The Sun. — London, England, 1869-09-22 00:00:00

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS, For the Year ending 30th June, 1869, read at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, 13th August, 1869, WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Deputy- Chairman of the Company, in the Chair. The - Report which the directors have now to submit to the proprietor differs in its tenor but little save in one or two particular from that laid before then, in 1868. fhe income of the year, it will le seen, amounts t £540,499 18s., and the total charge to £445,077 10s. 9d The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the balance a the surplus fund at the commencement of the financia year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE YEAR. X s. d. DR. Balance _of account, 30th £ s. d June, 1868 907,E52 8 6 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto... 371,548 12 1 Interest from investments 120,959 12 10 492,508 4 11 Profit and loss, bp.lance of account Total income £1,448,052 6 6 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, CHARGE OF THE YEAR. L £ e. d. Dividend to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured Additions to those under participating policies Policies surrendered Re-assurances new Ditto old 51,009 4 1 405,561 12 1 Commission Medical foes Income tax 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 910 ..E g. d. 8,880 4 0 436,187 6 9 Total charge Balance of account, June 30, 1869, as per balance-sheet £1,448,052 6 6 The total of premiums received is £371,548 12s. ld., of which sum £13,560 ss. ld. is for new assurances effected in the year. The interest from investments is £120,959 12s. 10d., or £4 2s. per cent. on the net amount of the company's realised assets existing in June, 1868 ; and in connection with this important feature of the company's affairs the directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the profit and loss account again exhibits a considerable profit, amounting this year within a trifle to the sum of £48,000. It may be remembered that a profit of nearly equal amount was announced in last year's report. Turning to the items constituting the charge of the year, it will be noticed that the sum payable in satisfac tion of claims on decease of lives assured is larger than usual. This circumstance, however, is not very material; as was observed ol a previous occasion, the proper quin quennial average is generally pretty sure to obtain, and the fact that the average for the past two years barely ex ceeds £309,000 tends to confirm that statement. The expenses of management are greater by nearly 1800 than they were last year. They would have been materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring the company's securities into the names of additional trus tees. Taken as they are, however, these expenses must be regarded as very moderate. It will be observed that they are only three per cent. of the total income. _ BALANCE-SHEET. JUNE 30, 1869. DR. LIABILITIES. Interest duo to proprietors £6,757 17 0 vlaims on decease of lives assured, and Ad iditions thereto unpaid 1 08,940 6 7 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprietors' fund Surplus fund £7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, ASSETS. .Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto .. 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 16 6 Ditto ditto Funded securities 491,303 4 2 Ditto ditto Temporary secu- rities 198,207 17 0 Current interest on the above investments 30,934 4 6 Cash and bills 12,256 15 10 Advanced on security of the company's policies 165,387 1 8 Agents' balances Sundry accounts Value of premiums (1867) .... 4,506,167 18 0 Value of re-assurances . 85,706 14 5 £7,675,813 0 10 The balance-sheet does not appear to call for any re mark. The assets are, of course, increased by the sum of V 5,422 7s. 2cl. already mentioned, as is shown by the augmentation to that extent in the balance of the surplus fund. The Direction of the Company is now constituted as follows: WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ., Deputy-Chairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. 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Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Will Open for the Winter Season on WEDNESDAY, Sept 29, with (never acted) LOST AT SEA: a London Story. By Dion Boneleardt and IlenryJ. Byron. The new scenery by Messrs. Hawes Craven, Maugham, and assistants. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, 'SEPT. 22,E1869. VICTOR Iluoo's absurd escapade at Lausanne is over. The Congress has closed its sittings and the members have dispersed. Looking back at those proceed ings of the Democratic gathering, they have about then:All the incoherence and extravagance of that, Tl E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1869. nightly Ins dness—dreaming. They appear to be throughout , in direct violation of all the probabilities. Reading the record of them, it remains to the last moment incomprehensible to us how any rational mortals could agree together to go through such elabo rate absurdities. But, most of all, one wonders bow a man of genius like VICTOR HuGo could have the patience to preside over them. Obviously, however, there might have been inscribed over the door of the place of assembly at Lausanne, same such inscription as this—that Whosoever crossed that threshold left his senses behind him. The President of the Congress, especially by right of his preposterous office, by reason of his mere acceptance of it, was clearly from the outset, for the time being, off his head. Upon the political platform, at all times, M. Vic The HuGo has shown his tendency to the state of mind of one who is recognisably demented. Only carry the question of politics to an extreme, calling it, while doing so, by no matter what name—So cialism, Republicanism, Ultra-Democracy, or the Red Revolution—and VICTOR IluGo at once signalises in some glaringly conspicuous manner that he is a monomaniac. The Poet's eye, hitherto "in a fine phrenzy rolling," as the Prince of Poets