The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-01 00:00:00

'THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
1 of 011ILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-

road.

Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those
numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.

BRITISH lIOIIE for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—lf.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over
20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum aro also granted
The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS aro
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
are as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Ramp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street,Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland. street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, nenstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapsido
In addition to the above-named homes, the committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee aio deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Itaitclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. (AMER, Sea.
4.49eu-street Qheop.oido.

The net premium income
the sum of
The interest. on investmen
of receipt yield

Is andotheritems

1,276 18 1

Making a total income of £237,980 19 8
-
The claims were 333, amounting to the sum of £127,886
12s. id.

Tho balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d.
The assets of the association at the close of the year
amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd.
The directors draw special attention to the fact that the
next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year
1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior
to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate
in the same.

The directors also draw attention to the successful esta-
blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire
Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc-
tors believe that the establishment Of a Fire Company, to
work in active co-operation with the Life, will tend much
to the advantage and profit of both institutions. It is
scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and
constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct.
fly order of the Board,
JUAN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary.
London, March 18, 1869.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.

Report of the Directors for the year ending tbo 30th
June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES
WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in
tho Chair.

The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last
annual general meeting a report was made to thorn for the
quinquennial period then terminating; and that a bonus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
£208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences
with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this
bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d.

SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30TH JUTE, 1868.
DR. INC(I3IE OF 'ME YEAR.
Dalanco of account, 30th
June, 1867, X 981,511 13 9
Less amount listributed
as Lonus 208,774 0 0

£772,710 13 9
Premiums rn now nsaur-
anees -
Ditto on old ditto 30,215 7 3

£3 .0,811 8
Interest from invest-
ments 117,581 7

£498,395 15 11
Profit and loss, balance
of account
Total incmo..

46,070 13 3

CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR
Dividend to proprietors
Cls;•nA on decease of lives
assured £265,523 13 3
Additions to those under

participating policies 22,816 4 7
Policies surrendered 28,642 11 3
Re-assurances, new
Ditto, old 50,365 0 8

£370,618 5 3
Commission
Medical foes
Income tax ... 2,215 4 7
Expenses of manage-
ment 15,489 8 5

544,466 9 2

£1,5.7,207 2 Il

£8,877 5 0

409,777 9 5

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Total charge
Balance of account, 80th June 1868 907,552 8 6

£1,317,207 2 11
Examined and approv
THOMAS ALLEN,t
Andttors
HENRY ROSE,
Tho total income of the year, it will be seen, is £.514.466
9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,651 11s. sd. ; the diffe-
rence, or the sum laid by- viz., £131,811 14s. 9d.—raises
the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d.
The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s.
3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised
assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report.
Tho whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there-
fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather
more than 4 per cent. ; or, if the profit shown of £46,070
18s. 3d,, derived from various extraneous sources, be in-
cluded, at upwards of £sl2s. per cent.
The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 ls. 9d.
and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d. has been expended in ro
assurances.

The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden-
tical in amount with those of 1866. They are less than
those of last year by nearly £19,000.
A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount
of premiums paid for re-assurance, many of filo risks
re-assured having terminated by death and other causes.
The expenses of management are less than those of last
year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges
incurred in the final closing of the two ofliceslast absorbed
by the company. Tho whole expenditure, however, in-
cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 54.
per cent. on the total income.
The balance-sheet is as follows :
DR. LIABILITIES.
Interest due to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto unpaid
Sundry accounts
Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,369 11 7
Proprietors' fund
Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6

£6,977 13 3

Total £7,565,198 1 3
OR. ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7
Ditto ditto decreasing ditto
Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5
Ditto ditto funded securities 479,932 13 3
Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,424 011
Current interest on the above invest-

meats .
Cash and bills
Advanced on security of the company's
policies....
Agents' bah.aces
Sundry accounts
Value of premiums (1867) ..... 4,506,167 18 0
Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9

86,243 7 6
22,601 2 9

Total,.

£7,565,198 1 3
Examined and approved.
THOMAS ALLEN,) Auditors.
HENRY ROSE, ff
The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown
by this account. On comparing it with that of 1867, it
will be observed that further investments have been made
on mortgage and in the Governn:ent funds, and that about
£ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com-
pany's policies. Exclnsive of the sum indicating the value
of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030
Be. 3d.

The direction of the company is now constituted as
follows :
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair-

.
man.
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy-
Chairman.
Charles Bischoff, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Earl.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart.,
D.C.L.
Robert A. Graf Esq.
Wm. Augustusl,Guy Z.1.D.,
F.R.S.

Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
James Murray, Esq.
Philip Rose, Esq.
George Russell, Esq.
Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke.i
Esq.
Admiral Tindal.:

to' 'CI ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
co
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•L- . FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
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ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London,
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8' E.C. Established 1848.
c 74.1; The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob-
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£ a. d. X 8. d. £B. d. sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their
1858 4,802. 1,023,140 0 0 3.318 f 54,140 0 0 21,347 16 5 opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation
1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9.746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10
1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate
the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them
Total.. 35512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6444,490 4 8 207,113 13 g which shall bo absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.
The net premium income has increased to For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
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the sum of . .Z 216,704 1 7 decline to assure nn thn arnn n a +h. .... + ;.• +1,,,,,...., -e :- . • . • . . .• •.

The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob-
jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as-
sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their
opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation
of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate
the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them
which shall bo absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.
For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in-
ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre-
miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this
class of the public the system now introduced will espe-
cially commend itself, being entirely free from all condi-
tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium,
or from any other cause whatever; while at tho same
time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when oven a de-
fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every premium paid. bearing the same propor-
tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre-
miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi-
nally contracted to bo paid._

Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex-
pressly state what sum can at any time- be withdrawn on
the discontinuance of the assurance.

The assured will thus always have the option of retain-
ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease;
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain 'amount, ac-
cording t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being
set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any
future reference to the Company on those points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.
Creditors omit-jug the lives of debtors will appreciate
this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and
others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally
secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by
mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re-
versionary, of a Policy of this descript len.
Every Policy issued on this plan will be withcrat any
conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual
limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds
the objections before referred to will be entirely removed,
and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as
actual securities.

