The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-19 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT -GARDEN. Under the Mana,ement oiss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. liarrist M on. Trus EVENING Wallace's Romantic Opera, THE E F bEsRT LoWER:: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; Messrs. W. H. W e iss, IL Corri. A. Cook, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon. —Doors open at halt-past Seven. Commence at Eight. ITIFIEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE.- Mana,ers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Murray. After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED. Messrs. ► helps, Ryder, Rayner, M-agre3on, Ward, Spencer ; MiS9 Heath, Miss F. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E. Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss 'titter, Miss Cicely Di - ott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. PRINCESS'S THEATRP.—Great Success of HERRMANN, PRESTIDIC ITATEITH. lIERI 11 ERRMANN has the honour to announce that, in conse quence cf the great success and flattering recept'on he has met with, he will continue his I'erformances, EVERY XVENINti. Commencing at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, huckstone. THIS EVENING, THE RIVALS : Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Euckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Rog*ers, Mr.W. Farren, Mr. Clara, Mr. Braid ; Mesdames Snowdon, L. Angel, E. Fitzwilliarn , Terry, After which, THE BENGAL TIGER: Mr. Alfred Wigan And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— sole Pronrintor and Manager, MT. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TRAGEDY QUEEN': 3lrs. At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported Messrs. Arthur Stirling I L Phillips, Billintr,ton, Stuart, ) 4. Wood, I , ,burne, Miss I: Simms and Mrs . Billingto. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS : Miss Wooltzar and Mr. A. Wood. MISS BATEMAN.—LEAI-I.—The celebrated young American Actress, Miss BATEMAN. having an h e r fir s t appearance in the New Drama of LEAR ob tained the most triumphant and enthusiastic success that has been witnessed for many years, and the profound impression created hy her impersonation of the character rat LEAH pt a crowded audience hivinu• been completely fied by the Imanimous verdict and critical approval of the entire Daily EMAN will appear Press, the Manager ot the NEW ADELPI THEATRE has the honour to announce that Miss BAT in the New DrfUlla of LEAII EVERY EVENING till further notice. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. 3/Tanager, Mr. W. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, TURN HIM OUT. Mr. C. Fenton. After which, IMIIIIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. G. Honey, rm . se ne, Belford, Turner. Miss K.Saville, and Miss Manders. Followed by TTIE MOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Turner, 414 Danvers, Collier, Mesdames randy, borough, F. Hughes, Weston, Thorne, Wallace, Jenny White. Commence at 7. IiIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,'' Containing . the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, in be had Every Evening of G. R. GLFNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS 1 0m.—Afternoon, 6h. 3Sto. To-moaßow.-Morninz, 7h. Stn.—Afternoon, 7h. 43m. The Weather—Sun Office, Oct. 19, 1863. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 59 Barometer-30.0;x. Wind—South-West ; moderate, end cloudy, T !M* V. 115 'III3T/ LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 19, 1863. During this long vacation it can hardly be said that there has been any lack whatever of exciting and interesting topics, whether for casual conver sation or for more deliberate comment under the hand of the journalist. Tlee two sanguinary civil wars so long desolating important portions of the old world and of the new—eastwards in Poland, westwards in North America—have all this while been ccntinued more:or less fiercely and uninter ruptedly between the respective belligerents. Another still further away, yonder in the far East, in the remote archipelago of the Japanese, has become, during the: last few months, more and more visibly a thing inevitable. Within the last few weeks we have learnt, through the latest tidings from Mexico, that the contest there at any rate has, ostensibly at least, been brought to a close. Though, while hearing this satisfac tory account, there are probably but very few, indeed, amongst ne who would be half disposed to place implicit reliance upon it—looking rather to the probabilities of a stormy future there in Mexico as the all but unavoidable sequel of Marshal FOREY'S victories. And this—whether -pee new crown and sceptre be actually assumed or eventually declined by the Archduke, now the Emperor Elect of Mexico, MAXIMILIAN. - Within the last few days only, come lamentable tidings to us from our antipodes, to the effect that a new war with tho Maories—another of those little wars that the old Duke of WELLINGTON so wisely bore in such very peculiar abhorrence—has actually begun, m ust pe r f orce b e resolutely pers i ste d i n, an d, a s toa e promptly as may b e i n an y wa y p rac ti ca bl e , carried Diplo macy of Great in New Zealand. Meanwhile the Great Britain has been busily at work in various other directions. A policy of the most incongruous character being carried out, upon the most contradictory and confusine• b system, by the nob le Earl at th e Head of the Foreign Department. As a R e f ormer, as a parliamentary Reformer, we might almost say s f the Parliamentary Reformer,ar as pretension goes, as Lord RUSSELL for a second time in his career has made good his claim to the prefix of Pinality, this tim e by emblazoning upon his battered s hi eld of statesmanship the meek device—" Rest and B e Thankful" For the utter ance of which same comfortable recommendation— comfortable to to a man in though Power, means comfortable or comforting to the aspiringnot by any and ambitious people who put him there, b people who were deluded i n t o so doin the " dodge" of his specious Resolution: for the utterance, we say, of that (f or him, may be, though not for others) very comfortable recommendation, Earl RUSSELL may be quite cer tain that he himself will be allowed very little rest indeed, and that the people themselves will be any. thing but thankful. Drowsed thus by the more soporific influences of place and its perquisites into profound inaction as a Reformer, Lord RUSSELL has f or m onths past been busier than ever, if that be possible, as a diplomatist. And his activity in this way in the energetic conduct of the affairs of his Department, possesses at any rate the charm belonging to that quality which is proverbially declared to be so peculiarly pleasing— to \vit, variety. Never before, perhaps, has there been such diversity of method simultanee ` Isl Y display e d i n d ea li n gs With several distinct 1* powers on the part g ish Foreign Secretary. an En °ecretary- To describe the tone, s o t o sp foreign i s eak, of th e policy of F art RUSSELL, in esveretecrprofoundly responsible position a s ary, as of late alternately truckling to the so called great power s , an d t rucu l en t t o wards the quasi weak ones,ezprewould hardly b e a n y OKO gg e ration at all as latterly becom e quite :s r ot f a contrast that has ft and notorious. In