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ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS, Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool. EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867. The f‘ ROYAL" has neTer had a larger body of Constituents than now. FIRE BRANCH. PREN,M3IB in 1867 ...... 1 £160,553 being a larger revenue than in any preceding year. LOSSES by Fire in 18 67 £292,125 NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex penses £56,373 LIFE BRANCH. Annual Average of new business in 1865-6-7 £BOl,OOO Do. during previous Quinquennium £688,000 Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £128,583 LIFE PROPOSALS now effected will participate in the increased share of Profits recently conceded to Policy holders. PERCY M. DilkVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. August, 1868. TO THE ELEC TORS OF THE BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE. GENTLEMEN, — Upwards of seven years since you did me the honour to elect me one of your Representatives, and for the third time I Co`ll3 forward to solicit a renewal of the kind support I then and have sine received. I appeal to my votes and conduct in Parliament during this long period in proof of my having fulfilled the promises I then made. My best and most earnest attention has ever been, and shall continue to be, devoted to your local interests. I have endea voured, on all occasions, to support the principle of local self government, and to keep down the burthen of local taxation. I have given an undeviating support to every liberal and just measure for the mmotion of Reform in the Law; for the im provement of the Education of the People; for the Exercise of due Economy in our Public Establishments; for the Abolition of compulsory Church Rates ; and for the enactment of that mea sure of Representative Reform, the first effect of which is, I am happy to say, the great enlargement of the electoral body of the Kingdom. Many important subjects mist come before the next Perlis went, and my conduct shall be animated by the same principles The question of the Irish Church must at once occupy the serious attention of the New Parliament. I gave, and shall con tinue to give, my cordial support to Mr. Gladstone on this great question, the settlement of which will, I firmly believe, remove a fruitful source of discontent in Ireland, and greatly tend to promote the true interests of Protestantism throughout the United Kingdom. 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Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also 55., is. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. otre Red Bull Whar Cf, . A.ngel-pazsage, 93, Upper Thanes= tijf, ee4 LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1868. Seldom bas the public been startled by the news of a more terrible and fatal disaster on our Eng lish railways than that which this morning ap palled the readers of the daily journals. The nature of the accident at Abergele was so fearful, the number of victims so numerous, and the whole circumstances of the case so painful, that the calamity has scarcely a parallel in our Yailway annals. The Irish Limited Mail, leaving Loudon at 7.15 a.m., was en route for Holyhead, and passed Abergele station in safety about one o'clock. Half an hour before a goods train had passed, and this was the cause of the subsequent disaster. A little beyond Llandulas, a mile and a half from Abergele, a portion of this goods train seems, from some unexplained reason, to have become detached and ran back down the incline, running into the mail train, which was coming on behind at about 40 miles an hour. The engine, tender, and three first-class carriages, were smashed up together, but the climax of horror was that a waggon laden with petroleum oil was at the back of the goods train, and naturally exploded when the collision occurred. The wrecks of the carriages and the remains of their unfortunate oc cupants were all burnt in the fire, and twenty three passengers for Ireland were burnt beyond the recognition of their friends. We may reasonably hope, from the violence of the collision, that they were beyond the reach of suffering from the flames, but the incident in its least painful aspects is suffi ciently appalling. In addition to the fatal cases, there are, of course, many more sufferers who are more or less injured. The stoker was picked up dead from under the broken engine. The chief guard also was killed, but the driver, having seen that a collision was inevitable, jumped off, and escaped with some injuries. The Duchess of ABERCORN and her family were among the passen gers, but fortunately escaped. Lord FARNUAM, and two ladies who accompanied him, were among the victims. A watch was picked up among the ruins bearing his name, but it is not pos sible to identify the bodies. Twenty-three coffins have been carried to Abergele charch, and the injured aro distributed in the neighbourhood. Such are the main outlines of this terrible story, whose details will probably be shortly before us. We have yet to learn the cause of part of the goods train becoming detached ; but it would seem that, in any case, the .mail train was too closely on its track. Railway travellers trust their lives and limbs to the keeping of the companies, and they have surely a right to expect that all possible pre cautions should be taken. They are perfectly helpless to protect ,themselves, but they ought to be protected by the companies from all risks that can possibly be foreseen or gulrded against. If this accident was due, as some others have been, to any failure in the coupling chains, it will be worth while to inquire whether some legal provision cannot be made compelling all such chains and irons :employed on railways to come up to a Government standard. We all know that con stant habit familiarises danger to such a degree that men grow reckless and indifferent to it, and the risks of railway travelling are thus too often greatly exaggerated by the carelessness of the men employed on the lines. There will no doubt be a full and searching investigation into the origin of this appalling disaster, and we must hope that it will at least be