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COMPENSATION IN C &SE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATII Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KENO, may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY P A SSENGF RS ASAURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of .f 3 to 113 Iss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCII I ENTS ALONE may be provided against Dy Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to The Local Agents, or at the Ofoc,es, 64, CORNHILL and 10, REGENT TRENT, LONDON. WILLIAM J. VI AN Secretary. ( 011 N GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY • "100T11 PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth yowder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the t oamel from decly, and imparts a plearnnt fragrance to tho breath. Price Is. 6d.—Rel Bull Wharf, 93, Upper l'llarrp.!s-street. London. OR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. • ' • E.-MOS-ES and BON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale, in - every depart ment of 'their bWeicbse. For trades and ad dressee, see following advertisement. A RAID: COMBINATIO N . TINA BARE COMBINATION of EXCEL- LENCE with CITEAPNESS will be founi in every rticlo sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, 1r made to measure, for all ages, and all \lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring Ind fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stark of materials:. Ca 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 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 shonld neennipmnied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will he cheerfully exchanged. or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and flaps. 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-men sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES end SON'S Establishments 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, 31INORIES 154, 111NORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDO ATE 85. ALD(ATE F 6, ALDGATI F 7. ALDGAT P. ALDGATE S 3, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 1504 NEW OXFORD-STREET SO7, NEW OXFORD-STREET SOS, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 8, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT - ROAD BR ANC ri 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 118, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch : 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS, fir.LEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F.ll. ChattPrton. THIS EVENING, at 7, ITLLE3 OF TIIE KITCHEN. FORMOSA. new four-set Drama., by Dion Boucicault: Mos.sr7. B.,irrett. H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittlin Wright, Tr: Pillington, Misses M. Brennan Macdonald, dr Kathlrioe Dodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. T-1} EATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHL ... Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, MY PRECIOUS BETSY : Mr Atkins avi Miss lizs. Johns one. At R, TriE SERPENT ON THE HE RrIT: Messrs R. 1 Ml lip4, E. Atkins. Stuart. C. IT. Stephenson, W. H Ebume. Dal r. J. Smith. It. Rouyn.: ITrs M. Ehurne. Mrs Lei_h Murray, M:sts Elizn Johnstone. Mrs Stoker, fie. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr Atkins and Mrs. Leigh Murray. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining TIIIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, PRESIMIPTIVN; EVIDENCE, tcls, by Dion Tloneicault. After which, Handel's Opera of ACIS AND GALATEA : Cupid, Miss Summers: Adis, Mr Verncn Rigby: t amon. Mr Montem Smith: Polyphemus. Herr Formes: Galatea, Miss Blanche Cole. Wnsical Conductor. Mr T. L TTatb.n: Concluding with the Farce of A QUIET FAMIL7. Doors open at half-past 6, commerce at 7. Prices: Stalls. 7s: Dress Circle. 5s Upper Boxes. 4s, Pit. Gallery, Is. Private Br•xes, 12 12s 6d, £2 2s, and its 61. ()YAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanhorough. THIS EVENING, at 7.10, AMONG TEE BEE aKERS : Mr 01 trke. Followed by THE TOQDLES: Mr Clarke. After which. JOAN OI• ARC: Messrs Tbnrne. James, Fetes eon, Turner, Charnherlaine MesdamesPnfton, L. 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TTNFURNISHED APARTMENTS TO LET, consisting of Three Rooms and Dressingßoom, with use of Kitchen. Nice Garden. Four minutes' walk to 'Bus and Rail to City and West-end.---44, St. Paul's-road, Camden-square, N.W. 1) RITAN N IA El III: ASSOCIATION Tread Offices. 429, Strand. London. The distinguishing. features of this Association aro Egnitable Rates, 'Undoubted Seeoritv. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE A GUA AIIARELLA restores the Human Hair to itspristino hue, no matter at what age. , • NO. GO ;ELL and CO. letwo at. length, with the aid , ne of t most eminent (lheinists, succeeded in perfect womlerful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a a‘cre concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. i :eluding brush. .11 1 .1 Wharf, Angel pas sage, 93, Upier Thames etr,vt. London. E.C. LONDON AND NORTH -WE iTERN RAILWAY. NEST COAST ROUTE TO SCOTLAND. Additional Express and Further Improved Service of Trains between London and tho North of Scotland. An ADDITIONAL EXPRESS TRAIN, conveying first and second class passengers, now leaves Euston Sta tion at 8 p.m., for EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, PERTH, and the North of Scotland. A direct Train for Greenock, in connection with this Express, leaves Motherwell at 7.0 a.m., arriving ix. Greenock at 8.20 a.m., allowing ample time for passengers for Oban and the est Highlands to join the lona Steamboat, which leaves Greenock at 9.0 a.m. Tourist Tickets and Return Tickets for Scotch Sta tions aro available by this Train. Passengers for Green ock are conveyed without change of carriage by this Train. Passengers for Edinbargh by this Train will join the Limited Mail at Carstairs : those for Perth and the North of Scotland will join the Train at Gartsherrie. Passengers by this Train are allowed fifteen minutes at Carlisle for refreshments. _ _ _ _ . . The Train leaving Euston Station at 9.0 p.m. has been accelerated so as io arrive at Aberdeen at 2.0 p.m., two hours and twenty minutes earlier than heretofore. A hew Express Train for London leaves Abordeon (Caledou;an) at. 9.0 a.m., Glasgow (Caledonian) 1.45 p.m., awl Edinburgh at 2.3 p.m. ; arriving in London (Eustun 'Station) at 3.15 a.m. Passengers booked through to Scotland aro allowed to break their journey at Carlisle. For further particulars see Time-bills. W. CAWK WELL, General Manager. Euston Station, August, 1869. 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 proprietors differs in its tenor but little save is one or two particulars from that laid before them in 1868. The income of the year, it will be seen, amounts to X 510,499 18s., and the total charge to £145,077 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 X 1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present amount. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, Jusm 30, 1869. INCOME OF THE YEAR. £ s. d. DR. Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 Premiums on new assur ancfs Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0 371,548 12 1 Interest from investments 120,939 12 10 Profit and loss, be.lance of account 492,503 1 11 47,991 13 1 Total income £1,41 4 ,052 6 6 Examined and approved. THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors. HENRY HOSE, CHARGE OF THE TEAR. CR. £ e. d. s. d. Dividend to proprietors B,BBO 4 0 Claims on decease of lives assured Addiriots to those under participating. policies 24,304 6 6 Policies surrendered Le-assnrances - new Ditto old 51,009 4 1 Comm isAon Medical fees Income ta x... 40:3,561 12 1 10,618 11 2 760 18 0 3,017 15 8 Expenses of management 16,238 9. 10 436,187 6 9 Total charge Balance of bccount, Juno 30, 1869, a 6 per balanco-sheet £l,-1-18,052 6 6 • The total of premiums received is £371,548 12s. Id., of which sum £13,560 ss. ld. is fur new assurances effected in the year. The interest from investments is .£1?.0,959 12s. 10d., or .£1 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 lass account again exhibits a considerable profit, amounting this year within a tiifle to the sum of £48,009. 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 dceettse of lives assured is larger than usual. This circumstance, however, is not very material; as was observed 01 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 company's securities ibto the names or additional trus tees. TAen as they aro, however, these expenses must be regarded as very moderate. It will be obsmwed that they are only three per cent. of the t( tal income. BALANCE-SHEET. .ItNE 30, 1t69. DR. LIABILITIES. Interest dur:! to propietors Cla:.1114 on deveuse of lives ttAured, and attlilitious Own-to unpaid Sundry :,emin £6,757 17 0 108,940 6 7 48,311 3 4 undcr sums tts ured, &c. (1857) 6,336,625 8 2 Proprie ors' fund Surp:us find £7,6:5,813 0 10 Examiued and hp! roved. T EIONIAS ALLEN,) Auditors. HENRY ROz•.:E, CR. ASSETS. Amount inves'ed 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 1 2 Ditto ditto Temporary secu- 198,207 17 0 30,934 4 6 12,256 15 10 rities Current interest on the above investments Cash and bills 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. ?id. already mentioned, as is shown by tha augmentation to that extent in the balance of the surplus 1 und. The Direction of the Company is now constituted as follows : WILLIAM FREDERICK .DE LA RUE, ESQ., Chairman. ROBERT ALEXANDER GRAY, ESQ., Deputy-Chairman Charles Bischoff, Esq. James Murray, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. Philip Rose, Esq. Charles Chatfield, Esq. George Russell, Esq. Sir J. Buller East, Bt., D.C.L. Thomas Godfrey Sambrooke, Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D., Esq. F.R.S. Admiral Tindal. CharlesThos.Rolcombe,Esq. Right lion. Sir John Young Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Bart., K.C.B. LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND on the CAPITAL of the Company, at the rate of Six per Cent. for the half-year ending 30th June, 1869, with a BONUS of Two and a Half per Cent., will be PAID to the Pro prietors, either at the Head Office, 21, Lombard -street, or at any of the Company's Branch Banks, on and after MONDAY, the 16th inst. By order of the Board, W. McBE WAN, General Manager. 21, Lombard-street, Aug. 6, 1869. T HE "SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE "NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Cass 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 =liar simplicity of thee a Machines enables any one to Acquire their perfect use in a tew 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 Towns AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highlyremunerativeCommission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to IL MARRISON, Great Orford-street, Norwich. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. ciole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton TRU EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8 FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, 3lisses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUMLS. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. 'Tilts EVENING, at 7. MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr Atkins and Miss Johnstone. At S, THE SERPENT ON TIIE HEA TH Mr R Phillips, Mr E Atkins. Mr Stuart. Mrs M. Ehurne, Mrs L. Murray, &e. And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray. BOIAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborongh. lifts EvmNisrs. at 7.30, AMI , NG TUE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. THE TOODLES. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; . esdames Goodall, I.ydia37aitland. Buftnn. To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James, ROYALTY Th EATRE. Gnder•the 3tanftgement of misß \i Oliver, firs ErENING. at 7.::0. A TIOVING COl'd , iISSION. After svMelt CTIECK3IA I'N.. Foßotved by TliE MTLI VARY BILLY 'r LOR. To conclude with IN FOIL A 110 LID Y Mr Dewar, Mr. Danvers. Miss 31. Oliver Miss Saunders, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Viu THIS EVENING, at 7. PR ESUMI'Ti VE EVIDENCE. After which, A • D GALATEA : Herr Formes, Mr V. Rigby, Mr M. .with, and Miss Blanche Coie. 't o conclude with A QUIE FAMILY. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. -,ry • _ • . Lti **" l. SUIT LOA DON, 7'll URS DAY, A UG ILS7 19, 1869. Explorations are the order of the day, alike in the new world and the old, in breaking up familiar ground, and in making researches in regions hitherto almost, as one might say, untroddee by the foot of man, certainly in many parts untrodden by the feet of the pioneers of modern civilisation. Among the former localities, places which are haunted, so to speak, by the associations of long past historical epochs, there are at this moment three especially, the minute examination of which is being prosecuted with more assiduous care than has ever been applied to them before by the systematised science of the archaeologist. These researches, it is almost needless to remark, are subterranean, alike in Jerusalem, in Pompeii, and at Rome. They are being carried on intermittently, but, for all that, systematically and persistently. The treasures in fact which they are every now and then bringing to light are gradually, almost imperceptibly, accumulating, in a manner d. and in a variety, in a great measure beyond our hopes and anticipations. the record of each of those three new explorations of old, and, as it was thought, until but yesterday, as it were, thoroughly sifted ground, is increasing in bulk and i❑ value. It was but very recently that a singular and enthralling museum, illustrative of what hns recently been done in this way among the founda tions of Jerusalem, was opened to public view here in London, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. At uncer tain intervals a " fiad" of more than unusual interest is unearthed from among the under foundations of the Eternal City—now a sort of arti ficial quarry, as one may say, consisting of huge, roughly hewn blocks of precious marbles, and rare granites—now some colossal statue like the giant bronze of llERctmEs—now, again, the hitherto unrecognized or un-identified site of some famous classic locality or building—now some more than ordi narily valu ►ble mural inscription upon the wall of a newly-opened gallery or corridor in the wonderful Catacombs. As to marvellous discoveries occasion- ally made in the midst of the fitful researches still prosecuted among the yet bnrie I s'reet3 and tene ments of Pompeii or of Herculaneum, they possess for us, one and all, an interest ever fresh and ever full of fascination. Simultaneously