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FOR THE AUTUMN & WIN fER SEASONS E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. The RABE COMBINATION of EXCEL- LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be fonni in every grticle sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, %* made to measure, for all ages, and all lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring Ind fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Booms, which contain a very large and diver sified stoek of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate cyst em of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will he beerfnlly exchanged, or, if desired, the coney will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can he made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats Ind Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Solf-mea mre, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES eld SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. mrNORTES 158, MINORIES 157, MINOMES 83, ALDGATE ALDG ATE ALDGATE ALDGATI S 7. ALDGAT E 88, ALDGATI S 9, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 506 NEW OXFORD-STREET SOT, NEW OXFORD STREET *DS, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 233, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch : 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. THE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE "NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle. and in a Portable Case for Travelllng. TIIE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p -:nliar simplicity of these Machines enables any one to Icqulre their perfect use in a few hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free -ME "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY ( lief Office in the United Hine, m: 147, CHE kPSIDE. BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of JOHN MESSENT, Manager. 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. The income of the year, it will Le seen, amounts t £3-10,499 18s. and the total charze r .£-145,077 10s. 9d The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., addFd to the balance of the surplus fund at the commencement of the financial year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FEINT) ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE YEAR. Dh. £ e. d. Balance of account, ZOth Jure, 1868 errmiums on new assur- .£ s. d 907,E52 8 6 ancps to on okl ditto 357,988 7 0 THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: Messrs Ash„ey, C. H. Stephenson, and Misses Maria and Nelly Harris. At 15 to 8, LOST AT SEA: a London Story. Messrs A. Stir ling, G. Belmore, E. Atkins, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith, R. Romer; Miss Rose Leclercq, Miss I'.liza John stone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Belmore and Mrs. Leigh 31 urray. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. 871,548 12 1 interest from investments 120,959 12 10 492,508 4 11 fro9t and loss, balance of account 47,991 13 1 Total income ••• £1,448,052 6 6 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLENI Auditors. HENRY ROSE. CHARGE OF THE TEAR. F. d. CR. Dividend to proprietors Claims on dece..se of lives assured Additions to thoso under X s. d. 8,880 4 0 305,614 3 6 participating policies 24,304 6 6 Policies surrendered R►e-assurances—new Ditto old 405,561 12 1 r' • • uOM MI SP, On Medical foes Income tax 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 9 10 436,187 6 9 r6tal champ Balance of account, June 30, 1869, as per balance-sheet X 1,448,052 6 6 The total of premiums received is £371,548 12s. id., of which sum £13,560 ss. ld. is for new assurances effected in the year. The interest from investments is £120,959 12s. 10d., or £4 2s. per cent. on the net amount of the company's realised assets existing, in June, 1868 ; and in connection with this important feature of the company's affairs the directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the profit and 1333 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 o 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 £30",000 tends to confirm that statement. The expenses of management are greater by nearly £BOO than they were last year. They would have been materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring the compan3's securities into the names of additional trus tees. Taken as they are, however, these expenses must be regarded as very moderate. It will be observed that they are only three per cent. of the total income. BALANCE-SHEET. JUNE 30, 1869. DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors £6,757 17 0 Aninis on decease of lives assured, and A d•lditions thereto unpaid 108,940 6 7 Sundry accounts Liabilv.„ ---; ler sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 P ro priefois fund Surplus fund £7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN ,t HENRY ROSE, Auditors. CR ASSETS. tmount invested in fixed mortgages £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 16 6 Ditto ditto Funded securities 491,303 4 2 lift° ditto Temporary secu- rities urrent interest on the above investments Oash and bills Advanced on security of the company's polici.g A tv...-:;:s trilance,; `,tinclry accouute Value of premi , ms (1867) Value or re-assnrar.ces 198,207 17 0 30,934 4 6 12,256 15 10 165,387 1 8 25,489 16 8 57,331 7 9 4,506,167 18 0 85,706 14 5 £7,675,813 0 10 The 'hstance-sheet does not appear to call for any re mark. The assets are, of course, increased by the sum of £95,122 7s. Pd. already mentioned, as is shown by tha ancrmentaticm to that extent iu the balance of the surplus fund. Tho Direction of the Company is now constituted 9.3 10110W3:- WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, EBQ., Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, EsQ., Deputy-Chairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. Charles Chatfield. Esq. George Russell, Esq. SirJ.BullerEast, Bt., D.C.L. ThomasGodfreySambrooke Wm. A . Justus Guy, 151. D., Esq. F.R.S. A etnizil Tindal. CalrlesThns.Hokortaba,Esq. I Rizlit Hen. Sir - john Young] Joshua Lockwood, Eq. Bart., K.C.B. FILE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " I supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W ALIZAiNDER date crooks), Newspaper Agent, L\ o. 4, Old Csivendieh street, Oxford-street C 0 MYAGNIE GENE RALE TR A MAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la Pal; Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New,York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK. First Class 7OO fr. Second Class 425 fr. Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti. Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and JapaL. Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this company, can be bad of STRINGER, PEMBBIIOKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. ' L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. CON vEr.srox OF DEBEYTUEDS INTO DEBENTURE STOCK The Directors are now prepared to enter into arrange ments for converting the Debentures of the Company into equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Deben ture Stock, and also to receive applications for allotments of the same Stock, at par, to be applied in the repayment of Debentures falling due. Any amount of Stock, not being a fraction of a pound, can be subscribed for and transferred. __ A commission of (one-half) per cent. is allowed to ap plicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Company's books free of all expense. The interest will be paid half-yearly on the 15th Jan uary and 13th July, by warrant. The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same priority against the property and income of the Company as the Debenture Bond Debt, ranking before the Com pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions (430,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income now amounting to upwards of Three Millions (.C.',000,000) annually. Further particulars and forms of application may be obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. Euston Station, March, 1869. cLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. T he ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000 Tho ASStBANCE FUND, safely invested, is over £1,619,000 Forms of Proposal, and every information, can be ob tained of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodi ies valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to It. MAllltlziON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. (IN CHANCERY.—Lord Chancellor. Vice-Chancellor Malin& Nixey v. Lewis.) AunoN.—WhereAs the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Malins, on the Ist day of July. 1859, upon the ap plication of William George Nixey, of No. 12, Soho-square, in the County of Middlesex, the plaintiff in the above suite, awarded a perpetual injunction, restraining the defendant, Joseph Lewis, his shopman, servants, and agents, from hereafter selliaig any black lead, or other composition purporting to be black lead, in tablets or aces enclosed or covered in manner in the bill mentioned, or folded in wrappers, or enclosed or packed up or folded in any cases coverings, or wrappers, which are fac similes, or copies or fraudulent imitations of those invented or used by the plaintiff, and from in any way using any cases, coverings, boxes, labels, devices, or other things which shall re present or have the appearance of representing the plaintiff as the manufacturer or vendor of articles which have not, in fact, been manufactured or sold by him. Ali persons are therefore cautioned against purchasing, selling, exposing for sale, or othei wise dealing in black lead er other composition purporting to be black lead not manufactured cr prepared by the said William George Nixey, in tablets or in cams, enclosed or covered, or wrapped or enclosed in wrappers, or with other ac companiments being fac-similes or fraudulent or colourable imi tations of those invented and used by the plaintiff, the said William George Nixey.—Dated this 23d day of July, 1849. VALLANCE VALLANCE, 20, Essex-street, Strand. Plaintiff's Solicitor. OIIN (;OSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY 0 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.—Bed Bull Wharf, 83, Upper T hames- street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A Glik AMARELLA restores the Human Hair 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 wow: 'dui liquid. It is now offered to the public a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames itreet London. I.C. THEATRE ROYAL, I)RURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager Mr. F.R. Chatb.rton. arms EVENING, at 7, BELLE' OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FO MOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucle:mit : Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Britta,in Wright. I oht. Rouse; Mr.+ Billington, Misses 11. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce cf BORROWED PLUMES. (1 LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. ‘Jr Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at 7, BREACH OF PROMISE. A t 8.15, Mr. 'I. W. Robertson's new Comedy, in three acts, entitled PROGRESS: Messrs. Billington, B. Neville, .1. Clarke, Parselle, Westland. E. Marshall ; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining TIIIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, A QUIET FAMILY After which, at 7:15, a new drama. entitled ESCAPED FROM PORTLAND: Characters by Mr Charlto Mathews, Mr Vining, Messrs W. Rignold, G. F. Neville, C. F. Edgar, C. Steyne ; Mist; Georgian°. Pauncefort, Miss Carlisle, Miss Kemp, Mrs Addie, and Mrs Charles Mathews. With new scenery by Mr F. Lloyds, Mr W. Flamm, and assis tants. Furniture and decorations by Mr. Nosotti. Concluding with the Farce of NO PHI - NG TO NURSE. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. OL BORN THEATRE-ROYAL. !e Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN Tfl IS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, a new and original ketch, by Harry Lemon, Esq , caned WAIT FOR AN ANSWER. After which, at 7.45 will be produced, with new scenes y, fur niture, and appointments, a new Comedy, in three acts, by Thomas Morton, Esq., entitled PLAIN ENGLISH, in which Messrs Barry Sullivan, George Honey, J. C. Cowper, W. H. Stephens, D. Evans, Charles i-i orstnan, Lin Rayne, Cotte, Dyas, W. Arthur, )Ira. Hermana Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, and Miss Howard will appear. To conclude with the Musical ra-ce of THE WATERMAN. The magnificent new seuery• by Mr. Julian Hicks; the furni turn and upholstery by Mr. James Lyon Acting Manager—AmoaY SULLIVAN. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE . Solo Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BRE :t HERS : Mr CI azke. Followed by THE TOOD LES : Mr Clarke. After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c. ri `II E " SUN" NEWSPAPER.—G. R. GLENIE 1 delisers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn. 8, Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, T. 30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. 