a correspondence of no doubt perfectexceeding ingenuity, t h e noble el lucidity and lord can adroitly contrive, it is true, to hing,then out nationalityaseries of f u til e , ant therefore to the parti cu l ar happens to be the sufferer, or allwhich bu assuredly of mist cruelly injurious nego t ti atione. These negotiations that have recently been taking place, that is to say, between the Government of England and the Government of Russia in re spect to Poland, at the very time that the Polish provinces of the Czest are being desolated by his pitiless troopers and their attendant hang men and wielders of the knout. In Italy the con fusion is, moreover, likely to become worse con founded, by the same noble earl's faithful regard to his own family interests—the only thing effected since Parliament was prorogued in August being—to what end ? Simply the substitution of an ELLIOT for a HUDSON as Ambassador at the C ourt of Turin. In reference to Schleswig-Holsteiu — it can hardly b; as yet obliterated from the least retentive memory here in England how, in abrupt violation of what had been previously, until then, as it might almost be called the traditional policy of our rulers lit regard to that particular European difficulty, Lord RUSSELL addressed a most haughty and arrogant despatch, in the interests of Germany, to the Danish Government—and this at the very time when the Danes and the English were brought into more than ever intimate a lliance by the happy marriage of H. R. H. the P r ince of WALES and li. R. H. the Princess ALEXA.NDRA. Strangest contrast of all, however, among these contradictory manifestations on the part of Earl RUSSELL'S diplo macy—the most startling and painful of all these violent and glaring contrasts—there is on the one hand the obstinate haughtiness displayed, under very questionable circumstances, towards the Government of Brazil, and there is, on the other hand, the weak and timorous concession under yet more questionable circumstances (in another sense) to those unnatural revilers of England and the Eng lish, the Federals of North America, and their bung ling rulers at Washington. If only in remembrance of these two widely contrasting displays of his policy as a Diplomatist—the rupture with Brazil, and the seizure of the steam rams at Liverpool— if only in remembrance of those two in cidents, and always of the noble lord's histo rical " dodge" in regard to those well•known Resolutions of his which brought about the last change in the British Government—Earl RUSSELL, we repeat, may be quite certain of this, that come what may, England, whatever else she may do in regard to himself and his colleagues, will not Rest, will not be Thankful. The proverb that "no news is good news' is often true of public affairs as well as of private life. The ordinary peaceful progress of a State supplies no startling intelligence, no communications of deep and thrilling interest. It is in times of warfare and struggle, of revolution and internal convulsion, that every incident has weight, every trivial par ticular rises into importance. In such seasons the ordinary pursuits and interests of peaceful days sink into insignificance, as the histories of former times are for the most part too busy with the nar ratives of foreign and domestic conflicts, to have much space to Tare for any account of the condition of the people. It is, therefore, a very favourable sign when we receive no more exciting intelligence from our Indian possessions than assurance of the increasing importance of the tea trade and matters of local intelligence. The year has been one of extreme political dullness, but such years often play a more important part in the internal development of a country than the stormy and troubled seasons which fill a more prominent place in its annals. The rapid extension of the tea trade, which has been especially noticeable in the past twelve months, cannot be considered by the political economist as a matter of insignificance. A large and valuable trade has been lately developing itself in India, which promises to give a stimulus to exertion, an employment to: the people, a safe investment to capital, and an important addition to the resources of the nation. The most desponding financiers can hardly despair of the future of India with such statistics before them as those recently compiled on the subject of the tea trade, and it is difficult to exaggerate the importance of its rapid and pro sperous growth as a means of encouraging specula tors to invest their capital in the cultivation of Indian lands. Assam has long been known as a tea producing country from the indigenous plant that bears its name, which some persons esteem very highly. It is only lately however, that any great extension of the area of cultivation has been attempted. In accordance with the stand-still policy which usually presided in Leadenhall-street, thousands of acres were left waste, while a very little reflection might have told the authorities that, if tea was native in Assam, it was worth making the experiment of growing it in Hindostan. Districts, which subsequent experi ence have shown to be admirably fitted for tea plantations, were esteemed so valueless by our wise predecessors, that, after the conclusion of the Ne paulese war, some trouble was taken to find out the heirs of the former possessors. In Kumaon and Gurwhal, which border on the Nepaulese frontier, and lie to the north of Rohilcund, are 19,000 square miles, which are at present yielding the absurdly inadequate sum of £20,000 per annum to the State —little more than a pound a year for every square mile from provinces, part of which, according to Dr. JAMESON, " is destined to become one of the great centres of the tea cultivation in the Hima layas." This gentleman, Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens at Seharnupore, on the border of the Punjaub, has been the chief promoter of the Government experiments. He presided over the first plantations in the North-East, and has subse quently been very instrumental in extending the tea cultivation, by distributing seed free of charge, and supplying trained Chinese and Indian work men. The success of the Government plantations in the Punjaub and North-West has been very great, but not more so than that attending private experiments. Tea bids fair to become the staple product of India, and the Chinese are likely to find their neighbours very dangerous rivals before long. In the Punjaub alone, partial as is the cultivation, c whn they there are 9,518 ac res o f t ea pl a ntations, which, are all brought under cultivation, it is calculated p Will yield 2,453,400 lb s . I n the Punjaub a s maller system of trade r t e o va a ils gr th ea a t n e e x ls t e e w nt h , er b e ot i h the culti va t ors and the consumers. The consump tionn India, th e natives being, of tea in Uraritser alone is said to be 10,000 lbs. annually. Efforts arebeing made, however, to carry the trad e across the Thibet frontier, and with a view to thi s result Dr, j AMESCN has made up a hundred packages of samples which he intends as presents to the wandering merchant s w h o b r i ng wool from Thib e t. I fthis scheme and a market is open e d for Indian be successful, Asia there will be no lack of tea in Central em p l oyment f or th e na tives or profit for the c u lti vators that One of the chief natives in this neighbourhood quarter, has 5,000 acres of land, each acre cap a bl e of consequently yielding 300 lb s. of tea, he is ex pected to exp ort 1,500,000 lbs. from his valley alone. This native h as his own factor y , and co mpetes with the English bettlers in every particular, so that if his example be followed the tea trade is likely to do us double service by diverting the minds of the native chiefs from disaffection and rebellion into the safer and more profitable spheres of action which depend on peace and stable government for their success. In the north-western provinces the tea prospects are equally promising. 