The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-14 00:00:00

" THE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN." BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES, BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, br all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SON'S.'"""' An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTHING, in all the newest designs and materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5. BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10g. 6d. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom par.ying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs-and the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and pnnetnalily, and tho easy and accurate system of self-measnre introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Ord , .rs from persons who are not, known io the firm should '.O sceompan:ed 15 a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article rot worn or injured will ho 7,lieerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. .All Goods arc marked in Plain Figures, from which uo abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery end Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un qualled for magnitude s variety, and cheap ness. A very largo assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. • Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea nre, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General On if tit for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CORNER OF 3IINORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch : BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THE CHEAPEST MAR :Y EVER FLIBLISTIED. POCKET DIARY FOR 1870, containing the following useful information:— Almanack Corporation of London Transfer Days of Public Funds Postal Information "Weights and Measures List of Bankers Stamp Duties Army and Navy Agents Foreign Moneys Cab Fares Ministers of Stata j Ready Reckoner Also A DIARY, arranged oa the approved plan, and neatly printed on g. od writing paner, Price One Penny, or post-free for Twopence. E. MOSES and SON, MINORIES and A LDG ATE, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 1 LONDON, TOTTENHAV-COIT T- P OAT), And BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. To be obtained also at the Metropolitan Railway and other Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co. METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS. WORKMEN'S TICKETS, at a Reduced Fare cf Four ponce per day, will be issued at Hammel smith, Shepherd's Bush, Latimer Road, Notting Hill, and Westhourno Park, to Moorgate Street, and intermediate Stations on the Me tropolitan Line, on and after the Ist December. For full particulars see special notices. i _ 4 A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce cot - wroth , ies valuable to every householder nigh and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. COHN GOSNELL 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 decay, and imparts a pleacant frturrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street London. NOTIIING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at - what age. JNO. GOSNEVL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect this wone. •rful it is now offered to the public a more concentrated form, and at a lower price, Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including. brush. Bed 11n11 Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames 4treet London. E.C. Trll E T ARE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. D. Chatterton. THIS :NH, at; I'ELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama. by Dion Boueicanit: Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittein Wright. loht. Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Kathari oe Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLITMES. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET, Sole Lessee, Mr. Rnekstone. THIS EVENING. at Seven, FOUNDED ON FACTS. Mr Compton. A t a Qnartor to Eight, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Pogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstnne, inn.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, &e. 11“neludinc with (by desire) HIGH* LIFE BELOW STAIRS : Mr Kendal. Mr Buckstone, Mr Howe, Miss F. Wright, and Miss F. Gwynne. Box-office open daily from Ton till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. „ . THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. THE LONG STRIKE: Mr Penjamin Webster: Messrs A. Stirling, G. Delmore, J. G. Taylor, W. Rignold, Miss Furtado. &c. To conclude with LOST AT SEA: Mr G. Edmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins. Jr W. Figuold, Mr C. H. Stephenson. Miss Rose Leolercq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Lennox ; rey. Box-ollce open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places cal be secured a fortnight in advance. - HOLBORN THEATRE.R_OYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BAttny SuLtAVAN 'NITS EVENING. at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of THE OATH ROAD. At 7.45, Lovell's celebrated Play (in five acts), of LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr Barry Sullivan ; Messrs. George Honey, J. C Cowper, Charles Horman, Lin Rayne, Lunt, Fyas, Arthur, Ae. ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Eiirnold, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Mrs C. Horsman, To conclude with STATE SECRETS. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—Amowi SuLLIVAN GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. Immense success of the new Comic Drama. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY : Miss Lydia Foote, Mr Henry Neville. A t 7.45, Mr. Byron's new and original Comic Drama, in three acts, written by himself, entitled NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, Mr. H. J. Hymn. To conclu , le with THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS: Mr J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. A new Burlesone, by Mr. Henry J. Byron, in which Miss Fanny Joseph will appear. is in active preparation. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS : Mr Cl Lrke. Followed by TUE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which. INO ; Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton, Turner Mcwinmes Sheridan. Newton, Maitland, &c. To conclude with THE CROPS OF THE CHANNEL` gPORTING-.—,101-IN ROBERTS supplies the w. 3 LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub ished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgevvare-road, delivers the LAT E EDITION of "TIIE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver Copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by ( 1 4.3 o'clock Orders by post punctually attended to rrffE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" to it be aeon Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT MEACOCK's, ratnnia. 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The amount actually paid up is £288,495. This, with the accumulated funds in hand, exceeds £1,800,000. For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se curities belonging to the Company are annually submitted to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditors, and the following is an extract from their report to the last annual meeting: " The whole of your books have been audited ; every document, every account, every voucher, your bank-hook, and every security - all have been most carefully kept, and there is not one doubtful security in the whole." A detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as already published, may be obtained on application. An independent valuation of the Life Liabilities, as at 31st December, 1868, has also been obtained from Mr. Samuel Brown, the result being— THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at I. W. S'AITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town. IMPERIAL OTTOMAN LOAN, 1869. For £12,000,000 Sterling Money, or Francs 300,000,000 effective. Authorised by Firman of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan. To be issued in Bonds to bearer of £2O, £lOO, and .f. 500 each, bearing interest at Six per Cent. per annum, from Ist October, 1869, payable half-yearly in London in sterling, in Paris, and Constantinople. The Loan is to be redeemed in Thirty-three Years by an accumulative Sinking Fund of One per Cent. per Annum, the Bonds to be publicly drawn by lot, semi annually in Paris, in the usual manner, and paid off at par in Constantinople, in Paris, or in London in sterling. The Dividends of this Loan, as well as the Bonds drawn for redemption, are, by a special clause in the Convention, declared by the Ottoman Government to be now, and at any futu:e time, exempt from every kind of Tax, Charge, or Deduction. 