The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-09 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. EDMUND FALCONER. The p u bli c i s respectfully informed that this Tbeatre, having been R e - mo d e ll e d , D ecorated, and Embellished in a truly magnificent and costly style, is now open. No twithstanding the immense expenses incurred in the arrangements the Pi ices o f Ad m i ss i on will be as usual, and si milar to those of the principal London Theatres, viz : BoPrivate Boxes, 10s, 6d., 215., £1 lls. 6d., £2 25., £3 35., y£4 4s. St a ll s, 6 s. D ress circle, 4s. First Circle, 3s. es, 2s. Pit, 2s. Low er G a ll ery, Is. Upper Gallery, 6 d. No Half-price. A MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PANTO MIME EVERY WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING will be presented Mr. E. Falconer's Comic Drama, entitled NXT OF KIN. Principal CharactersE by Messrs. S. Calhaem, H. Sinclair, Warde, Rourke, Fredericks Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, and Miss Portman. After which will be produced the Great Drury-lane Annual in the form of ar t entirely Novel, Original, Bur lesque, Grotesque, Pjetical, Pictorial, Pastoral, Grand Comic Christmas P`Antomime entitled LITI - LE GOODY TWO SHOES; or, HARLEQUIN and COCK ROBIN! "Little Bird with bosom red, Welcome to my Humble Shed, Dully near my table steal, While I pick my scanty meal, Well rewarded if I spy, Pleasure in thy glancing eye."—Old Poem. The novel Effects and Exbensive Scenery by Messrs. GRI EV E an FENTOd TELBINN, assi s t e d b y Messrs. DAYES, TELBIN, JON C. E. DS, Jun., and I) kNSON LLOY and , SONS. GRIEVE The Ma chinery by Mr. TUCKER, The Costumes by Mr. MAY and Mrs. CLARKE, The Masks, Des;gns, and Personal Appointments by the celebrated DYK-W YN-KYN ; com pleted under his direct supervision by Messrs. GLINDON, CTIALTON, and numerous Assistants. The Tricks, Pro- Pflities, Changes, and Transformations of the Harlequinade by Mr. BLAMIRE and Assistants. The Gas Appointments bH. y Mr. HINCKLEY. The Scenes of the Harlequinade by B OLENO, J. CORMACK , and D. JOH N S ON . Th e Groupes, Tableaux, Action, and Grand Ballet, designed and arranged by Mr. OSCAR BYRNE. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. BARNARD. The Opening invented and written by E. L. 8...,ANC HARD, Autho r of "The House that Jack Built," "Peter Wilkins," " Robin Hood," &c. THE VILLAGE SCHOOL OF GOODY TWO SHOES. EARLY MORNING. Lit tle Goody T wo Shoes--Miss LYDIA THOMPSON. This dear little Girl, whose real name was Margery Me anwell, once lived," &c.—Old Story. ,„ "His ki n d Wife gave little Margery a n i ce pa i r o f new o t eoes ; and s h e was so p l ease d w i th them, and so fond of all owing them to every one she me t, say i ng, ' Two Shoes— Two Shoes,' that she gained the name of ' Little Goody Two Shoes.' "—Old otory. The Raven, the Pigeon, th e C a t , an d th e W h i te Rabbit (her pets), Masters Quork, Coo, Mew, and Bunny. Pet Robin—Master Redbreast. Little Boy Blue (her shepherd Swain) Miss HELEN Johnny St ou t (the Good HOWARD Boy) Mr, J. ROBINS. Thommy Green (the Bad Boy) Mr. G. WESTON. Gag Day Scholars--Masters Wag, Lag, F ag, B rag, Dag, Nag, , Mag, Tag, &c. and Misses Nimble, Simple, Sample, Rumple, Whimper, ' Simper, Nimi ny, Piminy, &c., &c. Sir Timothy Gripe (L or d of the Manor), Mr. TOM MATTHEWS. Graspall (his Steward), Mr. SHAW. ba co 'Villagers—Messrs.Butnkin,Whaekstraw,Oatcake,Chaw n, Thatcher, &c. &c. " The room in Which she taught her scholars was very large, so that she could have her children stand in front of her while she instructed them.—Old Story. Of the proposal made by Sir Timothy to Goody Two Shoes, and what became of it. HUNTING LODGE ON THE BORDERS OF THE FOREST. The Fairy Good Nature (assuming the form of Goody Peabody), Miss KATE SAXON. Gamekeepers, Messrs. Popp and Bang. Footman, Mr. Powdernob. Page, Master Buttons. Houseke e p er , M rs. Chi c k a bidd y. how How Little Boy Blue meets with a particular friend, and the Squire dooms th e sma ll Birds found on his Estate to general destruction, and what ensues thereupon. TIM BRAMBLE BRAKE IN THE DEPTHS OF THE FOREST.—SUN SET. ten "When little sets good Little Goody Two Shoes had finished her of letters, she invited a great number of her poor Co mpanions to meet together under an old oak tree, and there she taught them."—Old Story. The Demo Envy, Mr. GLIN P. ON. Hatred and Malice j 5( attendants), Messrs. Scowl and The ThGrowl. Bad- Boy's Compact with the Evil Genius, and what followed therefrom. 11 A-IaNT OF THE WOOD NYMPHS IN THE ENCHANTED DELL. May, Miss WENT WORTH. Bluebell, Cowslip, Violet, Wild Thyme, Golden Broom, Peed well, Daisy, Buttercup, Wood Anemone, Primrose, olvolvulus, Wild Rose, Traveller's Joy,Celandine, Hearts- Fox Pox Glove, &c, (her attendant Wild Flowers), by a est of Coryphe'es. paB Forget -me•-not, Miss LYDIA THOMPSON. Pas de Double Heartsease, The Misses GUNNISS. Ballet des Bouquets, invented and arranged by Mr. OSCAR BYRNE. W°°l)l.' AVENUE, LEADING TO BUTTERCUP MEAD. "All hail to thee, thou first of May, Sacred to merry sport and play, To wine and jest and dance and song, And mirth that lasts the whole day long." QLEB R ATION OF MAY-DAY AND FESTIVAL OF THE MAY QUEEN. OTJTSIDE OF LITTLE GOODY'S COTTAGE, MILL " BROOK, AND AN CIENT BELFRY. Who killed Cock Robin ? I, said the Sparrow, with my Bow and Arrow." —Old Nursery Legend. The Sparrow, Mr. Take.an-Aim. The Fly, Master Buzzy. The Fish, Mr. Gillbut. The Beetle, Mrs, Gamp. The Linnet, M aster Downey. The Owl, Mr. Whit -to-Whet?). „, h e Lark, Mr. Highflyer. The Rook, Mr. Blackooat. The Bull, Mr. Roarer, with a Horn accompaniment. The d ee d d one. Impressive fate of Little Cock Robin, h is marvellous restorati on by G oo d N a t ure , who pro -adB On her radiated Path of Prisms over the World Harl equins, Mr. CORMACK and Mr. ST. MAINE. Coltrabines Madame BOLENO (her first appearance here these two years) and the sses GUNNISS. antaloons, Mr. G. TANNER and Mr. DEULIN Clow, JOHNSON. HARRY BOLEN 0 (his first appearance here /3 these two years) and Mr. C. LAURI. g,,?x-office open from Ten till Six daily. Doors open at 441 t past Six, commence at Seven. Act ing Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON. LiLTA-ALLIANCE'D GREEK-PALATINE OF CHESTE_R . , O N JULIAN 0.8 . i[i o l 4 ` 12 I] Grerßien N TAX INCH-FULCRUM' OF ARCHIMEDES, ON AM ERICA'S CARI B IND ' N § BALTIMOR ' RATE, V. karlbro'-street Coal-hole case, Dog-set'ng grievance, with its L'Elirska Gladiatorial Inchkeith Toga'rry. The Telegraph of Ctmas-day states that C a pt. Ackerley claimed £5 fine and cofits, from defendants (Dalton, Tur ner, and wife, agents of Ge orge H arrow ) , on their being b ound over to' keep the peace six months, under £lO Penalty, for misdemeanour, and wilful dog offence with a Le micmac"-p/ot intent to do injury by canine agency, on Sundays below stairs and week-nights above. The dis crepancy in R.c.iPolice reports, induces us to refer to this ITarkgovernment persecution against the plaintiff (the sup porter of Anglo-America's unpaid Income tax Chief, Peter as quet, iit years)—for h o ldi ng under his Coal Hole County court Final judgment on 1842-B's double-rent lease, now a 20-yrs title ; checkmates the Works Woods, and Forest® 1682 rf.st Chiliarcher Cowper of St. Mic, Corn hill's gold-key lessees' wish, by Ouster le main to regain a Primer ten a Seisin by getting the C a pt a i n to recognize an in- Coal ertedntcy by their l essee Batchelor building-in his .hole basis witho u t P arty-wall, with intent at steam engin.e boiler HEAT—to effect cold-draft ejection.—to Tom b.). 