The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-17 00:00:00

FOR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS , E. - MOSES and SON have made preparations, on en unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CBEAPNESS will be fount in every grticlo sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, "r made to measure, for all ages, and all :lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring Ind fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. 31nSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to tic firm should '.e accompanied by a remit tenee, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will he cheerfully exchangeo. or, if desired, the money will bo returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can he made. The Stock of hosiery and Drapery, Hats awl Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapere, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITT ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINCSIES 155, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, A LDGATE 84, ALD(LtTE 85. ALDGATE E 6 , ALDGAn 87. ALDGAT 88, ALDGATTh ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 506 NEW OXFORD-STREET %07, NEW OXFORD-STREET SOS, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, LIART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANC El. 137, TO rf ENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Conntry Branch : 19, BRIDGE,STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. TFIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Cbatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault: Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, Joh?. Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr Atkins and Miss liza Johnstone. At 8, THE SERPENT ON THE HE A RTH: Messrs R. T hil lips, E. Atkins, Stuart, C. H. Stephenson, W. H Eburne, Dal ton, C. J. Smith, R. Romer; Mrs M. Eburne. Mrs Leigh Murray, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs Stoker, &c. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr Atkins and Mrs. Leigh Murray. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manaq•er.Mr. Vining THIS EVENING-, at 7 o'clock, PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE, in 2 acts, by Dion Boucicault. After which. Handers Opera of ACIS AND GALATEA : Cupid, Miss Summers: Acis, Mr Vernon Rigby: I anion. Mr Montem Smith: Polyphemus, Herr Formes; Galatea, Miss Blanche Cole. Musical Conductor, Mr J. L Hattiim Concluding with the Farce of A. QUIET FAMILT. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Prices: Stalls, 7s: Dress Circle. ss: Upper Boxes. 4s: Pit, 2s; Gallery, Is. Private Boxes, £2 12s Gd, £2 2s, and lls 6d. OYAL STRAND THEATRE 11 Sole T essee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BRE A KERS : Mr Cl ►rke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which. JOAN OF ARC: MeFuirs Thorne. 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For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Rsilway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, Continua, and 10,REGIENT ETREET, LONDON WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary, B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION 'Elena Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association are Fluitable Rates, Undoubted Secnritc. Prompt settlement of champ , . JOHN MESSENT, Manager. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAIL WAY. SEVEN OR FOURTEEN DAYS IN IRELAND. On FRIDAY, 20th August, a CHEAP EXCURSION will leave Euston Station at 9.50 a.m., Camden at 9.55 a.m.—trains in connection will run from Clapham Junc tion, Victoria (L. B. and S. C. side), Battersea, Chelsea, West Brompton, and Kensington, also Broad-street (city), Dalston, and Highbury- for DUBLIN, via Holyhead. Fares for the Double Journey : To return Aug. 27 only Covered cars and deck, 245. 64 First class and saloon, 40s. To return any week day up to September 3 Covered cars and deck, 30s. 46 44 First class and saloon, 455. From Broad street, Dalston, and Highbury 6d. extra on the above litres. For further particulars see Bills, to he obtained at the above stations, the parcelS receiving offices, and at Gaze's Tourist-office, where tickets may also be obtained. An Excursion will leave Broadatone Terminus, Dublin, on Monday, the 23d, for Galway, Tuam, Westport, Fox ford, Roscommon, ecc. Also Cheap Circular Tours to Con nemara. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Easton Station, August, 1869. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. WEST COAST ROUTE TO SCOTLAND. Additional Express and Further Improved Servico Trains b• tAN:Pen London and tho NOrth of Scotland. An ADDITIONAL EXPRESS TRAIN, conveying first and second class passengers now leaves Euston Sta tion at 8 p.m., for EDINBURGH; GLASGOW, PERTH, and the North of Scotland. A direct Train for Greenock, in connection with this Express, leaves Motherwell at 7.0 a.m., arriving ir. Greenock at 8.20 a.m., allowing ample time for passengers for Oban and the West Highlands to join the lona, Steamboat, which leaves Greenock at 9.0 a.m. Tourist Tickets and Return Tickets for Scotch Sta tions are available by this Train. Passengers for Green ock are conveyed without change of carriage by this Train. Passengers for Edinburgh by this Train will join the Limited Mail at Carstairs : those for Perth and the North of Scotland will join the Train at Gartsherrie. Passengers by this Train are allowed fifteen minutes at Carlisle for refreshments. The Train leaving Euston Station at 9.0 p.m. has been accelerated so as TO arrive at Aberdeen at 2.0 p.m., two hours and twenty minutes earlier than heretofore. A new Express Train for London leaves Aberdeen (Caledonian) at 9.0 a.m., Glasgow (Caledonian) 1.45 p.m., and Edinburgh at 2.0 p.m. ; arriving in London (Euston Station) at 3.15 a.m. Passengers booked through to Scotland are allowed to break their journey at Carlisle. For further particulars see Time-bills. W. GAWK WELL, General Manager. Euston Station, August, 1869. LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Established 1836. Subscribed capital, £2,500,000, in 50,000 Shares, of £5O each. Paid-up Capital, .£1,005,000 ; Reserve Fund, £500,000. DIRECTORS. Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. I Frederick Francis, Egg. Thos. Tyringham Bernard, I Frederick Harrison, Esq. Esq. Lord Alfred Hervey. Philip Paton Blyth, Esq. William Champion Jones, John Wm. Burmester, Esq. Esq. Thomas Stock Cowie, Esq. James Morley, Esq. John Fleming, Esq. William Nicol, Esq. GENERAL MANAGER. William M'Kewan, Esq. Cum. INSPECTOR. W. J. Norfolk, Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT. James Gray, Esq. SECRETARY. F. Clappison, Esq. At the Half-yearly General meeting of the Proprietors, held on Thursday, the sth August, 1869, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street Station, the following re port for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1869, was read by the Secretary. FREDERICK FRANCIS, Esq., in the Chair. The Directors, in presenting to the Proprietors the balance-sheet of the Bank for the half-year ending 30th June last, have the satisfaction to report that, after paying interest to customers, and all charges, allowing for rebate, and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits amount to £85,010 2s. 7d. This sum, added to £5,817 4s 10d, brought forward from the last account, pro duces a total of .