The Sun. — London, England, 1869-09-25 00:00:00

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY , JU 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 proprietor differs in its tenor but little save in ono or two particular from that laid before them in 1868. The income of the year, it will le seen, amounts t f 540,499 18s. 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 financial year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE YEAR. DR. £ a. d. Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0 .Z B. d MO the POLICYHOLDERS and SHARE HOLDERS of the EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. You have seen, from the newspapers, that a Petition has been presented to the Court of Chancery for the Wind ing up of this Society, which is to be heard on Saturday, the 2d of October. This petition bore tho names of Mr. Thomas Carlyle Hayward, a former Director of this Society, and Mr. Robert Crawford, one of its present Directors. Mr. Crawford attended a meeting of the Directors on Monday last, and took part in their deliberations, and the very next day, without the slightest intimation to his colleagues of his intention, he presented this petition. It is but fair to Mr. Hayward to say that, as soon as he became aware that he had been improperly induced to join in the petition, he withdrew at once. The allegations of Mr. Crawford bave been responded to in the following affidavit, although the first intimation of his petition was about four o'clock on Tuesday, when notice to appear before Vice-Chancellor James, at two o'clock the next day, Wednesday, was served : " The statementin the said petition that the said Society is altogether insolvent and unable to pay its debts is untrue. The moneys available for payment of current claims are sufficient for the purpose, and the assets and subscribed capital are and will be sufficient to provide for ever y liability as the same may arise. The said society does in fact pay its debts, and there is not a single undisputed and due policy claim remaining unpaid or which the board is not prepared to pay, and no debt of which payment has been asked of the said Society remains at the present moment unpaid, or which the board is not prepared to pa. "The books of the Society show that the petitioner, Robert Crawford, appears a debtor to the Society for sums amounting to £1,200 or thereabouts, including the un paid call on his shares, and loans unaccounted for, be lieved to have been received by him as an agent of the Society." The Directors have alFo issued the following advertise ment to the daily papers : "European Assurance Society.—The Directors of the European Assurance Society requeA the policyholders and shareholders not to be alarmed at any of the reports which may appear at the present moment, es they are advisedly, and in full assurance of its sound position, determined to oppose to the utmost the unwarrantable attempts to ruin the Society." Nothing could be more improper than the course pur sued by the petitioner. Had he one grain of the sympathy ho professes for the great interests concerned, his ccurse would have been to secure the policyholders, first, and not to rush into Chancery and hand these important in terests over to a set of wreckers, whose sole object is to fill their own pockets at the expense of the Society. It is now well known that a gang of designing persons has been occupied for weeks, if not months, in compassing the destruction of this and other Insurance Companies, and it is suggested that the policyholders and shareholders throughout - the country should combine with the manage ment at the chief office to overthrow these unprincipled attempts at injury. With this view, the time for convening meetings being so short, sheets with headings have been prepared, which can be signed by either policyholders or shareholders, and bave been distributed to the district managers and agents in the country, where they can be signed, or at the chief offices of the Society, 17, Waterloo-place, London. By order of the Board. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 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 COMBM'ATION. The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL. _ _ LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every srticlo 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 ind 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 from 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 *heerfully 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 tad 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 Establishmonts 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, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES aid SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. t 55, 11111•1011TES 156, 31INORIES 157, NI INORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85. ALDGATE 86, ALDGATI 97, ALDGATE 88. ALDGAT E 99, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 06, NEW OXFORD-STREET %07, 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 253, RUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION/ Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. 371,548 12 1 Interest from investments 120,959 12 10 492,508 4 11 Profit and loss, balance of account 47,091 13 1 rota! income 550,499 18 1) 41,448,052 6 G Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,) Auditors. HENRY ROSE, CHARGE OF THE YEAR. .£ F. d• t. -.— Dividend to proprietors • Claims on decease of lives assured Additions to those under participating policies Policies surrendered Re-assurances -new Ditto old 51,009 4 1 £ s. d. 8,880 4 0 405,561 12 1 Commission Medical fees inrometax 8,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 910 436,187 6 9 Total charge Balance of acconnt, June 30, 1869, as per balance -sheet 1,002,974 15 9 £1,448,052 6 6 The total of premiums received is £371,548 Vs. Id., of which sum £13,560 ss. id. is for new assurances effected in the year. The interest from investments is £120,959 12s. 10d., or £4 2s. per cent. on the net amount of the company's realised assets existing in June, 180 ; 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 bo 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; es was observed of a previous occasion, the proper quin quennial average is generally pretty sure to obtain, and the fact that the average for the past two years barely ex ceeds £309,000 tends to confirm that statement. The expenses of management are greater by nearly .LBOO than they were last year. They would have been materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring the compan3's securities into th" names of additional trus tees. Taken as they are, however, these expenses must be regarded as very moderate. It will be observed that they are only three per cent. of the total income. BALANCE-SHEET, JUNE 30, 1869. DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors £6,757 17 0 ~laims on decease of lives assured, and A ddditions thereto unpaid 108,940 6 7 Sundry accounts LiabiW -. for sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprietors fund surplus fund £7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, Ca ASSETS. linen ut invested in fixed mortgagee £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 16 6 Ditto ditto Funded securities 491,303 4 2 Ditto ditto Temporary secu rities 198,207 17 0 , rrent 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 A gents' balances Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) sraltio of re-assurances 85,706 14 5 5,13any0 lo The balanca-sheet does not appear t 047,7 ca 6 ll, for re mark. The assets are, of course, increased by the sum of .