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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-05

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY.
Issue of £650,000 Perpetual 5 per Cent. Preference CepiLal
of this Company, at 681 per Cent.
Being the remaining portion of £1,500,000 offered to the
Shareholders on the 25th of last month at 70, in terms
of the Circular of the Board of that date, giving full in-
formation as to the position of the Company, £850,000
having been already subscribed.
Mr. J. T. MACKENZIE is authorised to offer for Public
Subscription, £650,000 nominal value of the above Stock,
at the price of £6B 10s. per £lOO Stock.
Applications to be made in the annexed form to Mr. J.
T. Mackenzie, 9, Old Broad-street, or the Brokers, Messrs.
P. Cazenove and Co., Threadneedle-street, accompanied
by a Deposit of £5 per £lOO to the Bankers, Messrs. Glyn,
Mills, Currie and Co., Lombard-street.
The Instalments will be payable as follows :
£5 oon Application
5 0 Allotment
10 0 " Ist September
12 10 " Ist October
12 10 " Ist January, 1870
12 10 " Ist April
11 0 " Ist July

£6B 10

Subscribers will have the option of prepaying the above
Instalments at any of their due dates under discount for
the intervals, at the rate of o per cent. per annum.
Scrip Certificates, countersigned by the Secretary of the
Company, will be issued on Allotment exchangeable for
Stock, when fully paid up, free of all charge.
9, 011 Broad-street, E.C.,
July 30, 1869.

Abstract of Pirectors' Circular of 25th Juno, copies of
which mny be had at the Secretary's Office, and at No.
9, Old Broad-street:
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY.
Miles.
Length of Main Line, Kensington to Cannon-street
via Brompton, Chelsea, Pimlico, Westminster,
Charing-cross, the Temple, and Blackfriars 4}
Hammersmith and West Brompton Line 2}

Which is completed, except the Terminal Station and
Connecting Line at Hammersmith, and the portion be-
tween Westminster and Cannon-street, to construct which
this issue is made ; the Ist August, 1870, being the date at
which the Circular states that the Line will be completed
and opened to Cannon-street.
The estimated Net Revenue, bagel on the re-
sults of the existing Metropolitan Railway,
per annum £200,000
Ist Charge —Debenture Interest £70,000
2d Charge—Present Issue of £1,500,000
Preference Stock 75,000

145,000

Leaving for Dividend on £2,250,000 on Ordi-
nary Stock already issued and fully paid up £55,000
The Preference Stork now offered is, therefore, secured
by paid-up Share Capital of .£2,20,000, and the full Divi-
dend on it would be earned even if the traffic were to fall
considerably below this estimate.
London, England, 1869-08-05

1011PENSATION IN C &SE OF INJURY,
AND
A FIXED STTM IN OASE OF DEATII

Caurahlby ACCIDENT OF ANY KIN .

may be secured by a

Policy or the
RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY.

An Annual Paymmt of .E 3 to .£6 rs. Insures £l,OOO at Death,
and an Allowance at the rate of £0 per week for Injury.

RAILWAY ACCI; ENTS ALONE may rrovidecl against
y Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies.
For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to
the Local Agents, or at the Offices, M, Cott xitiLL and 10, REGENT
TEEET, LiNDON,

WILLIAM J. WAN Secretary.

BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION
Head Offices, 429, Strand, London.
- The distinguishing features of this Association aro
Equitable Rates,
Undoubted Security.
Prompt settlement of claims.
JOHN MESSENT, Manager.
London, England, 1869-08-05

B. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.
Ex A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Prepared with-
out any mercurial ingredient, will be found invaluable to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ;
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthe❑ the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street., Charing-cross,
London, and by most ,druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and
three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in
a square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, King
William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Govern.
ment stamp.
London, England, 1869-08-05

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
of the past eighteen months the National Lifeboat
Institution contributed to the saving of 1,270 lives from
various shipwrecks and 32 vessels from destruction. The
Institution also expended £27,641 in the same period on
its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to grantitig
43,793 for rewards.

The Institution—has now 207 Lifeboat Stations under
its management.

Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Isq., at the lnetitutien, 14, iT9IIII-mtroot Adelphi, Leaden.
London, England, 1869-08-05

rpHREE SPLENDID SPECULATIONS may
j_ actually be strongly recommended as affording every
prospect of Great Success.
With a Single Stake of £2 you can realise 426,00:1 with
£8 £37,000! ! with £l. £20,000!!
For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT,
General Merchant, Guernsey.
London, England, 1869-08-05

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN 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.
London, England, 1869-08-05

Making a total income of £237,980 19 8
The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886
12s. ld.
The 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.
By order of the Board,
JOHN MESSENT, Actuary. and Secretary.
London, March 18, 1869.

