The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBE-R 4, 1856,

THE lIVTERNATION.4L LIFE ASSURANCE,
SOCIETY OF LONDON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING ADVERTISER.

Sin, —My attention having been called by inore than
0119 of our policy-holders to a paragraph in your paper
of Saturday last, beaded " A Case of American Sad-
leirism," under an impressipn that it had some reference
to the United States Branch of this C3mpany, which
has for many years been established in Wall-street, New
York, I shall feel obliged if you will explain, in your
next number, that the " International," therein referred
to, is (or was) a Marine and Fire Insurance Company
of New York, and had no connexion whatever with the
International Life Assurance Society of London.
I bog to refor you to a paragraph, on the same sub-
ject, in the New Tork Courier, of September 19th.
I am, Sir, yours most obediently,
EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman,
142, Strand, London, Nov. 3,185 G.

The Earl of Orkney, who has been very ill at Temple-
more, pronounced out of danger.
The Sligo Journal says, with the exception of a re-
cruiting party, there is not a single soldier at present in
Sligo.

Yesterday a meet;ng of the Universal Provident Life
Assurance Company was held, to settle the list of con•
tributories. The liabilities amount to about 5,000/.

THE POOR-LAW CONTEST IN ST. PANCRAS —The ves-
try of St. Pancras have retained Mr. D. D. Keane as
their counsel in the probable legal contest about to take
place, as to the right of the Poor-law Board to interfere
in the management of the affairs of the workhouse.
BISHOP OF LONDON.—The consecration of the Bishop
(elect) will not take place, as stated by some of the
papers, on Sunday, the 16th instant, at Westminster
Abbey, but will take place at the Chapel Royal, White-
hall, on Sunday, the 23d instant.

ENTERTAINMENT AT THE LONDON TAVERN BY THE
LOEB MAYOR ELEM.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor elect
entertained the Ceort of Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and
officers of the Corporation of London, and a dis•
tinguished party of private friends at dinner, at the
London Tavern. Am )ng the guests were General Sir
W. F. Williams of Kars, Bart, M.P. ; General Sir G.
Pollock.

ELY AND BURY ST. EDMUNDS RAILWAY.—A. railway
of 174 miles in length is projected between these towns.
It is intended to branch off from the existing Newmar-
ket and Bury line at Camrow Bridge.
At the Preston Town Hall, on Friday last, a lad
named Partington was fully committed for trial for
causing an accident on the Preston and Longridge Rail-
way, by tampering with the " points."
There is no truth in the rumour that judgment was to
be delivered to-day in the cause of Westerton v. Liddell.
THE CROPS IN CONNADGHT. —Speaking of the bar•
vest in the west, the Galway Mercury says : "Every-
thing relative to the harvest is now safe, so that rain can
do but little harm. The harvest is a splendid, a rich,
and a bountiful one, thanks be to the Almighty
Giver."
THE FACTORY GIRLS AND PRESTON S. BROOKS.—The
factory girls of Lowell have given expression to their
feelings upon the late Sumner outrage, by sending to
P. S. Brooks thirty pieces of silver (3 cent pieces),
a rope, and a winding sheet, with a letter freely ex-
pressing their sentiments.
DEATH OF A COMEDIAN.—An inquest bas been
opened at Great Yarmouth on the body of Thomas
Russell, a comedian, who died suddenly in the green•
room of the theatre of that town on Wednesday even-
ing. It appeared that he had been in embarrassed
circumstances, and had denied himself, to a great ex-
tent, the necessaries of life.

WHAT IS A YOUNG LADY.—This much agitated
question, we presume, will now be finally set at rest,
as we find an elderly lady advertising for a companion,
expressly stating that " the young lady must be about
40 years of age."
SEEING HlL—Lothario—Ah ! dearest Ann, of your
love, I'm dying, and at your feet I lie, Anna—l see
you're lying.
The arrivals of specie yesterday comprised 271,0001.
from the- West Indies, 51,0001. from Boston, and
15,0001. from the Mediterranean, making a total of
337,000/. Of this 177,0001. is silver and the rest gold.
The commercial ad vices from New York by the
Niagara describe no great change in the stock-
market, transactions being in suspense until the
arrival of further news from Europe regarding the
course cf the Bank of France. In the prevailing
uncertainty there was an indisposition to draw bills upon
Paris, and the rate of exchange on England had con-
sequently advanced. The next steamers would be the
Ericsson and the Persia, and the latter was expected to
take a large amount of specie. Erie was quoted 601 to
61 ; Reading, 80; New York Central, 84 ; and Illi-
nois, 1161,
THE MURDER OF MISS HINDS.—We perceive that
the Government has bestowed upon Mr. Nicholas Kelly,
R.M., a good service pension of 100/, a-year for the zeal
and ability exhibited by him in reference to this out-
rage. We understand that the pension came to Mr.
Kelly quite unsolicited and unexpected by him.—Angle-
Celt.

