The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-05 00:00:00

PICTURE GALLERIES.

Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls.
British Institution-52, Pall-mall. Pictures by British
Artists, in February, March, and April ; and by Ancient
Masters, June, July, and August. Is.
Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free ' • other days, 6d.
Crystal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp-
ture. is.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday.
Flaxman Gallery—University of Loudon, Gower-street.
Foundling llospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays,

10 till 4.
Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. ls.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri-
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the hall
keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—Thegalloriesare.Qpen free daily
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Mondays
Tuesdays. Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
National Portrait Gallery-29, Great George-street.
free, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Trinity House—Trinity-square Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily till
10 p.m. ls.
SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cremorne Gardens —Chelsea. ls.
Crystal Palace Park—Sydenlmin. Open daily, ls.;

clays, 2s. 6d. -
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Open free.
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
Ilighbury Barn and Gardens —lliglibury. 6d. and is

refreshment tickets. _
Kew Gardens —Kew. Open free, daily at oLe o'clock.
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Rosherville Garden s—G7avesend. Open daily. Gd.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by

members' order.
Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Open free. Windsor
Castle may be visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord Chamberliin's
Office, in the Castle.

EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VA.LUAELE
are the properties of Latuplough's Pyretic Saline, curing tte
worst headaches, siektien, Blau, or billiary affections. Plepoit,
ligii

The news of Mr.' Peabody's death, says the Times, will
be received with no common sorrow on bi)th sides Of the
Atlantic. The sentiment of regret`Will not be a mere pass-
ing tribute of gratitude to the munificent benefactor. Mr.
Peabody, throughout the course of a long life, has been
accumulating manifold titles to be lamented. He was an
ardent patriot, who was loved abroad as much as at home.
He was a New Englander, who, when the South was
bowed down to the dust, stepped forward with two mil-
lions of dollars and claimed the right to succour it. No
courtier, he was honoured by Sovereigns and Princes. He
was profuse in his charity, but his charity has pauperised
nobody. He was a philanthropist who was liked as
well as honoured. There was nothing hard or
nothing narrow about Mr. Peabody's philanthropy.
He simply did whatever good came in his way.
Wherever an occasion presented itself for a generous and
benevolent action, there was he found with purse in hand,
eager to aid. When his adopted State of Maryland was in
sore pecuniary straits he repaid it for having afforded him
a home by negotiating a loan for it free of cost; When the
' American Department at the Great Exhibition was in
danger of appearing on the day of opening a mere chaos ( f
unassorted goods. Pis contribution of £3,000 was ready to
save his countrymen from even a passing mortification.
When a faint hope awoke in America that survivors of Sir
John Franklin's expedition might be rescued, Mr.
Peabody's subsidy consummated the generous enterprise
of Mr. Grinnell. His vast gifts of millions of
dollars for various purposes from 1856 downwards
dazzled the world. It looked upon such generosity
as a sort of sudden meteor. But a survey of Mr.
Peabody's career shews that all this was but the natural
crown and blossom of a life of consistent munificence. He
was a discoverer, and of something a good deal more
precious than the chilling Arctic deserts which his money
helped to explore, and which bear his name. What he
has discovered is a new motive for heaping together wealth
—the pleasure of giving it away. The posthumous devo-
tion of wealth to charitable uses is an elaborate device for
keeping hold of it still, and for remaining with it : but
the world sees little connection between such bequests and
the testator. Mr. George Peabody, in abdicating all pro-
perty in his riches while living, has made it impossible to
dissociate his identity from them now that he is dead.
Every fresh token of the utility of his benevolence must
tend to excite affection for his memory.