with these diggings and delvings among the djbris of antiquity, en tirely novel and daring explorations are being ad ventured upon in regard to regions remote alike from ancient and from modern civilization. Foremost among these at the present moment in attractivenass is the new expedition fitted out under the great African traveller, Sir SAMUEL BAKER., the expedition now being directed by him far beyond the desert to the confluence of the Blue and the White Nile, near the capital of Soudan, the city of Khartoum. From the fruits of this new expedition it may be allowable to aid that very much is hopefully, is confide fitly expected. Not the least welcome - • am - mg all those fruits, how ever, will certainly be acquisitions of any happy and reliable tidings in regard to the whereabouts of the good and great explorer,--so long lost to his friends here in England, Dr. LIVINGSTONE. Professor STOKES'S address marks less progress in science than many previous retrospects have shewn. In the department which he has made peculiarly his own, the laws of light, he has, indeed, found some thing to tell which is of interest; but concerning science generally he has not much to say. Of course we cannot expect important discoveries every year. Sensationalism is the last characteristic that we must expect in sci( nce. It is not every year that geolo gists discover human implements in a stratum older than the supposed human epoch. It is not every year that opticians and astronomers have to announce the discovery of spectral analysis. It is not every year that travellers come back, as they did in com pany at Bath five years ago, to tell of lands unvisited until they visited them. As a rule, a scientific retro spect will be a record of the application of the known rather than of the revelation of the unknown. Thus with reference to the subject in which the PRESIDENT is more particularly interested, we find that spectral analysis —one of the most marvellous discoveries of the age—has enabled astro- nomers to carry on their researches into the struc ture of the sun. They have discovered that the most stupendous changes are going on in the central body of our system. " Prominences, the heights of which are to be measured by thousands and tens of thousands of miles, appear and disappear in the course of some minutes." If the centre of our system is undergoing such vast changes, what changes may not the smaller elements of that system have to sustain ? If the great Sol is thus subject to physical revolutions and con vulsions, is it not the height of absurdity, the most unphilosophic of suppositions, to believe that our little earth will go on for ever as it is now going on ? To infer, from our brief experience of a few thou sand years, that the world will remain for ever would be the acme of folly in the face of such revelations as these, even though we had no word of warning to the contrary. Equally absurd is it to suppose that that which is always has been. If changes like those on the face of the sun can be effected in a few minutes, it is conceivable, it is probable, that less violent changes may have taken place on the face of the earth within the period which used to be assigned for the existence of this planet. Geologists tell us that they require millions upon millions of years to account for the physical condition of the earth. We refer them to the astronomers; we tell them that they may be true ; but there is no proof that they are, for they have neglected to take into account the possibility of other agencies than those which they see at work. It takes billions of years to produce geologic phenomena by means of the agencies now in operation ; but geologists make an assumption which they have no right to make when they assume that there have never been any other agencies ; not slow and regular, like the present, but sharp, sudden, and convulsive, like those which are now going on in a far larger world than ours. Whatever doubt may exist with respect to this question, however much men of science may oscillate at various times from the regular to the catastrophic theory, there can be no doubt, no change of opinion, as to that great fact which Professor STOKES asserted at the close of his address. At times it seems as if the philosophers were on the very point of making that great discovery which baffled their predecessors long before the search for the elixir vita , . They seem to be on the very threshold of the mystery of life. They seem to be on the very eve of becom ing no longer merely seekers, but creators. Yet, as the PRESIDENT remarks, " admitting to the full as highly probable, though not completely demonstrated, the applicability to living beings of the laws which have been ascertained with reference to dead matter, I feel constrained at the same time to admit the existence of a mysterious something lying beyond a something sui: generic —which I regard not as balancing and suspending the ordinary physical laws, but as working with them and through them to the attain ment of a designed end." This something "is a pro found mystery." We may push our inquiries back rHE SUN, LONDON, THPIISDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1869. .PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; • Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE CDRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at Wednesdays and Eaturdays, at 3 o,nd 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL G NROENS, Regent's-pa - Lk, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, Cd. Children under twelve, Gd But day. farther and farther, but we shall never penetrate that veil behind which rests the First Great Cause, the Deity, who has revealel to us sun, moon, stars, the whole universe, as the hem of his garment. THE insolvency of a large assurance company has naturally given rise to great consternation through out the country. Even the bitter experience of the last few years had not prepared the public for a catas trophe of this kind. Though confidence in every species of enterprise has been rudely shattered of late, and though the staidest of corporations engaged in the least hazardous of enterprises have proved them selves unworthy of trust, few persons could have been prepared for a disaster which will destroy the fruit of such self-sacrifice as is represented by life assurance. But it seems that with this crowning dis grace we are imminently threatened. The Albert Life Assurance Company is in a state of serious difficulty. The exact nature of its liabilities is not at present divulged ; but as the share and policy-holders are invited to consider a scheme " upon which, by mutual sacrifices, the office may be reconstructed," the conclusion must be that the state of affairs is one of bankruptcy. The Albert Company has been established above thirty years, and has a very large business, with numerous agencies throughout the provinces, as well as in India, China, and Japan. Its proportions have been con stantly increasing by the addition of one com pany after another until not fewer than twenty-two were absorbed. How far this policy of indiscrimi nate incorporation was wise is more than doubtful. If an assurance company has a good business of its own it will not consent to amalgamation ; and it is therefore not unreasonable to infer that some of these acquisitions must have been worse than useless. The number of policies connected