tumbler, which the prisoner held in his band, was broken in the scuffle, and he struck the deceased with the broken glass, inflicting a wound in the throat, from which he died in a few minutes. The prisoner was remanded. AN OBLIGING PRISONEIL—At the Middlesex Sessions George Taylor, a meulder, with scarcely a rag to cover him, was charged with stealing a watch from a coffee house keeper at Clerkenwell. When asked if he was guilty, the prisoner said, " I might just as well say Guilty as not. Put it down Guilty." The deputy-clerk of the peace said that he was also charged with an assault, and with stealing a pair of boots and the prisoner said he had better put them all down Guilty. [t appeared that the prisoner was running off with the boots, when he assaulted those who tried to stop him, and snatched away the watch and chain from the coffee-house keeper. He had been previously convicted, and was sen tenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. The prisoner exclaimed, on leaving the dock, "Hurrah ! now I Shall get a new coat." THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC.—At the Middlesex Sessions a young man, named Marshall, was charged with assaulting a police-constable. It appeared that at half-past one in the morning the prisoner and other per sons were going along by Ball's-pond, Hollaway, making a great noise, when police-constable Nunn came up to them, and a quarrel ensued. It was said by several wit nesses that Nunn was drunk, and that Mar shall had not attacked him. Mr. Serjeant Cox summed up the evidence, and said there was perjury on one side or the other. The 'jury found the prisoner Not Guilty, a verdict which was received with some applause. A Dublin correspondent writes :—" A farmer, Nmed Hunter, a Scotchman, li v i ng fi ve or s i x m il es f rom ewport, County Mayo, has been shot dead near his own house. He was driving home on a car, with his wife, son and servant, and, finding some obstruction on the road, pulled up. Immediately an assassin came out, and, lodging two pistol balls in his body, killing him instantly. The others of the party were uninjured. The motive of the crime is believed to be that the deceased was levying a decree on a tenant. Two men have been arrested on sus picion. SHOT BY A VOLUNTEER.—The inquiry into the cause of the recent fatal occurrence at Wormwood Scrubbs was brought to a conclusion on Monday. A little girl w•as shot whilst picking up lend, near one of the rifle butts, after firing was supposed to have ceased. The West Middlesex and the London Rifle Brigade were in possession of the targets at the time, but beyond the fact that the shot came from the latter no information could be obtained. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased was killed by a shot fired by one of the members of that corps. WILTSHIRE MOONRAKERS.—A few weeks since a correspondent inquired, through the medium of Notes and Queries, the origin of the term " Wiltshire Moon rakers." The following answer appeared in that inter esting publication last week, signed by "An Old Moon raker" :—" Mr. John Yonge Akerman, in his " Wilt shire Tales," puts the following explanation, in the dialect of the country, in the mouth of a Wiltshire peasant : Piple zay as how they gied th' neam o' moonrakers to we Wiltshire yank, bekase a passel o' stupid bodies one night tried to rake the shadow o' th' moon out o' th' bruk, and took 't vor a thin cheese. But that's +.ll' wrong ind o' th' story. The chaps as was doin' o' this was smugglers, and they was a vishing up zome kegs o' sperrits, and only purtended to rake out a cheese. Zo the exciseman as axed 'em the questin bad his grin at 'em ; but they had a good laugh at ho, when 'em got whoame the stuff.' I used to see in Southampton, some thirty years ago, at the junction of French and Bugle Streets, where it may still exist, the sign of a public-house called Wiltshire Moonrakers. It represented two men standing by a pond in which appeared the reflection of a full moon. A sailor was seen in the background running towards them : doubtless a coast-guard, which would be in a seaport town the natural idea of any officer of either the Customs or the Exgise. This would seen) to confirm Mr. Akerman's version ; and I have reason to believe that formerly a great deal of smuggling was carried on between Southampton and South Wilts. The other version is that certain Wiltshire peasants actually raked for the reflection of the moon, in the