1. Messrs. Louis Cohen and Sons are authorised by the Contractors to receive Subscriptions in London for the above Loan, at the price of .£6O 10s. for each £lOO Stock. 2. The Bonds will be to bearer, and will carry interest, until cancelled, at the rate of 6 rwr cent. per annum, pay able half-yearly, on the Ist of April and the Ist of Octo ber in each year at Constantinople. at the Office of the Comptoir d'Escompte do Paris, in Paris, and in sterling at the London Agency of the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris, London. The first payment of interest will become due on the Ist of April, 1870. 3. The Loan will be redeemed at par in thirty-three years, from Ist October, 1869, by means of an Accumu lative Sinking Fund of one per cont. per annum. The Bonds will be publicly drawn by lot in Paris in the usual manner in the months of March and September in each year, and the bonds so drawn will be payable on the suc ceeding Ist April and Ist October in London, in British sterling, and in Paris and Constantinople, when the in terest thereon will cease. As the definitive Bonds may not be ready for delivery before the month of March next the first drawing will take place in September, 1870, and will comprise an amount equal to the two first-half-yearly drawings. 4. This Loan is secured on the general revenues of the Ottoman Empire, and by a lien on the following revenues, which are specially appropriated for the payment of in terest and principal, as follows: To the amount of 1. The tithes of the provinces of Aleppo and Adana, Syria, Janina, Trebizond, Koniah,and of the Islands of the Arch ipelago £1,015,000 2. The tithes of the province of kludavin diguar (District of Broussa, Ice.) 3. The tithes of the province of Bosnia (with the exception of the district of Yeni Bazar) ... 4. The tithes of the province of Adin and Mentechd 105,000 5. The surplus of the taxes on sheep, Ste 540,000 6. The revenues of Bagdad 225,000 175,000 Total X 2,375,000 to meet the annual charge of interest and sinking fund of the Loan of about £1,560,000. Detailed statements have been received from the Otto man Government of the above revenues, which show that they have been continuously increasing for the past three years, and amount to the full sum for which they are ap propriated. 5. The Ottoman Government guarantee these appro priated revenues to be free from any prior charge, and the same are stipulated to bo paid over on collection, by the Agents of the Ottoman Government, into the hands of the Contractors or their representative, until they amount to the annual sum requisite to perform the service of interest and sinking fund of the Loan, and to be remitted to the Contractors at the charge of the Government to Paris ; so that each half-year, at least one month before the matu rity of each semi-annual payment of interest and redemp tion, the Contractors may be in possession in Paris of the requisite funds for ruch payment. 6. The Bonds of the present Loan will be accepted by the Ottoman Government at par, as equal to Turkish metallic legal currency, in satisfaction for any caution monies, which may hereafter be deposited for all engage ments with the Government. 7. The payments by Subscribers will be as follows:- 5 per Cent. on Application. 10 per Cent. on Allotment. 1.5 per Cent. on 31st January, 1870. 15 per Cent. on Ist March, 1870. deducting dividend thlance 15 10s. per Cent. on Ist of 3 per cent. less April, 1870 Tax. £6O 10s. In default of payment of the respestive instalments at their due dates previous payments will be liable to for feiture. in cases where no allotment is made the deposit will be returned without deduction ; and where an allot ment is made of an amount smaller than that applied for the surplus deposit will be applied towards the amount payable on allotment. 8. Subscribers may on allotment, or on any subsequent Monday or Thursday, anticipate the future instalments under discount at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. _ _ _ 9. The accrued interest from . lst October, 1869, and the discount on anticipating the instalments render the price of issue equivalent to about 59- per cent. Taking into consideration the reimbursement of the Ponds at 100, by means of the Sinking Fund, the return 'to the Sub scribers will be equal to about 111- per cent. per annum. 10. Scrip receipts to bearer will be issued by Messrs. Louis Cohen and Sons against allotment letters and re ceipts, as soon as possible. 'These Scrip receipts will, after payment in full, be exchanged for Bonds to bearer, as soon us they aro received from the Turkish Govern ment. 11. Applications must be made on the annexed Form, and will be received by— Messrs. Louis Cohen and Sons, 23, Throgmorton street, E.C.; The London Agency of the Comptoir d'Escompte do Faris, 144, Leadenhall-street, E.C.; and Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co., Brokers to the Loan, 52, Threadneedle-street, E.C. ; from all of whom Forms of Application may be obtained. 12. The Subscription List will be open on the 15th, IGth, and 17th December, but no application will be re ceived in London after three o'clock ou Friday, 17th December. Applications from the country posted on the 17th instant will be received. 13. Subscription Lists for the Loan will b 3 opened simultaneously in Constaktinople, London, Paris, Amster dam, Berlin, and Hamburg; but Scrip Certificates issued in respect of London allotments can only be paid on, and exchanged for, Bonds in London._ Certified copies of tho Imperial Firman for the Loan will be &posited at the Bank of England, and copies of the documents may be inspected at the office of Messrs. W. and 11. P. Sharp, 92, Gresham House ' Old Broad-street. 23, Throgmorton-street, E.C., 13th December, 1869. IMPERIAL OTTOMAN SIX PER CENT. LOAN OF 1869. LETTER OF APPLICATION, To be left with the Bankers, after payment of the Pre liminary Deposit to them of 5 per cent. on the nominal amount applied for. Messrs. Louis Cohen and Sons, London Gentlemen,—Raving paid to the London and Westmin ster Bank, Lothbury, the sum of request you to allot to Pounds Stock in the above Loan, on the terms of the Prospectus issued by you; and hereby agree to accept that or any smaller sum which may be allotted to , and to pay the ins.alments thereon accord ing to the terms of your prospectus of the 13th Decen bor, 1869. Your obedient Servant, Signature Name in full Address in full Date December, 1869. (Addition to be filled up if the Applicant wishes to pay in full.] desire to pay up subscription in full, receiv . ing discount thereon at tho rate of per cent, per an num. Signature BANKERS' RECEIPT, To be Retained by the Applicant, after being Signed by the Banker& December, 180, No Received of the sum of pounds sterling, being the deposit on application for an allotment of £ in the Imperial Ottoman Six per Cent. Loan of 1869. £ For the London and Westminster Bank, LIFE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS. Number. Net o l f raWei Surplus Assuraneet, lated Fund A ccumu icen—er—al Life --- surances, less' ro- Assurances 13,84 t £765,021 £912,643 £177,622 Children's En dowments 207 21,260 23,287 2,027 Annuities (Im mediate and Deferred) 421 137,514 156,345 18,801 Total I 14,472 £923,825 1 .