with this concern bring in an annual income of £357,594 —a fine revenue in itself, but, unfortunately, a trifle compared with the demands upon it. These policies represent a full investment in assur ances of over 11 millions sterling. For the first years of its existence such an enormous account would not involve much trouble. It is in the nature of an assurance company that its early years must pass in security ; it is when the lives of assured persons begin to lapse in the course of nature that claim after claim falls in, and the resources of the office are put to the test. This epoch in the history of the Albert Company has arrived. Its liabilities amount in all to 11 millions sterling, and to meet the proportion which becomes due there is only £647,000 in hand—less than two years' income. The business has come to a deadlock, and a scheme of " reconstruction by mutual sacrifice " has been found needful. No doubt this, in some way or other, will be effected. An assurance office is in some sort like a railway ; it may be insolvent, but there is generally more to be lost by stopping it than by allowing a fair chance for recovery. To bring the affairs of the Albert Coin pany to a final crisis would be pro ductive of little benefit, and it is probable that some means of prolonging its existence will be devised. But before the work of reconstruction commences, it is just to the policy-holders and j ust to an alarmed public to expose the true state of affairs, and, however disagreeable the duty, to reveal the policy which has led to this calamitous result. It is now hopeless to expect that such a concern can be brought round, except at great cost to the unfortunate investors who have committed the future of their wives and children to its care. If £U17,000 represent the whole sum available to meet the claims which may fall due from a total of 11 millions, it is easy to divine that the work of " reconstruction " will indeed be one of " mutual self-sacrifice." What reckless trading, what blind hunting after business, what heedless expenditure of the income which ought to have been laid up instead of liquidated in manage ment have led to this end, ought to be revealed at once. It is inevitable that the savings of hundreds, the self-denial of the pro vident, must be lost through sheer blundering, and there is nothing to be hoped now by half telling the truth. The terror of uncertainty can hardly be worse than the consternation which will probably follow the exposure of the dismal truth. It seems futile to look to legislation to prevent com mercial misdeeds; but that such flagiant calamities as these can be obviated is certain enough, and hitherto the Legislature has done as little as possible in the way of reasonable interference. LATEST INTELL MENGE (REUTER'S TELEGRA3IB.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, August 18. The Hamburg and American steamship 11am monia arrived here at 8 p.m. yesterday. The National Steamship Company's steamer Queen arrived out to-day. The Allan (Glasgow) steamship St. Patrick ar rived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1334 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 133:1 ; the lowest, 132. Sterling Exchange on London lO9l. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 4 " 1880 l2ll. cc cc 18G7 l2Ol. 10-40 Illinois .................................. 1381. Eric ............................................. 28. Cotton—Mid. upland 334c. Petroleum—Standard White 32le. Flour, extra state, $6.70c. to $7.30c. Corn, old mixed, $1.22c. QUEBEC, August 18. The Allan steamship Germany arrived out to- WEST AFRICA MAIL. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 19. The West Africa Mail steamer Macgregor Laird arrived in the Mersey this morning. Her dates are Old Calabar, July 9 ; Cameroons, and Fernando Po, 12th ; Bonny, 14th ; B ras s, 17th ; Benin, 18 th ; Lagos, 20th ; Whydah, 21st ; Accra, 23d ; Cape Coast Castle, 24th ; Cape Palmas, 2 lth ; Monro via, 28th ; Sherbro, 31st ; Sierra Leone, August 1 ; Teneriffe, 9th ; and Madeira, 11th. She brings 155 ozs. of gold dust and 200 sovereigns in specie. Trade was generally dull, owing to the high prices asked for oil by tb.3 natives. Health at all the ports was good. Lord J. Gordon is a pas sengers from Lagos. LISBON, Aug. 18. The Pacific Steam Navigation mail steamer Patagonia arrived here at one o'clock to-day, 17 hours before her time. Her dates are—Valparaiso, July 13 ; Buenos Ayres, July 26 ; Montevideo, July 27 ; and Rio Janeiro, Aug. 1. She brings $138,000 in specie for Paris, and $320,000 for Lon don. There is no political news of importance. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 18.—Three o'clock—The market +closed as follows : 4 per Cent. End of mouth — 3 per Cent End of month— 73 20 4 1 - ddit,Mobiher 230 Bank Shares 2900 Ital'an Five. .`,6 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan 325 Do. Debt 41 10 Spanish Threes 29 50 Homo Debt — Deferred 1 9! ransatlalitie 7 5 -I ' .2' 5C 5 Funcier li '_Paris Gas 1645 EAILWA' Cash Orleans - !.70 Western Northern Strasburg - • • Lyons and Mediterranean .......... 9921 Southern..... 617- Sardinian MR, BRIGHT. A correspondent of the New York Tribune, on a visit to Europe, in a letter descriptive of his experience in London, gives an interesting account of an interview he had with Mr. Bright. He Pays : " I selected an early hour for an interview, and found the illustrious states. man at his quiet and solitary breakfast, though several visitors dropped in before the completion of the repast. Nothing could exceed the unpretending modesty of his establishment, unless it was the frank dignity of his manners. It was an impressive scene to behold a man who had wielded such a vast power over the politics of Great Britain in an environment which reminded me of the historical sketches of the Spartan simplicity in the domestic life of Samuel Adams in the days of the Revolution." The correspon dent seems to have carried away a deep sense of Mr. Bright's gentleness of disposition, and to have been greatly charmed with his conversation, about which he grows almost enthusiastic. The following is worth quoting, as strangely contrasting with the general impression of Mr. Bright's character :—" I was struck with some of his remarks on the natural tendency to order and quiet as age advances, and may make this slight allusion to them, as the expression of a practised statesman somewhat in contrast with his public career. ' The longer I live,' said he, ' I am more and more dis posed to seek some point where progress is not necessary.' He illustrated this idea at length, shewing that it was not the whim of a statesman weary with the claims of reform, but the utterance of a sage who had wisely decided on the value of different purposes in life." IfORMONIS.3I. A few days ago we mentioned the fact that William Alexander and David Hyrum, the younger sons of Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, were on their way to Salt Lake City to set up the standard of the reorganised or anti-polygamy Church. A singular interest attaches to the name of David Hyrum. A few months before Joseph's death he stated that " the man was not born who was to lead this people ; but of Emma Smith should be born a son who would succeed in the presidency after a season of disturbance." Joseph Smith was killed June 27 1844, and the son, named from ,the father's direction