The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-29 00:00:00

• . . FOR - TOURISTS'AIciD tXQU RSIO. I STS. E. MOSES and SON }wire nvldo preparations, - - on an unusually large scale,"in every department of their business. For addresses, see following a.l vertise men t. A . RARE COMBINATION. The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CTIEAPNESS will be found in every article sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occupations, and all classes. Commodious apartments for measuring and fitting adjoin the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diversified stank of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompa'ying their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons wLo are not known to the firm should accompanied by a remittance, or a London reference. Any article not approved of will bo cheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be re turned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock - of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is unequalled for magnitude, variety, and cheapness. • Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns. and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmontg are • closed every Friday evening at sunset till Satur day evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made sad Bespoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and Ge neral Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES 3nd SON:— CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 115, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 8.5, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATN 87, ALDGATE 88, ALDGATE 89, ALDGATE OXFORD- STREET B RAN C IT. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET SO7, NEW OXFORD-STREET , 09, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOrrENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TO rrENHAM-COURT-BOAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, yor,Ks. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. T HEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Pockstone. IHI3 EVENING, FAMILY JABS: Mr. Ccmpton and Mrs Fitzwilliam, Ater which, MARY WARNER: Messrs. Howe, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, and Clark; Mesdames Bateman, C. Hill,White, La ays, eze And HIgH LIFE BELOW STAIRS: Messrs. Buckstcne, Howe, Kendal: Mesdames F. Wright, and F. Gwynn. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. [IHEATRE ROYAL, A1)ELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Bel more and Mrs. Leigh Murray. At 8 o'clock. EVE. Mr. Benjamin Webster: Messrs. Henry Neville. T. G. Taylor; Miss Furtado, Miss Lillie Lee, and Mrs Alfred Mellon. And DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBER WELL: Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray THEATRE-ROYAL. HOLBORN. Sole Lessee and Manager. BARRY SULLIVAN EVERY EVENING, at 7.30, the very laughable fare THE SMOKED MISER. At 8 o'clock, Sheridan's inimitable Comedy of THE SC HOO 1. FOR SCANDAL. Supported by the following celebrated artistes:—Barry Sullivan, J. C. Cowper, George Honey, W. H. Stephens, Charles Coglan, D. Evans. Lin Payne, A. Bernard, E. Dyas, and W. Arthur• Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, Miss Louisa Thorne, Miss Amy Fawsitt, and Mrs. Charles Horsman Acting Manager—AmoßY SuLLivAs. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. itu Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Fwanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. Mute and Belford; Mesdames Baton and Hughes. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. :Nines. 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ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, £220,000j ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, £1,598,000 SPECIAL NOTICE. All Persons 'who effEct Policies en the Partici, zting Seale before June ?Oth, 18C9, will Le ,ntith d at the NEXT BONE'S 10 of e year's additional Share of Profits over later Entrants. 'rubles of Rates and Forms of PropoP,al can be obtained of . GEORGE GUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St James's-square, London. S.W. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY, EuroEel under r and 7 cap 22, RS the Conserva tive Benefit Building Soc'ety, co-operating with the united Land Com-any (hniteci). incorporated under the Connanies' Acts 1862 and 1867. Notice iQ hereby Given. that the , IXTY-BEVE Tll QU RTE LY GENERAL MEET' Gof , he 31( rni,ers of the Conservative Land So , •iely will be held at the OfEces, No. 3', Norfolk-,trect, 'Strand. I oT dun. W.C., on TIE DAY, the 6th day of July, Ic6 at Two of the CleclC precisely, Viscount RANI LAGIT in the Chair, to receive the lleport of the 1 xecutive Committee, and for general purposes. By order of the Board. CHARLES LEWIS ()RUNE MEN, Secretary. Lon lor, June 22, 1861. Prosp2ctuses of the Share and Deposit Investing Depar:.- ments and of the Building and other Advance Departments sent free of chir,., , e. Present rate of interest, five per cent. per an num on "hares and four per cent. per annum on Deposit Ac counts, payable half-yearly. CALLAGHAN'S OPERA, RACE, and FIELD GLASSES, of Matchless quality. 23A, NEW BOND-STREET (corner of Conduit-street). N.l3.—Sole Agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the past eighteen months the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,270 lives from various shipwrecks and 32 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended 027,641 in the same period en its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £3,793 for rewards. The Institution has now 207 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelpht,' London. B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIA.TION Tread Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims.' JOHN MESSENT, Manager. ROBERT MARTIN COLE, deceased.—Pur snant to an Act of Parliament, 22 and 23 Vic. cap. 35, intituled "An Act to further Amend the Law of Property and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That all Creditors of IL M. Cole, late of No. 22, Sydney-street, Fulham-road, Brompton, in the county of Middlesex, Commander in the Royal Navy (who died on the 6th day of April, 1869), and whose will, with a codicil annexed, was duly proved on the 7th day of June, 1869, by Joseph Marsh, one of the Executors therein named, and all other persons having any claim or demand against the Estate of the said Robert Martin Cole, are hereby required to send particulars in writing of their claims and demands and of the nature of the securities (if any) held by them to me, the undersigned J. Chapple, of No. 25, Carter-lane, in the city of London,Solicitor to the said Executor on or before the 31st day of July next. after which time the said Execu tor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Robert Martin Cole, amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the debts or claims of which the said Executor shall then have had notice, and that the Exe cutor will not be liable for any debt cr claim of which he shall not then have bad notice. Dated this 2 ith day of June, 1869. J. CHAPPLE, Solicitor for the Executor. THE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE " NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. HIE << SINGER " SEWING MACIILNES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The peculiar simplicity of thess Machines enables any one to acquire their perfect use in a `ew hours. IllustrWed Price Lists post free. THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 147, CREAPSIDE. Branch Deptits or Loca A gents in every Town A G ENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce eommodi ies valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commi,sion Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Servants, &e. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street, Norwich. - I OH GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY P. , TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decry, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 61—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames-street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AMIN AIVEARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. C;OSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid Mono 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, 39. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. trcludinz brush. _ _ Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. TII EATRE-110YA L, HAY3IARKET. THIS EVENING, BLUE DEVILS: Mr Compton and Mrs Fitzwilliam. After which. MARY WA RNER : Miss Hill. Miss Bateman. Messrs. ti owe. Compton, &e. Concluding with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS: Messrs. finckstonc, Howe, Kendal; Miss F. Wright, Miss F. Gwynn. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. . 'Mrs EVIMING, at 7, L OMESTId ECONOMY: Mr Geo 'Bel more and Mrs Leigh Murray. At 8, EVE: Mr Benjamin Web ster, Mr H. Nev lle. Miss Furtado, Mrs Alfred Mellon:kr. And DM YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL? Mr. G. Belmore. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. LIM EVENING, at 7.10, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke Miss Bufton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Bufton. To conclude with HUE AND DYE GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7. BLOW FOR BLOW: Mes'irs. W. Farren, Vernon. David Fisher. J. CLlrke: 3liss Lydia Foote. At 9. 5, the new burlesque TII CORSICAN MOTHERS: Messrs. J Clarke, N.Tarshall. Andrews, and Hurlstone : Mesdames Julia St. George, Berend,Bnman, and C. Thorne ROYALTY Tfl EATS E. Hurter the Management of Miss M Oliver. fins ErENT:7aI I FOR A HOLID •Y. Followed by A ROVING COM 11 ISSION. And THE 31ILI 'ARY BILLY T A YLOR. To conclude with CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Day, Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers. Miss M. Oliver, ➢Liss K. Bishop. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLD ORN. Tuts EVE' 7sct. at - .2 , , THE SMOKED TIBER. After which, THE SCHOOL FOR Si 'ANDAL r. Harty Sullivan. Mr. J. C. Com pc; Mr. G. ITcney, 1 r. C. Coghlan, Mrs. HermannVezin, Mrs. C. Ilorsman, &c. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of hiss Marie Wilton Tess EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover. and Banernft: Mrs. 'Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Mrs N!arie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE CFIRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and ::aturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALII AMB If A PALACE. THR EE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. is. Boa-office open from 11' to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regerra-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6(1. .42 : 13 II LONDOW, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1869. The opportunities for the display of heroism are not restricted simply to the time of war. Th ey may arse at any moment—any - where—out of the most accidental circumstances. The fact is not only thus : but, it should be added, at once, that there are heroic professions in periods of profound peace, in the midst of civilians, in the throng of our city streets, and in the most secluded and solitary corners of the iron bound coast of these islands.• The Fire Brigade and the Lifeboat Service stand pre-eminent among these heroic professions. Mr. BRAIDWOOD'S death was as noble as that of any Captain of a Forlorn Hope dying in the breach of a beleaguered town. The achieve ments of the gallant boatmen in the ser vice of the Royal National Lifeboat In stitution are as worthy of celebration by painter, or by historian, as any performed in the crash of actual battle by our warriors whether on sea or land. And,from our insular position among the civilised nations of the earth, the services of men like these, men who go down to the great sea in ships or in boats like cockleshells, are, naturally enough, very dear to the hearts of our population. Here it is, indeed, that, without any disparagement whatever to the QUEEN'S Army, the Royal Navy is always spoken of par excellence as essentially and intensely the National Service. And we conceive that it would not be extravagant, or in any way indicative of the smallest tendency to exaggerate, if we were to assert that, among all our purely charitable and eleemosynary institutions, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is popularly regarded as the favourite. Periodically, that is to say, at the com mencement of every first quarter, there is published a little unpretending record of the last three months' doings of the association, which has long since come to be regarded as one of the most enthralling publica tions anywhere published in a quarterly form. As we ha vex list intimated, it is even in its outward appearance conspicuously unpretending. The cost of it is no more than fourpence. It numbers up altogether but a very few pager. It appears—pamphlet form without any external covering or adornment. An occasional wood cut is inserted illustratively among the double columned letter-press. To a certain ex' ent each new instalment bears an instantly recogniseable resem blance to its pradeeassors. Bat, for all that, it is a quarterly publication, that over the vast majority of those who examine its contents exercises a fascination only comparable to thatrecognised by the schoolboy in one of the old-world books of Voyages and Travels, liairiirowith 'Scares and Perilous Adventures. And what - constitutes at once the charm and value of the particular record we are now referring to, is this, that it is no merely fictitious narrative or collection of narratives. It has the enthralling interest of being actually founded upon fact. Its glamour is its veracity throughout. And the purpose with which it is written and published, is - more than the catching of any casual reader's fancy. Its one aim or design is this—to further the interests of the particular insti tution, of the development of which