'Think f—every day to be thy last, { Chandos. For when night-sleep comes—Life is past.' The papal }'29 Metropolis Police Act, 3 Wm. 4, cap. 19, 16, 39, 44—gives L 5 fine, and is repeated in 1861 Act, on " Offences against the person, &c., 24-25 Viet., cap. 100, see. 4, 42, 67, 77— Garot-Chlor'formists, and "nhester po lice fire -raisers" conviction, with £5 fine, recoverable against Stipend iary - justice--therefore in homage to our readers we refer to this case, (of Clapham Atkins City beam and Mint scale S ydney-like, 13 Hen. 8, in 1835 standard act), wherein the Captain (& brother Chamberlayne, by reason of Jul. 3's papal Pc. boy td w. 6th in-valid City grants, at age 14), as Montague kin executor of privy council by 35 H. 8, c. 1, he being sworn trustee of Brandon and Southwark's Bethlem Hospital Estates, now on St. James's Hall, as Q, Eliz, Park lodge, 5 Swallow-st., & Ormond-Yard, as the people's land, Under no (British -crown) Queues Church head t assump tion from Cardinal (John o'Gaunt's Swinford) Beaufort's bastard niece Joan - - -, --James I. Stuart 1424 race in illegal Vic. by Papal-legitimization act—hook'd onto' Greerien' mythological rf.s, calendar. See 211 - . .Post, Jan. 7, 1863 " She was and is, what can there more be said - On earth the chief, in heaven the second maid." * Russ -Polish Rothschild took out Troy -weight meter from the Exchequer for Pope's mitre -and-key mint in 1838? Whence, by City charter, 26 Ed. 3, the Hess Mayor Rose, M.P. of Southampton (Tower Ordnance Office-shift, for Winchester),— mock presented in November to Indian Peter, Constable of the Tower —as Union' Thetteone-ie Parliament bath Angl 9 Micm ac fl ag e., 1843 act. '1" On Luther-set 3ty of 21-Juiy, 1521, by Leo X and Imp. Charles V, for Paduan intermediate Heligoland supremacy Sydney was made the ) 1 S•Melita Goza Archer ' standard inch bearer. Likewise, by 30 May 1814-31's Co-partner Act, O. 54, for 2.3 Will. 4, caput-81, 92, 1832, or Russian Dutch Loan guarantee—on Submission o of the Cler nd restraint of appeals to Rome, on lackf justice—names 26 lien. 8, c 19 and 8 Eliz. c 5), tor marine causes. So, on 1825 Holy Alliance of Kings' abolition, the Malta C %sar Peru' 1547 rota-crown '29-Protector Lieut Aekerley, It lt 'll, as Rin g J o h n ' s I st M on ta gue 'R/ kin trust, was by Gold sworn in as J u d ge, at Worcester's Crt. in January, Stick archer-Wm. 4 [whose JoRDAN-daughter D m ar a t r ua ri n e n s tn th ,s e `Japtain's nephew, by the 2nd branch o _laney le Fleming Chamherlayve, in Leicester Coke a , r l , l , un in . 1 1 : 4 gate Shelley de Lisle Sydney as Fitzclarence , b a Some r. eraldry, like Eaton-hall Grey-hill Egerton, bY set h alf-cast],—a s Malcolm 111. line of Clare Lincoin_in . L acy as Pala -ten of Wales - Nreland, since 1825-37 on Holy on Alliance in Ackerly's £. mint of Chester by Indian Mary by aw Crt-tie 1820 (2d) as the fist Civic Christian marriage '°roponia Grrecina = Pl a ut us , 43 A.D. e di c t Claudii. .„." As Chester's Judge—like owl a lone I A. D. gir Th e same ill ega l I so l at i ng i nfluence appears to have a gainst him the d oors o f J un i or U n it e d Serv i ce Club, his 44.060 Co-burn discovery fraud, and US. Museum .epabership, for holding to his Duplex official duties, and c'Protit,!acaseu (of his mixed church imprisonment at Bath, `"" Merthyr Tydvil), without crime, § Thus, f or a death riddance of Ackerley's Nfndland Be/- pore-set Maryland, of Car. I. 1631 life-trust in Cherokee Calvin.athn' 1730 -74's Cecil N.S` Exeter Change attaint—which by aPiat Quakers peculiar institution' claim -native whOladstone's Hs. Cora. committee, 1832-37, as Georgia, ence monastic war for LINCOLN'S Dec. word .Nation. ith e God' s arc Vcillation of pendulum in lat. 510 30 N. as 19 30 to & frO in sphere A'Noah to like polar * declina. P re ll (above 25 M.) below the pole, 29 Sept., for Poor-law A h a turY audits year, now in : : .0. Style as /'groad 'R.' t It, rideth round the heavens as on a horse' for °- ",;' 8 Prefix /9* to 510 30 flow, Bantry, fiellisle, eirunswies mansion House 'Market,' Lopdon, Jan, 9, 1863, N°. 22,006. OPENING OF THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. PASSENGER TRAINS will run on and after SATUR DAY, the 10th January, as follows : WEEK DAYS. Trains will depart from the Terminal Stations at Bishop's road, Paddington, and from Farring - don-street, in the City, calling at all intermediate stations, at 6 o'clock a.m., and every 20 minutes following, until 8 o'clock a.m. After that hour at each quarter of an hour following, until 8 o'clock p.m. After that hour at every 20 minutes following, until 12 o'clock at night. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1863 Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.. `LAVES OF THE RING; ►J OR, BEFORE AND AFTER. By the Author of "Grandmother's Money," &c. " ' Slaves of the Ring' is superior to any of the author's previous works. It is developed with great skill."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES. — Commercial ISiosjvilty,we are told, is apt to cut its own throat, and certainly there are instances to that effect rather fresh in our remembrance. But England has now been assailed in what is at once her strongest and her weak( at point, in the very backbone of her trade. " Cut off cotton," it has been said twenty times, "and the giant will col lapse." Cotton pays taxes, cotton keeps up con sumption ; cotton tills the land and pays the rent, and builds the ship, and digs the mine, and doubles the city, and lays down the rail, and does every thing. This was a precarious basis for an empire. One was reminded of that sulphur plain in Italy, where you have but to stamp on the ground and you become aware that you are on the thin crust of an extinct volcano, with perhaps an unfathomable abyss, perhaps eternal fires, but at all events sul phureous vapours below you. "Beware how you trust yourself in the power of a rival and, perhaps, a foe." We have often been warned. "Do not commit your very existence to the winds and waves of the Atlantic. Do not let Washington be the master of your destinies." These prophets of ill did not exaggerate the direct influence of the supply of cotton ; but they overlooked our other vast and various resources ; and they overlooked also our immense wealth, credit, stability, mutual confidence and sympathy. They were blind to every thing but the problem on the paper before them. We have now had a year, sad more than a year, of the visitation which was first deemed as fatal and insurmountable as the failure of provisions or fresh water in an emigrant ship far from land. As for the people themselves directly concerned, they are in health and strength; so we dismiss them, and pass on to standard ordinary signs and tests o f our These are to be f oun d i n t h e national prosperity. a n Financial Returns, and in the private but widely circulated and very authoritative Trade Circulars, from which we give extracts to-day. They tell us exactly h o w we stand ; and, in matter of fact, they inform us that the year 1862, just ended, has been a very good average year, and that the great British family has, with the one great exception, done as usual, bought and sold as usual, and kept things at very fair average prices. Indeed, it is still an open question, and a very curious one, whether the cotton famine has done us any mischief at all,—whether, indeed, as one respectable firm expressly asserts, it has not come in the very nick of time, and done us a very opportune service by averting the mercantile collapse and universal bankruptcy of credit that were coming on us by over production. The linen trade at home in the earlier part of the year was somewhat affected by the unfortunate condition of so many customers, but afterwards improved so much that on the whole the home trade of the year has been nearly as good as that of any before. The foreign trade has been much better than usual. For the first eleven months the value of piece goods exported was £4,152,725, compared with £3,335,771 in the corresponding period of the previous year. There was also Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215., ATISTRESS AND MAID. 1. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." " , A good, wholesome book, gracefully written, and as pleasant to read as it is instructive." Athenaeum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough -street. Ready in a few days, Crown Bvo. cloth, price 65., POEMS. DESCRIPTIVE an d LYRI CAL. Illustratins of of Troical Scenery, and Sketches of Objects the of Interest Beauties ; with Notes, Historical and kxplanatory. By the Author of "The Nuptials of Bar celona." London : Robert Hardwicke, 192. Piccadilly. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCXXV, will be Published on WEDNESD AY NEXT. CONTENTS. I. Travels in Peru. 11. Institutes for Working* Men. 111. Constitutional Government in Russia. IV. Editions of the Greek Testament. V. The Ticket-of-Leave System. VI. The Art Loan Exhibition. VII. Life of Christopher North. VIII. The Stanhope Miscellanies. IX. Three Years of a Reform Administration. John Murray, Albemarle-street. L IVES of EMINENT STATESMEN in FUN, every week. One Penny Now Ready, handsomely bound in Magenta cloth, gilt, price 45. 