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SOM. F OR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale; in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. , The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every article sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of. Clothing ready made, or made to measure, for all ages, and all :lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring mad fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stock 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 trout persons who are not known to the firm should I.e accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn -or injured will be cheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. 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 eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitrnakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE ALDGATE 86, ALDGATE 87. ALDGAT 83. ALDGAT 53, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. .50 , 1 NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET ,08, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET 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, YORES. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. P.P. Chu tterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF VIE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boncicault: Messrs. Barrett, IL Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, Joh% Rouse ; Mry Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, MY PRECIOUS BETSY : Mr Atkins Ind Miss N liza Johns Pone. At 8, THE SERPENT ON THE HE t RIM: Messrs R. T hil lips, E. Atkins. Stuart, C. 11. Stephenson, W. H Eburne. Dal ton. C. J. Smith, R.Romer; Airs Eburne. Mrs Leigh Murray, Miss Eliza Johnstone. Mrs Stoker, &c. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr Atkins and Mrs. Leigh Murray. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining Last Six Nights of "Acis and Galatea." TFIIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE, 2 acts, by Dion Boucicault. After which, Handel's Opera of ACIS AND GALATEA. : Cupid, Miss Summers: Adis, Mr Vernon Rigby: I amon, Mr Montem Smith; Polyphemus, Herr Formes: Galatea, Miss Blanche Cole. Musical Conductor. Mr J. L Hatton: Concluding with the Farce of A QUI in' FAMILY. Doors open at half-rast 6, commerce at 7. Prices: Stalls, 7s: Dress Circle. is; Upper Boxes. 4s: Pit. 2s; Gallery, ls. Private Box's, 12s Gd, £2 2s, and £1 lls 6d. pOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborourb. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS : Mr ClLrke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which. JOAN OF ARC: slesrs Thorne. 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UNFURNISHED APARTMEY, TS TO LET, consisting of Three Rooms and r ressingßoom, with use of Kitchen. Nice Garden. Four minraes' walk to 'Bus and Rail to City and West-end.-44, aid's-road, Camden-square, N.W. CI . OMPENSATIN IN C ASE OF INJURY, AND A TIMM', SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An AnTraal Payment of £3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RA ILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against `)3 , 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, 54, Commuria, and 10, REGENT !TRIM, LONDON. WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary. RITA.N NIA FIRE ASSOCIATION 13 Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. Tho distinguishing featn'res of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. (OHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY a TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE, GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J:k 0. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid r.f one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in peafect in;; this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public n.. a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, ncluding brush. _ Red 'lnn Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames street London, E.O. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. tole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tuts EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8 FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, 11. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan. Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUM b.S. L ONDON AND NORTH - WE3TERS RAILWAY. WEST COAST ROUTE TO SCOTLAND. Additional Express and Further Improved_ Service of Trains betsieen London and the No . rth of Scotland. An ADDITIONAL EXPRESS TRAIN, conveying first and second class passengers, now leaves Euston Sta tion at 8 p.m., for EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, PERTH, and tho North of Scotland. A direct Train for Greenock, in connection with this Express, leaves Motherwell at 7.0 a.m., arriving in Greenock at 8.20 a.m., allowing ample time for passengers for Oban and the West Highlands to join the lona Steamboat, which leaves Greenock at 9.0 a.m. Tourist Tickets and Return Tickets for Scotch Sta tions are available by this Train. Passengers for Green ock are conveyed without change of carriage by this Train. Passengers for Edinburgh by this Train will join the Limited Mail at Carstairs: those for Perth and the North of Scotland will join the Train at Gartsherrie. Passengers by this Train are allowed fifteen minutes at Carlisle for refreshments. The Train leaving Easton Station at 9.0 p.m. has been accelerated so as ro arrive at Alo-rdeen at 2.0 p.m., two hours and twenty minutes earlier than heretofore. A new Express Train for London leaves Aberdeen (Caledonian) at 9.0 a.m., Glasgow (Caledonian) 1.45 p.m., and Edinburgh at 2.0 p.m. ; arriving in London (Euston Station) at 3.15 a.m. Passengers booked through to Scotland are allowed to break their journey at Carlisle. For further particulars see Time-bills. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, August, 1869. 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 twc particulars from that laid before them in 1861. The income of the year, it will be seen, amounts to £540,499 18s., and the total charge to £445,077 108. 9d. The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the balance of the surplus fund at the commencement of the financial year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE YEAR. Da. s. d. s. d. Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 357;988 7 0 371,548 12 1 Interest from investments 120,959 12 10 492,508 4 11 Profit and loss, balance of account ' 47,991 13 1 530,499 18 0 Total income £1,448,052 6 6 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, CHARGE OF TEE FEAR. Cx. £ s. d. £ s. d. Dividend to proprietors B,BBO 4 0 Claims on decease of lives as.ured Additions to those under _ participating policies 24,304 6 6 Policies surrendered Re-assurances -new Ditto old 51,009 4 1 405,561 12 1 Commission Medical foes '760 18 0 Incometax 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 910 ------ 436,187 6 9 Total charge Balance of account, Juue 30, 1869, as per balance-sheet £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. Tho interest from investments is £120,959 12s. 10d., or .