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MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Married..

BoosE-VAN NAME.-In Brooklyn, on Monday No.
vember IL, by the Rev. Amon Gunnison Mr..
FRANK A. Bo0sE, Of London, England, to Miss
LIZZIE D., daughter OF the late David Van Name OF
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island.
CAvE-SMITH.-On Thursday, October "a, at the
residence OF the BRIDES parents by the Rev.
Charles Beattie. OF Middletown, CHARLES J. CAVE
OF Brooklyn, to Miss MARY A. daughter or Ambrose
ID. Smith, ESQ.,, OF Monticello, N. Y. No cards.
GoDFREY-MILLER.-0n Thursday, November T.
AZ the residence OF the BRIDES parents BROOKLYN
II. d., by Rev. NJ X. Deming, Mr.. GEORGE J. GoD-
FREY to Miss Emma L. Miller No cards.
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BURNED TO DEATH.

Late yesterday afternoon Coroner Schiimer re-
cclyed information that Ellen Adyte fifty five years
Of age and a native OF this country, had been
burned 10 death at the fire at 257 West Twenty
seventh street. The body was discovered early
yesterday afternoon and sent to the Morgue.
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SALES AT AUCTION.
"A EDWARD sCHENCK
will sell at the
BONNEVILLE ART GALLERY,

->>>N1~
"A ~ EDWARD scHENcK
somsRvrtlLs III * HsH Il "a asLLnRY,
ON THURSDAY = Ttsh nab fSsHSs' TsiDs'x EVENINGS,
OIL sSs am sS S'As sS1fss'sn npSsAwrsos
sSS@
Sy Ss q s eminent American
heos, ss' EssH1 ESas RobBe RaSBBtsS Aess sssis Sssox
yssas sasns ssss %s'y'r
Ssa sssTRsssas, August cons.sn xia% Il. De
ana m..5 sSsi. .ss. ,::Ss
ev Tas 2T a4 ssl @ S ss q At ns ps
and win remain open until time OF SALE
A RCH. JOHNSTON, AUcTIoNEER
"A ohice and salesre Ons7 Nassau stree.
GREAT SALE OF FINE HNPGofiRIs BRossEs tss s St ONCE
r. 2ssss sssia. sfi!r.:l
At 'hcr a. ars eo,iscsion :. NSSsaq az t'ee''
BrOnzes Clocks Vas siat1etes travelling Clocks Ac
being the stos. 2. an mporisT rstrny rom bnsines
Opera and Field aias sss::
fine English French, E%SssesS American Chrome.
Library 0fhns sRHSsbxY RHqhsl bsxpYpsr'ly bound
Dry Goods Mems Furnishing Articles, &c.
A LBERT 3. wALDRON, AUCTIONEER,
IA salero0ms los Liberty and Ill Cedar streets.
Assignees' Sale OF
Parlor and Library Sus
THIS DAY, NOVEMBER IL, 1872,
at ii o'clock,
WhLDRON 4 COOKE will seli by order Of assignees,
81 Parlor Suits assgRees stock made for city retail trade
Of fashionable materials and latest styles, Frames and
Coverings
At IL O'Clock.
VELVET AND BRUSSELS CARPETS
AND OILCLOTHS.
The Carpets will BE- spread out full size on Church street
sidewalk.
ON WEDNESDAY
Furniture, Carpets, Bedding removed from private
residences
Particulars tomorrow.
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BROOKLYN FINANCES.

Comptroller Schroeder reports tlle.condition OF the
city finances for the past month as 1ollows:-
Balance of appropriation of 1871 and other
years remaining unexpcnded December ],
ls7l $S9s a43 70
Oyerdras on various accounts. .....,.,. I2Sl46 81
Leaving balance Of of...:;..........,... i$2707G 81
in the year is72 4A92se 95
Total al::..,"....,.....;..,.. $f760Ia 40
Expenditures 10 September 80, J572for which
warrants drawn the City Treasury s4os9lsa o3
Less overdrafts. ........... 2i0470 N
Making the total expenditure ..,....... 3SiS7lS %
Balance unexpcnded september 80 l572,. 9ll 3l5 50
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SALES AT AUCTION.
HENRY b. HERTs, AUCTI0NEER.
Ii Salesrooins Is C0urtiandt street.

