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The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-16

BROMIDE OF POTASSIU.II.

The adulteration of this substance by iodide of
potassium has become such a serious question in a
therapeutic point of view, that it is a matter of great
interest to find some easy way of ascertaining it.
Several ways have been proposed, but none of a
very practical kind and possessing at the same time
a sufficient degree of exactness. A paper, by M.
Amedee Blacher, in the Journal des Connaissances
Aledicales, is on this account deserving of notice.
M. Blather starts from the following facts :-1.
Bromide of potassium yields a white precipitate
with salts of lead ; iodide of potassium a yellow
one. 2. Pyroligneous acid dissolves iodide of lead,
especially at the temperature of ebullition. 3. It
also dissolves bromide of lead. 4. Bromide of lead
is more soluble in pyroligneous acid than the iodide
of the same metal. The two latter observations are
due to M. Blacher himself. Now, when, at the
common temperature, pyroligneous acid is added to
a precipitate of bromide of lead mixed with iodide
of the same, the latter is detected by the yellow
spots which almost instantly appear in the
midst of the white mass. Moreover the
iodide may be separated from the bromide by
cooling their solution in a liquid composed of one
part of pyroligneous acid and 12 of water ; for in
this case the iodide is precipitated while the bro-
mide remains in the liquid. The former may then
be collected and weighed. M. Blather's plan of
operations may now be easily understood. Sup-
pose we have some bromide of potassium which
we have reason to suspect of being adulterated
with iodide. We transform the bromide in ques-
tion into that of lead by adding to its solution in
water an excess of liquid sub-acetate of lead, a
substance which will equally decompose the iodide
of potassium. On examining the precipitate found,
if it be white there is no iodide in it ; if, on the con-
trary, it be tinged with orange, we shall have prima
facie evidence of the presence of iodide. In order
to determine the quantity of the latter, the precipi-
tate must be washed and dried, then dissolved in the
pyroligneous liquid above described ; and this solu-
tion being put into cold water, the iodide will pre-
cipitate, and the bromide will rema in in the liquid.
London, England, 1867-08-16

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AITG LIST 10, 1867.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
-I London.
REPORT of the Directors for the year and quinquennium
ending 30th June, 1867, read at the Annual General
Meeting of Proprietors, 9th August, 1867.
GEORGE RUSSELL, Esq., Chairman of the Company,

'in chair.

The report which the Directors have now to make to
;he proprietors has reference not only to the progress of
the Company during the past year, but also to the more
important consideration of its financial condition at the
close of another quinquennium and of the long term of
sixty years from the date of its establishment.
As regards the progress of the Company, during the
year, it may b 3 sufficient to state that the ordinary receipts
and payments have been augmented by those of another
small assurance society,- the business of which has been
transferred to the Eagle in this interval. Thus, the total
premiums received hero havo been £397,533, and the inte-
rest from investments £123,352; whilst, on the other hand,
the claims on decease of lives assured have amounted to
£307,016, and the expenses of management to £16,920—
this last sum including £3,909, which will, for the most
part, now cease.
An exception to this general augmentation is to be
found in the case of the premiums on new assurances,
which have amounted to £15,401—a less sum than they
havo reached in foregoing years.
Adverting now to the results of the quinquennial inves-
tigation which has now been in progress for several months,
and which has been conducted with all duo care and cir-
cumspection, it appears, from the actuary's statement, that
there were in force on the 30th Juno last the following
policies, viz.:
16,882 participating, assuring, with additions, £9,306,962,
and paying premiums amounting to £274,517 per annum.
And 4,096 non-participating, assuring £3,709,743, and
paying premiums amounting to £112,319 per annum.
The total amount assured in these two classes—viz.,
£l3,ols,7os—logether with some annuities, is found by the
minute and laborious processes used in such investiga-
tions to involve an immediate liability of £6,224,830.
The total annual premium receivable —viz., £386,836—
is shown, by the like processes, to be now worth £1,506,168,
or nearly 12 years' purchase.
The net liability arising under those large items, viz.,
£1,738,662, is included in the following statement, which
has been verified by the auditors, and which comprises all
the realised and unrealised assets of the Company, and
also all claims against it, immediate or remote.

£3,533 7 6
London, England, 1867-08-16

TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.
18. 6i., 25., 2s. 61. per lb. are the prices at which
PHILLIPS and CO.,
Tea Merchants, 8, King Williamtreet, City, London, E.C.,
are selling good and fine
BLACK TEA.
A. price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any
Railway Station or Market Town in the United Kingdom.
All goods carriage tree to all psrts of London.
Observe— PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents.
Sugars are supplied at market prices.

DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING} REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
doott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, indigestion, wind,
spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Prepared only and by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, King
William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug-
gists, in boxes, is. ltd., and three times the quantity in one,
2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pill;
The genuine are a square .rreeL psChag", with " Wirtisan.
Lambert." engraved on the stamp.
London, England, 1867-08-16

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT
WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
EXHIBITIONS 01 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the moat effective
Invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use
of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here
avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while
the requisite resisting power is supplied by the it
Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close-
ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during
sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, And tha truss,
which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum-
ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to
the manufacturer,
London, England, 1867-08-16

LIABILITIES.

Interest due to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto, unpaid 56,771 14 1
Sundry accounts
Value of sums assured 6,244,829 14 6
Proprietors' fund £177,680 0 0
Surplus fund

1,159,194 13 9

£7,486,280 6 9
London, England, 1867-08-16

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

JEALOUSY AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—EIIen
Stanton, a young woman, described as a servant,
was charged before Mr. Knox with attempting to
commit suicide.

