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A RARE COMBINATION. ~ The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every article sold by E. MOSES and SOY. Every description of Clothing ready made, nr made to measure, for all ages, and all :lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring and fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies 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. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should I.e accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will he .heerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the noney will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats tnd 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, Woollen drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES .nd SON:— SEASON. LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MIN °RIES 156, HINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATI 37, AL DGAT E 88, ALDGATE 43, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. oa, NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET iOB, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. BRITAN NIA FIRE ASSOCIATION' Tread Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. E AGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS, For the Year ending 30th June, 1869, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, 13th August, 1869, WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Deputy- Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The Report which the directors have now to submit to the proprietor differs in its tenor but little save in ono or two particular from that laid before then, in 1868. [he income of the year, it will Le seen, amounts t £540,499 18s., and the total charze to £445,077 10s. 9d The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the balance of the surplus fund at the commencement of the financial year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JrN-E 30, 18G9. INCOME OF THE YEAR. s. d. Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0 £ B. d OR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. MESSRS. NICOLL'S BUSINESS, as paletot E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, -A- makers and clothiers, in Regent-street, London, has been DIVIDED; that is to say, one brother retains the retail trade on an unusually large scale, in every depart- exclusively, and the other the wholesale and shipping trad • ment of their business. For trades and ad- elusively. The latter branch of the business has been removed dresses. see following advertisement. to more convenient premises, namely—in London, at No. 6, Fell-street, Wood-street, City; and in Paris, at 14, rue de la Barque. NICOLL'S RUG-PALETOT (protected by letters patent, dated July, !'.O), one guinea. All who travel from September to April desire the possession of a warm rug for their knees, but on leaving the carriage (railway or other wise) " what is to be done with the rug ? ' To huddle it up under the arm is very awkward; it will not do to leave it at home or at the station, because on quitting a warm carriage is just the mo ment an 'additional wrapper over the shoulders and chest is most required. Nicoll's Rug-Paletot will fit anybody, can be lent to a lady, throws off rain, and is one of the cheapest and most graceful garments ever offered to the public. It may be obta ned of all first-class clothiers, drapers, hosiers, &c. The trade mark consists of a loop or suspender, whereon and between the coats of arms of London and Paris the words " Nicoll's Patent " is stamped or woven. All others are counterfeit, and information of infringement should be forwa• ded to D. Nicoll and Co., corner of Fell and Monkwell-streets, Wood-street, E.C. THE METROPOLITAN.—This is a registered improvement. The garment may serve - either as an easy office coat or as an ordinary shower-proof wrapper. It has a contrivance for retaining a railway or season ticket on one sleeve, and on the other a cigar-light box; the first-named can be easily seen by the guard-collector without he passenger being disturbed. This garment can be had of D. NICOLL and CO.'s agents, for one guinea and upwards. Sold wholesale at 6, Fell street, Wood-street, City. MESSRS. D. NICOLL and CO. cannot enume rate the names of all the agents supplied by them, par ticularly in the Metropolis and in Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, but on application to 6, Fell-street, London, E.C., the name and address of the nearest agent will be forwarded. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. RAILWAY. AUTUMN EXCURSIONS, AND LAST OF THE On SATURDAY, Oct. EXCURSION will leave EUSTON STATION at 9.50 a.m. and Camden 9.55 a.m.. for LANCASTER, Blackpool, Preston, Bolton, Wigan, Birkenhead, North Wales, Chester, Northwich, Crewe, Nantwich, Aberystwith, Machynlleth, Llanidloos, Montgomery, Newtown, Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Craven Arms, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Wellington, New port, and Stafford ; returning to London on THURSDAY, October 7th. From Euston Station at 12.20 noon, and Camden 12.25 for LIVERPOOL, Manchester, Warrington, Stockport, the Yorkshire District, Buxton, Leicester, Trent Valley, Stour Valley, and South Stafford Stations, Birmingham, Rugby, Leamington, Kenilworth, Coventry, and Wolver hampton ; Returning on October 7th. Trains in connection with the above will be :run from Victoria (L. B. and S. C side), Clapham Junction, Batter sea, Chelsea, West Brompton, and Kensington ; also from Bread-street (City), Dalston, and Highbury. Po: fares and full particulars see bills, to be obtained at any of the Company's Stations ; the various Parcels Re ceiving Offices; and at Gaze's Tourist Office, 163, Strand. --- W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, Sept., 1869. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. The ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000 The AssuRANcE FUND, safely invested, is over £1,649,000 Forms of Proposal, and every information, can be ob tained of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. 371,548 12 1 Interest from investments 120,959 12 10 492,508 4 11 Profit and loss,- balance of account . 