full belief that it was a cheese. I have lived in Wiltshire more than sixty years, and have heard both legends given indiscriminately, iccording as the object might be to exhibit us as rogues or fools." painfui tragedy of an unusual character is re. ported from Ireland. A doctor, residing at Kimiadcn, six miles from Waterford, shot his wife and subsequently him self late on Friday night. The fire was fatal in both in. stances. What motive prompted the rash man is not yet known. Among the speakers at an open-air meeting of working men, held in Manchester on Saturday, in favour of the entire closing of licensed houses on Sunday, were Mr. Rylands, M.P., Mr. C. E. Cawley, M.P., Mr. Alderman Rumney, and others. Resolutions in support of the object of the meeting were unanimously irisfe'. It is to be regretted that the ill-feeling between the unionists and non-unionists of Rotherham and Maskro' has manifested itself in hostile demonstrations. On Satur day night a large body of unionists assembled opposite the house of a non-unionist named Phillips, and by their pro ceedings caused considerable alarm in the height ourh oud. An alarming accident occurred on Saturday during the opening of a foot bridge across the Irwell connecting the Broughton side of the river with Peel Park and Sal ford. A platform over the river upon which the Mayor and a number of ladies and gentlemen had gathered gave way while the Mayor was speaking, and about GO persons, the Mayor included, tumbled, many of them into the water. The water was shallow, and all were able to scramble out again, Lut several were crushed and bruised. The cere mony was alterwards proceeded with. At the Beverley election committee o Monday a Libcral freeman named Wilberforce, a herdsman, said he had crcasionally voted for the Tories, Lut only when compelled to do so by Ifs emplo; or. lie said there bad been ono pure election since 1817, the em ployment of messengers had been ono form of bribery; in 1865 he and hls nophcw received .C 5 each for their votes from the Tories. Freem, n have been examined whose fees on talii ► ,; up tbo 7 r free& m had Leen paid by Wreghill, Sir Edwa agcnt. The Pioneer, an Indian paper, states that Sir Aithur Cotton, the eminent engineer, has projected scheme for a canal from Calcutta to Calais, via the Caucasus. Part of the work has already been done in the construction of a canal from Hurdwar to Cawnpore, and one from Calcutta to Oelyabaiab, besides numerous port'ons of the work exist in Europe. A few links would complete tho communication, and Sir Arthur inlicyco they could bo added without much difficulty. ATHLETIC SPORTS .AT THE OVAL. The amateur atlf.etic sports which commenced 190 ° le Bennington Oval on Saturday were continued ag3hl,; :\londay. The whole programme was completed witb g:fot 3atisfaction to all those interested. In strong ~ ,,c° lll / with Saturday, the weather in the early part of - 51°11 ; was cold, boisterous, and gloomy. From the commell went there was a large assemblage of spectatcroll to luring the day one of the licensed victuallers scm ' tro d, the number of about 150, headed by their juvenile b entered the ground to see the sports. BY ill the larger and better half of the programme w as reserc for Monday. In addition to a large number of silver cli..„hr and goblets for the smaller contests, a country cuPII°"S; twenty-five guineas was offered for the winner of the te a wile flat-race handicap ; and a fine silver cuP, v 3l r tie guineas, for-the final heat of the bicycle races. )the G. Grace, the famous cricketer, took part in s ever ball al contests, carrying the prize for throwing cricket b silver cup) easily, by a throw of 117 yards 6 inches. ViS ALLEGED EXECUTION OF o , •' SAILORS OFF CHERROURC The following extraordinary story of seven A meri •: ll o sailors hanged in the offing off Cherbourg is t0id,,40 letter addresEed to the Journal du liavre r American frigate Sabine had been a t ; I' ,l c 19s for ten days in the offing. On Saturday 111°rn " -- c cabin-Loy, on going down in the hold on son ic err , °-•li other, perceived a fuse, lighted at one end, aild 's 1 the other communicated with the pow d er magezi u % 1 'or ran up immediately to give information to t he 501' 4 0 officers, and, as one may well imagine, the fu se tot quickly extinguished. It was none to o °°e bee s a few minutes later the frigate would ha ve 0 0 blown to atoms. The commander on buu r 7, 4 , Sabine immediately instituted an