The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-29 00:00:00

TILE ALBERT ASSURANCE COMPANY.

There were several summonses returnable on Tuesday
in this matter, one for a reconstruction and another for
a scheme, but with the consent of the parties, they were
adjourned to the judge.

An application was made on the part of Mr. Price, the
liquidator to the company, for an order on several banks to
pay over to him the various sums standing in their books.
The applicant stated that the banks had received a tele-
gram stating that the Company was in liquidation, and he
did not think the bank would pay the amount without an
order. The Chief Clerk granted the application.
An application was made to the Chief Clerk for advice
under the following circumstance :—The applicant, who
represented the provisional liquidator, said that accord-
ing to a rule of the Company, policy-holders
whose policies had lapsed had an opportunity of renewing
them by payment of a fine and application to the medical
officer as to their state of health. The liquidators, how-
ever, felt a difficulty in allowing holders whose policies
had lapsed to do this without instructions from the court
The Chief Clerk said he could make no order in the
matter. There should be a summons to go to the judge
The matter was adjourned accordingly.
Mr. Manning and Mr. Merriman, who represented No. 3
and 5 of the petitioners, applied to the Chief Clerk for a
summons under the following circumstances. They had just
come from the Registrar's Court, where the matter of winding
up the company was pending, and the registrar had
taken the objection that the petition was not properly
verified. Of course applications would be made
to this court for a variation of the minutes,
and the object of their now attending before the
Chief Clerk was to ask that before making any applica-
tion the parties having the carriage of the case should
give notice to the petitioners.
After some discussion, the chief clerk said he could make
no order for the conduct of the case in another court not
could he issue any summons in the matter. All he could
do would be to express an opinion that all petitioners ought
to have such notices.

The applicants expressed themselves satisfied, observing
that no doubt this expression of opinion would have the
desired effect.

At Bridgewater yesterday several voters made
confessions of bribery, but all swore that nothing was going
at the last election from the Conservatives. Truman's state
ments are contradicted most emphatically.
POLICE ORPHANAGE.—Some time ago a move-
ment was originated amongst members of the police force
throughout the provinces for the purpose of establishing
an orphanage for the destitute children of deceased con-
stables. The movement has not received much encourage.
ment from the metropolitan police. An orphanage waE
established at Brighton, but it has been found quite inade-
quate for the purpose. An adjourned meeting of the chief
constables of boroughs Was held on Tuesday at Willis's
Rooms, for the purpose cf adopting steps necessary tc
carrying out the movonent. Captain Cong,reve, Chief
Constable of Stafford, presided, and stated that the pro-
mises of support were few, as many were unwilling to
join in the movement until they saw the rules. The
committee were of opinion, therefore, that it was not
desirable to take any action until the next meeting of the
constables. After some remarks from Major Mackay
honorary secretary to the committee, it was agreed tc
adopt the course renommmigied, sepa•
rated.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.—An order of the
Privy Council, dated September 28, provides that the rules
for the foot and mouth disease given below shall be in sub
stitution of the plpuro-pneumonia contained in the
seventh schedule of the " Contagious Diseases (Animals'
Act of 1869." In the schedule the following rules are
given, with the provision that they are to have
effect with respect to any field, stable, cowshed, and
other premises infected with foot and mouth disease
" Animals affected with foot and mouth disease, of
herded with animals so affected, are not to be moved
from such field, stable, cowshed, or other premises, or from
any land or building contiguous thereto in the same occu•
pation, except either for immediate slaughter, according tc
regulations to be from time to time made by the local
authority for insuring such slaughter, or, if not for imme-
diate slaughter, under a license signed by an officer of the
local authority appointed to issue licenses in that behalf
Sheds and places used by animals affected with foot and
mouth disease are forthwith, after being so used, to be
cleansed and disinfected to the satisfaction of the local
authority."

STRANGE SUICIDE.—On Tuesday afternoon a most
determined case of suicide was discovered at Carlton Villas,
Walthamstow. The family, it appears, had left town for a
short time, and a servant named Ellen Baker, about 20
years of age, was left in charge. About three os
four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a tradesman
called at the house on business, but after knock-
ing for a considerable time failed in obtaining any
answer. One of the neighbours advised him to break
open the door, and after some further delay this was done,
when the body of the servant girl was discovered hanging
over the balusters of the staircase. From the position of the
body and the arrangement of the cord by which it was sus-
pended it was clear that the act of suicide had been a most
deliberate one. The deceased had tied one end of the cord
round one of the legs of a chest of drawers in a bedroom on
the first floor, passed the cord through the balusters, tied
the other end securely round her neck, and threw herself
over. The body was immediately cut down, but life had
been long extinct. No cause can at present be assigned fof
the act of self-destruction.

TRADE ACCOUNTS.—The trade accounts (foreign
countries) just published, shew some fluctuations in our
export and import trade. The Belgian imports in the five
months ending May 31, 1869, shew a decrease of 3 per
cent., and the exports an increase of 3 per cent. as com-
pared with the corresponding period of 1868. The imports
of metals have varied a good deal during the last three
years. The copper and nickel imported into Belgium from
the United Kingdom increased 400,000 kilogrammes from
1867 to 1869, the rail and sheet iron increased
400,000, while the steel bars, sheet, and wire,
decreased 200,000. The steel imported into Hol-
land in the same time increased more than half a
million kilogrammes as compared with last year, while the
steel, both bar and wire, imported by France also chews a

large increase, the amount in bars being over 250,000
kilogrammes. Copper ore has also increased, but pig iron
shows a remarkable decrease, within the last two years,
falling from 43,000,000 to 2,000,000. Coming to the exports,
we find that the removal of the Cattle Plague restrictions
has shown itself in the number of sheep exported from
Holland to the 'United Kingdom, which has risen

from 6,000 to 93,000. The cotton exports have
also increased greatly from Holland, though not from France
or Belgium. The linen exports from Fiance to the United
Kingdom have fallen from 286,000 to 47,000 kilogrammes.
The exports of raw wool from France, though more than
last year, are not much more than half what they were two
years ago. One of the most striking changes is in the
Belgian export of unwrought lead, which amounted to
273,150 kilogrammes in 1807, and in 1809 is absolutely nil.
Table oil has in the two years more than doubled. The cotton
yarns exported from Belgium were successively 73,000,
47,000, and 6,000, while the effects of our varying harvests
can readily bo tracedll3 the fluotßations of the wheat and
camortN,