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VOLUME XXI.—NO. 125.
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I). Aldridge, sou of Samuel 11. and Adelaide M. Aldridge,
in the nineteenth year of his age. .
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MnoEUen Down, late of Alferton. England, aged 53 years.
The relative* ond friends of the family are invited to
attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 025 Cooper
street, Camden, N. J„ on Tuesday afternoon, the 3d inst.,
at 1 o’clock. •
JEWELL.—On the 31st ult., Caroline Jewell, in the 07th
year of her age.
The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to
Atteud the funeral, from the re-ddenre of her sister. No.
I ltd Vine street, on to-morrow (Tuesday; afternoon, nt 4
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SMITH.-On August 31st. Hettie N. Smith, oldest
daughter of Samuel N. and Lydia Jk Smith, aged 21 years.
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IVatd will convene In tUclr various precinct*, on Tin-*-
day Fv<ninp. B<pteinb«*r 3d, 1867, ana organize Division
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to the regulating Delegate Election®, &c., icc.
IL G. BICKFL,
lYevldent Executive Committee.
Gj.o.G. L<*tnr.N, Secretary. It*
»g> THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
Companv, Bi:iTKHm.n i, 1*57.
The Director* have this day declared a dividend of
Seven Dollar* and Fifty cent® per share on the stock of
the Com pan v for the lift six months, which will be |iiid
to rticetoekhofterß or their legal representative*, after the
liih inat.
to ael2J W.M. «: CROWELL. Secretary.
MP FAMILIES AIIOUTCHAXGING THEIR RE3l
dence or loving tbo city, CAU receive the highest
e»»h price for old newspapers, books, pamphlet*. rugs, etc.
Wrappon, ilwi,)- on buna and fur sale by E. HUNTER,
613 Jayne stm t. Orders will receive prompt attention,
try mull or otherwise. au27 lmrpl
STATED MONTH I. Y MEETING OF THE
GerniHutoWD Gricket Club will be held at the
dub House on Monday. Sept. 2d. nt 5 o'clock, I*. M.
suS-lt* W. C. MORGAN. Jn., Secretary.
uj> HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 AND 1520
Ldmbard Street .Dispensary Department—Medical
treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously to the
KOVAL IKSUHANCe CtJIPANV.
Annn.il Meeting.
The tinniia! meeting of the Shareholders in this
Company was held yesterday, at eleven o’clock,
at the Central Offices of the Company, North
John street. Liverpool. In the absence, through
Parliamfflatary - duties, of the Chairman, Mr.
Charles Turner, M. I’., the chair was- taken by
Mr. Broeklebauk, the respected Chairman of the
Mersey Docks and Harbor Board.
Extract:- from the
REPORT la Ht THE YEAR 186(1.
The year IMlfi, which comprises the period to
he embraced in the present Annual Report of the
businc-s of the Royal Insurance Company, has
been marked, as the previous year was, by cou-
Jlngrations in some cases individually large, but
still more by (ires all but unexampled in numbers
Both here and abroad.
Notwithstanding the facts that again the
Revenue of the Company for the year has ulti
mately turned out to bo larger, and that the
Claim’s have proved somewhat less than they
■were estimated, the unsatisfactory result of the
entire year is shown bv the Accounts which'will
lie rend to you in detail, giving a final loss on the
FUSE RIiAN'CTI
Of i'e'kJCS I.ls. lid ($l-10,815).
Whilst it is undoubtedly true thatan occasional
balance, to the debit, of such a comparatively
' email sum as this in such large transactions,
would be, in itself, of minor consequence, it be
comes significant when combined with the results
•of two successive years, each bearing more or
less the Same characteristics; and it assumes a
still more grave importance when accompanied
bv reports of kindred establishments exhibiting a
like phase of experience over a like period, and
especially when some of these count a ratio of
disasters"far exceeding that which the Directors
of this Company have to annoance-
This disclosure of an increasing amount of loss
attending Fire Insurance business generally, now
• shown unmistakably to exist by successive an
nouncements from all sides, and the consequent
impression that elements of risk not pre-existing,
or, at any rate, not so to the same extent, are
now in force, have led to an increased caution on
the part of the Executive of this Company in ac
cepting Fire Proposals, and to other remedial
measures referring to the personal characters of
proposed Insurers, which at first sight would
Have appeared calculated to induce a lhrge reduc
tion in the business of the year. ■
The impetus, however, of a long-contiatjed
progression could not even by these means be
speedily reduced. It thus ultimately turns out.
notwithstanding these retarding influences de
signedly applied, to the business, that, with the'
•exception of one Company, whoso affairs have
been conducted for the last two or three years
■with considerable vigor, no other Insurance Cilice
has paid the same increaso of Fire Duty to Go
vernment in the year as the “Royai,.” This is
Shown by the usual test of the Government Re
turns ordered to bo printed by the House of
Commons. It is evident, therefore, that if the
•checks adverted to had not been applied, the ad
vance of the last year would have been equal to
that of any year in the records of the' Establish
ment.
The fact is, indeed, amply verified by the fol
lowing comparative statement of the Fire Busi
ness for the last five years, viz.;
Premium.