has it, glancing " from Heaven to Earth, from Earth to Heaven "—forthwith becomes fixed and flam ing as that of a Political Demoniac. Articulate language gives place to mere foaming gibberish. Rhetorical, art disappears, and you have, in its place, only empty rholomontade. COLERIDGE once wrote some wonderfully musical and sonorous lines of descriptive poetry, with no particular idea or realiz able meaning whatever in it, during his sleep, under the title of " Kubla Kahn." But this is the sort of inharmonious folly that is babbled by VICTOR Hugo, when he has taken his place as President of an ultra-Democratic Congress, like that recently playing its fantastic tricks before high Heaven at Lausanne Citizens," quoth he, " it is my duty to close this Congress by a final word. I will try to be cordial: help me. You are the Congress of Peace, that is to say of civilization. [Ahem ! our old friends the Tooley Street Tailors again.] On that point allow me a remembrance. Twenty years ago, in 1849, there was at Paris a Con gress of Peace. It was on the 20th of August —a bloody date ! The anniversary of the Saint Bar tholomew ! Two priests, representing the two forms of Christianity, were there ; the Pastor Coquerel and the Abbe Deguerry. The chairman of the Congress_. the man who has the honourof addressing you [Don't forget, he seems to say, that I had this glory once before]—evoked the nefarious souvenir of 1572, and addressing the two ministers he told them, Kiss each other ! In presence of that sinister date, to the acclanaetion of the assembly, Catholicism and Protestantism joined lips. To-day, only a few hours separate us from another date which is as illustrious as the first one is infamous ; we are nigh to the 22d of September. It was on that day that the French Republic was founded ; and if despotism and fana ticism had, on the 24th of August, 1572, said their last word, extermination—on the 22d of Septem ber, 1792, democracy sent forth its first cry, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Well ! That sublime date recalls to my memory those two religions repre sented by two priests who gave each other a kiss of peace, and I call for another embrace. This one is easy ; it has nothing to be forgotten. I ask for the embrace of the Republic and Socialism. (Thun ders of applause.)" Unhappily for the Illustrated London Newsand the Paris Illustration, Republicanism and Socialism on this occasion had no individual re presentatives or impersonators. So that the kiss is audible to the cars, and visible to the eyes only of the imagination. To return.to VICTOR Huoo, how ever, who is still in the midst of his tall talk or high falutin about Socialism and Republicanism— " Our enemies say," we find him adding, ' If neces sary, Socialism would accept the bulplre.• It Is nut true. Our enemies say, The Republic ignores Socialism.' It is not true. The high and definitive formula which I have just recalled, while it expresses the whole Republic, also expresses the whole Socialism. At the side of liberty, which implies pro perty, there is equality, which implies the right of work, a lofty formula of 1848 ; and there is also fra ternity, which implies solidarity. Therefore Repub licanism and Socialism are one. (Prolonged bravos.) Citizens, I am not myself a Republican of the eve, but I am a Socialist of the day before the eve. My Socialism dates from 1828 ; therefore, I have the right to speak of it. Socialism is vast and not narrow ; it embraces all human pro blems the social conception in its entirety. While it evokes the important question of work and wages , it proclaims the inviolability of human life, the abolition of war, the abolition of the gallows, the abolition of murder under all its forms, the substi tution of instruction for penalty. (Applause.) It proclaims the gratuitous and obligatory educa tion ; it proclaims women equal to man—(bravo) it proclaims the right of the child and the responsibility of man ; lastly, it proclaims the individual sovereignty, which is identical with liberty. What is all that? It is Socialism ; it is Republican ism. Citizens, Socialism is the affirmation of life ; Republicanism is the affirmation of right. The one raises up the individual to the dignity of man ; the other raises up the man to the dignity of citizen. Is there an accord more perfect? Yes ; we all agree. We do not want a CAESAR." The REDEEMER said, " Render unto CESAR the things that are CESAR'S" —but M. VICTOR HuGo says, by preference, "We do not want a CiESAR." He adds, "I defend Socialism which is calumniated. On the day when the ques tion is put between slavery and well-being—panemet circenses on the one hand, and liberty with poverty on the other—no one amongst the Republicans and the Socialists will hesitate ; and all—l declare it, I affirm it, 1 answer for it--all will prefer to the white bread of servitude the black bread of liberty. (Enthusiastic bravos.) Therefore, we must not let antagonism appear and germinate. Therefore, my Socialist brethren, my Republican brethren, let us stand close and serried around justice and truth ; let us face the enemy. Who is the enemy ? The enemy is more and less than a man. It is a compound of hideous facts, which weighs on the world, and which devours it. It is a monster with a thousand claws, although with but one head. The enemy ? It is that sinister incarnation of the old military and monarchical crime, which stifles and spoliates us ; who put his hand on our mouths and in our pockets (yes, yes ; true, true) ; who has the millions, the budgets, the priests, the valets, the civil lists, the palaces, all the armies, and not a single people (applause). The enemy it is who reigns, go verns, and organises at the present moment (thunders of applause.)" Speaker and audience aro evidently alike in a state of delirium ! " Citizens," exclaims VICTOR HuGo, however, in conclusion, " let us be the enemies of the enemy ; let us be our own friends ; let us be only one soul to fight him ; let us only have one heart to love each other. Citizens, let us cry Fra ternity (yes, yes ; bravo !) Another word and I have finished. Let us look at the future ; let us think of the day certain, inevitable, near at haul, perhaps, when the whole of Europe will be cultivated like that noble Swiss country which welcome us at this moment. That little people has its grandeur, it has a country which is called a Republic, it has a moun tain which is called the Virgin. Like Switzerland, let us have a Republic for citadel, and may onr im maculate and inviolable liberty be like the Jung-frau, a virgin revealed in full light. I salute the future re volution! (We all greet it with you. Bravo, bravo.") Enough, however, of all this poetico-politiCal high falutin. 