47,991 13 1 Total income Xl,-148,052 6 6 Examined and approvpd. Trlo M A S A LT,EN, } Auditors HENRY ROSE, CHARGE OF THE TRA t. £ F. d. Dividend to proprietors Claims on decease of lives X 6. d. 8,880 4 0 assured Additions to those under participating policies 21,304 6 6 Policies surrendered I te-assnrances new Ditto old r , 405,561 12 1 . Commission Medical fees Incometax 3,017 15 8 Expellees of management 16,238 9 10 436,187 6 9 Total chargo Balance of account, June 30, 1869, as per balance-sheet £1,448,052 6 6 The total of premiums received is £371,548 12s. Id., of which sum £13,560 ss. ld. is for new assurances effected in the year. The interest from investments is £120,959 12s. 10d., or £4 2s. per cent. on the net amount of the company's realised assets existing in June, 1868 ; and in connection with this important feature of the company's affairs the directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the profit and loss account again exhibits a considerable profit, amounting this year within a trifle to the sum of £48,000. It may be remembered that a profit of nearly equal amount was announced in last year's report. Turning to the items constituting the charge of the year, it will be noticed that the sum payable in satisfac tion of claims on decease of lives assured is larger than usual. This circumstance, however, is not very material; as was observed oa a previous occasion, the proper quin quennial average is generally pretty sure to obtain, and the fact that the average for the past two years barely ex ceeds £309,000 tends to confirm that statement. The expenses of management aro greater by nearly 1800 than they were last year. They would have been materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring the company's securities into the names of additional trus tees. Taken as they are, however, these expenses must be regarded as very moderate. It will be observed that they are only three per cent, of the total income. BALANCE-SHEET, JUNE 30, 1869. DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors claims on decease of lives assured, and Addditions thereto unpaid 108,940 6 7 Sundry accounts Liabilt►~ ,der 48,311 3 4 sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprietois fund 172,202 10 0 surplus fund • 1,002,974 15 9 £6,757 17 0 £7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, Cit ASSETS. Imount invested in fixed mortgages £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 16 6 Ditto ditto Funded securities 491,303 4 2 "lift° ditto Temporary secu rities 207 0 ,current 1 interest on th e a b ove investments 30, , 17 934 4 6 Cash and bills Advanced on security of the company's policies Agents' balances ........... . .... 25,489 16 8 Sundry accounts .................. 57,331 7 9 Value of premiums (1867) ............ 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances ................ 85,706 14 5 £7,675,813 010 The balance-sheet does not appear to call for any re mark. The assets are, of course, increased by the sum of £95,422 7s. 3d. already mentioned, as is s h own b y the augmentation to that extent in the balance of the surplus fund. The Direction of the Company is now constituted as follows : WILLIAM FREDERICK OE LA RUE, ESQ,Chairman. 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Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. r. ChattPrton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF TUE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault: Niessrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, oht. Rouse ; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHE Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Will Open for the Winter Season on SATURD AY, October 2, with (never acted) LOST AT SEA: a London Story. By Dion Boucicault and HenryJ. Byron. Box-office open on 'Wednesday, Sept. 29, and every other day, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. GLOBE THEATRE -ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE. A t 8.15, Mr. T. W. Robertson's new Comedy, in three acts, entitled PROGRESS: Messrs. Billington, H. Neville, .1. Clarke, Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall ; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Hughes, Berond, and Mrs. Stephens. HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, a new and original "ketch, by Harry Lemon, Esq , called WAIT FOIL AN ANSWER. After \villa, at 7.45, will be produce", with new scenery, fur niture. and appointments. a new Comedy, in three acts, by Thomas M . ;.rt.,n. Esq., entitled PLAIN IJNGLI- , H, in which Messra Parry Sullivan, George Honey, J. 0. Cuwper. W. If. Stephens, D. 'Evans, Charles It orstnan, Lin Ra,yno, Cotte, Pvae, W. Arthur, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, and Miss !lowan' will appear. T. conclufieith the Musical ra-ne of TUE 'WATERMAN. The magnificent new scenery by Mr. Julian nicks; the furui turd and upholstery by Mr. James Lyon. Acting .1 - 1 - all ' g — er—Amoßr SuurvAN. OYAL STRAND THEATRE . 11, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.10, AMONG THE BREAKERS : Mr Cl arke. _ Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. 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THEATRE -ROYAL DRURY-LANE. vole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Trns EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN, At 8, FORMOS k : Messrs. Barrett, FI Irving, David Fisher, Brittain, Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMkS GLOBE 'IIIEATRE-ROYAL. Trim Evicxixet, at 7, BREACH OF PM.IMISF,. At Q.li, the new Comedy, PliOrikE:i • llesere. Millington, H. .Neyil'e, J. ('larks, P2r.elle, 'Wpmland, E. -MarAllan; Mesdames Lydia, Foote, Hughes. Berebil. a ,, ,1 Mrs. Stephena. • THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. TUTS EV7viNit. at 7, WAIT FOR AN ANSWER. After which, PLAIN ENGLISH: Mr. Barry Sullivan, 3ir.i.llermann Vezin, etc. And THE WATERMAN. ROYAL STBAND TIIF.ATItE. Solo Lessee an,l Manageress, Mrs. Swanhoronr.b. 'I iris EVENING. at 7.30. AMONG TILE BREAKERS: Mr With TILE TOODLES. And TIIF FIELD OF THE CLOrli OF C; ROYAL AL ANIB RA PALACE. THREE BALLET. Promenade Concert. Band of CO. Begin at S. le. Box-oft:lce open from 11 to 4. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and ~Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d, Children under twelve, 6cL town. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1869. e .!SUIT. LO NDON,IWEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1869 A speech from Mr. DICKENS is the next pleasure to a green number. And when it so happens that he is particularly " in the vein"—as upon one memorably humorous occasion when he presided at the annual dinner of the London Newsvendors —the speech, in its exhilarating influence,lis almost equal, we won't say to being two sheets in the wind, but we will say to the two sheets between the familiar green leaves. Yesterday we gave a lengthened re port of the inaugural address delivered upon the preceding evening by Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, in his capacity as President of the Midland In stitute. It had been for some time looked forward to with eager expectation, not only by the people in the immediate locality, who were promis ing themselves the satisfaction of listening to it, but, far and wide throughout the country, by all those who were anticipating the satisfaction of reading a ver batim report of the speech itself afterwards. By this time the address delivered by Mr. DICKENS, on Monday evening, to an immense audience of three thousand persons, collected together in the Town Hall of Birmingham, has been read —every word of it—by hundreds of thousands. Anyone possessing the high and peculiar privilege, or