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which punIsfes fortune tellers, but II u en-

which punls,es fortune tellers, but Il u en-
forced sery partially.
One OF ,the iow 1rashrncn who rcalitcd m
come TO grief The papers Of yesterday az
nounccd tha, Mr. Da1gan, "tbe ercat Irish
:, niraesof.' sasignea ove1 his Erugerty for
arc estimated at 81. .Ooo, ,000, Int it is expected
that his assets VIII yield respectable divl-
vns worth ssoo,oo6. he gave. thinE'
$4,000 towards the exhibition which was
held In Dublin, and he WAS offered baron.
efcy or kpEshthood, which be had the guod
sense to decline. He was extremely liberal,
but ne ID one fatling-too common in Ire
lAnd, and among hahmen-.which was tho
main cause Of bis downfall. Had. he not
given sway to this pernIelors habit, it might
hare been taid Of him one day, ~ It has been
said OF Mr.. Albright, who has Just died in
England, that bis personally was sworn
The last twelys months has told heavily
on men who we're supp, sed IN be MILL 1l.
aires. The story Of the once famous bouse
Of Quincy has been told this week In the
Court Of ce-Chaucellor Kendertly with
cIu.hing partIeularity, II appears from the
atfeavit Of John Henry Guruey, FARMER In
the firm, that for the five years ending the
a1noug.t the partners averaged the large sun
1t65, when the private Partnership was cou. @
reIted into Joint Stock Limited Company.
they not only lost the profits but realized
Losses to the extent Of e4. .1s9. 600. At the
very very time; s.o the5efo.e. et that the firm
concern from t6e jolnt-stock shareholdels as
WHO became partners, It was hopelessly in
solvent, and the directors mnst have been
pessSet!y aware that II Was; It IL due to
affidavit, that be considered the pirate for.
tune Of The firm would guarantee the share
holders against loss and since the fni1urc
the entire OF his landed and personal pro-
peltY has been sold In liquidation Of the. 1ia-
6l1ities. BIT this Is only one Of . series. The
pany, with which Sir Morton Peto's name
has been disparaginly mi1ed up. Ia hope
lessly lnso,vent, with liabilities to The
amount Of something like 95, ,oo0.o .ooQ. The
Great Eastern Conpany Ia in no better
position, and NJ. r. Hodgson. Late
North British Railway TO the extent
incrcass tie list Of defaulters to N ~
indefinite extent. I was present when an
indignant shareholder, WHO had been in
duced BY lalse representations to take 500
man who got up the company, = member OF
Parliament also, and the reputed owner OF
hundreds Of thousands of pounds, nllar, :"
and "cheat," and "swind1er." It Is no un-
common thing, Indeed II Is now an ordinary
thing, to hear epIthets Of this kind banded
at public meetings between delinquent cred.
itors and swfndled shareholders. But 1t Is
still nore common, 50 general has this kind OF
rnscality become, for shareholders 10 resign
themselves uueomplniningly to their ate !;
or to treat their misfortune as a good
iole--thoush theee are Instances whcse
n led IN 3ha anfrfdl hn
bcggared victims Of this species Of CONNER.
cial fraud. II Is scarcely credible, bnt It is
nevertheless true that men who trail with
them an odor OF frnud-who have been ex-
posed and cibbeted In print and wood cut
appeal to audiences Of their fellow country
not only coudoned but received with ap-
rlause and resolutions Of confidence Us sarc-
titled martyrs. But fraud, like fashion, de-
eecnds with lawful din pason " from high 10
low, aud II successful knaycry be attended
with no social penalty why should pecula.
One Of our social reiorncrs, Tom Hughes,
the member fur Lambeth, met bis constttu-
ents this week, and In the course Of his nd
dress referred to the practice, which, ,hc said,
was quite common, Of uslng false weights
and measures. andsel.iag adultcrated articles
us genuine. His hearers received the state
,nent as good joke and laughed, and when
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ness that 1t was no laughing matter, they
only laughed the more. s'PAle vsrtue'' has 50
little chance nowadays against tho "scariet
head" Of fraud. that "Pale virtue thinks
It more desirable to descend to some Iecu--
lation on her own account than to be ''cart
Of martyrdom Is regarded as weakness, and
not to he corrupted IL the shame" The
Times Of yesterday had an articIe on the
subject Of the new kussian Loan Of GG, 900 900
brought out here, In which II says that
whilst cid governments and new Govern.
come to that point Of commercial immoral
Ity when no mans good faith Is lces trusted
than that Of the EnElishman, and Punch, In
Its sat1rlcal way, says that pcrpetnal motion
has ut last been discovered, and consists In
the winding up Of bubble companies. But
ns there pust always be some scapegoat,
and rs there Is no general rule without ex-
ccption, must add that the manager oi
one OF those concetrs-thc Joint Stock
Discount Compasy-ls at present lodged In
prison on criminal charge Of uisappropria-
ton Of the funds. He had the sole manage
ment Of the concern, and gave out several
hundred thousands Of the stockholders
money In the most reckless manner, and mot
content: with that applied come checks Ia
his own use. II Is on this latter charge that
he has been committed for trial.
A shoit time since the public Was some-
WuAt buIIfHEQ ny luc 6uutCU AUA
tancous appearance Of leading articles in the
ministerial Journals ca the subiect of the
Alabama claims, and most persons arc yet in
'he dark a. to the reason. believe they
have been the result Of formal delivery on
the part OF the United States Government "a
our Foreign Minister of a claim Tor the
amount Of losa sustained by American uler.
chants and shfp-owncrs in consequence o1
The t1eprc0atlons OF the Alabama and other
vesscls Of a similar character. This docu.
mcnt gave the most precise details Us to the
ramcs ofthe vessels. the owners, The date oi
capture and destructiont and concluded with
the amount Of the bill. It WAS not,
understand. presented ir the form Of .
claim, to be e1scted Or pressed with the al
tc1natiye Of war Il refused, but IN the form
Of bill which was justly due, leaving to oui
Government tho responsibility and future
consequences Of non-payment. On your side
cf the Atlantic you may already be In pos
session Of this fact. nut up tothe present mo
n,ent the general public here Is IN entire ig
nnrnnce Of it.
DR.. Mary Walker had, as anticipated, ar
over1owing audience, but her lecture vas In
tcr'uptcd By the unrnnnnerly proceedings o
knot Of medical students. some Of whou
were fined by police magistrate for mfscon
duet at music hall on the night OF the da'
on which the EsculApfan heroine appeared
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