The Standard declares that Mr. Gladstone has done
wonders. He has been in office barely nine menths, and
he has twice " reorganised" the Treasury. Reorganisation
is an unobjectionable word; what it exactly means, taken
at its best, it might puzzle very clever people to apprehend;
but as a euphemism for "jobbery" it is perfect, and the
jobbers of the present and coming generations ought to
feel a lively gratitude to the Premier for introducing it.
Mr. W. H. Gladstone, the Premier's son, has been made a
salaried Lord of the Treasury. Now we should
not have offered a word of hostile criticism
against this appointment of Mr. W. H. Gladstone
if his father and his friends had not so vehemently
challenged it. If the present Prime Minister
had been content to follow without any outcry the
precedents of the Governments of which he has formed
part, and appoint Lords of the Treasury for the reasons
upon which Lords of the Treasury have been appointed by
those Governments, not a word would have been urged
against Mr. W. H. Gladstone's appointment. The Govern-
ment has declared that Lordships of the Treasury are very
important berths. It put one of the best men of its party
into one and doubled the salary because there was so
much for him to do. Will Mr. Lowe pretend that Mr.
W. H. Gladstone can supply Mr. Stansfeld ? Will
any organ of the Government be kind enough
to explain what Mr. W. H. Gladstone's duties
are ? One organ of the Government has at-
tempted beforehand to excuse this appointment, and
with singular infelicity represents officials of marked
authority as forcing upon Mr. Gladstone this appointment
of his son to a lucrative position. Poor civil servants!
To be described as guilty of such a disgraceful servility,
and to be altogether unable to repudiate it! But public
opinion will certainly do justice to this impudent state-
ment. We have nothing to say against the appointment
of Mr. Gladstone, jun., to a sinecure office, for which he is
as competent as anybody else ; but we do protest against
a re-organisation of the Treasury to give this appointment
a pretence of honesty ; and we sincerely regret that Mr.
Gladstone, sen., should have allowed a newspaper, which it
Is no secret, is directly inspired by him to put forward
this weak excuse of a pressure in favour of that appoint-
ment from officials of marked authority.

The telegraph, in referring to the proposal to erect a
monument in Scotland to Dr. Chalmers, observes that ho
ai east, not in a Scotch, but in a European, mould. He
was one of those gifted naitves who would have been con-
spicuous under any circumstances and in any sphere. His
attainments in mathematics and in natural philosophy
suffice to show that, had he yielded to the bent of his early
inclinations, and confined his energies within the channel
of science, he might have achieved distinction in such walks
as those of Playfair and Black. Theology, although he lent to
the study only a fractioU of his time, would alone have
sufficed to make his name famous. In oratory he had
uo superior, although his ago was that of Irving,
and Hall, of Canning, and Plunket. It is the organisa-
tion of the Free Church, however, that remains the chief
monument of Chalmers's statesmanlike power. The task
which awaits Archbishop Trench and his colleagues is
trivial in comparison with that performed by Chalmers and
his fellow-seceders from the Scottish Establishment. At
the disruption the Free clergy left church, and school, and
home.

Not a penny of endowment did they take with

them, not a single "manse" remained to give them
shelter, not a church to worship in ; and in some cases
so hostile were the landlords to the disruption

party that they would not give sites for - new
churches, and thus forced congregations to worship on the
seashore between high-water and low water mark—a part
of the beach which belongs, not to the local proprietors,
but to the Crown. It was under those circumstances that
Chalmers organised a new Church body, drew up codes of
rules, raised vast sums of money, built hundreds of
churches, " manses," and schools, and formed a sustenta-
tion fund which would serve in the place of national
endowments. Never was such a triumph achieved in so
short a time by the voluntary zeal of any body of Chris-

tians. The Free Church of Scotland is the real monument
of Chalmers's genius ; but the credit of his countrymen
demands that they should offer to his memory the custc-
mary token of bronz3 or marble.

