The Sun. — London, England, 1869-09-04 00:00:00

• _ . F OR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, RAILWAY. on an unusually large scale, in every depart- WARWICK RACES, meat of their business. For trades and ad- September 7th and Bth, 1869. dresses. see following advertisement. The following Service of Express Trains between Euston, Victoria, Kensington, and Broa d-street Stations ~ A RARE COMBINATION. and Leamington is now in operation, week days only : 'The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL- .1 , 7, 7 : ,o 73 LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be fount .%'-., . i: : : i I „ ~,, •,.:•, ~ -21 5 r-, ,--, .:e in every article sold by E. MOSES and SON. - 5 " . "-c.) lei..to •.o •::, • Every description of Clothing ready made, ,-, -.4 a i -., ..; ')r made to measure, for all ages, and all „, ,:, ,-,- cv .:-.• ~ e-, ‘c• , •>3 ,- - 4 z c., , r , .^., ,r , ~.- „ ~, ,-...-.,r3 ~."'=<=,,,. classes. - • .:•••s ~., ..,..-4-, --..7/41,1-1. -, c) r....., , ,, -4. , •te -di t. t••• -p 4.,...0 co c...n =c, Commodious apartments for measuring .-. 7 ; . -- -..1 7 5. Ind fitting in the spacious and elegant Show ''i !? ESI`W,EI 4'4 , t 3 4 d' l4 F.,; - ?i2, -- - -- -1 - Booms, which contain a very large and diver- -...; -,-- • - _,•-0 a..it met co t-1-.. sified stock of materials. -. :-.) r. - -,-r -ti ~ ::1••• •.o t•-. For the convenience of Ladies accompany- N ,i , ..: , ~., ~ ~ L , ~., ,„, -,,. . -4 - . 1 ., Is - , t , ing their Sons there 4., t ,, , o ,-,,,,,, is a distinct department , -.4. :-.•• ,7.- 4 - I • .•:, -1, ,--, =.s • ~•-_, ..., .r.t = l ,l for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. -' 6 , E• 4-, • --....,..., ..., Orders by Post are attended to with care IN i , Q .:, and punctuality, and the easy and accurate 4=l' Ei 24 F-. , ' , : 1 •14 ,..: , ,-,:". • = -.-_,. •= -1.: r.: m ti 5. ~, ,-., `"'= system of self-measure introduced by E. •-• 5 .-,.,. -...,,T, -- 5 .::.. -, -, ~17 ,T, T, ~., . ....1 ...I MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee A faultless fit. • " •=-,,,,-. ..,sap Z -,,_., ~, , , , •3 E-3 :•'.4 -t• ~., Orders from persons who are n ot known to ~., -15 d,= c/1 -4";-. 4. _, , the firm should .. ..e accompanied by a remit- -,-I - tance, or a London reference. -, c . , ,... ' •,:-. ,, 0- -I,co ' -4 -,1 ' ',.. •, :) .. t , •-•,, Any article not worn or injured will be -.. 1 ,1-2 F -1 . : , 2 , ' „:„... : . ~, .'d A j q .7 , - , , cheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the y . -7 • - ) .-..-4 --, ......, ..... = = 0...,..., --, ,1 , 4 ... ... - - .noney will be returned. ...--- , ~, 4 , j .-:.= .+0 ,el, .4 . -' ,V) , , , , •.,,'''=,= All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, 0 •ki . '", i 7-, cr , •"/' 4 ••.:., ::: s , n --, ~, TV ~ 1 1 from which no abatement. can ho made. A- 6 t- .:_-_, = :•i";.-.- -; _ - ..,..) - JJ 7) ~....,1 1 , 1 1 , 11 , 1 .... The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats 11 ..., 5 ~_ ~ • and Ceps. and Boots and Shoes, is un- .:= . .i ''."•: 1 : : ` r-- 4' " ---.. .--=-= z..: - ,i3 F. =:, Fi --, Z . . . equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap- '''' 5 . e , ---, a, .T, -F. - 3 ..1,-...,... c .-, z_-.. ,--, cress. . Complete Outfits for all Climates, with 7 - , every requisite for the voyage. ~, o Lists of Prices, with Rules for Solf-mea- ~--. 0 2 ~., .. 1 2 ..3 sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and ,_. -• . 5 . post-free. , :-2 >•.'" _.,,t- o le o ..., ~, -4 E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts o -1 ?,, .:t ›........., are closed every Friday evening at sunset till . .- ..., ~....,...-2..::: Saturday evening at sunset, when business ' :4 = '.1.1 - , 1 z 1••••1 0 ,••• -•-' ', ' ° 2. , 0 • o o i,-; resumed until eleven o'clock. e T:41,,1 'r , c , - to .-..-,I 1) .e E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be- -.-- . , .sz , D .9. o , r...• -•.: spoke Tailors, liabitmakers, Woollendrapers, 2 S -.. 7, - 6 . _s •.., . Hatters, llosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac- .. t - 1 g 0 eg 'a T., o ?., - `o' turars, and General Outfitters for all P4 -.. '4l .• .4 , -1 P4=.=,> Classes. Return Tickets from London to Leamington are avail- The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES able for Two Days. And SON:— ............-- By order. LONDON. CITY ESTABLISIIME'ST. 155, MINORIES 156, 311NORIES 157, 3I INDRIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDO AT F. 85. ALDGATE 86, ALDGATt 87. ALDGATE 88, ALDGAT $9, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. .506, NEW OXFORD-STREET '407, NEW OXFORD-STREET ,OR, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET • TOTTENHAM-COURT -ROAD BRANCH, 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT - ROA D 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT - ROAD 183, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. ' 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Heart Offices, 42), Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. REPORT OF TH.E DIRECTORS, For the Year ending 30th June, 1869, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, 13th August, 1869, WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RITE, ESQ., Deputy- Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The Report which the directors have now to submit to the proprietors differs in its tenor but little save in one or two particulars from that laid before then, 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 fond at the commencement of the financial year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, Just 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE TEAR. s. d. DR. X s. d 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 120,939 1 - 2 10 492,508 4 11 Profit and loss, balance of account 550,499 18 0 Total income £1,448,052 6 6 Examined and approved. Tif(BIAS ALLEN ' Auditors. HENRY ROSE, ) CHARGE OF THE Z EAR. s. d. CR. 'Dividend to proprietors Jlaims on decease of lives assured .dditions to those under participating policies 21,301 6 6 Policies surrendered Re-assurances new Ditto old 51,009 4 1 405,561 12 1 Commission Medical fees Income tax 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 9 10 s. d. 8,880 4 0 Return Tickets from London to Leamington are avail able for Two Days. 436,187 6 9 By- order. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, September, 1869. COMPENSATION IN C ASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGFP.S ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of #3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Iniury. 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, COENItILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. Total charge Balance of account, June 30, 1869, as per balance-sheet .L 1,418,052 6 6 (WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary. T HE UNITED LAND COMPANY (Limited). The Holderi of the INTEREST WARRANTS for the INTERIM DIVIDEND at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, for the four months ending 31st July, are requested to present the same for PAYMENT forthwith at the Offices, 13. Norfolk street, Strand, W.C. By order of tl:o Board. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEES, SecrENTetary. GENTS WANTED EVERY W HERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This .offers a hi g hly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Ser vants, fie. Apply with two stamps to It. 3IARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. OHIO GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Rod Bull Wharf, 03, Upper T hames- street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GIJA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair to its pristine hne, no matter at what age. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ins; this wonct Jrful liquid. It is now offered to the public it a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also as., 7s. 61, and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passeage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. TiORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice called the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach.' " Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir •zumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and lie. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of Norton's Camomile Pills." UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS TO LET, consisting of Three Rooms and Dressing Room, with use of Kitchen. Nice Oarden. Four minutes' walk to Bus and Ra 1 to City and West-end.-44, St. Paul's-road, Camden-square, THEATRE ROYAL, D RURY-LAN E. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F.D. Chatterton. TIIIS EVENING, at', BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault: Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce cf BORROWED PLUMES. The total of premiums received is £371,518 12s. ld., of which sum £13,560 ss. ld. is for new assurances effected in the year. The interest from investments is £120,959 12s. 10d., or £4 2s. per cent. on the net amount of the company's realised assets existing in June, 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 of a previous occasion, the proper quin quennial average is generally pretty sure to obtain, and the fact that the average for the past two years barely ex ceeds .£309,000 tends to confirm that statement. The expenses of management are greater by nearly £BOO than they were last year. Thoy would have been materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring the compan3's securities into the names of additional trus tees. Taken as they are, however, these expenses must be reoarded as very moderate. It will be observed that they are only three per cent. of the total income. BALANCE-SHEET, JUNE 30, 1869. DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and RI additions thereto unpaid 108,940 6 7 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund £6,757 17 0 I) UYAL STRAND THEATRE. 11. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE: Messrs E. Terry, Turner, Bruce, &c.; Mesdames Richardson, Erskine, Newton Fosbrooke, Cc. £7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. T lIOM AS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, CR ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 16 6 Ditto ditto Funded securities 4.91,303 4 2 Ditto ditto Temporary secu- !!THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. PORTING.—J WIN ROBERTS supplies the LATES r EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub ilhed.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " J. HJL3IES begs to inform his friends and the public generally that ho suTplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SON " as soon as published.—No.lo, Hampstead-road N.W. 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The SPORTING EDITION of "THE SUN" can be seen at GR AINGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight o'clock. rities 198,207 17 0 Current interest on the above investments 30,934 4 6 Cash and bills 12,256 15 10 Advanced on security of the company's policies 165,387 1 8 Agents' balances Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) . .... 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances 85,706 14 5 £7,675,813 0101 The balance-sheet does not appear to call for any re mark. The assets are, of course, increased by the sum of is. 3d. already men . tioned, as is shown by tha augmentation to that extent in the balance of the surplus fund. The Direction of the Company is now constituted as follows : WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Cha airman irman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, Da., Deputy- Charles Bischoff, Esq. James M urray, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. Charles :!hat field, Esq. George Russell, Esq. SirJ.BullarEast, Bt., D.C.L. hornas Godfrey Sarubrooke, Win. Augustus Guy, MD.. Req. 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Br,n li a n , m ac : &maid. and Katharine !Codger;, Conclude with BORROWED PLUML S ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. ItHs EVENTNn. at 7.30, AMONG TH E BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. THE TOODLES. And T PILGRM OF LOVE Messrs. E. Telly, Bruce, Sec ; Mesdames Richaldson, Newton, Fosbrooke, Se. -------- ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE 13ALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of CO. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office o pen I'l'olllll to 4. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 WetLusatian awl Saturdays, at 3 9448 all the year round. rim SUN, LONDON, SATUIMAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1869. LONDON, SA7 URDAY, SEPT. 4, 1869. Distrust is not unnaturally awakened by whatever utterance falls from the lips of Prince NAPOLEON. He is the most splendid specimen in our day of a time-server. In no apostolic sense, he is all things to all men. In the time of the Republic he was a Red. his (now) Imperial Highness took particular care (then) to associate himself with the political chi4s of the Mountain. He was an advanced Demo crat in the National Assembly, during the regime of the Provisional Government and under General CAVAIGNACS military dictatorship. Afterwards when his cousin Louts NAPOLEON was chosen to the Presidency, just in the same way as according to the First Consul's whimsical and witty saying, " Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tartar," in Prince NAPOLEON'S instance, when the fortunes of the family began to revive, from underneath the veneer of the Republican appeared little by little the engrained BONAPARTE. The alternately austere citizen- representative and enthusiastic demagogue of the Red Mountain—when the tribune was con- 'ronted by the presidential bell in the grasp of ARMAND MARRAST - gradually became trans formed under the genial influence that carried the head of the Family from the Elysees to the Tuileries—until, first of all almost imperceptibly, but afterwards very visibly indeed in the glare cf day, the aspirations of Prince NAPOLEON budded, bloomed, efflorescel into avowed