£90,827 7s. sd. They have declared the usual dividend of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 21 per cent., for the half year, free of in come tax (being at the rate of 17 per cent. per annum), which will absorb £84,601 9s. 10d., and leave £6,225 17s. 7d. to be carried forward to profit and loss new ac count. By the recent appointment of Mr. Whitbread Tomson as Manager of the Head Office, a vacancy has arisen in the Auditorship, which, in accordance with the Deed of Set tlement, it will be in the power of the Proprietors to fill at the annual meeting in February next. The dividend and bonus (together £1 14s. per share) will be payable at the Head Office, or at any of the branches, on and after Monday, the 16th instant. BALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND , COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, 30TH JUNE, 1869. DR. To capital paid up To reserve fund To amount due hy the Blink to customers' balances, dm. .£12,411,805 2 4 To liabilities on ac ceptances, covered by securities To profit and loss balance brought from last account 5,817 4 10 To gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts 263,406 1 1 18,366,810 18 9 260,223 5 11 £15,636,064 4 8 By cash on band at Head Office, and branches, and with Bank of England... .£1,864,743 1 7 By cash placed at call and at notice, covered by secu rities £3,063,512 19 0 Investments, viz.:— By Government and Guaranteed Stocks 1,300,123 16 8 By other stocks and securities 59,581 3 8 1,359,705 0 4 By discounted bills, and advances to customers in town and country 9,361,787 5 8 By liabilities of custo mers for drafts ac cei ted by the Bank (as per contra) 1,455,035 16 5 10,816,823 2 1 By freehold premises in Lombard street and Nicholas-lane, freehold and leasehold property at the branches, with fixtures and fittings By interest paid to customers By salaries and all other expenses at Head Offices and branches, includ ing income tax on profits and salaries £15,636,064 4 8 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. To interest paid to customers as above £52,977 0 8 To expenses, ditto To rebate on bills not due, carried to new account To dividend of 6 per cent. for the half year To bonus of 2i per cent. To balance carried forward 6,225 17 7 £269,223 5 11 By balance brought forward from last account £5,817 4 10 By gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts £269,223 5 11 We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing balance-sheet and have found the same to be correct. (Signed) WILLIAM NORMAN,/ Auditors. It. H. SWAINS, London and County Bank, July 29, 1869. The foregoing Report having been read by the Secre tary, the following resolutions were proposed, and unani mously adopted : . 1. That the Report be received and adopted, and printed for the use of the Shareholders. 2. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company. (Signed) FREDK. FRANCIS, Chairman. The Chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved, and carried unanimously :- 3. That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be pre sented to Frederick Francis, Esq., for his able and cour teous conduct in the chair. (Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy Chairman. Extracted from the Minutes. (Signed) F. CLAPPISON, Secretary. - I 01 - IN IitYiNIME, and CO.'S CHERRY t? TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; givos the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decry, and imparts a plearant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper TLarnes-street„ London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA. AMARELLA restores the Human flair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in pestect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a mere concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 5z., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. . _ Rad Bull Wharf, Angel paeseage, 93, Upper Thames street Loudon, ONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND on the CAPITAL of the Company, at the rate of Six per Cent for the half-year ending 30th June, 1869, with a BONUS of Two and a Half per Cent., will be PAID to the Pro prietors, either at the Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of the Company's Branch Banks, on and ate] MONDAY, the 16th inst. By order of the Board, W. McKEWAN, General Manager. 21, Lombard-street, Aug. 6, 1869. THE "SINGER" SEWING- MACHINES THE "NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND TILE NEW EMBROIDERY- STI7CH. Work by Rand and Treadle, and in a Portable Caso for Travelling. THE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINE:. ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENT: FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p miller simplicity of these Machines enables any one to ecquire their perfect use in a tew hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free. THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 147, CHEAPSIDE. Branch DapOtis or Loco, Agents iiz eTerY xowl rHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1869 CLERGY MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY f--- Established in 1829. OFFICE : No. 2, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster. TRUSTEES. The Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop of Dublin. The Bishop of Winchester. The Archdeacon of Maidstone. CHAIRMAN. The Venerable the Archdeacon of London. DEPUTY-C HAI RMAN. The Honourable Edward W. Douglas. ACPOARY. Stewart Helder, Esq. SECRETARY. The Rev. John Hodgson, M.A. Total existing Assurances £4,473,023 Os. Od• Total Annual Income 173,545 9s. 7d. Total Invested Capital 1,693,975 ls. 6d. For the year ended 31st May, 1869, 315 proposals, as suring £274,540, and yielding in annual premiums £9,383 16s. 6d., were completed ; and .£88,482 13s. ld. was (not withstanding the large reductions made by Bonus in every fifth year from 1831 to 1866, both inclusive) added to the Fund accumulating for the purpose of meeting future claims. Prospectuses, Accounts of Bonus, &c., ecc., to be had at the Office, on application personally, or by letter; also a Pamphlet by the Bev. J. Hodgson, called " Notes on Life Assurance," containing explanations on various interest ing points. Clergymen and their Wives, and the relations of Clergy men and of their Wives, are invited to make Life Assur ances in this Society. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodi ies valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. 3IARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich._ THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. ,lole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tries EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8 FORMOSA ; Messrs. Barrett. H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMES. sation of the Imperial army the late Marshal has bad mainly to do, under the personal direction and supervision of his MAJESTY, the Emperor. It can hardly be matter of surprise, bearing in mind his noble services to the State, that the death of Marshal NIEL should have profoundly affected his Imperial master, insomuch that the latter had not the heart to go, on the very morrow of the demise of his Minister, to the Camp at Chalons, himself to participate in the celebration, by the army, of the Centenary of the Great NAPOLEON. That participation—denied, by the death of Marshal NIEL, to NAPOLEON lll.