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" Only that it is a letter we are reading, and not the report of a speech, we should here have inevitably found inter polated in brackets [loud and prolonged laughter.] " I cannot conclude," writes Mr. OSBORNE—and here it is that we come to the ungracious gibe and to the nonsensical proposition with which he brings his com munication to an end—" I cannot conclude this long letter without adding that I have long been of. opi nion that the presence of the Monarch should be substituted for that of the Viceroy, and occasional sittings of the United Parliament should be held in Dublin." That, and nothing less ridiculous than that, is Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE'S last bran new pro position for the pacification of Ireland ! AFTER all there is much probability that Spain will give up possession of her great West Indian island, and that Cuba will shortly become indepen dent, with the prospect of speedy union to the American republic. The offer made by General SICKLES on behalf of the United States has not, as was at one time thought, met with a refusal. The American Ambassador proposed that Spain should withdraw her claims upon the "Queen of the Antilles" for the sum of twenty million dollars, to be raised on behalf of the Cubans under the guarantee of the Washington Govern ment, and that the island should become independent—it being of course pretty certain that at no distant date the country would form one of the United States. The Spanish Ministry hare neither accepted nor rejected these terms. Pitur and his colleagues hold that they cannot under present cir cumstances honourably give up Cuba; but the:i regard the offer of the United States with favour. They ask, however, that negotiations may not be pressed just now, and in due time they will, according to the best authority, "concede the independence of Cuba on terms satisfactory both to the island and the United States." Delay is always dangerous, and in this case espe cially so ; but on the whole this news must be deemed favourable. A separation, with anarchy in prospect, could hardly he deemed beneficial to Cuba ; but the intervention of the United States is a guarantee that the withdrawal of the Spanish troops will not be followed by misrule. Under the inspiration from Madrid the great island was far from well-governed. In fact, no part of the Spanish possessions was well governed, and in the case of Cuba the administration has been particularly indifferent. The island was in no sense a colony. Its position was exactly analagous to that of a Roman province. A Spanish governor was sent over, a host of young Spanish grandees found profitable employment as Cuban officials; and it was the business of these to extract as much as possible from the island for the benefit of the old country. Cuba has been ruled by a semi-foreign race for the advantage of a distant land. Dissevered from Spain, the fate of the island will be that of incor poration with the United States, and it will enjoy pre cisely equal privileges with New York and Pennsyl vania. The principle on which the Great Republic has been founded, the principle on which its prosperity has been built up, is that of offering equal terms to all fresh acquisi tion. The States incorporate, but never annex. Every addition of territory, so soon as it attains a certain limit of population, becomes a State, has its own Government, sends its representa tives to Congress, and is in all respects on an equal footing with the oldest portion of the Union. It is clear, then, that the change must be for the benefit of the Cubans ; and it is not less clear that it will be to the advantage of Spain. It is possible that the SERRANo Ministry might regain the island ; but the Creoles must be treated as a conquered race. Should the American offer be accepted, a costly and destructive war will cease. A. terrible strain on the resources of Spain will be removed. And the large sum of money which will form the price of the island will be of infinite advantage to a State whose finances are in such ruinous confusion. There can be nothing dis honourable in thus parting with a dependency whose possession is a loss. Utter ruin, the choice between anarchy and military dictatorship, at present stares the Spanish people in the face, All minor considera tions ought to be sacrificed in the effort to avert this catastrophe. THE National Education League has begun work ng w a l t li ßirmingham is but the open eh with Though a n the earnestness ru e meeting gives promise of success. campaign, we we are informed by the have been enrolled, includ ing forty members of Parliament and several hun dred ministers of religion. It is proposed to give effect to the programme by introducing a bill next session. Twenty gentlemen have guaranteed the sinews of war to the extent of £15,000, payable over a series of years. The movement on behalf of improved national education has thus reached the stage of regular organisation, and as the object is most worthy, so may the victory be speedily won. It is very pleasant to find eminent men of all political parties and of all religious creeds uniting for an end so entirely disinterested. And it is well, too, that the League has resolved to take up the matter practically by at once bringing a measure be fore Parliament. No amount of general talk can test the soundness of a scheme so thoroughly as the em bodiment of its leading features in the form of a law. It is expected that the Government will submit a bill of its own next year; but there can be no harm in the League drawing up another. Competition is as valuable in lawmaking as in trade. It is exceedingly probable that a decisive manifesto from an influential arty will induce the Government to adopt many important provisions which might other wise have been passed over. Enforced attendance is a case in point. It is only lately that what is called compulsory education has found much favour in the sight of the English public ; the notion of such "paternal interference" was once generally scouted ; but by this time the party which favours it has assumed formidable proportions. It must be one of the primary duties of the League to chew how far the English people are prepared to accept the principles of enforced attendance, and by what practical means it can be carried out. There is one item in the report which has a mournful aspect—the announcement that £15,000 has been guaranteed, to be paid in ten yearly instal ments. It is devoutly to be hoped that the twenty gentlemen who have generously promised this large sum will not be called upon for many instalments. There is certainly little reason to expect that the question will remain unsettled ten years, or even two. Never was any subject more ripe for legisla tion. Nothing can add to our knowledge of the defects of the present system ; no delay can give rise to any novelty in the way of reform. When all parties agree that an evil exists, and differ only as to the mode of remedy, it is quite time for the conside ration of amendment. The programme of the National League proposes to secure an abundant supply of teaching through out the country and to compel negligent parents to avail themselves of it. At present there are un doubtedly many thousand British children who never enter a school. Many of these absentees are to be accounted for through the indifference or covetousness