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B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. LOYAL STRAND THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr CI a.rke. Followed by THE TOODLES : Mr Clarke. After which, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE: Messrs E. Terry, Turner, Bruce, &c.; Mesdames Richardson, Erskine, Newton Foshrooke. Cc. F OR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. 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. iThe RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every article sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, .3r made to measure, for all ages, and all Masses. Commodious apartments for measuring mud fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Mils there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should I.e accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be Theerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the ,noney will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers„ Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85. ALDGATE 86, ALDGATE 97, ALDGATE 88, ALDGATE 39, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCIT. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET %07, NEW OXFORD-STREET ,08, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENTIA3I-COURT - ROAD BRANCH. )37, TOTTENHAM-COURT - ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT - ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Will Open for the Winter Season on WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15 with (never acted) LOST AT SEA: a London Story. By Dion Boucicault and Benry.J. Byron. The new scenery by Messrs. Hawes Craven, Maugham, and assistants. EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. REPORT OF TIRE 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 proprietors differs in its tenor but little save in one or two particulars from that laid before them in 1868. The income of the year, it will be seen, amounts to 1540,499 18s., and the total charge to £445,077 10s. 9d. The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the balance of the surplus fund at the commencement of the financial year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS F (MD ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE 1 EAR, s. d. £ s. d DR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 Premiums on new assur ances Ditto on old ditto 337,988 7 0 371,548 12 1 Interest from investments 120,959 12 10 4'J2,506 4 11 Profit and loss, balance of account 47,991 13 1 Total income .£1,448,052 6 G Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, CHARGE OF THE YEAR s. d. CR. ivitlend to proprietors—. :lainis on de , :ease of lives assured olditions to those under participating policies ... 21,304 6 eolicies surrendered Re-assurances—new Ditto old 51,009 4 1 £ s. d. 8,880 4 0 303,614 3 6 405,561 12 1 Commission Medical fees Income tax 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 9 10 436,187 6 9 Total charge Balance of account, June 30, 1869, as per balance-sheet •• 1,002,974 15 9 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 loss account again exhibits a considerable profit, amountinc , 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 on 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 £BOO than they were last year. They would have been materially less but for the unavoidable cost of transferring the company's securities into tho 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, JtNE 30, 1869. DR. LIABILITIES. Interest due to proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, and additions thereto unpaid 108,940 6 7 Sundry accounts Liability under sums assured, dm. (1867) 6,336,626 8 2 Proprietors' fund £6,757 17 0 Surplus fund 1,002,974 15 9 £7,675,813 0 10 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY ROSE, CR ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,661,699 9 2 Ditto ditto decreasing ditto 162,770 15 2 Ditto ditto Reversions 278,557 1G 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) 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 £95,422 7s. 3d. already mentioned, as is shown by the augmentation to that extant in the balance of the surplus fund. . _ The Direction of the Company is now constituted as follows : WILLIAM FREDERICK DL' LA RUE, EsQ., Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ., Deputy-Chairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Philip Charles Chatfield. Esq. George Russell, Esq. 4 SIrJ. Buller East, Bt., D.C.L. 7 humus Godfrey Sambrooke, Tin. Augustus Guy, M.D. Esq. Admiral Tindal. inarlesThos.Tlolcombe Esq. Right Hon. Sir John Young Joshua Lockwood, E s q. Bart., K.C.B. 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 Caaa for Travelling. THE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p ••uliar simplicity of thess Machines enables any one to acquire their perfect use in a few hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free. THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 147, CHEAPSIDE. Branch Depots or Loca Agents in every Town UNITED LAND COMPANY (Limited), Co-operating with the "Conservative Benefit Building Society." NOTICE--The first issue of Ten Thousand Shares being now completed, no further application can be entertained for the present. By order of the board. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk street, Strand, W.C. September, 1869. Prospectuses, showing Land in plots for sale in various counties, sent frco on application. Il C OMPENSATION IN C ASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SIMI IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of £3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. !tRAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, ComNitiLL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. LWILLIAM J. `IAN Secretary. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. The ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000 The ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, is over £1,649,000 Forms of Proposal and every information can be ob tained of GEORGE CTJTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St.James's-square, London. S.W. AGENTS WANTED EVERY W HERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunera tive Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers. Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. GUA 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 wona.irful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattsrton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault: Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, oht. Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE delivors the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8, Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 9.45. SPORTING. —JOHN ROBERTS supplies the LATEST' EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub ished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. 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THE TOODLES. And THE PILGRIM OF LOVE Messrs. E. Terry, Bruce, ft.; !desdames Richardson, Newton, F.sbrooke, &C ROYAL ALHA3IBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office open from ii to 4. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, Gd. SUM LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1869. It is not a little amusing to English readers to find how vividly the oxcitement and interest felt on the banks of the Thames in the result of the great inter national boat race have been reflected across the Atlantic. Three thousand miles of intervening sea have not sufficed to cool the eager anxiety with which New York watched every stroke of the competing oars from Putney to Mortlake. Wall - street was nearly as much sgitated by the deci• sive intelligence as it was by the panic on the French Bourse and the EMPEROR'S illness. The Ame ricans certainly possess one notable Anglo-Saxon characteristic : they like to do things thoroughly, and it is impossible for them to take a half interest in anything. Having once made up their minds to the experiment they regarded the competition of two boats' crews as a question of national interest, and the issue of a decisive battle or a great constitu tional transformation, could not have been awaited with more intense eagerness. In London the interest felt was engrossing enough, and the question of Blue v. Magenta was for the day paramount to every other. But the excitement experienced in New York was enhanced instead of being lessened by the distance. The great occasion enabled the New Yorkers to display to its full extent their characteristic energy and enterprise, as well as to give evidence of some characteristics with which they are less generally credited. The news reached New York just 23 minutes and 13 seconds after the winning boat arrived at Mortlake, and this brief in terval included the transit to the telegraph station three quarters of a mile distant. The morning after the race, while Londoners were leisurely following the narratives of the morning papers, the denizens of New York were reading accounts nearly as compre hensive, adorned, too, by maps of the scene of action. If we have beaten the Americans in the race along the Thames we shall find it difficult to outstrip them in the race across the Atlantic, for the spirit and liberality with which they employ the telegraph wires, may set a useful example to some of our dilatory countrymen. The energy displayed on this occasion, however, was but ill repaid, though it served the purpose of putting them out of the suspense, which some persons consider the worst of evils. America had bad misgiv ings. Despite the national self-confidence and the pre vailing conviction that Americans not only ought to win, but would win whenever they had a fair field and no favour, an uncomfortable idea had been for some time gaining ground that the contest would, at any rate, be a very close one. The fame of Oxford had, it is true, crossed the seas, long before ; it was that very fame which induced the adventurous men of Harvard to measure their oars against them. But as the days went on, and the full and ample criticisms on both crews, which appeared in the London jour nals, were carefully studied by, the Harvard's coun trymen, a misgiving arose, which intensified the anxiety as to the result. We have said that the Americans during the recent excitement dis played some honourable qualities not usually attri buted to them, and the ready frankness with which they acknowledged the perfect fairness with which the race was conducted, is cne of the most conspicuous. One or two of the journals some time since hinted vaguely that Harvard was not to be allowed to win, but the outburst of genuine indigna tion which the mention of such a rumour called forth from the English press speedily convinced our trans atlantic friends and rivals, that in this case the honour and integrity which happily for England rule her public life, were not to be overshadowed by the disgraceful tricks and manoeuvres belonging to sport ing circles. The accounts of the effect produced in the Empire State by the disastrous intelligence are most amazing. The boating clubs naturally felt the disappointment deeply. The Gulick Club sat in the dark talk ing in low voices. The Hoboken Club ssemed to be preparing for a funeral. At one grand club meeting a member received the unwelcome news just before dinner, but thought it too bad to tell his friends until they were fortified by their repast. But it was not only among boating men that the excitement prevailed. The public rooms at the hotels, the crowds in the streets, the private assembly, and the business meeting, all alike were full of it. Age and dignity stormed at English assurance, and boasted of Yankee courage, while Young America found hope in the future, exclaiming, " We can beat them the next time, can't we pa?" Perhaps the keenest mortification was experienced by the Irish Americans, one of whom bitterly ex claimed, " 0 ye have got to git up in the morning if ye want to beat them there Britishers !" American good sense, however, speedily convinced the majority that in a race between two, if one must win the other must be beaten ; and if the discomfited party, in the words of the New York Tribune, is "pull ing in strange waters, with a strange organisation, in a strange climate, against men who were perfectly at home and knew every inch of the course by heart, pulling, too, against the finest crew that England had ever put into a boat," the defeat is certainly not one of which any nation need feel ashamed. The comments of the New York press are singularly im partial, and give evidence of the genuine