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OFIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY 51 TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects tLe enamel from decay, and imparts a plearant fragrance to th# , breath. Price ls. 6d.—Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thampwstrcet. London. F OR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL- LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every atrticle sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, 7 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 accompa-y -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. mnsEs and SON enables them to guarhntee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should Ise accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be cheerfully exchanged. or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Booth and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening'at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE R 4, ALDO AT E 45. A LDGATE 6, ALDG ATI 87. ALDGATI4I SS. ALDGATE 49, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 508 NEW OXFORD-STREET %07, NEW OXFORD-STREET ►OB, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENIT AM- COUR T - ROAD BRA NC A. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 133, TOTTENTT AM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. n. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7 , BELLES OF TrIE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault: Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright. Joh!. Rouse; Mr. Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. rr EIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. 13. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. TUTS' EVENING, at 7, MY PRECIOUS BETSY : Mr Atkins and Miss F liza. Johnstone. At R. THE SERPENT ON THE RE I RTFI: Messrs R. Thil lips, E. Atkins. Stuart, C. H. Stephenson, W. H Eburne, Dal ton v. J. Smith, R. Romer; Mrs M. Eburne. Mrs Leigh Murray, Mies Eliza Johnstone, Mrs Stoker, kc. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr Atkins and Mrs. Leigh Murray. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manarmr. Mr. Vining THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, PRESUMPTIVE. EVIDENCE, in 2 acts, by Dion Boueicault. After which, Handel's Opera of ACTS AND GALATEA : Cupid, Miss Summers: Adis, Mr Vrrncn Rigby; I amon, Mr itfontem Smith; Polyphemus. Herr Formes; Galatea, Miss Blanche Cole. Ilfusical Conductor, Mr .7. L Hatton: Concluding with the Farce of A QUIET FAMILY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. 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Branch Der Ots or Loca Agents in every Town; QAUCE.—LEA and PERRINS.—SAUCE THE " WORCES TERS FIIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Its use improves appetite and digestion. *UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, To avoid which, see the names, LEA and PERRINS, on all bottles and labels, ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE. Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by al Dealers in Sauces throughout the World RITAN N IA I I{l4l ASSOCIATION JUN_ Ffead Offices, 429, Strand, London. _ The distinguishing ientnres of this Association aro Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. NOTIIIYG IMPOSSIBLE. GUN AMA RELLA restores the Human Hair to its pri,tine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid a one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., is. 6d., and 15s. each. i Icluding brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsnge, 93, Upper Thames street London, E.C. LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. SEVEN OR FOURTEEN DAYS IN IRELAND. On FRIDAY, 20th August, a CHEAP EXCURSION will leave Euston Station at 9.50 a.m., Camden at 9.55 a.m.—trains in connection will run from Clapham Junc tion, Victoria (L. B. and S. O. side), Battersea, Chelsea, West Brompton, and Kensington, also Broad-street (city), Dalston, and Highbury - for DUBLIN, via Holyhead. Fares for the Double Journey : To return Aug. 27 only Covered cars and deck, 245. 64 46 First class and saloon, 40s. To return any week day up to September 3 Covered cars and deck, 30s. ft tl First class and saloon, 455. From Broad street, Dalston, and Highbury 6d. extra on the above tares. For further particulars see Bills, to ho obtained at the above stations, the parcels receiving offices, and at Gaze's Tom ist-office, where tickets may also be obtained. An Excursion will leave Broadstone Terminus, Dublin on Monday, the 23d, for Galway, Tuam, Westport, Fox. fcrd, Roscommon, &c. Also Cheap Circular Tours to Con. nemara. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, August, 1869. L ONDON' AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. WEST COAST ROUTE TO SCOTLAND . Additional Express and Further Improved_ Service a Trains bet Ween London and the North of Scotland. An ADDITIONAL EXPRESS TRAIN, conveying first and second class passengers, now leaves Euston Sta tion at 8 p.m., for EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, PERTH, and the North of Scotland. A direct Train for Greenock, in connection with this Express, leaves Motherwell at 7.0 a.m., arriving it. Greenock at 8.20 a.m., allowing ample time for passengers for Oban and the West Highlands to join the lona.Steamboat, which leaves Greenock at 9.0 a.m. Tourist Tickets and Return Tickets for Scotch Sta tions are available by this Train. Passengers for Green ock are conveyed without change of carriage by this Train. Passengers for Edinburgh by this Train will join the Limited Mail at Carstairs : those for Perth and the North of Scotland will j Din the Train at Gartsherrie. Passengers by this Train aro allowed fifteen minutes at Carlisle for refreshments. The Train leaving Euston Station at 9.0 p.m. has been accelerated so as to arrive at Aberdeen at 2.0 p.m., two hours and twenty minutes earlier than heretofore. A new Express Train for London leaves Aberdeen (Caledonian) at 9.0 a.m., Glasgow (Caledonian) 1.45 p.m., end Edinburgh at 2.0 p.m. ; arriving in London (Euston Station) at 3.15 a.m. Passengers booked through to Scotland are allowed to break their journey at Carlisle. For further particulars see Time-bills. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, August, 1869. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS, For the Year ending 30th June, 1869, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, lath August, 1869, WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Deputy- Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The Report which the directors have now to submit to the proprietors differs in its tenor but little save is one or twc particulars from that laid before them in 1868. The income of the year, it will be seen, amounts to .