£1,122.•)71) _'lug £923,825 1 .£1,122,•)75 £198,450 The valuation has been made at 3 percent. interest, and the net premiums only Lave been taken, so that the loadings for future profits and expenses aro entirely held in reserve, and not brought into the valuation. The results show a considerable surplus in the Life branch, amounting in the whole to £198,450. JOHN H. M‘LAREN. Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. AMORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT of LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable nd efficacious, preventing and curing fevers, skin complaints, nil inflammation. It instantly relieves the most inteusc head ache and thirst, and if given with lime juice syrup lan speAC in EQui aztclatuantiou2 , -1,1 8 , 1191bcru 14 , 021 2 , Yea°, NO.. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 18G9 R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, EOYIL EXCHANGE, LONDON. 2lth Ncvember, 1869. The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal Ex change Assurance do hereby give Notice, that their Transfer Books will be shut from TUESDAY, the 14th of December next, to T UESDAY, the 4th of January following; that the Annual General Court appointed by their Charter will be holden at their Office, on the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d of December, at Twelve o'clock at Noon ; and that a Divi dend will be considered of at the said Court. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. THEATRE -ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Ohatterton. THIN EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett. H Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse: Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES THEATRE-ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. ------- 'fins EvENDra, at 7 o'clock, FOUNDED ON FACTS; Mr Compion. After which, I•EW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Bnckstone. Concluding with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS : Mr Bnckstone, Mr Kendall, Miss F. Wright, &c. the present day would venture to engage in. But • our present meddlings are more illogical, if they are less disastrous. There was much to be said respect ing the danger of permitting Russia to reach Con stantinople. The Turkish Empire is not, however, in any jeopardy of this kind now. The present tendency of events in the East is clearly to divide the Ottoman territory between several rising nationalities—Egypt, Greece, and Roumania —scarcely one of which is really friendly to Muscovite encroachments. English poliCy, then, tends to prevent or weaken the formation of States that would prove a much more formidable barrier against the great Eastern Power than Tur key itself. We keep millions of Christians under Mahommedan rule for no good purpose whatever, even in a political sense. There is no reason, it is true, why England should incite the Greeks, Roumans, Montenegrins, Servians, or Egyptians to prey upon the Sultan. These national movements should be allowed simply to take their own course. Propping up an effete Power is costly, and it never succeeds in the end.: The social and commercial effects of our "Eastern policy " aro very deplorable. Some of these peoples shew no great aptitude for progress. None of them, however, is so backward as Turkey, whilst others promise well. The state of things prevailing at Constantinople is absolutely without hope. Corruption, misgovernment, and decay are influences which work slowly, but they destroy at last, and they rarely permit a reaction. On the other hand, there is much reason to believe that emanci pation from this bad rule would develop the wasted resources of several fine territories, and particu larly of Egypt. This is a country capable of unlimited production, and that, too, almost without effort. It is unlikely that a Government which borrows money ostensibly for railways and roads, and which, nevertheless, con structs neither, will do much for an outlying dependency. The KnEnivE has shown a disposition to do all that lies in his power for the benefit of his country. But for him the Suez Canal could not have been made. He is fully aware that the prosperity of a Government depends upon the prosperity. of its people, and he therefore desires to promote the second to ensure the first. The finest cotton can be grown in Egypt; but State aid is necessary to promote the cultivation of the plant on a large scale. The people will gladly pay for irrigation ; but the first advance must come from the National Treasury. To accomplish these reforms it is necessary that the ruling power at Cairo should be a Government in every sense of the term, and not subject to the control of another Cabinet. The Earl of CLARENDON has determined, however, with the invaluable aid of the Hon. Mr. ELLIOTT, to put a stop to Egyptian progress by upholding this prejudicial control. In addition to being represented by the SULTAN in all matters of peace and war, alliances, treaties of commerce, and the like, the terms which the lirrFnwE has been constrained to accept, provide that Egyptian taxes shall be levied in the SULTAN'S name, and that loans must be subjected to the control of the Porte. What can be the effect of calling Egyptian imposts after the name of the SULTAN, instead of the KTrE.DivE, unless it be to loWer the dignity of the latter in the eyes of his people at a time when the ruler ought to be most respected and trusted ? The taxes will be in nowise altered. The British Government has in this matter lent its aid n carrying out a pernicious piece of fore alism worthy only of the diplomatic doings under Louis XIV. If it were !LA intended that the Khedive should be a King, it was at least never contemplated to reduce him to the position of a Lord-Lieutenant. Much worse is the proviso respecting the loans. That Egyptian borrowings should be subject to the approval of the Porte, simply amounts to giving the most improvident Government in Europe a licence to teach economy to a State which is at all events more careful than its mentor. The Turkish Govern ment is a notorious offender in the matter of loans. It is argued that the veto is needed to prevent the KHEDIVE raising an army to defy his liege lord ; and to a certain extent this plea is true. Owing to the interference of the English Foreign Office, the KHEDIVE will keep up an army to protect himself against possible eventualities. But if the Foreign Office had not interfered, it is quite cer tain that the SULTAN would never have ven tured a campaign across the desert—the Crete experiences prove that—the quarrel would have subsided, and shortly a large Egyptian force would have been less necessary. Under the arrangement secured by the llon. Mr. ELLIOT, the Egyptian ruler will live in a state of armed peace. Nor will he fail to secure loans. By bribing and intriguing at Constantinople, ho will be able to buy all the " consent " he requires, and the only result will be that a certain proportion of all money raised for Egyptian use will go into the coffers of the Turkish officials, who now pocket the loans raised for "railways and roads." The Egyptian tax-payers and the European capitalists will bear the cost of this pro cess. The control will certainly no t p reven t the KHEDIVE from maintaining as large an army as may be needed. But it will, like the rest of this " peaceful settlement," rastrict the development of a country which, on many accounts, can do more towards the welfare of the world than almost any other. How short-sighted has been our Eastern policy where Egypt has been concerned ! Even NAPOLEON I. saw the value of this territory, and made gigantic efforts to sacure it. Yet England has never profited by the lesson. Some day there will be a rude awakening. Some day we shall find t hat, in addition