good will and good temper of the people. " Don't let them beat us in good naturelwas the phras) frequently heard in the midst of the general disappointment and temporary annoyance, and all agreed in expressing the hope that Oxford would come over to try their chance against Harvard on American waters, in the American style, to be received whether winners or losers with fourfold the hospitality which had been extended to the Harvard crew in the old country. Lookers-on, whether English or American, to whom a boat race is a matter of less all-absorbing interest, even though it be an international one, may find in this narrative one of the most encouraging signs of modern progress. The jealousy and suspicion with which the two great Anglo-Saxon nations formerly regarded each other will soon, we may hope, become as much a thing of the past as the old antagonism between France and England. THERE can be only one opinion as to the impor tance of the main question which Parliament will have to solve next year. By common consent the Irish land settlement will be the chief topic of 1870, as the Irish Church has been that of 1860. But while the importance of the first is unquestionable, we think the difficulty of it has been greatly exaggerated. Without attempting to deal on the present occasion with the various schemes put forth by Lord RUSSELL, Mr. MILL, Mr. BRIGHT, and others, we would point out the circumstances which lead us to hope that next year's problem will prove more readily soluble even than this year's. In the first place, party feeling has not yet been aroused. Neither Liberals nor Conservatives as a body are committed to any definite plan. The three eminent men whose names we have just mentioned differ from each other. The Conservatives, whether singly or en masse, have offered no definite pro gramme except indeed that the most pronounced of all of them, the present Chief Justice WHITESIDE, has declared that " if the existence of what is called tenant right be productive of good in Ulster, the principle should be fearlessly applied to the other provinces." On the other hand, the most pro nounced of all the' three Liberals we have named has told the House of Commons that under all circum stances he would respect the rights of property, and when he was greeted with ironical cheers he turned to his political opponents and drew down real applause by adding, " And my ideas of the rights of property are the same as yours." It may perhaps be said that the absence of party spirit on this occasiou is because the question is not generally understood, because politicians have not yet come to know what it really is, nor what it involves, and that when they do know, they will shew the same divergencies of sentiment which they have shewn on all other great questions, and which arise from the innate differences of political temperament. This may be so, yet we scarcely think it will be. The question will have to be decided promptly, and before there has been time for it to become the battle horse of party. There are other causes for hope fulness. The great difficulty has already been surmounted in India. There, among races infi nitely more numerous than the English, infinitely more alien from our own, we have contrived to give the great bulk of the people the security of tenure which the Irish are asking. \nd it must be remem bered that if Irishmen are idle as compared with Englishmen and Scotchmen, much more are Indians. As a matter of fact, Irishmen are not idle when they have fair play. In British America, in the United States, they are as industrious as any other people, and are quite as successful. Then, too, we have in Ireland itself good evidence of what may be done where the tenants are treated justly. The exist ing tenant-right in Ulster which was granted by JAMES I. may have some disadvantages, may, for instance, involve too heavy a charge for the purchase of good will; but on the whole it has worked well. The tenant knows that he is safe in his holding for a lengthened term, so long as he pays the rent, Consequently, though' Ulster is far more densely peopled than the other provinces, it has exported produce in large quantities, but not people. During the two years 1864-5 the emigrants from Munster were nearly 6 per cent. of the population, those from Ulster were only a little over 2 per cent. We admit, of course, that compen sation for improvements and long leases would not come up to the measure of the changes which Irishmen generally demand. They are asking not so much that they may be freed from the caprice and the tyranny of landlords as that they themselves may become landlords. Probably nothing less than this would satisfy them. Even if it should be needful and expedient to grant this we see no reason to be alarmed. The problem was faced sixty years ago in Prussia ; it has been faced far more recently by ourselves in India. We may still believe that Irishmen would do better by going to that country where one day's work will purchase an acre of land, than by staying here, where three years' work will hardly suffice. But our first duty is to make our Irish fellow-subjects contented. We have no right to drive them from their native country if they prefer to remain in it. Emigration should be the result of free choice, not of forcible eviction. We have already sustained serious harm in that way, by sending a new Irish nation to grow up across the Atlantic bitterly hostile to England. Let us make the Irish contented at home, and then, whether they go or stay, we shall have friends instead of foes, dutiful sons of one common mother, instead of aliens and rebels. IT is rumoured that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is about to be reformed. The news will interest very different classes of persons. Men who have neither pursuits nor tastes, nor indeed anything in common, are concerned in the reported change. They that go down to the sea in ships, they that have charge of souls on land, and they who are populating our colonies, will alike feel the influence of this alteration. The tribunal in question is the Final Court of Appeal in matters colonial, maritime, and ecclesiastical. All three classes of suits have increased so much of late years that the Privy Council finds it impossible to get through all its business. There are constantly augmenting remanets to the great