£510,499 18s., and the total charge to £445,077 10s. 9d. The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the balance of the surplus fund at the commencement of the financial year, 3aised that item to £1,002,974 los. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, Just 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE YEAR. s. d. DR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 Premiums on new assur- ances Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0 371,548 12 1 Interest from investments 120,959 12 10 Profit and loss, balance of account 492,508 4 11 47,991 13 1 X s. d. 907,t52 8 6 Total income £1,448,052 6 6 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, CHARGE OF THE TEAR. £ s. d. CR. Dividend to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured Additions to those under participating policies Policies surrendered Re-assurances —new Ditto old 51,009 4 1 X s. d. 8,880 4 0 405,561 12 1 Commission Medical foes Income tax.. 8,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16;238 9 10 436,187 6 9 Total charge Balance of account, June 3U, 1869, as per balance-sheet •• 1,002,974 15 9 £1,448,052 6 C The total of premiums received is £371,548 12s. Id., of which sum £13,560 ss. Id. is for new assurances effected in the year. The interest from investment 4 is £120,959 12s. 10d., o; £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 hifle to the sum of £48,000. It may bo 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 obs-rvcd that they are only three per cent, of the total income. BALANCE-SHEET, JUNE 30, 1869. DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 108,940 6 7 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, Sm. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund £6,757 17 0 £7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgagee £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 16 t Ditto ditto Funded securities 491,303 4 2 Ditto ditto Temporary secu rities 198,207 17 f Current intereston the above investments 30,934 4 6 Cash and bills 12,256 15 1( Advanced on security of the company's policies 165,387 1 F 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 aseets are, of course, increased by the sum £95,422 7s. 3d. already mentioned, as is shown by the augmentation to that extent iu the balance of the surplus fund. The Direction of the Company is now constituted as follows : WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESA, Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, EsQ., Deputy-Chairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. George Russell, Esq. SirJ. Buller East, Bt., D.C.L. Thomas GodfreySambrooke, Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D., EFq. F.R.S. Admiral Tindal. CharlesThos.Holcombe,Esq. Right Hon. Sir John Young. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Bart., K.C.B. LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND on the CAPITAL of the Company, at the rate of Six per Cent for the half-year ending 30th June, 1869, with a BONUS of Two and a Half per Cent., will be PAID to the Pro prietors, either at the Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of the Company's Branch Banks, on and after MONDAY, the 16th inst. By order of the Board. W. McHE WAN, General Manager. 21, Lombard-street, Aug. 6, 1869. rilE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1869. AGENTS WANTED EVERY W HERE td introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. foie Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVE - NING, at 7, BELtES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8 FORMOS 4 : Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brannan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING, at 7, MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr Atkins and Miss Johnstone. At 8, THE SERPENT ON THE HEARTH : Mr R. Phillips, Mr E Atkins, Mr Stuart. Ilrs M. Eburne, Mrs L Murray, &c. And DOMESTIC ECONOMY Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanboroneh. This EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. THE TOODLES. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; !It esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland. Bufton. To em , elnde with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James, ROYALTY THEATRE. (hider the Management of Miss M Oliver. 'fees EVENING, at 7.30, A ROVING COM MISSION. After which CHECKMATIC. Followed by THE MILI PART BILLY TAYLOR. To conclude with IN FOR A HOLID A.Y Mr Dewar, Mr. Danvers. Miss M. Oliver Miss Saunders, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vininb. MIS EVENING, at 7, PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE. After which, AU I A\ D GAL AT EA : Herr Formes, Mr V. Rigby, Mr M. smith, and Miss Blanche Core. To conclude with A QUIET FAMILY. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton THISYVBNiNG, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL QARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, Rd. - r - nUtltt 4i5-4;"*""A .111,11 t in • No ' ' l** • • '; • LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUS7 18, 1869. The Report of the Metropolitan Board of Works just issued, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, 18th and 19th Victoria, c. 120, s. 200, comes to us as a welcome reminder that London is now rapidly under going a magnificent transformation without the costly luxury of a M. HausaraNN. The changes already effected have no doubt involved an enormous expendi ture. The changes now actually being carried out will entail yet larger disbursements. The changes immediately projected, but not yet commenced, will in crease the total outlay, as a matter of course, still more considerably. But for all that there is prudence clearly discernible, from first to last, in the application of capital to the improvement of the metropolis, whether in regard to purposes of utility, or of simple beautification. Many of these improvements have been, or are being carried out upon an imperial scale, but they are one and all there recognizable in themselves as admirable investments. There can be no question whatever that more has been done within these last ten years to render London worthy of its position as the capital of the greatest empire in the world, than had been done in the previous twenty years of her MAJESTY'S reign, or than had been done, for that matter, in all the four preceding reigns put together. The Main Drainage of the Metropolis is one of the most imperial of all our Metropolitan Improvements. The Thames Embank ment is another, more visible to the eye, and, there fore, more readily