possible to guard against its recur rence, though at present the only prevailing feel ing is naturally one of sympathy for the living and sorrow for the dead. Nothing very particular has occurred in the election movements, but the candidates are becom ing rather more on the alert as time goes on and the day of decision draws nearer. A very large meeting was held at Exeter for the purpose of hear ing addresses from the Liberal candidate, Mr. COLERIDGE, the present member, who declared his admiration of the Attorney-General, but at the same time he considered that the constituency should return Mr. EDGAR BROWNING, who is the new candidate put forward. Mr. COLERIDGE said little of the intentions and views of the Opposition, and professed disap pointment that the Attorney-General had not sketched out a distinct policy which her MAJESTY'S Government might be likely to pursue. He let out the secret of this when he said that it was the duty of one side to suggest schemes, and of the other to criticise them. This sounds very well; but who does not remember the do-nothing policy of the Liberal Gouernment for years, and if that is compared with the decided progress made the last year or two, the advantages are not all on the side of the fault-finders. It is always easier for an opponent to take up a cause if the party he criticises has committed himself to a particular phase of policy, and left himself no loophole of escape. Mr. COLERIDGE is evidently at fault, and does not know exactly what error of judgment to fix upon, so be has to resort to the expedient of saying that there is no policy in the present Government. The hon. member fell into a mistake, which has now unfortunately be come too common, with respect to his remarks on the Irish Church. lie did not depend upon argu ments, but indulged in abuse, and if half of his language were true, it was a reproach to Mr. GLAD STONE that he did not attempt something of a re. formatory kind before. It does not advance any course in reality to rush into dangerous extremes. The opening day's work of the various sections of the British Association promises well for the practical utility of the discussions. The several inaugural addresses of the chairmen of the deplrt meats were for the most part full of interest. In the Economic, Science, and Statistics section, Mr. BROWN, president of the Institute of Actuaries, presided, and made special reference to the subject of technical education. It was, he thought, highly desirable that scientific education should be followed by technical education in workshops, and a great deal might be effected if employers would require more proofs of practical knowledge. Mr. Winrwoam's munificent gift might be expected to give a great impulse to the movement, but there are many points in connection with it which require consideration, such as the attendance of children at schools, the effect of such attendance upon the labour market, and other questions. Another subject of even greater importance was commended to the notice of his section by Mr. BROWN—the relations between labour and capital. In regard to the solution of this great social pro blem some progress had, ho thought, been actually made during the list year. Courts of Conciliation are engaging more and more attention, and the system of industrial partnerships has worked well in some places. Mr. BROWN then turned to a branch of Economic Science with which, from his position, he was thoroughly familiar, and he expressed his •satisfac tion at the progress of the three departments of insurance —life, fire, and marine. It is a noticeable fact that life insurance is making greater pro gress in the United States than in this country, though the Americans are cer tainly not, as a rule, more prudent than the English. Other topics of general interest, such as the adoption of a uniform system of weights and measures, the purchase by the State of telegraph property, and the International Statistical Confer ence, were touched upon by Mr. BROWN, whose sec tion is likely to do some useful service if it follows in the line he has marked for its attention. It appears that all is to go smoothly in France for the present, and the Constitutionnel declares that the general election of deputies to the Legisla tive Body will not take place till 1869. This is affirmed in the most positive manner, so that we may put some faith in it. By next spring, it will be remembered, the ordinary time for the duration of the. Legislature expires, so that there will be no extra preparation made and no undue excite ment raised in the matter. It is the more fortu nate that things should remain undisturbed now, because, with one circumstance and another, some anxiety has prevailed respecting public opinion on certain points, and just now there is a great deal about the Opposition oratory of M. GREVY. Several of the journals comment on it in very free terms, and especial notice is drawn to the fact that the new Deputy belongs to the Radical section, and will thus be a great reinforcement to them and a drawback to the Conservative party. Great stress is likewise laid on the fact that the decision has taken place in the rural population, so that the excuses cannot be made which generally are found regarding the decision of the towns. We doubt much of this is exaggerated, and, the period being a dull one, the writers and commentators are glad to seize upon any opportu nity that presents itself to make some political capi tal out of it. The "impassable inhabitants" of the country are not likely to prove the correctness of the definitions concerning them ; but, meanwhile, many circumstances conspire to show the propriety of leaving the.dissolution of the Chamber alone for the present. It is not the thing itself so much as the rumours afloat concerning it that renders the election season a time of doubt and anxiety, and especially in France, where so peculiar a tone pre vails with respect to public affairs. The Debats has, apparently, adopted the pacific policy of others, and in the long summary of events which it has given recently it favours the notion of general quietude prevailing. The great Cabi nets of Europe are all convinced, it says, of the ne cessity