IMPORTANT SALE OF ELEGANT FURNITURE
XHrE sToGk %axo or WINES AND LI2r0Rs, ,yALgABIk
HOLLAND, MEYERHEIM, R0SANCE, W. HART
SCHULTZE AND FRERICHS; SfEINWAY 4 sons
PIANO &C.
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g. wEINBERGER AUCTIONEER-REGULAR
L. sale this day say November H. at IL o'clock, at
lSI Bowery OF FurnLtnre Carpets oiIcoth' Wmaow
also sample lot Of fine Wax Crying Dolls,
Watches Jewelrv. Cutlery. &c. Remember at IL O'Clock
sharp
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L,OR SALE-BY VIRTUE OF A CHATTEL MORT.
I gage made by William II. Ysrkes In favor of Henry
Yerkesat public auction ednesday 18th inst, at r.
NJ on the premises the valuable Lease Good Will and
Fixtures with Horse and Wagon Of rst class Marketand
HENRY L. TELLER, Attorney for Moragco,
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AT THE RESIDENCE OF JONAS soNNEBoRN. ESQ.
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on account OF his leaving for Europe.
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EUROPE.

THE QUEENS HOTEL, NEAR THE CRYSTAL
families; its elevated pleasant and saubrous posi-
tion, combined with the comfort afforded general
management have made the Queens Hotel fayorite re-
sort OF the upper ranks OF English society.
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A CARD FROM MRS. wooDHULL.

NEW YORK, Nov. II, 1872. T. F. WARNE
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NO. q WEST THIRTYNINTH STREET,
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THE FIFTH AVENUE HORROR

The CHASTITY news of the death by burning,
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel in this city, last
night, of no less than sixteen persons, is the
latest addition to the horrors from fire which
mark the season. We can conceive of no
state of things which ought to leave such
possibility in such building. Its occurrence
seems one of the monstrosities Of civilization.
1t does not appear that there was ground
for the fear of the total destruction OF
the building, which for time pre-
vailed. The flames we're brought under
control before extensive damage was done.
1t should be noticed that here, as at
the Boston fire, an open elevator shaft or tube
was the facile channel which took the flames
from the basement to the upper stories. The
infammable nature of the sheathing of these
shafts and the upward draft of air are enough
to insure a fire. once under way, against a
speedy extinguishing. When tho elevator
shafts are lined with fre-proof material and
closed with self-actinG traps their danger will
be obviated. Can we afford to have more
warnings on these points DO we want a
more deadly One7
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THE TROUBLE At VERSAILLES.

When Montesquieu named virtue as the in
dispensable force which could alone preserve
q republic. he mentioned honor as the ruling
principle upon which monarchical government
is founded and deduced the conclusion that
monarchy was the more practicable institution
because honor was more easily found than
virtue. 1t has always been fashionable also
to speak of the decorum Of aristocratic and
mOnarcbical parties. But tie present French
Assembly seems determined to prove that
since the death of the old regime the liberal
forms of government have inherited all its
good qualities. 1t Is not only in the matter
Of fundamental principles that the Re-
publicans are superior to the Mon
archists, but in honorable dealing, in cul-
ture, and in decOrum the Left shows q
remarkable advantage over the Right. Every
step of the present crisis has shown the easy
superiority of the Liberal Deputies in the
qualities Of patience, dignity, and self-com-
mand, to those adherents of the three con-
demned mOnarchies who arrOgate to them
selves the exclusive possession of all the ira
ditions of state-craft. When NJ. Theirs mis-
takenly insisted upon the vote of confidence
at the end of November the Republicans took
no umbrage at the implied censure of their
leader, Gambetta, and either voted for the
resolution OF abstained. Throughout the con-
troversy which has continued ever since, we
have seen the same courte of conduct-a steady
unhinching support of the Government by the
Republicans, and q perfectly reckless policy Of
opposition on the part of the self-styled Con-
servatiyes. The speaking has been almost
wholly confined to the latter, although the
best orators of France are in the Republican
ranks. NJ. Gambetta has sat in dgnifed ST.
lence, allowing the wearisomo fossils of the
Right to display their moldy rhetoric at his
expense, not even rising to vindicate his per-
sonal reputation against unfounded calumnies.
Yet they call themselves men of order. and
denounce him rs a firebrand and n disorgan-
izer. it IS the men Of tho fiubourgs, the
rabbIe-rousers Of the slums OF great cities
who curb their feelings, sacrifice their vani-
ties. immediate their pride of opinion to secure
tho peaceablo establishment of the Republic.
IL is tho men Of title, landed propietors,
generals, and onaims--mon, to use the
favqrlts EpGill phrase, with 4 a,ssQ ~ tue
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4 CONVICT LECTURER.
helps.

