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FOR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. :731 The BARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every article sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, or made to measure, for all ages, and all %lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring and 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 '•e accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be iheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the ;money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can he made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, "Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES Ind SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, 31INORIES IM, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85. ALDGATE 86, ALDGATB 57. ALDGAT 83, ALDGATE S 9, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH, 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET 'to7, NEW OXFORD-STREET ,OS, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET '2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. _ _ Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, 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. JOIIN MESSENT, Manager. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS, For the Year ending 30th June, 1869, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, 13th August, 1869, WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Deputy- Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The:Report which the directors have now to submit to the proprietor differs in its tenor but little save in ono or two particular from that laid before then, in 1868. fhe income of the year, it will bo seen, amounts t £540,499 18s., and the total charge to £445,077 10s. 9d The difference, £95,422 is. 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 Y EAR. £ s. d. DR. Balance of account, 36th June, 1868 Premiums on new assur- £ s. d 907,52 8 6 ances Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0 371,54 g 12 1 Interest from investments 120,939 12 10 492,:,08 4 11 Profit and loss, balance of account 47,991 13 1 Total income 550,-199 18 0 £1,418,052 6 6 Examined and approval. THOMAS LLEN,} Auditorg. 'HENRY ROSE. CHARGE OF 'TIE - YEAR. A., 2. d. Dividend to proprietors.... Claims on decease of lives ,E a. d. 8,880 4 0 as,ttred Additions to those under participating policies Policies surrend red Re-assurances - now Ditto old 9 1,304 6 6 20,500 3 6 4,133 12 51,009 4 1 405,561 12 1 Commission Medical fees Income tax 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 9 10 436,187 6 9 Total charge Balance of account, June 30, 1869, as per balance-sheet .£1,448,052 6 6 The total of premiums received is £371,548 12s. Id., of 1 / 131 ch sum £13,560 ss. Id. is for new assurances effected in th© 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, 1868 ; and in connection with this important feature of the company's affairs the directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the profit and loss account again exhibits a considerable profit, amounting this year within a trifle to the sum of £48,000. It may be remembered that'a profit of nearly equal amount was announced in last year's report. Turning to the items constituting the charge of the year, it will be noticed that the sum payable in satisfac tion of claims on decease of lives assured is larger than usual. This circumstance, however, is not very material; as was observed oa a previous occasion, the proper quin quennial average is generally pretty sure to obtain, and the fact that the average for the past two years barely ex ceeds £309,000 tends to confirm that statement. The expenses of management. are greater by nearly £BOO than they were last year. They would have been materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring the company's securities into the names of additional trus tees. Taken as they are, however, these expenses must be regarded as very moderate. It will be observed that they are only three per cent. of the total income. BALANCE-SHEET, Jrxm 30, 1869. DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors £6,757 17 0 Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 108,940 6 7 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprietors' fund urplus fund 1,002,974 15 9 X 7,675,813 010 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 16 6 Ditto ditto Funded securities 491,303 4 2 Ditto ditto Temporary secu- rities 198,207 17 0 C u rre nt in terr et on the above investments 30,934 4 6 Cash and bills 12,256 15 10 Advanced on security of the company's policies - - 165,387 1 8 Agents' balances Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) Value of re-assurances 85,706 14 5 £7,675,813 0 10 The balance-sheet does not appear to call for any re mark. The assets are, of course, increased by the sum of £95,422 is. 3d. already mentioned, as is shown by the augmentation to that extent in the balance of the surplus fund. The Direction of the Company is now constituted as follows: WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ., Deputy-Chairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. George Russell, Esq. S irJ. BullerEast, Rt., D.C.L. homes Godfrey Sambrooke Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D., Esq. P. 11.5. Admiral Tindal. Caar'esThos.Holeombe,Esq. Right Iron. Sir John Young Joshua Lockwocd, Esq. Dart., K.C.B. HE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE "NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH'. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Caße for TraTelling. 'FEE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p culler simplicity of these Machines enables any one to acquire their perfect use in a few hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free. TIDE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief Office in the United Kingdom; 147, CNEArortz. N lIE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," giving - all the SPORTING N 1' WS of the day, may be seen at JEM atY MANTON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.C. pHE LATEST EDITION of " THE suN supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by VT ALEXANDER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street. T E ATRE - ROTA L DRURY- LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tam EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, II Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, Joh Ka t harine rs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. andßodgers. Conclude' with BORROWED PLUMES, CIRYSTAL PALACE.