£aoo,(>;io -
841,GG8
400,408
414,738
447,271
18G2
18G3
- 1831
18Gu
1801!,
A dote and severe investigation into the proba
ble causes of the large amount of losses sustained
by the entire body of Insurance Establishments,
almost without exception, during the last threo
years, docs not lead to the conclusion that insu
lated Eires have been more extensive than here
tofore. the Contrary might be safely maintained,
bat, which is of far moro serious' import, that
' Fires .have I)cen much more numerous tlian at
any former like period; and hence the more
aiarming conviction that the causes of danger
have most materially increased.
. It would be vain to expect it' to be possible,
eilherin past times or in the .present, to continue
ah,lnsurance Business with a revenue approach
ing to half a million sterling without the occur
rence of losses of large magnitude from time to
time. All that the utmost skill or care can aim
at is to endeavor to lessen the probability of
their occurrence so frequently as to interfere
with the average prosperity of the enterprise,
applying the test over a series of years.
.It may further he affirmed that a lengthened
experience in these matters would show that
these periods of excessive claims are not times of
unmixed evil. They rather lead to a wholesome
and useful discipline of the too-sanguino and in
experienced in the business of Insurance. These,
frequently led away by a temporary lull in the
average of casualties, injure, by the adoption of
inadequate premiums, not only their own estab
lishments, but likewise those or others who would
fain have been governed by more matured consi
derations. It is, therefore', of no small impor
tance to be able to announce that the disease is at
iengtii working its own cure. The conductors of
the great Insurance companies of the Kingdom
have, with few and minor exceptions, determined
to enforce by their examples the deductions cf
wise, cautious and long-acquired experience, and
a needful but moderate increase of premium has
therefore generally been oblnintjd.
The improvement of rates shown to have
been hnppily obtained is. of Course, of too re
cent a date to have had much influence yet on
the revenue or profit of the Company. It is
however, a in tter of satisfaction to announce
that, indcpti: entiy of this new advantage, to
be regarded : ospectively, the operations of
Die past six nu -ths of the present year have been
productive of lair amount of proiit. This fa
vorable chang . aas very properly had its influ
ence in the in termination of the Directors in
their recommendation of. the amount of Divi
dend and Bonus to be declared at this Sleeting.
J.tl'E laiA.M 11,
The present aspect and future prospects of the
Life Branch remain as promising as ever, and it
is confidently believed that the'measures to be
announced on this, occasion will lead to its in
creased permanent prosperity.
Tiie report of the last year exhibited the pro
gress of the Company by grouping the Sums As
sured' into I our quinquennial periods, showing
in the— ' =
Ist period of r> years to I*l9 a total sum Assured
"I •••• £ 272,7%
2d' “ “ IXii-l •< “ 723,108
; 81 “ “ “ 18.70 “ “ 3,037,1:78
ilh “ “ “ 3xol “ 3,l:i!),gir,
Two years have now expired of a fresh quin
quennial period, and it cannot but be deemed
satisfactory evidence of great success to find that
in those years (1805 and 386(7), assurances have
lieen effected to the extent of £1,718.771, being
more than the entire five years to the 3d period,
viz., to 1830 inclusive.
It can be shown that in those same two years
the standard of eligibility has been strictly inain
ained, as 774 Lives have been dec-lined in the
period for no less an aggregate Sum Assured
than .£118.075 12s. 3d.
These figures should not be passed over un
heeded, since they indicate clearly the caution
still exercised In accepting Lives, and they form
the weightiest argument to induce good Lives to
select a Company which gives to its Assurers an
entire body of copartners with the best prospects
of longevity.
The Directors would again- refer to the estimate
in the last Actuarial Report of a probable Increase
to the .Life and Annuity Funds of One Million
Sterling in 10 years, or ol £lOO,OOO annually dur
ing that period. The actual increase to those
Funds in the past year is £724,105 7s. ad.
in viriF.Niv.cNj> Boxes.
The Directors propose to the Proprietors that a
Dividend lie declared of 3s. per Share and a Bonus
of 4s. per Share, together 7s. per Share, free of
income Lax.
The considerations which have induced the Di
rectors to propose a continuance of the same
Dividend and Bonus for the present year have
tsjen partly anticipated in a preceding paragraph
of the Report. '
It is true that the payment of the Dividend will
exhaust the amount remaining at the credit of
Profit and Loss standing at the end of the year
186 G: as. however, it can he accomplished with
out encroaching on the amount of Reserve,
which will stand as before at the sum of £110,913
‘is. ltid., it has been considered consistent with
propriety to continue the same amount rather
than declare a reduced sum on one occasion,
which, from the present somewhat improved
aspect of the accounts, might possibly not
be deemed needful again. Looking at the
heavy losses throughout the entire year
visiting all parts of the world, and hardly sparing
one Insurance-Establishment in this or any other
country, it was not anticipated (until- the .ac
counts were made up and found to exhibit more
favorable features than expected) that the Divi
dend could be paid cut-of Profit and Loss,leaving
the Reserve to stand at the amount at which it
stood in the preceding year. There will, more
over, remain a sum of about £40,0011, since added
to the credit of Profit and Lo3s on account of the
Profits of the present year.