appreciable. But, without the Main Drainage preparing the way for it, the Thames Embankment would, in itself, have been a very ques• rionable improvement. The former, by purifying the current of the Silent Highway, has rendered it sightly and salubrious for the inhabitants of London to make the banks of that Silent Highway the most conspicuous of all their promenades. The back en trance toLondon is thereby being rapidly transformed into its noblest approach. When the Southern and the Northern Embankments confront each other, when they are planted with trees and adorned with appropriate statuary, the river flowing through the capital of England, a river spanned already by the noblest bridges in the world, will present the metro polis to view under its very finest aspect. Apart from the Embankment, apart from the Main Drainage constructions of a subterranean character, apart from the wonderful additions made to our magnificent series of bridges such as the splendid structures it Blackfriars and at 'Westminster—there are im provements already effected or in course of being effected in all parts of the metropolis, improvements many of them of vast and regal magnitude, the full catalogue of which it would be difficult within any thing like moderate dimensions to enumerate. The Elolborn Valley Viaduct is, among all those, one of the most important, and it is one that is now happily and rapidly approaching its comple tion. The removal of Middle-row is one of not the least of what may be called our negative improve ments. Meaning the sweeping out of the way of what had been, hitherto, at once an eyesore and an impedi ment. Another of these negative improvements very urgently required is beyond any doubt whatever, that still worse Middle-row, as it might be called, of the Strand, the notorious Holy well-street, a foul and lilapidated locality that must be cleared, • sooner or later, to its foundation, as no less moral than a material abomination. The shifting out of the way of Temple Bar—the removal of it from its present site, obstructively, right in the centre of the main line of thoroughfares from the city of London to the city of Westminster, and its re-erection far mere suitable as an entrance gate to the Temple on the south side of Fleet-street, immediately opposite, the perspective of Chan cery-lane, is yet another of those negative im provements which by all reasonable Londoners would bo very heartily welcomed and appreci ted. A positive improvement of a very conspicuous character, which is also eagerly looked forward to, is the reconstruction of the National Gallery, on what Sir ROBERT PEEL called the finest site in Europe. Comparatively few, we conjecture, are as yet aware of the noble facade which is now all but completed for the new Royal Academy building, at the back of Burlington House, the facade in Burlington Gardens ,vith its array of standing and seated statues of the great men of the various countries, associated not with art alone but with science also, with literature and with phi losophy. Though among these why MILTON should be there and not SIIAKSPERE altogether passes our comprehension ! New streets, new markets, new churches, new theatres, new art galleries, such as the Albert Hall, opposite the Hyde Park Testimonial to ,he PRINCE CONSORT—these and the reconstruction )f various old buil:lingo, and the widening and gene ral improvement in numerous ways of many of the old thoroughfares of our capital, are conspicuous anong the changes for the better now passing rapidly ver the metropolis. The Lon lon of the GEORGES, ti effect, is already hardly recognizable. WHILST the enemies of the Second Empire seem to increase in number and strength, its old supporters lie off rapidly and none arise to take their places. Within a short time a great gap has been made in the ranks of the EarnEnon's most devoted servants. DE MORN; the friend, counsellor, statesman, and diplomatist ; DJ OUSTIER, the well-meaning, but unfortunate, Foreign Minister, whose dismissal ;s said to have killed him; TROPLONG, the devoted President of the Senate; and WALEWSKI, the accomplished statesman who pre sided over the Conference of 1856, have all passed away. And now another great disaster has been sustained. On Friday evening Marshal NIEL, French Minister of War, died at the age of 67. No error is more common than to exaggerate the importance of such losses ; for one generation is generally as pro ductive of great minds as another, and rarely indeed does a vacancy happen which no one can be found to fill. But it is not too much to say that the removal of the first soldier of France is a misfortune which will sorely trouble NAPOLEON 111. Marshal NIEL was a commander, a diplomatist, and an administrator in one. He could win a battle and perform the duties of an ambassador afterwards; he could reorganise the army and support the details of his measure in debate against the powerful orators of the Corps L4gislatif. His services as a French General date back through a period of twenty years. In 1836, after spending some quiet years as lieutenant and captain of Engi neers, he embarked for Algeria, where, like many other officers of the Empire, he rose to distinction. In 1849 he became General of Brigade, and was selected as the head of the engineering staff connected with the French force which was sent to rescue Rome from the revolutionists. To him fell the honour of presenting to Pio NONO the keys of the recovered city. In 1853 he became General of Division, and soon found employment in the cam paign against Russia, aiding the capture of Bomar sund, and afterwards proceeding to Sebastopol as the EMPERon's aide-de-camp. Soon he was given the chief engineering command in the East, and it was under his direction that the siege operations were pushed on with special vigour against the Malakoff, until that famous stronghold fell. But it was in Italy that the General's greatest triumphs were gained. His was the Corps (the Fourth) which struck the decisive blow at Magenta, and which at Solferino saved the French and the Italians from what in all probability would have been a great disaster. It was owing to his skill that, whilst the Austrians were making alarming progress on the Italian State, the Fourth Corps was enabled to hold a superior force at bay until the victory was safe. He was rewarded on the field with a Marshal's baton. It did not fall to the gallant officer's lot to'appear on a field of battle as Marshal of France ; but his services in time of peace have been scarcely less valuable, if they were less congenial, than in war. For four years he has governed the army as War Minister, and though his doings in that capacity are by no means wholly laudable, there