The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-25 00:00:00

THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.

NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommended as a simple but certain
Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all
the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so
uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice
palled the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach.'
" Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape-
rient; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir-
cumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi-
mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they
have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of
20 years.
Sold in bottles at ls. Id., 2e. 9d., and Ils. each, in
every town in the kingdom.
CAUTION.

Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not
be persuaded to purchase' any of the various imitations
which have sprung up in consequence of the success of
. Norton's Camomile Pills."

fIOPAIIINE MEGE JOZEAU. Prepared by
CLERET, French Chemist, 151. Rue Montmartre, Paris.
In chronic or recent diseases a cure is effected on an ave-
rage of six days. Approved by the Paris Physichns'
Academy. Paris Hospitals have awarded a Gold Modal
to the Author.
Depot for England—G. JOZEAI7, French Chemist, 49
Haymarket, W.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical men to be the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is hero avoided—a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
rot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being seat to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Trnas, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-ofoe, Piccadilly.

•
NEW PATENT
FLAS TIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-OAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary sacking. Price 4s. 6d., re. 6d.
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.'

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex-
penses. Assistance is urgently needed.
J. W. WALDRON, Secretary.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale-
donian-road, N.—Several beds in the new buildings
cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS.
F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary.
GEORGE REID, Secretary.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road
Open to all without letters of recommendation.
FUNDS aro urgently needed.
JAMES S. BLYTH, Sec.

LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in-
stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Pimsdale 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.

THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
mouth-street, W. (where many cases deemed incur-
able are cured). much needs support. Inspection Is in-
vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the
Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER,
Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra-
tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30.

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Watorloo-bridgo-
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 rendored 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.

DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION.
TILE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December
last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is
required forthwith to take out a new License.
The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings.
The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five
Pounds.
A License is not transferable from one person to
another.
A License may be obtained by the owner giving his
name and address, and the name of the place where the
dog is kept, on application at
The Office of the Collector of Inland In the neigh-
Revenue,
The Office of the Distributor of Stamps }: bourhood of the
Or
A Money Order Post Office.
aordtmt's re-
Licenses will also bo granted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revenue.
Persons residing at a distance from any of the above
offices, by t nsmitting with their application Inland
Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for
the Dis riot, will receive a license in return by post..,
WM. COBBET secretary.

SAUCE.—LEA. and PERRINS.---SAUCE.
THE " WORCES TERS HIRE,"
pronounced by Connoisseurs
"THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE."
Its use improves appetite and digestion.
UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS,
To avoid which, see the names,
LEA and PEItItINS, on all bottles and labels,
ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE.
Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all
Dealers in Sauces throughout the World

BRITISH 110 ME FOR INC URABLES,
Clapham! rise,

Instituted 1861.
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES.
TREASURERS.
George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons.
This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of
the kingdom, provides for those afflicted with incurable
diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical
attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO
obtained by election.
No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper
class, is eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may be pro-
cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub-
scriptions are earnestly solicited.

BANKERS.
Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Coll Lombard-street, E.C.; and

Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER, Secretary.
Offices, 73, Cheapside.

NURSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for
HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848.

. -
Presulent—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris,
is at present superintended by the Sisters of John's
House.

Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
trained to nurse, are requested to communicate with the
Lady Superior.
Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the
Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid
to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's
House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.

ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of
OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lansdown, Bath.
Instituted, A.D., 1864.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN.
President—H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c.
Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.11.
This school has been founded upwards of four years,
and it is intended for the education of the daughters of
officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There are
already 70 pupils in the school, but more could be admitted
if the committee had further funds; they, therefore
APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out to its
full extent the benefits of the only institution specially
provided for the daughters of officers of the Army.
Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all
elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to
one vote at all elections during the current year. The
amount may be forwarded by an order on a bank, agent,
or post-office (Charing-cross), payable to.
GEO. W. FORSTER, Under Secretary.
Office, 22, Cockspur-street, London.

DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
—The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN
and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810.
Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most
urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the
poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital.
Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E.
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Contts and Co., 59, Strand.
CHARLES J. F. REN TON, Secretary.

irlIE DEAF & DUMB.—The Committee of the
-I- JEWS' DEAF and DUMB HOME are prepared to
receive APPLICATIONS for the ADMISSION of DEAF
and DUMB CHILDREN, of all denomiliationsi, as Day
Pupils, for instruction in audible speech and lip-reading.
The system adopted rigidly excludes the use of the
manual alphabet and all artificial signs.

A publiC lesson is given every Wednesday, at 3 p.m.,
when the successful results of the system can be wit-
nessed.

Applications for terms, the course of instruction, and all
other particulars, to be made to
W. VAN PRAAGIT, Esq.,
Director of the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home,
44, Burton-crescent, W.O.

