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TION. • •, - 11."' 41 0 ‘8 g" o o 9lj 4 r i it/./ & itc t lMpft : _ • ) -;* z • • ; . 0 Ap• A lt ttv_l.?„,7,,p ",..p , . r , ' 6) r , • , , ; 4r . — mg! . ,:r.&d,vez a • 4 N - i n dependan ee uthenticity o f Uexander has , m p re sident ch the bend on Republic to have don e which Princ e madly the 0n . ,_1 3. conflict lvit e extual) that at try manna terannean an d passage of the Grant's letter is since then tw itself mor e )y the Cabine t ange rumor .9/ N°. 24,483. LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1870. ONE PENNY. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Aet of Parliament, 1859). 4, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Freehold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, payable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly dis counted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. SUBSCRIPTION FOR 20,000 FIVE PER CENT. 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The Russian Government could not fail to welcome the proposal of a Conference on the tacit assumption that the recent Circular was to form the starting-point of the discussion. A man who offers to submit to an arbitrator the question whether he is bound by an undisputed contract evidently intends to obtain the advantage of reducing a certainty to a doubt. At a Conference of which the basis had not been strictly defined, a Russian plenipo tentiary might plausibly contend that the Governments which took part in the proceedings must have satisfied themselves of the necessity of modifying the Paris treaty. The rumour that the Russian note was to be previously withdrawn has not been confirmed ; and even if Prince Gortchakoff could be persuaded to retract his offensive words, he would afterwards allege that his concession had been exclusively verbal. The project would be more in telligible if the relations of North Germany with Russia were clearly defined. It may be assumed that Count Bismarck would have preferred a post ponement of the Russian declaration, although it furnishes him with an almost conclusive argument in favour of his territorial claims against France. It is not for the interest of Germany that the Powers which have been allied with France on Eastern questions should engage in a war to which France, but for the German invasion, would also have been a party. There is strong reason .to believe that the North German Government • Also now ready, in 1 vol., SIR HARRY HOTSPUR, BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON RAILWAY. With Intefest Secured in Perpetuity by the Revenue Guaranteed by the MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON RAILWAY. Price of Issue, £92 _los. per Certificate of £lOO, equal to £9 ss. per Share, yielding to the Investor £ 5 Bs. per cent. per annum By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. Hurst and Blackett,'Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Interest, " APARTMENTS TO LET" Is the Title of CHARLES CLARKE'S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL. 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The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest corn- Positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to toe eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses ; Messrs. "• Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artiste s. Mana g er, Mr. "Imams Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.C. Admission. ls.; Reserved Seats,lU Ss. R. R. BNELL, Proprietor. " Mr. W. Evill has written a lively and agreeable account of 'A Winter Journey to Rome.' His descriptions of scenery in the Alps and of the Italian cities are exceedingly graphic, shewing much sympathy with nature, and a refined intelligence, Though the style of the book is somewhat sketchy, it is thoroughly readable, especially in the passages referring to the Council, which have in some degree the value of contemporary history.'_',-- Daily Telegraph. 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'AXI.NoIta, 24, Old Oavendish-street,;W. Established 1760. " Having read the book through from cover to cover—of itself an eulogium from any reviewer—we could certainly not spare Mr. Evill's always animated, often graphic, and more than once or twice really eloquent descriptions, any more than we could spare his account of the wonderful pageantry of the Papal func tions in Rome, and of the marvellous masterpieces in sculpture and painting scattered among the Palaces and Basilicas. . . . As a graphic delineator of the superb scenery and the renowned cities through which he made this winter journey, he has acquitted himself admirably ivell."—Sun. " The author has evidently a feeling for the beautiful and the picturesque, and describes what he saw in forcible and some times eloquent language. .. . Notwithstanding his well worn subject, Mr. Evill has produced an agreeable little volume, which may not unprofitably detain the reader."—Daily News. " There is no pretension whatever about the book of travels, and though it relates very little of what is new, it tells of nothing that is uninteresting, vapid, or dull. To the truthfulness of its descriptions of places and works of art we can thoroughly testify, and assure our readers that such of them as are meditating an Italian tour could , not possibly do better than furnish themselves with a copy."