to materially injuring the interests of ourselves and our neigh bours, we have caused the emancipation of Egypt from Turkey to be purchased from France on terms which will wofully damage that " Eastern policy," which has cost so much and gained so little. • TILE FESTITAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS. HEREFORD, Monday. Active preparations have already been com menced for the next Festival of the Three Choirs of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester, which will be held thisyear at llereford. The first meeting of the stewards took place here on Saturday, when it was announced that fifty noblemen and gentlemen had already undertaken the office of steward for the next festival. Lord Bateman, Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire, is president, and the Lord Bishop of Hereford has consented to be a vice-president. The present Dean of Hereford is also a steward, and is a firm supporter of the festivals, together with his brother, the Hon. Sir Percy Herbert. The Dean and Chapter, in response to the usual appli cation, have granted the use of the cathedral for the oratorios, and the secular concerts will be held, as usual, at the Shire-hall. After some discussion, it was arranged to hold the festival in the week com mencing Aug. 23. The Birmingham Festival, which happens this year, will, it is expected, be fixed for the week fol lowing, or possibly a week later, so as not to inter fere with the partridge shooting. It is an augury of success for the Hereford Festi val that the services of two well-tried and zealous supporters have again been secured. J. H. Ark , wright, Esq., of Hampton Court, has again taken the chairmanship of the committee ; and Nit . . G. Townshend Smith, the talented organist of Here ford Cathedral, occupies his old offices of conductor and lion. secretary, in which he has for so many years rendered such efficient aid in perpetuating these provincial festivals. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the matiufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to he called "The Royal Irish Distillery." MR. W. H. GLADSTONE, The Globe—the Conservative organ—has a very savage attack upon Mr. N. H. Gladstone. "£lO9 lls. 9d. is not," it says," a large sum to a Prime Minister's son, neither does it make a great difference in the national estimates ; but it would have rather more than paid the wages of two labourers for a year, at the rate of a guinea a week a-piece. This is the fraction, as nearly as possible, of the salary of Mr. W. H. Gladstone, the new Lord of the Trea sury, which has accrued since his appointment. We do not grudge it to him in the least for a corresponding amount of work, but since he has not, if we are rightly informed, as yet set foot inside his new office, we think that the money might just as well have gone to keep two poor fellows for twelve months. Even if it gave them nothing but bread and cheese, they would most certainly have been comnelled to give the country some labour in return." TIIEATRE-EOYAL, ADELPIII. • --- THIS EVENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Mr a Belmore, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr liignold \fi•s Furtado, (te. Followed by LOST AT S :Mr delmore, Mr A. Stir:log. Mr Atkins, Mr W Rignold, Mr C. U. Stephenson, Miss R. Leciercq. and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THE ATRE-BOTAL. Tnrs EvsNiNa. at 7, A HOUSEHOLD F A I.ZY. At 7.'5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And THE GOOSE WITH TUE GULDEN . EGGS: MrJ.Clarke and ➢lrs Stephens. TIIEATHE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tins EVBNING, at 7, THE BATH ROAD. At 7.45, LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, And STATE SECRETS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swa,nboroush. THIS EVENING. at 7.30. AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL ()MUSTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 snd 3 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-perk. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). - Admission, le.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve. 64. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. ls. Box-office open fromll to 4. „ Al a LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 14, 1859. The Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH may be congratu lated on his Speech at the opening of the Reichsrath, and, considering the circumstances of the case, it was a most .successful one. The Empire which is under his direction has prospered sufficiently to admit of congratulation, but some causes of anxiety still remain, and these were of course specially pointed out in the Imperial discourse. The putting into operation of the army reorganisation law caused an insurrection to take place in Dalmatia. The Government have, in consequence, prepared ex ceptional measures, and would introduce a bill for the consideration of the Reichsrath. The EMPEROR expressed his deep regret that such troubles should have arisen, and declared the intention of his Govern ment to mitigate as much as possible the sad results arising from the affair. He alluded, in a straight forward manner, to the Reforms that were required, and declared that experience had shown, if altera- tions of the Constitution were desirable, the way to effect them was to be found in the Constitution itself. The Austrian Government will shortly make a com munication to the Reichsrath on the subject of electoral reform, and if the desired unanimity be attained the subsequent legislation will be rendered so much the more easy. The EMPEROR is willing to adopt all those measures which may be necessary for the improvement of the Constitution, but be stands forth as its champion and upholder. The Constitution, he declares, " was not framed without the most careful consideration of the special circumstances of the kingd3ms and coun tries or their just claim to regulate those cir cumstances in an independent manner." Ile looks with hope to the future, and relies en the patriotism of his people, oa which, like his ancestors, he has never relied in vain. Ile expects, with jus- tice, that the consideration of the real interests of the different kingdoms an 1 countries will bring about the union of conflicting views. The EMPEROR concluded his interesting discourse by an allusion to his long journey, during which he had taken part in the inauguration of a work which does honour to the enterprising spirit of its author. The peaceful situa- tion of affairs abroad will afford the members of the ItAchsrath an admirable opportunity for dis cussing those subjects of progressive and com mercial activity which, at the present day, possess 30 deep an interest, and which the opening of the Suez Canal will tend to develops and foster. The EMPEROR'S Speech is, on the whole, a fair exposition of the state of things in Austria, and seems to avoid alike the undue exaggeration of evil tidings or the unfair representation of propitious circumstances. IT was obvious from the first that the settlement of the dispute between the SULTAN and the KHEDIVE —if there was to be a peaceful decision at all—would be owing to foreign interference ; and it is now announced that the exertions of the British Am bassador have had the greatest influence in patching up the quarrel. There was reason to fear that the Foreign Office was at work in this quarter. The Hon. Mr. ELLIOT for the last few weeks has been incessant in his attendance upon the VICEROY of EGYPT. When ever we were informed that the KHEDIVE had gone anywhere or done anything, it was invariably added that the Hon. Mr. ELLIOT was one of the party. When the opening festivities of the Suez Canal were over, our Ambassador still remained in Egypt, " owing to the dispute between the KHEDIVE and the Porte." And at last the SULTAN has gained a temporary triumph, the KHEDIVE has promised, among other matters, to submit his loans and taxes for approval