'The extensive 1 valley of Debra Doou will, according to Dr. JAME SON'S anticipations, be, in a fe w years, a sheet of tea plants. In this part there are twenty owners besi des Government, of whom seven are natives. The province of Gurwhal, on the Himalaya slopes, if fully cultivated, would, according to the report, i "not only supply the whole of the 1., dian raarket, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1863. but that of Europe also with tea:' A plantation in s acres ll o e f it sold, north-western oee a l t o h n o e u s h a a n v d e 3 p 8 7 5 n 6 d taenddfrifoemacthheachrielloaf ofth e t h t e ea r - n b n e j a a r o in h g t t e r t a h c e t p w l e a r n e t o a a t i l o t n i v s , a see y n ield is ed far lo h O ele lb w s.. w p h e a t t baoorred, which er Nepaul,eand whave may be expected , the total p roduce would be according to Dr. JAMESON'S estimate, 930,000,000 lbs. annually, or as much as the export of all China. The facilities for the tea culture are even greater on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas, where the in digenous plant grows abundantly. Darjeeling, which has been known as a tea-bearing district for the last two years, lies almost directly north of Calcutta, and only needs the further extension of the railway to develope its trade still more fully. Cachar, in the same direction, produced 500,0001b5. of tea from 31 plantations in one year, according to the official report two years ago. We may, there fore, conclude that that amount has very consider ably increased since then. In the matter of export to England, Assam is the most favoured, having a direct water communication with Calcutta by means of the Brahmapootra. With such facts before them, however, we can hardly doubt that even the Indian Government will press forward the extension of the means of internal communication. With the excep tion of Sir CHARLES WOOD'S obstinate adhesion to the old system of land tax and waste land regula tions, the authorities have hitherto shown every desire to encourage the cultivation of tea. The surprising success which has attended all such enter prises must serve to encourage the most hesitating and dubious observer, although it is true the success of the Godavery water works has not been able to stimulate the ruling powers to further action. It is difficult to overrate the value to India in every way of such an important addition to her exports, and we can only hope that every possible facility and encouragement will be given to the cultivator and the merchant. The reception which Colonel LAMAR met with a t the Chertsey Agricultural Society goes far to con tradict the assertions made by some relative to the state of feeling in this country on American affairs. Almost the whole company rose to drink the toast, which included the Colonel's name among the visitors present at the entertainment. Through out the course of his remarks he was loudly cheered, and altogether his reception was a most enthusiastic one. Some points referred to in this discourse are worthy of notice, and it is especially satisfactory to meet with some authentic representation of events, after the confused and conflicting statements w hich have appeared from those who are only half informed of the facts they attempt to explain. T he Colonel commenced by appropriately alluding to the cordial reception he had met with, and decl ared that it was the more gratifying to him because it had been awarded by farmers. The reason for this he explained, by stating that ho came from a country of farmers. A man never speaks to g reater advantage than when he is defending his co untr y from attack, or celebrating it s me r its, as the c ase may be. Thus these earnest words seem a fit tin g introduction to a speech w hi c h was designed expressly to set forward the rights of the Seces sionists and expose the frauds and fallacies of their opponents. " His country was not, as they had been told, one of indol en t, di sso l u te, and we alth y planters; but of indep en d en t, i n t e lligent free men, nearly one-half of th em o wning the land which they cultiv a t e d, and nearly all of them seeing in each up-turned sod of their fallow-ground, that which was more precious to them than the gold of California, the sparkle of in- There is dependenee, and of personal liberty." much truth in this asseveration, whatever aspersions may be cast upon its veracity by indignant dis claimers. It is the spirit of self-reliance and the real love of independence which have sustained the Confederates in their unequal struggle, and im parted to their thinned ranks and decaying strength au ever-sprin g i ng en d urance , and a vitality that gave cou rage to meet t h e emerge ncy. Had the in habitants of the South been such recreants, or such tame-spirited and ruthless tyrants as they had been described to us in many places, as they figured in historical sk e t c h es , an d g l oo med darkly i n the pages of narratives, they never could have achieved half of their heroic efforts, or any of their hard fought encounters. It is somewhat curious to notice that in exact proportion as the Southerners have gained upon general attention and admiration their adversaries have deteriorated. The fact is, that the Northerners were taken upon trust, as it were, before the outbreak of this trying and exposi tory conflict. Without too closely scanning, or too minutely particularising the shades of character and distinctions of feeling, people in general seemed to fancy that their boastful assertions and bragging professions were connected in so ma way with the will to do, and the power to bear, when it came to the point. Experience has shown far otherwise, and many of the skirmishes, engagements, and rencontres that have been chronicled in the annals of the war, have robbed self-complacency of its triumph, and exposed the deceptive character of vaunted freemen. Colonel LAMAR very forcibly pourtrayed the glaring incon sistencies that were apparent in the Government of Washington. He said that none of the great bul warks of English liberty were to be found in the Northern States. Certainly there are good grounds for this remark, when we note the instances brought forward of some official arrangements, which are more closely assimilated with despotic sway and tyrannical interference than with any attempt at freedom, however insufficient may be its outline and limited its scope. The Secretary of State had boasted that h e was a bl e , by touching a bell on his right hand, to imprison a citizen in the distant State of Michigan, and also, that by touching another bell on his left hand, he could imprison a citizen in New Hampshire or Maine. Well might the speaker exclaim, after recapitulating these anomalies, that freedom was not the object sought after by the United States