£95,422 7s. 3d. already mentioned, a s 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 .DE LA RUE, Esa., Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ., Deputy-Chairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Roddington, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. George Russell, Esq. S irJ. BullerEast, Bt., D.C.L. Thomas Godfrey Sambrooke Wm. A'qustus Guy, M.D., Esq. P.R.S. Admiral Tindal. • CoarlesThos.Holcombe,Esq. Right Hon. Sir John Young Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Bart., K.C.B. rrHE 4 , SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE "NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITC A. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. THE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE. BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p culiar simplicity of thess Machines enables any one to tcpirethoir perfect use in a tew hours. Illustrated Price Liats post free. THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMFANY Chief Mee in the United-Kingdom; 147, CRE.USIDg, HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN.. Tit EVENING, at 7 o'clock, a new and original , ketch, by Harry Lemon, Esq, called WAIT FOR AN ANSWER. After which, at 7.45 will be produced, with new scenery, fur niture, and appointments, a new Comedy, in three acts, by Thomas Morton, Esq., entitled PLAIN ENGLISH, ill which Messrs Barry Sullivan, George Honey, J. C. Cowper, W. 11. Stephens, D. Evans, Charles 14 orsman, Lin Rayne, Cotte, Pyas, W. Arthur, Mra. F.erreani Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, and Miss Howard will appear. To conclude with the Musical Fa.ce of THE WATERMAN. The magnificent new scenery by Mr. Julian Hicks; the furni ture and upholstery by Mr. James Lyon. Acting Manager—Al:MY SULLIVAN. p OYAL STRAND THEATRE. r - 1 , Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS- EVENING,. at 7.10, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Cl trke. Followed by THE TOOT)T.ES: Mr Clarke. After which, THE PIL(TRIM OF LOVE: Messrs E. Terry. Turner, Bruce, &c.; Mesdames 1: ichardson, Erskine, Newton Fosbrooke, tc. "bUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. 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LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the past twenty months the National Lifeboat Institution Las contributed to the saving of 1,496 lives from various shipwrecks and 84 vessels from destruction, and has also expended £33,000 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting 43,968 for rewards. The Institution has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London. NE AT II AND lIREC ON RAILWAY (Amalgamation and Arrangement) ACT, 1869. To the Holders of Debentures and Lloyd's Bonds issued by the Neath and Brecon, and by the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction Railway Companies. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the Holders of the above Securities of the intention of the Company, in ac cordance with sections 28 and 29 of the above cited Act, to call in, on MONDAY, the 4th day of October next, all existing Debentures and Lloyd's Bonds of the above named Companies respectively ; and they aro hereby called in, in order that the same may be cancelled, and that Certificates of Debenture Stocks ' authorised by the said Act, may be issued in lieu thereof. And Notice is also Given to all Persons having any Claims upon either of the afore-named Companies to send in, by the same date, the particulars of their Claims to the Secretary of the Company. Dated this 17th day of September, 1869. By order. D. HOWELL MORGAN, Secretary. I, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, S.W. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. I_ • Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at HELLE.4 OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FOrtMOSA, now four-act Drama, by Dion Boncicault : Messr:t. Barrett, H. Irviug, David Yisher, Brittain Wright, lohli lionse; Mr: Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce cf BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Will Open for the Winter Season on SATITRD AY, October 2, with (never acted) LOST AT SEA: a London Story. By Dion Boncicanit and lienryJ. Byron. The new scenery by Messrs. Hawes Craven, Maugham, and assistants. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN. Glt. GLENIE, of the SPORTING LIBRARY, • 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde park, London, W., begs to inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in genera that he has been appointed Agent to the above-named paper in addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of "THE SON," ind can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town )r country. G. R. 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(SHE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " lL supplied, as soul as published, Every Evening, by W ALEXANDER !late Brooks), Newspaper agent, NV. 4, Old gwrencligh street, Oztvra-street, GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Mrs EVENING, at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE. At 8.1%, the new Comedy, PROGRES = : Messrs. Billington, H. Neville, J. Clarke, Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tiffs EVENING, at 7, WAIT FOR AN ANSWER. After which, PLAIN ENGLISH : Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, &c. And THE WATER VAN. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanboroneh. THIS EVENING. at 7.30, AMONG TETE BREAKERS: Clarke. THE TOODLES. And THE PILGRIM OF LOVE Messrs. E. Temp, Bruce, fio ; Mesdames Richardson, Newton, y6shroolze, ROYAL AL HAM RA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL &RDENS, Regent's-patk, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve. 61 itg LONDON, SA7URDAY, SEPT. 25, 1869. With the electric telegraph, with photography, with the railway locomotive, with the übiquitous de tective system—that wonderful network of espionage meshed all over France like an invisible cobweb of nerves—it was hopeless for the two men suspected of being the murderers of that poor mother and her five children at Pantin to dream of escaping. It was not surprising, therefore, though it was unquestion ably an immense relief, when the telegram arrived yesterday afternoon announcing their capture at Havre, evidently upon the eve of their depar ture from the shores of France. A desperate attempt at suicide by drowning on the part of the younger of the two prisoners served to corroborate the statement that JEAN KINCE had to do in some way with the stupendous crime, the perpetation of which is imputed to him self and his father, and just possibly sowe as yet un discovered accomplice or accomplices. That these two most miserable men are said to have acoom- plices yet at large is a very general impression among the French authorities. Possibly it is an impression arising from a sense of the enor mous task which must, otherwise, have de volved upon the two men already in custody— a task the commencement and completion of which, in an incredibly short space of time, must have been accomplished. The shovel and pickaxe were bought by the younger prisoner at six o'clock on Sunday evening. After nightfall the victims arrived in the neighbourhocd of the place of their slaughter and burial. The grave, or rather trench, in which they were interred must, as we suggested yesterday, have been dug before they were assassinated. Yet the deed of blood was done, an] the six corps s hidden away in the earth in sufficient time to enable JEAN KINCK to proceed from Pantin to Paris, there to get rid of his blood-stained and miry clothes in his apartment at the Hotel du Chemin deter du Nord. The brutality of the murder of these six helpless creatures—two women and four boys, the two youngest of the boys mere children—is complete in every particular, is an atrocity of its kind altogether unparalleled. The butchery took place in the darkness of the night, and in the destruction of the half-dozen victims upwards of one hundred (107) cowl, many of them appal lirg, wounds, were administered. Razor, knife, and hatchet appear to have been used with a sort of ferocious desperation by two, or possibly by three or four, banded mur.lerers. Thu discovery of the two prisoners—JosErit KINCR, husband and father of the victims, 7e, - ,z IC !WISC_ his eliest soa by a form or m rri age—the capture of these two at Haire tallies with the notion that had got abroad as to the intention of the family to emigrate to Ame rica. Fortunately, the mangled remains of the murdered mother and her five children were dragged to the light of day with astounding rapidity, after they had been apparently hidden away effec tually from the hazard of a discovery. But for this, the inhuman husband and father, together with that ferocious stepson and half-brother, who scems to have been the principal actor throughout in this ghastly drama, might both of them hays escaped across the ocean More the blood-hounds could have been put upon their track. The particulars now obtained in regard to the murdered victims enhance the general sense of the atrocity of their destruction. They are all younger than was at first imaginel. The mother, Madame KINCE, of No. 22, Rue de Alouette, at Roubaix, was ten years younger, for example, than was at first reported, being 35 years of age only, and a fine,well looking woman in appearance. The five children, again, consisted of two girls and three boys— namely, E3IILE sixteen, HENRI fourteen, ALFRED eight, ACIIILLE six, and MARIE three. They appear to have left their hoine at Roubaix only on the morning of the very day (last Sunday, the 19th inst.), before the close of which they were barbarously murdered. The family is Alsatian. The eldest son by the former marriage, the young man going by the name of JEAN KINCK proves to be really named G USTAVE— his father being JEAN KINGS, by trade a turner of brush-handles. The suspicions excited against these two appear at present to be very damnatory. THE American papers supply full details of the terrible accident at the Avondale coal mines. The worst • part of the affair is that on all sides the event is attributed to carelessness or mismanage ment. The writers are strong in their denunciation of the owners of the mine, and go so far as to say that it is a mockery of justice to term the disaster an accident. The mine was encumbered with wooden fixtures, it had but one opening, and down at the bottom of the shaft glowed a hazardous furnace used for rarefying the air, and thereby ventilating the mine. The designers thus secured the simplest and cheapest method of ventilation, but they also rendered the mine most dangerous. The shaft was divided into two compartments by an immense cribbing of wood and it required but a spark, or a moment of inattention for the heated timber to catch fire, and for the flames to rush along it up the shaft. This is, in fact, what actually occurred ; and though it will never be known exactly how the fire origi nated, it was evidently due to the faulty construction of the mine. Had there been an air-hole distinct from the shaft, this sad accident could not have taken place ; for if the main shaft had become inaccessible, the miners would have had a second avenue of escape. The immense wooden structure called the breaker was built up to the edge of the mouth of the shaft ; in burning it filled it with debris, and thus made the death of the men below certain. A distinct air-hole would not have been under this breaker; and thus it may be seen how the disaster could have been averted. Perhaps the severest censure that can be passed upon the owners of the mine is to record the opinion that eight or ten thousand dollars expended at the right time would have pre vented all the misery that has ensued. It is not sur prising to learn that the terrible calamity at Avondale has stirred up the deepest indignation against the owners of all mines which have single shafts only. It is worthy of notice that the proprietors of the Avondale mine, are by no means alone in their cul pability and the American journals are wisely pointing a moral to this painful story, They call attention THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1E69. THEATRE-ROYAL DRITRY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton, THIS EVENING. at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA : sTessrs. Barrett, II Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES to other startling facts, and declare that the moun tains which surround the Wyoming Valley are cum bered with many of these huge "breakers." The traveller on the railroad may see them on every side through the whole region, and every one ids built upon a shaft-lip, if not over tie mouth itself. They are constructed of wood, and if they once catch fire, they fall in ruins into the shaft' cutting off all chance of escape from the miners below. Before the excite ment which has been called forth by this calamity dies out, it is to be hoped that something definite will be done to prevent the recurrence