£4 28. 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 loss account again exhibits a considerable profit, amounting this year within a trifle to the sum o! £ 48,09 '. It may be remembered that a profit of nearly equal amount was announced in last year's repoTt. 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 qnin quennial average is generally pretty sure to obtain, and the fact that the average for the past two years barely ex ceeds £301.,000 tends to confirm that statement. The expenses of management are greater by nearly £3OO than they were last year. They would have been materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring the compan2.'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 arc only three per cent. of the ti t d income. BALANCE-SHEET. Juxm 30, 1569. Dr.. LIAhILITIES. lutvrem. du, to livoprieturs Claimq on etervase orTfirr,, Ltd, :Awl cdflitions tlwreto unpai , l Sundry pecoul.t.i Liability untkr sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprid!ors' fund Surplus fur d £7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN, } Auditors. HENRY ROSE, Cu. ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing dittc, 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 16 6 Ditto ditto Funded securities 491,303 4 2 Ditto ditto Temporary secu rities 198,20717 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) Value of re-assurances 85,706 14 5 £7,G75,813 0 10 The balance-sheet does not appear to call for any re mark. The assets are, of course, increased by the sum of £95,422 7s. 3d. already mentioned, as is shown by the augmentation to that extent in the balance of the surplus fund. The Direction of the Company is now constituted as follows : WILLIAM FREDERICK OE LA RIIE, ESQ., Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ., Deputy-(rnairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. George Russell, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bt., D.C.L. Thomas Qodfrey Sambrooke, Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D., Esq. F.R.S. Admiral Tindal. CharlesThos.Holcombe,Esq. Right Hon. Sir John Young, Joshv.a Lockwood, Esq. Bart., K.C.B. LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND on the CAPITAL of the Company, at the rate of Six per Cent. for the half-year ending 30th June, 1869, with a BONUS of Two and a Half per Cent., will be PAID to the Pro prietors, either at the Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of the Company's Branch Banks, on and after MONDAY, the 16th inst. By order of the Board, W. McKEWAN, General Manager. 21, Lombard-streP' s Aug. 6, 1869. THE " 'SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE " NEW FAMILY" SEW TU LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. THE « SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS TIIE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p miler simplicity of these Machines enables any one to %cquire their perfect use in a tew hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free. THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief Office in tho United Kingdom: 147, CHEAPSIDE. Branch Depots or Loco, Agents in every Town! A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to It. MARBISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at 7, MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr Atkins and Miss Johnstone. At 8, THE SERPENT ON THE HEARTH: Mr R. Phillips, Mr E Atkins, Mr Stuart, lira M. Eburne, Mrs L Murray, &e. And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murrrt7. P.OYAL sTnAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. IRIS EVENING. at 7.30, AMONG TILE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. THE TOODLES. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Al esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland. Bufton. To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James. PRINCESS'S TII EAT I:F.. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Tins EVENING, at 7. PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE. After which, A5l A. D GALATEA : Herr Formes, Mr V. Rigby, Mr M. , with, and Miss Blanche Cole. '1 o conclude with A QUIET FAMILY. ROYAL ALBAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. la. Box-office opentfromll to 4. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M Oliver. 'ruts EVENING, at 7.30, A ROVLND COM %lISSION. After which CHECKMATE. Followed by THE MILITARY BILLY TAYLOR. To conclude with IN FOR A HOLIDAY Mr Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver Miss Saunders, &c. THE SUN, LONDON; - MONDAY - EVENING, - AUGUST PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. - - Under the Management of Miss Mario "Wilton This EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie "Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at S Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL Q ,UIDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, &L skr.l7 -4eol - • illt c,,, LO! DO.V, MONDAY, AUGUS7 23, 1869. After the Imperial Message—after the Senatus Consultuna—after the dismissal of M. RounEß with the majority of his colleagues—after the General Amnesty in honour of yesterday se'nnight, namely, of the Centenary of NAPOLEON'S birthday—croakers are again becoming audible in Paris. There are some people who can never be satisfied. There are some Leaders of Men whom this particular class of politi cal cynics can never believe any good of. The enemies of the reigning Emperor of the FRENCH, answer precisely to the former description. NAPO LEON 111. is himself the most striking illus tration of the latter. Nothing that his MA JESTY could possibly say or do, we presume, would or could in the eyes of M. VICTOR HUGO be in any way, even - in the smallest degree, satisfactory. Louis NAPOLEON'S complexion may be rose-tinted enough in the delineations of him produced by his systematic panegyrists, but it will retain a greenish hue to the end of the chapter (was it not the fourteenth chap ter?) in the History of the Crimean War by the author of " Eothen." And so—as might very -wat have been anticipated ,even in the first flush of the general delight awakened by the really enormous concessions made to the demands of the Tiers Parti, or, in other words, to the moderates of the whole French population by NAPOLEON lII. scarcely is the ink dry on the decrees of amnesty granted by " NAPOLEON by the grace of GOD and the will of the People, Emperor of the FRENca," and countersigned by the whole of the newly appointed Ministers, when sinister mutterings become audible in Paris, to the effect that, after all, everything is not as it should be. The prison doors are flung wide open, it is true, to the whole body of political offenders. Every one who had been pronounced a culprit, and treated as such, because of some infraction