The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-30 00:00:00

ammo,' r'II3,YSTAI, PALACE. —THIS DAY AND EVENING.—GREAT COMBINED FETE, given SPECIAL AUTHORITY, in compliment to the HAR RO a n d OXFORD UNIVERSITIES' BOATS' Palace open for admission from 10.0 a.m. until 9.0 p.m., render this a great popular demonstration, notwith nding the very varied combined attractions. admission by Guinea Season Tickets, which admit To v for the entire Twelvemonth, or as usual by payment One Sh;Mar:. IJINEA SEASON TICKETS will, r on account of the Great Fetes, admit THIS DAY rl TO-MORROW, and for the entire Twelve months, ring-from September Ist. These Tickets admit also to Great Fetes of next season, np to 31st Angnst. At all rances this day. Now is the time to purchase. IRYSTAL PA NCE.—Fire works.—N OTICE. --The immensely succe-sful DISPLAY of FIRE _MKS and ILLUMINATION of FOI.TNTAINS, in ding. the Arc de Triomphe, &c., of Thursday. which 's attended by 25,000 visitors, will be REPEATED special request), with other devices appropriate to the ,asion, in compliment to the American Harvard and ford Universities' Boats' Clews, THIS (MONDAY) /ENING, 30th August. .special trains every way. Ample trains at night for surely departure. 014;9 SHILLING DAY. MIS DAY. ,SPECIAL GRAND COM t. BINED FETE, CPEBA, and FIREWORK iSee .ve and below. TOTE. - Stally for opera or fireworks at Palace or at ter Hall np to Ono o'cloci - . at which hour the balance I be sent to the ticket stands• at the Palace. PAL PALACE.—By PERMISSION.— ) Th 3 American and English Boats in which the evard and Oxford crews rowed oa Friday are now at Palace, and by permission of the p. - oper authorities, l be EXEIIBITED in the centre transept This Day mday), and To-morrow (Tuesday). .ioTE.—Rowing men anx►ous to note the Orerenee of Id by the first American and English builders should al themselves of this unusual opportunity. I RYSTAL PALACE.--THIS AFTE RO UN and EVENING. Unusual combination of attrac- IRYSTAL PALA.CE.—Great Combinei Fete, / Opra, and Fireworks, &c., THIS DAY. One The recent immensely successful Display of REWORKS; with the great device of the ARC de tIOMPIIE, supplemented by grand special devices, anged by SPECIAL authority, in compliment to the trvard and Oxford Crews, and Magnificent Illumi don of. FoUntains, will be REPEATED THIS ONDAY) EVENING. Notwithstanding the very usual extent of •this combined display, this will be a Le Shilling Day. The palace open as usual at Opera " Maritana" Coldstream Guard.3' Band, with selection of Ame rican National Airs, &c. (Mr. F. Godfrey) 6.30 Rock-bills Gardens open from ... 4 till 6.30 Fireworks and Fountains about ... 8.30 Palace open for admission until ... ... 9. 0 Festival Organ and Illuminated Promenade till 10.30 Daring the afternoon a performance will be given o. *allace's favourite opera, "Maritana," by Mr. George rreu's Opera Company, with Miss Edith Wynne as the tans: M. 0 3. 0 The Company's Orchestral Band (under the direction of Manns) will perform for the opera. The Coldstream lards band will play during the fireworks at 8.3 U, as well before the display. The gardens of Rock-hills will be rowq open for afternoon promenade, and the Palace be hted up for promenade until half-past 10 o'clock. Admission 10., or by guinea season tickets. Children df-price; stalls for Opera or Fireworks, 2s. ed., i;nay be cured This Day at Exeter Hall, up to One o'clock, and er at the Palace. Noto.—Extra railway trains from all stations. Ample ne for leisurely departure without crowding or inconve ence, but visitors should come early to prevent disap )intment. There were 25,000 visitors last Thursday. Notwith standing this, the railway approaches and stations being entirely free, tho Palace was closed a few minutes after 10 o'clock, all visitors having retred at leisure, and with. out crowding or inconvenience. _ _ Nom—The Palace will be open for admission up to Nine o'clock, but visitors desirous of witnessing this un usually grand combination of Fireworks should avail them t elves of early trains. MARITANA at THREE, THIS AFTER NOON.—Miss EDITH WYNNE. CRYSTAL PALACE.—THIS DAY. vv •OI'EPA and EVENING PROMENADE.— lARITANA produced under the management of Mr. eorge Perren. Characters by Messrs. G. Perren, Ben ; (At, Cushing, R. Temple, and E. Connell; Mesdames A. ;oodall, Crisp, and Miss Edith Wynne. Scenery by Mr. F. Fenton. Dresses by May. Stage Manager, Mr. T. J. Anderson. Full orchestra and chorus. Conductor, Mr. Manna. NOTE. —Tho success of the ENGLISH OPERAS has been remarkable. Visitors to-day, desirous of securing F tails, should apply for them immedately on arrival at the Palace. CRYSTAL PALACE. TOZIORROW, the Great TEMPERANCE DAY.—Everybody. The committee of the Temperance League having pro vided such ample amusements and attractions for their friends and followers, and as excursions have been ar ranged by the committee from upwards of 900 towns and railway stations a very large attendance may be looked for. Ample provision will he made for railway conveyance from all parts, and the Palace will bo open fur admission Irons 9.0 a.m.until 8.1) p.m. Come early in the, day. CONCERT of 5,000 CHILDREN-at THREE TO-MORROW. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Great TEMPERANCE ‘---/ :PETE TO-MORROW. Concert of 5,000 children on Handel Orchestra, balloon ascent by Mr. Orton, with descent of parachute, erc., cricket match, all the great fountains, water temples, new Alexandra fountain, &c., temperance procession, conference and open-air meetings, musical entertainment, company's band and festival organ, Harvard and Oxford Boats, fine arts and industrial courts, archery, rifle shooting., velocipedes, boating, and other out-door sports, and the thousand and one attractions of the people's Palace. Come carls by road or rail. Admis sion as usual, ls. ; children half price. No increase in railway fares including admission. 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- I.EI CE with CEIEAPNESS will be foun I in every grticlo sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, nr made to measure, for all ages, and all :lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring end fitting in the spacious and elegant Show dooms, 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 from persons who are not known to the firm should lie 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 ;tire, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening. at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Readv-made and Be . spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollen drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoo Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. t 56, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 2/3, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85. ALDGATE ALDGATII 67, ALDGATE 88, ALDGATE SD, ALT/GATE OXFORD-STREET ERANC TT. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET , W. 4, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT- ROAD BRANT IT . 137; TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD, • Country Branch: 19, BRTNIE-STRT.ET, BRADFORD, YORKS. -2(+, BRIDCIE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 131ZFIANNIA iltE T 0rti0,•.4. 429, St.-..- . ...... Th.e distinguiA;inrr, fent - ,in ,, Associaron aro FT - lift:111e Pntes, Undoubted Security. Prompt settltquent of eltding. J(iIIN MESSEN'I I , .14raunger. ASSOCIATION 1. London AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodi'les valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerativeCommi,sion •0 Tritdesmeri, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to It MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. OHN (1 °SNELL and CO.'S CHERRY e- 1- TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from dee iy, end imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. T L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. SEVEN OR FOURTEEN DAYS IN IRELAND. On FRIDAY, Feptember 3rd, a CHEAP EXCURSION will leave Euston Station at 9.50 a.m., and Camden 9.ss—Trs'ns in connection will also be ran from Clapham Junction, Victoria (L. R. and S. C. Side), Battersea, Chelsea, West Brompton, and Kensington, Broad-street (City), Dalston, and Highbury—for DUBLIN via Holyhead. Returning 10th September, or on any week-day up to 17th September. Fare for the Double Journey : To return 10th September only. To return h September. any Week-day up to 308. 455. to be had at the Stations; Far tze's Tour:at Office, 163, Strand. ELL, General Manager. Covered Cars and Deck 245. First Class and Saloon 4os. For full _particulars, see Bills, cels Receiving . Offices ; and at Ci W. °AMU Euston Station, August, 181 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 ono or twc particulars from that laid before then. in 1868. The income of the year, it will be seen, amounts to £540,499 185.., and the total charge to £445,077 10s. 9d The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the balance of the surplus fund at the commencement of the financia year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE YEAR Dn. £ e. d. C s. d Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,t52 8 6 Premiums on new assur- ances Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0 371,548 12 1 Interest from investments 120,059 12 10 492,508 4 11 Profit and loss, balance of account 47,991 13 1 Total income £1,448,052 6 6 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, CHARGE OF THE YEAR. X e . d. Cit. Dividend to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured Additions to those under £ s. d. 8,880 4 0 participawng policies 24,304 6 6 Policies surrendered 20,500 5 6 Re-assurances- -new Ditto old 51,009 4 1 405,561 12 1 Commission Medical fees 760 18 0 Income tax 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 9 10 436,187 6 9 Total charge Balance of account, June 30, 186 i, as per balance-sheet £1,448,052 6 6 The total of premiums received is £371,548 12s. ld., of which sum £13,560 ss. Id. is for new assurances effected in the year. The interest from inveetments is £120,959 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 loss account again exhibits a 'considerable profit, amounting this year within a trifle 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 tbat tho average for the past two years barely ex ceeds £309,000 tends to confirm that statement. The expenses of management aro 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 rezarded as very moderate. It will be observed that they are only three per cent. of the total income. BALANCE-SHEET, JUNE 30. 1869. DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 108,910 6 7 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund £6,757 17 0 £7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, CR 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 Ditto ditto Funded securities 491,303 4 2 Ditto ditto Temporary secu rities 198,207 17 0 Current intereston the aboveinvestments 80,934 4 6 Cash and bills 12,256 15 10 • - • • Advanced on security of tho company's policieg 165,387 1 8 Agents' balances Sundry accounts 25,489 1G 8 57,331 7 9 Valuoof premiums (1867) Value of io-assurances.., 85,70614 5 £7,675,813 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 is. 2d. already mentioned, as is shown by tha 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 RITE, Esst., Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ., Deputy-Chairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Philip Rose, ksq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. 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CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL &EDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (cx. cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, Gd. Children under twelve, Rd. 1,3 , 40f, LON DOW , MONDAY, AUG UST 30, 18G9. An astounding paper appears in the new number, just published, of Macmillan's Magazine. It leads off the instalment of that popular periodical for the approaching month of September. The title of the article is " The True Story of Lady BYRON'S Life." The contribution is not anonymous. It announces itself, plainly, as having been written " By HARRIET BEECHER STOWE." For the extraordinary statement therein set forth, that writer herself is alone respon sible. The Editor of Macmillan allows, it is true, the pages of his magazine to be employed as the medium for its publication. But he does so by right of his position as one of the recognised custodians of the interests of literature. And he acts thus in the present instance upon the avowed authority of two women—one living, one dead—whose names have, in very different ways, no doubt, but very con=picuously, been long connected, and that most intimately, with Anglo-Saxon Litera ture. The author of the paper we are here referring to, is principally known as the writer, nearly twenty years ago, of a work of fiction that, within a brief interval from the date of its first appearance, obtained, on both sides of the Atlantic, a wholly unparalled cir culation. It is she, it is the Authoress of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," who has now been prompted Of course by the most conscientious convictions in her own wind as to the veracity of the narrative she is relating) to recount, several years after Lady BYRON'S death, what is here entitled " The True Story " of that most unhappy woman's existence. Mrs. BEECHEP. STOWE boldly puts her own name to the narrative. But the real author of this " True Story" (so called) is, of course----as, in fact, Mrs. STOWE lot us know very plainly indeed on pp. 394 and 395 no other than Lady BYRON herself. It was from Lady BYRON'S lips that the writer of this most afflicting paper in Macmillan received her information. It is, in a manner, at Lady BYRON'S instigation that the tale, as it is bete told to us, is recounted. Pub lished in a distinguished magazine like Macmillan, written by a celebrated novelist like Mrs. STOWE— the responsibility involved in the setting forth of this "True Story of Lady Brno N's Life" is Lady BYRON'S own and no other's. It is neither Mrs. STOWE'S nor the Editor of Macmillan's. It is wholly, solely, and exclusively Lady BYRON'S own posthumous responsi bility. We would insist upon this most emphatically. Having received the solemn assurance of her dying friend, Mrs. STOWE bad possibly no alterna tive but, according to the dictates of her own judg ment:Jo write this most afflicting, and we must add, most revolting statement. Mrs. STOWE having written it and placed the manuscript at the command of the Editor of Macmillan, the latter had of course no alternative but, according Jo the promptings of his own judgment, to give the statement on its openly avowed authority to the world at large, by issuing it verbatim et literatim in the pages of his periodical. Again,we say the responsibility is nei ther the Magazine's nor the Contributor's, it devolves alone upon the memory of that most unhappy woman by whose vividly remembered declaration the pen of this individual contributor has been guided through out. Having said this, having insisted upon this, we would now at once add, with all the force arising out of our own most deliberate, most dispassionate, and most conscientious convictions, that after reading this so - called " True Story," we do not give it one instant's credence. We re gard it as, from first to last, springing out of a monstrous hallucination. Lady BYRON believed it herself, no doubt, but she did so as any monomaniac believes bin or her rooted hallucina tion. Lady BYRON regarded her lord, no doubt— just as in so many words SIIAKSPERE describes Mot- LET as regarding the King—as " that incestuous and adulterous beast." But—just in the same way—she regarded Lord BYRON as mad. Insanity and incest, in his regard, were her two hallucinations. Appalling though the cruel accusations thus set forth against Lord BYRON—upon the authority of Lady BYRON'S most positive declarations—undoubtedly have proved to us in reading them, they themselves carry, to our mind, a full and absolute conviction that they have sprung, from first to last, not from Lord Byr.oN's guilt, but from La3y BYRON'S hallucinations. For one thing—they are not new—they arc not now pub lished for the first time—these most cruel hallucina tions of Lady BYRON'S in regard to the incestuous character of her husband's profligacy. We have for many years past known that to have been the impu tation directed against him by the wife who, alone in the:world, was the oue to accuse him—Lord BYRON! one of the sanest as well as one of the most peer lessly gifted intellects of his age !--of being a mad man. We have known of this as being the damning accusation directed against him by the distraught imagination of his wife—we have known of this for about as long as we can very well remember. Co vertly insinuated it was during most of the miserable years of Lord and Lady BYRON'S separation. It has been whispered about, hinted at, referred to more or less openly, for years upon years. All that is new, in reference to its setting forth, now, is the fact of its being stated, here, in Mrs. BEECIIER STOWE'S narative, point blank, and so to speak categorically, and upon the avowed authority of Lady BYRoN herself. But—when is it that it thus makes its appearance ? After Lady BYRON'S own death. After (cola ra sans dire) the death of Lord BYRON himself. After the death of MOORE. After the death of the Hon. Mrs. LEIGH. After the death of Lord BROUGHTON. After the death of every individual, who might have had anything at all to say upon the subject authoritatively. As to the passages selected by Mrs. BEECIIER STOWE from " Cain" and from " Man fred," it is perfectly monstrous any dramatist having quoted against him sentiments put by him into the mouths of imaginary or historical characters. Ac cording to that system, the infamy of a murderer, of a ravisher, of a miscreant guilty of every imaginable crime might be proved to attach, upon the same evi dence, to the unsullied memory of SHAKSPERE. What ever the joys and sorrows of the domestic life passed by him at Stratford-on-Avon, SHAH SPERE, at the least, had not the unutterable affliction of having married a wife who had the hideous hallucination upon her of his being afflicted with Madness and guilty of Incest. That Lord BYRON was not insane the whole world knows perfectly well. That be was ever guilty of incest, there is not to this moment one tittle of evidence. The statement is only blazoned out, now, in all its hideous distinctness, when every individual who could adduce any evidence whatever upon the matter has long since been dead and passed away. Among all the glorious poetry with which the res plendent genius of Lord BYRON has endowed the literature of England as with a priceless treasury, there are no portions that are more exquisitely pure and beautiful than the lovely minor poems, and fragments of larger poems, in which allusions or direct apostrophes are made to his beloved sister AUGUSTA. For ourselves, we do not, for an instant, give credence to this hideous story—born out of a morbidly jealous and (because of that mor bid jealousy) out of a prudishly prurient imagina tion. Wild, erratic, wayward, prodigal, profligate in the ordinary sense, the life of Lord BYRON was, not a doubt of it—more particularly after he had been hounded into exile through the popular clamour raised against him in one of England's most insensate outbursts of virtuous indignation, and that, too, after the young poet had been stung to the very soul by an infamous accusation, directed against him by the one who ought to have been to him, out of the whole world, the nearest and the dearest ! Deliberately, unreservedly, conscientiously, we again say—we do not believe one syllable of this atrocious accusation. Lady BYRON herself believed it very possibly. But, in so believing it, she waslabouring under a monstrous hallucination. Just as she was labouring under a monstrous hallucination, when she alone in the whole