of such a catastrophe. With the eloquence which springs from deep con viction, and is inspired by earnest feeling, the chroniclers of these sad acounts have shown the urgent necessity that exists for a change in the construction of mines, atd the unanimity of opinion that prevails on the subject speaks well for the chances of improvement. It has been truly said in one quarter that a radical action in the matter might not have been called for before the Avondale disaster, but since that, no action can be too radical. The miners and people in the neighbour hood have expressed their opinion most emphatically against the construction of mines with but one means of entrance and escape, and they seem determined not to let the matter drop. There has existed in America as well as in this country a very strong objection to Government inter ference with business arrangements, but this objection breaks down under the stern teaching of events like this, which demonstrate the necessity of imposing some limit upon the cupidity and carelessness of mankind. Without such institutions business will pass generally into the hands of those whose selfish ness holds them to be most indifferent to the lives of their workmen, and who, therefore, sacrifice life in order to avoid expenditure. With the pecuniary advantage thus gained, more humane competitors are driven out of the field.: Justice to all parties, there fore, requires that suitable limitations should be placed by Government 'in all cases where danger exists. Two meetings of working men have been held this Iweek which challenge attention. The one was chiefly . retrospective, the other almost as entirely prospec tive. The first was a meeting of the International Working Men's Association, at which the delegates who had been sent to the recent Congress at Basle rendered an account of their stewardship ; the second was a gathering convened for the purpose of denounc ing Free Trade as the cause of the present dearth of employment existing in connection with particular trades. Speaking figuratively, the jubilate was sung in the former instance and the iniserere in the latter. The major portion of the Basle delegates were thoroughly satisfied with the results of the Congress, and all of them went so far as to say that its deliberations were calculated to produce the best moral effects. Nor were their congratulations offered without reason. Though some of the sub jects discussed at the congress were too advanced to be tasteful to certain sections of the community, and though it must be confessed that the deliberations on two or three occasions were scarcely conducted with the gravity the nature of the proceedings demanded, the mere fact of a considerable number of the " workmen of the world " meeting together for free interchange of thought and opinion upon matters of general interest to their class, is a fact of no inconsiderable import. Though not the first, the congress in question has been the largest of the kind yet convened. It was essentially a representative gathering, and one feature was especially noticeable. Whereas at the Congress held at Geneva the dele gates assembled appeared to be afraid of each other, the French workmen sitting in one corner, the German in another, and the English in a third, at Basle all this was changed, and according to the statement of a delegate, the various members freely mingled with one another, and addressed each other as representatives of labour rather than as bearers of national distinctions. As was naturally to be expected, the subject of trades unions was a promi nent topic discussed, and no doubt Mr. APPLEGARTII was right in saying the resolution which was passed might have been greatly extended had it not hap pened chub so many - of the committee were new to the movement. Whatever may be our view, or the views of our readers, upon this much-vexed question, all must agree that if, as was expressed by the delegates, one of the effects of such Congresses as that just closed is to lay the foundation for a superior state of society in which no trades unions will be required, the oftener they are held the better. Probably no one will be found to enter the lists in the defence of trades unions as an unmiti gated good in the abstract, however much they may deem them essential as correctives of, or possibly it would be more correct to say as protectives against, wrongs which might otherwise press with too great a weight upon the working classes. Whatever their relative position in the scale of things good or bad, the interests of society demand the hastening on of the time when the antagonism which they suggest no longer finding a place in the world the insignia of that antagonism shall also be laid aside. It is curious and not insignificant to turn from the first to the second meeting to which we have referred. It was composed of precisely the same class, men with interests almost identical, as the one that rejoiced over the advanced and pronounced opinions that had found - favour at Basle. Yet how strangely diverse, indeed how diametrically opposite were the sentiments ex pressed. The Trades of Great Britain Defence Association, which we believe was originated by the lath-renders of the country, sets one object befote it with great clearness, that object being to revive Pro tection, an object which, as announced a few days since, had found a footing in Manchester amongst the members of a much higher class in society Both disclaim political bias or motives, and both avow their desire to discuss the questions of loss of work and free trade, and to find, if possible, some remedy for the present disastrous position of the capital and labour of the country. It certainly does seem odd that this matter should have sprung up in Manchester the very birthplace of free-trade, and should be accepted as an article in the creed of working men. The conclusions of the latter are, as might be sup posed, the result of hasty rather than deliberate rea soning or research. This is attested by the resolu tion they sought to pass, and the speeches which they delivered. Briefly summed up, the argument is as fol lows : The principle of Free Trade is based and should be based upon equality of international exchanges. As other nations have not adopted the principle, it is injurious for England to adopt it, the direction in which that injury exhibits itself being in the depression of trade, want of employment, and pauperism. It seems scarcely likely that such an argument will have the effect, as it seems it was inti mated it ought to have, of convincing the PRESIDENT of the BOARD or TRADE that the commerce of Eng land must be protected, and that the efforts of COBDEN and himself in the advancement of Free Trade have been both abortive and wrong. Do these lath-renders seriously desire to question the abstract truth of the free-trade system ? Can they not'see that whatever our rivals or competitors may do, no other theory of commerce can find a footing in England ? Granted that there are isolated cases—their own may be one—where the non-protection of trade may appear to be unjust ; it is the advantage of the many that we are imperatively called upon to consider; the prosperity of our country, not the welfare of a clique, that individually and collectively we are bound to seek. 711 E LORD JUSTICE CLERK. ; THE HARVARD CREW AND THE LONDON ROWING CLUB. The following letter has been received by the secretary ' of the L.R.C. from the Harvard Crew subsequently to their departure from Putney:—" Queenstown, Sept. 3, 1869. To the London Rowing Club, Putney, S.W., England.