disgust of all classes of suitors. Of course no one wishes to see litigation increase. Ecclesiastical suits, especially, are to be depre cated. Nevertheless, if they are to be tried at all there ought to be every facility for trying them. A recently published statement has given a list of all the causes of this last class which are to come on for hearing next term. Never were there so many before. We regret it ; but if legal pro ceedings we are to have, let them be speedy. One would no more wish to prolong litigation than tooth drawing. Let us, however, be quite certain that if any alteration is made in the court above-mentioned, we have an improvement. As yet very little is known about it, and we learn only from the Globe that one of the main features of the change will be the appointment of a permanent legal president, at a fixed salary. This change will at least prevent the possibility of hurrying on a particular case in order that it may be tried by men whose views are known beforehand. If the Lord Chancellors cease to pre side, we shall have a safeguard against political or ecclesiastical intrigue. But we imagine that this alteration will by no means satisfy theo logians. They, or at all events a portion of them, demand a far more extensive alteration than this. Now, therefore, is the time for them to move. Let them, in the first place, be quite sure what it is they want ; and, in the next place, let them lay their wishes temperately before the public. If these are reasonable, the public will support them. If they are not, theologians must expect neither popular sympathy nor Ministerial support. Is England to be the schoolmistress of the world ? She has always been a missionary nation ; she has always been prompt to send her teachers through all lands. But now the world is sending its inhabitants to be taught by her. Indians come hither to be instructed in English literature and other branches of learning Lee led for the civil service. Norwegians and Swedes are to be found learning seamanship in the British navy. A member of the Royal House of Italy —the young DUKE of GENOA—is a scholar at Barrow. And to-day we are told that the son of the VICEROY OF EGYPT is coming to Oxford to graduate in that famous university. This is well. It is better—pace Mr. ROEBUCK—to be teaching foreign nations than to be subsidising them. It is better that they should come to our schools and universities than that we should command their armies and pay their troops. It is better for us and better for them. So let them come and welcome. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (RE UTEn's TELEGRAMS.) rim SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1569. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. The National Steamship Company's steamer Virginia arrived out yesterday. The Cunard steamship Russia arrived out at 9 p.m. yesterday. The Hamburg and American steamship Holsatia also arrived out yesterday at 11 p.m. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 136 f ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 137; the lowest, 134. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 122. 64 44 1885 l2ll. 64 4 4 1867 • 10-40 16 Illinois l3Bl. 33k. • Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 34le. Petroleum—Standard White 32ie. Flour, extra state, $6.45e. to $7.5c. Corn, old mixed, $1.20c. . „ According to Mr. Adam Moffatt's report the receipts of cotton for the last four days have been 4,000 bales, against 900 last week ; shipments to Great Britain 1,000 bales, against 500 ; to France 750 bales, against none and to the Continent none. Market flat. OTTAWA, Sept. 7. Governor-General Sir John Young has returned here. Prince Arthur and suite left Picton yesterday for Shediac, N.B. HALIFAX, Sept. 7. The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Baltimore arrived here at 1 p.m. to-day ; all well. She was detained ten hours off the harbour by a dense fog. (By French Atlantic Cable. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. New York journals state that at an interview held yesterday between Mr. Fish, Secretary of State, and several Foreign Ministers, it transpired that the Administration has determined to recog nise the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents be fore Congress should meet. Such recognition was only temporarily delayed through the exertions of Senor Roberts, the Spanish Minister, who has urged the Administration to consider the serious conse quences which were likely to follow, as Spain would exercise the right to search American vessels under the Treaty of 1795; stating further that in case of war, which would probably follow, Spain would not be bound by the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris prohibiting privateering. All departmental offices will remain closed until Friday out of respect to the memory of Mr. Rawlins, the late Secretary of War. SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 7. The Official Gazette of this evening publishes a Ministerial decree ordering proceedings to be taken against the Bishops of Santiago, Osma, and Urge], in the Supreme Court on the charge of disobedience to the commands of the Government. BOMBAY MAILS. MESSINA, Sept. 8. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nyanza, passed Me3sina at 6.30 p.m. yesterday (Tuesday) en route for Marseilles. MALTA, SEPT. 7. The Bangalore, with the heavy portion of the above mail, leaves at eight this morning for Southampton, where she may be expected about the night of the 16th inst. The Tanjore, from Southampton, 28th ult., reached Malta at 1.20., and left for Alexandria at nine p.m., yesterday. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 7.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :- 41 por Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 69 85 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 265 Credit Foncier 1605 Paris Gas 1570 - RAILWAY Bank Shares 2855 Italian Fives 5l 95 Austrian Fives - Ottoman Loan 310 Do. Debt 42 t,40 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — - S. Cash Orleans ... 940 Western Northern ... lO7O Strasburg • • 5821 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6OO Sardinian Austrian 730 Lombard 495 North of Spain 5ll Saragossa Roman 5l POLICE IIVTELLIGENCE.