The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-29 00:00:00

ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF Mr. CHARLES PETTITT ALLEN, Treasurer of the County of Middlesex. from 3cl October, 1868, to 2d JanulrY, 1869. AS TO THE ORDINARY GENERAL COUNTY RATE. RECEIPT Balance In Bank of England on ;:d Oct., IE6B £7,178 12 5 BATE. Arrears of Rate made on 16th July,lB6B Rate made on 15th Oct, 1863 .. .. .£5,625 6 6 3t,803 12 9 40,43319 3 Arrears of Rate on 2d January, 1869 -. •• •• •• •• 6, 0 72 1 5 9 Amount of Rates received £34,361 3 6 Criminal Prosecutions and Con veyance of Prisoners for Penal Fervitute : From the Lords of the Treasury on aceonet cf Criminal Prose cutions, from Ist January to 30th June, 1868 .. 6,407 7 1 Ditto the amount paid for the Conveyance of Cenvtcted Pr.- aoners rentenced to Penal Ser vitude during the same period 22 13 8 0,433 5 9 ROVgE OP CORREC HON AT COLDBATH FIELDS. From the Lords of tt e Treasury to cEr,is the Malntenan - e of Convicted Prisoners, from Ist April to 3)th Sept . Lull Rents of Property in oldham place and Oldham-gardens .. For Materials worked up and La bour done by Prisoners For Bre d and C.1:04 for the of Detention .. F !keel, Flour, Coe a Officers' lin& rms. a d Prisoners' shoes for the House of Correction at Westminster For Bookbinding' done for the Industriil School For Gas used by the Contractor for erecting new Buildings .. For Maintenance of Customs' P,410 18 4 59 14 13 I'B 10 0 163 11 3 E 7 4 3 7 1 5 21 0 0 6 1 6 25 14 0 53 1: 6 Prisoners Ditto of Military Prisoners By Sale of old Stores .. Conriensltion for Uniforms re t fined by Officers on leaving the service of the Prison .. 0 12 0 Bums taken trom Vagrants to b 3 applied towards their mainten ance •• •• •• For copies of commitments .. For Printing dine by Prisoners.. For dama:e done to the Prison Van and an Iron Gate 1 1 7 0 2 8 0 13 6 3 0 0 HOUSE Or CORRECTION AT WESTMINSTER. From the Lords ot the Treasury towards the maintenance ot Convicted Prisoners from Ist April to 30th Sept., 186 S .. For Labour done by Prisoners .. For Stockings mane tor th House of Correction at Coldbath-fleds 31 0 0 For Straw flats for the County Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell 4 4 0 For Boys' Socks made and re paired, and washing and mend ing Linen for the County in dustrial School at Felt ham .. 60 14 4 For Mats, Bones. and Rags sold 15 7 1 For Copies of Commitments .. 0 2 8 For Maintenance ot laxcise Pri- 2,821 610 125 12 6 Boners .. Yor Wass sold 1 2 0 10 0 0 HOUSE OF DETENTION. For Maintenance of Deserters • . 31 3 0 For Repairs to °ulcers' Boots .. 1 15 3 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT ?ELTHAM, 011 nazis and Iron sold 19 17 1 Towards the naintenanee ofJn v,nile ufftnders in the School, viz..- - From the Lords of the Treasury ..£1,039 13 3 Inspector of Refor . oratories .. .. Contributions by Parents .. .. 75 4 9 65 15 1 1,180 13 1 For Deal Tables made for the House of Correction at Westminster .. 7 15 0 Guildhall, Westminster: A Year's Rent of Vaults Weights and Nfrasufea : Fees received by Inspectors 100 6 11 Fines and Penalties .. 151 8 9 Produce of Forfeited unjust Weights and Measures. .. 16 7 0 Sundries : For Copies and parts of Register of Electors, Lists of Justices, and Standing Orders sold Total Reset Ot EXPENDITURE. House of Correction at Coldbath-flelds:— General Expenses... . £11,030 6 9 Tontine Annuities 29) 5 7 Interest of Moneys borrowed .. 2,108 13 5 Principal repaid .. .. 2,016 13 4 Annuities to Retired Officers .. 392 6 9 House of Detention at Clerkenwell:— General Expenses.. .. 1,850 13 5 Interest of Moneys borrowed .. 173 4 1 Prineipallrepaid 50 0 0 Annuities to Retired Officers .. 134 5 9 House of Correction at Westminster:— General Expenses .. .. .. 3,8 - 0 I_, 11 Interest of Moneys borrowed .. 423 4 3 Principal repaid .. 1,616 13 4 Annuities to Retired Officers .. 191 16 6 County Industrial School for Boys:— General expenses .. .. Interest of Moneys borrowed Principal repaid .. .. .. Payments for Boys on their dis charge .. 5,528 19 11 521 15 0 666 13 4 186 5 9 Conveyance of Male Juvenile Offenders to the In dustrial School at Feltharn Reformatory School-ship Cornwall —Maintenance of Boys .. Ditto Clarence ditto.. The Philanthropic Society's Re formatory School. ditto .. Reformatory School at Wands worth, ditto .. •• ~ Ditto at Bengeo, ditto Ditto at Brook-green, ditto and clothing.. •• •• •• Ditto at Mount St Bernard's—Main tenance of Boys Ditto at Parkhead, Glasgow, ditto of a Boy 43 9 6 9 17 2 7 17 6 30 17 0 7 10 0 23 2 2 Reformatory School at Hampstead —Maintenance of Girls .. .. Limpley stoke Reformatory, ditto 103 12 3 0 19 9 139 18 10 19 14 4 Militia Storehouses ; Rents, Taxes, ltsurance, Fuel,&c. 3.53 13 1 Interest of moneys borrowed .. 284 10 9 Principal repaid .. 500 0 0 Prosecutors and Witnesses:— Central Criminal Court .. Middlesex essions Criminal Justice Act .. 230 5 4 159 13 2 1,438 8 10 1,196 18 6 2,252 18 0 57 1 3 3.50 G 17 9 I Middlesex. Duchy West- 1 of West. i Central. , East. minster. Lancaster. Coroners: £ s. d. I £ s. d, .£ s d £ s d. s d tialaries .. 359 6 6,425 0 0 514 6 6 140 0 0 13 12 4 Expenses pd:263 17 01771 9 0 800 8 6 145 1 0 15 10 6 1 623 3 611,196 9 0 1,314 15 0 285 1 0 29 2 10 GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL Sole Proprietor anri Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. n ._ At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0, BROWN AND THE BRAHMI S : Messrs. Marshall, Warner, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C. Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Henrade, Be rend, Hughes, and Stephens. ‘zT. GEORGE'S THEATRE (ST. GEORGE'S HALL).—Great Success of SARDANAPALUS. The new Drama, SAVED, and the original Ninevitish Burlesque of SARDANAPALUS (received with roars of laughter and ap. plane). Evety Evening, at half-past 7. The best Shilling Pit in London. Morning Performance on Saturday, Jan. 30, at Two D.m. Preceded by a Farce SAVED AND SARDANAPALUS.-NOTICE.- SATURDAY, January rth, will be positively the Last Night's performance of these immensely successful pieces at St. George's Theatre, prior to their reproduction with entirely new Scenery and increased stage convenience, particulars of which will be shortly announced. Total .. £3,44811 4 35 19 11 187 9 7 81 0 7 7 5 0 ft 93 17 7 150 0 0 264 19 9 513 7 6 14 5 2 Bridges Sessions House, Clerkenwell Guildhall, Westminster Assistant-Judge's additional Salary Clerk of the Peace . Weights and Measures . Treasurer of the County ... . Law Business ... ... . Removal of Scotch and Irish Paupers Conveyance to Depots of Offenders sentenced to penal servitude ... ... ... ... Providing Staves and other necessary articles for Special Constables ... ... • • .. General Printing and Stationery .. Advertisements.. .. .. • • . . Miscellaneous charges.. Total Expenditure .. Balance in the Bank of England.. 22 10 2 76 9 10 137 17 0 108 3 1 .. 340 0 8 .. £41,914 16 5 20.075 4 0 .f 61,990 0 5 A 3 TO THE "LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT, 1853," RATE, RECEIPT. Balance In the Bank of England on Oct. 3, 1868 £15,137 9 Arrears of Rate ma:e — on. July 16, 18e8 13 7 Bate made on Oct. 15, 1668 .. 11,602 17 7 £l3,'nl 16 2 .. 1,818 1 8 Arrears on Jan. 2, 18e9 .. Amount of Rates received .. 11,453 11 6 Received for the Maintenance of Lunatics at Ilan well Asylum at the charge of the County D.tto ditto, at Colney Hatch Asylum Total Receipt .. EXPENDITURE. Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell— Ordinary repairs .. . Interest paid .. Principal repaid . .. . £1,078 7 7 .. 491 TO 11 .. 1,066 13 4 Annuities to retired Officers .. 43 910 On obtaining possession of a Post-office Savings Bank book and other articles belonging to a Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch Ordinary repairs.. .. Interest paid .. •• Princ , pal repaid.. .. Annuities to retired Oflicers.. Maintemance of County Lunatics 993 17 7 1,794 16 10 3,316 13 4 60 0 0 Total expenditure .. Balance in the Bank of England .. Z16,%6710 0 AS TO THE RATE MADE UNDER "TAE CATTLE DISEAES PREVENTION ACT, 1306." DR. Balan:c in the Bank of England on Oct. 3, 1808 £1,643 2 0 CR. Amount in the Bank of England on Jan. ?, 1869.. .£1,648 2 0 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF TILE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT HANWELL. DR. B Vance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris Kemshead. Esq., and the County Treasurer, on Oct, 3, .8,8 „, £1,1 37 5 6 Cr. Amount in the Bank of England In the three natncs mentioned per con ra on the 2d Jan , •• •• £1,137 5 6 AS To MONEYS BORROWED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT COLNEY HATCH. 1 R. Amount in the Bark of England in the joint names of Henry Po Arnall, Eq., Henry Morns Kemshead, EN , and the County Treasurer, en Oct. 1 t, 18(8 .• £3 8 0 7 Cr. - onnt in the Bank o" England In the three names mentionc, per contra on 4il Jan., :'!£l 0 7 As TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR ENLARGING THE ROUSE OF CORRECTION AT COLDBATII-FIELDS. RECEIPT. ralance in the Bank of ingland in the jo:nt names of Henry Yownall, Esq., Hen. y blorris Kemshead. Esq., and the County Treasurer, on 3d oe., 1&8 £1?,636 2 11 EXPENDITURE. raid the Clerk of the Peace for law charges in refe-ence to a contract with Hr. Hensbaw tor building additional wines Paid the Clerk of the Works, 16 weeks' wages to 22d Dec.,1868.. 50 8 0 Paid Ilesers, liadeu arid bon, further for .C 1) 3 2 THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. dole Lessee and Manager, btr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, MY WIPE'S OUT. Followed by the cillll4Fsntvmime, rtrss Li BOOTS. Coratueace at 7. 1,208 5 2 68 12 4 268 2 8 91 10 0 .. X 61,990 0 5 £15,838 510 2,208 3 2 6,082 10 0 6,903 14 0 2 6 2 85 9 9 81 0 0 .. £16,757 10 0 II 0 0 2,691 10 8 - 6.174 7 9 .. 3,850 3 3 .. £12,710 2 1 .. 4,041 7 11 providing warming and ventilating appa ra!us for new buildings • . 600 0 Paid Aiessra. - vers ann S-ns 'or worts done under their cooirrct for b ilding a new wins Paid Mr. ilenshaw fu ther for erecting 11 , w buildings .. 1,350 13 2 Paid Mr. Thomas for locks and keys for the new buildings .. 2 3 3 10 Paid Mr. F. H. Pownall, Architect, his com mission on works executed . .. 176 13 0 Paid the Vestry of the Parish of Clerkenwi 1!, for making good the ps.vt ment outside the boundary wall, taken up for the form tion of a road across the foot pay..ment .. .• 8 8 7 £4,255 16 9 Balance In the Bank of England in the three names mentioned per contra on 2dJan , 1869 8,330 6 2 £12,63i 2 :1 AS TO 310 ETS BORitOWED FOR ENLARGING TIT& H 017813 OF DETENTION AT CLERKENWELL. Da. Ba'sure in the Bank of England In the joint manes of Henry Pownall, E q , Henry Morris Kemshead. Earl., and the County Treasurer, on 3d Oct., 1868 .. .. .. .. .. V 5 0 7 CR. Paid Mr. F. Portiall, Architect. his cymmia- eon on works ex e , uted 27 1i 0 Balance in the Bank of England in the three names mentioned per contra on 2d Janniry, 18(.9 •• •• •• •• •• 17 :4 7 £4; 9 7 AS TO MONET BORROWED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL FCIIOOL AT FELTHAM. DR. Balance in the Pank of Eng'and in the joint n tmes of Henry Pownall, Fog , llpnry Al orris Kemshead. Esq., and the County Trelsurer, on 3d October, 1868 .. .£1.91 14 5 CR. Paid Veosrs. Walter and 70., for bricks for co .-ohedo £6 5 0 Paid Mr. B wle-, for timber for ditto.. •• 5 0 Paid vtr. Westcott, for timber and bricks for ditto .• • • • • • • .• • • • • • 115 19 5 Paid the Dorking Grey Stone Lune Company, for lime for dirt .• .• •• •• 25 0 0 Paid Mr. Edward Beck's Executors, for mate rials for dit o 30 1 5 Balance in the Bank of England in the three names mentioned per contra on 2d Jarman - , 1869 .. 13 7 ;1. .C 195 14 b The accountg, of which the above is an abstract, were 're sented to the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Middlesex en the 4th instant, and were audited on the tame day by the followina; Justices of the Peace for the said county, nam.-ly : Henry Morris liemshead(Chai man% John hvery Brooking", Wm. Peter Bodkin, Benjamin Shape, Francis Brock ma Morley, and Thomas Jervis, Esquires, and were audited and allowed by the same Quarter Sessions on the 21st instant. CHARLES P. ALLYN, Treasurer of Middlesex. JOHN GOSNF,LL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper T hames- street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGU AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair A. to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Ifnll Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street Loudon. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, I)RURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantomime on every Wednesuay and Saturday during the Christmas Holidays THIS 14.VEN1NG, will by performed MY WIFE'S OUT. To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled r iRIMALKIN THE GREAT• OR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN BOOTS, IND TIM MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. T HEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee. Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, INTRIGUE: Messrs. Howe, Retrial, Clark, and Miss Fanny Wright. Aftir which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp ton, A stley, &c,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, &c. Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. Messrs. Comp ton, Kendal, Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR 'WIFE TO CA MBE It WELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At a quarter to 8, MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja min Webster, Mr. U. Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. 0 H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Romer, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Carlotta Leclercq,Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Last 12 Nights, THIS EVENING, THE SECRET. After which (at 8 o'clock) Dion Boncicault's new drama. in four acts. entitled AFTER DARK. a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. C. Harcourt, J.G . Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by ,Ir. F. Lloyds an assistants. ro conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. ')oors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Boa-office open daliy from 10 till 5. Xcir, • On Monday, Feb. 8, a new Drama, entitled MARIE ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear. DOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3lanageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30. THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. arke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames But ,m and Maitland. After which, THE FIELD 014' Tt. L CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson Mesdames M. Long mr:re, F. Hughes. L. Maitland, &c. To conclude /nth HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEA TIDE AND CIRCUS, HR Continued Changes. New OLBO Program N. me every Evening. Ad ditional artistes. New Acts and Fresh Novelties. Signor CAS TELLOTTI in his thrilling and unparalleled Ladder Aet, and ignor LERONI, the Elastic Wonder, every evening. Increased attractions in the performance of the Great CARRE Troupe , i ntroducing Herr Oscar Carre and his magnificent stud of Fifty Performing Horses. The laughter provoking Clowns, Burgess and Loyal, i n a ser i es of whimsicalities, novel and new. 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Concluding with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal, Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke, Gwynn, &a Commence at 7. d 7 ; 4t h H. - 1- * / ( "VII" " °NS' 11 ► ' 11.641‘- LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 29, 1869. Great as was the excitement with which the an nouncement of the Lord Mayor's decision was on Wednesday awaited in the Guildhall, its substance could have surprised few. The preliminary investi gation of the charges brought against the directors of OVEREND and GURNEY had left little room for doubt that a further examination was necessary. The public have followed the whole story with such keen and unflagging attention, their interest in this:com mercial tragedy has been so vivid and so personal, that the facts were fully comprehended, and the part played by each of the principal actors in the drama was pretty accurately known. So far as one at least of these chief figures was concerned the estimate was not a flattering one ; and although Mr. EDWARDS was not implicated in the charge, the crowds who thronged the Guildhall manifested unmistakably their displeasure at his revelations. Indeed, the general excitement was so great that it needed all the authority of the Lord Mayor to restrain its mani festations. When the decision was announced and all the six defendants were committed for trial, the cheers could riot be repressed, and the crowds without who had been unable to obtain admission caught up the echo. And yet the unfortunate position of men of high standing and long established reputation could not fail to excite sympathy, and tokens of such a sentiment were not wanting, even on the Bench itself. But it was felt that in the interests of Eng lish honour such an inquiry must not be hastily terminated, and it was imperative that a charge so seriously implicating a firm of such magnitude should receive a thorough investigation. The collapse of OVEREND, GURNEY, and Co. marked a crisis in our commercial history. Mr. RF.NNIE, in his state ment on Wednesday, dwelt strongly on the fearful depreciation in all property which followed the panic of 1866, but the fall of the great house had no little share in producing that depreciation. Few of us have been altogether unaffected by the memorable " Black Friday," and unhappily with a large number of persons the effects are not likely to be removed. The loss of £3,000,000, even though the loss be widely spread, is no slight blow to a community, and the shock to credit was even a greater misfortune than the financial losses. The case of OVEREND and GUR NEY, though involving larger interests, has not unfor tunately been the only instance in which confidence has been misplaced. It would seem as though the standard of our English commercial morality were no longer so high as it once was ; as if expediency had superseded principle, and the successful pretence of a flourishing business was held to be as creditable as undoubted solvency. For the last two or three years the financial affairs of the country have been in an unsettled and unsatisfactory condition. The disturbed state of continental politics, and the military prepa rations of the principal European nations, have un questionably produced a degree of uneasiness that is very difficult to remove. Trade of all kinds has suffered ; and the excessive speculation which was previously going on naturally produced a very start ling and sudden revulsion. Wise men could have fore told it from afar, but instead of preparing for a storm like prudent voyagers, the mercantile community went on recklessly. The experience of this genera tion can recall many such a crisis, but each one as it comes is more and more to be de plored. 1 he time appears to have gone by in which an Englishman's word was his bond, and lapses from the rigid rule not only of straight forward honesty but of high-minded honour were in cidents few and far between. It is not often indeed that we see gentlemen of the social and commercial position of the defendants in the GURNEY case ar raigned upon a criminal charge, but the instances of less eminent men implicated iu the formation of bubble companies, in the misstatement of accounts, and in other transactions of a more or leis question able nature have become so common that they cease to be a matter of surprise. In many of these cases the culprits may have deluded themselves temporary. I into the b e li e f t h at their embarrassments were only c i e s e possible ing s 0 f to OVEREND, accept t that GURNEY, a n interpreta tiondofthe proceedings the accused have boldly put forward that defence. But it is time, and more than time, that these pre tences should be put an end to, and that the make-believe system of solvency should be abandoned. It will be long before the old feeling of confi dence can be restored, and with many of the share holders of OVEREND and GURNRY the memories of Black Friday will, we fear, cast a shadow over their whole lives. L_t us hole that the terrible lesson conveyed in this gainful story will, at least secure a useful purpose. We cannot compel Continental Sovereigns to disband their armies and reduce their military estimates ; we cannot cut the knot of diplo matic entanglements, nor reconcile the conflicting in terests of aggressive ambition with nations seeking for a popular Government. The convulsions of the moral world will not always be controlled any more than the tempest, the hurricane, or the earthquake. We can, however, by the Dapautellance of strict and watchful probity, by the resolute refusal to substitute what is expedient for what is honest, and by the determination to preserve the standard of commercial integrity at its former height reduce the vicissitudes attending our complex mer cantile system to a minimum of risk. Had the spirit of speculation, of reckless confidence, and self-de lusion been less rife of late years, it is probable that the house of OVEREND and GURNEY would not have been so infatuated as to dream of the recovery of their fast decaying trade. The commercial world would then have been spared the painful spectacle now presented by men once high in position and in repute, whose misfortunes,while they excite universal commiseration, cannot. blind the public sense of justice to the real nature of those specious transactions which have re duced hundreds from affluence to poverty, but have left their chief promoters poorer still. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT) Tlr E result of the charge of conspiracy against the dirctors of OVEItEND, GURNEY, and Co. may be sur prising to many persons, but it will be regretted by few. Malpractices in commercial affairs have been so common, and have been carried on with such im punity, that the outside world despaired of seeing this worst species of dishonesty brought within the reach of the law. City men, it is notorious, treated Dr. Tsrom's prosecution with contempt ; it was in credible that a system which had flourished so triumphantly could ever reach a point when the nation would demand its right, and slumbering justice would awake to the repression of an old crime in a new guise. But the tide has turned at last. The civic authorities have decided that the charge against the directors of the great banking company is so far supported as to need trial before an ordinary judicature. In other words, the general belief that the means adopted by the directors to form a com pany on the ruins of the old firm was a crime has been confirmed by the London magistrates. It now remains to be seen whether the crime is one of which the law can take cognisance. This, indeed, is all that remains to be done. Whether this offence of modern growth will escape through some loophole in the law or not, there can not be the slightest doubt that Dr. THOM'S allegations are proved—that the offences of which he complains have been committed. Before the trial commenced the nature of the case was by no means a mystery. After the first day or two it was clear that the investigation at least was justified, and now, in spite of the magnitude of the figures and the complexity of the transactions, it requires no great examination to perceive that the directors attempted to induce capitalists to invest money on the faith of a prospectus which, not to mince matters, was utterly false. The company, which was formed in 1865, was formed to purchase and carry on a business which was represented to be valuable, but which was really much more than worthless. For years previously the old firm of OVEREND and GURNEY had been losing largely, owed millions, and had nothing to set against the liabilities but assets of the kind which the director of another company has expressively called " stuff." When the company was formed the total liabilities of the firm amounted to twenty-four and a half millions sterling, against which they had assets which, viewed in a very favourable light, might be set down as worth twenty one millions, leaving a clear deficiency of three millions and a half. The existence of such insolvency was known, pleaded the indictment, to all the directors. It was known, in part at least, to others ; but the general public believed in the firm as in the Bank of England, and the defi ciency of three millions was not mentioned in the prospectus. For some years the firm had been losing at the rate of £600,000 per year. This fact, also, did not find its way into the prospectus. At the time of forming the company the amount owing by the firm to unsecured creditors was £5,147,000, to meet which there was the handsome, but inadequate, avail able balance of £120,000. But worse remains. The firm had owing to them about four millions, wholly made up of hopeless debts due from the bankrupt or on the point of bankruptcy. This was handed over to the company as an asset worth its full nominal value. It was arranged by a deed that certain accounts, including the greater part of these bad ones, should not be transferred to the new company ; but a second deed was executed declaring that all this " stuff " was to be taken as an equivalent for money to that amount due to the company from the firm. The first deed was open to the shareholders ; the second, which of itself would have dissipated all th e p l eas i ng e ff ec t o f the prospectus, passed only between the members of the old firm and the directors. These facts are suffi cient, without mentioning many other details strengthening the case of the prosecution. Such is the outline of a business for the " goodwill " of which half a million was asked and given. No one reading the prospectus and comparing it with even these few salient facts could have the slightest doubt as to the guilt of the transaction. The double-deed arrangement contains in itself all the elements necessary to substantiate a moral charge of conspiracy. But the second deed was only one of many expedients by which the directors endea voured to persuade the public that the great commer cial ruin was still a stable structure. If the defence relied upon controverting the old maxim, "Suppressio iero suggestiofalsi," it could avail nothing. Not only was the truth kept back, but falsehood was preferred in its stead, and supported afterwards by repeated statements which were untrue. One of the counsel for the defendants was in fact constrained to commit moral suicide at a very early stage of the proc ee di n gs. It was admitted that a vast amount was owing upon loan ; " but," suggested Serjeallt BALLANTINE "the only way the defendants could be implicated would be to shew that the money had been l en t w ith ou t secur it y, or upon security so obviously bad that it was equiva lent to none at all." Now, it is obvious that this is not a fair statement. It mattered not what security the firm originally had : the defendants were evi dently implicated if a security which was at first good became valueless, but was yet represented as a sound asset. Even taking, however, the ground of the counsel's own choosing, the case is equally proved. A Mr. Kocu owed £335,000, and against that sum all the securities that could be found amounted to £103,450, and this amount was entirely represented by Irish and Welsh railway bonds —hardly saleable, and worth at most £25,000. The Millwall Iron Works were down for £566,000, of which it was announced, amid laughter, that £7 10s. had been realised, though, certainly, there was the " property" to sell. Then the Atlantic and Royal Mail Company owed £848,000, of whi c h th e li qu idator expects £B,OOO. It is quite unnece ssary t o go into details of small losses, such, for instance, as the trifle of £40,000 sunk in the East India and London Shipping Com pany. The guilt of the directors consisted in repre senting these sums as good assets at a time when they were worthless ; but it is clear that they were never worth much. The investments of the old firm were so utterly unreasonable that the estimates of liquidators have continually sunk, simply because people could not, at first, persuade themselves to rate them at their proper worth. The folly was such as to be inconceivable. The argument for the de fence on Saturday was simply a confession, with an attempt to shift the blame. There was no effort made to deny the transactions, or that they were not blameworthy. The liquidators have announced that they will sue the directors for compensation to the shareholders, after the recent example in France ; and there is reason to believe that they can be made to pay ; but, unfortunately, they own nothing which can weigh against the millions which have been wrung from the public. The ex posure of this history and the result of this trial are of far greater value. They point to an awakening of the public mind which must speedily procure provision for this crime, if none exist at present. Immunity has hitherto been construed a ri innocence, The insolvency of OVEREND, GURNEY, and Co. was known in the City long before the company was formed; the limited liability transaction was winked at—perhaps applauded —by commercial men ; and we have reason to know that many intending shareholders received a timely " tip " from City friends, and refused to take up shares which had been applied for. The worst feature of these offences is the semi approbation with which they have been regarded. The immunity will cease for the future. If there is no law to meet these cases, the deficiency will speedily be supplied. C-72;t4A11,9 —L e*l , • 61) HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 28. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. Her Majcsty drove out this morning, accompa nied by Princess Beatrice. Prince Leopold walked in the grounds. General and Lady Alice Peel had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family yesterday. LATEST INTELL LGENOE. (REUTEn's TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Jan. 29. The Presse of to-day, confirming the despatch by the Greek Government to the protecting Powers, says that this memoranduum repeats the views ex pressed in the note of M. Delyaunis to Photades Bey, and adds a sharp complaint on the ordered expulsion of Greek subjects from Turkey, and on the exclusion of the Greek merchant vessels from Turkish ports, stating that such an expulsion in time of peace is unheard of, and is at variance with modern international law. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILES, Jan. 29. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bangalore, from Alexandria, arrived here at five o'clock this morning. The mails leave for London by the 11.30 train. CALCUTTA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 29. The steamer Nyanza,with the above mails, passed the Needles at 9.20 a.m. to-day. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, Jan. 28. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, from Southampton on the 16th inst., ar rived here on the 25th, at eight in the morning, and left at four in the afternoon, for Alexandria. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tars EVFNING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45 MONIE CRISTO . Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W H. 1 Mime, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclercq, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, ➢lr. Vininp, This EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At ft, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W. Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murrby; Messrs. C: Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss !lose Leclercq Concluding with MASTER, JONES'S BIRTHDAY. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. This EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs. Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone. J. Clarke; Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar nold, and Stephens. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Baton. THE FIELD ON' THE C. OTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, .Tames. Fenton; Pesdames Maria ongmore, B. Goodall, I ydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To ,onclude with HUE AND DYE. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. IT. Liston. THIS EVENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H Stlphens. C. Wyndham. and L. Brough ; Wesdames Montague, Bignold, 3l‘xe, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. Tuffs EVENING, at 7, SL A SHER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins, Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield. After which. at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H Ne-ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H. Wigan; Mesdamag Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Tats EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar, &c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND- PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Bliss Marie Wilton Tins EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover. and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White. Mica C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A. WINNING HAZARD. And INTRIGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses: also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, and THE MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL EIAMB R A PALACE. THREE BALLET, Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mcndays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6d. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL. The Ripon, from Alexandria, arrived here at 8 this evening, and leaves at 2 to-morrow morning for Southampton, where she may be looked for about the 7th prox. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTIIA3IPNON, Jan. 29. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nyanza, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here with 76 passengers and £36,329 in specie. Iler cargo includes silk to the value of 116,000 sterling. Up the Channel she experienced a south-easterly gale. On the 25th she spoke the steamer Orontes, and on the 26th the Delta. Gibraltar—Exchange on London, 482. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 28.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Loan -- 3 per Cent End of month 7O 25 Mexican Loan ... 24 50 Credit Mobilior - Do. Bonds End of mouth... 270 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1545 Home Debt — End of month... Deferred —.-- iIAILWA YB. Cash. Orleans ... 9331 Northern )173 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 590 Western Eastern • . 572k Sardinian Austrian Lombard 475 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 47f POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PLUNDERING PREMISES ON FIRE. —John Venus, a pain ter, of 3, Fisher-street, Red Lion-square, was charged before Mr. Knox with having in his possession a quantity of merino and other property, of the value of £lO 10s., the property of Messrs. Alien and Co., linen drapers, No. 5, Little Pulteney-street, and James Maguire, a carman, living at 6, Little Pulteney-street, was charged with having some shirts and other property, of the value of .£1 ss. 6d., well knowing the same to be stolen. Inspector Bush, of the C Division, said that on Wednes day afternoon a fire took place on the premises of Messrs. Allen, and a quantity of property was taken away by per sons in the crowd which collected, and last night Venus was stopped with some of the property in his possession, and other property was aft,ersvards found in the possession of the other prisoner. A constable said that about half-past seven the previous evening be was in Compton .street, and saw the prisoner Venus with a washing basket. He asked him what he had got in it, and he said " Washing," and that ho bad got it up there, pointing up the street. He asked the prisoner to let him see it, and on lifting up the covering be saw that it was some of the property taken from Messrs. Allen's. He then took Venus into custody, and afterwards went to No. 6, Little Pulteney-street, and on searching Maguire's room found in the bed some of the property into custody. from Messrs. All en ' s, an d h e th e n took Maguire custody. John Hayle, assistant to Messrs. Allen, identified the property produced as having been taken from Messrs. Allen's premises, on the breaking out of the fire on Wed nesday last. Mr. Knox asked Inspector Bush whether he considered anything would be gained by a remand. Inspector Bush said not in the present case, but he thought the police would be able to get back other pro perty in the possession of other persons in the neigh bourhood. Mr. Knox said that he would remand the prisoners for a few days. THAMES. AN INCORRIGIBLE THIEF.