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- -- £7,114,59G 12 0 Examined and approvock THOM AS ALLEN } Auditoys. HENRY ROSE, The direction of the Company is now constituted as follows : GEORGE RUSSELL, Esq., Chairman. Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, Deputy_ Chairman. Charles Bischoff, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq. Thomas Boddington, Esq. James Murray, E,,q- . Charles Chatfield, Esq. Ralph Charles Price, Esq. William Frederick Do La Philip Rose, Esq. Rue, Esq. Thos. Godfrey Sarnbrooke, Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Esq. D.C.L. • Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal, Robert A. Gray, Esq. ' - R.N. Wm. Augustus Guy, 3LD. Robert Wilcoxon Esq. Chad. Thos. Ifolcome, Esq. Right Hon. Sir Jan Young, ichard Harman Lloyd, Esq. 13art. - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tills DAY.—Morning, 11h. 10m.—Afternoon, 11h. To-Moßß.ow.-Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 1211. Lan. 11 OR, LE;ziut,, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1866. 1 - 10YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. 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New Business reported In 1863 amount to .£353,700. 9,306 Polices in force EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, London, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS, Fur the year ending 30th June, 1866, read at the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 10th August, 1866. - • CHARLES CHATFIELD, Esq., in the chair. Tho Directors have the satisfaction of reporting to the proprietors that, in pursuance of the resolutions unani mously passed at the Special General Meeting held in April last, the amalgamation of the National Mercantile Assurance Society with the Eagle has been carried into effect, and two of the directors of that society—Mr. Wil eexon (heretofore tho chairman), and Mr. William Fre derick- De la Rue--now occupy seats at the Eagle Board. The following account exhibits the increased income and outgoing of the year arising from the junction, which it may be remembered takes effect retrospectively, and the balance-sheet shows the assets as they existed on the 30th June last, augmented by those just. transferred. By the Surplus Fund account it will be seen that the total income from premiums and interest is £183,376 Os. 11d., and the total outgoing .£411,700 13s. 6d. The dif ference £68,585 is. 5d., and the surplus fund contributed trif, surplus fund of the company to ..{:899,0 1 J5 Bs. The premiums on new assurances are considerably less than those of the foregoing year; but at the same time a much smaller portion of them has been devoted to re-assurance. The change in the financial position of the Company precludes an exact comparison with former years. The expenses of management of the Eagle for the year are al most identical in amount with those of the last. The Ex penses of the National Mercantile Society will, of course, henceforth cease. Deducting the several items payable on demand, or at an early maturity, the realised assets, as set forth in the balance sheet, amount to .Z 2,559,135 4s. Bd. Of this sum £178,340 belongs exclusively to the proprietors, £1,481,699 16s. Bd.* exclusively to the policy holders, and £8J9,095 Bs. partly to the one and partly to the other. The last two items subject, of course, to exact adjustment at each quin quennial investigation. It remains only for the Directors to, mention that, since the last annual meeting the Company has lost, by the de cease of Sir William Gore Ouseley, and by the retirement of Mr. Gould, the services of two of the members of the board. Both gentlemen were much respected, and it is with great regret that the directors have to make this an nouncement. * £5,880,1C3 14s. 4d., less £4,398,463 17s. Bd. SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT. DE. INCOME OF TUE YEAR. Balance of Account, 30th June, 1865 ... ....£678,984 12 1 Ditto National Mercantile Society 151,545 8 6 £830,510 0 7 Premiums on new as- surances ... Ditto old ditto _ 21,553 18 10 _ 354,800 3 7 , 376,354 2 5 Interest from Investments 107,021 18 6 Total income On. CHARGE OF THE TEAR Dividend to Proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured, &c. ...£265,399 3 6 Additions to those under participating policies... 22,574 13 7 Policies surrendered ... 23,289 5 5 lteassurancee, new ... 6,951 16 5 Ditto, old 55,344 12 10 Commission Medical fees Income tax 37 3,559 11 9 • 10,405 010 • 892 14 4 • 2,017 17 3 Expenses of management 12,48:2 10 8 DittoNationalMoreantile Society 6,012 1 2 483,376 0 1. £1,313,886 1 6 £9,420 17 6 405,369 16 0 Total charge ... ... .., ... 414,790 13 G Balance of account, 30th June, 1866, as below 809,005 8 0 £1,313,886 1 6 Examined and approved, THOMAS ALLEN,} HENRY ROSE, Auditors. BALANCE SHEET. Du. LIABILITIES. Interest due to Proprietors Claims on decease of lives assured and additions thereto unpaid Cash bonus due to policy-holders ... Sundry accounts ... £6,086 3 9 80,748 9 11 538 6 1 69,624 9 11 Value of sums assured ... 5,880;163 14 4 Proprietors' fund £178,340 0 0 Surplus fund, as above 899,095 8 0 1,077,435 8 0 X 7,114,59612 0 ASSETS. Amount invested in fixed mortgages X 4317,142 13 2 Ditto, ditto, degreasing ditto - 182,841 .8 10 Ditto, ditto, reversions 477,590'15 11 Ditto, ditto, funded securities •• 331,421 - 4' 5 Ditto, ditto, temporary securities .. 50,1`24' 11)....6 Current interest on the above invest ments Cash and bills Advanced ced on secutity of• the Company's Company's... Agents' balances Sundry. accounts Valuoof premiums Yaluo of reasSurauccs 31,783 17 10 17,744 10 2 165,567 7 9 34,231 • 6 5 ... 60,500 •5 8 ... 4,398,463 17 8 ... 41,173 14 8 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1866, It is a great satisfaction that due honour should have been shown to Mr. EYRE, not only on account of the distinguished services he has rendered to his country, but also because of the intolerant. de meanour which has characterised many who ought to know better. We arc glad to find that the chief men of the neighbourhood of Southampton and others from a distance attended yesterday to re] &der a tribute of respect to one who so richly deserved it. The banquet was successfully carried out. The Earl of lIAnDWICKE proposed the health of Mr. EYRE, but the hour was too late for the speeches to appear to-day, but at five o'clock an address was presented to Mr. EYRE by the Mayor of Southampton, who referred, in eloquent terms, to the eminent services which Mr. EYRE had rendered to his country for many years. The terms of the address were very suitable, and rendered full justice to the distinguished individual to whom it was given. The undersigned, who