The Sun. — London, England, 1869-10-18 00:00:00

521.13,TT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, It says something, observes the Times, for the ingenuity Of the conductors as well as the interest of the drama that Vie proceedings of the Election Commissions should still to accepted without satiety by daily readers. Even as it 14 there will be many who will exclaim, "Both Commis sions adjourned sine die. How delightful!" Certainly the revelations, or rather the confessions, are wonderful; but it required nothing less than the Bridgwater evidence of last week to avert the surfeit threatened by these intermin able reports. However, with Mr. Henry Padwick, Mr. Walter Bagehot, and Mr, Alexander Kinglake for story-tellers there was little chance of dulness in the narrative. How did the Bridgwater voters always contrive to be bribed, even when nobody wished to bribe them ? How was it that candi dates more than half suspicious of the place, and deter mined not to be taken in, were nevertheless trapped with uniform success? We need not say that in reality the work was accomplished by wholesale bribery at the critical hour of the contest ; but now comes a question. As yet Mr. Kinglake has not repaid the money thus ex pended by his active friends, but he did not disguise his intention of doing so if advised to that effect. This is precisely what Mr. Bagehot did, with great reluct ance. By this ingenious measure of substituting a friendly creditor and a debt of honour for a corrupt elector and a bribe did the Bridgwater people effect their purpose even with the sternest stickler for purity. Let us only add, in conclusion, that Bridgwater might have been obviously reformed by anything like a sincere under standing on both sides. We are told that, except for bribing, the opinion of the borough would have been Liberal, and our Conservative friends would, probably, bid us welcome to the assumption. But it is plain that if Conservatives and Liberals together had but honestly agreed to do what they were always talking of doing, the fight would have been about as even as before, only with a smaller poll. Each party, however, dreaded the doings of the other at the last minute. The minute was sure to ccme when a few pounds, more or less, would win the elec tion; and as neither side could endure to leave that chance in the hands of a rival, they bid over each other for the advantage, with the results which these reports have dis closed. The Lay Conference of Irish Churchmen has, says the Post, substantially brought its proceedings to a close, having effected the main object with which it was convened. That object was the determination of the basis on which the laity should be represented in that General Assembly of the Church which is contemplated by the Disestablish ment Act, and to whose hands will henceforth be entrusted all matters concerning the doctrines or discipline of the zew Communion. If the series of resolutions which were passed are to be regarded as final, we are now in a position to judge of the excellence or otherwise of the mode which has been devised for the future representation of what may be termed the lay interests of the Church of Ireland. But if is very doubtful whether they are final. There was a good deal of force in the observation of the Earl of Enniskillen, :that the Protestants in tho North were we ll able to take care of themselves, and that consequently particular care should be taken that in those dioceses where the Protes tant element was less powerful adequate provision should be made for its representation at the General Council. One of the members of the Conference called attention to the fact that the new Church would need a con stitution for its future government; and although the framing of that constitution must ultimately be the work of the General Council, the Conference scarcely exceeded its powers in resolving that the diocesan synods should appoint a committee composed of an equal number of clergy and laity to draw up, wi`•h the assistance of certain persons versed in ecclesiastical laW; the framework of tho laws and customs which will henceforth obtain in the Irish Church. The Lay Conference then terminated i iB labours, and when the curtain rises again it wi2 be on the meeting of the General Representative Council, The Daily News remarks that the past three years have been a very trying time for our old friend the Quarterly Review. It finds the political world a puzzle and bewilder ment, and is inclined to give up the riddle. It does not know where to turn for a refuge in this age of newfangled ideas and revolutionary projects. In successive numbers 't has denounced M;. Disraeli as a trickster and traitor, and taken him to its bosom again with tears of reconciliation. It has bewailed the Conservative capitulations, and has itself capitulated. If as has been contended, the interest of every situation lies in suspense, the readers of the Quarterly enjoy that mental attitude in a greater degree than those of any other periodical. The most experienced observer would hesitate to forecast the line which it will take on party questions ; and turns to the political article with a curiosity unqualified by any sense of the probable. In its new number the Quarterly Review places itself, as it were, in retreat, and in the name of the Conservative party devotes itself to the task of reflection and self-scrutiny. It reviews the political campaigns of the past twenty years, as Napoleon might have reviewed the course of his wars in St. Helena ; or as a chess-player might play over again a game in which he has been beaten, in order to satisfy himself when and how ho lost, and by what wiser moves he might have won. Moderate politicians may, and perhaps do, fear the latent Radicalism of Mr. Disraeli more than the open Radicalism of Mr. Bright. But they have learned the hollowness of those prophecies of " a radical subversion of the existing structure of our society," and of the abolition of property and privilege, with which every useful measure, from Catholic Emancipation to Free Trade and Household Suffrage, has been assailed, and which the Quarterly Review raises once more, to take much heed of such wild alarms 4 The future of England does not depend uponparliamentary tactics or party combinations. The Standard thinks that there was a peculiar interest in the visit of the Prince of Wales to Chester. That ancient city, whose name is one among his title, had never seen him before, at least in a public manner, and it re ceived him with unlimited acclamations. The old walled town—the only one remaining in England—with its curious sunken rows, was bright and gay when he arrived, and ex hibited, of course, a fervent loyal zeal in giving him the welcome which everyone knew he would enjoy. But every city in Great Britain would do the same. Our princes have been accustomed to make a home for themselves everywhere, both in the place and in the heart of its popu lation. But the interesting fact connected with this visit is the association of the Prince and the city. Strangely enough, the dignity of the heir to the Crown, which is not hereditary as Prince of Wales, but re-created with every - birth, is not commonly understood. With the princedom of Wales goes the earldom of Chester, and that city, amid all our civil wars, revolutions, and insurrections, has never once risen against the Throne. Clothed with honourable traditions national and valiant, Chester has been for ages • a sort of binding Border link between England and Wales. By the side of the worm-eaten structure a new edifice has arisen, just inaugu rated by his Royal Highness, contrasting the present with the past, and proving how much of vitality survives even in thoseantique, and, as an antiquarian might sug gest, cloistered communities of England. Graven on every stone, written on every wall, built up in every monument of Chester, is a trace, or an anecdote, or a memorial of English history. This latest burst of light upon it is only justice to its long-illumined annals. The Earl of Chester Prince of Wales has performed a graceful act in his recog nition of the " richly dight " old city. The Telegraph considers that a system of official inves tigation will greatly diminish the risk of railway accidents. k coroner's jury may arrive at all the facts involved in a railway accident, but it cannot always draw the right inferences—least of all develop beneficial suggestions. A Board of Trade inspector, on the other hand, has special gifts, strengthened by long training, for precisely the kind of purpose which a high estimate of his functions would lead him to follow out. He is familiar with every branch of practical engineering, with the laws of dynamics, and with the latest scientific researches that bear upon the actual working of railways. Naturally enough, traffic managers willlisten to suggestions from such an authority, which they would treat with indifference if they proceeded from a volunteer adviser, who might be impelled by his sympathies rather than his judgment. It may have seemed to the Midland officials quite in accordance with the eternal fitness of things, that