The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-15 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS. WORKMEN'S TICKETS, at a Reduced Fare cf Four pence per day, will be issued at Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, Latimer Road, Notting Hill, and Westbourne Park, to Mocrgate Street, and intermediate Stations on the Me tropolitan Line, on and after the Ist December. For full particu'ars see special notices. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce comroodilea valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highlyremunerativeCommission to Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MAJIILISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. HOLBORN THEATRE.ROYAL. Sole Lessee and Manager. BARRY SULLIVAN . THIS EVENING-. at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of THE BATH ROAD. At 7.45, Lovell's celebrated Play (in five acts), of LOVE'S SACRIFICE; Mr Barry Sullivan ; Messrs. George Honey, J. C Cowper, Charles Horsman, Lin Rayne, Lnnt, Dyas, Arthur, Ae.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Bignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Mrs. C. TTnrsman. Ate. To conclude with STATE SECRETS. Ppincipal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—Amoitv SuLLIVAN G 1 OBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. Immense success of the new Comic Drama. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY : Miss Lydia Foote, Mr Henry Neville. At 7.45, Mr. Byron's new and original Comic Drama, in three acts, written by himself, entitled NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple, Mr. H. J. Hymn. To conclude with THE GOOS K WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS: Mr J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. A new Burlesque, by Mr. Henry J. Byron, in which Miss any Josephs will appear, is in active preparation. f) 0 YAL STRAND THEATRE. It Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Cltrke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which, INO; Messrs Thorne. James, Fenton, Turner Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, (to. 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The results show a considerable rurplu; in the Life branch, amounting in the whole to £198,450. JOHN H. M'LAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in Lor.don. "TliE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN.° BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES, BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, hr all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and HON'S. An immerse assortment of WINTER CLOTRIN% in all the newest designs and materials, at E. ➢MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19s. to y. BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. 641. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs ar.d the must fashionable materials. 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 lie accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. • Any article not worn or injured will be 3heerfully exchenzed. or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats in:l Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is un 3qualled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. 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 a nd SON'S Establishment.; are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evenincr at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be snoke Tailors, Ilabitmaken.4, Woollen rapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot end Shoe Manufac turers, and General Ou 1 f ltcr ; for an Classes. The following aro the only addresses of B. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON- ROAD, Country Branch BRADFORD, TORKSIIIRE. THE CHEAPEST DIARY EVER PUBLISHED. POCKET DIARY FOR 187 0, containing the following useful information:— _ Almanack _ Corporation of London Transfer Days of Public Funds Postal Information Weights and Measures List of Bankers stamp Duties Army and Navy Agents Foreign Moneys Cab Fares Ministers of State Beady Reckoner . _ Afso A DIARY, arranged na the - m - 04 approved plan, and neatly , printed on good writing parer, Price One Penny, or rest-tree for Twopence. E. MOSES and SON, MINOR IFS and A I.DrIATE, NEW OXFORD-STREET. } LONDON, TOTTEN TTAM-COU T-ROAD. And BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. To be obtained also at the Metropolitan Railway and other Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co. f 011 N GOSIOLT, and CO.'S CHERRY tfl TooTIE PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder: Rives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from &cu . . and imparts a nlnernnt fraerance to thn breath. Price la. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thamsg-street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGTJA. ANIARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine line, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO: have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, end-corded in perfect- In!: this wonr. +rful licini4l. It is now offered to the public it. a mom concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55.. 7s. Gd., and 15$. each includine brnxh. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passeage, 93, Upper Thames street London. I.C. THEATRE ROYAL. 1)1t RY iiANE. cote Lessee and Manfwer. Mr. F. 7.. Chntt.rton. THIS EVEN:NO, at PELLE. OF TT'r, KITCHEN. At 8, FOPMOSA. new four-net Drama. by Dion Boueiennit: Nfessrs. Barrett. A. bring, David Fisher, Brittnin Wright. Rouse: Mrs Killington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Role Lessee, Mr. Beekstrme. THIS EVENING, at Seven, FOUNDED ON FACTS. Mr Compton. At a Quarter to Eight, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buekstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buekstone, jun.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam„ Miss C. Hill, &e. Conclndinz with (by desire) HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS : Mr Kendal. Mr Buckstone, Mr Howe, Miss F. Wright, and Miss F. Gwynne. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. THE LONG STRIKE: Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs A. Stirling, G. Belmore, J. G. Taylor, W. ltignold, Miss Furtado, &c. To conclude with LOST AT SEA: Mr U. Belmore, Mr A. 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TEE LAT,.EST EDITION of "THE SUN finpplini 1 as soon as published. contain ing alltheLATEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by n W Newsparer Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. frHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," giving all the SPORTIN G NEWS of the day, may be seen at JEM iY MA N TON'S house, " Tho Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.O THE LATEST EDMON cf " THE SUN" mny be seen nt Fight n'elerk every Evening nt Mr. J. NYATORTie, the Oxfcrd Arm?, High-street. Camden-town rIIE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W ALEXA'DER (Int:, Brooks), Newspaper Agent, .No. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street 9111}; LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as published, every Evening, by S. WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western District, 24, Delancey-street, Camden town. N NV I I IIE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen in the Coffee Room, at the "Southampton Arms," High street, Camden-town, where all Sporting and I'olitical events aro freely discussed. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. TIHE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at t W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN'' at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellingtonistraet, 3 rand. town. IMPERIAL 011 . 0 MAN LOAN, 1869. For £12,000,000 Sterling Money, or Francs 300,000,000 effective. Authorised by Firman of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan. To be issued in Bonds to bearer of .£2.0, £lOO, and £560 each, bearing interest at Six per Cent. por annum, from Ist October, 1869, payable half-yearly in London in sterling, in Paris, and Constantinople. The Loan is to be redeemed in Thirty-three Years by an accumulative Sinking Fund of One per Cont. per Annum, the Bonds to be publicly drawn by lot, semi annually in Paris, in the usual manner, and paid off at par in Constantinople, in Paris, or in Loudon in sterling. The Dividends of this Loan, as well as the Bonds drawn for redemption, are, by a special clause in the Convention. declared by the Ottoman Government to be now, and at any future time, exempt from every kind of Tax, Charge, or Deduction. 1. Idesrs. Louis Cohen and Sons are authorised by the Contractors to receive Subscriptions in London for the shove Loan, at the price of £6O les. for each £lOO Stock. 2. The Bonds will be to bearer, and will carry interest, until cancelled, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, pay able half-yearly, on the Ist of April and the Ist of Octo ber in each year at Constantinople. at the Office of the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris, in Paris, and in sterling at the London Agency of the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris, London. The first payment of interest will become due on the Ist of April, 1870. 3. The Loan will be redeemed at par in thirty-three years, from Ist October, 1869, by means of an Accumu lative Sinking Fund of one per cent. per annum. The Bonds will be publicly drawn by lot in Paris in the usual manner in the months of March and September in each year, and the bonds so drawn will be payable on the suc ceeding Ist April and Ist October in London, in British sterling, and in Paris and Constantinople, when the in terest thereon will cease. As the definitive Bonds may not be ready for delivery before the month of March next the first drawing will take place in September, 1870, and will comprise an amount equal to the two first-half-yearly drawings. 4. This Loan is secured on the general revenues of the Ottoman Empire, and by a lien on the following revenues, which are specially appropriated for the payment of in terest and principal, as follows : To the amount of 1. The tithes of the provinces of Aleppo and Adana, Syria, Janina, Trebizond, Koniah,and of the Islands of theArchi _ pelago . . £1.015 , 000 2. lite tithes of the province of Iludavin diguar (District of Broussa, &c.) 3. The tithes of the province of Bosnia (with the exception of the district of Yeni Bazar) 4. The tithes of the province of Adin and Menteche 105,000 5. The surplus of the taxes on sheep, &c 540,000 6. The revenues of Bagdad 225,000 Total .C 2,375,000 to meet the annual charge of interest and sinking fund of the Loan of about £1,560,000. _ _ _ Detailed statements have been received from the Otto man Government of the al ove revenues, which show that they have been continuously increasing for the past three years, and amount to the full sum for which they aro ap propriated. 5. The Oitoman Government guarantee these appro priated revenues to be free from any prior charge, and the same are stipulated to be paid over on collection, by the Agents of the Ottoman Government, into the hands of the Contractors or their representative, until they amount to the annual sum requisite to perform the service of interest and sinking fund of the Loan, and to be remitted to the Contractors at the charg of the Government to Paris ; so that each half-year, at least one month before the matu rity of each semi-annual payment of interest and redemp tion, the Contractors may be in possession in Paris of the requisite funds for such paymant. 6. The Bonds of the present Loan will be accepted by the Ottoman Government at par, as equal to Turkish metallic legal curreccy, in satisfaction for any caution monies, which may hereafter bo deposited for all engage ments with the Government. __ _ 7. The payments by Subscribers will be as follows:- 5 per Cent. on Application. 10 per Cent. on Allotment -15 per Cent. on 31st January, 1870. 15 per Cent. on Ist March, 1870. deducting dividend Dllance 15 10s. per Cent. on Ist of 3 per cent. less April, 1870 English Income Tax. .£OO 10s. In default of payment of the respestivo instalments at their due dates previous payments will be liable to for feiture. In cases where no allotment is made the deposit will be returned without deduction ; and where an allot ment is made of an amount smaller than that applied for the surplus deposit will be applied towards the amount payable on allotment. 8. Subscribers may on allotment, or on any subsequent Monday or Thursday, anticipate the future instalments under discount at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. . . 9. The accrued interest from - Ist October, 1869, and the discount on anticipating the instalments render the price of issue equivalent to abcut 51 per cent. Taking into consideration the reimbursement cf the Bonds at 100, by means of the Sinking Fund, the return to the Sub scribers will 1e equal to about 1l per cent. per annum. 10. Scrip receipts to bearer will be issued by Messrs. Louis Cohen and Sons against allotment letters and re ceipts, as soon as possible. These Scrip receipts will, after payment in full, Le exclvuged for Bonds to bearer, as soon as they are received from the Turkish Govern ment. 11. Applications must be made on the annexed Form, and will be received by— Messrs. Louis he rn Con and Sons, 23, Throfforton _.._. street, E.C.; The London Agency of the bomptoir d'Escompte de Paris, 144, Leadenhall-street, E.C. ; and Messrs. P. Cazonove and Co., Brokers to the Loan, 52, Threadneedle-street, E.C. ; from all of whom Forms of Application may be obtained. 12. The Subscription List will be open on the 15th, 16th, and 17th December, but no application will be re ceived in London after three o'clock on Friday, 17th December. Applications from the country posted on the 17th instant will be received. 13. Subscription Lists for the Loan will be opened simulttneousl2,- in Constantinople, London, Paris, Amster dam, Berlin, and Hamburg; but Scrip Certificates issued in respect of London allotments can only be paid on, and exchanged for, Bonds in London. Certified copies of the Imperial Firman for the Loan will be deposited at the Bank of England, and copies of the documents may be inspected at the office of Messrs. W. and H. P. Sharp, 92, Gresham House Old Broad-street. 