we will rather say the immense responsibility of commanding the attention of so vast a concourse (of hearers first and of readers afterwards) must per force address himself to the subject -matter of his dis course, whatever it may chance to be, in no frivolous mood and with no merely idle regard to the character of his harangue as a casual source of entertainment. It was thus a month or two ago, in the instance of Lord LvrroN, when he inaugurated, as President, the annual labours of theArchasological Institution, in his own ancestral county of Hertfordshire. It was thus a year or two ago, in the instance of Mr. CARLYLE, when he assumed his position as Chancellor of one of the ancient collegiate seats of learning in Scot land. It was thus a night or two ago, in the in stance of Mr. DICKENS, when, in his capacity as President, he opened the winter session of the Mid land Institute, in the presence and hearing of three thousand of the inhabitants of Birmingham. His speech, though frequently sparkling with humour, was mainly remarkable, to our thinking, for its pro found impressiveness. Its salient point was its earnest and indignant, its thoroughly logical and per fectly triumphant demonstration of the absurdity of the common assumption—as he said, the much too common assumption—that this age is a material age, and that a material age [whatever that may mean] is an unreligious age. And here, we conceive, it is especially,worthnoting, as characteristic in a very re markable way, of the in many respects exceptional genius of CHARLES DICKENS, that his own intense appreciation of the ludicrous manifested itself—oddly, but by no means incongruously—at the very moment when be is bent upon being—what the instant after wards he most certainly became—the most impres sive. And it occurs, in the present instance, this wise —" I have been pained," he says, "lately to see this assumption [the assumption that this age is a material age, and that a material age is an unreligious age] repeated in certain influential quarters—[every body must have understood, here, that reference was more particularly made to a late extraordinary ex hibition or exposition of these very opinions, of this m Est astounding assumption, by the Dean of Carlisle] —in certain influential quarters for which I have a high respect;and desire to have a higher." Hereupon came what one may certainly call the irresistibly humorous exordium—" I am afraid," said Mr. DICKENS, " thit by dint of constantly being reiterated, and reiterated without protest, this assumption—which I take leave altogether to deny —may be accepted by the more unthinking part of the public as unquestionably true; just as caricaturists and painters professed making a portrait of some public man, OM was not in the least like him to begin with, have gone on repeating and repeating it until the public came to believe that it must be ex actly like him, simply because it was like itself, and really have at last, in the fulness of time, grown almost disposed to resent upon him their tardy discovery —that he was not like it. I con fess that I don't understand that much-used and much-abused phrase, a material age.' I cannot comprehend—if anybody can, which I very much doubt—its logical signification. For instance, has electricity become the more Material in the mind of any sane, or moderately insane, man, woman, or child, because of the discovery that in the good providence of God it was made available for the service and use of man to an immeasurably greater extent than for his destruction ? " The Speaker ask. in g cogently immediately afterwards—" Do I make a more material journey to the bedside of my dying parent or child when I travel thither at the rate of sixty miles an hour than when I travel at the rate of six? Rather, in the swift case, does not my ago nised heart become over-fraught with gratitude to that Supreme Beneficence from which alone can have proceeded the wonderful means of shortening my suspense ? What is the materiality of the cable or the wire compared to the immateriality of the spark ? What is the materiality of certain chemi cal substances that we can weigh and measure, imprison or release, compared with the imma teriality of their appointed affinities and repulsions prescribed to them from the instant of their crea tion to the Day of Judgment? When did this so called material age begin ? With the use of cloth ing? With the discovery of the compass? With the invention of printing? Surely it has been a long time about. Which is the more material ob ject—the farthing tallow candle that will not give me light, or the flaming gas which will? No; do not let us be discouraged or deceived by vain, vapid, empty words. The true material age is the stupid Chinese age in which no new and grand re velations of nature are granted, because they are ignorantly and insolently repelled, instead of being diligently and humbly sought." Here it was that, having logically discussed the matter thus far, Mr. DicKENsrose to his verybest when—kindling with his theme—he thus, most suggestively and impressively, continued—" The difference between the anoient fiction of the mad braggart defying the lightning and the modern historical picture of FRANKLIN drawing it towards his kite in order that he might the more profoundly study that which was set before him to be studied (or it would not have been there), happily expresses to my mind the distinction be tween the much-maligned material sages—material in one sense, I suppose, but in another very imma terial ages—of the Celestial Empire school ; and con sidering whether it is likely or unlikely, natural or un natural,:reasonable or unreasonable, thatl, a;heingcap able of thought, and finding myself surrounded by such discovered wonders on every hand, I should sometimes ask myself the question—l should put to myself the solemn consideration—can these things be amongst those which might have been disclosed by Divine lips nigh upon 2,000 years ago, ,but that the people of that time couldnot bear them? And whether this be so or no, if I amso surrounded on every hand, is not my moral responsibility tremendously increased thereby, and with it my intelligence and submission as a child of ADAM and of the dust, before the Shining Source ~ which equally of all that is granted and all that is withheld holds in His mighty hands the unapproach able mysteries of life and death." In the enuncia tion of thoughts like these the author, the writer of fiction, the novelist, the humorist, the genial, kindly delineator of his fellow-men, gives place for a while to the intensely poetic, religious and philosophic thinker whose sympathies widen out from humanity into the abysses of universe. THE report of the Dartmoor committee is like most reports upon rival mechanisms. There is a good deal to be said on both sides. Neither is wholly right, neither is wholly wrong. The question at issue was whether the segment or the Shrapnel shell was the better