four crowded trains should follow close upon each other, after dark, and enveloped in a fog, and yet that no steps should be taken to assure a certain interval between those heavy and rapidly moving bodies ; but we should be much surprised if Colonel Tyler or Colonel Yol land were of the same opinion. A margin of time is indis pensable in such cases, even in daylight ; it is doubly so after dark, trebly so at midnight or in a fog. The block telegraph system secures that margin as no other arrange ment can ; but probably the Nottingham officials do not see that plain fact, simply because they have been accustomed fcr years to regulations which worked well enough for their purpcse. It is the duty of the Board of Trade inspector to open their eyes; while, as authorised guardian of the nation's iron highways, he endeavours to secure for the public those scientific appliances that ought to be the guide of our great ministers of locomotion, and the safeguard of even the humblest traveller. The Stockport .Advertiser states that the cotton trade in that borough is in a very bad state, and the opera tives are, consequently, nearly as badly off as they were during the American war, only,ttwo or throe of the eilla now running full time. THE PROSECUTION OF THE ALBERT DIBECTOBS. On Saturday, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, before Mr. Knox,William Beattie, Esq., M.D., Peter Rood, Esq., M.D., Dr. Nicholls, Esq., G. Goldsmith Kirby, Esq., E. Vansittart Neale, Esq., Dr. Nicholls, M.R.C.P., Vice- Admiral the Right Hon. Lord George Paulet, C. 8., W. Page, T. Phillips, Esq., T. Stevenson, Esq., and Robert Whitworth, the directors and managing director of the Albert Life Assurance Company, surrendered to their recognisances before Mr. Knox, to answer a charge preferred against them by Mr. Lee and others, share holders of the company, of " conspiracy to defraud certain persons of divers sums of money between 1804 and 1869." Mr. Straight and Mr. Bromby, banisters, prosecuted ; and Mr. Milward, Q.C., Mr. Poland, Mr. Metcalfe, and Mr. Besley, were present on behalf of the defendants. The court, as on the previous cccasicn, was crowded. Mr. Straight preceedel to state the charge, observing that they had great difficulty in seeing the books, but having seen them yesterday he certainly did not expect to find in thc mwhat he bad found. The ape cific charge against the defendants was r.at the defendants did ccnspire to repre sent to the shareholders, policy-holders, and the Albert Assurance Company generally, that the Albert was in 18C6-7-8, and 9, in a sound and prosperous condition, capable of paying their dividends, and capable as well of undertaking the assurance of new lives; secondly, by publishing false reports in 1866 and 1867, and omitting to publish a balance-sheet at all, and thirdly, paying dividends when no profits were made, and contract ing to - pay large sums of money when a person should die, they knowing the company was not capable of doing so. Now, he suggested the simple way was to take three points first, to see whether the ccmpany was insolvent in the year he mentioned ; secondly, whether the defendants knew it; and thirdly, if, so whether they lent thmselves to the carrying out of a design to represent the company as in a sound and flourishing position, to induce the public to become shareholders. The learned counsel then proceeded to state, in reference to the insinuations thrown out on the last occasion by Mr. Besley against the person conducting that prosecution— suggesting that he was a man of straw—that in 1869 the directors were themselves engaged in transferring shires to him. Having explained the difficulties he had met with in order to obtain the order of the judge to inspect the books, he stated that up to yesterday it was his intention not to go further in the case but for the reasons he had mentioned, viz., that which cn his examina tion yesterday he found on the Looks. The learned coun sel then proceeded to state more fully the case, the salient points of which will be found in the revelations which from time to time have been before the public. The con struction of the company was under the deed of 1839. It had been put forward as in favour of the defendants that by that deed they were allowed to declare dividends without profits, but it would be found that there was a discretion thrown on the directors with reference to their so doing. Now with regard to the various gentlemen before them as defendants, he might observe that Mr. Phillips and Mr. Nicholls got rid of their shares in 1868 and 1869, and that Mr. Whitworth about the end of 1868 got rid of fifty shares, and within a month or six weeks of the stopping of the company, he got rid of sixty shares more almost immediately after, sending in his resignation. And here he might remark that the Albert Company were rather fortunate in having so many doctors, for Mr. Hood, Mr. Nicholls, and Mr. White belonged, he understood, to that profession. Now, he should call before them a gentleman to shew that, up to the very last mo ment, moneys were being received on life policies, and received as death premiums, when it was very evident that there was no money to pay the amounts thus contracted for. Having alluded to the unsatisfactory manner in which the books were kept, he observed that it was absurd to place down the Commissions paid on amalgamations with other companies as assets, and it was to be observed that from the time the various amalgamations with other companies were made, great losses were incurred, and these gentlemen who had been in the company in its flourishing days must have known the altered condition of the company ; and having gone on allowing the public to assure on wrong statements, they had rendered themselves crimlly responsible. The learned counsel then examined in considerable detail the accounts of the company, and contended that after the directors had put into the valuation of assets everything that was good, bad, and indifferent, it was very clear the company could not pay. Ar.d what they ought to have done when they fcund themselves in such a critical state was to call a meeting of the shareholders, to acquaint themselves with the state of affairs ; to make a call (which might have been very awkward for some of the directors) or taken means for issuing new stock. Instead of doing this, the directors, up to the time of the doors in Pall Mall being shut up, received money, as he had already said, as premiums upon contracts which the directon, or, at all events, Mr. Whitworth, one of them, knew never cculd be met. As seen as Mr. Whitworth found in what a critical position the con; any vas placed, ho sold some of his shares and resigned. Mr. Knox : When did he resign ? . Mr. Straight said : On the 7th of Al HI, 1860, and in the minute book was a request on the / art of the directors that he would reconsider his determination, refusing that morning to allow the transfer of his shares as the Act would have disqualified Mr. Whitworth from any longer acting as a director. The learned counsel then proceeded to close his address, observing that the company had four millions and a half of capital in 1860, but no balance-sheets were issued, and for the very good reason that if they had been the public would not have assured. Now the witnesses he proposed to call to day were Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Moore. Insinuations had been cast against Mr. Lee, and he had no doubt something would be said against Mr. Sinclair, be cause he was a ventriloquist and a professor of music, which no doubt was a respectable profession. (Laughter.) At all events they would hear what he had to say, and if they saw that persons might die without there being any of those means for which they had paid, he thought the defendants would have nothing to complain of in the fact that they were in their present position by their own culpable mismanagement. During the delivery of the learned counsel's address application was made by the representatives of Dr. Nicholl that his client should be allowed to attend an urgent case in which he had been engaged. Mr. Knox said certainly. He would take upon himself the responsibility of granting the request on Dr. Nicholl's entering into his own recognizances. This was done, and Dr. Nicholl left the court. The defendants were seated in various parts of the court, and in no formal way. - _ After a short adjournment cf the court, Mr. Straight proposed to call his witnesses. Mr. Metcalfe now asked that Mr. Lee be put into the wit- ness-box. Mr. Straight said he should prove his case in the usual way. Mr. Lee had gone to Southampton on business, and there was no doubt would be present hereafter. Mr. Knox asked whether, supposing Mr. Lee was absent and Mr. Straight could put into the box persons that would prove the case, was he (Mr. Knox) to stop the proceedings? Mr. Metcalfe said, as Mr. Lee was not present, he would now make a statement. It would be recollected that the cross-examination of Mr. Lee was reserved. The counsel for the directors had had an intimation that he did not intend to be here to-day and he (Mr. Metcalfe) did not hesitate to say that Lee was afraid to come forward and be examined. He (Mr. Metcalfe) did not hesitate to tell the magistrate the facts that come into his possession. Mr. Lee had given a false name. He had been continually bankrupt from 1864 to 1868. Mr. Murray, the attorney for the prosecution, had been acting from 1864 to 1868 for Mr. Lee, and he was in the employ of Messrs. Valiance and Lewis, who were also managers of the prosecution. Mr. Lee was put forward by Mr. Murray as a poor law student, who had been deprived of his little all by the Albert Company, whereas in 1368 he was a bankrupt. Here was a man put forward as a man suffering in the manner stated, and yet he had not thought fit to obey the summons. Mr. Begley asked whether Mr. Straight would be content to be instructed by Mr. Murray after all that had tran spired. Mr. Poland said that Mr. Lee had sworn that his name was Edward Lee, whereas it was Moses Edward Boleno Lee. Mr Straight : Is that all ? Mr. Besley : No; when Mr. Lee comes here he shall have more. (Laughter.) Unless some written retainer were given that there should be a proper prosecutor, the case should fall through. Mr. Metcalfe said : Supposing the directors should desire hereafter to commence proceedings for a malicious prosecu tion, against whom would they proceed should Mr. Lee not be forthcoming? Mr. Knox said he could only say that acting as Mr. Lee had done, ha presumed everything against the bond fide of such a man. He knew nothing short of his own death that should havo prevented his being there to-day, for it was an i ssue i nvo l v i ng that which was the dearest thing in life to the defendants. But if Mr. S tr.-tiOit would giv e hi m (M r. K nox ) a guaran t ee that some bond - fide shareholder would come fcrward as a prosecutor, he would not take the step that occurred to his mind. Mr. Straight said he would pledge himself that Mr. Lee should be forthcoming. Mr. Knox, as an Elder man than Mr. Straight, advised him to do no such thing. He meant them to understand that he had the worst opinion of Mr. Lee from the fe..ct of his absence to-day. Mr. Valiance was subsequently called into court and stated that 311.. Lee was absent in Southamptan for the purpose of receiving some estate monies. He was sent because they had no other clerk that could go. Mr. Bromby said he must take the blame on himself for having told Mr. Lee that he would not be required there to-day. Mr. Knox said (after some strong expressions on the :absence of Mr. Lee) that, under all the circumstances, he had determined to dismiss the summons, giving, however, Mr. Straight and Mr. Lee an opportunity . to come to him 0,1_41 apply for fre§li, oAes. AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. The Era, commenting upon the death of Mrs. Charles Mathews (the mother of the now-living distinguished comedian, and widow of the eminent actor who departed this life thirty-four years ago) tells the strange story as to the courtship and marriage of the deceased lady. The first wife of Mr. Charles Mathews, sen., was Miss Strong, the daughter of a physician at -Exeter. In 1801 she exhibited symptoms of a decline. One evening towards the close of her brief life Mrs. Mathews sent her husband to request that Miss Jackson, for whom she had some time before conceived a warm regard, would visit her on the following day. When the young actress arrived Mrs. Mathews, propped up in bed, maintained a lively conversation till her husband came in, who was delighted to find her thus able to sit up and talk to her friend. She told him her present cheerfulness was the result cf ns:derations which had induced her to arrange the interview. Avowing her conviction that no human skill could prolong her life, she adverted to her affection for Miss Jackson, and to that young lady's unpro tected state ; and then, taking her hand and that of Mr. Mathews, and pressing both to her own feveliA lips in a solemn manner, conjured them to take coma assion on her anxiety, and pledge themselves to become man and wife after her death. Their agitation was extreme. Mr. Mathews reproved his wife with some impetuosity for placing him in such a dilemma, and Miss Jackson, throwing herself upon her knees, besought the pardon of the dying woman for her refusal to comply, representing the impossibility of her affiancing herself to a man for whom she entertained no warmer feeling than that of friendship. She then quitted the chamber, followed by Mr. Mathews, who implored her not to harbour a suspicion that he had been aware of his wife's intention, which he attributed to some thing like a delirium produced by her feverish state. In the May following Mrs. Mathews's illness terminated in death. For some time after that event a natural degree of distance was observed between the widower and Miss Jackson. By degrees, however, the mutual coldness wore o `I, and a feeling of regard was growing up between them, when a circumstance occurred still more remarkable than the dying woman's appeal. Mr. Mathew's account of his impressions was as follows :—" He had gone to rest after a very late night's performance at the theatre, finding himself too fatigued to sit up till his usual hour to read ; but, after he was in bed, he discovered—as will happen when persons attempt to sleep before their accustomed time—that to close his eyes was an impossibility. He had no light, nor the means of getting one, all the family being in bed, but the night was not absolutely dark, it was only too dark for the purpose of reading ; indeed, every object was visible. Still he endeavoured to go to sleep, but his eyes refused to close, and in this state of restlessness he remained when suddenly a slight rustling, as if of a hasty approach of something, induced him to turn his head to that side of the bed whence the noise seemed to proceed, and there he clearly beheld the figure of his late wife, in her habit as she lived, who, smiling sweetly upon him, put forth her hand as if to take his, as she bent forward. This was all he could relate, for, in shrinking from the contact with the figure he beheld, he threw himself out of bed upon the floor, where, the fall having alarmed the house, his landlord found him in a fit. On his recovery, ho related the cause of the accident, and the whole of the following day he remained extremely ill, and was unable to quit his room." The remarkable fact is that at the exact hour at which Mr. Mathews was thus affected a vision of the same kind occurred to Miss Jackson. " The same sleepless effect," she says, " the same cause of terror, had occasioned to me seize the bell-rope in order to summon the people of the house, which, giving way at the moment, I fell with it in my Land upon the Er nail. My imprc E 5 .0119 of this visitation, as I persisted it was, were exactly similar to those of Mr. Mathews. The parties with whom we resided at the time were perfect strangers to each other, and living widely apart, and they re counted severally to those about them the extraordinary dream, for such it will be called, although my entire belief will never be shaken that I was as perfectly awake as at this moment. These persons repeated the story to many before they were requested to meet and compare accounts. There could, consequently, be no doubt of the facts, and the circumstance became a matter of much gene ral interest among all those who knew us." After such a sympathy between the widow and the friend of the departed wife, it was not surprising that the dying request shouldbe fulfilled. On the 28th of March, 1803, Miss Jackson became the wife of Mr. Mathews. HIE SUN, LONDON, M ONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1869. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. LAW AND POLICE. CRUELTY TO STET-CNILDREN.—A woman, named Eliza Phillips, has been charged at the Mansion House with cruelly ill-treating her step-children. The children were brought into the court, and_ presented a miserable ap pearance. A detective officer, who had examined them, found they were covered with wounds and bruises. The landlord of the house, in which the family had lived for ten months, found the little boy crying and covered with blood. - His mouth was full of chloride of limo. While he was attending to the child, the father came in and said the children should never go upstairs again. He took them. away. The woman was a very sober woman. The magi strate commented severely on the prisoner's conduct, and only regretted he could not inflict a severer punishment than six months' bard labour. There was some applause in the court, much excitement having been created by the case. THROWING A MAN INTO A COPPER.—A German sausage maker, of Hatcham Park, has been apprehended on the charge of throwing a man in his employ into a copper con taining 55 gallons of nearly boiling water, in consequence of some quarrel between them. The man, whose name was Swift, was so fearfully scalded that he died after hl4 removal to Guy's Hospital. His depositions were taken by the magistrate before his death. The prisoner was much affected on hearing that Swift was dead, and said he wished he had seen him first. A SAVAGE WomAN.