VAST LONDON 110SPITAL for CIIILDREN.
-kJ The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which
shall enable them to establish the hospital in more suit-
able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded
and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole-
sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want
of room for stowage, every inch of available space being
occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the
staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children,
but no more can be admitted in the present building.
£B,OOO at least is required to carry out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea-
surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon Sec.,
Rectory, Wapping, . _ .

THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.

President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and 'Tendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary
Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.
The private medical attendants of the patients are
invited to visit thorn, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.
Full particulars can bo obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terraoe,
Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street,
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing;
870 children.

£l5 will koep a boy or girl for one year.
21004,
fintriighbuatioolnbsorrzesinvead4tyLtohtehbLisrt)rynd,omn.oan.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-flelds.
;daWndesbt Bank
yminster

ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN
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 Harley-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 other 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. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand.
SPRING RICE Hon. Sec.

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON
Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng It". J. E. Rempe
Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
E. Charrington, Eeq. Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain! 4 Rev. J. Moorhouse
Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepean
Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freake. Esq. R T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F. Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co ; and by the Hon.
Secretary,
Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
man-square, to whom communications may bo addressed.

ROYAL JJOSPfIAL for INCURABLES,
West-bill, Putney-heath.

Establishod.3lst July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort awl relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Relief is afforded—lst. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at thei
own homes.
A rew wing to the hospital has Just boon completed
at a cost of upwards of .£lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There aro 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espo-
subscriptions, £5 58. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the reatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary
No. 1Q Poultry? London. E.O. September 1868.

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.

Patroness-11.RX. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for porscns over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who aro hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are 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 are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard
street, E.C. ;Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD. WEAYER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.O.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
.tre as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hemp- 150, Now Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-stroot, 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, Henstridgo-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside
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 ale 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 road a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be had on application.
The Socioty is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. CO PER, 8 eo.
&g Qat:len-street Cheapside,

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
President—Hie Grace the Duke of Buccmirca, B.G.
This Hospital, founded in 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 for 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 bas 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.

Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abehurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;
Hcrries and Co.; 'Ransom and Co. ; Presectt, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Pap-,e, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; 'Nisbet and Co.,:Bernors-street ; +end at
the Hospital fromilo till 5.

The Grand Lodge for North America and the
Islands of the Pacific of the Order of Odd Fellows will
hold its annual communication this year in San Francisco.
Representatives will be present from Mexico and the
States of Central America, the Dominion of Canada, the
States and Territories of the United States, and the Sand-
wich, Friendly, Society, and Japanese Islands. Sixteen
delegates from New England States left Boston on the
Ist inst. for San Francisco, as representatives. The an-
nual communication will be held in that city at the end
of the present month.
A Detroit paper, attacked simultaneously by the
eclipse and the boat race, thus motapborizes:—" The
Harvards are indeed under an eclipse, but the luminous and
halo-like corona of their irreproachable boring is resplen-
dently visible l"

Liverpool and Manchester, and, to some extent, Birming-
ham and Hull, representing more than a million in value
of insurances, do not act with the present London
Committee—and why ? Because the London Committee
have neither suggested or supported any plea which should
save tho large proportion of policy-holders from entire
loss.

The provisional liquidator, Mr. Price, has offered his
services, and has sought assistance from the London Com-
mittee, but the majority of the committee withhold their
eo-operation from him. Members of the committee have
protested against the present course of the London Com-
mittee, and, in the interest of the whole body of policy-
holders, I ask them to demand the formation of a
sommittee which will endeavour to save seme of the
property from the 'wreck, and who, not representing the
interests of individuals, will seek only the general benefit
of their unfortunate fellow sufferers.

I am not,* novice in these matters, having, on -the failure
of the Royal British Bank, acted (solely on public grounds)
•s chairman of the committee under whose direction the
affairs of that unfortunate concern were wound up, and I
strongly advise my fellow policy-holders in the Albeit
Company not to allow themselves to be made the mere
tools for forwarding the professional interests of any indi-
vidual or individuals, but to withhold their confidence
from any committee that does not grapple quickly and
energetically with the real difficulties of the case, and at-
tempt to save all that can be saved.—Your obedient
servant, .1 A MRS WYLD.
Charing-cross, September 22, 1869.

THE _AGRARIAN MURDER, IS MEI TIT.

At the inquest on the body of the farmer Reilly, mur-
dered in Kildalkey, in Meath, it has transpired that he
was a policeman who became, shortly bcforo he retirei
on pension from the force, owner in fee of forty acres cf
land. On a small angle of this property ho resided.
When taking up his residence upon it he found five
tenants in occupation. Ike evicted none cf these, but
took a small picce from each to make up his own holding,
forgiving them a year and a half's rent. The portion de-
manded seemed to be willingly surrendered ; nevertheless,
he was a " marked man." Ile had been to Trim to sell
oats, and on returning, when near his own door, he was
attacked by two men, and his skull broken in with a acne
hammer. Three men are under arrest on cuspic:on.