In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages,
the number of premiums is strictly defined. . The longest
term provided for is twenty-fire years. and the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi-
tors, end others holding policies of this el iss as security,
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of groat importaueo where policies
are bell as collateral security.

It is only ueeesPary to add that, es n consequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfeitahle and uncon-
ditional, they will also be utichalleng”able on any ground
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security Polieir.s.

•
The PRUDLNI lAT, A SSUR CIE COMPANY pos-
r.osses an it (.(41110 V 15,000 a yonr Tts position is un-
quoationablo, and It obtains the-- I:trpromt amount of now,
btzsinyas of any office in the Kingdom. SPEC:IA 1.4
AGENTS WANTED.
HENRY ITARBEN, Sccrctary.

ASSURANCE

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE
CORPORATION.
.
(Established by third-ter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Oface-29, fall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIUS WIGRA.M.
JAMES STEWART IPH)GSON, E
CHARLES JOHN MANNING,
DIREC
_ _

Robert Barclay, Esq. ---
John Garret Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann. Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdalo Wm, Gronfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam

f, Esq Governor.
sq Sub-Governor.
Esq Deputy-Governor.
)TORS.
William Tetlow Hibbert,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Novile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Maleolmson,
Esq.
Lord Josceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
tie! Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

NOTICE.—The usual firteen days allowed for payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will ex-
pire on the 9th of July.

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on.
advantageous terms.

FIRE DUTY. This Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances.
FA _7IIING STOCK.- No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine 3.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
Tho Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding .£15,000 may be insured on one
Life.

This Corporation affords to the AsFured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
•under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE. Socretnrv.

T.ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only
institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.

CONTEIBUTIORS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdalo and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

IT`STABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN
12J during TEMPORARY ILLNESS.
The relatives of Clergymen, Naval, Military, and Pro-
fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small
weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com-
bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the
establishment, 90, Upper Barley-street.-
This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro-
nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor,
and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the
Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady
Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and othet ladies.
All information respecting it may be obtained on writ-
ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent.
Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the
Treasurer, at Messrs. Coups and Co.'s, 59, Strand.
W. C SPRING MR Hon Sec.

ROYAL FREE IlosprrAL, Gray's-itin-road,
in the immediate vicieity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Der Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—
Hie Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. _

President--life Grace the i)like of Buccimicii. K.G.

This hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent ":or support on voluntary contributions
and legacies. .

It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contritr..tions aro received by their hankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lano; also by Masers.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and .Co.; Glyn and Co.;
Retries end Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, rapid, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bornsrs-street i and at
the hospital from 10 till b.

.. FOREIGN NOTES.
TERMINATION OF TUE WAR IN PARAGUAY.
At last we have intelligence of the active renewal of
military operations in Paraguay, and again have the con-
sequences been disastrous to the remnant of Lopez's army.
The first corps of the Allies, under their new commander-
in-chief, has advanced into the interior against the
position held by Lopez on the mountains. One
town has been destroyed, and a great number of
Paraguayan families " rescued." One English and two
American officers have been allowed to cross the allied
lines to communicate with the Paraguayans—an admis-
sion which confirms our telegram that communication
with General MacMahon, the American Ambassador, was
previously refused. This news comes through the
Brazilian Legation in London.
Information from other sources points still more plainly
to the end of this contest. The Oirl hears from a Brazilian
source that President Lopez, through the mediation of the
United States Minister, has obtained terms from the
Allies, in virtue of which he agrees to surrender his army
on condition of 1 ring permitted to leave the country.
This wi:l be good news for the wo. n-out nations
of the La Plata. The intellig,ence of the mediation
of the United States was welcomed with the greatest
enthusiasm on both banks of the river. In all the region
affected by the war peace is most earnestly desired.

Tlc
SOUIIIERN STATE 3 AFTER TIE ABOLITION OF
SLAVERY.

The Southern' cause, which commanded so much
English sympathy and involved this country in a
difficulty of which we have not yet seen the end, is, it
appears, now discarded even by those who fought for it. A
gentleman who has been in the South, in a letter to a
prominent member of the present Government, says the
Southerners have now found out that the civil war was
in every respect a mistake. They fought for slavery, and
they have since discovered that slavery was not 'worth
fighting for. They are better off without than with it.
The writer says :

"I never felt so ashamed of our sympathy wits the
Southerners as when I was in the South. The slaveowners
tell you with the most brazen faces that they are better now
than they were before. One large slaveowner said to me,
The Yankees whipped us out of slavery, but they could
not whip us into it again.' Another told me he grew
larger crops with twenty-five free negroes than he had done
with seventy-five slaves. They have found out already
that the rebellion was, economically, an enormous blunder ;
a handsome cause for us to encourage them in, thereby
estranging the North for a generation or two!"

MR. WEBB AND THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT.
We have already announced that the quarrel between
Mr. Webb, the American Ambassador at Rio Janeiro,
and the Brazilian Ministry was " made up " before the
former left for the United States. This reconciliation was
brought about by the English Ambassador. A veryangry,
indeed improper, note from Mr. Webb was treated as if it
bad not been received, and assurances of a friendly cha-
racter were exchanged between Lim and the Brazilian
Foreign Minister. Mr. Webb left Rio Janeiro because,
like all the other representatives of the United States at
foreign Courts, he had been replaced on the accession to
Dower of General Grant.

11. ROCHEFORT AND "LA LANTERNE."
The French Government mercilessly continues its war
with M. Henri Rochefort, the lively editor of La Lan.
terne, who so narrowly escaped being returned for Paris.
An old charge against two persons of illegally intro.
ducing the Lanterne into France— a charge which was
disposed of so far back as last January—has actually
'been brought up again in a modified form, and tried a
second time in Paris, in order that M. Rochefort might
be included as one of the culprits. He has been sentenced
to a heavy fine and imprisonment, and deprived of his
rights as a French citizen. The Belgian Government,
too, has been enlisted as an ally against him. The Lan-
(erne, which was published in Brussels after its expulsion
from Paris, has been forbidden there. M. Rochefort
must discontinue the paper or leave the country: The
satirist has proved a bitter enemy to the French Govern-
ment ; and, in consequence, he now finds no rest for the
solo of his foot.