Imperialism. The man who apparently sympathised with those who - - would have fain hoisted the Rouge Drapcau, became —hislmperiali - lighness. On the establishment of the Empire—before the birth of the Prince IMPERIAL— Prince NAPOLEON, as the next in succession, was re cognised as, was even officially declared to bc., the third NAPOLEON'S Heir Presumptive. Any high flown anticipations he may have indulged thereupon, in consequence of this circumstanc.!, were soon enough dissipated, however, immediately upon the birth of the son of NAPOLEON and EUGENIE, the godson of Pius IX., the future Emperor NAPOLEON IV. Restored to the dignity of an imperial Prince by the revival of the fortunes of his race, under the auspices of his daring and sagacious cousin, Prince NAPOLEON forgot all his republican ties, acc:Tted the goods " the gods " had given him, took his place quite naturally upon the steps of the throne, and became one of the familiar figures seen at Court in all the various imperial pageantries. lie fleshed his maiden sword and won bis spurs in the',Crimea ; or, at any:rate, he went there in uniform, with the army that crossed the Euxine, under the command of Marshal ST. ARNAUD. But, while there, the Marshal died from an agonising dis • ease (angina pectoris) soon after his glorious share in winning the great battle of the Alma, the Prince, suf fering under the effects of another very distressing, but, happily, not mortal, disease (nostalgia), allayed the pangs resulting from it by retiring for a while to, and seeking reposo in, Constant i- nople. Imperial on the side of his father, the late Prince JEROME (ex -King of WEST- PHALIA) —Royal on the side of his mother, the Princess CATHERINE of Wurtemburg—Priuce NAPO LEON, Red Democratic though he had been after the February Revolution, instead of seeking a wife, as the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. did, not among crowned heads, but in the person of one in some degree com parable to " the good wife of General BONAPARTE"— Prince NAPOLEON, we say, must needs, in spite of all his Democratic predilections, make a more suitable alliance, by espousing the Princess CLO TIIILDE, daughter of VICTOR EMMANUEL, now King of ITALY, formerly King of , SARDINIA. Covered with honour, and glory, and wealth by his cousin the reigning EMPEROR, appointed by NAPOLEON 111. to one position of dignity after another, created for a time Governor of Algeria, entrusted with an im portant and responsible command in the Italian cam paign, recognized, before the birth of the EatrErtor.'s son, as we have seen, as his MAJESTY'S Heir Pre sumptive—the Prince NAPOLEON, for all that, in spite of all that, notwithstanding all those evi dences of the confidence reposed in him by his Sovereign, must needs go out of his way a few years ago (who can have forgotten it ?) to deliver at Corsica a speech characterised by the most flagrant indiscretion. For that, he was, as we all very well remember, severely reproved and reprimanded. Insomuch that, for a considerable time, in fact, until very recently indeed, he withdrew from public life altogether. He travelled about in his yacht. Ile lived a life for the most part of retirement. Under . the genial influence of the EMPEROP.'S concessions to the country, Prince NAPOLEON now emerges from , his seclusion, ascends the tribune, and ad ' dresses himself once more to bis Brother ' Senators. With what effect, is very significantly indicated by the fact, on the one hand, that his own harangue is greeted throughout by " murmurs," " noise," and " movement," and on the other hand that the Minister of the Interior, who re plies to him (M. FORCADE DE LA MOQUETTE), is greeted with " great applause," " renewed ap plause," and " loud approbation." One conside ration, we take it, is certainly apparent by this time in regard to Prince NAPOLEON, and it is this—that, while he is undoubtedly clever, and while in features he is wonderfully like the Great NAPOLEON grown fat—he is, to put it in the mildest possible terms, singularly, not to say flagrantly, wanting in good aste and in discretion. THE best balance-sheet which we have seen this year is that just issued by Mr. GEORGE MULLER, of Bristol. Mr. MULLER'S reports are not a novelty ; he has issued thirty of them, and each one is more interesting than its predecessor. He calls the state ment a " brief narrative of facts," but this narra tive extends over 106 closely-printed pages, and there is besides a prodigions supplement containing the details of all his receipts for the past twelve months. During that period Mr. MULLER has received over thirty thousand pounds for the support of his orphan home. The contribu butions are greatly varied, both in character and amount, but each one is conscientiously acknow ledged. Mr. MULLER has received £430,000 " without anyone having been personally applied to for anything by me." The money comes pouring in ; the amounts are increasing. lie has not only received sums of one or two thousand pounds, but four, five, and seven thousand, and, on one occasion eight thousand one hundred pounds at once. The small sums are, however, far more wonderful than the large ones. A poor washerwoman sends him two shillings and twopence halfpenny, being one halfpenny on each shilling she has earned for three months. " ADA MARIA" sends a sovereign in an unregistered letter. Seven and sixpence is sent as " the Froduce of a cherry tree." ill kinds of excuses seem to be made fur sending money. One young man gives his first week's wages► after his marriage. Another 205., because he has recovered from a broken leg. A man from New Zealand sends 318.6 d. " instead of going to a public dinner," and thus feeds ninety-four orphans instead of feeding himself. One correspondent, who became bankrupt thirty years 'ago, now wishes to pay his creditors, but three of them he _cannot find, so be sends OP HEM YEN, .11Z1811111. The Liverpool coroner has just held an inquest on the body of John O'Donnell, forty-nine years of age, a labourer, who lived in No. 2 Court, Portland-place. The deceased was a man given to drink, and had of Tate been drinking heavily. On Wednes day he was found by his son hanging from the banisters of the stairs by a rope, quite dead. A. letter had been written by him to his wife, asking her to look after h* family, as he was no longer a guardian to them, and bring them up in the fear of God. He hoped she woul , ;fleet him in heaven, where there would be " no Mrs. CAMII, or Mrs. Battersbee for to drink health to me, wishing me in hell, and librel enough to stand a pint of beer to ould nick' to stur the coals." He also hoped she would meet " some kind soul to revive you and not deceive you." A verdict was returned that deceased had committed suicide while labouring under temporary insanity. STEEPLE JACKS. The Builder has an snteresting article on " Steeple Jacks." It points out that he is not an individual, hut a genus, a class. Some clever doings of his at New Swindon are causing -A o little astonishment. Some of the factory chimneys baying got out of repair, the company resolved to