of the two. Now the segment consists of a number of pieces of iron contained in a thin case, and with a bursting charge in the centre which is exploded by a percussion fuze ; and the Shrapnel consists of an iron case nearly filled with bullets, but the bursting charge, instead of being in the centre of the shell is placed behind the bullets, so that when it is exploded by the fuze the bullets are propelled forwards. The competition was not confined to these two shells. Combinations of fuzes were tried. Fuzes may be divided into two classes : percussion fuzes, which explode on striking ; time fuzes, which explode after a given interval. On the whole the com mittee consider that the segment shell fitted with a percussion faze is better than the Shrapnel with time or percussion fuzes, or with both fuzes combined. Nevertheless, as the bullets of the Shrap nel range farther and have more penetrative force after the bursting of the shell than do the segments of the other shell, it is desirable to retain the Shrap nel for rifled field guns. The Boxer fuze appears to be all that can be desired ; but the percussion fuzes are unsatisfactory, and better ones should be invented. At the same time the committee attach much value to the howitzer for field service, since it can be made capable of throwing common shell with a large bursting charge. In connection with this subject they urge that more importance should be attached to the proper laying and serving of field guns. It is, of course, but natural that in the excite ment of an engagement, artillery even should think more of rapid firing than of precision of aim. For that reason they should be taught to think other wise. WE really cannot see why Archdeacon PHILLPOTTS should be so angry with Sir GEORGE BOWYER. The ARCHDEACON, as is only natural with a man who has had more than his share of the good things of the Church, cannot bear to contemplate the possi bility of a condition of things in which future sons of future bishops will be worse off. His indignation against the "spoilers " of the Irish Church, which broke forth so fiercely during his visitation tour was, therefore, intelligible, though untimely. But there is not the smallest reason why he should resent Sir GEORGE BOWYER'S biographical anecdote. The late BISHOP was very keen-sighted, and he was therefore, likely enough to discern that the Irish Church Establishment, however just and good and desirable it might be in his opinion, would not be allowed to stand ; and that if the English Church linked her fortunes with those of her sister, she would assuredly suffer. This is all that Sir GEORGE says. lle does not imply, as the ARCHDEACON says, that the BISHOP i wished to abandon the Irish Church. He says I simply that the BISHOP saw the danger that would be incurred in defending it. The incident is really of very little importance. The Irish Church question is now settled, and what dead men thought of it twenty years ago is a matter of very little interest. Certainly it cannot justify the ARCHDEACON in giving Sir GEORGE BOWYER the lie direct. We suppose that a " Papist " may be a gentleman, even though, next to a Dissenter, he is the object of greatest aversion to the Chancellor-Arch deacon-Prebendary -- vicar of St. 0 luvias-with I Budock. LIFE INSURANCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir:,—ln the impression of the Times of the 24th inst. appeared the following :—" The principles on which life insurance is based are absolutely infal lible," and, again, in the Money Article of the same journal of the 25th, it was re marked, The fact that persons could be found willing to insure in the European office, in the face of such published balance-sheets as those inserted yesterday, proves that there are no means that could be relied upon for preventing the exercise of blind confidence." In the face of this declaration, having had some experience in life assurance, I venture to offer a few suggestions. I propose that all life assurance companies shall be placed under the inspection and control of the Government. That at the end of every twelve months it shall be Compulsory upon every com pany, the same as is done in all commercial esta blishments, to have the books balanced, the balance sheet to be signed by at least three members of the board specially appointed f or th e purpose, w h o , after having scrutinized and gone through the items in detail, shall certify as to the correctness of the figures, the same to be further countersigned by the manager and accountant. I then propose that this balance-sheet, so vouched, shall be placed, with a detailed list of all policies and annuities granted, as well as every lia bility incurred during the previous twelve months, in the hands of the actuaries, members of the in stitute, one to be named by the directors, the other by the Board of Trade. The duties of these gentlemen will be to report, officially, to the Board of Trade whether the funds re presented sufficient assets to meet the present and future engagements of the company ac cording to this actuarial valuation. These re turns so signed and verified should then be for warded to the Board of Trade, and become public documents, while it should be the duty of every company to forward a copy to every share and policy-holder to the lastregistered place of address. A satisfactory state of things will speak for itself but, on the other hand, should there be a deficiency, regardless of amount, power should be given, and it should b• compulsory upon the directors, under certain penalties, with as little delay as possible, to make such a call upon the shareholders as would place the establishment in a solvent and satisfactory position. It strikes me that some such procedure as I have ventured to sketch would also be the means of be getting confidence between the policy and share holders, a further guarantee for successful opera tions, while the annual returns would be an effec tual bar to such announcements as the accumulated losses of years. In the event of any difference of opinion between the actuaries, an independent umpire to be called in—the expenses of the investigations to be borne by the companies. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THE FEMALE ART GALLERY.—In December next a special bazaar and fancy sale will take place at 101, Groat Russell-street, Bloomsbury-square, on which occa sion the entire of the works of art submitted for sale will bo the production of ladies. The Messrs. E. Fuller have long exerted themselves to place before the public the pro ductions of feinalo artists, and this bazaar, which has been suggested by several ladies of influence, will, it is to be hoped, prove entirely successful. A visit to the gallery at this particular time will be found very interesting from the variety of paintings, etchings, and drawings which now crowd the rooms; but that which will more particularly interest the person of taste is the crimson lake etchings produced by the pupils of the Albert Press, which are really beautiful. The taste and talent here exhibited speaks highly for the proficiency of the artists, and such is the extreme beauty of the etchings that they have but to bo seen to call forth the highest praise. A specimen of this beautiful art ought really to occupy a space in the collection of every lover of the true and beautiful, and none the less so because they are the production of women EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lamplougu's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant, Palatable, and invigeratia Bold by all Chemists.