BELGIUM AND FRANCE.
This extinction of the Lanterne is probably one of the
means employed by the Belgian Government to con-
ciliate France. We are told in various quarters that
people at Brussels are getting very frightened over this
railway question. The correspondent of the Liberte goes
so far as to affirm that preparations have been made for'
an invasion of Belgium by the French troops. Should
this event Uwe place, the seat of the Belgian Government
will be transferred to Anvers, which has been very
strongly and very hurriedly fortified of late, and the
French will be left in peace until assistance arrives from
England, Prussia, and Holland. In the best circles at
Brussels it is loudly maintained that Belgium will yield
no more on the railway question.

It appears that Austria, as well as England, has inter-
fered in this curious imbroglio. Count Beust has addressed
a despatch to the Austrian chargJ d'offaires at Brussels,
in which ho expresses the opinion that the independence
of Belgium will be iu nu way compromised by a Belgian
railway being handed over to the control of a French
company. Would the Austrian Government be pleased
if one of its railways were leased to a Russian company?
The Paris Temps thinks that the effect of this despatch
will be far from reassuling.

DELMAN MINISTRY.
The Patric etAtes Wit two—nf

Ministers, MM. Fere•Orban and Bara, have announced
their absolute intention of resigning. Th. King has,
however, prevailed upon them to keep their portfolios
for a few days longer. It is said that M. Teach will then
be appointed to succeed M. PriTe-Orban as the head of
the Cabinet, and the Patric believes that the new coiner
will be disposed to grant " all the demands of France" on
the railway question.

SPAIN.
The new Spanish Parliament decidedly differs in one
respect from its predecessors. If it cannot be called a
Free Trade Assembly, it skews no disposition to favour
Protection. During the last few days the import duties
have been the subject of debates and divisions ; but all
attempts to increase prohibitory imposts have failed.

A SCANDINAVIAN UNION.
Princess Louise, the only child of the King of Sweden,
is to be married to the Crown Prince of Denmark. Hopes
were entertained that this alliance would lead to a Scandi-
navian union; but the Salic law, excluding women from the
throne, prevails in Sweden, and the rumour that it was to
be set aside in order to bring Norway, Sweden, and Den-
mark under one Crown is, according to the Owl, incorrect.
The marriage, however, must greatly strengthen the
friendship already existing between the three countries.

KIDNAPPING SOUTH SEA ISLANDEUS.
The Daily News expresses itself scarcely satisfied with
the answer given by Mr. Monsell on Monday night when
questioned respecting the kidnapping of the South
Sea islanders for service in Queensland. The
case is this : The planters of Queensland possess
every advantage except the all-important one of
labour. They have climate, fine soil, and remune-
rative markets, but by no means sufficient human mate-
rial to utilise these blessings. To remedy this defect, the
Queenslanders send to the South Sea Islands, inviting the
unoccupied inhabitants to come over and help them,
promising ample reward. The savages accept the offer,
and come ; but they soon find their condition very diffe-
rent from that promised them. The islander
finds himself a slave, bound to a master, and no
longer a free azent. The news of this treatment soon
reaches the islanders, and they naturally refuse to
exchange the enjoyment of their sunny climes for slavery
in Queensland. No .more will go ; the supply of labour
ceases, and in order to keep it up the agents take to kid-
napping. Then grow up all the horrors of the slave trade.
The vessels prowl about among the islands, raids are
made upon the islanders, in which the men are carried off,
and the ship—no longer an emigrant ship, but in every
sense a slaver—returns to port with her cargo of stolen
savages, who, if not actually sold, are practically
enslaved. This is the history of Queensland emigration.
The Under-Secretary for the Colonies stated on Monday
night that the strictest conditions had been imposed on the
importation of these islanders ; but the question is whethei
those conditions are observed. Mr. Taylor and Mr. R.
Fowler argued they were not; and the Daily News is of the
same opinion. More stringent conditions are to be im•
posed in future ; but why, asks the Daily News, should
this immigration be encouraged at all? It is practically imm
possible to conclude a satisfactory bargain of this kind
between a superior and an inferior race. Abuses rnwi
arise from such a system.

Hon Morton M'Michael, accompanied by hrs.
M'Michael, daughter and son, Colonel William Michael,
sailed from New York, June 9, for a tour in Europe. Mr.
M'Michael is known and esteemed abroad as an eminent
journalist, distinguished citizen, and gentleman of great
aidlity and culture. During his long c:treer as a public
man it has bean his good fortune to be the host and enter-
tainer o: many visitors from Europe, in both public and
private life, and as it is their custom to give kind remein-
lvance to such civilities, his visit will probably have ad-
ditional pleasure from this circumstance. Good wishes
attend him an his tour, and a hearty welcome awaits his
return homr..

Lucius B. Crocker, a leading citizen of Oswego,
died in Paris early this month. He arrived on the Conti-
flout about two years ago, and, after an extended tour, was
on his way home when he was seized with his last illn:•ss
in Paris. His remains were expeted in America at the
end of the month. Mrs. Crocker died in lame about a
year ago, and her remains were also sent home to America.

DutivlLLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest
holders of Whisky in the wort& Their Old Irish Whisky is re •
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Sup Plied in casks and cases for home use or exporta-
tion' Quotations on application- to• Messrs. Dui:wale and Co..
Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings,Straud, Louden, W,0.--(avi
velnisennent.

THE SON LONDON, Tali IiSI)AY EVENING, JULY 1, LE69.
- -
CALLAGHAN'S OPERA, RACE, and FIELD bers of the denomination where they were directly or perfect religious equality-they very properly gave ' CORREbk Oki DEki GE
FOR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS.
GLASSES, of Matchless quality.
.
E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, by a sentiment thought to rise out of the arrange. way, and the bill passed in its present shape. But
on an unusually large scale, in every depart- 23A, NEW BOND-STREET (corner of Conduit-street).
meat-of their business ments connected with the winding up of this ancient the Lords, while accepting the principle of equality, (FROM OUR OWN Col
.
dresses, see following For trades and ad- N.8.-Sole Agent to Voigtlander, Vienna.
advertisement,
system, they must be justly applied with a perfect want to disregard the pledge. They state PARIS,
LIFEBOAT SERVICES.-During the Storms on behalf of every denomination, so far their belief that the nation will condone The first clay of the session o
ARARE COMBINATION. of the past eighteen months the National, Lifeboat impartiality The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL- Institution contributed to the saving of 1,270 lives from as respects the arrangements growing up out of the
this breach of • faith-will, in fact, approve rather a piece of good luck, for
LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be fount various shipwrecks and 32 vessels from destruction. The it. If so, eadit queestio. There is, as we considerable importance. You,
complicated and exceptional state of ecclesiasti-
in every erticlo sold by E. MOSES and SON. Institution also expended £27,641 in the same period on
Every description of Clothing ready made, its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting cal affairs which we find existing in Ireland."
or made to measure, for all ages, and all 3,793 for rewards. have said, nothing more intrinsically wrong in
mustthat beall
giving glebes than in endowing Maynooth. If thefiqrsutes tai opnpsre v send]) mei tft(
classes. The Institution has now 207 Lifeboat Stations under The third and the last of these deliberate
country is prepared to do the first, it will simply set committees, of which there ar
Commodious apartments for measuring its management.
are selected from the whole C
pledges, equally definite and equally women- Mr. GLADSTONE free from last year's pledge. Ilee
and fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
Rooms, which contain a very large and diver- and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, tons with the two which have been here just now will no more be bound by it than the QUEEN is by the
eppoened that on Monday, whet
Opposition did not secure a
sified stock of materials. Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London.
For the convenience of Ladies accompany-
ing their Sons there is a distinct department last evening, "freely tendered to Parliament and at questioning, if it bet
for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION
the hustings, but I do not hesitate to say a pledge having the command of the majc
Promise and oath are merely a contract made with attempts at
Orders by Post are attended to with care Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. the nation. If both parties are willing to set the
and punctuality, and the easy and accurate The distinguishing features of this Association are contract aside there is no ground of com- This is undoubtedly an ill-onn
which, even if it had not been freely tendered, would the Opposition. All evil augur
system of self-measur© introduced by E. Equitable Rates,
plaint on that score. At the same time
MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee Undoubted Security. have been extorted by the national sense and , able to confirm what I said yes
a faultless fit. Prompt settlement of claims.
Orders from persons who are not known to J OHN MESSENT, Manager. the national opinion" - being simply this, should the country declare for the Duke of the Liberals. They have all met
the firm should 7.e accompanied by a remit- • - that " after the satisfying of those equitzble CLEVELAND'S modified form of concurrent endow- certain questions on which the,
tance, or a London reference.
ROBERT MARTIN- COLE, deceased.-Pur-
Any article not, approved of will hoc heer- claims on principles of equality as between meat we shall be surprised. The current of popular hope of success lies in c"-operatic
feeling has been setting so strongly in the opposite on Monday in one of the rooms attf
fully exchanged, or, if desired, the money suant to an Act of Parliament, 22 and 23 Vic.
different denorninat. of the opposition were II
will he returned. cap. 35 intituled "An Act to further Amend the Law
1011E1, the remaining pop- direction that it is difficult to understand such a shades
All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, of and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE IS
HEREBY PropertyGlVEN, That all Creditors of IL M. Cole, tions of what is now the Church in Ireland shceild be sudden refiux. Moreover, we take leave to doubt if of deliberation was the line of
from which no abatement can he made. late of No. 22, Sydney-street, Fulham-road, Brompton,• coming contest on the verificatioi
The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats in the county of Mid.tlesex, Commander in the Roval applied for the benefit of the Irish people, but not to the provision of country parsons with houses and
and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un- Navy (who died on the 6th day of April, 1869), the maintenance of a Church nor the support of a
--pledges equally very lively talk took place on the
cabbage gardens is intrinsically so religious in the bility. M. Picard, I am
equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap- and whose will, with a codicil annexed, was duly
ness. proved on the 7th day of June, 1869, by Joseph Marsh, clergy." Those three pledges highest sense of the word as providing the sick, the large view of the subject, argui
Complete Outfits for all Climates, with ono of the Executors therein named, and all other solemn and equally deliberate-are, as the Premier
ion should be placed on the decrees
every requisite for the voyage. persons having any claim or demand against the
urging that even the Emperor's c'
Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-m- ea- Estate of the said Robert Martin Cole, are hereby required observed yesterday at the Mansion-House, l since are excellent in their way, but the second seems to
be excluded if fairly chosen I
sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and to send particulars in writing of their claims and demandsus decidedly more CunrsT-like than the first,
post-free and of the nature of the securities (if any) held by them to enrolled among those things which partake almost of majority by no means concurre,
an historical character. They f rm as he is apps- -
Y MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts me, the undersigned J. Chapple, of No. 25, Carter-lane, in
almost unanimously agreed that
-
are closed every Friday evening at sunset till the city of Lon don,Solicitor to the said Executor on or before e '3 )
rently eager to insist, a clear and manifest covenant of his office, could not exercise
Saturday evening at sunset, when business the 31st day of July next, after which time the said Execu- THE REVENUE,
is resumed until eleven o'clock. tor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Robert deputy, and that, therefore, he ,
E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be- Martin Cole, amongst the persons entitled thereto, having between the Cabinet and the country. "We
tendered the terms of the covenant," he 1.-The following is an abstract of the gross produce of
spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, regard only to the debts or claims of which the said
Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac- Executor shall then have had notice, and that the Exe-
exclaims "when we sat in the exile of the Opposition. the Revenue of the United Kingdom in the undermen- pCahsasmedbuerp.onTohtehesralminepesreinatlenfucne,
turers, and General Outfitters for all cutor will not be liable for any debt or claim of which he tionecl periods, ending June 30, 1869, compared with Classes. shall not then have had notice. the corresponding periods of the preceding year :- idnentthoencthhaemEbmerp.erolrt for‘ras trheesiorisr,
The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES Dated this 2lth day of Juno, 1869. the will not forget them now we are installed in the seat stand should be made against all
and SON : -
J. CHAPPLE,
they were not capable of fairly r,
LONDON.
Solicitor for the Executor. of power." Than which, no words could scarcely be Quarters ended
the people. A director of the Cr
CITY ESTABLISHMENT.
155, MINORIES THE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES, declaration by the Prime Minister in the name of him- 1
Sept. 30, ' Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, black sheep.
156, 311NORIES TIIE " NEW FAMILY "
186 i 1868 1869 1869 M. Jerome David resigned his
157, MINORIES SEW TIIE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- self andof hiscolleagues against theconcurrent endow-
81, ALDGATE STITCH. . • .:4 X 4 X x
ment. It remains yet to be seen therefore how far Customs 4 5,18,,000 5,998,000 5,485,000 5,515,000 licity given to the letters which past
84, ALDGATE Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable t. .
Excise 1,1,4,000 5,431,000 5990,000 4,971,000 and the Emperor. But his Maj
85, A I.DCI ATE for Travelling. the still imminent risk of a collision between the Lords Stamps
.
and Commons in a matter of really vital importance
86, ALDGATI. --- Taxes
87. ALDO AT E CUE " SINGER " SEWING MACHIN ES
in regard to the scheme embodied in the Irish Church cPrroolpvenrtl:aln' ad: :: : : V3767,:070000 tion of M. Schneider, and so this
Post-ot 3,27,000 2,489,000
21:02,181287,,,000000000 41032100000, 1,47304;000000 the resignation of M. David any
I, 90,4.00 1,150,000 1,200,000 1,12 ~000
88. ALDGAT It ARE WOP.LD-RENOWNED AS TIIE. BEST SYSTEM
The semi-panic which seized
39, ALDGATE AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS Bill, as a whole, may be avoided or evaded without BlisLe, aneous
OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING.
compromising, in any way, either the dignity of the Totals
The peculiar simplicity of thest Machines enables any one to
506 NEW OXFORD-STREET
acquire their perfect use in a rew hours. 15,119,00 i. 119, 1' 9, 95 20, ' 09,833 18.847 0)4 therea l Stoe lnfoe
tenor
i of
fo
the anniversary
address
wsapse
ke dniol
',07, NEW OXFORD-STREET Illustrated Price Lists post froe. Lords or the consistency of the Government.
•08. NEW oxya RD-STU FF:r Ouarters ended 11,0 +0... port+ prlnpet iii f prod wpi