Lectures VI.. VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction,
continued : 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged
by recent statutory enactment.
Lectures VIM, ix. Injunctions.
Books recommended : —Story's Equity Jurisprudence,
chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 23 ; Haddam's Administrative
Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery.
Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead-
ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred
to during the course.
The subscription payable for he Lectures—
For all the Foreach
three courses. course.
By clerks of members £2 2 0 £1 1 0
By clerks of gentlemen not
members
By all other persons not being
members .. 4 4 0
The subscription payable foi the law classes—
For all the
branches of Foreach
instruction. branch.
By every subscriber -Li 5 0 £2 12 6
Members of the Society may attend the lectures without
subscribing.

2 2 0

To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers
cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com-
menced.

E. W. Taw Society's TTall, Oct., MR, Williamson, Secretary.
N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and attend the lec-
tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; hut as
the instruction given in the classes will have special re-
ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those
who desire to attend the classes should also attend the
lectures.
London, England, 1869-08-05

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, Auousr 5, 1869.

ortourse profuse in its protestations tnat _baron neusi
is altogether mistaken. It is stated in some German jour-
nals that Baron Beust has addressed a circular to the
Austrian diplomatic representatives relative to the reported
negotiations between Austria and France and France and
Prussia prior to the war of 1866, totally denying that such
communications took place.
London, England, 1869-08-05

AN ATTACK UPON A CEMETERY.

The Irish are said to be a superstitious people, but
their superstition does not lead them to respect the
dead very highly. We yesterday recorded that some
Irishmen of London had stolen the body of a
friend from a London hospital, that they
might ic wake it. In the same paper there
were given details of measures taken by the
authorities to prevent an attack on Glasnevin
Cemetery, Dublin. To-day we have to describe a
still more shocking scene. Shankhill graveyard,
Belfast, has been ordered to be closed by the Privy
Council, because the bodies are too near the surface.
This order has given great dissatisfaction. Thinking
to avoid it, a crowd of persons assembled, and com-
menced opening the graves and reinterring the bodies
at the required depth. Upw.:rds of 200 graves
were desecrated, and the bones were strewed over
the ground. This was done before the authorities
could be communicated with. The Mayor, as soon
as be heard of the outrage, got a body of police
together, and stopped the modern resurrectionists in
their proceedings.

INTOLF.II ANC P.

Even those who condemn the Conscience Clause
will hardly approve of the latest claim of national
schools. The clergymen and schoolmast-rs of some
districts are making it a rule that a child who does
not attend the church Sunday-school shall
be excluded from the day-schools. That a
schoolmaster should refuse to abstain from teaching
religion in his ordinary lessons is intelligible, though
questionable; that he should deny to the parents the
time of their children, in which they would be
getting such religious instruction as the parents
wish, is to be tyrannous in the extreme, is to usurp
most unjustifiably parental responsibility.
London, England, 1869-08-05

ISMAIL rAsmt AND THE CRETANS.

The Khedive of Egypt has, it is said, just sent a large
sum to the Cretans through the Queen of Greece—a Lc)
that has excited no little comment at Paris and Florence.
It is rumoured that an attempt against the Sultan is being
concocted in Egypt.
London, England, 1869-08-05

JOUN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.
London, England, 1869-08-05

TFIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ChattPrton.

THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN.
At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault :
Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright,
Johb Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald,
and Katharine Rodgers.
fro conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES.
London, England, 1869-08-05

QPECTACLES.—The Achromatic and Tinted
SPECTACLE LENSES, registered by S. and B. SOLO-
MONS, Opticians to the Government, give extraordinary relief
to weak, dim, and defective vision. Copies of Testimonials from
the Ophthalmic Hospitals post free.-39, Albemarle-street, Pic-
adilly.
London, England, 1869-08-05

in full.

I desire to pay up my Subscription in full, receiving
Discount thereon, from the intervals of payment, at the
rate of £5 per cent. per annum.
Signature
(This Letter of Application must bo presented entire to
the Bankers)

BANKERS' RECEIPT.
London, 186
Received of the sum of
Pounds, being the deposit upon an application for
Scrip Certificates of £lOO each, in the Perpetual £5 per
Cent. Preference Capital of the Metropolitan District Rail-
way Ccmpany.
For Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie and Co.,

NEATII AND BRECON RAILWAY COM-
PANY (AMALGAMATION AND AMEND-
MENT) ACT, 1869.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRA-
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Share-
holders of the Neath and Brecon Railway Company will be
held at their Offices, 1, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-
street, Westminster, on FRIDAY, the 13th day of August
next, at 10.30 a.m., for the following purpose, viz.:—
To adopt and put in force the several powers conferred
by the "Neath and Brecon Railway (Amalgamation and
Arrangement) Act, 1869."
D. HOWELL MORGAN, Secretary.
1, Westminster Chambers, Westminster,
Victoria-street, S.W., July 29, 1869.
London, England, 1869-08-05

ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPH a. 7 ASYLUM, at tho moderate rate
of £C2S per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CH ARLES A. WALKER, Secretary.
0/Ice, 54, Cheapside, London, E.O
London, England, 1869-08-05

THE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. 11. GLENIE,
Sporting Library, 4. Connaught-terrace, F.dgeware-road,
jelivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at the earliest
possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver
copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country
at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by
9.45 o'clock

Orden by poet punctually attended to
London, England, 1869-08-05

TIIE NEW LAW COURTS.

The report of the select committee appointed to
consider the best site for the Law Courts was issued
yesterday morning. As our readers are already
aware, the committee have decided to recommend
the Carey-street site, on the ground that it affords,
upon the whole, the best opportunity of concentrating
the courts and offices in the centre of the great legal
district lying between and equi-distant from Lincoln's
Inn and the Temple. If at any future period addi-
tional accommodation should be required, the com-
mittee believe that the ground in the neighbourhood
of the Carey-street site would be obtained at a pro-
bably lower price than that in the neighbourhood of
Howard-street ; the latter site being bounded by
King's College on the one side and the Temple on
the other, any extension would have to take the
direction of the very expensive block of build-
ings on the south side of the Strand. There was
much difference of opinion among the committee as
to the comparative advantages of the two sites in
point of architectural effect ; they, therefore, are
unable to report upon that point. In conclusion,
they state that looking at the delay which has already
occurred, and considering that no paramount reasons
have been submitted for a change in the original
design, they recommend that the Carey-street site be
retained, and that the :New Law Courts and offices be
erected thereon.
London, England, 1869-08-05

TIIE COMMISSIONERS.

The Church Commissioners are getting ready to
commence their operations under the Irish Church
Act. Mr. Hamilton is now in Dublin, and the first
meeting of the Commissioners may be expected
forthwith. The correspondent of the ilerdd pays
these gentlemen a high tribute in saying that general
confidence is placed in them, and that their impar-
tiality and rightmindcdness are not for a moment
doubted. The Queen has been pleased to direct
that the three Commissioners shall be sworn of her
Majesty's Privy Council in England.

MR. HARNEY LEWIS, M.P.

Mr. Harvey Lewis has written another apologia to
his constituents. The substance of his defence
is that he derived no personal advantage what-
ever from the commercial transactions forming
the subject of the lawsuit in which he so
equivocally figured: that he appealed against the
decision of the Vice-Chancellor, but that his appeal
has not yet been heard ; and, finally, that a com-
promise of the matters in dispute has been effected,
meaning, it is to be presumed, that the litigation is at
an end. The electors of Marylebone seem to think,
however, that this defence does not touch the main
question. Mr. Harvey Lewis, as director of a com-
pany, was involved in certain transactions which
were kept from the knowledge of the share-
holders, and which Vice-Chancellor Malins
pronounced " false, fictitious, and fraudulent." The
gravity of an offence which is thus stigmatised is
surely not to be measured by the amount of profit
to be derived from it. The electors of Marylebone
are not satisfied with such a representative, and the
more so as, owing to these commercial affairs, Mr.
Harvey Lewis has not been able to take any part in
the important business of this session.
London, England, 1869-08-05

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbee at Sing's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall.mall.—Hon.
See.. I • Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, Sec.
London, England, 1869-08-05

THE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES.
THE " NEW FAMILY" .
SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY-

STITCH.
Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case
for Travelling.

TIDE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES
ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM
AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS
FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING.
The p lunar simplicity of these Machines enables any one to
require their perfect use in a rew hours.
Illustrated Price Lists post free.

THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Chief Of in the United Kingdom:
147, C FIE APSIDE.
Branch DepBts or Loca Agents in every Town
London, England, 1869-08-05

THE SALE OF CUBA.

Very contradictory reports are afloat respecting the
annexation of Cuba by the United States. On the one
hand, it is confidently stated that Mr. Forbes, an
eminent Boston merchant, who is now at Madrid, is em-
powered to make direct overtures for the purchase.
The amount offered ($100,000,000) is by some consi-
dered insufficient, as it amounts to only ten years' pur-
chase, the island yielding annually two millions sterling, and
on this ground it is thought doubtful whether the Spaniards
will entertain the proposal. At Madrid ,accordin g to the latest
intelligence, the whole story of the negotiations for recog-
nising the independence of Cuba is categorically denied.
Spain, however, is hardly in a position to refuse a good
offer, and the Americans are always anxious for an increase
of power and influence.
London, England, 1869-08-05

MADAME RACHEL AGALY.