—[Advt.], THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CO2 G4ESS, BRISTOL, TVESDAY. To-morrow, under the presidency of the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, M.P., who succeeds the Earl of Car narvon, the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science will commence its thirteenth annual Con gress in this city. The Council, who have provided an attractive and important programme, are sanguine that the number of members and associates attending it will be considerable, and thus far the local arrangements look healthy. The wealth and hospitality of Bristol are so pro verbial, the features of interest which it possesses in itself and in its immediate vicinity are so many, and its capa bilities of accommodating with comfort a large influx of strangers so complete and extensive, that the executive would have been unwise to refuse the cordial invitation given by its municipal authorities and other inhabitants to make it the place -of meeting this year. A convenient reception-room, which was thrown open this morning, has been provided in the Royal Promenade, Queen's-road, while the Victoria Rooms, the Fine Arts Academy, the Colston Hall, and the Blind Asylum, will be available for the purpose of President's addresses, soirees, meetings, and the daily sittings of the various Departments. By the permission of the Committee, the Rifle Volunteer Club, situated at the top of Park-street, may be made use of by members and associates during their stay in the city, and here such of them as please, up to one hunched, may dine at the table crlaite at six o'clock each evening, at the moderate charge of 2s. 6d. each, exclusive of wine and beer. The Council will meet at one o'clock to-morrow, and the Congress will be opened as usual by a special service. This will take place at the Cathedral, at three o'clock, the preacher being the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Glouces ter and Bristol. At eight o'clock in the evening the inau gural address will be delivered by the president in the Victoria Room. Four departments will be occupied from day to day in hearing special and voluntary papers read, -and in dis cussing the subjects brought forward by the several authors. The special papers are those which deal with subjects which have been selected by the Council as being, in their opinion, most important to be brought under the consideration of the Congress. The voluntary papers are those which are sent in by members who desire to have an opportunity of broaching their theories, or stating their views on matters connected with social science. Each paper so sent in must be approved by the Council before it can be read. The special questions will be taken in their respective depart ments one on each day, on the Thursday, Friday, and Monday of the meeting, and the voluntary papers on the various subjects comprised within the departments will be taken on the Saturday and Tuesday. The addresses of the presidents of the several departments are, fortunately, not delivered upon the same clay as is the case at the meeting of the British Association, but are extended over four days. Thus the difficulty of electing which President to hear is obviated, because, if the mem bers be so inclined, they can hear each of them. This year tho Department of Jurisprudence and Amendment of the Law will be under the direction of Mr. George Woodyatt Hastings. It will be divided into two sections, viz., the International and Municipal Law Section and the Refor matory Section. In the former the following special ques tions will be discussed :-1. What ought to be the legal and constitutional relations between England and the Colonies ? 2. What is the most expedient mode of introducing into England a system of public prosecution ? 3. What limits ought to bo placed by law to charitable endowments ? 4. Land Question—What ought to be the principles regulating the ownership and occupation of land ? With reference to the first subject, it may be stated that in order that it may be thoroughly ventilated, and the views of all parties be represented, the Council have secured the attendance of several persons who have had experience or are peculiarly interested in colonial questions. Amongst these may be mentioned Sir George Grey, Sir Charles Clifford, Sir William Denison, Sir Christopher Rawlinson, Mr. Torrens, M.P., Mr. Westgarth, Mr. Sewell, Mr. 11. W. Marsh, Mr. Youl, Mr. Edward Wilson, Mr. Hen ty, Dr. Lecrnouth, Mr. J. E. Gorst, Mr. T. P. Labilliere, Mr. John Noble, Mr. Maefie, MP., and Mr. Thcmas Hare. In the second-named section of the department the principal discussions will turn . on the questions-1. Can infanticide be dimi nished by legislative enactment ? 2. What have been the results of the Reformatory Schools and Industrial Schools Acts ? The chairman of the section will I be Sir J. Eardley Wilmot, Bart. The Rev. Canon Kingsley will preside over the Education Department, which deals . with the various questions relating to upper, middle, and lower class education. The points to be considered will be:-1. Is an unsectarian scheme of education inconsistent with religious teaching? 2. How may the State Lest pro mote the education of the destitute and neglected portion of the population ? 3. In what way can the Endowed schools Bill be worked so as to Lring the educational endowments within the reach of all? Dr. John A. Symonds will be the President of the Health Departmc nt, which deals with questions relating to the public health; collects statistical evidence of the relative healthine3s of different localities, cf different industrial occupations, and generally of the influence cf external circumstancLa in the production of health or disease ; discusses im provements in house construction (more especially as to the dwellings of the labouring classes), in drainage, warm ing, ventilation ; public baths and washhouses ; adultera tion of food and its effects; recreation and amusement; the functions of Government in relation to public health; the legislative and administrative machinery expedient for its preservation; sanitary police quarantine, &c.; poverty in relation to disease ; and the effect of unhealthiness on the prosperity of places and nations. The attention of the members will be specially directed to the subjoined questions -1. Can Government beneficially further interfere to limit the spread of infectious diseases ? 