—EIIen Daly, a strapping Irish woman, with a fine child iu her arms, was brought up, on remand, before Mr. Paget charged with stealing 61bs. of salt beef from the shop of Mr. James Barmore, of No. 8 and 9, Charles-street, St. George-in-the-East, and 71be. of salt pork, the property of some person or persons unknown. Mr. Barmore, who keeps a large meat establishment, Las been very unlucky. Ire has been robbed 100 times, and a great many have been convicted for stealing meat from his shop, and sentenced to imprisonment. On the night of Saturday, the 9th of the present month, the pri soner was detected by Frederick Brinkwortl►, shopman to Mr. Barmore, in the act of stealing a piece of salt beef from the shop board. He followed her, and seized her with tha moat in her possession before she had proceeded far, and she set up a loud clamour, declared that she in tended to take the moat into the shop, have it weighed, and pay for it. The price of the meat would have been 3s. 4d., and she only had 2e. 6d. in her possession. At the station-house she was searched, and a Mrs. Lane found upon her 71b. of salt pork. A few minutes afterwards she was seized with the pains of labour and was removed to the workhouse. In the course of the night she gave birth to a child, and was detained in the workhouse until she was fit to appear. She now insisted that she meant to pay for the beef, and that the pork was given to her by another woman to carry home. Unfortunately she was identified as having been convicted more than once for stealing meat. She said all the convictions against her were wrong, and that she never stole any meat. Mr. Paget committed her for trial for stealing Mr. Bar more's salt beef, and she left the court with maledictions on the magistrate, the police, Mr. Barraore, and every one lri Qoull. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, January 28. Three demands for interpellation havebeen submitted to the bureaux, and two have been rejected. These related to the Interior ; the third, which was accepted, referred to the right of public meeting. One of the two rejected demands was preferred by the Left, the other by the tiers parti. It seems that the bureaux were by no means unanimous in their opinion on these demands. Both Were lost only by a division of votes in one or two of the home bureau; and this division was interpreted in the sense of rejection, contrary to the law which provides that such division shall be deemed equal to acceptance. Both the Third Party and the Left have protested against the decision. A lively debate took place yesterday between M. Thiers on the one side and M. Rouher on the other. The latter said that a debate on the interior policy of the Government by means of interpellation could not be tolerated. It might embrace all the acts of the Govern ment as applied to the administration of the. Interior. The simple interpellation would lead to an endless discussion.. M. Thiers replied that the limits of the interpellation were clearly defined ; they were to relate to the press and the elections. The apprehen sion that the discussion on these points should exceed due limits was just as applicable to any other interpellation. The Corps L6gislatif was by no means hearty in its approval of M. Rouher's arbi trary policy. It approved the rejection of the interpella tion by a majority of only 114 votes against 102--numbers which are rarely, indeed, the result of a political division in the French Chambers. The interpellation which has been accepted—that on the right of public meeting— will raise a fierce discussion. In the press indeed the controversy has already assumed the magnitude of a national question, and is becoming a curious embroglio. The right of public meeting has led to many orderly and unobjectionable gatherings in Paris, but it has also led to many meetings at which communist doctrines of the most violent kind have been preached. A party of the lowest Democrats have taken advantage of the new law, and at various places in Paris, particularly the Redoute and the Vieux-chene, they have openly promulgated doctrines of the most extravagant type. They proclaim themselves Atheists, deny Providence, and demand the abolition of property, of marriage, of paternity, and of inheritance. They are few in number ; but their preaching is not the less dangerous or obnoxious to the great mass of Frenchmen of all parties ; and it is the immunity which the new law gives to their teaching that is to form the subject of the great debate which may be anticipated on this interpellation. What involves the question still more is the accusations of some of the Opposition papers, especially the Gazette de France, that the semi-official journals themselves promote this revival of communism, with a view to rescind the law. It is hoped that the scandal of this preaching will bring into discredit a measure which has been and ought to be generally bene- ficial. Nous verrons. Count ,Girgenti has returned to Paris, and has engaged apartments at an hotel near the Palais Royal. He shews no great anxiety to avail himself of the project accredited to his supporters —an expedition to Mexico to make him king. - . A mysterious discovery, which would have been of infinite utility to Miss Braddon if she had not availed herself of a similar incident already, has just come to light in the Rue Princesse, near the Od6on. One of the tenants had remarked that in drawing water from a well in the courtyard the pail invariably brought up some object which always fell back before reaching the top. To find out what this could be, he let down a hook attached to a cord, and was greatly shocked to bring up the leg of a woman. On making another cast he fished up a second similar member. He then gave information to the police, who have ordered the well to be cleaned out, in order to ascertain whether it contains any other human remains. Of mysteries, indeed, there is a surplus just now. The disappearance of Professor d'Archiac is a mystery yet, and promises to remain so. A much-decomposed body was taken out of the Canal St. Martin the other day. It was at first believed to be that of the missing professor, because of some writing in the pocket of the dress. But the hair was brown, and the body that of a com paratively young man, whilst M. d'Archiac's hair was grey, and he was 66 years of age. There is yet another French mystery, A son of a near relation of the Marquis de Moustier—a youth aged 17, who was attend. ing the lectures preparatory for St. Cyr—quitted his parents' house a few days ago, having previously asked for £2 10s. to distribute amongst some poor families he was in the habit of visiting. He neither returned home nor appeared in his accustomed place at the lecture. On Friday last he was picked up on the seacoast near the Hague, in a state of asphyxia, gagged, dripping wet, and wounded in the shoulder. In his pocket-book were found twenty Hanes, and, most fortunately, his name and address. His father was apprised, and started for the Hague. He found his son partly paralysed, and able to speak only after two days of medical treatment. He has been brought to Paris, but he can give no account of what happened to him. The weather is very agreeable : the frost is less severe, and a bright sunshine in the day and the moon at night have been the ruin, for the time, of indoor amusements. Skating goes on with great spirit ; but the end is clearly coming. A falling thermometer will speedily convert the lake in the Bois de Boulogne once more into a sheet of water. The Empress has tried the exercise once more, and manages very well—with the support of a gentleman on each side. The unseemly spectacle of Impe rialism heels uppermost on the ice which presented itself to the frequenters of the Bois last winter is not to be tole rated a second time. The same objection, however, does not apply t D the hope of the Napoleonic House. The young Prince skates alone, and flounders about in the most heroic style. He fell eight times yesterday. A. fire broke out the evening before last in the hold of an American ship at Havre. Thomas Burnett, the lieutenant in charge, a native of Glasgow, was suffocated, THE TV,EATHER TABLE',-THIS DAY, METL•OROLOGIC'AL lILTORTS. Extreme Sea Fridah ! 11 ) . 1 1 F. I 0 Jan. '2U, B. T. 0 1 ,- 4 W. I 12 to F. D. WR., to I ° 8 a.m. 39 S.S W. , S.S.W. .0c o'o7l 1 1 2 4 b ---'--- 43 S.W. 4 6 S.W. c.o. io'4s: 5 2 28 5 : 6 5 5 81.. 45 42 ( 1 2813 f. 46 (42 S.W. 2 2 W.S.W. e.f h 011 ! Leith AberdeenN aNairn ." : : Shields .. 2814 f. 46 ) 44 W.N.W. 4 5 S . I r.o. o'l9, 3 Scarborongl 28•83 f. 40 45 S.W. 4 7 S.W. f.r.c 0'24 , 3 Yarmouth 29'o4f. 48 47 S.W. 3 6 S.E. f.m. o'l6 4 Helder _ _ _ Cuxhaven — _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .... Fikud einnes _ _ A.rdr ossan G r eencastle 28'54f. 43 41 S.B.W. 4 7 &E. o.rc 0 14'— Holyhead 1,1,er pool Valentin 28•65r. 45 42 S.S.W. 8 11 S.E. o.ic'o's7l 7 Cape Clear 2B'67r. 46 43 W. 9 9 B.W. r.c. 'o'so 8 Roche 's Pt. 28 72r. 45 44 S.W. 6 10 S.S.E. the 0'62 5 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 29'05f. 51 49 S.W. 1 8 E. 0.0. 1 013 1 3 Portsmouth 29'07f. 49 48 S.W. 4 8 S. r. 'o'4B 4 London , apearisNez 29'12f. 50 48 W. 8 8 W.S.W. m.o o'ol 5 Brest LOriont Roche fort Biarritz Corunna — _ _ _ _ Brume Is Paris — Strasbourg — ._— Toulon Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) — -- , THEMEDICAL DIRECTOR GENERAL-SHIP OF THE NAVY. The Army and Navy Gazette, besides asserting among the rwmoura of the day that it is intended to amalgamate the medical with the victualling and transport branches of the navy, under the supervision of Bear-Admiral Mends, inti mates that, in addition to this reduction of the dignity of the office, its emoluments are to be diminished to the extent of £3OO a year. It seems, too, that the title of Director-General is to be abolished. Now, whatever may be the title of the medical officer at Somerset House may bear he is the repre sentative man of our professioh, and must be the profes sional adviser of the Admiralty in all that concerns the health of the navy, which is a matter of no secondary weight, and he must be looked up to as the protector of the vitality of our profession employed in that service. Therefore it has been hitherto the practice that the holder of the office should be one of the senior and most distinguished officers of the depart ment —one to whom a large body of educated men shall look up to with great respect. We concur with our contemporary in thinking that the proposed changes are of a nature to prevent any of the highest medical men in the navy seeking this mutilated superiority over their brethren, since the official status he would have assigned to him will be no better than that of a senior clerk, and the entire profession in the navy will receive through him a corresponding depreciation. We sympathise deeply with our naval brethren in this possibility of further degradation relatively to the army ; and we shall anxiously await the decision of the present First Lord of the Admiralty, who has taken office under promises to make himself the perfect master of a difficult position through personal acquaintance with those officers who have the practical working of departments in their hands —trusting that he is not so soon about to subordinate farther, and to remove still another step from him, the officer who is the chief guardian of the health of the Royal Navy.—British Medical Journal. THE LORD CHANCELLOR UPON PARO CHIAL MISSION WOMEN. A letter on the above subject has been sent to the Times by Lord Hatherley, the Lord Chancellor. The following, says his lordship, are the advantages of this scheme : "1. The parish is a definite area to be worked, a nd instead of broad-cast, haphazard schemes of benevolence, an aim is given, and the effect of the work can be and is watched. Returns are required weekly by the managers from the lady superintendents of the number of visits made by the mission woman, the amount of money received, and other work done. Each manager receives these returns from specified districts, and visits the meetings without giving any previous notice. If the mission be not satisfactorily worked, it is either aban• doned or suspended. A mission may be closed for anY cause by the managers, on the one hand, or the clergyman; on the other, at a month's notice. "2. The mission woman and lady superintendent We their definite civilising lay work, and the clergyman is assisted by their co-operation, not thwarted by controver* sial zeal. "3. The mission women are of the same class as those they instruct. A clergyman or lady superintendent might make many visits without producing the effect desired. They and the poor do not often understand each other when it comes to be aquestion of interference with domestic habits and arrangements. "4. The test of this effective teaching is furnished 2 3 1 the returns. In the year 1867 over £7,000 (a portion of it in farthings) was collected from the poor of 130 mission districts. The society commenced its work with six Lair sions, and the deposits in the first year amounted to £B5. .A. steady increase to the numbers of 1867 is a very note' worthy fact." The Lord Chancellor then goes on to say : " The average cost of each mission is £35 a year. The clergy' man is expected to guarantee a certain portion of this sum, according to the circumstances of the case. The only items of expenditure are the woman's salary an d occasionally the rent of a central room, the advance 'omit' being repaid as the capital of each district increases• The total cost of management in 18G7 was only £lBO. This cost is mainly incurred by the employment of one clerk and the hire of au office, at 15, Cocksput' street. Scarcely a charity can be named where s° much is achieved by so small an expenditure. Those who know with what despair many a clergyman or district visitor enters a sick room the window of which is closed , the floor of which is foul with dirt, while the patient Po' sesses neither bed, bedstead, chair, nor table, perhaps 11° blanket or coverlid, can alone appreciate the transforms' tion that can be effected by a woman in the same class of life as the sufferer, who teaches cleanliness, order, industry, and foresight, through the medium of Christian kindnes s and Christian example." The Conservative members for IVest Suffolk, Lord Augustus Hervey, M.P., and Major Parker, M.P., wero e 0" tortained at dinner on "Wednesday by their friends and sup porters in the Clure district. STORAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS.—A Liverpool merchant has been summoned before the Liverpool s tipor diary for having sent to the Sandon Dock one case ° f hydrochloric acid, without being marked " dangero us goods." This being the first case of the kind which 1114 . ° come under the sp ec i a l A c t b e f ore th e mag i s t ra t e s, a witP gated penalty of £lO was imposed. WELSH LIBERAL BANQUET.—A banquet is to be given on the 24th February, at the Freemasons' Tavern' to the Liberal mem b ers of the Pr i nc i pal i ty. The Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Home Secretary, will preside. conference will be held a t th e same p l ace on the d a y f°: lowing, to consider m a tt ers i n connection with W a l e s . its political aspects. The rejoicings in Limerick over the failure of th e petition against the sitting members continued through tvi° nights. Tar barrels blazed in various districts. At th° " Treaty Stone" four were set on fire, and a simi lar number were placed on the O'Connell monument. An effigy of Sir Peter T a it was b urned amid the mock " keen i ng " °i the populace. The police patrolled the streets, but no die l ' turbance occurred. A man in a cart was cro ss i ng th e M anc hester a n d Sheffield and Lincolnshire line on Wednesday as a lugg 9 g e train close by began to move. The result was that befo re the horse and cart could get clear the engine caught t he A l'i i , and carried them up the lino fo r a di s t ance o f t we nty yar before the tr a in cou ld b e s t o pp e d. Th e h orse w.f° ull o with three of its cut off, whilst the cart and gears broken to pieces. The old man, however, who sat In Il l,: cart at the time the engin e cau g ht it, esc a ped with fe " serious injuries. Sir Louis Mallet, of the Board of Trade, had 511 audience with the Board of the Manchester Chamber of C °l33- merce on Wednesday when a convers a ti on t oo k place yv 4ol reference to the recent failure in carrying out the intentiellt of the Austrian Supplemental Convention by the G o vernm e % of that country. He detailed th e c i rcums t ances un d e r wb ic i the British Government w as pl ace d w ith regar d to the ' l t mate fulfilment of the convention, and referred also t o t "" negotiations taking place with regard to the revision cf the Russian tariff, the French treaty, and the alleged inaccu lled of the Board of Trade returns. The Recorder of Wigan, at the borough seesi °93 on Wednesday, advocated a thorough revision of the linen' sing system ; and with reference t o b eer h e sa id he wa s favour of becrhouses in which there is no temptation drink so-called ardent spirit s . B u t b eer was freque iltil , adulterated by the infusion of salt and o th er even rilcrfo injurious ingredients, to provoke unnatural thirst. be guard against this dishonest and iniquitous systeol, at would have competent persons appointed to analyst', short or uncertain intervals, the beer sold in every b e :,; house, and even in every public-house. On proof of deleterious adulteration a heavy fine should be inflicted . 0 An unfortunate m an name d R o bi nson, w ho lin o bitten by a dog at H a lif ax several months ago, has died fro 30 the effects of hydrophobia, this being the fifth case of t kind which has ended fatally at Halifax during the last f° o f months. The excitement caused by the announceinO t t o the death was i n t ens ifi e d yes t er d ay b y t h e repor t that a dog, which bad come from Leeds, bad bitten three chila4 at Lee Bank. T wo men , w h o p ursue d th e an imal into te; Market-place at Halifax, in or to destroy it, were bitt t be by the animal, which also attacket several other dogs i Ti do t street. These were afterwards killed, to prevent f ur mischief. ter The members for East Devon have been e n , t o tamed at a b a nquet at Siahnouth in celebration of i'de, return. Sir Lawrence Palk said they nligl it an pond up n it that the surrender and couns c3 io r of the Irish Establishment was only the st e P P l icti. stone to granting further demands of the Roman Cath:relt The objection that the Church in Ireland was the ec ti. )f a minority applied alto to the English Cbil the In his opinion, however, they must retain be_ Church at all hazards, and the Irish Glittr e ; hti rell ause it was ono of the bulwarks of the `" - io tOt in England. And they must do more than that, th °l a it reform and unite the Church if they wished to g u- tis o. against the enemies of the faith and 4 Protes tall o ged Lerd Courtenay said although his party bad c , l ll F rio" :ts position in the country it had not changed. T er abl e civics. As a compact Opposition they wou ld be be t 0 t oo to give effect to their principl e s than they would bat i ll 6 had they continued in the position of a Govere nie p,lO l minority. Mr. Disraeli had taken a course Patrl to lilc 1 gentlemanlike ; nothing in hiupolitical life hecan lo3 . bil 0 his resignation, which had immensely IXPLA NA' Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; a, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog ; ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; ►.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) daring last 24 hours, Elea disturbance. REMARKS. The rapid decrease in pressure noticed at Valencia yesterday after noon continued, and has since extended to all stations. Readings in these islands are almost all below 29in., and are lowest in the N.W. (28T4in. at Greencastle). Since last evening, however, a recovery to the extent of 0161 n. has occurred in the west, and pressure is now increasing again in London. The difference between the readings at Greencastle and Rochefort is o'9sin. Temperature has not altered much, except at some eastern stations, where it has risen. AS E. to S. gale of short duration blew with great force at our western and southern stations last night ; and thongh the wind has at present generally moderated and veered to S.W., it still blows hard from that quarter at Valencia, and on the W. coast of France. Rain has been very general, and heavy al along our S. coasts. with thunder and hail at Roche's Point, Fog has been prevalent in the east. The sky this morning is cloudy. The sea runs high at Valencia and Cape Clear. M. Bands, a Paris stockbroker, committed suicide on Tuesday last, by hanging himself in Lis house in the Duo de Balzac. His confidential clerk, M. Alotto, now in custody, is said to have misappropriated funds to the extent of £120,000. When M. Banes heard of his arrest ho was driven to despair, and though (as believed) able to meet all his engagements, ho could not Lear to look his affairs in the face, and sought relief from them by the desperate remedy of self-destruction. The event has naturally caused great excitement on the Bourse. The formation of a " free labour society" for Manchester was resolved upon at a meeting onlVednesday The object of this association is "to secure to its members the free exercise of their right to dispose of their labour upon whatever terms and under whatever circumstances they may individually and independently think fit." A com mittee was appointed to conduct the movement, and it was intimated that 14ordiaorton of WattoA ouseotod to apt a~ Drhadat t : - Ca the (L 11a ACb ord the Ile of t age by din cot wil. Cee anc Tr( are R,; a c the Fel Pat for Nit Ra: the cen