of parents, and those must be reduced to order by making it an offence to withhold a child from the means of instruction. Before, however, any stringent enactment of this hind can be adopted, it is necessary to provide sufficient accommo dation. To fill up the lamentable void which now exists is a primary necessity. The League proposes nothing of a revolutionary character. Where education is being carried on satisfactorily, there ought not, it is agreed, to be any intervention, except to apply the enactment for enforcing attendance, which must be universal if it be adopted at all. Woe there b no rsollool, or 00 440Q134194gig1a is inadequate, it will be taken for granted that the system of voluntary subscription aided by State grants has failed, and another plan will be brought into play. A school board of ratepayers or their representatives will be appointed. This bay will have power to provide a school wherever one is wanted; and a rate will be levied for its maintenance this rate to cover two-thirds of the expenses, and the Government con tributing one-third. Being paid for out of the pockets of every denomination, the Lague considers it a matter of course that the education in these schools must be non-sectarian. There is nothing of the " firebrand " type in this programme. Voluntaryism may flourish in undiminished vigour; every denomination may have its own special schools. The League in no wise desires to alter the quality of the education given. It has merely for its object the ex tension of the present system by the filling up of all vacant places, all districts where igno rance yet flourishes unchecked. And this pro gramme it is proposed to carry out in the wisest manner. If the Government bill he satisfactory, the League will withdraw its own, and cordially unite in promoting the measure of the Ministers. There is reason to think, then, that the twenty guarantors will not be very heavily taxed. COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) THE SEERS AT SEA.—Ask one of the weather (beaten) prophets what he thinks now of his prediction for the sixth of this month, and you will probably find him anxious to waive the question. KNOWN FAR AND WIDE.—To the author of the SUCCESS fuI drama, now being played at the Queen's Theatre, it must be very gratifying to hear of the great reputation his piece has obtained, for everywhere along the coast during the past week people's thoughts were occupied with " The Turn of the Tide." THE IMPERIAL PROGRAMME.—French journalists keep talking of the "Imperial Programme," as if his Majesty the Emperor were the manager of a playhouse. Viewing matters in this light, we may observe that his programme seems to us to be compounded from those which are now put forth by the Globe and the Strand theatres. Begin ning with " Among the Breakers," it is next proposed to give an act or two of " Progress," and it is more than likely the performance will conclude with the "extrava gant comic drama of ' A Breach of Promise." (From Fun.) A TALE or Two SMASHERS.—Smasher No. I.—At the late sessions held at the Central Criminal Court, one Edward Cane was indicted for having in his possession sixty-four counterfeit half-crowns with intent to utter them. Guilty. Sentence—five years' penal servitude. Smasher No. 2.—Henry Finch was indicted for man slaughter. Driving a van at a rapid rate, when intoxicated, he had knocked down an old gentleman who was crossing the road opposite Garden-street, Stepney, so seriously injuring him that he died a few days afterwards, at the London Hospital. Sentence—Six months' hard labour. So are life and property appraised in our courts of justice in the year of grace one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine. (Tiom. Judy.) Tim POULTRY AGAIN.—The agitation for widening the Poultry still continues. Indeed, so many influential people have fallen foul of it, that Judy is really afraid its goose is cooked. LATEST INTELL MENGE (REU' - En's TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Oct. 13. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 130 f ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1301 ; the lowest, 130 g. Sterling Exchange on London lo9g. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2O. 66 " 1885 ll9f. 66 " 1867 ll7l. 10-40 64 Illinois Erie 33. Cotton—AEl. upland 26lc. _Petroleum—Standard White 32ac 4 • Flour, extra state, $5.70c. to $6.30c. Corn, old nixed, sl.lc. THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 14. The Liverpool Brazil and River Plate Company's mail steamer La Place, Captain Halal . , arrived here this morning from the River Plate and Brazils with her Majesty's mails, 41 passengers, £3,400 in specie, and a general cargo. Iler dates are Buenos .Ayres 9th September ; Monte Video 10 ; Rio de Janeiro 16 ; and Bahia 22. According to advices from Buenos Ayres Lopez was at San Estanislans with 2,000 men and 20 pieces of artillery. More business was doing in manufactures, and more disposition to buy wool was shown. Ex change, 49. RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 16. Ccffee sales since 7th, 102,550 bags; prices firm. Stock, 80,000 bags. Exchange firm, at 191 for Bank and 19i to 191 trade bills. BAHIA, Sept. 22. Sales of produce small ; cotton chiefly, in the hands of speculators. The tobacco crop has been benefited by the rain, and is likely to be up to the full averrge. Exchange firm at 194. BRINDISI, Oct. 14. The Adriatic and Oriental Company's steamer Carignano, 69 hours from Alexandria, has arrived here with eight passengers. ARRIVAL OF THE EMPRESS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 13, 2 p.m. The imperial yacht Aigle, with the Empress Eu genie on board, preceded by the Sultan's yacht, and attended by English, French, Italian, and Russian despatch boats, carrying the Ambassadors, and the Turkish iron-clad squadron, under the command of Ibrahim Pasha, following in the rear, is now rounding the Seraglio Point into the Bos phorus, proceeding to the Palace of Beglerbeg, situate on the Asiatic shore, where the Empress will stay. The Sultan is waiting there to receive his Imperial guest. Salutes are being fired from the forts and from the men-of-war. All ships in the harbour are gaily decorated, and the weather is splendid. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MESSINA, Oct. 14. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon passed through the Straits of Messina at 7 this morning en route for Marseilles. SAFETY OF DR. LIVINGSTONE. BOMBAY, OCt. 6. Dr. Kirk has received a letter from Dr. Living stone, dated Lake Banglew), July 8, 1868, saying: "I have found out what I believe to be the sources of the Nile, between 10 deg. and 12 deg. south." Dr. Livingstone was in good health and spirits when the letter was despatched. BOMBAY, Oct. 11. A letter of Dr. Kirk to the Bombay Government has been published, stating that a caravan, which has reached Zanzibar, reports Dr. Livingstone's arrival at Ujiji, The road between the coast and Ujiji was open and safe. Small parties of men and another caravan were expected. VZRY IXPORTANT, RARE, AND YALT:A33LB arc tho properties of Lamplougu's Pyretic Salina, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant, ttlatAPP, inyigorating. sold by OegtOts.