of maintaining peace, and the same opinion is expressed at London, Vienna, and Berlin, all feel ing convinced of the wisdom of such a course being pursued. St. Petersburgh and Constantinople seem to be the exceptions to the rule, but we must wait for the war, as there exists at present no cause for its prosecution. The King of PRUSSIA and Couut BISMARCK are declared to be of opinion that Prussia requires to be let alone for the present, and this suggests the notion that it would have been far better had they entertained the belief before and allowed others to enjoy their property undisturbed. Time is expected to work great marvels in Prussia, and in the new provinces attached to the rule of Berlin statesmen, the Southern States may yet be induced to unite thip selves to the North. The arguments which show forth this are not altogether convinc ing ones, but it is certainly reassuring to learn that no more aggressions need be expected on the part of Prussia, for Europe has grown well-nigh wearied of them, and indignant at the injustice of their workings. The war fever has its partisans both i❑ Paris and Berlin, but they are just now in anything but the ascendant, and therefore their views and intentions are not of much moment in the general estimation of affairs. It is necessary that the Government of the EMPEROR should be enabled to take time to consider their policy, and not be forced into the whirl and confusion of a general election unnecessarily as it were. By the time next spring comes much may have occurred to tranquillize matters, or at any rate the policy of Prussia may be more definite and settled. THE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1868. DOSE'S " ELAINE." The Crystal Palace Dore Art Union has now, it appears, been thoroughly organised. It has been set on foot, with the consent of the Messrs. Moxon and Company of Dover-street, as well as with that of the Editor of the Tennyson-Dore Series, to the end that nine at least of the chefs d'ceuvre of the great French artist shall obtain the circulation to which they are so pre-eminently entitled, and this thanks to the all-but magical agency of the radiant modern art of Chromo-lithography. The nine exquisite embellishments to " Elaine" are the works which have been selected for this resplendent re production. The Chromo-lithographer,:under whose skilled hands these exact fac-similes have been so marvellously brought into existence, is the one gold medallist of his class in the Paris Exhibition of last year, namely, Mr. Vincent Brooks. And containing the works as they have been reproduced by him justify (if it requirel justification) his selection thus to be a gold medallist. Each subscription strip torn off the counterfoils of the Dore Art Union for the distribution of the Nine Original Drawings from " Elaine " is, as it were, a ribbon for the suspen sion of that gold medal of Mr. Vincent Brooks'. For the subscribers to the Crystal Palace Dore Art Union not only receive for their one guinea a copy of these nine lovely Chromo-lithographs from "Elaine," but the chance of winning through the lottery, in May, 1869, one of the Nine Prizes—meaning the Nine Original Drawings themselves—drawings the value of which has been estimated at no less a sum than £l,OOO sterling. " Vivien," " Guine vere," " Enid," will follow in due succes sion but, what we have now to do with is " Elaine," a work of which very nearly two years ago (see Ihe Sun of Sep. 22, 1866) we had occasion to speak in the highest terms of admi ration. By the opinion we then expressed we abide. Perusing the Chromo-lithographs we look eagerly, almost, we are ashamed to say, covetously, at the list of the Nine Prizes, the Nine Original Draw ings in which the pencil of Gustave Dore has depicted with so much luminous beauty—King Arthur Discovering the Skeletons of the Brothers:; Lancelot Approaching the Castle of Astolat ; Lan celot Relating his Adventures ; Lancelot Bidding Adieu to Elaine ; Elaine on her Road to the Cave of Lancelot ; Torre and Lavaiue Bidding Farewell to the Body of Elaine ; the Body of Elaine on its way to King Arthur's Palace ; King Arthur Reading the Letter of Elaine ; and last, an , 1 perhaps loveliest of all, the Remorse of Lancelot. THE REGISTER LISTS.—It has: been suggested that tho register lists should be posted at the police sta tions, instead of, or as well as, on the doors of the parish churches. At the former they would be safe from mutila tion, and always accessible ; at the latter they in many cases can only be examined on Sundays, or when a service takes place, in consequence of the 'voicing of the outer gates. . AVRECK.—On Tuesday, during a strong wind from, N.V., a French vessel, name not yet ascertained, was wrecked on some rocks off St. Ives, Cornwall. Tho lifeboat was promptly nlannod and the rocket apparatus of out, but it was found that none of the crow wore on board. The ship's boat was on deck, and it is feared that the crew have perished. THREE WIVES. By the Author of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids," &c. The new work of fiction, en titled " Three Wives," by the popular author of "Margaret and her Bridesmaids," supports her established reputation. It is charmingly written, and is not loss remarkable for grace of style than for vigour and originality in the por trayal of its well contrasted characters, and for the touches of pathos and humour which abound in the author's works. All who have read and admired her former productions will be pleased with "Throe Wives." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing prices :—Gold, 143 k. Sterling exchange on London, 1091 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1882, 1131; ditto, 1885, 111; 10-40 Bonds, 1088 ; Illinois, 142; Erie, 45k. Cotton—mid dling upland, 29i. Petroleum—standard white, 32k. Flour, extra state, $B7O 930 c. ; Corn, old mixed, $l2l. (Per the Scotia via . Queenstown.) NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (Noon). The Secretary of War, in answer to the appeal of Governor Warmouth, has sent instructions to General Buchanan, Commander of the Forces in Louisiana, to dispose of the troops under his com mand according to his discretion, and to promptly telegraph for special orders from the President if any emergency should arise rendering it necessary to employ the national force for the preservation of order. The Louiliana Legislature has passed a bill making it a penal offence to organize any military force in the State without orders from the Go- vernor. The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill in vesting the Legislature with the power of casting the electoral vote of the State. Reports from Richmond state that a Conserva tive meeting held yesterday in that town was attacked by negroes. A fight ensued, in which pistols were used, and two negroes killed. OTTAWA, Aug. 11. The Canadian Parliament has been prorogued until the 19th of September. It is stated that the Anti-Union Convention at Halifax has passed a resolution strongly deprecating rebellion against the Crown or annexation to the United States ; at the same time favouring the use of every constitu tional means to withdraw Nova Scotia from the Confederation, which, they allege, it was forced to enter against the will of the people. Sir John Macdonald and party have left Halifax for Canada. Their mission to reconcile Nova Scotia to the Confederation is pronounced a failure by the provincial press. NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (Morning). The Governor of Alabama bas vetoed the bill empowering the Legislature to cast the electoral vote of the State. This veto will probably be effectual. General Gillem has issued an order transferring Arkansas to the military department of Louisiana, and assuming the command of the military forces in Mississippi. The blockade of Mazatlan by H.M.S. Chanti cleer was raised on the 30th ult. The Royal Mail steamship Scotia, from New York, on August 11, arrived at Queenstown at one a.m. this morning with 123 cabin passengers. She landed 73 sacks of mails, 27 passengers, and pro ceeded at 1.15 a.m. for Liverpool. All well. The Scotia performed the passage in eight days five hours. QUEENSTOWN, Aug 21. The National Steamship Company's steamer Louisiana, from New York, arrived here at 6 a.m. to-day with $75,000 in specie. She landed passen gers and proceeded for Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 21. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer llolsatia, from New York, has arrived here with 114 passengers for this port, Havre, and Hamburg, 42 sack of mails, and $339,111 in specie for Lon don. On the 13th she spoke the ship Edward Vittery, and on the 20th a Bremen steamer, both bound west. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 18 (Evening) The recent investigation made by illidhat Pasba appears to show complicity on the part of some Russian Consuls and Roumain frontier authorities in the recent Bulgarian invasion. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 21. The Union Steamship Company's steamer Celt, Captain Baynton, from the Cape of Good Hope, has arrived here with a full complement of pas sengers, 37 sacks of mails, £B2O in specie, and a large cargo, including 2,088 bales of wool. The Celt left Table Bay on the 10th ult. On the 21st she spoke the ship Astronomer, bound for Liver pool ; on the 27th the Hero of the Nile and the Golden Dream ; on the 28th the brig Endora, bound for Plymouth, and the barque Thor, from Liverpool, bound for Calcutta ; and on the 13th August the steamer Norseman, bound for the Cape. The Cambrian arrived at Table Bay on the 16th of July. The Cape Parliament continued in Session, and the work of the Legislature progressed satisfactorily. The Government Paper Currency Bill had passed the second reading in the House of Assembly and gone into committee. Little progress had been made with the estimates. The existence of extensive goldfields in the in terior was confirmed. The Chief of that portion of the country where the mines were situated appeared well disposed towards Europeans, and had written to Governor Wodehouse requesting that his subjects might be taken under the protection of her Majesty, and offering to sell the gold country to the British Government. Several miners were extracting the ore. The gold is said to exist in veins half an inch broad, and the yield to increase in proportion to the depth to which the excavations are carried. Business at Cape Town had slightly improved, but the trade of the port was limited, and few vessels had arrived. Copious rains had visited the colony. Farming prospects were good, but the wine trade depressed. The wool clip was expected to be large. Tonnage was scarce and freights were high. Exchange—Treasury bills 30 days, par; bank and commercial, i per cent. ; commercial 60 days, 1 per cent. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, Aug. 21. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bangalore arrived at 6 a.m. to-day. The mails leave by the 11.30 a.m. train. BOMBAY MAIL. SUEZ, Aug. 21. The Golconda, from Bombay 4th inst., arrived to-day at 8 a.m. FRANCE. .P.ards, August 21. An Imperial donee, dated the 18th inst., pro mulgated to-day, appoints M, de Banneville French Ambassador at Rome, M. do Cominges Minister at Berne, and Viscount de Laguerroniere Minister at Bru3sels. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lamplough's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant, palatable, and Liviggratins SQId by all Qheiuista.