Another remarkable illustration of the Rachel frauds
will shortly be made public. In the present instance
the dupe is a lady of good family and position in
the North of Ireland. She claims the sum of
£2,000 lent to Madame Rachel. This amount is
but small in proportion to other moneys, about £6,000,
paid, but not recoverable. Application was made on
Friday to the Governor of Millbank Prison,
where Madame Rachel is at present undergoing
her sentence, to serve her with a writ. The
Governor refused, and an application will be
made to a judge in Chambers to substitute service,
and to proceed with the action. The transactions in ques-
tion disclose rare credulity seldom met with amongst canny
northerners. The lady is connected by marriage with one
of the most distinguished members of the House of Peers.
—lrish Tines.
London, England, 1869-08-05

OMELESS 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

370 children.
£l5 will keop a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, KO.; and by
WILLIAM WILLI t MS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street,
London, England, 1869-08-05

LEGAL INCONSISTENCY.

That old-standing grievance, the inconsistency of
sentences passed upon prisoners, is taken up by one
who ought to speak with authority—a gaol chaplain.
A week ago an old man, 71 years of age, was
committed to prison for a month for " neglect of
family." He was in a state of starvation when he
reached gaol, and the other day he was found hang-
ing by the neck, dead, in his cell. Another prisoner
woman—bas just been released after undergoing a
sentence of 21 days for riotous and indecent behaviour.
This character has been in prison since 1840 fifty
times, for almost every conceivable offence, and for
periods varying from a few days to ten years. If it
be right to sentence an old man of 71 to a month's
imprisonment for " neglect of family," what punish-
ment does this woman deserve ? " A Gaol
Chaplain" thinks these cases prove not only the
inconsistency of the law, but likewise the absurdity of
short sentences. It may be worth while to inquire
what our heroine of fifty condemnations has cost the
country.
London, England, 1869-08-05

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN.

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Or • 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde park. London, W., begs to
mfotinhis customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in genera
1 a eha,s been appointed Agent to the above-named paper in
,ddition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of "THE SUN,"
and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town
or country.
G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the
LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier
lhsn any other man in London or Country the evening of publi-
.ation. No connection with any other persons. Bally's, Ruff's,
Wright's, and 11I'Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Magazines,
•nd Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint-Stock
ioal Company. Orders by post attended" to.

PTI-IE LATEST EDITION of 4, TILE SUN " to
he seen Every Evening by 810 at Mr. ROBERT MEACOCK'S,
Britannia, Kensal New-town.
London, England, 1869-08-05

ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE
INSURANCES.

THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE
OMPANY, in anticipation of the above, beg to intimate
that on all new surances now effected there will only be
payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time
between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next.
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
HEAD OFFICES:
Royal Insurance Buildings, Liver')
and
Lombard-street, London.
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING.

Important Announcement.
Increased Share of Life Profits.

ALL NEW INSURANqS, with Participation, EFFECTED
AFTER IST JANUARY, 186 S, will become entitled to an INCREASED
SHARE OF THE PROFITS,
.111 accordance with the Resolution
passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
JOHN H. MOLAR EN, Manager.
JOHN B. JOIINSTON, Secretary in London.
London, England, 1869-08-05

QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. liatchard, Picca-
dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1869-08-05

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
FOURTEENTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
MEETING.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the FOUR-
TEENTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of
the POPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at
the CITY TERMINUS HOTEL, Cannon-street, in the
City of London, on TUESDAY, the 10th day of August,
1869, at One o'Clock in the afternoon precisely, for the
purpose of receiving the Directors' Report, and for the
transaction of other business.

And Notice is Hereby further Given, that one of the
Directors of the Company, viz., Sir Edward William
Watkin retires by rotation at this Meeting, and, being
eligible, offers himself for re-election.
And Notice is Hereby Further Given, That any Pro-
prietor eligible for the Direction, ktending to become a
candidate for election at this meeting, must give to the
Secretary nctice in writing, under his hand, for a
period of not less than fourteen clear days previous to the
day fixed for the meeting, of his intention to offer himself as
such candidate. _ _

And Notice is Hereby further Given, that Charles
Morgan, Esq., one of the Auditors of the Company, retires
by rotation at this Meeting, and being eligible offers him-
self for re-election, and that any person eligible for elec-
tion by the Company as an Auditor, and intending to offer
himself as a candidate for such office, must give to the
Secretary notice in writing, under his hand,. for a period
of not less than fourteen clear days previous to the day
fixed for the meeting of his intention to offer himself as
such candidate.

