The Sun. — London, England, 1868-09-10 00:00:00

E. MOSES and SON, KCIIANT TAILORS and OUTFITTERS. 110 R ALL CLASSES. EXCELLENCE WITH CHEAPNESS. PRICES BASED ON READY-MONEY SYSTEM. `HE ADVAN L'AGES of the READY-MONEY I SYSTEM cannot be better expressed than in the following extract from a leading article in the " Times :" Everybody knows the difference between a credit and a ready-money business It is this partly which affords one tailor the excuse for charging E 7 7s. for a coat while another will charge f 4 4s. . . It is true that every tradesman ought to abate his charges to customers who pay him pirictually. Still we know how in this particular we all suffer for a few delin quents." LL GOODS MARKED in PLAIN FIGURES "El MOSES and SON. .124 A DDRF,SSES BELOW. EXCELLENCE WITII CHEAPNESS. :41 MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke 1.4 • Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. Every article the best of its kind in Material, Style, and Workmanship. For JUVENILES there is a distinct department, containing an un3.pi-tiled assortment of Clothing for every occasion. The m ).it Fashionable Styles ar3 combined with the best Materials and Workmanship. List of Prices, with rules of self-measurement, Patterns and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free . . Every article is marked the lowest price in plain figures, from Which no abatement can be made. Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are Closed every Friday Evening at sunset till Saturday Evening at sunset, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. The following are the London addresses of E MOSES and SON:— 155 MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATE 87, ALDGATE 88, ALDGATE 89, ALDGATE 506. NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET 508, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 133, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 253, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch ; 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. '2O, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS, SPECIAL NOTICE. In consequence of frequent misrepresentations, E. MOSES and SON rind it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their only Establishments are the above-mentioned. COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCE!) VICTUALLERS. rim only article really suitable for that purpose, ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address 105, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. WM } H t Of foot l o C f I L I u d a o. n a d , e Lill ~ ; a l\ nd o. N1 05 5 ' L le l fst i ree The Pavement, Clapham-common. - - FABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, IL expressly for Licenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings of every description. Patterns gratis and post free. CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for wadies' and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICII and CO., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. I,V ILLIAM lIOLDICH and CO., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, Fleet-street, City; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave inent, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, with Price List. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. Est. ABLISILED 1842. WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. 105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. 5, The Pavement. Clapham-common (Southern Branch). THEATRE ROYAL, A1)ELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, A ROUGII DIAMOND. Messrs. G. Belmore, Ashley; Mrs. Billington, and Miss Lennox Gray. At a quarter to Eight, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. G Balmore, Bi lington, A shley, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith; Miss Charlotte Saunders, Miss Louisa Moore, Miss Maria Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. To conclude with THE FAST COACH. Messrs. J. G. Taylor. R. Romer, W. H. Eburue; 3liss Nelly Harris, and Miss E. Pitt. LYCEUM THE kTRE.- Lessee and Manager, E. T Smith. Triumphant success of Mr. FAIRCLOUGH, the American tra gedian, who will make his eleventh appearance THI- EVENING as OTHELLO The very kind reception he met with last week from a fashionable and crowded house will never be effaced from his memory. The box-office open under the direction of Mr. 0. Nugent, R OYA.L PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7. A CHARMING PAIR. After which (at 8 o'clock), Dion Boucicault's new drama, in four acts, entitled AFTER DARK. a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, H. J. Montague, T. G. Shore; Miss Tressy Marston, and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds ani assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. TtILS EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE. Messrs. Belford. Harcourt; Miss Sheridan After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Sheridan, Uoolall. Hughes, Newton, &c. To conclude pith MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Reappearance of FRANK: PASTOR, the Champion American Equestrian, who has just returned from a starring engagement in Vienna. ONRA, the Sensation of London. ONRA, every evening, in his Flying Trapeze Act, as performed before the I 'rince and Princess of Wales. ONR A'S Terrific Flights on Two Bars. 0 \ RA',J Incredible Somersaults and Pirouettes. ONRA, the most wonderful and perfect performer ever witnessed. The incomparable Scenes in the Arena as usual, including M. Sarnwell's wonderful performing Dogs. Open at Seven, commence at half-past Seven. 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In this he was informed of the regret experienced at his determination to resign the representation of the borough. According to the noble lord's account he has enough before him, and indeed his definition of the task he has set himself is more in accordance with what we might expect from an experienced politician or a . veteran statesman than one young in the ways of Par liament. Without any disrespect, it would certainly have been wiser in Lord AMBERLEY to have remained where he was instead of seeking to create a position in a new place. " In volved as I am in an arduous struggle for the pro motion of Liberal principles in a district where they have been long under a cloud, having had to con tend with manifold difficulties, and to meet the most unscrupulous efforts to overwhelm me with calum nious accusations," writes the noble lord ; and really when we look at the plaintive recital it seems strange that he should voluntarily have thrust him self into such an awkward undertaking, and take upon himself so many grave responsibilities. As a general rule, it is always safer for a member to. stop where he is known than to rush into untried places where be cannot be sure of the reception he may meet with. We should not be surprised if the end was that Lord AMBERLEY lost what he is seeking, and then, too