employ a " Steeple Jack," Ills plan of proceeding was to Hy an Indian kite, with two strings attached. The kite rjses nearly perpendicularly, and when above the chimney top is guided over it. The second string is then pulled, and thus a complete communication is formed over the chimney. By means of this string a double copper wire is drawn up, and by this wire some pulleys and tackling. "Steeple Jack" then ascends band over hand, and places an iron band around the chimney, which he secures tightly. Planks are then drawn up and laid upon irons projecting from the band, and thus in a short time a scaffolding sufficient for his purpose is erected, and at a cost very much less than that of a regular builder's. "Jack " had two or three assistants, and managed in this aaial manner to pull down one of the factory chimneys which had become so badly out of repair as to require rebuilding. He is still engaged in repairing others. llis scaffolding lo oks at a distance like a huge indiarubber band around the chhn ney, with ropes depending from it. EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR IN JERSEY. A drapery firm in Jersey the other day received a large case supposed to contain drapery goods. On its being opened, however, it was found to contain a full sized coffin. Great consternation was, of course, created by this unexpected circumstance. The mystery was, however, partly exilained by the appearance of an undertaker, who had received information of the strange arrival, and had orders to inter it, for which purpose a hearse was procured, and it was taken away. The ex planation given was that the coffin contained the corpse of an English gentleman who died in Ireland several years ago and was buried there. His relatives afterwards went to live at Jersey, where they still remain. Fearing that one of the effects of the Act for the disestablishment of the Irish Church would be the destruction of the churches and graveyards, the relatives resolved to remove the corpse of the deceased, and lay it where there would be no fear of its being disturbed by any process of disesta blishment. Before this could be accomplished, however, the demand of a third party had to be satisfied. The case in which the coffin was brought over (in one of the boats be longing to the London and South-Western Railway Com pany) was entered as " sundries," and chargedfreight and paid for as such. On the report of the contents of the case reaching the ears of the agent of the company, he proceeded to where the coffin was lying, and demanded the full freight for a corpse—about £10 —threatening to detain the corpse unless the money were paid. After some demur a guarantee was given for the payment, and the interment took place. M'NEILE AND MR. MACKONOCHIE. We recently stated that the Dean of Ripon had written to the secretary of the Liverpool Committee for the Church Congress expressing his objection to the admis sion of Mr. Mackonochie to that Congress as a fellow labourer in the Church. Our statement is confirmed by the correspondence just published. It commences with a request from the Rev. T. E. Espen that Dr. M'Neile will speak at the Congress on the subject of Cathedrals. In reply, the Dean, under date August 11, expresses his regret that there should have been any addition made to the original programme. "We are all (he says) sincere advocates of a catholic and charitable comprehensiveness in the Church ; but there must be a limit somev% here, or we have no Church left. If a gentleman who has been condemned by the highest tribunal in the country is to be publicly received and recognised, there seems to be no limit and no distinction made between the observers and the transgressors of our ecclesiastical law. I speak for myself alone. But without presuming to judge others, I must be permitted to decide for myself that, under existing circumstances, I cannot be a party to the recognition of Mr. Mackonochie as an acceptable fellow-labourer. You will, there fore, oblige me by erasing my name from the programme." To this letter Mr. Espen rejoins that Mr. Mackonochie's name was not introduced by party men or on party grounds. "It is true that he was convicted of breaking the rubrics of the Church ; but he has obeyed the admoni tions of the courts, I believe, and put himself right. 'Ye must, then, in charity assume that he did not transgress in bad faith. Nor do I think that we could regard breach of the Church's ritual in the same light as a grave moral offence. Mr. Mackonochie's personal character is high, as you know, and his laboriousness exemplary. In fact, of his school—a school the peculiarities of which personally I dislike particularly—he is perhaps the most influential and eminent. I hope I may have the satisfaction of per suading, you that, having to secure a representation of all schools in tho Church, we could not well refuse this gentle- man." Dr. M'Neile, claiming a right to act on his own convictions, still refuses, in a subsequent letter, to have anything to do with the congress. Then follow some formal letters, ending by an intimation from Mr. Aspen that the offertory discussion will be baulked. From what they tell me, I think it extremely likely that the subject of the offertory, &c., will be withdrawn altogether. Two or three events are to come off on one of the afternoons of the week. The laying of a foundation stone by the arch bishop, with some inaugural addresses, &c., one of two excursions, and some other attractions. To leave room for these it appears that some subject must be withdrawn from our already-crowded programme ; and the offertory was adopted by a smaller number of votes than any other. The Dean is by no means satisfied with thiswayof settling the matter. " I am surprised and grieved (he exclaims) to per ceive that you and any of your colleagues should have so far misapprehended me as to imagine that the evasion proposed in your second letter of the 26th could meet the case. The evil I complained of did not consistin anything which Mr. Mackonochie might say or read at the con gress. It consisted in the selection of that gentleman. I do not presume to judge the motives which led to the selection; but I must beg you to excuse me when I call your present proposal an evasion. I cannot look upon it in any other light, and I cannot be a party to it. The Duke and Duchess of Atholl have sustained a bereavement by the death of their eon, the Marquis of Tullibardino. A few minutes after Mr. Hunter was shot last Sunday night in county Mayo, and within 300 yards of the same spot, Francis P. Vaughan, son of Col=ol Vaughan, was fired at and escaped uninjured. THE WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL. The, musical festival which is held triennially at Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester commences at Worcester on Tuesday next with every prospect of success. SIGNATURES.—What a silly pedantry that iz which induces some people to sign their names so that no one can decipher them. If anything that a man puts upon paper ought to be hold and unmistakable, it is his signa ture.