— Gentlemen,—We hardly know how to express to you our gratitude for your uniform kindness and attention during our stay in England. Even after a challenge to Oxford had been forwarded and accepted, and while we were still hoping for favourable word from Cambridge, we had our misgivings as to the wisdom of our course, and were inclined to over-estimate the difficulties attendant upon a residence of several weeks in a land far from home among those entirely strange to us. But your welcome favour, breathing throughout a spirit most courteous and kindly, tendering us the hospitalities of your club, at once reas sured us, and most glad are we to say that you have lived up to its very letter. Though your course was entirely free from anything of a demonstrative :nature, the manner in which you have anticipated our every want, and rendered plain and easy much that would have given us care and anxiety, was most considerate. We have left in your hands the boat in which we rowed the race. Will you oblige us by accepting it as a slight token of- the regard we feel for the many worthy men who compose your club, and whom it has been our pleasure and honour to meet and know? We scarcely recall any specimen of our American manufactures that would be more appropriate, and hope that it may be of service to you. With deep regret at a separation which we trust may be of but short duration, and strongly hoping that we may soon see many of your members on our shore, promising them such attentions as lie in our power to give, we remain, gentlemen, very sincerely yours, Tim HAR VARD UNIVERSITY BOAT Cl:cl3 (per William Blaikie, Secretary)." FINDING OF THE BODY. The body of Mr. Patten, the Lord Justice Clerk, whose disappearance created so profound an im pression, was found yesterday in a pool, under what is known as the Spout of Buchanty. The pool in question is about twenty feet deep. Mr. Patton's throat was cut, and it was evident that he had clutched, with his hands covered with blood, an overhanging branch a he fell into the water. HERALDS' COLLEGE, A correspondent, who signs himself "John Brown Smith ( Brown, Mudlands, Bcoshire," makes known in the columns of a contemporary his personal experience of the practical working of that venerable institution, the Heralds' College. He epitomises his case thus :—" lam equally descended from the Browns of Mudlands and Browns of Sludgcombe, the senior and the junior branches. All Bceshiro, the land of the Browns, recognises me as the Brown. No other Brown disputes it, and the Heralds' College don't deny it, but they say, " You must take the arms of the junior branch, because we made a blunder forty years ago, and it is not our habit to rectify blunders—we never even admit them ; but if you'll pay more money and look pleasant, and, besides that, collect for yourself all the information which it is our business to possess ourselves, we'll see about it.'" One of Mr. Brown's ancestors had paid £l5O in college fees for the privilege of assuming the name of Smith, and Mr. Brown had also paid £l5O to change his name back to Brown. He ha: now discovered that if he had merely advertised in a newspaper, he could have effected all he wanted fox fewer shillings than ho paid pounds, and there would not be now on record at the Heralds' College a fallacious and deteriorated exemplification of the arms of a really ancient family. Mr. Brown has taken no further notice of the Her alds' College, but has continued to bear the legitimate arms of his family, as his forefathers did, and he writes in order to warn anybody who may be situated like himself against throwing his money away on this respectable anachronism, this venerable imposture, which, while it will supply any haberdasher with arms—anybody's arms he may take a fancy to—if he will only pay the fees, is only willing to correct its own stupidity if its victim will con sent to further and indefinite bleeding. The lion. Ir. Codogan addressed a few of his constituents from the balcony of the Mechanics' Institute, New Swindon, on Thursday. The hon. gentleman said he had been seriously ill, and bad only returned from the Continent, - whither he had gone fur the benefit of his health, three days before. Mr. Cadogan made no political remarks. The Social Science Association intends at its Bristol meeting, - which is to take place next week, to bring forward the question of the relations between England and her colonies. The colonial element will be well represented. In addition to the three signers of the letter calling a confer ence of colonial representatives in London in February next, a large number of colonists, and especially of Australian; have expressed their intention to be present. Mits. STOWE AND THE " TRUE STORY OF LORD Brumes Lin:."—We understand that Messrs. Macmillan have received froin the American publisher of Mrs. Stewe's article on Lord Byron, a telegram to the effect that for the present Mrs. Stowe reserves her reply to the criticisms ihereen. On this account the reply will not appear in the November number of Macntalan's Magazine, as we ulinviuxuud butue time ay. CO3IMERCE or NEW YORK.---Tho total value of the exports from New York to fcrcign ports for the scvcn months ending the 31st of July this year was 126,230,916 dollars, as compared with 154,124,750 dollars in the corresponding period of 18GS. The value of the imports at New York in the first seven months of this year was 196,332,412 dollars, as compared with 151,623,520 dollars in the corresponding period of 1368. The imports have thus experienced a great expansion, while the exports have decreased. THE LORD JUSTICESIIIP OF APPEAL.—The Law Times, in referring to the rumour that the vacant Lord Justiccship has been offered to Lord Westbury, states that there is strong porbability in favour of the truth of the rumour, but that the appointment is not ono which would be looked upon with any particular favour. There is no doubt, however, it remarks, that Lord Westbury is a powerful judge, and would be of great service in the Chan cery Appeal Court. THE WICKLOW PEERAGE.