The Proprietors will not fail to draw the follow
ing inevitable conclusions from a review of the
whole subject: :
1 stly—That if the adverse experience of the past
two yearn had been carried on to the same ex
tent during the six months of the present year,
it must have resulted in the declaratjou of a
largely-red need Dividend, extending through
and possibly far beyond the period which
marked the continuance of such disasters,
iindly—That the uniform resistance made by the
Directors in times past to the declaration of
any Dividend likely to be reduced in time to
conic, iB now shown to be in entire accordance
with the true government of an Insurance Com
pany: and
3raly—That any future periods of prosperity,
when they arrive, should primarily be used to
accumulate such a Reserve Fund as will give at
least a high degree of probability that any fu
ture Dividends declare by the Directors shall be
declared permanently continued.
. These are the axioms which fixed themselves
on the minds of the first projectors of the Royal
Insurance Company, as self-evident truths,"in
their efforts to work out the problem of good
management which was then given them to
demonstrate. They have been consistently kept
in view by the past and present Directors of the
Company; and it will doubtless be considered by
the Shareholders in accordance with their present
interests and iuture expectations of prosperity,
that they should be continuously and inflexibly
maintained. Ciiaki.es Turner, Chairman.
August Bth, 1807.
Mr. Dove also read the various" statements of
account.
Martyrs to Carelessness If all the teeth
that have been ruined by neglect could be strong
together, they would reach thrice round the
world. There may have been some excuse for
this havoc in days gone by, whon there was no
absolute safeguard against dental decoy in exist
ence, but there is no apology for it now. Fka
fi rant Sozopont, the world-renowned antiseptic
dentifrice, as’certainly protects the teeth against
decay, as oif prevents steel frpm rusting, or
water arrests the progress of fire. •' -
The Evening Post tells us that carbolic
acid, used by means of a saturated cloth hung
up in a room, will effectually drive away flies
and mosquitoes, and that experiment has
been successfully tried.
Samuel S. Fktiierston &.Co.,
China and Glass Store,
210 South Second street.
Balls, parties, suppers, pic-nlcs, etc.,, fur
nished with all kinds of Glass, Chins, and other ware,
at the lowest prices, by S. S. .Fetherston & Go,, 2TO
South Second street.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1867.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
’A FRANCE.
Napoleon’s New ‘♦Beiorm.”
Tiie mountain has brought forth a mouse.
What has been for a week announced as a decla
ration of new policy, possibly an affirmation of
the 19th-of-Janunry decrees in respect to the
press and public meetings, turns out to be a mea
sure of administratibri iu respect to parish roads.
The Emperor has addressed the following letter
to M. de Lavalette, the Minister of the Interior:
“Camp of Chalons, Aug. 35. — Ahmneur le
Mimtlrt: You are aware what importance, I
attach to the prompt' completion of 'our means
of communication. I consider them one of the
surest ways of increasing the strength and riches
of France, for everywhere the number and good
condition of the roads" are one of the most cer
tain signs of the advanced state ot the civilization
of peoples.
“I have already given instructions to the Min
ister of Public Works to pursue the examination
and prepare tiie concession of new lines of rail
way; He will, at the same time, seek the means
of improving our canals and the navigation of
our rivers, which are modifying counterpoises tos
railroad monopoly. But our efforts must not be '
couflncd to this aloue. The Agricultural Com
mission has demonstrated in an evident manner
that the construction of a complete network of,
parish roads is an essential condition of the pros
perity of the country and of the well-being of
Uiose rural populations who have always shown
me so much devotion. Preoccupied with the
realization of this projec t. I had instructed you
to examine, in concert with the Minister of Fi
nance, a series of measures which might permit
of our terminating within ten years the network
of parish rouds by tiie triple concurrence of tiie
Communes, tbe Departments and the State. Be
sides this, desirous of facilitating in the ease of
the Communes the means of participating in-the
expense, I had requested you to prepare for tin;
creation of a special fund destined to advance
them the necessary sums by means of , loans
.granted at a moderate rate, and repayable at long
periods.
“1 approve the note which you have addressed
to me, and the principle which serves it as a
basis. But as, before presenting to the Legisla
tive Body any definitive resolutions, there are
several important questions to examine, I
beg you to prepare complete and precise elements
ol information. The deliberations of the Muni
cipal Councils will evidently require to be the
point of departure of this labor. But I desire
that, in the investigation. which is aboufc to be
opened, a large part may be left to the members
ol those departmental assemblies with whose
patriotism and devotion lam acquainted, and
whose concurrence I know will cot fail me.
“I rely upon the enlightened zeal and the
energetic activity-which you have shown since I
placed you at the bead ot Die Department of the
Interior to rapidly bring to a termination this
administrative investigation, and to lay before
the legislative body, at its next sitting, a bill
which may insure the execution of the work the
realization of which I have greatly at heart
“Hereon, Monsieur lc Mmistre, I pray God to
have you In His holy keeping. Nai-0i.f.0n.”
Mi de Lavalette has published a report, dated
the 16th inst, relative to the execution of the
measure proposed in the above letter,, and a
miniate rial decree convoking the Municipal
Councils during the first ten days in September,
in order to revise the classification of parish
roads. The Minister has also addressed a cir
cular to the Prefects concerning the application
of the decree.
SPANISH REVOLUTION.