—Bell's Weekly Messenger. - - - - " Ur. Evill's visit to Rome was opportunely timed to enable him to witness the great gathering of prelates in attendance at the opening of the Ecumenical Council ; his journey was accomplished with great rapidity, but his hasty en route sketches are lively and amusing."—Record. " In this pleasant little book we have an abundance of inter esting matter, such as a professed bookmaker might extend into the compass of two goodly volumes ln the very first page we are satisfied with the book, and are engrossed with its contents We recommend the entire little volume as well to readers as to intending tourists in search of continental information."—News of the World. "The ground was all new to Mr. Evill, and, in spite of the season of the year, he saw it under peculiarly favourable cir cumstances. He has an eye quick to see, and a pen that enables him to tell right pleasantly, and not a little vividly, what he has seen. . . . . Mr. DAP was fortunate enough, in company with his friend, Mr. Charles Kent, the poet, to see the pro cession in St. Peter's, on the opening day of the Vatican Council. His description of it is very graphic."—Western Morning News. . _ " Italy has been described to the reading world again and again, and, therefore, the charm of Mr. Evill's book is not the charm of novelty, but it has a charm. There is a fresh, inge nuous manner, that appeals to the reader. The author records his impressions and describes minutely the beauty of the Italian scenery without a thought of the travellers who have gone before. Some passages, descriptive, are really excellent. The exterior and interior of Milan cathedral are put before us in glowing terms, and the long ceremonies of the opening of the (Ecumenical Council are forcibly described. His description of Venice is excellent. Mr. Evill's word-painting is far above the average of such descriptions. We are sure that readers, after a perusal of this book, will have a vivid impression of the scenery described, and be grateful to Mr. Evil for his pleasant recollec tions."—Lloyd's Weekly News. " Accuracy of description will cause this little book to be read, and probably enjoyed, by those Englishmen and English women whom necessity keeps at home year after year . . The profits are to be given to a charity, and we heartily wish it every success, and think that many untravelled Englishmen will find something to interest them in Mr. " Winter Journey to Rome."—The Examiner. " This little volume, containing, together with careful descrip tions of places and cities, an account of the opening of the CEcumenical Council, it is worthy of notice, is dedicated, not in irony or without permission, but in friendship and with full authority, by a Protestant to a Roman Catholic. There may be many worse preparations for a visit to the city which still is queenlike, if no longer queen, than a perusal of this unpreten tious, but instructive volume ; and the author's remarks touching that Church, the services and worship of which serve to make up the entire life of modern Rome may grieve, but will not affront, a liberal Roman Catholic, and may command the assent, but will not shock the better feelings, of a Liberal Protestant." — Illustrated London News. GEOLOGY MADE EASY. A_ Sheet shewing the various strata upon. which London is built, commonly known as the London Basin. Shewing also the localities where the various strata come to the surface. The Diagram represents the various Epochs, Systems, and Characters of Rocks, from the Plutonic, through the whole Series, to the latest Alluvium, coloured So as to represent real specimens, with the organic remains to be found in each, and the localities in Great Britain where they severally occupy the surface. Being the most concise and instructive publication on the science that has ever been before the public. B Smith Evans, Esq., F.G.S. Price is. London —W. TwEtm 'E. 337. Strand In royal Bvo., handsomely hot d in cloth, full gilt, gilt edges price 205., post free 21s. THE ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY 21f BRITISH MOTHS. By Edward Newman. F.L.S., F.Z.S. Giving a full description of the perfect insect from nature ; also a description of the Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Food Plant, Time of Appearance, and Localities where found. Each moth is drawn from nature by George Willis, and engraved in his best style by John Kerchuer. The figures are life-sire of every species ; and if varieties require it, three, four, five, and even six figures are given. The work Is complete in thirty-one monthly numbers, at Gd. each. The work is also issued in quarterly parts, in covers, at Is. Gd. each part. Part X. sow ready, price 2s, Back numbers reprinted, and may be had. "We congratulate British entomologists on the completion and publication of this magnificent work."