SALISBURY, Chairman.
J. B. OWEN, Secretary.
Bishopsgatc Terminus, London, July 22d, 1869.
London, England, 1869-08-05

SAUCE.—LEA. and PERRINS.—SAUCE.
THE "WORCESTERSHIRE,"
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 PERRINS, 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.
London, England, 1869-08-05

THE. WELSH ABDUCTION CASE.

It is right to state that the London Society for
Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews has had
nothing to do with the Cardiff abduction case. The
defendants, who were mulcted in damages for en-
ticing Esther Lyons from her parents, have not been
indemnified by the society, which disclaims prosely-
tism by means of concealing children from their
parents. It is to be regretted that the numerous
ladies and gentlemen who aided in spiriting
this girl from place to place do not see the matter in
the same light.
London, England, 1869-08-05

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.

Prosident-LHis Grace the Duke of 13maxirom. LG.

This Hospital, founded-intiie-iear 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
destit.uto sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 8,000 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 thorn.
ContrilrAions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abehurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co. ;
Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.;. Smith, Payti, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Bornors-street j and at
the I.lopital from 10 till b•
London, England, 1869-08-05

DESECRATING A CEMETERY.

The Belfast papers contain accounts of an extraordinary
scene which has been enacted in the Shankhill Graveyard.
The Privy Council have prohibited interments to be made
in one portion of the cemetery, and only allowed them in
other portions where the graves can be opened to a depth
of seven feet without disturbing any human remains. The
population conceived the notion, and an official shared it,
that they could avoid the prohibition by inteiring the
remains of their friends at the specified depth. With
that object they assembled in crowds, to the number
of 300 persons, with barrows, pickaxes, and shovels,
and began on Saturday and following evenings to open the
graves and remove their contents in order to make a
deeper excavation of the ground. The graveyard soon
presented a hideous spectacle, being strewed over with
skulls, bones, and broken coffins, in some of which were
shrouds quite fresh, and in others the relics of humanity
in the last stage of decay. The Northern Whig gi its the
following description of the scene on Sunday evening :
"We counted upwards of 100 coffins thus rudely
raised from the graves, and human bones were scattered
about in heaps everywhere. The smell was so sicken-
ing that persons could hardly approach the grounds.
It was enough to raise a plague. Several gentlemen
expostulated with the gravediggers, but no advice was
taken. On Sunday night a great number of the coffins
and bodies which had been raised were re-interred, but
many of them lay on the ground until Monday morning,

when fresh batches of men arrived to raise more bodies
and continue the ghastly sickening work. On Monday
morning 79 coffins of all sizes and in all stages of decay,
from a week to several years, were tossed about on the top
of the ground, and heaps of skulls and bones were pitched
about promiscuously in every corner of the yard. The
rumour having spread through the town that the graves were
being interfered with, those who were averse to the pro-
ceedings flocked in an excited state to the ground, and
an indescribable scene was presented. Men and women
burst into tears on seeing the graves of their friends opened
to the public view by the parties who were digging up the
adjacent earth. People lay down weeping on the graves
of their relatives in order to prevent the diggers touching
them with their spades. Others ran off for their friends
and acquaintances, who came up and ' stood guard' in
different parts of the yard to prevent intrusion on the last
resting-places of their relatives." The police looked on,
not having received instructions to interfere, until on
Monday afternoon intimation of what was going on was
conveyed to the Mayor, who went to the spot along with
other authorities, and, after some difficulty, induced the
people to desist.
London, England, 1869-08-05

AUSTRIA AID FRUSSIA.

The relations between Austria and Prussia are still
very far from being cordial. A day or two since Baron
Beuat, in addressing the Hungarian Committee on
Foreign Affairs, gave a general exposition of his foreign
policy, as he had previously done to the Austrian com-
mittee. He assured the delegates that Austria bad
missed no opportunity of manifesting her desire to re-
establish friendly relations with Prussia, but that Prussia
London, England, 1869-08-05

lIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
4 - —Paris Exhibition, 1867. Two Gold Medals.—Favre Ex
hibition, 1868, The Gold Medal.—Only sort warranted perfect
and genuine by Baron Liebig, the Inventor.—" A success and a
boon."—Medical Press and Circular. One Pint of delicious beef
tea for 21d., which costs ls. if made from fresh meat. Cheapest
and finest flavoured " stock" for soups, &c.

CAUTlON.—Require BARON LIEBIO'S signature upon every
Jar. Sold by all Italian warehousemen, grocers, chemists, and
ship's store &aim.
London, England, 1869-08-05

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.

The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-08-05

THE LODGER.

The lodger who desires the franchise is informed
that his hour is come. Every lodger who would be a
voter for the ensuing year must, on or before the
27,th instant, send a claim, according to schedule G
of the Reform Act, to the overseers of his parish.
The qualification is residence as sole tenant for the
twelvemonths preceding the last clay of July, in the
same lodgings, of the clear yearly value, if lot un-
furnished, of £lO or upwards.