-7his Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. RoBBING HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—TIIOIIIIIB Morris, a labourer, was charged before Mr. Knox with being con cerned with another in stealing at Her Majesty's Theatre 51 locks, the property of Messrs. Trollope and Sons, con tractors, Grosvenor-road, Pimlico. Thos. Pickels, a divisional detective, said that on Mon day afternoon he was passing up Windmill-street when he saw the lock produced in the window of a person named Mitchell. He had some conversation with Mit chell, when he went and saw Messrs. Trollope, and after wards went to the prisoner, and told him that ho had seen a lock, one of 51 stolen from Her Majesty's Theatre in March last, and that the person who had it said that it had been given to him by a person named Blake. He told the prisoner that he was a constable and that he wished to find out who stole the lock. Tho prisoner then said that he found the lock amongst some rub bish at Her Majesty's Theatre, and mentioned the name of a person who, he said, would clear him, but when at the station the prisoner said the person he had spoken of gave it to him in Salmon's public-house iu the Hay market. Mr. G. 11. Trollope identified the lock as the property of the prosecutors, and said that the locks were manufac tured from a special design expressly for the theatre. Walter Blake said the prisoner gave him the lock, and ho gave it to Mitchell. The prisoner said ho was passing the :theatre, and the man said he found the lock in somo rubbish, and ho could have it, and after having some beer together the man gave it to him. Committed for trial. WESTMINS TER. DrsonAcErul. num—Anne Smith, a genteel-looking girl, aged 17, was charged with the following disgraceful fraud. Mr. Henry Carr said that yesterday ho was informed that a Miss Clarke had called upon him. In consequence of suspecting that a fraud was about to be committed, he stated that ho would see Miss Clarke when she called, and gave instructions that if he rang the bell the police were to be sent for. Shortly afterwards the prisoner was ushered into his office as Miss Clarke. She said she was the daughter of Mr. Clarke, upholsterer, on the pavement at Clapham, and the niece of Mr. Clarke, another trades man there. Her object was to raiso a sum of money to provide for a poor blind child. Prosecutor gave her 55., and having very little doubt from certain reasons that her story was false, handed her over to the police. Walter Barrett, a detective policeman, said that when called the prisoner declared her story was true, and she would go with him to Clapham to prove it. lie took her at her word, but when at Clapham she admitted that her whole story was a fabrication. She thew. said that she Lad only yesterday been brought from Brighton by a man who had abandoned her after putting her up to this story. The police said that her account was certainly not true, and stated some circumstances showing that she was connected with skittle sharpers who were well known. Prisoner was remanded. BOW-STREET. HIGHLY IMPROBABLE.—John Watson, 2G, a private sol dier in the Scotch Fusilier Guards, now stationed at St. George's Bairacks, was charged with stealing a silver watch and gold Albert chain from the person of the com plainant. Alfred Hart, porter, stated that last night he was stand ing near the Horse Guards, in St. James's Park, when the prisoner accosted him by requesting a match to light his pipe. They conversed for a short time, and he persuaded witness to take a walk across the Green Park with him. When they arrived at that place the prisoner asked witness if he was partial to women. Witness asked him what he meant. The prisoner made no reply, but gave witness a series of nudges, and concluded by asking the loan of a shilling or two. Witness said that he had not a copper. The prisoner next asked the time. Witness pulled out his watch to supply the information, and the prisoner caught hold of it, saying, "Lend me this ?" Witness said that he could not, and the prisoner snatched it from his pocket and ran away with it. Witness chased him, calling "Stop thief." A crowd pursued the prisoner, who, on being stopped by a constable, said, " Here's his watch ; I don't want it ; 1 was only having a lark." The watch and chain, together with a gold bar (which was lost), were of the' value of £3. James Barrett, A 290, took the prisoner into custody, and found upon him the stolen property. The prisoner received a very good character from the serjeant of his regiment. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty, and stated that the prosecutor said to him, "You want some money ? Well, I have none to lend you, but I will give you my watch if you promise to return it to me to-morrow night." On these conditions he (prisoner) took the watch and was going away, when he was greatly surprised by hearing the prosecutor calling out, "Stop thief." Prisoner went back to him, and argued that "no man was a thief because ho took what was given to him." lie gave the watch back to prosecutor, saying that he did not want it. They then walked along side by side until a constable appeired, when prosecutor gave him (the prisoner) into custody. The prosecutor stepped forward and denied the truth of this statement altogether. Mr. Vaughan committed the prisoner for trial, at the same time remarking that ho had greatly aggravated the case by his defence. THAMES. DARING AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ON TH E RIVER. — George Hall and John Holmes, lightermou, were brought before Mr. Benson, charged:with committing a daring and extensive robbery on the Thames. The prisoners wore at the Wandsworth Police-court yesterday, and Mr. Day man, the magistrate, decided that the barge containing the stolen property had been taken away from the neigh bourhood of St. Katherine's Dock, the case was not within his jurisdiction, and sent it to this court. John Rose, a police-constable, No. 263 V, stated that ho was on duty on land at Battersea ou Monday, and saw a barge in which were the prisoners navigating to a part of the Thames near the bridge, and saw the prisoners lower a case containing 12 packages of brandy, and another case containing 10 packages of linen into a boat, row towards the shore and put the stolen property into a cart, which they wore about to drive off when he stopped them, and took both into custody. He secured the pro perty. Charles