late, regrets the venturous step he took, but he may at least gain wisdom from the experience thus received. Although some time will yet elapse before the dissolution addresses are multiplying, and meetings are the order of the day in all directions, it may be said that the speeches delivered on the whole are moderate in their tone on both sides, and that the speakers have not at all followed the example of Mr. GLADSTONE in his opening oration at St. Helen's. The leader of the Opposition was anything but guarded in his lan guage, and threw down the gauntlet in his most imperious style, but he did not seem to give much satisfaction to those he addressed, to judge from the change that so soon followed in his tactics. Little or no good can be gained by the infusion of so much bitterness of spirit in the shape of temporary advancement ; while, on the other hand, the tone of public life is lowered by it, and the general interest of the community sacrificed by in dividual prejudice. The members for Oxfordshire appeared at the Agricultural Society's anniversary festival, but they did not touch upon the more irritating subjects of pub ' lie controversy. Mr. HENLEY wisely refrained from departing from the supposed rule, as too many contrive to do, truly premising that the prevent was no fit time to make the experiment, because the whole ground is now covered with gun powder, " and every man who lets an incautious spark fall upon it may cause a blaze which no one can stop." At the same time he took the opportunity of acknowledging the courtesy which he had met with from those who held different opinions from himself—acting on the principle that distinguishes Englishmen of giving a man credit for doing his best according to his own particular views. Concerning the cattle plague, Mr. HENLEY made some observations, which are interesting, as he is an authority on such matters. Although some alarm has been created from the other side of the water, the right hon. gentleman thinks that we have no cause for fear here, and may safely trust to the vigilance of those who have the charge of such matters. A gap of a hundred years had elapsed before the last visitation occurred, and we must hope that a still longer period may inter vene before the plague again infests our shores. Colonel NORTH'S remarks were chiefly directed to those topics which most intimately relate to his profession. The increased pay which the soldier now receives contribute greatly to the advantage and efficiency of the army, and men of a superior class have joined the ranks. This is satisfactory intelli gence at all events. Ile also alluded to the sterling services the British army had rendered in Abyssinia, whereby the character of the country for military superiority was so greatly enhanced. On Monday evening a meeting took place at Bury for the purpose of hearing an address from Viscount CHELSEA, the Conservative candidate. The noble lord declared himself as a Liberal Con servative, and explained that this was often ob jected to as the definition of political principles on the ground that a man sought thereby to kill two birds with one stone, and change his opinions as it might suit the doctrines of expediency for him to do so. There is, however, some truth in the noble lord's remark, that in politics there is a " golden mean" which affords Liberalism or Con servatism mutual ground on which to join hands in times of danger and national trouble. Lord PAL MERSTON, who was one of the most successful and popular of British statesmen, was of this political creed, and afforded satisfaction to the country in general, while he commanded the respect of all classes of politicians. The county of Lancashire is just now, as Lord CHELSEA emphatically said, in all the turmoil of an election, and from one end to another confused or distracted by rival claimants. Lord HARTINGTON has made himself very busy in his attacks upon the Government, and began with his accusations against the foreign policy of Lord STANLEY. This was original at any rate, because, as the noble lord reminded his hearers, there were not two opinions about that. Lord HARTINGTON said that Luxemburg had been the only difficulty, and that was a little one after all; but he contrived to forget the Abyssinian war and the Spanish affair, which reflected so much credit onthe noble lord's conduct of foreign affairs. Then when the expenditure question was explained by the Chancellorof the Exchequer, Lord HATtTING- Tos could not parry it himself, so he said that Mr. GLADSTONE would explain all that they will not find it very easy to do so. Reform is a matter which the present Government had settled ; but their opponents say no, that it must be re-opened, and all things arranged accord ing to their views. It is, indeed, difficult to say to what expedient people will not resort to carry out th e ir ends; but this is not one of a very patriotic nature, because it damages the prosperity of the country to be always raking up objects of strife, and keeping things in an uncertain style. Lord CHELSEA quoted some expressions of Sit R. PALMER about the Irish Church, and declared - that he valued his oPlui' l 11;ghlY. 'The defection of this distinguished supporter is a great loss to Mr. Gl-4"I°N.EI the ,more-so as his opponents takes every opprtunity of enunciating his views. The' noble lord made sowe amusing Nalark.s concerning Mr. BRIGHT, and the terror he evinced when the fuss was made about Mr. DISRAELI educating his party, the hon. member for Birmingham not wishing the spread of knowledge to extend too far in that direction, as he wished the Conservatives to remain in the bliss of ignorance rather than the folly of wisdom. It was only to be expected that the redoubtable cab strike would come to an end before the close of the week ; and, accordingly, this morning our old friends the cabmen were at their posts again, and the streets of London were busy as of old. One restriction indeed has 4en placed upon the action of the men which is useless and harassing, and will only serve to annoy and inconvenience the public. We hope, therefore, that the foolish and profitless resolution not to ply for hire in or near any rail way station until further notice will be abandoned after a very brief experiment. Yesterday it became evident that the drivers would not hold out much longer. Those men who combined the offices of owner and driver, and who had only themselves to please, were not likely to keep on virtually refusing money, for it was no secret that the cabs which were out reaped large h irvests. Then, again, the small proprietors found the strike a costly amuse ment, and seized the first opportunity for returning to the old ways. As so many cabs had begun to show themselves it grew quite evident to the mana gers of the strike that further efforts were useless. The railway companies, in fact, as the public had seen all through, were too strong for the cab trade, and there was little doubt but that they would pro vide some means