TITE FUNDS.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has, it is said
favourably received a proposition to consolidate thd
existing funded debt of the United Kingdom under
one denomination. As the Telegraph observes, any
aLrangtnient t,i facnii,,..s 'LA payment of the
Government dividends will naturally be promoted
by a change which would simplify, and therefore
popularise, the security from which the dividends are
lerived.
London, England, 1869-08-05

NEPOTISM.

The Star tells an extraordinary tale. It says that
the Lord Chief Baron recently called a meeting of
the revising barristers for the Home Circuit at
Lewes, and informed them that the judges had
agreed among themselves that the appointments of
last year should, contrary to the usual custom, he
considered temporary, and that a preference should
always be shewn, in making fresh appointments,
to the sons and relatives of judges ! This
amazingly candid confession has been fol-
lowed up in a highly practical manner. One
prominent barrister of the Home Circuit has been
" disestablished " to make way for a junior who enjoys
the blessing of being related to Lord St. Leonardo.
If this sort of thing is clone in the case of revising
barristers, where may we expect it to end ?
London, England, 1869-08-05

SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVE \NG, AUGUST 5, 1869.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

osing its
Share; t NAnnz. Paid. (T4l
Price. B donee
10 Agra Limited, A all 104 114 111
L'.) Di) B lO 11 4
50 Albion
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 21 22 p 221
20 Auglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 101 11
20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lint.
25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 25 37 39
10 Bank of New Zealand all 141 17
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, 2nd China all 13 19
25 Chartered Mere. of India
London, and China all 321 3(4
20 Cit
100 Colonial 1
205 118 1
42
30 .
10 Consolidated, lint
50 Delhi and London, lira
50 East London, lint 4 21 11
20 English and American, lists 10 ... •••
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro. lim lO pr 1p
20 English, .•.44.cottish, and Aus.
tralian Chartered
281 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all 36 38
231 Do now lll 4 5
100 Imperial, lim 2O 15 16
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2/ 21 144 /
25 lonian. all 19 22
25 Do new 5 a 3
Lud Mortgage of India' lies 4 gi 34
100 Do 5 p. c. Dens.l664, 30 all 73 76 b 0
100 London Bank) of Mexico
and South America, lim. 20 7 6
100 London and Brazilian, hill. 45 50 27
20 Do new 74 5 41
100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 6 8
25 Do new 10 11 2 p
20 London Chart. of Australia all 234 211
20 London and County 2O 491 501 501
50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m,16 pd. It ... . -
Loudon Joint Stock 1 311 321
London and South African al 8 9
100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11
50 London & Venezuela, Rm l2l . 4.•
100 London and Westminster 2O 61 62 53
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm.
100 Merchant, lint 25 61 51
10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 7i
00 Midland, lint 2O 11 1
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 3d 1p
00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ...
10 Do . 42 ... ... 41
50 National. .30 ... ..
20 New South Wales - all 41 43
20 North-Western 7l
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42
50 Provinc.Bank.Corpo., lint. 10 61 51
30 Provincial of Ireland. 25 90 92
10 Do new.. ......
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 11
100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6
25 Union of Australia all 45 46 451
100 Union of Ireland, lint
50 Union of London l5 341 351 351 1
___ _
London, England, 1869-08-05

THE CHANNEL PASSAGE.

Mr. Grantham, C.E., discusses the question of the
passage between England and France from a fresh
point of view. It is all very well, he says, to project
tunnels, or even improved harbours, but something
of immediate and simple application is needed. A
tunnel would take several years to construct, and even
the improvement in the harbours on each side, sug-
gested by Captain Tyler, would be lengthy and costly
operations. Mr. Grantham holds that the discom-
fort of this short but dismal voyage might be greatly
mitigated by employing vessels drawing only sft. Gin.
of water, 400 feet long by 45 feet of beam at each end.
He would fit up such vessels with grand saloons and
good refreshment departments, and insure safety
by a system of cellular construction. Ile
proposes to attain a speed of twenty-two miles
an hour on trial, or eighteen as a working
average, with engines of 600 (nominal) horse power.
That such vessels would be more comfortable than
those now employed Mr. Grantham thinks indis-
putable. That the entry of the narrow harbours by
these very long ships would not be attended with
any danger he endeavours to prove by instancing
Kingstown Harbour, where steamers 350 feet
long, go and come every day, the difficulties to the
entrance being at least as great as at Calais. He
quotes other examples to shew that long vessels take
narrow harbours much more readily and safely than
short ones. A tunnel, or improved harbours, might
still be undertaken, but, meanwhile, Mr. Grantham
thinks passengers need not linger shivering on the
brink as they do now.
London, England, 1869-08-05

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. Vining

THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, PRESITAIPTIV F. EVIDENCE,
In 2 acts, by Dion Boncicault.