Prim’s movement in tbe Provinces—
Queen Isabella’s Tbronc Doomed.
(I‘nria (August 191 Carretpondence of the London Time*.)
Although the report that General Prim had en
tered Spam has been contradicted and is appa
rently unfounded, the Paris Liberie nevertheless,
insists that an insurrection has by this
time broken out in that country, lve still
await telegraphic confirmation of the Libp-ti's
conviction; but there would certainly be nothing
surprising in its proving true. The tyranny.ahd
gross misrule of successive governments, hud
especially of the present one, have long been
ripening a revolution. And this is the season of
the year when such things generally break out
south of the Pyrenees. The last attempt—that
of Prim—was made in winter, and turned out a
signal failure, not from want of sympathy on the
part of the people, but because many who
were to have taken a prominent part in.
it were either lukewarm or cowed and
broken down at tbe last moment.
Since then the atrocities committed—the whole
sale shootings and transportations and innumera
ble acts of injustice and oppression—have exas
perated the nation to sueh a point that it is diffi
cult to believe the summer will end without an
outbreak. No man, however aloof he may keep:
from politics, is safe from prison and even
worse,and from such a general state of personal in
security the nation is eager to escape. This it can
only do at the price of rebellion,-which we may
reasonably expect to prove tlie most serious that
Inis occurred in Spain since the death of Ferdi
nand.
This time it is not the overthrow’ of the Cabi
net, but that of the dynasty that will be aimed at,
and doubtless achieved. The days of the reign of
the “innocent Isabel,” as it was the fashion to call
her in her infancy, may be looked upon as num
bered. The difference of yJgiKfljujiJong ago ex
isting upon that head among the members of the
liberal party has given way under re
peated persecution, and the erv will no
longer be “Down with the. Minister ‘and
long live the Queen,” but “Away with them
all!” The most knotty point to consider is. who
shall succeed her. The idea of an Iberian em
pire, long cherished by a considerable party in
Spain, has become le9s and less practicable. The
Portuguese are naturally little inclined to a
union, which for them would be absorption; their
King, notwithstanding his good, qualities, is
barmy the stamp of man to smooth away, by his
personal energy and sagacity, the difficulties in
the way of so great a scheme; it will probably
I be necessary to look elsewhere. Pretenders will
not be wanting, A French legitimist paper has
just indulged in a glowing panegyric of the chief
of the younger branch, Don Carlos de Bourbon,
whoso high qualities and noble intentions it vaunts
as peculiarly adapting him to grace a crown and
insure his country happiness. Many wifi proba
bly think, however, that it will not bo worth
while to expel the reigning Bourbon in order to
put another of the same family in her place.
Such may be expected to be the feeling in Spain,
where the name of Don Carlos is painfully asso
ciated with long wars and much misery. It is
difficult to suppose that if a revolution occurs in
Spain its leaders will bo unprepared with a sub
stitute for the power they design to overthrow.
That ttufthronc of the present sovereign is
highly insecure admits not of a doubt to any who
are acquainted with the present state of things in
Spain. v
BRITISH REFORM.
Joint Bright on Vote by Ballot— I The
Future Work off the League.
The following letter has recently been re
ceived by Mr. E. Beales, the President of the
.Reform League, in reply to the announcement
that the League would use its organization,'con
sisting of four hundred and thirty branches, for
the purposes of registration, educating the people
in the use of the vote, and promoting the return
to the next Parliament of members pledged to
advanced liberal principles.
FROM JOHN
My Dear Mr. Beales. — l am glad to see that it
is not intended to discontinue the. organization
and labors of the Reform League, although so
great a step has been gained in the extension of
the suffrage. On that branch of the question of
reform I presume you wifi not Jfoel it necessary
now to agitate further, so ’far Ss the boroughs
arc couccrncd.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
„ —ig >. „„ mi too fim
reception of the L'nited States sqtladron and Ad
miral Farragut, off Kronstadt,' by the Itussian
authorities, vour eorre.-pondent will refer brielly
to the reception of the Frolic at Stettin-on-the-
Odcr by the laud and marine officers of
Prussia. The Frolic, on the way from
Cherbourg to Kronstadts put in at Stettin, Pras
sia, to take.on hoard Mrs. Admiral. Farragut and
party, who had come overland, through Cologne,
up the Rhine, and Berlin from Paris. The ap
pearance of the Frolic at Stettin was the tint
visitation of an American ship to Prussian wa
ters, and the greatest curiosity was manifested on
tiie part of the Prussians. At first there was a
Jjind of hesitation about the progress of the ship
'up the Oder on the part of the Prussians, who
were token completely by surprise at the first ap
pearance of an American armed ship steaming
so far inland. As the kind intention of the Frolic
was manifested, the hesitation of the Pros-'
aians gave way to curiosity, then unbounded
courtesy, then enthusiasm,'which went On in
creasing amid shouting, rejoicing, firing of can
nons, and bands of muelc, till one grand, wild,
and' spontaneous ovation from land and shore
weleomed the Frolic in Prussian waters. As the
Frolic approached Stettin, the-shore batteries
pealed forth the national salute to America, and
pn ail sides was ran up the American flag. The
people thronged the More in crowds, while the
Prussi’angarnson was marched out and stood at
parade rest, to welcome the Frolic’s arrival. The
newspapers came out with extra editions, an
nouncing the ship’s arrival, and the Prussian
commandercnme on board wcleoining the ship’s
arrival. On the morning of the 11th, the people,
nobility, officers and ladies came thronging on
hoard, and during the day about fltteen thousand
people looked over the f'rolic with the greatest
curiosity and admiration. On the arrival of
Mrs. Farragut and party from Berlin, the
Prussian authorities furnished magnificent
carriages to convey them to the ship.