can be no doubt of their utility to the EMPEROR. The departed Minister was animated by one leading idea—to keep up the army, and this he most effectually did. Kingdoms might arise and fall, but political changes mattered little to the War Minister so long as the French army was ready to fight. When Ministries went out, he stayed in ; for his work of keeping up the war material was essential, or was thought so, under all circumstances. Once only was he caught napping—when the war of 1866 brought out in alarming relief the military greatness of Prussia. But this surprise was in no great space of time overcome. The Marshal would have his own way, and after due time for elaboration, a bill for the reorganisation of the army, by which all the able-bodied youths of France were compelled to serve either as regular soldiers, reserve, or national guard, was submitted to the country. The measure was passed—all Imperial measures were by the old Parliament—in spite of the grave discontent which it excited amongst a people who, though war like, had no wish to become a nation of soldiers. The War Minister's abilities were never more urgently needed than in the case of this great change. The Im perialists could not refuse to obey their master's wishes, but even they were alarmed at the discontent excited in the rural districts. But the Marshal was master of the details ; he spoke with eloquence, earnestness, and good sense ; and despite the vehement assaults of the gifted men who sat on the Left, the majority voted the bill. France then got an army of some 1,300,000 soldiers ; and her land forces are once more the first in the world. Add to these military and administrative services the not insignificant diplomatic achievements of the deceased General, and the value of his multifarious labours may be realised. It is far from impro b:ible that his departure will be, to some extent, a gain to the French nation; for he was the most uncompromising advocate of the necessity for a great force; and it is likely that the abandonment of the armed-peace system will be more easy now that he is gone. But that his loss must be griev ously felt by the EMPEROR his life sufficiently testifies. A SOMEWHAT curious compensation case which has just ,been decided at the Croydon Assizes seems to afford some hope that juries are beginning to adopt a more logical and more consistent policy in dealing with railway companies. The practice of deciding claims for damages rather through sympathy with the sufferings caused by railway disasters than on the legal merits of the case is so general that an instance of a decision given in favour of a company on a doubtful point of evidence deserves notice. The plaintiff in this case, an attorney, was proceeding from Colchester on the Great Eastern Railway, when the motion of the carriage became very unsteady. After travel ling a little way the unsteadiness developed into a violent jolting, and finally the carriage ran off the line and broke up, the plaintiff receiving severe injuries on the ribs and back. A lengthy retirement from business, and material loss, was the ground on which a claim for £1,500 was based. The question as to the liability of the company turned on a conflict of evidence as to the cause of the accident. The LORD CHIEF BARON laid down the principle that damages ought not to be awarded unless it could be proved that the carriage ran off the line through neglect. This the judge seemed to think had not been made out. The evidence on one side pointed to the conclusion that the cars had not been properly coupled. It was admitted that carriages might get off the line from this cause, and that the bumping over the sleepers would produce the jolting which the plaintiff first experienced. On the side of the defence, however, it was held that the accident arose through the breaking of a tire, and it was true if there was nothing in the appearance of the iron to indicate a flaw, the company could not be held responsible. More than this, the defence endeavoured to ebew that the tire could not be broken through the car riage going off the line ; it must, therefore, have been fractured through a latent flaw. There. was no doubt that the tire had been broken,and the Govern ment inspector thought that it did contain a defect which was not at first observable. The doubt was somewhat in favour of the company, and the jury accordingly gave them the verdict. This decision appears to have been in accordance with the spirit of the judge's summing up; but it is very different from the ordinary style of verdict in these cases. The true cause of the accident was involved in much doubt; it was not at all clear whether the injury inflicted upon the passengers was owing to the negligence of the company's servants; and in such a case it was for the plaintiff to make out a clear proof. This he failed to do. But juries have not, as a rule, felt themselves restricted by the version of law laid down by the judge, and rarely, indeed, have they acted on the principle of giving the doubt in favour of the defendants. The fact is that railway companies have been very harshlyftreated in this matter of compensation. No doubt it is much more natural to sym pathise with injured individuals than with an untangible body of shareholders ; but the law does not provide for expressions of sympathy. There can be no question that in many instances justice has been flagrantly violated through pity for the sufferings of individuals. The case in which £1,500 damages were awarded to a lady who had been tripped up by a hole in the carpet of a waiting-room is one example. Some little time ago a railway company's horse, feeding out of a nosebag, shook its head about as horses do, and knocked down a man. This ixtdiNiidual instituteda suit and obtained damages ! On what principle are such verdicts given? The Lori) CHIEF BARON lays down the rule that companies are answerable only for accidents which are owing to causes within their control. Is this theory to be stretched so far that railway proprietors are to pay for the consequences of a carpet rent, or for any other flaw in their property which may have nothing to do with the actual business of railway travelling ? Or is the omnipotence of companies to be so complete that they must keep their horses' noses under control ? Such verdicts would never be given against individual defendants. In case of a suit be tween one person and another, juries are well aware that the compensation which they award to the plaintiff may be an irreparable loss, may be ruin to the defendant, and they act with caution accordingly. But a company is • supposed to be rich and able to bear losses, though in most cases railway shareholders could