Government. " A grim despotism glared over the land, liberty stood naked and defenceless, cowering before it. Spies, police officers, and provost-marshals were the ministers of the Government." This is a stern and sombre pic ture to draw of the model Republic of the Western world. We wonder what Mr. BRIGEIT would pay to such a treasonable declaration concerning his idolised States, which were to have furnished us with a copy of social advantages a few years back, and of whose virtues and merits he seemed ready to discourse the livelong day. Putting aside the vexed question of the right of seces sion and the advantages of abolition, and judging the Federals by themselves, taking a review or ( :,heir p rocee di ngs i n t h e c i v il war , it i s an undisputed fact th a t th e y h ave p r oved faithless to their professions of freedom, and that their whole conduct, of th e name of that l ib erty which, as a people, and career as a State, have been a n gross violatio n o f th e p r inciples, and a prostitution it was once their proudest boast that they main tained immaculate and unstain e d g given before en o the ee statenations o; of the world. The glimpse things across the Potomac certainly redounded to the credit of the people there. The general feel ing of spontaneity that prevailed, the perfect order that reigned in the internal arrangements, coupled , with the uniformity of action and concert of move ment in external action, all presented a strong con trast to the former representaticn. The advocate of the Confederate States might with just pride compare the sketches he had given, and assert that he wished Englishmen "to decide which were the representatives of American or Anglican liberty and constitutionality," In conclusion Col. LAMAR referred to the question of slavery, and said that if ever the time came when the negroes required and deserved freedom, the South would he ready to confer it on them. In this he was touching upon a subject that involves the most important considerations, and in which lies the true source of strength for the future, if it is but rightly comprehended. The time that sees the " day-star of liberty rise" will ba a benign and blessed epoch. The South will acquire new vigour and win respect for her magnanimity, as she has acquired admiration for her bravery, from those who watch the issue of this fitful strife. At all events, it seems a significant fact that one of the Confede rate army should have been accorded that welcome which England only awards to the brave who have been true in the trying time of defeat, and stood the searching test of victory. It is well known that no such a climax as Bull's Run ever deterio rated from the military reputation of the Confede rates ; but the sympathy of this country is awakened by the thought that victory did not convert their legions into ruffians, and no orders unbecoming Christian and civilised States ever emanated from the generals or were obeyed by the rants of those whose foes call them cruel and callous, but who have taught their enemies a lesson that their best friends might pray and beseech them to follow with advantage to their reputation and credit to their cause. FUNERAL OF M. BILLAULT, The funeral of M. Billault took place this day. The religious service was celebrated at 11 o'clock in the ancient Church of St. Germain l'Auxerrois, with the solemn and imposing ceremonies usual on such occasions. There was a large attendance of senators, deputies, and functionaries of every branch of the public service, and several members of the Diplomatic Body were present. The inside of the church was hung with black, and along the tapes try were shields with the cipher of the deceased in the centre. The body, which had been lying for two days in state in the hotel of the Minister, was removed at 11 o'clock to the church, which is close at hand, followed by those who had been specially invited. At a quarter to 1 o'clock the magnificent hearse, drawn by six horses in black and silver trappings and lofty plumes, left the church and moved along by the Rue de Rivoli and Place du Louvre to the Boulevard de Sebastopol, and thence to the Cemetery of Mont Parnasse, on the left bank of the Seine. The avenues in the neighbourhood of the Louvre and the streetson its passage were thronged with people; in the Rue de Rivoli troops and National Guards lined the way. The funeral of the Minister, who was Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and Senator, was the same as that accorded to a Field Marshall. A large body of troops, infantry, ca valry, and artillery, with drums muffled and colours veiled with crape, formed the cortege. Salutes were fired from the Invalides at 7 o'clock in the morn ing, and repeated -every hour till the departure of the procession from the church, and two salutes of 15 guns each, the frat when the cortege left the church, and the second when the coffin was lowered into the grave. The Emperor's carriage, with four horses, and servants in state Liveries, immediately followed the hearse, and then came a goodly num ber of mourning coaches and several private car riages. The Mounted Guards of Paris and Gender merit) accompanied the convoy, followed by the battalions and the artillery ; the procession was closed by a squadron of dragoons. No people show more respect to the dead than the French. When a funeral is met in the streets, however humble it may be, and in whatever quarter of the city, every one stands still as it passes, and uncovers. When the hearse containing the remains of M. Billault camein view, the crowds paid it their mute homage. The pall-bearers were MM. Baroche, Rouher, and Rouland, the colleagues of the late Minister, and I. Alfred Leroux, Vice-president of the Legislative Corps. It is, perhaps, owing to a feeling of delicacy to wel& his late Minister that the Emperor has not yet announced the choice he has made of a succes sor to M. Billault. It is most likely that the choice has been already made, though the Emperor keeps it to himself. The impatience of the public shows the great interest they feel about the matter. All agree both as to the difficulty of finding a man, and the importance of the circumstances under which he will have to meet the Chambers. The condition of Poland ; the question of war or peace ; the expe dition to Mexico, so costly in men and money, and prolonged beyond all calculation ; the intermi nable Roman question; the finances, and the Internal administration of the country, to which the result of the elections has given renewed interest—all these will have to be explained, discussed, and defended in presence of men, few in number, no doubt, but strong in intellect and rich in experience, and sot easily deluded or intimidated. It is useless to specu late as to the person likely to be chosen from among the candidates in favour. The Emperor rarely com municates his intentions in these matters to any body ; he loves to take people by surprise ; he did so in the changes he made aft e r the late elections, and he will probably do so now. • DEATH OF M. DAVID WADDINOTON.