The people thronged the carriage, throwing bou
"quets and shouting’ “America” from the railroad
to the Frolic’s boat, where Prussian bands,and ele
gantly dressed aidß-de-camp, accompanied the,
ladies on board. Once on board, the grand salvos
of artillery burst out from the shore and every
house-top, and every available space of ground
on cither Bide of the Oder was thronged with peo- !
pit, waving American colors and shouting Ame
rica! The steamers carrying the American flag
now pushed out from the shore wittebands play
ing American airs, and thronged \rah .officers and
nobility, who accompanied the Frolic to Swine
miide, where a grand ball was improvised in
honor of the American ship. No one can ac
count for the vast enthusiasm of the Prussians,
unless it came politically through the command
ol King William, at Berlin,-
It Mould be apropos-fo mention the fact, that
the Frolic was one of The Clvdc-buiit steamers,
fitted out in England as a blockade-runner for
tlie Rebels. She was captured by our fleet oif
Charleston during the war. Her original name
iri England was the “Lord Clyde,” anti her Rebel
name was “A. E. Vance.”
Exited States Flao-ship 'Fp.ankijx, Off
Kuoxstapt, Russia, August 15, 18ti7.—The flag
ship Franklin, with Admiral Farragut, arrived off
Kronstadt on the evening of the-10th. The squa
dron arrived in Russian waters without invitation
or announcement. Our squadron-found here the
Norwegian and Swedish fleets, which have been
waiting some time for a reception by the Grand
Duke Conßtantine. On the arrival of the American
semndron, the Grand Duke Constantine was ab
sent from St. Petersburg, and was to remain ab
sent for ten days. The C'zar Alexander was also
on a visit to the. Crimea for the benefit of his
health. Rear-Admiral Lessofskv was the highest
officer of the Russian Government at St. Peters
burg. On telegraphing our arrival, the Grand
Duke immediately returned to do honor to the
American Admiral and the American squadron.
The arrival ot the squadron has been attended
with the most delicate courtesies on the part of
the Russian authorities.
As the flag of Admiral Farragut came into view
beyond Kronstadt, before, even, we bad 6alutcd
the Russian colors fa custom always observed
among Europeans), the fleet and Kronstadt bat
teries fired the Admiral's salute of 17 guns.
Before we could finish answoring the 17 guns,
the Russians belched forth the National salute of
21 guns from fleot and Bhore, with the American
flag at the fore-maßt head, and waving from the
flag-staff of Kronstadt. As the American flagship
came up the Russian fleot advanced
to meet us With rigging manned,
and amid the wildest snouts of the
Russian throe times three, and salvos of artillery
from the cannons of Kronstadt, Admiral Lessof
sky como on board immediately, offering the hos- >.
pitalitics of Russia and welcoming the Admiral
in the warmest manner. Sunday, the 11th, was
a quiet day, but on Monday Admiral Farragut
received the Russian officers, giving them a
lunch on the flagship. On the 18th the clvU au
thorities of St. Petersburg, the Mayor, &c„ paid
a state visit to the fleet, offering the hospitalities
and freedom of St. Petersburg to the American
fleet.
On the 14th, Admiral Farragut paid his first
visit to St. Petersburg, whore he was received
with his staff by Gen. Clay, who met him at the
landing with carriages, ana conveyed him to the
rooms of the American minister, whore a colla
tion was partaken of; the Rnnsinns to ah turf
speeches mode, and arrangements made for the
reception of our officers by the Grand Duke
Constantine, which takes place this afternoon,
and the facts of which I shall write in my letter
this evonlng. Mrs. Farragut is the guest of
Madam Lcssofeky at Kronßtadt.
As yet the ceremonies have been tho common
coremonics attending the arrival of a distin
guished Admiral, heightened by the fact that ho
is an American, The Winter palace and shrines
of the churches have been thrown open to the
inspection of our,offlcers,who have thronged St. ;
Petersburg,, in citizen's during tho last two
DRICIIIT.
.. the concession of a wMc franchise is most
incomplete so long ns security at the ballot is
denied. As a machinery for conducting elections
without disorder, the arrangement of the ballot
is perfect, and if. on that ground ouly, it should
be adopted. But there is a'higher ground on
which all reformers should insist upon it. The
more wide the suffrage,the more there arc of men
in humble circumstances who arc admitted to
thQ a exerciagyof political rights, the more clearly
is it necessary that the shelter of the ballot
should be granted. I am confident it Would
lessen expenses at elections, greatly diminish
corruption, and destroy the odious system of in
timidation which now so extensively prevails,
and that it would make the House oi Commons
a more complete representation of the opinions
and wishes of the electoral body. I have a very
fcStrong conviction on this subject, and I hope all
our friends throughout the country' will accept
the ballot aB the next great question for which,
in connection with Parliamentary reform, they
ought to contend. Without tills safeguard,
there can be no escape from corruption and
oppression at elections, and our political con
tests will still remain what they now are, a
discredit to us as a fijee and intelligent popple,
if the Reform. League and Reform Union' will
make the ballot their next work, they must soon
succeed. I need not tell you that I shall heartily
join them in their labors for this great end. I
Lope the friends of. the ballot—those Who carp
lor freedom and morality in the working of our
representative system—will provide the 'necdful
funds to enable you to move on with an increas
ing force to a complete success. Believe me, al>
ways sincerely yours, John Bright.
Kioioxjj.Bkalks, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, London.
AOIUIRAL FAKRAGDT~HLS RECEP
TION IN ELKO PE.
Uiu Visit to PriiMia-fntliiisiaKlic 15c
ceptf on—Honors to I?lrs. Artmirnl
fe'arrngut—'o i»e Grand Ovation by tltc
Town of Stcttiii-/jprussiii Vicing* with
Russia in Honoring* (be American
Fiaff. /I .
[Correspondence of the Netv York Trilmm*.]
Un*ite/> Statics Flag-ship Franklin, off
KronstahTwSt. Peteji-hh-rg, liussxu, August
15, — 7 Pelor6' giving an account of tbc first
days. Every one ig engaged in sight-,-cifing,
purchasing malachite mementoes, and doim* St.
Petersburg privately,before the official reception.
PBINCE ALFRED, OF ENGLAND, AT
RIO.
Arrival at Rio Janeiro ot the Duke of
Edinburgh.
Rio Janeiro, August 1, 1867. —The general
newt here is the arrival of Captain the Duke of
Edinburgh, in his ship the Galatea., The Royal
Captain was saluted by the ships-of-war and the
batteries on his arrival, with twenty-one guns—
his royal standard flying at - the main. The
Admiral went on board ..the Prince’s ship,
contrary, perhaps, to regulation; but the
roya! standard supersedes all things. Be this as
it may, the royal duke came on shore, where he
was received by the Conde d’Eu,. who took him
to his house, where he was entertained that
evening at an excellent soiree. The Monday
after, his Royal Highness was entertained at a
ball given by the British residents, who treated
him right royally. He left the next day for the
Cape of Good Hope, on his vovage round the
world.
The Prince is described—for I have not seen
him—ns a young man of the Georgian stamp.
Now, I have never seen any of the Georges, as I
was too young when iu England to see the last—
namely, George the Fourth. He may be, how
ever, a good-looking young man. At anv rate it
is to be hoped that when he gets to the Cape of
Good Hope he wifi have sufficiently sowed his
wild oats not to propose to serve out “old
Grey”—the Governor when ho was last there—
by stalling a lot of stones in the-old gentleman's
bed, “old Grey,” being then Governor of the
Cape, for which prank young Master Alfred and
a brother midshipman were sent ou board, with
a request not to scud them on shore again.
Allied is a captain now, and, perhaps, will behave
better.
On tbe 18th the Prince and tbe Count d’Eu
visited tbe naval arsenal and exam iued the five
ironclads which arc now building, and the dry
dock at Cobras Island. In tbe afternoou bis
Majesty the Emperor visited the Prince on board
tbe frigate. On the following morning Mr.
Thornton, her Britannic Majesty’s Minister at
this Court, gave a grand ball in honor of the
Prince, at which their Majesties tbe Em
peror and Empress, and tbe Count and
Countess d’En, were present, besides tbe
Ministers of State, many officers of the army' and
navy and Brazilian and foreign residents. The
imperial family tmd the Prince only retired be
tween two and three o'clock in the morning. „.On
the 20lh the Prince dined with the Emperor at
Ihe palace of St. Christopher. Tlio Ministers of
State, Mr. Thornton and the English, French and
American Admirals wero.also honored with invi
tations! On the night of the 22<1 the British resi
dents of Rio de Janeiro offered his Royal High
ness a splendid ball at the magnificent
rooms of the Casino. The Imperial family ho
nored the ball with their presence. His Royal
Highness twice danced the Scotch reel—the first
time with Mrs. Thornton, and the second with
Mrs. Gunning. IThe Prince retired at half-past
three o’clock in the morning, and the Imperial
family immediately after, amid enthusiastic
cheers. The ball broke np at four o’clock. Outlie
morning of the 23d nit. the Galatea left for the
Cape of Good Hope.
Suicide of Jill American in England*
- --'Washington, September 1,1867 Our Consul
at London has 6ent the folio wing to the State
Department: - »
Ln-ited States Consulate/ London, August
17. 1867.— H0n. William H. Seicard, Secretary oJ h
Stale. Sin: Qd the 10th instant a police officer
from Richmoud, about fifteen miles from this
consulate, called and informed me that a man
having the appearance of being an American,
and whom from • several circumstances,
they believed to be an American citizen,
had that morning committed suicide by
sliootiog himself at the Roebuck Hotel,
Richmond. On his statement of the case I
thought it advisable to investigate the case as far
as remaining facts would permit. I accordingly
sent Deputy llunu to be present at the inquest,
to see it the man could be identified, and report
to me fully all the known facts of the case. I
herewith inclose his report. The little money
found about him was applied to bearing in part
the expenses of liis funeral. I have the honor
to he your obedient servant.