—The wife of a baker, residing in the village of Stoke, Bucks, has been charged with wounding an old man in the neighbourhood. She attacked him without, it is said, receiving any provocation, and inflicted three serious wounds on his head with a large knife. The old man has been in great danger, and is still in a precarious state. The whole question of the fees now paid for the maintaining of guides to shew and protect the chapels and tombs in Westminster Abbey is under the consideration of the Dean and Chapter. Photographic portraits can now b 3 printed with printer's ink. They are necessarily permanent as a printed text, and so easy of production that 12,000 may be produced from a single plate in one day. - - SELLING UNWHOLESOME Fxstr.—At the Liver pool Police-court, on Saturday, a fishmonger, named James Gardner, was sent to prison for a month with hard labour for selling unwholesome fish, in Marybone, a quarter in habited only by the very poorest of the population. FOOLISH JOKING.—An unpleasant practical joke is becoming common in Lyons. It consists of destroying persons' clothing with sulphuric acid. A lady, while in o church of St. Nizier, a few days back, had her shawl, silk dress, and underclothing completely burnt through; another female was served in the same manner in the streets.— Galiynani. ASOTESTY DEMONSTRATlONS.—Demonstrations in behalf of the Fenian prisoners were held on Sunday at Charleville and Queenstown, in Cork county, and in Bruff, county Limerick. Vast numbers attended each, including persons of considerable local influence_ The Very Rev. Dr. Croke, who presided at Charleville, counselled firm but respectful language. They should pray the Government to forget what the Fenians had done, in consideration of their motives. Thus, though Mr. Moore has desisted, the meetings are still going on. A SERIOUS DIFFICULTY.—An inhabitant of Pro vence who was attacked with cholera, commended himself to the protection of the Virgin, and after several doses of laudanum recovered his health. His first thought, when restored to convalescence, were to !thew his grati tude to the holy protectress to whom he attributed his cure. Unfortunately, there were in the neigh bourhood in which he resides two Virgins, one called " Notre Dame de Toutes-Aurores," and the other "Notre Dame de Romigier," for each of whom her admirers claim the exclusive power to cure cholera, and conaequently the sole right to all gifts and offerings made in respect of recovery from that disorder; and our good provencal cannot make up his mind as to which of the two Madonnas it was to whom he owed his cure. In this state of duliiety it is believed that he made no offering to either. SAINTS-13E \'F AS A DUELIST.--The Passe tolls the following story cf the Gnly duel in which the eele• brated French critic just deceased was ever engaged. Whi e Sainte-Beuve was a contributor to the Globe he had a quail with aM. Dubois. Sharp words were exchanged between the disputants, and ultimately a meeting was ar ranged. Sainte-Beuve arrived upon the ground wit - an old flint-lock pistol, manufactured some time it the sixteenth century, and an umbrella. It began to rain sharply, and the future senator at once unfurleg his "gingham." Ills adversary and the seconds on botl sides vehemently protested against a proceeding so irregu lar. Lut Sainte-Deuve would yield nothing to thei . remonstrances. lie had, he observed, no objection to b killed, but he did not intend to get wet There was n , alternative but to let him have his own Way, and the due went on, Sainte Bettye holding up his umbrella all the time Four shots were exchanged, but neither of the combatant sustained any injury. • MR. EINGLAKE'S EVIDENCE. Mr. Kinglake's position with respect to the election of 1868 has been pretty clearly established. He affirmed that a pure election was proposed to him at first, and that he thoroughly coincided. On the day of the contest, as before stated, the polling ran very adverse to Kinglake and Vanderbyl, the Liberal candidates, so much so that the former, think ing all was lost, quitted the town, leaving behind him his farewell address, with a re quest that it might be printed immediately. The instruction was not carried out. No sooner was Mr. Kinglake gone than his party commenced bribery with such vigour and success that the fortunes of war Were entirely retrieved, and the historian of the Crimean campaign placed at the head of the poll. Pre viously to the Commission, Mr. Kinglake was asked before the judge it he had the slightest knowledge, direct or indirect, of these corrupt practices. Ile replied in the negative, and has now maintained his denial before the Commis sioners. They express themselves convinced, and acquit Mr. Kingslake of all complicity in the evil doings of that miserable day. NEW ZEALAND POLICY. A high tribute of admiration ought to be paid to the fertility of 'the correspondents who abuse the present Government through the pages pf the Standard ; but one of them has been guilty of a serious misrepresentation. In the despatch which Earl Granville has just sent off to New Zealand, an opinion was expressed that the present troubles in the colony are largely owing to the extensive confisca tion by the settlers of the land belonging to the na tives. Whereupon the gifted correspondent came out with a letter affirminc , that the Duke of Newcastle, Colonial Secretary under Lord Palmerston, had him self sanctioned and approved of this very confisca tion complained of by Earl Granville, quoting the following extract from one of the Duke's des patches : " I do not disapprove of this measure ; I think that any body of natives which takes up arms against her Majesty on such grounds as those which are alleged by the Waika toes may properly be punished by a confiscation of a large part of their common property. I think that the lands thus acquired may properly be employed in meeting the expenses of carrying on the war." Now, the Duke never wrote, "I do not disapprove of this measure," but " I do not disapprove of the principle of this measure." And in the same despatch he warns the colonists to be especially careful; to restrain the rapacity of the settlers ; to avoid creating an unfavourable impression amongst the friendly natives ; and to deal mildly with those hostile natives whose hostility is not very pronounced. These are precisely the cautions which the colonists have neglected. WASTE AT OUR DOCKYARDS. The Western Morning News denounces very earnestly a wilful and unnecessary waste on the part of the Admiralty, which causes a serious public loss every year. The castaway boats of the Royal Navy —hundreds of them per annum—are regularly burned at Devonport dockyard. These destroyed crafts are stated to be betterin originalconstruction and in actual condition than the majority of boats used in our ports and rivers : if sold they would realise a large sum yearly. Yet—as if ingenuity were exhausted tc make the waste as complete as possible—they are not even used as firewood ; they are burnt to ashes. And why ? The assigned reason is that they contain metal marked with the broad arrow. That this metal may not be distributed, boats worth £lO, £2O, £3O, or even £5O, aro destroyed utterly, and the metal—costing even in the process of recovery more than it is worth—is returned to the storekeeper. The News calls upon Mr. Childers to retrench in.' this department rather than with labourers' wages. The scrupulous care as to the destruction of the broad arrow was necessary only long ago. TUE SERVICES. The items of news in the service papers this week are very scanty. Much of what they announce of interest to lay readers has already been stated in our columns. They have, however, plenty of " hard cases" and " instances of red tape " upon which to animadvert. The most striking of these subjects of criticism is that of the tyranny of the colonel of the Royal South Gloucestershire Militia. The charge against that officer is that without inquiry he has procured the dismissal of Captain Fenn as incompetent to fulfil his duties. The captain (so the story goes) has held his position for fourteen years without complaint, under his former commander. Sir William Guise, who became the head of the regiment, has suddenly surprised Captain Fenn by demanding his resignation on the ground of his incompetency. The captain, replying under date of September 17, points out that this is the first charge brought against mom, and asks for an explanation. None such is given. He hears nothing further till October 6, when he receives the intimation that his services are no longer required. The United Service Gazette says: "Never until now did we know that a militia colonel could at his own personal will and pleasure inflict on a brother officer and a gentleman one of the severest stigmas known to the service-Other com plaints concern Greenwich Hospital and the soldiers' clothing. Under the latter head may be noticed a charge against the regulation collar that it is productive of wens.—The cause of the Volunteers is taken up by the Broad Arrow. Our contemporary calls attention to a case in which a lieutenant-colonel of a Hampshire corps made every preparation at a great expense to introduce the spade drill. He then wrote to the War Office for the tools. He received for reply the intimation that his request could not be complied with.—Non-commissioned officersar warrant c lassifying grumbling that the Royal their precedence, albeit promised w two years ago, has not been issued. t i ci t ass he if3 a i r u m g y are DIL. TEMPLE. The Spectator sums up the Temple controversy in a few neat sentences. It hopes that the memo rialists the Dean and Mr. Glad i stone's nominee, rifooahrlfitpsttshteer,wei.bnlsloltudsutcocaneeeddlec misleading isleading form of the conge dell" wan ts abolishing, and there could not be a better opportunity. "As for deferring to the scruples of the lath Bishop a more monstrous con tinuance of the grasp of the dead hand has never been suggested. Dr. Temple succeeding to Dr. Phillpotts is fresh spiritual life succeeding to a swoon at the -very least. No wonder the diocese feels un comfortable, and is calling out to be let alone. There is nothing more painful than the awakening from such a state." EARL RUSSELL ON BROAD CHURCH BISHOPS. Apropos to the opposition to Dr. Temple, a s ummary of the letter which Lord John Russell wrote to the clergy of the diocese of Hereford in 1847 may be interesting. His lordship first demanded that the charge made against Dr.Hampden that he taught un so und doctrine should be substan tiated. No proof h ad been given, and none could be found,. except some garbled extracts. Concerning these latter, Lord Russell says, "We might extract from Scripture the dogma ' There is no God' and the precept Go and sin. Breaking out then into justpassed, Lord John points out the alter ed p osition wofatrilheinCgshurcageihnient thethe easy quietness of the days then days then coming : Let us not mistake our position. The Church is not in that easy security of the last century which gave birth to so much negligence, to so much abuse of her wealth, to such a perilous apathy. The Church of Rome on the ' one side, w ith abundant knowledge, with imposing autho rity, seduces many to her communion. The right of pri vate judgment is by many avoided as a dangerous snare ; the duty of private judgment is thrown off by many more as too heavy a burthen. On the other side, the Pro testant Dissenter assails the Church Establishment as an engine for fettering the conscience and taxing the 'property of the subject. Novelties have their charm ; the High Churchman and the Independent speak alike with com placency of separating Church and State. I know no bet ter security against such a danger than an'able and learned episcopal bench ; a zealous and God-fearing parochial clergy. Thus may the Reformation be defended; thus may the Establishment Le maintained ; otherwise neither Parliament nor premunire can beat off the assailants of our Church constitution. EARL SPENCER ON EDUCATION. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland distributed the prizes and made a speech, on Thursday, at Queen's University Dublin. The greater part of his address was taken up by remarks as to the occasion itself. One or two observations, however, on competition, and the voluntaryism (if we may use the term) of study, are worth notice. I believe (he said) that of late years a very great impetus has been given to education in the United Kingdom by the system which has been adopted of holding up public places and the public service to open competition. I believe that that has increased the desire for sound, good, and enlightened education. Ireland has had her full share in the benefit of those appointments." His Excellency also commended the university for allowing students to take their own special subjects. " A greater latitude has been given to the students in the university. That has been one of the greatest changes, I believe, in the education of this country ; for it is now ascertained that after a certain amount of preliminary education it is not right or necessary that all men or all youths should follow the same track. It is acknowledged now that men's minds are not all moulded in the same form, that one man may succeed in classics, while another may succeed in mathematics or in any other branch of education. It is, therefore, most important to give an opportunity, after a certain time, to a young man to select that branch of science or education in which he feels he has particular qualifications." BRIBERY. The Solicitor's Journal, like several of its contem poraries, calls special attention to the necessity of taking petitions out of the hands of private persons. A. g,ornuaission At Jareiseht be issues. only after a Juage has reportetrapon a petition, and a petition is a private matter, which is not always presented when it ought to be, and is very often withdrawn. There should be an inquiry whenever there is anything to look into. " There should be a jurisdiction empow ered of itself to initiate an inquiry after any election; and it appears to us that the best plan would be, having such a jurisdiction, invariably to inquire, it only pro formed. If on this investigation it appeared probable that there was a case against the consti tuency, an officer would, if no other petitioner came forward, be instructed to prepare and: prosecute a regular Ina uirv." ANOTHER SCHEME FOR THE ELEVATION OF WOMEN. Miss Emily Faithful comes forward with another plan for the reduction of the number of worner unsuccessfully seeking intelligent occupation. She has oVened, or is about to open, some Ladies' Adult Training Classes. The intention, she explains, is to render women proficient in some one art or occupa tion, and thus to lessen the present crowd of unsuc cessful applicants for remunerative employment. Lectures will be given on domestic economy, prac tical medicine and nursing, &c. PETROLEUM. With respect to petroleum, the dangers of which are so much talked of just now, it may be as well to note that the liquid itself is not dangerous at all ; it is the spirit of petroleum, or naphtha, which is the cause of so many disasters. Not a single accident has ever arisen from the former material. The great fire at Bordeaux was caused by the spirit. A barge which contained petroleum only, remained unharmed amid the devastation floating around. In fact, a light immersed in petroleum will not burn—a red hot poker may be thrust amongst a barrelful without the slightest danger. The carriage of the spirit ought to be, and is, regulated by the strictest Acts of Parliament; but the danger arising from one sub stance ought not to interfere with free traffic in the other useful and economical product. HARD TIMES. There is a joyful announcement in the Law Times of this week, which the general public is likely to regard with a shudder. That well-conducted 10[4 paper tells us that lawyers' business has been woeftia' y slack of late, owinix partly to the commercial depres sion and to rem t simplifying Acts of Parliament; but that thing a now coming round and trade beginning to be lively. It is not easy for the ordinary mirvl to join in this congratulation. It seems strange that " commercial depression " should have adversely affected business in parchment and pounce, for the gambling and swindling which brought about that depression also gave rise to an enormous quantity of litigation. But it is quite true that recent legislation has materially cut down legal gains. Especially are the New County Courts Act and the Bankruptcy Act adverse to the profession. The hard hearted and selfish public is not likely, however, 14 regret this result, but rather to wish that succeeding sessions may produce similar fruit. COMPANIES' ACCOUNTS. Undoubtedly much loss and misery aro caused through popular ignorance of the financial position of public companies. Thousands of persons who kold shares are incapable of understanding a balance' sheet when they see one, and very many balance sheets are not drawn up with an eye to perspicuity. It has been suggested that this evil might in part be remedied c if one or more of our Feat public accountants, thoroughly versed in the intricacies of joint-stock and limited liability com pany finance, were to draw up a manual of accounts, divested of technicalities or fully explaining them. The terms and forms ought to be made a matter of public education. Such an explanation must be of some use, though the public would still, in many instances, be unable to apply the general principles laid down to special cases. SCOTCH OODLINES. The proceedings of the Scotch Ecclesiastical Courts are productive usually of more amusement than any other feeling. When a Church seeks to depose its ministers upon personal grounds, the history of the various squabbles, the relation of the several acts of meanness which are invariably exposed—for mean ness is the strongest feature in a certain class of Scotch character—never fail to be lauFhter provoking. A charge is just now being invesagated at Perth against the Rev. Mr. Murdoch. Mr. Mur doch has had trouble with his elders. For some reason or another they dislike him, and have shown their aversion in different ways. On one occasion