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THE OBSERVER, SEPTEMBER 25, 189S. oortrait ef Samite, tha Nean'nIMsn senlntn trirhur eha PICTURES AT CHRISTIE'S, 1898. THE LAW COURTS. trihntsoVand ths dirsoton rsootejnsnded that afnrttss dividend of per be dobtreo makinaT IS ps cent. sltomthM.

ThiSS' lsu leaving a balance of. 249,678 lis. to bs oarried forward THE LONPOg AKD GLOBB MBETINO. The annual general meetingvof the aharshoMsai of tb London and Globe Finance Corporation (Ltmitsd); was held on Tuesday at Winohastor Honse. The Marquess of Drrrxnik and AvA, the (Thairman, presided, and: in.

moving 'of i theATepOrt said Ladies end'Gentlemon As this We" first time that it has been my duty to preside at si general meet jng of ths shareholders of this, company, will, ask emission, before entering npon the business of the ay, to make a few observations in reference to my personal connection with tbe Wh'sn it was. known, that I. was-about to retire from my official position, as 'Ambassador at: Paris, received a great -number of invitations -to -accept the chairmanship of various companies' whioh were in eonrse of construction, or on the point of-being launched. Many of these offers were very tempting, in view of their providing' a serious- and absorbing interest to one who, having been bnsyall his life long, folt that a sudden." transition to a state of idleness Would prove very irksome to him. Bat, on raflootion, I persistently declined every successive invitation of tho sort, beoansa I felt that the investing publio might -attach more importance to'my name than it dosorved, and that thoy might be inclined to risk their money merely on the strength my association with an enterprise whose success, of I bod no peculiar power of guaranteeing (cheers).

When, bow. ever, the directors of the London and Olobe mads to me a similar proposition, the circumstances of the case, were altered. The London and Qlohe was a going concern, in full working order; its. capital bad been already subscribed; the gentleman whose death, had-, occasioned a TWO IRISH BLUH-BOOKS. (rEOK Onja.DOBIiIK-COBBXBFOIIOBmc) eoaaon BluB-Bookf, and two nfthenioat important: ol them are those issued by rta Commissioners of 2Tsioxil Education and the Government Board.

The report ot the tanaet body is a most anggestive document, and well worthy of the consideration of every lerson who takes an interest in Irish aSnin. It is re roarkable fact -that while the daily attendance at the national- schools is steadily improving, the number of pupils on the. rolls- is declin-intr and it is to be feared that the continuous is the explanation of the ugly fact. It will 1)0 remembered that a few years, ago Com-tnil-'ory Education Act win passed, and that the Lestion of 'its working gave rise to a very peppery agitation with reference to the position of the Christian Brothers, an agitation whioh did not add to the popularity in Ireland of Mr John Morley, who was then-Chief Secretary. This Act, however, cents to have done some good for in the places heroit was put ia force, the average attendance rose from U7'7 per cent, of the average on the roles in 1893 to 71 '1 ia 1897.

The National school system of- Ireland is, of coarse, supposed to be an undenominational one, but its undenominationalism is ateadily disappearing year by year. The number of schools attended by a single denomination now amounts to 5,281, out of a total of 8,631. There are only forty-one schools under Roman, Catholic and Protestant teachers conjointly, and, on the other laud, there arc 1,404 Protestant schools attended by 1 12,29 pupils, not one of whom is Catholic. Nearly half of these are Presbyterians, and one of the Dublin Nationalist journals remarks that almost sixty of them attend purely denominational schools, "notwithstanding the pretended allegiance of the Presbyterian leaders to the mixed aysteni." The mixed system, indeed, seems to be an impossibility in Ireland. The model schools, which were established for the benefit of the middle classes of all creeds, and which have an income of about JESo.OOO a year, have proved a complete failure oirint to the boycott of the Catholics.

Same liar, no doubt, a courageous and broad-minded English statesman will endeavour to settle this question of Irish education, but for the present it is in the most mixed. condition imaginable. The Local Goveruinent Report, on the other hand, is quite satisfactory, that is to say, it is latisfuctory from one point of view, for it is the Inst report issued under the old Local Government Bvstem of Ireland against which the popular party have boen. fighting for fifty or sixty years. This Blue-Book has a pecitvl interest for ma, for it bears out everything I said this time last year in Thi Observer as to the condition of the potato and other crops in the "West and South, and tha likelihood of an exceptionally bad winter.

At that time, it will be remembered, tho danger was denied in official quarters, and tha Viceroy even went so far os to send a telegram to the effect that the condition of affairs was nothing exceptional. This was generally believed in Knglaud, and to some extent in Ireland. If any of these sceptics are still alive I would humbly refer them to the Report with which I am dealing, from which they will find that last year the Irish potato was "everywhere deficient," and that in tho wet oold lands of tha west and south-west the crop was from one-half to five-sixthsbelow the average." And the certain signs of this terrible condition of affairs were everywhere to be seen -nhen the Duke and- Duchess of York sailed up the Shannon, as I pointed out at the time in your columns, in an article expressing some scepticism tis tt the popular verdict that the Royal visit to Ireland hod been in any real sense a success. That speculation, on' the whole, seems to have been justified, for tho. recollection Royalty was very quickly obliterated by the advent of Ruin.

It is pleasant to think that the condition of affairs this is very different. We have had a very favourable year and a good harvest. The crops all round are probably over the average. There is no serious indication of blight in the potato, though the disease has appeared places. The weather is almost ideal, and, all round, Ireland faces the winter of 180S-9 with a much lighter heart, I fancv, than she has fucod any winter for years past.

last touches to' his statuette of tha Frenoh pointer; One artist's portrait of another ia always interesting. This one fetched although there has been no really um rant saeissomsr in ui unglisu market sines Tns Sign Painter" went for 6,772 in theBolokow. sale of 1831. Enough bos bees written to show that the 1833 season centreu apon Uurno-J ones, uosaetb, and Millais. For all practical purposes it will be known as ths Barns-Jones year, just as 1897 was a Pender year and 1896 a Qoldsmid year.

Temporarily the Early British School, which has been piling on triumphs in the Art market, was comnarativelv absent. At the outsat of thim article the enforced abstention of the American purchaser was it a r. raamioneu as to omoi reason; ana, inaoeq, it is BO, as dnring the lost decade or, more properly, lustrum tbe transatlantic collector has, for the time being, esobowed the French school and embarked with a will in the accumulation of canvases so dear to his Georgian ancestors." Let one foot suffice. In 1897 twenty-five pictures by British artists ranead between 1.470 and 9,100. In 1898 thero wore only twelve 1,470, nine of which wcro by Burno-Jones (4), Rossetti (3), ana millsis 1S).

A. C. R. 0, NAVAL AND y- MILITARY. Tbe following appointments were mode at the Admiralty yesterday Liouts.

T. H. Foster, to the Resolution (T). to data October 17 A. K.

WaistoU, to the Vnlosn (T), to date September 23 Hon. H. O. Brand, to the UlnstriouB, for tho Griffon, and B. A.

Baird, to the Ciesar, for ths Earnest, undated. B. E. Priohard, to the Illustrious, for the Griffon, and J. A.

Slee. to the Cesar, for the' Earnest, undated. The Enchantress, Admiralty yacht, Staff-Commander tr is lying at moorings in Portsmouth Harbour in readiness for the reception of the Lords of ths Admiralty on their approaching visit. This will be the last occasion on which Admiral Sir F. W.

Richards, G.C.B.. the Senior Sea Lord, will take nart in the official inspection at the first naval port. Although no official announcement has yet boen made as to who is to succeed Sir Frederick, it is generally believed in naval circles (as already mentioned in The Observer) that Viee-Admirol Jjora Walter a.err wni be nominates, ms lorasbip was private secretory to ths First Lord of the Admiralty fr.nm tn Sanlan.hu 1 KQQ nrl Rmmi Ran. Lord of the Admiralty from 'Aug. 25, 1892, to May 6, 1890.

Tho arrangements connected with the launching of the Formidable, first-class battleship, will engage tbe attention of Mr. Gosehon and his colleagues when they are at Portsmouth on their visit of inspection, which will commence on Wednesday, Oat. 12, and extend over three or four days. Notwithstanding: unlooked-for delays, tha huge craft will be ready for launching about tha third week in November. A rnmonr was current at Portsmouth yesterday that it is not improbable that tho ceremony of naming and christening the ship will he performed by a member of the Royal Family.

Preparations aro in progress for building, ou the slip now occupied by the Formidable, another battleship, the design for which embodies certain modifications, including the continuation of the armour-belt round the stem, the fore bulkhead being dispensed with. Her Majesty's new cruiser Proserpine has been subjected to natural draught power of her machinery iu die North Sea before proceeding to tho West Indies. The trial was suceessfnl, the Proserpine averaging a speed of knots per hour. Her engines developed 5,074 horse power. Yesterday Major-General Sir W.

Bntlsr, commanding tho South-Eastern District, made his annual inspection of. ths School ot Musketry at Hythe, having on tho previous day inspected the depot of the East Kent Regiment at Canterbury. About 300 of the West Riding Regiment, who arrived at Dover from Malta last week, havo now proceeded on furlough. A numbar of tho officers have also proceeded on leave. To-morrow there will be another examination of field officers as to their taotical fitness to command at ShoTO-cliffo, the oaudidatus being Lieut.

-Colonel Savage, E.B.; Major Scott-Moncriaft, U.K.; Major Gore, Royal Sussex Major O'Neill, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Major Thwaytes, Indian Staff Corps end Le Quesne, Royal Marine Artillery. Major Vyvyan, of ths Buffs, who is just completing his period of service as Brigade-Major at Gibraltar, will join the Second Battalion at Brighton on his arrival homo. The command of the Army Service Corps at Shom-eliffe has been oonferred on Major Wvncall, THE VOLUNTEERS. SHOOTING COMPETITIONS. Shooting competitions of unusual interest were carried out yesterday in convection with the Middlesex and Devonshire teams, ths London Irish Rifles, ths 2nd (South) Middlesex and the 2nd Tower Hamlets Rifles at Bisley and Staines and other metropolitan ranges.

The chief event at Bisley was the matoh with twenty men a side between Devonshire and Middlesex, which began at 10:30 a.m. at 200 yards, and was continued at 500 and 600 yards without luncheon interval. Ths Middlesex team, captained by Major Twisaday, Queen's Westminster, included the Quean's Gold Medallist, Armourer-Sergeant Fulton and many excellent Metropolitan shots, but two very strong competitors withdrew almost at the last mom in Wilson, of ths Queen's, and Luff, of tha London Rifle Brigade through domestic affliction. Tha Devonshire team, captainod by Captain Gratwioke, of Exeter, was a splendid ono, containing two Queen's prizemen, Private Beck, of Tiverton, ana Private Ward, of Okehampton, a St. George's Vase winner.

Captain Gratwioke, and three recruits, Gold Medallists, Sergeant Ward, Corporal Lewis, and Private A. J. White. Tha match commenced very evenly, the Devon team leading at 200 yards by ono point, with 594 to 593; but at 500 yards they had obtained ths substantial majority of 45. At G00 yards tbe home team fell off still further, the wind at -this range boing found extremely shifty and difficult.

Tbe totals in both teams ranged much lower, the Middlesex twenty aggregating only 546 against the Devonshire aggregate of 563. The visitors won the match with a grand aggregate of 1791 points against a grand aggregate for Middlesex ot 1729, or a majority of 62 points. Capt. -Foster, 4th V.B. Royal West Surrey, who superintended the markers in ths trenob.es, stated that nearly CO per osnt.

of the shots were fonsd near tbe bottom of the target, the majority of the men thus failing to give sufficient elevation for tbe prevailing light, Ths championship shoot of the Queen's Westminster R.V. produced some excellent scores. Private Hall obtaining 96, Armourer-Sergeant Fulton 95, Sergeant Gcble 95, audPrivate MUoheUhill 94. In a second series Lanao-Corporal Fidler scored 97, Private Templor 92, and Private Fidler 92. In all, over 300 men were engaged in the various competitions at Bisley, eighty-one targets being kept going all day, without counting tha long ringos whioh were oaoupied by the 2nd V.B.

West Surrey for field firing. The Stanton-Evans Challenge Cup and money prizes presented by H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught and the shooting committee of the London Irish Rifles were competed for at Staines at 500, 600, and 00 yards, with the following result Corporal Young, first prize, the cup, and Duke of Connanght's money prize, witbacoro 95, with six bulls and an inner at the longest range. The other Connaught prizes were won by Sergeant Power, with 92; Lieutenant Henley, with 91; and Private Young, with 90. At Caterham, the sergeants of the 2nd (South) Middlesex contested their annual Masonic match, fifteen men a Bide, at 700 and 800 yards, under first-class firing conditions, the sergeants of the xisrht half battalion being pitted against those of tbe left half.

Tbe result was a victory for the hitter with 367 points, against 292' mode by the sergeants of the right half battalion. The) New Palace steamers last Monday closed their season's sailings with a full freight of passengers by the Royal Sovereign to and from Margate. The total number of passengers carried by I Marguerite, Royal Rovereign, Koh-i-Noor aud La Belgiqne this year is 431,759, as against 368,264 carried, by the same boats lnot. niF divine" ths enormous increase of 63,495 passengers, a good evidence of the public's of the mannerin which tha.company has catered for.it. Already the company iB mapping out itsplanB, with Bevoral noteworthy improvements, for next yea Bailings: The Great "Western Railway Company announce that a half-day trip to Shakespeare's country and to Banbury and Leamington will Poddington Station at 12:2 noon on Thursday next, Kensington (Addison-road) 11:27, Hammersmith 11:34, returning from Stratford-on-Avon at 7:20 p.m.

The return fare to Banbury, Leamington, and Stratford-on-Avon will bo 3s. 6d. The last of the weekly excursions to tho West of England, Weymouth, Channel Islands, and South Wales districts, will run during the week ending Oct. 8. The London Brighton and Sontb.

Coast Company have made ths following alterations (amongst others) in their train service for October. A limited Pullman will run from Victoria every Sunday at 11 a.m., returning from Brighton at 9 p.m., running between London and Brighton in one hour. The 11:50 theatre train from Victoria, which has. hitherto run only on run-evory week-night, and call at Burgess Hill on Mondays, Hassooks on Tuesdays, Hayward's Heath on Wednesdays and Saturdays, Horley on Thursdays, and Three Bridges on Fridays, so as to afford tho residents in thoBe towns an opportunity of visiting the Xondon theatres and reaching home the same night. Natioic At Stjxjat Lxaoue.

Next Sunday, Oct. 2, tbe National Sunday Leogus commence their usual series of Sunday Evenings for the People at Shore-ditoh, Holbom, Battersea, anu BermonoUey Town Halls. A series "df oratorio performances, will 'be given is the various halls by -ihe league's choir and orshestra, con-ducted by Mr. tJhnrdhill Sibley, later in the month balls -wiU-hsenedutKsnnington and -Islington. Tho Chelsea lor Women, after undergoing its annual cleaning, is now again fully open to xatiafits.

than third of the beds were dosed at a time, oning to ths large number of patients I applying for sdmKxrjn, to th credit of tbDrr9erC Wain: AsTAutveyed the nameroua" wreoa-a' of cmnaniast' initbe main to ths of unwsrraatsd opiriism, be felt sure that 'their cauticus policy would meetviUi cordial approval (hear, hoar), Thsuextansif eaterprisos in various parts oi tns world' save every -pronuse ot success, andj in tha ordnion of 'thsirdsetors;" there would not only be no bnt, on the a steady accretion in the value of their assets. 'ITthey could do ss. well as thay hod done in a.lean year, such as theibast'-bria 'hadlieei'n "tbsw ia look-in forward to the fnturs with unabated confidence. Ths dividends which accrued to Hism'' as shareholders id that Corporation were not the only profits, that, might fall'- to' them by virtue of- their Ths London and Glob was an. ettnpony, and the, practice in the past bad -been to give of allotraont.

ai" ilimi to its own we.wi.0 nuu mucb nDuxv a unique position th City two Que was that it had never yet made anTissus that hod not been oversubscribed, nor underwriters ever- been called upon to, make good any part of thsir, guarantees (cheers) The other was that it bad "hevax made an issue tbe shares of which had not sold at 'a snbstsntislpre-minm or a Ionir period of time foheersi. Itwaa'trna viai no- premium at5 tho present moment on' ths snares or tae nruixa America uorporatioa, out, in. tbeir opinion, that defeat would be cured in th'e lnearfuturo that was, as soon as thegreot value of the assets of thai uorporaaon Decame known to tne suarcaoiners and too publio at large. a result of this polioy of the London and Globe in regard to its allohnents.rnany advantageous windfalls from time to'time accrued to tha.Kshareholders, such as Lake Ivanhbss and others, Soma very desirable ones, for example, their several Le Roi Mines, Victoria Doep Leads, and others ot great Talus would shortly be forthcoming. Hitherto Uis' only stipulation in.

regard an allotment had been that." the applicant "must be a member ol the. a shareholder holding five shares was oh precisely thesame footing as one holding five hundred. InthrJsV.1 allotments to applicants for their publioissues wosld be mode prorata to their holding of shares1 in the Company fr(oheer) and only "each surplui' as might not be applied for by. their members would be allotted to ths pobuo at tsxgs. They would not consider their designation 'as ths London and Globe Corporation a misnomer when they reviewed what, various and diitmot of the earth were the scenes of their, whioh not -only filled thsir, own coffers, bnt, diffused-woolth and prosperity in every neighbourh'eod where tbey were carried on.

Iu Western Australia they bad extensiTa interests in the Hannon's oostriot, fespeoially in the celebrated Laks View and Ivasb'oe Mines, probably ths two riohest properties m. tiiat CWony, in others that they hoped might prove: to bo.equolly rs-monerativs. Their other remaining interests in Colony they had merged in the todard Exploration 'twnwmv 4yt -rlta- wnMMafnT mill, controlled by the Standard Company ware amongst the best in Western Australia, outside of ths famous Ealgoorlie properties. In ths Colony ef Victoria they had been carrying on a great enterprise for ths -past two years, known as development of the rDeep Leads. The leases in which they owned control covered on arem of about 12,000 acrseu witii a length on the lead of some ten miles, and a widthfrom a mile'and a onarter to two miles and a- half.

-When these works were in full operation from two to three thoussnd men would' bs Amnio 'and. axrltuia' Ulr nVTiol mVprVvM it'-wbuM hm seen that about. 12,000 people would. Jb: dependant upon the mine. Already a lariro townshiD was sorineine' uo.

and- everywhere -lif a and activity rere to be seen. Wban he informed thsm tnat. asothsr oompony work ing" 'of this great obtained gold to value of 1,688,518 'ensbling iham to pay 855,450 dividends, X430.000 rnsss. and 128.317. 12s.

in rovaltias;" -thev oonld judge for themselves as to the enormoss valne rf the ten by borings to be of earns character. In Colony of New Zealand thsy were' largely Intsrestod in" a great andartakiag for draining tbemines of ths Thames District by means of the largest pumping plant, over erected in the Colony, in ths erection of which and other; work about 100,000 had already-been spent, and' the. under- taking was subsidised by the New Zealand Government, and tns work was nearing oompletion. -The mines wars pbenomonaTly rich wban the miners were driven omi-by water, and as competent authorities belisrsd that; pumping scheme would bs perfectly sacoessftrl, thoy: wars looking forward to the" resnlt with much satisfaction. They also controlled a mine in Colony, that crashing at a profit; and proposed to forthwith increase tb stomping capacity milL In New Caledonia they controlled several valuable copper and -nickel -which' womd, -they account of themsol'TSS, during, current yesr.

In British America the British and themselves eontrcUsd about 400,000 out oT a -total of shares in the Ls Roi Mine, and some thrcs-fourths of these were already actually paid for (cbsers). They were advised that the mine had greatly. increased ia value in hands of their. enguiBer Bmcslthe'original contract for purchase niado. Nearer: home.

bher wer engaged in an sntorpriss of another charaoter, whioh was the bnilding ci an undszjTonnd elsctrio railway from Baker-street to" Waterloo. At -present ths London and Globe was furnishing all the, money for construction, and' they, might doijI to 'complete the entire work themselves, dev6ting beveral bundred thousand a year for that purposs, tar. three years, by whioh time they hoped ths road would be finiihsd. when the London and Globe would possess for all time a very valuable asset or th, rnlgbt, on other- hand, as; a separate -nnder-takihg. In view of their extensive underts and aspecially that, of the Baker-atroet and Waterloo Rail-wav.

thev would shortly offer to them for subeortBtion. pro at 'SBoh' price on-snoh'atsrins" as the directors might detsrnnne, shores wnion ware reserveo. so Drovma. anairaonai.i capital iW.hen. couldrjbs ntuiiied.

They had ioutgroom- thalraacomi and had 'a term -of rssven 'years tbs premises in Lpthbnry sdipining and Wost- Scotland, wpich tney wrpeirtftd to pe.rnstaUedjjewra the end of the In conclusion, LordDnfferin said It only now remains for ms to tbank-'yon or tbe courtesy, and. patience: with; which you 'have listened to my observations, -Of inf view of tbs, great extent and upon wbich we: axe engaged, any sunrey of tbem such as' would bo possible on this occasion mqst of necessity bs very scant and imperfeot but -I think I have said enough to satisfy you that pur vbusineis: is upon si sound ond soUd ounQatmn oar eote prises in all directions ars beinjt corpctedfwitb ability, enenry. and caution; and that thsy are faU of. promise foT the future. In snmmariripg, our general I have pnrposely abstained from unduly exaggerated or optimis.baiLjnfpage, end iMSVSnM.VQured convey to 'you in as plain and simpleianfnageaspossibU the general aspeot of your affairs.

Above all things, it must be remambered that my sUtemeoU -are the result sot of loose: conjacture, tat Jiave: btsn bassd on tbe reports and opinions of profsesionsl experts, who are men jot gwt ond ors rooogBigad aa worthy authorities in regard to the mattots -on whioh they have subimsd their fcnouU. and cinums. -Mr. Whtttactk Wsioht sooonded is' adoption of tts BBTMf Tw jmpliiia' of the Bisagrs 'and insnmoient natara ol balance shoe (oheers and -laughter). Where were the -and 249,000 to came (laughter)." It was', qa'd that all thsy bad in the world was 106,030 (lond They were wholly in the dark as to wbeco thjw.diuxs were, and he obieoted altogether to the adoption of tbs report.

Cixstsarr -the Cbsirmaii would state the difference of valne between tfae'por value'and tbe present premium, and market prioe pf held by the Company that stood ata Other Shareholders baring-juaredurasstiona, -Mr. Wnrr-riXEE. WjitaHy be would be happy to endeavour to enugnun' any oona-yta buub holder. Thoy: happened to know thtV large number -ahiawaiiad boen the reristsr fn tha last two or three weoks, five; to-each name, in prderHo enabb. certain partios to corned hat meetmg and try tobreats a diaturbancs was roojiifestediihat the eaJToiUr'ef the ahsre- holdors wore with.tbe JJoord ayH tnsywaq their sympathies, especially ooasiariatha'iwiryiard 1 1 1 1 1--1 1.

times wronga w.mcu wtv utrM wo Thy; wn.nldSxsJ4Mxer? Shares stand at li instead of a pf which was the case. moiiy fa torn arith -which the City was etre said -would prefer is per cent, -dividend to an aosarimoat of tnoy.aaa manogea HwmHma-inwppMwiMiiw. oi might fairly Jcokforwajrd.to a very, satisfactory reporiat the.esd of Last year was or'cYdkbOTsraentsU'H not marketable or world was ttPosaibtaforoamxofsxoxfiejur.niLOit extent of ihunureffii.ol lionaands Xpcd Diiffsrm badxs0cl JtU0ikaljtMesrBk premium, interesu ol be oompany quits) as muco sti smufss tharossives icneersj. rarm.aA),iwT by. the direetors iaitniativefl a jsoaro ansgp ta a.ndixora'.

mans ins swus.i' take tiiU istep. wtn rexomtoTrisirsi; their oplmon'taisylisdnWastnfls mat xnany ja jaiemcwww- Osnexs wpom.Buafi wcjas msfvlf thashanhnldsrs ma hy-aainsutancs'totnisrsnteet mnirag omn rsor-uexwmq sgOTtanate-thtoisnrnrtilll toMiraia' "i iiss usoxum nr inn rwr-rri -mm mm MFsisni in mmi asssuneBss, ni tessiss "ifSW-fflrT ssww; fctnailSslalll I illl lliisj COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Sbp. 24. Mr.

Registrar Hope sat' as Registrar of ths day, and uujiuBN UD sjjjjuuuhihii in vsaisu bh, BS a. O. DUTtCOKBX. Upon the application. Mr, W.

M. Gougb, on behalf of Mr. B. S. Thomas, financier.

4. Adelaide-street. Charing Cross, creditor for 1,004 receiving order was -mads-against this debtor, described as of Queen Annn'ji Mansions, The sot of bank. rnptay alleged is failure to comply with the require-' meats ot a banKruptoy nonce, jnr. Jiouura appearea for the debtor.

BB W. K. IT. BCTJTTS. Upon the application of Messrs.

Walker and Rows a receiving order was made against this debtor, who is described as of 16, Water-lane, late of 14, Harp-lane, solicitor. Mr. W. Holroyde, solicitor, Dartford, is the petitioning creditor, the act of bankruptcy alleged being failure to comply with ths requirements of a bankruptcy notice. FIRES IN LONDON.

At about three o'olook yesterday afternoon a serious fire broke out in a block of offices Nos. 28, 29, and 30 the Mlnories. The outbreak was discovered by a porter, who, upon seeing smoke issuing from tbe windows, hurried to the Minories Police-station, where the alarm was sent through to the headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in Sontbwark Bridge-road. Engines from Southwark, Whitefriars, Red Cross-street, Whitecbapel, Poplar, Bow, Bishopsgate-street, Watling-streot, and Leman-street were quiokly on the scene, and within five minutes of ths first call the first engine began to work. The particular part of the building in which the fire originated had been closed at noon, and considerable difficulty was at first experienced in forcing open the-doors.

Very little Earns could be seen at first, but dense volumes of blaok smoko, which issuedfrom doorways and windows, dearly showed that the fire must have been smouldering for 1 sevoral boars before the alarm was given. One of the offices first alight was that ooou-pied by a firm of cork merchants, and although the firemen poured hundreds of tons of water upon thi3 particular place, thoir efforts appeared to hove no appreciable ffeot upon tha large quantity of smouldering cork wbich was stored thero. After two hours' hard work on the part of the the fire was mastered, although ths smouldering still continued. Shortly before our o1 olook yesterday morning a fire of a very destructive character broke out upon tha premises of Messrs. T.

Tilling and Co. (Limited), job-masters, 29, High-street, Peckham, S.E. At the time mentioned a strong glare was noticed in the upper windows of a building of two Soors extending about thirty yards in one direction and backwards ubout half that distance. This building was used as a carriage manufactory, coachhouse, and stables, and it was found that a fire of a most serious character, was in progress in tha upper floor, whioh was closely stocked with materials of the most inflammable character. Messongers were at once dispatched to tbe firs brigade, while steps wore taken to remove tbe valuable horses whioh Messrs.

Tilling had upon the premises to places of safety. The flames soon bcrst through the roof, and threw a light upon the sky whioh brightly illuminated the whole of South London. It was apparent from ths first that the premises in which the fire had broken out were doomed, and the members of the brigade devoted their under the direction of Superintendent Powell, to Baving tho adjoining property. A force of eleven steamers, and nearly 100 men, were concentrated at tho scene, and by five o'clock tbe outbreak was declared to bo in hand, and the official stop message circulated. Tbe firemen were fortunate in their efforts to save the surrounding property from serious damage, although 'the promises of Messrs'.

Cooper aud Budd, 39, Kish-Btrcst, sustained soma damage, while those of Tilling were practically destroyed. Tho damago to the contents of the building ia covered by insurance in the Noririoh Union. SHOCKING OUTRAGE AT BARKING. YOUNG MAN STABBED TO DEATH. Yesterday morning Mt.

Wynne 13. Baxter, Coroner, was informed of a fatal stabbing affray which oeourrsd on Friday night at Barking. It appears that a youth named Jamas Nual, agad '18 years, a dock labourer, of Broadway-avenue, Barking, was seen by his mother at tho top of that thoroughfare about 9.30 p.m. Hs was then with two friends, named Battle and Vinagal, and all appeared to be sober. At 11.20 p.m.

Mrs. Neal was called to Fisbor-strest, Barking, and there found her son lying on the ground, bleeding from a wound near the region of the heart. Some women were trying to administer brandy, and, on the arrival of two police-constables, the deceased was removed to the police-station, where his wounds were dressed. He was then taken to tbe Poplar Hospital, where he died a few hours later. Tho deceased's assailant, who is said to be a foreign sailor, was subsequently arrested on board a ship at Barking Creek.

It is alleged that some boys bad been annoying the man, who turned upon the deceased and stabbed liim. Henry Crampin, aged eighteen, a bargeman, of Great Watering, near Southend, Essex, was charged at Stratford Polica-court, yesterday, with the wilful murder of James Neal, by stabbing him in ths left breast with a penknifo, at Fisher-street, Barking. Police-sergeant Tydeman, 29 said that at Messrs. Tribe's wharf at Fisher-street, Barking, he saw the prisoner, who was asleep or feigning to hs asleep in the cabin of the barge Maplin, lying in Barking Creak. Prisoner said, "I know what you've1 come for; hers is.

the knife." The long blade bora blood stains right up to tho handle. He was cautioned, and said, I only did it in self-defence. He and that man (meaning a witness named Charlos Cooper) said to me, Stand us a.pot If you don't you will have to They then started on me, and I up with that and gave him ono." Prisoner was taken to the station and charged, and when the charge was read over to him he replied Yes," The accused was remanded. A COSTLY PAUPER. The death oeourrsd yesterday of Sarah Lemon, and eighty-two years, who had been an inmate of Bloau (Kent) Union Workhouse for fifty-six years.

Daring that long period she had never left the house, and her maintenance eost the ratepayers 1,120. EXPLOSION ON BOARD SHIP. SEVERAL KILLED. Boms, Sspt. 24.

Tinrinfl. menarations for the launch of ths nsw exrdsor Puglia aiTaranto this afternoon a vessel in the harbour loaded with ammunition blew op with a terrific explosion. At least three of ths crew were Jailed and seven are missing. Utntral ivsuij. TRAIN WRECKERS.

Tha London and Southwestern Railway Company yesterday offered a reward of 100 for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons who ton days ago maliciously placed on the down line between Leighoridge and Wimborne Station on iron chair, with intent to wreck a passenger train. This is the third railway company that has within the past fortnight issued a reward fox information regarding such otfenoes. ENTERTAINMENT ITEMS. Tha latest result of ths enterprise wbich is constantly displayed by the management of. Madame Tassand's Exhibition takes tha shape of portrait models of M.

Louis de Rougemout and Captain Dreyfus, both of which are very lifelike. These additions and the numerous other attractions make the collection especially worthy a visit jnstnbw. The concert season at the Royal Victoria Hall, Waterloo-road, S.E., commences on Oct. 6, and every Thursday evening till Christmas ballad concert -and operatic recitals will-be given alternately. Tbe following artists to iimur dnrise tho Mesdamss Antoinette Sterling, Belle: Cole, Hope Glenn, BerthoHooro, Mabel Berrey, Amy Sandon, Alios Gomes, also Messrs.

Copland, raiin, xisrnort jsnuyn, vyvea ijswys. anaTivadar Naohez. DIGNITY OP LABOUR. .1 A large number of oycls hands, who are out of employment, annliad vesterdav to the Coventry Guardians for relief. They wre told 'that the married men could have.

two aays stone oreaxingLin ins worxnoaae a oa. paraay and -a loaf. Tb men afterwards at a publio meeting declared the offer to be a disgrace to civilisation. One speaker stated that some of the men were disposed to commit outrage npon publio institutions;" and added that they should nothowever, indulge in rioting just yet. FATAL SIGHT AT BATTERSEA.

Aacrious affray carrad yi teraaye veiling outaide the Middy public-bouse, Battersea Rise. It appears thai two man of the' working class 'were. si to -suddenly lam-re this nnhlin.honas thnmsftlvss into -a fighting afterwards en raffia? in a desperate fight, when' "snddonlv one-nutn strnok '-opponent tosziflo blow an- xne ensn, sending nun -reeling anuex-wo waamimwm oc nWinB-at the time Tha wheels passed over his neck, killing him instantly. The polioe arrested fais' OMail ant, -and ho was talcsn so WaaowtaMHtDaojrnttesr: station and charged. The body of the unfortunate man was afterwards removed to the Tha ntmt-xt the man charged ia Heary Lelstt, aged, 52, (BX OOB SPECUX CoStMIBBIOHSB.) Whatever Spain may have done for Art in'ths past," gnmblsd woU-known dealer at the beginning; of the season, sh ia at any rate going to do for it this year." This Dolphin uttoranoo has nnfortnnatoly proved only too true, and with tha great army of American buyers standinr down, ths Art marksk in 1898 was kept clear of a string of big- collections saoh as had delighted the covetous collector in previous years.

Tet as Art sale soason cannot jro by without a few swallows, and tha loss to British Art occasioned by tho death of ths gnat painter Sir Edward Bnrne-Jones becamo the dealers' gain. Perhaps no artist ever loomed so big in the market by comparison. There havo been years of Old Masters, Italian andDntah.of the Early British School, of the fvoftt British School of Waior-Colour Drawing-, and of collections of all the talents, but search through past records will fas mads in vain to find any parallel instance to suoh a dominating ascendonoy of a single painter. This predominance was foroshadowsd early in ths season, wben ths man who overtopped as all," in the genorons words of Mr. Watta, was still alive.

The famouB Honk's Manor collection, formed by tha late Mr. Joseph. Bnstbn, appeared at auction on May 21. It contained two works by ths icsthotio painter which he himself considered smonjr his bast. Ths first, the tender conception entitled "The Mirror of Venae," whioh combines in itself all the master's varied powers, eaoh figure "absolutely oi the consoaratad Barne-Jonesian type," was hungrily fought for, and finality reached in the great bid of Six years before, in the famous Liverpool shipbuilder Lsyland's collection, it had attained The previous Burns-Jones record had boen (for the Merlin and Vivian subject in 1892), and this sum was therefore much surpassed.

This appreciation by the open market must have gladdened the heart of the painter, although on most hear in mind that in 1882 Edwin Lonjr was alive to hear the tidings that his magnum opns, The Babylonian Marriage Market," had been bought at Christie's for tha stupendous mm of Fashion quiokly changes in art, and it is not too early to inquire what this dusky snbjeot would rsaliss now. In the case of Bnrne-Joses, however, it is safe to prophesy that for many years to corns tliB canvases bearing his name will hold their own in the estimation of the collecting- oon-noissear. In the Ruston aals there was also ths Chant d'Amonr," illustrating tha refrain of the old Breton song Helas j'o sois nn chant d'amonr, Trista ou gai tour a tour." This had bean formerly in the Graham collection, the sale of which, in 1S86, had shown collectors the advantages of investment in the works of the pro-Raphaclites. An advance of fifty guineas ou the then secured was made in the Euston sole. Just as this sale strnck the Bnrno-Jones note of the year, eo did it clinch tho hold on tha market of Rossotti.

"Dante at the Bier of Beatrice," "La Ghirlandata," and "Veronica Veronese made a picturesque trinity. These accouuted for between them, having cost before at auction The first is a smaller variant of tho larger Liverpool Corporation picture bst has two prsdeUs subjects. Ear the lovely face of the sorrowing woman the famous beauty Miss SpartaH sat, and -only eighteen years have elapsed since the picture was painted. Mr. Watts' gonerons determination to endow tho nation with ths products of his genius has much diminishad the amber of his pictures to he seen in tho sale-room.

At the Rickards disnersal eleven years ago nearly a score of Mr. Watta' works appeared. Three of those came up acain at ths Kustoa sale, and each showed a marked advance, l'or "The Ere of Pi' ace was given, as agninst 9506- in 1S37. Ono hundred lots realised over 43,030, tho rigorous portrait of Nicholas Eats, by Rembrandt, who is just now heing bo much honoured in Amsterdam, fetching One wonders what the old roliool of colleotor would have thought to see a Pieta ia Dol Sarto's best tuuuner droomm? from in 1878 to l.MOgs. in 1892, and again six years later to 6O0gs.

Bridging for awhile the interval between May 21 and July 16 the dates of tha Raston and Barae-Jones sales it is necessary to emphasise tho importance of the latter event. Although the catalogue was mainly composed of studio sketches, in pastel or wotsr-calonr, astonishing prices were paid for those simple suggestions of tho artist's gifts. Fourteen Blight drawings in gold on a coloured ground avsragod over thirty-five guineas enob. Twenty-eight pastels alone fetched nearly 5,00, and twenty-six watcr-eolonr drawings in various stages of completion 6,003. The Scottish raillionuire wbo was ouco questioned absnt a fine old master in his possession, and could only reply that it was six fset by four and eost five hundred pound," might have hesitated shout giving 650gt.

for a pastel drawing half tha size. So wonder, then, that the few finished paintings in ths sals fetched great prices. Tha climax was reached in the submission of the pieture, 11 Love and the Pilgrim," dedicated to the painter's friend, Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne. The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland bad evidently instructed her agent to purchase this work at all casts.

A tar a sharp duel it fell to berat "a very plucky bid," in the words of Sir tVilliam Agnsw, whoso firm made itself espcoially prominent in the purchases at the Bnme-Jonos sale. The remarkable success of the dispersal of these remanets" makes the frequenter of art sales ponder over the result of an auction, catalogue wbich would contain thirty or forty lots of the master's finest works. Had there boon no Burns-Jones sole in 1398 perhaps tbe chief position of the Art sale year would have bean filled by Millsis. The winter exhibition at Bnrlington House brought the fullest measure of posthumous honours to the lata President, and on tho day of the Aeademy Banquet the opportunity was given to his admirers to help in the success at auction of fire representative pictures. The occasion was the Benton sale.

First cams tho popular Order of Release," showing the happy fats ot the Highland rebel of '45. This picture was one of ths attractions in the Academy of 45 years ago, and drew mueh public notice on account of its challenging acouraoy of detail. Millais was a stickler for triiias, and actually copisd a Jersey governor's order of raleaso with liolbein-like exactness. When the' governor's son visitod the Academy and recognised his -father's handwriting in the picture the of the period ware delighted. Sold in 1853 for 400, it fetched 2,835 in the Arden sale, 1879., Beginning with a bid of in the Renton salo, it fell to the Agnews for sum which, though previously equalled, has never been exceeded by a Millais at Christie's.

The Black Brunswicker reached threa times its Dries of thirty-six years ago aud the quintet altogether imnnntoA to IO.6CO1TB. Last Tear a number of renmininsr pictures of or belonging to Millsis were submitted only to appear agam wrm tumixiiBuuui icoui-vv jmicwb, anu, it almost unnecessary to add, wjth less bide. "The beautiful idoa has no relation to size," says the poet, hut before leaving Millais one must mention that the Grant IVtWria eataloerue of Aoril 23 included a tinv water-colour sketch of Su- Isnmhras at the Ford," for whioh its pur chaser was content to give it is only by 7 in. in siio. An incident in connexion with this sale is worth recalling- It will illustrate tbe risk an artist rans in "the fashionable eostume of a period.

A picture representing a picnic wasput on the easal and greeted with derisive laughter. Tot the painting was sonnd enough, but the aspeot of the figures in the picture, groomed and costumed in tha mods of thirty years ago, seemed to strike tha company as ludicrous, and oottlnd tho matter. How diffousmt ths fate, on the -same day, of works by suob Continental masters as Israels, van marcxe, juiaus, au macm. "When I have found the weother set in to be very bad I have taken a whole day's journey to soe a gallery that iB furnished by ths hands of great masters," wrote Addison in 1711, little thinking-that on a lovely summer's day his own collection of pictures would appear for sale at a publio auction nearly two hundred years later. These were the.

portraits formerly at. Holland Honse, where tho essayist had lived -as the second husband of the Conntess of Warwick. They wore preoisoly of that kind of costume resomblonce so quaintly described by Roger de Coverley, ana mads a rare enow, although no pnoes were Bsourea. jmeuer a portrait of Addison as Secretary of State realised only 54gs. Most interest was shown in a pair 'of Vandycks' portraits of Prince Rupert and his younger brother Prince Maurioo whioh could be recognised aa akin to the pair iu tho possession of Lord Craven.

These fell to a Parisian dealer for 1.300gs. On the some afternoon an endoavonr was mado to make a market far Rowney's striking fall length of that MarchionesB of Townshend whoatfor cms -of Reynolds' iamons "Three Graces. Last year dealers would have fallen over each other to obtain such a masterpiece, and although the biddings xaached tha word want round that this sum woedd not -satisfy the anonymous owner. Shortly afterwards a Hoppnor was pnt up a portrait of the Mrs. Inohbaia who once edited the "British Theatre and aftor a well-known collector had purchasd it for l.OOQga.

another told him how almost, thrrfcy years ago ho himself had bought it in the earns room for 20! Thus are the fluctuations at auotion What, for instance, would Fusoli have said to that man who could have prophesied that one of his largest works thing -10ft. by -entitled The Deluge, would be knocked down for -a guinea? Tear by year it is a pleasure to see ths growth in fame of Morland. Ho does not yet command the sums whioh mUUonairea wUl dump downifor Gainsborough or a Roraney, bathe U1 have his nay -yet; In the meantime, be has got into four figures, and Mr. George Agnew gave 1 250M. or the delightful Postboy's Return, in ths ateasMyear.

That most excellent rfenauje, tuo ycojiottj with assiduous fxeuuenoy. This anonymous ownership is an amiable weakness of the moasstxlsaler. and often gives hitman OOTOrtunity of airing unsold atook in the anotaon roam. Just as ofton, rfo, tlogu will contain many single lots, the ownerships of which are unimportant. Among bM mtt arspsrttss -wse Meuiejuer vacancy in tns cuairmonsnip, sir William ttoemson; nad been a personal friend of my own and tbe other membsrs of ths directorate' were also wall known to mc men not only of the highest character, bat.

like my friend lioon, witn a. groat oeai business experience. Moreover, exceptional cironmstauoes, to which I not particularly refer, hod enabled, me 'to appreciate and recognise ths financial ability and the unblemished integrity of your managing Mr. Whittaker Wright. Again, the enterprises in which the Corporation was engaged wars principally mining enterprises, wbich, for sevoral reasons, have always had a considerable intorost for me.

In early life I had sat at the fset of Faraday, and bod assiduously studied both chemistry and metallurgy. Indeed, to suoh a profiaishoy did I attain in one of thase branches of scisnos, that I succeeded in blowing up an assembly of ladies and gentlemen to whom I was giving a chemical lecture (laughter). Ths fact, moreover, -of ray own park being honeycombed with lead mines, whioh Muruhison. assured me might eventually produce both gold and silver, had given an additional beat to my mind in this diroation, and had led me to discover a method of glazing pottery which would have made my fortune had it not been alreadvin universal use. Such than, rsntlsmen.

is tha history of the circumstances whioh have led to my noiaing at this moment the honourable position of your Chairman. Nor is it necessary for me to ossore you that, having- accepted that position, nothing will bo wasting npon my part to render yon due and loyal urrwu iiuuu cueeiBj. a. may luriuer ami, in view at certain incidents whioh have rsoentlv ooourred in tbe publio Courts though I trust an assurance will be considered unnecessary that neither nor any of my co-directors, have aver received any consideration of any sort or description for joining your directorate (loud cheers); nor are wa in receipt of any remuneration, whether direst or indireot, beyond that which, as known to yon ail, is provided in our articles ot association (loud ohecra). Further, I may add, that after due examination and inonirv.

I oonceived suob a high opinion of tho soundness and the promising character both of toe lionaon and u-iods and ot toe Britisn America Corporations, that I became one of tho Israreat holders in the shares of each. company, and at. this moment feel mors satisfied than ever of the advantage of my position, (cheers). But, gentlemen, I confess that when I "first joined your Board there was one side of the business 1 with which I was but very imperfectly acquainted, and i that was the mysteries of ths Stock Exchange (laughter), me snoterranean mncmnasions or tae cnus ana Dears, and the effect on tbe valae of mining and other shores produced by the Financial Press. Now, I wish rt at ones to be understood that as chairman of this Company and I think I may speak in ths name of ray brother direators vre cannot hold ourselves responsible for the fluctuations in the prices of shares.

These are affected by cansos extraneous to ourselves, and over which ws have no control. A pessimistic speech by a Minister of the Crown a sudden crisis in the affairs of a speculative bolder of a large number of our Bhoxes, which be is compelled suddenly to throw npon tbe the murder of a missionary in China (laughter) the truculence of a South Americas State an ill-tempered remark bv President Krueer (laughter) these and a hundred other similar incidents net to mention moss serious causes, suob as ths recent war between America and Spain-Tars sufficient to lower prises all round. Furthermore, we have to take into account the rumours and ths criticisms emanating from an ably- oonduoted aud sometimes incisive Press. 1 am the last person in the world to find fault with ths oriticisma of the financial nawsnapers. On the contrary, they exercise a most useful function.

Wa all know that many enterprises are started are fraudulent from their birth, both in their inception and tneir intention, and in exposing tneir wortmossnsss tns Financial Press renders a notable service to theinvestinir publio. Then, again, other comnanios are sometimes set on toot by penecuy cononranie ana wen-meaning persons, bnt who tnrouga ignorance, incompetence. or want ot experience nave embarked apon a roan whioh con onlv lead themselves and their supporters to ruin. That a searching light should be direoted npon these, and indeed upon all companies, is not only desirable but neoessary in the best interests of ths industrial world cheers). But.

at. ths some tune there undoubtedly do appear osaasionslly statements in the newspapers ia regard to financial undertakinga-and our own among we pauon wmuu, uwia cvsuiihu perhaps in perfeot good faith, are of an unnecessarily, alarmist character, aud based upon imperfect "or inaccurate information. For instance, more than once a report has been propagated that I had resigned my position as your ahairnian. I need pot assure yon rannrt. thorurh somewhat-' rjendatentlv''' never bad the slightest shadow of foundation (loud diaers).

nor. lnaaoa. oo ammetome oiroumatanee except to warn our shareholders that they should net pay undue attention we casual nswsnapsr paracsapus WHICH 1 viiUt) lit uuia mxu unrcwA.Mt ai iiiwihhh Press. I am the mora inclined to insist npon this point, as I have occasionally received letters from shareholders who had been thrown into a state of pauio by soma newsnsusr cnttinz. whioh they enclosed to me with a request for my opinion in regard- to it.

Though un willing appear uiaooorraoua ga m.o. havn hen farced to rani that as chairman I was precluded from entering into private correspondence with any individual shareholder (hoar, hear), and that I had forwarded the letter 1 nad received to tbe secretary of the Corporation, in order that jit might be dealt with in due course. Bat, to show how unreasonable are those spasms of terror, I may take the case of our Ivanhoes. In common with many of -those present, I mads considerable investments in Ivanhoes, and I advised my friends to do ths same. Almost immediately afterwards the Bhares underwent a depreciation to below their par value.

Having mode my investment an trustworthy information in regard to the soundness and the 'profitable character of mine, I did not trouble too cuairman ot tne company wiin an inquiry as to why the price of its securities so suddenly fallen but I possessed my oul in now at this momont these same Ivonhos shares have risen to noarly double the figure to which they bad dropped. Well, than, gentlemen, I counsel so yon all the same placidity of temperament for to throw your shares ou a declining market is only to play into tne lianas -ox specuiaxors lor tne iu, ana-nocoiuy to incur loss yoareelvesl, but to inflict loss upon your follow shareholders (hear, hear.) Of coarse, mining js nnrlonhtedlv a srjeculative business, and gentlemen who receive 15 per cent, ox upwards upon their invest-'1 ments must know very well that thoy deliberately. greater riSK taan tneir -teaa ejiurunamaT hub puvjuui who are content with per cent. for the most po-riencsd mining expert cannot seo into the' bowels of earth. The Rontgen rays for that pttrpose are still a desideratum.

But What the icareasa in the mining industry. which has token place. in recent years, the mining engineers have acquired increased er-perience, and tbe of miscalculation have been very much rsduosd-. Moreover, by followingthe course which we. have adopted of.

spreading our dparatiDBSPvjer considerable areas in. other words, 'of-, not, putting all: our eggs into one bosket wa minimis? ths, chance iof disappointment sensibly deteriorating our ex-, peetations of snoceBs. Gentlemen, I to ask your pardon for indicting upon yon-these somewhat artraneOTs remarks, and I. now turn to the real business of the meeting. Lord Dnfferin wont on to say company was tbe outeoms 'of an amalgamation of the West' Australian Exploring and Finance Company (incorporated in 1894) land the old London and 3fobe Finance Corporation (incorporated -carried to a-jinocossml issue last year under the -present title of tho London and Globe Finance." The last balance-sheet of 'ths old London and Globe Company.

showed a net profit of 952,660 16s. lOd. The balance-sheet before them disclosed a still "larger profit of 939,679 12s. But tbe profits of tbe old concern were made in-what were called booming -times, whereas the profits of the past year had boen mode during a period of great: financial 'dsnrssaion, arising from political nomnucatiahs i-aod other causesi m-at that for -the oast six months the sterotypad Stock Exchange. iihrase- had "Markets Nottang -doing.

TBeratorD, thoy could not bnt bo-i this with tho board's efforts on their bshaU.and with ntukmti. mbiI Inn whiab ha. bad to tav-hsfore In the case of the old opsniea referred nothing was dciAfMjMxOTraac3.ajKs.aay..for-: isnTifrja.ifar Bat they srisbed to bniid their 'edifice on aM foundation, wni'K mhU -tn'-wsathar them: and-aoJvoid'arach'di prociotions in the valne of their 'share's as 'migbtf posjibjy Arias ban an' abnormal coadiBon-ofsbe other ranlosessen romoxpeaHa eau- is view they bad oaoptei aodnctrng 'from hTOcto vmva.m impiimi- lT late run aiTiuenos iwvu uis a a THE NEW ARRIVAL GATS. AT ALBERT I have been talking to the first Frenchman I ever met who might have capped Virgil with Conington, Horace with Theodore Martin, or Sophocles with Tennyson himself." So said Mr. Gladstone during one of his lator visits to Paris.

Great would have been his satisfaction could be have foreseen, as appears now to be-semi-oSScially announced, that this accomplished Parisian was also an Ambassador-elect to the Court of St. James. M. Ciiuibon, among a younger generation, recalls in itn enrlier the character, testes, and accomplishments of a Barthelemy St. Hilaire, a Jules Simon, a -Waddxngton, a Thiers, or, in a different school, a Cousin, a Gruizot, a Villemaia, a Circourt.

To most Englishmen Baron de Conrcel's successor is best known as the successful administrator of Algeria. In that part of the African littoral of the Mediterranean, M. Cambou has been brought into contact with, and as favourably impressed, many English critics of statesmanship and character. In Fran os ha has long been a leader in the best intellectual society, a patron of all forms of national or European art. If ha now comes to Albert Gate, it will be as the nominee not merely of his own Otoyemment, bat as the chosen representative to this country of the French people.

During years past the most sober and cultivated circles in French society -have with quiet unanimity pointed to M. Cambott as the man thoy have hoped sometime to sec favourably impressing' the fastidious critics of the most exclusive gatherings on the Thames by "his broad culture, his quiet strength of purpose, his distinguished manner, and hiB gracious presence. M. Cnmbon, socially at least, belongs to the same school as did M. Waddington.

Hois, however, free from any taint of inherited Anglophilism unless, indeed, such an imputation may lurk in the contraction of an American marriage, as in the case of 31. Ribot a union dissolved by death some little time since. Such an appointment may be regarded by Englishmen as a compliment intentionally paid them by their nearest Continental -neighbour. The gratification of an 'intelligent and amiable feeling among people of -consideration on the other side of the Channel 4s largely responsible for the present nomination. It shows also the real desire of those by whom the nomination is made to send -us as their representative one whose experience of English character, stasisa, and methods, and whose refusal to share in the vulgar misrepresentations of English motives epidemic in France, is likely to the Anglo-French enitnie cordials, as well as add a very noticeable figure to the diplomatic society of the capital to whioh he is accredited.

T. H. THE LATE TBA31 STRIKE. Last evening a mass mooting of hozsekeepers, drivers, and conductors on strike against the North Metropolitan' Tramways Company (Limited), was held at the Mission Hall, Fleet-road, Hampstaad, for the purpose of hearing the opinion the Executive Committee of the General Tram Worker' -Dninn with regard to the proposal of the Highways Committee df "the London Cooniy Council that tha men should re sums a final settlement of the dispute. The following resolution was adopted That this rassa meeting of horaokeepars, drivers, and conductors on strike asainst the North Metropolitan Tramways Company heartily endorses the decision of the Executive Committee in issuing instruetraaaio strikers to present themselves for work on Monday morning.

At the osine time -this masting wishes to tender its hearty thanks to Mr. J. tae Highways Committee of the London County Counotl 'Tor "tn "fairness in which: they have considered the -grievances jolihe men." Shippxko Mjsws. The P. and O.

steam Bra to wave Loudon this -weak ore -the Arabia on Thursday for and the Shanghai Saturday for 'the Straits, China and Japan. The -Osiris leaves jvrindisi Sunday, Oct. 9, and ooimecta with the Arabia ufPorlrSaid. Ths 0iria, from Port the Indian mail, ox am. Oartbage from Bombay, -aarvadt Brlndisi -atrosSO a.m.

ou -Friday, and the mill 'train loft at 9a.m. the asm day. Letters ass xpsetsd fin London -this morning. The AnstrsIia. wt 'Plymouth at 10 a.m.

yesterday, nd3dttt "The pilot expects to 'w'tiTavesenat-6i3D an.o-oay -lor-tne-Koyai jauoers oexs. vxtis Pmnenlax.3rOin London and Slsriemes, arrived at with the Indian mail ex'Osirfs-oF 9th -fcrsfc The -Orient lino steamer uPhir Kaplss on Thursday at "8 jp.m.. and the snails BJBotedia London mttrrr'ng- Tha Orisaba left Adelaide on Thursday "for London. -Tha Ononis left Msweate tm lusj etanlttg. TShe instral leave oanon on TrToay oaB "for the and zeypUaa ana Australian petfa,.