—GRAND POPULAR ‘-) CONCERT. To-Mon-ow (Wednesday).— Mlle. Chris tine Nilsson, Madame Trebelli-Bettini, Mlle. Giltrdeni, Signor Bettini, and Signor Foli. Solo pianoforte, Mr. James M. Wehli. Crystal Palace Saturday Band. Con ductor, Mr. Manus. The directors have groat pleasure in announcing that they have secured the services of Mille. Nilsson for the above occasion. Although the expenses of such engage ments as the above must necessarily be very great, yet it is believed that the opportunity to hoar the Diva, supported by such an excellent company, will be gratefully seized by thousands, and will thus prove remunerative to the com pany. The concert will take place at three o'clock on the Groat Handel Orchestra, the company's Saturday band accompanying. To render it really a great popular con cert available to all, ther charge for admission will not be increased beyond the usual ono shilling, or by guinea season tickets. Stalls, half-a-crown, at the Crystal Palace and Exeter Hall. Mlle. Nilsson will sing, air, " Angels over bright and fair," Handel ; aria, " fore e lui" (Traviata), Verdi ; Swedish melodies ; scene, "Spargi d'amaro " (Lucia), Donizetti. Also in duet, " Ebben per mia " (.‘ Gazza Lain' "), Rossini ; and in quartett, " Mentre it pie " (Marta), Flotow. GRAND POPULAR CONCERT, with Mlle. NILSSON, and other artistes, TO-MORROW, at 3.0. Tho only Shilling Day. Stalls now ready at Palace and Exeter Hall. MLLE. NILSSON, To-morrow (Wednesday), at the CRYSTAL PALACE., The only Shilling Day possible. Stalls should be taken at once. Mlle. NILSSON will SING Air, "Angels ever bright and fair" Aria, "Ah ! fors e lui" (Traviata) Swedish Melodies. Seeps, " Spargi d'amaro " (Lucia) ... Donizetti Also in duet, " Ebben per mia" (Gazza Ladra) Rossini Also in quartett, "Mentro it pie" (Marta) Flo tow As this will be the only popular concert of thi s charac ... ter at which Mlle. .Nilsson will sing, intending visitors should make arrangements to be early at the Palace, or provide themselves with stalls beforehand. Extra Trains from all stations. Palace open at 10 Concert on Handel Orchestra at 3. Stalls 2s. tid. each, at Exeter Hall or Palace, now ready. ITandol ... Verdi CRYSTAL PALACE—NILSSON CONCERT. The Offices at the Crystal Palace and Exeter Hall Open till SIX O'CLOCK THIS EVENING, for the sale of reserved seats. 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 34 vessels from destruction, and has also expended £33,000 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £3,968 for rewards. The Institution has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London ind country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-strGet Adelphi, London. 7ADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1870. The 7.. A Fortieth Year. Contents : Numerous Important Predictions ; also the Vanishing Points of the Planets, and sundry other Articles of Interest. London : J. G. Berger. Price 6d. BANK OF ENGLAND, 9TH SEPTEMBER, 1869. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give notice— That a GENERAL COURT will be held at THE BANK on THURSDAY next, the 16th instant, at 12 o'clock precisely, to consider of a Dividend ; this will also he one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter. JOHN T. HORLEY, Deputy Secretary. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. T he ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000 The ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, is over £1,649,000 Forms of Proposal, and every information, can be ob• tained of GEORGE CUTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY K 'NO, may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of .f 3 to £6 Is. insures £l,OOO at Death, and tin Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, CORNHILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. WILLIAM J. `'IAN Secretary. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to hit roduce eoniroodi•ies valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly rernunerativeCominission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, Sc. Apply with two atexalia to R. 31.ARRISON, Great Orfora-etreet,Norwich. 01 . 1 N GOSNF.I.Ti and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the ,giamel from rtPcly, and imparts a plea: ant fiarxranee to the breath. Price ls. Gd.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. Loudon. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GTJA AMARELLA restores ife Human Nair to its pristine hue, no natter st what ago. fIf)SNEI.T. and CO. have :%t length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, suecooded in perfect ing this wone.irfui liquid. It is now offered to the public lt a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. Gd., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passeage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. D. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault: Nfessrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright. loht. Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Will Open for the Winter Season on WEDNESD AY, Sept 29, with (never acted) LOST AT SEA: a London Story. By Dion Boncicault and flenry.J. Byron. The new scenery by Messrs. Hawes Craven, Maugham, and assistants. I) OYAL STR,AND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr CI arke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE: Nlessrs E. Terry, Turner, Bruce, &c.; Mesdames Richardson, Erskine, Newton Fosbrooke, cc. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. 