-Vbilat. THE SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT WUTTTON. THE IN Dr. Diplock, the Coroner for the Western Division of Middlesex, opened a.n inquiry on Wednesday at the Admiral Nelson, Whitton, relative to the deaths of Thomas Ryden Green, who shot himself on Monday morning, and of Louis Kyezor, who died from the effect of wounds inflicted upon him. The jury having been sworn, viewed the bodies of the deceased. The inquiry on Green was first made. Mrs. Mary Ann Elilabeth Green, 13, Kyezor-place, Whitton, deposed: The deceased, Thomas Green, was my husband. He was superannuated from the Stamp Office at Somerset House. On Monday morning he had his breakfast in bed as usual, and ho then went down, and went into the garden. He came in again and put his boots on. I said, " What are you going to do next ?" He said, " Going into the garden." I went to wash up the things, and did not see any more of him then. Mrs. Carson called out to me, "For God's sake go to the front doer." The witness went on to say that going to the front door she saw her husband coming downstairs with pistols in his hand. He looked dreadful, as if in a frenzy. I said " Gocd God, what are you gcing to do ?" He said " Get out of that." I went out after him to the front grrdcn, and as I did I saw Mr. liyezA. lying on the ground. I screamed. I called upstairs to my husband, butt got no answer. I went to the bottom of the yard, and I saw my husband lying dead 1 y the closet. I went back to the house cud fainted away. I did not hear the report of either pistol. Coroner: Do you know of any disagrcement existing between your husband and Mr. Kyezor ? Witness : Yes, in letters written to him by Mr. Kyezor. One was giving notice to my husband to leave the house on the 25th of January; at least, he wrote to say he would not be kept for his rent after that day ; and another stating that my husband had abused him and threatened him with a stick. He also said if we stopped after the 25th of January we should have to pay £2O a year rent. The letters spoken of were put in. One was a notice to quit, witnessed by a man named Turnbull, on the 25th of January. Another letter stated that £3 15s. would be due on the 25th October, and that he (➢lr. Kyezor) expected Green would pay him, as he would not be kept from having his rent as he had been last quarter. Another letter, dated Otis October (Saturday last), stated : "In consequence of your behaviour to me this evening, I intend taking proceedings against you—first, for stating I have been speak ing against my tenant, Mr. Johnson; secondly, for calling t I ought to be hanged at Newgate ; and thirdly, for having followed me for half an hour, and attempted to strike me with your stick, as you have done on two occa sions. Unless you apologise immediately, I shall proceed to serve you with a writ of action for defamation of character, and shall take out a summons for assault." Another letter, also of Saturday's date, written by Mr. Kyezor, was read. The writer said in it to Mr. Green : "As I find my character much injured by what you have said, I shall apply for damages to a large amount, which will teach you in future not to play with a respectable gentleman's character." There was added to the letter : " You shall hear shortly from my solicitor, Mr. Wood bridge." Mrs. Green wished to say that her husband lately fell down stairs, and had not been right in his head since, and that he had also a sunstroke. Mr. W. F. Agar said he knew Mr. Green sixteen years. and he was an eccentric, but sensitive, upright, honest man. He was a just man, but " spoke daggers " when he had had a drop of drink. His name was not Green. His real name was Edwards. After some more evidence was given corroborating the facts given above, the court was cleared, and after a deli beration of half an hour, found in the case of Green " that he put an end to his life while in a state of temporary in sanity." In the case of Mr. Kyezor, the jury found, "That Thomas Hyden Green did wilfully, feloniously, and with malice aforethought, kill and slay the said Louis Kyezor." SMALL-PDX AND THE ANTI-COMPULSORY VACCINATION LEAGY UE. For some time there has been a league established for the special purpose of agitating against vaccination. The Anti-Compulsory Vaccination League is not to be blamed for fairly advocating its own views, but it incurs a serious responsibility when it appeals to ignorant prejudice. A handbill, which is dated Shef field, February 5, 1869, and is signed by the hon. secretary of the Anti-Compulsory Vaccination Committee, begins with this side heading: " The Mark of the Beast!" " And I beheld another beast coming out of the earth ; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. . . . And ho decciveth them that dwell on the earth. . . . And he caused all, both small end great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand (arm?) or on their foreheads. . . . And the first angel went and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon tie men which had the mark of the beast." " Vaccina tion is a sin, a delusion, and a snare ; spreads broadcast through the land scrofula, syphilis, consumption, and all other hereditary diseases; does not, as proved by exye- Hence, prevent smallpox ; costs the country over £250,000 per year, and is the chief cause of that fearful infant mortality which carries to the grave half the children born in Sheffield before the age of five years." Is it not rank blasphemy for poor, erring human nature to assert that when God created man in his own image, He left the work of His hands—which He pronounced good—imperfect until Jenner's so-called discovery, as asserted by the vaccinators ? Is it not the height of impiousness to tamper with the Creator's chiefest work, by wickedly inserting into the pure bleed of the healthy babe poisonous corruption cast out from the body of the diseased brute ?" It would be scarcely worth while to notice such stuff as this were it not necessary to expose the ingenious manner in which the society endeavour to charge the large number of deaths in Sheffield in 1863, and again in 1867-8, upon vaccination ; whilst the health returns prove that the plague actually arose through the refusal of mothers to take their children to the vaccinators. In the year 1867-3 especially a very severe epidemic of this formidable disease broke out in Sheffield and other places, and, as a matter of course, found out those who were unprotected. The consequence was that 