world charged the author of " Childe Harold" with being a madman. " She dies and makes no sign," a few months back wrote an eloquent contributor to Maga, at the close a most impressive articleon the long vexed question of Lord BYRON'S marriage " She dies and makes no sign -0 God forgive her !" Those words were quoted at the close of the article just now referred to as having appeared some time since in Blackwood—mon tbsbefore any ono haddreamt of seeing this truly afflicting paper by Mrs. BEECIIER STOWE in Macmillan. Recoiling, as wodo now, from the astounding revelations set forth at Lady BYRON'S own instigation, thus, posthumously, while we may echo (slightly altered) the earlier words of that pathetic quotation, saying thus —" She dies and makes a sign" in regard to those other and more affecting words of the ejaculation, " 0, GOD, forgive her !" we have hardly the heart to say Amen ! Amen sticks in our throat. THE essential difference between the two " inter- national " events which took place on April 17, 1860, and August 27, 1809, marks an improvement in many respects that is very gratifying. The Thames match between Oxford and Harvard had not one of the characteristics which disgraced the Farnborough match between SAYERS and HEENAN. To begin with, the latter incident was wholly free from the brutality which marked the former. Super fine reviews, organs of blood and culture, might do their utmost to glorify pugilism with the magic of clever writing. The pluck of the little against the giant A E n g e l r i c h a m n a m i n g a li s t s h e e em st f o o o r d muvhpile to throw a glamour of heroism over the battle. But pugilism would not go down with the great bulk of the British people. The spectacle of two men pounding each other's faces into jelly and gore, society could not tolerate. Public opinion was too much for the reviewers. It forced the lawtointerfere and to forbid thesecontests. When pugilists attempted to evade the law, aidedby the railway companies, they found themselves now out witted, now betrayed. The prize-ring received a fatal blow two years ago, when one of two intending combatants, fearful of the result, gave notice to the police, who arrested the other. In proportion as pugilism has descended in the public estimation, 1 aquatics have ascended. During this seventh decade of the nineteenth century we have, unquestionably degenerated in many respects. Horse-racing has ceased to be merely a pastime, a race has ceased to be a holiday. That which was once a sport has become a serious business ; that which was once a festival has become a most wearing and harrassing day. The upas tree of the betting ring has cast its deadly shade over the turf, and the national amusement of our forefathers' day has become the bane and the curse of their degenerate descendants. Aquatics have not wholly escaped from the same evil influence. But though reporters speak of " welshers " and odds freely offered, this sport is as yet comparatively free. May it, like cricket, long continue so; may both the oar and the bat long flourish. Another point to be noticed is the altered feeling which was shewn towards our rivals on Friday as compared with nine years ago. We remember with shame how a fresh disgrace was added to an en counter disgraceful in itself when the English bystanders, seeing that their champion was in danger of being worsted, cut the ropes, rushed into the ring, and broke off . the match. Very different was our conduct on the Thames. Every effort was made to secure an honest race. Cantabs, remembering their many defeats, may fairly complain that the same precautions taken on Friday by the Thames Conservancy Board was not taken in the inter-University matches. These matches have been all but spoilt by the crowding of the river steamers upon the rival crews. But in the present race a rule, rigid as the chain by which it was put in force, was passed absolutely prohibiting the passage of the steamers. The very rumours which prevailed so widely a week or two ago, that under no circum stances would Harvard be permitied to win, were their own corrective. They stirred up the authorities into action, in order to prevent that which would have been a lasting national disgrace. And though it was, we suppose, but natural that a crowd composed mainly of Englishmen should wish Englishmen to win, the Americans cannot say that there was any sign of rudeness or antagonism. On the contrary there were probably not a few spec tators who, prompted by internatioual courtesy, would have: liked to see Harvard first, just as they would have liked to see Oxford first on American waters. This altered state of feeling is due, no doubt, in great measure to that decreasing insularity and increasing world-sympathy which is one of the most hopeful signs of the English character. It is due, however, still more to the fact that Englishmen and Americans understand each other so much better than they did nine years ago. The fight at Farn borough took place a year before the fatal shot was fired from Fort Sumter. The international jealousy which was so discreditably manifested at the en counter of 1800 became intenser and fiercer during those four sad years of the Civil War. But all is changed now. America is at peace ; America and England are at concord. They have no other con tests than those of rival oarsmen. W f „ x\ X - 1 7 t:I4 &mkt4l 'V... PEARFUL SUICIDE FROM THE CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, BRISTOL, On Saturday evening great excitement was produced at Clifton in consequence of a young man precipitating him gelf from the suspension bridge into the river A''dii. The mspension-bridge, it may be well to state, spans the gorge )f the river, and connects the beautiful Downs, on the tclp of the St. Vincent, Clifton, with the romantic demesne known as Leigh Woods, on the Somersetshire bank of the Avon. The height of the structure is 245 feet abciVe high water mark, and the low-water point ripmi ivhieii the unhappy young man fell was some twenty feet below that. ft would seem that the poor fellow paid his toil at the gate For crossing the bridge, and proceeded as far as the centre of the bridge on the upper or Bristol side, rind that then, having denuded himself of his hat, coat, and waiscoat, he )lainbered over the parapet. He was seen by persons at the Ilotwells to get over the rail of the bridge and hold rn by both his hands. In a few moments he released one )f them, and almost instantly was seen tumbling over and over through the air into the abyss below. Owing to some barricades which have been raised along the banks of the Avon to cover some exAensive works going on in connection with the improvement and extension of the harbour, the persons on the Ofoucestershire banks of the river did not see him actually strike the mud, but Mr. Wil inson, the resident engineer of the port and pier railway, who happened to be passing, heard a loud "thud," On run ning to an opening in the planks of the balustrade, he saw the poor fellow's body on the mud, lying on his back. Mr.Wilk in ion at once obtained the assistance of some of his men, and the body was got up and removed. On the clothes being searched by the police 11d, in money was found in the pockets, together with a knife and some minor articles, but nothing that could at all point to his identity. The body is that of a fine young man, of about 22 or 23 years of age, with a bronzed handsome face and very thick hair. HER MAJESTY. BAL3IORAL, August 27. The Queen went out in the morning with Princess Beatrice. ller Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Christian, drove out in the after noon. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, August 28 The North German Lloyd steamers Berlin and llansa arrived out to-day—the former at 6 a.m. and the latter at 2 p.m. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSNIG PRICES. Gold closed at 134 i ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 134/ ; the lowest, 1331 Sterling Exchange on London lo9f. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 123. gg " 1885 122, && " 1867 l2l. 10-40 Illinois 137. Erie 33. Cotton—Mil.: upland 34lc. Petroleum—Standard White Flour, extra state, $6.45e. to $7.5c. Corn, old mixed, $1.17c. NEW YORK, Aug. 30. The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Brooklyn arrived here at one a.m. to-day. All well. QUEBEC, August 28. The Allan steamship Nestorian arrived out to day. FRANCE. PARIS, Aug. 30. The official journal of this morning says : " The state of the Emperor's health is becoming more and more satisfactory." The Empress and the Prince Imperial arrived at Ajaccio yesterday morning. The Soir announces that the cloth manufactory of :Messrs. Villeminot and Huard at Reims has been destroyed by fire. BOURSE, Aug. 28.—Three o'clock—The marke closed as follows : q per Cent. End of month — per Cent End of month 7l 75 Credit Mobilier 225 Transatlantic 285 5C Credit Fonder 1735 Paris Gas 1650 Bank Shares 2875 It&lian Fiveg 55 40 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan 325 Do. Debt 43 60 Spanish Threes 28 50 Rome Debt — Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Western Northern ...• lO9O Strasburg .. 597} Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6131 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 545 North of Spain Saragossa Boman. 521 POLICE L.NTELLIGENCE.-71.is Day. 130 W-STREET. CAPTURE OF A DEALER IN COUNTERFEIT COlN.—Robert Kane was placed at the bar charged with having a large quantity of counterfeit coin in his possession. Inspector Brennan, of the F division, and Sergeant Kerley, had for some time been in search of the prisoner, but latterly he had made his appearance in Seven -dials and very shortly after his appearance in that locality ho was taken into custody by the officers mentioned, and when apprehended he had no less than 61 counterfeit half-crowns upon his person. Mr. Brennan, son., the officer attached to the Mint, said the prisoner was known in London amongst "the trade' as the Scotch agent; he had lately returned flora Edin burgh, his visit to which place had doubtless been con_ netted with the offence with which be was charged. He was the recognised agent in London through whom per sons in Scotland got supplied with counterfeit coin, and although he had been known to have executed many com missions, it was only until lately that the police had been enabled to secure him. When he was taken into custody he did not deny the charge, but said ho was " hard up," and bad been compelled to take to the business to keep his fa mily from starvation. He was fully committed for trial. John Lees.on and Elizabeth Gleason were charged by the authorities of the parish of St. Martin-in-the fields with keeping a number of disorderly houses. Inspector Brennan apprehended the prisoners, and said the present prosecution was instituted in consequence of the numerous complaints that had been made lately of numerous robberies and outrages taking place near the prisoners' houses in Skelton-court, Bedfordbury. The male prisoner was the proprietor of a large number of houses, all of which he let out to unfortunate women, and by such means ho secured a very large income. His own payment of rent amounted to over £3OO per annum. Evidence having been adduced, the magistrate fully committed both prisoners for trial, but intimated that he would take substantial bail for their appearance at the ses sions. THAMES. Samuel Hollis, a boy 14 years of age, wa s brought up on remand, before Mr. Benson, charged with improperly assaulting Mary Wimshurst, a child 7 years of age. Mr. Moore, prosecuting officer of the Associate Institu tion for Enforcing and Improving the Laws for the Pro tection of Women and Children, watched the case. The parents of the child and boy live in cottage-street, Poplar. The prisoner inveighled the;girl into a dirty and unoccu pied house in Cottage-street, and there he committed tho assault complained of. The mother of the girl finding her daughter's shoulders, hands, face, and arms very dirty and her dross in disorder and covered with dust, questioned her, and she stated what the boy had done. Ile was im mediately arrested, and the evidence of the girl, confirmed by other witnesses, was very conclusive ; but fortunately the young libertine did not materially injure the girl. Mr. Benson said the boy was a very wicked and preco cious boy. He would not send him to the Sessions and put the girl and h e r mo th er t o th e i nconven ience and pain of repeating the evidence, but dispose of the case sum marily. Ile sentenced the prisoner to two months' im prisonment and hard labour. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Count E. Louisada, of the Alexander Hotel, Clapham common, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Mrs. Caroline Hulme and Mrs. Maria Collins, at No. 6, Arlington-street. After some evidence had been given, the prisonor was discharged. 71.IARKE1 S-11113 DA Y . LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. • Aug. 30.—Sales probably b,OOO bales. The inarhet very dull. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXIIIBITION.---Tile far famed wax-work exhibition continues to be patronised as it has ever been by hosts of the discerning public, and we feel assured that at no other exhibition in the metropolis eon a more pleasant evening be spent. The innumerable models of most of the distinguished rulers and warriors of tlio world are there exhibited, and the "thousand and ono " racs of by-gone days will amply repay a visit to Madame Tussaud's popular historical gallery. DuNvILLE and Co.,' 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 Messrs. Dunville and Co , Belfast; Cr 4, BOsafortrbuildings, Strand, London, W,C,—[Adi vex tir,ezent; PREACHING IN JAPAN. There's the scullery-maid been washing out the pots, and the scullion, Chokichi, comes up and says to her, "You've got a lotof charcoal smut sticking to your nose," and points out to her the ugly spot. The scullery-maid is delighted to be told of this, and answers, "Really, whereabouts is it ?" Then she twists a towel round her finger, and bending her h ea d un til mout h an d forehead are almost on a level, she squints at her nose and twiddles away with her fingers, as if she were the famous GOto at work carving the ornaments of a sword-handle. " I say, Master Chokichi, is it off yet?" "Not a. bit of it ; you've smeared it all over your cheeks now !" "Oh, dear ! oh, dear! where can it be?" and so she uses the water - basin as a looking - glass, and washes her face clean. Then she says to herself, "What a Lear boy Chokichi is 1" and thinks it necessary, )ut of gratitude, to give him relishes with his supper by the ladleful, and thanks him over and over again. But If this same Chokichi were to come up to her and say, "Now, really, how lazy you are. I wish you could manage to be rather less of a shrew ;" what do you think the scullery-maid would answer then ? Reflect for a moment. "Drat the boy's impudence! If I were of a bad heart or a crooked disposition, should I be here helping him? You go and be hung. You see if I take the trouble to wash your dirty bedclothes for you any more !" And she gets to be a perfect devil, less only the horns. There are other people besides the poor scullery-maid who are in the same way. "Excuse me, Mr. Gundabei, but the em broidered crest on your dress of ceremony seems to be a little on one side." Mr. Gundabei proceeds to adjust his dress with great precision. "Thank you, sir, I am ten million times obliged to you for your care. If ever there should be any matter in which I can be of service to you, beg that you will do me the favour of letting me know," And with a beaming face he expresses his gratitude. Now for the other side of the picture. " Really, Mr. Gundabei, you are very foolish ; you don't seem to understand it at all. tbeg you to be of a frank and honest heart. It really makes one quite sad to see a mans heart warped in this way." What is his answer ? lie turns his sword in his girdle ready to Iraw, and plays the devil's tattoo upon the hilt ; it looks AS if it must end in a fight soon. In fact, if you help a man in anything which has to do with a fault of the body, he takes it very kindly and sets about mending matters. But if any one helps another to rectify a fault of the heart, he has to deal with a man in the dark, who flies in a rage and does not care to amend.—From "Another Japanese Sermon," in the Cornhill Magazine. The Bishop of Bath and Wells is rapidly sinking, and it is doubtful whether his son will arrive 'rem the Con tinent in time to see him before his demise. At the Manchester Sessions on Friday William Gregory Redford was tried on a charge of embezzlement in connection with the Ninth South Lancashire Building So ciety. Ile was found guilty and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. The authorities at Liverpool seem determined to put into force ono of the stringent but salutary provisions of the new Beer Act, which empowers magistrates to punish not only those who sell liquor at prohibited hours, but those who ordered it. Two persons charged with this were brought on Friday before the magistrates at Kirkdale. They ph a - led guilty, and as the case was the first of the Lind that had boon before that court, the mitigated penalty of 2s. 6d. was only inflicted. CONTEMPT OF COURT. —While Thad. Stevens was a young lawyer he once bad a case before a bad. tempered judge of an obscure Pennsylvania court. Under what he considered a very erroneous ruling, it was decided against him, whereupon he threw down his boils and ricked up his hat in a high state of indignation, and was about to leave the court-room, scattering impieca• tions all around him. The judge straightened himself to his full height, assumed an air of offended majesty, and asked Thad. if he meant to " express his contempt forth is court. Thad. turned to him very deferentially, made a respectful bow, and replied, in feigned amazement, "Express my contempt for this court! No, sir ! lam trying to conceal it your Honour," adding, as he turned to Leave, " but I find it d—d bard to do it."—New Yoa Tribune, August 13. A NEW METHOD OF MAKING len. —An ice and cold-producing machine has been invented by Franz Windhausen, Brunswick. The action of the machine, 'we are told, is based on the principle of producing cold And warmth by the expansion and compression of atmos pheric air, which is accomplished by means of mechanical power. The machines require no chemicals, nothing .being used in them but water and atmospheric air. They may be wrought by steam, water, or wind, and they produce from 100 to 1,00011). of ice per hour, according to size, at a cost of frcm 2d. to sd. per 1001 b. ; this diffe rence resulting from the varying prices of fuel and the mode of working chosen. One of their uses is to cool 'rooms, cellars, theatres, hospitals, compartments of ships, 4cc. We understand the general agent intends to exhibit one of the machines next month at the Crystal Palace, Syclenham.—North , German Correspondent. CAPTURE OF THE SENTRY WHO DESERTED HIS POST AT WINDSOR CASTLE,--Private Richardson, of the ?nd Battalion of Grenadier Guards, who deserted his post on the north-east terrace of Windsor Castle, has been captured by the Bucks police and taken back to the infantry barracks, in Victoria-street, Windsor. It seems that at eleven o'clock on Wednesday night, when the officer was going his round, Richardson's ab sence was at once discovered. The deserting sentinel had left his rifle, bearskin, and accoutrements behind. Immediate pursuit was made; the officer and non commissioned officer on duty descending to the slopes of the Castle in search of Richardson, who, having made away towards Slough, was of course not found. He was, however, taken on Friday after an absence of about forty eight hours. Richardson had, it is said, been ordered to do fourteen days' drill, as a punishment for three hours' absence from barracks without leave. His offence, namely, deserting his post, can only be dealt with by a district court-martial. He will be tried early this week. FOREIGN STUDIES OF LONDON LIFE.