tell a diffe rent tale. The penalty incurred in damages is dis tributed over an indefinite number of purses, and nobody in particular feels it; whilst the individual plaintiff has amends made for injuries which may be very serious, though beyond the control of the company. This mode of reasoning is not unnatural; but it is not just, and it is mischievous. In the first place, railway pro- prietors must recoup themselves for these heavy fines by increased charges on the public. Still worse, this endless " milking" of shareholders has a direct influence in inducing directors to disregard those claims which are just but doubtful at law, thus leading to litigation, and, in some cases, to a failure of justice, on behalf of the really aggrieved plaintiffs. It is in every respect to be desired that railway companies should be answerable for the mis deeds of their servants. It is only by rigidly enforcing compensation for all injuries caused by neglect that the danger of travelling can be reduced to a minimum. But extortion only defeats this just aim. Verdicts against defendants in defiance of law lead to verdicts against plaintiffs in opposition to justice. Everyone must deplore the loss sustained by the plaintiff in case of such an accident as this ; but sympathy, we repeat, ought not to load to perversion of the law. It is much to be wished, in the interests of the public, that a consistent mode of dealing with railway accidents be laid down, and that juries should strictly abide by it. ,TY '544 T -*/ 1,10 , UI Er, 611 'Y 1111 t HER MAJESTY. ,i OSBORNE, August 17. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday after noon. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise walked in the grounds this morning. The other members of the Royal Family also went out. LATEST INTELL LGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, August 17. The Inman Royal mail steamship City of Boston arrived here at 10 last night. All well. The Cunard steamship Scotia arrived here at 11 a.m. to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1331; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 133 i ; the lowest, 1321. Sterling Exchange on London 1094. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 9 '4 . i‘ " 1885 l2o+. it " 1867 ll9l. 10-40 Illinois l39+. Eric 2Bl. Cotton —Mid. upland 33ic. Petroleum—Standard White 32lc. Flour, extra state, $6.95c. to $7.55c. Corn, old mixed, 51.18 e. FRANCE. I3oußsE, Aug. 17.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : ____ q per Cent. End of month... -- Ital'an Fives 56 -- 3 per Cent End of mouth 73 10 Ottoman Loan ... 326 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic Credit Fonder 1767 Home Debt — Paris Gas 1655 Deferred — RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Western Northern ... llOO Strasburg • • 6OO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6l7* Sardinian Austrian Lombard 550 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 53 MILTON 11A L.-11R. LASCELLES'S CONCERT. Last night Mr. Rowland Lascelles gave a concert at the Milton Hall, Kentish-town, which was one of more than ordinary excellence. The programme embraced the names of a number of public favourites, and that, which is a rarity now a-days, it was given entire and in the order named. Miss Russell and Miss Sherrington, in the first part, sang with more than usual ability, the former the pretty ballad "Happy be thy dreams," and the latter Minasi's popular song " Call him back and kiss him." Mr. Farrant gave Mr. Braham's celebrated song "The anchor's weighed" with un exceptional taste, and the Orpheus Glee Party sang " Evening twilight" with very great effect. The second part opened with a very well-played cornet solo bylkir Clement, and then Mr. Lascelles, who was warmly received, sang Archer's song, " Alice, where art thou ?" with so much taste and expres sion as to call forth a rapturous encore. Miss Fitzhenry, of course, sang " Launch the Lifeboat" with her usual spirit, and elicited great applause ; but her " Good-bye at the door" was so marred by alterations of the score that the least said about it the better. The piano solo, without which no con• cert is now complete, was played by Miss Coleman, who appropriately selected Benedict's brilliant but difficult composition " Erin," and it was extremely satisfactory to see with what care, taste, and pre cision the pupil rendered the work of her eminent instructor. Her playing elicited an enthusiastic en core, an honour it was quite entitled to. Mr. Green, the popular basso, delighted the audience with his celebrated ditty, " I will stand by my friend ;" and the ever-green duet, " All's Well," by Mr. Lascelles and Mr. Green, terminated an evening's entertain ment, that was enjoyed to the utmost by a very full and delighted audience. The screw steam frigate Topaze, 31, Commander Richard A. Powell, C. 8., just returned from the Pacific, is under orders to discharge her powder and proceed from Plymouth Sound into lianmaze, where she will be put out of commission. 'rite Agincourt, 28, Captain Aplin, will to-day (Wednesday) be placed in No. 2 dock at Devon port, just vacated by the Minotaur. The Britannia, new training ship for naval cadets, was towed on Monday from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, and was appointed to leave yesterday morn ing for her station in the river Dart, under tow of the Buzzard. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful g loss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant g rowth, it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In largo bottles — Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers. Depot, 266, High Holborn MAYNOOTII AND THE POPE. The following answer to an address presented from the College of St. Patrick, Maynooth, to his Holiness, on the occasion of his Jubilee, has been lately received, and bears the autograph signature of "Pius IX." :----" To our be loved sons, the president, vice-president, officers, pro fessors, and students of the Boman Catholic College of St. Patrick, Maynooth, Ireland.