—Field. "Both to the beginner and the proficient in that study this work will be invaluable. --Daily Telegraph. " It is illustrated with life-size figures from nature of each species, and of the more striking varieties, and it possesses great advantages ever all similar works, inasmuch as the caterpillar of each moth, with his habits and season, is described. This, to collectors, will be an immense boon, and by its means they will be enabled to obtain many rare specimens."--Standard. "The completion of Mr. Newman work on the British Moths is a benefit to entomologists of all classes. It is at once a text-book by a high authority, most valuable for reference, and a handsome, taste fully got-up volume, which will be an ornament to any library or drawing-room table. It embodies the results of many years' earnest and intelligent work by one whose reputation as an ento mologist deservedly stands high. . . . We notice also with satisfaction that Mr. Newman's descriptions, whilst thoroughly scientific and minute, are given in plain and unaffected English. With the help of these and the very excellent woodcuts, even a very young collector may with ease identify any moth he may cap ture. The figures are so well drawn that there is no need of colour to render them life-like. . . . . We unhesitatingly commend this volume to our readers. We regard it as a very useful addition to our library." Land and Waler, Oct. 9. London—W. TwEEDIE. 337. Strand. W.O. Best Advertising Paper in the Western Counties. THE WESTERN MORNING NEWS. A. First-Class Daily Paper, the oldest in the district. Inde pendent in opinions. The earliest and fullest in news. Circu lates among all classes and parties and the best medium for Advertisers. Rates of charges and copies of the paper sent free upon appli cation to the Publisher, Edward Rawkings, 31, George-street, Plymouth. J net published, price is 6d., by poet ls. Bd., the Second Edition with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Oases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. UACKS AND REVELATIONS OF Q QUAOKEBY By DETECT° Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Sakti day Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Publio Opinion, an other o urnals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with his edition. [GGS.—Tours Decree, November 22, 1870, Prohibiting the Export of Eggs from France.—The under signed, in reply to numerous inquiries from their customers, have the honour to inform them they are completing arrange ments for a regular suipply from other countries.—MlßDl/!! (45 PEACOCK, Wholesale Egg Importers, 9, 12, and 15, Berwick street, London. WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on their useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. 3SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE , . Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution affords a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of sin, especially those about to become mothers, and provides a Home for the Children of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED. Bankers, ndon and South Western (Holloway Branch). HUGH R. DOUGH. Hon. Sec. CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. Special APPEAL for the NEW WING Amount still required, £4,000. Number of beds now occupied, 120. Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164. 'he Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. ankcrs, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Sec. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. 0 lices, 24, Finsbury-circus. 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DINNEFOR D' S FLUID MAGNESIA.- The medical profession for Thirty Years have approved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion ; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladiee, Children, and Infants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, 172, New Bond-street, London, and of all other Chemists throughout the world. SOCIETY for ORGANISING CHARITABLE RELIEF and REPRESSING MENDICITY. President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD. Treasurer —H. B. Praed, Esq. lion. Secs.—Alsager Hay Hill and George M. Hicks, Esqa. Object of the Society.—The establishment of a Charity Office in every Poor Law District in the metropolis, such office to be the recognised centre of charitable organisation in each district. DISTRICT COMMITTEES in union with the Society : ST. MARYLEBONK—Oftice, 151, Marylebone-road, N.W. ST. 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The funds of the central office are for purposes of organisa tion only, not for relief. C. B. P. BOSANQUET, Secretary. C. J. RIBTON-TURNER Organising Secretary. Office, 15, Buckingham-street, Strand , , W.C. ZEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought).— Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE AOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green wich, where any seaman, needing medical or surgical care, wi in ll be admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without troduction or recommendation. The Society's offices are re moved from the City to the same building. KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary. The Midland Railway Company take over the line on its com pletion, when their guarantee comes into effect : the Contrac tors are under engagement to finish the line by the 31st August next, and they will pay interest on the Preferred Shares until the line is so taken over, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the full £lOO per Certificate, and the amount will be invested in Consols in the joint names of W. C. CURTIS, Esq., 15, Lombard-street, London, (Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., Bankers), and Colonel W. B. HIGGINS, Picts' Hill, Bedford, (Chairman of the Bedford and Northampton Railway), who have consented to act as Trustees for the preference share holders, and will apply the amount in the payment of such interest. Provisional Certificates of 10 Shares each will be issued in exchange for the bankers' receipt, to be substituted, when fully paid up, for Certificates of the Company, the shares being then transferred into the name of each applicant, free of all stamp duty. The share capital of the Company is £400,000 in 20,000 shares of £2O each, converted into Preferred Shares-20,000 half shares, £lO each, bearing 5 per cent. per annum interest (being the shares £200,000 now offered) Deferred Shares-20,000 half shares, £lO each—to re ceive no dividend until 5 per cent. is paid to the £200,000 Preferred Shares With the usual borrowing powers, viz., £133,000 in Debentures or Rent Charges. Copies of the Company's Acts of Parliament, containing the Agreements with the Midland Railway Company, can be seen at the Offices of the Company, also at the Offices of the Solicitor to the Company, and at the Offices of Messrs. J. and A. SCRIM GEOUR, 18, Old Broad-street, E.C. In the allotment of the shares, applicants will be considered in the following order Ist. Applicants who desire to pay up the shares in full on allotment under discount for investment. 2ndly. Applicants who may be holders of Leicester and Hitchin Railway Stock, Midland Railway Stock, and general applicants. Applications. accompanied by the payment of £lO for each Certificate applied for, will be received on the Form enclosed in the prospectus, which must be,, filled up and forwarded to Messrs. RonAnTs, LUBBOCK, and Co., Bankers, No. 15, Lombard street, E.C., London; or to the NORTHAMPTONSHIRE UNION BANS, Northampton ; or to HOWARD LANCASTER, Esq., Secre tarj, of the Company, 2, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, S.W., London or to Messrs. J. and A. SCRIMGEOUR, 18, Old Broad-street, E.C., London, of whom Prospectuses may be Lad. London, 2nd December, 1870. rnment. mes respect:b i g this Black Se t ' made clear -- rine° Gortsobe e Circular eagle able surpris e ' which it W 0 cited by the But Prus.sio, ja sia in seeking e ;y. Count 1 0. e held to coo' iina by Princ e 6, and to a y :h shall not be of the Czar. expressing all Russia, but 1 16 he presentatic ° at it, and may ocument and , fall Gazette stir here is no trutb the Tzmes as 0 of Turkey. ° 0 res unhesits: kg with Englan d 1 and sea force :ish land ford The Austri o from 500,000 0 100 ; and whi t , without ck Imes and her dependent 0 nt of oppositio n it votes agains t :s Prussia to be I any active .0 aeasiness on /le l. uncomfortable south I learnecl worst fears 9 ' 4 overnment Un ;sell has taken ust as we watt ) London wit h k in his pocket , h's stay in Vet• falls and Coun t ,—Correspoudest rtan says he hag . Government 10 regard to the as to the main' ' Not only log n this matte Lis colleague , statesmen have opportunity of . with it. ale en nzasse bY 'his question i° pd but sufficien t of some twent9 in sight of tbe, pital judges (3 ' I, by identifying rery same, thn° I by the displaP Lid to be writte l s sent a prisonet aped. He W 54 me conversatio o the dinner-tabl e ' -etted that thei rp d'etat on 01° was proclaime d ' have imprison ed of Paris and 01° r will yet reti noes where greil -Nervous Debi' requires mote it hangs heal regulators an, est general pur l. less, and men l4 7, in a sumrus r . 3 toms, stomacil te .. abdominal c lll5 icious appetite; 3mpanying -er. Hollowe1: sons of studio! c into a nervo! ive such as they' livington, RS' 3y, the wife (4 ) HarryWarr f r o :of Ancrurn,", Alter of the I'' fr , Hall, Leicester lington, c a ptai ii „ iving son of tl i ; ,bine, the Ode Impbell Row'di l'sq.„ M. R. C.B. rD BoycE, $ Ihed by biro t b ,Precititt of the THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE BEDFORD AND NORTHAMPTON RAILWAY, (Direct Line from London to Northampton, vl6. Bedford and the Midland Railway), are DIRECTORS. Colonel W. B. Higgins, Picts' Hill, Bedford, Chairman. Albert Ricardo, Esq., Raymead, near Maidenhead, Deputy Chairman. J. Algernon Bastard, Esq., 69, Cadogan-place, London, Colonel J. Amber Cqle, 116, Pall Mall, London. Joseph Palmer, Esq., Olney, Bucks. ENGINEER. Charles Liddell, Esq., 24, Abingdon-street, Westminster. SOLICITOR. Charles Morgan, Esq., 15, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C., London. AUDITORS, Henry W. Notman, Esq„ Secretary of the Great Southern of India Railway. Samuel Price, Esq., 70, Cheapside, N.C. BROKERS. Messrs. J. and A. Seriragoour, 18, Old Broad-street, B.C. BANKERS. - Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., No. 15, Lombard-street, London. The Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton. SECRETARY. Howard Lancaster, Esg, Offices. SI, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, 