468 young persons died from smallpox. The officers of the Privy Council thereupon insisted on the enforcement of the Act ; hence the reason of the number of persons summoned to appear in the police-courts of late for neglect ing to secure their children from the epidemic by the act of vaccination. That the vaccine matter has the power of transmitting syphilis is a simple untruth. The experi ment has been tried over and over again by medical men of all nations, and the absolute impossibility of transmitting any infection with the vaccine lymph established. If the public were aware of the amount of scrofula and skin disease prevalent among the poor, they would know how to value the evidence upon which mothers are now and then led to resist the obligations of the law. That the act of vaccination, and the disturb ance it sets up in the constitution, may lead to the production of slight forms of skin disease is acknowledged to be an open questicn. And it is just possible that the irruption on the child that was presented to Mr. Vaughan at Bow-street the other day arose from this cause, but that it had nothing to do with the impurity of the vaccine matter was proved by the fact that the child from whom the vaccine lymph was produced was perfectly healthy. Nevertheless, the fact that the assistant of the public vac cinator was weak enough to perform the act upon a child notoriously unfit from ill-health to submit to it, points out a weak place in the machinery of the Act the Govern ment inspector is only too glad to have exposed. It is expressly stipulated in the Act that the vaccinator must refuse to subject a child to vaccination when out of health. The error here was on the part of the medical ~,;i. q tant, and of course he has done so at his own peril. Whilst i,- the option of parents wheth er th e y wou ld have ta their children sated or not, th e di scover y o f Jenne r was practically worthleia t;2regards the poorer classes of the community; their childrri left as a rule unpro tected, and a prey to the first outbreak the epidemic, when they formed centres of infection whiai - i;:tensified the disease. In violent epidemics even 'EZ - 421:, - tain percentage of the vaccinated are liable to a recurrence of the disease. Thus the provident are placed at the mercy of the ignorant and careless. In order that the public may be acquainted with the true value of vaccination, when thoroughly carried out, we may refer to the statistics of the army on this head. Every soldier and sailor is now protected against smallpox, and the effect is an exemption from the disease which con trasts most favourably with that of the civil population. If we take the army returns of deaths from smallpox since their first publication in 1859 to 1864, swtio.ensfitnhd only yielded leuip ratio u thepe sixrten usantodgetielerf years tho yielded 0 .81 deat hs—or less than one per cent., whilst among the sailors of the ro y al navy it was loss during the same period than two per 10,000. Wo are told, indeed, that it is in the nature of epidemics to " wear themselves out," and in this manner the wonderful immunity of those protected by vaccination is accounted for by the Anti. Vaccination League. lint the answer to this is the viii . ienoe with which the diseast,with unerring almieelets and slaughters the young unprotected ehildre, when mailers h ave oxen up the cry urged eitatuet Yeteluatieu by thin very society, Tho course of exchange at New York on London for bills at gu days sight was 107 i per cent. on the 20th inst. At this rate there would be ei loss on the transmission of g::14 frora the United tOk atcr. THEATI:E-IZOYAL, AD ELPH C. TUTS EVENING. at 7, TO) MUCH OF A GOOD THING Mr sbley, Mr, Stephenson, and the Hisses Harris. Followed by LOST A T Sr. A : Mr A. Stirling. Mr G. Belmore, Mr E. Atkins, Mr Beveridge, Mr , tephenson, Mr Smith, Mr Isomer; Miss Rose Leclereq, Miss Eliza Johnstone, bliss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray And DOMESTIC ECONOMY Ur G. telmore and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING. at 7, BREACII OF PROMISE. At 8.15, the new Comedy, PROG HES - : Messrs. Billington, IL NeviPe. .T. Clarke, Parselle, Westland, E. Marshall; Mesdames Lydia Foote, Hughes, Beret.d, ar.d Mrs. Stephens. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. TUN EVENING, at WAIT FOR AN ANSWER. After which. PLAIN ENGLISH: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs./tern:man Vezin, .13. And THE WATER \IAN. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr.Vininb. THIS EVENING, at 7, A QUIET FAMILY. After which, }1 C APED FROM PORTLAND: Mr Charles Mathews, Mr Vining. Mrs Chas. Mathews, &c. To conclude with NOTHING To NURSE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress„Mrs,Swanboronet, This EvasrsoTat 7.80. ALONG- THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With TETE TOODLES. And THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. CBRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission. le.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve. it d ROYAL AL (lAMB it A PALACE. THREE BALLET 3 Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. LONDON, THURSDAY, OCT. 14, 18G9. Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE'S reply to the electors of Tipperary is eminently c haracteristic. It sets forth a very liberal and a very reasonable argument. It con tains a joke, so rough and ready in its way, that one is almost tmpted to spell it " goak," after AR TEMUS WARD'S absurd orthography. It ends with a fleering reference to the Viceregal Court, in which as Captain BERNAL, the writer of the letter, began his career as a public character. And in the closing half of the final sentence, in which this allusion is made, submits to theconsideration of the community atlarge one of the most ridiculous and utterly impracticable of proposi tions. As might reasonably have been expected by anyone in the slightest degree acquainted with Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE'S reputation for political inde pendence, he begins by repudiating, in the plainest terms possible, the notion of his ever giving any thing at all like a definite pledge for the purpose of ingratiating himself with any constituency. Conse quent upon his adherence to this principle, by which be has been actuated through the whole of his public life, he says, in answer to the elector who has written to ascertain his views, "I am not at this particular juncture a candidate for the representation of the county of Tipperary." Nevertheless, he adds imme diately thereupon, that he has uo obj,ction to state quite frankly what his opinions really are upon the two great questions now appreciably looming up for immediate consideration, and fora speedy settlement, as soon after as possible, within the walls of the Im perial Legislature. These questions, every one will