its numbers are the accumulating history. As significant of the vital importance of the Royal National Lifeboat Institu tion to the community, it is important to bear in mind the single fact that the society possesses now upwards of Two Hundred Lifeboats (207), and that by means of that noble Life-saving Fleet its boatmen rescue annually from otherwise inevitable destruction along our coasts, at the least One Thousand Lives from Shipwreck. No wonder the institution is called Royal, as indicative of its being under the direct patronage, and invested with the personal sympathy, of the SOVEREIGN. No won der it is called National, as a Society appealing di rectly, and not in vain, to the hearts and con sciences of all ranks and classes of English men. In its reg trd—in regard to this Royal National Lifeboat Institution there are two things absolutely essential at all times in a per petually increasing community, and in view of a per petually expanding trade. And those two things are, first of all, the maintenance of the society's efficiency, and, secondly, the steady and appreciable development of its operations. Year by year it is essentfalthat new Life-boat stations should be—as happily they arebeing—established in localities where previously no self-righting Life-boat has been known. There are nearly half-a-dozen of such new stations, for example (or of fresh appliances at old stations) that have been called into existence under the aus pices of the Life -boat Institution since the " Journal" of the society last made its appearance. At Broad stairs, in Kent, one of the association's self-righting life-boats has been established. A similar boon has been accorded to the locality of Abergele near Rhyl. A new establishment has been created in the Isle of Man, at Ramsey. A new lifeboat and car riage have been forwarded to a station in South Wales of no less importance than Penarth. And, thanks to the generous interposition of the Man chester Unity of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a fresh station has been called into exist ence at Cleethorpes on the coast of Lincolnshire. An association, thus energetic and indefatigable, may always count, in truth, upon the co-operation of the more noble-hearted members of the community. That co-operation, to be effective, must always, how ever, be prompt and munificent. THE report issued annually by the Committee of Council on Education narrates the progress of the national system of instruction, and describes in detail the condition of efficiency attained at the end of each scholastic year. Its statistics chew the increase or falling off in the number of children attending schools, and of those who successfully meet the tests prescribed by the Council ; the earnings of every school in the United Kingdom are set forth ; and the regulations of the Committee, as altered from year to year, are codified. The most interest ing part of the volume consists of the various yearly bulletins furnished by the inspectors of schools and training colleges. These contain a summary of the business of the year, describe the state of public feeling on education in their several districts, note the defects which exist and the improvements which ought to be made. Such a document ranks second to none of the blue-books of the year ; and at the present time, when great changes in our system of education are universally looked for, it is of special value. It is not a little remarkable that in most of these inspectors' reports the prospect of a great educational revolution is taken as a matter of course, and many of the most important points in dispute are freely canvassed. In fact, a change has come over the spirit of the inspectors' dream. They are all men of high attainments, and they enjoy every facility for ascertaining what is wanted and what will best supply the want. Their position guarantees them against the suspicion of pro nouncing prematurely in favour of change, and yet they generally agree in regarding the present system as merely a temporary arrangement. The educational ship which was launched so successfully in 1846 has become so water-logged in 1869 that .even the officers hasten to abandon her. It is true that the past year has witnessed considerable im provement. The number of schools under inspection has increased in England by 820 on a total of 13,400, and in Scotland by 161 on a total of 3,130. The average attendance of scholars in Great Britain has progressed from 1,130,000 to 1,221,000. Then the percentage of scholars who have acquitted them selves to the satisfaction of the examiners has materi ally advanced throughout Great Britain, and in all three branches of knowledge —reading, writing, and arithmetic. The salaries paid to schoolmasters have improved, and considering that they have long been at starvation point, until few teachers worth having were to be found, this is a decided gain. But these, and similar facts, though highly satisfac tory in themselves, are regarded only as matters of detail, in no wise affecting the question of the day. The present system of education is inadequate, and no progress of which it is capable will enable it to reach the required point. _ _ Nothing in the report is more remarkable than the decision with which the inspectors pronounce on one of the most hotly-contested points of the educational problem. The majority of them allude to compul sory education, and those who do, without any exception, pronounce in favour of the principle. They all tell the same story, and, with some modifi cations, propose the same remedy. Very old the story is. Great numbers of children who ought to be at school are not to be found there at all; very many who do go attend so irregularly as to derive little or no benefit from the instruction. Parents are indifferent to the intellectual and moral welfare of their offspring ; or at least care so little about it that it weighs nothing in the balance when the prospect of earning a shil ling or two presents itself. In some cases this arises from the most immoral neglect, in others it is the result of extreme poverty. Such are the influences by which even the insufficient system that exists is prevented from accomplishing its full work, by which, in this age, half the children of Britain grow up in ignorance and crime, by which the work of education is rendered a comparative failure. Mr. TREGARTHEN, who inspects the schools in the counties of Dorset and Somerset, says, " To speak of the apathy and poverty of parents leading to the early removal of scholars, of irregular a tt en d ance a t sc h oo l , o f th e moving from one school to another, of the demands of the labour market, and the irresistible temptation of adding the smallest sum to the weekly earnings of the family, is to tell your lordships what others have told over and over again. My portfolio is full of letters uttering the old complaints, telling the same old story." To give similar testimony from the other inspectors would be mere repetition. Mr. TREGAIITITEN 7 as a remedy, proposes either