8• W., London. The Bedford and Northampton Railway—coloured red on the accompanying Plan—is incorporated under Acts of Parlia ment of 1865-6-7 and 1870. The Line is twenty miles in length, and is a continuation of the Midland Railway from Bedford to Northampton, thus com pleting a direct route from London to this important district by the Midland Railway. The rising importance of Northampton (which contains at present a population of not less than 50,000 inhabitants), its admirable position, and numerous manufactories, have ren dered it essential that a new, direct, and rapid communication should exist between that town and the metropolis. When the Bedford and Northampton Railway is open, the Midland Railway Company will be enabled to extend their system direct to Northampton, via Bedford, Turvey, and Olney, instead of by the present circuitous route through Oakley, Sharnbrook, Wellingboro', Ashby, and Billing. The Railway is being constructed as a double line, and, in accordance with the clause of the Act of Parliament, in all respects equal to the Leicester and Hitchin Railway, which is leased by the Midland Railway Company. The works are in course of execution by Messrs. Edwin Clark, Punchard, and Co., the eminent contractors, under the inspec tion of the engineers of the Midland Railway Company, and are in a very advanced state, and by the terms of the contract they are to be completed by the 31st August next, and the entire construction of the line within the Company's capital is absolutely guaranteed. By special agreements, which are appended to and ratified by the Acts of Parliament of this Company, the Midland Railway Company undertake, on completion of the Bedford and North ampton Railway, to maintain, manage, stock, and work the line at 50 per cent. of the divisible receipts ; such divisible receipts being taken in the accounts between the two Com panies at the minimum rate of 430 a week for every mile in length, thereby yielding to the Bedford and Northampton Railway Company a net minimum revenue of £15,600 per annum. It also forms part of the agreements between the two Com panies that the Midland Railway Company shall have the option of amalgamating with or leasing in perpetuity the Bed ford and Northampton Railway, provided such option be exer cised within five years after the completion and opening of the line, on condition of the Midland Railway Company paying to the Bedford and Northampton Railway Company a guaranteed perpetual net yearly rent equal to £5 per cent. per annum on their total outlay on capital account. The traffic on the Bedford and Northampton Railway— forming, as it will, a link of the great system of the Midland Railway—must be very large. The amount necessary to ensure the punctual payment of the Interest on the Preferred Shares now for subscription is as follows: £ 5,350 Interest on £130,000 Debentures and £3,000 Rent Charges Preferred Shares-20,000 Ralf Shares, £lO each, —£200,000 at 5 per cent.— .................. 10,000 15,350 The Midland Railway receipts average £BB per mile per week on the whole of its system of 826 miles ; and there is every reason for believing this line will be equal to the average of most of the Midland system ; but, taking the traffic at only £5O per mile per week, this would give the Company a net receipt ot £26,000 per annum ; and as, irrespective of the amount ortraffic, the Midland Company guarantee absolutely a minimum net income of £15,600 per annum, it follows that the interest on the Preferred Shares now offered is absolutely secured. On the above estimate of traffic, however—after paying the Interest on the Debentures and Rent Charges, and also Interest on the Preferred Shares now for Subscription—there would be a surplus income of £10,650; so that both from the guarantee of the Midland Railway, as well as from the anticipated traffic, the Preferred Shares form a most eligible investment. To shew the advantageous price at which the Preferred Shares are now offered it is only necessary to furnish the two following quotations:— The shares of the Leicester and Hitchin Railway, with a guarantee by the Midland Railway of 4 per cent., are quoted at £92 per £lOO, which is equal to £ll5 at 5 per cent. The shares of the Bedford and Northampton Railway, now offered for subscription at £92 10s. per £lOO, bear 5 per cent. interest, and are consequently 22} per cent. less in price, al though, in effect, an equal security, as, by agreement with the Midland Railway Company, the Bedford and Northampton Railway is to be assimilated in the character and solidity of its works to the Leicester and Hitchin Railway. The 5 per cent. Preference Shares of the Midland Railway Company, from whom the Bedford and Northampton Railway will receive its guaranteed revenue, are at £llO per cent., so that the shares now offered are 171 per cent. lower in price than those. Immediately the line is complete the subscribers will undoubtedly possess a security of an increased value of at least 20 per cent. : the due and punctual payment of the interest in the interval being secured by the investment in Consols, of the amount necessary for the same in the names of W. C. CURTIS, Esq., Lombard-street, London, (Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., Bankers), and Colonel W. B. HIGGINS, Picts' Hill, Bedford, (Chairman of the Bedford and Northampton Railway Company), who have consented to act as Trustees for the preference share holders. To trustees and capitalists the security now offered presents an unusually advantageous investment. London, 2nd December, 1870. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chief Office-17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. Annual Income, e 300,000. Capital, subscribed by more than 1,600 Shareholders, nearly £BOO,OOO. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—GeneraI Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S. The Rev. A. Alston, D.D. I R. M. Carter, Esq., M.P. E. Hamilton Anson, Esq. Edmund Heeley, Esq. A. R. Bristow, Esq. Reginald Read, Esq., M.D. This Society are now I S SUING COMPLETE LIFE POLICIES. The peculiar features of these Policies are as follow 1. The Payments Cease after Ten or Twenty Years. 2. The Policy is not forfeited by the non-payment of renewal premium during the ten or twenty years. 3. The Assurer is entitled for each yearly payment he has made to a paid-up Policy for one-tenth or one-twentieth of the sum Assured HENRY B. PARMINTER, Manager. THE SHAEN LIBEL CASE. The further hearing of this case was resumed on Satur day in the Court of Queen's Bench, when Mr. Shaen's cross-examination was ,commenced. The case has now occupied seven days, and, from present appearances, it is doubtful whether it will be concluded before the middle of the week. THE ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. --- The affairs of this company were before Mr. Bloxam, the Chief Clerk at the Chancery Chambers, on Saturday, in reference to a scheme for its reconstruction. It will be recollected that a scheme for reconstruction was pro posed, to prevent the winding up. After hearing the parties, the Chief Clerk gave directions as to the adver tisements in reference to the proposed scheme. Order accordingly. LAW AND POLICE. AN INSOLENT PAUPER PROPERLY PUNISHED.—Edward Ducklon, a sturdy pauper, was charged, at the West minster Police-court, before Mr. Arnold, with refusing to perform a task of work assigned him by Mr. Water man, the Labour Master of the Westminster Union, in Little Chapel-street, Westminster. In consequence of the magistrates having held that a pauper was not amen able to the law for disobedience unless he had been relieved beforehand, Mr. Waterman has arranged so that no exception can be taken on that hand. The prisoner, an able-bodied pauper, was assigned the daily task of picking 5 lbs. of oakum at seven o'clock in the morning. At nine he complained that he was ill and wanted the doctor, but the only excuse, when taken before that functionary was that he wanted a pair of trousers ; he was sent back to the oakum shed, and at five o'clock had only picked 1 lb. 4 oz., while men considerably older had done the full quantity. He was requested by the superintendent of labour to try and finish it, and, after a great deal of trouble, said he would see him - first. Upon that he was given.into custody as a warning to others in the house. Prisoner still in sisted that he was unable to work, and Mr. John Hunt, M.R.C.S., said he had examined the prisoner, and he was well able to do the task assigned him. Mr. Arnold was satisfied with the evidence of the superintendent and sur • geon. If a sturdy fellow like the prisoner chose to go to the parish. for relief, he must do what work was propor tioned to him. He should sentence him to seven days imprisonment, with hard labour. ROBBING A FRENCHMAN ON TOWER-HlLL.—Margaret Hands, a dissolute woman, was brought before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, charged with stealing a silver watch, value £7 10, from the person of Karl Boulange, aFrenchman, dwelling in Soho-square, and who described himself as a " fiddle-maker." The Frenchman had been celebrating the reported successes of his coun trymen over the Prussians before Paris, and became so intoxicated over gin and beer that he did not know what he was about, and became an easy prey to the blandish ments and and artifices of " Sly Peg," the name by which the prisoner is known to the police. He lost his watch and senses, and when he recovered himself, found he was in durance vile, with a violent headache, minus his watch. Thomas Beugin, a police-constable, No. 210, saw the Frenchman and the prisoner at an early hour this morning on Tower-hill, and know ing " Sly Peg" was a notorious thief, he warned the Frenchman, who would not leave her. Soon afterwards he saw them again on another part of the hill. The Frenchman was on the ground and she was lying across his body at right angles to it, apparently as insensible as the Frenchman, but he knew her little game and watched her. Soon afterwards she approached him with her hand closed, and he opened it by force, and found the French. man's watch in it. A police-sergeant said the prisoner had been convicted before, and was an expert thief, who resorted to all sorts of artifices to rob her victims. She sometimes gave the name of Margaret Adams. The prisoner : Why that officer is a bigger thief than I am. We had some gin the other night at the Horse and Leap ing Bar, and when we came out we robbed a man together that's how we did it. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Paget com- mitted the prisoner for trial, and the Frenchman then took her place in the dock, and was charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. Mr. Paget, addressing him, said this is the consequence of getting drunk. You put temptation in the way of that wretched woman I have just committed. You are answerable for her being sent for trial. I am very sorry I cannot send you for trial with her. You are guilty of half the offence with which she is charged. I can only order you to pay a fine of ss. for being drunk and helpless. ITALIAN BEGGING CHILDREN—WHAT IS TO BB DONE WITH THEM ?—Antonio Marco, 14, and Valenti Marco, 11, who appeared cold and hungry, were charged at the Marlborough-street Police-court, before Mr. Knox, by Hewitt, mendicity officer, with begging. Hewitt saw the two boys in Regent-street soliciting charity at carriage windows, and having seen them receive money from several persons took them into custody. In reply to Mr Knox the boys said they lived in Fleet-row, Leather-lane, with a man named Donati. Hewitt said he had known the man spoken of for years as a person who obtained a living by importing Italian children. Mr. Knox said the difficulty was what to do with them. He did not like to send them to prison. After cautioning the boys Mr. Knox discharged them. The Italian papers announce the death of Signor Giuseppe Cancestrini, director of the National Library at Florence. A HINT FOR THE HUarANE SOCIETY.—A trades man announces that among other mechanical appliances which he will exhibit at the forthcoming Poultry and Pigeon Show at the Crystal Palace, there will be one for cramming poultry for the markets at the rate of 250 per hour. THE FUNERAL OF ARCHDEACON HALE. The funeral of Archdeacon Hale took place in St. Paul's Cathederal on Saturday morning. The following were the mourners :—Mr. William P. Hale, Rev. J. G: Hale, Captain L. A. Hale, R.E., Rev. J. C. Hale (1). Rev. Frederick Young, Mr. T. F. Coles, Mr. William Coles, Mr. George Coles (2). Mr. Richard Coles, Rev. E. N. Coles, Mr. A. Keightley, Dr. Burrows (3). Mr. J. J. Maberley, Mr. James Paget, Mr. Charles Rashley, Mr. G. W. Callender (4). Dean of Peterborough, Dr. Currey, Dr. Haigh Brown (5). Rev. R. Elwyn, Rev. F. Poynder, Rev. J. j. Halcombe, Dr. F. Farre, Mr. F. Skey (6). Dr. Nicoll, Mr. John Hullah, Mr. John Miles, M.D., Mr. C. Getty, and Mr. W. Nye (7). had agreed to support the Russian demands if they had been preferred after the conclusion of peace. According to the statements of the correspondent of the Times at Versailles, the German officers not only favour the protensions of Russia, but talk, as if they had been infected with French vanity and turbulence, of a partition of Turkey in which Germany was to have some indefinite share. On the whole, it may be conjectured that the object of Count Bismarck's intervention will be to adjourn the Russian question until he is at leisure to influence the decision. The eager and immediate adhesion of Russia to the plan of a Conference might serve as a, warning to the English Cabinet not to grasp too hastily at an imaginary concession. It is a cause for regret that the illusory proposal made to the Tours Government of participation in the Conference should have been made by Lord Lyons, and not by the representative of Russia. THE CRISIS OF THE WAR IN FRANCE. The great crisis of the war has come, says the Spectator, and no one can yet tell in which way it will be decided ; but it is quite certain that up to the time at which we write the French prospects are far brighter than they have yet been at any moment since the battle of Sedan, we might say since Gravelotte. We are quite aware that before these lines meet our read.rs' eyes there may be news of the final repulse of General Trdchu's great effort to break the Prussian lines before Paris, and that any thing like a great disaster might lead to the fall of the capital. But, on the other hand, th ire is very little probability of miy great defeat of the Army of the Loire, which, in spite of one very severe check, is advancing northwards steadily along an immense line, Prince Frederick Charles apparently retreating cautiously before it. It is clear, that the Prussian despatches, reporting the repulse of all the sorties from Paris were not true, as we have the evidence of the Versailles correspondent of the Times, Dr. Russell, to the contrary ; and that the efforts of the garrison of Paris were not by any means exhausted. If the French pnly have the steadiness to keep up such efforts as these, even after partial failures, for a few days, the siege of Paris must be raised, and an enormous success gained; indeed, in all probability the heavy siege guns which the Prussians haie been so long in bringing up would fall into the hands Of the French. If, on the contrary, they are disheartened by partial failures, we might soon hear of the relapse of the garrison into hopelessness, and in that case the fall of the city would probably soon follow. But for the present, unquestionably, the situation is most favourable