OXFORD-STREET BRANCII.
506 NEW OXFORD-STREET
',07, NEW OXFORD-STREET
*B, NEW OXFORD-STREET
1, HART-STREET
2, HART-STREET
3, HART-STREET

TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH.
117, TOTTENHAM-COURT-RoAD
JlB, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
283, EUSTON-ROAD.

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After which, MARY WARNER: Messrs. Howe, Compion,
Kendal, Rogers, and Clark; Mesdames Bateman, C. Hill,White,
tte

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Howe, Kendal; Mesdames F. Wright, and F. (;Wynn.
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At 8 o'clock, EVE. Mr. Benjamin Webster: Messrs. Henry
Neville. J. G. Taylor; Miss Furtado, Miss Lillie Lee, and Mrs
Alfred Mellon.
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FOR SCANDAL. Supported by the following celebrated
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Stephens, Charles Coglan, D. Evans, Lin Rayne, A. Bernard,
E. Dyas and W. Arthur: Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane
Rignold. Miss Louisa Thorne, Miss Amy Eawsitt, and Mrs.
Charles Horsman

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After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. .7ames. Fen
ton, Turner, Chamherlaine; Mesdames Bufton, L. Maitland, &c.
To conclude sith HUE AND MCP

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Brennan,ilerend, and C Thorne.

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THE House of Commons lost some of its notabi-
lities at the general election, but it has certainly
gained some excellent men of business. Never was
so much work of primary importance got through in
so short a space of time as has happened this session.
Expedition has not been obtained at the cost of com-
pleteness. On the contrary, the great measures which
have been under deliberation have been most tho-
roughly discussed. The Irish C hurch Bill was exhausted
in the parliamentary debates and in committee, The
Bankruptcy Bill, which has passed through the Lower
House, is the net result of several years' deliberation.
The Endowed Schools Bill has been most favourably
received by the Upper House. And now the
University Tests Bill is likely to reach that body in
the course of a week or two. That it will become
law this session is, perhaps, too much to affirm. And
yet we see no good reason why it should not. When
the House of Commons has approved a measure by
a majority of considerably more than two to one,
it becomes a serious matter for the House of Lords
to reject it. The moderation shewn by the majority
of the Peers with respect to the Irish Church Bill
leads us to hope that they will not reject Sir Joni
COLERIDGE'S. They have done so in time past, and
with the usual result. The demands of those who
desire reform have increased. The present bill is
more thorough than its predecessors. If this should
be rejected, and the agitation be continued
for a few more years, the next bill will
propose still greater changes. Mr. NEWDEGATE,
indeed, would not be influenced by that considera-
tion. He would rather resist to the uttermost and
be overwhelmed, than move an inch from his position
in order to prevent a catastrophe. Frangcr non
Elector is his motto ; let there be revolutions, but;
there shall be no reforms. This reminds us of the
Frenchman's opinion of the charge of Balalilava, it is
magnificent but it is not statesmanship. There is
no reason to suppose that the Peers led now, as i
they are really, though not nominally, by
Lord SALISBURY, will adopt the heroic destructive
course which the _kept Er. of the Lower House would
have them take. If they have swallowed the camel
of the Irish Church Bill, they ought not to strain
greatly at the gnat of the University Tests Bill.
The last-named measure is, however, by no means
unimportant. To admit Dissenters to the governing
bodies of ourcolleges isnot a small change. At the same
time it is the inevitable result of previous changes. To
tell Dissenters that they may study at the university and
carry off its highest honours, but must not receive
its highest rewards, is a position that no one can
seriously hope to maintain in the present state of
public feeling. It becomes the more untenable
when we find that Dissenters can even now assume
the position of tutors. As a matter of fact, several
of the most influential tutors, especially at Cam-
bridge, are Dissenters. This being the case, it is
impossible to uphold the present exclusion on
high grounds, such as that of the necessity of pre-
serving the connection between the teaching body
and religion. A. man of no religion may teach ;
not a few of such do teach. The man of a particular
sort of religion may teach, and does teach, but must
not share the revenues of the colleges. Clearly this
is a question of privilege, not of principle; of exclu-
siveness, not of orthodoxy. As such it cannot possibly
be maintained.

THE House of Lords has reciprocated the plain
spokenness of the country by equally plain speaking.
The country said that the Irish Church should be
disestablished and disendowed ; the Lords, that is to
say the Whig and Conservative Lords, have said
that the surplus funds shall be used towards
a partial concurrent endowment. Intrinsi-
cally, there is nothing more repugnant to
Protestantism in providing a house and a potato-
garden for a Roman Catholic priest than in providing
a college and professors for Roman Catholic students.
In fact, the second approaches more nearly than the
first to the " endowment of Popery." To teach young
men Roman Catholic theology is certainly, from the
High Protestant point of view, a more heinous offence
than to provide a Roman Catholic priest with a resi-
dence and his vegetables. In the one case the nation
absolutely pays for teaching what it regards as error ;
in the other it simply pays the teacher. Even Orange-
men would admit that a priest must live,and therefore
they ought not to object to supplying him with
potatoes so much as to purchasing the works of
BELLARMINE and LIGUOIH. In a word, the Duke of
CLEVELAND'S proposal to appropriate a portion of
the Church funds to the purchase of glebes for
Roman Catholic priests ought not to shock the
people which has for some quarter of a century been
paying the INlaynooth Grant.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

Quarters ended
Sept. 30, Dec. 31, 51arch 3', June 30,
1867 1867 1868 18,18
£ £
£
X
Customs 5,502,000 6,102,000 5,547,000 5,4:3,0 0
Exche 4,.0",000 ' 5,0.'2,000 5,742,000 4,857,000
Stamps
Taxes
Property Tsx
Post-otli e
Crown Lands
Idiseel.aneous
Tutals

I t,,•11,-40

Custom;
Excise
Stampt
Taxes
Proper, y Tax
Pos:-Oflice
Crown Lauds
Misee 1 ueous

'17,52 i,9 )0

Total

-- --
19,378.5;4

15,28 t,003

Year ended
June 30, 1869. June 30, 1863.

22,48 ',OOO 22,6'4,000
20,576,000 19,991,00)
9,332,.J00 9;466,000
3,448,000 3,479,000
B,B:iB,uto 6,8 9,00
1,66',000 4,6 C 0,000
361,000 3 : 6,. )00
3,151,032 2,847,297

ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, £220,0001
ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, £1,598,000
SPECIAL NOTICE.
All Persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale
before June 30th, 1869, will be entitled at the NFXT BONUS
to ono year's additional Share of Profits over later
Entrants.
Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained
of

GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary.
13, St. James's-square, London. S.W.

ri'HE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY,
I Enrol'e under I and 7 cap 22., as the Colrerva
Denefit Building S7oe'.ety, co-operating with the I_Wted Lent
Comnany (imited), incorporated under the Cornoan'rs' Acts 181;2
anc11,4;7. Notice is Ilerehy riven, that the :-3X.TY-SEVEN TII
Qll, RTE'LY GENERAL 311,ETE of the M milers of the
Conservative Lend Society wilt he held at the Offices, No, 3,',
Norfollz-Ftreet. Strand, I ordon We., on TETE DAY the Gth
du.y cif July, at Two of tie Cle,ck precisely, ,
Viscount RANI' L.VITI in the Cha'r,
to rece:ve the Report of the t xecutive Committee, and for
general gurpoces.
_ _

7 ,155,032 i 7 ,10',207

11.—Increase and Decrease in the periods ended June 30,
186), as compared with corresponding periods of the

preceding year :

Cu'.'oms
Excise
S:aniks
Taxes
Prop••rty Tax
Post-Office ..... ••••
Cron Lands ..
Miscellaneous ..•• ..•• • •

Tota's .......... •.............

Nt t Increase....

Cutitome
Excise
Stamps
Taxi,
Property Tax
I'os Oftic •
rown
Misce.lancous

Quarter ended June
30 180).

Increase.

62,000
11$, UJ
114,00)

220,000

1,00)
98,14.

603 On
£ 63,011

58,,000

Decrease.

46,0;0

I 69,00
60,000
15, 0 ,
G 6,7 5

Tot,:d3
INct Incr. 113 r

46,0 0

I,' 00
;:;I,oto

is I,OU J

11I.—Au Account showing the Revenue and other lie-
eeipts in the Quarter ended June 30, 1869, the issues
out of the saute, and the Charges on the Consolidated
Fund at that date, and the Surplus or Deficiency of the
Balance in the Exchequer on June 30, 1869, i❑ respect
of such Charge :
Income received, as shown in Account I. .. £18,8170-11
Amount received in repayment of Advances for
Public Works, Sc. •• •• •• .. ..
Ditto, ditto, for New Courts of Justice ..
Saving on previous charge for Diplomatic Ser-
vices

441,18
8,,00

£19406,481
Excess of the Sums charged on the Consolidated
Fund on June 30, 1 69, payable in Sept. Quar-
ter, 1.69, above the Balance in th Exchequer at
that date, viz :
Excess of Charge in Great Britain .. £3,414,5.9
Surplus over Charge in Ireland .. 834,491
Nit deficiency *2,580, 38
*Charge on June 30, 15 V .. .. 7,979,704
Paid out of Growing Produce in June
Quarter, 1889 • • 6 3, 82

Portion of the Charge payable in Sept.
Quarter, 1669 .. 7,316,C62
To meet which there was in the Exche-
quer on June 30,186/ .. 4,73°,531

Net deficiency as above .. £2,380,038

£.1,8:0,52:

Net deficiency of the balance in the Exchequer to
meet the charge on March 31, 186 as per last
account ... £1,815,913
Amount issued to repay advances in aid of Ways
and Means 1, 00,000
Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser •
vices (including £l,OO ',0.5 on account of the
expedition to Abyssinia) 11,043,200
Amount Advanced for New .. ourts of Justice 7,000
Charge of the Consolidated Fund on Jute 30,
1.6:., viz.:—
Interest of the Permanent
Debt £6,031,873
'Terminable Annuities if 29,01
Interest of Exchegtter Bonds 1,375
Interest of Exchequer Dills 43, 71
Interest of Advances in
aid of Ways and Dreausl 2,433
Principal of Exchequer Bills 123, i 0)
The Civil List
Other Charges on Consoli-
dated Fund 305,857
Advances torrublicWorks,&c. 3 0,561
Paid out of Orowing Produce
in June Quarter, 186 r . Xi 61,082
Payable in Sept. Quarter, 1 id! 7, 13, 22 7,979,704

But while we are not surprised that the Duke of
CLEVELAND'S amendment should meet with so much
favour among Whig and Conservative Peers, while
each day renders it more probable that it will
be carried by the Upper House, we do not see
how Mr. GLADSTONE. can accept it if the nation
should at all decisively declare against it. It is
quite true that during the elections he and other Min-
isters mentioned their desire to preserve for the Irish
Church the use of the glebes and the parsonages.
But it is also true that they promised that no por-
tion of the Church revenues should go towards the
maintenance of the Roman Catholic faith (excepting
so far as vested interests required to be compen-
sated) ; and when they found that the desire was
incompatible with the promise, they rightly
abandoned the first and kept the second. The
House of Commons supported them in this
decision. Some members of the Liberal party
appealed to the Government to yield on this point
and leave the clergy in possession of their glebes and
parsonages. But when it was pointed out that this
could not be done without either breaking a specific
pledge or abandoning the main principle of the bill—

.£4876,422

FEARFUL EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF
LIFE.

CARNARVON, Wednesday Night.
A ship load of nitro-glycerine having arrived
from Liverpool at Carnarvon bar it was conveyed
in boats to Carnarvou pier. Tais afternoon five cart
loads were despatched—two for Assheton Smith's
Llanberis quarries, and three for Lord Penrhyn's
Bethesda quarries. At 6 p.m., whilst the former
two were near Cwymglo, a terrible explosion took
place. The horses and three men were blown to
atoms. The cart wheels and portions of the carts
were thrown nearly a mile. An adjacent village,
about a quarter of a mile distant, was greatly in-
jured. Windows were blown out and great
household damage done. At the spot where the
carts were two round holes, six feet deep and
ssven feet in diameter, were made. The railway
station forty yards off was blown to pieces. The
whole valley at the foot of Snowdon, and
two large lakes, suffered a tremendous shock.
The damage done all round the valley was
very great. The shock was felt at Carnarvon
and Bangor, and for miles around. Portions of
human remains were found forty yards off. Three
quarrymen, 300 yards off, were severely injured.
The three other carts, which were a mile apart, have
been left for the night on the roadside. The greatest
consternation prevails. Thousands of persons have
congregated from neighbouring towns and villages
at the scene of the accident. A cartwheel was
found fifty yards off, on rocks above the scene of
the accident.

CORRES.UONDEkiCE .FROM

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

FARIS, WEDNESDAY, June 30.

The first day of the session opened with a victory, or
rather a piece of good luck, for the Government of very
considerable importance. Your readers will remember
that all questions submitted to the Ministers
must be first approved of by the bureaux, or
committees, of which there are nine. These bureaux
are selected from the whole Chamber by lot; and it
happened that on Monday, when the balloting took place.
the Opposition did not secure a majority in any one of
them. Thus the Government will be able to repel all
attempts at questioning, if it be so minded, its supporters
having the command of the majority in every bureau.
This is undoubtedly an ill-omened commencement for
the Opposition. All evil augury notwithstanding, lam
able to confirm what I said yesterday about the unity of
the Liberals. They have all met, and have agreed that on
certain questions on which they are in accord the only
hope of success lies in co-operation. A meeting was held
on Monday in one of the rooms attached to the Chamber. All
shades of the opposition were represented. The subject
of deliberation was the line of policy to be taken in the
coming contest on the verification of the elections. Some
very lively talk took place on the question of Incompati-
bility. M. Picard, I am irfoimcd, took the
large view of the subject, arguing that no restriction
should be placed on the decrees of universal suffrage, and
urging that even the Emperor's chamberlains ought not to
be excluded if fairly chosen by the people. But the
majority by no means concurred in this view. It was
almost unanimously agreed that a chamberlain, in virtue
of his office, could not exercise his own judgment as a
deputy, and that, therefore, he was not fit to sit in the
Chamber. The same sentence of incompatibility was
passed upon other Imperial functionaries who are depen-
dent on the Emperor for their places, and yet have seats
in the Chamber. It was resolved, I am assured, that a
stand should be made against all these, on the ground that
they were not capable of fairly representing the wishes of
the people. A director of the Credit Foncier is one of the
black sheep.
M. JerOnse David resigned his position as Vice-Presi-
dent of the Corps L6gislatif in consequence of the pub-
licity given to the letters which passed between M. Schneider
and the Emperor. But his Majesty declined to accept
the resignation of M. David any more than the resigna-
tion of M. Schneider, and so this affair ends.
The semi-panic which seized the Bourse on the first
report of the speech made by the Emperor at Chtlions on
the Solferino anniversary speedily disappeared when the
real tenor of the address was known. It was agreed that
the few sentences uttered were only such as would
naturally suggest themselves on this occasion.
It seems, however, that Marshal Bazaine—known
to fame as the commander in Mexico— thought
it incumbent upon him to make a speech at the
camp last Sunday, which he did. The burden of his die.
course was that the French army was ready to march and
commence a campaign at any moment without the
slightest additional preparation. Every corps is com-
plete; every detail arranged. The march can be sounded
at any time. Further, this state of affairs is to be the
normal condition of the French army ; but it does not
indicate any intention or desire for hostilities. Si vis
pacem was the burden of Marshal Bazaine's speech;
only the Parisians on reading it are disposed to observe
that the principle may be carried too far.
Rather an odd fact is reported in connection with the
Emperor's speech at Chalons. It appears that each
soldier received the text of the discourse, in memory of
Solferino, printed on a card about the size of an
ordinary playing card. Is this to be interpreted as a
bellicose symptom?
Much more serious than these speeches, speculations,
and rumours, is the undoubted fact that the health of the
Emperor is far from satisfactory. His Majesty has been
but indifferently well throughout this tour in the country,
but on Sunday last he is reported to have shewn deplorable
signs of weakness. He fainted away, we are told, and had
to be almost carried off to his carriage.

We do not as yet get many details of election expenses,
but those that do arrive are very interesting. I find, for
instance, that an Opposition candidate who was successful
spent only £6O over the entire contest. He will receive
a salary of £4OO for the session. There are plenty of men
who would not be members of the British House of Com-
mons ; but who, on these terms, would not be a member
of the French Corps Legislatif ? Other candidates, how-
ever, were not let off so easily. For instance, it is said
that one aspirant in a southern department spent £6,000,
and failed after all. But this—even if the sum be quite
correct, which I doubt—is a very extreme case.
All over France the expenses of the contests have
been infinitely smaller than in England. One candidate,
however, a Liberal, was so much in dread of the ballot-
boxes being tampered with that he spent £Z:6O in pro-
viding watchers. But, on the whole, it is &ear that
the Corps Legislat:f is cot a rich man's club, and it is
equally clear that the Ballot may claim much of the credit
of this result. Our deputies do not enjoy the power and
privileges of your Al.P.';=, but still there are many advan•
tages attendant upon a scat in the Corps Ugislatif which
rich men would gladly pay for if money would buy
them.