—We understand that a circular, signed " Ellen Howard," has been issued to the tenants on the Wicklow estate, requesting them not to pay any rent to Mr. Charles Reward, who, the circular states, falsely calls himself tho Earl of Wicklow, and has ob tained momentary possession of the estate. The docu ment, which is certainly a curious ene, closes with a request that the tenants will retain the rent in their hands " until a proper authority has been appointed to receive it." NEW DESCRIPTION,,Or • AMERICAN COTTON.— Charlestown advice's mention the introduction of a new quality of cotton. It is stated that some time back a small quantity of cotton seed was procured from California, part of which was planted in Mississippi and part near Selina, Alabama, and that the results have been very favourable. Among other alleged advantages are its great productive powers, as it yields two and a half to three bales per acre, and the period of its coming to maturity—which is two or three weeks—is earlier than that of ordinary cotton. The fibre is of about medium strength and quality. A metropolitan demonstration is announced to be held in Hyde Park, on Sunday, the 24th of October, in support of the movement for the unconditional release of the Fenian political prisoners. It is stated that a leading Irish member of Parliament will preside on the occasion, and that several ether Irish members and gentlemen of influence will be present. The demon stration is promoted by the London Amnesty Com mittee, the International Democratic Association, the Holborn and Clerkenwell Reform League, and the United Labourers' Society, a body numbering several- thousand men, and chiefly composed of Irishmen. A committee has been appointed to attend to the arrangements, and no effort is to be spared to make the demonstration an imposing one, both in regard to influence and numbers. Several deputations from Ireland are also to be present. AN ECCENTRIC PRILOSOPIIER.—There died a few days since, at Upper Clapton, an eccentric personage, well known in the parish as " Mad Howard." It was his custom, a few years ago, to :stand at Stamford-hill tollgate from eleven to twelve o'clock every Thursday, and pay the toll on every vehicle that passed, after which he would throw out of the window sometimes as much as £lOO in' gold and silver, to be scrambled for by the populace. When remonstrated with on the absurdity of his conduct he would reply that, " having no one to leave his money to, the Crown would be his heir, and he might as well benefit as many of the Queen's subjects as possible in his lifetime." We understand that he has died intestate, though often solicited to leave his money to some of the local charities. The personalty is believed to be about £50,000, all of which, in default of an heir-at law, will go to the Crown. WOMEN VOTERS. It would seem that Mr. John Stuart Mill has triumphed in at last one European capital. Austria used to have a name for despotism, and the rigid adherence to ancient usages. It is now in many respects quite radical in its tendencies If we may crcdit the local and special corre spondent of the Indlpendance Beige, the municipal body of the town of Vienna has decided that 7,000 women inhabiting the town, paying its taxes, and otherwise complying with all legal conditions, shall be admitted to the right of an elective vote. Tho most curious part of tho affair is tho comparatively speaking utter unconcern of the male population of Vienna. In this respect, however, Austria is as England. In the last session of Parliament a precisely similar extension of the municipal franchise to women was made without exciting oven tho faintest opposition. Many in this country liar_ not been swan that the questimot . wc . )14415 FiAllyyks iideiecl 14 Auskia; IPniIT OP :THE PUBLIO . JOITENALC 444 • The'Saturday Review remarks that it is an inexplicable feature in the French Emperor's conduct that he seems to be wantonly throwing away the advantages thus placed at his command. Each additional week of delay, if not of hesitation, in setting the new Constitution to work, tends to bring it into undeserved discredit. We have never made light of the difficulties which lie thick in the Emperor's road, but the longer he avoids encountering them, the more he loses of the impetus which alone can tarry him over them. If the Senatus-Consultum had been hurried through the Senate, if the Emperor had got together as good a Ministry as the Third Party could pro vide him with, if the Corps L4gislatif had been convoked for the earliest possible day, the Government might have hoped to gather strength from the very extravagance of the attacks to which it is subjected. It might have set up the standard of orderly freedom, and presented itself to the French nation in the valuable, if not exalted, character of defender of all who have anything to lose. Whatever doubts may exist as to the extent of the support which the new Government may hopo to secure, the chance of their receiving a favourable solution grows less every day. Those who were prepared to be enthusiastic see their expectations dashed with uncertainty; those who only half believed are losing even the languid faith which they onto possessed; those who never gave the Emperor credit for being in earnest are boasting of the accuracy of their predictions In this way the support which constitutional government might have secured is more and more frittered away. It is not surprising, under such circumstances as these, that even in this dead time of the year Paris should be the home of all manner of rumours. The Emperor's conduct is so inconsistent with his apparent interests that the world can scarcely be expected to accredit it as a matter of course. During the last few days a coup d'etat and a war with Prussia have been alternately the talk of Paris. Both seem to be highly improbable. As to a coup d'etat, the situation can hardly be considered as ripe for so stringent a method of treatment As to a war with Prussia, :the suggestion supplies no key tc the motive of the Emperor's present conduct. A foreign war might have averted the need of modifying the Consti tution if it were resorted to a few months earlier, and it might serve to rally Frenchmen round the new system if it were resorted to a few months later. But to make the experiment now would satisfy no one. On the whole therefore, the attitude of the Emperor's mind must be attributed to the habitual irresolution which seems be souring his most characteristic quality, intensified, as it may well be, by an invalid's reluctance to any consider able mental exertion. The decision to surrender his pecu liar prerogative was forced upon him by circumstances ; but that solitary effort seems to have exhausted, at all events for a time, whatever energy is yet left to liapoloor 111. For the measures necessary to carry out that sur• render—measures which, in the present instance, are more important than the original determination itself—France must be contentjto wait. Unfortunately, France has not always been distinguished by the patience which she is now expected to display. The Spectator thinks that some revelations made al Bridgwater late last week, and at Beverley in the begin- ning of the present week, shew that the Commissioners are beginning "to burn," if we may apply the phraseology of a drawing-room game to a pursuit which has to deal with the back parlours of low inns and with bedrooms contain. ing black bags of sovereigns. After many witnesses of humble rank have confessed that they took bribes of five and ten shillings each, we are at last coming to the more important evidence of Members of Parliament and of thou managers. The course things are taking is significant of all these election inquiries. All goes on smoothly for a time, and the borough breathes again. The outside public is heard saying that this is nothing more than was known before about all the small towns in England. Then, how. ever, comes a change. Some awkward fact leaks out. Some new man is implicated, and in his fright he rushes into the - witness-box to shift the burden from his shoulders. Other find themselves implicated too, and they must go through the same process. At first that seems harmless. Hier come prepared with plausible stories, and with memoriet arranged, as it were, in pigeon-holes, so that inconvenient facts may be dropped out and appear to be forgotten. But this elaborate mechanism does not stand the test of cross examination. It becomes clear that something is being kept back, and the threat of withholding a certificate brings that out. Applying this rule to a great many cases we can understand how it is that twenty-four days hays been needed at Beverley to get to the evidence of Sh Henry Edivards'a manager, and that Mr. Alexander Brq don, M.P., did not appear at Bridgwater till Thursda s'ennight. The facts, however, stated by these two w ncsses, coupled with the incidental statements cf those who immediately preceded them, bring cut ar entirely new phase cf the Commissions, and shed a flood of light upon the whole system cf corrupt practices When it appears that such men as Mr. Brogdon cute. Into the actual work of bribery, and that such men as Mi Spefferth help to destroy thoiraces of it, we have a mean: of gauging the sincerity of those protestations which arc made upon every trial, and which have impcscd upon judg,e3 as well as on committees: It becomes plain that the guilt of bribery consists either in employing it for your Own seat, or in being found out; that as long as you are a mere vehicle you may safely pay money, cr conspire tc keep back facts from the knowledge of a legal tribunal; and to blind justico to the commission of crimes whicl corrup a whole community. If we ask what the House o: Commons is disposed to do with one of its members, WE have a still better right to ask what the Conservative party will do in the case of its agent. We question very much if it will care to make itself an accessory after the faot tc bribery. The John Bull says that by the concurrent testimony of friends and opponents a great Bishop has departed from amongst us. In an age when the opinions and acticns of men are distinguished rather for their monotonous fidelity to party traditions than for their individual strength, Henry Phillpotts possessed sufficient force of character and resolution of will to make his influence felt and respected, not only in his own diocese, but throughout the whole English Church. Opinions may differ—as they will differ according to the prepossessions of men—as to the expe diency of many details of his administration of the vast diocese entrusted to his care, but there exists no difference of opinion as to the ability by which success was attained As with all men of strong will, there was doubtless in much that ho did an impatience at the slowness of inferior men; much of what, in temporal matters, and by opponents would perhaps be called despotism ; but no one can trace his career since his consecration to the Bishopric of Exeter without acknowledging the singleness of his aims and the largeness of the motives which dictated his actions He has died, with bodily strength indeed greatly impaired, at an age to which only one of his predecessors attained Bishop of Exeter. His episcopate will be ever memorable for the intellectual vigour with which he ruled, the unflinching will by which he bore down opposition, and by the administrative ability which he evinced in the reorganisation of his diocese. To him we owe the first experiment of a diocesan Synod in modern days and if Sisterhoods are now performing an important function in the Church, it must not be forgotten that to the sagacity and the courage of Bishop Phillpotts we owe, if not their absolute establishment, yet their proper position amongst our diocesan institutions. To few bishops is it ever given to leave behind them a name which is in any dogree historic, but that of Henry Phillpottts, Bishop of Exeter, is in no danger of being forgotten until the last days of the English Church. The Economist thinks that,• pending the more com plete accounts of the European Assurance Society, which will undoubtedly now be forthcoming, there is one matter which will require investigation—the quasi. governmental and official patronage which it has enjoyed. It would be of no practical use inquiring now what inqui ries were made before the company was authorised to un dertake Government guarantee business ; but the company once authorised, some one ought to have seen that it con• tinned worthy of credit. If it was necessary to reserve the right of inspection by Government officers, the right should have been exercised--all the mere that so much parade was made of Government patronage. This failure, how ever, cannot fairly be used as an argument against Govern. ment inspection of companies which invite it, or on whom it is forced by the policy-holders. Because a provision in the direct interest of the Government itself has not in an isolated case been taken advantage of, through some over sight, it does not follow that a regularly-organised machi nory, to be set in motion by insurers would fail of its object. An important question has been raised by the resistance of the directors to the winding-up, and the grounds of that resistance stated before the Vice-Chancellor on Wednesday It is asserted that the moneys available for the payment of current claims are sufficient 'for the purpose, and that the assets and subscribed capital and the large annual premiums will be sufficient to meet the liabilities as they arise. Morally, however, it appeals to Ina that whatever may be liquidation should be able to resists into the legal requirements goingto a winding-up, an insurance company to show much more. We might tolerate a cer t a i n very latitude t , o a pcoratait tl, in amount of waste within the limit s o f th e though even that may b e d ou b tful winarielethersguarantee of the capital is held out to insurers ; but a company ought to have no standing wh ere it s deal ing with the premiums, the money of th e i nsurers which cou ld only be dealt with in a certain way to ensure the fulfilment of the purpose for which it was pa id , has been u s ed in a quite different way and literally dissipated. The leaning in fact should be to interpret gross acts tending to a breach of oontraot as involving that breach where there is any doubt at all as to the future of the company. We trust that in this and other eases policy-holders will insist upon their Otrong oglitaplo clainis,"4lAa that the position dA4 VIVA CODittiOt corn Millalgt'AULAajalikifigtiagidd -"*" " 6 1I tt HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, Sept. 22. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice, walked out iu;the morning. The Queen, attended by Lady Churchill, drove out in the afternoon. The Right Hon.W. E. Gladstone and the Coun tess of Fife had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. LATEST INTELLMENOB (REUTER's TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantid Cable.) NEW YORK, Sept. 24. The Hamburg and American steamship Cinl. bria arrived here at 1 a.m. to-day. The steamer Caledonia (of the Anchor line) also arrived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 133 i ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 162 f ; the lowest, 131 f. Sterling Exchange on London lOB. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1221. " 1885 l2Ol. 6t " 1867 llBl. 10-40 it Illinois l37k. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 29c. Petroleum—Standard White .. 314 c• Flour, extra state, $5.95c. to $6.55c. Corn, old mixed, sl.loc. Gold was greatly excited to-day, and rose, unde r the action of the Bull party, to 1621 but owing to the market being largely overbought it final fell to 1311-, an official announcement being mad e by Mr. Boutwell that he will sell to-morrow (t 1 day) four millions of dollars in gold, and will WI four millions of dollars in Bonds. The Bull clique is broken. Heavy failures ar e expected. According to Mr. Adam Moffat's report th e week's receipts of cotton have been 49,000 bid ° and since the Ist of Sept. 89,000 ; shipments t ° England 6,000 bales ; to France 500 bales ; and t° the Continent 1,000 bales ; total shipments Bi llet) the Ist Sept., 13,000 bales ; stock, 56,000 bale°' M.-Upland, cost and freight per steamer, 12d. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 24.—Three o'clock—The marl' (t closed as follows : k per Cent. End of month — Bank Shares 2BlO 95 Austrian Fives 52 Italian vives Ottoman Loan Do Debt... 4226 7'5 Spanish Threes Home Debt 22 26 5° Deferred 3 per Cent End of month 7O 90 Credit Mobilier 215 Transatlantic 262 56 Credit Foucier 1700 Paris Gas 1622 50 RAILWA' Cash Orleans ... 951 Western Northern ... loB2} Strasburg •• 595 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6l Sardinian Austrian 776 Lombard 5lO North of Spain 49 Saragossa Roman -- POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—ihis DaY• MARLBOROUGH-STREET. tt ROBBING A PROFESSOR OF Music.—Albert Roll; young man, was charged before Mr. Knox with stea ls °' some shirt studs, the property of Mr. Frank Pieril p r fessor cf music, No. 19, Regent-street. #r eet, The prosecutor said he resided at No. 19, Regent-et re the prisoner's mother being the landlady, and the Pri A l l' d e .. being a disgrace to the family. On the evening Of i e nesday last he went to dine at St. James' s Hall, and f 5, an employe there wearing his shirt studs, and on a sl ' ifi 'r him how he became possessed of them, he said the pe' s°l3° had sold them to him. In answer to the prisoner, the prosecutor said be sure he never lent the studs to the prisoner. io g Charles Long, clerk at St. James's Hall, proved lgJ uip i the studs of the prisoner for 10s., the prisoner telling that M. Pieri had given them to him. ;A ]he John Cornell, a constable of the C division, said prisoner asked to be forgiven, - ,and ho would get the 15",„. back. On the prisoner he found duplicates relating to sol-1, spoons belonging to the prisoner's mother, the Pri se ha pledged one at a time. Mr. 410 Knox asked the prisoner whether he would P before him ornot. The prisoner pleaded guilty. 10 Mr. Knox said that the prisoner was not unknolo'cw that Court. He had got a poor girl into trouble, an d o pt sorted her in her trouble, and there were warrant nn tba against him. He should commit him for three ti e rs with hard labour, and the o ffi cers would now know - to find him. • WESTMINSR. IMPORTANT TO PAWNEROXERS.— TE Mr. Edward Child, pawnbroker, of Brompton-road, a ppeared t 4) .„ : 0 0 summonses charging him with detaining two gen tle :o o patent leather dressing bags, of the value of £ l5 e ac— 'o at goods of Louis Loins, a patentee, carrying on "sill -49 Mr. Mead, b , Aldermanbury. of arrister, instructed by Mr. W. I : ) .!T i v t ll Rochester-row, supported the summonses and Au' of Worship-street, defended. se Mr. Louis August us L ew i s, th e prosecu t o r, sel d ._ o ; - t he the 14th of May last a p erson name d P a rry, .0 0 had known for years, ca me t o hi s o ffi ce an d obtai n. ce two bags mentioned, value £25 to .£3O, un d er the pr oteo 10 that he was going to take them to Richmond to 0 1341 ;y6 f ; to took them and never returned. Information Ylee the police, and last week they were traced to the - window of the defendant, who refused to give, the°l4fciic" On this latter point the evidence was quite 000'":, 04 tory, the defendant swearing that he offered to d° f — o rtle sufficient ,proof of ownership, which was net Mr. Vann contended that the bags were deposi £l6 by a person named Parry on the 13th of 11 _ . 5 .. 1 4 to therefore they could not be the id e nti c al bags ref s ' ore again the value was laid at .£l5, whereas the y booo worth £25 and £3O, and as the defendant had senyeri fide in receiving them from Parry, and had ree d° t th ° W o of enquiry before the money was adv a nced, he hel d thief must be prosecuted, as usual, before the Wilt the could be made to deliver them. The discreptul . 0 1 tb dates he urged as sufficient for the dismisee' summons. a 00 Mr. Selfe decided against the pawnbroker, suggestion of Mr.Vann, the proscutor went to detail house and received his property back. a • gI D Mr. CHARLES BRETT'S LECTURES. ---A C°-rat m p ti i-' announcement, Mr. Brett lectured at the Birkbeck "Zootr tion, Chancery-lane, on Wednesday, the 22d inst-t tu " ger* ject being "An Evening with Tom Yr, Moore." bt' le° ff. which was one of the most telling and effective 11 7 1 tits' have heard at this old-established and P . o l 3u _ lar .l ll ! r Lion, was listened to with sustained attention Dy - recite roue audience, who manifested their hearty a P P a t re % s rj of the entertainment afforded them by eut hus i, - foh l 1.- it plause. A vote of thanks to the lecturer, wq- fir.ore icas carried by acclamation, closed the proceedings. eithf. 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