David Hyrum, was born at the Mansion House, Nauvoo, on the 17th of the succeeding November. This prophecy is secretly dear to thousands of Mormons who are weary of the tyranny of Brigham Young, and yet hold to their faith in Joseph Smith. A fell days ago the young men reached Salt Lake City, and soon called upon Brigham Young, and announced their intention to organise their church at once, asking permission to defend their faith iu the Tabernacle, proposing to argue with the Brighamites from the original Mormon books. We have but scant reports of the interview; but it is said to have been very warm. Brigham was very angry at their pre sumption, and denied them the use of the Tabernacle, sending word at the same time to the bishops to shut them out of the ward meeting-houses. The brothers, at one point of the conversation, denied that their father ever practised polygamy, citing their mother's testimony, to which Brigham retorted that their mother " was a liar, and had been proved a thief," with much more of the sort. Be it remembered that the lady thus spoken of is the Electa Cyria , or "Elect Lady of God," in Mormon theology, who was the glory of their early history. Like Pope and Pagan, of the " Pilgrim's Progress," Brigham doubtless gnaws his nails in vain rage thrt he cannot, as in former times, let loose the vengeance of the Nauvoo Legion upon these sectarians, and crush the rebellion in blood. If his power were now equal to his feelings, we should have repeated the story of the Morrisites, when a high civil functionary of Utah led the Legion in broad day to slaughter men and women Ts ho had surrendered them selves prisoners. But nothing more than petty persecu tions will be attempted at this late day. —Cor lune (Utah) Reporter. OZONE. Much has been said of late by scientific men on the goof properties of ozone ; of the influence it has in adding to the health-giving powers of country air and sea air. It is well known that in towns ozone disappears ; that even in the country or by the sea-side it only exists in the open air, not within confined rooms ; and that in fact it seems to exist precisely where men have been in the habit of going for the sake of their health, and to vary in quantity precisely according to the health supporting properties of different regions. Accord. ingly, many are disposed to recognise the effects of the peculiar element ozone in the accession of health and vigour they derive from a change of air. It has been placed beyond a doubt that the presence of ozone in the air is incompatible with that of nearly all the noxious gases which are apt to load the atmosphere'. The very fact that ozone is absent from the air of crowded cities gives proof of the sort of work in which it does useful service. The fact is, ozone is used up in crowded cities, and the particular process in which it is used up is the removal of the noxious gases arising from the decomposition of organic remains. If it is used up without having completely got rid of the noxious gases— as must very often be the case—the air will of course re main less pure than it should be. And when once the air has parted with its ozone, no more attention to venti lation can be of service to health. Then come diseases and infirmities, so that people have begun to think ozone is everything for health. Unfortunately, however, there is a reverse side to the picture. The Daily News calls attention to it. Ozone periods, as they are termed—that is, periods when the air is more than usually loaded with ozone—are not (says our contemporary) altogether periods of health. On the contrary, there are certain ugly diseases which seem especially to affect the ozone seasons. Apoplexy and epilepsy choose the ozone periods to work their evil effects, nearly eighty per cent of the deaths due to these causes occurring at such times. Catarrhal and bronchial affections are also more common iu ozone periods, though it has not yet been noticed that they are more common at the sea-side or in the country than in towns. In fact, ozone chemically introduced into the air of a room has the power, when excessive in amount, of causing all the symptoms of a cold in the head, and even congestion of the lungs. It seems clear, therefore, that we are not at present in any position to theorise respecting the hygienic effects of ozone ; and certainly we cannot as Yet ascribe to this element all the good effects we derive from sea or country air. A deputation from the Provincial Newspaper So ciety waited on Mr. Ayrton on IV ednesday with respect to the registration of titles. The Secretary of the Treasury said it was necessary for newspaper proprietors anxious to secure a copyright of their titles to enter them at the Stationers'-hall. The Copyright Act contained stringent clauses by which proceedings might be at once commenced on the charge of piracy. He promised to use his influence with the Stationers' Company to offer to newspaper proprietors the same facilities for searching the registers at the hall as are offered by other establishments. The Pendleton mystery was further investigated on Tuesday by a coroner's jury. The body of the woman, it will be remembered, was upon a previous occasion declared to be that of ono Kate 3l'Donald, who had been missing, but Mite ll‘Donald has since made her app araanco. Nothing was stated on Tuesday to clear up the question of identity. The medical evidence was to the effect that the woman bad been killed before the body was placed in the water, and the jury had no hesita tion in finding a verdict of wilful murder. A reward of £5O has been offered for the discovery of the murderer or murderers. PUNNING EPIGRAM AND REPARTEE.—Metropo litan changes will soon render misty some of the best things said by the poets. Now-a-days, few people under stand half the allusions in Gay's "Trivia," or Swift's "City Shower." Presently, when the Thames Embank ment is completed, we shall lose the point of James Smith's (of the " Rejected Addresses") epigram : " In Craven-street, Strand, ten attorneys find place, And ten dark coal barges are moor'd at its base; Fly, Honesty, fly! seek some safer retreat, For there's, craft in the river, and craft in the street." To this Sir George Rose is said to have replied : "Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, 'od rot 'em ? For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom ! ' SHAKESPEARE'S OBSCUEITI ES. —A correspondent of the New York Times writes as follows :—" Two or three of the questions anent Shakespeare's obscurities raised by the Edinburgh Review, and noticed in your columns to-day, no not seem difficult of solution. Was the cruets laid on Ophelia's bier anything else than the German kranz, her maiden garland? Does not Benedek mean that if a lady is not virtuous he will not seek to possess her, the word ' cheapen' being a usual buyer's phrase? Pistol's Tezo nian ' seems to Le the same word with the old French bisngnon, derived from besoin, meaning a needy fellow, or a seedy one. As to the epithet given to llegn, 'tender hefted,' hefted is au old form of hared, still traceable in the privincial use of hefting' for lifting ; ' and tender hefted may perhaps mean lifted or swelled with kindness. Wearing the rue " with a difference" is an expression taken from heraldry, referring probably to the Queen's rank, though without books at hand its precise technical mean ing escapes me. And as to the remaining