The Daily _Yews remarks that the disagreement between
the predicted height of tides and the level to which they
actually attain is perhaps one of those circumstances
which modern science cannot at present hope to deal with
satisfactorily. The astronomer can calculate with the
utm: exactness what part the sun and moon will take in
swaying the waters of the earth, but the winds are beyond
the range of scientific prediction. Still, it may be ques-
tioned whether there is not still room for improvement
in the treatment of the tides. Observation and theory
have done much, but the very magnitude of the
labours which Whewell, Lubbock, and others have
quite recently accomplished, shews that the subject
is one of those which will bear a good deal of
re-investigation. Besides, the whole theory of the
tides is in an unsatisfactory and unsettled state. Quite
lately, at a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, no
less an authority than the Astronomer-Royal chewed that
the account given, in ordinary text-books is the direct
reverse of the truth ; and Newton and Laplace came to
precisely the same conclusion. Yet the prediction of tides
is founded on the popular theory; and facts, too, as every-
one knows, are by no means accordant with the views of
the three eminent astronomers just named. Altogether,
we may fairly doubt whether the phenomena of the tides
can be looked upon as among those which men of science
have fairly mastered.

The loyal old County of Devon has of late, says the
Post, been brought into somewhat rude contact, in more
ways than one, with what is popularly but vaguely called
the spirit of the age. More intensely Conservative in its
instincts and traditions throughout the upper and middle
classes than any other part of England, it preserves to this
day prejudices which elsewhere have left scarcely a trac'
behind. It is not yet many years since the late Mr. Thackeray
was almost refused a hearing in Exeter when he came to
deliver his lectures on the " Four Georges." On the topics
ef the day which are most interesting to Devonshire Sir
John Coleridge has been touching, in an address to
the " Newton Abbot Agricultural and Labourers' Friend
Association "—a !Arne which, with his fastidious car and
mastery of pure English, he must have felt strongly
tempted to beg the labourers and their friends to change.
The Solicitor-General may be regarded as the Chief
Apostle of Liberalism in the West, and Liberalism could
scarcely desire a better. On the questions into which he
did enter, as far as on such an occasion he could be ex-
pected to enter into questions at all, Sir
John Coleridge was as happy as he usually is,
and had every right to speak. His few, sholt,
heartfelt words of commendation on Dr. Temple will,
we trust, be read everywhere, and especially in Devon-
shire. On the question of education, again, of which Sir
John Coleridge speaks most rightly and truly when ha
says that a "greet and thorough system of national educa-
tion is the one great necessity of the time," no man has a
better claim on public attention. It is for him, who in
this matter is thoroughly at home, and for others like
him, to suggest, if they can, and to propagate wherever
they may, the practical remedies which should be applied
to that deficiency of solid training and systematic education
which we fear, in all classes AR,4l94.4lZijkAiiiiii

is, THE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE
MAN.'
E. MOSES & SON (the ORIGINATORS
of the READY-MADE CLOTHING SYS-
TEM) supply Ready-made Clothing equal
to Clothing made to measure, and Clothing
made to measure equal to the best that can
be cbtained.

E. MOSES and SON possess unequalled
resources for the MANUFACTURE of
CLOTHING, and are consequently able to
supply the public at lower prices than any
other house in the trade.

E. MOSES and SON'S STOCK for the
WINTER SEASON comprises an immense
tssoittment of Overcoats, and every clescrip-
ion of Clothing hr all ages, all occasions,
And all classes, in all the newest designs and
materials.

E. MOSES and SON. give particular at-
tention to CLOTHING for YOUNG GEN-
TLEMEN. For the convenience of Ladies
accompanying their Sons there is a separate
department for this important branch of their
business, and it is furnished with a splendid
assortment of Suits, Overcoats. and Clothing
for all oc3nsions, including all the favourite
designs and the most fashionable materials.

Orders by Post are attended to with care
and punctuality, and the easy and accurate
4ystem of self-measure introduced by E.
MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee
a faultless fit.

Orders from persons who are not known to
the firm should t•e accompanied by a remit-
tance, or a London reference.

Any article not worn or injured will be
l•heerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the
money will bo returned.

All Goods are marked in Plain Figures,
from which no abatement can be made.

The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats
and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un-
equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap-
ness.

Complete Outfits for all Climates, with
every requisite for the voyage.
Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea-
sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and
post-free.