—This gentleman, who 4-as some years ago and for several years chairman of the Eastern Counties, now the Great Eastern Railway, died on Monday at the age of 53. after a short illnessat his House at Bickley. Mr. Waddington was a man of a strong active mind, and possessed an amazing energy and an untiring industry in whatever he under took. Ho was not what could be called an eloquent, but certainly an earnest, energetic speaker. He seldom spoke upon any subject with which he was not well conversant, and hence he commanded attention, and was a powerful advocate and a formidable opponent. Mr. Waddington had had great railway experience and been connected with several railer ay companies. He had been chairman of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, and at his death was chairman of the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway, the state of whose affairs he had ardently devoted himself to improve, and was about to present a statement of, when his premature end cut short his labours. His death therefore must be a serious loss to the company. For some years he represented Mal. don in the House of Commons.--llcrapath's Journal. THE SEIZURE OF LAIRDS SHIPS.—A Cor respondent writes as follows : Notwithstand ing the sophistry of Sir Roundell Palmer and others, the question is—Has the seizure of these vessels been legal ? If legal, then the Ministers of the Crown have done their duty ; but if illegal (as is the public opinion), they have broken the laws of the country, and ought therefore to be held amenable, No pest facto legislation can make right what is wrong. If the Northerns can freely buy and ex port from our towns the material of war, why should not the Confederates have the same privilege ? Vessels of war can do no more hurt than Greek fire, Armstrong guns, or other contraband articles of war. What, then, is the duty of Englishmen ? Simply to follow the conduct of their ancestors, and declare, in terms not to be misunderstood, that their motto is, as of old, " Nolumus leges Anglia, mutari," and that both Lords and Commons will carry out this. There m us t be no cow erin g to Yankee bombast. England must act towards the Confederate States as she acted towards Belgium, Naples, Modena , and Tu s c an y , when the will of the people was against their sovereigns, as that of the South is against Mr. Lincoln. HUDSON'S BAY I‘IONOPOLY,—A "Canadian" asks the following question :--The public would be glad to learn what are the rights of this company in British North Ame rica, and what lands they possess ? The Canadians claim a large portion of the country, while the people of England say that the company have no legal right to any part ex cept that toward the shores of Hudson's Bay. Can any of your readers inform me on the matter ? - I,ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. —Three elections took place on Saturday. Sir Roundell Palmer, the Attorney- General, and Mr. Collier, the Solicitor-General, were re elected without opposition for Richmond and Plymouth, respectively; while Mr. G. Shaw Lefevre, a supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government, was allowed to walk over the course at Reading, THE MAYFAIR MAGAZINE is the name of a new illustrated magazine about to make its appearance in bui l . ary, quelor tllQ oclitorial charge of NiA5 Drathicia. LATEST INTELLIGENCE [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.I SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 18. The Empress of the French arrived at the Royal Palace at 8 o'clock this evening. An immense crowd assembled at the railway terminus, and in the streets through which her Majesty passed, and gave her a cordial reception. THE lONIAN ISLES. TRIESTE, OCT. 18. The lonian Parliament has resolved, by a vote of 33 to 3, that the protectorate of England over the lonian Islands shall cease immediately, the Senate be dissolved, and the lonian Islands forthwith be annexed to Greece. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, OCT. 19. Letters received here from Warsaw, dated 18th inst., state that the Government has ordered civi lians to give up all arms and permits for the posses sion of arms till the next day. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 19. M. Rouher has been appointed Minister of State, and M. Rouland President of the Council of State. A decree has been issued fixing three as the num ber of vice-presidents of the Council of State. The vice-presidents will exercise in regard to the Senate and Corps Legislatif the powers determined by Article 51 of the Constitution. MM. Forcade-Laroquette and Chaix d'Estange have been appointed vice-presidents of the Council of State, and M. Vintry, Governor of the Bank, honorary vice-president. BOURSE, Oct. 17.—The market opened at a further decline, but after a time again recovered. Threes, for the Account, are now unvaried at 67f. 25c. Mobilier remains up to the present time un changed. Railway Shares are quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : Italian Loan 73 40 Do. end month 74 15 New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 63 Home Debt PAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 978 75 .. 975 Northern 933 75 .. 985 Lyons and Mediterranean .. 967 50 New, ditto Geneva 498 75 Southern 692 50. 695 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard . 562 60 .. 563 75 North of Spain Saragossa 640 .. 640 Ditto to Barcelona 4t per Cents .. 95 50 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 25 Credit Mobilier 1142 50 Do. end month 1140 Bank Shares 3390 Credit koncier l3lO RAIL' RUSSIA. A letter from Warsaw states that General Berg has left for St. Petersburg in consequence of a dis pute which he has had with General Korff. Numerous bodies of troops are said to be on the march for Courland, Livonia, and Lithuania, where they are to be stationed along the shores of the Baltic. POLAND. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Russian Consul-General in London ,8 WARSAW, OCT. 18. " This morning the Hotel de Ville was discovered to be on fire in three places simultaneously in the interior of the archive department, parts of which are separated by interior courts. "No doubt is entertained of this fire being the work of incendiaries. "All the treasure chests, securities, account-books, and valuable objects have been saved." Napoleon the Great as a Subaltern, Few people pass through the Rue de l'Universite without remarking at No. 71 n large gateway at which a sentinel is stationed. It was formerly the Hotel de Noailles-Moucby, and is now a depot for documents connected with the War •office. On the evening of the 24th of February, 1848, a number of insurgents, imagining from the inscription "Depot de la Guerre" over the gateway that fire arms were deposited there, were about to force an entrance, when General Pelet, director of the depot, explained to the crowd the nature of the establish ment and the great importance of the documents contained init to a number of families. The people understood the General and withdrew. On the first and second floors are arranged documents relating to private individuals. One room is specially devoted to those referring to Marshals and Generals of the army. Among them is a book bound in green morocco leather, bearing the name "Napoleon Bonaparte." The first document which figures in it is a statement of his military services prepared in the usual form, next a copy of his baptismal registry in Latin, bearing a stamp with the inscription " Island of Corsica," " One Halfpenny." Next comes a certificate of p overty —a diploma signed d'Hozier de Sevigny, countersigned by the judge at-arms of French nobility, attesting that Napoleon de Buonaparte, born the 15th August, 1769, is