Everett, in the employ of Thomas Moore and and Co., master lightertuon and barge owners, said he loaded the barge containing the brandy himself, and it ought to have been navigated to St. Katherine's Dock, and had no business at Battersea at all. Inspector Harrison, V division, believed there wore others concerned in the robbery, and said that no owner had yet been found for the linen, but ho had an owner for the brandy. Mr. Benson said a very daring and extensive robbery had been committed, and he should certainly comply with the inspector's request by remanding the prisoners for a week. The Indian troopsbip Serapir, Captain Soady, was undocked at Portsmouth yesterday, after neces sary repairs to her hull and having her bottom newly coated with anti-fouling composition. She will commence coaling to-morrow and will ship 1,800 tons. On Monday she will make a trial of her machinery and afterwards prepare for the com mencement of her Indian troop service for the season. She is appointed to leave on the 2Cith inst for her first trip. LITERATURE. Harrison Ainsworth's New Novel. During these last eight mouths the readers of the Neu' Monthly Magazine have had presented to them a new serial tale by Harrison Ainsworth, the author of, we should be puzzled to say, off-hand how many-popular romances. The mere catalogue of the principal fictions he has penned during the last thirty years would be something formidable iu length. Rook wood—Jack Shepherd—Windsor Castle—The Tower of London—Old St. Paul's— Mervyn Clitheroe—St. James's—The Lancashire Witches—John Law—Cardinal Pole—The Lord Mayor of London—The Constable of the Tower— Crich ton—Guy Fawkes—The Merchant's Daugh ter. There are sixteen to begin with—but, besides these, there are a good many others that it would be simply superfluous to enumerate. Several, such as Auriol and ;Sir John Chiverton, published years ago. Several that, during the last few seasons, have followed one another with marvel!ous rapidity. Beginning with the first instalment in the number of the New illonthly for last February " Hilary St. Ives," a Tale, has now run on to its eighth instalment in the cur rent number of that magazine for September. As might naturally be surmised, therefore, the reader of the story is now in the thick of its interest, and approaching, after many windings and doublings— as he (the reader) held on by the one sole clue, the thread of the narrative—appreciably and recogniz ably approaching, the very heart of the labyrinth. There he will, of course, as is almost always the case in the centre of these mazes of fiction—there, he will, when the right moment comes, find the hyme neal altar ready prepared for the denouement, and the inevitable couple, the hero and heroine of the tale, prepared to be united in marriage, and prepared also thereupon to live happily toge ther for ever afterwards. Granted all that, as the tolerably certain result of the eventual ecclaircisse went, we may at any rate, in the mean time, assure all those who enjoy a clever story, admirably well told, that in " Hilary St. Ives" they will find one exactly answering that description. The plot is moat ingeniously contrived. The incidents follow one another with enlivening rapidity. The charac ters introduced are vividly contrasted, and of very varied excellence. Hilary St. Ives, needless to say, is the hero of the narrative. The story opens with a description of him in the middle of a wild moor--way lost—towards nightfall. Attacked by some tramps when they have led him back to the highroad cross ing the common, on the promise of their being paid half-a-crown a-piece for the trouble, Hilary, robbed of some valuable papers contained in his knapsack, is left, bleeding and insensible, by the roadside. Here he is found, and all but run over by a dog cart, taking back Mr. Radcliffe and his nephew Oswald to the family mansion, belonging to the former, at Hazlemere. Hazlemere and the neigh bouring estate of Boxmore are, for the most part, the scene of the narrative so far as it has yet ad vanced. At Hazlemere, Mr. Radcliffe is the host. At Boxmore the host is the young baronet, Sir Charles, who is married, or at any rate affianced and all but married, to Mr. Radcliffe's daughter and only child, May—May being beloved, among a crowd of other suitors, by Oswald, by Hilary, and by the Marquis of Hartlepool. From Oswald and from the Marquis of Hartlepool she has offers, but both are declined. Hilary St. Ives has not yet mustered courage to ask her hand, but in him it is impossible not to lecognise at once her future hus band. Mrs. Radcliffe, May's mother, is a lacka daisical hypocondriac, and, altogether, a very in tollerable personage. Myrtilla, otherwise Lady Richborough, a high-spirited, flyaway, dashing young widow, Sir Charles's sister, has a touch about her character very much resembling Lady Gay Spanker in Dion Boucicault's earliest comedy. It should be said at once that her brother is killed by an accident upon the very eve of his marriage— leaving Boxmore to his betrothed. The mystery of the tale is associated principally with Mrs. Sut ton, the housekeeper at Hazlemere, and with Col. Seymour Delacombe—those two being apparently husband and wife, and certainly, so far as the reader can yet understand, the father ant mother of Hilary St. Ives. The clearing up of all that, is what the readers of the serial are now looking for ward to very eagerly. So far as the narrative has yet advanced it has proved worthy of the author of " Mervyn Clitheroe" and " The Merchant's Daugh ter." It shows him to be still in the vigour of his fertile imagination, and still to have all his old mastery over the pen for the rapid and vivid deli neation of character. THE CRUISE OF 711 E LORDS OF 711 E ADMIRALTY. GIBRALTAR BAY, Sept. 2. Signal has been made to the combined Fleet to prepare to sail from here at daylight in the morn ing, and the coaling:of the ships will be completed this afternoon. The Monarch, which was left by the Channel Fleet outside the Straits repacking glands, to pre vent an escape of steam, arrived in the Bay early on the morning yesterday, after the arrival of the other ships. The Fleet is composed of six armour-plated iron built ships, six armour-plated wood-built ships, one unarmoured iron-built frigate, one un armoured wood-tuilt sloop, and one paddlewheel despatch steamer, manned by 8,121 officers