questions, a little comparison of like passages would probably elucidate them. But will any one explain the passage of Isabella in that noble but obscure play, Measure for Measure,' Act 2, scene 4 . `Else my brother die. If not a feodary, but only he, Owe, and succeed by weakness,' where the last clause confuses the possible BUM of the first New York, August 4 THE ANTRIM ELECTION. Sir Shafto Adair, the Liberal candidate, accompanied by Mr. Johnston, 11I.P. for South Essex, addressed meetings of the electors, on Tuesday, in Bal lintoy and floseyords. Yesterday ho addressed meetings in Broughshane and Ahogl.ill. Capto.ike''Sey mour bas also addressed a meeting in the town of Antrim. rho polling takes place to-day. Strong detachments of infantry, cavalry, and constabulary have been sent to each of the five towns in which polling takes place. The contest will be very close. TRADES UNIO.YISM IN AUSTIUA. The introduction of free institutions in Austria has given rise to an important movement among the working men, with the object of improving the relations between them and their employers. This movement is not confined to the great industrial establishments, but has spread even to the smallest trades, such as comb-makers, swceps,waiters, itc. The question of trade associations in Austria is at present in a state of transition. By the existing law trades unions are forbidden, but the new Constitution contains provisions which nullify this prohibition. The matter was brought forward at the last session of the Reicbsrath, but no decision was arrived at, though it is known that the committee of the llouse which was appointed to consider the question declared itself in favour of the legalisation of trades unions. This circumstance has added new force to the agitation above alluded to. Fortunately, the strikes which have been the consequences of the movement, such as those of the printers at Vienna and Prague, have ended without any serious disturbances.—Eastern Budget. THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF'S TRIENNIAL VISITATION. On Tuesday the Bishop of Llandaff delivered his tri ennial charge to the clergy and churchwardens of North Glamorganshire. The right rev. prelate spoke at some length on the changes which had taken place in the diocese during the last three years, especially with regard to the work of church extension. The Welsh Church was no longer a name but a substantial reality. It was true that they had many difficulties to contend against, especially in the double language, but in many of the parishes English was freely used, and the English language was rapidly spreading in the towns and mining districts. The education of the poor was another prominent topic in the bishcp's charge, and he expressed himself strongly in favour of inviting the co-operation of the laity in all church work. In speaking of Ritualism, he said the miserable strife concerning ornaments had lost nothing of its violence since he last addressed them, but ho was thankful that there bad heen no strong manifestations in favour of Ritualism in his diocese. The decisions of the courts had left the Church in great perplexity, and he thought the clergy had better take counsel of their bishop regarding each individual case. THE PURCHASE OF GLEBES. Towards the close of the session (a London correspon dent says) a project was matured in the form of a bill, under the directions of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, which it was not thought necessary to lay before Parlia ment this year, but which will, I understand, be brought forward as soon as the Legislature reassembles. It is in substance a plan for satisfying the arguments founded on social disparity, of those who recommended glebes and gardens being provided for the ministers of all the preva lent sects in Ireland ; but without incurring the inconsis tency and difficulty of concurrent endowment. The plan is simply this, that persons suitably authorised and authen ticated belonging to any of the three chief denominations should be enabled to borrow a sufficient sum from the Public Works Loan Commissioners to buy a limited por tion of land for a glebe, and to build thereon a suitable dwelling for theirminister orpriest, as the case may be. The repayment of the principal by instalments together with interest is to be regulated on terms as advantageous as those granted by the Irish Church Bill to landlords bor rowing likewise from the Treasury the amount requisite for the purchase of the tithe rent charge on their estates ; that is to say, in the course of fifty years the glebes and manses are to be held free of rent as the property of the religious communion in the districts and parishes for whose benefit they may have been purchased. The only security, of course, that can be exacted for the money in each case will be the mortgage of the house and land, the trustees being necessarily exonerated from all personal liability, saving that which all trustees are subject to, namely, for the due appropriation of the money. The Wills County Mirror publiAcl a rumour, but does not vouch for it, that Dr. Lush, the senior member for Salisbury, has accepted the appointment of Commissioner of Lunacy, and that consequently ho will resign his seat es member for Salisbury. The Liverpool Mercury Bays :—"Some men tL:ke extraordinary pains to get themselves into trouble, s'mply for the sake of enjoying a little notoriety. Mr. Jas. Balfe seems to be one of the number. lie made his appearance before the Liverpool magistrates on Tuesday, and his effete° was that of creating a public disturbance and spouting a quan tity of seditious nonsense beneath the Duke of Wellington's column. He evidently desired to be made a 'martyr' of, and had his wish so far gratified that he was sent to prison in default of finding sureties to keep the peace." A NEW WAY TO GET OLD DEBTS PAID. —A E tory is told in a Paris paper of a new Method for recover ing one's debts. The other day a crowd gathered in the vicinity of the Oddon round a girl with a wooden leg, whom a gentleman at an adjoining window was apos trophising with loud cries. It turned out that the girl was a washerwoman who had gone to the gentle man to ask for the payment of her bill, and finding that the money was not forthcoming she had seized her customer's wooden leg, which was lying in a corner, de claring that she would not return it until she was paid. A HARVEST FROM THE SEA.—.The recent heavy sea storm and ground swell has had the curious effect of washing up the cargo of the Comet, of Goole, which was wrecked at the foot of the Castle Rock, Dunbar, during the terrific storm in the middle of June. The cargo, which consisted of barley, has been washed up in great quantities, and the carrying and carting away of the grain has caused a good deal of stir, especially among the shore population. It is somewhat remarkable that though the barley has been lying at the bottom of the sea for two months, it was quite sound and crisp--- the antiseptic properties of the salt water evidently preserving it from putrefaction. The collectors of the grain, who have reaped a rich harvest, 'sold it to the horse and cow-keepers in the town at from Gd. to is. a bushel. ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERIES AT P.RESTONPANS.