Police-constable Henry May, 637 A, said that
on the previous afternoon he was on the north bank
of the Serpentine, when he saw the prisoner run-
ning past towards the Serpentine. As it was rain-
ing heavily at the time, he thought the prisoner
was making for a tree for the purpose of shelter,
but instead of that she ran into the water, up to
her arm-pits, and then threw herself head foremost
into it. He ran into the water after the prisoner,
and managed to reach her, and caught hold of her,
when she struggled violently and said "let me
alone." Having succeeded with great difficulty in
getting her to the bank, he then took her to the
Royal Humane Society's Receiving House. The
prisoner subsequently informed him that she was a
servant out of a place, that she had neither father
nor mother, and that she had had a quarrel with
her sweetheart, which was the cause of her acting
as she had done.

The young woman, who had no statement to
make, was remanded for a week.
It appears from a statement made by the young
woman subsequently that she was keeping company
with one of the Life Guards, and that, seeing him
the previous evening in company of another female
outside the Sun Tavern, Knightsbridge, that it had
indeed her to destroy herself.
THE OUTCASTS IN THE PARK.—Two young
women, named Eliza Bridge and Eliza Goodman,
were charged before Mr. Knox by Sergeant Hors-
ley, 64 A, with wandering about in Hyde Park
without any visible means of subsistence.
The Sergeant having proved seeing the prisoners
asleep in Hyde Park yesterday evening, and that
they were in the habit of frequenting the parks
both by day and night, and had been charged
before,
The girls said, in aimwer to the charge, that they
would like to go to a home. .
Mr. Knox said he would do his befit to get the
London, England, 1867-08-16

THE SUN. LONDON, FitIOAY EVENING, AUGUST 16 1867.

Extraordinary Postponement of an Inquest.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A SOLICITOR.
This afternoon an inquest was held by Mr. Ser-
geant Payne, at the " Haunch of Venison," Bell-
yard, Fleet-street, on the body of Mr. Ilockley
Fred. Wood, solicitor, aged 47 years (son of the
late Alderman Thomas Wood, who was afterwards
many years chief clerk at the Guildhall Police
Court), who died most suddenly at 30, Bouverie-
street, Fleet-street, on Tuesday evening last under
very melancholy circumstances. It appeared that
the deceased gentleman had been residing for
some time at No. 30, Bouverie-s'rcet, under
the name of Jones. Atter the jury and witnesses
bad waited an hour, however, it was announced
by Mr. G llet t, the coroner's officer, that
a medical gentleman had written to the ui,-
dertalter, who handed it to the coroner, that the
body was in such a decomposed state that it was
not in a fit state to be seen, and the jury would
be likely to catch a fever if they viewed it, and
therefore for the public good he should dispense
with the inquest.
A post-mortem examination had been previously
made by the doctor in attendance, and he con-
sidered that the deceased died from disease of the
heart, accelerated by habits of intemperance.
A witness in attendance made a statement that
he was accused of poisoning the deceased, but the
post-mortem examination of Mr. Clarence Visick
' clearly deinonstrated he had not died from that
cause•—viz., poison.
London, England, 1867-08-16

IHE SI N, LON.. ON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1867.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 6 r.3r.

The Cunard steamer Java, the Inman steamer
City of London, and the Hamburg and American
Company's steamer Teutonia arrived out to-day.
London, England, 1867-08-16

Broadhead and the Saw Grinders,

We have already reported that Broadhead has
been" whitewashed" by the Society of Saw Grinders,
with which he has been so long connected ; but it
would now appear that not only is he retained by
his own seciety, but that others consider him so
desirable a member that they invite him, with every
show of respect, to join them. Strange and incre-
dible as it may appear, it is nevertheless true that
on Broadhead's return from the meeting of the Saw
Grinders' Union on Tuesday, the resolutions of
which we published on Wednesday, he found
a deputation of non union saw grinders awaiting
him. It appeared that the non-unionists, not being
able to obtain admission into the old union, were
contemplating the formation of a new society, and
looking about for some experienced head to assist
their inexperience. Broadhead seemed to them the
most likely man. The calling of a meeting of the
old union to zonsider whether or not Broadhead
should be expelled afforded them an opportunity,
and, fully expecting that he would be driven out of
his own society, they hastened to invite him to take
the management of theirs. We understand that
Broadhead declined the new and unexpected honour
—lie had no need to accept it—and advised the
persons who waited on him that no good could
result from splitting up the old society into factions,
and that they ought to wait patiently until there
was an opportunity of uniting all the saw grinders
in one body.

NEW ACT ON REAL PROPERTY.--A somewhat
novel Act of Parliament has just been issued. It is to
"explain the operation" of an act passed in the 17th and
18th Vie., c. 113, which was an act ti amend the law re-
lating to the administration of deceased persons. In con-
struins a will a general direction to pay debts out of the
personalty is not to include mortgage debts unless such in-
tention is clearly implied.
TIIE LORD CHANCELLOR'S CHURCH PATRONAGE.
—The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. William
Rowe Jolley, M.A., of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, late
tutor to his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, and chaplain
to her Majesty's ship Illustrious, to the vicarage of Corso,
near Gloucester, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Wil-
son, M.A. ; the Rev. Thos. F. Chamberlain, 751. A., of Christ's
College, Cambridge, rector of Rufford, near Ormskirk, and
honorary canon of Manchester Cathedral, to the vicarage
of Limber-Magna, near Ulceby, Lincolnshire, in the room
of the 11ev. John Brown, M.A.; the Rev. Rowland Smith,
M.A., of 1.6 t. John's College, Cambridge, to the rectory of
Ileuiley, Suffolk ; and the Rev. John Thomson, 13. D., to the
vicarage of Diming, Esex
London, England, 1867-08-16

BROMIDE OF POTASSIEII.