and men, armed with 233 armour-piercing, muzzle loading rifled guns (the light 61-pounder and other guns not possessing armour penetration in the Fleet I have not included in this number), propelled by a gross nominal engine -power of 13,220-horse. The stay of the Fleet here since the Channel Divi sion joined on Tuesday afternoon will have been but a short one, but a good deal will have been done in the time by the First Lords. On Tuesday even ing their Lordships entertained Sir Alexander Milne and his personal Staff and officers of the Fleet at dinner on board here, and yesterday evening Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Airey and the officers of his personal Staff dined on board with their Lordships. As early :as half-past six yesterday morning the Admiralty bargo had left the Agincourt, conveying Mr. Childers and Sir Sydney Dacres to the dockyard and coaling jetty at the New Mole, where some time was spent in an examination of the existing arrangements of the works in progress there. On returning from the dockyard a visit was paid to Vice-Ad miral Sir Alexander Milne on board his flagship, the Lord Warden, and afterwards their lordships went on board each of the ships of the Mediter ranean Division under the gallant Admiral's com mand. It is enough to say at present with regard to the Mediterranean ships, that the magnificent order they are in deservedly elicited the warmest expressions of admiration from their lordships. In the afternoon the official Admiralty visit was made to the Governor of Gibraltar at his summer re sidence, the Cottage, at Europa. On their lordships landing from their barge at the new Mole the battery at the head of the Mole fired a salute of 19 guns, and a guard of honour of the 13th Light Infantry, with the regimental band and colours, was drawn up to receive them. From the Mole the carriages of his Excellency conveyed his distinguished visitors to the Cottage. This morn ing by half-past seven the Psyche, with the Lords of the Admiralty, accompanied by Sir Richard Airey and Staff, crossed to Tangiers, and were rec.2ived at the Legation by the Foreign Minister of Morocc,), in troduced by Sir John D. Hay, afterwards returning the Minister's visit at his palace. This evening Sir Richard Airey gives a grand dinner on shore to the Admiralty Lords and the Admirals commanding the two divisions, and to which a large party of officers, naval and military, are invited to meet them. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamship Tanjore arrived here last night at 7 p.m. from Southampton, with the mails, and resumed her voyage again this morning for Malta. A French screw corvette arrived in the Bay this morning from Tangiers. ME SERVICE GUNPOWDER. The special committee on gunpowder have been carrying out a series of experiments for the past week in the Wool . wich Marshes. As far as we can gather, the results pro mise to be most important. Our present service powder is far to violent in its action, and one of the chief objects the committee have in view is to procure a powder that will strain the gun much less with out, at the same time, sacrificing the initial or m uzzle velocity of the projectile. A species of powder called "pellet" was lately introduced for this purpose, but recent experimentslhave shewn that it cannot be relied on as at present manufactured. The Russians are said to have adopted an excellent powder called " prismatic," while other nations, such as the Prussians, Belgian!. and Fronch are following in the same footsteps. Speer' mens of all these powders will doubtless be tried by the committee. We lately alluded io the question of the pos , ' i tion of the vent in large guns, and p o inted out that t would be very unadvisable to alter its position, and WC are glad to hear that the preliminary experiments of the committee have fully borne out our views. n appears that a vent in the rear of the gun' besides diminishieg the initial velocity, canoe° an intense local strain at the base of the projectile, du e, we presume, to a long column of gas at a high velocitl being suddenly checked. Under these circumstances it exceedingly fortunate that the authorities did not listen t° recent proposals to vent all our heavy guns in the rear- The centre vent, although it may possibly cause a greater maximum pressure, has the effect of distributing the strain more uniformly over the powder chamber, and gl ut diminishing any intense local effect. PRACTICAL TORPEDOES. After many years of labour, Captain and Commander Harvey have succeeded in making a torpedo which 111 completely under practical control. Hitherto these 1 41 ' lainous contrivances have proved nearly useless, from the extreme difficulty of exploding them at the prop er moment. An old torpedo, immersed in the water, seldonl or never could be induced to go o ff w h en a h os tile ship wasimmediately over it, in which position alone the eP plosion could be of any avail. But under the ne W system the torpedo is as controllable as a rocket. Instead of sinking the torpedo, Captain Harvey ter ig it boldly against the craft that is to be destroyed, the explosion taking place by the act of contact. Any one who has towed a boat along a river or call a s knows, that, if the tow-rope was made fast t o the stem 0 ` the boat, she would soon stick her nose in the bank; but by fastening the tow rope nearly amidships she shoots out into the stream, and travels in a straight line parallel to the towing path, at a greater or less distance out, according to the length of the tow rope. This 19 the principle adopted by Captain Harvey for towing Lu g torpedo, which is a long, narrow box, weighted at the lower edge, and with a towing span on ono side. 9211 . 