| San Francisco has had 4 novelty ~ ihs
line of lecturing. In the Young Meme
| Christian Association Hall, lately, Harry
Allen, graduate of tho State Prison in San
Quentin, lectured upon prisons and prison
discipline to u large and highly respectable
audience The personal description Of thin
platform novelty is given in the newspapers
He appeared Sin tight-fttng blue coat
with vanished front and sleeves and pant
Saloons of the Zouave cut~ His hair showed
traces of the tonsorial style of the prison, and
a certain sly leer out of the left corner of his
eye was to be observed.
The reformed cracksman, with mOdesty OF
"demeanor," told the story of his life. When
he went to San Quentin, he had By good deal
of personal experience fully qualified himself
to criticise the interior arrangements OF the
stronghold TO which he was consigned; for hs
had been "seven and half years in Aus
traa, and had returned to England on
"ticket of leaven Naturally he favored New
York next with his highly desirable presence;
then San Francisco; then, Of course san
Quentin. 81 found,p said .iP. Allen, " the
Constitution III very defective con
"dition.p What seems 10 have troubled
most the embryo lecturer was that 4" the con-
I" yicts were not allowed candles TO read and
Improve their minds from o'clock p. m. to
81 a. m, or for so much of that time a. they
"might choose Another trouble was that
they were overworsed, and did not have cl0thes
enough to keep them warm and dry, the sup
ply consisting only of two pairs of pants and
two shirts per annum. Worst of all, he COM
planned, was the whipping at san Quentin.
which he denounced as an outrage and dis
grace. Finally, after fecitiug poem composed
by him in prison, he announced that hc had
written his autobiography, wanted subscribers
for it, and money TO support his aged father
in England. We are informed that it did not
take. The A" high moral dodge" was failure.
The audience dispersed without subscribing
for single copy of the autobiography
We know nothing of this Mr.. Allen, and
nothing of the sincerity of his reformation.
The science of prison discipline might unques-
tionably be considerably advanced if trust
worthy evidence of the mana cement of prisons
could he obtained from discharged convicts.
The difficulty is, that whether they are We
racious or not, they are not believed A few
explanations from the officers of any institu-
tion which they may denouDce. is usually al.
lowed to make everything satisfactory. Some
thing may be gained from comparison OF
statements; but it must be admitted That 1t Is
exceedingly difficult to get at the truth.
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country-who ghTesway to spite and anger,
who raise tumultars scenes in the Chamber
nv Incorporate Sd. 'eches, and who threaten
tbe country with ciu' war on account OF their
;neonacitv IN comnreh end the very principles
of popular government.
1t is not, as a cotemp0 -ary has most inaccu-
rately stated, contest batween parliamentary
and personal government. Ibis Assembly was
not elected for life. 1t was expected TO tulhu
a certain definite duty and then provide some
means for an expression OF I'll nationai VIII
in relation TO the permanent government OF
France. 1t has been in existence TWO years.
1t has served the purpose for when III was
called into being. Public sentiment has IN
every possible way manifested its satisfaction
with the government of NJ. Theirs, and it's
fixed intention to establish the Republic. But
the gentlemen of the Right, with that con-
tempt for public opinion which in these days
il the most fatal error of all absolutist or
aristocratic parties, seem to think that
they know better than the people of
France what is best for the country.
They regard every suggestion looking to
their dissolution as an act of treason. They
reject the propositions of the Republicans for
an appeal to the country as sayOring of I'M
piety. They say that new general elections
would rebound to the adyantageof NJ. Gambetta
and his school. 1t does not seem to enter into
their minds that if majority of Frenchmen
wish to vote for NJ. Gambetta and his school,
they have right to do so. Every word they
utter in criticism of universal suffrage inval-
idates their own authority. They are there
by the same means as NJ. Gambetta. The
difference between them is that they want to
kick away the ladder by which they mounted,
and he wishes TO keep his standing.
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the heat accompanying an image of the sun.
modify tho movement, as well as the shape Of
tho instruments and carefully adjusted
focus which must be actiuic, not Wis
ual. The highest order of skill and patience
were called forth in the construction of tho
Photographic lens the story Of that is. alone,
o history. 1t remains only to be said that
while photography is to play the most prom
inent part in the observations of the transit,
its use for this purpose is largely due to the
unobtrusive labors of private citizen, who
has been content to devote his time and
wealth to celestial photography, without other
reward than the satisfaction which the sue
cessful pursuit of science affords
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Something of the absurdity of the criminal
practice in our local courts was illustrated on
Monday, when the District-Attorney insisted
on trying King for the murder of O'Neil, al
though the prisoners counsel protested they
were not ready, having doubtless disposition
to hunt over the whole country for Witnesses
who know nothing of the homicide. md for
facts which have not the slightest connection
with the tragedy. But the chief absurdity
lay in the fact that this cOmmendable energy
was displayed by the same official who for
months has been postp0ning, on various pre-
texts the trial of Stokes, who has been clam
orous fer an examination ever since the
murder of Fisk year ago. The ends of JUS
tice to all concerned were better served If
prompt trial of all criminals were insisted on
by the District Attorney; but certainly he
should put no further obstacles in the way of a
re-trial of Stokes. Judge Ingraham recognizes
that he cannot with propriety preside at a
second trial, but he can readily secure the
services of one of his judicial brethren. In
view of what has gone before, any examina-
ton of this case will probably prove indeci-
sive; but no matter for that it ought, in
simple justice to the accused and common
wealth, to be tried without delay.
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ont the proposed change, sets forth in detail
and with tabular figures that tho MutusRs
management is less expensive is based on Is
better selection of lives, and has the fewest
unsettled accounts. From this he draws 4
further deduction that the Mutual can
pay the same dividends as do tho
eighteen companies that oppose il, even
after the adoption OF the new rates.
This has the look of proving too much. Ac
cordingly, to-day the Brooklyn Life Insurance
Company specifically replies to these structures,
disputes the accuracy Of the tables, and fur
nshes others to take their places. The iig1fes
Of this Company reduce its own percentage Of
unrcalzed assets stated by "a Policy ipI Ter"
AS 81 per cent to but little aver 5 per NJ;
and put other c0mpanies-itseF notIbly-ahezt
of the Mutual, in tables showing the prompt
collection of due premiums, aDd the skillfai
selection of lives. so far the advantage II
the argument lies with the Brooklyn man.
By far the heaviest blow delivered by the
friends If the new rates, is the letter from
"Policy- Holder i'm to-day's paper. He ex-
tracts sentences FROM the previous writings Of
each of the three consulting acsaaTies, 10
show that those gentlemen have hitherto
favored reduced rates OF premium instead Of
present rates and return of dividends
lie also quotes two authorities OF dis
tinction, the Hon. W. Barnes and the Hon
John T.. Sanford Insurance Commissioners to
the same effect. If these are correct gnota-
tions and mean what they pnrport to as cited.
there is but one loOphOle left for the three
actuaries: that they believed in some rednc-
ton of rates, but not so Isuch IA is proposal
That, however, they have not yet limited.
A very ingenious attack the new policy
appeared Yesterday over the signature of Jo-
"sephus.D lie gives tables of figures to prove
that the new reduction will not only result,
other things being equal, in no reduction as
ALL but rather in an increase Of the amount
paid by the policy holder and greater with
holding Of his funds by the company. VI course
the result of this will not be the benefit OF
the poorer class Of insurers. If this DO true
and can be demonstrated 80 that the pubiis
will apprehend it, "a fair deduction OF proDa-
blities is that people will not take out in
surances under the new rates, and the new
move will amount to nothing
Tho most important of ali these outSiyings
is, probably, the signed protest OF 80 or %
policy -holders in the Mutual, against the pro
posed action of its Trustees, az an unJustl-
" fable exercise Of their functions OF Office"
The chief objection urged in this protest Is ~
to the use of the surplus or reserve OF the
old policies in lieu of capital or backing
TO the new business. We are glad To
see the whole business TINS heartily
taken in hand on either side. Ii the pnDiit
will only look we'll to their own interest ana
learn what is done, what is not done, and
what ought to be done by the companies, the
great investments at stake will be managed
with more impartial judgment and stiic'er
economy. To this end all such discussion
helms
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Ae@'2lorh Daily gribr1re.
WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER ii. 1872.