6d. ; post free, 55., the 4,ZECOND half-yearly VOLUME of FUN, with kJ numerous Engravings by talented artists, and humor ous Articles by the following distinguished writers:— W. Bailey, Esq. W. S. Gilbert, Esq. W. Barber, Esq. T. Hood, Esq. E. L. Blanch .rd, Esq. T. S. Jerrold, Esq. G. W. Brid , eman, Esq. W. J. Prowse, Esq. F. (.. BJIIIIBII,I P.:sq. Godfrey Turner, Esq. H. J. Byron, Esq. &c., &e., &c. Office, 80, Fleet-street, London. R 0 SAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Inoorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Fsq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat Institution has incurred expenses .mount ng to £27,260 on various Lifeboat Establishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution have een instrumental in rescuing tne Crews of the follow. ing Vessels : Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. 16 Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon .. 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby • •• •• 5 Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. .. 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. .. 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• •• 3 Brig Prodroma, of Stockton 11 Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg 6 Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .• •• 7 Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. 5 Schooner Prospect, of Berwick .. 6 Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose .. 1 Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone .. 6 Brig Pallas, of Shields .. .. 3 Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow 9 Smack John Buhl , of Yarmouth .. .. 5 Schooner Catherine, of Newry Barque Niagara, of Shields .. 11 A Barge of Teignmouth Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• •. •• 6 Coble Honour, of Cullercoats Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. .• .. 7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth g Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. • . .. 2 Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. .. 6 Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. 5 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. .. 5 Brig Ann, of Blyth .. • • •• • . 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. • • .. 1 Sloop Hope, of Dublin •• •• •• •• 3 Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth •• 5 Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .. .. • • • • •• .. 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) .. . Smack Merrion Lass, of Aber y and crew) .. Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew 4 Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives Fishing-boats of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth • • Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris . Schooner William, of Morecambe Smack Gipsy, of Newry • • • • Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston Brig- New Draper, of Whitehaven Schooner William, of Liverpool .. Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields .. Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guy Ina, of Glasgow .. Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. Brig San Spirid , one, of Galaxide .. 2 Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna 8 French Brig La Jenne Marie Therese .. 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. .. 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater .. 4 Ship Danube, of Belfast 14 Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of Marano .. • • .. 8 Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam 5 Barque Druid, of Sunderland •• .. 9 Schooner Bellona, of Red Bay.. . • .. 1 Brig Pioneer, of Carnarvon 1 Schooner Princess Alice, of Ipswich 5 Brig Minerva, of Workington Schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh .• 6 Brig Sisters, of %1 hitby 9 Brigantine Matilda, of Stockholm .. .. 4 Brig Jane, of North Shields .. 10 Brig Trial, of Poole ~ .. • • 7 Schooner Liberty, of Dublin .. . .. 3 Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and crew) 7 Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. 1 Barge Peace, of London • • .- Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. Pilot clatter Whim. of Lowestoft .. _ __ • Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen. , • •• 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank , on the Irish coast •• •• •• •• .• •• Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .. Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. Schooner Rook, of Liverpool • • •• Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. Brig Content, of Sunderland .t Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan .. Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool .. Sloop William, of Liverpool .. Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth Portuguese Barque Cruz V. .. Ship Annie E. Hooper, of Baltimore, U. 5... Barque Henry Everest, of Rochester 'stwyth (saved yes- _ .. 8 .. 4 .. 4 .. 8 .. 5 .. 4 .. 19 .. 11 - 1 .. 6 - 5 .. 3 .. 5 - 6 .. .. 4 .. .. 5 a great increase in yarns, thread, and hosiery. The exports to the United States alone amounted to £1,387,611, compared with £605,453, or con siderably more than double. The wool trade, if not quite so flourishing, has been in a satisfactory state. On the whole, a very steady business has been done throughout the year, the extended export trade to France having, in a great measure, made up for the falling off in other qua! tees. The eta. tistics of the silk trade are remarkable. There has been an increase of 995,46:31b. in the imports ; an increased consumption of 1,573,2881 b.; a decrease of 103,574tb. in the stock in hand at the close of the year ; and a rise of 10 or 15 per cent. in the prices. There has been the largest delivery of the material upon record. As it is believed that much of the manufacture has not been remunerative, it is in ferred that the manufacturers ran the risk of loss in order to keep their mills open, though it does not seem certain that they hive suffered by their bene volence. Linseed, it has often been said, is a test of both manufacturing and agricultural prosperity, the oil being used for machinery and the cake for cattle. This year, however, the supply has not been equal to the demand, and prices have been high, but fluctuating. In the oilcake trade there has been a considerable demand for America, and several thou sand qua rters are now in course of shipment. The leather trade has been slowly recovering the bank ruptcies of 1860; but the legitimate trade has been good, the stock of leather in the hands of the fac tors has been low, scarcely any "stale" goods are to be met, prices have been unusually steady, and the manufacturer is now in a better condition than a twelvemonth ago. In the wine and spirit trade the course of the market, we are told, has been uniform and steady. Low wines, as a rule, have been in abundant supply, and have somewhat yielded in value, while fine wines of all descriptions, and espe cially sherries, have shown a decided advance, which seems likely not only to be maintained, but even increased. In the comparison of the last year with the previous the imports have been 109,350 pipes, against 103,300 ; the home delivery 92,220, against 101,852 ; the export delivery 92,220, against 101,852 ; the export delivery rather more, the stock in hand rather less. It is observed that Hungary is the only country that seems to have made use of the International Exhibition to offer us a reasonable prospect of a new source of supply. The character of the continental vintages is beside our present pur pose of comparing the two years, but, in general they have not been such as to depreciate the value of existing stocks. The tobacco trade is now a war question; and we know not whether the consumers .. 8 ..134 .. 2 .. 6 .. 3 .. 14 .. 18 .. 4 Total .. 762 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution hap oted £2,158 as rewards to the crews of its Lifeboats. It has also granted re wards ' , mounting to £572 for saving 562 -hipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means. mak ng a total of 1,302 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years and a half. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, 4nd other means, since its formation, is 12,690; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 71% Silver Medals, and .