—[AdYt•] ,_y ~ CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS, 'PROM__ OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, Attiisi 20. It is thought with much reason that the Council of Ministers held yesterday must have been of considerable importance to bring M. Rouher from Macon, whither he had gone to the marriage of his niece. The question dis cussed was the time for holding the general elections, and as the Ministers saw nothing in the present state of France to encourage an immediate appeal to the country, there will be no general election until next year. The seats which are at present vacant will, of course, be filled up very shortly. The results of the last seven contests give a return of four Imperialists to three Liberals ; but the total of votes polled by all the Opposition candidates is much larger than the number given to all the Government nominees. The Opposition journals have not yet forgotten the Jura election, which still inspires them with pride and exultation ; but the official papers are silent on the subject. The unfortunate prefect of the department is likely to meet with dismission as the result of his ill success. He has been fourteen years in his present post, and is now unable to meet the difficulty of the position. Tho control of the depart. ment will be much more difficult after the recent victory of the Opposition. Moreover, the present prefect acted injudiciously on this last occasion in choosing a can didate of no status or reputation, and in the violence with which he opposed M. Grt'vy. The official press is still engaged in endeavouring to diminish the signification of the interview at Schwalhach —an event, I should think, that needs neither to be exaggerated nor lessened. The Atoni'etir is not very pro nounced in its pacific assurances ; but it observes that the smaller German States have adopted a project with the view of increasing their military strength, and yet their policy has not therefore become less pacific. It is said that M. de la Tour d'Auvergne, who is at present on holiday, will not return to his pest, and that his place will be filled by M. Drouyn de Lhuys. This rumour probably arises from the fact that the latter states man is now the neighbour of Lord Stanley at Lucerne. The edition of La Lantcrne, which has been published at Brussels, is vigilantly sought after by the police here. It is little likely that many of the copies have found their way into France. At all events the domiciliary visits which have been numerous have not as yet resulted in any discovery. A letter which is published in a Berlin paper gives some details of the health of Count Bismarck. The writer says that the Premier is detained at Varzin by circumstances of a particular kind (it does not appear what), and not by illness. He has seen the statesman in person, and says that he never looked better, being, at most, but a little worn out. He rises every day in good time, and mounts his horse, spending seven hours in visiting his tenants and the neigh bouring landlords. Then follows dinner, and afterwards a period of rest and State business. If he had been really ill he would not, thinks this correspondent, have retired to a little village where there is neither doctor nor apothecary. The doctor, in fact, has never been required except once, when the count's wife fell off a chair and slightly injured herself. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Friday, August 21, B. T. IP'. W. Ito F. D. WR. 8 a.m. tr. XI 12 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29'96f. 53 54 W. 2 3 NE. bc. Yarmouth 2918r. 60 59 N.W. 2 3 N.N.E. r.o. 0'72 Helder Cuxhaven— 13kudesnros Ardrossan 2911 f. 57 54 S.W. 4 4 S.W. r.c. 014 Greencastle 29 86f. 57 55 W.B.W. 3 3 S.W. o.c. o'ol Holyhead Liverpool Valentin 3016f. 57 54 W.N.W. 3 3 S.W. f.rb Cape Cie ar 30121. 59 53 N.W. 3 4 N.W. c. o'o3 Roche's Pt. 30175. 57 54 W. 3 3 S.W. b. Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 33133. 61 59 W. 2 3 N.N.W. m.o Portsmouth 2919 f. 58 56 N.W. 1 4 E.N.E. r.c. o'o7 London —3011 r. 58 56 IV. 2 4 N. r.o. o'o3 C'pcGrisNez 29'98r. 61 59 N.W. 5 3 S.W. r.o. Blest L Orient.. Rochefort 3o'l7r. 61 57 N.W. 7 7 N.W. r. Biarritz Corunna — Brussels Paris Strasbourg — 69 S.W. 3 o. Lyons 3016 70 N. 1 o. Toulon Heart's Con- tent (6 a.m. local time) 30/3f. 62 62 IV. 2 2 S.S.W. r. =PLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. a sea level. Theletter T.. rising; f.. falling; s., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with Its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—f og ; I.—lightning m.—misty, hau ; o.—overcast, dull; r.—rain; B.—snow; t.—thunder. Rain-fall. snow or ball (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. . REMARKS. In the northern districts barometrical press re hal decmaied since yesterday at Nairn the change has been nealy two-tenths of an inch, whilst at the English and Irish stations little difference is reported. At Rochefort a rise of o'l3in. has taken place. The highest readings are on the west coast of France, and exceed that at Nairu by three tenths. In Scotland and on the E. coast of England temperature is higher. Winds yesterday in the S. and W. of these islands were mode rate from S.W. to N.W.. and are now light from the westward. The weather in the f3.W. Is fine, but generally cloudy or overcast in other districts. Rain fell yesterday on all coasts except in the N. The Lgert6 has received special information from Bucharest, stating that Prince Charles of Roumania, thoroughly weary of the intestine dissensions of the country and of the foreign riva'ry in the neighbouring States, is disposed to abdicate a dignity to which he did not aspire, and which was forced upon him, as it were, by the instances of the King of Prussia and the suffrages of the Moldo-Wallachian people. The same paper adds that the Prince has consented to postpone this project of abdi cation only at the persuasion of the head of his house, King William. A letter from Athens in the Inclependance Beige says that the departure from the Piraeus recently of a number of Cretan refugees who had determined to return to their homes was opposed by other refugees, and that the military who were called upon to interfere acted with so much vio lence that a serious struggle ensued. About 200 Cretans embarked. A correspondence is now going on in the Times as to the real nature of the insurrection. Some maintain that a.state of anarchy has been brought about by the intrigues of Russians and Greeks, and that the only real grievance the insur gents had at the beginning was certain vexatious taxes ; but, although it was unwise of the Turkish Government not to remove them at once, it was absolutely absurd to magnify that grievance into a sufficient cause for detach ing the island from the Turkish dominion. "If heavy or vexatious taxation is sufficient justification for insurrection and annexation to a foreign Government, there are but few countries in Europe now where that process might not be excused." It is therefore recommended that the appeal of the Cretans for assistance in money