Mr. Baird entered the kirk while prayer was being offered, and, passing by the precentor's desk, put his finger to his nose at his pastor. This Mr. Murdoch told the Presbytery before whom he was called ; but he was immediately stopped by the objection that if ho had been praying he would not have seen Mr. Baird—a retort which closed his mouth at once. The conduct towards him throughout, however, seems to have been on a par.with this ; until, getting exasperated, he denonunced his elders. This offended those of his congregation who were the elders' partisans, and after staying from kirk several Sundays they got Mr. Baird—whose forefinger and nose Orf i ormanae bad been so successful—to present a petition.against their minister. THE HISTORY OF THE CRIMEAN WAIL. Mr. Kinglake has been interrupted rather unfortu nately—but certainly not without cause—in the pro secution of his great work on the Crimean war. In the Crimea he has been very carefully recording the results'of searching examinations on the field of the memorable conflict. It is stated that all the Russian authorities, and especially General Kotze bue, the Governor-General of the province, have exerted themselves in supplying every possible facility towards the attainment of his object; and General Todleben, whose genius, backed by the devoted heroism of the Russians, so long held at bay the com bined strength of England and France, has been his companion and guide throughout all his investiga tions. A PRODIGAL'S RETURN. The news is almost too good to be true ; but still it is officially confirmed that the State of Arkansas, which for thirty years has repudiated its debt, is about to' pay. This repudiation had nothing to do with the general government of the United States ; each separate portion of the Republic has its own Legislature, which controls all matters of . finance relating to local affairs. And a very worthy use Arkansas, in common with three other States, made of this power. - In 1837 it issued bonds to the amount of about £350,000 to establish banking institutions, which almost imme piately failed. Many of the bonds were taken up in England, but not a fraction of interest was ever paid upon them. One English holder went out and per sonally appealed to the honour of the community, but in vain. Now, the State Legislature has passed. an Act to pay principal and interest, with all arrears. The repentance is better late than never, but it is very late. Few of the original holders will recover their losses, for most of these wretched bonds were parted with for a song, in despair of honesty ever reviving in trkansas. ECONOMICAL GOVERNMENTS. It must be exceedingly pleasant to be a subject of the Sultan or the Khedive, and, as ataxpayer, to watch the eccentric doings of those two personages. There has been a splendid fête at Constantinople in honour of the French Empress. The Imperial lady was received in a calque especially constructed for her own use—a forty-oared barge surmounted by a canopy, at the mere fringe and tassels of which 200 Turkish women, skilled in golden embroidery, have been at work for months, and with a massive silver dove at the prow, concerning the weight and value of which almost fabulous accounts are given. There has been a grand gala, splendid banquets, and an illumination which reached all the way from Constantinople to the Black Sea, outdoing every thing which even Rome ever saw. And these performances aro but the beginning of a series still greater. The Emperor of Austria, the Crown Prince of Prussia, the Duke of Aosta, and lesser lights will soon he present at the opening of the Suez Canal. There the Viceroy, and probably the Sultan also, will exercise hospitality on the grandest scale. There is talk of golden barges and silver tents, sumptuous feasts and gala operas, steamers, hotels, and i palaces for thousands of guests. And yet, will tbe believed, as the Times pertinently puts it, this Sultan and Viceroy are the very sovereigns who are now moving heaven and earth to contract a loan on ruin ous terms, and one of whom recently lectured his vassal for lavishness and extravagance, the vassal re torting that his liege was no better. Really European sovereigns have something to answer for in encou raging this waste by their presence. FOREIGN NOTES. TIIE GREAT AMERICAS RAILWAY. A correspondent of the Times gives an amusing account of his railway journey frvni Chicago to San Francisco. The first start was not very premising, as before the train had gone far the wheel-boxes grew so hot that a stoppage was necessary. This occurred several times, entailing a considerable expenditure of time and pai icnce, until at last the conductor laconically observed, " Guess it will cool it,clf running." Thin it was not sufficiently complaisant to do, and after " running " a little further, one of the boxes w:ri in full blaze. Some alarm was excited, and one man _jumped oil, but the conductor, whose one great horror appeared to be a stoppage of the train, "guessed" the box could be put out at the next station, "neSSed the man wasn't burnt," and pushed resolutely on. At Fulton the line cr:;ssos the its iaei, i, an] further on comes the vast plains of Nebraska, whose fiat raid wide expanse resembles the Sea. The whole liue to San Francisco is not finished, and at Sacramento the passeagers have not only to change lines, but to ferry across the bay. The latter part cf the line is made by Chino:x. who I:pv,:a to be very successful as " navvies." The road in some places is, however, ,stir t so rough that a Yankee declared the train went "like a scared bullock." The rival lines of the Central Pacific and the Atlan tic and Pacific Companies run close together in some parts of the route, and as one is being constructed by Irish labourers and the other by Chinese, there is, as may be supposed, a strong feeling of antagonism between. them. The time during the journey is whiled away by cards, con versation, and reading. A boy traverses the train with a stock of novels, English periodicals, &c. The traveller who gives this account, only left Chicago on the 13th of September, arriving at San Francisco on the 20th, yet, en route, he purchased a copy of the Cheyenne Leader containing an extract from:an article in the Times of September 14 on the CF4amenical Council, a sign of the telegraphic enterprise of Transatlantic editors. Punch was the first object he saw on a Chicago bookstall. The greater part of the route was a lifeless desert, and the dreary alkaline plains whose dry soda-dust whitened the passengers presented a striking contrast to the vigour and animation which we usually associate with American life. ITALIAN INDUSTRY. In an interesting article on the condition and prospects of Italy, the Spectator says that an improvement is taking place in the habits of the nation. The rare industrial faculty of the Italian people is now being put forth, and is certain to be productive of good results. Many causes have contributed to the inertness of Italian existence. The restrictions that were placed on enterprise caused it to languish, and food was so cheap that there was no actual occasion for labour. The Italian is not an Englishman to work for work's sake. With the revival of enterprise remunerative work came, and the Italian, after a siesta of centuries, resumed labour with vigour. The Italian workman takes a pride in his business, and displays the faculties wanting to English workmen, of taste and capacity for invention. In Venice, Salviati's foremen are men of genius. In Florence artisans who cannot read are moulding the stone orna mentation for palaces. In Leghorn and Ancona the ship , yards are full of men in blouses, who could plan a ship as well as the engineers who employ them. The slightest cultivation would make Italian workmen the finest in the world, as they were in the Middle Ages. A great desire for instruction has lately been manifested. There is a new life among the people, and with it a new habit of order. The practice of stabbing is dying away in the North, and if the justice were a little cheaper assassination would gradually become an offence of the past. Naples is still unsafe by night, but the police have effected great changes in its condition by day. The defect of the Italian's indus try is a sort of sluggishness in his work. It is difficult to persuade him that nature will not do all a man's work for him. North of the Roman States all Italy is in mo tion. Twenty years hence there will not be a grown man who has not seen the sea, but ten years ago not ono in a hundred had ever passed the boundary of his commune. THE. REPUBLICAN OUTBREAK IN SPAIN. All the details which have been forwarded concerning the Republican insurrection confirm the idea that it has long been in contemplation. A secret meeting of Republi can leaders was held about three weeks ago. Each deputy determined to raise his own province, and in some ins tau ces the promise has been kept. It is impossible to with hold some admiration from these men, misguided though they are, for they have faced the most desperate odds with unflinching boldness. The Republicanism of the provinces is not fully represented