£16,000 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £64,300 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-cart iages, and Boat-houses. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship w reeked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at he present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions he Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-three Life-boats under its man igement, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions of the weed will be grateful for the intelligence, but it appears we are able to do withoat Virginia much more easily than was ever anticipated. The " pro duce" markets are in as satisfactory a state as could possibly be expected. Sugar stocks have increased about six per cent., and prices have become weak in proportion. The fluctuations, however, have not been severe; the lowest WES reached in November, and the market, though inactive, has since had a better time. In the cheese trade there have not only been increased production and an immense importation from America, but also a larger demand. At present, however, the prices of cheese, as well as of butter and bacon, are somewhat lower than a twelvemonth ago. Turpentine and petroleum have 4 e. d Her Majesty the Queen .. annual SO 0 0 A Lady at . eith, per W. G. Slater, Esq.. d on . 100 0 0 Clerk. Colonel, R.A. .. annual 1 1 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. •• don. 25 0 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice .. .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey. Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 30 0 Lambton, Messrs. W. H. at Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 Lanesborough, the Earl of .. annual 5 0 0 Legacy of the late Wm. Lupton, Esq., of Salford.. 100 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. 7th don. 10 0 Moore, Rev. G. M .. don. 15 15 0 Robartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., M.P. annual 5 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Trench, Lady Helena .. don 30 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by a l the Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon don. W.C. exhibited the most extraordinary fluctuations, owing to the alternate currents of the former from he United States and the novelty of the latter material. Here our list ends. It would be diffi- cult to conclude from these returns, did one not happen to know it beforehand, that tie people whose markets we are describing had just been over taken by a calamity long since thought certain to plunge them in utter ruin. The thirty million victims on whom the overhanging rock of Tantalus has at last fallen go on, as a whole, very much as usual, eating, drinking, working, enjoying them selves, prosecuting their several industries, and holding their ground in the commerce of the world. Misfortunes so borne is more dignified and more demonstrative of the national stability and the soundness of our institutions than those violent flushes of prosperity which statesmen have some fOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at Ring's-cross. of Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. capable of ad Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for malitythe casual sick pao i l o e n d in by i ts s m ick o n st es p s iti a a n b d le d f i o s rm eas — e :ri a z n ., d th is at n w o h w ich of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti funds rder t of have at. With adequate support, is su a rcie m ni magnitud e th o h a a r n d f e el it it may be rendered litti% into its wards a very large proportion of it gratuitously anordites great metropolis. It requires but the these the most N t i r ' re Ue NO beds available for the reception of d of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, 3.rcil.oeodlcal advice and medicine to more, drhee o utpatients_ ipb f o a r week. eir imperative duty to make an on the W av e e e r k a l g y e, n t EARNEST APPEAL tali to enable them to admit c o ntinued support, daily present themselves. 11 ve the distressing cases that Contributions are received by the T Esq., Nicholas-lane ; al so by fetirer. Edward Messrs. Coutts and ote and Co.; Smith p o. ; Ransom and CO. ; Prescott, Gr , and Co. Barclay ayne. and Co.; Giyn CMoa.s;teDrmruanri;mond and'Terries and and Co. ; Jones Loyd t , J. Baed v a ar d — ' ` l " ll2 e3r. and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. n Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital and. Co. ; W lliams, Deacon, and Co.;, e aa . n d ,Cs.) ; _ z ___• Denis= 'QIWfi ! S. §lLlTECiaeoretary. times been tempted to tell us are the ordinary and legitimate result of wise legislation. DAILY NEWS.—Oar social science has really put in our power far more simple and far more effectual methods of dealing with fire than we ha ve yet chosen to use. In raising and storing water to such effectually by the accumulated exertion of the great pumping engines of the water companies. These last have already raised water from the Thames to the amount of a hundred millions of gallons a day, and to a height exceeding that to which any fire-engine can throw it, and they have stored up this enormous quantity in such a way that a child, by turning a tap, could apply the whole wherever it is wanted. There are two ways in which such an application might be arranged. The one is the system of " constant service," or the keeping the mains constantly charged with full pressure. This system the companies are bound by statute to adopt in any district in which it may be demanded by a certain maj aity of the inhabitants. But it involves the necessity of a pretty close and frequent inspection by the officers of the companies, in order to see that the water is not allowed to run to waste, and for this and some other reasons it has not been generally adopted. But the result might as easily be obtained by less objectionable means. If every house were compelled by law to have a cistern of large capacity immediately under the roof, there would be a supply abundantly suf ficient for any ordinary fire, and even in extraordi nary cases enough to last till the mains could be turned on. An iron pipe led from this cistern down the inside wall of the house, fitted on each floor with a " union" by means of which a short indiarubber hose could be attached in a moment, would enable a stream to be directed on the flames within a few minutes of their discovery. Every policeman should be instructed in the manner of doing this; and if it is thought too much to require each house to keep a hose, it might at least be a regulation that every licensed victualler's, or public-house, should keep one, which the policeman of the beat might without delay obtain and carry to the place where it is required. It is obvious that a very mo derate degree of regular inspection would preserve this simple apparatus in ready working order, and as it would furnish a copious and immediate supply of water available for every part of the house ex cept the roof itself, where fires scarcely ever origi nate, it is quite certain that it would succeed in rendering them a thousandfold less destructive, and would speedily repay its cost by the reduction which it would enable the insurance companies to make in their rates. That a system so easy has in very few in stances been already voluntarily adopted is probably due in a great measure to the absurdity of the rules by which we have authorised the water companies to tax us. These bodies, not content with a rate according to the rental, are entitled to charge a further sum for every cistern which a house contains. So, though the fire cistern might stand for 20 years without a drop being drawn from it, there would still be an annual fine of 10s. charged for filling it ! This pernicious rule is, however, the creature of law, and might by law be abolished or modified. There is no more difficulty in measur ing water than in measuring gas, and there is no greater reason in the one case than in the other why we should pay for more than we consume. Nor can any sound objection be taken to a munici pal regulation which should enforce the adoption of such means of security against fire as we have indi cated. We already invade the Englishman's castle so far as is necessary to compel him to build it sub ject to certain rules, and to fit it up with suitable drains. To require him to keep a receptacle for water in a position where it will cause him no inconvenience, and to allow an occasional inspection to see t hat it has not leaked, and that the pipe and " unions" are in proper order, is a very trivial attack upon his fiber. ties. If indeed he were to claim only the right to burn himself down, we might not think it worth while to interfere. But the privilege of being the incendiary also of his family and servants, his neighbours, and perhaps his whole street, is more than he can reasonably demand of the British con stitution. We commend,. therefore, to the public the consideration of the means of security we have suggested. The question resolves itself into the in quiry whether they will continue a system which at the best leaves a conflagration a lull half hour before it can be grappled with, and then involves, even if the fire is checked, an immense destruc tion of property by the volumes of water re quired for its extinction ; or whether they will enforce the adoption of precautions which would, while interfering with no other remedy, permit the first discoverer of a fire to direct upon it, without the loss of five minutes of time, a mode rate but probably sufficient stream to prevent its extension beyond the first apartment in which it had broken out. The Great Frauds upon the United States Government. elevations as are required for the supply of the highest houses in the City, we are furnished with a constant force, by which we can apply it in stantaneously to the extinction of burning materials, and which far transcends the capa :From the New York Evening Express of Dee. 26, 1862.) The recent heavy frauds by contractors who fur nished rations to the soldiers in this city, led to the appointment of Mr. Olcott as a special commissioner to investigate the circumstances connected with each case in which the Government was swindled. The commission was merely intended to collect evidence to bring the guilty to punislment in the ordinary courts, if civilians. The military officers who are involved in the frauds are to be the subjects of courts-martial. Commissioner Olcott having kindly invited the members of the press to his office this afternoon, to note the progress made in the investi gation, furnished each reporter present with the basis of the following report :—" The commission was opened on the lst of November, since which time nearly 200 witnesses have been examined. The interpreters, a secretary who has taken notes of the examination in short hand, several copyists and detectives have been employed. The bills examined were those presented ostensibly for the board and lodging of troops previous to their being sworn into the United States service,and formed into companies. For this object 20,000,000 dole. were appropriated under the heading, for recruiting, organising, and drilling soldiers into the United States services." The frauds which Mr. Olcott succeeded in bringing into public light are of a startling character,which show that there was a conspiracy to swin‘,le the Government by several of its sworn agents, who may be numbered by hundreds. It was not until after the commencement of the present year twat the frauds which are the subject of the present in vestigation occurred. In the spring of this year the swindling was extensive, as that time there were numerous squads of troops scattered over the city who were not mustered into the service of the United States for some time. There are two classes of contractors—one who have an agreement with the State authorities or United States, by proposals, to furnish soldiers with rations—the other, the spe cial contractors, who provide squads of men newly recruited, and not organised into companies or mus tered into the United States services, with board and lodging. The frauds belong to the latter class and their abettors. As soon as the commission was opened, Mr. Olcott sent to the Disbursing-office and obtained all bills over 100 dole. for lodging and sub sisting troops. The commissioner then had the contractors brought before him, when in many instances the startling dlscovery .. was made that the names of many papers this class had been forged on the necess ary pape ln to obtain the amount of the fraudulent bills. many instances the names of private c for the irizens who were in no way connected with prov id ing troops were placed on the necessary papers; and paid. The the amounts thus forti fi ed were at once pa investigation, so far, has disclo sed the fact th at the f rau d s commenced in the follow i ▪ ng manner. A l arge numberat the of contract ors, who wai▪ ted for wee k s and Disbursing-office t o receive the months amount of their bills, were compelled to sell them to brokers. This circumstance opened a new avenue for the thrift of the latter class, and they soon em ployed agents to run round the small contractors of this city and purchase their bills at about 25 per cent. discount. The claimants vv ere principally lager city of the most powerful fire-engines. These, in fact, only accomplish, in the feeble degree re- presented by a dozen men at the handles, or at most by a steam-engine of a few horse power, What has been accomplished a million times more ,f‘ •i•. , Atfi:47.• • ..01e. "Y . :, • • ) 40*.# 0.137. r'5;:i,. ,.,6 1 0i r,1 • 1 t •••• I‘k Q.i b 4 11 C . --- DIE • 40 . 0i1 1 11 1 : -E: m aka , 4 Al] -AWL • 0, - 0 1 414616 et,,e„„et BRUIT. c . 11:1-11/4 ~_ ~- `Z' ~ PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. beer saloon-keepers, with whom the soldiers had boarded. When one of the German contractors would endeavour to get his bill cashed by a broker, the brokek would state there were several informa lities in it, tearit up, and prepare a new one. If the amount was, say, 25 dole., the broker would alter it to 2,500 dole., and having the contractor's signature, obtain the amount without any questions being asked at the DisburEing - office. Over 1,000: persons are at present implicated, and the i gation has not yet been closed. Over 50 per c ent. of the six millions of dollars which has already been spent out of the fund of 20 million dole. is supposed to have been paid on fraudulent claims throughout the he country. (From the Amy York IP orld of Dec. 27.) Col. H. S. Olcott is the special commissioner ap pointed by the Government to make the investig.- Lion. He hos employed an interpreter and a short hand writer. The investigation has been private, for the reason, it is alleged, that if public the parties most guilty would run away from the city before they could be secured. The results of the inquiry show, Col. Olcott thinks, that out of the 1,600,000 dole. which has been paid out in this city for the subsistence of soldiers, over 700,000 dole. has been paid on fraudulent accounts. The means by which these frauds have been accomplished have also been developed, and show, it is said, that nearly 1,000 persons have been engaged in them, though all are not criminally implicated. Such a mass of evidence has been accumulated as will, it is thought, secure the conviction and pun ishment of the parties who have been robbing the Government. The evidence collected in the case is to be given to the Government counsel, to be presented to the civil courts where the parties im plicated are civilians, and to courts-martial in the case of army officers. The investigation has been mostly confined to frauds in the subsistent depart ment. The frauds in this city are allowed to be a sample of what is going on all over the United States in the one item of subsistence and lodging, though in fact it is going on in every department. Similar investigations have been instituted in other places by Judge Holt, Judge Shipman, and Col. Owen. It is hinted by those who ought to know that perhaps a great deal of the fraud is connived at by the Government disbursing officers. It will be remembered that when the war broke out Congress was not in session, and no appropriation had been made for defraying the expenses of recruiting the regiments of volunteers. The expenses of recruiting the regiments that were raised in this city were paid either by the friends of the colonel and regi mental officers of each, by a general subscription from citizens, or subsequently by the Union Defence Committee. But some time in August, Congress being then in session, made an appropriation of 20,000,000 dole. " for recruiting, organising, and drilling vo lunteers, and by the provisions of the act the Adju tant-General's department was the custodian of the fund, and the mustericg