a law forbidding a child being taken away from school before he has acquired the first rudiments of knowledge, or a law providing that up to a certain age, 10 or 11 years, it shall be illegal to employ a child in any agricultural pursuit, unless lie is in possession of a " scholar's certificate " testifying - LI , at he has mastered the elements of instruction. :Mr. ROUTLEDGE, who examines the schools in the W est Riding of Yorkshire—quite a different district be it noted—finds the same evils and suggests a similar remedy. his scheme is that no child be allowed to work at all up to the age of 10, unless he have passed the second standard of examination prescribed for national schools—that is until he can read an easy narrative, copy in manuscript a line of print, work sums in addition and .subtraction, and repeat the multiplication table. After the age of 10, Mr. RoUTLEDGE suggests that full-time work shall not be allowed up to the age of 14, unless the pupil have passed the sixth standard, which requires fair proficiency "in the three ll's." After fourteen State interference must cease. Mr. FRENCH is con fident that compulsory attendance up to a certain age is the only remedy for the evils of irregular attendance and total absence. • Other inspectors, without suggesting any precise plan, pronounce in favour of the principle of enforced attendance. It does indeed appear as if these clergymen had been seized with the revolutionary spirit of the age; but compulsory education is not the only, nor the most important, change they advocate. They have no hesitation in rudely assail ing, and, in fact, completely overturning, the voluntary system; most of them pronounce in favour of a local rate ; and they find even the religious difficulty not insuperable. The voluntary system has of late been treated with cautious respect. In the House of Commons it has been upheld that if a forced rate is to be added, it must, at least, harmonise with, and not supplant, the voluntary system. But judging by the tone taken by the reverend inspectors, it would seem as if the respect accorded to the voluntary system must be likened to that delicate attention always paid to a prisoner about to be executed. Several of the in spectors, with charming unofficial plainness, pro nounce the voluntary system an utter failure. It has unquestionably accomplished much ; but it fails simply because a great national want cannot be supplied by charity alone. Many good schools are kept up largely by subscriptions ; but the working of the principle in other places is most lamentable. In hundreds of parishes a bad school or none at all is the effect of leaving a great national work to the good-will of individuals. Mr. MITCHELL says : " The voluntary system, when tried by the balance, must be pronounced to be greatly a failure, numbers of children receiving no education at all, and many of the remainder an education that is totally inefficient and valueless." Almost all the other inspectors have the same tale to tell. Some of them give remarkable practical examples of the failure of the charitable system. One of its most common results is to leave the education of a parish entirely at the disposal of one 'or two local magnates, whose subscriptions are the chief maintenance of the local school. Sometimes one landholder is lord of the district, and refuses to give or sell a piece of land for a school, however pressing the want may be. Somtimes objection is made because the proposed school is to be a British one, sometimes because it is to be under inspection, and sometimes—will it be believed P—simply because it is a school. The agreement as to the proper remedy for this state of things is very general. The inspectors would not absolutely banish the voluntary system, but they insist upon ample provision to meet the cases where it is found inefficient. Mr. BOW - STEAD suggests that a public officer report upon all cases where the local school is bad, or where one is absolutely wanting. Then let power be given by Act of Parlia ment to some public authority to summon a jury to have a value set upon the land that is required, and to compel the owner to give it up on receivingits price. Mr. Du PORT also recommends the establishment of schools supported partly by a local rate and partly by the Government grant in places where the supply of instruction is deficient. Due notice must be given to the parish, in order to afford time for the starting of an effective school under the voluntary system. With regard to the question of religious teaching in these rated schools the inspectors speak charily— most of them being clergymen ; but one or two believe that parents would have no objection to reli gious teaching in such schools, provided that no doctrinal element were involved. There are some difficulties which the inspectors do not seem to dis pose of in bringing forward these great changes. But the great evil of bad and insufficient education does exist, raid, in remedying the evil, trifles of detail must be kept subordinate. It is a very significant fact that a body of such authority and responsibility should be found so much at one on this great subject. LATES T INTELL MEN OE (r, E U E R S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, June 28. The New liampslaire Legislature has ratified the 15th Constitutional or Negro Suffrage Amend- went. The Cunard steamship Russia and the Guion steamship Colorado arrived out to-day;. the Inman steamer City of Antwerp- this morning, and the Hamburg and American steamer Bavaria yesi erday. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1371 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1371- ; the lowest, 1371. Sterling Exchange on London lo9i-5-20 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2ll. 6 6 44 1885 llB/. CC " 18G7 1194. 10-40 CC Illinois Erie 29.1. Cotton—Mil upland 3sc. Petroleum—Standard White 3lfc. Flour, extra state, $6.20c. to $6.80c. Corn, old mixed, 100 c. QUEBEC, June 28. The Allau (Glasgow) steamship Moravian ar rived to-day. CROOKHAVEN, June 29, 9.20 a.m. The Inman steamer City of London, from New York on the 19th inst., is now passing Browhead Signal Station, en route for Queenstown. SOUTHAMPTON; June 29. The North German Lloyd steamer Ohio, from Baltimore, with passengers and cargo, arrived here this morning. The Ithein sails at noon to-day for New York. SPAIN. MADRID, June 28, Evening. In to-day's sitting of the Constituent Cortes a tariff amendment, proposing the increase of import duty on cereals, was rejected by 96 against 48 votes. The debate on the customs tariff continues. Tranquillity prevails throughout the country. THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, May 29. Exchange on London, 49. Wet salted hides, 37k; number of beasts slaughtered, 41,000; sales, 25,000; shipments, 47,749 ; stock, 10,000. Dry hides, for Germany, 47 ; for Aerica, 44 to 45 ; sales, 26,000 ; shipments, 64,335 ; stock, 74,000,. Freights to the Channel unchanged. Wool, 53 to 68. Tallow, beef, 151 to 16 ; mutton, 13k. Lumber, 42. Car