0 for one hour A VICTOR HUGO, in his sober senses, to sweep out of our remembrance all this preposterous rhodomortade. TITE mineral products of England have always been ranked among the chief somces of her national wealth and greatness, but probaliy few persons actually realise their full extent or vane. The mining report just published under the auspices of Sir RODERICK MURCHISON, supplies some interesting information on this point. The total value of the metals and mine rals obtained from the mines of the United Kingdom in the year 1868 was estimated at £43,525,542. Minerals no, smelted, such as salt and similar products, amoulted to a little more than two millions. Metals raised during the same period were valued at £15,736,416, while the value of the coal was no less than £25,785,289, or considerably more than half the sum total of our underground income for the year. It semis curious, after this, to be told that there was a positive decrease in our coal returns for 1868 ; yet such the mining records care fully prepared by Mr. ROBERT lItiNT prove to have been the case. We exported, it is true, more coal in 1868 than in 1807, but the total amount raised from our mines in the twelvemonth was less in the latter than in the former year. We have become so accustomed to see all our branches of industry increase in extent and activity that any variation of the rule strikes us with surprise. The apprehensions about the possible exhaustion of our ccal-fields, and the consequent paralysis of some of our most important manufactures were due to calcu lations founded on the yearly increase of national consumption. This confident estimate has, however, proved to be too sanguine ; but the present diminution is to be attributed to the com mercial depression of the time. Coal plays so important a part in our commercial world, it assists in the development of so many otliPr resources, that the amount consumed represents the rate of national progress in the industrial world. The coal produce has hithorto shewn a rapid rate of increase, the quantity raised in 1860 being 80,000,000 tons ; in 1865, 96,000,000 tons ; in 1868, 103,141,157 tons. It was only in the year 1847 that any attempt was made to obtain official reports of our mineral products, but although the information on which they are founded is given for the most part voluntarily, it is gratifying to find that there has been no desire to withhold it. The mining proprietors have proved themselves in this respect wiser than the agriculturists whose prejudices against furnishing statistics of their produce have been hard to combat. We can hardly fail to remember in connection with the depression of the coal trade, the prolonged strikes among the colliers and the ironworkers, the "Denaby Main Colliery Strike," or "The Nailers' Strike," or similar accounts constantly appearing in the journals, but we fail to realise the amount of misery and the waste of property caused by them. Statistics like these before us should have more influence on the leaders of such movements. There is another branch of the subject which it is not pleasant to contemplate. It has been computed that on an average one man loses his life in our coal mines every day of the year, but we have by no means a monopoly of the mining accidents, if we have pre eminence in mineral products. We had scarcely ceased to study the details of the terrible disaster in Saxony when we were startled by the news of a catastrophe nearly as great occurring in Pennsylvania. Wherever there is mineral wealth we hear the same story. Men are always ready for the most dangerous exploit, but their readiness unhappily arises not from courage but recklessness. They are indifferent to danger because they do not think of it. The miner who carelessly lights his pipe in the midst of escaping gas, and defies all the ingenuity of STEPHEN SON and DAVY to keep his lamp shut, would probably hesitate about going into a danger which he understood. and realised, above ground. The accidents arising from such causes are not altogether within the reach of legislation or in. spection. We must look to the men themselves for the cure, and as education penetrates to our miners ; we may hope to see them grow more cautious, be- onuoo morn onliOltPried, find less willing to run the risk of destroying their own lives and bereaving fifty homes for the pleasure of a quarter of an hour's smoke! A great deal, however, - might bo done to lessen the risks of mining, which are beyond the reach of the miners. It is incumbent on the owners of col- lieries to take care that no question of profit, no desire to avoid a trifling or temporary expcnse leads to unavoidable disaster. It is much to be wished that our legislation were a little more stringent on this point, and that the official inspection which is always ready to ascertain the cause of an accident which has really happened would try to avert the frequent recurrence of wholesale tragedies. An industry which, independent of its ultimate influence on other trades, is worth annually more than five and-twenty millions sterling, deserves to divide attention, even with the Irish Land Question, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—this Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. two young w omen , were c h arge d SUPPOSED ROBBERY OP BANK NOT ES . —M ary Sh ore h am th having in their poss es sio n a £5 beforeand Mary Mr. A . Ty n r n w h S i t t n t i t w h i , bank note, and not giving a satisfactory account of the same. Police-constable Perry, 33 F, said that at half-past five that morning he was in Little-street, St. Andrew-street, Seven Dials, when hg saw the two prisoners with two other women and two soldiers. The women were all quarrelling, and after they separated, from what he was told he went after the prisoners and asked them where the £3 notes were. They said they had not got any, and he than observed Shoreham drop something down an area, Ile caused the prisoners to be detained, and on going into the area he found a £5 note; and Shoreham then said that it was given to her by a gentleman, and that she did not know what it was. The other prisoner said she knew nothing about it. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the constable who gave him the information ? The constable said one of the women with whom the prisoners were quarrelling told him the prisoner Shoreham had stolen the note from a gentleman. Shoreham said that a gentleman she had been with in Carlton-gardens gave her a piece of paper, but she did not know it was a.£s note. In answer to Mr. Tyrwnitt, the prisoner Shoreham said she had met the gentleman twice before. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoners; Smith being allowed to go at large,on her own recognisances. MADEIRA. 1 1114 cultivation of - thp soil in Maderia is at present undergoing ono of those radical and remarkable changes which in times past have characteriheel the history of the island. Thero is a tendency to effect a complete substitu tion of the sugar-cane for the vine. For 400 years one or other of the plants has been pre-eminent, the supremacy of the sugar-cane depending upon the defection of the vine, and the latter succeeding to the land when blight or mis fortune lead to the abandonment of the former. This time, however, the change is prompted by no such neces sity, but rather by a knowledge of the value of Madeira wine and a growing demand for the produce by the pre ferences of the people, and by the undoubted capacity of the soil in its dryness, its sloping disposition, and general qualities, to support the vine, and, perhaps, also by an instinctive foresight of the eventual, and not distant, termination of a culture exhausting in its nature, and comparatively unassisted by art. The failure of the sugar cane is natural and inevitable in a soil unregenerated after the removal of a bulky crop. The vine is already covering the land in districts formerly known to be best adapted to it; and, moreover, such is the industry of the people, that ground which, in the memory of man, has never befel) planted is now covered with the light refxeshing foliage, and the heavy clusters of black and golden Madiera grapes hang luxuriantly from the trellises. There is further, it must be said, a tendency to resume the vine culture in regions which were never well suited to its maturation, and even in well-watered valleys and upon deeper and richer soils the trellises are eitending where he sugar-cane might be advantageously retained. THAMES. CHARGE OP STABBING ON BOARD SIIIP. —James Car berry was brought before Mr. Benson, on a warrant, charged with stabbing Andrew Hanson, a foreigner, on board the ship John Goode, on the 29th of August last, at sea. Both men were rated as able seamen on board, and it was stated by Mr. Pelham, solicitor for the prosecution, that the crew were principally composed of foreigners, and that the prisoner was the only British subject on board, and assumed a superiority over his shipmates, and parti cularly over the prosecutor, a Swede. In a quarrel about who should go to the wheel the prisoner struck Hanson on the head, and then took a knife from !xis sheath and stabbed him on the front of the neck. The knife went through a red woollen scarf and the knot in front by which it was fastened, piercing the neck and inflicting a deep wound, which was dressed by the captain. The wounded man could not eat anything for four days, and he had been ill ever since. Mr. Pelham produced the red scarf, or muffler, as it was called by the prosecutor, and pointed out the direction the knife had taken through the folds. Han son confirmed all his solicitor had stated. Ho is a mild looking man. Mr. Benson was surprised the captain did not put tho prisoner in irons after such an outrage. Mr. Pelham said the ship was a small one, and the crew few i❑ number. The prisoner's services could not be spared. John Falconie, a Dutchman, heard a disturbance about who should go to the wheel, and the prisoner said, if you don't go to the wheel 1 will kick you to it or wo will fight for it. Hanson was cutting somo tobacco with a knife, and the prisoner thrust the knife into his throat. In cross examination by Mr. Gomm for the prisoner, the witness said he heard the prisoner say, '► Oh, if yout game is using a knife I must defend myself." Mr. Go►nm said the prisoner stabbed the prosecutor in self-defence, and that llanson first drew a knife. Mr. Benson remanded tha prisoner until to-morrow, and said ha would take ono bail in .£25 for his appearance. He was swat away to gaol. COUNTY ELECTIONS. ii official return states that the number of electors on the registers now in force in the counties or divisions of counties in England and Wales is 791,916, and that 405,960 voted at the last general election in the 55 places in which there were contests. In Berkshire 5,950 of the whole 7,647 on the register voted at that election; in Camliidge shire 7,157 of the whole 9,512; in Mid-Cheshire 5,521 of the whole 7,158; in East Cumberland 5,234 of the whole 6,694 ; in North Derby 5,316 of the whole 6,231; in South Derby 7,090 of the whole 7,833; in East Derby 4,135 of the whole 5,107; in North Devon 7,375; in South Devon 5,901; in East Devon 7,549 of the whole 27,120; in North Durham 8,422 of the whole 10,576 ; in South Durham 7,867 of the whole 9,352; in East Essex 5,112 of the whole 6,564 ; in West Gloucester 9,092 of the whole 11,463 ; in South Hants 5,806 of the whole 8,135; in Herefordshire 6,082 of the whole 9,528; in Herts 6,282 of the whole 9,423; in East Kent 10,264 of the