—Pius P.P. IX. — Beloved children, health and apostolic benediction. Many things have combined to render your expressions of love and duty, as well as the offering which accom panied them, most pleasing to us. For, in the first place, the homage of children is of its own nature always grate ful to a parent, and every manifestation of the spirit of Catholic unity must needs be most acceptable to the Vicar of Christ. In the next place, as the proper education of youth depends on the professors of literature and of the strict sciences, and as the hope of society, religious as well as civil, is centred in their pupils, exemplary devotion to this Holy See on the part of both, whilst affording un doubted proof of sound doctrine and piety, is also most auspicious for our holy religion. Lastly, the very enume ration contained in your address of the remarkable and illus trious events by which, notwithstanding the efforts of the powers of hell and human malice to the contrary, Divine Providence has in these latter times either protected or wonderfully illustrated His Church, shows that your faith is so flourishing that everything good and happy may be expected from it. With joy and gratitude, therefore, we have received your homage, your gifts, and aspirations, which leave us nothing further to desire than that you will earnestly endeavour to maintain and most zealously cherish your present admirable dispositions. We have accordingly besought God to vouchsafe to confirm what He has wrought in you, and to enrich you still more with His bounteous gifts of grace. As a pledge of these, and a token of our gratitude and fatherly affection, we most lovingly bestow on you our apostolical benediction. — Given at St. Peter's, Rome, this 14th day of July, 1869, in the twenty-fourth year of our pontificate.— Pius P.P. IX." THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. EXETER, TUESDAY. Whilst sportsmen are busy amongst the grouse upon the moors the members of the British Association are assembling in this ancient cathedral city for their thirty ninth annual meeting. How much the pleasantness, not to say the success, of these reunions is contingent upon the character of the places where they are held, is appreciable only by those who habitually attend them. Sir John Bowring, who stood chief sponsor for Exeter, promised so much in its behalf when at Norwich last year the claims of the various towns desiring a visit from the association were under discussion, that, unless their sojourn here is pre eminently enjoyable, scores of irate philosophers and men of science will, like the forty thousand Cornish miners in the old West Country ditty, "soon know the reason why." Prospectively, things look healthy. This city, so quaint in construction and so picturesque in situation, is in many respects admirably adapted for the purposes of such a gathering as the present. In one direction there may be a failing ; indeed there are indications of it already, and that is in the matter of beds. The hotels of the city appear to have let not only all their own cham bers, but also those of their neighbours weeks ago. Who are the sagacious visitors who pitch upon their quarters so long before the actual day of meeting arrives? How ever deep their devotion to science, they always appear able to spot the best accommodation in the town and to allocate it to themselves, by means of the penny post, in a manner which is simply aggravating to those who arrive before them, but arrive only to be rele gated to inferior domiciles. There was every appearance last night of every bed being full, so where those who come this evening or to-morrow intend to sleep, unless it be in the railway station, is a matter which will be a tolerably difficult riddle for them to solve. For tunately, to balance the fewness and smallness of the hotels in the city there are a considerable number of lodging-house keepers residing especially in the outskirts whose rooms may be made available, at what prices the end of the meeting will disclose. The accommodation question apart there is nothing whatever to indicate that the convenience of the visitors will not be quite as well served here as in any of the numerous towns to which they have gone since 1831. Indeed, when it is remembered how great was the struggle made by the people of Exeter to get the association here, it may be safely predicted that they will leave no stone unturned to carry out in a manner as nearly perfect as possible the details of the arrangements they have devised. It was three years and a half ago that the first step was taken to tempt the philosophers to Exeter, where they had never been before. At that time Plymouth was in the field as a rival, although the association had held already one of its meetings there in the year 1841. When it became really only a ques tion which of the two towns of the West would be selected for 1869, the heart of Exeter was filled with hope, which hope was materially increased when, at the con ference between the representatives of the two boroughs, it was agreed that the claims of the rivals should be sub mitted to an independent arbitration. The referees selected were the Duke of Buccleuch, Professor Phillips, and Mr. Grove. The controversy, which though most cour teouslyconducted,was a very severe one,was virtuallysettled by a letter from Mr. Grove to Sir John Bowring, sug gesting that Plymouth should withdraw its own, and should support the invitation of Exeter. As soon as the formal acceptance of the invitation was given at Norwich a large and influential executive committee was formed in this city, and the sum of £2,500 was subscribed towards the expenses that would of necessity be incurred. But the committee had this difficulty to combat—any town entertaining the British Association must provide a hall that will seat something like two thousand persons. In all the city no building of such dimensions existed, and therefore there was no help for it but to erect one. Instead of a temporary structure, which was at first in contemplation, it was determined to subscribe for and build a permanent hall. This has been done, or rather is being done, for as visitors passed the Victoria Hall to-day they saw the workmen busily engaged completing their operations. It is in this Hall that the president, Professor Stokes, delivers the inaugural address to-morrow evening, at eight o'clock. At one time fears were expressed that the building having been so hurriedly put together would not be safe for a crowd, but the fears were groundless, as has been proved by careful professional examination. The great hall of what are known as the Royal Public Rooms have been appropriated as the reception-room, and fitted up as a club for the convenience of the members. One prohibition the local committee have made, and that is against smoking in this building. To meet the require ments of those who cannot be happy without their pipe or their cigar two rooms have been specially engaged at two hotels in proximity to the reception-room, where they may indulge to their hearts' content, At Norwich, it will be remembered, there was a smoking room under the same roof as the reception-room, and though it was very convenient for smokers it was a source of some annoyance to those who dislike the habit. By the-bye, the local committee would seem to have been under some apprehension that their authority would be counten anced unless they put the case strongly, for the hills they have issued relative to smoking run to the effect that they (the committee) are sure that gentlemen— which word is underscored—will not after having seen the notice attempt to break through the rule laid down. For the business of the sections seven different buildings, ranging from an hospital to a schoolroom, have been secured in different parts of the city. In these business will commence at eleven on Thursday morning. The following is the list of the sections : Section A.