—was trans ferred by the EMPEROR to his heir, the future NA POLEON IV. THE question of a supply of water is of so much interest to every town in the three kingdoms that we welcome the publication of the report of the evidence taken before the Royal Commission on Water Supply as a valuable contribution to the practical literature of the day. From the experience which has been gained at Glasgow it appears that in the single article of soap alone the economy resulting from the use of soft water as compared with that generally supplied is equal to a saving of 3s. 4d. per head on the population. It is a somewhat creditable fact that our present expen diture for soap amounts to Os. Bd. per head per annum, and one-half of this expenditure would be saved if we bad the command of soft water, such as nature has provided for us in the various mountainous and uncultivated districts of the country. As a general rule, the saving on soap would pay 5 per cent. on the cost of a soft-water supply. In other respects our domestic economy would be equally improved. Tea and coffee will go one-third further when soft water is used ; and, according to M. SOYER, vegetables are one-third m ore valuable when cooked in water of the right degree of softness. Neither is it in a domestic point of view alone that large national advantages arise from a proper regulation of the bountiful supply of water with which Providence has favoured our happy islands. The clouds, though bountiful, are somewhat capricious ; at one time we have dangerous floods, and at another we are subjected to inconvenient drought. The construction of suitable reservoirs in the moun tains would remedy both evils. In wet weather the water would be stored, in dry weather it would flow forth for the supply of mills and trout streams to double its present quantity, and at the same time ample provision would be made for the unfailing supply throughout the longest drought', of the population of our towns. Of course the chief difficulty is found as to the supply of London. In twenty years the population of the metropolis will number four and a half millions, but a judicious ex penditure of twelve millions sterling would provide an abundant supply of pure water from North Wales, giving water of 2 degrees of hardness, instead of 15 degrees of hardness as at present. As before stated, the saving on soap alone would pay 5 per cent, on the whole of the outlay, leaving all the other advan tages as net profit. It is a pity that our engineers should have so little to do: when we know that their energies might be so advantageously em ployed in giving to all towns as good a supply of water as that which is now enjoyed by Glasgow. Not only are our engineers idle, but our labourers are emigrating or starving, and our capi talists invest in foreign loans because we cannot use our own money. With abundance of capital, unli mited labour, and no lack of useful objects, it is surprising that so prolonged a stagnation should paralyse all our movements, and leave us, as it were, starving in the midst of plenty. The present period of depression will no doubt be followed before long by such a time of excitement as we have previously experienced ; and when a movement comes, it is to be hoped that some of the activity will be employed in the direction of water-works, so as to perfect the supply in all cases where it is now defective. LATEST INTELL EGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. LIVERPOOL. Aug. IG. The Inman Royal mail steamship City of Antwerp, which Ift New York for this port on the 14th inst., will bring $lOO,OOO in specie. NEW YORK, August 16. The Guion steamship Nebraska arrived here to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1381 ; the highest quotation dur. ing the day was 134 ; the lowest, 1334. Sterling Exchange on London lO9B. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1221. 64 6g 1885 120 4. cc i 4 1867 l2O. 10-40 113. Illinois l4l. Erie 2Bl. Cotton—Mid. upland 33fc. Petroleum—Standard White ... Flour, extra state, $6.95e. to $7.55c. Corn, old mixed, $1.12c. QUEBEC, August 16. The Allau (Glasgow) steamship Hibernian ar rived out to-day. BOSTON, August 16. The extra Cunard steamship Malta arrived here at 6 a.m. yesterday. COTTON-GROWINGc Mr. Charles Beke, in a letter to the Athenceum, pro poses a new ground for cotton-growing, where he says that its cultivation would be a matter of small expense. The regions of Upper Ethiopia., he says, were described, even in the time of Pliny, as "possessing scarcely any trees of importance, except those bearing wool," and it is from thence that seeds were imported, as recently as the year 1820, from Ethiopia into Egypt, where its cultivation made such rapid progress that the quantity exported in 1824 was 32,000,0001 b., and realised the sum of £848,479 sterling. If, therefore, he argues, its growth was so rapid under artificial culture in Egypt—a country where it is not indigenous—there would hardly be any limit to its production in its home in Upper Ethiopia, where it would need no artificial irrigation, and but little labour in cultivation. Our manufacturers might confidently look to that country for an almost in exhaustible supply of cotton, and it would be much to their interest to foster its cultivation in that portion of the dominions of the Viceroy of Egypt. The means of transport is the point which offers the greatest difficulty. Mr. Beke does not believe in the practicability of M. Lesseps's plan of turning the Sahara into an inland sea, but he proposes to form a water communication by means of a canal between the Red Sea and the interior of Africa. This canal, he says, would simply follow the line of a natural watercourse, and would convey a portion of the waters of the Atbara, the last great tributary of the Nile, into the Red Sea at a short distance to the_ south of the port of Seewakin. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, at 7, MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr Atkins and Miss Johnstone. At 8, THE SERPENT ON THE II EARTH: Mr R. Phillips, Mr E Atkins, Mr Stuart, %It's M. Eburne, Mrs L . Murray, &c. And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, ➢irs. Swanborough. THIS EVENIN(I. at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. THE TOODLES. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorns, James, Fenton; NI esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland. Button. To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James, ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M Oliver. TIES EVENING, at 7.30, A ROVING COMMISSION. After which CHECKMATE. Followed by THE MILITARY BILLY TAYLOR. To conclude with IN FOR A HOLID Y Mr Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver Miss Saunders, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining, This EVENING. at 7, PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE. After which. AXIS D oALAT BA : Herr Formes, Mr V. Righy,Mr M. smith, and Miss Blanche Cole. To conclude with A QUIET FAMILY. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL TJIEATRE. • Under the Management of Miss Marie "Wilton TnisEvEtstrlG, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague ' Addison, Glover, and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White , Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie 'Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE. CIIRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. is. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL G ,IRDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, Gd. Children under twelve, (id t iP 7r i „ .11..---4143.' 3 4%.' \ drnt 44,4 / 41 1 a LONDON, IUESDAY, AUGU,S7 17, 1869. At last NAPOLEON 111. has so acted that even his hitherto implacable antagonists and depreciatory be lieve for once in his sincerity. The exception proves the rule according to a familiar axiom. The rule jest now with the French Press is to eulogize the General Amnesty. The exception, the one dissentient voice, is that of the Pays, which, regretting the act of grace, designates it an act of feebleness. Other wise, the Paris journals have been unanimous in their approval. According to the Gezette de France, the amnesty is an act of good and great policy. Accord ing to the Opinion Nationale, it is a conclusive evidence of the sincerity of the EMPEROR'S acceptance of Perso nal Government. That it may, reasonably, be so re garded is recognisable in the fact that the Imperial De cree is countersigned by all the Ministers. According to the Journal de Paris, the course taken in the grant ing of this full and unconditional Amnesty is at once wise and able, is calculated to obliterate the past, and to afford a guarantee in regard to the future that the development of a thoroughly liberal policy is really practicable under the rule of a NAPOLEON. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN'S paper, the Libertj, pronounces in favour of the Amnesty unreservedly and with en thusiasm. The Presse owns that, coupled with the ImpCrial Message of the 12th ultimo, the Amnesty of the 11th instant will win for the EMPEROR the support of all those who love order and liberty. The Temps, the Patrie, and the illoniteur all speak of the Amnesty—but that as a matter of course—with unreserved approbation. The Patrie terms the Amnesty one of the grandest and one of the most manly acts of the reign of NAPOLEON M. The Constitutionnel proclaims it to be an amnesty as large and as complete as possible, and adds that, announced yesterday by telegraph to all parts of the country, it has been, everywhere, welcomed with the most una nimous satisfaction ; asserting, as we ourselves did yesterday, that it was assuredly impossible to cele brate more befittingly the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Founder of the Imperial Dynasty. As for the Decree itself, it has been already acted upon—the prisons being at (mice thrown open to all political offenders ; and the liberated disturbers of the peace quitting their place of in carceration with spontaneous shouts of " Vive l'Empereur." At Paris alone upwards of one hundred and fifty persons have been set free. Aud, in the midst of the satisfaction manifested by this most gracious and most graceful celebration of the Cen tenary of the birthday of NAPOLEON the GREAT, the popular festivities have passed off with the utmost possible success throughout the whole of France. There is but one regret mingled with the otherwise unmixed satisfaction felt all through the country— that awakened by death, on the very eve of the National Festival, of one of the most glorious soldiers of France, Marshal NIEL, the Hero of Solferiro. It was upon that great battlefield that the late Minister of War won his baton. It was upon the morrow of that victory that the EMPEROR, writing from Cavriana, at one o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th of June, 1859, to her Majesty the Empress- Regent, after observing "I have passed the night in the room the Emperor of AUSTRIA occupied on the morning of the battle," added, "General NIEL is named Marshal." As a statesman, as a Parliamen tary orator, as a military administrator, he has, since then, very wonderfully enhaced his reputation. His memory will live in the History of France not simply as associated with his career as a great soldier, not merely as the worthy companion and contemporary of men like LAMORICIERE, BOSQUET, ST. ARNAUD, and M‘MatioN,but as an organizer of the school of CARNOT,as a great administrator in the Cabinet as well as a great leader in the battle-field. A General of Brigade at forty-seven years of age, he has died now in his sixty seventh year, having been ten years a Marshal of France, and holding still within his grasp until it was relaxed by death, in one hand the baton, in the other the emblazoned portfolio of the War Departmen t of the Imperial Government. He leaves the French Army in the fullest state of efficiency, thanks to the activity of his administration. A quarter of a million men 250,000), horse and foot, artillery and engineers, are always, even during times of profound pcaee, at the beck of the EMPEROR, to go whithersoever the exigencies of the moment may require. That quarter of a million may readily be increased, moreover, to a tull half million (500,000) in the event of any sudden and untoward necessity. With this masterly reorgani- RUSSIA. ODESSA, Aug. 16. Prince Charles arrived from Bucharest this morning, and will proceed to Livadia this evening. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Aug. 17. All the morning papers to whatever party they belong comment in terms of disapproval on the Prussian note of the 4th of August, in which a denial was given to Count Beust's assertion that his endeavours to promote an amicable understanding between Austria and Prussia had not been favour ably received by the latter power. The newspapers all emphatically declare the do cument referred to as being without precedent in diplomatic intercourse. FRANCE. Pains, Aug. 17. An Imperial decree is published this morning ordering that the funeral of Marshal Niel is to be undertaken by the State. BOURSE, Aug. 14.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :- 4f per Cent. lO4 25 Eud of month 3 per Cent End of month._ 73 27i Credit Mobilier 216 23 End of month — Credit Foncier 1760 End of month.. Bnnk Shares 2900 Itr.Pan Fives 55 7C Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 4l 75 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 3. Cash 970 RAILWA' Orleans Western 603_1 Northern Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Sardinian Austrian ' - '2 Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman DoxviLLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world Their Old Irish Whist'-- commended by the medical pr.fession in prefP- —4 ail To- Brandy. Supplied in casks anc cases ' —.once to French tion Quotations on applica.: .or home use or exporta- Belfast; or 4, Beitufor• 'to Brews. Dunville and Co , Ter tiAoment ..4-rDll4diiBo Strand, London W C [Ad THE DIARY OF LORD PALMERSTON. The Record makes an announcement anent Lord Pal merston's diary which will cause a feeling of disappoint ment. The main fact published by the Athenteum (it says) is quite true, although not to the extent which an evening contemporary would conduct sanguine readers to believe, when it intimates that "Lord Palmerston's shrewd perception and genial humour were employed in this diary of his to analyse the