- A few days ago the Rev. Mr. Struthers, Prestonpaus, whose antiquarian tastes are well known in the district, was fortunate in bringing to light a large and valuable assortment of old Scottish coins, that have lain buried beneath the earth for the last three centuries. It seems that a few fisher girls, while passing along the highway a little to the east of Bankton House (Colonel Gardiner's old mansion), picked up from the margin of an unenclosed field a number of what they thought pieces of brass or iron, which, however, on inspection turned out to be old coins of the Stuarts-- among others a gold noble of the reign of the unfortunate Mary. Mr. Struthers was not long in learning the fact, and going to the place where the coin had been found made a careful examination of the ground. The field had been ploughed deeper than usual this year, and he was not long in uncovering a large number of coins, that appeared to have been deposited for safety. They were all in a heap, as if they had been originally contained in a bag, which of course, had mouldered away in the lapse of years. There were 114 coins altogether, extending from tho reign of James 111. to that Mary, one of the latter, a silver piece, which bore the date of 1558, being in beautiful preservation, and as perfect in its stamping as the day it came out of the Scotch Mint. The gold noble referred to above was the only one of that metal, all the others being silver—in some case greatly alloyed. One of the most interesting coins of the series is a silver piece of Mary's reign, struck in commemoration of her marriage with the Dauphin of France. It bears the date 1558, and in addition to the monogram " with the heraldic emblems of France and Scotland, contains the following Latin legend on the reverse :—" Jam non sent duo sect una caro"—" They are no longer twain but one flesh." There can be but little doubt that the deposit was made in the reign of Mary ; and as her surrender to the Confederate Lords at Carberry-hill took pace in the ho mediate neighbourhood, it is no stretch of imagination, but a very feasible conjecture, to connect the two things together, and to believe that one or other of the faint hearted adherents of the Queen, seeing that her cause was going clown, bad concealed the treasure under ground till better times should come. MARICE 7 S-2111s DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON' MARKET. Aug, 19.—Sales probably 15,000 bales. The le.arlict firm. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lamplougu's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant palatable, and invigorating• Sold by all Chemists.—[Advt.] SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Timee considers that the organisers of the Bri tish Association wisely provide that. as far as possible, a n 38 5, ter of a different section of science shall preside at 0 117 successive meeting. An experimental clivmist, an a str°. nomer, a botanist, a physiologist, a practical - mechanician, are by turns elevated to the post of honour, and, as es ell reviews the progress of knowledge from the point of vi most familiar to himself, the world is instructed in th latest discoveries of natural philosophy. Professor St 4BB has fulfilled this judicious law by delivering at Exet er admirable survey of the new branches of knowledge which astronomers have added to the queen of s cience s ' the modesty of a true student, the Luc as° Professor of Cambridge did not tell his hearers, what share he bad himself taken in conduc t " the researches he explained, but the eas e and clearn ess his exposition, and the ardour of his enthusiasm , 005 have convinced those who may have been previously non; familiar with hi s f ame , th a t t h e P res id en t f o r the Ye a was no mere relator of the speculations and i n vcstigati of others, but was revea li ng aspects o f new an d u nexpe cte truths which h e h a d been among the earliest to tinf' ll(l :, It is impossible no t t o b e moved by his picture of In% taking the sun into his l a b ora t ory and sefa c hing out composition, and mounting to the stars to find out NLa t they are, and whence they are going. Nor is it to be f or ' gotten that investigations such as those traced by pr of fessor Stokes are all of recent origin, and that sone them have barely been formulated. They have opened Her fields to the explorer, and no one can fathom the re s 3 -, before us. A knowledge o f th e com p os iti o n and cli aog ; of the sun's atmosphere must teach us much of chymical forces at work upon its surface, and lead fat discovery of the nature of its inner mass. Th e g ., r n problem of the system of the world may be on the P °lm ; being unravelled, the evolution of the planetary °r f o r explained. We may pursue our inquiries fearlessly', the more completely we compass the laws of maters o phenomena, the more subject they become to the inter' gence of humanity, the more profound must be our APP hension of the mysteries of humanity. The more cr terkii,u° f of the matter the m ore e l eva t e d must be the als'Le mind. "Science," said Professor Stokes, " e 3l) fr o. expected to do but little to aid us here. since the ip IC ruent of research is itself the object of investigation. 4 can but enlighten us as to the depth of our ignoranc e, f7 lead us to look to a higher aid f or that w hich most ne'" concerns our well-being," • tist i The Daily News declares that th e B r itish Ass cel : st ee for the Advancement of Scie nce i s one o f the W s ; - t be cessful institutions of the time, beca us e it is one of most characteristic of them. It re p res ents both lo manners and the modern spirit. It appeals very st r ,if ell os to feelings which are b o th th e s t reng th a nd the we ak it of the ago. As a kind o f annua l scientific holio.sJeo, gathers together both the lions and th e lionisers of ° e b b% --the great men who do the s c i en tifi c w ork of the P c is aj and the quidnuncs who do the scientific crowdit u bit staring, and questioning. It is the most Ptof of holiday gatherings. Holding its annual 1 ° c ity, every year in some large provincial town or AO it confers distinction and receives hospitality it As many towns compete f or th e h onour o f en t e rtaining 00 0 competed in ancient day s f or th e more mythical P for tf of having been Homer's birtliplaco. It is not Y et votet years old—its thirty-ninth meeting was opened at bed on Wednesday—and it has already become an OW . ; it institution. As a peripatetic Parliament of Sciellii.e4:ich performs for science one at least of the functions sa ge other Parliaments perform f u r politics. Since t he e ro pe uttered the maxim "Know thyself," and even s ine ro per paraphrased it in the celebrated words, " Th e r gas study of mankind is man," we have changed all that. or iel needs not only to know himself, but to know the t hat he is in, and the motto of the British Association 'sroino a proper study of mankind is nature. ir° oet an interest in the study of nat ure ; t o excite effo r t „rime', more knowledge of the u n i verse ;t o draw the c - et it intellect away from barren study of itself, and ledge searching the remotest corners of Creation for kn °sv f tile, of the Creato r 's w a y s , i s th e p ecu li ar function °e'tion, British Association ; and it is in p er f or ming that fun.eetoe in making scientific methods common, and ° Ad habits popular, and scientific knowledge general, '— finds The t a once its popularity and its usefulness. 