possessed of the nobility necessary for being ad mitted among the number of gentlemen for whose education his Majesty provides in the Royal Mili tary Colleges. Then follow in succession the various orders of service addressed to him in his character of officer and General in the army. A report addressed to the Committee of Public Safety, on the 22d Vendomiatre of the year 4, by the Commissioners for the organisation and direction of the army and navy, is of opinion that "General Buonaparte may be authorized to pass on his demand to the service of Turkey with two officers of artillery, Major Sougis and Captain Marmont." Some autograph letters of the young officer are to be found in this book. One of them, addressed to M. Lesancquer, first clerk in the Artillery and Engineer Department at the War-office, is in the following terms : " Sir,—A stranger in Paris without any acquaintance, my only hope is in you. The friendship you expressed for me induces me to hope that you will use it for me. "I find that I am about to be removed from my regiment to another, which afflicts me in every point of view. . . while there are some officers who follow me immediately that would exchange without difficulty. . I have a brother with me who is intended for the regiment. I have undertaken his education, which would become impossible in another regiment. "If the arrangement had been published I would not have troubled you, because in that case there would be nothing for me but to obey. But as the m a tt er rests, I flatter myself that you will please to interest yourself for me. "I will retain a grateful recollection of your kindness. "With respect, Sir, your very hu►uble and very obedient servant, " BUONAPARTE, Lieutenant in the Regiment of Lafere. "Auxonne, Juno 3, 1791." Another letter addressed to Messieurs the Ad ministrators of Versailles, the Ist of September, 1792, petitions in favour of his sister, Marianne Bonaparte, of whom he is the guardian, and who is without an asylum in consequence of the suppression of the establishment of St. Louis, and who prays for the allowance of 20 sons a league to which she is entitled, to take her to the municipality of Ajaccio, the place of h er birth. - - THE SOCIAL SCIENCE MEETING AT EDINBURGH. —'he Social Science .Review, published last Saturday, con tains a complete account of all the papers read in the vari ous sections at the above meeting, but more particularly a verbatim report of the masterly address delivered by Lord Brougham at the opening of the proceedings. HEINE'S " BOOK OF SONGS" has just reached its twentrfieooll(l edition• LITERATURE, Florian's Husband. 3 vole. Hurst and Blackett. This is a brilliant work:, beautifully written, end filled with very happily discriminated portraits. Our expectations during the earlier chapters were great, but as we proceeded they were materially diminished, and, we regret to say, not realised by the conclusion. The striving after sensational effect, or the ambition to produce a melodramatic excite ment, has proved a fatal source of error on the part of the author of this new novel. He can be natural, he can be pathetic, he can imbue his characters with a certain air of vitality, and infuse into his narrative a spirit at once tender and elevating, but be has preferred to make these merits—and they are but common merits—subordinate to an artificial, unnatural craving for effect. The story of Florian is one of the most improbable, and the idea of her husband one of the most impossible that it has ever been the ill fortune of a novelist to con ceive. We do not wish to betray the secret of the story, which is guarded with a most sedulous appear ance of mystery, but which, nevertheless, to ourselves, too much accustomed to such ms steries, was from the first no secret whatever. We do not wish to betray it to the uninitiated, or we would dwell more at length upon the absurd incongruity of the plot, and the utter improbability of its hero. We prefer to dwell rather upon the attractive characteristics of the book, which, with all its faults and follies, is sufficiently alluring. The story is narrated by one Gerald Uessler, who describes himself as of a prosaic nature, which could feel neither the pleasures of imagination nor of memory, an assertion not car ried out by his history, as the following incident may testify : LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM. One day, many years before the time my story begins, I met a young lady in this wood—a fair lovely botanist, with " her slight fingers full of leaves and flowers." Her violets fell as she attempted to get over the stile. I hastened for ward, picked up the flowers, and helped the lady to the other side. She thanked me both with her tones and with her looks. I leant on the style, and watched her yearningly until she disappeared down the sunny road, as if I could could have called her back. I ran after her. I pray you spare your sneers, for dreamy youth at such times feels ever lonely. I claimed her as if she were a part of mine of me. I cannot define a feeling for which there is neither defini tion nor reason. All have experienced the uncontrollable impulse of their own emotions—a sort of insanity some times seizing the heart, while the mind and brain are sound. I met her after this almost daily for years ; and never without those looks which need no words to express the emotions of the heart, for it is not only a Siddons, a Kemble, or a Kean that can make silence eloquent. This woman filled my whole soul. Love thought her beautiful, and imagined her perfect. I dreamed of her perpetually, and until this hour her image has stood be tween me and every other love. She came to me day after day. As she passed, I would not for worlds have lost a motion of her hand, or a rustle of her garments. I was a feol, but my folly was joy and transport to me. In my moments of reason I smiled at the feeling as evanescent first love ; as a thing that would pass away for ever when the bubbles of romance my lover's fancy wrought would burst, and mingle with the base and beggarly elements of common feelings. Years and years after, I tell you to be ware: first love—dream love, mad love, if you will—any thing that is love, is more mortal than you think. The heroine, Florian, is a very charming, unselfish girl, who acts throughout from a most mistaken spirit of self-sacrifice. Here is a glimpse of FLORIAN'S TRIALS. " Whether you love we or not," he continued, "is not the question at issue. If the plea of not loving me exists now, it must have existed at the time of our engagement ; and as it was not mentioned then as a barrier, it ought not to be mentioned as a barrier now. If you urge this plea, I will not accept it; it would be folly, and not justice, to do so. Perhaps you have formed some attachment ; perhaps it is the old trick of being off with the old love before being on with the new. But I will not consider that plea as ad missible either. Justice demands that you should only be my wife. I will never abandon my claim on you; I will not be the victim, neither will I let you be the victim, of a caprice or a folly ; if you are fickle and whimsical, I will not let your fickleness and whimsicality injure yourself or me. Do you comprehend what I have said, Florian ? and what inference do you draw from it?" There was a moment's silence, and my heart beat loudly; for my fate, as well as Philip's, hung upon her reply. " What