characters of the great men with whom, for threescore years, he was almost in daily contact. Sir Henry Bulwer, who is said to be at work on a biography of the veteran statesman, will have materials at disposal unequalled since the days of Boswell." The diary is said to be full of interest, and distinguished by all the late Premier's finest characteristics. It commences when he was 16 years of age, and it ends at the close of 1830, when he assumed office as Foreign Secretary. But at present no continuation of the diary has been found amongst his lordship's papers; and it has none of the attributes of a Boswellian record. It is replete with interest ; modest, unaffected, and simple ; without an atom of gall or ill-nature, but short and con densed, as if the style had been formed after the model of the sententious brevity of Tacitus. It seems to have been originally designed in its present form chiefly to explain why he left the Tories and took office under the Whig Earl Grey ; a change which, according to Lord Palmerston's chivalrous sense of honour, could only be justified by the fact that he was himself deserted by the party, when be was unseated for the University of Cambridge, for voting in favour of Roman Catholic emancipation, although there had been an established compact, according to which that question was to have been an open one. The diary will explain that his long term of service as Secretary for War was not from the want of many overtures to accept higher offices. His lordship was importuned by Mr. Perceval, as Mr. Pitt's successor at Cambridge, to assume Mr. Pitt's office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. He twice declined the Governor-Generalship of India, and he was willing to have accepted, on Mr. Canning's solicitation, the Chan cellorship of the Exchequer. But George IV. thought that he should find a more pliant Minister in Mr. Herries ; and Mr. Canning was compelled, after a visit to Windsor, to make an awkward apology to Lord Palmerston, by offering him a British peerage and the Governorship of Jamaica! We understand that the story of this interview is full of the most racy humour. The Viscount burst into an uncontrollable fit of laughter, which for a moment quite disconcerted Canning ; until Lord Palmerston, with his ready good humour, relieved the Premier by telling him that he saw that he had not the Chancellorship of the Exchequer at his disposal, but that as for himself, he preferred the House of Commons to the niggers ! Lord Palmerston's life spans the gulf that separates the era of Fox and Pitt from the times of Gladstone and Bright. But we fear no diary will be found to conduct Sir Henry Bulwer over the thirty-five years which separates the commencement of Earl Grey's Administration from the close of Lord Palmerston's. THE PRESENTATION OF THE DUEMOTY FLITCH.. Fine weather allowed a large number of people to go to Dunmow on Monday, when the flitch of bacon was pre sented. The custom is an old one, which fell into disuetude years ago. It was revived by Mr. Harrison Amisworth, in 1857 ; and this year has been arranged by the well known Mr. B. T. Smith, of Cremorne. There were a dozen claimatas for the flitch, who said they were ready to take the following oath:— " You shall swear by cus tom o f con f ess i on That you ne'er made nuptial transgression, Nor since you were married man and wife By household brawls or contentious strife, Or otherwise in bed or at board Offended each other in deed or in word, Or since the parish clerk said Amen Wished yourselves unmarried again ; it twelve month and a day repented not in thought any way, But continued true in thought and desire As when you joined hands in holy quire. If to these conditions without all fear Of your own accord you will freely swear, A whole gammon of bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with love and good leave ; For this is our custom at Dunmow well known, Though the pleasure be ours the bacon's your own." Only two presented themselves for examination, how. ever, and a trial took place in a marquee erected for the purpose. The judge was Mr. E. T. Smith. One (at least) of the counsel was from the well-known "Judge and Jury" Club. Mr. Sheridan, M.P., was not present. The curtain rose upon the court in full session ; the president or judge, in his robes, the clerk in a very time worn wig, the counsel on either side in full forensic costume, and a mixed jury—half gentlemen and half ladies—wearing the orthodox jury-box expression of doubt and slight embarrassment. There was an attempt to introduce "broad" remarks into the examinations, but many of the crowd hissed. The couple who carried off the gammons were named respectively Leader and Casson, both of London. The jury deciding that they were entitled. The successful claimants were then carried in a somewhat elaborate procession through the town, to the accompaniment of a band, and with the attendance of a great crowd. There was after wards a flee champetre, in which the amusements were a mock tournament, a bicycle race, a Punch and Judy show, a clown's tournament, another Punch and Judy show, a Maypole dance, and a display of fireworks. A gentle. man, whose name is at present withheld, is stated to have expressed his readiness to bequeath a sum sufficient to secure an annual presentation of the flitch. The amount required is stated to be about £7O. A carpenter ran through the streets with his hands about three feet asunder, held up before him, begging the passers-by not to disturb him "as he had got the measure of a doorway with him." There is 1 Jew to 7 inhabitants in Poland, to 33 in Austria, to 42 in Russia, to 52 in Holland, to 61 in Turkey, to 105 in Germany, to 333 in Belgium, to 412 in Italy, to 446 in England, to 493 in France, to 595 in Switzerland, and to 664 in Scandinavia. STRANGE A.Mr-FoLLowxns.—Several of the home papers complain that the expenses of the Abyssinian expedition are doubled by the necessity of furnishing an army in modern times with so many scientific accompani ments, but the most extraordinary follower of an army that we have yet heard of has accompanied the Russian troops to Samarcand. This is a Savoyard with a barrel organ and a monkey. Is it for the purpose of keeping up the spirits of the troops, or of striking terror into the enemy, that he has been permitted to join the camp followers? —Calcutta Englishman. PORTLAND STONE.—There is as much stone in Portland as will furnish all the requirements of the world for the next 1,500 years, and perhaps more. One acre, we understand, is annually, removed. Portland stone has been used as far back as the twelfth century in some of our abbeys. But it was only in the reign of Charles 11. that the quarries in Portland Island began to be worked with any activity. Sir Christopher Wren gave the use of Portland Stone a great impulse in London by using it in the erection of St. Paul's. The most of the Queen Anne churches in the City are of this material. Several recent public institutions in the metropolis are also built with Portland stone. In Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and severa l large towns through the three kingdoms, Portland stone has been used extensively. The convict prison of Port land Island is capable of accommodating upwards of 1,500 convicts. The Fenian convicts at prennt confined in Portland are employed in working the quarries. They work together, and not in conji , convicts. Among their ••• *." 