for their own benefit and those of their passengers if the pressure went on. The drivers, too, began to suspect that the masters would take care to reap the profits of the change ; and the additional charge made by the owners of the privileged cabs during the late strike must have confirmed these apprehensions. At any rate, the grand assembly of delegates and drivers yesterday, in Oxford-street, arrived at the conclusion that work had better be resumed on the old terms, with the solitary exception of plying at the ranks in the vicinity of the railway stations. This is probably only a form of letting down their pride by a gentle declension instead of a rapid fall, since it would be impossible to maintain such an exclusion. If a fare orders a cabman to drive to a railway station in the course of his journey, the driver would put himself in a very awkward position by refusing to go there. If public vehicles are sent into the streets to ply for hire, it rests rather with the magistrates than with the masters to decide whether they shall be " permitted" to enter the railway station. If the prohibition is intended only to refer to the cabs re maining on the ranks near the stations, we appre hend that the interests of the men will be found too strong for the prejudice of the masters, and that they will be glad to make up for the money they have lost during these idle days by turning their time to the best advantage. Neither masters nor men have gained anything by this movement. They have put themselves clearly in the wrong with the public, and have, in fact, weak ened any just cause of complaint which they had against the railway companies, by showing how little the interests and convenience of travelling were safe in their hands. All strikes cost the strikers dear, and since the cab trade is one which lacks the bonds of unity of other trades, it was a rash and profitless experiment to attempt to coerce the public into interfering to redress a grievance of whose existence they were not quite clear. Autumn is admitted on all hands to be the sea son for travelling, and if it were possible to order a ' Parliamentary return of the wanderers now roam ing over hill and dale, and moor and mountain, gazing anxiously at the celebrities of continental cities or exploring Scandinavian fiords, we should notwithstanding all we know on the subject e pro bably a good deal astonished. Men of business and men of pleasure, politicians of every degree, literateurs in search of ideas, and artists in quest of subjects, busy men seeking repose, and quiet men seeking variety, all alike seek conso lation from their cares and diversion from their dullness in taking their yearly holiday. Her gra cious MAJESTY has set us the fashion this year of crossing the Channel, but ordinarily she shows her loyal subjects that she at least considers there is something worth seeing in her own dominions. An uninitiated observer might not unnaturally ask why so few of our countrymen and women adopt the same course. There are heights in the Highlands and in Wales which, if not as impressive as the Alps or the Pyrenees, are yet full of moun tain beauty. There are lakes in Ireland and in the North of England whose fame is not unknown even to those familiar with Como and Constance, while for the soft and varied charms of rural scenery our English nooks and byeways can fairly challenge competi tion with those of any other country. We may not have the quaint old wonders of Flanders, nor the gorgeous architecture of Normandy, neither in ay we have as many marvels of art to display to the admiring traveller who walks along, MURRAY in hand, to learn what to look at, but there is quite enough to interest or occupy any intelligent idler in any of our great cities. How is it, then, that while every corner of the Continent has been trodden by the English tourist, he is such a stranger in remote districts of the three kingdoms at home ? The answer may partly be found in the caprices of fashion ; but so far as those middle class travellers, the great majority, to whom expense is some con sideration, are concerned the real reason lies in the expense of English, Scotch, and Irish travelling. When the cost of travelling a hundred miles or a thousand is weighed the thousand miles carry the day with the man of economy. just because the expense of living is so different on the continent and in Great Britain. The English or Scotch hotel keeper takes it for granted that all his guests travel en prince, and that guineas are matters quite beneath their consideration. A letter to a contemporary records the grievances of a French lady and gentleman, who, bent on exploring the Highlands, found the exploit an extravagant one, since a stay from late one night to the morning of the second day at a Scotch hotel cost them £2 10s. The foreigner did not complain so much of the charge itself as at its origin the want of room, and he contended that the double diffi culty of being doubtful how to get accommoda tion, and certain to pay too high for it if you did get it, was quite enough to frighten away the tourist. As it was, he declared he had fre quently seen numbers turned away from the hotels every evening, and many were glad to sleep on the coffee-room floor. Of course, under such circumstances, the hotel keepers charge what they like, and the evil perpetuates itself. In Switzer land there are telegraphs at every stage, and for a trifling cost the traveller can insure horses and beds at the next stage. In all these matters we are terribly behind our neighbours, and cuuld take a lesson or two from them with advantage. SUIDIDE AT A RAILWAY STATlOg.—Yesterday afternoon a bombardier in the Royal Artillery, named Robert Welsh, threw himself cut of the window in the wooden bridge at the Woolwich Arsenal Station on to the line beneath, about thirty feet. When Ricked ilia he was Liaud to bo cfiaite dcad. 1.1 be cause of t 12% ). suictie tas tot' trinspired.. • • • " • .IFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution con tributed to the saving of 1,086 lives from various ship wrecks and 36 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £31,845 in the same period on its Liteboat Establishments, in addition to granting £3,189 for rewards. The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 187 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London Ind country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1868. LATEST INTELL MENGE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 10. The National Steamship Company's steamship Denmark, from New York, arrived off this port at 2 a.m. She landed passengers and proceeded for Liverpool. All well. FRANCE. PARIS, Sept. 10. The Moniteur of this morning states that at the Camp of Chalons, on Tuesday last, numerous ex perimental trials of artillery were made in the pre sence of the Emperor. The infantry were also put through some manceuvres, at the termination of which the Emperor left the encampment and inspected the corps of ambulance and other military establishments. Ilis Majesty met everywhere with a cordial reception. A review of the troops in camp will take place to-day. BOURSE, Sept. 9.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 4i. per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Loan 3 per Cent End of month 7O Mexican Loan ... 23 50 Credit Mobilier End of mouth... 288 ••• Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1437 Borne Debt End of month... Deferred • Cash Orleans ... 910 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern... Western RAILWAYS. Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 415 North. of Spain Saragossa Roman 39}. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--THIS DAY. AIARLBOItuUGII-STREET. OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULTS.—Lewis Ford, a rough looking young fellow, describing himself as a labourer, and residing at No. 110, Whitfield-street, Tottenham-court-road, was charged before Mr. Knox on a warrant with assaulting Edward and Caroline Greener, residing at No. 31, Bolsover street. Mr. Greener said that on the 25th of August he was coming through Fitzroy square, and a little in advance of his wife and a female friend, when he saw the prisoner and another man coming along, and, as he noticed that they were drunk, ht walked on to the kerb to avoid them, and as he was doing so the prisoner gave him sueh a violent blow under the ear that it knocked him into the road, and his arm was injured. Before he could get up he saw the prisoner striki ng his wife, and she fell to the ground, and was much injured, her eye being blackened and her mouth cut. In answer to Mr. Knox the complainant said he knew nothing of the prisoner before, and that di rectly after the prisoner had assaulted him and his wife he ran away, accompanied by his companion, and although he followed him, and told a police man, the prisoner succeeded in escaping, and he therefore applied for the warrant. Mrs. Caroline Greener gave similar evidence to her husband, and said that the prisoner struck her in the eye and mouth, and she fell, and in falling her head was very much heart, and she became in sensible, and did not know anything further that occurred. In answer to Mr. Knox, Mrs. Greener said that all she had done to the prisoner was to take hold of him while he was striking her husband. Hannah Harding, a young woman, gave some what similar evidence, _ _ Sergeant Smythe, 31 E R, said that in taking the prisoner into custody last night he at first said that he knew nothing about the affair, but after wards said that he was guilty, and that he had two or three others with him, and was drunk. The prisoner said he was very drunk at the time, and that if he had done all that had been said he was very sorry. Mr. Knox said that if the prisoner had been brought up for some trumpery theft he might have been sent to prison for twelve months. The prisoner without any provocation had knocked down a woman and rendered her senseless. lie would show the prisoner that women were not to be attacked in such a way, and he intend e d t o make an example of him. He should not de a l w ith for r e tphraitsohneeroufogrht to be committed f or t wo months,the assault o n t h e man, although but should commit him for Six months with hard Assaults Act for the laasbeoauurltuonudetrhethfeemAagleg.ravated THROWING DOWN STAIRS. —Ann Taylor,o, No. A WOMAN 6,Barrett's : buddings, Soho, was charged before Mr. Knox with violently assaulting the same house, by The injured woman was unable to attend. Mary throwing A n nh orris,do s r t e a s t i r d s li . 3 g in Eliza Banting, it a Fm p r p o ear t e h d e t e h v a i t de th n e ce tw o o f waovimietnnerad been drinking, that some words took Plate between them, and that the prisoner, with the exclamation of " You seized the injured oldwom — an, a i n l d 've thr g e o w t h y e o r ti do n w o n w' s ' t ' airs. Binsted Webb, an officer of the C division, provedsenli-co finding semi-consciousness, e e t s h s e injured b , a her to the Miiddle sex Hospital, where she now remains in a pre carious state—the surgeon stating that she was suffering from concussion of the brain. inireciWoman in a state of tools Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner for seven days. WESTMINSTER. A FINE SPECIMEN OF THE TAGRANT.—A dirty, loathsome-looking fellow, about 30 years of age, not suffering from any physical ailm en t, was c h arge d with vagrancy and wilful damage. Mr. Joseph Penn, londlord of the Lord Burleigb, Vauxhall-bridge-road, said that last night the de fendant came into his house and begged. He told him to leave, when he abused him, and on being put out wilfully broke a pane of plate glass value 30s. lie threatened complainant by swearing he would run a knife into him. Defendant said he was a native of South Wales, in distress, and merely went into the house to see whether he could get anything, when he was for cibly turned out, and the window was broken by the door closing upon him accidentally. Mr. Penn said th ere was ano ther thing which he wished to comm un i cate to t h e magistrate. De fendant came int o th e h ouse yesterday morning, when, complainin g of starvation, a gentleman ordered him some b rea d an d c h ee se and beer. After the gentleman was gone d e f en dant wanted corn plainant to take the bread and cheese back and give him more beer for it. Mr. Selfe committed defendant fOr 11 days to bard labour in the House of Correction. MADAME TUSSAL7D'S. A full-length portrait model of Alexander Arthur Mackay, who was executed on Tuesday last, in the precincts of Newgo.te, for the atrocious murder of his mistress, Emma Grosmith, residing at Nor ton Folgate, has been added, with other notorious crimi nals, to the Chamber of Horrors in Baker—street. DISEASED FlSH.—During last month no less than 166,988 diseased fish were seized by the meters of the Fishmongers' Company at and near Billingsgate-market, and on board boats lying off there. They consisted of 73 brills, 264 cod, 15 dories, 19,650 dabs, 80 guardfish, 5,500 gurnets, 87,344 haddocks, 7 hake, 8,620 herrings, 257 ling, 1,172 lobsters, 445 mackerel, 254 'Pullets, 27,361 plaice, 53 salmon (weighing 3291 b), 484 skate, 150 smelts, 2,277 soles, 968 thornb:tcks, 37 trout, 132 turbot, and 11,850 whi'ing. There were also seized 4001 b. of cod-sounds, 351 b. of eels, 1,210 bushels of mussols, 723 gallons of shrimps, and 4 gallons of whitebait. The will Of Caroline, Baroness Wenlock, has been proved under £lOO,OOO personalty, Mr. Glad stone being oue of the executors, and as such re ceiving a legacy of £3OO. The Dowager Countess of Tyrconnell has left the bulk of her fortune to the second Ben of the E.irl of Shrewsbury, with a reversal iu the event of his 'marrying Other - thin a' j'totataut, br ceisthg tb be oite hims'e'lf. • • - CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY ) September b. "Peace or wary' remains the only topic of discussion here. The excitement which various alarmist rumours caused on the Bourse has not yet subsided. There is no further decline in the funds ; but there is no recovery of the fall which was caused by the report of difficulties with Italy. The note, believed to be couched in pretty strong terms, which has been sent from the Cabinet of Berlin to that of Holland respecting the rupture of nego tiations relative to the navigation of the Rhine, and warlike manifestations at Chalons, serve to maintain the depression in the barometer of nations — financial affairs. But reports yesterday pointed to a military conspiracy at the camp of Chalons, and a compromising manifesto from France to Prussia; so that in a descent to a note between Prussia and Holland, and a rumour of excitement at the camp, we may be said to be getting on very nicely, and may hope for smaller things yet. The liability of mankind to panic is one of the strangest of mental phenomena. That journalists should make the most of any rumours that may arise, and should invent rumours when none do arise, is quite intelligible. But that commercial men should allow themselves to be influenced by reports which have been repeated a thousand times without effect, and that all classes of stockholders should rush to sell, even at a loss, as if an enemy were at the gates of Paris, would be ridiculous if such panics did not produce serious results. Beyond these reports, rapidly diminishing in gravity, there are no facts to guide one to a solution of the war question ; though to make up for this deficiency there are abundance of articles in the newspapers. The Constitu tionnel the other day published a warlike effusion, and afterwards expressed surprise that it should have produced such an effect. The France publishes a lugubrious cate gory of the things which the Powers of Europe must not do for fear of French intervention. The Siecle believes that the Eastern question has been reopened through American' intermeddling. The Americans, by the way, are beginning to get the credit of all the diplomatic ills which oppress humanity ; and we may possibly hear before long that poor Mr. Seward had a share in the late Servian tragedy. The current number of the Revue des Dcux Mondes has some sensible remarks on the war question, showing that the armaments of France must be intended either for war or a not less injurious ostentation. The Golos, a Russian journal, contains an article to spew that war is inevitable and that the French Government is at fault. The topic is everywhere the same, a few of the Prussian papers alone preserving a tone of dignified reserve. It may be asked, if war is inevitable why should the fear of war be allowed to work its ill effects a dozen times before hostili ties commence ? Dr. N6laton and the physicians who have aided him have been able to do nothing for Count von Goltz, the Prussian Ambassador. The accounts of the state of the cancerous disease from which the able diplomatist has been suffering have been more unfavourable of late, and there is every reason to fear that all hope is at an end. The Marseilles strike was entirely a question of wages. Last Saturday, when the printers took their weekly pay. ment, they made a final declaration—not the first—tha t they would not work at the same rate. The em ployers would not grant the increase, and accordingly, on Monday there was no paper, or next to none. This was felt to be a serious inconvenience in a place like Mar seilles. The public nowadays must have newspapers ; but printers' strikes generally fail because other men are to be procured. In this case the compositors seem to have been unable to keep the field clear, and the journals are being reissued. The Government affect to be very confident in the result of the Var election, but the Opposition leaders are equally certain of a result in their favour. The candidature of M. Dufaure certainly affords the best chance of a Liberal victory. Lissagaray has completely recovered from the severe wound he received in the duel with M. de Cassagnac. Nothing of fact transpires at the camp of Chalons, _ozcept the ordinary manoeuvres, inspections, &c. The difficulty of determining when the native of any country still owes his allegiance to the land of his birth, and when it may legally he transferred to another State, is not felt in England alone. A question of allegiance has arisen between the Governments of France and Switzer land. A native of Savoy has long been settled in Geneva, and was naturalised there before Savoy was annexed to France. The French Government, however, maintains that the son of this Savoyard is amenable to conscription, and as be has refused to submit himself, the French autho rities request the interference of the Swiss Government. The latter have given a forcible response. They explain that as the Savoyard was naturalised in Switzerland be fore Savoy was annexed to France, he could never have been a Frenchman at all, and that neither he nor his son owes any allegiance to France. This argument ought to immediately settle the case in question ; but the naturali sation difficulty is frequently causing trouble between the two Governments in those instances in which the natura lised subject was really a Frenchman until he became a Swiss. A final determination of this brarch of inter national law is a most urgent necessity. A strange letter from Florence appears in the Literte, announcing that the Italian Minister of the Interior, Signor Cadorna, is retiring from office to join his Pied montese colleagues, La Marmora, Lanza, Sella., and others. This epistle adds that the Tuscans only are now left at the head of Italian affairs. " Mean, narrow-minded, guided by the principles of Macchiavelli, whom they are neverthe less far from comprehending ; lost in the subtleties of scholastic policy, like the Jews of the Talmud—such are the managers of public business. How long is this strange situation of a Ministry without a majority or the support of the country to last ?" The latter adds that the discon tented Neapolitans are organised against the Ministry, the Piedmontese have regained their former leaders, and a powerful league is to be organised against Menabrea and the rest of the " mean and narrew minded " Tuscans. Everything is said to be at stake in this game, even Italian unity and the monarchy itself. But the fall of Menabrea is to replace the Piedmontese in power, and this will form an alliance with the members of the Left, with whom they have voted for two years. Here is the means of removing the per plexity which has begun to trouble Europe respecting Italian affairs. Mr, R. A. Allnatt writes to the Times on the subject of the weather. On the 7th the sun thermometer regis tered 122 degrees, and the maximum shade heat was 84 at four in the afternoon. On the next day the wind shifted - to E.N.E„ became rough and squally, and having mingled with the previous equatorial current, produded mist, a dense cloud canopy, and a great depression of temperature. The thermometer only regis tered 61 degrees in the shade, thus showing a variation of 23 degrees in 24 hours. A correspondent at Kettering gives the shade temperature for the two days at 89.20 and 60 respectively, shewing a still greater variation. A letter from Lord De Tableyappears in the Manchester Examiner and Times addressed to his tenants. It assures them that, whichever way they may vote in the candida ture of his son for Mid-Cheshire, no change of feeling towards them will be created in his mind. In contrast to this, an account is given of the way in which a Mr. War burton, of Arley, acts. He has seventy or eighty tenants, and they are to go to the poll like a flock of sheep. A correspondent writes : " Mr. Warburton has personally waited upon Mr. Fair, a leading farmer in the district, who is on our central committee, and after censuring him for taking the liberty of canvassing the Arley tenants, told him (Fair) that he (Warburton) would tell the tenants which way they were to vote, and that Mr. Warren should not have one vote from that estate." There is one merit in the way Mr. Warburton acts. He is plain enough as to what he means, and there can be no after-discussion about intentions, as there was in the Drax business. The appointment, mentioned some months ago, of the Dean of Capetown to the bishopric of Bombay is confirmed. The late bishop, Dr. Harding, was an extreme Low Church man, whose zeal against " innovations" once carried him so far that he tore down a cross of flowers which had been introduced among some Christmas decorations And trampled it under foot. His successor is a very decided High Churchman, so that both Bombay and Cal cutta will now be administered by bishops of that school. The Bishop of Madras, Dr. Gell, is, we believe, a Broad Churchman, like his brother, the incumbent of St. John's, Notting-hill, who assisted Bishop Colenso in preparing for the press his work on the Pentateuch. It is added that the Rev. J. G. Cowan, incumbent of St. John's, Hammersmith, will succeed Mr. Douglas in the deanery of Capetown. If we remember rightly, this church has already contributed to the . nnl:s of Colonial Church dignitaries in the person of Bishop Twells. The bishopric of Grafton and Armidale, Australia, has been conferred upon the Rev. J. F. Turner, vicar of North Tidworth, Wilts, and son of the late Lord Justice Turner. Mr. Turner is a Durham University man. The bishopric was founded only last year, end became vacant through the drowning of the first bishop, Dr. Sawyer. The living of Tidworth is worth about £320 a year, with residence, and is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The Church papers are still uninformed with respect to the bishopric of Peterborough, which has now been vacant for some weeks. Probably the absence of the Queen has caused the delay in filling up the post. Her Majesty is well known to take a Ipaen interest in these appointthents, and' setae time ago vetoed one, whith w a s . strongly 11FaujupTa jar ideiELPthx— 13149Ua1u oodw4h, THE TUGBOAT AND THE TARA. ALLEGED INHUMANITY. The charge of inhumanity made against the master of the steamtug Constitution by Captain Armstrong, the only survivor of the ship Tara—one of the many vessels wrecked off the mouth of the Mersey during the sudden and disastrous gale on the evening and night of Saturday, the 22nd August —was informally investigated at the inquest held on Wednesday by the Liverpool coroner on the bodies of Kinsella, the chief mate, and Cobbett, one of the seamen of the ill-fated ship. Captain Armstrong's allegation was that when the hawser by which the tugboat was attached to the Tara parted in a very early period of the gale, he begged the master of the tug to pay out another, or stand by the ship in her perilous position ; that the latter refused and steamed away, leaving the ship to her impend ing fate of driving on one of the banks, which she after wards did, with the melancholy result that all on board (21 souls) were drowned except Captain Armstrong. In answer to this the engineer of the tugboat stated on Wed nesday that nothing more could have been done to save the ship or the lives of those on board, as Captain Armstrong refused to be towed back to Liverpool, and, owing to the waves being so unusually boisterous, the steamer must have been dashed to pieces had she approached nearer the ship than she did. A contemporary states, however, that in the very worst gales tug-steamers, with a prospect of making good sal vage, go out from the Mersey to pick up the vessels in distress outside, and they have frequently been known to lie close by stranded vessels, whose crews they have thus been able to rescue by means of small boats. Another question incidentally came up in the course of the inquiry, and it was stated by the pilot who took the vessel out, in reference to it, that the crew of the Tara were not nearly so bad—that is, so badly drunk—as those of many vessels going to sea. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased were found drowned ; they cau tiously avoided any expression of opinion with regard to the part taken by the tugboat in the disaster, but they did add a presentment to their finding, to the effect that it would be better for vessels to lie in the river at least one tide, after leaving dock than go to sea with drunken crews. This was, no doubt, founded on an infe rence to be drawn from Captain Armstrong's evidence, that, had his crew been more sober, he might have got more canvas set on his vessel, or let go Lis anchors before she struck, thus giving her a chance of riding out the gale, as did another vessel not far off—the Queen of Beauty. It should be added that the engineer of the Constitution declares that his boat remained near where the Tara was last seen by those on Loard for some hours, until the rising tide enabled her to recross the bar and enter the mouth of the river with safety. THE WEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Sea Thursday, F. 1 Sept. 10, B. T. C W. to F. D. WB. to 8 a.m. 14 1 12 — 9 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields c.b. 2 Scarborough 30'33f. 59 54 S. 2 3 S. c.b. Yarmouth,. 30'30f. 61 59 E.N.E. 4 5 S. c.b. 3 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesnres Ardrossan 30'24f. 59 57 S.W. 3 2 W. c. 3 Greencastle 30 26f. 53 52 W. 1 3 S. c.m Holyhead Liverpool Valentia 3o'24f. 56 53 S.S.E. 2 2 W. c.b. 2 Cape Clear 3olBf. 58 57 E. 3 Y 8 N.E. c.b. 2 Roche's Pt. 30'21f 56 54 N.W. 2 6 E. c.b.l 1 Penzanc e 30'21E 62 59 E.S.E. 2 6 E.S.E. c.b. 3 Plymouth :•. 30'23f. 60 57 Z. 0 5 E.S.E. m.b Weymo uth 30'26E 59 57 E. 98 99 E. b. 6 Portsmouth 30'26f. 60 55 E. 3 6 E.N.E. c. 2 London 30'28f. 57 54 E. 2 4 N.E. m.b C'peGrisNez 30'22f. 57 52 E.N.E. 4 8 N.E. c.b. 3 Brest L'Orient . ' Rochefort Biarritz .. 30'66r. 66 64 E. 3 f. 2 Corunna — Brussels Paris Strasbourg — Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) 30'23r. 51 51 N.W. 1 1 N.W. r. 0'75, 2 EXPLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. a Bee level. The letter deg. a sea level. The letter r., 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.