8 bottom is not so long as the t o p, so th a t th e s ection 11 something of a punt form, which makes it more easy tow. The box contains an inner metal case to hold the powder, or other more powerful explosive agent, which i° ignited by means of a metal bclt inserted into a chamb er on the top of the torpedo. Thi s b o lt i s h o ll o w, tul di loaded with a fulminate, which explodes when the bolt is pressed downwards on to a sharp pin or anvil in the het. torn of the Chamber, The pressure whi c h f orc es the h °l " downwards is exerted by two ingeniously contrived leve r* on their coming into contact with the bottom or side a 9. ship. One lever projects upwards from the top of f h te torpedo, and the other from the side, so that no n 3 o tte what the angle of contact may be, the explosion is c urs to follow. Even when the exploding bolt is placed in its chamber, means are taken to prevent accidental dischArga' by putting in a pin at right angles through the bolt an across the top of the chamber. This safety pin is attac hed to a piece of log-line, which is run off a reel, as in heavi ng the log, when the torpedo is b e i ng t owe d. The P t - s i has a slight lashing of twine, to p reven t aceidellt displacement, but when the to r p e d o i s t o b e fired, a 03 % tug on the log line breaks the twine and pulls out tht pin. The torpedo is then ready to explode the 1 11 ° 1116 : 4 the contact takes place. With a tow-rope of silt , ' seventy fathoms, the torpedo floats off the quarter of t r ' ci. towing vessel at an angle from 30 deg. to 40 deg., a ce° it ing to the speed. The torpedo is so well weighted that • sinks of itself, so that there is a cork buoy attached 131 113 , buoy rope. When being towed, the torpedo gra d j;' rises to the surface, the buoy trailing along astern. 1 3 varying the speed of the towing vessel the depth at vil' l " the torpedo shall strike an enemy's ship can he ' ler), nicely regulate(' THE CRUISE OF THE FLYING SQUADB° The accounts received of the progress of the FlYj re Squadron, with the Lords of the Admiralty on boarj, ail eminently satisfactory. Sq ua d ron sa ili ng is ' l f exercise for our seamen, and has c er t a i n ly th e a dvantag e .; keeping the crews on the alert, for from m orning 7, night the work of makin g an d s h or t en i ng eci es : in order to keep the ships in th e i r res p ec tive st'i ti ls Thanks to the adoption of Colomb's flashing- sig o e for night signalling their vigilance is allowed no r ee ':'; If any ship has failed to keep her station dur „l,o the night a signal is made by the flagship D I ; c h morning for the name of the officer of the W s ',,p in which the error is committed, and the name is sent cat in bunting for the benefit of the fleet ! It is 0 ,1 ' 1 %, that under these circumstances those who , 1 : 1- 0 teered for the flying squadron find they ' A ti e more work than play, but it affords Aria excellent opportunity of improvement in seamausb i l ) T he gunnery to young and inexperienced officers. bees Colomb signal system, to which reference 1 135 ,.:4, made, is now officially adopted for the British " - t be and every boys' training ship is supplied Ivitii;ials apparatus to instruct the lads in their use. It ie and efficient, and is admirably adapted for nig ht - t o o of munication at sea—a great desideratum. It c° 115.5 el% an adaptation of Morse's telegraph system, and c°„ ; :sto the messages by the short or long flashes of 'go and their position to each other. In a f ° g' aci same method of signalling is carriod out by w eed with the fog horn. The system when first int r r"er met with very strong opposition, but it was s trovg`Ja of ported by Sir Sydney Dacr es , th e S en ior SO 14° ;,a1l the Admiralty, and is now, as we have said, reello, established. A question v er y i n t eres ti ng to no vni f „ ep is neerl, and very important t o th e coun t ry , h a s been o eo during this cruise, an d it re f ers t o t h e mac hinerl ° 'eicil turret ships. The Mona rc h h as t wo t urre ts, one a - en is completely disabled by an injury to the Ini tebi l li llif% fitted to the carriages of the guno• d oe, machinery is extremely complicated, and kybt several workmen from the Portsmouth - 1 - 1 ,,t the were taken to sea in the hope that they could en e " s 0 necessary repairs, the turret is not likely, acc (araill the the last accounts, to be in working order again dt lri lple% voyage. It is, therefore, asked whether some less e ° ' - vi blell arrangement may not be devised since an injuryet t 4) it takes a journey round the world to 13000 rights cannot certainly be rectified during the e si f t e c ie of a naval campaign. Steam evolutions were 11 : 1 " o riel Gibraltar before joining the Mediterranean obt.oDßh more important exercises are to be gone "i tefe e l by the combined fleets i n th e cruise " Gibraltar and Lisbon. So far as they I ' l lo o gone, the admiral has expressed himself well 000°0011 the performances of the ships, many of which On d th s commissioned. The sick list is at a low rate, on , general condition of the crews highly satisfact°Sisir°l the fleet entered the Bay of Gibraltar, Vie e 7,, Milne came out in his steam-yacht to welcome . Lord and his colleagues to Gibraltar. The Rev. Canon Melville is said to be o°r ind l is h p e oso r d r , i a n n c d e u o n f ab w le a t l o es loa in vo his residence. geldie Castle on Thursday for M ex a p rl e b c o t r e o d ug t h °lll il - $ 5:1111i eou : Ab el ; Prince The w i llM a nchest F er rid .E B exam in er a n m i stay Carlisle still continues ver g y ihn dringham. „. 0 Of : el, : n. says at at ellc)Se ": n_ea A r d C v a i r c l e is s le. received by the Cape Mail 0051310 e; R t oman report that her Majesty's ship Oront eg ,,, p a A scension on the 16th of August. Silo left tho Helena on the night of the 4th of Aug ,he pro' same night her screw had to be stopped. 11.,-tiler° ceeded under sail to Ascension, and arrive,' oo f on the 9th. Next day it was found, by gle 3l ' s o o i divers, that the driving head of the shaft IV U 4 on njured as to prevent further use of the s cresq' t bo the 11th a case of scarlatina broke out an -01 % 00 children on board. The women and children _jog immediately landed, and, f ur ther cases oeCtiforo.3 among the children after landing , a g e dic 3l l ',, a a decided that it would be dangoro us to re-on bar' sb ip of the children, and recommend ed that the • 1g with the should at once proceed on her voyage , w i , t b to o troops. She was to leave Ascensior„'ii:ttd:i:Abro o e ti : the 17th of August with her .1 0 ' je3ty's 6h v iP dan cl ' seus, which vessel will accomp;ny her o and it is expected they will arrive at Spitll o " able t the middle of October. W e ar c glad t o be 4:lwas state that the fever among t h e c hildren l aed , e l es of a very mild type, and it was confideill opt ed that the prompt measures taken wee' vent any fatal results among them or danger t a do troops on board, as both the ship's crew au' " r were in the enjoyment of good health. I