be disregarded. Certainly, we should not like foreign capital to be employed in fostering an insurrection in Ireland, and it would perhaps be well, therefore, to leave the Turks and the Cretans to settle their own differences. It is worthy of remark that the gallery of Northumber land House just destroyed by fire is the very part which the Metropolitan Board of Works were anxious to prevail upon the late duke to dispose of, for the purpose of open ing up a grand boulevard from Trafalgar-square to the Thames Embankment. It remains to be seen whether the present duke will reverse the former decision in the altered circumstances of the case ; but noblemen are very jealous of their privacy, and if his grace intends still to make Northumberland House his town residence, the cost of rebuilding the wing will hardly be a consideration of sufficient strength to affect -the decision already arrived at. Should any modern satirist hand down to posterity a picture of English manners and customs in the upper and middle classes, as presented in the trial of Madame Rachel, the follies of the present day will assu•ne a startling aspect. The Jewess of imperfect e,lucat:on ; her dupe who parts with a fortune for a few powders, soaps, a perfume box and pencil-case, aforetime the prorerty of " William's " sainted mother ; and the noble lord who has to listen to the criticisms upon his personal appear ance, make up an inimitable comedy. The materials for a comic opera are invaluable. Rossini or Mozart would have rendered them immortal. The trial causes th ,, greatest excitement, the court being so crowded that counsel could barely procure admission. The circum stances of this case are exceptional, women of ferh un limited vanity and credulity not being at hand every day; but Madame Rachel has not lived upon Mr.:. Borra daile alone, and if this were not an ado Of folly the Rachels would have to find other 1110.M3 fur the develop ment of their vulgar cunning. Thieves must work, and honest men weep. It has been observed that the ingenuity of the rogue, which brings him sooner or later into trouble, would, if devoted to an honourable profession, raise him to affluence. We have hoard of the mock brokers collecting samples of corn, &c., merely to accumulate a bulk, and then sell it. This trick must give precedence in r erseverance and inventive genius to another just brought to light. A man has been In the habit of collecting catalogu es fr om 1 _1 OIISO3 of busi• nem, and when ho obtained a sufficient number, taking them to a butter.shop in Drury•lane, a4l selling them at lid. per pound for waste paper. This is evidently no millArY man ; 119 W 9111 4 l'9 l R ho id think A pod 2ERRIBLE RAILTVAY ACCIDEN7'. TWENTY-THREE PERSONS KILLED. One of the most singular, and at the same time most horrible, of accidents recorded in the history of railroads, took place yesterday afternoon on the line of the London and Nort-Western Railway, near Abergele Station. While the limited Irish mail, a train justly noted for regularity and speed, was pursuing its journey on the down line from London to Holyhead, at the rate of probably not less than 50 miles an hour, a goods train was pro ceeding at the ordinary pace on the down line of the same railway. A moment before the two trains would pass each other, the axle of a waggon laden with casks of paraffin broke, and the truck and its load were thrown across the up line. The engine and train of the Irish mail dashed into them, and were not only thrown off the line by the shock, but were set on fire by the paraffin which had instan taneously burst into flames on coming in contact with the engine fire. So far as could be learned in town last night nine persons were horribly burned to death or killed by the shock ; but other accounts put the number killed as high as nineteen. Of these the majority were passen gers by the train ; but, in addition to them, the stoker, one guard, and a Post-office sorter were taken up dead. The body of the guard, it is stated, was burned to a cinder. It would appear that the paraffin spread as a stream of liquid fire over the line, and, when once ignited and scattered over the persons of the passengers could not be extinguished. The mail bags were all saved. A number of the directors of the London and North-Western Railway met at the Eustcn Hotel last night to decide upon such measures as it might be necessary to take in order to mitigate the effects of this awful calamity on their generally fortunate line. MANCHESTER, Thursday Night. A very extraordinary and shocking accident occurred yesterday, shortly after noon, to the Irish mail train while on its journey from London. This train was due at Abergele at 1.30 p.m. The acci dent happened about one mile beyond Abergele, where some trucks loaded with paraffin, and which had become detached from a luggage train, un fortunately blocked the line. The engine of the mail train dashed upon the trucks with terrific vio lence, breaking them to pieces, flooding the line with paraffin, which was splashed over the pas senger carriages, and the fire of the engine set the liquid in a blaze. The consequences were fearful. Three of the passenger carriages and the Post office tender, were set on fire. Before the unfor tunate travellers could be liberated nine were killed by the collision and the fire, and thirteen were injured. The mail bags, it was reported, were saved. By the collision the line was blocked for several hours. Thursday Midnight. The accident caused a block of six hours. It is now believed that the mail bags are destroyed. The train was through from London. ANOTHER. ACCOUNT. SuREWSBURT. At half-past one this afternoon the Irish mail, from London for Holyhead, ran into some trucks which were filled with paraffin casks, near Abergele. The engine unfortunately set the oil on fire, and ten persons were burnt to death, while many more are reported missing. FURIIIEIt DETAILS. SUPPOSED DEATH OF LORD FARNHAM. ABERGELE, Midnight. The most extraordinary and fatal accident ever known on an English railway occurred at midday on the Chester and Holyhead line, near Llandulas, about a mile and a half from Abergele. The Irish limited mail leaving London at 7.15 passed Aber gelo (Pensarn Station) in safety, about one ; a goods train had passed half an hour before. Beyond Llandulas a portion of the goods train to Holyhead seems to have become detached, and ran back down an incline, meeting the mail train, which was going about forty miles an hour. There is a curve near. The driver of the mail train, Arthur Thompson, of Stafford, saw that a collision was inevitable, and jumped off, escaping with slight hurt. The stoker, Joseph Holmes, of Stafford, remained at his post. At the back of the goods train was a waggon loaded with petroleum oil. 