2. What legislative mea. sures might be proposed to deal with cases of uncontrollable drunkenness ? 3. Should the Contagious Diseases Act be extended to the civil population ? The Right Hon. Stephen Cave, M.P., will assume the direction of the Economy and Trade Department, where will be considered those ques tions which relat 3 to economics —social, political, and com mercial. The department also furnishes information collected relating to production, manufacture, and trade. Papers will be read on the following subjects :-1. In wliat respects may the administration of the poor law be im proved ? 2. Is it desirable that State aid should be given to emigration, avd if so, in what form ? 3. How may the condition of the agricultural labourer be improved? A new and interesting feature has been incorporated with the programme of the Congress this year. This is a ladies' conference, which will deal with such subjects as Reformatory Industrial Schools, Employment of Women, . _ Education of Girls, Infant Mortality, and the Management of Workhouses. The Conference will be opened to ladies only, and will meet at three o'clock each afternoon, so that those attending it will not have to forego being present during the proceedings of the other ordinary departments. Of evening meetings there will be three. On Thursday, at eight o'clock, the members and associates will be enter tained by the Mayor of the City at Colston Hall ; on Friday addresses will be delivered to working men ; and on Monday a soirée will be held at tho Victoria Rooms, when Miss Mary Carpenter will discourse on Female Educa tion in India. Excursions to Cheddon and to the Bristol training ship at the mouth of the Avon have been hrranged for Satur day. The actual business of the Congress will be brought to a close to-morrow week, when a general meeting ;ill be held in the Fine Arts Academy. As the programme stands at present, an opportunity of visiting Chepstow 'Castle and Tintern Abbey will be afforded to such of the members and associates as choose to avail themselves of it on Thursday, the ith of October. It is not unlikely, however, that this trip will take place on the previous day, as there seems to be a difficulty in the way of getting back to this place in time to make use of . _ _ the tickets which the railway companies issue at the ordi nary return fares from to-day to Thursday week. The place of meeting next year will probably be Newcastle (last year it was Birmingham), though invitations have also been received from Leeds, Brighton, and several other towns. The son of the Rev. G. S. Hamilton, chaplain of the Chelmsford county gaol, was drowned in the river adjoining that town, on Monday, whilst bathing. The New York Tribune says :—" There is, we are told, a coloured gentleman at Saratoga officiating with credit as barber at one of the great hotels, who is an alder man of the Federal metropolis. When, 0 when, shall New York have an alderman who makes his living thus hollow:- ably and honestly ?'' On Tuesday afternoon a marble statue of Lord Derby, voted by the corporation of Live Tool, was un veiled in St. George's Hall. The ceremony was performed by the mayor, in the presence of a numerous assembly. At the same time and place his worship uncovered a statue of Mr. Joseph Mayer, one of the town's distinguished bene factors. COMMITTAL OF TWO FARMERS FOR SHOOTING.— At Doncaster, on Monday, Mr. Elwiss, of the Itedhouse Farm near that town, was committed for trial for shooting a tailor named Hall. The prosecutor and another man were gather. ing mushrooms on the defendant's farm, when a dispute arose with the farmer who became so incensed that he took down his g u n and fired, seriously injuring Hall.— Another farmer named Dunnington, was on Monday committed for trial by' the magistrates at York, for shooting at 11_00m. 'yea, monied. MR. SUMNER 4GAIN. The New York Nation charges Mr. Sumner with mislead ing Mr. Bright regarding Mr. Reverdy Johnson's credentials. It affirms that tile senator held out expectations to the member for Birmingham, and through him to the English people, which ho (Mr. Sumner himself) took the first oppor tunity to defeat. " Mr. Johnson was unanimously nominated by the Senate, and went to England with a letter of introduction from Mr. Sumner to John Bright, praising him in terms so ardent that Bright was near going to London in hot haste to look at him as a kind of moral curiosity ; but in a few short weeks the poor man had sunk to the grade of a mere creature, of ' the greatest criminal of the age ;' and even Mr. Sumner expressed his astonishment that British statesmen should have entered into negotiations with one so lost, and so utterly without authority or consideration." This statement of the Nation has been denied, but that journal persists in it. HOW COLLIERY ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. At the Wakefield Petty Sessions, on Monday, a miner was charged with infringing colliery regulations. The offence was committed so far back as last March, in a col liery at Whitwood, where some 300 men are employed underground. The pit in question has a "golf," or large open space where coal has been got, and where gas is likely to accumulate. A sheet or bratticing was hung across the roadway, to cause a current of air, and this bratticing was fastened up by two of the miners, who found it troublesome in passing to and fro. Another workman remonstrated with them in vain, but hearing the deputy steward coming, one of them ran and quickly let down the sheet. The action was at once followed by an explosion, which blew the steward and another man a distance of ten yards, and injured them seriously. Warrants were issued against the two culprits, but the prisoner was only apprehended last week. He admitted that he knew the act was dangerous, but averred that he was not the chief offender. It is apparently useless to hope or expect that any catastophe will teach our miners common caution. TILE ALBERT ASSURANCE COMPANY. There were several summonses returnable on Tuesday in this matter, one for a reconstruction and another for a scheme, but with the consent of the parties, they were adjourned to the judge. An application was made on the part of Mr. Price, the liquidator to the company, for an order on several banks to pay over to him the various sums standing in their books. The applicant stated that the banks had received a tele gram stating that the Company was in liquidation, and he did not think the bank would pay the amount without an order. The Chief Clerk granted the application. An application was made to the Chief Clerk for advice under the following circumstance :—The applicant, who represented the provisional liquidator, said that accord ing to a rule of the Company, policy-holders whose policies had lapsed had an opportunity of renewing them by payment of a fine and application to the medical officer as to their state of health. The