It se( ms quite useless to make any regulations, lax or
strict, against duelling in this part of the world. People
in Paris will fight. In the first place, many have nothing
else to do, and to these a combat offers a little agreeable
excitement ; and, in the next p!ace, this is the traditional
headquarters of duelling. We have had several
encounters here of late. One has just been fought at
Fontainebleau, between two officers of the Garde of very
different rank. They were so determined to bring the
affair off successfully, that they took civilian seconds in
order that the transaction might not come within military
jurisdiction. Their expectations were realised in one
sense. Both were desperately wounded.

The new Spanish Government has attempted one great
reform since its accession, and so far its efforts have proved
successful. It has cleared the Spanish capital of beggars.
Of all the cities of Europe Madrid was the most grievously
afflicted with this plague. The hideous spectacle of
mendicity of all ages and of all degrees, and of deformity,
met the eye at every step. A grand depot of mendicity
has been formed, and was inaugurated by Regent Serrano
on the 25th. Not a beggar is now to be seen.

Some Leeds cock-fighters have been sentenced to
Avo mouths' imprisonment.

Mr. Craufurct has given timely notice that next
session he will call attention to the operation of tho
J'arlia-
mentary Elections Act, 1868.
The Guardian states that the Rev. Dr. Vaughan,
vicar of Doncaster, has been appointed Master of the
Temple.

The Chvirdi«n announces the death of the Rev.
Edward Griswell, Senior Fellow and Vice-President of
Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

AMENDMENTS TO THE IRISH CHURCH
BILL.

A penalty of £2O was inflicted by the Lord
Mayor on Wednesday on Mr. M'Cullum, gunpowder manu-
facturer, who pleaded guilty before the Lord Mayor of
sending gunpowder by rail without proper description.
A meeting of the guardians of the metropolitan
unions was held on Wednesday in the Sessions House, West-
minster, to consider the question of emigration and
a memorial to the President of the Poor-law Board
The chair was taken by Loid Alfred Churchill, and among
those present wore the Duke of Manchester, Lord Hough-
ton, Colonel Torrens, M.P., Mr. Holrns, M.P., the
Rev. J. F. Kitto, Dr. Stallard, Mr. W. IT. Smith, M.P., Mr.
Talbot, Dr. Smiles, Mr. Ogilvy, and representatives of the
various metropolitan boards.

A few more amendments to the bill for the disestablish-
ment of the Irish Church have been placed on the notice-
paper, but the major part of them only deal with matters
of detail, and do not aim at any of the vital principles of
the bill. The only one of any importance will be moved
by Lord CAIRNS, who will endeavour to strike
out from the preamble the proviso that the surplus
shall not be used for the teaching of religion. In addi-
tion to this, he proposes to omit the sub-section of
the preamble to the effect that the proceeds of
the property "shall be appropriated mainly to the
relief of unavoidable calamity and suffering." Instead
thereof he intends to move that the surplus shall he ap-
plied in such manner as Parliament shall hereafter
direct.

An accident, happily unattended with any serious
consequences, occurred on Tuesday to the sons of the Viceroy
of Egypt, on their roturn from the Crystal Palace. It appears
that the carriage of the latter was proceeding along the near
side of the road of Half-Moon-lane, Dulwich, followed by
t'iat of the Prince of Wales, whose carriage, in endeavour-
ing to pass, came in contact with that of the Viceroy's son,
and completely overturned it. Fortunately' the occu-
pants of the carriage were extricated unhurt, save a good
shaking, but the coachman sustained severe bruises. The
Egyptian princes were taken into the carriage of the Prince
of Wales.

Lord O'NElLL—After Clause 27, to move to insert the
following :—" That ecclesiastical residences, with land
attached amounting to ten acres at the least, be provided
for the beneficed clergymen in parishes where no such
residences now exist."

The Manchester Examiner reports that an outrage
was perpetrated the other night at the brickflold
of Mr. BradUury, Bury New-road, which calls to
mind some of the proceeedings attributed to
unionists, and brought to light during the in-
quiry by the Trade Commissioners in Manchester. About
21,000 bricks, which had been stacked in Mr. Bradbury's
yard, were thrown down, and this malicious proceedingis natu-
rally connected with the fact that Mr. Bradbury has a difference
with his men, in consequence of the part be has taken in
the disputes in the building trades, having declined to
supply bricks to the masters who have adopted the hour
system.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam Short ... 12 2 12 2
Do
Rotterdam ....

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDG-E AND SIR R.
ANSTR 'FREI?, M.P.

~terdam
Antwerp 25 17

... 12 4
25 52

Brussels
Hamburg). — ... 13 12 ... 13 12-
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 121 i ... 1211
Vienna
Trieste — ... 12
„671 , 12 72

•••
Petersburg
Copenhagen.. 9 25 ... 9 29
rtrliA •,. 6 28i ~. 6 29

The London correspondent of the Manche:;ter Cuermlian is
responsible for the statement which follows: - It was cir •
cumstantially stated last night at several of the clubs that
the Duke of Cambridge had taken SO much amiss some
casual observations made upon Horse Guards mismanage-
ment by Sir Robert Anstrut her, in the scrt of conver-
sational debate in the House of Commons on Friday night
regarding the review at Windsor, that he authorised a com-
munication to be made to the hon. baronet in the course of
yesterday. To-day we hear that another member of the royal
family has intimated to the member for Fi'eshiro that the duke
is offended, and that the visit of one cf his staff to Sir Robert's
residence was with a view to demand an explanation.
The honourable and gallant baronet, who served with
honour in the Crimean war, was from home, and no fur-
ther communication has since been made. In all pro-
bability there will be none; fcr the words complained of, as
they aro reported, appear to be no more than a general
sarcasm at the inefficiency of the Horse Guards, and the ex-
pression of wonder, not that the escort was late which was
sent to await the arrival of the Viceroy at the railway sta-
tion, but "that any escort was ever in time"