—fog ; L—lightning m.—misty, hazy :o.—overcast, dull ; r.—rain ;a.— snow; t.—thunder. Rain-fall. snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. Barometer corrected and reduced to REMARKS. Atmospherical pressures have diminished at all stations sine, yesterday, except on the west coast of France : the change has been greatest in the northern portion of these islands, shewing a decrease at Nairn of more than three-tenths of an inch. Barometrical read. ings are still high : the difference between the greatest at Scarborough and the least at Biarritz is nearly three-tenths. Temperature is higher at stations in the N. and N.W. Easterly winds were fresh yester day in Ireland and on the Channel coast, increasing to a high wind at places. This morning the wind is easterly and moderate in southern and western districts, but in Scotland is light from the S.W. Mist is reported from the N.E. coast and the Irish Channel. The weather is generally fine over these islands and in the west of France. No appointment to the vacant See of Peterborough, it is said, will be made until the Queen's return from Switzerland. The performance of " Elijah" in Gloucester Cathedral. on Wednesday, drew together a large audience. Dr. Wesley seems to give better satisfaction as a conductor than he has sometimes done. He took the times precisely as Mendelssohn himself would have taken them ; and the chorus and the band were well up to the mark. Titiens, Santley, and Sims Reeves again took the leading parts, and of course acquitted theMselves magnificently. The collection for the charity at the doors only amounted to £155155. sd. for both the morn ing and afternoon--a serious falling off; and this is thought to be because the ladies no longer hold the plates. The miscellaneous concert in the evening at the Shire Hall again brought together a large audience. The termination of the cab strike will take no one by surprise. There was no unanimity among the cabmen and cabowners, and no fund to support a strike. It was so evidently unjust to pay the privileged men 3s. 6d. a day while the unprivileged got nothing, that such an arrangement could not stand, and so the attempt to win over the first failed. There is now a talk of forming az organisation and raising a fund, in ordef to conduct another strike on a future and more favourable occasion. In the meantime it is to be hoped that the cab-owners will see the injustice and absurdity of visiting , upon the public the alleged sins of the railway companies—injustice because the wrong persons are punished, absurdity because the extreme measure resorted to had not the smallest effect upon the party which it was sought to intimidate. It is to be hoped that the cab-drivers will hesitate before they consent to make themselves again the instruments of the cab-owners in a movement from which the second alone would reap any benefit. Both parties would do well to ask themselves if the coin• panies have not as much right to impose a tax upon the cab-owners using their stations as upon the booksellers and the restaurateurs. Any way, it would be a ludicrous way of resenting the impost if " unprivileged " booksellers and hunsellers were to refuse to sell books and buns to the public because refused admission to the railway stations. Mr. Gladstone has sent to a gentleman in the neigh bourhood of Manchester a statement with regard to Liberal and Conservative finance, in reply to Mr. Hunt's recent statement. He says that the Liberals left the income tax in 1858 at 4d. in the pound. When they came back to office in 1859 the expenditure of 1859-GO had been determined by the late (Derby) Government, and he (Mr. Gladstone) had to meet a deficit of about 4 millions. The history of the last endeavour made by the Liberal party to reduce the public expenditure commences with the year 1861. The two previous years had seen the finances of the country dis turbed by the additions made to our armaments through fear of French aggression and by the China war ; and in 1861 a heavy charge was caused by the Trent affair. But in 1861 the Government were able to reduce the military and naval expenditure by about one million and three quarters, and in 1862 by no less than three millions and a half, compared with that of 1860 ; and their hands were strengthened, in effecting re ductidhs, by the result of the debate raised by Mr. Stans feld on the 3rd June, 1862, which committed Parliament to still greater economy. Mr. Gladstone then proceeds to shew how that policy was carried out. In 1862 the ex penditure, exclusive of the National Debt, was £43,070,000; this was reduced steadily year by year until in 1865 it was only £39,680,000. Since then it has been steadily increased, and is now £43,730,000, or nearly £700,000 more than it was before the Liberal reductions began to take effect. This increase does not include the cost of the Abyssinian war. Further, while during the Liberal Administration the expenditure fell short of the estimates every year, during the Conservative regime the expenditure has exceeded the estimates. The surplus of revenue over expenditure applied to the reduction of the National Debt by the five Liberal budgets, 1862-6, was £12,850,000. The deficit during the two years of Tory budgets is £1,914,000, or, excluding the Abyssinian war, £161,000. " From these facts," adds Mr. Gladstone, "it follows that the policy of the Liberal arty has been to reduce the public charges and to keep the expenditure within the estimates ; and as a result to diminish the taxa tion of the country and the National Debt; that the policy of the Tory Government, since they took office in 1866, has been to increase the public charges and to allow the departments to spend more than their estimates ; 'and, as a tesult,:to. create eltficits, and to render the reduc, Lion ,of ,taxat:cn 491)20 . 116 igiticluvict. .11.5.112 dui& Ada ) il ea ''-1,44,4_ ? ~ gin -11 .'"tK,:i.vci Ural LI HER MAJESTY. PARIS, Sept. 9. Queen Victoria is expected here to-morrow morning at half-past ten. Her Majesty will travel under the strictest incognito, and will rest during the day at the English Embassy. Her Majesty will leave again for Cherbourg at 10 o'clock in the evening. The Duke of Cambridge dined at the Enl' bassy this evening. The Queen will hold a Council on Monday nest at Windsor Castle. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Jfagazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 15th of Aug' These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch, and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 12th of Aug. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : July 18, Au . 15, I I 1868. 1868. 1 Increase. DeCrea lle Bank of England 1 24, 11,5 to 24,578,3.9! ..£63,873 , 36 4 Private Banks 2,6 9,08; 2, 6..925' - £ 57,v ", Joint-stock Banks 2,<13,L23 2, c 3,3 ri ._:_.------ 6 , Total in England. 