understand at once to be, no other than the E lucational Question and the Irish Land Question. Unlike tho majority of those who have hitherto discovered these two immi nent as well as eminent problems, Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE is more sanguine of a satisfactory settle ment being arrived at in regard to the Educa tional Question than he is of any immediate and practical conclusion being come to in the long vexed question in respect to the Irish Land. Besides which he appears to look upon the former topic as likely to take precedence of the latter in point of time, in the deliberations of Parliament. Anyhow he begins with it him self. Turning to the two questions—" First," he says, " as to that of Education." Meaning—if it means anything at all—first, let us consider that, because it will first have to be considered. Bearing in mind that the great bulk of the population iu Ireland is Ro:nan Catholic, he says, reasonably enough, " it seems to me that in this vexed question of the bringing up of the young the opinions and wishes of the Roman Catholic hierarchy should Le treated with due respect, in the hope of finding some mode of adjustment. In England," he reminds his readers, "a Conscience Clause has b. en recently intro duced in the national system, whereby the children of Dissenters are not compelled to be present at the Bible lessons or Catechism of the Established Church. So far it appears to me [and surely there is fairplay in hisremark !] that the demands of the Roman Catholic bishops are not unreasonable, for if a system of denominational instruction be maintained in Eng land, where the majority are Protestant, how can it be refused to Ireland, where the majority are Roman Catholic? Indeed, so far as concerns the ordinary national schools of Ireland, there is practi cally a Conscience Clause; this does not exist in the Government model schools, because religious subjects are altogether excluded. [A. mild way of reminding us all of, what are called the Godless Colleges i] I cannot help thinking it would not be difficult to adjust this difference on grounds equally satis factory both to the laity and the clergy." That is the expression of Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE'S hopefulness in regard to the happy solution of a problem that so many have been half disposed to look upon askance as all but insoluble Ile then adds, rather bluntly, "I am not so sanguine as to an immediate settlement of the laud question. While one side demands so much and the other cries no surrender' it will be difficult to hit upon a satisfactory solution of this compli cated question." So bewildered is he himself, apparently, by its anticipated deliberation, that his comments trail off into the vaguest generalities " Whatever measure," he says, " may be laid before Parliament, if it is to be come law, it must be based upon the strict principle of justice, having for its object, not the creation of new privileges, but the correction of old abuses; not so much to abolish lights as to enforce duties" —words that leave the question just precisely where it was before. " Being strongly of opinion," he afterwardi goes on to remark, however—" Being strongly of opinion that the circumstances of Ire lotparnodpearrtei e n s , f I e a h v o o o u l r d a e is h t o t l o a rg st e i p h pe o l r d t i n a g n s y olre legislative asthetosoilintberyestremmoovrineg p e e v o e p r l y e proprietors tueasure so of ob stacle to the p urc h ase an d sale of land." Then comes the "goak"—" All Governments have hitherto played with this question fo; party pur- THE BISHOPRIC OF EXETER. The excitement occasioned by the proposed nominatia of Dr. Temple to the Bishopric of Exeter continues increase. The Chapter are supported in their opposition by a large number of the clergy in the diocese who are now signing a memorial against the appointmen t, Several of the bishops have also expressed their approval of the course which the Chapter propose to adopt. Bo th High and Low Church are equally opposed to t he appointment, and for once Dr. Pusey and Lord Shaftesbu r i. are able to act in concert. Ex e t er i s notorious for eccle al " astical energy, and in this case the Chapter will leave 1 1 ° means untried to protect themselves from a bishop who would not be acceptable to them. The Guardian declares that a man of Dr. Temple's mark and usefulness could not long be passed over by a Liberal Government. "It is quite intelligible that very str ° l objections should be f e lt t o hi s a pp o i n t men t; some 0 : them we feel strongly ourselves, though we also feee l that there are compensations in his self-devotion, h is manly straightforwardness, his honesty and fairness of min d ' qualities which would be still mere recognised than tbeY are if they were accomp an i e d by a grea t er an d mor e patle As appreciation of the views of others, their position, that difficulties, and their objects." THE NATIONAL EDUCATION LEAGUA On the assembling of the Congress on Wednesday morn ing, the Rev. ROWLAND WILLIAMS, D.D., Vicar of Bre st ' chalk, Wilts, read a paper on " The Legislative Enforceln eu l t of Compulsory Attendance, particularly in Rural Schools. Although he should prefer the lively presence of the religious element in any system of teaching, yet, if int ei '; lectual differences, or social organi s atio ns , which h ad arisen as their embodiments, should impede the introduction into their schools of theological sta r t' dards, he still desired the schools to be preserved' and those objects of school teaching on which th e y could agree promoted, even at the price of s ettia aside whatever became an entanglement. The life of the agricultural labourer was hard. Supposing his wee kli nine shillings stretched by piecework and allowances t° thirteen, it barely covered th e fi rs t necessar i es o f life, an; if the family were numerous ha r dly gave th e m bres n ' Other necessaries were to be got. The question a il ° , did these people live ? " was answered by th e discovery th at they lived in part by the aid of their children's labn lir " In view of these facts, the question they had to ask w ae ' " Are we justified in asking the Legislature to interfe re not only between parent and child, but between t he children and their bread; or in desiring to remove into a sphere of bookwork these poor children of the PI who are at present more usefully employed ? " NC °II4 A there not be some cruelty in such removal—nay, even 5 0 " danger of so narrowing the possibilities of subsistence as to bring the parental and self-preserving instincts int° collision ? Ho proposed that the Legislature be asked ° ..it fix an age—his own suggestion would be ten—within ich tt ":. field labour and stable labour should be restricted eh forbidden. Let there be a second limit of age—say W ell. —within which the