at Constantinople, and there is now some probability that the influence of Turkey in Egyp tian affairs will be temporarily greater than for some years past. The Times and other journals are jubilant at this result. It is a proof, they say, that British influence abroad is not decay ing, that it is especially powerful in the East ; and it is, moreover, a sign of fresh vitality in the misnamed " sick man." Unfortunately there is reason to apprehend that this settlement between Turkey and Egypt is in every sense unsatisfactory, and the more so as it has been brought about by British interference. By keeping Egypt under the domination of Turkey, England gains nothing and loses much. With the right and wrong between the two parties we can have no concern. The SULTAN may have a legal sovereignty over the African kingdom, and it is true that he has conferred great favours upon the KHEDIVE, though it is not less true that the one has paid pretty handsomely for what the other has given him. But the Divine Right of Kings is a doctrine now gone out of favour, whilst it is an admitted truth that the power of sovereigns over their subjects is limited by the wishes and interests of the peoples concerned. Foreign States should not encourage rebellions, but if any part of a nation is dissatisfied with its government, and is able to bring about a change, it is acknowledged that no attempt to affect the result should be made from without. Greek Emancipation, the Spanish Revolu tion, and a hundred other such events, good or b 4, have been suffered to take their own course. In the Turco-Egyptian quarrel, then, we have broken the rule. has there been any proportionate gain either to ourselves or to the rest of the world ? England is supposed to have 4 ' an Eastern policy," which may in brief be described as the wish to keep things in the East pretty much as they are, in order that British interests may not suffer through the occupa tion of Turkey or Egypt by a powerful rival. Thou sands of British soldiers and millions of treasure were expended in a useless war, w Lich no statesman of HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MORNING. EVENING TUESDAY 50 min past 10 20 min past 11 \VEDNESDAY 50 min past 11 TIIURSDAY..... 4 l2 min past 12 34 min past 12 EAIDAY . &la min pant_l2.„„,l2 pill pot 1 THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. An American correspondent writes as follows : " I hear, upon what ought to be good autho rity, that Mr. Motley has been instructed to signify to Lord Clarendon that the American Administra tion is prepared to renew negotiations, but that it insists upon one preliminary condition, namely— that the negotiations be carried on, not at London, but Washington. This does not imply, I may assure, any want of confidence in Mr. Motley, but it is thought—and, I have no doubt, rightly—that terms satisfactory to both parties would be more easily arranged when the American negotiator would be out of the range, and, therefore, free from the suspicion of seduction from the British dinner giving community." THE IRISH ellußcH RE-ORGAIVIZATION. The Bishop of Cashel has been speaking in his diocesan Synod on the split *Lich has taken place between the clergy and laity of the newly re-organised Church. Ris address was in favour of "the episcopal form of government, with separate voting as most consistent with the Bible and the practices of the Church from the first, for the good of the cnuntry and the maintenance of the truth." At the diocesan synod of Armagh, presided over by the Pri mate, what is known as the "two-to-one representation" of laity to clergy was negatived. The Primate's views as to Episcopacy were also upheld. Ris grace "boldly threw out a challenge to produce an instance during the first four centuries of a canon enacted without the con sent of the bishops and that consent distinctly made known by their subscribing their names to the acts of the Council that decreed them. So that," the Primate added, "it would be a perfectly new thing, unlike the custom of the early Church, unlike our own Reformed Church, unlike the Churches affiliated with it in the western hemisphere, if the Church of Ireland were to adopt the plan of making the concurrence of the bishops unnecessary to the enactment of canons." SOUTH AFRICAN NETVS. The Cape correspondent of a contemporary writes : " We are hearing of fresh discoveries of diamonds, gold, and coal from all parts of the colony. One of the most interesting discoveries is, however, the fact that coal has been found within fifty miles of Capetown. The Surveyor-General has gone to the spot, and reports most favourably on the prospects of finding coal. On the 27th of last month a terrific ex plosion was heard equally distinctly at Capetown and Simon's Bay, twenty-five miles distant. I was at Wyn berg, ten miles distant from Capetown, and thought it was thunder, as I had heard the same instantaneous clap resulting from lightning very close at hand. The people of Capetown were run ning about all the afternoon to find out what boiler or magazine had exploded, but nothing of the sort had taken place. It has now transpired that it was an aerolite, which exploded on the top of the Table Moun tain. A piece of this is to be seen at the Observatory. Two women, who were , on the mountain, saw the pieces fall at the moment of the report. I looked at the clock at the time; it was 1.45, precisely the time taken at the Observatory. A dense cloud was settled on Table Mountain at the time. There was no flash. THE WELSH FASTING GIRL. The watching of the Welsh fasting girl by four profes sional nurses from Guy's Hospital, London, commenced on Thursday afternoon. The local committee met at the house of the girl's parents at Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, and, in addition to the nurses, the following gentlemen wero present :—Mr. T. Lewis, M.D., Carmarthen ;Mr Corseillis, ➢I.D., Llandyssul ; Mr. H. H. Davis, M.R.C.S., of the same place ; Mr. G. J. Herder, M.D., superintendent of the Joint Counties Asylum, Carmarthen ; Mr. D. G. [lowlands, M.R.C.S., ditto; the Rev. E. Jones, B.D. (vicar of the parish) ; Mr. W. Thomas, M.A., and Mr. J. Griffiths (" Cohebycld"). Tho room underwent a very minute examination. The bed was removed and thoroughly ex mined. A clothes cupboard and a number of drawers were emptied, and the keys handed to the superintendent nurse. Everything in the room was subjected to the closest scrutiny, and the examiners went so far as to tear some loose paper off the walls. The girl's bedwas made by the head nurse, and the girl placed into it. The girl, who, on being taken from her bed for the purpose of its being examined, appeared to become unconscious, now reco vered consciousness. The gentlemen named above signed a certificate that they had searched the room, and found no traces of food anywhere. The medical gentle men also examined the girl, and reported as follows: "Cheerful face, flushed ; eyes brilliant ; pulse regular, averaging 8G per minute; temperature in the mouth. 93 degrees, after two minutes' rest. She has a warm water bottle at her feet. Seems quite well, and says she has no pain anywhere, except when touched." THE MISFORTUNE OF BEING AN llEntEss.