'When the collision occurred the petroleum exploded. The engine, tender, and three first-class carriages were smashed up together and burnt with petroleum. Twenty-three passen gers for Ireland were all burnt so badly that none could be recognised. A. watch was found with an inscription showing it belonged to Lord Farnham, w h o was accompanied, it was supposed, by his two daughters. The Duchess of Abercorn and Lord George Hamilton were on the train, but escaped unhurt. Locomotives, cranes, and men were sent from Chester and Crewe, and the line was cleared by about half-past five in the even ing. The telegraphic wires having been broken prevented messages for assistance being despatched early. Twenty-three bodies have been brought to Pensarn station and placed in coffins by Mr. Waite, undertaker, of Chester. They were then taken to Abergele, and deposited in the church. A large number of passengers who were hurt are distributed about Pensarn, Abergele, and places near. Their names cannot bo ascer tained at this late hour. It is feared that none of the bodies will be recognisable by friends, they are so fearfully charred. Four doctors from Aber gele and Rhyl have been waiting upon sufferers by direction of the railway company. The body of the stoker was picked up under the broken engine. Thompson, the driver, is at a cottage near the scene of the accident, and will be able to give some account of what he saw. The icquest will pro bably open to-morrow (Friday) and be immediately adjourned. The Duchess of Abercorn' and Lord George Hamilton proceeded to Ireland in the course of the afternoon. LATEST PARTICULARS.-THIS DAY. DUBLIN, Friday. The mail-boat Connaught arrived at Kingstown at 1 a.m. A large crowd was present of persons seeking their friends ; great excitement prevailed. The Duchess of Abercorn, with Lord George Hamilton, and Ladies Albertha and Maud, pro ceeded to the Viceregal Lodge. Lord Castlerosse and family, and Judge Berwick, have escaped un hurt. Lord and Lady Farnham and their three children were killed. No other names as yet known. Mails all saved. Among the destroyed are several ladies ; 23 altogether were burned to death. (From the Times Second Edition.) We are enabled to relieve in some degree the terrible anxiety which will be felt this morning by all persons having had friends travelling from London by the Irish Limited Mail yesterday morn ing, by the announcement that, with the exception of the Yost-office van, none of the London carriages were seriously affected by the accident. The only carriages destroyed are the chief guard's break, which immediately followed the tender, and those coaches which were taken on at Chester, viz., one compo3ite, two first-class carriages, and one covered carriage, consisting of second-clas3 compartments and a luggage box. 'These carriages alone have been destroyed, but of their inmates it is feared not one person has escaped. The engine, tender, and guard's van alone left the rails. The four carriages enumerated remained on the metals, and were burnt to cinders as they stood. Hinton, the surviving guard, states that not two minutes elapsed after the collision before the whole of these carriages were enveloped in flames, and so sudden was the shock and its consequences, that not a solitary cry for help was heard by him from any of the burning carriages. It will be apparent from the above statement that unless any of the Lon,On pasaeagero changed their carriages at Chester, none of those travelling from the metropolis have suffered. We have received the following details from a gentleman present at the scene of the catas trophe : " ABERGELE, Aug. 20, 18G8. " The quietness of this summer resort has this evening been broken by a railway accident, a parallel to which can only be found on the Ameri can continent, where lives seem to have little value set on them. " A little before one o'clock, and after the down Irish express train had passed, fire was seen to proceed from a spot about two miles distant, as to the cause of which various surmises were made by those who perceived it. Conjecture was soon set at rest by the return of an engine which had been despatched to ascertain the cause, with a number of carriages, part of the train which had passed a few minutes before at a rate of some 60 miles an hour. The occupants gene rally did not appear to have met with serious in jury, one gentleman alone being unable to walk from the carriages, but many bore marks of violent blows. " One elderly gentleman was severely cut on the forehead, having, he informed me, been thrown against the opposite passenger, whose teeth were knocked out by the collision. "A visit to the scene of the accident afterwards, however, revealed more tragic features of the occur rence ; the debris of an engine, tender, mail and luggage vans, and two or three passenger carriages were emerging from the smoke which had before obscured them ; the charred remains of several passengers, the stoker, and guard of the Irish ex press said to be among them ; also those of Lord Farnham and others in the same carriage, but whether among these were any of his relatives I could not learn. , t The Duchess of Abercorn, three sons, and two daughters had been in the next carriage, but succeeded in escaping before it took fire. " But now as to the cause of the accident and the circumstances owing to which it became so fatal, one of which certainly should not pass unnoticed. "It appears that some trucks containing paraf fine had become detached from a luggage train and were on the down line when the Irish express dashed into them. The trucks gave way before the concussion, abut