diff coals, 13. Cadiz salt, 8. PORTUGAL. LISBON, June 28. The London, Belgium, Brazil, and River Plate Royal Mail Steamship Company's steamer City of Rio de Janerio, Captain Peters, arrived at St. Vin cent on the 13th June, nine days from Falmoutb, and sailed the same day for Rio de Janeiro. The chartered steamer Mendoga arrived at St. Vincent on the 18th June, and sailed on the 19th for Falmouth. THE RATING OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS. The supporters of the Sunday Rating Bill at Halifax nave got from Mr. Stansfeld an explanation of his vote on the subject. " I have not been able," he writes, "to vote for the bill exempting Sunday-schools fromrates. The whole subject of local rates being under Government con sideration, and especially in Mr. Goschen's hands, the Government felt bound to vote against abilldealingonlywith d fragment of this large and important subject. But though voting for these reasons as we did, I confess that as an evidence of sympathy with and appreciation of Sunday schools, and of those who labour in them, I listened with great interest and satisfaction to the earnest and effective speech of the member for Hackney in moving the second reading of his bill, and that in that sense I do not altogether regret the result of the division." Mr. Akroyd, the other member for Halifax. wrote in favour of the bill. AMENDMENTS TO THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. Lord Westbury's amendments to the Irish Church Bill were issued on Monday afternoon, and occupy four pages. In Clause 7, which contains the powers vested in the hands of the proposed commissioners, the noble lord proposes to omit the section providing that every order or decision of the commissioners shall be final. lie will move that from all decisions of the commissioners, or any two of them, an appeal shall lie to the Court of Chancery Appeal in Ireland, provided that such appeal shall be presented within six calendar months after the pronouncing of the decision appealed from. To ClauseB, which provides for the rules to be laid down by the com missioners to persons making application, he will propose to add that any person aggrieved by any of the rules may apply to the Lord-Lieutenant in Council, who may have power to annul or make such rules. It is provided in Clause 9 that no commissioner shall hold his office for a longer period than ten years, but Lord Westbury will move that this term be reduced one-half ; he, however, will propose that her Majesty shall have power by Order in Council to direct that they shall con• tinue to hold their office for a further period not exceed. ing five years. To Clause 12 he will propose to add that where any property is held upon any trust for the use of the poor, or for any other charitable purpose, the same shall, on and after the Ist of January, 1872, be vested in the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland, subject to and for the purposes of such chari table use or trust. Clause 19, which repeals the laws prohibiting the holding of synods, Lord Westbury will propose to amend as follows :—lt shall be the duty of the Archbishop of Armagh, within six months after the passing of the Act, to convene a general assembly or convocation of the clergy and laity, members of the United Church of England and Ireland, at which assembly the provisions, regulations, and ordi nances necessary for settling and defining the form of government, &c., of the said Church, shall be considered, made, and framed. The most important amendment relates to the Surplus Clause. He will propose that the whole of Clause 67, which deals with the disposal of the surplus, shall be left out, for which he will move to substitute the following: The commissioners shall set apart two millions for the purpose of being applied in such manner and form for the benefit of Roman Catholic priests as the commis sioners shall propose and define ; secondly, a sum of one million shall be set apart for the benefit of the clergy of the Presbyterian Church ; thirdly, that all tho residue of the surplus shall be applied to the benefit of the Irish Church. Each scheme will have tube submitted in the first place to the Lord-Lieutenant in Council. The commissioners to proceed par passu in appropriating these stuns, and without priority or preference. In the event of any scheme being rejected by the Lord-Lieutenant in Council, a new scheme may be prepared by the same body which prepared such rejected scheme. THE SUN, LONDON; ---- TUESDA.Y EVENING, JUNE 29, 1869. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The Atlantic Cable happily seems all right again, and the Great Eastern is steaming away successfully doing her work. She must now be passing over some of the shallowest water on her deep sea course, less than 1,700 fathoms, and on the 3rd or 4th of next month she will pass over the deepest water of all, 2,760 fathoms. The deepest water in which the present Atlantic cables are laid is only 2,424 fathoms,but in a depth of nearly 17,000 feet of water, a couple of thcusand feet, more or less,makes verylittle differ ence. Supposing all to have gone well, the Great Eastern ought to have run a little over 800 miles from Brest, and paid out about 900 miles of cable, and her fore tank must just now be empty. Fourteen per cent. on the whole distance was allowed for slack of cable in paying out, but up to the present the Great Eastern has only used 10 per cent. This saving has arisen from the fact that for nearly 300 miles of her course at first she was never in very deep water. In greater depths she will have to use more slack, which will bring up her percentage to the same as that of both the existing cables, which was at the rate of 14 per cent. Submarine cables sink very slowly, and it is calculated that at great depths the Great Eastern will have a curve of line from her stern of not less than twenty-one miles long before it rests on the bed of the ocean. The method of signalling used between the ship and the laud is that now universally adopted in working all long submarine lines—the reflecting galvanometer. The prin ciple of this most delicate instrument was discovered a few years since by a German electrician, named Weber. It was then, however, a large machine, and the con densation of all its powers into the smallest and lightest form is due to the scientific research and skill of Sir William Thompson. This instrument consists of a small mirror with a magnet laid across its back. That the two are very small indeed may be judged by the fact that both together weigh less than three•eighths of a grain. This infinitesimally small reflector, which is intensely bright, is suspended by a silk thread as fine as a hair in the midst of a small circular coil of insulated copper wires. Directly a current is sent through this circular coil, no matter how slight, it induces mother electric current within its circle, which acts in an opposite direction, and this causes the little magnet at the back of the mirror to turn to the right or left, and, of