inference do you draw, Florian ?" repeated " That you will show me no mercy in my bitter trial," said she. " What mercy do you seek, Florian P" said ha. "Freedom I" ehe exclaimed, clasping her hands like a captive or a slave. "And what will you do with ft?'' asked he, bitterly. "Marry, and give it to another, i suppose ? No I that mercy to you would be none to myself. My heart is suffer ing unendurable pangs in consequence of our fickleness. Ne, Florian, it is impossible; you pray in vain to me; I cannot give you up." " You will not give me ?" cried she ; " say it again." " I will say it a thousand times I" exclaimed he ; " while lam a man I'll say i;; while I live I'll say it I I have strong passions. I have accustomed myself to sweet, deli. cious dreams, which you alone can realise. The love which I feel for you is not only a passion, but a long, inveterate habit, which I cannot throwjaway or live without. I tell you, Florian Ryder, that you must be my wife. Ido not coerce you, but I keep you to a promise. You dare not break this vow of yours, for my heart is bound to it, and you will trample on both in trampling on one. You dare not." " What if I am forced to dare it ?" she exclaimed. Many further passages we might give, but both author and readers will prefer that we should leave the mystery unrevealed, and the secret unspoken. Census of the British Empire, 1861. Part I. England and Wales. Pp. 115. Harrison. Within these few pages (no more than 115 in all) how wonderful a condensation ! A statistical microcosm. The work, in order to complete it, will run to three parts altogether. Here, in the first, we have the pick of the choicest particulars in regard to England and Wales—the pick, that is, of the choicest of those particulars which were collected two years ago in such astounding abundance, and with such perfectly reliable accuracy, in the carrying out of the last census, the Census of 1861. Under the comprehensive head, "England and Wales," we learn here at a glance all about the Anglo-Saxon Race in that kingdom and principality—about the population of cities, boroughs, and towns—about the comparison of health, the epochs of life, the procreation of mankind, the disposing of the dead, the growth of London, the complication of its com missariat, and the multiplication of its inhabitants, Altogether a wonderful little repertory of vitally important and deeply interesting information. As giving us the cream of the last Census, the publica tion here noticed i& in its way really invaluable. FUNERAL OF A RUSSIAN OFFICER.—Dr. Alexis Georghesky, chief surgeon of his Imperial Rus sian Majesty's screw steam frigate Olega, 51 guns, now in the Sound, died on Wednesday morning, on board rather suddenly. He joined at Cronatadt, September 15th, and had been suffering lateriy from an affection of the throat. The remains of the deceased officer were yesterday interred at the Plymouth Cemetery. The principal part of the burial service was performed on board the ship. The corpse was then taken an board the steamer Contractor, which was lying alongside. Captain Andreef and the ship's chaplain, as well as a large number of office's, sailors, and marines, also came ashore. they were landed at Millbay pier shortly before three o'clock in the afternoon. The body was then put into a hearse, and carriages having been provided for the officers, the funeral cortege proceeded to the cemetery. On arriving at the gates the party alighted, and formed a procession, and a small party of the ship's crew acting as choristers commenced chanting. This was continued while the procession advanced - to the grave, which was dug in front of the chapel. The ship's chaplain then performed the customary offices, and the lid of the coffin was removed, disclosing the body of the deceased, who was habited in his full uniform. A censer containing incense was waved repeatedly over the body, filling the air with perfume. The coffin was afterwards closed, and a handful of earth was thrown upon it by the priest. The coffin was then lowered into the grave, and a party of marines, about 30 in number, fired three volleys over the grave. The ceremony being concluded, the procession left the ground. The deceased was much respected on board his vessel and in the fleet. A Greek moss is to be erected over his grave. The ship is expected to sail this evening for the Mediterranean.--- Western Horning News. MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL PROM AMERICA.—The following mail steamers are due at Liver pool this week from America and Canada, viz. :—The Bohemian, with dates from Quebec to the 10th instant, may be looked for at Londonderry in the course of to-morrow (Tuesday) ; the City of Manchester from New York, also on the 10th inst., will no doubt reach Queenstown on Wed nesday next ; and the Cunard steamer Europa, from Boston on the 14th, and Halifax early on the morning of the 16th, may be looked for at Queenstown on Saturday next, " MIXPICKLES" is the title of a new humorout and satirical weekly journal, to bo started at Impzic on the let of January, ~ _ ,•', : ~ , Ay' MAO s!'• 1: 9 _, , r fA, * rallar .4. THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, Oct. 16. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess of 'Jesse and Princess Louise, drove out yesterday to Loch Bulig. Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, attended by Baroness Schenck and Captain Westerweller, dined with the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia at Abergeldie. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, Oct. 18. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Prince Christian, and Prince Frederick, with their gentlemen in waiting, went out shooting yesterday, and met with abundance of sport. This morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess Christian, the Prince Frederick, and the Princess Dagmar, attended by the Honourable Mrs. W. Grey, Lieutenant• General Knollys, Captain Grey, and Dr. Holtzman, attended Divine service at the little church at Sandringham. The Rev. G. B. Moron, rector, officiated, and preached a sermon ; but few persons were present, and the utmost de corum was observed. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Denmark leaves Sandringham to-morrow, en route for Oxford, where the prince will resume his studies. The royal party will be augmented by the arrival of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The Duke of Monttosehas left town for Buch anan Castle, N.B. The Earl of Fowls, accompanied by the Countess of Powis and Ladies Lucy and Harriet Herbert, left Berkeley-square on Saturday for Fowls Castle, Mont gomeryshire. the Earl of Ellenborough, after attending the funeral of Lord Lyndhurst, left town for Southam House, his seat, near Cheltenham. The Earl of Strafford arrived in town on Satur day from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailes bury at Savernake Park, near Marlborough. The Earl and Countess of Jermyn are prolonging their stay at his lordship's shooting box in Ross shire. They are expected to join the Marquis of Bristol and family at Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmonds, next month, The Countess of Leicester has arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from Holkham Hall, Norfolk. The Countess Alexandre and Madlle.Kodrofskoy have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Paris. His Excellency M. Balcarce, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Re public to the Court of St. James's, has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Paris. The Count de Furstenstein, Chamberlain to the Crown Princess of Prussia, has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Berlin. His Excellency the Comte de Nesselrode has left Maurigy's Hotel for St. Petersburg. Lord Brougham has returned to Brougham Hall from attending the Social Science Congress at Edinburgh. The noble and learned lord, after a short rest at his country seat, will come to London on his way to Cannes, where, as usual, he intends to pass the winter months. The Hon. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Maxwell have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, from Canada. Advocate General Sydney Smith is staying at the Brunswick Hotel for a shorttime before leaving for Madras. Mr. and Mrs. Bischoffsheim and family have left their residence in Grafton-street, Piccadilly, for Hyde Hall, Hertfordshire, for the season. ERNEST COUNT NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, the professed son of the first Emperor and the lately deceased Countess Kielmansegge of Dresden, has written his me moirs—a stately volume of 400 folio pages —and is anxious to find a publisher. THE NATIONAL SHAKSPEARE COMMITTEE bag added the following names to its already ample catalogue :—Rev. Dr. Adler (Chief Rabbi), the Rev. W. Brock, E. Chapman, Esq., C. L. Kenney, Esq., A. Mac. millan, Esq., Prof. Owen, and C. Whiting, Esq —At the last general meeting of the Committee it was unanimously resolved that Mr. Macready should be invited to act as a Vice-President, and that gentleman has accepted the invi tation. The movement is said to be making satisfactory progress in Dublin and Edinburgh, Birmingham, Brighton, Canterbury, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and other places of leading importance. THE KING OF POLAND'S TITLES.—The follow ing were the titles enjoyed by Frederick Augustus King of Poland, in 1746 :—His Most High Excellency, All. Powerful Prince and Master, His H. E. R. R. R. (whatever that may be) Frederick Augustus Kiag sn Poland, Grand Duke in Lithuania, of Reussen, Prussia, Mazovia, Samogitia, Knovia, Volhynia, Podolia, Pod lachia, Lufland, Smolensk°, Sereria, and Zschernichovia, &c., Duke of Saxony, Julich, Cloves, and Berg, also of Engern and Westphalia, High Marshal and Hereditary Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Landgraf in Thurin gen, Margraf of Meissen, also of Upper and Lower Lausitz, Burggraf of Magdeburg, Princely Count of Henneberg, Count of the Marck• Ravensberg, Barby, and Hanau, Mas ter of Ravenstein, &c., &c.—Court Journal. ANOTHER VICTIM OF AFRICA.—Young Mr, Richard Thornton, of the Royal School of Mines, who volunteered to accompany Dr. Livingstone as geologist and topographer, died on the 21st of April, on the Shire, of dysentery and fever. DANIEL DE FOE'S SURNAME has, by its Gallican prefix, led to his being surmised by many people to have been of French extraction. The fact, however, has been established that ha was the son of James Foe, a butcher in the parish of Cripplegate. Whether the foreign prefix to his name was adopted from a mere fancy of his own, from the idea of enhancing his consequence or dis guising his identity—if not, as his enemies would have it, from blind dislike to being thought an Englishman —it is certa4 that no truer English heart and no truer word painter of English character has ever lived. His own favourite designation—that of the " True born English man"—befitted no man better. THE KING OF THE GREEKS on Sunday week attended a Greek Mass at the Greek Church in the Cicy. As a Lutheran he, of course, denied Transubstantia. lion, but professed to believe in the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son; as a Greek he now denies the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son, but professes belief in Transubstantiation. Which—it has been pertinently asked (his Majesty may perhaps think impertinently)—which does he really believe, or does he believe either ? CRICKETTIN G.—ln addition to a quick eye, calculation, agility, and courage, this game requires a great self-control. It exercise the character end strength of mind, those truly British virtues; for the first quality of a good player is not to let himself be disturbed either by difficulties or success.—Esquiros' " English) at Rome." AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.—About a twelve month since, when disaster every where overtook the Union arms, a young lady scarce 19, just from an academy in a sister state, conceived the idea that she was destined by Providence to lead our armies to victory and our they accounts would of h n e a r t i o p n a r t e ho n r ts t h a successful s w p e actable. a a m s i a l y t r t s h t h t thought b mn y d a sick child. This only had the effect of m a ki ng h er r w e a y s erse w s ea to ke o n u e r d ar s m ini s, p more d em onstrative, and her enthusiastic d ec l aration and l a y nd by t h r e e y a d t i r n e g a t a c d o n h tl e n r u a a e l apparent sincerity gave the family g rea t anxiety. It was finally resolved s olved upon to take her to Mi chigan. An old ma id en aunt accompanied the fair enthusiast, and for weeks Ann Arbor became their home. But travel had no effect upon the girl. The stern command of her aunt alone prevented her from making her way to Washington to solicit an interview with the President, for the purpose of getting command of the United States army. Finally, the infatuated girl, finding no sympathy among her friends, resolved to enter the army disguised as a drummer boy, dreaming that her destiny would be worked out by such a mode. She joined the drum corps of a Michigan regiment at Detroit, her sex known only to herself, bud succeeded in getting with her regiment to the army of the Cumber land. How the poor girl survived the hardships of the Kentucky campaign, where strong men fell in numbers, must for ever remain a mystery. The regiment to which she was attached had a place in the division of the gallant Van Cleve, and during the bloody battle of last Sunday the fair girl fell, pierced in the left side with a Minio ball, and when borne to thesurgeon's tent her sex was discovered. She was told by the surgeon that her wound was mortal, and advised to give her name, that her family might be in formed of her fate. This she finally, though reluctantly, consented to do.—Brooklyn (New fork) Anus. THE GROWTH OF LIFE ASSURANCE.—From the published balance -sheets of 40 life assurance cora • pames for the past financial year it appears that the aggre gate of new business transacted is as follows : New policies issued, 31,670, assuring £15,248,860, producing in new premiums £445,055. As there are about 200 life assurance companies in the United Kingdom doing good business these figures may faiily be quadrupled, when the following appears as the accession of new business for the past year —New policies issued, 116,680 ; sums assured, £60,995,440 ; yielding a new premium income of £ 1 ,780,220. We find that the 40 offices paid in claims during the 12 months the large sum of £2,732,176; and if this amount is also quad tupled it gives nearly eleven millions sterling as the tots amount paid to the survivors of deceased policyholders in a tingle year I—lnsurance Accord. BI Co In 1