After 'which, Handers Opera of ACIS AND GALATEA :
Acts, Mr Verncn Rigby: 1' arnon, Mr Montom Smith ; Polyphe:
mus. Herr Formes; Galatea, Miss Blanche Cole. Musical Con
doctor, Mr y. L Hatton:

Concluding with the Farce of A QUIET FAMILY.
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Prices: Stalls, 7s:
Dress Circle, 5s Upper Boxes, 4s: Pit. 2s; Gallery, Is. Private
Boxes, Z 2 12s 6d, £2 2s, and £1 Ils 6d.
London, England, 1869-08-05

MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY.
NON-FORFEITURE POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBER
of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make
POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME.
BRITLSH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
4, Queen-street-place, Southwark Bridge, E.O
NEW POLICIES ISSUED.
New Policies
In Weeks. issued.
IP6B ••• 3 .. 86 —L14,250
1869 3
... 108 18,481

Exce" • • •• .. 22 £4,231
In 52 weeks ending April 7th, 1869 ... 3,105 —X539,442
London, England, 1869-08-05

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING :
Messrs. C. H. Stephenson and Dalton: Miss M. Harris, Miss
Nelly Harris.
At 8, THE SERPENT ON THE HE 4 RTH: Messrs R. T hil-
lips, E. Atkins, Stuart, C. H. Stephenson, W. H Eburne, Dal-
ton. C. J. Smith, R. Romer; Sirs M. Eburne. Mrs Leigh Murray,
Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs Stoker, &c.
To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr Atkins and
Mrs. Leigh Murray.
London, England, 1869-08-05

OLTTI3REAR OF CATTLE DISEAn.

Much apprehension has been caused by the appear-
ance of a contagious disease amongst the much
cows owned by the dairymen in the South London
suburbs. This epidemic, deplorable to say, closely
resembles that which preceded the outbreak of tinder-
pest. The tongues and feet of the beasts become
sore. After a fortnight, the skin of the tongue peels
off, the animal cannot take food, and wastes in flesh.
With care, this malady does not often prove fatal,
but the animals suffer for months and the loss
during that period is very considerable. It is
thought that foreign cattle have introduced the
disease.
London, England, 1869-08-05

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, £220,000
ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, £1,598,000
SPECIAL NOTICE.
MI Persons who effect Policies on the Particionting Scale
oefore June 30th, 1869, will be entitled at the NEXT BONUS
to one year's additional Share of Profits over later
Entrant..
Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained
of

GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary.
13, St. James's-square, London, S.W.
London, England, 1869-04-09

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
T FRS EVENING, at 7. ft DAY'S FiSFIING : Mr G. Belmore.
kt 15 to 8, 11th time, BLACK AND WHITE. Mr Fechter
Miss Carlotta Leclercq, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr It. Phillips, Mr
Atkins, Mr Stuart, Mrs. L. Murray, Miss Lennox Grey, &c.
To conclude with WHITE.B aIT AT GREENWICH. Mr
Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray
London, England, 1869-04-09

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the TIIROAT,
Golden-square, W.
President—Ms Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.
GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-04-09

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LTFE ASSURANOE SOCIETY.
13, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W.

CHAIRMAN.
Right Hon. John Robert Mowbray, M.P.
DEPUTY-CHAIUMEN.
William Bowman, Esq., F.R.S.
Sir Charles Locock, Bart, D.C.L.,

Extracts from the Report of the Directors, presented at
the Antual General Meeting held on the 27th November,
1868 :

1. The snm of £412,345 was proposed for Assurance, of
which £307,395 was completed at Premiums pro-
' clueing £10,067 per Annum.
2. The amount paid under Claims by death was £100,883,
being the smallest Fine() 1860, whilst the expenses of
management and all other outgoings were even less
than for many years pact. •
3. On the other hand, the Income was raised to £219,769,
notwith,tanding thatits increase was retarded by
abatements of premium which did not take effect in
the previous year, and by the cessation of interest on
the large sum paid as Bonus in 1867.
4. The Surplus income was very considerable. It
amounted to £93,152, a sum exceeding by more than
£B,OOO any previous Surplus during the forty-four
Years of the Society's existence.
5. The Accumulated Fund was thereby increased to
£1,598,906. •