officers in the different cities were made disbursing officers. Col. D. B. Sackett, then inspector in the United States army, was detailed on duty here as muster ing officer, assisted by several other army officers. In the lush of volunteering in answer to the Presi dent's call, these gentlemen were overwhelmed with business, and so a building was hired in White-- street especially for the disbursing business, The first appropriation received was 5,000 dols., which was exhausted in three or four days; for as soon as it became known that the Government was prepared to pay the recruiting, the contractors came down upon Col. Sackett in a swarm. The 5,000 dole. used up, he received no more money for three or four weeks, and during this time the bills were accumu lating in his office by scores daily, and the o ffice was crowded with people clamorous for pay. Finally he received another cheque from Washington for about 100,000 dols., which he paid out; and then, late in November, came a further instalment of about an equal amount. The bill for subsistence and lodging of recruits comps ices a specific statement of the number of rations and of lodgings furnished on separate accounts; and, moreover, a general state ment of the aggregate of the whole is required. These should be certified to by the recruiting offi cer, and the special contractor, and endorsed as ap proved by the colonel, but in the haste and confu sion of the moment, in some cases the colonel's name was omitted. Col. Sackett, on assuming the busi ness, wrote to the Comptroller of the Treasury ask ing how far the certificates of the volunteer officers should be taken, and whether their affidavits should not be required. In the regular army, as is well known, the word of an officer was as good as an other man's bond, and his certificate was conclu sive with a disbursing officer, but whether the same rule should be followed with volunteer officers was questionable. Colonel Sackett received no reply from Washington ; the letter was referred by the Comptroller to the Secretary of War, who did not notice it. Colonel, Sackett being thrown upon his own judgment, acted as he thought best under the circumstances, requiring affidavits in most cases. Ascertaining the amount of the bill, he would offer about 75 per cent. for it, which being accepted, he would bring the papers, get the contractor's signa ture, and then on the paper a bill would be made out for 2,000 or 3,000 dols. Not content with grind ing the Government in that way, they would take at random some man in the city and forge his sig. nature, and also the signature of the colonel of the regiment, and the recruiting officer and broker would divide the spoils. Evidences of many cases of this kind have been developed. Thirty or forty forgeries have been discovered in the course of the investigation. Three classes of forgeries have transpired; one where the special contractor is induced to sign blanks; another, where the names of the special contractor and the co:onel of the regiment are forged; and a third, where a man has a small bill against the Government-100 dollars or so—goes to the broker, and the broker, looking at his paper, tears it, saying it is not correctly made out, buys the claim for 50 dollars, then says to the man, " You come here at such a time and I will have your bill rightly made out." The man, when he comes, is shown one leaf of the bill; on that is about the amount of money he claims, and he is told there are other bills to put with it, when is fact his bill is made out to amount to 2,000 dollars or more. was iodated to sign his name to a bill which he In one case a Germ„,, supposed was for 25 dols., when in fact it was•for 1,600 dols. No part of the paper was shown him, except where he was to sign his name, Then he was told he must swear the bill was correct. The notary, without swearing him or asking him any questions, made him sign his name, and then the notary affixed his notarial seal. There are cases where the Union Defence Com mittee had paid regularly 44 cents per ration to con tractors, where the contractor was pledged to pay to the colonel of the regiment 5 cents per ration, and to give the quartermaster 10 per cent. on his gross receipts. It has transpired, too, that officers have ordered orderly sergeants to return each day a, larger number of men than was actually subsisted. After this investigation had been for some time in progress, the Secretary of War placed in Colonel Olcott's hands a bill which had been presented at Washington by the officer of a New York regiment to the correectness of which he had made a sworn affidavit. The bill was accompanied by a dozen sub vouchers, which Col. Olcott found on examination contained only two real names among the whole, and these two names were forgeries. The colonel had perjured himself and perpetrated a forgery be sides. This led to an investigation concerning him, and it was found that he had swindled the Union. Defence Committee, swindled many citizens of New York who had subscribed largely for him, and swindled also the general government and the offi cers and soldiers of his regiment, and that ho had made out of his frauds probably 100,000 dole. He had turned officers out of the regiment on frivolous pretexts, had systematically sold commissions, and been engaged in wholesale swindling. Col. Olcott has received orders to thoroughly in vestigate the history of the organisation of other re giments. The regiment above referred to is now in the service, with the veritable colonel at its head. When the particulars of the developments in that case comes to the public, as they soon will, they will show some rich and racy as well as extraordinary transactions. The colonel is proved to have run the career of a chevalier d'industrie for several years, and yet has received indorsements from some of the best men in the service. Within a week after the commission had com menced its investigations false bills to the amount of many thousand dollars, that had been prepared, were withdrawn and destroyed, and one bill for 6,000 dols. was ready for presentation, so that much has been saved to the Government by the investiga tion, besides being instrumental in bringing the guilty parties to justice. A ROMANCE IN THE COUNTY COURT. A case involving particulars of a singular and somewhat mysterious nature was tried in the Brighton County Court on Saturday. The plaintiff was William Moncrieff, a cabinet maker in the ser vice of Messrs. Hall and Harding, North-street, and was represented by Mr. Penfold. The defendant was Dr. Alfred Hall, for whom Mr. Lamb appeared. It seems that about five years ago Dr. Hal called upon the plaintiff respecting the care of a child whose parents plaintiff knew nothing about. Two sums of £3O and £25 had, under an agreement, been paid for the maintenance of it, and the child be coming attached to plaintiff, defendant agreed to give him £7O to entirely adopt the child, and pro mising that, if all went well, he would in the coutso of 12 or 18 months give an additional £lO. This £lO was the point in dispute. Evidence was given by the plaintiff and his wife as to the terms agreed upon by the defendant. In defence, Dr. Hall de posed that by the instructions of other parties, he introduced the chile in question to plaintiff and. his wife, and it was registered as their child, and from time to time he paid the money to them which he had received from the principals for its support. The duty being somewhat disagreeable, and fearing that he might be mixed up with it, and become liable for the payments he asked plaintiff's wife whether, if he could get a stun down, she would adopt the hild, at the same time telling her that the mother of the child was a young lady, dependent upon a grandmother, who was a widow of limited means, and that the father was a married man, dependent upon his wife's income. The sum of £5O was mentioned, and she consulted with her husband. It was declined, and he Hall) then obtained £7O, which they agree(Dr. d to accept, and gave an acknowledgment for it, at the same time offering £lO f or professional services which had been rendered to himself and wife, but which he (Dr. Hall) refused to take, and said, as they had been 5 0 kind to the child, he would if he could at some at some future time get another £10 ! but he was sure the grandmother had had great d that £7O together. He (de fendant)iffiucitY hienarsderPnS nothing ai- of plaintiff for three years after the £7O was paid. In answer to Mr. Penfold, Dr. Hall said he did not wish to give the names of the parents of the child, as the mother was still living, but the father was now dead. Still he would. do so rather than have the paternity fixed upon himself, and would only do so then for the sake of his professional reputation. Mr. Penfold said under those circumstances he would not press for an an swer. The judge was of opinion that the plaintiff' accepted the £7O in full of all demands, and gave a verdict for the defendant.