liquidators, how ever, felt a difficulty in allowing holders whose policies had lapsed to do this without instructions from the court The Chief Clerk said he could make no order in the matter. There should be a summons to go to the judge The matter was adjourned accordingly. Mr. Manning and Mr. Merriman, who represented No. 3 and 5 of the petitioners, applied to the Chief Clerk for a summons under the following circumstances. They had just come from the Registrar's Court, where the matter of winding up the company was pending, and the registrar had taken the objection that the petition was not properly verified. Of course applications would be made to this court for a variation of the minutes, and the object of their now attending before the Chief Clerk was to ask that before making any applica- tion the parties having the carriage of the case should give notice to the petitioners. After some discussion, the chief clerk said he could make no order for the conduct of the case in another court not could he issue any summons in the matter. All he could do would be to express an opinion that all petitioners ought to have such notices. The applicants expressed themselves satisfied, observing that no doubt this expression of opinion would have the desired effect. At Bridgewater yesterday several voters made confessions of bribery, but all swore that nothing was going at the last election from the Conservatives. Truman's state ments are contradicted most emphatically. POLICE ORPHANAGE.—Some time ago a move ment was originated amongst members of the police force throughout the provinces for the purpose of establishing an orphanage for the destitute children of deceased con stables. The movement has not received much encourage. ment from the metropolitan police. An orphanage waE established at Brighton, but it has been found quite inade quate for the purpose. An adjourned meeting of the chief constables of boroughs Was held on Tuesday at Willis's Rooms, for the purpose cf adopting steps necessary tc carrying out the movonent. Captain Cong,reve, Chief Constable of Stafford, presided, and stated that the pro mises of support were few, as many were unwilling to join in the movement until they saw the rules. The committee were of opinion, therefore, that it was not desirable to take any action until the next meeting of the constables. After some remarks from Major Mackay honorary secretary to the committee, it was agreed tc adopt the course renommmigied, sepa• rated. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.—An order of the Privy Council, dated September 28, provides that the rules for the foot and mouth disease given below shall be in sub stitution of the plpuro-pneumonia contained in the seventh schedule of the " Contagious Diseases (Animals' Act of 1869." In the schedule the following rules are given, with the provision that they are to have effect with respect to any field, stable, cowshed, and other premises infected with foot and mouth disease " Animals affected with foot and mouth disease, of herded with animals so affected, are not to be moved from such field, stable, cowshed, or other premises, or from any land or building contiguous thereto in the same occu• pation, except either for immediate slaughter, according tc regulations to be from time to time made by the local authority for insuring such slaughter, or, if not for imme diate slaughter, under a license signed by an officer of the local authority appointed to issue licenses in that behalf Sheds and places used by animals affected with foot and mouth disease are forthwith, after being so used, to be cleansed and disinfected to the satisfaction of the local authority." STRANGE SUICIDE.—On Tuesday afternoon a most determined case of suicide was discovered at Carlton Villas, Walthamstow. The family, it appears, had left town for a short time, and a servant named Ellen Baker, about 20 years of age, was left in charge. About three os four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a tradesman called at the house on business, but after knock ing for a considerable time failed in obtaining any answer. One of the neighbours advised him to break open the door, and after some further delay this was done, when the body of the servant girl was discovered hanging over the balusters of the staircase. From the position of the body and the arrangement of the cord by which it was sus pended it was clear that the act of suicide had been a most deliberate one. The deceased had tied one end of the cord round one of the legs of a chest of drawers in a bedroom on the first floor, passed the cord through the balusters, tied the other end securely round her neck, and threw herself over. The body was immediately cut down, but life had been long extinct. No cause can at present be assigned fof the act of self-destruction. TRADE ACCOUNTS. —The trade accounts (foreign countries) just published, shew some fluctuations in our export and import trade. The Belgian imports in the five months ending May 31, 1869, shew a decrease of 3 per cent., and the exports an increase of 3 per cent. as com pared with the corresponding period of 1868. The imports of metals have varied a good deal during the last three years. The copper and nickel imported into Belgium from the United Kingdom increased 400,000 kilogrammes from 1867 to 1869, the rail and sheet iron increased 400,000, while the steel bars, sheet, and wire, decreased 200,000. The steel imported into Hol land in the same time increased more than half a million kilogrammes as compared with last year, while the steel, both bar and wire, imported by France also chews a large increase, the amount in bars being over 250,000 kilogrammes. Copper ore has also increased, but pig iron shows a remarkable decrease, within the last two years, falling from 43,000,000 to 2,000,000. Coming to the exports, we find that the removal of the Cattle Plague restrictions has shown itself in the number of sheep exported from Holland to the 'United Kingdom, which has risen from 6,000 to 93,000. The cotton exports have also increased greatly from Holland, though not from France or Belgium. The linen exports from Fiance to the United Kingdom have fallen from 286,000 to 47,000 kilogrammes. The exports of raw wool from France, though more than last year, are not much more than half what they were two years ago. One of the most striking changes is in the Belgian export of unwrought lead, which amounted to 273,150 kilogrammes in 1807, and in 1809 is absolutely nil. Table oil has in the two years more than doubled. The cotton yarns exported from Belgium were successively 73,000, 47,000, and 6,000, while the effects of our varying harvests can readily bo tracedll3 the fluotßations of the wheat and camortN, HER MAJESTY. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1314 ; the highest quotation d at• ing the day was 133 ; the lowest, 130. Sterling Exchange on London 108• 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 124 66 " 1885 ll9l' ic " 1867 ll* 10-40 tc 13 5. Illinois Erie 23. Cotton —Ma upland 2 B °' 2e' Petroleum —Stand ar d Whit e 3 di Flour, extra state, $5.95e. to $6.55e. Cool mixed, sl.6e. The Gold Board held no sitting to-day. According to Mr. Adam Moffatt's report n receipts of cotton fo r th e l as t f our d ays have be te 20,000 bales, against 18,000 last week; ship eo to England, 3,000 bales, against 200 ; t ° . 13( 1 Continent, 700 bales, against 600 to France $ . 04 the Continent same ti me l ast week. Mar k e t ( I °l and easier. M.-Upl an d , 12d . cost and f re ight r 6. steamer. CONFLAGRATION AT BORDEAU I ''' ' TWENTY SIIIPS IN FLAMES. c o The following is a copy of a telegram forsO r to by Lloyd's a g e n t a t Bordeaux, at one o'cloc k morning, to M r St ep h enson, S ecretary o f Lloy l : 9 ' " BORDEAUX, Sept. " The harbour is on fire. " Twenty ships are now burning. ~3 ( 1 blt is blowing a hurricane from the Ou t now high water. Age , " Cannot at present es ti ma t e th e ex t en t of u a ,„ fr o as it is impos s ibl e t o c l ear the b urning ves sels the stream. " The fire wa s cause d f rom the ignition of lighter loaded with petroleum." SPAIN. con 2g . MADRID, W . r t. Ap oel The Council of Ministers, under the Pres iu ; it of the Regent, hell a sitting to-day, in /vbi l e r of was agreed to prop ose t o th e C ortes the Pli-jetio Genoa as a candid a t e f or th e vacant throne• t i s t stated that General P r i m w ill i n f orm the °to Progressist and Democ ra ti c f ac ti ons a the 3 " - resolution. bal e All organs of ,th e p ress, w i t h out exce ption , evg received with enthusiasm thedeclaration of OWbo of Portugal, just forwarded in his letter t° to Marquis de Loulie, in which be promised Defer become a candidate for a foreign throne. be o , Strong bands of R e p u bli cans are repor's- A t 030 concentrated in the neighbourhood of Gr 3° o ol Mandrisa, in Catalonia. Troops have bee° to pursue them. c oo A message from Li s b on s t a t es t h a t a c° l3c , has been granted fo r l a yi ng a su b mar i n e cab tween England and Portugal. to The tariff for a telegram of twenty 1 0- s be seven francs. BRAZIL MAIL, 1. Rio D 4 ur:iitO, b ov runner (wails of the fighting in Parag uay Dr. .T been received. _ t Cor ti' Oa the 16th an enga gemen t t oo k place 11 It edf paity, in which 5,000 Paraguyans were d efe , t ber g with a loss of 20 ca nnons . O n the 17th 0 ; 01 0 engagement took plac e , w h en 1,600 Par were again defeated and 12 cannons takell• of 10 Lopez has fled, followed by the remnal lt6 t a'o troops, who are almo s t w ith ou t arm s. c°'l° is pursuing him. The Paraguayans h a d a b an d one d their steamers in the river Mandevira. vb ad- Forty-four British su bj ec t s h a d been --- -e , th tb a Communications had been established WI Allies by the river Mandienza. 13 . . 4 The Provisio na l G overnment a t Aeculici° declared Lopez an outlaw. FRANCE. 00' BOURSE, Sept. 28.—Three o'clock- - O e closed as follows : 8 0 85 1 10 End of month .2 5 'q • 41 r Cent. pe _ _ Bank Itai Shares . 0 ........... .....53 3 per Cent End of month 7O 87} Ottom an Loan *" 4 1 0 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 262 50 Sp anish Threes ••• ...• / Credit Foncier 1695 Home Debt .••••' ..-- Paris Gas 1620 Deferred ......... , Ces' RAILWAYS. 960 k Orleans.. 60 5 Wester .n ....................................... /095 Northern ... ...... 691 Strasburg . ........................ 97 Lyons and. Mediterranean ............... 611 Southern.,... ............... )2 Sardinian ................................. -Iv. Austrian ....................................... DOE Lombard ............................................... 49 North of Spain .............................. 60 Saragossa ................................... ‘°) . t br Roman ............ B e ........... ... ::::::::::' , 40 i0131 PI RHEUMATISM.The medical pro f this are,,,Sfet patients, and all brought in contact wit h :: - . 0 41 " wi scourge upon humanity, are alike puzzled to ; t o I A cause, but all agree about the necessity of Pr ec i t io ,t 0 . •r taken against too sudd en a t ran sition fron3 Prep at tb"cor Most persons well to do in the world 11 0 % 0 0 or fro a3 preaching season, suddenly to leave warts r c ' iro igh t d 00 veyances, and on a lengthened journey th° " hg . 0.00 carriage or railway doors about the lower lintlit tlr o ds slower circulation of the blood there, ha° ts l ll o b or ed b °4o ,l of what is called a railway rug—a clun3 B 9 c° I) in .,jr.-' of cloth, which is generally lost, or is so inuc ost t r i i '/)° ° as to be frequently left at home when ra w er -" l it ° When the journey is over warmth in t b cos i 10 0 usually kept up by exercise, but the 100n , ii iner 5b tag of the frame in their turn bceoine . Lb° 0 ° the seeds of rh euma ti sm; to thr°' L oge o t (just worn on the knees), over the en did P t ili g natural desire, and would be followed °ll oo° (3 ,(0 5 ' grotesque appearance from the blanket -like 110 ,0 5 A cli rug become the inevitable result. ilaPP il l' z , 9 0 PI" th s h a ae l s e ßpautge tion steps in to the rescue, as it would aPP' n ets ":i co upt clot hin g etide, t firm ot and isnuptphleiecsity, vertisements in the public journals, an ° ,,,, T t i c 11 ttaLj rl Irout r ° : o 6 ,:t - c i f;;" with a valuable relief in the form of a dual g a „ : ,t4 lo tIO sale appear to be, that, like many an aoc ie ii , s doer' g i.; country, it is now brought near to every n ut oio Lso r ol; [ADVERTISEMENT. I—HOHOWity'El Pills a. 1 4, to : 1 to i l and so numerous do the 110e;itiat ie dealers namely, t h r o G i g . UuiVersal Curatives.—The disorders p eculi odo cte, o li o are the most delicate and difficult to be. c° , 0 0P:iicio 0 favourable termination, unless they , o btain r uo ] ti oo o f from accredited sources. Upon their ear l Y v b e tW e ssle treatment hangs the momentous question, i s iii or I' i 001 ),, enjoy strength, soundness, and cheerfulnes 9, 0 j0 e5,. 0 0,3 in weakness, disease, and misery. Hollos.vl for tu t ~00, preparations are the most reliable reinecooeiltrosatoot g o weakened or suspended functions. Th° tor At . le , tel‘os be rubbed upon the back and stomach .. too tio oi l , minutes every night and morning till . r? .. ! du ced,' 0 fre B .,f, place, and perfect functional regularity is 'T o ld I),,,etv thus using the ointment, Holloway's and 5' the PI taken, in order to purify tho blood and eleanev Sifffi ,0 1 / 1 1 aria BALMORAL CASTLE, Sept. 2 6 ' The Queen, Prince and Princess Christi! th Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Fri"; Beatrice, with the Ladi es an d G en tl e men waiting, attended Di v i ne serv i ce i n t h e parja b/ church, Crathie. LATEST INTELL MENG% AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW Yor,K, Sept. 28 ' President Grant h as appo i nte d M r. F re d er ick LaA of California United States' Minister to China. The Hamburg and American Company's stetul iul Westphalia arrived out at noon to-day.