—Mathematical and Physical Science—Pre sident, Professor Sylvester, F.R.S., &c. Vice-Pre sidelits, Professor Adams, F.R.S., and W. R. Grove, Esq., Q.C., F.R.S., &c. At the Grammar School, High street. Section 13.—Chemical Science—President, Dr. Debug, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents, Professor Odlin g , F.R.S., a,nd Professor Williamson, F.R.S. At the Albert Memorial Museum. _ Section C.—Geology—President, Professor Harkness, F F ..R R: S s:, an V d i l c v e i P p re e s n i g d e e i n ly ts , , F. l. Godwin -Austen, Esq., Section 1). —Biology—President, S. demorpgeeraßncueskHaL F.R.S. Vice-Presidents, C. Spence Bate, F.R.S.;and g E . : '.l'ylor,B. E. — Geography—President, h Ep g i r s a c p op y al_S pre cho s os i clt Vice-Presidents, Si r George Grey, y Section e , n i , .c•SirBB, and artle F A* rer G e. Findlay, Esq., F.R.G.S. Vi ctor i a Hall. Hall. Section F. —Economic Science and Statistics—President, the Right Hon. Sir Stafford 11. Northcote, Bart., M.P. Vice-Presidents, 'l'. D. A c l au d, Esq., M.P. and Colonel Sykes, M.P. ,F.R. S. Athenaeum. Section G.—Mechanical Science—President, C. W. Siemens, Rig., F.I.S. 'Vice-Presidents G. P. Bidder, Esq., F. R.G.S., and C. Vignoles,Esq.,F.ll. s. St. John's I ospital. Judiciously combining pleasure with business, provision has been made for two soirc'es, one on Thursday evening, in the Albert Memorial Museum, a very handsome new building just completed in Queen-street, and the other on Tuesday evening, August 21, in the same place. Excur sions to Plymouth and Devonport, Honiton, and Gittisham Hill, will be made on Saturday, and to Torquay, North Coast of Devon, Taunton, and Watchet on Thursday week. On Wednesday week the Mayor gives a public luncheon. In addition to the address of the President twc lectures will be delivered on the evenings of Friday and Monday. The first will be by Professor Phillips, on " Vesuvius," and the second by Mr. J. Norman Lockyer, on "The Sun." A popular lecture, especially for working men, will be delivered on Saturday evening by Professor William Allen Miller, on "The Modes of Determining the Composition of the Sun and other Heavenly Bodies by the Spectrum." Amongst the association visitors is Miss Baurrdeest, v Burdett C ica ou r tti who is the guest of the Rev. Prebendary Barnes, Heavitree. THE CHARGE OF BRIBING DETECTIVES!, At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, before the Recorder, Richards, a police-inspector, in the employ of, the London and Brighton Railway Coinpany, and 'William Critchley, described as a jeweller, were indicted for, bribing Sergeants Ham and Granger, two detectives. The case for the prosecution was that two persons were in custody for felony, and that the two prisoners endeav oured; by administering bribes of £lO to each of the officers named above to get them—in their own phraseology —t°' " turn up " the case. Both Ham and Granger swore mos t positively that they received £lO each for the purpose named, and their superior officer was called and spoke t° ' receiving the sum from Ham. Though subject to a severe cross-examination by Serjeant Ballantiue, Ham's testimony remained unshaken. Some of his answers tend to sbeW from what conditionin life a City detective springs. T he witness stated that he had been in the force ten years, out of which he had been six years sergeant; He had been a ploughman, a milkman, a grocer, a soldier, and a cheesemonger. Serjeant Ballantine, for the defence, contended that the evidence, being entirely, uncorroborated, was unworthy of belief. His lordship summed up, and the jury found the prisoners g uiltPi They were sentenced to two years' hard labour each. THE MOTS AT SHEFFIELD. The unionists riots at Sheffield—of which our reacle r3 were yesterday informed—were most serious. AS Via : stated, the locked-out colliers were holding " great demonstration in Hyde Park, under th e presidency of the Mayor. Much excitement :Ige n° to have prevailed throughout, and the colliers were evidently much exasperated. The exa s P er ,s a. tion was fed by the appearance of several non-unionists la the streets—some of them unduly parading themselves, one account says—and they were greeted with his ses s ua groans, especially those employed by Mr. Huntsman',ssb colliery proprietor, who has succeeded in Working In' pits notwithstanding the strike. The proc eeding° of the day commenced by a procession t hrough Sheffield to the park where the meeting was t s ° be held. The groans to non unionists were given en ': tinually by the processionists ; but unfortunately the voel' demonstration of disapproval did not satisfy them, Ds by-and-by a number left the ranks to attack one of 3 1 - I. * Huntsman's workmen. This unfortunate man , wh un "essa. name is Hatfield, was knocked down and kicked ; he could not walk without staggering ; and then, i t stated, was thrown into the air by his assailant* and allowed to fall on the pavement. It seems probahlas that the mob would have " finished" him as they thr eatenen to do, had he not been rescued and taken into a Pn bli h e ; house. There was a cry of " Smash the windows," hatt'a bolder spirits seem to have thought of better g anie more decided vengeance. They made way to the cottage° Oa t he in which some of Mr. Huntsman's men reside. way another non-unionist was met and served as badlY the one who had just escaped. He was stoned unin er ,, l b . fully, but escaped into an engine house. Then t he 2 %, moved towards the cottages aforesaid. The first h e (says one reporter) which was the subject of at° is James Mangham's. He and his wife had bee n An from home for some days on a visit to the Seaside, an the house was left in charge of a man named Wi l l s Ledger. At the time of attack it was t ena nted 11 man and by six little children. Without any w rlilli ; : the crowd assembled in front of and behind th e hen" ; and commenced a regular fusillade of stone - t hrowi l and continued it until every pane of glas s : h i : almost all the window frames were smashed. -`" to complete the wreck the door was forced open, but tberf was very little spoil to be got, for almost every a rticle 0 ,. 