comprised the chief personages of the town, desired to express their deep sympathy to Mr. EYRE after the " severe and trying circumstances by which he had been so long surrounded." They then went on to say very truly that they, in common with a large por tion of his fellow-countrymen, were im pressed with the conviction that Mr. EYRE had saved an important British Colony by his firmness and determination, protected the lives of the loyal colonists, " and saved Jamaica from an ordeal, the memory of which no time would have effaced." Regret was expressed that, in carrying out the difficult work of putting down the rebellion, excesses were committed by some, and circumstances thus occurred which all must deplore; but at the same time, it is added, that no one can impute other than honourable and praiseworthy intentions towards the Governor who laboured so strenuously to preserve peace and restore order. Thirdly, the address contains this appropriate language—" We have unabated confidence in your integrity,, your honour, and your public spirit. We feel that you have been sacrificed to circumstances, as many a man has been before; but your fellow-countrymen appreciate you, sym pathise with you, and will in every part of England not only honour you in your retirement, but look anxiously forward for your return to that position of public usefulness in the many directions for which you are so eminently fitted." Mr. EYRE made a reply, in which he declared his gratification at meeting with this prompt recognition of his services, and the expression of that sympathy, which was rendered the more valuable as some persons had expressed so unfavour able an opinion of his conduct. With those who presented the address Mr. EYRE deeply de plored the excesses that had been committed during the continuance of martial law; but he added that this was hardly to be avoided where, as in the ease of Jamaica, " a mere handful of troops occupied an extent of country amidst a numerous and disaffected peasantry." " Severity," said Mr. EvuE, " appeared to me to be in reality true mercy." Nothing could possibly be fairer than the language used by Mr. EYRE, and we would point special at tention to it, because it contrasts so strongly with expressions of those who have taken up this question in an adverse spirit. He said that he could respect the opinion of those who believed that this severity on too lone. but he said to such that while they now possessed many details of the carrying out of the martial law that were not be fore him at the time, they could not possibly realize the " fearful responsibility which he felt would attach to him were he to stay the trials by court martial too soon, and thus remove the dread of im mediate retribution, which alone prevented the rebellion from breaking out in other parts of the island." Mr. EYRE has every right to claim from those who animadvert upon his conduct a just regard for the circumstances and considerations which influenced him. It is exactly the absence of this consideration which has rendered the course pursued by the opponents of Mr. EYRE'S policy so one-sided and unfair. In every sense of the word we rejoice at the tribute of respect and sympathy which has been awarded to him on his return to this country, which he truly declares he has served to the best of his judgment and ability, and with all his heart, and even his strength. It really seems as if the upholders of the " faction," as it has truly been styled, were determined to lose no oppor tunity of displaying their want of good sense, good feeling, and right judgment. Last night a meeting was held in Southampton, for the purpose of condemning the conduct of Mr. EYRE and the authorities in Jamaica, the particu lars of which have not yet reached us, but which are sure to be most violent and prejudiced in their character. We cannot too strongly reprobate the course pursued by those agitators who persist in their mean and mischievous purpose, and so mix up matters in their confused statements that they confound conduct which at the worst was charac terised by an error of judgment with acts that amount to crimes, and thus show how unfit they are to judge others, when their own proceedings are so wanting in the commonest principles of justice. The weekly return of the Registrar-General for for the week ending last Saturday gives us en couraging news respecting the decline of cholera in the east of London. The deaths during last week were less by 500 than those in the week before, and although the mortality amounted to 455, yet this was little in comparison to 781 and 1,053 in the two previous weeks. The decrease has been gradual and steady, which is especially encou raging, as it gives us reason to hop e th at it is due not . to any temporary fluctuations i n th e viru knee of the attacks, but toa actualnid ene li. Tabate menthe of the severity of the epidemic. efforts which have been the o sufferers to separate the sick in f a ro d in e th t e h a e s a si l s t t hy, to bury the dead with decency and promptitude, and to relieve the extreme destitution of the districts most affected have met with their reward, and the public generally may well feel grateful under PRO VIDENCE to those wh o so gallantly led the forlorn hope, and faced th e di sease i n its moral strongholds. One very important question in regard to public health is amply discussed by the Registrar- General, who, now that his duties are less press ing, has taken the opportunity of analysing the records of the five weeks ending the 11th of August, during which time the epidemic was at its height. The details which he gives of the different localities most affected are very suggestive. Thus, after giving us the death -rate for the West, the North, and the Central districts, the Registrar comes to consider the seven districts of the East, in which the mortality. was very unequal. Thus in Shoreditch, a very p oor district, the mortality was at the annual rate o f 4 per 1,000, diarrha 8 per 1,000, five by cholera and of its sit-bdistricts b e i ng supplied with water by; the New River, ca le partially and one wholly by the East Lon don. In Bethnal-green the rate of mortality was 39 per 1,000, in Mile-end Old-town 50 per 1,000 in St. George-in-the-East 60, in Whitechapel 70, in Poplar and Bow 70, and in Step ney it actually reached the rate of 80 per 1,000. In the Whitechapel rate are included the deaths in the London Hospital, which is situate in that district, and which of course received patients from the other eastern districts, but there is no such rea son for the terrible mortality in Poplar, Bow, and Stepney. Neither can the destitution of the inhabitants explain it, since the Regis trar observes that " Bethnal-green