whole 13.107 ; in Mid Kent 6,062 of the whole 8,723; in West Kent 6,509; of the whole 8,828 ; in North Lancashire 12,124 of the whole 14,399 ; in North-East Lancashire 7,171 of the whole 8,619 ; in South-East Lancashire 15.374 of the whole 19,340; in South-West Lancashire 14,415 of the whole 21,261; in North Leicester 5,028 of the whole 6,348 ; in South Lei cester 5,981 of the whole 8,308 ; in South Lincolnshire 6.866 voted ; there are 4,096 electors in the South Lincoln shire part of Kestevens, and there are 6,380 electors in the parts of Holland. In Middlesex 14,407 of the whole 25,196 voted ; in Monmouthshire 5,941 of the whole 7,971; in North Norfolk 4,933 of the whole 6,432; in South east Norfolk 5,056 of the whole 7,709 ; in South North ampton 4,787 of the whole 6,338 ; in North Shrop shire 5,753 of the whole 7,611; in South Shropshire 4,523 of the whole 5,847 ; in East Somerset 6,338 of the whole 8,795 ; in Mid-Somerset 5,737 of the whole 8,364; in East Stafford 6,576 of the whole 9,658 ; in West Stafford 6,026 of the whole 9,942 ; in East Suffolk 6,954 of the whole 9,024; in West Suffolk 4,158 cf the . whole 5,588; in East Surrey 7,890 of the whole 10,932 ; in Mid-Surrey 7,507 of the whole 10,565 ; in West Surrey, 4,929 of the *hole 6,708 ; in East Sussex 7,349 of the whole 9,380; in ,North Warwick 8,110 of the whole 10,226; in South Warwick 4,768 of the whole 6,205 ; in North Wilts 5,005 of the vhole 6,857 ; in East Worcester 7,538 of the whole 10,313; in the East Riding cf Yorkshire 7,955 of the whole 10,287; in the North Riding 14,789 cf the whole 19,205; in tho West Riding-Southern Division 12,703 of the whole 19,908 ; and in the Eastern Division 12,633 of the whole 18,494 ; in Carmarthen county 6,418 of the whole 8,026 in Caernarvon 3,778 of the whole 4,852 ; in Denbigh 5,934 of the whole 7,623. It does not appear that in this stag.. ment of the number of electors on the register a deduction has been made for double entries, and, therefore, the real numbers of electors arc probably not so large as the figures represent, THE PROPHET ZADKIEL. Our old prophetic friend Zadkiel is in the field agan. As it is part of hi s bu s i ness t o t a k e ti me lit era ll y by the L'orelock, he begins operations for 1870 in September, 1809. By this plan Taosze materially enhances the value of his predictions, Those who have neglected the warning of the last number had better examine the list of fulfilled predic tions at the end of the Almanac, and note how foolish crowned heads have been in not seeing to their nativities in time. The Queen of Spain was warned that Mars was inimical to her ; and so it turned out. The Conservatives of our country received clue notice that the Sun was in Aries; and not having made preparations for the event they were overthrown. If people defy Saggit tarius or Virgo, and even turn aheir backs upon Taurus or Leo, what are they to expect ? The Ram is the astrological ruler of Great Britain. Zadkiel watches his course through all - the starry flocks and herds, and warns us when the beast is exposed to malign influences or attractions. Last year a sketch of this Ram was given, and over his head was drawn a church steeple, sumounted by a weathercock. Could any hieroglyphic be plainer than this ? "It denotes," remarks the prophet Zadkiel, "great changes in the Church of this country; which, let us hope, will lead to peace and the increase of true religion." A list of lucky and unlucky days would be imperfect without a specification in detail of the misfortunes which may afflict those who are ignorant of offending destiny. Zadkiel particularises in the most courageous manner. For example, on the Ist, 6th, 11th, 16th, 20th, 29th of January, deal with merchants, bankers, or clergymen ; begin new under takings. On the sth, 24th, 29th, woo, marry, engage female servants, visit, or invite friends, and so on. "On the 4th, 9th, 19th, 23rd, deal with farmers and old folk." " Farmers and old folk ;" this is a strange conjunction, and seems somehow disrespectful to the agricultural interest. But Zadkiel must speak the truth as he finds it, and if the Bull and Aquarius will come to cross purposes it is no fault of his. The farmers and the old folk must take care of themselves. We find that in February "Saturn will square the sun in the figure of the Imperial Prince," and as Mars is going through the ascendant let him (Mars) beware of colds, and keep his chest dry and warm; also let him avoid some rather serious hurt or accident to his leg about the time mentioned. In March, Victor Emmanuel (if alive) is likely to be in a bad way, and al owing to the same pernicious star. Jupiter, by moving in Taurus, seems well disposed to Ireland ; but Uranus, by retrograding in Cancer, "brings strange and sudden mis ellief on Holland, Scotland, and Manchester." " Those born on the 15th February will prosper in all Venus matters about the 15th of this month," which gives them exactly a month and a day to improve the privileges granted by a fading custom to the votaries of St. Valentine. April promises to be lowering and dark. Mars squares Uranus, and there is turbulence on that account in England. During May, Ireland is expected to be troublesome, but Venus is kind to that country in June, while we suffer from the possession of Gemini, and are promised exciting scenes, for which the firemen are told to be prepared. Zadkiel him self will be exposed to danger on the fifteenth, so that we trust he will not be found far from a fire-engine. We do not pretend to discover the use of that machine for avert ing Saturnine influences (as house-burning is not men tioned), so that it may refer, for all we know, to spontaneous combustion, a proper and deco rous fashion for a wizard to depart this life in. Passing on to October, we are informed, " This month will witness some remarkable squabbles among Churchmen, in which the spirit of Christian charity will play a very subordinate part." Both the Prince Imperial and the Prince of Wales are exposed to perils in November. In December, what with Virgo squaring at Jupiter, Uranus retrograding in Cancer, and Saturn entering Capricorn from an unexpected quarter, a complete Irish shindy will take place in the skies, and we shall all be in danger from ill-health, grief, losses, crosses, &c., but " from these and all other such evils," concludes Zadkiel, " good Lord deliver us ! an d God save the queen"—Daily News. An American ship reports having seen fifteen water spouts at sea on September 2. THE PUBLIC HEALTH.—Last week the rate of mortality was 23 per 1,000 in London, 25 in thirteen other largo towns of the United Kingdom, and 23 in Paris. In the metropolis 2,087 births and 1,409 deaths were registered, the latter having exceeded by 103 the estimated number. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 534, the corrected average number being 406. Six persons died from small pox: 21 from measles, 178 from scarlet fever. 13 from diph theria, 64 from whooping-cough, 6 from typhus fever, 21 from enteric fever, 12 from simple continued fever, and 139 from diarrhcm. The number of children under 5 years of age who died was 716. Tho mean temperature during the week was 58 . 1, or ono degree above the average. The entire range of temperature during the week wa4 only 16 degrees. PRICE OF GOLD. Tbc quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and Le short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per £1 sterllnv. On comparing these rates with the ICnglish Mint price of £3 lie. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is slightly dearer in Paris than in .on don. The course of exchange at New York on London for Ulla at Cl, days' sight was 1071 por cent. on the 20th inst. At this rat 3 there would be a loss on the transmission of gold from the United States. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.-MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth, it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by molt Chemists and perfurnora Depot, 266, Wet Holborn OUR CONVICT PRISONS. The annual report of the Directors of Convict Prisons has been presented to both Houses of Parliament. From this it appears that the number of male convicts received during the year was 1,834. Of these 88 were men whose licenses were revoked, which is a decrease of 261 per cent. on the number of licenses revoked in 1867, and of 46 per cent. on those in 1866. Of the remaining 1,644, 333 had been previously sentenced to penal servitude. This number is less than in any year since 1859, and there has been a steady diminu tion in this class since 1862, when they amounted to 688. The deaths have been fewer than in previous years, although the population has been larger. We are told that the number of convicts who take ad vantage of the societies for the aid of the discharged prisoner is considerable. The advantages these insti tutions offer to discharged prisoners who are desirous to relinquish a life of crime cannot be too highly appreciated, and have an increased value since transportation has ceased to offer a chance of commencing a fresh career. Two hun dred and eighty-three women convicts were received during the year ; of these 33 were persons whose licenses were revoked, which is a decrease of seven on the last year. Of the remaining 250, 76 had been previously sentenced to penal servitude—a considerable decrease on the number (125) so sentenced last year. ALBERT ASSURAIVCE COMPAIVY. An application was made on Tuesday to Mr. Bloxham, chief clerk, in Vice-Chancellor James's Court, for an adjournment of the further hearing of this case for a week. The application was granted. At a subsequent period of the day a gentleman whose name did not transpire said he wished to ask the Chief Clerk, as an old policy-holder, whether it was safe or not to pay his premium to the liquidator. Messrs. Lewis, Manes, and Co. stated they were present to give informa tion, and the Chief Clerk, who said he could give no information on the subject, referred him to those gentle men, with whom the applicant left the court. An extraordinary general meeting of holders of ten shares and upwards in this undertaking was held on Tuesday, at the offices of the company, Waterloo-place, for the purpose of considering a resolution to the follow ing effect :—" That it has been proved to the satisfaction of the meeting that the company cannot by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is desirable to wind up the same, and that the same be wound up voluntarily, under the Companies' Acts 1862 and 1867." To appoint a liquidator or liquidators to wind up the affairs of the company. To take into con sideration the proposal of the " Provisional Official Liquidators " of the company for the arrangement of the liabilities of the company (dated 25th of August, 1869), and to pass such resolution or resolutions with reference thereto as may be thought advisable. Ultimately the resolution approving of the appointment of a com mittee was agreed to, and the names of the following gentlemen were adopted :—Mr. Cotterell, Mr. Foreman, and Mr. Tarring. No others could be obtained, and power was given to those gentlemen to add to their number up to seven. The formal business of the meeting was dropped. PAUPERIS.,II IN EAGLAND. The twenty-first annual report of the Poor-law Board, which has just been issued, contains some interesting particulars of the amount of pauperism at present existing in this country. In 1865-66 the expenditure for the relief of the poor reached the enormous sum of £6,439,515, being at the rate of Gs. lid. per head on the population; in the following year the amount had risen to £6,959,841, or 6s. 6/d. per head ; and in the year 1867-68, £7,493,061 was expended, being at the rate of 6s. 111 d. per head. The greatest increase was observable in the Metropolis, where it multiplied 13 . 4 per cent. ; the lowest was in Huntingdon, where the expenditure only increased o'4 per cent. In the year 1834, when the estimated population was 14,372,000, the total amount expended in the relief of the poor was £6,317,255, or Bs. 91d. per head; in 1868, with the population at 21,540,000, the expenditure was, as before stated, £7,498,061, or 65.111 d. per head, skewing a decrease of no less than ls. 10d. The expenditure for all purposes in the year ending Lady Day 1868 shews an increase of 7.7 per cent. compared with the preceding year. The charge distributed over the rateable value of England and Wales amounted to ls. 6d. in the pound in 1867-63, against ls. 51d. in the previous year. The mean number of paupers of all classes last year was 992,640, as compared with 931,546 in 1866-67, showing an increase of 6 . 6 per cent. It is a significant circumstance, which deserves attention, that in the year ending Lady Day 1868, an increase of expenditure of greater or less amount has taken place in every county in England and Wales. The Poor-law Board regrets to state that although lince the period of the cotton distrez,s in Lancashire the amount of the expenditure for poor relief in that county is materially reduced, it is far from having returned to its previous level. The number of persons vaccinated during the year was 518,791, being an increase upon the previous year of 22,079. The number of cases in which vacci nation has been successful is 513,011—an increase of 22,444. The births during the year in the several unions and parishes were 771,905, being an increase of 5,270. A. most brilliant auroral display is reported to have been seen in Canada on the night of September 3. Prince Kung telegraphs to Minister Burlingame, asking him to intercede with the Peruvian Government in behalf of the Chinese labourers in that country, who, it is said, are badly treated. The inquest into the circumstances attending the melancholy accident on the river Lea has been held. A verdict of Accidental Death was returned in each of the three cases. Mrs. Catharine Washington, who claimed to be a relation of President Washington, died recently at her residence in Delhi township, Ohio, aged 80 years. She was born and married on the Washington estate, in Culpepper county, Virginia. _ NEW LIFEBOATS. — The National Lifeboat Institu tion has just forwarded five new lifeboats to the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, and one to the Scotch coast. The several stations are Salcombe, Sidmouth, Porthoustock, lllevagissey, Port Isaac, and the Isle of Whithom. A change is contemplated in American postage stamps. The heads of Washington, Jackson, Franklin, and Jefferson are to be restored in place of the present designs, to be represented as profile busts, each to represent the various denominations. The stamps are to be larger than those now in use, and oblong. The former colour —red— will also be restored. TirE LATE "limo' , OF EXETER.—The funeral of the late Bishop of Exeter will take place on Friday. In two respects the arrangements will conform to the ex pressed wishes of the deceased prelate. He will be buried at St. Mary's Church, by the side of his wife, and the funeral will be marked by as little ostentation as possible. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A FARMER'S SONS.— At the Lewes Petty Sessions, Robert Ellis, aged 19, and Alfred Ellis, aged 15, the sons of a respectable farmer living at Beddingham, were brought up on renru.id, charged with committing an indecent assault upon Ellen Steel, aged 18, a servant in the family. The Court, after a sitting of six hours, committed both prisoners for trial at the sessions, one on the charge of assault with intent, &c., and the other with aiding and abetting. Prisoners were admitted to bail. A wedding at Fort Smith, Ark., was interrupted the other day, when the rector came to that portion of die service which requires a vow of obedience on the part of the bride. At that critical moment there resounded through the church a most emphatic no from the lips of the lady. The clergyman threw up his hands in dismay and then cloned his book, and the excitement among the spectators was intense. But one of the bridesmaids whis pered something in the ear of the bride; she gave the re quired pledge, and thereafter all went merry as a marriage bell. AN ACCOMPLISHED SCPIDE.—The following sin gular note was recently addressed by a candidate for the post of chapel-keeper to the deacons of a Liverpool chapel:— " Sir and Gentleman of Committe of Ros Plase Capel,— I was here from a member that your gucle father publis that there was want a Capel Ceper for new Braspitteraine Capel in Clarance Street, and I offers myself for plase. I was not be member, but was have it in my mind to offer myself, and if I was get Capel I comes a member quick sticks. I was not roared but was have a woman who is member in my minds eye to marry er. I certifize that I will kape the Capel awful clane—My professun is labor and I was work sometimes for Plase let us no as soon as you can as I was like to by fernish for new hose. I was sit under gallery in Rose Plase, and I was to be 29 ears in my life. I remene, Gentlemans, your umble a ervan—."—Liverpool Albion. The autumnal conference of the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union was held on Monday at Bradford, and w as attended by a considerable number of delegates, chiefly from Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Rev. J. P. Chown, President of the Bradford Association, was in the chair, and was supported by Archdeacon Sandford and several other ministers. Papers were rend followed by discussion, on the position and prospects pf the aro ••u c ps rer t ee'*l aka. c.. 4d` '7ll~`T .C~ - ~Y ~~IJ •tip ~~~~ KT_ eIIID I ° 4, CPI TaT 4,1 HER MAJESTY. BAL3IORAL CASTLE, Sept. 19. The Queen, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, with the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine service in the parish church, Crathie. The Right lion. W. E. Gladstone had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family. LATEST INTELL LGENC (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Sept. 21. The Guion steamship Colorado arrived hero to-day. The Allau (Glasgow) steamship St. Andrew also arrived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1371 ; the highest quotation Jut' ing the day was 137 i; the lowest, 1374. Sterling Exchange on London lO7l. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1221. 4 4 " 1885 l2l. 14 “ 1867 ll9l. 10-40 ct 109 k. Illinois l3Bl. Erie 3Bl. Cotton—Mid. upland 9Blc. Petroleum—Standard White 32le. Flour, extra state, $6.20c. to $6.80c. Corn, old mixed, sl.loc. According to Mr. Adam Moffatt's report lb s receipts of cotton for the last four days h a ve been 18,000 bales, against 9,500 last week; shipment s to England, 200 bales, against 100 ; to France' 500 bales, against none ; and to the Continent 100 bales, against none. M.-Upland 11$ cost an d freight per steamer. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 22. The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of IVashilio ton, from New York, arrived here at 3.35 th l° morning, and having landed mails and passenger s ' proceeded immediately for Liverpool. All we ll • She brings $11,503 in specie. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Sept. 2 2 . The Presse of to-day publishes a telegram fro' Berlin, announcing that Baron Werther has be e° appointed Prussian Ambassado r a t P ar i s , a nd t llst his successor at Vienna would probably be -Prince Reuss. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 21.—Three o'clock—The inark‘i closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month... -- Italian gives N 1 " 3 per Cent - 50 End of month 7O 521 Ottoman Lo an .... 3 22 Credit Mobilier - 50 Transatlantic 265 Spanish Th ree s ... 44 ni ..... Credit Foncier 1690 Home Debt .-- Paris Gas 1625 Deferred -- RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Western 605 Northern ... lOBO Strasburg __ _ . 595 Lyons arid Mediterranean Southern..... 6061 Sardinian Austrian 775 Lombard 5lO North of Spain 5O Saragossa Roman 5l GLOBE 7IIEA7RE. The new comedy, by Mr. I'. W. Robertson , eti i ; Titled " Progress," with which th e w inter 00 au" ° A was inaugurated, will prove a great attraction, , or receive the approval of all who go to a theatr e amusement, because it is tastefully written, OP lt tally acted, and admirably put upon the stage• a seems to be the fashion, now-a-days, to conde in _, everything that is not perfectly orig in ; and no trouble is thought too ranc h to certain persons to rout out and bring has light any little incident an English playwrig i t o h, had the misfortune to borrow from the French but when an agreeable, entertaining piece' fit as " Progress" undoubtedly is, is produee u we • seems to us perfectly immaterial how the T a w work has been got together. With some, ' a ros e finding is chronic, even the perfume of the the . or the colour of the lily would not P 350 e ft ne r. less ; but, throwing aside all such ridiculous nJr, do o criticism and prejudices, we thank Mr. itob er r iog for giving us one of the most interns ,ge and well constructed three act drama 10 t have witnessed for some time. Th e leg of " Progress" is or has been made thorough l Y, o d, lish, that is quite sufficient as matters now 8 '4 1 ,4; and we feel certain the success the piece wil l h : w oy will perfectly justify us in that opinion. T - ed commences in the residence of an old antiqueng family, the members of which cannot see au% th 0 , 0 5.4 but degeneration going on around them, P rc % e r and improvement the most of the m look uPen I to fectly appalling ; and as for advancement of s ni 0 0 that is a matter quite beneath their consideratio n ' bas, of the members of the family in years gone bl i d e 3 however, married a person in trade, and, dis cs a 9, by her aristocratic, proud, but poor re , ' a ftet dying, leaves an only daught er . The child' t not some time, is taken to by " the familll n _ o : il o gi' before she has seen a youn g an d t a lented fief neer, who now is on the high road to fortun e ' ti ecV in the performance of hi s d u ti es , v i s its the g r° oo oo, of the stately but comparatively poor MoinPl er a recognition takes place, an d the engi nes t he rudely dismissed from the house. light of the old, dull Louse, at tb n ill, dignity offered to her lover, falls cloo' and then, to save her life, the good old fann u elii for tells her the family have relented and 80 fy re' o f given their assent to her union with the man • of gress. On On Eva's recovery the eldest sel l a iesos t Mompessons,who has become:attached to h er ! , ro po. declares his passion. A hasty visit to theme" sad lis has created a decided chan g e in his I:l otion: 0 , p t he he sees the absurdity of e n d ea vouring to ° 00 , progress of the time. Too late, Eva's lore is e , v itb and irremovable, and the end is her mar ring Th e John Ferne, the man of skill and scie nce ; 00 1 ' different parts of the comedy, as We balr „ a cool' were all admirably sustained ; the duke's S'-' l„y not have been done better than it w as ferne' John g Henry Neville, and Mr. Billington, as A threw himself thoroughly iato the part, a n `h. c 7 o . Dir* creatl most a capital embodiment of the author's Clarke supported the part of Dr. Brown In , A ls° tistically, and Mr. Parselle and Mr. liars ° miss deserve high praise for their per formane e i ; exq ui' Lydia Foote, as E va , sustained the part With the tile site grace and fe e li ng; an d Mrs. StePhe ne a ide e t prim, starchy old maid, on the heavenly forty, was superb. sn i e iou° We congratulate Mr. Parry on the n 12 1. '1 0 04 opening of his winter campaign ; he has wishes for a prosperous and successful seaso" be en lit' Staff-Assistant-Surgonn Duke, having truc l4 .ached to the 10th Hussars for duty, h as been 5- . 0 c off the strength of the Aldershot d ivision• ilSr jro, Prevost, ~ 10r evost, 2d Battalion 23d Royal Welsh F o o i as been appointed President of the OOP b i 3, h iO O tary Committee, vice Major Roche, 24:1 1 3 " 3 2d Regiment. 1 , geol ..DuN %mix: and Co., Belfast, are the -- ,, r- r holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Vib isi' v reo ; commended by the medical profession in preference t° ' ) ort , '" Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home eee or o l d 00 , tion Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunvii.rle Q. . ..fACU. Belfast; or 4, Beaufort -buildings, Strand, LondQn, " ' Tel tifnMerit.