6 furniture in the place had been broken. Pictures knocked to pieces, and everything else damaged. To roar the work of destruction complete, the crowd seized all t ' e chairs, and taking them outside, deliberatelysmas h e dtheill ld to pieces, broke all the crockery and glass they cou find' as well as everything else they could get hold signed the table and dresser to the same lira's which had received the unfortunate chairs, and scatter the contents of the drawers and boxes all over the room. The man Ledger and the children managed to hide then; selves, and got out of the way of the stones. Nor Wdse, they discovered by the crowds who searched the 11°"1e The next dwelling attacked was occupied by a s a ys °i named Clark. The same procedure was adopted here, s that rather more damage was done to the interior ; the house. When the attack began there w as t he one in the house except a lodger, but shortly aftellsea commencement Clark came in. The attack then inere Tos in fierceness, and very soon everything in the Pla ce as smashed—a pier-glass, several pictures, and other fross, articles, as well as the more substantial furniture. the door was forced open and some of the mob Prn cee ise d upstairs, breathing vengeance against Clark. He a out of the bedroom window. Whilst be was on the g r°- ,4 he was threatened to be "brained" with large stones , °" 0 only escaped by making the most earnest entreaties. 11°. proof of the force with which the missiles were se nt ' •s ib s mentioned that at the back of the house stones bad 's: thrown through a bedroom window which have gone a c r o s s the room and stuck in the opposite wall to the deP t %. three inches, the wall being covered with deep in cie S a ie tions. Amongst the articles stolen were a very va ill- „ s e writing desk and some vouchers, &c., which could be of ne to the crowd, but were destroyed through sheer sca nt° o S tress. At the next house, which is in the occupaticliics Daniel Ensor, who is an underground viewer in the ser: of Mr. Huntsman, the occupants were slightly fni ti , e j, skft e r tea At the time when the attack on the row conu nel) ," s e ss, Ensor and his wife were seated at dinner, an cl i.sod ay r alarmed at some o f th e ne i g hbou r ing women an d c ''.'ssed coming in and asking for shelter and protection• tbs shortly afterwards the mob commenced an attack 1113eI(nlae r house. Ensor is a man who has incurr ed Alllslie share of their hatred than the others. he re occupants of the house took refuge in the cellar, woos they remained, the women and children cryi n g ea. pitiably, until the door was attempted to be; orced:la Ensor then went into the room. He was ssune cil : see struck on the face by a large stone, a wound be struck flicted which bled freely ;he was then struck hi other ru isei stone upon the shoulder, making a very uglY 5130 and he received two other bruises upon the arm* p a door was meanwhile being slowly forced i-° ' 1 460% seeing there was nothing else for it hut o u t of a bold stand, Ensor called the woman 1113 °- ces led the cellar, and telling them to keep in his rea r, Proc to make a poker red hot by placing it in the fir e a p icli accomplished, he seized the poker in one hand an', o pto in the other just as the door was forced open. , but were at once made to disarm him of these weapo n : a s of he managed to retain his hold of the m, selt eon' his assailants coming into anything but Plea s° , ll hr oag li tact with the poker. At last he forced his way ess ioa the crowd, who seemed to he under t he har their that he was carrying firearms. On discovering o be mistake they immediately commenced to stone hilnescape retreated. He succeeded, however, in sn aking h ig u iss,b l6. 'to the colliery, the women also finding solve sebsus° refuge. The work of ransacking and plundering t o ia was then proceeded with. A little over £ 7 in 133°Il ts th ° some articles of clothing were stolen, in adcli tic° vs eeel c ' furniture in the house being reduced to The next place attacked was the house occupied 11; c t i of Taylor. The man Marsh, who first saw the aPP r° . O tbi° the mob, and suffers therefrom, had taken refug e visa s house, and although the attack upon it was 0° °,ite sQ to render it almost uninhabitable, it was no t cl . ft boo° badly used as some of its predecessors. In t he ne- erie nee s lives the man Hadfield, who was the first to el 3Bo 00' the vengeance of the crowd. His hous e sf th° suffered very much. Here the sacking ' op 11 0 houses may he said to have ended. - 4- ' 9 ,,: s eat t(1 . Ensor arrived at the New Winnings Colliery, P are ave°' a bookkeeper at the Effingham Wharf, narae d °' asking him to bring a gun to the scene of the r i° weav e ! view to overawing the crowd. In due time gr. a perfect Itepri 1 ° telly ' and the gun came, and the crowd to a °Wl::bolesor began to disperse, as they had a dread of firearms. Shortly after this upon Normansell arrived upon the scene, and , 0 f th remonstrating with the men the greater hul' is Par eft the place with him and proceede d to Istiun ci „post Meanwhile the police had been sent for, and the scene of the disturbance in time to make th the re fiel d late t of the courageous and high-souled mob q uit battle at a run. The houses now pres ent a aw, aeso A Dios appearance, as though they had been the ce ntre ° f o siag e desperate conflict. They will require entirely' r` before they can he again inhabited. contains t o a f i ns Salisbury,a n the royal officialno r n intimationi c r t. T e I c t e Y n - - —t vacancyTl i a _ t o il , 6ia:ea C the E e x le r e i t ,O io s n w o N f Dr. THE Ms On Tuesday monil t ii l n‘ i :r o oi n bi g oe h rul tyNI to the Ls d tot e hil a viee t h ipli reoelfovaDl); pas . 111E:dig:on i i i l l: iir ° i n t :, r li f 0 r - rtf" 1 S..' hbotil" ao hoods of Twickenham, Hounslow, lanworth, ._ or terrific Hampton were thrown into a state of much alarai I)Yrtio report from the powder mills of Messrs. C u _,,, and H rvey. No lives have been sacrificed, but the th rew mills a known d as Green Charge Mills have been to.t:elliTy, destro • Saffron 3e , and three mill -keepers, named resPecti L.,,,, have been Webb, and Smith, are so far injured that ti l . ;. care of Mr. Douglas, surgeon to the estatllaischerna ourI:al:1'i een removed to their homes, and the neig (~ H understood that the accident will cost Messrs. Cu rti° 7 0 ( '' arvey £3OO. During the last twelve mouths Oil viol recently houses have been destroyed on the works. Meetinollo be a e t n te f r ur i u n , t a o ra c e o d np t id u e t r h a e ti p on u , k a e n u d i p ic et o i r ti t o b n u e m ,p b ; m been held in the neighbourhood to WO% v i Mival_cf. tbe..1951%, c)ratidetiScrlivniltict_ti'