'lotion with the ordinary of Irish new sn . -umber at present are two editors - in tti ' _ - v ors, a couple of American officerswhoser ved rate American war, some clerks, and several skilled mechanics. A short time since some of the Fenian prisoners confined here were amnestied unconditionally. The political convicts have to work the same and to go through the like discipline as the ordinary ones. Gover. or Clifton is rigid in carrying out the discipline laitill9Wa for i)biserYsingo iu the,PAlßatz. SPIRIT OF TILE PUBLIC JOURNALS The Times considers that the universal amnesty of Napoleon was at once hold and wise and gracious. It was bold, for if it be not, as some are disposed to fear, aletting loose of all the spirits of destruction, it throws open the prison doors to sworn enemies of the Imperial regime; it invites back to France exiles whose days of banishment have been days of brooding over wrongs too often real, and who have not unfrequently consoled themselves in a strange land by looking forward to the happy time when the children of the oppressor shall be served as they. The amnesty is bold, but it is also wise. At a time vvl en the Emperor recognises and responds to the will of France it has become impossible to insist upon the full exaction of the punishment from those whose main fault has beer that they struggled for concessions such as are now made, and were remorseless in attacking a Constitution which has been surrendered. It was also gracious. The Emperor might have qualified his pardon of the mass by exceptions which would exclude those he had reason to deem the most implacable of his enemies, and the world, while regretting their exclusion, could not have condemned his prudence. But the amnesty was made universal. All aro included in it, from the least to the greatest, the con tumacious equally with the penitent, the offender whoa- the accident of an hour made an enemy of the Empire, if not against his consent, yet without any preme ditated deshm, and the untiring conspirator, whos( life has been passed in plots against the throne, almost against society. Henry V. might have been at the Tuileries .at this hour had Charles X. accepted and Henry inherited the position of a Constitutional king. The failures of IE3O, of 1848, of 1849, and of 1852, contain no presage unfriendly to a system of government which exhibits a permanent head working in harmony with a free and representative Legis lature ; we may say, on the contrary, that since they chew all other schemes to have been tried and to have failed, they point to the adoption of this as a means of reconciling liberty and stability. The Emperor has frankly accepted the lesson; let those who influence French opinion do the same, and the period of Constitu tional convulsions will have passed away. The Standard is afraid that there is too much truth in the report that the three prelates with reference to whose circumstances the Bishops' Resignation Bill was specially passed, have expressed their determination to allow it to remain a dead letter. It has been understood for some time past that, finding themselves quite incapacitated for dis chsrging the duties of their sacred office, they were most anxious to resign in the event of the Legislature sanction ing some equitable arrangement by which a fair provision was made for them in the way of a retiring pension. The measure, which was intended to meet their wishes in this respect, and which has been passed into law, with the full sanction of their brethren of the episcopal bench, has failed to meet with their approval, and has therefore proved abortive before it is a fortnight old. In a word, the crux which we anticipated, under protest, in our impression of the 7th instant, has come to pass. Mr. Gladstone, from motives which we very heartily respect, declined to give his assent to the compulsory provisions, holding that the mere assertion of the principle would be as offensive as it was needless. We said at the time, that we thought that was a mistake. While expressing our belief that the omission to provide compulsory power would never be felt as a practical inconvenience, we nevertheless insisted that in legislating upcn a question of this kind, "the case of a bishop utterly and notoriously incapacitated for discharging the duties of his position, and still declining to resign his see, ought not to remain absolutely without a remedy." We give the bishops credit for the purest motives, but is it disrespectful to urge upon them the duty of taking the course which good taste and self-respect alike dictate, and which their warmest admirers would certainly find it less difficult to explain and justify? We think the Bishop of Exeter overlooks nearer and more obvious considerations of decency and propriety when he spies out simony as the obstacle to putting in force the Resignation Act. And, even supposing Mr. Gladstone should supply his place with a High Churchman, we think the Bishop of Win- cheater would do well to wash his hands of all responsibility for such a catastrophe, and make up his mind to retire upon the miserable pittance of £6,000 a year. The Telegraph discusses the pending prosecution of the Rev. Mr. Voysey, and says that we have to find out what are the limits of toleration and free discussion permitted by the Liturgy, Some limits there necessarily must be — for otherwise Buddhism or Mormonism might be openly advocated by clergymen. On the other hand, the very life of the Church requires that, within the assigned boun daries, freedom of thought should be allowed. No two people think exactly alike on all religious subjects ; even if they belong to the narrowest of sects, there will be some difference of opinion between them. If men repudiate association with each other for differences in the mere human inter pretation of even the most sacred subjects, we may indeed despair of Christain unity whereas the very spirit of Christianity itself as roused by its loftiest of all examples will invite those who cannot agree on points of per plexity and mistrust nevertheless to come together, and work together for their kind, under the New Command ment. Hence, the truly earnest as well as the more scrupulous statesmen of the National Church will be the most eager to attain a widely Catholic interpretation of its laws, the most anxious to keep its portals thrown open as wide as possible. But another element of judicial difficulty is introduced, when the subject -matter for con sideration is, not merely the conviction entertained by individuals among the brotherhood, nut merely the pro mulgation of diverse or even erroneous views, not merely the actual teaching- of doctrine—but the po s i. tive teaching of doctrine under the authority of the Establishment. The special champions of accepted views will be solicitous that speculative thinkers like Mr. Voysey should not be encouraged to betray their trust m the pulpit, for the direct and unlieguised Purposes of Dissent ; while the advocates of a national catholicity will strive to defend that freedom of discussion on disputable questions which is powerfully conducive to vitality of thought and feeling within the Church, so long as it does not infringe the essential principles of