is one of the poorer districts of London, if we may judge from the annual value of the houses ; but the people of Poplar and Bow are not conspicuous for poverty." Poverty and want of good wholesome food are no doubt strongly predisposing causes, but we must look elsewhere for the particular virulence of the disease in some districts. The Registrar is not long in finding it. He says—" The whole of these dis tricts where the mortality from cholera was from 30 to 40-fold higher than it was either in the west or the central, in the north or the south of London, were supplied with water from the Old Ford reser voirs. London is divided into 37 districts ; six districts are supplied from Old Ford, and every one has been ravaged by the epidemic ; the other 31 districts have for six weeks suffered slightly." As if still further to confirm the inference to be drawn from these facts, we find that the 37 districts are divided into 135 sub-districts ; 21 are supplied with the same water, and have all suffered six weeks in succession ; 115 have suffered inconsiderably with the exception of a few, where the same water has been used, and the mortality has been swollen. No wonder that the Registrar- General exclaims emphatically —" By the doctrine of chances, it is impossible that the coinci dence between this particular water and the high mortality should be fortuitous in 135 cases during six weeks in succession." The facts which these statistics impress upon us are not new. Sewage water, as the return reminds us, has often led to cholera outbreaks. " Unclean water cannot be consumed with impunity, its consumption is the sin of which cholera is the punisbment." Such are the terms in which no mean authority delivers the re sults of his extended observations. Surely the question of the metropolitan water supply cannot much longer be neglected. We have paid heavily for our previous indifference to so im portant a matter, and it will be, indeed, a national disgrace if, with all our wealth, our sanitary know ledge, and our engineering skill, the inhabitants of this metropolis are suffered to imbibe slow poison in the guise of their water supply. Where is the use of a costly system of registration and statistics if we do not profit by the deductions which may be drawn from the facts collected ? After the undue praise that has been accorded in certain quarters to Count BISMARCK, and the ab surd opinions some have expressed relative to the policy of Prussia, it is really quite refreshing to peruse the remarks made by certain French journals about the grand doings in Berlin. The Siecle aptly describes the proceedings of the heaven-sent KING by saying that ." With a single stroke of the pen the great Monarch Prussianises four independent States of Germany, and this is the needle-gun ap plied to diplomacy ; these are the brutal proceedings of war. The politicians of France disbelieve the statement of those who declare that Prus . sia will keep all she has now acquired, and look forward to some reaction taking place sooner or later. Bts mAnK's insincere professions do not take in the far sighted observers of Paris, who delight in taking every opportunity of showing up his actions, and Clilqfinkr llrfl•l V.; r. n... est", nr• 9'brt 71:,/,nr# is nlor‘ xrrlrir strong on the point of Prussian annexation, and it is asked very plausibly why the principle which allows the Berlin Government to take possession of Frankfort, Nassau, Hesse, and Hanover is not carried out still further and applied to Saxony and Bavaria. It is at all events certain that for the present the peaceful relations will not be disturbed between France and Prussia, but at any rate all these expressions of discontent must be admitted to show that the recent course pursued by Prussia is most inimical to France, and that the feeling will rankle in the minds of many cannot be questioned. The EMPEROR'S health is better, which is a very satisfactory announcement, for he can ill be spared from the position he so ably fills, and the affairs of Europe, already sinister enough, will look far worse and assume a still more unfavourable as pect if Prussia is left to pursue her way unmolested and unrestrained by the con sideration that a powerful opponent is watching her manoeuvres, and may at any moment turn round upon her if she goes too far and attempt too much. the preparations for the French Exhibition are proceeding with vigour, and are regarded as a con clusive sign of pacific intentions; but of course at any moment all this could be put aside, if circum stances occurred to alter the opinions of the French Government. The great offence which Prussia has given to France is certainly one very notable sign of the events lately occurring, wad that we shall hear yet more of it in the future we may be well assured. According to the news brought by the Peruvian quiet is not yet restored to New Orleans. Military law still prevails, and the sale of arms and ammu nition is forbidden. Governor WELLS, of Louisiana, has been making himself very busy in the Radical cause, by issuing an address justifying the assembly of the recent Convention in New Orleans, which was the immediate cause of the mischief, denounc ing the " slaveholding aristocracy," and declaring that if the military are withdrawn the lives of Union men will not be safe. It is quite evident that Southern politics will never be in a satisfactory condition until the national representative system is once more in working order, instead of one parti cular faction overriding the whole Congress. Weare sorry to learn Mr. Davis's health is rapidly declining. his counsel is endeavouring to obtain his—release on bail, a favour which we should hope that Mr. JOHNSON is now strong enough in his be a ma tt er of rsstiit n i g on r t e o gret acc i o f rd. tho I e t m w i n o e u n l d t p C r o is n o f n ed , e a r n a d t e t h e should e fewend Americans, his days we a i r n e per suaded,the who would really desire such a conclusion to a chequered but illustrious career. The public health of New York is improved, the cholera having abated. The great object of interest now is the grand Convention of Philadelphia, the result of whose deliberations will, we may hope, exercise a powerful effect on the political world. Party feel ing and fanaticism have had their way long enough. It is time that all the States should be really re united if they are to be kept under one Govern meat, and that the attention of all parties should be directed to the internal improvement of the coun try, and the consideration of those important topics of domestic and social existence which so greatly affect the happiness and welfare of a mixed com munity. FATAL SLEEP WALKING.—On Sunday morning a man named William Taylor, lodging in Harper-street, Leeds, rose from bed, and when asleep fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom. When taken to the infirmary it was found that he had fractured his spine, and ho died in about an hour. An inquest was held on his body yester day, when a verdict of accidental death was returned.. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The llloniteur says The Times, of the 18th of August, gives the analysis of a letter which the Emperor is said to have sent to the King of the Belgians. This news is erroneous. Although it is true that the Minister of Foreign Affairs made it known to the English Government that France did not claim the fortresses of Marienbourg and Philippeville, which are in the possession of a neutral Power, it is not exact, as the Times affirms, that the Emperor has written a letter to the King of the Belgians." This is the position of affairs in Germany, ac cording to the bulletin of the Aloniteur : " It appears certain that in the conditions of peace negotiated at Berlin between Prussia and the States of the South of Germany, IVurtemberg will have to pay 20 millions of francs, and Baden 15 millions of francs. It is believed that Grand Ducal Hesse will preserve the integrity of her states, with the excep tion of some slight rectification of frontier. The portion situated to the north of the Maine will enter into the Confederation, which will be placed under the direction of Prussia, whilst the part to the south of that river will remain independent. It is hoped that Bavaria will retain her territorial integrity, and that if she be compelled to make some sacrifices they will be but of trifling importance. "It is announced that the Prince Royal of Prussia will proceed immediately with the title of Viceroy to Hanover, and also to preside at the or ganisation of the Prussian administration in those countries." There are some newspapers in Paris, the editors of which always try to blame the authorities, and, in short, to make a capital of disaffection. Thus these insignificant journals have had the hardihood to assert that the accidents at the fete were caused by the police. The simple facts are these. The authorities, knowing that the additional attractions of the fete would cause a more than usually nume rous assemblage, sent to the Pont de la Concorde and vicinity more than a thousand agents, sol diers of the Line and Horse Guards, in order to enforce the regulations arranged for the pro tection of free circulation in one direction. While these orders were observed all was right, but there came a moment when the crowd, instead of follow ing the directions of the police, rushed upon them with such violence that the Paris Guards were pre cipitated against the parapet. This violation of the excellent regulations for the protection of the public was the cause of the disaster, which would have been tremendous had it not been for the energy and self-possession displayed by the police agents. My account of the number of deaths is to-day officially confirmed. It was nine. The same authority states the number of persons who received in juries to be thirty-five, some of whom have nearly recovered. The names of the injured per sons and their relatives having been sent to the Empress, by order of her Majesty, one of her Cham berlains, the Marquis de Piennes, immediately went to the places where 'they live, and gave to them in her Majesty's name pecuniary assistance, which was acknowledged with profound gratitude and sentiments of the highest respect towards her Majesty. The improvements immediately to be carried into effect will entail the destruction of a house, No. 3, St. Honore, which has a remarkable record in his tory. It was before the door of this house that Henry the Fourth was assassinated in the year 1610. This house, with 45 other houses adjoining, will shortly disappear to give space at the south of the new Central Hales. The Austria& journals arc occupied with the sub ject of the rectification of the limits to be established between the empires of Austria and Italy. Some of those papers claim froin Italy the possession of all the mountainous portion of Lombardy and Venetia, the sources of the Oglio, the fortress of Rosen d'Aufo, the heights of Rivoli, Primolan, the Pieve of Cadore, Poutabla, and the greater portion of the Frioul. 'The Siecle, in discussing these claims, says they are all put forth upon the argument that the places mentioned are all natural frontiers. The extrava znnro of sylph an nre , •rov a 46 sat4l.i ; 1 1 ,,,, ka.ntoci ono example. It is known that we consider our fron tier of Spain as one of the best natural frontiers. The limit follows the summit of the Pyrenees, leav ing to France all the tributaries whose waters run in France, and to Spain all those which flow in Spain. Such a limit is authorised by good sense and geo graphy. If we are to adopt the Austrian claim France would have to give up to Spain various French towns near the Pyrenees, including Bayonne and all the high valleys of our rivers, and all the forts which cover the passage of the mountainous chain. The Unita Cattolica, a Florence paper, contra dicts a report prevalent in Italy that the Pope had manifested the intention of delegating his temporal power to Napoleon 111., in his quality as successor to Charlemagne, and to appoint him Sovereign Vicar-General of the Church. The Constitutionnel says that according to its correspondence from Berlin the negotiations with Prussia, Bavaria, and Hesse Darmstadt are not concluded. The Courts of Russia and England have interfered, with the view of preserving for the Grand Duchy of llesse the northern portion of its States. The success of the proposal, how ever, is doubted, Prussia being desirous to increase her territory by the incorporation of Upper Hesse. Prussia also claims the right to keep a permanent garrison at ➢layence. Again we are under the influence of unsettled April showery weather, and the meteorological indications portend its continuance for.the present. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. The Official Gazette publishes the nomination of General Cialdiui as chief of the General Staff. AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (Evening; Gold, 1481 ; Exchange on London, 158} ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1101; Middling Upland, 34k. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of tho cir culation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 21st of July. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 18th of July (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : June 23, July 21, 1 I 1866. 1866. ,Increase.iDecrease. • - - 1 -- Bank of England... 25,6'6,213 , 5,312,316 3:3,697 Private Banks • 2,592,7 li• 2,5 13,7 161 - 78,991 Joint-stock Banks 2,232,303 2,198,506 , 1 33,797 ... Total in England. 30,461,226 30,021,7401 430,48, Scotland 4,550,524 4,363,016 1 187,508 Ireland 5,312,0 1, 5, , 94,8151 217,195 ! United Kingdom. 40,323.751 39,482,571! — £B/1,188 And as compared with the month ending the 22d of July, 1865, the above returns show an increase of £2,380,937 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £1,757,604 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation:— The English private banks are below their fixed issue • £1,513,898 The English joint-stock banks aro below their fixed issue ..- 1,019,629 Total below fixed issue in England ... £2,539,527 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,613,745 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue . i . 1,259,679 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 18th of July was £14,389,697, being an increase of £767,009 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £1,384,993 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch mid Irish banks during the month ending the 21st of July : Gold and silver held by the-S,c;tch banks £2,413,728 Gold and silver hold by the Irieh'bankS ••• 2,117,180 £1,530,908 Being a decrease of £146,285 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £44,173 when compared with the corresponding period last year. The Price of Gold. The quotation 01 gold at Paris is about at par, and the bhert exchange on Lond on i s 25.27 i per 41 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Aunt price of xst tie. Rid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 4-10.hs per cent, dearer in London than In Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London tor bills at 00 days' sight is 11l to 100 per cent. At these rates there is no Profit on the importa t u m ( A geld from the Unite States, FRANCE. PARIS, Aug, 21.—Two o'clock.—At the com mencement of business prices were quoted at about the same as at the close yesterday, even in some Securities a little higher. Notice of the following discounts was posted up :-1,500f. French Threes, 155,000 f. Italian Fives, 750 Mobilier, and 200 Comptoir d'Escompte, under the influence of which an advance has taken place. French Threes were done at 69f. 15c., or 10c. higher; Italian Fives at 53f. 40c., or a rise of 55c. ; Mobilier at 648 f. 75c., or an improvement of 3f. 75c. ; Credit Foncier at 1,307 f. 50c., or 2f. 50c. higher; Paris Gas at 1,555 f., also a rise of 2f. 50c. Very little is doing in Rail way Shares. Three o'clock.—The market has continued firm, and closed as follows : 41 per Cents 9B 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 22i Do. end month 69 12-1 Credit Mobilier 647 50 Do. end month Credit Foncier 1310 Do. end month 1310 Bank Shares 3560 Italian Loan b3 40 Do. end month 53 05 Mexican Loan 2B Do. Bonds 173 75 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred For Account Orleans Northern 1137 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 873 75 Southern 530 Western — Eastern 536 25 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 390 North of Spain — Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman — -_. Thrice His. LITERATURE. A Tale. Two Vols. Richard Bentley. Thrice his—." to guard, to serve, and to save as explained on the title-page,—such is the rela tionship of Ethel Carr to Lawrence Amyott. Lawrence Amyott is one of nature's gentlemen, a chivalrous, true-hearted, self-sacrificing hero, who indeed overacts his part in following out that noble maxim of the poet-philosopher— " In good or ill leave casuists on the shelf, He never errs who sacrifices self." The scene opens with a clever description of a summer evening at a fashionable watering-place, a sudden storm, au accident with a pleasure boat, the death of Sir John Carr, and the rescuing of his orphan daughter Ethel. Ethel Carr, the heroine of. the tale, in early girlhood is left to the careless conl panionship of a vulgar young stepmother, who (the widow of a Baronet) assumes the style and title of Lady (John) Carr. Little sympathy exists between the ladies, and Ethel's chief interest is vested in her guardian Lawrence Amyott. Lawrence Amyott, wishing to enact the part of a judicious guardian, gives the young lady as a chaperon, a Mrs. Ellersly Barrington, a lady of fashion, who willingly initiates the young debutante into the mysteries of high - life. Taking her young charge for a drive in the park at the right hour during the season, Lady Barrington favours her with a running commentary on the characters and careers of the various occupants of the other vehicles, and such a dose does Ethel get of social immorality and indecorum as might well make her shrink to enter such a world with such a chaperon. So much for Lawrence Amyott, with all his good intentions, in his endeavour to "guard." His attempts to " serve" are not more suczessful. Death having deprived him of the bride of his first sel&tion, his young ward wins her way into his heart, but a chivalrous feeling keeps him silent until the inexperienced Ethel, who is an heiress, has gained some knowledge of the world and some acquaintance with society. Ethel " comes out" with due eclat under the auspices of Mrs. Barring ton, and soon becomes familiarised with f as hi on and frivolity. With all the author's evident partiality for his heroine, we must confess that Ethel Carr, excepting, perhaps, in her girlish sorrow and deso lation, does not so much attract our sympathies. The manner in which her affections are engaged and her choice for life is made is utterly at variance with the ordinary ideas of feminine delicacy and refinement At a ball she first meets Captain Wilmer just returned from India, accustomed to the " stereotyped devotion" of the gentlemen of her acquaintance ; Ethel takes for something fresh and genuine the vehement and demonstrative ad miration of the rough soldier. At last Lawrence Amyott proposes to his ward, and will not take her immediate answer, but insists upon a little de lay that she may choose delibeiately. The delay is over, and she is about to accept the offer, when Captain Wilmer calls and makes a similar proposal, and is refused, but he will take no refusal. Novel-writers are fond of favouring their readers with love scenes and declarations, but hap pily we are not favoured with many like this wooing and winning of Ethel Carl:. Lawrence Amyott, true to his vocation, in order to " serve" his be- loved according to her own wayward fancies, con sents to her marriage with one in no way fitted to be her husband. Ethel goes out to India. The second volume records the heroine's adventures in the new laud, and they are 'only such as may be surmised from the antecedents. Indian officers do not appear to great advantage in this record. Mrs. Wilmer meets with plenty admirers, and although to the author she is irreproachable throughout, she certainly receives this adulation with a coolness only to be expected from the pupil of Mrs. Barrington and the choice of Captain Wilmer. While others are vehement and outspoken in their sudden devo tion to Mrs. Wilmer, Major Marsden is represented as a Mephistopheles. The author is evidently proud of this character, upon which he has be - stowed some pains. We do not propose to follow the intricacies of the crafty duplicity of this domes tic fiend. The book, we presume, is intended to be a moral one, but it teaches morality (if such be its intention) as a physician might demonstrate health by conducting us through a fever hospital ! In one respect we must award a commendation to . _ _ the conclusion of the story. Ethel does not become a widow and ultimately the wife of Lawrence Amyott, as is too often the favourite ending of similar tales. The Life of Marchesa Falletti. By Silvio Pellico. Translated by Lady G. Fullerton. One vol. Pp. 231. Richard Bentley. Very dissimilar in style and theme to the novel above mentioned is the little work now claim ing our attention._ To turn from the one to the other is as if we had turned from the heated atmo sphere of the dancing-room to the calm serenity of the cloister. •A new work by Silvio Pellico is suffi cient of itself to attract attention. Le mie Pregioni has long since assumed a classic reputation. The very threshold of Italian literature is occupied by that gloomy fortress where Silvio Pellico lauguished. The records of his confinement have been to him a monument of fame. It appears only fitting that his hand should have been the one to trace the re cords of the noble life and heroic charity of one who was justly renowned as the Reformer of the Turin Prisons. Somewhat similar to the Christian labours of Mrs. Fry in this country were the unostentatious efforts of the Marchesa Giulia Falletti di Barolo in Turin.. Passing through the hands of Lady Georgiana Fullerton, it is unnecessary to say this little record has only gained in gracefulness of style and charity of thought. In her very charming in troduction the translator likens the gentle mar chioness to the " valiant woman" of the Bible. It may be literally said of the Marchioness of Barolo that her husband praised her, and that the numerous children whom her charity adopted—God having in His divine Providence denied her any of her own—rose up and called her blessed. In the intimacy of domestic life, the gentle author of one of the most touching records ever written of patient suffering watched this valiant woman, whose sym pathy had consoled, and whose generosity befriended him in the hour of need with more than a mother or a sister's kindness. Silvio Pellico drew up a few notes which were to form the materials of a future history of his friend but he died first, and these pages remain iu all their simplicity —a plain affecting memorial of her virtues and of his gratitude. At a period when the wants, the sufferings, and the sins of men, if not greater than in past times, are at any rate brought into prominent notice, it must be interesting to see what one strong will directed to the relief and im provement of the outcasts of society, one life spent in such efforts, one soul moved by the love of God to dedicate itself to the service of His most desolate creatures, can effect— what footsteps a woman can leave behind her in the track of time. Arduous as were the labours and hercu lean the achievements of the Marchesa, her strength appears to have been in gentleness. In the midst of the wild and stormy subjects of her charity she never lost her own serenity or peace. " The sweetness of her own words and manner operated wonderfully upon them. It awoke in even the wildest and most disorderly a latent feeling of the beauty of goodness, some desire to repent, and to make the first step iu the path of virtue." Besides ameliorat ing the character of the prisoner, and effecting great improvements in the prison arrangements, this cha ritable lady founded, or caused to be founded, hos pitals, infant schools, and houses of refuge. Her charity was universal and singularly unostentatious. Her biographer remarks that " Giulietta never de parted from her rule, which was to carry on her good works as quietly as possible." Her labours, therefore, were not as generally well known as they deserved. This touching tribute from one who knew and appreciated her goodness will, we doubt not, win for the memory of the noble Marchesa many admirers in this country. It is a story well worthy of perusal, and the names of Silvio Pellico and Lady Georgiana Fullerton are sufficient to attest the interesting manner and graceful style in which these truthful memoirs are recorded. Sketches of I?itssian Life. Edited by Henry Morley. One vol. Pp. 298. Chapman and Hall. These very intcresting, and some of them roman tic sketches of Russian life before and during the emancipation of the serfs, are for the most part re printed from the pages of All the Year Round. Tra velling in Russia through the snow and by the dili gence, adventures with natives and with huntsmen, Russian housekeeping and Russian baths, and A multitude of other papers of similarly diversified attraction, form the contents of a very delightful little work. The Art of Illuminating. By D. Wyatt. One vol. Day and Son (Limited). This is one of Day and Son's gorgeous books of illumination—itself a fair specimen of the art which it describes. The art of illuminating; practised 11l Europe from the earliest times, is here admirably illustrated by borders, initial letters, an d alphabets ably selected and brilliantly chroLno lithographed. There are no less than 95 plates of illustrations, some of them beautifully coloured and gorgeously gilded, while the letter press gives in the first place a complete history of the progress of the art ; and, secondly, tions as to its practical working. As an ornatnen t to the drawing-room table thi s bo o k ma y prove use ful as well as instructive. fall instruc tions Notes on the Months. One vol. Pp. 408. S. O. Becton. A very interesting little volume is this, with a running commentary of explanation more or less correct, and more or less ingenious upon the various days of the year, "feasts, fasts, saints, and sun dries," as the title-page informs us. Fact and Fiction are pleasantly mingled, and much informs' tion may be gleaned from a passing examination of the notes. Always in the Way. A Little Story. By Thomas Jeans. With illustrations. By K. T. ~• One Vol. Pp. 201. Edmonston and Douglas• In a retreat in the Bavarian Tyrol, the author , he tells us, while fishing, accidentally 6 , hooks a ne w companion," whom he afterwards finds it impos sible to shake off. This Fitzf ogle Isambard, Granby, itummins, is the hero of the " Little Story, aud, like another Marplot, is always in the waY I Some of the sketches of his misadventures which illustrate the tale are amusing and ridiculous. Cxrurt HER MAJESTY. - OSBORNE, Aug. 21. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon wit h Princess Beatrice in a carriage and four, attended by Lady Churchill ; and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise. Princess Louise and Prince Arthur, accompanie d by the Princess of Leiningen, embarked yesterday afternoon on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain his Serene Highness the Prince 0f Leiningen, and steamed round the Isle of Wigh t ' returning to Osborne soon after 7 o'clock. Their royal highnesses were attended by the ITO' Lady Biddulph, the Hon. Flora M'Donald, Major - General Seymour, Major Elphinstone, and Mr. Sab i ' The Prince and Princess of Leiningen dined Nil° the Queen and the royal family, and the R°v* George and Mrs. Prothero were honoured with ca vitations in the evening. THE COUIIT.—The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Princesses Louiso and. Beatrice and Prince Leopold, attended by their suite, will leave Osborne this (Wednesday) afternoon, soon after luncheon, en route 101. Windsor Castle. The Duchess (Eleanor) of Northumberland has arrived at her residence in Whitehall-gardens from Worthing. The Earl of Gainsborough has left town O r Switzerland, to join the Countess and the Ladies Noel at Geneva. The Baroness De Clifford, who is still residing at Brighton, continues to improve in health. Lord Dunkellin, &i.P., has arrived at Aix -1"" Chapelle. A marriage will shortly take place between Viscount Dunlo and Lady Adoliza Hervey, eldest surviving daughter of the late, and sister to the present, Marquis of Bristol. "Punch" and "Fun." Two pretty hard hits are administered this week to hls Imperial Majesty Napoleon lll.—from the right hand and from the left—one by the baton of Mr. Punch, the other 11 that of his penny rival the merry-antic Fun. The Bo" peror's head, in fact, is fairly, in each instance, brought to the block—the wood-block! And is there taken off cleverly in companion cartoons thus : (Pmicit loquitur).—Peace—and No Pieces ! BISMARCK (as a serjent de ville).—" Pardon, mon tan; But we really can't allow you to pi c k u p an ythi n g here. NAP. (the Cheyounier).—"Pray don't mention it, Wsic ul It's not of the slightest consequence." (Fus loquitur). —The Empire is Peace. [Bismarck and Napoleon In. seated at a table vis a v+s , with Only onodish hOfore them, labelled "Humble Pie."] BISMARCK.—" Sorry, I can't give you any of our Rhenish Dishes. Let me offer you some of this !" NAPOLEON.—" Thank you! I shall be charmed to / 1810 a piece !" Ex-Governor Eyre at Southampton. Last evening a number of noblemen and gentle men assembled at the Philharmonic-hall, Southamp ton, to present an address to Mr. John Edward Eyre, late Governor of Jamaica. On Mr. Eyre's ar rival he was loudly cheered by the company waiting to receive him. Among them were Mr. Emanuel, the mayof of Southampton ; the Earl of Cardigan, Earl of Hardwicke, Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, Sir W. Byam, Mr. W. Freeman, Mr. S. Bevan, the Rev. Dr. Holden, Rev. Dr. Bradshaw, the mayor's chaplain ; Mr. J. Lefevre, the Hon. Mr. Yorke, Alderman Bowman, Mr. J. S. Lefevre, Dr. Churchill, Dr. Wiblin, Mr. D. G. Bridges, Capt. Bridges, Rev. J. Slater, Alderman Stebbing, and several other gentlemen. When the gentlemen comprising the company had been introduced to Mr. Eyre, the mayor addressed the ex-Governor in very complimentary terms, and Dr. Wiblin read the address, which we published on Saturday, and which he said bore about 1,000 sig natures. Mr. EYRE returned the followinc , reply : Mr. Mayor, my lords, and gentlemen,—l feel deeply touched by your generous and friendly ad dress, welcoming me to England on my return from a most harassing and anxious service in Jamaica. It is most gratifying to me to find that, notwithstanding all the unfavourable opinions which have been expressed by the action which I found it necessary to take s under a very great emer gency, you recognise in that action the means which protected the lives and properties of the colonists and saved an important colony to the Crown. With you I sincerely deplore that some excesses occurred during the continuance of martial law, but such must always be more or less unavoidable under that condition and especially when a grea t ex t en t o f country of such a character as that or Jamaica is occupied by a mere handful of troops amid a nume rous and disaffected peasantry. Had any less prompt or less decisive measures . been, adopted than those which martial law affords it is certain that the rebel- lion would rapidly have extended, and in the long run there would have been entailed a far greater sacrifice of human life, a larger destruction of pro perty, and a vastly increased amount of suffering and misery. Severity in such a case appeared to me to be in reality true mercy. At the same time I can respect the opinion of those who, in sincerity and from good impulses, believe that this severity was continued for a longer period than was necessary as a measure of self-preservation. To them I would say that, while they possess much in formation with regard to the details of the proceed ings under martial law which was not before me at the time, they are unable to realise the fearful re sponsibility which I felt would attach to me had I interfered to stay summary trials by court-partial too soon, and thereby removed that dread of imme diate and severe retribution which undoubtedly pre vented rebellion from breaking out in other parts of the island. The question as to what was the exact date at which summary trials could prudently be dispensed with must always remain a matter of opinion. I willingly give every credit to those who conscientiously disapprove the exercise of the full powers of martial law for the entire period during which it existed by statute, but I at the same time, claim from them a just regard for the circumstances and considerations which influenced myself. The duty to be performed was a painful and dreadful duty, and for his own sake no man would willingly add one unnecessary moment to its duration. For the expres sion of your unabated confidence in my integrity and honour I am deeply indebted to you. It is most cheering to meto know that you appreciate the spirit by which I was actuated, and that you believe that in all I did my single desire was to do my duty faithfully as a servant of the Crown. I value very highly the sympathy which you extend to me on my return, under somewhat trying circumstances, to a country which I have served to the best of my judg ment and ability, and, I will allow myself to say, with all my heart and with all my strength. Mrs. Eyre returns her cordial thanks along with mine for the warm-hearted welcome we and our children have met with at this the first place we have arrived at in our native land—a welcome and a testimony of con fidence and approbation which will ever remain in our remembrance as connecting us by a tie of grati 7 tude and kindly affections with so many of the most respected inhabitants of Southampton and its neigh bourhood." Both the address and reply were received with much cheering. Ihe banquet pamed off successfully. [AD VERTISEMENT.]—That the fearful annual mortality of 6^,000 young children and delicate persons of all ages may be arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines, which, though apparently relieving the patient, hate in reality no other tendency than that of increasing debility, and with it the clangor of life, we were simply to study how to inc ease the vital force by imparting new and pure blood, upon which the harmonious development of the whole frame depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's inva lids' and infa..ts' Food, the Revalenta Arabica, and its thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as mush easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, and for children it la the best substitute for human mils. Dr. Rout'i, physician to the Samaritan hospital for Women and Unidren—the best authority on such matters —in his admir able publication on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub stances, th t which comes closest tr milk in its composition is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revatenta Arabica Food, con sluing both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle which is found in milk in its constituent part. No wonder, there fore, that under its influence many children affected with atrophy (wasting away of the body), and marked debt ity have completely recovered. I have given it with thegreatest advantage in such cases ; and s) far as I may judge from my own experience, practice fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate.— In ns, 11b, Is 9d; 21b, 4; 0,1; 51b, lls ; 121 b, 225; 241 b, Os. —Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, lea dialers, 8, King Wiltiam-street ; likewise at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapsidc ; 49, Bishopsgate street Within ; 6.3, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street; IC3, Tottenham-court-road; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, ugh-street; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St, John's-wood, London; and all respectable grown and che. Mi n B .7De - Yrikie 91 *salvo izatittion4 . The British Archaeological Association• Yesterday morning the members of this asseela• .• on, whose headquarters for the present week areal Hastings, paid a visit to Rye and Winchilsea, th e atter of which is full of 'interesting historical asars" ciations, many of which were explained by Mr. it C. Stillman. It appears to have derived its name from Wincheling, son of Cissa, who was the founde r of the South Saxon kingdom. In 1066 William the Norman landed here, and Henry 11. in 1188. 11 1 1266 the town was stormed by Prince Edward/ and young Simeon de Montfort' as defeated. 111 1287 the old town of Winchils e d'' s swallowed. 0 l a The by the sea on the eve, of St. A ga . to - fili afterwards became the place of import fq4rien ch wines, for which massive crypts were built, and ill the time of Henry VI. was one of the chief ports ( : )f embarkation for F rance . I n 1630 it was pillaged by the French, and in 1380 by the Spaniards' Henry VIII. built the Castle of Camber, 0° ruins of which are still standing. In the church ar e three altar tombs of the time of Edward 1., called Crusaders, or Knights Templars, one of whom i ° supposed to be a member of the Oxenbridge family. Among the objects which excited considerable inte rest is a Convent of Gray Friars, of which the choir, with some beautiful arches and windows, still ro' mains. To-day, by permission of the Marquis Cam' den, the members of the Association propose to via 3 13ayham. Abbey. There are few remains of th e , abbey buildings, except the walls and the ruins 1 : 11 * the chapterhouse, cloisters, and gatehouse. They will also visit the palace of the Archbishop of Ca ll " terbury at Mayfield, which will be explained by g r ' Edward Roberts, F.S.A. It was erected by S t ' Dunstan in the tenth ce n t ur y. P rov i nc i a l synou ° were held in 1332 and 1362, and Archbishops M c°- pham, Stratford, and Islip died there. Queen Eliza beth visited Sir Thomas Gresham at M a yfield, an a Thomas May, the historian of the Long P ar liamen t ' was born in the palace in 1595. The palace ai l ' manor were surrendered by Archbishop Cranmer t° Henry VIII. in 1545, and the Kiug granted th e estate to Sir Henry North. It subsequently beea ille the property of Sir T. Gresham. The princip al _ object deserving notice in ruins of the old pala eo is the magnificent banqueting hall, which is 70 feet long and 30 feet wide ; the three arches whi ch formerly supported the open roof are still remain ing entire. The accidental falling of some plas ter at the upper end of the hall discovered a 1 111 " d formed of roses, carved in stone, which is suPl? ese . to have been the spot where the Archbishop's chair , was placed. The grand staircase, leading to what were the principal apartments, is a massive piece o; stonework, and leads into a large wainscoted room, St' wherein are deposited the celebrated reliques of r. Dunstan—namely, his sword, an anvil, and haulm' The east end of the palace is now used as a fariu house. " LORDS AND LADIES." By the author of " Mar garet and her Bridesmaids," &e. 3 vols.—"' Lords an d Ladies' is a most amusing novel. The plot is thoroug.llll. original, and it is worked out with much hutno ur and ski The characters in the book aro capitally drawn. 3-11." Jocelyn and his wife, Captain Crabshawe, Frank Sulu/veil' 114° and Kate Daintree aro admirably finished po rtraits. book id an admirable one for holiday time." —The Stan The quiry f rate s t , th e get the CO n 11:11;ttetri 60f . bo Busi 4 ngl El ectric CO, at tush 131 °clera W ere na 11; Br ter n, LI i; whi }Pester] In th lift le ch Lank fair e: Lo ndon 207 81 Creel; ',larked a UC V Der c o , e e r CO] N e e l ,: 3 D o . 3 t . D o. r_ (u, A r t ilst rima giEl 13 4 1 '4O-13.5 Co LI SOis bitto