course, to turn the little mirror with its reflecting ray of light with it. By a very simple arrangement this fine ray of light is thrown upon a horizontal graduated scale, about 3ft. long, and 3ft. distant from the mirror. Thus, when a current is sent, through the little circular coil round the iirror the magnet is acted upon, and turns the mirror with its ray of light—say on the left of the scale in 'rout of it. When the current is reversed, and that is instantly done by pressing a little key in the speaking instrument, the current in the circular coil is reversed and sent in the opposite direction, and this in turn sends the ray of light from the mirror on to the opposite side of the scale to the right. When the ray of light rests stationary on any part of the scale it means a dot ; when it moves rapidly to the right or left it means so many dashes, according to the distance it goes. This reflecting galvanometer tells with unerring certainty whether or not the Great Eastern is steady. The vessel now at the end of the cable is, with its coils of insulated wire and iron hull, a mere electro-magnet, so to speak. The course of the Great Eastern is east and west, and therefore at right angles with the course of the magnetic current, which is north and south. Thus, every time the ship rolls, either to port or starboard, a slight current but still a current, is induced in her vast coils, and thence transmitted through the cable to the shore end at Minou, where it acts upon the reflecting galvanometer, and turns its ray of light a little to the right or left of the centre of the scale, and thus shews in a fraction of a second of time the precise degree and rapidity at which the vessel is rolling. It is reported that Mr. M. W. Ridley, M.P., is about to be married to Miss Hardy, a daughter of the Eight Hon. Gathorne Hardy. It is stated that her Majesty will probably visit the camp at Aldorsbct on Thursday and stay till Saturday. There is to bo a grand review on Friday, at which the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Viceroy will probably be present. A betting case prosecution of a minor character has Leen decided at Hull. henry Hare, a butcher, for causing an obstructio❑ in tie Market Place, has boon brought before Mr. Travis, the stipendiary magistrate, tnd fined ltls. and costs. The magistrate warned the de fendant that if be was again convicted of a like offence ho would be sentenced to the longest term of imprisonment which ac law allow( d. A sr d accident occurred at the Rocket Colliery, the property of the Earl of Dudley, on Saturday. Two mon were engaged in blasting a piece of rock at the bottom of the shaft, and aft( r two mis-tires they ha I set the third and signalled to the engi❑eman to draw them up, using a water bow•k for a skip. They had miscalculated how long the fuse would burn, and before they were drawn up the explosion took place, and they were terribly shattered. Both men are in a Fecarious state. CANADIAN FISHERIES.—It is gratifying to hear that the fishing season has this year opened most promis- ingly in Canadian waters. Both from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia we learn that it is many years since the fishermen met with such success as they are now enjoying. They are making exceedingly heavy catches, . and the indications are that they will have_an unusually succeesfu geom.—Toronto Tclegraph. THE EA.RLSWOOD IDIOT ASYLUM. In 1853 the Prince Consort laid the foundation stone, not far from Reigate, of a new institution—an asylum fol idiots. Since then the Earlswood Asylum has become known in every household ; it has prospered and done much good work. It now contains 478 patients, and has become too small for the national requirements. On Monday the Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of additional buildings. His Royal Highness, who was ac companied by the Princess, was of course received with all honours by the Corporation of Reigate. To the address of the Town Council he replied : " I thank you for the kind terms you have used towards me in your address, and for your professions of loyal attachment to the Queen and Royal Family. The vicinity of the Earlswood Idiot Asylum to your borough has created in you an interest corresponding with my own in its future welfare and prosperity. The objects of this common anxiety are entitled to all our efforts to amelio rate their condition, and to render, under God's blessing, lighter the affliction with which it has pleased Him to visit them." The road from the Reigate Bail‘, sy Station to the asylum was lined with people, who enthusiastically cheered the royal party as it passed. The National Anthem was played when the Prince reached the asylum by the band of the Grenadier Guards. The first proceeding of the day was a procession —one on foot, to proceed to the spot where the foundation stone was to be laid. It passed from the vestibule, through the dining hall and by the rear of the building, on to a spacious tent in which a brilliant company, numbering about 700 or 800, had assembled. A body of police marched in front, then followed the band of the Grenadier Guards playing Handel's March in " Scipio ;" next, the architect with drawings ; after him the board of management, two and two ; then the treasurer and the secretary, with records and scrolls ; and, next, the stewards, patrons, and presidents of the charity. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in his episcopal robes, and his Grace's chaplain followed ; and then came their Royal High nesses, attended by their suites. When the Prince and Princess took their places on the dais prepared for them, the scene was splendid and imposing. The ladies and gentlemen who had awaited their coming had all risen to receive them, and were cheering and waving hats and handkerchiefs. Standing in front of two chairs of state, and at either side of the foundation stone, were the Royal pair bowing their acknowledgments. The stone, one of very great weight, was suspended in the centre of the dais from a large gilt hook and a series of pulleys. It was supplied from the granite quarries of Messrs. Freeman and Sons, Penryn, Cornwall. On the face of it was an inscription in golden letters recording the event of the day. When the cheering which bad greeted the arrival of their Royal Highnesses had in some degree subsided, Mr. Abbiss read an address, to which the Prince of Wales made the following reply :--- "My Lords and Gentlemen,— I thank you for the kind ex pressions contained in your address. I cannot but rejoice that my presence should be considered an encouragement and conducive to the prosperity of an institution that lays claim to our warmest support. Apart from all other con siderations, the fact of my lamented father having taken so active a part in the early formation of the society would, in itself, be sufficient to enlist my sympathy and interest in its welfare. The necessity for affording more extended accommodation, in consequence of the increased number of applicants, is the best proof of the success