--Mr. Galton, F.R.S., in his remarkable volume of statistics, col lected in order to shew that ability goes by descent, makes the startling discovery that intermarriage with heiresses is a notable agent in the extinction of families ! An exhaus tive search among records of extant and extinct peerages shows that one-fifth of the heiresses have no male chil dren at all ; a full third have not more than one child; three-fifths have not more than two. It has been the salvation of many families, says Mr. Galton, that the husband outlived the heiress whom he first married, and was able to leave issue by a second wife. TIIE VENTILATION OF TUE LAW COURTS—.It is stated that the death of the late Mr. Justice Hayes was accelerated by the foul air of the court over which he pre sided. Whether this bo true or not, there can be little doubt that the atmosphere of the law courts is very far from being as pure as could be desired; and there are few more puzzling questions awaiting solution than that involved in the proper ventilation of a building of limited dimensions, which is open to all corners and is gene rally crowded by that class of humanity least remark able for cleanliness. It is a well-known fact that the dirtier a man is the greater the interest he appears to take in watching the administration of justice, which, if tempered with mercy, would certainly accommodate him with a shower bath before he left its halls. Perhaps of all dirty audiences the dirtiest may be found in the police-courts of London, standing packed together, a steaming mass in a small compass, listening with delighted attention to the dreary details of the drunken quarrels of their friends, which form the subject of investigation by the worthy magistrate. Yet in many of the police courts the difficulties of ventilation have, we believe, been successfully contended with. It is almost time that steps should be taken to purify the atmosphere of the law courts, which is at all times pestilential enough to satisfy even the miasmatic cravings of a St. Pancras guardian.—Pall Mall Gazette. THE EMPRESS AND THE CAMEL.—The most amusing of tho Ptes which were given on the occasion of the opening of the Suez Canal took place at Ismailia, and in order that the Empress of the French might see them with advantage, it was arranged that she should ride throughout the lines of tents on a camel. The first time of mounting a camel by a European is generally the occa sion of amusement to bystanders, as the sudden elevation of the hind quarters when the animal is commanded to rise usually throws the would-be rider over the camel's head. Where dignity has to be regarded, instructions are usually given as to how the balance can be maintained. The Empress seated herself on the back of the huge camel provided for her, and orders were given the animal to rise, but the attendants omitted to explain the nature of tLe case to the keepers, and her Majesty was leaning forward in the timid manner usual to new riders. A catastrophe was imminent; but a tall Italian, who rode up at the moment upon a donkey scarcely high enough to keep his feet from the ground, perceived the danger, and exclaimed, " Madam, unless you throw yourself Lack you will be pitched forward over the camel's head." The Empress instantly obeyed the injunc tion, and rose successfully as the camel ascended. She turned immediately towards the shrewd Italian and his donkey, and said, with much empressement, " Monsieur, I thank you." The Italian remarked that as the Emperor had saved Italy, it was fitting that he should save the Empress, who, but for his timely exclamation, would cer tainly have suffered the ignominious fate of making an unexpected summersault, and finding herself under the ;&4191 1.41114• SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS,• The Times thinks that there are no questions in which the public at large could have a more profound interest than in those raised by the trial of Overend and Gurney. Shareholders in joint-stock companies, not necessarily, indeed, but practically, aro at the mercy of their directors. Investors, it is true, take for granted a certain colouring in the prospectus of a new com pany. Directors are as liable as shareholders to be deluded by a flattering view of their new undertaking. In describing, somewhat poetically, its contingent advantages, they arc as much victims of the picture drawn by the promoter as the public is of their prospectus. But when facts are systematically falsified or garbled, an offence has certainly been committed which it is of ill example for commercial morality to let go unpunished. As it is, the contrivers or endorsers of the fraud escape. The only persons to suffer, if any, are not they who have concocted the fraud, but, at the most, creditors or fellow shareholders. It is at the cost of these equally innocent persons that the few obtain their deli'. erance who are fortunate enough to convince the Court of Chancery of the existence of sonic flaw in their acceptance cf shares. On the other hand the criminal prosecution of directors is an engine which should be tired with cauticn and moderation. To employ it agaii',st every director whose company has not been properous would be as bad policy as to Le severe upon every petty want of judgment displayed by a trustee. The cffice of director, in the hands of honour able men, is never very profitable, and would then become exceedingly hazardous. The simple result would be that persons of character and fortune would decline it, and it would be accepted by few but needy adventurers. It rests with the present trial to shew whether some medium can not be found. What is wanted is that the getters up of com panies may not be able deliberately to deceive the public with impunity, and yet that men who have done their best for their shareholders, or, at worst, have let them selves be cajoled along with them, may not be placed at the mercy of every individual investor's caprice or disap pointed hopes. If the result of these proceedings proves this to be possible, the long delay which has intervened since they were begun will not have been without its uses. It will exclude any suspicion that the issue, whatever it may be, is alloyed with the passion and prejudice which the original revelations roused at Guildhall. The Herald, in referring to the execution of Hinson for the Wood-green murder, observes that the man deemed himself to be supreme judge where a question of life or death was concerned. In the lesson taught on Monday morning at Newgate consists the moral of this idea. The murderer may exonerate himself, but the law will not hold him guiltless. It denies him the right of revenge, and no more salutary principle can be acknowledged. Of course, all must deplore a tragedy so miserable. It might have been infinitely more perilous as an example, however, had any casuistry sufficed to remove Frederick Hinson from the class of ordinary murderers. His own apologies for himself, in fact, were of the most frightful description. He thought ho was perfectly in the right when he killed that man and that woman ; he regarded himself as a martyr; and he complained of the law which brought him to the scaffold. To tell the truth, indeed, before the trial a somewhat unhealthy display of compassion was exhibited in more quarters than one, and a sort of " wild justice " was attributed to the deed of the assassin. For tunately the better judgment of society prevailed, and the "killing" at Wood-green was declared to be " murder." It would be a grievous calamity were juries or public opinion to condone such crimes on the score of provocation. The penalty of passions unrestrained, being avoided, might have been perilous teaching for those persons whoconsider that, when injured or affronted, the law is in their own hands to dispense, with the sympathy of the world to back them. The expiation exacted from the Wood-green mur derer, terrible as it has been, and notwithstanding the peculiarities of his case, will be of wholesome effect, and, perhaps, disabuse the criminal class of certain vulgar errors. The Standard is informed that the Government have found it necessary to send another healing message to Ireland. On this occasion the bearer of peace assumes the shape of Lord Strathnairn, and his evangelists aro "seven flying columns under picked officers." These have been prepared to march "at an hour's notice " to any part of the country. Two or three regiments have also been ordered to reinforce the army in Ireland, and at least one or two vessels of war are already on their way to the coast' The motive alleged for these extraordinary movements is the possible outbreak of an insurrection in certain dis tricts. That which has been called the irony of history was surely never better illustrated. We have almost to rub our eyes while we read, before we can credit this astounding piece of news. An insurrection in Ireland! It sounds almost as great an anachronism as a march of " flying columns under picked officers" under the orders of a Government of which Messrs. Gladstone and Bright arc members. Is this the end, then, of twelve months of Liberal administration? Are we compelled to fall back once more upon the carnal weapons in our government of Ireland? Was it for this that wo made Mr. Bright Minister, that he might range the country with " flying columns ?" If it is true that the Government is in possession of information which warrants them in sending flying columns through the country, it is evident that a crisis has come which must be met by far stronger measures than these. If the state of Ireland is such that a civil war is daily apprehended, there can be no reason for postponing any longer the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in the disaffected districts, except that Mr. Gladstone has not the courage to adopt a measure which would be a palpable sign of the failure of his policy. Now that Mr. Peabody's remains are on their way to their last resting-place in the land of his birth, it may not be inappropriate, says the Daily .News, to estimate the permanent benefits he has left behind him in the land of his adoption. There are, of course, some defects in the operation of the scheme which time and experience may cure. The chief defect which strikes us is that no provi sion seems as yet to have been made for a most deserving but most necessitous class of the poor —those with large families. So that a considerable part of their field yet remains to be occupied by the trustees, and that part the hardest. They have attacked the easiest part of the work first, and have suc ceeded. The Peabody -buildings are orderly, healthy, a nd popular. They do not pretend to elegance—perhaps they err rather on the side of unpretentious and business-like plainness; they aim at health, at decency, and at some measure of comfort; and they attain it. But they have done this for the people with small families; they have now to attempt it for large families. This part of the work is the more important from the necessity there is that the children of the unpauperised poor should be taken out of their squalid sur roundings and brought up under a better regime and in a purer air. Probably the trustees are feeling their way in this matter, and making each step secure before taking the next. That they are working in the right direction and on the right principle is beyond the roach of doubt, and that they will learn from experience is unques tionable. Mr. Peabody himself had the satisfaction of seeing the small beginnings of success, and that success is now so far assured that his own wish will be realised in a wider sense than he himself had hoped, for his gift will "be appreciated not only by the present, but by future generations of the people of London," but it will increase in magnitude and grow in public usefulness and in popular appreciation as time goes on. The Post remarks that Sir Roderick Murchison—the wish being evidently father to the thought—gave it as his opinion at the meeting of the Geographical Society that we might expect Dr. Livingstone " within a few months." But it seems evident now that the work cut out for him will detain him in the country for a longer period. Ho talks of " going down the eastern line of drainage to Baker's turning-point." This point—which it is to be presumed is Vacovia, on the eastern side of Lake Albert N'yanza, south of which Baker did not penetrate, is four hundred miles north of Ujiji. To traverse this distance, and also to explore all the region to the south and south-west of Albert N'yanza, must, judging from past experience, occupy much more time than Sir Roderick Murchison supposed. The patience, the perseverance, and the determination to do his work thoroughly of Dr. Livingstone have upset the calculations of even the best judges and those who knew him most intimately. It is to be gathered from Dr. Livingstone's last letter that he had still a tedious and onerous task to perform. The great geographical problem was not so near its solution as had been imagined. The question of the northern outlet of Taganyika had been settled, but the determination of the point as to whether Lake Albert N'yanza has a connec tion with the more southern waters of Africa seemed no nearer than when Dr. Livingstone wrote from Lake Bangweolo in July 1363. He will not, however, be content with anything short of a thorough and searching examina tion of the whole unexplored region within his grasp. lie will not rest satisfied with partial discoveries, like other travellers ; and whilst we marvel at his tenacity of purpose and unfaltering energy, mental and bodily, we can only pray for his safe return, and wish him heartily God speed. The accident near Wolverhampton is the Princes End pit colliery, whereby 120 men and boys wore imprisoned and kept from communicating, with the world abovo their, rosulted in uothiug more . serious then . 17 howl alastiaene from tout tingle But MI koktigniEttgillagt 1 • 111) HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec• 13. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Beatrice, walked and drove this morning. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise went . to London, and visited her Royal Highness the cees of Wales at Marlborough House. DEIENTION OF 11.111.5. 11101vARCII. -- o --- PORTSMOUTH, Monday Evening. A violent south-westerly galk3 prevents the sail ing from Spithead for America of her Majesty's ship Monarch and the United States corvette Ply' mouth. lier Majesty's ship Donegal, for China, also detained. GREAT FIRE IN HATTON GARDEN. This (Tuesday) forenoon, between 10 and ll o'clock, the utmost consternation was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of Ilatton-garden, owing to a fire of an extensive character breaking out in the manufacturing premises of Messrs. Watson and llazel, printers' frame makers, joiners, Stc. 1 " building in which the disaster took place was three floors high, and ran out of Charles-street to the back of sundry other extensive building' in Kirby-street and old Saffron-hill. As to the origin of the fire, not the least information could be obtained, for no sooner was the discovery ma de than the whole of the workshops were in a blaze . Mr. Bridges, the chief fireman of the brigade, was quickly on the spot with nearly a dozen engine s ' Four land steamers were at once set to work from a bountiful supply of the New River Com pany's water, but in spite of the torrents of the opposing element that was momen" tarily thrown upon the flames, they continued to spread, and at noon were not entirely extinguish ed : and it was found necessary to have three of Bea s patent hydrants at work to protect the adjoinlug property. The total loss by the disaster must be considerable, and, owing to the excitement `Which prevailed, it was impossible to learn whether th e sufferers were insured or not. POLICE IN2ELLIGENCE.-71as Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. INGENIOUS SYSTEM OF FRAUD.—CAUTION TO iu Po - Lic.