The Moderate Republicans in the French Assembly
fear that President Theirs Is leaning much toward
the Right == The gales in Great Britain continued
ON Monday. ==== body Of Cerlists defeated in
the Spanish province Of Barcelona.
The Senate Committee of Finance, yesterday reported
"A bill authorizing sthe exchange OF coupon bonds for
registered bonds. number OF bills introduced
aud few passed. The Judiciary Committee was di
reced to inquire into the question OF eectng the Pres
dent Vice President. and Senators by direct vote OF
the people. The House had under consideration a
Soldiers Homestead bill, and tho Indian Appropriation
bill
John ]. Patterson elected U. S. Senator from
South Carolina and subsequently arrested charge
OF bribery. The statue of Chief Justice fancy
unvaed at Annapolis
The Fifth Avenue Hotel nearly burned. ==== A
young woman was murdered in q bagnio by her repued
uncle. == David Dudley Field made defense of his
professional career meeting OF the Bar Association.
- Dorman L. Eaton has preDared a lecture on
Municipal Reform. Gold, 119J 1l9i. 1l2l.
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judicious collation. of g more striking discus
sions Of the daily press, which should relieve the
general reader from the necessity of wading through
half dozen newspapers in order to get the various
phases OF public opinion, has long been recognized
as a need. The effort Of MeSsrs. Holt a. Williams 10
supply it, in their publication called The Ueek, has
been more successful than any hitherto made No
should think that many men of limited leisure IN
the city would find it Of great convenience, ana
that to country readers il would be wellnigh ndis
peusabe. They are adding 10 its attractions now ~
publishing new novel by the author Of D"ro'hy
Fox
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LIFE INSURANCE RATES and RISKS.