Christian law. The Daily Hers refers to the case of Mr. Dickons, and says that it supplies a very important illustration of the working of some of our institutions. When some future Macaulay turns over the voluminous files of our daily papers to hunt up those lesser facts which most clearly embody the manners of the time, he may disinter this case to shew how long the relics of the feudal system lingered in the dawn of the new age. He will learn from such cases that which even the public of the present day are slow to believe, that the power of the landlord over his tenant is still absolute, and that however much a tenant may invest of his own substance in the land, he has no security for it beyond the landlord's honour. But the case illustrates yet f urther the kind of social pressure which keeps the farmers everywhere quiescent under the depredations of game and the tres passes of sportsmen. A farmer does not complain of these things. If he does complain he finds himself unpopular with the gentry, and looked on with suspicion by his landlord, perhaps turned out of his holding. Indeed, in this Mansfield case, the farmer was unjustly suspected of hying to spoil the sport, and was dismissed on the suspicion. But it is a remarkable illustration of the relations of different classes in rural districts that such a letter as that of the Mansfield Game Association should be libellous. It would not be libellous were it not for the despotic power of the landlord, and his preference of good shooting over good tenants ; and as the association profits by that pre ference, and actually su ccee d e d i n setting that despotic power in motion, they have no reason to complain that the farmer has for once profited by the law for which he suffers, and they suffer by the law through which they profit. The Herald, in commenting upon the report of the committee on the law of hypothec, observes that it is quite true that the law increases the number of competi tors for land, inasmuch as it enables many industrious and enterprising men to obtain farms which they would not otherwise have sufficient capital to work. In some cases, and where arable land is concerned, a credit as long as twenty-one months is commonly given, and a payment of rent seldom takes pl ace b e f ore t we l ve months after a tenant has first entered on a farm. With praiseworthy shrewdness the committee intimate that rich agriculturists would obtain farms at lower rents if they were relieved from the competition of persons not having suf ficient capital to take land under the conditions which would be requied if the law of hypothec were repealed ; and they leave to these similar capitalists to inquire at their sober leisure if, in agitating for the repeal of the law, they are not the mere blind instru ments of their worst rivals—the catspaws who are made to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for the more sagacious animal that prompts them. As for the argument that landlords are tempted by the law to admit as tenants men who are not in a position to:work the land effectually, it is answered by the simple but sufficient observation, that landlords may well be trusted in this particular to look after their own obvious interest. In conclusion, the committee call particular attention to the evidence of several industrious and intelligent men, who have raised themselves from a very humble condition to be prosperous farmers and capitalists, entirely under the shelter which the law of hypothec provides fur landlord and tenant alike; and they justly observe that to withdraw such facilities would be a great mistake in legislation. The Star declares that for the present there is great uncertainty on that all important issue—are we to have fine weather for harvest? If the glass were high and the Wind in another quarter, there would be an assured pros pect of fine weather. But with a north wind the glass is always high, arid yet the north wind may have rain behind it. The general aspect of the weather does not, however, disturb - good judges. Unfortunately, fine weather at harvest time does not make a good harvest. If the wheat crop suffers this year, as suffer more or less it undoubtedly will, it is to a wet June and not to a cloudy August that we shell have to attribute the shortcoming. Vortutintety, there is a much greater extent of land sown with wheat this year. This will probably bring to market an increased supply of a million quarters, so that if the harvest falls short about two millions it will follow that there will be about a million quarters more than usual to obtain from foreign sources. There is no doubt of these supplies being obtainable. Indeed, our demands having been comparatively small this year, it is believed that about a third of our usual allowance is stored in foreign granaries. All that the best authorities seem able to prophesy at this juncture is, that in any case the produce will be very variable ; that even in the same fields the wheat will be kund very uneven ; that with moderately fair weather during the remainder of August the yield on many farms will be an average [crop, but that on the whole area in cultivation there will be a shortcoming ; and that about half that shortcoming will be made up by the increased breadth of land under wheat Cultivation. In using the supplies which will he necessary to meet the other half of the deficit the nation will enjoy the be4eo of_, Mr. Lowe's repeal of the shilling duty urn, - • THE CLERGY 111UTUAL ASSURANCE SO CIE7 Y. The fortieth annual meeting just passed hss been been one of the most satisfactory that 1 30 taken place since its formation. The proposals fo r assurance have been of greater number than in former years, and new policies have been completed for considerably over a quarter of a million, whi lst others to the amount of £22,000 are under tonal' deration. The death claims have been below those of former years, and the assurances for " provision during sickness" has been of the greatest value to those whose foresight induced them to make such a wise arrangement. An addition of £88,482135. i d • has been made to the fund accumulating O f meeting future claims on existing assurances' making the amount of that fund no less £1,693, 970 Is. 63. One of the great features in this social' is that it has been framed to meet the special Cas e ,f the clergy, amongst whom mortality is less th at/ in persons of other callings, and such his been the effect of the working of the special tables of th e Alice that a saving of £395,120 has been made In excess of what IN otild be the case had other offic es end the usual tables been used for the saw ° ~umber of assurers and death claims since the for ,nation of the Clergy Mutual--in fact that t he leaths would have been 1,183 instead of 743, befog 149 in favour of the Clergy Mutual. If the elergl as must be supposed to be the case, have a r eal care for their own interest and the interests of th e ' r wives and children, they will be glad to avail they :l . r selves of the privilege to which they and th eir families are alone entitled in this office, which has% admirably answered the special purposes for whic hl was founded. Its special features are that the grea tes t advantages are held out to the clergy at the love s rates ; and when the tables, all of which 1 13 . 