E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmebts
are closed every Friday evening at sunset till
Saturday evening at sunset, when business
is resumed until eleven o'clock.

E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be-
spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers,
Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac-
turers, and General Outfitters for all
Classes.

The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES
and SON:—

LONDON.
CITY ESTNBLISHMENT,

155, MINORIES
156, MINORIES
t 57, MtNORIES
SI, ALDGATE
84, ALDOATE
85, ALDGATE
86, ALDGAT9
97, ALDGATE
98, ALDGAT F.
99, ALDGATE

OXFORD-STREET BRANCH.
506, NEW OXFORD-STREF,T
507, NEW OXFORD STREET
•,08, NEW OXFORD-STREET
1, HART-STREET
2, HART-STREET
3, HART-STREET

TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH.
137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
283, EUSTON-ROAD. _

Country Branch:
19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS.
20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS.

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.

THE " 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
Iccinire their perfect use in a few hours.
Illustrated Price Lists post free

CHE ',SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Chief &flee in the United Kingdom:.
147, CHEAPSIDE.:

SHORT SUMMARY OF THE POSITION
OF TILE

PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY,
62, Ludgate Hill, Loudon, E.C.

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Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's.

The Annual Premium Income of the company, at the
close if 1:.,68, was £220,978 05.10 d., and the Total Amount
Assured £4.8:32.197.
The Business is divided under two heads:-
Ist—The General or Ordinary Business, being the
same as that transacted by other Companies.
2nd—The Industrial or Working Class Assurances.
The Premium Income of the General
Business was £52,432, and the sum Assured
.£1.562,960. The present value of the lia-
bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per
Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load-
ing. was £139,322 15 8
The Premium Income of the Industrial
Branch was 168,546, the sum Assured
£3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0

£189,322 15 8

The Liability of the Industrial Branch
does not admit of being estimated in the
same way as that of the General Branch,
on account of the very large proportion of
Policies which constantly larse, so that
the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks
for short terms only; the estimated re-
serve for the liabilities of this Branch of
the business is shown by the result of 14
years' experience to be abundantly suffi-
cient.

The Assurance Fund on 31st Decem-
ber, 1868, was ... £241,301 12 4
The average duration of the whole of
the Industrial Policies was considerably
under three years.
The average age of the Assured in the
Industrial Branch was 19 years.
A detailed List of Assets can be bad on application.
H. HARBEN, Secretary.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
RETURN TICKETS BETWEEN LONDON
AND SCOTLAND.
Consequent upon the 8.0 p.m. Train from Euston
Station to Scotland being discontinued, Return Tickets
between London and Stations in Scotland will on and
after Monday, Nov. 1, be issued and be available by the
Express (Limited) Scotch Mail, leaving Euston at 8.40
p.m., on week days and 8.35 p.m. on Sundays.
W. CA.W KWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, October, 1869.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
A NEW STATION is NOW OPEN for PASSENGER
TRAFFIC at UXBRIDGE-ROAD, for Shepherd's-bnsb,
and the regular Service of Half-hourly Trains running
between Broad-street (City), and Victoria (Pimlico), call
at this station.
These Trains connect at Willesden Junction with the
London and North-Western Main-line Trains to and from
Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, &c.
For hours of running, see time bills.
FARES FROM UXBRIDGE-ROAD STATION.

Single Tickets. Return Tickets.
Ist cl. 2d cl. 3d cl. Ist cl. 2d cl. 3d cl.
To Broad-street 9d. 6d. ls. 3d. 9d.
To Victoria..... 7d. sd. 4d. Os. 10d. Bd. 6d.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, Nov., 1869.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY.

CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBENTURE

STOCK.

The Directors are now prepared to enter into arrange-
ments for converting the Debentures of the Company into
equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Deben-
ture Stock, and also to receive applications for allotments
of the same Stock, at par, to be applied in the repayment
of Debentures falling due.