The adulteration of this substance by iodide of
potassium has become such a serious question in a
therapeutic point of view, that it is a matter of great
interest to find some easy way of ascertaining it.
Several ways have been proposed, but none of a
very practical kind and possessing at the same time
a sufficient degree of exactness. A paper, by M.
Amedee Blacher, in the Journal des Connaissances
Illedicales, is on this account deserving of notice.
M. Blacher starts from the following facts
Bromide of potassium yields a white precipitate
with salts of lead ; iodide of potassium a yellow
one. 2. Pyroligneous acid dissolves iodide of lead,
especially at the temperature of ebullition. 3. It
also dissolves bromide of lead. 4. Bromide of lead
is more soluble in pyroligneous acid than the iodide
of the same metal. The two latter observations are
duo to M. Blacher himself. Now, when, at the
common temperature, pyroligneous acid is added to
a precipitate of bromide of lead mixed with iodide
of the same, the latter is detected by the yellow
spots which almost instantly appear in the
midst of the white mass. Moreover the
iodide may be separated from the bromide by
cooling their solution in a liquid composed of one
part of pyroligneous acid and 12 of water ; for in
this case the iodide is precipitated while the bro-
mide remains in the liquid. The former may then
be collected and weighed. M. Blather's plan of
operations may now be easily understood. Sup-
pose we have some bromide of potassium which
we have reason to suspect of being adulterated
with iodide. We transform the bromide i❑ quei-
tion into that of lead by adding to its solution in
water an excess of liquid sub-acetate of lead, a
substance which will equally decompose the iodide
of potassium. On examining the precipitate found,
if it be white there is no iodide in it ; if, on the con-

trary, it be tinged with orange, we shall have prima
facie evidence of the presence of iodide. In order
to determine the quantity of the latter, the precipi-
tate must be washed and dried, then dissolved in the
pyroligneous liquid above described ; and this solu-
tion being put into cold water, the iodide will pre-
cipitate, and the bromide will remain in the liquid.
London, England, 1867-08-16

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eIiI4IFEItENt:P: bliAttices.
Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2. 66;
London and N.Western, Bedford and Cambridge 84
Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock,
Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 125

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Brkenhead, 87i
London and (.1 reenwich, 61
FOREIGN RAILWATP.
Bahia and San Francisco, gna. 7 per cent„ 13a
Dutch Rhenish, 21i 2
Great Luxembourg, 161
*Recife and San Francisco, lim., gua. 7 per cent., 91

FOREIGN MIN En.
Anglo Braz;lian Gold, 9-1 G
Cape Copper, 71
Don I'euro, North Del Rey, 11 pi
United Mexican, lira.,
BANKS;

Alliance, litn., 13
British North American, 50
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China.llBl
Chartered kler. of India. London. and ciiinn. 29
English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered,,l7l
London and County, 53
g 7.1 Ditto, new. 20i
London Joint Stock, 374
London and 11 estminster, 7) 1 69
National Provincial of England.
d and 3d Issue, 404
Provincial of Ireland, 67
Union of London, 394 94

MISCELLANEOUS.
Ati intio Telegraph, 32 3
City of Moscow Gas, Una., 151
Credit. Foncier of England, litn,, 3
Crystal Palace,
DI I to, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 101
Eyyptiao C,om. and Trading,
London tlencral Omni bus Company, tim, 2 13-16
Peninsula and Oriental team,
Ditto, nem, 1807, 21
Royal Mail Steam, 90
Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lim., 5a
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 6S

ALcorfor, on TOBACCO.—" Is drinking or smoking
the more injurious to health ?" was a question mooted on
Tuesday at an inquest held at the Elephant and Castle,
King's-road, before Dr. Lankester, the coroner, on the body
of a mechanic who died from apoplexy. The medical gen-
tleman who made the post-mortem examination was of
opinion, from the internal appearances, that the deceased
was addicted to drinking. His friends said he was v, ry
sober, and did not drink more than a pint of beer a day. A
juryman suggested that perhaps the deceased smoked,
which was worse. The friends said he smoked three half
ounces in two days. The coroner said his own opinion
was that if alcohol and tobacco were both tried for mur-
der, alcoiol would be hanged and tobacco get a week's
imprisonment.

A NOBLE GoLnsurrm—Lady Milton's wedding
ring was altogether the work of the noble bridegroom,
being fashioned by his own hands from a nugget dug by
him in British Columbia, during his visit to the goldfields,
after his "North-west Passage by Land," the marvellous
incidents of which ho and Dr. Cheadle hayo so well nar-
rated.-4.00. Mercury.
London, England, 1867-08-16

The additions to be made to the assurances of the So-
ciety just transferred will be in the same proportion, but
will be necessarily smaller in amount, in consideration of
the shorter time, that is to say, of the eighteen months
only in which they have accrued.
The Directors consider that these results are satisfactory,
and they trust that the Proprietors will be of the same
opinion; looking at the progress which the Company has
made during the last twenty years and the position which
it has now attained they feel themselves justified in anti-
cipating that its future career will be a successful one.
They will only add, that they hope in a few weoks to be
enabled to remove from their Temporary Offices to the new
premises in Pall-mall, and thenceforth to have more suit-
able accommodation for the carrying on of the Company's
business than it has been their good fortune of late years to
enjoy.
The direction of the Company is now constituted as
follows :

Col. CHAS. WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman.
Right. Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.8., Deputy
Chairman.
Charles Bischoff, Esq.
Thomas Boddiugton, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq.

Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
James Murray, Esq.
Ralph Charles Price, Esq.

William F. Do Lit Ru-e, Esq.
Sir J.Bullei East,Bart.,D.C.L.
Robert A. Gray, Esq.
illiam Augustus Guy,M.D.,
F.R.S.

Philip Rose, Esq.
George Russell, Esq.
Thomas Godfrey Sambrooke,
Esq.
Captain L. S. Tindal, R.N.

Charles Thomas Holcombe,

Esq.
London, England, 1867-08-16

THOXF O R D,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.,
THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON.
New Operetta by J. Offenbach, entitled MR. AND MRS.
DENNIS, LA TRAVIATA. ERNANI, kc. tta. Princiral
artistes. Misses Russell and Fitzlienry; Messrs. Bum, Fox,
Husk. Evan., Bury, with Extra Band and Chorus. Conduc-
tor, Mr. F. jonghmans.
COMEDY. Atc.. by Messrs. ORVILLE PARKER, Mr.
and Dire. NPKAFFIE. Mr. and Miss CARLE, Miss KATE
8 ANT LEY, Sia-nor NA ['OLT, the Italian Hercules, and
those celebrated American Acrobats the Bros. II ANLON.
Admission—Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, balcony, and
promenade, ls.
London, England, 1867-08-16

CITY MEMBERS' PLATE.

Vampire
Rupert colt
Ilopvine 3
Eight ran.
INNKEEPERS' PLATE.

Veda 1
Madame Cleopatro 2
Peggy 3

Fourteen ran.
PRINCE OF WALES' STAKES.

Tumbler 1
Squire •• 2
Sister to Scottish Chief

Eleven ran.
SELLING PLATE.

Her Ladyship
Sister to Abergeldie
Distaff
Six ran.

JOHN STIRK,
25, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND,
Executes Comtnissious on all tho races to any amount.

The full market odds laid.
Price list daily.

MR. GEo. WEBB executes commissions, by letter only,
at his residence, 125, Queen's-crescent, Ilaverstock-hill,
and has lists posted daily at the City Arches; also through
his Agent, Mr. F. Butler, near 31eux's Brewery. No con-
nection with any other person using the same name.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, August 16.

The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending
to-day shows the following changes com-
pared with that of last week :
INCREASE. •

Cash in hand 12,000,000fr.

Private accounts 4,900,000fr.
DECREASE.

Bills discounted ...... 8,000,000 fr.
Notes
Advances 333,000fr.
Treasury Balance
London, England, 1867-08-16

The additions to be made to the assurances of the So-
ciety just transferred will bo in the same proportion, but
will be necessarily smaller in amount, in consideration of
the shorter time, that is to say, of the eighteen months
only in which they have accrued.
The Directors consider that these results are satisfactory,
and they trust that the Proprietors will bo of the same
opinion; looking at the progress which the Company has
made during the last twenty years and the position which
it has now attained they feel themselves justified in anti-
cipating that its future career will be a successful ono.
They will only add, that they hope in a few weeks to be.
enabled to remove from their Temporary Offices to the new
premises in Pall-mall, and thenceforth to have more suit-
able accommodation for the carrying on of the Company's
business than it has been their good fortune of late years to
enjoy.
The direction of the Company is now constituted as
follows :

Col. CHAS, WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman.
Bight. Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.8., Deputy

Chairman.

Charles Bischoff, Esq. ---
Thomas Boddington, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq.
William F. De La Rue, Esq.
Sir J.BullerEast,Bart.,D.C.L.
Robert A. Gray, Esq.
illiam Augustus Guy,M.D.,
F.R.S.
Charles Thomas Holcombe,
Esq.

Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
James Murray, Esq.
Ralph Charles Price, Esq.
Philip Rose, Esq.
George Russell, Esq.
Thomas Godfrey Sambrook°,
Esq.
Captain L. S. Tindal, R.N.
London, England, 1867-08-16

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

JEALOUSY AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—EIIen
Stanton, a young woman, described as a servant,

was charged before Mr. Knox with attempting to
commit suicide.

Police-constable Henry May, 637 A, said that
on the previous afternoon he was on the north bank
of the Serpentine, when he saw the prisoner run-
ning past towards the Serpentine. As it was rain-
ing heavily at the time, he thought the prisoner
was making for a tree for the purpose of shelter,
but instead of that she ran into the water, up to
her arm-pits, and then threw herself head foremost
into it. He ran into the water after the prisoner,
and managed to reach her, and caught hold of her,
when she struggled violently and said "let me
alone." Having succeeded with great difficulty in
getting her to the bank, he then took her to the
Royal Humane Society's Receiving House. The
prisoner subsequently informed him that she was-a
servant out of a place, that she had neither father
nor mother, and that she had had a quarrel with
her sweetheart, which was the cause of her acting
as she had done.

The young woman, who had no statement to
make, was remanded for a week.

It appears from a statement made by the young
woman subsequently that she was keeping company
with one of the Life Guards, and that, seeing him
the previous evening in company of another female
outside the Sun Tavern, Knightsbridge, that it had
induced her to destroy herself.
THE OUTCASTS IN THE PARK.—Two young
women, named Eliza Bridge and Eliza Goodman, '
were charged before Mr. Knox by Sergeant Hors-
ley, 64 A, with wandering about in Hyde Park
without any visible means of subsistence.
The Sergeant having proved seeing the prisoners
asleep in Hyde Park yesterday evening, and that
they were in the habit of frequenting the parks
both by day and night, and had been charged
before,
The girls said, in answer to the charge, that they
wuoitl like to go to a home.
Mri Knox fiaid he would do hie beet to get the
London, England, 1867-08-16

GUILDHALL.

GROSS CASE OF SELLING DISEASED MEAT.—
James Sampson, a butcher in a small way of busi-
ness near Weymouth, was this day charged before
Sir Robert Carden with selling diseased meat.

Mr. Bayliss, the solicitor to the Commissioners
of Sewers, conducted the rrosecution. He said
that this was a case of a most aggravated character.
The prisoner had been in the habit of supplying a
butcher in Leadeuhall market with meat, and early
this month consigned him 2201bs of beef which was
in a state totally unfit for consumption. On in-
quiry it was discovered that he had purchased the
cow from a farmer by whom he was employed for
£5, the value of such an animal in a sound state
being Y-18. When it reached the party to whom it
was consigned it was in a stinking condition, and it
appeared that the prisoner had purchased the cow,
so far back as the 30th of July, and that he must
have been perfectly aware of its state. The animal
suffered from inflammation, and the weather was
not at the time calculated to cause putrescence
immediately.
_ _

Evidence was given in support of the preceding
statement, and the prisoner did not deny the fact,
but merely said that he had bought it with the

hide on.

Sir It. Carden said that he must have known the
state of the animal from the price which he paid
for it.

The prisoner received a good character from the
butcher to whom he had consigned the meat, and
with whom he had had dealings for some years.
Sir H. Carden said that this was so bad a case
that he would not let the prisoner off by inflicting
a fine ; and, except for the good character he had
received he would have sentenced him to two
months' imprisonment. He sentenced him to one
month's imprisonment in the House of Correction,
with hard labour.

The farmer who sold the prisoner the meat was
present, and the worthy magistrate said he was quite
as bad as the prisoner, whom he assisted in selling
meat that might have poisoned the consumers of it.
If he had sent him to the Central Criminal Court
he (the farmer) should have accompanied him.
London, England, 1867-08-16

MEIEOROLOGY.

The Journal des Conna- issances ltledicales pub-
lishes an extract from an essay written by Marshal
Vaillant on the transparency of the atmosphere,
and the forecast of the weather which may be de-
duced from it. "After a few days' fine weather,"
the Marshal says, " accompanied by an easterly or
north-easterly wind, it happens in the central parts
of France that objects which are at some distance
from our eyes,
Bach as horizons bounded by hills,
the summits of mountains which were only per-
ceptible through a mist rendering their outlines
indistinct, suddenly become perfectly clear and well
defined, the eye distinguishing details that were
utterly hidden from it before. The atmosphere thus
acquires a wonderful transparency,which occasionally
even imparts a certain degree of crudeness to
the landscape. The top of Mont Blanc in such a
case is visible in a direct line from a distance of 60
leagues and upwards. And yet this extreme trans-
parency of the air is an almost certain harbinger of a
change of weather and imminent rain. This singular
circumstance may be explained as follows : When
a cold wind, such as those we have mentioned, pre-
vails on the surface of the earth,
it acquires warmth
from the latter, and therefore rises, traverses the
strata above, mixes them imperfectly together, and
causes disorder as regards densities and tempera-
tuns. In the same way the dry air which begins to
touch the soil derives from the latter a certain de-
gree of humidity which the strata above do not
get." The Marshal then proceeds to show that the
rays of the sun do not, under such circumstances,
reach us in a straight line, but broken by different
densities, and the atmosphere is therefore indistinct.
When a south or west takes the place of the pre-
ceding ones,
where the air, being warmer than the earth, has no
being already in the upper strata,
longer any tendency to rise, it descends towards
the earth, which deprives it of its superabundan t
warmth, and remains there. In this case therefore
the atmosphere is not disturbed, and rays of light
reach us in a line which, though slightly curved,
appear to us straight. Hence there is distinctness
of vision, just at the time when the strata nearest
the earth are charged with humidity, and a clear
sky in, that case is the precursor of rain.
London, England, 1867-08-16