—Gentlenlan's Maga 7: inc. At a meeting of his constituents at Plymouth the Attorney• General (Sir It. Collier) was warmly and deservedly complimented on the success of his Bankruptcy Bill. It is not generally known that this measure does not come into operation until the Ist January next.— Law Times. STRANGE SCENE AT A . CONFIRMATION.—A day or two hack, as the Bishop of Bangor was about to deliver the usual address to the young persons about to be con. firmed at the parish church of Machynlleth, a man stood up among the congregation, and loudly addressing the Bishop, said that if he did not deliver the service in the Welsh language, he would be held responsible for certain consequences. Earl Vane, who is one of the church wardens, quietly walked out in search of a policeman. The Bishop proceeded with his address, and the offender after muttering some sentences, left the church. Th offend .r is a clergyman who once held a benefice in the diocese of St. Asaph, and whose avowed mission is now to bring about the disestablishment of the Welt* Church. lie well knew that the Bishop of I3angor familiar with the Welsh tongue, and In the constant habit of rending, preaching, and delivering publig ad• dresses in Welsh, Thi serViC@ Alla address to the cate chumens ivms in tlint tonffil@ on tho omoion roforpd to tbotigh r@poot@d in Engligh for the salio of gm YOnni VOT/30/1 who Vf9r9 utiffilPaiPtPti with tits; Yornneniar of tin onotry, Arrow itn , § Wylptiet§ fivAnia tilt gifivitalaughlos of BariNAni;_ £l6 ICs. 5: 1 2 d. to the Orphan Asylum. A " militar: officer of high rant," who is a widower, sends all his late wife's jewels, which, ,he thinks, is better than keeping them until his little daughter is grown up. From Dorsetshire 17s. is sent, "being one penny on each p:g which the donor sold during last year." A very favourite contribution is arti ficial teeth, of which great numbers are sent, and the gold setting feeds a great many orphans. A prudent hotel contributor sets apart a beehive, and hens, cows, sheep, pear trees, &c., are devoted to the Ashley Down Asylum, and the produce regularly forwarded. From all parts of the world the contributions flow in, and so steadily that although the supplies have often been reduced to a very low ebb, they have never failed. At the present time there is a balance in hand of over 2C19,0(0. MuLLEn's system is to make up his mind what he wants, pray for it, and he gets it. We do not philosophise on this circumstance, we merely state the fact ; as to this there is no doubt. The evidence of it is visible in five large buildings, and in the constant maintenanc of 2,0:;0 orpans, the support of 130 nursemaids, and the dis tribution of tracts and bibles in almost fabulous numbers and in several languages. The Emperor of the FRENCH might refer to the doings of GEORGE MULLER as an evidence of the advantage of personal government. All this work has been organised and carried on without the assistance of a committee; a cabinet, or a board of directors. Contributions, whether in money or in kind, are sent, and all legacies are left, to GEORGE MULLER, No. 2], Paul-street, Kingsdown, Bristol. His wife and his sister-in-law are true helpmeets in this wonderful work, but we do not see any evidence of outside assistance. Perhaps like the Emperor of the FnENcir, Mr. MULLER may become constitutional in his old age, and make some suitable provision for the carrying out of the government which has hitherto been exclusively in his own hands. The five orphan homes, erected at Ashley Down are, perhaps, the finest monument in this country of the labours of one man. One of the most pleasant circumstances connected with the work is the large number of contributions which are sent to the insti tution by orphans who have been brought up there. It is satisfactory to find that the children generally turn out well. They usually become good servants and many of them are now prosperous tradesmen. That they have reason to remember their early life at Ashley Down with pleasure, will be easily understood by anyone who visits the asylum and observes the order, cleanliness, and cheerfulness which pervades the place. We have said that Mr. MULLER carries on the work alone; this statement refers only to the general management. In the details he has the assistance of many valuable coadjutors, who give their services courteously and gratuitously to the laborious duties which they under take. Mr. MULLER " ruleth with diligence" and also with that quiet calmness which imparts confidence to all around him. This calmness is derived from his unlimited faith in the future. To such an extent is this carried, that, if admission is sought for orphans possessing any means, however small, all that they have must be spent before he allows them to benefit by the funds of the institu tion. No children who have the misfortune to possess any considerable sum of money would be admitted to the advantages of the. institution. Only " destitute orphans" are received ; and as none are taken in without the most careful investigation, " many thousands of letters" have to be written every year respecting the applications which are received. That a work of such magnitude should have been so successfully maintained is a striking illustration of the declaration that " in quietness and confidence shall be their strength." The illustrated provincial paper which we sometime since announced has appeared. Tho Illustrated Midland News was published on Friday. It is stated to be well printed on good paper, to have excellent printing, and to be as well illustrated as any of its London contemporaries. A telegram received in Whitehaven announces the wreck, in the Mediterranean, of the Whitehaven brig Martha Mary, and the loss of the master (Captain Borrow dale: and five hands. Three of the crew were picked up by a German vessol and taken to Malta. The wreck took place on the 19th of August. 0 nThursdaya serious accident occurred at the Totn es races and steeplechases, South Devon. George Batratt, the rider of Game Cock, was thrown ; the horse rolled over Lim, and he was taken up insensible. Medical examination proved that his jaw was dislocated, and that he was suffering internal injuries. He was removed to the nearest hospital. The Manchester courier states that the Conserva- tivo party in East Cheshire are in communication with Lord Stanley, Mr. Gilbert Greenall (ex-M.P. for Warrington), Mr. T. W. Tatton (Wythenshawe), and Major Egerton Leigh, and hope to secure the services of one of the above-named as a candidate for the representation of East Cheshire in the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. E. C. Egerton. An important movement is in progress in the Episcopalian Church of Scotland. It is neither more nor less than to admit the laity, by representation, into the diocesan and general synods, with a right to vote upon all questions but those relating to doctrine. A motion to this effect, proposed on Wednesday by the Rev. R. S. Oldham, at a meeting of the Synod of Glasgow and Galloway, was unanimously agreed to. At the Bridgewater Commission, Mr. Prior, banker, was re-examined on Friday, ho believed that but for these inquiries the .