23, Throgmorton-street, E.G., 13t1 ;December, 1869. IMPERIAL OTTOMAN SIX PER CENT. LOAN OF 1869. No _ LETTER OF APPLICATION, To be left with the Bankers, after payment of tho Pre liminary Deposit to them of 5 per cent. on the nominal amount applied f r. Messrs. Louis Cohen and Sons, London. Gentlemen,—Having paid to the London and Westmin ster Bank, Lothbnry, the sum of C request you to allot to Pounds Stock in the above Loan, on the terms of the Prospectus issued by you; and hereby agree to accept that or any smaller sum which may be allotted to , and to pay the instalments thereon accord ing to the terms of your prospectus of the 13th Decem ber, 1869 Your obedient Servant, Signature Name in full Address in full Date December, 1869. I Addition to be filled up if the Applicant wishes to pay in full.) desire to pay up subscription in full, receiv ing discount thereon at the rate of £6 per cent, per an num. Signatnr© BANKERS' RECEIPT, To be Retained by the Applicant, after being Signed by the Bankers. December, 1869. Received of the sum of pounds sterling, being the deposit on application for an allotment of in the Imperial Ottoman Six per Cent. Loan .of 1869. For the London and Westminster Bank. X ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. TILE DIRECTORS have now the pleasure of submitting the following statement, showing he financial position of the Company : The CAPITAL available for the purpose of meeting any unusual calamity happening to the assured is Two MILLIoNS STERLING. The amount actually paid up is £288,495. This, with the accumulated funds in hand, exceeds £1,800,000. For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se curities belonging to the Company are annually submitted to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditors, and the following is an extract from their report to the last annual meeting: " The whole of your books have been audited ; every document, every tic - count, every voucher, your bank-book, and every security—all have been most carefully kept, and there is not one doubtful security in the whole." A 'detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as already published, may be obtained on application. An independent valuation of the Life Liabilities, as at 31st Deevinber, 1868, has also been obtained from Mr. Fawucl Brown, the result being—. LIFE LIABIT. (Number, General Life As sum uces, les, re• Assurance , 13,844 Cbildren's En dowments 207 Annuities (Im mediate and Deferred) 421 Total 1 14,472 Surplus 1.£177,622 :X198,450 TIES AND ASSETS. I A SSIIIII2ICCti Accumn lated Fund £765,021 21,260 137,514 f 5923,825 .£942,643 2.?,287 156,145 LC1,122,975 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1869 TH EA TRE - ROYAL DRURY- L ANE. (foie Lessee and - Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. This EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN, At 8, FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, II Irving, David Fisher, Britt:tin, Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brannan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORE )WED PLUMES . :4 , • • . 2 , . 1. 7,4 - ' * t s't • ' LONDON, TVEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, 1859. Blackheath claims the credit of initiating a much needed practical reform. How to deal with our vagrants is one of the most perplexing entanglements of the gordian knot of metropolitan pauperism. Our streets are crowded with beggars, shivering in the cold, apparently starving in the midst of plenty, beseeching our aid in tones of piteous wretchedness, or silently reproaching our warmth and comfort with hol low eyes. Nl' e give liberally,and are rewarded by learn ing that the class of worthless idlers is steadily on the increase, and that sturdy vagrants, who fail to obtain the full amount they need, do not scruple to exact it by force or by threats from the timid or the helpless. Hardened by these revelations we resolve, not without reason, to refuse eve! y chance appeal, and the next news we hear is that a man has been eight days without food, and finally died in the workhouse that an emaciated woman, unable to nurse her child, has laid it on a doorstep to die. It has often been said that it is better to give to a hundred undeserving than to refuse relief to one case of real distress, but the mischief is that the one by no me ma prevents the other ; all the while these unfortunates are fainting and dying by the wayside the profes sional beggar is reaping his harvest, the tramps are busy in the suburbs, and the whole aystetn of living at the expense of the charitable is in full opera tion. But the street- beggar's days are, we may hope, numbered. Associations are being set on foot which meet the difficulties of the case by a system of ticket giving. The tickets are taken to some office in the parish, where immediate relief, in the shape of plain food, is given to the applicant, and a rigid inquiry instituted into the case. Such an organisation has been at work for the last twelve month in Blackheath, its first anniversary meet ing b2iug held yesterday evening, under the pre sidency of the Earl of LICHFIELD. In the year the society has done good work, relieving 2,002 applicants in the first six months. We may guess from this to what an extent the begging sys tem prevailed in the favoured locality of Blackheath, since we must, of course, add to this number a large amount of undeserving and therefore unrelieved cases, besides those who received tickets, but did not choose to have their claims upon pubic compassion investigated too closely. How great was the vigilance necessary to distinguish between the applicants may be gathered from the fact that in the month of October last the number of applicants suddenly rose to 169. The society were puzzled by this phenomenon, but a little inquiry brought the cause of it to light. The tramps were returning to their winter quarters from their summer visits to the watering places ! The profes sion is sometimes hereditary, and the parish register of a town in the north has the names of families who had pursued the honourable calling of " solicitors" since the days of ELIZABETH. Such is the testi mony of the Rev. Mr. 'TART of Blackheath, who is, nevertheless, not without hope that the tramp may be eradicated from England. This desirable end will not, however, be accom plished until associations like the society of Black heath are extensively organized throughout the coun try. However much our Poor-law may be reformed or the administration of public relief improved upon, we can never dispense with the volunteer element in a task which is, after all, something more than a mere matter of political economy—the relief of suf fering and distress. SOME of our M.P's. have during the past summer visited Ireland. They have done well. The Rhine, the Alps, and the Isthmus of Suez, may be more attractive, though Ireland possesses natural beauties far beyond the conception of most persons. For British legislators, about to deal with the most diffi cult political problem which has been presented to this generation to solve, it was highly expedient that they should endeavour to obtain a personal know ledge of the condition of the country in whose behalf they will shortly have to legislate. It is not often that personal knowledge is so easily obtained. Most political questions are more or less abstract. This one is intensely practical. For that reason there ought to be little room for party conflicts ; it is a question pre-eminently outside party, and ought to be settled purely on its own merits by a body bound before all things to do the best that is just and possible for the country, whose condition is a standing impeachment of legislative wisdom. Two M.P.'s have just published the results of their investigations. Mr. BERNHARD SAMUELSON, M.P. for Banbury, has written some admirable letters, which he has republished in the form of a little bound pamphlet of forty-four pages. Mr. PETER MCLAGAN, M.P. for Linlithgowshire, has written a pamphlet of about double that size on Land Tenure and Land Culture. Both gentlemen have especial reasons for being interested in the matter, Mr. MCLAGAN as a farmer, Mr. SAMUELSON as one of the largest agricultural implement-makers in the world. The one would notice more particularly the present modes of farming, the other would estimate the chances of agricultural development in its highest form, which we take to be that of treating the land as a manufactory for turning out the largest amount of produce at the least cost. Of course both gentlemen would see that the financial element is not the only one, that the social element is very largely present in the Irish land question. Yet it may be taken as a sound principle of political economy that ' the best solution of the question from the social point of view is that which will also yield the largest financial results. It is with very mingled feelings that we read Mr. SAMUELSON'S description of land tenure. We confess we had thought that the time of wholesale evictions had been long past, and that the S c lILLY tragedy of last year was an altogether exceptional case. It was by no means exceptional. Within two miles of Tuam, Mr. SA3IIIELSON saw the only remaining tenant of a group of seventeen whose little dwellings erected by them selves were destroyed in 1867. The tenant's own was saved at the intercession of a friend; but for that there would have been another "agrarian outrage." In Galway market Mr. SAMUELSON met one of twelve tenants who were evicted near Oughterarde in 1864. Nearly all were solvent and bad paid their rents, when they received notice to quit. Those who had the means offered to pay the arrears of the few insolvents and to become bound for them in future. They could not believe that they would be evicted until their homes were destroyed, and they remained on the roadside with their families for two months with out any shelter but that of a bit of canvas. When asked why they did not go to the workhouse, the man replied, " Because we were not paupers, and would not be degraded to their level." Mr. SAMUEL SON adds that he will not repeat what was told him by eye-witnesses of the proceedings this summer of a nobleman on his estates in Donegal, for the state ment would not be believed ; and yet the evidence is unimpeachable, and can lead to no other con clusion than that the nobleman in question is insane. These evictions have possibly been checked by Rib bonism, and, if so, it is difficult to say which is worse, the disease or the remedy. But there is no guarantee that the malady will not break out again directly the terror which Ribbonism inspires is removed. There are estates where a notice to quit is printed on the back of each half-year's receipt for rent, so that the tenants are under perpetual notice. In the agreements for yearly tenancies, which the tenants on a certain property are forced to sign, the landlord, besides reserving the imposition of enormous fines, by way of liquidated damages, for certain breaches of covenant, claims that "all the top-dressing, compost, or manure of any kind remain ing on the land at the termination of the occupancy shall belong to the landlord," a previous covenant having forbidden their removal during the occupancy, under a penalty of £5 per load. Arbitrary evictions, ruinous covenants, often to be avoided only by bribing the agent of the landlord—such are the two chief evils under which the Irish tenant now groans. It is at once disgraceful and encouraging that this should be so. It is disgraceful because no man ought to be at the mercy of another ; it is encouraging because it explains the deep-seated discontent of the Irish tenantry, and gives good reason for hoping that we may shortly remove it. Into other points of this land question Mr. SAMUELSON has entered very fully. He shows that it is a great mistake to suppose, as is generally asserted, that Ireland is overpopulated, or that it is not a corn-growing country. lle goes so far as to say that one thing which we have to do is to re people Ireland. At present there are not enough hands to get through the farm work. The original wages of agricultural labourers have increased 40 per cent. in ten years. Sheavers in Kildare receive some times as much as 7s. a day ; women receive 3s. and their food for tying up the sheaves at harvest time. Even at the highest rate, a Dublin farmer finds it impossible to obtain men really competent for harvesting. When it is remembered that there are five millions of acres suitable for til lage which are now in grass, and that this change would increase the demand for labour as well as the value of agricultural produce in Ireland by 10 or 12 millions sterling, it will be admitted that, startling as Mr. SAMUELSON'S asser tion seems, it is not made without good reason. Beyond this the mineral resources of the country have to be developed. The geological survey, although it has made very small progress, has clearly shown that there is a considerable amount of mineral wealth in the country. Altogether Mr. SAMUELSON believes that the island has great capabilities, and that there is a brilliant future in store for her if we will only do our duty to her. That is a condition essential to the fulfilment of this fair vision. And what is our duty ? First and foremost to give the tenant reasonable security. Let us, if we will, afford small capitalists every facility for becoming small landowners, but that is not the most pressing need. This is to secure tenants from capricious evictions and unreasonable covenants. Already there prevails throughout the country a u.3age which is generally admitted by the landlords. But the evil is, that it is not compulsory upon them, and that so long as it is not compulsory no tenant feels himself safe, or is safe. The remedy is, in Mr. SA3ItELSON ' S opinion, and also, we imagine, in Mr. McLAGAN'S—although he does not approve of the arrangement on politico-economical grounds— to give to the custom of tenant-right in Ulster the force of law. If the tenant had notice to quit he would then be able to demand the purchase of his tenant-right by the landlord. That, says Mr. SAMUELSON, should be based upon the existing rent. The valuation might be made by local valuers, and there might be an umpire appointed by public authority. In this way any case of extremely low or extremely high rents would be rectified at once. All permanent improvements would be considered by the valuers to belong to the tenant unless it were shown that he had been compen sated for them. The counter-demand of compulsory purchase by the landlord, on the part of the tenant, as a check upon the demand of an undue increase of rent, would be a simple and effective remedy against the confiscation of the tenant's interest. No tenant farm, and wou ld ra th er pay a likes to give up his moderate increase of rent than surrender possession. On the other hand, a landlord will hesitate before he asks an unreasonable rent or disturbs a solvent tenant, if he knows that he will have to pay the full market value of the farm, and, in the event of capricious or tyrannical resumption, probably something more. Altogether Mr. SAmuELSON'S proposal seems to us a very near approach to a satisfactory settlement. We are pleased to find that his personal investigations have brought him to the same conclusion a.& we reached several months ago, and that he now, as we did then, considers that the existing Ulster tenant .right forms the basis of the settlement of this g reat question. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) • AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW Yonic, Dec. 14. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PBICES. Gold closed at 121/ ; ,the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1221; the lowest, 121/. Sterling Exchange on L0nd0n............ 1081. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ................... 1141. '4 .- 64 " 1885 ................... 113. 44 " 1867 ................... 1151. 10-40 " ......................... 110. Illinois Erie ........... Cotton—Mid. upland ......................• 251 c. Petroleum—Stand a rd White .............. 31c. Flour, extra state, $5.10c. to $5.70c. Corn, old mixed, $1.12c. According to Messrs. Moffatt, Davidig, and Co.'s report the receipts of cotton for the last four days, at all ports, have been 56,000 bales ; shipments to England, 27,000 bales ; to France, 3,000 bales ; an 1 to the Continent, 8,000 bales, Mid.lling, 11 3-la, cost anti freight per steamer. 11.0.1rAx, Dec. 14. The Inman Royal Mail steamer arrived here at 3 p.m. to-day. All IV ell. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 14. Thl North German Lloyd's steamship Ohio, from Baltimore on the Ist inst., en route for Bre men, has arrived here, with 23 passengers and a full cargo. BOMBAY MAIL. MESSINA, Dec. 14. The Peninstgar and Oriental Company's steamer Massilia passed Messina at 4 p.m. to-day en route for Marseilles. SUEZ, Dec. 14. The Bengal left at 11 a.m. and the Surat at 2 p.m. to-day for Bombay and Calcutta respectively. BRINDISI, Dec. 14. The Adriatic and Oriental Company's steamer Cairo, 78 hours from Alexandria, has arrived here with 72 passengers. Letters will be delivered in London on Friday evening. THE BRAZILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 15. The Royal Mail steamship Douro, from the Brazils, arrived here this morning with 76 passen gers, £40,183 in specie, and 2,800 packages of cargo. The Argentine Minister had left Buenos Ayres for Brazil, on a mission, it is sail, to take pre liminary steps for the withdrawal of his Govern ment from the Paraguayan struggle. The Argentine Cabinet views with regret the continuance of the campaign, now that the legi timate objects of the triple alliance have been obtained. The position of the belligerent forces was not known. Lopez was supposed to be in the moun taing, with the Brazilians following him. The rivers have fallen suddenly, and vessels laden with army supplies were aground. The heat was intense. Some members of the Brazilian Cabinet have urged the abandonment of the war, but the Em peror has resolved to continue operations until Lopez has been captured or driven into exile. Should the present Ministry decline to continue the war, another will be called. The Government of Monte Video have allowed all exiled prisoners to return, except Gen. Flores. 'rite very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tins EVzNiNG, at 7 o'clock, FOUNDED ON FACTS; Mr Comp!on. After which, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone. Concluding with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS: Mr Buckstone, Mr Kendall, Jliss F. Wright, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tins EVENING, at 7, TAE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Sir G. Belmore, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr Tifoold 31i• s Furtado, &c. Followed by LOST AT SEA : lir G. Belmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. H. Stephenson, Miss B. Leclercq. and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. TIM; EvitsiNcl. at 7, A HOUSEHOLD I` I .(Y. At ". , 5. NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And THE GOOSE WITH TILE GULDEN EGGS: Mr J. Clarke and Mrs Stephens. TH EATRE - ROTA L, ITOLB 0 RN. Tars EVEvING, at Trip. BATH ROAD. At 7.45. LOVE'S SA CRIFICeI : Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Bermanu Vezin, And STATE SECRETS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanhoroug . h. lens EVENING. at 7.30. AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And ISO. Concluding with THE CHOPS 01' THE CHANNEL. CII RISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hell, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and S all the year round. ZDOLOGICAL GARDENS, Bogert's-park. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelTe, M. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of CO. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 14.—Three o'clock—The mark( t closed as follows : per Cent. End of month — 1 per Cent End of month._ 73 15 Cr6dit Mobilier 210 Transatlantic 247 50 Credit Formic'. _1670 Paris Gas 1635 - - RAILWA' Bank Shares 2850 Itkl'an wives 55 20 Austrian Fives - Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 45 30 Spanish Threes Dome Debt 22 Deferred Cash Orleans Western Northern t , sBi 636 i 11321 Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Soutliern..... 594 Sarditdan - Austrian Lombard .522} North of Spain Saragossa Roman 4sf POLICE IN7 ELLIG ENCE.-71as Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SHAM COMMISSIONAIRES.— Jeremiah M'Crossan, de scribed as a messenger, was brought before Mr. TyrwLitt on a warrant, charged with fraudulently imitating the dress of a commissionaire, ho not being authorized so to do. Sergeant Thomas Gover, 19 C, said that on the 19th of October last he saw the prisoner in Bond-street, wearing the uniform authorized by the Commissioner of Police to be worn by the commissionaires, and having cautioned him on previous occasions, told him be should report, and ho did so, and the prisoner was summoned to appear at that court. Ho did not attend, and a warrant was issued. He afterwards went to the prisoner's lodgings, and found he was ill, but he promised to surrender in a few days. He, however, did not do so, but absconded. Mr. J. E. Turner, the assistant-adjutant of the corps said the prisoner was not an authorized commissionaire. He had been in the corps, but left it 6 mouths ago. The prisoner—a one-arm man—said he got a suit of clothes of his own and to earn a livelihood for himself and wife, and he thought it hard he was not allowed to do so. Mr. Turner said the prisoner knew he was acting ille gally, as he was in court when a man named Crawley was fined by Mr. Knox for a similar thing. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was distinctly laid down in the Traffic IlPgulation Act that every person, not being an authorised commissionairp, who fraudulently put on or imitates the dress of an authorised cor.imissionaire, shall for each offence be liable to a penalty of 40s. He should fine the prisoner Bs. and costs this time, but for the future the fine would be 40s. WESMINST ER. CITY AILAIIS.—Threo boys named Warren, Hickman, and Scott, aged 11, 10, and 11, were charged with stealing a bottle of spice. George Fenham, traveller to Mr. Richard Twaite, said that he was delivering goods for his master at the Guards' Institute, near Francis-street, Westminster, last evening, when he suddenly missed a bottle of spice from his cart. Prisoners were described as the persons who had stolen it, and were subsequently captured. Another witness proved seeing the prisoners near the cart, and subsequently captured Warren. Walter Barrell, a detective, proved that the prisoners were chased to some arches in a street about to be formed at Pimlico. They were then seated round a fire which they had kindled, and near which was found a bushel of coke. On the approach of the police they scampered off, but Warren was overtaken. He denied the charge and accused Hickman, who in his turn said it was Scott, and they were taken. There were marks of spice about the clothes of one of them. Mr. Arnold—lt's a pity these arches are not closed. Constablo—There is a high hoarding up, but those boys get in and out of a small hole they have made. They set us at defiance, for the hole is so small we cannot got through it. They keep this fire going, and they have seats round it. Mr. Arnold—Whore do they got the fuel from? Constable—Steal it, I suppose. Mr. Arnold told the mothers of the boys that they wore on the read to ruin, and said he should require their fathers' sureties for their good behaviour. THAMES. SMUGGLING. —Joseph Ransom, aged 45 years, shipwright, of No. 5, Adelaide-road, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with smuggling 115 lbs. of manufactured tobacco, by which ho had incurred a penalty of £lOO. Mr. Graham, from the Customs Solicitor's office, pro • secuted on the part of the Crown ; Mr. Gomm defended the prisoner. On the night of Sunday, 17th of last month, a police constable, named Robert Newstead, saw a horse and cab pull up in a lane leading to the river in the Manchester road, Isle of Dogs, Poplar, and suspecting something wrong he concealed himself, and soon afterwards throe men, of whom the prisoner was one, came from the direc tion of the river. They each carried a bag containing something bulky, which were put into the cab, and it was driven away. The police-constable stopped the cab, and the prisoner threw ono of the bags and its contents into a garden, and it was recovered by Newstead. Another bag was found in the cab. It contained 751bs. of tobacco ; the other held 581bs. of tobacco. Two of the men escaped One of them was captured, and on the following day, and in default of paying £lOO, was sentenced to four months imprisonment in the House of Correction. The police constable arrested the prisoner last night, and said he was one of the men engaged in the smuggling transaction. Henry Nunnery, a cab driver, said he was engaged by a man on the night in question, who said ho was to take up three men in the Manchester-road with their bags of clothes, and convey them from Manchester-road to North street, Poplar, and there leave them. The prisoner was one of the three men, and he threw one of the bags over a garden-wall when the policeman stopped the cab. Mr. Graham asked for a remand, and said he intended to apply for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the body of Jameson, now in the House of Correction, to give evi dence against the prisoner. Remanded until Saturday. Colonel A. A'Court Fisher, C. 8., R.E., Instruc tor in Surveying at the School of Military Engi neering at Chatham, has been presented with a handsome silver centrepiece by the officers of the garrison, in recognition of his services in obtaining for the military at Chatham the great boon of a recreation-ground. MIL WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MORNING. EVENING WEDNI:sDAY 50 inin past 11 3o,iniu past 12 TnunsDAY.....,.. ~,,,,,,,12 min past 12 34 min past 12 FhIDAY 53 min past 12 12 min past 1 SATURDAY 33 min past 1 54 min past 1 SUNDAY 12 min past 2 30 min past 2 _ . MONDAY 54 min past 2 10 min past 3 TUESDAY. 30 min past 3 50 min past 3 WORKING OFF POLITICAL RA NCO UR At the annual meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the Irish Society, held on Monday evening, in Liverpool, one of the speakers (the Rev. G. S. Potter, of SheffieLl) who declared himself a thorough party man and an Orangeman, delivered aviolent political speech, denouncing Mr. Gladstone,and stating that his hour of punishment wa. , near. The rev. gentlemon was loudly cheered. Two at lcasi of the other clergymen who were on the platform did not agree with the meeting being turaco into a political affair, as one, the Pnv. IL Martin, Laid. i n entering on politics they entered An debateable ground and reminded the meeting that the object of the society was to win souls to Christ. The ether, the IZev. Loraine, remarked that the time had gene past for political hostility and controversy on the Irish Church question and that it was not expedient to speak too much on tin political question from the platform of the Irish Society. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND IRELAND. In a speech made at Belfast the other day, the Duke of Manchester spoke of the Prince of Wales and Ireland His Grace attributed the absence of his Royal highness from that island to his pecuniary difficulties, and declare.' that in saying what he did he spoke with authority, for he had had repeated conversations with the Prince about the matter. The London correspondent of the Scotsman says that the Duke's indiscreet language has given great offence in the highest quarters. It has been surmised that the Duke would not have presumed tc speak as he did without direct authority from the Prince of Wales; but, so far from this being the case, his Royal Highness is much annoyed that such a statement should have been attributed to him, and repudiates it entirely. II is no secret of course that the expenses connected with the position which the heir-apparent has now to occupy are, for various reasons, much greater than was calculated when his household was first established ; but this has never been put forward by his Royal Highness as an excuse for not visiting Ireland. Ono of the principal difficulties it is believed, in the way of his doing so relates to the Vice royalty. Some awkwardness in regard to etiquette would bo apt to arise if the Prince were to go otherwise than as a guest to the Castle; and he has naturally delicacy in sub jecting the Lord-Lieutenant to the costly honour of a State reception. "JQIIN CHINAMAN." Mr. Albert Richardson, of the New Fork Daily Tribune whose assassination has created so much excitement in New York, is the author of an article on " John China• man," which appears in the December number of, the Atlantic Monthly. Mr. Richardson gives an entertaining account of John's rise and progress in the States, crediting him with most varied ablilities. He began, ho says as a house servant, and still finds most of his employ ment in that capacity. As a natural cook lie has no equal, except in the Frenchman. Ho is ready to sweep, to make beds, and to walk of errands —for John is deliberate, and seldom runs. Intrust children to his care, and lie will dandle them in his arms, or trundle them in their carriages, or amuse them with playthings, with the same calmness, sobriety, andratience which he would bring to the building of the Great Wall. Labour is so abundant in his native country that he has been taught to do everything with the nicest carefulness, with the most absolute thoroughness. He is mighty in the laurulry. He does up shirts like an artist, and never forgets to sew on the buttons. A Chinese laundry near the writer's hotel in Sacramento was never closed by night or day, or on Sunday. As a miner the Chinaman is remarkable for his perseverance. In vain did the State impose an extra and unjust tax upon him; he paid it—when lie was obliged to—and continued to work like a beaver. In vain did white men drive him out when he found a rich load. He only fell back to delve away in some abandoned placer; and if he earned $1 a day he would save more money in the course of a year than the American who took out $5 from richer diggings. But he could not be exclusively house-servant, washer man, and miner. Gradually he took up other pursuits. He proved extremely useful as a farm hand ; and he has pressed more and more into that employment. Democratic politicians in California who used to cry " nigger " are now crying " Chinaman " instead, but they nevertheless, are very ready to employ John in vineyard, household, store, and factory. The Pacific Railway has been one of John's most remarkable achievements. When the work was first undertaken, white labour was not merely costly, it was unattainable, and Chinamen were accordingly brought in. At first the hostility to them was so strong that it was necessary to give them military protection until their numbers enabled them to defend themselves. At last 12,000 were working upon the road. But for them, the locomotive world would not have rolled across the continent for two years yet. The company, after four years of trial, reported that they had proved nearly as efficient as Irish labourers for the hardest kind of work, and far more tractable and trustworthy. Strikes, drunken brawls, bloody riots, were all unknown among them. They did, without question, murmur, or delay, whatever they were told to do. But railways are not the only thing in which John has distinguished himself in these parts. John makes boots and shoes, and clothing, and all the cigars that are manufactured in California. He ped dles fish, fruit, and vegetables. He finds abundant employment in the great vineyards and orchards. Give him a cluster of grapes or a pear for a sample, and he will pluck from trees or vines all fruit at the same stage of ripeness, with the greatest precision. The low rate of wages for which a Chinaman works renders him a formi dable rival to the American workmen, who are conse quently bitterly hostile to him, and have hitherto opposed his advance in the highly-skilled industries for which his patience and skill in handicraft especially fit him What manner of man is he? Very black of hair, very low of stature, and not a thing of beauty. In laughter he shows his gums horribly. But ho is seldom The Man Who Laughs, except among his own mates. With Americans, when he is not addressed, he is immovably serene, silent, and serious. He is a born gambler. Whatever his age or condition, g ames o f chance—with ludicrously trifling stakes—possess a wild fascination for him. Every California town has its Chinese quarter ; every Chinese quarter abounds in gambling-houses. On the subject of opium, too, the variance between his theory and his practice reveals the human nature strong within him. Opium-smoking, ho invariably avers, is bad, very bad; and yet, six out of every seven idlers whom one meets on an evening walk through the Chinese quarter bear indelible evidence of the habit written on their jaded, ghastly faces. John is gregarious, and loves to dwell in towns but always refuses if he can to sleep in his employer's house, so that he may spend the evenings with his friends in the Chinese quarter. He prizes the pennies, and an offer of half a dollar more per month may take him away from a house hold to which he seemed warmly attached. In general morality, quietness, and tractableness, he ranks higher than servants of any other nationality. Naturally, many of the immigrants to America belong to the most ignorant and poorest class, yet the percentage of Chinamen convicted of crime in California and Nevada is much smaller than that of foreigners in general; little larger than that of the native born population. Furthermore, the Six Companies, to some one of which John always belongs, exercise such paternal care, that no:Chineso beggar is ever seen in the streets of San Francisco, and no Chinese patient in the public hospitals. And the first Chinaman unable to read his own language has yet to make his appearance in Cali- fornia. Mr. Poulett Somerset, M.P. for Monmouthshire, is said to be very unwell. The Record declares that other bishops besides Dr. Wordsworth of Lincoln are contemplating a protest against the consecration of Dr. Temple. Mr. Labouchere, Sir Francis Lycett, and Sir Sidney Waterlow have agreed to abide the result of a ballot to decide which of the three has the greatest amount of sup port in Southwark, the other two then retiring at once from the field. A. well-informed London correspondent of a con temporary says that "among the Ministerial measures of the session, it is correctly reported there will be one regard ing tho future holding of elections, in which provision will be made for the abolition of the hustings and all the expense of oral nominations, and for giving each constituency the power of Laving itsvotes taken by way of ballot." Comments upon this statement, says the Birmivkant Gazette, a Conservative piper, points out that the Conservatives, as a p;:rty, have given way in their opposition to the ballot. TIIE MURDER AT WALLINGEOP.D.—The nephew of the man diehard Green, who was murdered near Wal lingford, was lit.el . ated from prison on Monday, but his son is still retained in custody. At an inquest held on Monday evening evidence was given to prove the following facts :--Deceased arrived at the Old bell Inn at Shilling ford about half-past seven on Saturday evening, and was then perfectly sober. He was found by a man named Bettcridge on Sunday near his own field. The house in which deceased resided had been broken into several times, and about two years and a half ago a man was sent to prison for robbing him. There were seven wounds on the body when it was found, and two of his angers had been broken, probably in his effort to defend himself. Tho jury found a verdict of wilful murder against tome Hereon or porsons unknown. 17%:44 S. trial C ^ t 1 Pith' HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dee. 14. iler Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Ilig _t -1 ness Princess Beatrice, drove to New Lodge yes terday afternoon, attended by the lion. Caroline Cavendish. To-day being the anniver s a r y o f the death of the lamented Prince Consort, the Queen and the ReY 3 Family went to the Mausoleum at Frogmore. TILE VOLUNTEERS. The annual distribution of prizes to the tnemhero of the 48th Middlesex Rifles was held on SaturdaY evening at the old London Palace, Crosby-ha ll. The regimental dinner, which preceded the bution of the prizes, was served in the hall, Lieut.- Colonel Vickers presiding. At the conclusion of the banquet, Mrs. Vicars (wife of Colonel I,ricars), accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Field and Mrs. d• Vickers, entered the hall, and were conducted to a dais, where were artistically arranged a large number of elegant prizes, consisting of marble, gil t, and inlaid-wood clocks, silver tankards, cups, &c The winners of the principal prizes were Serge ant I'. Brown, Corporal S. E. Bennett, Corp oral Bird, Sergeant Anley, Private R. N. Griffials, and Colour-Sergeant Rogerson. Upon the con: elusion of the ceremony, which was performec! by Mrs. Vickers, the commanding officer 01lil he had great pleasure in meeting the corps at , another annual gathering, and also that he h ad the gratification to announce to them the healthy and satisfactory condition of the regiment. 1 : 113 ,, t time last year they had 624 on the rolls, of w hle ' number 467 were efficient. He had then told 0 01 that he should with vi_ our apply the pruning kni fe ' as he was determined that he would 6 6 make e r break" the corps. Ile had now to announce to theta that he had discharged a total of 191 during the year, thus leaving 433 of the old hands, while the re had been 71 recruits, thus making the present strength of the corps 504 men, of which number 4 11 were efficients. The above 191 included several officers, as he had determined that every officer should fully discharge his duties ; several had felle d themselves unable or unwilling to do so, and there fore they were no longer in the corps. Ile said h e could not agree to retain useless officers for the sak e of their subscriptions, and that the men were better under the charge of efficient non-commissioned ofn' cers than under the nominal care of those who rarely attended. Ile rejoiced to say that the present offi cers of the corps were " good men and true," he ln .i g both earnest and efficient. Th e C o l one l then calle d on the lion. secretary to read the financial report, which was most satisfactory. The ladies then re' tired amid the hearty cheers of the men, awl the loyal and other toasts were then proceeded with. Last evening Lord Truro presented the pr'z cs won by the West London Rifles during the Past year to the successful competitors. The cereinoui was held in Westminster-hall, where the corps w ere drawn up, in the presence of a large assemblage' Ihe prizes, which were very numerous and v"hl able, were displayed on tables immediately above the steps leading to St. Stephen's. In opening th e proceedings Lord Truro expressed his satisfaction at the attendance of the corps at drill during t he year, and also at their proficiency at the targe t. The corps now numbered 617 men, and out of th! g number 420 were eflicients and 258 " extra" el li ‘ cients. The marksmen, besides, numbered 52, aeci , there had been an addition of 58 recruits. Jr his subsequent remarks the noble lord referred to the capitation grant, which he considered should ha ve been increased to the extent of covering the e' c : . penses incurred by the Volunteers, and also to t h i P proposed "reorganization" of the force, which, if carried out, would, he believed, prove a comPle: failure. The prizes were then dist r ibuted. Am en° the most important were the following :—Battalion Prizes.—The Challenge Vase, value 30 guineas presented by Lieutenant-C o l o nel L or d Truro, at' a silver medal, the gift of the Shooting Committee' Colour-Sergeant T. Wood, No. 9 Company ; tbe Gold Challenge Bad,;e, presented by Major \Vpod all, Colour-Sergeaut T. Wood, No. 2 Company' 5 Challenge V ass, presented by Captain Jacksn won by the representatives of Messrs. and Sons' firm ; the Ladies' Challenge Plate, Cal ) ; Holland's company ; a money prize to the bigh t ' s , score, presented by Captain Holland and Lieu tee ant Cole, Colour-Sergeant T. Wood ; the Cha ll3 pion Badge, presented by Captain and Adjutn Jones, Private C. Palmer, No. 4 CompauY ; i r s a Battalion Prize, a cruet-stand, presented by 11 ),; (1 Truro, Sergeant Ash well, No. 1 Company ; Battalion Prize, pickle-stand and jars, presented by Lord Truro, Captain Rolland, No. 2 Company' a money prize, value £5, presented by Major Cra e !' r Colour-sergeant T. Wood, No. 2 Company ; spoons, &c., presented by Mr. W. Miller, Colour, sergeant T. Wood, No. 2 Company ; a glass flowe r stand, presented by Messrs. Phillips and Lucas, Colour-sergeant Annison, No. 4 Company ; a P rli t ei o presented by Mr. Charles Emery, Staines, Prl v , e Parker, No. 5 Company ; a musical box, presc uLea by Mr. H. Carter, Sergeant Slocombe, No. 6 C °l ;, 9 pany. Company Prizes.—No. 1 (Captain Glasi°;, Company.—A claret jug, presented by Lieutena nt Colonel Lord Truro, Captain Gluier ; the C ere pany Challenge Cup, pr esen t e d b y C ap t a i n Glr is T ier : Colour-sergeant East. N o . 2 (Capt „ ain 1;°l - laud's) , Company.—A ti me pi ece , presented Lord Truro, Sergeant-Major Burton; the CoulP 3 l Challenge Cup, presented by Messrs. Holland fli lt d, Sons, Private G. Metcalfe. No. 3 (Captain W r°° all's) Company.—A sil v er wa t c h, p r esented ~, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Truro, Corporal rfail° r , the Company Challenge Cup, presented by A l l J. F. Woodall, won by Drum-Major Whitehea9' February, 1869, by Private T. Durrans, May, 186 ; and by Captain Woodall, September, 1869. 3 " Te ,,, f (Captain Meal's) Company. —A Cup, presente d 143 7, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord T ruro , Private Es , 0 ker ; the Company Chall enge Cup, value -" . 0 guineas, presented by Mr. George Amery, an University 7r University pewters, presented by C a pt. Bea', by the two winners during the cu rre nt year, W O° 0, Colour-Sergeant Aunison, May, 1869, by Privat e ra , Palmer, Sept., 1869. N o . 5 (C a pt. Jackson's) CO' pany.—Six silver spoons, prese n t e d by Lieute ll3 ' d . Colonel Lord Truro, won by P r i va t e Hollins he rs : the Firm Challenge Cup, presented by ciao th e G. Jackson and So ns , an d a wa t er p roo f cape te vr i.- winner, presented by Mr. Rawlings, won by ' d A vate Chapman ; the Graham Challenge Cup an u• ea University pewter to the winner, presented by r tenant E. E. Jackson, won by Sergeant Saul- . ti g, 6 (Captain Mannoch's) Company—A claret 00 presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord T r uro, sg o by Captain Mannoch ; a Challenge Cup, ira les guineas, presented by Mr. E. M annoc h, W °ll , 0 ) Private Rookwood. No. 7 (Captain Gra ha T T o - Company—A plated cruet s t an d , presen ted 1 3 .1 r . tenant-Colonel Lord Truro, won by Cole llr—e 9o geant Bulstrode; a Challenge Cup, va lue guineas, presented by M r. P eter Graham—this eticos, inp ti having been won i n th ree success i ve competition becomes the absol u t e property o f P r i v ate J. /3 t e a p ton ; a Challenge Cup, value 20 guineas, Pr °el3 te eo by Mr. Peter Graham, and two University P esv , b y to the winn ers f or t h e current year, presented ud Captain Graham, won by Corporal W . Burton Private F. Morris. D _TLIIN ~EWELLEIIY.—In no branch of 1 .-' facture has gre a t er c h anges and in - provements p 1; !hall in jewelhry. Th) oil and costly proc3ss of 1 lug articles of go ld h as t o a gre at extent been stejo seded by machi ner y , and 110 W such aro the don t made by fashion, that the precious metal itse lf h 35 great extent been superseded by the discoveries o f 110" re science. Amongst the latest and best novelties 'lel those of Mr. J o hn Jelfreys, of Tottenharn-court-N3.: the inventor of the celebrated crescent studs and solitai:s who, not content with s uccee di n g in producing 3 °co, having all th e a pp earance an d d ura bility of 18 carat g°ll has discovered a method of producing a splendid 6° ll ' c al calls "the Stiaussine diamond," and an Opal that b ey bo the splendid colours of the true stone. These g' olll d' has set in various forms, such as rings, brooch es, stu &c., which at this particular period are about the 1 1,1 ° elegant Christmas presents that could be Belated. COI Busint instances Consols not been were ill 'Conai ditto, fc duced, Exchequ 2 7 pren —prem. 41 per C India ditto 5 per Cent. 5 per Cal In the proved tc tian (181 NBi to 7 81 to 821 83 to 8 In Rai 109 j to Brighton 78s to Northern Dover, 1 1211 to 94 ; Met: Ameri to 86}; 1 to 100. Lomba Luxembu Telegr. are 35f tc America Cents., 1 In Ban preen. ; Oriental, 311 ; an( In :Ali 124 to 1 tional Di A sum bullion of The So £49,592. About wreck of uuderwrit Mr. Gl. Bonar, an nople, li 1:2,000,0C A circa pension c chants an supposed creditors Morley, I of the aff mated at At a in Vidal and the liabili 3s. 6d., ar journmen further in( From a and Co., Liverpool, it appears about 95., assets £23 A specie Assurance pose of co value of as determ every poli rances ar sums assui made, and existing pc each scpar tained tha ances amo surplus fu, amounts 1 was resolv recommen make a fu existing p( value of £585,670 assurers. It is sail Black Sea to be esta one house per week. The M this week Metropoli 115 ; and crease of 3 The dir Coal Com dividend instant. The C( ordered th the North for quotat A meeti aurance C "for the] lution, au circular tc A specL gollen inst., whet of raising per cent. I BRI GOTER 3 per Cent. Ditto for 8 per Cent. New 3 per Now 21 per Do. 5 pe Annuities, Do. for 3 , Do (Red Exchoquor De Bank of En De. open Canada 4 p Inter-Color INDIAN India. Stock Do. Open D.). a per Do. 4 per Do. Corti Do. Enfai Do. 5 per Do. 5} pc Da 5 per Do Do. DO. Deb. Do. Bond Do. uncle FOB ADgentino I lu itriaza 131 Brazilian 5 00. 4f pe Do. d Do. a Do. 5 poi Ik. &coo B tenor Ay Do 2 per Cuba, 6 per Ouilian 6 pi o. 4f pe Do. 3 poi Do. 7 pei Do. 6 por O lombian, Dauisn, 3 p Da,nnbian Vo. Ace() Do 8 per Ecuador N Egyptian, 7 Po Seco Do. £5Ol Do. 2,027 18,801 MI