in the Cortes, for the insurrection has broken out in the majority of them, and twenty-nine Gut of forty-nine figure in the official documents as rebel lious. The movement has not reached Madrid at all, in spite of all the fears that have been entertained. Sonic risk was doubtless incurred the other day when the Madri garrison was reduced to 3,000 men, but divided counsels prevented a rising of the disaffected party. The I)eputic•. who had not joined the insurgents were also very energetic ir. persuading the people not to proceed to extremities. The details of the fighting in Saragossa have reached Madrid, and show that the struggle has been a severe one. The troops did not effect a triumph until blood was freely spent on both sides. The place is now held under the strictest military rule, and very severe proclamalons have b3en issued. The speedy settlement of the insurrection in Valencia will probably have the effect of preventing any hostile movement in Madrid. The greatest damage has been done to the sails and wires during the continuance of this civil war. The former are torn up for many miles in some places, and the serious destruction to the wires will make the work of restoration most tedious and expensive. CONTINENTAL ALLIANCES. Some of the Russian journals are discussing a future offensive and defensive alliance between Russia and the Northern Confederation of Germany, by which Russia will cede to Prussia the Polish provinces up to the Vistula in exchange for the Danubian Principalities. If Austria will consent to join them, she is to receive a part of Herze govina. The truth of the rumour is denied. The Korth- F:ast Correspondence publishes a telegram from Vienna. dated October 15, stating that the Austrian Cabinet had issued a circular to the foreign governments, giving an explanation of the Emperor's intended journey to the East. It is denied that the imperial traveller has any political object. He is desirous of return ing the Sultan's visit, and wishes to foster the interests of Austro-Hungarian commerce in the East. For this reasob leis to be accompanied) by his commercial Ministers. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Springfield Republican, Oct. 2.) The writer of ordinary financial resumes cannot but feel that he is venturing into the unfamiliar and bewilder ing haunts of the play-wright or demi-novelist as he con templates the doings of the past week. The Gold Room and its galleries, crowded with brokers yelling and gesti culating defiance across a fountain, most strangely out of place ; the frequent outbursts of temporary insanity or sudden fall of the victim of apoplexy ; the rush for un scrupulous operators, whom guilty consciences had led to seek safety in timely concealment; the valueless fluctua tions in value, of unparalleled breadth and rapidity ; the vast operations, covering in the aggregate hundreds of millions of fictitious dollars, really based on less than a millionaire's wealth ; the real ruin which this gigantic game of faro, mere game though it was, brought to many doors ; such are the topics that have constituted the finan cial history of the week, and WA are not blind to the in consistency of considering them under the customary head of "Money and Business." It is one of the few re deeming features of the crisis just passed that its results were in a great measure confined to Now York—and to New York as the head-quarters of the speculators rather than of the business men of the country. The feeling of the country at seeing gold go up to 160 last week (Friday) was very akin to that with which it read of the Avondale disaster, except that in one case miners and in the other gold gamblers were in peril. The ordinary business of the country went on quite as usual, as it would not have done if the advance in gold had been real, and the panic at New York had been among the solid men, and solid firms, and solid institutions of the metropolis. But the event showed that Wall-street is almost an institution by itself, on which the monetary fabric of the country rests but slightly. The financial prospects of the nation were good, and the quantity of gold at home larger than for some time. On Friday, at the culmination of the price of coin in New York, the gold in the country was about to assert itself as an element in the supply, and was pouring in from all quarters, when Mr. Boutwell's order for the sale of Government gold forestalled it. Indeed, Mr. Boutwell's order may be regarded as an official de nial of the scarcity of gold, coming almost simultaneously with private denials of the same fiction, both expressions being couched in the most decisive language, namely, the offer to sell. Let this coincidence, in point of time, be noted, for the Secretary's offer, if made at all, should have been made earlier. Ought he not rather to be congratu lated that he timed his blow so nicely that it fell simultane oubly with others from private holders of gold in this country, and from the Borings and other shrewd bankers in Europe? The clique never recovered. The question is also raised whether Mr. Boutwell had any right to in terfere on the bull side or bear side. Doubtless bulls and bears, as such, should be unknown terms to an officer in his position. His standing toward the matter, however, is precisely this : He sees the price of gold going up, and in consequence, exportations stopped, importers bothered to pay their dues, and specie payment further off than ever. He has in his hands idle gold, which, released, will alle viate all these hardships. If his sale comes as a punish ment to the clique that is forcing gold up it is none of his work, for he is supposed to know no clique, and there is no evidence that he has connived with any. He makes no threats, as if there were no one to warn from under, but sells as a last resort. The rascality of any bear clique that may have in times past engineered gold down for stock jobbing purposes affords no presumption of the villany of his motives in taking a step that is for the manifest good of the whole country. Since the grand crash of last Friday, the New York speculators have been vainly endear vouriug to find out their standing toward each other. The Gold Exchange Bank, the medium which stands as a clearing-house between buyer and seller, was at first reported to be clogged with business and overworked. This institution is purely a creature of the Gold Room and though a new idea, there being some such during all t h e h ea vy gold dealings of the war, has been thought to be a very necessary adjunct of speculation. Its capital is on ly $300,000, and its surplus fund 8150,0G0. The theory that the bank was overworked did very well for a clay or two, but on Monday the clamours of the brokers to know just how they stood and to got the balances that were duo them were very loud. At the same time the house of Smith, Gould, and Martin, or more plainly, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, chiefs of the clique that ran gold up to 160, began to repudiate their orders. For instance, Fisk on Friday, seated in the parlour of William Heath and Co., his brokers, sends a mssage per boy to Livermore and Co., to buy $1,000,000 of gold at 160. Allen, a MOO. of the firm of Livermore a n d C o ., no t d a ring to act two; this message returns to Fisk and asks him personally if /' is all right. Fisk repli es th a t it i s an d t e lls him to g° ahead. Allen asks a ga i ns t w hi c h one o f Fi s k's brokers he shall put down the sums bought, an d i s t o ld to put it doh against Belden and Co. All en re pli es th a t ho doesnt dtl business with that firm. "G —d d—n it, then put it do h to this concern," said Fi s k. Q u i nc y, o f th e fi r m of Wrilha ° Heath and Co., who was standing by and overheard gig conversation, acquiesced and told Allen to put it down to the account of William Heath and Co. Allen immediaielie went to the Gold Room, bought the gold, and gall° the names of those he bought it for. Ten minutes late r crash came, when William Heath and Co. closed thl private offices and would see nobody. Deputy Elw rllf to were stationed at the doors and would permit nobocty go inside." When Allen called the next day, Qui p affected much astonishment that he should claim to 03 0 . bought $1,000,000 of gold for them, denied that he g: to his acquiescence for any such bargain and re fuse ( ' 0 pay the margins. It is but f a i r t o s t a te that Liver t o g and Co. tell a different story, b u t the fact is stv that somebody has repudiated, and this is not the °" case. Gold was called at the g old board on Mond3leell Tuesday, that institution devoting its energies ih r s is, committees and other means to find out the status eL members with the Gold Exchange Bank and with eg.t, other. Wednesday was similarly occupied, and a a nnll ,o tee of 20 succeeded in clearing the accounts of all the or three hundred members of the Gold Board, s. c .t e .a Smith, Gould, and Martin, who were continually pro ' f : to send in their statement but never sent it in. Th ° :o ing against them was very strong. An injunctiouissd also issued against the Gold Exchange Bank, and it into the hands of a receiver. On Thursday matters '',lo comparatively calm, and gold bidding was resernea oo ; 0 Gold Exchange. The unsteadiness in gold has Tls heavily on the export trade, and is felt most griev ou s the Chicago grain market, but there are none to w oe 0( 1 downfall of the Gold Exchange Bank or the mis er y ie o rli the Gold Board. Money has been stringent in,Ne w t id because everybody has been trying to unload deprecis stocks and realize the money on them. As soon tts to stockholders put their wares down to a reasonable rst'te money was forthcoming, and on Wednesday afternoot;oo market was much relieved by country funds comil i g s oi be invested in the temptingly cheap stocks. Cil icg° the inland cities generally have "an active but hea lth S ol not unsatisfactory" money market. Gold has beell stool 131 since Friday week, just at the point at which it 0 before the fight. The possibility of getting ah ov 4tl o point is not very brilliant in view of the large Er amounting to some millions, on their way here frolsool rope. This gold may have to be shipped back by tl i t e r to steamers ; but perhaps it will be needed to 'paY immense exports that will be sure to follow the P . 