of the Press Laws, was released from the penalties incurred by reason of the sentences against them so pronounced. The Amnesty accorded is, as we all know, one in every way free, full, and unconditional. The gu„rantees of Personal Government have Leen rejgued flaukly and unreservedly. The Great Minister, who until yesterday was the Grand Vizier of the Gallic Sultan, has been constrained by his Imperial Master to give in his resignation. That resignation has not only been accepted, but the very office thus vacated by M. Rounsa has been abo lished. Parliamentary, or, in other words, respon sible Government, has been established in place of that absolute Government, which, during these seventeen years last past, has been firmly grasped within the hollow of the hand of NAPOLEON lIC. The Corps Legislutif has been invested with the privileges and prerogatives apper taiaing on this side of the Channel to the British House of Commons. Al these things are solid and actually accomplished facts—facts notorious and un deniable. No matter—NAPOLEON 111., LOUIS NA POLEON, M. BONAPARTE, as he was once insolently dubbed by no obscure English journalist - , the "Mau of the S.:coud December," or however else you may please to call lii,n, is there at the back of ill these concessions, is the author of them alt— and therefore, p2rforce, they must, in spite of all SUperucnti appe;i:ma.eccalll tu , -3 contrary, ue Intrinsically insignificant, if not also utterly and it redeenrib'y (1.2- testable. Now, to our thinking, the folly and the meaucss of ail this, are only upon a par with the malignity and the ingrasitu le. Facts arc, pro verbially, stubborn things. And, whatever the im placable toes of NAPOLEON 111. may ssy in regard to these recent occurrences, there, those facts remain—the fact of the Imperial Mes sage—the fact of the Senatus Consultum—th e fact of M. Roulisa's resignation—the fact of the unconditional Amnesty. 'Whatever idiotic construc tion may be put upon them, there are those broad and undeniable facts. The issuing of the Roya l Ordinances on the 25th of July, 1830, by the Go vernment of King CHARLES X., and the issuing by King Louis PHILIPPE'S Government on the 21st of February, 1848, of the proclamation prohibiting the reform banquet, are incidents hardly to be brought into comparison, arc rather to be placed in vivid con trast side by side with the Emperor NAPOLEON lll.'s Message, with his Senatus Consultum, with his Min ister's resignation, with his Imperial Amnesty in hon our of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the founder of his dynasty. If the Emperor had done the very reverse of what he has done—if he had refused every one of these concessions instead of having granted them all —if he had resolutely maintained M. ROUHER in power, had set the Liberal Opposition of the newly-elected Corps Legislatif at open defiance, had retained inflexibly within his grasp his own abso lute authority, had yielded no amnesty whatever, orhad only granted one of a very partial character, and cou pled with the most grinding and galling conditions— then one might have listened to these growls of coin laint which are again becoming audible among the enemies of Napoleonism. As it is, the complaints we are here referring to are outrages upon common sense, they are paltry and detestable evidences of a malignity which, while it is utterly powerless, can never, apparently, under any conceivable cir cumstances, be appeased. A. DEFICIT of _nearly a million sterling is estimated to represent the present condition of the Albert Assurance Company. The assets have been dwind ling for several years past ; and the liabilities have just as steadily increased. In 1861 the sums assured amounted to some 7i millions, whilst the assets reached £148,000. It took more than two years to reduce the latter sum to £715,000, but after that time the decline was very rapid. An excellent authority calculates that the company is now worth only £400,000, of which estimate not more than £lBO,OOO is positively available to meet policy payments. This, with an annual income of £350,000, represents the entire set-off against policy liabilities to the extent of some 8 millions sterling, which are now quickly falling due. It would be premature to conclude that even this dismal exposure represents the whole truth. It is customary to prepare the public mind for such revelations by letting out a portion of the case at a time. But the facts already revealed sufficiently spew that the policy-holders must lose part of the provision which they had made for their wives and children. Already there is talk of r.n arrangement by which some ten shillings in the pound may be paid on policies for a few years, and then upon a fresh valuation accorclity; to the circumstances of the office. But whatever may be the precise form of settlement, it is clear enough that the widow and the orphan cannot look -:for their full due. Nor can this shameful result ba pal Afied on the ground of unavoidable misfortunes. Th e story. promises, when it is fully told, to be of the olc,i. type. Whilst the officers of the company were wasting the share and policy-holders' money on the *one band, they were making things pleasant round for themselves on the other. When the Thank c Lonclon and National Provincial Company was transferred to the Albert, one officer got £B,OOO as "compensation," the directors got £3,000, the secretary an annuity of £OOO a year, and so on. The whole sum paid in this way amounted to £30,000. Such was the cost of amalgamating one company; and as twenty-two in all were incorporated, the inference is clear. Why the directors of the Albert Company thought to advance the prospects of their concern by paying enormous sums for businesses which were not worth having remains to be seen. There is little hope of remedy for those whose money is already sunk in this wrecked under taking ; but it is imperative that some pro tection be devised for future investors. There is no evidence to shew that the mismanagement of the Albert has been shared in by other companies; but such a disaster naturally excites distrust. If other assurance offices are in embryo difficulties, there is nothing to be gained by further concealment. Under the present system there is no mode of ascer taining the truth. When public confidence is lost in the case of a bank, a " run " speedily exposes the state of affairs. An assurance company is, however, subject to no such influence. It may go on for years in a state of insolvency, engulfing fresh victims. It is this peculiarity which furnishes the argument in favour of that legislative interference which many persons, not without reason, regard with such jealousy. If full accounts were published, it is possible that, as in the case of some railways, the figures might be so arranged as to escape detection. But business men are quick at detecting flaws of this kind; suspicious arrangements and omissions would speedily lead to comment and perhaps to discovery. There