The Church News has good authority for stating
that the Bishnp of Edinburgh will shortly resign,
The accouchement of the Princess of Wales is
expected to take place the latter end of November or begin-
sing of December.
The Roman Catholics of Manchester have had a
meeting on the subject of national education, and have
declared in favour of the denominational system.

The Bradford people are about to lay the foun.
dation stone of a mechanics' institute to ccst £40,000, and
to build a town hall that will cost nearly a hundred thou-
sand pounds. -
The Sheffield Town Coyne!' has determined to tnkc
the gas works under municipal management and control.
The resolution to buy the company's property was passed
on Wednesday.

By the promotion of Captain J. C. Prevost, in
charge of the naval establishment at Gibraltar, to the rank

of Rear-Admiral, a taptain's pension of .£ll,O per annum,
for good and meritorious seivice, is placed at the d:srocal of
Mr. Childers.

We have great pleasure in anuouncit.g that the
Admiralty Lazo 'written to us, t tiering to give
every facility for " the Woolwich man" to tubstantiate
the statements lately made L`• him in these columns as to
the "selling off at Woolwich."—Globe.

A Wolverhampton contemporary is hatpy to Le
able to state that the Bikhop of Lichfield is improvit g iu
health. His lordship is staying at Whitby, end the bracing
air seems to havo a beneficial effect upun him. Fie is now
able to take walks in addition to carriage drive'.

it is stated that the Prince of Wales is to visit
Scarborough on the Ist of November. The object of his
Royal Highness's visit is raid to be to shoot uvor Lord
Londesborough's large estates in the neighbourhood. Dur-
ing his stay there (rays the Yorkshire Post) the Prince win
be the guest of Mr. John Woodall, at the Royal Hotel. I
An extraordinary statement ajpears in the
Birmingham Gazette. It is to the effect that on the recom-
mendation of Mr. Gladstone, the honour of knighthood is
to be conferred on the Rev. Dr. Miller, Vicar of Green-
wich, in recognition of his eminent political services to the
Liberal party.

At the Bridgewater Election Commission yesterday
J. W. Lully, shipowner, explained that he had made a mis-
take in the evidence he gave—viz., that Coles was excom-
municated from the Baptist church for perjury. Mr. Anstey
said he believed this witness was stating purposely what
was false.

At Beverley, a letter from Cronlielm has been read
explaining £7OO of the £2,000 spent by Captain
Edwards in 1857. Wreghitt was again examined about the
candidates' money spent by him at municipal elections.

A telegram from the Times' correspondent at
Philadelphia, dated September 22nd, reports a rumour
that Ganeral Sickles had been instructed to demand
a reply from Spain to the note about Cuba. Great excita-
ment prevailed in the stock market, and geld premium sd-
♦anced 4 per cent., to 111.

A boy of 17, named William Turner, is in custody at
Pickering, on the charge of murdering Abraham Allinscn,
aged 20, at the Rosedale East Iron Mines. The prisoner vi as
working under the deceased, and having been threatened
by him for disobeying an order, turned upon him and
smashed his skull in with a heavy bludgeon. TLis occurred
pn the 9th inst., and the injured youth died on the 17th.
Turner was committed for trial on Wednesdsy.
The death is announced of Sir Thomas John
Petherstone. The deceased, who was the fifth baronet,
Was born in 1824; and was educated at Winchester School,
whence he proceeded to Trinity College, Dublin, where
he took his D.A. degree in 1845. Ile was married in
1848 to Sarah, daughter of Mr. Henry Alcock, of Wilton
Castle, Wexford ; and his son, George Ralph Fetherstone,
born in 1852, succeeds him in the baronetcy, which was con-
ferred by George 11. in 1776.