0 stood the test of 40 years, of the " Clergy " Ar e compared with other offices, the advantages becc r° , at once apparent. This circumstance is produc ed not by a desire to outbid by taking greater risti4o but merely by taking that which has been pro.vac i te be correct, viz., that mortality is less amongst clergy than any other body of men. EAGLE INSURANCE CO3IPANY. The annual general meeting of the proprietors of t i l ° company was held on Friday, the 13th inst., at the 0 1 7 0 79, Pall-mall, 9.W.—Wm. Frederick Do La Rue, E 5 4 . ' deputy-chairman, presiding. The advertisement calling the meeting was read, - also the following report of the directors : 'tt o The report which the directors have now to subrui or the proprietors differs in its tenor but little save in oils two particulars from that laid before them in 1865. to The income of the year, it will bo seen, amain° a d, £540,499 18s., and the total charge to £445,077 10s. of The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the babt 3ce ,' I the surplus fund at the commencement of the 0 811 ; year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its P res amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 186 9 ' INCOME OF THE YEAR. Da.. £ s. d Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 Premiums on new assur- 907,02 8 6 ances Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0 371,548 12 1 Interest from investments 120,959 12 10 492,508 4 11 Profit and loss, balance of account Total income 5 4 4 :8, '4 0 5929> £l, 6 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,/ Aud antil• ,- HENRY ROSE, CHARGE OF THE YEAR. e Cu. s. d. 4 Dividend to proprietors B,BBO Claims on decease of lives assured Additions to those under participating policies 24,304 6 6 Policies surrendered Re-assurances —new Ditto old 405,561 12 1 Commission Medical foes Income tax 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 9 10 6 9 436, 187 9 9 Total charge Balance of account, Juno 30, 1869, as • balance-sheet 1, 002,974 le,/ 6 .El,44S,Ogict, of The total of premiums rece i ve d is £371,548 120 ' % %co l which sum £13,560 se. Id. is for new assurances ew in the year. Ou'l The interest from investments is £120,959 123.1 Id" £4 2s. per cent. o n th e ne t amoun t of the conle:tioa realised assets existing in June, 186 S ; and in C o° . o with this important feature o f the company's affaj p rob I directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the r oo t ' and lass account again ex hibits a considerablo 1138,00 amounting this year within a trifle to tho sum of It may bo remember e d th a t a p ro fit o f nearly equ a4 0 6 was announced in last year's re port. Turning to the items constituting the charge of ft-tisfOc: year, it will be noticed that the sum payable in s- r tba a `ion of claims on dec e as e o f li ves as sured is l arge rio l; oat° usual. This circumstance, howover, is not very ' , clu ilr i as nia o l bs a e v r o v r e a d ge on is a previous occasion, the proet 0 0° the aver generallya g e quennial the fact that coeds £30,000 tends to confirm that statement. 0" for the pretty past two sure y e r r s o 1 , 3 ;1 u ' - es 1 ; The expenses of management are greater ...,,,, bf ne wt; £BOO than they were last year. They would 121"-torin8 materially less but for the unavoidable cost of 00 - al tr tir the company's securities into the names of additions tots tees. Taken as they are, however, these exPoli se . ,„a W I be regarded as very moderate. It will be o bsert" they are only three per cent. of the total income. BALANCE-SHEET, JUNE 30, 1 869 ' DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors , Liability Sundryadditions 1 ° 8 Claims on decease of lives assured, , 04? ; ; 48, 3 a 4 8 0 accountssums assured, &c. (1867) 6 1 338 ' - n2 1° 9 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund g 0 £7,675,g13 Examined and THOMAS ALLEN,I. Ma i HENRY ROSE, n 8 CR. ASSETS. et 99 i ! Amount invested in fixed mortgages X1,f`„7,470 ,','" i ; Ditto ditto decreasingditt „ . 1°.,„75/ .` - 4 -1 Ditto ditto Reversions e - , Ditto ditto Funded seen 'ties Ditto ditto Temporary securities a 20 7 IT S Curr r e i n ti t e i e nterest on the above investments 13 1 9° 2 " : 9 2 9 5 46 ii 1(1 0 Cas dv h an a ce nd d bi bills i security of the company's 1 65,38 1 i Ai policies on Al 1 5 Agents' balances - 1 9 5 Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) Value of re-assurances • • ''' 85,' 0 ------- .76 81 3 °re X 7 , 6. ' for 00/ o f The balance-sheet does not appear to c all the s u° o 6 mark. The assets are, of course, increased 11, 0 ' Dy ..„ o £95,422 7s. Bd. already mentioned, as is 811°" ha O rr augmentation to that extent in the balance a t-- ti o fund. , 0f 5 ,, t0 1s The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, in rising 1: ' ro t VP' ff , adoption of this report, I have to express the reg uito oln do , the directors have experienced in the loss of the ir rt tll ll , °- • man, Colonel Weatherall, who, after a very og ,ØOOO A - 0 0 died some few months ago. He bad groat g °° . t e v, 013- 0 1 A man of business, and a genial and kind dive get 0 no do o loss is very much felt by his colleagues, as 1 rout ette li , t 0 0 it will be by you. (Hear, hear.) In calling r"" to on to the report, there is really very little that 11 Otista of this occasion. The acco un t is so clear and so 0 0 13 r e that it is a question mgrely of self-cong ral ' Atil o tit •e le l let° O 4 thankfulness. (Hear.) Th e re is one sPe „ t or lj t be which at this period of the existence of the w ili r tini e il i be some 62 years—is most interesting. There is a oute to fi life of all companies when you may ex pect 0 1 ° ,1 to to 04 : 10 larger than the income from the premiums---th` r t bo o , r t the claims by death would naturally be larg,eos, t ' P n of amount received from the premiums theinse'listeac"of from the interest. Still, notwithstanding our e , oc eSS id 62 years, the premium income is considerably Inotroolt the outgo by claims for assurances; and that ls ° vio la 1 : 0 .0 satisfactory state of things, showing j0u n° , 11 ,,, 5° „, a lic' g tia only in the company itself, but in those ga° ll `.,: - l e ter e ;o ce assured in thid office. (Hear, hear.) It anis t ' l3 vis slo °- 10 also to you to note the progress which has boon . is .l/. Apo, it . 0 5 the constitution of this company was ch avg tt 15 00 0 ' that year the premium income was X 60,000, tit s3O, io about £370,000 ; the total income then was about t ,00 it is now £540,000; the total assets realised l o y s e v r o e ro r t1. 1 ; 10 round numbers, half a million, and they are 11 , ijoa r, 11 : 0 00 millions-. three millions and a quarter.' '• _ ea sed o te' The calibre of the company, therefore, has in°' o dor o ut six-fold in that interval of time. (Cheers:) and il bu t 1 tistics would be very interesting if we had tune, eo ; ,ip , were the proper moment to call attention t? .!.`_`, oa rtl!_ o t think they will be better reserved for the pertoinioo' re o ne to quennial valuation, than now. I think that on the whole, co ! ,1 ~ ( 3 1 0+, 4 ial oir ° '''' 0 tad depression they will aPP° ° o _,dering : 0 % depression which has existed in commercial a o i ,, ourse! r y 0 0 the past year, we may y') even con gratulate a OO amount of the new business w hich we ha 'ostrifsew (Hear, hear)—because, not on l y have ITO got 61.1 X 6 1151 11 0 I