would at least be a better chance of detection than at present. In the report of the Albert Company the important state ments are all conspicuous by their absence. The into,. ',natl.. sly absolutely n othincr Another course, well deserving consideration, has been suggested. The Government might inspect such assurance offices as are willing to submit to it, the companies passing the inspection to receive a certificate. Offices might still be conducted secretly, but people who invested in them would do so at their own risk. This, again, is open to the old objection of " interference with trade ; " but the plea for intervention of some kind is overwhelming. Assurance companies carry on a business which, more than all others, except savings banks, ought to be free from risk. And yet their affairs are of all businesses least open to supervision. Waste and fraud may be practised with the utmost secrecy. , URAD 61ralial1. HER MAJESTY. BAL3IOItAL, August 20. The Queen, with Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, with their suite, arrived at Ballater at half past 2 this afternoon, and drove from thence to Balmoral. LATEST INTELL WINCE (REU'TER'S TELEGRAMS.) AM ERICA. NEW YORK, August 21. The North German Lloyd steamer Deutschland arrived here at 10 p.m. yesterday. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1314 ; the highest quotation dur ing the clay was 1_321 ; the lowest, 131.1. Sterling Exchange on Lyndon lO9 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188' " • 1885 l2l. 6f. " 1867 IU-40 Illinois Cotton upland SS3. petroleum—Standard White 3lle. Flour, extra state, $6.70e. to $7.30c. Corn, old mixed, $1.19c. 114 i. 13)1. 28. HALIFAx, Aug. 21. Her Majesty's sLip Revenge has arrived here ; all well. Aug. 22. The Inman Royal mail steamship City of Paris arrived here at 9.30 to-day ; all well. GREENCASTLE, Aug. 23. The Allan steamship 'Austrian, from Quebec, 14th inst., arrived in Lough Foyle at four a.m. to day. The London mails were lauded. Sr. NAZAIRE, Aug. 23. The Transatlantique Company's steamer Impe ratrice arrived here this morning with 129 pas sengers. Her dates are. Colon, Ist inst. ; St. Martha, 3.1; and Martinique, Bth. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, Aug. 22. The Chambers are to meet on the 6th September, :or an extraordinary sitting. According to advices received from Livadia, Prince Charles had received the return visit of the Emperor of Russia, the Crown Prince, and Prince Alexi 3. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 21.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :- 4i. per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 73 45 Credit Mobilier 238 75 Transatlantic Credit Foncier 1777 Paris Gas 1675 - RAILWA Bank Shares 2890 Ital!an Fives 56 GO Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 44 40 Spanish Threes Home Debt —.— 1 Deferred ... --- 8. Cash Orleans ... 4. Western Northern .... lllO Strasburg • • 597k Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6l7k - - - 54 Sardinian 835 Austrian 5571 Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman GAIETY THEATRE• On Saturday Mr. T. W. Robertson's play of "Dreams" was revived with, we might almost say, a new cast. Mr. Wigan, it will be remembered, sustained the parts Reittmeister Harfthal and his son Rudolph, but the former is now performed by Mr. Emery,and the latter by Mr. Henry Neville. Miss Henrade succeeds Miss M. Robertson (now Mrs. Kendall) in the character of Lady Clara Vere de Vere, and Miss Ranoe follows Miss Rachel Sangar as Lina ; added to this various changes have been made in the concluding incidents of the piece, all of which are decided improvements. The clever burlesque of " Robert the Devil" has also been revived, and on Saturday it produced as much pleasure as if it had been altogether new. The elegant theatre was filled in every part, and it is higLly pleasurable to find that the energetic steps taken by the lessee to abolish the extortions usually made by box-keepers and others in front of theatres has resulted in perfect success, as every accommodation that can be required by either lady or gentleman visiting a Pheatre are to be had at the Gaiety free of all charge, a circumstance that makes the place the most pleasant theatre in the metropolis. DusviLLE and C 0.,; Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion Quotations on application to 3.lessrs. Dunville and Co , Belfast; or 4, Beaufortrbuildiugs,Strand, Loudon, W,C.—[Ad vet tir,o.iient 23, 1869. THE BRITISH ASSQCIATION. EXETER, SATURDAY. The Vs _Luria Hail was filled again last night with an audience as large and brilliant as the one assembledwithin its walls to listen to the inaugural address of the present meelieg, delivered by Professor Stokes, on Wednesday. The attraction was a lecture on Vesuvius, by Professor Phillips, at one time Assistant General-Secretary of the Association, and in 1865, when it met at Birmingham, its President. The Professor, who is 68 years of age, was indeed one of the originators of the Association, and has been an ardent student of geology for more than forty years. Amongst the sevens he is a general favourite, and the fact that he has devoted considerable attention to the fossils of this part of the country will account for the con siderable interest felt in his presence in the West. Pro fessor Stoles, having very gracefully and briefly intro duced the lecturer to the snore modern members—the older ones, he said, would need no such introduction—the audience enthusiastically greeted his appearance at the front of the platform. In a voice singularly sweet and well modulated, and with quiet, but effectire, action, Professor Phillips sketched the past history of the moun tain upon which he bad elected to discourse. In the earliest periods of Roman •history that mountain was a single rich vine-clad height. There are now, in fact, two mountains, and that which is Vesuvius proper is a thing of yesterday, a hill twice born. In 1822 the whole upper part of it was removed by an eruption. Seeing what took place at that time, it is understood how, when the first eruption known to history took place, the whole sky was covered with a perfect cloud of ashes. What, it is naturally asked, is the origin of such a mountain, which has thrown out since the first erup tion at least twice or thrice its entire volume? Not lessthan hundreds of centuries must have been occupied in its for mation, and it is in its character a cone of eruption, and not a cone of elevation. A fissure or opening from the surface to some distance down into the depths of the earth is, therefore, an essential of a vol canic mountain. The forces concerned in pro ducing an effect such as is visible in Vesuvius are numerous, and foremost amongst them is heat below. What that degree of heat is, is yet undetermined, although there are many speculations about it. But of this there is s>s Assibt, the‘ es you get further down below the surface of the earth the heat increases. So much is tills sue