in the chair.
The report which the Directors have now to make to
,he proprietors has reference not only to the progress of
the Company during the past year, but also to the more
important consideration of its financial condition at the
close of another quinquennium and of the long term of
sixty years from the date of its establishment.
As regards the progress of the Company, during the
year, it may be sufficient to state that the ordinary receipts
and payments have been augmented by those of another
small assurance society, the business of which has been
transferred to the Eagle in this interval. Thus, the total
premiums received here have been £397,533, and the inte-
rest from investments £123,352; whilst, on the other hand,
the claims on decease of lives assured have amounted to
£307,046, and the expenses of management to £16,920—
this last sum including £3,909, which will, for the most
part, now cease.
An exception to this general augmentation is to be
found in the case of the premiums on new assurances,
which have amounted to £15,401—a less sum than they
have reached in foregoing years.
Adverting now to the results of the quinquennial inves-
tigation which has now been in progress for several months,
and which has been conducted with all due care and cir-
cumspection, it appears, from the actuary's statement, that
there were in fore() on the 30th June last the following
policies, viz.:
16,882 participating, assuring, with additions, £9,306,962,
and paying premiums amounting to £274,517 per annum.
And 4,096 non-participating, assuring £3,709,743, and
paying premiums amounting to £112,319 per annum.
The total amount assured in these two classes—viz.,
£l3,ols,7os—together with some annuities, is found by the
minute and laborious processes used in such investiga-
tions to involve an immediate liability of £6,224,830.
The total annual premium receivable —viz., £386,836—
is shown, by the like processes, to be now worth £1,506,168,
or nearly 12 years' purchase.
The net liability arising under these large items, viz.,
£1,738,662, is included in the following statement, which
hex been verified by the auditors, and which comprises all
the realised and unrealised assets of the Company, and
also all claims against it, immediate or remote.

£3,533 7 6
London, England, 1867-08-16

RI:TV:MRS.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT

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WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
Exnrnrrtorsa of 1861 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Ifedieal Gentlemen to be the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use
of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its eireots, is here
avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while
the requisite resisting power 1.1 supplied by the Aloe-Main
Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so cinch ease and close-
ness that it cannot be d-!,rested, and may be 'nom during
sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and th, truss,
which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum-
ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to
the manufacturer,
London, England, 1867-08-16

young women out of their present miserable condi-
tion, but if they were sent to an institution they
would not remain there.

The prisoners promised they would do so, and
they were remanded to find a home for them.
ASSAULT.—WiIIiam Charles Morrison, of No. 4,
Rupert-street, photographer, was fined 40s. for
assaulting Police-constable Newby, 160 C, by
striking him in the eye.
London, England, 1867-08-16

-LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKEI-

--
The market opens steadily.
12,000 bales.

Sales probably

WRECK OF TIIE SHIP STAR OF CANADA.—lntelli-
gence was yesterday received in Liverpool to the effect
that the ship Star of Canada, bound from Liverpool to
Montreal, with a valuable general cargo, had run ashore
about 40 miles below the Pillars Rocks, while in tow of a
steamer, and it is reported that the ship will become a total
wreck, being hung by both ends on the rocks, and sunk
7 feet amidships. It is expected that a large portion of the
cargo will be saved.
PILCIIARDS.—During the past week the Cornish
pilchard fishery realised something like 70 hhds., about 20
of which were forwarded to London, the rest being sold in
the county. Large shoals of fish are reported to be nearing
st, Ive'e, Lino Ssk during the week welo very Plentif4

20
at
at
100
London, England, 1867-08-16

PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION ; or,
Anaesthesia Locally Applied. By A. EsKELL, Surgeon
Dentist.
Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; all Booksellers ; or of the
Author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street.
Post free for lour stamps.
London, England, 1867-08-16

LIABILITIES.

Interest due to proprietors ...
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto, unpaid 56,774 14 1
Sundry accounts
Value of sums assured 6,244,829 14 6
Proprietors' fund £177,680 0 0
Surplus fund

- 1,159,194 13 9

£7,486,280- 6 9

ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,352,448 3 5
Do. do. decreasing mor}•gages
Do. do. reversions
Do. do. funded securities
Do. do. temporary securities .. 123,227 13 9
Current interest on the above invest-

28,987 3 3
27,207 17 10

monis
Cash and bills
Advanced on security of the Company's
148,572 3 8
policies
Agents' balances
Sundry accounts
100
Value of reassurances
Value of premiums

£7,486,280 6 9
Deducting the sums payable on demand, or at an early
maturity, it will be found that therealised assets above set
forth amount to £2,897,856 10s. 3d., and the Proprietors
will observe that of this amount £177,680, their paid-up
capital, is set apart exclusively for them; £1,738,661 16s. 6d.
exclusively for the policyholders, and £981,514 135.91 for
both. This last item forms the provision for the present
bonus, and the accumulating fund for future bonuses and
expenses, and it is recommended accordingly that £208,774
be now appropriated for immediate distribution, leaving
£772,740 13s 9d. to accumulate, and also to meet the reduc-
tions of premium in respect of the policies transferred by
the National Mercantile Assurance Society, the first of
which reductions, it may be remembered, is to take place
in 1868.
The share of the present distribution pertaining to the
proprietors will be paid to them, with the dividend, early
in October. The portion to be allotted to the policyholders
will be determined as quickly as possible, and notices of
the addition made in each case despatched to thorn; but
this prccess will necessarily occupy considerable time.
Meanwhile some idea may be formed of the amount of these
reversionary additions by an examination of the subjoined
table, which exhibits them in the instance of ass aces
twenty years old, effected on lives of various ages at com-
mencement of the risk.
ADDITIONS TO THE SUM OF £l,OOO ASSURED UNDER EAGLE
London, England, 1867-08-16

THE SUN. ONION, FBI y E v ENING, AUGUST 16 1867.

Extraordinary Postponement of an Inquest.