The Birmingham Gazette of yesterday contains the
following paragraph : -" We are requested to contradict a
rumour current in the neighbourhood of Dudley to the
effect that Mr. Sheridan had very handsomely offered to
recoup the unfortunate local policy-holders in the Albert
Life Office for the full amount of any losses they might even-
tually sustain by the collapse of that ccnireny. Tl.e reason
probably is that the honourable gentleman wishes to avoid
taking any step which can have even the semblance of Lrib:
ing the constituency." -
Another munificent donation has been made by
Mr. Bolckow, M.P., to the town of Middlesbro', which the
hon. gentleman represents. Mr. Bolckow, who a year ago,
gave a public park to Middleebro', has now presented a valu-
able block of buildings, erected at a cost of £6,000, upon land
liberally given by Messrs. Hopkins, Gilkes, and Wilson. The.
buildings are to be appropriated for use as national school?,
and will accommodate 000 scholars. They were opened,
on Wednesday by the Duke of Devonshire, the ceremony being
witnessed by most of the gentlemen who are visiting the
town as members of the Iron and Steel Institute.
A curious case of forgery has just come under the
notice of the Sheffield police. A woman of lady-like ap-
pearance, named Ann Slingsby, the daughter of respectable
people living near D._ ncaster, having obtained shelter in the
house of Mrs. Butler, of St. Philie's-rJad, Sheffield, on tl
plea of being in distress, took the opportunity during Ike
night of stealing her benefactress's keys, with which she
unlocked a box and stole therefrom a bank-book. She after-
wards went to the Savings-bank and represented that she
was the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Butler, who wasill, and
wished to withdraw £5. Sho was told that it was necessary
to obtain four signatures of respectable people, who would
vouch for the accuracy of her statement. After a short ab-
sences she again protested the book with the signatures
duly entered, and obtained the money, The signatures
turned out to bo forgeries, and nothics was heald of her,
for some niQraft 8114_194 lintb4e4Sled in
6141011

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
JU LONDON.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS,
For the Year ending 30th June, 1869, read at the Annual
General Meeting of Proprietors, 13th August, 1869,
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Deputy-
Chairman of the Company, in the Chair.
The Report which the directors have now to submit to
the proprietor differs in its tenor but little save in ono or
two particular from that laid before them in 1868.
The income of the year, it will le seen, amounts t
f 540,499 18s. and the total charge to £445,077 10s. 9d
The difference, £95,422 7s. 3d., added to the balance of
the surplus fund at the commencement of the financial
year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present
amount.
SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 1869.
INCOME OF THE YEAR.
DR. £ a. d.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1868
Premiums on new assur-
ances
Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0

.Z B. d

MO the POLICYHOLDERS and SHARE-
HOLDERS of the EUROPEAN ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
You have seen, from the newspapers, that a Petition
has been presented to the Court of Chancery for the Wind-
ing up of this Society, which is to be heard on Saturday,
the 2d of October. This petition bore tho names of Mr.
Thomas Carlyle Hayward, a former Director of this
Society, and Mr. Robert Crawford, one of its present
Directors.
Mr. Crawford attended a meeting of the Directors on
Monday last, and took part in their deliberations, and
the very next day, without the slightest intimation to his
colleagues of his intention, he presented this petition.
It is but fair to Mr. Hayward to say that, as soon as he
became aware that he had been improperly induced to join
in the petition, he withdrew at once.
The allegations of Mr. Crawford bave been responded
to in the following affidavit, although the first intimation
of his petition was about four o'clock on Tuesday, when
notice to appear before Vice-Chancellor James, at two
o'clock the next day, Wednesday, was served :
" The statementin the said petition that the said Society
is altogether insolvent and unable to pay its debts is untrue.
The moneys available for payment of current claims are
sufficient for the purpose, and the assets and subscribed
capital are and will be sufficient to provide for ever y
liability as the same may arise. The said society does in
fact pay its debts, and there is not a single undisputed and
due policy claim remaining unpaid or which the board is
not prepared to pay, and no debt of which payment has
been asked of the said Society remains at the present
moment unpaid, or which the board is not prepared to
pa.
"The books of the Society show that the petitioner,
Robert Crawford, appears a debtor to the Society for sums
amounting to £1,200 or thereabouts, including the un-
paid call on his shares, and loans unaccounted for, be-
lieved to have been received by him as an agent of the
Society."

The Directors have alFo issued the following advertise-
ment to the daily papers :
"European Assurance Society.—The Directors of the
European Assurance Society requeA the policyholders
and shareholders not to be alarmed at any of the reports
which may appear at the present moment, es they are
advisedly, and in full assurance of its sound position,
determined to oppose to the utmost the unwarrantable
attempts to ruin the Society."
Nothing could be more improper than the course pur-
sued by the petitioner. Had he one grain of the sympathy
ho professes for the great interests concerned, his ccurse
would have been to secure the policyholders, first, and
not to rush into Chancery and hand these important in-
terests over to a set of wreckers, whose sole object is to
fill their own pockets at the expense of the Society. It is
now well known that a gang of designing persons has
been occupied for weeks, if not months, in compassing the
destruction of this and other Insurance Companies, and it
is suggested that the policyholders and shareholders
throughout- the country should combine with the manage-
ment at the chief office to overthrow these unprincipled
attempts at injury.
With this view, the time for convening meetings being
so short, sheets with headings have been prepared, which
can be signed by either policyholders or shareholders, and
bave been distributed to the district managers and agents
in the country, where they can be signed, or at the chief
offices of the Society, 17, Waterloo-place,
London.

By order of the Board.
HENRY LAKE, General Manager.