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St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 andB all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL G AR DENS, Regent's-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission,_ ls.; on Mondays, Gd. Children under twelve, Gd. I . ' - 4 - ‘ ut :JP PL AUL , . or is• Op actively in suchcases, and we can only only wonder that their supervision should have been sufficiently lax to permit the cruelties lately described to the public to be practised with impunity. "T. H.," whose com munication to the Times has brought the matter forward, has supplemented his first letter. The cruelties practised on the cargo of animals from Rotterdam were, he says, described with great mode ration, under the conviction that it was better to understate than to exaggerate the facts. He was, moreover, restrained, by the fear of making his account too voluminous, from recording other parti culars which were painful and revolting, but he has addressed himself to the chairman of the committee appointed by the Privy Council to consider the sub ject, and has offered to give the whole of his testi mony on oath, if necessary. We may, therefore, hope that some practical mea sures may be immediately resorted to for the redress of what must be admitted to be a very practical evil. It is not encouraging, however, so far as the transit of cattle by rail is concerned, to find the Privy Council proposing to confer with the railway companies on the subject. The railway companies are themselves the offenders, and the, public will not be disposed to allow them to be judge, jury, and witnesses in their own cause. Some time since a herd of cattle were four clays en route from Scotland to one of the English markets without food or water. Very recently a similar case of cruelty was investigated in one of our courts, the victims in this instance not being beasts, but birds, great numbers of which had died from too close packing. Such things are a scandal to our national humanity, and it speaks very badly for the civilisation of the age that they should be tolerated amongst us. Thousands of persons at this season. may, during their holiday travels, ascertain . for themselves the truth of "T. ll.'s" story. Let us hope that some at least among them will have sufficient public spirit and humanity to come forward and assist in promoting the necessary reform. It is quite evident that we cannot trust in this case to a feeling which is usually very powerful among men. The love of gain, the desire to avoid injuring property, are not sufficient to protect these helpless animals against needless cruelty and useless blows. It requires no veterinary surgeon to inform us that an animal which has been goaded and terrified and beaten, which has been jammed in among scores of others, with barely standing room, for long days and nights, without food and drink, finishing its miserable journey by being hooted through the streets of a crowded city, is not likely to be in a healthy state. Common sense will tell us that a beast so treated must be predisposed to every con tagious influence, and likely not only to incur sick ness itself, but to propagate it among its kind. Considering how large a number of our flocks and herds are, in these days of railway travelling, removed from one end of the kingdom to the other every week of the year, the question assumes an extent and an importance which we may hope will secure immediate action. It is useless for the Privy Council to issue rules and regulations, or to enact prohibitory laws, so long as they permit the reckless cruelty now tolerated on our railways. The directors and shareholders are very likely as humane as other people, but they look on the question as one of barter. They undertake to provide cattle trains, and they do it as cheaply as possible. It would not only entail additional expense but additional trouble to provide food and drink for the animals during their journey, and neither the owner, of the cattle nor the railway com pany seem to think it worth while to incur this. It must, therefore, be made compulsory on the railway conipanies to provide all animals or birds which they undertake to convey, withf ood and water, and they will, of course, be able to charge an additional sum for the conveyance. As for the unnecessary cruelty inflicted by the drovers and other men in charge, we must look chiefly to the public for the cure. If all such cases as "T. II." complains of were repre seuted to the proper authorities, there would 'be less cruelty practised. Cowardice usually acCompanies it, and when the drover, who thought it a , fine thing to amuse himself or his fellows with torturing a lamb or a pig, found that he had to suffer himself for his amusement, his sympathies would become a little more active. The rigid enforcement of the laws which provide for the punishment of such conduct is one of the best services which we can render to the masses. There is nothing so degrading as cruelty, and we need not hope to see an end of the wife-beaters or inhuman parents so long am the torture of the helpless in any form is allowed to be extensively practised. It is one of the most encouraging signs of the times that the claim of animals upon our sympa thies is being generally allowed. Formerly it was considered a matter of ridicule if any one exerted himself to procure kind and humane treatment for the creatures which the CREATOR has given to man for his use and com fort. The words which told us that no sparrow falls on the ground unmarked by the Great Father might, one would think, have taught man differently. But although the more educated and refined amongst us are now ready and willing to acknowledge the doc trines of humanity, the charge of our herds and flocks do not fall to their share. It is therefore necessary that legal provi sion should be made to restrain the igno rant and reckless from the cruelty which so often arises from actual lack of thought. Our agriculturists are just now alarmed by the prevalence of a contagious and destructive disease among their animals, and the anxiously-worded bulletins respect ing it, read strangely in contrast to the shocking details furnished by " T.H." and others. The "intelligent foreigner" might very well ask, after reading both accounts, "If . the lives and health of your cattle are matters of such moment, why are they not better cared for ?" Many years ago Lord PALMERSTON, when Prime Minister, told the inhabitants of a dirty and un healthy town that they 'had better reform their sanitary arrangements before they asked for a national fast-day for the Cholera. In the same way before we again employ a.general prayer against the cattle plague, let us take tare thatit is not our own heedless cruelty which is bringing the visitation upon us. THE wreck return of the Board of Trade, con taining as it does the record of a twelvemonth's casualties at sea on the coasts of the United King dom, is a contribution to our periodical literature especially appropriate to the stormy days through which we are passing. The perusal of its contents will have two tendencies—the one to sadden, and the other to surprise us. We must be sad to think how many of those who have gone down to the sea in ships will never come back to us again, and that the business which they began is for ever ended in the midst of the great waters. We must be surprised—the feeling of surprise touching the verge of indignation—when we see how many of the calamities which have occurred were due to utter neglect of the most obvious rules of caution, for try to conceal it as we may, the fact remains the same, that if there be no class more daring, there is also none more reckless, than that which has given Eng land her proud pre-eminence upon the sea. Tal , .en altogether, the last-issued return — which, it must be remembered, deals with the w ole of the year 1868—is of a kind less encouraging than those of some preceding years. While in 1867 there were two thousand and ninety wrecks, casualities, and collisions from all causes on our coasts and in the surrounding seas, and in 1866 one thousand eight hundred and sixty, last year the number reported was only one thou sand sevenhundred and forty-seven. But then it must not be forgotten that the two former years were years of long continuing and violent storms, while no foul weather of a ve r y e xceptional character was experienced in 1868. Examining the annual average of wrecks reported since 1850, it is found that the ' number reported during 1868 is slightly, but only slightly, below the average for the last five years, that it is in excess of the average of all the years prior to that period, and that it is, with the exception 813 an d 1867, the largest ever reported in one year. As some sort of balance to this statement, none the more agreeable because it cannot be gainsaid, it should be pointed out that there will, pro bably, be observed an increase year by year in the average number of wrecks, owing to the increase of ships frequenting our coasts and narrow adjoining seas. The particular number, too, for any one year will, it is obvious, be increased or diminished as there are, or are not, gales prevailing of a severe and dangerous character. An analysis of the disasters of last year seems to shew that of the total number of wrecks three hun dred and seventy-nine were collisions. Of the one thousand three hundred and sixty-eight wrecks other than collisions five hundred and twenty-seven resulted in total loss, and eight hundred and forty one were casualties resulting in partial damage more or less serious. Glancing from pro perty destroyed to lives sacrificed, we find that eight hundred and twenty-four lives were lost last year from wrecks on or near our coasts, being five hundred and nine less than the previous year, but in excess of nearly all other years. Two hundred and sixty-two of the lives lost were in vessels that foundered ; eighty-six in vessels in collision ; and 409 in vessels stranded or cast ashore. Nearly ninety lives were lost in small vessels engaged in the fishing trade. To landsmen, though pro bably not to sailors, it seems strange that so large a proportion as six hundred and sixty one of the wrecks of last year should have hap pened when the force of the wind did not exceed a strong breeze, in which the ship could carry single reef and topgallant sailsovhile only eight hundred and thirty-five happened during the prevalence of a strong gale or hurricane. But what is even yet more striking is the exceedingly high proportion, which, for ten years up to the end of 1868 disasters to comparatively new ships have borne to the whole number of the losses and accidents at sea. Not less than one hundred and seventy-six wrecks and casual ties happened to nearly new ships, and two hundred and ninety-seven to vessels from three to seven years old. Contemplating the perils which a perusal of the Wreck Return points out as encompassing those who approach or leave our shores, it is wondrously pleasant to know that each year finds the dangerous portions of the coast better provided with the means of succouring them in the time of their sore distress. LORD AND LADY BYRON. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 14, 1869. A hundred years ago, to-day, there was born at Berlin on the 14th of September, 1769, as the in fant son of one of the wealthiest soldiers in the army of King FREDERICK the GREAT of Prussia, the future author of " Kosmos," the Baron FREDERICK HENRY ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. A century having thus elapsed since that now most memorable date, the fame of HUMBOLDT ; the author of " Kosmos" is, upon this anniversary- of his first entrance into life, being celebrated with all befitting solemnity in the two hemispheres. Germany, the land of his birth and of his death, the depository of his remains, the home in which be passed the chief part of his long existence—an existence extending over 90 years alto gether—Germany, but more especially Prussia, bears the memory of HUMBOLDT to-day in proud and re verent remembrance. America, at the same time, but especially the United States of America, exults hardly less in th 6 opportunity of doing honour to the name of her great Explorer, of the philosophic Traveller, who, next to COLUMBUS, has the • glory of having the most plainly revealed her wonders to the rest of the world. That name of HUMBOLDT is already ,indelibly emblazoned upon the chart of America. Between the range of the Rocky Moun tains and the range of the Sierra _Nevada eastwards of California flows the River Humboldt. Upon the eastern shores of the Pacific, not far south of the State of Oregon, there flourishes the Town of Humboldt. The seaward streets of that town look forth over the Bay of Humboldt. Running due north and south upon the Western side of Utah (with the view already mentioned meandering at its base, across the adjacent State of Nevada) there extends the noble range of the Humboldt Mountains. The author of "Kosmos," it is therefore needless to say, has already his memorial monuments monuments befitting in their vastness the grandeur of his reputation. Looking back to the century during which the physical sciences were illustrated and advanced by ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, while BEETHOVEN was foremost among the musical com posers of the age, while THORWALDSEN was wielding chisel and mallet as the arch-sculptor of the epoch, while, as Conqueror and Lawgiver, NAPOLEON the GREAT was bestriding the kingdoms and empires of the old world like a colossus, one need not recall to mind an era anterior to the Deluge in order to assert with truth—" there were giants in those days." It was only a month ago, on the 15th of August last, that the centenary of NAPOLEON'S birth was cele brated throughout France, but more especially at Paris and in the island of Corsica. And now to-day, in the old world and in the new, at Berlin, and at New York, honour is being done to the name and fame of ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, on this 14th of September, being the date in turn of his centenary. In the Central Park at York there will be in augurated a column bearing upon its summit the statue of the great Traveller. At Harvard University there will be established a new School of Science hence forth to be known as the School o f Humboldt, an eminent Professor, whose name is honourably known to us all, Professor AGASSIZ, being the one entrusted with the privilege of delivering the eloje, which will iloubt: ess constitute the chief part of the inaugu ral address in celebration of this new school's foundation. It was in 1786 that ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT commenced his own study of the natu ral sciences at the University of Frankfort-on-the- Oder. In 178 S he removed thence to _ the University of Gottingen always, we are ashamed to say, associated in our mind with the ludicrous by reason of GEORGE CANNING'S pre posterously absurd "refrain" in the Anti Jacobin about— " - the LT- Niversity of Gottingen Niversity of Gottingen." It was in 1790, within the first year of the Great French Revolution, that HUMBOLDT, the future explorer of the new world, began his travels in the old world, in Holland, in England, and in Rhineland. From 1792 to 1795 he was a mining inspector at Bayreuth. From his " earliest youth," as he himself tells us, he had felt, however, " a burning desire to travel in distant lands unexplored by Europeans." This aspi ration thereupon in the twenty-sixth year of his age, he set about realising in earnest and systematically. It was nevertheless not until after two or three years' preparation, at Jena, for the task he had set himself, that he was enabled to start upon his varied expedi tions. During those years of preparation he had won for himself the intimate friendship of GOETIIE and SCITILLER. He had written books both anatomical and chemical. He had thereby created for himself a reputation as a natural philosopher. Traversing Italy and Spain, he embarked at Corunna, in the May of 1799, for the Spanish provinces in South America. Five times within a very brief interval he crossed both the Andes and the Cordilleras. In the June of 1802 he reached the highest point ever attained by any buman being on the surface of the globe, ascending to an elevation above the sealevel of 19,300 feet—namely, to the •skyward top of the mighty peak of Chhnborazo. Both the great American con tinents were traversed by his daring footsteps. Re turning to Europe he published, section by section, his encyclopmdic " Travels"—extending over 20 volumes and embellished with 1,200 engravings. Afterwards, advancing through Russia, he penetrated across a distance of 2,320 geographical miles beyond the borders of the Chinese frontiers. When between 70 and 80 years of age hebegan his " Magnum Opus," the grandest intellectual achievement of his life, his Physical Description of the Universe—" Kosmos." At ninety he died, and, now, upon the centenary of his birth, his splendid career and his glorious labours remembrance, t more as a philo so ph er are not unnaturally borne in grateful in enthusiasticthe among World his and ma n in y the Old by h ear nest and devoted appreciators. IT is perhaps fortunate that the cruelty practised in the transit of cattle should have been brought under public notice at this season. In the hurry and excitement of the parliamentary session political topics are all engrossing in their interest, and social questions of vital importance are apt to be altogether overlooked, or, at best, very cursorily disposed of. Every year we have to lament the postponement of much-needed reforms, every year we have to submit to the reprieve of long-condemned abuses, but so long as our legislators find the excitement of a party con flict so much more attractive than the social regene ration of the people there is not much hope for a speedy amelioration. With regard to the needless cruelty inflicted on the unfortunate animals who are removed by rail way or steamboat from one part of the kingdom to the other, the interference of the Legislature is not immediately necessary. The recent Acts of Parlia ment have empowered the Privy Council to interfere TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sin,—A considerable amount of discussion having now taken place on the Byron question, and there appearing a great danger of the vital points of the cpntroversy being buried under a multitude of words, I beg once more to recall the public atten tion to a few plain facts, on which the foundations of the whole dispute rest. The great fundamental fact is, that all the dark and revolting charges against Lord Byron are avowed to proceed from the very person who, before making them, took care to destroy the evidence of the person against whom they are made. That is, Lady Byron, dur ing the life of her husband, had sternly refused to make any explanation to him, or to the public, of the causes of her separation. If she had any to make, the proper time to do that was whilst her husband was living, and, if not true, could have rebutted them. She should have done this or for ever after held her peace. But when her husband was dead, and died with the hundred times repeated de claration of his ignorance of her reasons for leaving him ; when she had accomplished the destruction of her husband's statement of his side of the ques tion, and then written, as we are informed, her own representation of it ; when all those who knew him best, who had his full confidence, and could best defend him, had followed him to the tomb, we find her, in open breach Of her Solemnly reiterated assertions of an inviolable silence on the subject, corning out, if Mrs. Stowe's story be true i with the most damning calumnies which it is pos sible for a woman to utter against her husband. I beg to ask once more whether it be the opinion of the justice-loving British public that this style of conduct can for a moment receive its sanction? y If a practice of thi s kind can b e t o l era t e d , then will no man's reputation be safe from " the wife of his bosom." Any wife with a pique may, the moment that the breath is out of her husband's body, rifle his cabinets, overhaul the most sacred records of his past life, and then with impunity proceed to blacken his memory with the most odious pigments of hell. This, however, is precisely what the zealous advocates of Lady Byron's un warrantable proceeding recommend to us as admis sible. I have no hesitation in asserting that it is a proceeding as odious, as abhorrent to every right feeling, as opposed to, and destructive of, every principle that is sacred in life, as it is pre-eminently un-English. I repeat it, that the moment that Lady Bryon caused to be destroyed the memoir of her husband she put herself out of court on the ques tion, and rendered it impossible that it can ever be settled except upon defective and exparte evi dence. Beyond this primal fact, which ought to stand for ever broadly, strongly, and uneclipsel by ver biage or sophistry before the public eye, it is scarcely worth while to go ; but there are one or two minor facts made patent by recent correspondence. It is perfectly clear, from the letters of Lady Anne Bar nard and Lady Byron, quoted by Lord Lindsay, and made still more palpable by the important state ments of "An American Citizen" in the 7imes of the Bth inst., that for years after the separation Lady Byron had no idea of any such crime as Mrs. Stowe makes her allege against Lord Byron 13 years ago. There is not a shadow of a shade of any such cause assigned for the separation. The causes enumerated are violent conduct, affected insanity, and general licentiousness. That Lord Byron had no idea of any such charge on her part the " Ame rican Citizen" satisfactorily shows from his inter course with Moore ; that Lady Byron had no such idea, the fact, so well observed, of her naming her infant daughter after after Augusta Leigh is most conclusive proof. If Lady Byron afterwards fell into such a belief it must have been from the fiend ish insinuation of some base person like the woman " born in a garret, in the kitchen bred." One more fact. The writers, English and Ame rican, who claim for Mrs. Stowe the peculiar and almost exclusive confidence of Lady Byron on this subject, are dealing in mere fudge. It is well known to a certain number of persons that Lady Byron, with all her affected strength of character, had the weakness to make such confidantes of most of her lady friends of long standing. Most of these ladies are now dead, and prudently " died' and made no sign." But there is one at least still liv ing who possesses a series of letters from Lady Byron, containing not horrors of the Beecher Stowe type, but heavy charges not only against her husband, but against her own daughter. What are we to do with a person at once so vir tuous and so vituperative—so saintly in one corner of her mind, and harbouring in another that which does not spare even her own flesh and blood ? What are we to say to the noble reticence of a wife who destroys her dead husband's defence, outwits his re maining friends, and then furnishes to her lady ad herents all round a sheaf of poisoned arrows, to be shot off when not au opposing shield can he raised against them. It is the story of Orpheus over again— torn to pieces by a mob of infuriated women Certain anonymous correspondents talk of Byron being " now unmasked." lie was the very last man to wear a mask. His faults lay from first to last open to the day. We know no more positively of him now than we did. We have no proof whatever ; only one-sided assertions ; but much counter proof ; and we are bound to characterise this attempt to swear away his literary and moral character—such as it was—as most monstrous. 1 have no desire to condemn Lady Byron. No one honours certain HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, Sept. 11. her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Chris tian, drove out in the morning. In the afternoon the Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian and Prince Leopold, drove out again. LATEST INTELL IGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, Sept. 13. The Guion steamihip Nevada arrived here to day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 135 i ; the highest quotation dur• iug the day was 135,-1 ; the lowest, 135 g. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 122. 46 " 1885 l2ll. gg " 1867 l2O. 10-40 46 Illinois l3Bl. Erie 391. Cotton—Mid. upland 33c. Petroleum—Standard White 32lc. Flour, extra state, $6.45c. to $7.5c. Corn, old mixed, $1.14c. QUEBEC, Sept. 13. The Allau (Glasgow) steamship Austrian arrived out to-day. BOSTON, Sept. 13. The extra Cunard steamship Palmyra arrived out to-day at G a.m. PRUSSIA. KOENINGSBERG, Sept. 13. During to-day's festivities in honour of the visit of the King a deplorable accident occurred. Owing to the crush of spectators, the railings of a bridge gave way. Up to 10 o'clock to-night 24 dead bodies, belonging to persons of various ranks in society, have been discovered. ITALY. FLORENCE, Sept. 13. After investigating the circumstances connected with the alleged attempt to assassinate Deputy Lobbia at Florence, the Court of Appeal has summoned him and four other persons to-day to answer the accusation of fraudulently concocting the charge referred to. Signor Lobbia and Deputy Cucchi have also been summoned by the Correc tional Tribunal on the charge of complicity in the robbery of documents from Deputy Fambri. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 13.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : 4} per Cent. .... 101 25 Bank Shares 2835 End of month... —.— Italian Fives 52 90 3 por Cent End of month 7l 171 Ottoman Loan ... 327 50 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 270 Spanish Threes ... 27 Credit Foncier l7OO Ilomo Debt — Paris Gas ............ 1595 Deferred — RAIL WAY s. Cash Orleans ... 960 Western Northern ... lO9O Strasburg •• 590 Lyons and M e dit erranean Southern..... 602 Sardinian Austrian Lombard so7} North of Spain -- Saragossa 50 m Roan - The following appointments were made yes terday at the Admiralty :—Lieutenant George R. Donkin to the Ocean, additional, for disposal ; Lieut. Herbert 11. Grenfell and Lieut. Lainbton, L. Bevan to the Excellent ; Navigating-Lieutenant Erasmus C. Roberts, additional, to the Ocean ; G. R. Divett, midshipman, to the Duke of Wel lington, as supernumerary, for disposal ; James R. G. Simpson, naval cadet, to the Royal Adelaide, additional, for disposal ; and Dr. Alex. Mitchell, assist.-surgeon, to the Orwell. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VA.LUABLE aro the properties of Lamplougu's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or binary affections. Pleasant, paialagble, and invigoratin Evld by all Citemists.--[Aclvt.], parts of her character more than I do ; but she has condemned herself by her breach of her once honourable silence, and by the irreparable wrong done to Byron by the destruction of his justi ficatory case. Once more, and finally, for with this I close my earnest protest on this subject, I exhort you, my 'countrymen, to revert to and to hold fast and im moveably by those great principles of justice which have distinguished us in all ages. "No man," says our law and our deepest moral sentiment, " shall be condemned unheard." But if Lord Byron be condemned it must be unheard. Ills lady has murdered him in his sleep ; in the last great sleep as it regards this world. She has stifled his voice from the tomb. And let her not persuade you, _under these circumstances, that even his poetry is a sham, an empty, theatric impersonation studiously got up for effect. In whatever he wrote, Byron was only too real. At midnight, over his gin and-water, penning " Don Juan," his mind floated in the sphere of a lawless world and its reminis cences. When he A rote his dark dramas of " Cain " and " Manfred," he was anxiously endeavouring to probe those gloomy mysteries of a corrupted human nature, which Shakespeare, Dante, Goethe had explored before him, and, contemporaneously, Shelley, yet with no man accusing them of incest. In " Childe Harold" he shut out the lower and in jurious world and its associations, and rose into a nobler and purer element. lie ascended into rap port with the spirit of the august and eternal moun tains, and their sublime sense of purity and awe. A voice of loftiest inspiration, a loving, genuine voice of man's highest and noblest inspirations then awoke in him. In that spirit he wrote one of the sweetest and noblest poems which live in any language—a poem which breathes the true trumpet tones of imperishable freedom ; a tone of God's and man's justice to universal man, a glorious heritage of our language and our common nature ; a tone even of religion with which the mathematical mediocrity which now seeks to crush him could never sympathise, because it could not live up and into it. Great, immense allowances are to be made for a man like Byron, struggling with a blood and constitution infected by a mad and wicked ances try. It might be a great misfortune for Lady Byron to marry such a man—which she did with her eyes oyen—but it was a terrible one for him to marry a woman who could desert him living and de fame him dead. Poor Byron ! But, spite of all nature's and woman's wrongs ; spite of all defama tory efforts, his best sentiments shall animate our children to the love of liberty, of nature, and of patriotism as long as the nation and its language last. And if they descend to his less hallowed themes, they will do it at their own peril and re sponsibility, as they do when they indulge in the grossnesses of Ovid and Catullus, of Sterne and Smollett, of Voltaire, Rabelais, and Paul de Kock ; or wilfully seek the scenes of the degraded life of our present corrupted cities. With these words I close my part in this contro versy, and wait for the authoritative words of those few who aro the only ones in a position to pro nounce them.—l am, &c., WILLIAM lIowITT. Penmaenmaur, Sept. 10. ip, . 74 . a c; t t , ~,., ...,, THE 21IOLDAVIAN JEWS, From a contemporary's statement it seems probable that the benevolent intervention of Sir Moses Montefiore on behalf of the Jews in Moldavia will soon again be wanted. The Roumanian Prime Minister, M. Cogolniceano, has addressed a letter to the prefect of Belgrade, in which he recommends that the Moldavian Jews should be trans' ported in a body to a sort on Botany Bay on the shores of the Black Sea. After describing these Jews as " vagrants' and " a real pestilence," "inconveniencing the Govern' meat and demoralising the population," the Minister instructs the prefect to inspect the territory at the mouth of the Black Sea for the purpose of ascertain ing whether it can be converted into a settlement for them. In the last Roumanian official census it irel stated that there are 5,000 of these " Jewish vagrants the country. _ THE NEW ZEALAND WAR. The Taranaki herald of july 7 gives detailsrbf the lat e massacres by't'e Kooti, on the cast coast. It seems that Paul Ilupi arrived at llaratu, a strorgly-fortifie d post, with some of his people, whom he wished to place under British protection. He stated that Te Kooti had killed six men and fifteen women an d children of his hapu, and was then at Tauranga, on Lake Tanpo. This intelligence was confirmed by one of the scouts, who had been within ten miles of hie position. Tho Tokunu natives, who had retired to a pah near Rotnaire, advised the English to 'pursue hiole The massacre of the officers and men at Apepe belonging to Colonel St. John's party was committed, it is thought. by Te Kooti's band, led by himself in person. 111° unfortunate party neglected to take the ordinary preooli . tions, as they had been told they could stop in the village with as much safety as in Maketu. The day after the massacre the reconnoitring party returned and found the dead bodies of the ten men they had left, with o note, signed Te Kooti, left in a conspicuous place' stating that the Hauhaus had killed nine men at 0110 place, and one at Hereiwi. THE HAI?VEST. The Magnet, in its review of the grain trade, sa3 l:-.. " Now that harvest iyork in England has been virtual, brought to a close, a correct estimate ca n b e f o rmed °I. the yield of the various kinds of produce. As regard , wheat, later accounts do not lead us to differ from oar previously expressed opinion, that both quality a nci , quantity are sadly deficient when compared with l°:; year ; but that, owing to the large r b re adth of lal l " under cultivation, the yield will not fall far short of t he average ; whilst the excellent condition in which the grain has been carried will enable it to pass into Cow gumption immediately. Threshing has not been eat er ': sive as yet, but the more it proceeds the more fully are our remarks on the inferiority of the produce justified. The average weight per bushel is about 60 to 62Ibs. 1331 : ley is undoubtedly the best cereal crop of the seasiou, withstanding the great variety in the quality and Yi el _ A Oats, which during the earlier part of the season look : so promising, have greatly disappointed expectation'', th yield being much below the average. Beans and peas I, a poor crop. The copious showers, whil e re t ar ding harv e ; work in the North, have greatly benefited the root cr °1: :; The deterioration wrought in the turnip crop by continued drought has been checked, and a continuanent of rain would soon restore it to its former luxuri a to appearance. The same remarks are equally applica ble the marigold and potato crops. The pastures and g 4; lands have also profited to some extent by the rain, again afford a fair feed for cattle. Dr. Cookworthy, M.D., of Plymouth, on ° , 0 f the most active local promoters of the Reform 1832, has just died. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn is at present visit to Mr. John Mendez at Minard Castle, Argytesbire. is said to be in excellent health. ea QUERY. —Which is the longest speech rec ord sacred or profane history? Answer.—St. Pauls 1,110 Ephesus, where " he went into the synagogue, and sP o s' boldly for the space of three months."—Acts xix. The death is announced of James sth Ear l °; Kingston, in his 70th year. Ho was a barrister, and p r o f married to Anna, daughter of Matthew Brenklell Parsonstown, Meath. A numerous committee has been formed for the, purpose of aiding the Rev. Charles Voyscy in his def en d against the proceedings instituted by the ArchbisheP York. Amongst the gentlemen who have consented to act are Viscount Amberley, Viscount Adare, Sir W. V. sit Dean Stanley, ProfessorJowett, Sir W. Trevelyan, a ny -1 Charles Lyell. A grave question is solemnly discussed bY Methodist Recorder—whether local preachers are iti sti ",h e e in using the velocipede on Sundays. On the w hole , 7 6 Recorder is not prepared to condemn the new n' acb d ii o. being so used. It is better to walk than ride, if the f i e tance will permit ; but it is better to ride a velociVe;, than a horse. But, it is asked, " Where will the tion end? Perhaps we shall have a ' Local rreacilez Bicycle Fund ' with a yearly collection. 1, d e An outrage, which may possibly result in a c" 3 t of murder, was committed by a father on his sct:t. East Jarrow, near South Shields, on Saturday iiTrob A quarrel broke out among the members of 'l n ~;tll family named Duffey, and after it was aPP ar-00 all over the father went up to his son, who had Se3;,-1, bed, and deliberately stabbed him in the abdomen tr`. clasp knife. The young man's injuries are such thst 11,:10 considered on Sunday to be in a dying state. Ilifr a in custody. An " arms case" brought before the Dublio °lied trates on Saturday attracted some attention. V i r , e P : ef , had arrested two labouring men named Casey 612 a v°te to 1:10f(1 in whose lodgings thoy found two rifles, a ba/el3"iost 13 4 , a green sash and cap, "which they supposed to to a leading member of the Fenian or an i za tion. 1 11- also found fourteen likenesses of celebra ted Fenian l el-e p The sash was handsomely trimmed in white . - ;l3s Boners were remanded for a week that further inquiry - - be made. LIE BUTTER.—The consignee , a rneNll3/3 Birmingham, butterandbeinr : paid a high price (108 s.) for a in to: P are t l 270 z. from a firkin,des ii a •o n u d s o s f en t t est i i t n g fo i r ts a g n u a a. i l y it s l i ; Stoddart,. an eminent analytical chemist of Bristol' to lovd: dirt,give th ar e c. r , es c u s l o t z o . f ; t rn h e e al a , na ,, l7 4 i o s z :— , Water,ol4:ooaslotz,%;.(;opr: 137mlmard an d bli"" mineral matter, clay, &c., **, 17 700 z.; colouring matter, o —total, 27'000z.-01°(der;€1 A curious story is told in the Hamilton (Ontario). On the night preceding Dominion PIL):::eoer one climbed the flagpole erected at Woodstoclg I "; flag of the Prince of Wales, and nailed to it an Asaeri°- Ofe bearing the word "Annexation." The CanadiAefiii, ad indignant, but no one could be found to take it d e ' g too the pole was rotten. It accordingly fluttered for pa , months, when one of the telegraph workmen °l:ferde fetch it down. He got frightened, and abasidePe light task. Finally a youth and stranger ascended , aodbr° down the rags of the banner. 1, '1(1 1°1 4 1 ' CRUELTY ON HIGH SEAS. At the Gutec bNreowugpioitrt,aglasilnesotf D W a i v g i h d t, chargeacfouorkteh,ercaptain o of :11-u sg ; e ei e the Iron/ Bo ylston, which lately arrived at Cove° at% Id t Callao. The particular case brought foro a g reei unimportant, but it served to ahoy the..,00e4 unpopularity of the captain, who was nearlY P- 1 The in leaving the court. lie was committed for tri3nditiori crew in agreeing to return to Hamburgh made A b Ol d that a fresh captain should be appointed, W ll , lc , o' o bench thought very reaaonable, and the conait'O laccepted. it r i )3All°ld A MAGISTRATE FINED.—John D0110,..a- J.P., M.H.A., was charged yesterday with w hic 4 passers-by, under a bye-law of the city coune'footteli renders offenders liable to a penalty oftlo, or /1. T' days' imprisonment. The complainan, J ll , 3** Ar avi t l 6 Coghlan-Yates, expressed his willingness to wit u " t for O . ' charge if the defendant would express costsreger:Le ifif°r; violation of the city laws, and pal mation. Mr. Balfe declined this suggestion, s' lle Del Absence of any sort of defence to the charge inflicted a fine of £1 and costs, or 50 ,01 P l i: l for e ', /1 ,, labour. Mr. Yates stated that he had laid the olo'a jo tb . tion entirely on public grounds, and asked th e -v io r ae' oabnsaerdvmeinthisattratthoordoefftehnedalanNtv,wbaesinagt once a l aw.l3l ,l 3 3 eli egi9 lature and a magistrate of the aterarreimtobrYer."o-ffi.63°llitir° imes, July 14. tcsc At the Cheltenham Music Ilall rao s- o d oc cV scene was witnessed the other night. It was a g rg er fort i r sion, and there was a crowded attendance. Eltra 6bco p," it wOudievce dccla~ .t. ances: were announce:t tote given. would to given away and divided atuogst t he a _dolv il l When the hall had become well filled tho actorsprocee hi op° their porticos of the entertainment, until chocked Ii(1 01.4 0 , the "professors," whoa ppeared much excited, 3 ie raft let te,l7 persisted in refusing to go through Poo:0:. I the evening's programme ; the throngs ° Pc ' s strafed with him, and ho thereupon bees fie rc o , , turned upon his aggressor in a fighting lontest was the result. Amidst the utmost cool d. 1000 eft 0 0 police were called to the rescue, and a regular sce.tee The whole of the audience left their seats in , L c i se , tr excitement, and demanded a return of the ontran:dor feoct " scenes" and usual decorations were trampled u , e ject° and ultimately the offending professor was ford 15t3;,;04 nod the oroceediege brought to an abruPt t( 113111 ' 14 attitudeiao.oo t I