£5OO he advanced to Allan would have been repaid before now. Ile handed over the amount when very excited. He still considered ho should bo paid. John Smith, a grocer, was re-examined. Ile ad mitted being the author of a letter to Westrop, promising not to oppose his election. At Norwich ➢ir. Harper attended before the com missioners and stated that ho wished the court to express some opinion as to the evidence reflecting upon him for alleged bribery; otherwise ho might feel it necessary to prosecute some persons for perjury. The court declined to express any opinion. The conge d'elire under the Great Seal, and the Queen's " Letter Recommendatory," addressed to the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, for the election of the Rev. George Moberly, D.C.L., to be Bishop and Pastor of that Seo, left London for Salisbury last night. Both documents bear date the 31st of August. It is expected that the Chapter to elect will be held on either the 9th, 10th, or 11th inst. Incense was very freely used at the Church of St. Michael's, Shoroditch, on Thursday. Both before and after the sermon it hid the clergy from view. The vicar wore a "gorgeous purple vestments." The preacher, Mr. Body, of Wolverhampton, ridiculed the idea that the Church of England was in any sense the offspring of the Reformation, and contended that was far above the Privy Council and the State, although at present it was in a state of Babylunish captivity. The Manchester Magistrates have (says a local contemporary) taken a somewhat "alarming " course with reference to the applications of more than two hundred beer and wino sellers for the renewal of their licences. The applications have been suspended for investigation, the objection to them being, it is unders'ood, that the holders of the licences do not sleep upon the premises. Most of the tenants of well-known dining-houses and re freshment-rooms in the centre of the city are included in the list of persons whose applications are suspended. Mr. Tupper's appeal to the public on behalf of natural objects, are supplemented in the Builder by a cry against Pounds. Not Mr. Lowe's sovereigns, but, "the pounds" in which animals straying are incarcerated. Ile thinks there should be such institutions. "But, if im pounded, is there any reason, ho asks, why the poor crea tures should not also be sheltered ? A slight modicum of food is enjoined by law, though frequently not provided; water, however, is a luxury almost out of hope to the un happy beasts; but (and here is our heaviest grievance) shelter of any kind is quite unknown." At the Portqn outh Borough Police-court on Thurs day, before A. Nance, Esq., and Captain Ilodgltinson, Benjamin John Totterdell Cole, a porter in the employ of Mr. Robert Edmund Davies, was charged with having robbed his employer of an immense quantity of articles— silk dresses, velvet, satin, and silk ribbons, muslin work, kid gloves, &c. The prisoner was found in the private office of Mr. Davies on Sunday morning last by the housekeeper, and this led to his house being searched, when a variety of articles and pawnbrokers' duplicates were found, showing that some most extensive robberies of his master's goods had been effected. Ile held a position of great trust. At the close of the inquiry he wad committed for trial at the next sessions. 'ATION CASE. I LATEST INTELL MENGE 4 SINGULAR ARBITR. A very singular arbitration case bait beeh deduct netore the Recorder at Preston. When anxiety as to the fate of the Irish Church Bill was at its height in Blackpool, the Rev. James Wayman, Independent minister, and the Rev. W. 11. Wylie, Baptist minister, both issued a placard vindicating the Church Bill. This publication made three remarkable statements, to the effect that the members of the Established Church in Ireland had decreased between 1834 and 1861 by over 150,000; that in the same period Dissenters, not including Presbyterians, had increased by over 50,000 ; and that the sum to be paid back to Government for Irish parsonages will not amount to £150,000. To these three assertions two Church of England clergymen—the Rev. N. S. Jeffrey, vicar of Blackpool, and the Rev. C. 11. Wain wright, incumbent of Christ Church, also of Blackpool-- objected, and they issued a " challenge to the Radicals," offering £5 reward if the authors of the first placard (who were not then known) would thoroughly substantiate their allegations. On Wednesday the Recorder of Preston was asked to arbitrate for both sides .in the matter. After the various parties hal quoted largely from par liamentary returns and speeches made by Mr. Bright and Lord Cairns, and a very intricate calculation on the disputed points bad been made, the learned Recorder decided that, although he was in favour of Messrs. Way man and Wylie's assertions on the first and third points, he could not be so on the second, and therefore lie must give the case against them. RA TES OF FREIGHT AND CHARTER. (From the Skipping and Mercantile Ca:ette.i The tonnage loading on the berth for India, China, and the Cape of Good Hope amounts to 46,900 tons, and that for Australia and New Zealand to 33,600 tons, sheaving falling off of 6,850 tons for the East, and 7,150 tons for Australia and New Zealand. There is considerable dulness in the shipping trade. Eastern outward freights have declined, and for many ports there is very little doing. Present rates are £33 Bombay, with full consignment, £22 to £23 Point de Galle, £33 Aden, Singapore 245., Hong Kong 355. full consignment, Shanghae 425. Gd. The order for Osaka 'Japan) at 425. Gd. is still in the market. Rice freights arc rather weaker. Little is being done by guano charterers from the Chinchas or G uanape Islands, but there is an order for two or three ships from Baker's Island (the Pacific) at 755. to United Kingdom. West India shippers still appear indifferent as to taking up ships. Havana commands £lB and Hs. from the North and Wales respectively ; Kingston (Jamaica), £l9 ; Cape Verds, ; and St. Thomas, 15s. from Wales. The chief inquiry for steamers is for the Baltic. There is still a considerable quantity of iron for shipment to Russia, to complete the numerous contracts which have been entered upon this season. Twenty shillings is being offered for boats to Cronstadt, 19s. to 21s. for Riga for railway iron ; and there is still a large parcel for Stettin from the North, for which charterers offer 14s. The grain freights from Cronstadt are without alteration, but oats can be obtained from Riga at 2s. Gd. to 2s. 9(1. per im• perial quarter. Mediterranean rates ehew no sign of improvement, £2l from the Tyne and 18s. from Wales being the best obtain able for Alexandria, £l4 and 13s. Malta, and 11s. Cd. Gibraltar. Freights for this season's grain from the Danube are a trifle lower than last week, t's. Gil. being with difficulty obtained from Galatz. Trieste, ss. per qr. ; Alexandria, 225. cotton seed. Black Sea freights rule quiet at last week's quotations. _ The current timber quotations are :—Quebec to London, 295. timber, 775. Gd. dry deals ; Gaspe to Bristol 755. ; Richibucto to London 775. 6d. ; Sundswall and neighbour. hood to London, 455., to Channel Ports. 505., to West Coast 555. ; Gefle to London, 425. 6d. ; Cronstadt to London, Sss. ; Wyburg to London, 40s. ; West Coast, 50s. ; Sayan nab, Darien, Brunswick to London, 375. Gd., United Kingdom (calling for orders) 408. ; Jamaica to United Kingdom, 355. logwood ; Gulf of Mexico to United King dom, 655. ; Wanx River to United Kingdom, 50s. mahogany ; Belize to United Kingdom, 475. Gd. A correspondent of the Church Times has visit& 14 churches of the City of London. Ho gives their names, computing their annual value at .E7,074.' 162 persons attended their services on the Sunday he visited them. In one church the officials were supplemented by only one person ; in two there were three present ; and in two others In ref erence to the Tipperary election, the Lime rick Reporter and Tipperary Vindicator states that "a strong feeling prevails that the vacant seat should be secured for young Mr. Moore, the son of the late honest• hearted and noble-minded member. Mr. Moore, jun., is in his twentieth year, and his uncle, or his late father's partner, could hold the seat for him until the arrival of his majority. The name of Captain E. J. Power Lalor, D.L., has been most favourably spoken of all over the vounty also. A letter states positively that Henry Munster, Esq., of Cashel, is resolaed to come forward. POISONING BY STENCIININE.—A case of poison ing by strychnine has just occurred at Terrisholme, near Lancaster. A young woman, named Jane Ellen Clifton, 25, domestic servant, was engaged to Le married to a young fisherman. For some reason he neglected to have the banns published at the time Le promised, and this grieved the ycung woman deeply. She grew depressed in spirits, bought a packet of "vermin powder," took it, and died within an hour afterwards. The chemist who sold the powder said a 3d. packet contained strychnine enough to kill five adults, yet he did not register the sale of the powder, because he did not consider it came under the Sale of Poisons Act. It was stated that this evasion was common all over the country. DR. APLEOD AND HIS BEADLE. —Dr. Norman 111.`Leoci was about to resign his parish at Linlithgow, for Park Church, Glasgow, recently vacated by the Rev. Mr. Charteris, now Professor of Biblical Criticism in the University of Edinburgh. At a dinner after the induction at Glasgow, the Rev. Dr. M`Leod told the following anecdote :—" I confess that I would have been content to have been permitted to live and die at Linlith gow. Indeed, m y old beadle was very much of the same mind. When I first went to Linlithgow, he took me into the graveyard, and shewing me the graves of my predeces sors, said, `There's where Dr. Bell lies, and there's where Dr. Doble lies, and there's where you will lie if you are spared.' He was indignant with me when I accepted the call to Glasgow. ' Well,' he said, 'ye are the first minister that was ever lifted out of Linlithgow, except to the grave.' And I don't think he yet pardons me for having deprived him of that satisfaction." PROFESSORSHIPS. —Without inferentially pre judging the case of " Professor " Risley, which has yet to be fully tried, may we not ask how it is that the title of " Professor" has been assumed by bear-leaders, acrobats, or knife-swallowers? Nobody minds the exaggerated claims to monarchy of a Fire-King, but the prefix of Pro fessor is, to say the least of it, bewilderinr- and incon renient. We believe the first of these self-dubbed practi tioners was a sleight-of-hand wizard, who gave a certain scientific airand turn to his business by taking the dignified application of a university teacher. After him we had professors of mesmerism, of corn-cutting, and of dancing-- professors in their own right, professors without end, until we shall soon find ourselves driven bycab professors, and served by professors of the fine art of waiting. Would it not be well to impose a tax on the people who raquire this ornamental addition to their names? It is surely as luxurious to call oneself a Pro- lessor as to stick powder on a footman's head, or to keep a dog to fetch and carry. The gentlemen of Oxford and Cambridge and the other Universities who are designated in this fashion, and who neither stand on their heads nor exhibit monsters, and are content to sit in their respective chairs without balancing them on their respective chins, might be ex empted from the impost. We see no better way of putting a stop to a fully which has gone far enough when a Pro , lessor is found playing on a tin whistle and a coffeepot at a music-hall.—Daily News. DESTRUCTION OF MESSRS. DAY AND MARTIN'S BLACKING MANUFACTCRT.—Late on Friday night a fire was discovered in the well-known blacking establishment of Messrs. Day and Martin, Holborn. The inflammable character of the materials with which the place was stored soon created an extraordinary body of flame. The building consisted of a spacious floor used for packing, and containing valuable engines ; and an upper floor where the blacking was manipulated. To the very substantial character of the building may be attributed the fact that the fire did not spread to the buildings on each side. The walls were of enormous thickness ; the flooring of the upper portion rested upon iron girders ; and the roof was of glass and iron. So fierce was the fire, that the glass in the roof melted ; but the iron girders remained in their ulaces. A very large force of land steamers was .ummoned to the spot, and an immense volume of water poured into the building from several points ; but all the cflorts of the firemen failed to reduce the flame until it .3ad almost exhausted itself ; and then the outer walls and the iron girders of floor and roof were all that remained. Fortunately, the offices and counting-houses were un touched, so that a cu r sory view from Holborn will not disclose the disaster which has happened. One steamer was placed in Dean-street, and pl:•,yed upon the burning portions from neighbouring houses. The scene from Ifolborn when the fire was at its height was ee markable, the fire illuminating one side of the street with singular vividness, while the opposite side was thrown Into the. deepest gloom; About one o'clock the fire was extinguished, but the premises were then a total wreck. Tl2l ‘ lon to the_ flok ja_fallysoyeiscl, by Immo. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, Sept. 3. Secretary Ranliu and Senator Fassendeu are seriously ill. The North German Lloyd steamship Rhein arrived out yesterday at 9 p.m. The Columbia of the Anchor line arrived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1361 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1361; the lowest, 1354. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 9 44 " 1885 1221. tt " 1867 l2ll. 10-40 46 Illinois l3Bt. Erie 3 l*• Cotton--Mid. upland Petroleum—Standard White 32le. Flour, extra state, $6.45e. to $7.5c. Corn, old mixed, $1,1..17e. According to Mr. Adam Moff,at's report the week's receipts of cotton have been 4,000 bales. Shipments to England, 1,300 bales; to France, none and to the Continent, 700 bales. INDIA. AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 4. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Massilia, with the above mails, 24 passengers, £6,322 in specie, and 1,174 packages of cargo, has arrived here. She experienced fine weather through out her passage. GIBRALTAR, Aug. 30. The Mediterranean squadron got under weigh and steamed out of harbour this morning. Ex change on London, 49t to 2 ; on Paris, sf. 25c. ; Madrid, par to 1. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 4. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Hammonia, from New York, has arrived here with 145 passengers, 83 sacks of mails, and $BO,OOO ill specie. She experienced easterly winds and variable weather throughout the passage. On the 31st ult. she passed the Rhine. Five passengers, 45 sacks ei mails, and $75,000 in specie were landed, and she proceeded to Cherbourg. The mails were for warded by the 7.15 a.m. train. NEW YORK, Sept. 3. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 4. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's stearne Massillia, with the India mails, passed the Needles at 2.45 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 3.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :- 4i per Cent. - End of month... Ital'a.ri Fives 6O 3 per Cent End of month 7l 95 Ottoman Loan ... 320 —: Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 270 Spanish Threes ... 28 --- Credit Fonder l7lO Home Debt Paris Gas 1605 50 Deferred ... -- —.. RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Western Northern ... 1097f Strasburg . 597k Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 611; Sardinian Austrian BO7l Lombard 535 North of Spain 52 Saragossa, Roman s2f POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-71 is Day. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. ROBBERY BY A CONVICTED GERaIAN TlllEF.—En dolf Zimenn ann, a German, who has been convicted of feloai was charged before Mr. Knox, w:th stealing some ar tt ficial flowers, the property of Messrs. Edg ar and 09" better known as Messrs. Swann and Edgars, Bag el*. street, silk mercers, &c. de Mr. Morgan (Messrs. Humphreys and Morgan) appeared for the prosecution. Ralph Brown, an assistant in the employ of the proe enters, said that the prisoner came in and asked fclr: piece of clean paper, which was given to him, and 11° and shory afterwars returned. Another assistant said the prisoner asked her for g ' small box to put some flowers in, and in c onsequan eo box being missed he was taken into the counting-h°,""et: when a bunch of artificial wild towers fell from DO P 1 , 30.4 which the prisoner said he purchased in the LlaYl par7 but which be identified as the property of the prosecutqo P o lice-constable Moore, 157 C, said that on taking t prisoner into custody he said it was all a mistake. oat' Sergeant Iteimlis, of the Detective department, -the land-yard, said that the prisoner was tried a t 0 f gust, Middlesex Sessions in Aust, 1868, in the 091:03t Shultz, and sentenced to twelve months' imprio°l3—fieo with hard labour for a similar robbery ; and at tha't 0 there were about 50 cases against him. He had ..ritta;:its the prisoner, and he was a very bad character. J"' ° d as assisted by the German Secretary to Hamburg, tt h t3 n ta soon as he got there he collected money from raerc,--;.:ing and came back to England. He was in the hab it of '4' by bagging and swindling. The evidence having been read over, the prisotier dal committed for trial. THE YOUNG ADVENTTuHEEAHM.—Etfred Arthur -,- b boy, who will be 12 years of age Ili 70 ,4 g et ! on the 17th of th is ed w itll was brought before Mr. Benson r w obb k ing his father of 10s., with wohnicrhemheanadbsechonarted i' fed • father drives biscuit s h ee o irtsobaankder,casrtt. a l c o : ~ ,, ,,ciz e; M. in e -t r i o ie d - e a u t t h as n , c t i licen id se ia d was, and in he th e re p ce ra i v o e ti s ee or o d i e r a s e eaonnidpmoleyg febritogi4,°,:seol The boy e h l a i d i. often robbed his father ; and was in the PO'S: o f of, l i i ng upon the customers of Meredith and the ellsw•"„ellii borrowingr. Drew, who is in the same lino in Shad Well, iyoi found v e h r ei a sb l had been away fysreooemfowt:hoeerormkymh.soounfsoevrarious pretexts. Tit; iiis for his a reward The prisoner, who appeared to his decently clothed, made a long d was u 'd obtAl- alas father earned £3 10s. per week, f ee a;t en h e e e e e :r e 6 ": s 9 : oo l l:; oo e i l something heo for the custom of ever new liptiblie-b°tiod st obtained that he was ill-used at home y by his ft : t fo ber e t:lo , and saucers, and blacken and polish boots and s hoee• os el leaving his father he sought employment in the . d er e t Market. After that he was in the service a .flag re' Bromley in Kent, who discharged him on ilea i T s gb leg, ward was offered for his arrest, and he traTeh•atiSm country, sleeping in barns or hay ricks and 0 11t... ' ° picking up an apple or a turnip where h e could. dol T e' ho prisoner's father, his stepmother , and skid the hOl his assertions that he was badly used. T hey said was well fed and indulgently treated. loo s f°f Mr.:Benson said the boy was cleve r and had 9 :: 0 0 a dve n ture, but he must be restrained or he We' ll ' -t3e a confirmed thief. clg li ft The prisoner (whimpering --Why don't YO'l Yo °— m di y sli b k r e ot in h e e . r who stole £2 and ) a suit of cloth e ' there is fa a th g e o r o — d The Felt Mr. Bensonsaid if the `,-r tout father—lt's s in f e a l i s o e r . I o ß i i e . a go o d and honest 10' and there was room ill Industrial School he would send the boy there '°,s. pot y w e e a e r k s, and make an order on the father to P a Y ° SO the Mr. father Pelh c could Wee lc• Mr. Benson—Why, he is earning V 10s. per 0 58. Mr. Pelham—That is true, but he has to p er an i we lls solicitor,itpay so much. of Dlr. Ile re a itil i which reduces and keep him, and also to pay a b° l lie g 44 reduces his earnings to £1 15s. per wee'• n y a a wife and four children to keep, and herllas t°„h`t';ioe4 weekly instalments the money the prisone has " by false pretences from publicans. Mr. Bensou—The father is n ot Lound to do that. s n o t Mr. Pelham —HO will lose Lis situation if he dc' c Pay it. 1 WI The prisoner's father—Yes, and I have also to P 3,0 by instalments £lO, stolen out of my van a fortnight ob o to , ono of the prisoner's coropanions. go has nearly ro . in 6tic e to Mr. Benson said he pitied the father, but io P eco vet the ratty-payers of the metropolis, he could 00t SQLOOI. them to m aintain bad children in the Industrialpri, Yet be could not order less than ss. per week. In to soner would for the present be remanded for A W ed ascertain if there was room for him at Felthanr. , 0 t 01) THE COTTON TRADE Or PRESTON. --t our c o firms in Preston have j ust p osted notices intimating ' they intend runuiug their mills three inst ead of four atil per week. _I. I .