—Mr. Henry S. Footman, manager at Messrs. Pulver macher and Co.'s Galvanic Establishment, No. 200, Regent-street, applied to Mr. Tyrwhitt for a warrant for fraud against a young man named Stephen Jones, formerly a clerk in Messrs. Pulvermacher and Co.'s employ. Mr. Footman said that nothing occurred to show that Jones had been misappropriating the goods of the firm until after he was laid on a bed of sickness some weeks ago, when he (Mr. Footman) received several letters which revealed the fact that the writers had been correspond in g with him, addressing the letters to "Mr. Pulverrnach or, No. 19, Tooley-street, Borough," presuming that Messrs. Pulvermacher also carried on business at that address. Concluding that some fraud was being carried on to the prejudice of tho firm, ho instituted inquiries, and found that Jones had occupied the upper part of 0, cheesefactor's house, at No. 19 Tooley-street, but left, and on afterwards seeing Jones, and taxing him with the robbery and forgery, he confessed that ho had received letters from clients of the firm, with remittances enclosed, which he had appropriated to his own use. Considering Jones's illness ho felt reluctant to have recourse to sever ° measures, but from circumstances which had lately cone to his knowledge, ho found that he had carried on the frauds to a far greater extent than anticipated, and that ho had not only injured the business and reputation of the firm, but also defrauded it and the public to a large amount - a letter from the Postmaster General showing that fact. Having employed Shrives, a detective officer/ who had been unable to find Jones, ho now wished warrant for his apprehension. Mr. Tyrwhitt granted the warrant. T HAMES. A MARINE SWINDLER.—A , na.n about 40 years of ag . ° , who gave the name of Alexander Condon last night and M'Quin this morning, was charged with defrauding Frederick Johnson, a Dane, of No. 21 and 25 Eatcliff highway. The prisoner waited on the prosecutor, a boarding-house keeper, a few days ago and represented he had come ben le . as a seaman in the ship Ramsay, from Calcutta, lying " the Blackwall Buoy, and ha 1 wages to receive. ile bor rowed money and purchased clothes of the prosecutor, N' lll° gave credit to his representations. The prisoner also said he had left a portion of - his old clothes in a coffee-ho use which turned out to be the case. They were of tridieg value. Next day the prosecutor found there was no Earn say in the port of London, but a ship of that name arrive' in the Thames yesterday. The prisoner was given into custody last night. Monger, a detective of the City police, said the priso ner was a most dangerous man, and had been often in Cus tody. Tho prisoner asked tho prosecutor when he promis ed to pay him. Johnson—When you were paid off. Prisoner—Which I intend to do. (A laugh.) The prisoner appeared disconcerted at the laughter on: casioned by his audacity, and made a blow at the face e: Merit, an officer of the court, exclaiming, t , Take that —." Merit warded the blow, and the prisoner was re manded for a week, Mr. Benson observing there was u° doubt the prisoner was a dangerous man. 69 POT STEALERS.—Francis Aires, a coalwhippor, aged ,_ years, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with steal ing a quart and a pint pot from the Marquis of Wellington public-house in Upper Cornwall-street, St. George-in-the- East. The case was illustrative of the enormous losses to which f licensed victuallers are subjected by the depredations °` pot stealers. The landlord of the Marquis of Wellingt°3 lost seven quart and pint pots one morning last iv°` 4 ‘" There were three dozen and five pint measures in th° house three weeks ago. Only six remained yeste rtlaP °3 Prisoner came into the house, and had some drink. leaving he was searched, and a quar t an d a pint pot w el d found in his pockets. It was st a t e d th a t he asked a 1A- serving in the bar of the Coach and Horses to rob 108 master, and to give him change for a florin and s. 11%1 0 crown when he put down a halfpenny and a penny. boy resisted the overtures made to him, and the prisoner was given into custody. He was discharged, owing t ° some technicality. Ho discharged a coal ship of 350 tel. of coal last week, and the landlord of the Marquis of We, lington said he was the last man he should have ell'. 'Acted. Mr. Benson sentenced the prisoner to two months' ita prisonment and hard labour. MARKETS.-7 his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Dec. 14.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. aga-dy. Tile inarkot BARNSBURY AND ISLINGTON LITERART INSTITU TS. —Mr. Charles John Brett delivered his l ec t u re-enter tain ; meat, entitled "An Evening with Tom Moore," at tb° Myddloton Hall, Islington, on Friday evening, Dec. e lo c i Chas. M'Arthur, Esq., occupied the chair, and int roduc a s ilos' the lecturer, who was most warmly received, in rube but effective speech, which elicited much applause. if, lecture, which lasted rather more than an hour and a ha was listened to with deep attention, only interrupted " bursts of applause, by a large and highly respectable a°di" cum. The original portion of the lecture was marke d a tone of real and unaffected eloquence, and delivered W",, considerable oratorical power. Mr. Brett, whose voice 1 ' at once melodious and powerful, seems equally eff eeti l in the patriotic and declamatory recitals as in the humor .0 and comic pieces, such as "Barney's Letther" and "P addy Metamorphosis." As a whole, the lecture was a great eu - 0 toss, as was evidenced not only by the protracted aPP lau „ s which followed its conclusion, but by the buzz of aPP bation which was distinctly n o ti cea bl e amongst the rotiriug audience. PRESENTS OF ALL KINDS.—We strongly ree°lll,; mend the Nobility and Gentr to visit Park ins Gotto's extensive show-rooms, where may b o seen t he b. sands of useful a n d e l egant art i c l es o f E n glish, Fr elle- „, ' Austrian manufact ure , es p ec i a lly a dapted for bi rthdki and wedding, and c h r i s t en i ng presen t s —i n fact pr es--, 6 for every con ce i va bl e purpose , a t very reoclebr3:t prices. Thi s i s , w ith ou t excep ti on, the largest and e.O. selected s t oc k i n Europe : each article is mark ed in P 131,. figures, and 'in consequence of a rapid sale is perfec tl y ye and fresh ( a grea t cons id era ti on in a present). The st consists of portrait-albums, writing-cases, dress in g -ca'e t dressing bags, despatch boxes, envelope cases, an d blottintl. books, inkstands, desks, stationery cabinets, handbags, c g s; cases, book-slides, glove and handkerchief box es, F ur pocket-books, cigar-cases, reticules, opera-glasses, Wie_ cases, smelling bottles, bronzes, eloctro-gilt, ox idised and. ems. gantly mounted articles for mantelshelf, dini n g , drawina^", and library table, chess-boards, bagatelle-boar ds, trays, scrap-books, Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church e's vices, plain and elegantly mounted, besides an ut'di°,s,l variety of other articles to suit every t as t e , purpes e, . pocket.--Parkins and Gotta, 24 and 25, Oxford-Aro°, w - M C COM. The set day, yet business of yesterd Turkish I country tc maintain is dull, an from anti% Consols ditto, for dined, 91 ; Exchequei _2 7 prem. prem. ; 41 per Ce India Si ditto 5 f per Cent., 51 per Cer In the Cent. Izta (1865), ditto (185 k 55i to 55 (1864), 87 gentine, 81 In the Eastern is Great We London an land, 1201 126; to 109 ; Metr to 78 ; N( London a London, C America 86 ; and 11l Lombarc and Great Telegrap at 35i to being lc French Ca per Cents., In Ban' change. A 11 to 13 prem. ; Lo] don and W 42; Londo: London, 37 In Mize( General Cr higher, the and the lat steady, at 2/ to di,s. There Nv yesterday. The Nev, 116,241 in from New Alexandria, Lisbon wit' £48,183, m The pros] Loan has b, Cohen and Continent 1 sum of 12 n reckoning fund of 1 p at par in 33 the return ti per annum. sinking fun an appropr to the aggi revenues IL past three lection to be went, but tc each year th service. It loan will be went for an have to be gagetnents v the conventi on a uniform vernment fr( Turkey) of f dividuala, an temporary r several vaiva been mortg tensions, for , the example her services recent scienc of the Otto superaddcd 1 out of which her way, su: present loan, A compan of the Elton Company (I to the public graphic corn America, un Balestrini, fi Danish, and for this undt for by the fi Paris, Loud( The South this week a correspondin a decrease of It is antici leroy, Hamil gow, will reE The Comr pointed Tht the new slim Way Compm The Great return for th Increase of An extrao Tramway C 20th inst., tc pany to be v A petition