0 0! stagnation. Mr. Boutwell's sales during the coreili srl ; will consist of $11,000,000, sold at $1,000,000 ate iit'ol3l distributed over the month as evenly as possible+ re place on the Ist, sth, Bth, &c. Government Bondsloo sit) preciated with chaos, but very slightly in comPar is° fed other stocks. The foreign bond markets have bee ° 1 , 0 little affected by our domestic convulsions 8/3 ,, 3 K 10 /1 recovered their former rates. Mr. Boutwell ' s PO of bonds will consist of $2,000,000 on the 6th, 13tb :j5 01 , t and 27th inst., each, and $1,000,000 on the 7th inst., each. Southern bonds have been weak. IP; a, that can be made of the stock market is that it 1'; thi' extremely demoralized. The tumble in Vanderhilta. inaugurated the crash has been somewhat recov ere ff ied! Commodore is said to have called on all his ruralle4 for money with which to buy up and sustain hi 5 ,,,;10; ties, and, still further, to have unloaded all the his hands, that he might be freer to hold up his ° ` sc o Seg; change in the quotations for nearly all stocks si° re , 1, as shown in the following table, is the most esP commentary on Lhe condition of the market :-- pc", Sept. 1. Sept. 29 . bg; New York Central Railroad ... 205} 145 g; / Hudson River Railroad ... 187 k 12 3 Harlem Railroad ... 160 11' g, Erie Railroad 35 21 1° Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad 108 82 Igt Chicago and N. Western Railroad 86} 6 , 2 0 4 9 ' Chicago and Rock Island Railroad 11h} r i d Mil. and St. Paul Railroad ... 79f Michigan Southern Railroad ... 106} 90 Reading Railroad ... 97i 'g New Jersey Central Railway . 107 9 , Pacific MAR 80} 55 .1115 The depreciation in railway stocks alone si ll ;° day last, is estimated at from $100,000,000 to s lsv be t This is the nearest approach to a panic that bas 'osieeig nation for some years, and yet with the gener94`,,iieli of the country at large it is not a rose-colo ured take of the situation to say that a general finauci:: is improbable. One of the events of the week ~,t'''t i tt :r not to go unnoticed was the run upon the - I : - 09 tional Bank of Now York, on Friday, the day Bankers who were interviewed by the i'; heed Tribune, and said to be trustworthy, were ii Ilion that hostility to this bank was one of .motives of the bulls in engineering the corner. Jct.' this be so or not, the bank which at the time WI odium of having its affairs investigated by Gr f lr , °3 ` l ,,; ' official, weathered the storm in safety came ou t t -f d i fiv; increased credit. Of the houses that have fsi' e g - WI) wood and Co. is the chief, a six million L ° 10r is head, Le Grand Lockwood, has bee famed ', o pP I O patronage of art and magnificent living. He for "4, his private property in the bands of an assigor" )IAO creditors' benefit. Other failures are Charles )1 ', 15 0 $ 10 Fuller, Treat, and Cox, and W. Julian , Dry OceP., been very lively during the week. Cotto n goo"- o'd their prices notwithstanding the :all in c otte o. re g: 10 1 said to be due to the fact that the manufa cturer di the recent high price in cotton as speculative an advance their goods to correspond with the 4 11 ' a cant in gold curiously stimulated trade by ind 12 , 61 :' 1 0 3 timid dealers to invest largely in foreign fabri c ' t , t 3l :, impression that the rise would prove pen:4'3138%0 lid ings and sheetings of both kinds and prints b a ne largely dealt in. Woollen goods are also fir l:a ° inferior demands. •" batiV rs 'a,s° Messrs. Drexel and Co., the Philadelphia as follows on Oct. 1: Pennsylvania Railroa d 51'3 939 Sixes, Ist Mortgage, 98 99 ; Sixes, 2d 31ortga0 the Sp ed We make the following extracts fro lli lot tios4irtc of Mr. Irving M. Scott on opening the 0 % 11 4. 1 ,... i iie? Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco, SeP t.l :;o J eight years ago Professor Low, of St. J° ling ° t ic r Bardstown, Kentucky, was dismissed for W ri , 01: 0) f t e 0 phlet advocating a national railroad from tbe 140 11 ' fo r ' the Pacific. The Faculty judged him insan e. l oo this very city, we can step into a Pullmanpr ° ,6 °/ , nished with regal luxury, carrying our o r e o ilaS travel across valleys, climb mountains , sPalloood Dl neither change cars nor stop for three t li ec tocl 0 ,5 i v:, over one country, having one language , P ro cAl l d flag ;—and the builders of this enterprise v jef'ot it o presentative men of our day. In 78 daY° ° o Lta°,4o can follow the sun around the world to onr Portroilijjo ll e a ing, instead of 36 months ;,of tedious trav e--- a c or t 0 00 us the condensed luxuries of the land, and seij o of home on swift-winged messengers. The.„,„ e1 ,4010," at the point—an idea conceived by Elias o. a - t voi• i iy sewing machine possible ; and it has Pass . thO t itaY ous improvements until we have a manl" li t i r ed OY, with harmony and precision seven } , unit talg.tiej!lPP minute; too stupid to make a mistake. B il `„:01 seconds to thread the needle—a loss of an ooP t oPil i p i la which could not be afforded. A weir a ll co ll ;fle tl yirp l idea, and exhibits in this building, as , - tb e ttrr e 1?( 0 mechanical progress, a needle that can "' t ititio o , than a second—threaded without lookiug,,t' n esPol h ` o l ll l the dark! Two years elapsed from the ,7,014 0 , ; - a ';Di'o° practical application of the idea, during Ww„ppl; e o e, were consulted. Finally a son of A_,si i ‘ d aP4 o o,ll and we have the open-eyed needle of drove's to the machine of the future what 0° ,,, - sistio' machine of the past. The brain of a Gat' e' 0: 0/ of the Mongolian—prototype of what is tie ol d i) recording deeds of usefulness, the mes s $Ol, F A AP enlarge their spheres. Time is precious. 00 /1,0 0 ,c stitches a minute is not enough. Prng e tlie t a l° 4 l ,ll°4 ing. The physical effects, the fatigue °L a tl' i - f o be abated. Stevens hears the cry, ton c rte;o4 , DM electricity, and quicker than thougl' Oc ouP:o o " stitches a minute respond. Feet 11 , 1 11 1., ci fi g , 3 1 'o t . dispensed with. This open-eyed une" t iteli c "ili,f o c , Dc subtle fluid, with its music of 1,20 0 a Of ic,4 is California's reply . to Hood's " ST :l XOtti r iPho l i ° ! Mines which have yielded tin for WI ;n crev, 0:4 11 ' decreasing in quality and quantity, a nd " r ice , ifr..,1 1 , a° until increasing demand paid double Poooloiroviet supply was not enough. While this ar te l3 , o pe i olie; place in one part of the globe, to I s ' f t e t TO l d,l o l. 6 'fi ij /3 ell 0;e: Librium, California was discovered, the tin mines of San Jacinto laid bar e li„ 60 per cent. ores—a deposit that wi", of tin-wares, and make Temoscal wilsy d oen 00, i pif( fr a saTntheditseb,eat,rhswe, was e r ae s dr t exhibit of tin ever Pr o o iled; to e us ie he te d, sh co e n et c e e , nt ie ra a t e e e di ac s t ra u - „Ari cit 'y r opt i L ;/ ( 4 , all done with California inventions in t ifor " il g pia cisco. Slate, another article exhibits" d, tl ) ,iow a product of this State, lay undisturbeeocli° underfoot by the cease l ess throng wil ° and worked our copper mines." Oi l C 1.1. BIRTHS- oally BLUNDELL—On the 10th inst., at The st c°' Blundell of a daughter. to WALSIIAM —On the 15th inst., at. l2 of Walsharn, of a son and heir. en ot i ': 1' ) 111/ MARRIAGES. . ta t i oo ; 0 1 BOURCIIIER - HAST— On the 14th t ) .,r tair th o I / Robert Lennox Bourchirr, E , q. , ;te r o f oc Artillery, to Mary, the elde r drug o. 0 , 1 , 4 Hast, Esq., R.N. • o f., rior 0 ,4 f LASCELLES—ROBERTS —On t he -sth d so- ° to gate, Eaton Monins LAscelles, theinr,bire,„o4• celles, &q., of Pencraig , Cardig rto , P daughter of the late Sir T. IL -' B n h A e n r B e t u , Frederic E— Jollife, 4p , rn place, Hyde-park, Charles Yi * e l JOLLIFE the 13th inst., at . 23 1: 5 q., rt 9, „ r o,Dl A :‘,lo. l . J.l l n A t to g e 1 1:5 t i li 3 j r e i r d n lj b s teS. Woe in the Precinct of the Savoy, itt London: d N o o n : 11 P 2 r , ibnttreadmatupdriPnutehrl,isalite,rdlibsls',ol;oo:::, , Monday, October 18, 180.