—The inde fatigable M. Gustave Dorj, who has been about three weeks among us, has, the Daily News says, already taken upwards of 500 sketches of life in London for the book which lie contemplates publishing, as lately announced, in conjunction with Mr. Blanchard Jerrold. Some striking prison interiors arc among them—indeed, next to our river-side life, Newgate seems to have taken a power ful hold on M. Dor6's weird imagination. At present, we believe, the humbler phases of English society have chiefly engaged his pencil. The ground is a dangerous one for a foreign artist—witness Gavarni's Gallicised English crossing-sweepers, his pretty brewer's dray men, and almost unrecognisable London cab-drivers. Somehow the foreign eye is never thoroughly trustworthy in rendering national types, and we have heard even Jo hn Leech' s seedy Frenchmen pronounced by their countrymen slightly English. " Typical Lond on, " a title which has been suggested for it, sufficiently indicates the nature of the forthcoming book , an d the extent of the artist's am bition. Gavarni, it must be remembered, was a carica turist; M. Dori': is not. There has probably never been an instance of a foreign carica turist achieving success among us except the author of those wonderfully clever coloured sketches of English statesmen which are exhi- bited now in our shop windows in connection with a sati rical paper. These are the production of M. Pellegrini, a Neapolitan refugee, who has been some years in England. For humorous exaggeration of personal peculiarities, for skilful portraiture, in spite of grotesque heightening, they have certainly been rarely equalled ; and to none have M. Pellegrini's portraits, we believe, afforded more amusement than to the objects of his gross, but not ill-natured, libole upon tho human face and form divine, - srizil or THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, 411 , - We can have no wi s h, sa y s th e Ti mes, t o l a y too gre at a stress upon the Emperor's indisposition, but we a l hardly bring ourselves to believe that the perturbati° created by the rumours current on the subject is altoge' tiler to be aseribed to mere stratagems of Stock Excliascie speculation; nor do we thi n k an y goo d en d c an be ser ve , by too stubborn a denial of th e f ac t th a t th e ErilPer°r It labouring under some more or less serious infirmity is not without reason, one would imagine, that hal f ' a ,. dozen medical ge n tl emen are i n d a il y at t en dance at Ss Cloud, nor that with Nnlaton, Iticord, Chauval, and c ol ; visart about him, his Maj es ty s h ou ld d eem it expe dient to summon Dr. Cheli us f rom H e id e lb erg i n c onsidera ta i t of his special p ro fi c i enc y i n some b ranc h o f hi s pre fessioe• is satisfactory to hear that the Emperor finds himself 80 Yt s relieved as to b e a bl e t o t ransac t b us i ne ss with Council, and to drive and walk with his physician la s s park. Th e f ac t th a t , a f ter some hes i tat i on, t h e Etal l , re j and the Prin ce I m p er i a l h ave gone to C ors ica, as been arranged, may also be taken as evidence that; sudden crisis is apprehended ; but it would be needl ess * deny that th ere h ave b een a few days of con siden y anxiety in the Emperor's household, and some of lds1 1; fessional advisers m a k e no mystery o f t h e f a ct tlls' ,. Majesty's health is not such as to remove all groun ds uneasiness. He may yet have—and we hope be l'a t l to ' many years to live, b u t h e i s li a bl e a t any In°lll,cii„ another attack. There may b e no thi ng really ser l°— i l a the Emperor's illness, no thi ng t o preven t hi s wielding " to supreme power for many years, till the time comes is resign it into the hand of his grown-up son. Bu t th r:so no harm in the meanw hil e i n a ll i n t eres t e d l'art' e- nie preparing themselves and the c ount r y against tha t c .l tingency as to enable themselves to m e et it without hewoo overwhelmed by it. There is no harm in the Emper or 0 relieving the central power of its heavy res p o nsibilitY to to render it possible for w e ak er s h ou ld ers than his ° fib' bear it ; no harm in the memb ers o f th e Imperial e ft s so burying every recolle c ti on o f p as t dis a g reeinent' o a oblivion as to feel stro ng i n th e i r mu t ua l good-wi ll co-operation in any emergency ; and no harm, ab °le fo r'S things, in France so t a ki ng h er s t an d on the EulP e— ri e concessions and so reasserting her right to self"g ° L i n ment as to accustom hers e lf t o l oo k u p o n no Pe rs ' o - Sica indispensable, and to fear nothi ng f rom the P31%110 and antipathies of those who may aspire to share or (IL'r his successor's authority. 00 11 V The Post declares that investigation, instead of a cs ing for the position of th e Alb er t I nsuran ce Cons0 „1; 0 only makes it more unaccountable, and explanatiolleto, hitherto given only renders it mor e in ex plicable. 111 :. the adVertised reserve fund of £650,000 has gone t ° so• stated. Neither is there anyattempt to account for th e el lor priation of the sums illegiti ma t e ly d rawn from the 1 1l t i l e branch; nor does any one explain what have be‘ i ci o uses to which the £350,000 a year h as been put. question suggests itself. What will the other inc ur t he companies do under these circumstances? The cas° ° ‘ iff .Albert, which, as i n v e sti ga ti on d eve l o p s the facts °'_ it administration, may be expected to shew worse el: i) does even now, will undoubtedly give a very s eli t i a a check to the rapid p rogress w hi c h t h e prac ti c e of ins ll oo life as a provision of f am ili es , or as a secur ity, was illaisasSi and it is by no mea ns i m p ro b a bl e th a t th e middle c' • may direct their attention to the facilities which a te itio , tendered by Government f or th e accumu l a tion of s tiala The public have found o u t th a t th e y are utterly b e ir t i a t and the discovery is creating an amount of distrustirecta cannot fail to produce b e f ore l ong ver y sensible c Tao upon the revenues of even the highest class otlices' insurer is not, as some p e r sons w h o h ave treatedf be ',. ject represent him to b e , a s p ecu l a t or . He is strictly investor and a contracting party i n an instant/ o ,of ought to meet its obligation s as cer t a i n ly as the 3 ./ its England gives gold for its notes, and would do s° l direction were capable or honest. contl eC* The Daily _A'ews asks if there is any necessary a by tion between the e x t reme l y specu l a ti ve f o rm ass allie a the the commercial transactions of the