The excitement concerning the proposed
lowering of life insurance rates by the largest
company in the country has communicated
itself, as we expected it would, and as indeed
we think it should, to a much wider circle
than that of the officials of insurance companies.
Our columns haye been crowded yesterday
and to-day by the efforts of writers,
pro and con, to elucidate the subject.
1t naturally happens that as the OPP
ponents of the measure are the most
numerous, they take the most space but
there Is a goodly show of argument on both
sides. With n slight tendency to personalities
which CLEANS through some of these letters,
we wish to have nothing to do. Neither the
motives of tho officers of the Mutual Com
pany nor those of their opponents need be
nsailcd to strengthen the arguments Of either.
Tie facts and great interests involved are
amply sufficient to stimulate attention, and the
case must be decided on lite merits alone.
On Monday, "A Polcy-Holder,n after ex-
planning that tho Mutuars proposition was
w1de III good faith Al to il sapacity to oarrv
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For a newspaper which can DO disconcerted oy
nothing commend us 60 The Erenias Express US
proprietors came TO town on Monday morning 70
find their Office burnt out but its readers receiver
it's four regular editions promptly at tho secustomed
hours, Monday afternoon. Now, IS hours siter 'ne
fire, il hardly shows trace of the accident ave
perhaps in the new type of its heading.
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amnssmsnls. fir.. Ghis epemlna.

ACADEMY OF Music. German Opera: Merry
Wives Of Windsor" Nile Paulac Lucca
Boorn's TuEATER-"T Lady of Lyons" Miss
Nelson.
FIFTH AVENUE THrATER-"S School for Scandal"
GRAxD Opera HOUSE," Round the Clock" Mrs.
John Wood Miss Howson, aud John Brougham
NIBIo's GARDI.N-" Leo and Lotos."
OLYMPIC THEATER. Opera Bouffe: " La Belle
Helene" Mile Aimee and Mons JueaR.
Union SQUARE THEArER-"Agnes" Miss Agnes
EheL
.WALI,CK's TuEKTER.--"0 Our American Cousin
~ A. SotAern.
BARNUMs MUSEUM, MENAGERIE AND HIProDRoME,
Toarieenh-s.. Brcadwsy.-Day snd Evening.
ST. JAMEs's FINE ART Rooms. - Illustrations OF
"Waitipg the Gate"
ST. JAMES TnEATER.-San Francisco MlnstrelS.
Tony PASroR'S OPERA HOUSE. - The French
SPY" and Varieties
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and the Atlantic, and the sum total is appall-
ing. The balance sheet for the year wiz pre-
sent large sum on the debit side Of the
commerce of the world.
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Secretary Boutwell, appears to be very much
in earnest with his request for revival of
his Syndicate in some form. He asks now that
he be allowed to give one and one-half per
cent as a commission TO those who dispose of
the bonds. This seems extravagant; yet it is
just about what he allowed the Syndicate in an
indirect manner. The members of the House
who smOOthed over matters for the sake of
"the party" when this question was examined
last Spring now face the consequences of their
easy goOd-nature and timidity. The Secretary
sees no reason why he should not do after the
election just what be was excused for doing
before il.
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