29,3 i(;,72r 24,303,2 H 4 ' ,52 1 .9,05 , Scotland . 4,5 9,5 ii 4,11 ~ 4 - 3 Ireland 1,6,0, 2 5,5z0,441 I 1.39.0 ..., _.--- - - 3 2;= 89 • United Kingdom. 39.5 6.1 3 :0.23 Llt4* United Kingdom 39,5 6,1 39,23 I,ltl And as compared with the month ending the 17th 01 Aug., 1867, the above returns show an increase of £382,144 in the circulation of notes in England, and a n , increase of £742,801 in the circulation of the Unite d Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: The English private banks are below their fixed issue £1 415 58 0 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue ... . 575,25 1 Total below fixed issue in England £l, The The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,661,'21% The Irish banks are b w their fixed issue ... 834,1)"" The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of B 3 1 ," land in both departments during the month ending the 1 2 °', of Aug. was X21,553,676„being a decrease of £1,05 9,39 ', as compared with the previous month, and a decrease o. ` £1,557,673 when compared with the same period last yea r ' The following are the amounts of specie held by th , e , Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 15t ' of Aug.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks X 2,525 , 34 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,085," --- X 4,6 1 1, 327 Being a decrease of £91,166 as compared with the P r*) ; vious return, and a decrease of £93,257 when comPar ° with the corresponding period last year. THE COCK IN FLEET-S2REET. It was not without wincing, and a sort of ag grieved feeling, as if the Commissioners we ll scarcely dealing as gently as they should with Pe r• sons whose very weaknesses deserve considerati oat that I read the printed announcement the othe r day on Attenborough's, the pawnbroker's, of sell ing off in consequence of notice from the Commis sion that the premises were wanted Not tha t or any one else that I know of, unless it be tu " inmates, care about Attenborough's. But O r r doors east of Attenborough's stands the Cock 3' Fleet-street. Against that most illustrious of chop-houses we hear that the sentence has also gone forth. Hence these lines. written in tb hope that the eye of some member of the cheek drawing class may fall on them, by whose aid ! A ° old hearth, of authentic historic interest surpass': by few in this country, may yet be preserved 0: our grandchildren. Do I suppose if 20 John sec ._ and Goldsmiths and Tennysons had lived all their l I lives in the old tavern that their memories w ould save the Cock from being ruthlessly knocked oil, his perch over the door, and the house from bel eg piekaxed down by Irish labourers, and the mat e ' rials sold, to make way for the new Law Courts , ; No, I don't. But what Ido say is this :—UP down the British Empire, and in the United States; there are at this moment thousands of wen 1 "0 , 11 least to whom the old hearth of the Cock wou ld . • invaluable. There are, first, young gentlemen 111:0 heriting great houses, none of whom seem abl e a live in their fathers' homes without rebuilding s e a enlarging. There is no historical house in E u g l3i n t which would not be honoured by having the q ua• e old mantelpiece and grotesque pannelling of t Cock hearth, before which our laureate has m use , 1 till the inspiration fell on him, set up in study. Infinitely more valuable, however, w° v 0 it be to you, my fellow-countrymen, Vi r " 3 0 0 heaped up wealth by your own industry, °` kind or another, and are bent on building a ne a. ° house, and founding a family. Dien en of your o a often spend large sums on pictures, statues, .80, the like, with this object ; but how unques t f ably more effective for your purpose Nyeulatbe be to transport reverently the old hearth of oe l Cock in Fleet-street, brick by brick, and P a w by panel, to your new home. Fan c y ag effect, in the third generation, of your grandsoef be sheriff, entertaining the judges, and saying , as re , s points to the hall fireplace, " Ah, by the way , the re st a piece of old-world work which should inter your lordships. That is the fireplace of the Coed in Fleet-street, which my grandfather bough t ol d brought down here when the old place was Parts' down to make room for the present Law C be- Many of your lordships' predecessors have s s ,,, he y fore that fire and dreamed of the woolsack. tell me it is of Queen .h.lizabeth's time." i" ot do put it you, gentlemen, whether that will ea, more for your descendants as English country 0600 tlemen than a gallery full of Titians, if you c o get them ?---Once a Week. THE BELGIAN SUCCESSION.—The Figaro Pti nLl ;A ' -- the following note :—" At Brussels much is 537:r a project which, if realised, will bring about r3ineto unforeseen consequences. The question res Per.. the death of the young Count de Eiainault, presumptive of the Crown. The Prince 1 02e h il of France, it is generally supposed, would ill t 5 - 1;;: . case be affianced to the Princess /darse-Anog who is reaching her tenth year. A male heir d ent wanting, King Leopold might at any given r°° : . -- h tl O realise the annexation of the two countries W"-ays war or the opposition of England." Gaiignanit,Bijaer the Figaro appears to have overlooked alie ft g e. t o the Count de Flandre, brother of Le he 7,„, 0 of whom, according to the Constitution, the thr — Belgium descends in default of heirs male. or se: THE BATTLE OF THE IRISH CHIJRCH.--`" /r iot what amusing incident in connection w ith ti'eural Church occurred about a week since in Sr4/.1: parish a short distance from Godahning•; s ctS pears that one of the churchwardens, who 5-4,ivea as guardian, overseer, and parish clerk, r e % a n from a Church Defence Association in LnliciobietS official-looking packet by post, containingPalordS and tracts, and a form of petition to a le wish' " spiritual and temporal " against the disesta ttiel anent of the Irish Church. This was aeen°l3: tbe by a letter requesting that the contents °>v r° parcel might be used in the best manner to Pr ° oc o the object intended. Flushed with the in-12°i' ari d of being entrusted with such a rnis si°o ;ieW staggered with the sight of such a mass el so ture, the old gentlem an scratched his hea o o; idea. One soon struck him, and a novel one o of for forthwith he proceeded to na il the fnritist Petition on the church door, alo n g side the t rest voters, objections, &c. But the m atter did 11;tiol here. The other churchwarde n, whose Pcfoilig proclivities are more of a Radi cal nature, on o ei ono d fe t ' to church the following Sandal, saw the P re 0 0 document, to tear down and demolish wh t i li c e h ts c o o but a momen t' s wor k. s u bsequently o na ffi t c u i r a e l s that uiet it andapp appeared r d i d i span: one otsi of the Irish Church would be fought out in own persons. 0 00 114 It is calculated that Russia has raised on 00 03 external money markets during the last twolTa..licai no les& thatt-.£1,8,000,000 .by State-guaranteed bonds. , . • eofthsautchthe their . .