's Standard says that the Bishop of Llandag , l ity of first of the Welsh prelates who has had an opPo rtlll ;vide S formally reviewing the condition of the Church in o de since it has been announced that an attempt will be wish' next session to bring it within the scope of the disest s rig id ment policy. The right reverend prelate observes A fr ish silence both as to the fate whieh has befallen the rli ie Establishment and that which menaces the Cilneeroie Wales. On the other hand, w e ar e f a voured wi th e se of statistics as to the position of th e Ch urc h in the diu.eesensi• Llandaff, width go to shew that th e bi s hop is net,olPtlY be ble to the nature of th e a tt ac k w hi c h will s " -1. Do le ' directed against the Establi s h men t i n W a les as a Isr e f tb a We are strongly inclined to think that the defen ce ol ds. Church in Wales must n o t res t on mere local g r % th e It is part and parcel of the Church of Pngland, ta distinction which Mr. W a tki n Willi am s "%On" is nut known to the l aw . Th e St a t e a nd the L e g i o have no cognisance of any such corpori.tionbioent. " Church of Wales," or th e " Welsh Estah lis on 14 There was some colour for setting up such a dis till- 100 it the case of the Iri s h Ch u r c h, although in the loile mt involved nothing less th an a mutilation of tiler ota); Union, but there is no pretext whatever for sel e glil the case of the En g li s h Ch urc h i n W a les from the _ t wn Church elsewhere. They m us t b e dealt with togn oleo at all, unless the advocates of disestablishment nl.ltiobetB are to be allowed to set up a p re c e dent for disestavurl.es,ioe: the Church bit by bit, by di oceses , by archdes e % by parishes. To-clay it is the State Church ; s hire, to , which is to be pulled down, to-morrow 14. 3 . 11 , e „tion is int Yorkshire may be fastened upon by the - 1 -' 1 "" t bei )° t? Why not be frank and courageous, and begin et wea l ' re where, according to their theory, the Church venues 1:10 We mean the City of London, where the ruse/ an d 'mB most abundant, the churches most nuttier° %rage t bs work almost nil. It is cowardly to assail a h wile°, of Church, or, rather, the outposts of the Ch, bran faults alleged against it are found in another aLith, the same Church and linked with power and we o o d an d le• " Not guilty, but the prisoner had better min t he ps t do it again." . Upon no other hypothesis, sn,Y s o f the graph, is it possible to make head or t° ll , l - .arch l e es' announcement which has issued from Scotian"? Wiec io es official statement was published in our issue Police day, to the effect that " the Commissioners ran ti ne transferred Inspector Wade and Sergean ts e d ic •eif• Coucher, and Todtnan, the constables engng o Cliar!ioe affray between the police and the clerks of th c di cross branch.of the National Bank, from thf n the l i l e ed to various metropolitan districts." Now , be P th e of common sense, what interpretation co b .• " e wen tor e upon this statement? The matter , e , e constables and the clerks was not of steep` bee, a Os that, by possibility, both parties might rev_ e ot blame. Anybody who has taken the troubl.e: 'ear es o ,o evidence adduced at Marlborough-street 0 10 ea te in the assertion, that the sole question Al b e ell o we' whether wilful and deliberate perjury hni f t he r t betil mitted by the officers or by the young men' uP° l ! s , men are not guilty, it is monstrous to place A u tie heir g oy it the stigma of being unfit to discharge t A re , transferring them to other districts ; if tH e J e fenr.` e g the punishment is utterly inadequate to the „. be/ be. tbe" lice 00 is impossible to suggest any reason for , transferred, unless the Commissioners (4 , be y I 'o7 lieve that, individually or collectively, " tr aeL or eg be trusted. If they swore to what Wa s en d Pj f tha are they to be dispersed over the metropoli,, r ? hindered from acting in concert with each ist l _ e f eoli e ri ilP swore to what was false, why are a number ... we by to o, who do not hesitate to support a false Chitl e the perjury to be placed in different portinll o y m orsl tiny where their example and influence `'.' t even OW other members of the force? There is a liyal t ht SO absurdities permitted to the Home Office; i l r esell i 'boolb is reached when Wade and his subordinates _4O or remote suburban beats for having, in gr. 13rue feel done their duty and told the truth. A t O S eei . The Post observes that as the station-ll lster - o ft be Aos tbe has coriessed that he was in heel a t the tiroeieutoe: dent, the question suggests itself, at lynr, e 19 , i , le d duties of this officer terminate? It IllaY f oto • tr idea, but it is an obvious one, that part o .,. e i r po ~0 1 0 see that all the other functionaries are at t heydo what they ought to do. There is no doubtet_irro, hiS of man was either not at his post or did not.P e r eo tainf„ust, ° _, Can it be possible that he had followed fl} e ba d, it l e '• in station-master, and had gone to bed ? 1 1. ei o of , t e l remembered that he had been on duty notLrourrenc l e he morning till wit would minutes of the !is., he c ld_ r f c e accident, This not excuse him. a l his ", bll; should not have undertaken it. But, on,'„rolving;, see, himself competent to discharge the o d ffi ti c t e i_e r s ;hlt o il t i h ,o e r.: l e tt o t po l : it is only fair to observe that an prolonged 'over a period of fifteen ho_l , n od 0 01, condemned in any branch of emploYnle. ° °sten o f ell' o f daily in one where an alert attention l reductiv e sri te be where the want of it has so often been r wi ll, te At be mitosis results. If railway compan e i heir servs ° w het , 3 ., 0 repeated warnings, persist in fagging t question__ ovalf,s risk of stuefinthem, it will become n`ie Pella the pr Legislature e o f is to the person employed, and, at the I ' .lilso y _ ite cl 1, 10 involve any of those accidents to winch en . In s n. till .t 1,1.0 should c n t o o t ry interfere ets. 7t s riloot1:0 : 06 is subject. In the one case, tenths t e ' ro viefnti, tkis hours of labour would mercy ,°P na it s r °l; t4 other, its mercy extend far be?•° are ncl e o pis. l o . objects. The services of jaded energeesc „ale.ie 11 much ; but it is not only a folly, ti but . 0 1 2.„ en ce them to duties on whose punctilious pert ri" of others depend. special ieeP tit su c " sto `vas commissioner to Ireland, and asks, it borne by a professedly impartial I Avila The Herald quotes the opinion of ,. the t otal , t he existing state of Ireland compared. , „aciitionr,lers some thirty years ago, why shoula n ' the ow ,? Asi te l l t ?, lation to remilat transactions be f ec kew should the progress of such unheard-of e ver er ic i i fered with, and the industry of the P_ ( 2.l ) . ie b ea% f o r 51 . 0 t occupiers of soil he now conshtvreeed necesVeY in 14 holding out visionary expectations .1 1 't' a d r ocal t eee fo , realised ? The Herald has ever been the ensate wile; a length of tenure as would ample covP,_., o f for his outlay in the proper culti.naltlendvet_cvy and we have ever held that to leave_hior Lf i fi t he l be r ae le tr t ; caprice of an inconsiderate land,leortlll, greates b r e a l conc on o grasping one, must always prol _ ar icultll_ on s the prospects and improvement of an rei: 4ll-1 - • h them desirable objects might es , t accomplue • te rights or a without a violation of privet evenership of property, —but such a change the nature of•lri.eh__t!i!i7b.eooeflioe°ol/1