The following are among the distinctive features of the

SoCiety

CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the whole of
Life, where the age does not exceed 60, one-half of the
Annual Premiums during the past five years may remain
on credit.
ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected,
without Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes pay-
able on the attainment of a specified age, or at death,
whichever event shall first happen.
INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned
to the increased risk.
PROMPT SETTLEMENT OP CLAIMS.—Claims paid
thirty days after proof of death.
Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained
of any of the Society's Agents, or of
GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary.
13, St. James's-square, London, S.W.
London, England, 1869-04-09

QAMARITAN FREE. HOSPITAL for WOMEN
ki and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women.
2,746 patients were trcated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. riatchard, Picca-
dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1869-04-09

MR. ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, of 8, Gr-osve-
nor-street, W., the Author of "MO 'ERN DENTISTRY,
its Principles and Practice," ."PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRAC-
TION, or Aniesthesia Locally Applied," dre., at home for
CONSULT ATIO ,1 DAILY, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVE-
NOR-STREET (a few doors from Bond-street).

NICOLL, HAIRCUTTER to 11.R.H. Prince
of Wales, 40, Glasshouse-street; Regent-street.
TRICHANOPIIRON.

Invented by Nicoll. The best preparation in the world for the
Hair. No lady or gentleman should he without it.
Sold in Bottles, 2s. 6d. •

•
Restored and Prevented hy
NICOLL'SHair ELECTRICBaIdness HAIR- REGENERATOR
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
In Bottles, 2s. 6d.
NICOLL'S GOLDEN TINCTURE FOR LADIES.
For giving a Brilliant Golden Shade to Hair of any colour, in
Bottles, 25. 6d. each.
NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY.
For removing superflous Hair. Sent free to any part of the
three kingdoms on receipt of 20 postage stamps. P. 0.0. payable
at Vigo-street. Regent-street.
LADIES' CHIGNON FRIZETTES, in every Shade, Colour,
and Size, from ls. to 2s. 6d.
SHAMPOOING, BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge O.
London, England, 1869-04-09

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN..

Two EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stnd
of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c., and the
Salamander Horse.

ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET.
THIS EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S
MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque
Extravagmatt, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS
Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-offici
open from 11 to 4.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children
under twelve, 6d.
London, England, 1869-04-09

.71: 03 . n:,
5
g '6l
t g,g t 2
62, Amount 6 t Amount Annual
fr.,
.0
.9, Z Proposed. Z.B Assured. Premiums.
z s. d. £ s. d. £s. (1.
1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 654,140 0 0 21,347 16 5
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
---
Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6,444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9
The net premium income has increased to
the sum of £216,704 1 7

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

[s and other items

:1,276 18 1

Making a total income of £237.980 19 8
The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886
12s. ld.

The 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 the t 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 Britannio. 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.

By order of the Board,
JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary.
London, March 18, 1869.
London, England, 1869-04-09

THE COTTON TRADE.

The cotton trade is in a most deplorable state. Through.
out East Lancashire great distress prevails. In Blackburn
out of a total of seventy-two mills in the borough, nine,
and these including some of the largest, are stopped alto-
gether, and nine or ten others are running short time. By
the stoppage of Messrs Dickinson and Son's mills, at Bank-
top, owing to the failure of the firm, about 800 additional
hands have been thrown out of employ. At the last meet-
ing of the board of guardians for the Blackburn union no
fewer than 3,950 persons were relieved, and this number
w•illbe considerably augmented next Saturday. The duties
of the relieving officers are so heavy that it is found im-
possible to visit properly the many cases of want and dia-
-1 tress brought to their knowledge, and it is expected that
the guardians will at their next meeting appoint one or
more assistants. The distress in Blackburn has not been
so great for thirty or forty years past. At Wigan, many
of the mills have not been working for several months,
and the majority of the remainder have been on short
time. At the factories of Messrs. Taylor Brothers, the
largest employers of cotton operatives in the town, full
time has hitherto been worked, but notices have been
issued of a reduction of 10 per cent. in wages, and this
has been accepted by the hands. At other places where
full time has been worked, reductions have been made and
accepted. The business of the district is almost at a
standstill. The relieving officers do not report any mate-
rial increase in the number of cases coming under their
notice, for while many families must necessarily be suffer-
ing severely from the reduction of wages, in the majority
of instances they are not left entirely destitute, but are in
receipt of incomes sufficient to exist upon, though very
small when compared with those received a short time

ago.
At Preston were the strike to end immediately, a large
number of mills could not resume. The business
is so very dull that neither a 5 or 10 per cent. reduction
would justify the owners in starting their works. It
should be mentioned, with regard to the strike, that the
weavers seemed inclined to agree to a 5 per cent. redue•
tion ; but the masters, at their meeting, insisted upon the
alteration of the " wheel dividend" system, so that in
effect the weavers were asked to submit to a 81 per cent.
reduction. The weavers asked that the question might be
referred to arbitration. In default of this, the strike will
take place.