case ts,ss at thirteen miles the power of the steam generated by the heat of the earth is sufficient to press up to the surface a column of lava of an equal volume; that is, a column of thirteen miles. The presence here of Monsieur Pierre de Tchikatchof has made the Association acquainted with the opinion of a Russian on that great cause of national soreness the Central Asian question. Ms opinion, if based on sound data, removes (as Lord Halifax pointed out in the Geographical Section) all apprehension of conflict in Asia arising out of the advance of Russian power so far towards our Northern Indian frontier. For Tchikatchof holds that the Russian invasion of India is almost a physical impossibility. It is (he thinks) the interest of England to see the national thoroughfares developed in Central Asia. In consequence of the excursion to Plymouth, which took place to-day—and for which tickets have been eagerly sought after—only three sections held session. Gentlemen who were interested in mathematics, geology, or educa tion were attracted from the pleasures of a Devonshire ramble by the more earnest business of the Association. Education was absorbing enough to draw a good number to the Economic Section, and the subject was vigorously discussed with warmth and energy. The Res'. J. Hey wood gave a description of a college. at Hitchen. An exa mination of a very high character, he said, was required for admission. The Rev. J. Tuckwell followed him in a paper on the method of teaching natural science in our schools and colleges. He complained that now science was neglected in the education of the young, if not despised. It should hold, he earnestly considered, a more prominent position ; it should form an indispensable part of a liberal education. The minds of our students were now trained by means of the classics, to which training objection might certainly be taken on the score of its inherent uselessness. But natural science, while posses sing in itself that which was most valuable to acquire, formed quite as good a basis for education. He was glad to notice that this was being understood and acknowledged somewhat more than it used to be, and that the higher schools thought a scientific education of the first im portance. A paper from Mr. Collins, of Birmingham, gave some statistics, collected by the Birmingham Edu cation League. This association—as he informed his audience, and our readers know—has been formed to agitate for universal education and the teaching of every child in the country. The society, he pointed out, had found that of forty-five thousand and fifty-six children above three years as many as thirty-two thousand nine hundred and. ninety-seven had never been to a school at all. The papers having concluded, the meeting was declared open for ,diEcus, -.-)..„1.„„ I,a tlie way by an address on the education of women. t.,rlr:w,slng 'fuel:well's paper, she remarked thLt she was pained that he did not speak - of the absolute necessity there was of providing teaching in natural science fur girls. She thanked Sir Stafford Nortbcute, who presides over the section, for the efforts lie had made in the House on behalf of women. In the course of her speech, waxing warm, she exclaimed that she fel the meetings of the British Association were attended by the ghosts of women —women who would have been con nected with the Association if they could ; women who would have been quite as eminent as the learned men who now formed it, had they been given scope, but whose opportunities had been taken from them, and whose promptings after learning had been suppressed. She contended that it was cruel to shut women from the walks of life which they were qualified to tread. They were admirably adapted for teachers, for instance. Yet the country, to its now great loss, had thrown aside the great power of education which it possessed, and let its women go unemployed. Lord Houghton praised Mr. Tuckwell's papers and supported its conclusions —going even farther than that gentleman with regard to the scientific education of the young. He was of opinion that even children in village schools might be taught the conclusions of science. Sir John Bowring thought that the classics might with advantage in many instances give place to the modern languages. These latter were not by any means sufficiently attended to in elementary schools. From education the section passed to railways. In this matter a startling, but not a novel, proposition was made by Mr. Brandon. He advocated a uniform low fare for all distances. His proposal was that is. should he charged first-class, 6d. second, and 3d. third. He declared his confidence that the adoption of the plan would renumerate the shareholders, benefit the public, and bring profit to the State. But he was not for the continuance of half-ruined companies competing to their own destruction. The Government (lie said) ought to unite all the railways under a general manage ment. The number travelling under his plan would be in creased sixfold. Those who wished to be exclusive couldhave the right to travel in a " special" carriage by paying £lO first-class, and £5 second per annum. Passengers should be required to pay for all luggage that would go in the van. From that source an additional income of three millions might be obtained. He pro posed that the Government should issue to the shareholder Government railway stock bearing a guaranteed minimum interest of 4 2-sths per cent. From the known statistics, and if the increase in the number of travellers was anything like what was anticipated, it was clear that most gratifying monetary results would ensue. , Where a less than the proposed rate was at present adopted the same would continue, he thought, under the new plan. Canon Girdlestone expatiated on the importance of the subject, especially to the poorer classes. He referred to the penny post as an instance of what might be accomplished, though at first sight it seemed impracticable and improbable of success. Captain H. Dalton opposed the argument of the paper. He was inclined to think its calculations fal lacious. Sir John Bowring thought the best results would ensue from the Government taking the railways, and combatted the general impression on the subject. He thought, and the usual idea was, that a journey from London to Exeter for a shilling first-class would be a highly-pleasant and not altogether an impro bable thing. The above were the only subjects of interest discussed in the sections to-day. They all broke up early. It was not until Thursday last, says the Birming= ham Daily Post) that official intimation was received the governor of the Worcester Gael that the sentence of death upon Fanny Oliver had been commuted to penal servitude for life. The unhappy woman is now placed under the same rules as other prisoners. Her health is good, and hor demeanour has altered but little since the knowlt dgo of her repri, ye reached her, except that she is calmer than 11, reto f.,re. It, is not yet known whether