F. H. Morse, Consul.
On the 10th of August, 1867, an inquest was
held at the Roebuck Hotel, Richmond, Surry,
near London, England, on the body of a gentle
man, name unknown. He was about fifty years
of age, five feet eight inches high, large Roman
nose. high forehead, bald head, very intellectual
countenance, face clean shaved, and was dressed
in a check tweed suit. He arrived at the hotel
on the 7th of August, 'remained there that
day and night, and oil the following after
'noon,-.after, dinner,’asked for writing materials’.
After grumbling at the ink and pens he wrote
on a sup of paper atfd paid his bill. Near half
past nine o’clock at night he complained to the
waiter of a severe headache, asked for a light,
and went'dp stairs to his bed-room. Half an
hour afterwards a report was heard, and, on as
certaining the cause thereof, it was discovered
that he had shot himself in the water-c®6et. He
was found still living, and was removed to a bed
room. On an examination by a surgeon his
skull was found to be fractured' and partially
blown away. He remained insensible until death
occurred, which was about two hours ufter
wards. On bang searched a paper was found in
his trousers pocket, on which the following was
written:
This for my friends in New York:—l feel my old
fit will be on me sharp, but I will disappoint the
beggar (or bulferj written very indistinctly) this
time. He won’t find old John Robinson, I guess."
There was also found in his bag and upon his
person the following: SLx half sovereigns, gold;
three half-crowns, silver; two three-penny pieces,
silver; three and a half pence, copper; a purse
with d card with “Mr. J. Eobinson’’on it; a scarf,
the'bag named above, a very small leather cloth
bag, pistol, single barrel, maker’s name,
Rielly & Co., Oxford street, London; powder
flask. two leaden bullets, some percussion caps,
a white kid glove (cut up), a pair of old-fashioned
spectacles and case, and a silk umbrella. Thore
were no other marks ou the linen, except the
initials “J. R.,’’ written very faintly on his pocket
handkerchief. The paper written on was part of
the sheet supplied to him at the hotel. His con
versation with the landlord and some visitors in
the coffee room seemed to indicate that ho was
an American citizen. The verdict of the coro- |
ner’s jury was “temporary insanity.”
Power of Imagination.— A box supposed
to contain a dead body was recently for
warded from Boston to Halifax, by the East
’’em Express Company. Such boxes often
emit an unpleasant smell, and when this par
ticular one reached Portland the odor was so
oifensive a teamster would not load the box
into his wagon. The Company were anxious
to get it away, as the police were urging the
immediate removal of an article which was
endangering the health of the people in the city.
A second teamster was sent down,and was so
affected by the smell that he became sick and
giddy, discharged freely from his stomach,
and would have staggered over the wharf had
ho not been’ caught by those standing by.
After a few more had detected a “strong
smell,” it was decided that the box should bo
opened. Thiß was dono, and a very hand
somely carved Indian figure in wood was dis
closed to tho gaze pf the crestfallen teamsters---
everything about it as clean and sweet as a
new planed board; It was intended as a sign
for some enterprising tobacconist.
Tho lost linoal descendant of the last Irish
King is working in Liverpool m a stone mason.’,
Wot havo met the 1. d. ourself, in many plages
and under numerous names.
F I. EKTHERSTON. Pafflfelmr.
PRICE THREE GENTS,
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—The Madman is the name of ft new Ncapoiiatle
journal. ■
—The colored men of St. Lon's hate nominated
one of their number for alderman.
—Marshall, the painter of Lincoln’s portrait, is
now engaged on a liksness of Grant.
. —Pnd Diggs to to-be hung in September. Pud
is a Kentucky guerilla.
—The Indians, in attacking a fort, tie their
horses, strip themselves naked, and fight on foot
—A new comic paper is reportedin London for
the 2d of September. It is to be called Banter.
—Jesse D. Bright is named for the Speak
ership of the Kentucky House of Represen
tatives. ■
-Religious troubles and the loss of some table
cloths caused a St. Louis ,woman to kill: herself
with arsenic.
, -There are five patent egg-hatching machines ,
in this country. Why don’t somebody now in
vent patent eggs?
—They have a clam-bake poet down in Rhode
Island, who sings of clams, and compares man,
after he eats clams, to a pumpkin in the sun,
—The closing exercises of a prayer meeting, in '
Indiana, Sunday evening, consisted in beatingta
death a man by the’name of Funk.
—The English coal mines increased their pro
duction last year some three and one-half mil,
lions of tons.
--John celey’6 autograph letters scolding hto
wile brought a largo price at a recent sale in
London They are capital models for unhappv
—The Pans Indies have a club where thev can
smoke, play cards and billiards, and take* their
fiei.t ivrre. Husbands are forbidden in the sacred
The Germans in San -Francisco arc forming
a company to encourage emigration of their
business 1 ** 11 a^ru ssia. Lo engage in-the fishing
—A .New Haven clergyman lias given up
pieaehiug and learned the carpenter’s ‘ trade; at
could not Can maku a livin K> llt the former he
—A Loudon that a coroner’s jury
has condemned thcatmosphere of the under
ground railway, declaring that it accelerated the
death of a passenger.