employment of boys should on l l ba t permitted upon the production of satisfactory proof ti l . „ 3 schooling for three or fou r year s h a d secure d satisfact°' results. Alderman RE3fIsTEY, of Manchester, also read a paps on " The remedy for the nation a l i gnorance ." Some I°° l for this remedy to the Factory Acts. The speaker erg° that the Factory Acts had failed in the matter of ed uce ; tion. He pleaded in favour of compulsion as the °°". solution of the question. The Conscience Clause was degradation to those who accepted it. Mr. E. POTTER, M.P., Carlisle, supported the views ea, pressed by Alderman Rumney. The Rev. C. CLARKE, Birmingham, censured the Bri t school managers for departing from their trust, in in tre i : ducing a sectarian teaching into their schools found ed ° the Westminster Confession. Mr. JESSE COLLINGS said that the reading of the V ibi f in schools, but in all cases without theological CO would be left, under the plan of the League, to local bog' of management. Mr. A. J. MLNDELLA, M.P., Sheffield, gave an exP siti l of what compulsory education had done on the Con till ! n l . ‘ As an employer of labour on the Continent he could 51 % experimentally on the point. In Switzerland, Ije i and Prussia the results are so marvellous, that he belies, his audience would be incredulous. In quality of cd u °r cation the children in Saxony were immensely hetto taught and better learned. He never found one of twelci years of age who could not read and write well. The eci l°° . ll inspectors had told him he would seek in vain for a of twelve who could not read or write. There wa s espionage and no policeman in the case, Every chi ld registered, just as every voter was in England, and c''-1 3 child at six years must go to school, and compulsio° not end till fourteen. tea Lcrd CAMFBEIL and STRATHEDEN strongly sitlV r ao comp - OF:cry education. Neglected children bccara° orphans of the State. 'Until they introduced the c°l pulsory system, they had no guarantee that any s'-'l'°° which they erected would be filled. Mr. GEORGE HOWELL, who filled the office of see ret , ; lo of the late Reform League, strongly supported unseetsl„ and compulsory education. Even the introductio n of "1-0 Bible as a text-book would be a matter of cen sidersb, difficulty. In Ireland it would be a serious 0101% (Hear, hear.) From the largest knowledge of the else of working men, ho testified that the working classes ice, as a body, in favour of compulsory and unsectarian edgy; tion. Ministers of religion and farmers wore its °II opponents. OCT Dr. HODGSON (London), Mr. PAGET (NOttingllari')' others engaged in the discussion, and the race adjourned. In the afternoon, Mr. ALFRED FIELD, ex-chairman of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, opened the discall:o- by reading a paper on Unsectarian Education. 11° qC j at sated the American system.—The Rev. F. Paunag Zi u° vicar of Wharstead, and chaplain in ordinary to tb° read a paper on the same subject. Our present clea °.- i i ' lt tional, and, as it was called, voluntary system-----th°llghaa would be nearer the truth to call it eleemosY nerl i e lse' failed simply because it was denominationa l eau mosynary. It was a system that did not aim at edaedgoiss the nation, and would not succeed if it did aire at it. It had been tried and found wanting, and he w asas ° Ole persuaded that nothing could do the work e xcept o f system, and that nothing else would befit the diga'" 000 free and proud people. A public system, of course' c a be only be supported by public funds, and therefo re raa the ''' unsectarian ; for everyone who contributed either t ou la local rates or the general taxation of the count*" ° id Do t have grounds for insisting that his contributions 0110.1-11011 be used for the purpose of teaching what he conseielw-atri objected to.—The Hon. AUBERON HERBERT also e ° "o6 bitted to the discussion. He denied that moraii i l 7(as , n des l special province of the clergy. The State bad t 0 the with the relations of man to man—the Church Iv ' i s 0 3 relations of man to God. The hon. gen tleman dlt : r ise length on the religious and moral tendency of un aec- oil e teaching. If all existing denominative schools We re oc l enough to accept a satisfactory conscience eat's ° l ife Government inspection, probably there was a 100 1 p g, before them, as long as their own vitality 5h0u 1d ...," 10 Mr, G. J. HOLYOAKE defined secular instruction ' a the which tended to the efficiency of the workma n a A n , duties of the citizen. Secular instruction et°°'sabcli' from theological instruction, without assailing it. ol a vision of labour was the true system in education, riag mechanical work. He deprecated the undue tellety with the reputed things of God, which robbed di its divineness. n 6°ll Captain MAXSE, Southampton, touched on the e l obi of Bible reading. This speaker raised a storm ef disse o 16 stating that he believed the Bible, un til a hiltsethscli th years of age, would not do a child any good, Wa Chit P aa harm. Was it right to teach a child that God n 110 i world in six days and was tired on the seveutillv_r. speaker finished his paper amid some confugo, eget EDMOND BEALES, President of the late Reform %old said tho principles of the Education Leag ue had his h igh °V the support. He held Christian morali t y to he - ders tsa morality; but he could not for the life of him citiSel: g oeGi boief ea that to teach a child to read, write, an d ° co uld make him less likely to be a Christian. t res tO th e all truth was holy. He augured the high° °f to follow from the establishment of the Olie/31 d e League. The Hon. GEORGE BRODERICK and others Conti° discussion. .1 it At a meeting the Court of Comm on as w n incidentally stated that, after the opening °f f r ''° ridge London Bridge would bo closed (a ° : f o r the traffic of vehicles is concerned) f rtfligli for a 0 repairs. iota ° Tom K 1 - INh.—lt gives us the greatest joy to Lon ad the American world that Torn King, late of O n I) tea ci tha t leg Ø if' P.R., is now the Rev. Thomas King, of "%Vales ; Cotalpe;ov of pounding he now preaches, and that he only wres : p as prayer. Notice is given in one of the Welsh ne'sgsrpoge: of Thomas's exhortations, and, as WO 8110111 a Preslest• his style is stated to be "very forcible, held? ° id 10 set He will, hereafter, engage only ink flockng dosia l t. ," s r iew ting the head of the devil into chancery, letting S i tht o fly at iniquity, and his left at hardness of Il ew " 0 0 6 1 keeping the ring against all ovilclovro, and n$ 0061 generally to grass, It is p leasant to road a this boy it 14 ending of an ill-spent life ; and for a rotirea P u e 4- o f o° 4 decidedly more ereditahle than. the ppual resorancl ",,, 0 iNf it ‘ l . ' W e l . qi, kg@ping .. pia • ! 1 lotlgn fir ''' . -,. ~,,..,/,' .I! .. it.t• ,11'.-..' _,..-,C,L•_'• IN b I' , g.w'