HADDOCK FlSHlNG.—Haddock fishing is said to have
commenced favourably at all the stations on the north•
east coast of Scotland, and that already a larger quan-
tity of haddocks has been caught than at any former
period to the same date for a series of years. The fisher.
men are receiving high prices for the fresh fish.
THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS.—!The autumnal election of
this charity took place at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, on Thursday last, for the purpose of choos-
ing 15 applicants from a list of 180 approved candidates.
The poll closed at three o'clock, and sometime after the
names of the successful candidates were announced in
the usual way, and the proceedings terminated.
MANCHESTER ART-TREASURES EXHIBITION.—We un-

derstand that the Treasury and the Board of Trade have
authorised the exhibition at Manchester of the purchases
made for 12,000/. from the Bernal Collection of Medieval

Att. The purchase.; respective'y made by the British
Museum and by the Department of Science and Art
will be brought together for this purpose.
STAMFORD AND EI3ENDINE RAILWAY.—The branch
railway from the Essendine station of the Great Northern
Railway to Stamford was opened for public traffic on
Saturday. Trains between Stamford and Essendine
run in connection with the through trains of the Great
Northern Bail way to and from London and the north.
THE GRESHAM LECTURlS.—Yesterday the first of
these lectures for Michaelmas Term; on the subject of
astronomy, was delivered in the theatre of Gresham Col-
lege' Basinghall-street, by Mr. Niness, in the place of
the Rev. Joseph Pullen, who was prevented from lec•
turing by serious illness. The moon was the subject of
the lecture, which the lecturer treated in a manner
suited to a popular audience. The attendance was un-
usually large, there being 54 persons present, seven of
whom were of the fair sex.

GENERAL WALKER AND SLAVERY.—An important de-
cree has been issued by Gen. Walker, of Nicaragua, an-
nulling the old decree of the Federal Constituent As-
sembly, among which was one abolishing slavery in
Central America. The effect of this is, that the right to
hold slaves is now acknowledged by the government of
Nicaragua, and the peculiar institution may therefore be
considered as re-established in the republic.
ROBBERY AT THE HOUSE OF THE ASSISTANT JUDGE.—
On Friday evening, some impudent thief committed a
robbery at the residence of Mr. Pashley, Q.C., the
Assistant-Judge, in Manoliester-square, in the following
manner. He presented an official-looking letter, and said
he was to wait for an answer. As the bell rang the
footman was bringing the tea service down stairs, and
he placedit on a table in the hall while he went to the
door. He took the letter upstairs to Mr. Pailsley, and
when he came down, the man was gone-30 were the
tea spoons, the sugar tongs, tea pot and sugar basin,
and an umbrella. The thief got clear away.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-
WESTERN RAILWAY.—We regret to learn that another
collision occurred on this line of railway yesterday after-
noon. The Midland express, duo at Euston at 4 p.m.,
ran into a coal train near the King's Langley station,
causing serious injury to a great many passengers, and
blocking the up-line of rails for a considerable period.
The precise cause of the accident has not transpired.
Several of the passengers who bad received only minor
contusions came on to London by subsequent trains, but
those most seriously injured were left at King's Lang-
ley. The traffic of the line was not materially inter-
rupted, and the later trains during the evening arrived
at Emden with their accustomed regularity.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—The Council's first
session for the academical year was hold on Saturday last.
A vote of thanks was then passed to John Hibbert,
of Braywick-lodge, near Maidenhead, for his donation
of 1001., lately presented to the hospital, the third of
the same amount within 12 months, and making with
former gifts 4001. The Council received the report of the
examiners for the Andrew's Scholarships for the best
proficients in Latin, Greek, mathematics, and natural
philosophy, recommending Mr Joseph Maurice SiVomon
sfohript,heafinrdst,caonmdmAeinrd.
iPnercythGe reegxafomrintlaietisoeneorpidasssceidiolabry.
Mr. Alexander Waugh Young. A letter from Mr.
Greg, intimating that he could not hold the second
scholarship, was read. The first scholarship (1001.)
was awarded to Mr. Joseph Maurice Solomon ; the
second (60'.) to Mr. Alexander Waugh Young. The
examiners for the Council, besides the Professors of
Latin, Greek, Mathematic', and Natural Philosophy,
were Mr. Robert Baldwin_ Hayward, Fellow of St.

John's College, Cambridge, Vice-Principal of University
College, Durham, for mathematics ; and for classics, Mr.
John C. Addyes, Scott, A.M., Fellow of University
College, London.
ILLUSTRATED WoRKS.—It can scarcely be made ob•
vious to the rising generation how great has been the
extension of art and its improved application within the
last few years, and how much we are indebted to the
originators of periodicals and newspapers (more particu-
larly the latter) containing; illustrations devoted to science,
the chef crceuvres of art, and the events of the day.
Among the la't, what innumerable subjects there are for
intense interest and attraction—from the deadly conflict
by sea or land to the devastating fire and the fearful
shipwreck ; or, on the other hand, the race, the review,
or the royal procession. Our neighbours, the French,
have, with their usual tact and taste, given an immense
impulse to that kind cf illustration, in which they enjoy
a decided superiority, and which serves to exemplify thw
various wares and commodities of our enterprising Eng-
lish firms. Pernap3 a more striking example can scarcely
be afforded than in a work recently put forward,
and containing many beautiful fashions in mantles, robes,
&c., with descriptions in French by Parisian artistes,
and a scale of prices. A more interesting work for the
drawing-room table or boudoir cannot be imagined,
whether with respect to the present modes of dress, and
the convenience of giving orders, or as a record and re-
ference for future times. It is entitled a " Manual of
Fashion," and is
üblished by the Messrs. Jay, at their
mourning Warehouses, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-
streetp ; and as it is presented, or sent free, on applie%tion,
no time should be lost in securing it.