the paraffin° barrels flew on and about the engine, taking fire and exploding with such rapidity as to set on fire those car riages and vans which were nearest the point of collision, and before the passengers, probably stunned by the effects, had time to escape through the windows—for no other means of exit were left for them. All those who escaped from the carriages which took fire informed me suchvas the manner in which they escaped ; and, had it not been that the collision in itself was so slight, victims of this catastrophe would have been still greater. " The number of lives lost does not yet appear to be, and perhaps never will be known. Before assistance could reach those carriages nearest to the engine they were in flames, with their unfortunate occupants. " You will doubtless have full accounts of this accident from persons deriving such from railway' officials ; but I think it well to set forth the fact, that the fatality attending it might have been less had the carriages not been locked at both sides." LITERA.TIJEE. Three Wives. By the Author of "Margaret and her Bridesmaids." 3 vols. Hurst and Blacked. The popular authoress of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids" and " The Valley of the Hundred Fires" has been resting upon her laurels, as the saying is. We do not call to mind any work of hers during the last two or three seasons. She has, however, made up for the delay by giving to us now three very charming tales in one. The three wives who give the title to this work are not, as that title led us to imagine, three ladies who combine together in one story to exhibit to the uninitiated the different arts and mysteries of the important science of managing a husband. The three ladies in question stand alone. The first vo lume is entitled " The Lady Elizabeth ;" the second is " Eve," and the last is " Dew." The whole range of pattern wives, from Griselda down to Mrs. Caudle, never exhibited three more exemplary than these. The first story relates the history of the gentle and stately, but very shy and timid, Lady Elizabeth Ellerton, who has been strictly brought up by a too careful grandmother, and who being, to her own surprise, selected by the best parti of the season, is the object of gene" ral envy and admiration. Lady Elizabeth is toe reserved to find any pleasure in attracting public attention, and is even too shy to venture on calling her husband by his Christian name. In contrast to this quiet beauty is the brilliant and ambitiou s Lady Rose Alwyn, who, jealous of Elizabeth's sea cess in the matrimonial lottery, hides her disar pointment by accepting a less desirable offer , and who, by lavish expenditure, admirable skill, and wonderful determination, succeed° in eclipsing her greater rival, and become° at once the rage and fashion of London society. The description of Lady Rose's lively conversations, and her delightful entertainments A t her " Nutshell," as she with mock humility style° her abode, are yery amusing. The story is full of iuterest, and will be read throughout with pleasure. The evils which accompany a too extravagant in' dulgence of the fast life of the votaries of fashion are here very vividly set forth, both by precept and example, as for instance—" London began its old ways, resolute only in this—to be more fast, more reckless, more mad than ever. Few had time to pause and see that they were undergoing the same temp' tation as Adam's. Fruit was offered to their sight, which they knew it was ruin to touch, death to taste—a worse death, the close of which angels weep to see. All dashed recklessly at it, manY touched, few refused to taste, until but one MOtlY O ruled the world, and that was to be the fashion." The second story, " Eve," is not much to our taste. The first chapters are sufficiently interesting, and the early days of the heroine, who is lovingly en titled Childie," are very tenderly described. Indeed, Childie is made so loveable and 0 (3 good that we cannot think it natural that one endowed with such a character should so cruelly disappoint the expectations of her friends; and, like her first namesake, bring sorrow on thoes who best love her. The authoress, however, seem s to admire the conduct of her heroine, who solely ( 41 , account of some altercation about the disposal 0 ! property suffers her friends and relations to believe that she is drowned. The brother, wh° 3° whole life has been devoted to her, and who on s e e count of his ,greater age and protecting C3r o she has been accustomed to style " Father Ja ol4 , is not only heart-broken but embittered. and 0 11 , dered desperate, and his life is blighted by the rav _ conduct of his " Childie. ,, Others suffer cruelly f ror f the deception, and Eve, in a disguised name , cl `"_, 4 votes herself to the care of an invalid and defo rw ; husband, and believes that she is fufilling l ie t duties. And even in this respect she is con tent to suffer wrong to her own character and hi* for by many she is believed to be his m istres S o i This story is, to our thinking, no way wor th y being classed with the very charming h i sto ries v f "Lady Elizabeth," and of " Dew." The storY-41, " Dew" occupies the third volume, and it:Eli:ea teresting throughout. The " situation" iS W some what extraordinary, but all is well that en ds aud we shall nut betray the secrets of this , ljt ro t e le e tale. We may very safely eolith:Load the " - Wives" (two of them at least) to the bes t atte,ti of the novel readers, as being quite Avorthl oa take their place by the side of `° Margaret 3t her Bridesmaids," and " The Valley of Hundred Fires." ro . --- ci as' FREE AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS.—The vs . 0 try Advertiser says :—" A contemporary states that ill til e d parish of LittleWenlock there is not a single elector 011i.',1 tl'ilf. 110 on the list who dared to sign the requisition to a , t candidate for the borough, their rep l y being that 'til°;o orders at former elections had bee n that they should v ° I for Forester and CiasLoll,' and ' they bad no other o°6' as yet.' " . CO Z 2 18 Li d bei acc for Re 111 15; ti n des 79 841 low A D , 1:), v.ix,, D. 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