SUDDEN DEATU OF A SOLICITOR.
This afternoon an inquest was held by Mr. Ser-
geant Payne, at the " Haunch of Venison," Bell-
yard, Fleet-street, on the body of Mr. Hockley
Fred. Wood, solicitor, aged 47 years (son of the
late Alderman Thomas Wood, who was afterwards
many years chief clerk at the Guildhall Police
Court), who died most suddenly at 30, Bouverie-
street, Fleet-street, on Tuesday evening last under
very melancholy circumstances. It appeared that
the deceased gentleman had been residing for
some time at No. 30, Bouverie-street, under
the name of Jones. After the jury and witnesses
had waited an hour, however, it was announced
by Mr. Gillett, the coroner's officer, that
a medical gentleman had written to the Un-
dertaker, who handed it to the coroner, that the
body was in such a decomposed state that it was
not in a fit state to be seen, and the jury would
be likely to catch a fever if they viewed it, and
therefore for the public good he should dispense
with the inquest.
A post-mortem examination had been previously
made by the doctor in attendance, and he con-
sidered that the deceased died from disease of the
heart, accelerated by habits of intemperance.
A witness in attendance made a statement that
he was accused of poisoning the deceased, but the
post-mortem examination of Mr. Clarence Visick
clearly demonstrated he bad not died from that
cause•—viz., poison.
London, England, 1867-08-16

STATE OF• TRADE•

BRADFORD, Aug. 15.—The tone of the wool-
market is again more cheerful this morning. A fair
quantity of fine-haired wool has been sold since last
week. There is little or no improvements n the
demand for lustre wool. Staplers generally report
more disposition on the part of buyers to
lopsome
erate
in some favourite sorts at previous rates. n
particular classes of wool, which are a shade dearer
in the country, an advance is sought, and in some
exceptional cases it has been realized. Speaking
generally, however, it is impossible to obtain an ad-
vance in price, and when the stapler insists upon an
advance no business is done. There is a slight im-
provement in the tone of the worsted
is3yoaa,isrinaahvtderra4adogees.
lustre, for
emrotrheebßusuisnsessian has been dTonheeri
en
business doing ou home account. The Germautrade
Thebhtles super
inessd3On's°
isis exceedinglyehchiefly
o:
thsel opwurapncls
edgihrfagassenrg. tiug. T
trade is very flat. Prices are fully as low as they
have been for some time past. There is an improved
feeling in the piece trade, though no appreciable
change in the demand. A little morobusiuess has been
clone for America. There is rather more activity for
the East. A few fresh orders have been placed for
home and the Continent. Prices are quite as low as
last week, and in some instances even lower.
BELFAST, Aug. 13.—Flax.—RAthcr an increased
supply appeared during the past week in the various
markets of Ulster ; a few lots of new flax were sold
at rates varying from lls. to 13s. per s tone. Yarns:
No improvement whatever can be reported. Export
business has been dull, prices receding ; stocks in-
creasing. Linens, brown handloom.—A good de-
mand exists for linen handkerchiefs, drills, and
damasks ;all other descriptions dull of sale. Power-
loorn.—A n improvement a inf demand has takensts for place
for 4.4 wide roughs ; air demand exi
heavy linens, cloth for dying, Hollauds, and
damask ; other descriptions have been comparatively
neglected. Bleached and Finiihed Lifiens.—Home
trade, dulness in demand characterised this depart-
ment ; a fair amount of business has been trans-
acted with the Continent. Stocks stationary.
Prices rule as formerly.

OF TILE BOARD OF TRADE.
—ByllaEnVaciCt Eis.sPueßLl ESyleusEtelLray the office of Vice-President
be appointed capable of holding a seat in Parliament
is upon the next vacancy to be abolished and a secretary
to
with ti salary nct ozoodwg 41,500 a Tear,
London, England, 1867-08-16

WESTMINSTER.

Edward King, aged nine years, and Chas. King,
aged five, described as living at 8, Wicklow-place,
Oakham-street, Chelsea, were charged before Mr.
Selfe with begging, under the pretence of selling
fusees, in the High-road, Knightsbridge.
James Seymour, 196 B, said that about 9 o'clock
last night he saw the two children offering to sell
fusees in High-road, Knightsbridge, and when they
saw ‘vitness they rau away. They stopped several
persons, and he saw the elder boy receive money.
Finding them destitute, he took them to the station,
and on the elder defendant he found 4d. in his
possession.

The magistrate inquired whether the parents of
the children were present, when

The mother stepped forward, and admitted hay-
ing sent out the children to sell fusees in order to
get food for her children.

Mr. Selfe said it was monstrous to send a child of
five years old to beg on a day pouring with rain as
it was yesterday.
The two boys here began to cry, when Mr. Selfe
told them to be quiet, as they were not to blame.
The guilty party was their mother.
The mother promised not to again send the
children out, and they were discharged.

Tort

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HER MAJESTY, &c.

OSBORNE, Aug. 15.

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom-
panied by Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, and
her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning
with Princess Louise.

Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went

The Earl and Countess of Hardwieke arrived at
Osborne yesterday, and had the honour of dining
with the Queen and the loyal Family. Sir Thomas
and the lion. Lady Biddu3ph had also the honour
of being invited.
London, England, 1867-08-16

THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.

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act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperi, Alt ; are mild in their
operation, safe under any citcumstan ces, and thousands of
persons can now bear testimony 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. lid., 2s. 9d., and lls. each, In every
town in the kingdom.
London, England, 1867-02-18

YORK-SAT URDAY.

A fair supply of wheat, and good demand, at fully late
rates. A small show of barley, for which there was a
tolerable demand, at the prices of last week. There was a
limited show of oats, for which there was a fair demand,
ar.d the rates of this day week were for the most part sup-
ported. Beans were in slow request and not materially
altered in prices.