which has followed your first efforts. We must all appreciate the comprehensive principle which regulates, without regard to social or religious distinction, the admission of all classes of our fellow-creatures suffering under an affliction which reduces them to one common level. Finally, I have to assure you, gentlemen, Low sincerely I feel your expressions of devotion and attachment towards the Queen, the Princess of Wales, and the Royal Family. lam persuaded they, equally with myself, will watch with increasing interest the success of an institution this day enlarged under such hope ful circumstances." There was then handed to his Royal Highness a silver trowel, and Mr. C. Reed, M.P., handed him the mallet which was used by the Prince Consort when laying the first stone of the Infant Orphan Asylum at Wansteltd, and which his Royal Highness subsequently gave to Dr. Andrew. Reed, the hon. member's father. A good supply of mortar having been brought to the Prince of Wales in a mahogany hod, his Royal Highness spread a sufficient quantity to make a setting for the stone. Then, amid cheering, the stone was slowly lowered, and the Prince tapped it with the mallet, tested it by rule and plumb, and amid a flourish of trumpets, followed by the National Anthem, pronounced it to be well and truly fixed. The Archbishop of Canterbury then offered an appropriate prayer, which was followed by a hymn, of which there was an instru mental performance by the band of the Grenadier Guards while the words were sung by the entire company. The Prince and the Princess then took theirseats, and, to the March of King Christian IX., of Denmark, there was an interesting and, for the charity, a most gratifying pro cession. It was one of ladies, who, to the number of 380, in single file, ascended the dais on the side at which the Prince was seated, passed to the foundation stone, upon which each deposited a scarlet leather purse containing five guineas, and then descended on the side at which the Princess was seated. Every lady made an obeisance to the Prince on ascending, and one to the Princess on descending, which was acknowledged by their Royal Highnesses with a dignified affability that charmed the spectators. A less extended procession of gentlemen followed. Each of them also deposited a purse containing five guineas. In all 400 purses were laid on the stone ; but it was not until this portion of the ceremony had come to an end the company were informed that immediately he had fixed the stone the Prince handed the treasurer a check for 100 guineas as a contribution to the funds of the charity. As the Prince and the Princess were leaving the marquee three cheers were given for the Queen and three for their Royal Highnesses. After a dejeuner, at which the royal visitors honoured the goiernors of the institution with their company, the Prince and the Princess planted a tree each on the lawn in front of the building, and then took their departure. Monday being the 31st anniversary of the corona tion of her Majesty the Queen, the ordinary tokens of re joicing were manifested throughout the metropolis. MIRAGE ON THE NORTH-EAST COAST.—A beauti ful and perfect mirage was visible from Hartlepool, on Saturday afternoon. The whole of the horizon of the sea was reflected in the sky, with several ships and screw steamers far out at sea going southwards, plainly visible, inverted on the surface. The town of Redcar, with some minor villages visible on the Cleveland coast, also pre sented a most singular and beautiful appearance in the air while the mirage lasted. Towards six o'clock the phenomenon gradually faded away, being replaced by heavy masses of dark clouds, which for a time presaged a thunderstorm. AMERICAN BETTING.—A curious bet was made between two gentlemen of this city noted for the ampli tude of their beards. One is an eminent Q.C., and the other, if not exactly a legal functionary, exercises control over an institution of justice near the foot of St. Mary current. The bet was that the loser of the toss should at once denude himself of his magnificent beard and mous tache. It was made in an idle moment, and promptly accepted. The Q.C. won the toss in two straight heats, and the gaoler, uttering a cry of anguish, took a gin sling and nailed to the nearest barber's saloon. —Montreal Star. A 'USEFUL CHIGNON.— As a lady and gentleman on horseback were crossing Wearmouth Bridge, towards Monkwearmouth, the other evening, the lady's horse stumbled, and threw the fair equestrienne right underneath the horse upon which her companion was riding, and but for the sagacity displayed by the animal in leaping over her, she might have been very seriously injured. She escaped, however, comparatively speaking, unhurt, her chignon having saved her head from violent contact with the ground ; and remounting her horse, the lady proceeded. ONE HUNDRED MILES ON A BICYCLE.—In these days of velocipede wonders the following excursion may be considered the greatest feat yet accomplished. On Thursday morning last Mr. G. P. Noble, of Thirlby House, Woodford-bridge, mounted on one of Charles P. Button's improved bicycles, and, accompanied by Mr. 11. E. Kaye, also of Woodford, started from the lattel place at half-past three o'clock for Colchester (a distance of about 49 miles), where they arrived about two o'clock, and in order to make up the 100 miles, they rode in and around the.town about half an hour. After having suffi ciently rested, the velocipedists started on the return journey, and reached home about one in the morning, having been absent just twenty-two hours. Seven hours were occupied in taking meals and rest, so that fifteen hours were actually spent in the saddle, giving an average of about seven miles an hour for the whole journey. FATAL ACCIDENT IN SCOTLAND. —A night Or two since a melancholy accident occurred at Avonbead, by which two men lost their lives, and one was seriously injured. The men were engaged sinking a pit at Avon• head, and had been firing a shot. They came up to tht top of the shaft till the shot went off, after which they took their places on the kettle to be lowered again. II appears that the engine-keeper, named John Anderson . had neglected to put the key in that put the machinery in winding gear, and the kettle, with the three men in it. went at once down to the bottom of the pit. Two of tht men who had been standing on the kettle when the acci dent occurred were instantaneously killed, and the third, who had been lying along the bottom of the kettle, was seriously injured. Anderson, the engineman, has beer taken into custody pending an investigation into the Mal of the accident. HER MAJESTY. BUCKINGIIA3I PALACE, June 28. Her Majesty, with Princess Louise, Prince Leo pold, and Princess Beatrice, again visited the camp in Windsor Great Park yesterday afternoon. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, ani Prince Leopold, arrived here at half-past eleven this morning from Windsor Castle. mania THE ROIAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS. This celebrated troupe have removed their enter ment from St. George's to the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, and doubtless when the change of locality becomes generally known the audience will be as full as they have ever been at the rather out of the way hall in Langham-place. The pro gramme, although not presenting any novelty, was a well selected one, and embraced nearly all the melodies that have rendered the " Royal" Min strels such favourites with the public. There was a good admixture of the humours with the sen timental, some capital burlesque acting and dancing; the whole of which, combined, made up afvery ex cellent entertainment. The new season at the Egyptian Hall, a place so famous for its entertain ments, will no doubt prove a great success. THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE. The following telegram has been received from Sir William Thomson : MINO U, Tuesday. Electric tests thoroughly satisfactory in Minou. All right up to 6.45, Greenwich time, Tuesday morning. BOURSE, June 28.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : 4i per Cent. lOl 75 End of month 3 por Cent End of month 7O 25 Credit Mobilier 243 End of month — Credit Fonder 1583 '45 End of month — - RAILWA' Bank Shares 2840 -- Ital , an Fives 56 50 End of month — -- Ottoman Loan 330 Do. Debt 45 25 Spanish Threes 30 5 0 Home Debt _— Deferred . _ ...- Cash Orleans ... 9221 Northern „. 1092f Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 622f Western 5824 Eastern Sardinian Austrian 7661 Lombard sllk North of Spain Saragossa Roman s3k THE AWFUL TRAGEDY IN THE CITY LATEST PARTICULARS.—AIIP.IVAL OF Mss. DUGGAN'S MOTHER.—(THIS DAY.) The only ic of conversation among classes of all description in the City this morning had refer ence to this fearful tragedy. All other subjects appeared to have sunk into insignificance. As early as nine o'clock a number of persons congregated in front of Messrs. Chawner's premises, and eagerly devoured everything having any bearing with the crime, whether the information was correct or not. The crowd, however, was by no means so dense to yesterday, and the vehicles passing into the market had no difficulty in reaching it. - Owing to the activity displayed by the police in communicating with the relatives of the rman Duggan and his wife, they found out the address of the mother and also the brother, alluded to i n the letter sent to the inspector on duty at Smithfield station, by the murderer Duggan. At 11 o'clock last night Mrs. Duggan's mother arrived at the police-station in Smithfield, she having travelled from Bristol, to ascertain the particulars of th e fearful occurrence. Up to noon she had not sees any of the bodies, it being deemed prudent not to allow her at present, for the fatigue coesequeu upon travelling over a hundred miles, and brood ing over the extent of lives sacrificed has rendere d her exceedingly weak and nervous, so that it i 5 doubtful whether she will be allowed to se e the bodies until the inquest is opened, en d then merely for her to be able to identify her daughter. The brother has not Ye t arrived in London, but he has forwarded to the police authorities the letter alluded to by the assassin. That lett er h as b een l oc k e d up i n the superintendent's office in the Old Jewry, but, fo r obvious reasons, the police will not at present allow the contents to be made known. It is therefore reasonably supposed that at the inquest the letter will show whether the most mysterious part of the . perpetration of the d rea df u l cr i mes were par ticipated in by the wife or not. The mother of the unfortunate wife of Dugga n describes her as having been a most affection ate wife and mother, the only charge she could lap against her was th a t s h e was t oo a tt en ti ve , worked too hard in keeping her house in order, and was W e attentive to her husband and children. In order to keep the latter respectable she has been known to deprive herself of many things, such as saving up the dinner beer money, &c., and her mother, there' fore, is of opinion that she could not possibly hol re aided in the dreadful crimes. The wife of the murderer, it is now understood, was not an English woman, but a native of Bel gium. After a short courtship she married and lived on the most affectionate terms with her bus" band, and bore him several children ; but owing ~,t ° business not answering, he and his family left Bri tol and came to settle in London. Since then h e had acted as clerk and foreman to the owner of the house in Hosier-lane, in which the murders were committed. There are a great number of rumou r° afloat as to the predisposing cause for the perpetra don of the wholesole crime. One is that he was suspected of being privy to a robbery of plate be longing to his employer ; another, that his ill-state of health was likely to involve his family in rui n ' As far as the first-named rumour goes, the polic e have not as yet received any authentic information; and the latter hypothesis seems to be the most likely. There is little doubt that Duggan or his wife, after the return of the children from their walk, had been reading the Bible, as the sacred volume was found open when the discovery was made by the police. The book, it will be remembered, Wu' tained the Christian and surnames of the children' their respective ages, as well as the time of his mar' riage, and the age of himself and wife. Mr. Brett, the board beadle, and the police are f still very active in trying to find out the vendor o the prussic acid, but up to noon without the loilet success. As some doubts were entertained as to the cau se of death of three persons Mr. Wilson has made a ll autopsy of the three bodies, and has in each de tected traces in the abdomen and viscera of th e heart that each had been poisoned with prussic acid. It has been stated that Duggan was seen posti l l a letter in a pillar box at fo ur o ' c l oc k on Mond a y m orning, which, if such was th e case , it would b 8 taken out of the box a t fi ve o ' c l oc k, an d delivered in due course a littl e b e f ore or a f ew m i n utes a ter eight o'clock, a b out the t i me D uggan 's tt reached the p o li ce stat i on i n S m ithf i eld. Sev er persons whose avocations call them early in tia t e morning are of opinion that he never went out at that time of the morning, for if he had they re us e have see n hi m l eave an d a l so re t urn . They Tier I : however, nearly all positive that up to that hour light was left burning in the frort room. It is understood that the inquest will be opene: l o pro forma to-morrow and then adjourned, simply allow the bodies to be buried after being identified' ACLAisTD'S IMPERIAL POLL-BOOK, just published , will be found to contain much valuable information, 811,11 to politicians and the general public. There are artci on Representation and Legislation past, present, e , future, and the General Elections under the Reform 11-i and also an index of candidates from the year 1839 w° 1869. As a book of reform it will prove invaluable.