— A “ aillfgator lias been captured in.the harbor
ol Baltimore. The question among Baltimoreans
udeviate 1 11 tkerc ' J Probably through the
A posthumous work by Mendelssohn, com
posed in 1820, and called the “Trompoten 6uver
ture, hitherto unknown to tho musical world
has been published. ’
—Faro fleeced a Chicago gambler out of 95,000
Inst week, an ounce of laudanum sent him part
wav to another world, and a stomach pump
brough t him back to this. . ■
n ir , 2 t s a n ronoß , of Poris, 111., tied a terra
pin behind him, on horseback, to carry home
inTm th i e ? eId A T be terrapin Netted the horse,
an d the latter threw Mr. Young, who died of his
injuries next day.
—Among the attractions of the White Mona
tains a young lady mentions “a nice young man
to help you up the steep places and eat Innch.
with yon on the summit. What has the nice
young man to say?
—General Prim infofmed IsabeUahy a prlvate
letter, that she would be held “personally re
sponsible” for any further executions of mem
bers oithfiXiberal party;'and that “liberal blood
would be avenged in Bourbon blood.”
—Beecher wrote to Swinton praising . his
Twelve Decisive Battles,” comparing Napier’s
Peninsular War with it to the disadvantage of
the English book, spelling ctystal with an “h,”
and saying of the book “whose influence.”—JY.
1. World. :
of one of theillustrated Police
Gazettes came to Bellevue, lowa, last week, for a
photograph of the young lady whose unfortunate
marriage with a swindler, on first sight, has been
lately chronicled, but the stern Darent knocked
the lellow down, and a big brother lacked him
oat of doors.
—A curious marriage took place in London; a
blonde-haired young man of twenty-one married
a much more blonde-haired and 6/tmc-hnired lady
of sixty-live. At the conclusion of the ceremony
she turned to him and said tenderiv, “Yon won’t
bear me any malice for this, wfu' you ?” What a
commencement!
—Dr- Day, the Superintendent of the Bingham
ton Inebriate Asylum; says, in confutation of the
current slander about the prevalence of drunken
ness among women, that in four mouths he has
had only eight applications from women for ad
mission.. AiulAbesec'y''C'.yfc mostly Victims of.
opium, and mostly from Canada. . .
—The old French soldier who declined to allow
the Emperor Napoleon L to pass the line at
Ettiugcu, died a short time ago of old ln
the French government discovered that the
brave old fellow was still alive. He had been so
poor that ho often went to bed hungrv. Marshal
McMahon gave him a pension and "the Legion
of Honor.
—The death of Maximilian is now being per
formed at Milan. Maximilian falls in love with
the wife of Juarez, and the two lovers adore each
other in "spite of obstacles. The Empress Car
lotta ls sent to Europe, so as not to Interfere with
the intrigues of the Emperor. Juarez sweara
vengeance. He shuts up his wife in a nunnerv,
nndiays siege to Queretaro.
—The following memorandum was picked up
by one of the editorial force of the New York
Express: — “Skeleton skirt for wife; Godfrey’s
cordial for baby; No. 9 shoes for Matilda; nursing
bottle N 0.2; a gallon of whisky; pink saucer ana
powder for Miss Jones; one Testament; bor
rowed of Smith $l2; send for bread and beefsteak
at 12 M.; meet Julia at 5 P. M.
—ln Detroit, a nine selected from the report
ers is to play a match at base ball with a nine se
lected from the police force. The Dotroit Tri
bune states that the following rules will be ob
served:
Ladies admitted free, gentlemen for nothing,
and children at half price.
Munching peauuts'strlctly prohibited.
Any person caught applauding good play
will be put otf the grounds.
Silence, long continued,'not allowed under
anv circumstances.
Ladies will jrlease not observe the umpire ex
cept through opera glasses.
Catching fly fouls or fowls flying in order.
That is Incident to the gatne.
Any player hitting a Miss will bo severely
reprimanded.
Players “stealing” a base will be arrested on
the spot.
Policemen will wear muzzles.
In case of there being a “storm” of applause*
umbrellas will be furnished the players. ■
Spectators leaving the ground to “see ja,
man,” will be required to take the players a longs-
Nono of tho contestants will be allowed.to.
pay for anything to drink. :
A man running tho bases who is likely to bt»
put out will be allowed to “slide.”
Two detectives will bo furnished to look, for
lost balls. '
In case a player catches a fly on his nose and.
knows it, anyoody can kiss him for his, mother. 1 . >
No nonsense pormitte^.
■ Ik one of Doct. Ayres’# lectures he. states.that
Chemistry confers more practical benefit on man
kind than any other science, yet from no other
source could more bo -so easily obtained. Tho
arts and economies which chemistry would teach,,
if more thoroughly tod generally studied, would
speedily exopcißO a mostlKmefieent influence. Ho
freely confesses that he is Indebted to this scienoo
for the virtues of his remedies, and advises that
the practical application of chemistry to rnedl
j clno, tho arts, manufactures and agriculture bo
cnlomod upon onr college* and schools.'—
Wrightsvilk {Pa.) -SVqr.