present day , 3ll st yls portentous extravagance which marks its prevail iag _ of living? We a re s t rong l y i nc li ne d t o b e lieve th e ' o T ao Who is really well off now it is impossible to sal' b on' splendid millionaire of to-clay is the notorious is tor, rupt of to-morrow, and the resu scitated spe cula it of the day after. H ow muc h o f his gi lt°t sa cl gold, and how much is paper, none but his bank er S o ' s a re not always they, can k now . Th e r i s ks of comre er i s kept in countenance by the risks of home, and ric e to t Such a mode of life onc e pl unge d into, it s t i ll : l' oer° reason that it cannot be retreated from i a ' d or° comes a tremendous cra s h. To reduce exp end e' and check display would be a confession of a ch eci l f fe ieet where, a check in the other gambling departmen t ' t both as the game becom es more d es p era t e , the plea' , a Ne ll ends, often waxes higher. Probably nobody W l/ 0 10" considers this matter will hesitate to accept the ths . c c orn sion that between the p reva ili ng recklessness o f e see mercial spirit and the s can d a l ous extrava gance ri around us there is a clo se an d essent i a l associe ti° l :l, l .worse misfortune, however, i s that the peopiC originated and mainly promote thi s grea t social c % Bo ber blot communicate disease to their naturally 11.1191. t e i i r iag' neighbours. They create a factitious standard 01eale and compel persons of fixed or calculable I",iosal —athe aristocracy, the g e nt r y, and the Prpfeisc, classes- ato live up to it. For human nature is co ose' frogs always will try to be as large as bulls. lrl", as oci quences are too notorious. Family after family e r V ai nl origin and history is being dragged down to P°' c licr 01.1 11 ' disgrace, and professional men and traders of sel a , ,o t say stance lead a life of monstrous st r uggle and cons: le oo re barrassment. It is probably vain to hope that t . a . f peel influential portion of society will at last set til l ( i l v ion {lgainst this sort of thing, stamp ostentatious ssei atil vulgarity, and treat speculative spen dthrifts " iy d a ulA pariahs. But unl ess thi s b e d one , we can sca r° that still graver misfortunes await )ciety. hot, coal. The Herald observes that li m it a tion no les s t n lon pulsion is one of the essential elements of the tr a f ]a bout' policy. It extends to almost every departmea t , ° ,oo o _, and its object is, in accordance with their frank'Y s far as and intelligible principle, to make the work g° a lo as possible and provide employment for as Wa a l ( t he e ar possible. It is a kind of protective s ystem % o w e tee' rowest and most suicidal character, for its ine v r l od otio ll ; clency is unnaturally to enhance the cost of ! 0 0, bl r i , r a tter ti ' n ' or tir o and thereby to punish the buyer in the first loo ks f ° eventually to limit the production. Mr. ward hopefully to the progress of Free Tra de 0 , ye t growing political influence of the working clas s _ . 0i00 150 1 5 ; is one of the foremost champions of trade aunto t which makes p ro t ec ti on f or t h e b ene fit of one cane o c l all others th e corner - s t one o f it s syste°l' . ( ling s answer in the long run. Th e L on don shipbuili plies o; has gone northwards, and G er many now su e r 'W °r s : builders with wind o w -f ra m es , d o ors, and 7pln„ fitted i e made to drawings and sent over ready t o ho ts cheaper than they get it on the spot. Ise of taiga most abnormally clear by enforcing tb e ; Le t' . „3 most expensive bricks, and the result w"" ca r , ' as oPl e fewer new houses will be built. and 'n j eee" . stone decoration unreasonably cost l y' , chain learn to conent themselves with de brick' . 4 ornamentation or get it out of coloured or Inouelrestrict.,:j Such is the Nemesis of li m it a tion. As for tl . l . _ a bles; ro of the hours of labou r , it would no doubt I° , i „ should all like it, from Cabinet Ministers dew': ba stlia_b n thing if such a rule could he established univer_satiolJo'osteir: mongers. But we cannot afford, in this busy'' ea ive wit hard-working, incessantly active world of two-thirds out of our four-and -twenty hour ll oicl,.P e4 ourS t , o " e a , 1 1 1 ; leisure. It might be better for us if we could .... _ s l 7 ith as a matter of fact we do not ; and, to sneal,'. nar tic a l „ fo frankness, we cannot altogether admit that that tr section of the working unions is the best entitled to call for an arbft 0 Or clueing the hours of labour. orareissi° but The Star thinks that the fewness of the c .ortona tell tbs classes represented tale inquiry provided for this autumn is t r atitioe s Yaie. one of several proofs that the trial o __ oa t - o judges has not proved the effectual in __t i. a,', O d g es covery which was hoped and intended. r - 1 - 11e s t a . and refused to be inquisitors. This is not siudrenrs,,olngaocivssecin blame rather lies on those who incons O s roe such work from them. They have accented ~ irk s ° of addition The end unwillingness new work as judges, The „ a ril and responsible because without juries• ve eft' Diia „Leto ai cea it has been that, while legal explained and carefully and consistent pra ju it 10 10 while party feeling and suspicion of aece asari l Y parliamentary election committees have oo lirreg aoo jestfce e lect' appeared, we have lost all the rough a work 13 teict, shrewdness which sometimes did gee— been 8 . os principles bla C committees: the trials of petitions h ,„0 t ion assimilated to ordinary lawsuits ; strict L' o l , tiao i tro w a_, legal rules of proof and natural anxiety' I ,:t a o 1 ;; / 8 to give the accused all benefit belP eJ t •0 w hole, ba s to overstrain evidence, have, on the ibe iu d g' es 11 0 t guilty and discouraged petitioners. r a w „ jai bas o f clone right : something differen t, a e _ airpa tiae ..co been provided, was wanted for the )01 x .t ' ant fi alan' coo electoral corruption. Among the manY it a sot, none .4 ; pressing for attention from the Governer be sa ilecl so ; c . of doubt, an exceed in importance that of clean sin e g ritat iov. poisoned springs of the national repres It spa s ; — d , ° ,oo° t thing very strong has yet to be done. It • not icer clear to all that the judges' trials wi the r i b i ctea stamp out the evil. Mr. 'alundella struckis . 0 note the other day at Sheffield as to wlr can t v ; sing, felt from Parliament for abolition of Pa ( t i e lectiee s n i -, 3° ival repression of public-house influences a other 004 as for enactment of vote by ballot ; and gill,„ t members, addressing their constituents follow suit to Mr. Mundella. The Lord Chief Justice of E„ gland ( 5 1 r cocitharia) ift 94_ kridttg _-~ I