she will be sent to 3111 l • lank or P,ntonville, nor when her removal will b ordered, On Fri,lay ten Irishmen, concerned in the row which took place at Stockton, were brought before the b oroug h magistrates charged «ith drunken and riotous conduct. The bench committed six of them to prison f o r seven days, and discharged the other four. In anticipation of further riotous proceedings amongst the Irish on the race-course, all the police who could be brought from the small stations were drawn up on the course on Friday. In one tent, kept by a man named Monaghan, a row was got up, and pots and glasses wero thrown in all direc tions. The officer; soon Whorod round, and a rovolvor was taken pospeas:on of from one of the ringitadere, and twelve of them at once taken into etoVody: That mined to qutvt the infurleted feller e, and no oti:ov ECM Of Ourrod.durinu 11w fettAf the dart THE FOOT AND MOUTH COMPLAINT, We are indebted to Land and Water for a description of he foot and mouth disease, " epizootic aphtha," which is ,t this moment raging with fearful violence in some parts if England. The affection, says our contemporary, is of highly-contagious nature, and consists of a vesicular ;ruption on the tongue, mouth, teats, and between be digits of the feet, which, if neglected, runs on to ;uppuration and ulceration, which, if occurring on he feet, causes sloughing, of the horn. rt .s moreover communicable from one animal to another of t different species, as numerous experiments have proved. Cor instance, it has been communicated to the pig through he medium of food previously insalivated in the trough if an aplithous ox. Calves and pigs have died after irinking milk drawn from affected cows. Hartwig-, Villain, and Mann, for the sake of experiment, drank the warm milk of an aplithous cow, and produced upon themselves an eruption similar to that of epizoootic aphtha. This fact earnestly demands our consideration, as, at the present moment, hundreds of persons probably are daily consuming milk taken from aplithous cattle which is calculated, as above she wn, to produce disease, and under certain circumstances, capable of operating fatally. This disease, which runs its course in about nine or ten days, usually easily yields to treat ment, which consists in washing the mouth- twice daily with a weak solution of sulphuric acid and water, and the affected feet with carbolic acid and water. The lotion which we are in the habit of prescribing for the deceased teats is composed of nitre and water. Sometimes the vesicles are broken down during the operation of milk ing, and sores arc created, in which case it is good treat ment to keep the sores clean, and to dress, after every milking, with glycerine. Mild aperients and diuretics should be given every other day during the progress of this malady. The spreading of "foot and mouth complaint " could be in a great measure prevented *ere the wise laws pr escribed in Mr. Forster's bill in active operation. At present, unfortunately, diseased cattle are allowed to travel on roads, and are placed in pastures adjacent to fields where healthy stock feed, and from what we have stated it can be easily understood how readily the whole of our cattle may be affected with " foot and mouth" complaint unless strict isolation is made com pulsory. A letter is published from Mr. Samuel Morley in which the bon. member states his opinion of the case of the convict Pullin under sentence of death for murdering a policeman in a street row at Bristol. Mr. Morley says he has written to Mr. Bruce v.sking Lim to com mute the sentence. A shipping casualty is reported from Gravesend. The Hesperia, a ship of 500 tons burden, and carrying a valuable cargo, was run into on Friday morning in the Thames by the Northumbria, a large steamer. The force of tho collision was such as to cause the former vessel to founder. The crow were saved. The llesperia and cargo were insured for £30,000. The English Churchman tells us the real cause of there being no ministerial whitebait dinner this year. It was not Mr. Gladstone's illness, Lut "the unpopularity of the Right lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the First Lord of the Admiralty," which is co great that bad they visited the locality " a street riot would probably Lave taken place." The destroyers of Bunkeld Bridge pontage gate were brought before the Justice of Peace Court, at Perth, on Friday. The redoubtable Mr. Robertson, of Drundon nochie, was one of them, and be was sentenced to a heavy line (£lO and costs), with the alternative of imprisonment. The other persons charged were also fined. Notice was given of appeals against the decisions. A candidate at Cambridge being asked who Wycliffe was, and having doubtless beard him called the morning star of the Reformation, and that he died Vicar of Lutterworth, answered that the great Reformer "was for some time editor of the Morning Star, and died Vicar of Wakefield." Tho Children's Aid Society at New York have lately dispatched a number of bomelei_zs boys and girls in charge of one of their agents to be provided with homes and employments in the States of Illinois and Wisconsin. The number of destitute and friendless children applying to this society for aid during the past few weeks has been exceedingly large. MURDER OF A WIFE.—A fatal termination to a quarrel between a man and his wife occurred on Sunday night, at a public-house called the Cheshire Cheese, situated in Oldham-road, Manchester. About half-past ten a factory operative, named Shandley, was visited by his wife, and, after a few words, struck her a severe blow, from the effects of which she instantly expired. The murderer immediately escaped. SUSPECTED MURDER IN LivEitrooL.—At an early hour on Saturday morning a widow woman, named Hannah Tennant, was found lying dead upon the floor of her house in olive-street, with her throat cut in a fright ful manner. She had been drinking to excess of late, but it is thought that the injuries of which she died could not have been inflicted by her own hand, as about two inches of her windpipe was found at some distance from the body. The affair is being investigated by the police. DEATH OF ROBERT CAMPBELL, CHAMPION SCULLER OF ScoTLAND.—The death is announced of :Robert Campbell, the champion sculler of Scotland, who died on Thursday last, at the early age of 45. He was well known in Scotch aquatic circles, and was one of the famous Duffy crew who carried away nearly everything they competed for. His great performance, however, was the four mile race on Loch Lomond, on the sth of November 1857, for the championship of Scotland and 150 sovereigns, when he defeated Carrol and Brown. THE EXPORT COAL TRADE.