inquiry , phi to the discovery of a conspiracy, haying fo r its object the annihilation of the American shipand the wbu le , rec oil crew. The authors of this atrocious attempt did 11° ' hau l from certain death for the purpose of inflicting friolo vengeance. Twenty-two sailors were put in irons, Au' " rpo o were ordered to be hung immediately. For this P A ti tb the commander of the Sabine communicated "4100 •competent authority at Cherbourg, in order to P:00 'the authorisation necessary to proceed at once the execution. execution. This authorisation having been refill:l.:odb: Sabine weighed anchor and put out to sea; Ou'obta had the vessel left the offing before the seven °lop, men were hanging from the yard arms. 111105133,0011' was satisfied, and a terrible example set of c ol:001,10 meat. Several bargemen who happened to be lO g ' . Mole were witnesses of the awful Epectacle." • . • : a Co;. The Duke of Cambridge will shortly 145 g o!' chester, for the purpose of inspecting the tr oc i ls in SOIL sil• The tenth week of the milers' strike i n 11° ,00 land district commenced on Monday. Each side IS Three police, ready to give way as ever. . the lief' andah trampsahyasvlttaeacvkeo confessed b n e t e h n e field morning to having set lire 0 vo ter, of Mr. Oa Hill Top, At tereliffe. naee ll The post of Physician Extraordinary to the — r 0 fataoprpmrebendecls by:eis:torof B in Scotland has become vacant b the death of Dr* v t i'll 'itr egbie, for a long time a successful y practitioner ill El i ° ' t t be The North German Correspondent op th a t op cattle plague has of late only cases s ared in Gernasol B e 1 ,.10 0 ortcd troll) t'-tca cally. In West Prussia some c a bank of the Vistula, but in East Prus a s r i e a ritriuny Do 13° .„ 1 1 ° 1 ° Age, g upon o as entirely extinguishod. In the Mare soul ° bat 114 n the other side of the Oder are still suffetisg, M i tt° now come time since a case occurred on this ° cle ° river. m in ak n er ea h r a l k ja aeri C t l ONE wheelvwaartteeh REASON FOR BAD WATCHES.- -- A n N J" o tee tto o. y 6 made a c w h a a t n c c h e diai,scifovraeraydtabaotf the - 1, or the fo y; d into a magnet. By what process in facture it has become one it might be ditne illl ° t 0 3 4 but whether the wheel be indeed a magnet or o° . ~e 0; easily be discovered by fixing it upon a wa ll P' e v if it a c l ork, letting it float in still water, and seeil4oopetj° ways turns in one direction. The fact of the m oo n, character of the wheel will account for inan l ., ll ,:iicalt . tions in watches which have hitherto been innfr' c iot ; A key or the steel blade of a knife in the sam e P: e vea ' t the watch will exert a disturbing influence. 3311 u D oe there should be no piece of steel in the pocket, the r oter will necessarily tend towards the north, and an 4 1 ,, fed fere with the calculations of the watchmaker In delicate piece of mechanism. cor ° ' T ict THE LATE SUICIDE AT CLIFTON.--The iv , el i for Bristol has opened an inquest at the 11.(41v.ekle on Saturday body of the young ma , who committed stle'c'clftoa Suspension evening by throwing himself over. th tpt til ° Bridge. The evidence went to 0 1 ° r • o tee: i t ' deceased, having removed his hat, coat, d id ° e l 0 ' - 6 1 i • left P I fel l jumped over the parapet and hung made an effort to regain the bridge, bot flu, 'OO l e " into the bed of the river beneath, a depth '`, baL lll , l ° ,!, Up to the time the inquest was held the ee r P s li DY ';' t been identified. It turns out the ticket issne 01 pc LI Metropolitan Railway Company I► , h was f °ll 4s'` w.i.c - ; ; .0 deceased's clothing was thrown down by a lad) ` vile o i l ar . s , ' llt over the bridge some time previously. Til e ill i? c 03: ', o adjourned until to-clay in order that the 1° 1 ; 00 cf"'j make further inquiries respecting the dece a se d' All'e ,a 5 ill o f handkerchiefs found in the pockets of his coat '' .,si jeat ~ "C. Protheroe." That gentleman, who is a rii le ha e , . 0 Bristol, has been applied to, and states tbat the al, kerchief is undoubtedly his property, a nd th : ab e th e bj tbe was written upon it by his sister, but on vievonc f o r 10 he could not identify it, or account in any . °1 • 0 10 11 circumstance of the handkerchief having 0 1 di et possession of the deceased. A O , , -- 'JD° STRANGE CASE OF HYDROTHOBT'' a D. last death front hydrophobia has occurred 1, E re ;be f ;g victim was a policeman, who on the 23th IN ° d og ` 1) . it was bitten by a 'spaniel. On that day tbe beu it 4 running in a rabid state down Friargate, IV boy Aleeb, Parker (in the hand), four other men, gild , n l, o l ol tet , Weights, who died in extreme agony en "'" cri e '", e ,l rresteo andsbciteg ruary. Parker was on duty on the ground till five o'clock on Saturday evenirgq p. Dollt ,ro & no marked symptoms of hydrophobia ne l cro ted f or a:. o'clock on Sunday morning. The cas e , then 9',..,r0f interest among the medical profession, an" ,, , c nil el"' e e• nate man was visited at his house by a l a e r s,tive iei t be physicians and surgeons of the town. -'; t - er ed 1 e, 00 14 tions into a vein of the arm were adu lii 't c ain e 11 ' tlie patient at intervals of two hours ; but afi re ' .. ,, - 1 0 c 1 t° , 1 50 worse he was removed in a cab about fiv e ° opteg', o ; Illouse of Recovery, where the disease made qhe o ° o l and a vein in the forehead was open ed ' ~ , wili e ? f oal was seized with terrible convulsions, du r ` ) t r i t ies s 9 ' e oer face was horribly contorted, and large ( P an ~13 of 00 , and phlegm were ejected. He had int er' - ,,tet 10 w all however, and in one or two of these asked for; the re to ,eil he took into his mouth, forcibly IceP t l it. V e t lid his hands, and compelled himself to swallow. _.,., l aa t io t seven and eight o'clock he became unconseiloijlioal so a few minutes before nine. For sev er( ' 0 , 0 (.1 l ii :Jt. Parker could not bear to look at a dog i n islove.:joioll especial dislike to the mention of h is mist' l ose p ro% wi fe lie hai left a family of six childr en, for wt fir some arrangements are already being ma"' ptc' died about five months ago. ~,q V e i l et; . A CHARMING STORY.--I do not kri-ca -orca;itil eisely what are the provisions of the "ma ter ° lef of tli° Property Bill, but I have talked the 1113 _ no tion ' O OO women, at odd times, and I have gathered i a sts. ft , o loo , view which is taken by acme amiable cos° trolled '' l). p al to be the idea that they are atria ave un con t it D! 1ire,,.,, rity over their own money, to l eg eav t e I to c t ile P o o' to pay their debts. They say in euee".„6 iq nil, 00 finder, " What is yours is mine— what's 1 0 , 1 t P ig ea llea rg op indeed, the general feminine idea Of w ll lO per for grit allowance" includes the assumption that3ll(og fo r i .e,015 , ing it is to pay just the same for everyl' 11 , ii , 6 o l ' to ry the said allowance is disbursed, 85 ill, m oil , f, , t his dent arrangement existed. I heard a _ ..tio , ol o a, of husband and wife the other day, s o illubvarcl 0 0 I oo i ' f g. that lam minded to repeat it. The w ife 01 10 11 0 ` 1 0 ,10V •ngly to the husband --they were young p l e c _: 100 r r to ciently " well-to-do "—that he spent` ni I I' a ltog e-lic cal e° money than she did, and that he as oleo ac oo g extravagant fellow : so in the evening: _!.., an d Poo, home, he brought a purse full of soverc.lge:_t 01004,1, what each had remaining from theiFiiiill; g „,,l fir : t. , equalised the two little piles to 0 , sh . ,_„,,b10) 4 C O"' ' "Now,we'll start fair, darling, and see who is 7 01) , , to 10 ,1 AA the end of a week they a greed , thewPl3) ifybicil oare notes; and it was found that. lin o s , l i ef 1 few shillings more than the husban, il i' d t0 1 ,1 r.0 , he was very jubilant and triumphant, b e e gr , 0,t . : 45 r, ousband that she had alwaysknown hiinto deprecatltis,e -ant fellow. " But, my child," he Ba i a 4 , we ctile r ,i 5 0 0 On e 0 0,, . The re a the ' remember that when we have paid the expenses of both out of my m oner: Cab , ' an . , t be he railway fares to —, and the fly's a .11",1_ $ t ,19 a b lis ,e ittle dinner we had at Richmond, and tnu ragr ,_o ll .e ,t,f [la 'market and the Crystal Palace on Stu 3 that /101,:a )een paid for out of my money ; and 00 0 _ 0 s i o _pro) 0 :-D iew bonnet on your head, i -11 which you lo I wad% , 13:, otil, Upon which she lifted up her bands andied o at,. Ar y, it him—(it was a veil! pretty one) —and . 1 c,;,, of c lav _ 0 ir. am ashamed of you! You, indeed, to t. l ` ltt ie w , w tio , end to think for a moment of taking a Ptg i % gho re el t r iut with you, and expecting her to e Pal f'___ o.te to 1 1 , e2 t,ii :xpenses. What will the men of the prioid cu fie coulao",.o )f course there was no appeal against th's. fog t ba i t , l l ; l , and e °l3 Os out his arms round her and kiss her, moteraic vas an " extravagant fellow." —From !* On tgo:nhill 21L4iging r forrsePtenit er • =