— West Sussex Gazette. There are two kinds of army contractors, the general contractor who puts in his bid in answer to ' the advertisement of the United States officers, who is paid at regular intervals, and who gives security for the performance of his contract. The special contractors are keepers of lager-beer saloons, board ing-house keepers, and these are the ones who have perpetrated the frauds, or who have been made the instruments for their perpetration. These men boarded recruits till officers had obtained men enough to take to cam p, a nd under various o th er circumstances. When the tremendous pressure re ferred to came upon the disbursing office, and there was no money to pay these little bills, the owners of them would become impatient, and many were finally driven to negotiate with brokers, and dis pose of their claims at a discount. These brokers commenced this business a little over a year ago in a small way, sharing bills for ten per cent., and sometimes for fifteen, or even as high as 75 per cent. The broker, by the time the disbursing officer would get an instalment of money from Washing toe, would have advanced money on a large number of bills, which he would present in one batch and get a cheque for the whole amount. The disburs ing officer endeavoured, it is stated, to protect the Government as much as possible from fraud, requir ing in many cases an affidavit from the special con tractor, and employing a detective to go about the city and inquire about the probable validity of the claims presented for payment. If the recruiting officers and these detectives had been honest, it is averred that there would have been no pay bar, and during d ia" : e t eln w th e e nt on 1 ment of fraudulent claims . But this the case. Colonel Nichols rel ieved s Sackett on the 11th of a l: the lo notne l relieved ee a w g Ca e latter part of his term of 0 he e and Midsummer, when Captain La a busi ness was in full blast, larger tookand • assumed the duties on the larger until He continued till the 26th of August, charge of f of uwn t when be Lieut.-Col. Reeve, who is now i n charge. About the commencement of the pre sent year the br o k ers came to have a large business connexion, employed runners to go a b out t h e c i ty and get up fai r bill s and make out false ones—not satisfied with the enormous profit they were making from the discounting of bills. They soon entered largely into the making up of bills that were wholly bogus, A clerk would make out an imaginary ac count and get a man to sign it through false repre sentation. A special contractor (in most cases an ignorant German) would be asked to sign a blank as a matter of form, and then the blanks would be made into a regular bill and presented for payment. Sometimes the recruiting officer would be in league with the broker, and in other cases his name would A FRONTISPIECE TO A CHRISTMAS ANNIIAL.,—. The only establishment in the city o f L on don where the ces for Chr is t. right ancient custom still exists of surrencleriz the shop to ig executed the employes m l O Y d e e s l f a shown a Phiz-like talent, s well I year the entire control of its foreman and a pprenti mas decora.ions, appears to be that o f Osborne's p rov i s i on warehouse on Ludgate.hill. ia This some latent mean i ng lurks in. have o Hunting Field. Perhap s " the meet," " the bo unds giving tongue," and the good looking " chap ,. who are riding. Th ere is o n e amongs t the latter --a right royal rider—who giving " H am " th e co ld shoulder, saves his " bacon" by a rash leap, and thus, avoid . is: , ' rasher." P erhaps in " Tally Ho " we have the Tally, formerly used in this trade, and in the shape of the cheese the 0 1 while the ensemble may bo symbolical of the t( hunts', which housekeepers take to " find" the best '‘ cover" for provisions, but thi s wou ld scarce l y app l y , if it be true, that the Osborne preserves cannot be " beaten." be forged. The following was another mode of swindling extensively practised. An agent of a broker would go about the city and find lager-beer saloon keepers And others who had boarded recruits. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ARGON.—Great citement was occasioned at King's Lynn on Wed nesday in consequence of a bookseller (who for many years has maintained a :respectable position in the town), named John Robinson Smith, having set fire to his premises, with. the intention, it is supposed. of burning his wife alive. Smith, who has of late years bun somewhat reduced in circumstances, seems to have been much annoyed because of:his inability to get possession of some property which his wife has in her own right. The poor woman appears to be bed-ridden, and he had been heard to threaten to kill her., On Wednesday morning he proceeded to carry his threat into execution, by lighting a bonfire of papers , books) writing-desks, &c., in a back room with a boarded floor into which the stairs led, so that there could be no way of escape but through the flames, if even the poor invalid could have crawled out of bed. The attention of :•ergeant Butcher was attracted by the smell of fire, and by noticing the smoke issuing from the shop door at about four o'clock on Wednesday morning. He tried the doo r , f oun d i t un fastened,thefasten edand ther e discovered Smith watchin g th e p rogress offlames, which were spreading to the furniture and woodwork of the room, ready, it is supposed, to decamp so seen as the fire had gained a sufficient hold. To the officer's quer y, 4; What ate you about ?" he replied, " Warming the house." Butcher at once set to work, found some water, and by almost superhuman effort succeeded in ex tinguishing the flames. Smith in the meantime decamped. The poor woman, his wife, was almost suffocated by the smoke. Smith has been taken before one of the boroughh, magietratee, and remanded ou the charge of arson, SUNDAYS. At Q o'clock a.m. until 10.30 a.m., and at 1 o'clock p.m. until 8 o'ol,,ck p.m., at each quarter of an hour following. After that hour at every 20 minutes following until 10.411p.m. For the times of stoppage at intermediate stations, as well as for fares of passengers and other particulars, see the Train Bills. No through trains or carriages to or from the Great Wes tern Railway trains will run over the Metropolitan Railway until further notice. THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited.) Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, wh ch specially limits the liability of each Shareholder to the amount of his Shares. Capital, £1,000,000, in 50,000 Shares of £2O each. With power to increase to £2,0 0,000. First Issue, 25,000 Shares. Deposit, on Application, £1 per Share, and £1 on Allotment. DIRECTORS. Archibald Boyd, Director of the Union Bank of London Francis C. Braun, of Blessig, Braun, and Co Liverpool. Thomas Chilton, of Holderness and Chilton, Pre sident of the Chamber of Commerce Francis Anderson Clint, of Clint and Co., Chair man of the Shipowners' A ssociation Liverpool. Chas. B. Colchester, of Colchester and Woolner London. William James Fernie, of Ferule Brothers and Co Liverpool. Arthur Bower Forwood, of Leech, Harrison, and Forwood Liverpool. Peter George Hepworth, of Heyworth, Pearce, and Balman Liverpool. Thomas Harrison, of Thomas Harrison and Co Liverpool. Thomas Kendall, of Kenda ll Brothers L iv erpool. Edward Lawrence, of E. Lawrence and Co Live r pool. George Lyall, of Lyall, Still, and Co London. Andrew Maleolmson, of J. and D. Malcolmson and Co LiverpooL Robert Maxwell, of A. F. and R. Maxwell Liverpool. George M. Pap , iyanni, of Pa oayanni Brothers Liverpool. John Park, of Williams, Park. and Co Liverpool. Chas. K. Pi ioleau, of Fraser, Trenholm, and Co LiverpooL John Ravenscrof of W. and J. Ravenscro`t and uo., Chairman of the North and South Wales Bank James Searight, of James Searight and Co London. Samuel Stitt. of Stit: Brothers and C Thomas Wilkinson Tetley, of Hollinshead, Tet ley, and Co. Thomas Stenhouse, Director of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, &c, Henry Trelfall Wilson, of H. T. Wilson and Chambers SOLICITORS. Messrs. Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. Messrs. Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane, London. BROKERS. London—Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, Auction Mart, E.C. Liverpool—Messrs, Thomas Tin ey and Sons. Messrs. G. and T. Irvine. BANKERS. The Union Bank of London, London. The Union Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. TEMPORARY OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. 6, Cook-street, Liverpool. 39y, , E.C. Notwithstanding, Lothbur hat several new London Marine Insurance Com panies have been established within the last few years, it is generally recognised that the means of effecting marine in surances are not sufficient to meet the increasing expansion of trade, insurers being now driven to effect their insurances in remote towns in the provinces, in Ireland and Scotland, and on the Continents of Europe and America. The actual pric. of shares in the existing Marine Insur ance Companies demonstrate clearly that the business is highly remunerative. Of th new Companies one only has been established in Liverpool, and it has already secured a very large and lucra tive business. More than half the exports and imports of the kingdom pass through the port of Liverpool, and there is no doubt, therefore, that another Company having its Chief Offices in London and Liverpool will meet with ample support. Linder these circumstances the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company has bezin established. The business of the Company will be confined to the issu ing of policies on freight and goods only, and it is expressly provided, as a fundamental element in the constitution of this Company, that no insurance shall be effected on the ships themselves. The principle of limited liability, as applicable to insurance companies, came into operation during the month of Novem ber last. The Directors, observing that in banking and other important commercial enterprises limited liability has met with universal favour, have adopted it as an unalterable principle in the present undertaking. The Directors, therefore, express the greatest confidence in the success of this Company. Such provision has been made by the Directors for the pre liminary expi uses as will secure the Company against pay ing any promotion money. A copy of the articles of association lies at the offices of the Company for inspection. The prospectus and forms of applications for shares may be obtained of the brokers of the , ompany. Application for shares to be addressed to the Directors ; but no application will be considered unless a payment has been made to the bankers of the Company of LI per share, on the nu,riber of shares applied for. This sum will be returned if no allot ment is made to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (To be retained by the Bankers.) To the Directors of the British and Foreign Marine Insur ance Conn any (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sum of £ , being a deposit of £1 per store on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to become a member of the Company in respect of such shares, or in respect of any le , s number you may allot me, and to execute the Articles of As sociation, when required; and I request that my name may be placed on the Register of Members for the shares so al lotted. Name in full Residence Profession or Business .. Date C ANTERBURY II ALL.- THE THIRD EDITION of the Panto m mic Entertainment THE ENCHANTED HASH, celebrated thirteen characters, including Harlequin, Columbine, Clown, and ant aloon, sustained solely by Mr. E. Marshall, re-written by W. F. Vandervell, Esq., new characters and new draises. UNSWORT El, in his renowned Speech upon all th e topics of the day; and the following Comic favourites: Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, Frank Hall, and Miss Georgina Smithson. GRAND SELECTIONS from POPULAR OPERAS, as usual, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. T HE O X F O R 6, OXFORD STREET. George Hodson's Irish Entertainment. Unsworth's great Stump Speech, " Or any other man." Eugene's burlesque Songs and Dances. W. Randall's Cornicalities. Caroline Parkes' Pantomimical Sketch, " Little Red Riding Hood." EVERY EVENING. In addiron to Drew Dean's Flute Solos, Operatic Selections, &c., by Miss Russell , miss Townl e y, and Miss Oesten ; Messrs. Albert, Greene, Bernardi, &c., &c., with full Band and Chorus, Conducted by Mr. F, Jonghmans. EVE RY EVENING AT SEVEN. riIURNHAM'S GRAND CONCERT HALL, EDGWARE-ROAD, W. (Sole Proprietor, Mr. JOHN TUR N HAM). Operatic Selections.—Great success of John Barnett's "Mountain Sylph," with full band and Chorus—Vocal and Instrumental Solos. Comic talent—Mackney, Sam Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Bren nan, Harry Wall, West ("Or any other Man"), and Taylor. Arthur Barnes (Champion Vaulter)," Chadwick (Parisian Grotesque), And Madame Cerito (the Great Transformation Dancer). Admission, 6d. and Is. Musical Director and Manager—Mr. CHAS. GREVILLE. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Open niv.htly for Promenade. There is added to the above elegant Establishment a Grand Conversation Saloon, Reading Room, and Smoking Lounge. French, German, and English papers taken in. The musical arrangements under the direction of Mons. Boulcourt. The Band is composed of the best Musicians in the metro polis. Admission 18.—Manager, M. Grenet. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM ; containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable superbly executed Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame, together with a variety of highly interesting Natural Preparations, Malformations, and Mon strosities. ()pen daily, from 11 to 10 (for Gcntlem. n only). Admission One Shilling. Entrances 29, George-street, Han over-square, and 44A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, Lon don, W. Explanatory Lecture every Evening at Seven. Illus trated and Descriptive Catalogues sent, post free, for twelve stamps. Address the Secretary, as above. O 8 T E 0 EI D O N: What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1882, No. MO.— G'ABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, -prings, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a ifetirne. and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION. Purest materials only, at half the usual cost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Deutists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON; 66, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUK k -STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients. Gabriel's ractical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. , exquattenited 17th luly, MO y Z e e a n n amelled to nature , TEETH. ------------- -Ry Api. (R oyal seal Lt. ESICELL'S INVENTION Sets of Teeth e,Serts made d p e artia a l fitted in a few hours b imperishable base of the coloßu°f bis patented sort a eelaastic and heres with wonderful tenaciy, r Vu n tn e „ e au, in withhich it ad unsightly fastenings, and defying - d - t B 'ng spri n observer. The peculiar attribute or kert.ion by sear Or the closest is, the readiness with which these teeth ea E n e l te l's invention any change of the mouth (even by the wearer re-adapted to act independently of all disturbing causes whichav as they of ordinary c onstruction, they are guaranteed tc l ai wt teeth time, as well as for mastication and articulstion, a life 143 SR ELL'S TREATISE, which fu l ly ex p lains his invention . post free for seven stamps.—lnspecti o n of s p ecimens and Con sultations free. Terms strictly moderate.---, Grosvenor st eet, Bond-street, London ; and 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre •ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who infer from bilious and aver complaints, indigestion, wind. , pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, dm For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe•ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London. and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 25. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. /„. 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