—GREAT DECREASE. —The exports of coals from the several ports of the United Kingdom in the month of July last reached only 970,572 tons, against 972,956 tons during July of last year ; thus shewing a decrease of 2,384 tons. During the seven months ending July the exports amounted to 5,393,010 tons, a decrease, w' "n compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, of 404,538 tons. The exports from the Mersey shew a great falling off, the exports during July amounting to only 42,643 tons, against 46,692 tons in July 1868, shewing a decrease of 4,049 tons. The American papers revive the story of an odd incident which they aver took place recently in one of the Philadelphia churches. An old lady, whose failing eyes requir(.l a very large Prayer Book, started for a church a little early. Stopping on the way to call on a friend, she laid her Prayer Book on the centre table. When the bells began to chime she snatched up what she supposed to be her Prayer Book and started for church. Her seat was in the chancel end of the gallery. The organ ceased playing. The minister read :—" The Lord is in His holy temple ; let all the earth keep silence before Him." In the effort to open her supposed Prayer-book she started the spring of the music-box she had taken instead. It began to play : in her consternation she put it on the floor ; it would not stop ; she put it on the seat ; it sounded louder than ever. Finally, she carried it out playing "Lan nigan's Ball."--Illusical Standard. THE SCIENCE OF ACOUSTICS.—" Vagabonds in the first class arise ! " thundered our school teacher as he threateningly rattled his rattan on the desk. We arose, and awaited further orders from the pedagogue. " Now answer every question correctly, or I'll break every bone in your bodies!" was the next pronunciamento of the autocrat of the old red school-house. "Jake Smith ! what do you understand by acoustics?" "Why, sticks to drive cows with, .1 'spose." " Get out, you young reprobate ! Didn't I just see you reading about the science of sounds?" " Guess not. That was about Sylvester Sound, the som nambulist." "It was, eh? Mary ! you are Jake's younger sister ?" "Yeth, thir." "What is acoustics?" "I know, thir—it ith, it ith the art of making a noith, and hearing a noith." "You are right—explain it." "Meth thir. If you thick your finger in your mouth and then pull it out thuddenly the cold air rutheth into the vakkium and pro dutheth a thound—the thound thriketh on the turnpan of the ear, which maketh the thound audible, and it ith called the thience of acouthixth." "Exactly so, Mary. Jacob, can you now tell wLat is meant by the science of acoustics? Be careful or you will feel my stick." "Yes, sir. A cow sticks your finger in her mouth, and kicks over the tin pan, which sounds awful, and is called the science of a cow's kick."—American Paper. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS IN LANCASHIRE. — A meeting of the Colliery Accident Fund Committe has been held at Wigan, to consider the steps to be taken to provide for the wants of the sufferers by the recent explosion at Messrs. Richard Evans and Co's Queen Pit in Ilaydock. The number of deaths by the explosion was 59, and the deceased left behind them 23 widows and .0 children under eleven years of age. The first resolution adopted by the meeting was to the effect that in future the sufferers should be relieved from the Colliery Accidents Fund. A letter was read from that colliery owners in other Nlessrs. Evans, propos in g parts of the country s hould assist as well as lessors and workmen. In such a case they would increase their contributions to £1,500. With a view to meet the wishes of Messrs. Evans, it was resolved to make a further appeal to the general public, and to the colliery proprietors in Lancashire and in other districts, by circular. The balance in the bank was found to be £3,352 is. 7d., to the general fund, and there was also a balance o f .C 1,513 13s. 10. specially subscribed in the Haydocic district. It was thought advisable tG a,e ,- .ogaroate the two Sums. The expenditure since the .fo,Tnation of the corn tnittee had been—on account of the Hiudly Green acci dent, 12556 ss. 43. ; Norley accident, £lO5 Os. Haydock accident, £343 IGs. ; Rainford accident £03165, Gd • axed from Park-lane there was iso return, THE DEAN AND THE ,DUSTIII.A.N. Mr. Lake, the dean nominate of Durham, paid a shs r/ visit to Durham last week. Shortly after eight o'clock in the morning (a local paper reports) Mr. Lak e made his way to the northern door of the Cathedral. 0° door was locked ; but hearing the sound of voices insi de the new dean gave the barrier sundry vigorous kne el°. These were heard by a man who was assisting to sweeP the building, and, imagining that it was an orainsrl stranger seeking admission, the Cathedral officer, i n terin g more pointed than polite, intimated that no one could he admitted till a quarter past nine. The knocking con: tinned, so did the sweeping ; but so annoyingly persistent i did the "tap tap" become that the offi c i a l determin ed on unfastening the door to remonstrate with the offeacr• The door was opened, and a good-looking gentleman' clerical cut, essayed to enter. " Too soon, sir, too soon; t can't come in before a quarter-past nine—ags ies ,, rules, you know, sir—sweeping out the pla ce i ; " But I'm going to be your new dean," wilc, t '', remarked the gentleman addressed ; "surely I may l in." The official stood aghast, touched his forehes a bowed and scraped, and apologised most obsequiously, an sheaved no little anxiety to dance attendance on his 1161 master, who smiled and passed on. THE RECENT ECLIPSE OF THE $Ol. The eclipse of the sun on the 7th of August apP O4ll ,: have created great excitement among the Americ an sig.'''. seers. The American papers aro full of details of the a y itself and of the proceedings of those who went to se o it ; spectacle, as well as of the learned few who wished to lat' ke '- astronomical observations. The most interesting obserla; tions appear to have been made at Des Moines, Wilt Springfield and Mattoon, Tllinois, and at Shelbyville, ea tucky. At the latter place a number of scientific 113",,t wore assembled, and Professor Winlock used tb° Ptah instrument, the spectroscope, with striking success. l u spectrum of the protuberances of the sun ho observ ed Ole % bright lines, not more than five having been hitherto see'; while between the moon and the earth ho obs erVe3 shower of meteors. The rod protuberances of the sun °ref visible to the naked eye. The darkness exceeded that ° the night, and Venus, Mercury, Arcturus, and Vega distinctly visible wilh the naked eye. The length the total obscuration of the sun is variously roll°''As from different places, at intervals varying between 21 tul-„t minutes. Photographs of the sun were taken a t differe'll times during the partial obscuration. The naercuri fe ll e 0 forty-two degrees within one hour, falling thirteen degr.,ece during the progress of the eclipse. The usual di sturb was visible among the birds, fowls, and cattle, and eel the wise men, who were intent upon astral:oo researches, were not insensible to the awe inspired 11 t he gradual fading of the sunlight. "The scene durinsdlie totality," says an American spectator, at Sh College, " was an awful one, and when' th e sunlig h g re et, peered again a shout of exultation went up from crowd in the college grounds." TRADE AND FINANCE. 