New white wheat, 56s to 61s ; new red, 56s to 58s per 36
stone. Barley, for malting, 36s to 40s per qr. ; grinding,
32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 24s to 28s per 24 stone.
Beans, new, 44s to 48s per 38 stone. Malt, 68s to 70s•
Flour, 46s to 49s ner Stick of 2801bs.

Foreign Mail Packet List.
London, England, 1867-02-18

NORWICH- SATURDAY.

At this market to-day the supply of wheat was limited,
and for good qualities the trade ruled firm. Not much
barley on offer, and prices for good malting qualities may
be quoted same as last week. Secondary sorts iu demand,
at rather lower prices.
White wheat (weighing 631 b), 70s to 725; old red aitto,
(weighing 631 b), GUs to 65s ; new red ditto (weighing
601 b to 631 b), 60s to 65s ; best malting barley (weighing
521 b to 531 b), 48s to 50s ; runs ditto (weighing 511 b to 521 b),
45s to 475; distilling ditto (weighing 501 b to 521 b), 3Gs to
40s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 37s to 39s ; peas (maple), 365
to 385 per qr. Flour, 45s Od per sack.
London, England, 1867-02-18

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTIC 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 is. 6d.—Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street. London.
London, England, 1867-02-18

Newspaper Selections for the Week.

LINCOLN SPRING RACES.
The following appeared in oar Third 'Cation of poor.
elayloyening

TUESDAY.

Trial Stakes (one mile).—" Bell's Life:" Volunteer.
"Era:" Volunteer or Primrose. "Field :" Volunteer
"Sporting Life:" Volunteer or Primrose. "Sporting
Gazette :" Volunteer or Primrose. "Sportsman :" Timo-
laus or. Honesty.

Hunters' Phtte (tiro miles).—"Sporting Life:" Toma-
hawk or flippolite.

lllankney Stakes (about half a mile).—"Bell's Life:"
Nike. "Era:" Nike or Problem. "Field:" Nike. "Sport-
ing Life :" Nike or Problem. "Sporting Gazette :" Nike
or Arundel. " Sportsman :" Mike or Arundel.
Brocklesby Trial Handicap (about half a mile)._
"Boll's Lite :'' Joseph Dawsou's best. " Era:" Maid
Marian or Qui Vise. "Field:" Maid Marian or Phantom
Sail. "Sporting Life:" Roll Call or Pyrenees. " Sport-
ing Gazette:" Nike. "Sportsman:" Indian Star or Ther-
mometer.

Lincolnshire Handicap (one mile).—" Bell's Life :" The
Beadle. " Sunday Times " The Beadle or Moldavia.
" Era :" The Beadle or Vigorous. " The Field :" The
Beadle or Moldavia, "Sporting Life :" The Beadle or
Vigorous. "Sporting Gazette :" The Beadle or Bismarck.
" Sportsman :" Mrs. Allan or Vigorous.
Handicap Hurdle Race (two miles).—" Bell's Life:" Mr
Carew's best or Fan. "Era :" Dermot Asthore. "Field :"
Fortunatus, Fan, or King Arthur. " Sporting Life :'
Portunstus or Queen of Trumps. " Sportsman :" Chim-
ney S weep or Fan.

WED.NESDAL
hunt Steeplechase (about four miles).—" Bell's Life:
Simplicity.

City Handicap (six furiongs).—"Bell's Life :" Indian
Star or Exceller. "Field:" Bismarck or Pantaloon.
"Sporting Life:" Confederate or Her Ladyship. "Sporting
Gazette :" Confederate, Scipio, or Killarney.
Brocklesby Stakes (half a mile).—" Bell's Life:" Pearl
Mosque. "Era :" Ninny or Suffolk. "Field :" Pyrenees
or Triavata. "Sporting Gazette:" Canoe or Fair Star.
Grand Steeplechase (about four miles).—" Bell's Life :"
Lincoln. "Era:" Greenland or Bridegroom. "Field:"
Havelock or Greenland. "Sporting Life:" Havelock or
Greenland.

THE WATERLOO CUP.
London, England, 1867-02-18

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—ThiDap

VICTORIA CLUB—Tins DAY.
The transactions to-day were of an important nattily,
and the large assemblage of members, prior to their depar.
ture for Lincoln, caused unusual activity to pervade the
Clubs. The features of the day were the advance of John
Halifax and the complete knocking out of Baccharometer.
No less remarkable, however, was the rush to "get on"
both Fortunatus and Special, for each of whom there was
a commission in the market, the advance of these to 100 to
7 to each, taken freely, had a slightly depressing effect ott
the favourite; who, however, were each in request at their
quoted prices. Several of the outside division were backed, at their quoted prices, as below:—

LINCOLN HANDICAP.
Bto 1 agst The Beadle (taken and offered)
9 to 1 agst Mrs. Allan (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst John Halifax (taken)
11 to 1 agst Bismarck (taken)
12 to 1 agst Leases (taken)
100 to 7 agst Special (taken freely)
11,0 to 7 agst Fortunatus (taken freely)
20 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken)
20 to 1 agst Vandervelde (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lady Pam (taken)
33 to 1 agst Violent (taken)
33 to 1 agst Weather Star (taken)
33 to 1 agst Moldavia (offered)
50 to 1 agst Vigorous (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Pitt (taken)
100 to 1 agst Saecharometer (offered)
TWO THOUSAND.
100 to 30 agst Plaudit (taken)
12 to 1 agst Hermit (taken)