to the French hopes. General Trochu has shewn that he can make his garrison truly formidable to the besiegers. General D'Aurelles has shewn that his army is more than a match for that of Prince Frederick Charles. The achievements of the Army of the Loire and that of Paris will recipro. cally inspirit each other. One thing is quite certain. Generals Trochu and D'Aurelles and their troops are mili tary powers of a completely different order from anything the Empire set in motion before its downfall. If not the equals of the Prussians in military power, they are, at all events, no despicable foes. M. Gambetta is quite right in saying that the Republic " has accomplished all we have seen." And that " all " is in its way a really gigantic effort. PRINCE GORTCRAXOFF'S REJOINDER. The Economist thinks that the reply of Prince Gortscha koff, when analysed, comes to this—that Russia is ready to discuss the subject of her note in conference with other Powers, but that she does not withdraw that note ; on the contrary, she maintains that she was still right in sending it. In substance she contends that Europe has altered in fourteen years ; that, in consequence, even if the Treaty of 1856 was at first a gcod treaty, it is now in many parts at best a bad treaty ; that the provisimis as to the Black Sea are unendurable by Russia ; that she would have been only too happy to have discussion thereon in conference with other Powers before saying she would no longer be bound by them. Of course the Prince does not say what everyone knows—that Russia acted now because she knew France could not act, because she thought Prussia would not act, and because, therefore, she had only England and Austria of the guarantee ing Powers to deal with. In substance, how ever, the note is satisfactory. No one says that the Treaty of 1856 is a perfect Treaty, or that it is one which, with our added experience, we would make precisely as it is. We at least go further, and say that the Treaty is in several respects a bad Treaty—a Treaty which ought not to last, and one which we ought to revise as soon as we get an opportunity. That any one party to a Treaty should fly off and say—" I have had my good out of a Treaty, and now I will not be bound, for the time is come for you to have yoUr good," is absurd. In private life no one would tolerate it. No doubt a nation may decently break an utterly tyrannical and unjust Treaty. But that is not the present case. Russia could have gone on fight ing well enough in 1856; she made a voluntary bargain to stop the war, and therefore till she is released from it she should keep her bargain. If Russia were now to break the Treaty of 1856, we hold, in the interest of the highest expediency and for the maintenance of public law, she ought to be made, even by force, to adhere to it. But nothing can be worse than tying a nation by painful chains; and therefore we should examine what restric tions (if any) in this case are useful, and which are needless or pernicious. A. RESURRECTION.—The Waterford Citizen of Thursday announced the sudden death of Major O'Gorman, J.P., Springfield, county Waterford. Mr. O'Gorman being a member of the Waterford Board of Guardians, the board on Thursday decided to pass a resolution of condolence with his supposed bereaved family. Just before the sub ject of his death was to be brought before the board the gallant major entered the board room in perfect health. For a moment all were amazed ; but, having recovered themselves, every member rose to his feet and cheered the major vociferously, much to his astonishment. THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.—The four students who were recently convicted and fined for the part they took in the demonstration against the female students at the Surgeon's Hall,. Edinburgh, have been severely reprimanded by the University authorities. The following notice has been put upon the walls of the University :—" Extract from the minutes of the Senatus Academicus.—` Resolved, that it be noted to the students that in future any case of a student being brought before a police magistrate and convicted will be considered as a University offence, and dealt with by the Senate — h a A n t t l a iaylnra, accordingly. ' meeting of S tli c e ll° l‘. ° le l rc ' preliminary Com held for the purpose of appointing a head-master MERCHANT the T CourtAYLO R e s; pany, in their school, three gentlemen were selected to appear before the Court for a final decision. These are the Rev. C. Baker, M.A., Tutor of St. John's College, Oxford; the Rev. C. Bigg, M.A., Senior Student of Christ Church ; and the Rev, H. R. Huckin, M.A., of St. John's College, Oxford. THE HERRING FISHERY IN THE NORTH SEA. The last week has witnessed the departure of the nume rous Scotch boats for the home cod fisheries. At Lowes toft this year they have passed a successful season. A few old flat-bottomed Dutch boats may now be observed hanging about the coast. Since our last issue the quan tity of herrings landed at market has gradually decreased, prices rising, as a rule, in proportion. On Saturday and Monday very little fish indeed was landed. Salt stuff, , from 2s. to 3s. 6d. per hundred ; fresh, 3s. to 4s. 6d. ditto, —Fishing Gazette.