11 et The directors of the Bank of England have sy„", - , D e t question acted rightly in reducing their rate to . . 1 , 1 ' 8 1 ) cent., but the open market minimum is even now tether below the official quotation that we doubt whether movement will have the effect of bringing,ratiche business to the Bank. The position 01 Bank just now is a very strong one. I'l le „,: r p; Portion of reserve to liabilities is no less tha n ' - 1, - sto cent., a very good average being 30. The discounts P-tio fallen off considerably, and may be expected to ye n ,pet, to do so, so long as Lombard-street is able to take P - s ' o ld at so low a price. One good effect, however, m us e re etr , from the decision of the directors. It causes the 0 1? - 0, market rate to recede, and must have the effect O f 1; 11 :fet drawing capital from it. There is more reason to be - , o t eimP l6l33' therefore, that the amount of capital seeking in discounts will be reduced. , t Dl°. The general prospects of the market are not far e- a ig iti to any immediate improvement in the value of nie nei t 'ior. , we believe it will continue at per cent. for sopa° - te e; There are, however, several points to be noted ill c°l3- 4 3 tion with the subject which appear to have hitherto escsr discussion. , 0 for In the first place, the demands upon our reson re ; the foreign wheat are likely to be considerably ar e average. As a general rule the British exchvge; veo favourable, there being a heavy trade i . l° ,' e c loof' against the whole world to be settled ill ) ; ° , - t ote 3 arising from our enormous exportations of noarn i e ' n - f t bv goods and from the monopoly we have attained - f tl carrying trade of the world. The favourable state Quo. exchanges, however, will be greatly reduced, esPeeitta Do regards Europe and America, from whence, 111„-tiot naturally supposed, we shall obtain very large c1 12 % e a , l eoir s o i f d g er rain. There will, therefore, not able export demand for which,improbably favourable circumstances in which we have be en ,: 0 : 1 will be no small feature in the market. Again' t- i e , te eg" prospect of a goodly number of foreign loans being - , s : A er e ' forward. Portugal is on the look-out for n55,i -be although it is to be hoped that it will be &Pi e- % p proci n „ t ;ter t t until she has learnt a more intelligent A financial honour. The claims of the South-ycortei: Railway Company are still unsettled, and until the tt et. has come to some just decision in regar d to the all hopes of the kind should be discouraged. 1 1 0 4 lis f want of money, and Italy is at 0, c e3 ,, l l:ecl ee j consequence o of the barrenness of her ' - ne - e c el , f ti fr o f I s , that it may be expected that these oPPe rtil o w olit i f ir , forwarding ly-pressed States will take the their claims which the present easY c- Ac t I°- of money affords. Turkey has just given 1 00 " 00 0 o t° ' £20,000,000 nominal stock—realisin f fr ;1 AY £20,000,000 and Daoud Pasha's E n ' jr OP to for a similar amount is still in process °: itl h a t tion. We should be sorry to discourage Aer'Dt enterprise of any kind, and there can be 11° 43 ,170P. Ali der the proposed railway system will be enain e/- t - ve tr'd tageous. It will open a direct and renPnerbioe with Persia and the Turkish provinces, wh ic ' to e ' D At the r tb c a been destitute of proper communications. 't is necessary to beware of the prodigal haste w e l o peA r g e o , Turkey is building up a huge national debt. ° il l). to; a t ; 1 as a borrower in 1854 for £3,000,000 Six Per - f r sise - e ll t. In 1862 the £8,000,000 Six per Cent. Lea n 11 ,r, aAt G o v 63 ; and now we have £40,000,000 to he tainly not above 62. The end of such aoo he be •- table. National bankruptcy cannot i t' 11 "" any more than individual ruin, t he f t ;i ll the conclusion may be deferred IV P . s' e e of new loans, the postponement % ° I ; t 0 10 : b i g to aggravate the severity of the case. W e "° ",,, ° l3Y lle n te. however, that such considerations will ha ve , A rlP - I gg°' with the Stock Exchange, but look for th e - ie auction of the loans. In addition to these, there te a tP' amount of money required for the service go to graphs, while the Indian Government Pli r ro - e 111.- some considerable loans for the extension 01 railwa - item. ca e n tt lY e o r f s s Ys r ‘ e d ilnesGKlas7ngow front:lsll3° . ' rill' state that the h the recently crops were v Crhvae s: r ao r Bishopd ina r o i f l y s f l ai n i ceTa:x_et Cathedral, in reit i'll t there had become O le ' ~ 0 0 n laying of submarine The R e Kingsley has been, Sloverlil succession to DP ishnigarestile neath of appointed the al l Chester-Ri a The canonry The y Gazette utters a Vrarlll/3:telee 7, et leP tv by the Archbishop Pall-Mall e sb Salis b ury D fs 00 arnTltsti company . forthcoming 1 I pGo. cables and speculating — 0 ' the The owontuteo. Commissioners the 6 6 mania of the fattlfe' ' we t DI r erl in on the tx Y ho en o ,r Rev of vn ll . l o i irrin n . s s t i; c y r .: iisoo3o3C:6l3o:o6coor s e c f ;: e f.,t 0: , i have inanv enik of Inland Reven ue - itop,Ote in D en nis Oscroft recently e enforcing illed s amt game thers without v r : v. t t ' , 94 1;:a 0 ° i fled their inten • ,i et illt l/ oi at s I. file ° toe for the removal Mess rs. Frith's th i s l'e , pleo sentenced to six works, Sheffield. F o r loc o. view to hisrel testes. The eas m e. ontbs 6 imprisonment by the .iej bee n i" ; 0 We are • of ,_ the convict Diartin Os , t , in I oei Cara ' its ° Millbank prison to meodunttbi o n y t w Convictarra:rti 0 °boa:, iv° 4 1 , by the Welch papers, is solved .., 5 , t tag e l instead of Longbope. made 1,,,, lvtter 0 mystery, of whichas,l:lll 1- ° t°l l 'l9 ' ' hope," She is safe and well at "Ili ' a it' 'to ° 1 V The Norwich election conunission rc o g ,iles 00 tiuga on 3. .., riday. &Ir. G. D. May, who s'i l ' D as fo r nearly well Liberals at the la ' . rnieoP 00-L last election, was undo. 0 , „JO 1 We believe,i t Air. G ° l ea'' says the Scotsman, tLil • irovro 01 A since his arrival at Walrner Castle, base reat f . , 3. a t V a kir elt health, and now, if not thoroughly cofe'',:re etl' oncerned in securinr the sbosa of1113:C.060, ca , removed. ii if 0 that the fears of Lis frien ds f t. 0" Pt An exam' • the Wes examination took place on F r iday Pon trifiliree, even n 't Indian seaman, William I3ayne, 1/11° 00 3 A lj i tl/ 0 committed for trial on the charg i g stabbed fatally a Norwegian sailor, nP' Ps Ohlsen. At 000, the conclusion of the el.anainali° 1314 1 Bishop We regret to announce that lhaad hbeeresnele,i. Lora 1 ; 10 0, 0 0 oof m urde r. A oclaA ii 4 , of Bath amd Wells, who has long .bee;.oo io ' l 'oe l conscious taken seriously ill on Monday, and n° // , ~,..aforill't tOI ,onseious state. A telegraphic despatchhae Li e ' e of 0 , to his son and successor, the Hon. W. del ,, 111°131 ' diplomatic service. r F