Any- amount of Stock, not being a fraction' of a pound,
can be subscribed for and transferred.
A commission of (one-half) per cent. is allowed to ap-
plicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Company's
books free of all expense.
The interest will be paid half-yearly on the 15th Jan-
uary and 15th July, by warrant.
The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same
priority against the property and income of the Company
as the Debenture Bond Debt, ranking before the Com-
pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions
W 0,0011,000), and will be the first charge on a net income
now amounting to upwards of Three Millions (.V,000,000)
annually.
Further particulars and forms of application may be
obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned.
STEPHEN REAY, Secretary.
Euston Station, March, 1869.

lICaE
A GENTS WANTED EVERYW
J.-- to introclive eomniodi ies valuable to every householdor
h-F4h and low. This offers a highlyremuner.itiveConuni,sloa i)
flradesmen, Travellers. ilent'emen's Servants, &e. Apply With
two stamps to 11. MARILION, Great Orford-strect,Norwich.
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( GOSNF.I.I. and CO.'S META C
1-7 TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior .to any roof h
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects tie
enamel from decay, and imparts a plea:lint fragrance• to
the breath. Price is. Rd.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Ili pe
Thames-street. London.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattfirton.
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,
Joh]. Rouse; Mrs Ellington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald,
and Katharine Rodgers.
To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES.

THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, at Seven, FOUNDED ON FACTS :
Mr Compton ; Mrs E. Fitzwilliam : Miss F.Wright.
At a Quarter to Eight, the-New Comedy, NEW MEN
AND OLD ACRES : Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr
Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mrßuckstone, jun.; Miss
Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss
C. Hill, &c.
Concluding with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY : Mr
Kendall, Miss F. Gwynne, &c.
Box-office open daily from Ten till Five.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING, :it 7 o'clock, MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr
Atkins, Mr C. J. Smith, and Miss Eliza Johnstone.
At 15 to 8, LOST AT SEA: a London Story. Messrs A. Stir-
ling, G. Belmore, E. Atkins, J. D. Beveridge, C. H.Stephenson,
C. J. Smith, R. Romer; Miss Rose Leclercq, Miss Eliza. John-
stone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray.
To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G.Bilmore
and Mrs. Leigh Murray.
Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking.
Places can be secured a fortnight in advance.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Lessee anti Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.

OPEN FOR THE WINTER SEASON.

THIS F.VENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING :
Messrs Ashley. D. Leeson, and Misses Maria and Nelly Harris.

At 15 to THE WILLOW COPSE: Mr Benjamin Webster,
Messrs R. Phillips, J. O. Taylor, A shley. Stuart, W. Rignold,
D. Leeson, C. J. Smith R. Romer, W. A. Eburue, 61iss Furtado,
Mrs Alfred Mellon, Mrs Addie, JI i s M. Ilarris,

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY.
At 7. 5. NOT SUCH A FOCI. AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon
Simple, by I%!r. U. J. Byron. Messrs. .1. Clarke, Parselle, &c
Mesdames Hughes. Berend. and Mrs. Stephens.
To conelwle with A BREACH OF PROMISE.
Cos-office open from 1 i till 5.

HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole Lessee and Manager, DIMLY SULLIVAN
T HIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock', THE LO ft MY TICKET:
Mr George Honey.
At 3 Moore's great Tragedy or TUE GAMESTER : Parry
Fullivan; Messrs J. C. Cowper W. H. Stephens. Lin Rayne'
Charles Ilorsman, and Lunt; Mrs. ilermann Vezin, Miss Jane
Rignold, and bliss !Toward.
To conclude with THE WATERIUS: Messrs. G. Honey, E.
Cotte Evans; Mrs C. Horsman Miss U. Power.
Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks.
Acting Manager—AmoßY SULLIVAN.

I) OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
A k Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swauborough.
THIS EVENING, at •7.::;0, AMONG TUE BREAKERS : Mr
-C1 Lrkev
FollowerTTif.: TOOVLES'I'IVfr-Clarke: •
After which, INO; gessrs Thorne. James, Fenton, Turner;
Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c.
To conclude with TUE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL