The Express. — London, England, 1868-05-02 00:00:00

CJs-- • e• . 14. e 7 T 0 4 68 . ,) . . ,y rc.: 111 No. 6.782.] CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENE! ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 13, SR Jaa=a e4 re, loadoct, S.W. IRS/ IAL LIFE TINANCIAL ILIoVLTS OP TIM SOCTITY'II OPPIATIONS. The Annual Income, steadily Immesh& exceeds &MOOG lee Assurance Fund, safety Invested, la over The Bonus added to Policies at the last Dlvieloiress itt7ll.lll2 The 1 otal Claims by Death paid amount to £2,309,8711 3 he following are among the distinctive (Wow of the Society : t arm 5T87731.--On any policy for the whole of life, where the age does not exceed 60, one half of the annual premiums during the Bret fins years may remain o• credit, and may either owtinue u a debt on the policy, or be paid nil at any time. 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DRSCOTT'S BILIOTJS and LIVER a never (alib; remedy, prepared without any meraorlY Ingredient, wiU be found invaluable to all who roger trim ..dinci and liver compleints, indigestion, wind, spasms, 'ld& he‘s..iirriness of the eyes, Ira For habitual ost, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are trulY encellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the none, h, they create appetite, promote digestion, end strength= the whole nervous sy by W. lambert, ulniniuk c, kz Willinm-street, Charing-cross, and by most druggists. In '"•W. 1,. and three times the quantity in one. ts. 9d. Be ~ : ru to aak for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Uwe Alin The genuine ' l ' i n a square green package, with "William Lambert" en 'mod on the stamp. .&LL WHO SUFFER from INDIGESTION obo)! ass NORTOVII C4.IIOICILE PILIZ. 141 ovarrhare. BKOM. L It. IL lid.. and grAtEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. THIS Nal EVENING %Corday% May '2, DOINO TOE THE HEST. at 7: THE MIST NIGHT, balf-sue aad OLIVER TWIST, qoaxter to 10. Mr. ALFRED WIGAN, to-night. to Ida celebrated character al Achille Tabula Dotard In THE FIRST NIGHT. bir. J. L TOOLE la Tro Pieces. PIPERIAL JAPANESE TROUPE.—ROYAL AL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Conalating of twenty artistes. male and female, including the world-renowned little " ALL R IOW," in their marvellous perfurnuukve, consisting of Balancing, Top spinning, Tumbling, the Butterfly, and great Ladder Bette Under the direction of Professor Risley and M. Van OImon.—EVILAY NIGHT at Eight, terminating at ball-past Tie ; and Wednesdays and Saturdays at half part '4 . 110. Stalls, Qs.: dress circle, Is. ; uar trae cirtle. Sa. ; : gallery, la ; private boxes. from One to Guinean Children under 10 half-price. Places secured at the Bor-ellos by Mr. Nugent from Tin till The ; at Mr. Mit. theirs, Old Bond-street ; and at the principal Libraries. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Three Ballets—Promenade Coneett—lPlzatta at 10—Leotard at 11. Eight o'clock. One Mann. ROBERT HELLER, the famous American OONJ VIDA aad HUMORIST, will reopen POLYGRA P H IC HALL, King Wifilarn-atrort, Charing-crow on RANIER MONDAY, performing every evening at 8, and aWedaesday and Saturday afternoon. at & The beet conjuring atom the days of Robert Houdin ; Ms honorer convulsing, and reminding na ot Robe Ward. P2N WINE BINS.—The original manufao rara FARROW and JACKSON, wine and sad chant.' engineers. Great Towsrutreek Maneellatreet, B. Raynsarlset, where collars amy be seen fitted in various wars. French wine b in. per Waked Meilen Illustrated prised ..ataiognee on application. The Paris Rshibition —"ln Clam 80, Honourable Mention has been adjudged to Farrow and Jackson, 18, Great Tower-street, for their convenient and sensible iron wine bins, and for bar Attlegn."--City Press. BURGUNDY WINES.-PIOT FRERES, Growers and Factors, Macon. Depot for England. 262, Regeat-street, W.—Upwards of SO varieties of the Stoat growths. Burgundy is prosonuced by the faculty and connoisseurs to be preeminently the most salutary wine for this climate.—Assorted sample dozen by rail fur 440. fILARET.—PIOT FRERES have a choice cellar NJ of Bordeaux Wines, comprising the finest growths, old in bottle and in One condition for immediate use. Of the numerous I mines examined by the Lancet Sanitary Commission, Plot Freres' only were pronounced to be thoroughly genuine wine, of delicate and superior flavour. See Lancet," September 21, 11387. nein 148. to 1801. MF dozen. 282, Eegeat-street. PIOT FR/ERZS, Importers of CHAMPAGNE, Hock, Moodie. Choke effervereng Wines at moderate prim. lifts on applleation.-782, Regent-street, W.. north of Oxford-street. jabh TOT FRERES rempeetfnUy intimate that these ansonacements will only appear at rare intervals, In order that the prices of their wince shall not he Influenced by espen eive advertising. Note the address.-282, Regeatetreet, W. Teat*, rocs nest floor. RED WINES.—PHYTHIAN and SONS, wine merchants, 432. West Strand, solicit especial atten tion to their flue old Port, 241 , 305.. and 34. ; Tarragona, its. ; Medoe. 121 ; Yin Ordinaire, 18s. ' • St. Adieu, 240. ; Beeulolals, 4a. : Macon, 2 : 'puns, 80s.; fine sparkling Burgundy, 480. Terms cash, and carfisge free. - • WHITE WINES.—PHYTHIAN and SONS, wine merchants, 432, West Strand. solicit especial atten tion to their Guinea Sherry, 111, doe.: old Marsala, ISt ; spark ling ChtimPagne, 3139.. Chablis, 245. end SOa ; yin de Grave, 245.; Sauterne. Ws. , dinner Hock, 244. and 30s. Terms cash, and carriage tree. AD. VALENTIN, Wine and Spirit Merchant, I.('lapel- plioi (14114, Oxford4treet,.—SpeciaUty for French Wines and Brindle.. BRANDY, when perfectly pure, is at all times a harmless stimulant, possessing properties of great medical value, and has often been the means of saying human life. 140 moth, however, depends on the purity of the spirit that great caution should be exercised In Its selection. The sup plies forwarded by Messrs. Valentin to the London and other hospitals combine all the virtues characteristic of the finest and purest French brandy with exquisite delicacy of flavour, and have received the most unquallitgd approval.—Vide Court Journal, Jan. 11, 18t.e. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1686. This celebrated old IRISH WHISKY siiined the DUBLIN PRUE MEDAL—It is pure, wild, mallow, delicious, and very wholesome. Sold to bottle', Si. tid. each, at the retail houses in London ; by the siesta In the principal towns In Upland; or wholesale at 8, Ors Windmillabest,- W.—Obeerre the red seal, pink label. and cork brsaded"KW&an's LL Whisky. POTTER, 29, Duke-street, Piccadilly E. (nearly opposite the Burlington-arcade!, Importer of the Fined Branch of HAVANA CIGARS—viz , Partagas, heirs Floe de Cuba, Cabanas, Henry Clay, Principe de Calm, tiptiunms, IMM:tided, La Matilde, LegitimidatL To Conn,ds genre in tigers the above are especially recommended as being really first-class. TaICULTIVATION of TEA in the East ks has now beenrue an Important feature. Since the introduction of Assam Tea, nearly 40 yesrs ago, the mar INDIA TEA COMPANY have, on account of He great strength and exquisite flavour, promoted its sale by every means. The Tea Mutilate, then confined to Upper Ammo, have gradually extended, and Teat from other parts of futile are tyriving, thus offering greater varieties. The Company are now selling Amuse, Cachar, Darjeeling, &c., at from ts. 10d. to O. Ed. per lb. and China Teas as natal—Warehouses , No. 0, Great Mt. Helen's churchyard, Blahopsgate. Price Us* forwarded on application. THREE PRIZE MEDALS, PARIS EXHIBITION, 1867. PURE PICKLES, Sauces, Jams, and Table Delicacies, Of the highest quality, manufactured try CRMSR and BWKWELL, Purveyors to the Queen. Proprietors of Captain 'ilt4a's Oriental Pickle, Curry Paste, and other Condiments, Are sold retail In all parts of the world, and wholesale at the Manufactory. SOllO-SQUAkg, LONDON. THE SILICATE - Ti CARBON FII-frRIEI - The only really efficient - Marl:a pallyfog water from organic matter, anienaleulm, and all other enternaneee which produce disease. DI N I NO-ROOM FILTERS from DOMESTIC FILTERS BEDROOM FILTERS o POCKET FILTERS „ CISTERN FILTERS „ • MALY SERVICE FILTERS FOR PURIFYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER AND FOR mAtniyAcrtrßu‘c PURPOSES, FROM CO. to. UPWARDS. Met Lets and every Information mate on application to the STLIC4TED CARBON FILTER COMPANY. CHURCH.ROAD. BATTERSEA. LONDON, S.W. AGENTS EVERYWHERE. A TKINSON sad Co., 198 to 212, WEST muorria-mocia.loso, LONDON. CABIN - KT MARUFACTURERB.--Bhow Rooma f every Dearipttaa at Furniture. CARPIT WARZHOUSEMEDT. UPHOLSTKRIRS. FAMILY DRAPERS. TLLUSTRATED CATALOGUES, containing drawings of the•Plinittnre exhibited in the Show-roonsa, forwarded tree, or an be had on application, and which also enable purchasers to form an idea of the cost of ifarniahing, as each drawing has with it a osererponding price of the article shown. All goods marked In plain figura. ATKINSON and Co., IN to fit, WESTRINSTIM BRIDGE. ROAD. lA)NDON. BROWN BROTHERS.-PATENT (313AER 8 tad COMBER Dans& FursKuril. Traub. Podia,. Wok Isc., AS PRICES CONSIDERABLY REDUCED. 168, PICCADILLY. Catalosees THE BELGRAVIA MACHINE.—" Certainly U* most perfect and complete, from the simplest stitch tu the mai nabbed mabrolderT."—Metchanies' Mararine. Yartelloas eicellonee."--Courler. A Wheeler and Wilson largely improsed."—Sinrcistle Journal.—Depot, 29, High Hot. bees. lirF. THOMAS and Co.'S PATENT • 'Wm MACH INNS. —Theeelebeated No. 2 Machines, unequalled for general work. £lO. The new Domestic Machines, complete (Lock Mitch), LS Ga. Le ne.. end La---Catalogues free. W. P. THOMAR and Co., 1 and; Cheepside, and Depnacarcna Word-street. London. NOTHING lIIPOSSIBLX. AQUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to Its pristine hue, no matter at what age, JOItN 008VELL and Oct, have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent che mi sts, succeeded In perfecting this most wonderful Venid. It Is now offered Po the ißblle In a more con centrated form, aad at a lower prim—Sold in bottles, Si each ; also 5e., 7s. 8d ; *MM. each with break lad Bull Mart, AngeLptaiwite. IC Thamee-at., London, B.C. rpo LADIES.—ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, an Oriental Botanical Preparation for improving and Beauti fying the Comp!Edon aad Skin. The radiant hloom It Imparts to the cheek, and the softness and delicacy It firkins of the bands and arm, Its capability lmitation and ro moving an redness, tan, pimples, spots, free a, &colorations, and othm cutaneous visitations, render It indbpskaable to every toilet. Price ea. tid. and ra 6d per bottle. told by chemists and perfumer& Ask for " lowlands' Eabtor,' aa4 beware of spurious and perniciessartions tinder the name " Mayen." LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 2, MI ROBERT COCKS sad CO.'S CATALOGUES et NNW ad STANDARD MUSIC, wade aad poet free. FAR AWAY. Mho M. LuteArs New Sows. Tesetar and sada- Mow. Perhaps the roost theetasMag salflealadeay's mega "An elesaat and beautll.l sosp."—News of the World. fa, free by post for 19 stamps. Loudon : Robert Cooke sad Co., New Narllastowetrest, W. hke la. now to RENEW LIFE ; or, the Treatment and Cure of lailsoadea, Planks's, and NO7OIIII Also. Mans walla, to Maw Igloo Basray, 1.41.1 L, London. Dana and as.. as. Ladgatelifil. LC. INTELLIGENCE FROM ABROAD. (REl;Tilel ITAZOIAMB.) FRANOE. PARIS, MAY 1, Rvianie. In to day's sitting of the Legislative Body, the interpellation of M. Brame relative to the system of free trade was fixed for Monday, the 11th inst. The ensemble of the bill on the custom duties was adopted unanimously. The Cunstitutiotmel, in reply to a statement of the Journal des _Matt, denies that any disagree ment had taken place between M. Rouher and Marshal Niel in the commission on the budget. It says :—" Marshal Niel simply asks for grants which will enable him to keep France on a level with neighbouring powers. M. Rouher does not deny the necessity of these grants ; and not one word which passed between the two ministers could be interpreted as of a nature to create a belief that the peace of Europe was endangered." GREAT BATTLE IN INDIA. BOMBAY, APRIL 21. A great battle has taken place in Afghanistan between Sirdar Mahomed Yakogb Khan, Governor of Herat, and the reigning Ameer. It resulted in a great victory for the former, who captured Kan took the Ameer's brother prisoner, and proclaimed Shere Ali ruler of Afghanistan. (This telegram occupied eleven days in transmission ) FINE ARTS. THE ROYAL ACADEMY. The first of May, whatever it may be to the dweller amid the green field.' is in the Londoner's mind associated with the first peep a select public is allowed to take of the productions on which our painters and sculptors have been intent during the past year, and those who are fortunate enough to be within the range of those exclusive favours, private view tickets, anticipate the first day of May as one of those to be noted with • white stone. The privilege of being among those who are allowed to brush the bloom as it were from off these rich and delicate fruits which have been ripe ing in hundreds of studios to be served up as a gosgeous banquet to the most refined tastes of our nature is indeed an enviable one, and is always taken advantage of by those whom their position or connections places it within their reach with evident eagerness. The notion carried 1 away is that this year's exhibition, if not below the average mark, as some predicted I it would be, contains much fewer of what may be called sensation pictures than on former occasions, land perhaps the contributions bearing the names of some of our most honoured painters fall, as a general rule, somewhat sheet of the merit with whish they as, lineally assesiatol. This csooot be ' said, however, to app to to Mr. Masi*, who sends i tem pictures, which, if of small dimensions are the ripe product of his highest skill. The first illus trates the passage in Macbeth spoken by Lady Msobeth, which relates how she had '! drugged the poseet " of the grooms-in-waiting on the old king, who is represented sleeping profoundly, with the stupefied attendants stretched on the floor. The scene is from Keats's "Eve of St. Agnes," and cannot be exceeded for power allied to consummate finish. Mr. Millais has sent several paihtings denoting extraordinary industry, con sidering his other occupations. A scene from As Yea Like It is the most important. It shows extesordinary power and facility, but still more do "The Pilgrims to St. Paul," " Greenwich Pen sioners before Nelson's Tomb," and the " Reminis , canoe of Velasquez," which was executed for his ' diploma picture. Of Mr. Hook we have several specimens, all belonging to the same class of sub ' jai!, and illustrating sea life. " Lobster Catching" i and " The Morning After a Gale " are the best of , these—the latter full of light and breezy effect. : Mr. Frith returns to his old class of subjects drawn I from the literature of the latter part of the last century. The well-known scene where Goldsmith 1 • , to hi t m he sel a f m in use a m n e n e t ir OcfoaDtr.beloohrensaonlooankdinhgis ' ds, is admirably painted, but deficient in the a d.. character and expression of the faces. The smaller subject of " Stern with the French Innkeeper's . Daughter " is better in this respect. The smothered 1 oognetry of the young woman is conveyed with theism. The scene from Goldsmith's comedy, where Tojiy Lumpkin measures his height with Miss Neville, is to equal to anything Mr. Frith has done in this c..l* of subject. Sir Edwin Landseer's " Rent Day ;in 'the Wilderness," is hardly equal to his repu- I talon. The figures are weakly and carelessly wilted, the colour fiat and monotonous, but the I clop, of course, redeem much of the defectiveness of Ile work. Another picture, representing a holend watching by a dead stag, is more satisfac toe. Mr. Poole contributes a very fine work, full o f try, illustrating a tale of Chaucer's Custaunce Pe adrift by the constable of Alla. A female k ,1 : re w te i ,d, th haib t y he failhis ci p i n l ic d tad si ure ta eo i pcsu n t a ye d dh ri is, f , ti alvi n ck g ornch bo i a lo t du , ,st i .cri n , under • a of moonlight—graceful, airy, and full of 1 mystery of night. Mr. Feed, R.A., is best re- Ilghly well painted, as is every inch of this I ! work, it is doubtful if the subject is suited to ! treatment on such a scale. A pair of fustian trou t sere, and the earth-stained highlows, become thus really the effective centre of the picture. From Mr. Orchardson, A., we have an admirable por trait of Mrs. Birkett Foster, and a subject from 1 Shakspere, neither above nor below his usual mark, 1 which is a high one. The "Before Waterloo," of 1 Mr. O'Neill, R.A., representing the break-up of 1 festivities at Brussels , on the summons to the field ' !of Waterloo, is decidedly inferior to that artist's I ordinary level. As ambitious as the famous "East ward Ho !" which it follows in the scheme of coin i position, it is immeasurably being it in circum -1 stantial treatment. Some of the faces are idioti- I cally blank of expression. Mr. Goodall, R.A., sends a pair of religious paintings, " Mater Pariasima," and " Mater Dolorosa . ' The first is full of sweetness in the expression of the Madonna's face, and is instinct with I purity and grace. The second is characterised by more force, and is more elaborately painted, but has not the same grace and touching effect. Mr. Leighton's contributions are numerous and im portant. Tym"pltlatlieeASebaal-isdhoonreed"bi Theseus,"in tle nd l con tinental style of treating classiCal subjects, are the I most remarkable. In Mr. Ward's "Royal Mar riage " (1,477), we do not think it possible to recog ! lime the usual merits of the artist either in the conception or the execution. From Mr. Poole, R.A., we have " A Border Raid," a burial party seen through the shadee of night, a subject con : genial to the painter and worthily treated. Mr. • Nicoll, whose clever scenes of Irish life have raised I his name so high, has sent a more than usually important work, among others, called " The Cross 1 Roads," showing a party at the door of a country 1 post-office, who seem to have just alighted from one car, and are waiting for another. The in- I cident of the boy whistling as he waits for the mail 1 bags is in Mr. Nicoll's happiest manner. Mr. ; Horsley has three pictures, all good, but the beat las well as the largest is "Rent-day at Haddon Hall." Mr. Poynter's picture of " The Catapult," 'representing a number of half-naked figures working a huge engine of this sort at a siege, is without the stamp of originality to be expected from him. Mr. Elmore, R.A., sends two works ; the chief, "Two Women at a Mill," illustrating the Scriptural text, hardly shows the conscientious workmanship or force of concep tion the artist has led us to expect. We have, of course, in these notes omitted many striking works, and of the landscape and animal subjects, save in one instance, have said nothing. This class is nevertheless extremely well represented, but perhaps the portraits may be said to present the most numerous instance of excellence, the chief contributors to this department being Sir F. Grant, the president, Mr. Richmond, R.A., Mr. Watts, R.A., Mr. Sant, and Mr. Millais. We find we have omitted all notice of Mr. Calderon, R.A„ one of the recently elected academicians. He has sent several works, the best of them being his diploma picture, called " Whither ?" The rooms towards mid-day became crowded with the usual assemblage on these occasions, consisting of aristocratic , wealthy patrons of art, ar t ists , and literary celebrities, and other more or less closely interested in the annual crop of art productions which May-day brings to the first discreet light of a Royal Academy private view. ROYAL CONNINSLON ON PAIIIAZY EDIXATION (lanamo).—The Royal Commindon on Primary Educa tion (Ireland) met on Thanday at the dame of the com mission, id, tipper &shrills-street, Dublin. There were point :- 4%e Bari of Pawls, the Bari of Mamma, the Bishop of Meath, Ju d ge Mania. Neater Brooke, Bev. Dr. Wilson, Rev. B. M.,Cewie, Mr. Deem. Mr. Stokes, Pro fessor Wilmot, and Mr. Waldron. The secretaries, Messrs. May and Dunne. were In attendance. Mrs. S. A. Allen i s World's Hair Restorer or Domain. never fans to quickly restore grey or faded hair to Its youthful colour Ind beast'. It ,dll ammo Mk to Vs! , on bold It wilt =Oast mentb. Yens. ma blam.e provemall It makes the bar rich,eoft, and i =it arresit. contain' setae, oil ner su . ; it nth ad quit Obi emsbris. in large bottles—peke eix Sold mat elkmaida sad =Tr ailtoPatli dept Tarava.— AUSTRIA. VIENNA, 31 Av 1, EVENING. The Roumanian Minister of Foreign Affairs has' addressed a circular note to the representatives of the European Powers at Bucharest, denying the alleged persecution of the Jews, and complaining' of the activity displayed in this matter by the Austrian Consul-General at Jassy. The Austrian Consul-General at Bucharest has addressed an energetic note to M. Bratiano affirming, in the plainest language, that the Jews had been perse cuted ; repelling the attack made by M. Bratiano on the Consul-General at Jassy ; and demanding perfect freedom from molestation for the Jews. CANDIA. TRIESTE, RIAT 1. Intelligence has been received here from Athens to the 25th April. The Athens journals publish advice@ from Crete according to which an engage ment lasting the whole day took place on the 14th April, at Apocorona, between the Turkish troops and the insurgents ; the latter claiming to have been victorious. Mehemet Ali Pacha if said to have been in command of the Turkish forces. Other engagements are reported on the 11th, 12th, 15th, and 16th April. The Greek journals assert that the Turkish troops have since committed great outrages. The Greek steamers Union and Crete continue to make voyages to Crete with provisions and muni tions of war, returning with the families of the insurgents. THE EGYPTIAN LOAN. PARIS, MAT 1, EVENING. The Paris papers publish adkices from Cairo, dated April 29, stating that the Egyptian govern ment has concluded a loan of 250 million francs with the Credit Foncier, the Socidtd G‘niSrale, and the Ottoman Bank. The bonds will be issued at 70, will bear 7 per cent. interest, and be redeem able in 30 years. The loan is guaranteed by the customs revenue. The contractors have taken up half of the loan, and the other half will be raised by them at will. THE FOREIGN HAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY I.—The Hamburt and American Company's steamer Hammonia, from New York, has arrived here with 199 passengers for this port Havre, and Hamburg. She brings 45 sacks of mails, 162,550 dole. for England, 118,200 dole. for France, and 900 tons of cargo for Hamburg. On the 28th the Hammonia spoke the French steamer Ville de Paris and a barque-rigged steamer bound East, the latter having lost her maintopmast. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.—MARSEILLES, MAY 1. --The Pooneh arrived at 1.45 p.m. to-day. The mails leave for London at 5 p.m. by special train. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 30.—The National Steam ship Company's steamer Helvetia arrived here from Liver peol this evening. She embarked passengers and pro ceeded for Now York. All well. THE BRAZIL AND RIVER. PLATE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 2.—The Royal Mail Company's steamer Seine, with the above mails, has arrived off the Needles. DOWNING STREET, MAY 1. —The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable and Venerable Charles Amyand Harris, M.A., Arehdeaeonof Wilts, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the See of Gibraltar.—Ga:.(tte. The Record, referring to a statement to the effect that Dean Stanley was to preside at the next anni versary dinner at Cheslannt College—the college founded by the pious and evangelical Countess of Huntingdon— says that it appears from the congregationalist organs that the chairman will be Dean Alford, not Stanley. In the Contemporary Reriew, of which the Dean of Canterbury is the avowed editor, the first article is from the pen of an eminent congregationalist mtniater and a strong voluntary, the Rev. Mr. Dale, of Birmingham. EroN Cox.Lsoa.—Yesterday the reassembling of the school was completed by the arrival of the sixth form. and Eton accordingly now presents the busy aspect usual when the boys are in residence at the College. CRYSTAL Psisoa.—To-day being the opening day of the season, there will be a grand festival perform ance of Mendelasohn's Reformation Symphony, the music to CEdipus at Colones, and a miscellaneous operatic Fele*. Bon, In which Mdlle. Kellogg and other artistes of Her Majesty's Opera will take part. The orchestra will con sist of nearly fifteen hundred performers, including a chorus of nearly twelve hundred male voices. The weal promenade will take place after the concert. ROYAL SURREY Tugarna.—The management of this establishment have entered into an engagement with the Oriental Troupe from the Crystal Palace to give series of their extraordinary feats and original perform- anus at the above theatre, commencing this evening,' Saturday. SINGULAR SUBSIDENCE or LAND.—The neigh bourhood of Wolverhampton, and indeed the whole of the " black country," is undermined in all directions by coal and stone pita, either abandoned or still worked. "Crown ing in " of the subsidences of the earth in consequence of the giving way of the roofs of old mines is not uncommon. One of these, on a somewhat larger scale than usual, took place at Cinder-hill a mils and a halt from Wolverhamp ton, on the Duke of Sutherland's property. The 'tuba deuce was in progress for several hours, and resulted in a cavity of some fio yards wide and 20 deep. A great tree, a hedge, a hundred tons of manure, &pathway 50 yardslong, and a quantity of brick-makers' clay disappeared in the cavity. The sides of the cavity are very precipitous, and one child venturing too near had a narrow escape from falling in. WINE. —The market still rules quiet, but a slight improvement in general business begins to show limit. Home deliveries continue on the increase, a large propor tion of which are red wines from France the consumption for these wines having increased much lately. There has , been an active demand for Tarragona's, quotations for ' which have advanced 21. to 31. per pipe, and as the stock in the hands of growers is somewhat limited, we must ex pact still higher prices. Brandy: This market is mach limier, and several large contracts for parcels to arrive have been pawed, the general opinion being that the neat vintage will turn out a complete failure. Quotatimia con tains to advance. Rum : But little speculation is taking pleas in this spirit, the demand beginning to fal) Prices ritudn the same.—Lkensed Victuallers' Guardian. _ _ A great variety of durable and decorative tom coverings, consisting of Eamptulteot, Cocoa:vat llaithW. Lava tins, Chia* IlaWap, Floor Clothe he., may be sesa and their amparalfse LadoWllll.Advs sedla rlimeneol) asawWWW at Treloar's Wasthows, 47, [BT.OI:PED ld. ADDITIONAL] MUSIC. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. The last performance of the season—ea extra concert—took plate last night, when Jisj rA was given ; the principal solo vocalist. being Mille. Carols, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Miss Jolla Elton, Miss R. Henderson, Mr. Siam Reeves, and Mr. Santley. The present season (the thirty•oixth) of these cetoerts commenced on the 2/nd of November last with a per formance of the oratorio which last night clued the series—a work now jnitly standing almost as high is public estimation as the AltatiiA, and especially worthy id snob clog* by a society which has been so largely instru mental in extending our knowledge and appreciation of the sublime meted works of liendelmolui. The series of concerts just terminated has consisted of thirteen perform ances, that of December 13 having been the fire hundredth given by thin flourishing society in the great room of Exeter-hall : the oratorio chosen on that occasion having been Mr. Costa's A'somats—an appropriate and deserved tribute to the high merits and worth of the excellent con ductor whose exertions have so largely contributed to the mums of the Sacred Harmonic Society. Of last sight'. performanea little need be said beyond a general recognition of its admirable efficiency, the details being similar in most respects to those noticed by us on forum occasions. Mr. Costa was warmly greeted on his eppeumnees at the essiestetos de*, by an sedles* which crowded every part of the hall. CONCERTS ANCIENT AND MODERN. With the great oratorio performances at Exeter hall, and the serial choral concerts held at St. James's•hall, besides the Crystal Palace combination of orchestra and chorus, the proposed revival of rue extinct " Ancient Concerts " was a somewhat startling announce ment. The scheme, however, seems now to have under gone some modification, since the title has been revised as above. At the inaugural concert, given last night at St. James's-hall, Handel's Alexander's Feast, and Beet hoven's music to The Rotas of Athens, were performed. CONSEcRATION OF A BISHOP AT CANTERBURY. —Yesterday morning, it being the feast of St. Philip and St. James, was set apart for the consecration of the Hon. and Rev. C. A. Harris, late Archdeacon of Wilts, to the bishopric of Gibraltar, vacant by the resignation of the Right Rev. Dr. Trower. The ceremony took place in Can terbury Cathedral, where morning prayer was said at eight o'clock. The dean, canons, and clergy of the cathe dral met the archbishop and bishops in the audit room, and at the same time the usual procession was formed in the north choir aisle. On entering the choir the arch bishop proceeded to the north side of the altar,the bishop assistant to seats on the south side, the bishop about to be consecrated to a mat appointed in the sacrarium, the dean, canons, and six preachers to their appointed seats within the rails. The archbishop commenced the com munion service, the responses and Nicene Creed being sung. At the conclusion of the latter a arson was preached by the Rev. Thomas nehmen Carter, M.A., of Christ Church, Oxford, rector of Cleave, near Windsor. The sermon ended, the verger conducted the bishop nomi nate to the audit room, where he put on his rochet. Du ! ing his absence the anthem, " How lovely are the mese 'engem " (Mendelssohn), was sung. At Its conclusion the bishop nominate returned, sad was presented to the archbishop, who then proceeded with the consecration service, the Litany being chanted by two of the minor canons. When the archbishop had concluded the ques tions to the bishop nominate he retired and _put on the full episcopal rubes. 'During his absence an anthem, "Awake, put on thy strength, 0 Sim " (Wise), was rang. After this the bishop nominate returned, and the " Teta Creator" (Tanis) was sang by the whole choir. At the elan of the consecration service the "Gloria in exceleds " was sung. The new bishop is • younger brother of the Karl of Mal mesbury, and was born in 1813. GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INsilirmote.—The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of the above institution was held yesterday at the Hanoverequare rooms, Mr. Mackinnon in the chair. Mr. IC.agb, the secretary, rend the report, which commenced try con gratulating the friends of the institution en its matinned prosperity. The applieatioas for aid during 1867 bad been ; -the grants made numbered MK The cases investigated were 106 ; and the amount ex pended had been 1,379 f. 16s. 4d. There are mow 152 ladies in the actual receipt of elective annuities, in runes varying from 201. to 101. per annum. In the provident branch 1,325 ladies had been assisted to procure annuities for themselves. The Home continues to prosper, and during the year 229 lades have partaken of its advantages. By the registration scheme 962 ladies have been enabled to obtain Mt-nations. Since the formation of this branch in 1845, 19,000 ladies have been provided with 'hue tions free from all charge. There are 22 inmates now in the Asylum, and it is intended to erect new buildings on an improved plan, giving each lady an annual payment and • smell independent home. The annual subscriptions have slightly decreased, owing to the deaths of some of the early subscribers. The financial statement showed a total of receipts for the year of 14,6651. la., and an expen diture in annuities, grants, kc., of 14,3041. 10e. leaving &1., abalance of 3601. 10s. 4d. The provident fund Delanoe and receipts amounts to 25144!. 10s. &L The invested stook now amounts to 10th, O. The election of five ladies to annuities of atf each was then proceeded with. The highest six unsuccessful undidatts on the poll receive a gratuity of 101. each. THE PArtturric FUND.—At the fait meeting of the oomandasioners under the new commission for the government of the Patriotic Fund, held at the Palace, Westminster, on Monday last, the fol lowing gentlemen were reappointed as the executive and finance committee :—General the Hon. J. Lindsey, chairman; Colonel Alexander Skate Adair, A.D.C., Dr. Alexander Armstrong, R.N., Inspector-Ganeral of Hos pitals and Fleets ; Lord Carney,. Admiral Sir Henry J. Codrim Lieutenant-General J. R. Cracfurd, Genmal Sir R. J. Decree, K.C.8., Sir. F. W. Gibbs, C. 8., Admiral W. A. Berme Hamilton, MajereGeneral A. J. Lawrence, C.D., Brigadier-General J. H. Lefroy, R. A., the Right Hon. Sir J. S. Pakington, Sir William T. Power, K.C.8., Co • Generalein-4.thief ; Mr. E. Carleton Tufnell, ono of er Majesty's Inspectors of Schools; Rev. J. Woolley, LL.D., Director-General of Naval Education. Mr. William H. Mugford was elected , secretary to the (*omission and to the oxecative and I finance committee. _ ----- RETURN OF LORD LYTTELTON FROM NE W ZEALAND. —After a five mouths' absence from home, Lord Lyttelton returned on Thursday to his seat at fifruiler ? Woromiterabire, and the event elicited quite a demonstration in that quiet little piece. His lordship left England for New Zealand on Dec. -, the object of him excursion to that colony being to visit the Canterbury settlement, where there is a large number of immigrants from the neighbourhood of Higley, and with which Lord Lyttelton is connected, through his family, by tins of property. He was accompanied by his son, the Hon. Spencer Lyttelton, and Mr. Salle, Lo n d o n magistrate. He arrived at Healey on Thursday after noon, and there was a /ergs throng aikido the railway station to meet him. A troop of yeomanry escorted the carriage in which he drove to the hall, and cn entering the park cannons were fired in honour of the event. Hie l rd ship was received by the members of his family and other friends, including the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Sir Stephen Glynne, the Hon. r..roline Lavinia Lyttelton, Miss Pole Carew, Min Mary Gladstone, Mrs. John Gilbert Talbot, the Hon. P. G. Lyttelton, Hon. and Rev. W. H. Lyttelton, he. His lordship delivered a short address from the terrace of the hall, thanking his friends and neigh bours far the kind welcome they bad given him. OPINING OF A NEW PUBLIC PARK AT SOUTHPORT. —A new public park, 30 acres in extent, was yesterday formally opened by Mr. Peter Wood, the mayor of South port, amidst the general rejoicings of the inhabitants and visitors. Southport is a very prettily laid out and im proving watering place on the Lancashire coast, about 20 miles to the north of Liverpool, and, on acoonnt of its dry ness and salubrity, is largely resorted to both in summer and winter by the inhabitants of the manufacturing towns of both Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire, while from its accessibility by railway it is a favourite place of madame with Liverpool mon of business. The land for the park was presented about four years ago by the Rev. Charles Hesketh, the rector of Southport, and since that time the local commissioners, and succeeding thins the corporation, have been busy in its conversion. DILL* BODY FOUND. —On Thursday last, at noon, as a cowboy wax panting over the grounds of Miss Burdett Mutts, near Holly Ludo, Highgate, he discovered th e body of a seen lying on ground with a dreadful tut in the throe% and near the body he found the knife with which the wound had evidently been inflicted. The police west immediately eammuniutted with, and • was called to make an examination of the body.sur i f l ound that deceased had been dead several days, and the tural infarcts% is that be had been lying unobserved when he was fiend during the whole of that time. The body was conveyed to the Flask Tavern, where it will remain until after the inquest. The Coroner having been etre menieated with, his senetable proceeded to make inquiries. Be dim:mend that dammed was Mr. Bickentaff, • green. &item, wbo, up to the time of i his being mired Ave-dere Ti ago, lived at place of business i n Gerrardirtrest, dohs. —mm During the pant quarter of a centu r y n orn i man ' s Teas have had an hansom sale, and they are at per paned a b eam , to conmemence of the Seduced Duty hold, sporsd in Is the e kap sealr packets. sever , by Ite.leay. 1100 confectioners den, sal 1,300 chemists —fllshailmossmili . [ONE PENNY, DINNER, Tv MR. CHARLES DICKENS IN' NEW YORK. . - On Saturday the 18th ult., a dinner in honour of Mr. Charles Disks= was given at Delmenico's,. in New York, by the pets of the United States. " Although but few of those who were present' on this occasion had previously met Mr. Dickens (says the New York Times), it was, nevertheless; for them, if not for him, a reunion in very truth, Familiar in our mouths as household words' and the names and sayings and doings, of the characters of his creation, and through them, long ago—some of us when fi rst we b egan t o run ad read—we had an introduction to their author. It was like meeting an old friend, who had often entertained us, and endeavouring, in a feeble way, not to discharge, but to convey to him a sense of our indebtedness.."' About 200 gentlemen set down to table. The dining-hall was tastefully decorated with the British and American colours, and the tables we adorned with bouquets and vises of flowers. Horace Greeley presided, and on his right was the guest of the evening. Some delay was caused iu the commencement of the festivities by the sudden illness of Mr. Dickens, and it was reported that he would be unable to attend, but to the great gratification of the assemblage he made hitt peras= is thusiimplimrApost a 1 flifteisekhid. at once entered the dining-room leaning on the arm of the chairman. The cloth having been removed. Mr. Greeley rose and proposed • tfe toast of the evening. Mr. Dniester, who on rising to respond was received with such loud and long-continued cheering that he had to stand for some time awaiting an opportunity to speak, it as pertly follows :—Gentlemen,—l cannot do better t take my cue from your distingnistied president, and refer in my first remarks to his remarks in connection with the old, natural association between you and m WIND I re ceived an invitation from a private association of working members of the press of New York to dine with them to. day, I accepted that compliment in grateful remembrapce of a calling that was once my own, and in loyal symptsiby toward a brotherhood which, inspirit,l have quitted. (" Geod. good.") To the wholesome training of severe new.- paper work, when I was every young man, 'constantly rifer my first successes ; and my sons will hereafter testify of their father that he way always steadily proud of that ladder by which he rose. (Great cheering.) If it were otherwise. I should have but a very poor opinion of their father, which, perhaps, upon the whole, I have not. (Laughter and cheers.) Hence, gentlemen, under any cir cumstances, this company would have been exceptionally interesting and gratifying to me. But whereas I supposed that, like the fairies' pavilion in the " Arabian Nightn," it would be but a mere handful, and I find it turredt, like the same elastic pavilion, capable of comprehending a multitude, so much the more proud am lof the bono)m of being your guest ; for you will readily believe that, the more widely representative of the press in Ameriaa,my entertainers are, the more I must feel the goodwill and the kindly sentiments toward me of that vast institution. (Applause.) Gentlemen, so much of my voice has safely been heard in the land, end I have, for upwards of four hard winter months, so contended against what I have been sometimes quite admiringly adored was " a true American catarrh"—(laughter)—a possession which I have throughout highly appreciated, though I might have preferred to be naturalised by any other outvpird and visible means—(renewed laughter)—l say, gentle men, so much of my voice has lately been heard, that I might have been contented with troubling ypu . no further from my present standing-point, were it not a duty with which I henceforch ch.trge iityself, not only here but on every suitable occasion, whatsoever and wheresoever, to express my high sod grateful sense of my second reception in America, and to bear my honest testi mony to the national generosity and magnanimity. (Great applause.) Also to declare how astoundtta I • have been by the amazing changes that I have-seen around me on every ride, changes metal, changes physical, changes in the amount of land subdued and cultivated, changes in the rise of vast new citing, changes in the growth of older cities almost oat of resognition, changes in the growth of the graces and ono , nities of life, changes in the press, without whose advance. meat no advancement can take place anywhere. (Ap. plume.) Nor am I, believe me, so arrogant as to suppose that in five and twenty years there have been uo changes in me, and that I had nothing to learn and no extreme impressions to correct when I was here first. (Applause.) And, gentlemen, this brings me to a point on which I Nave, ever since I landed here last November, observed a strict silence, however tempted sometimes to break it, but in re with your good leave, take you forum to which I will, into my confidence now. (" Goon , go on.") E v en th e p ress , I being human. may be sometimes mistaken er misinformed, end I ratio: think that I have in one or two rare induce, known its information to be not perfectly accurate with reference to myself. (Laughter and applause.) Indeed, I have now and again been more surprised by printed news that I have read of myself than by any other printed news that I hare ever read in my cement date of existence. (Laughter.) Thus, the vigour sad perseverance with which I have for some months past been collecting materials for, and hammering away at, a • new book on America, have mush astonished me —ire- I newed laughter)--seeing that all that time it has been perfectly well known to my publishers on both sides of the Atlantic that I positively declared that no conside- ration on earth should induce me to write one. (laughter.) But what I have intended, what I have resolved upon I (and this is the confidence I seek to place in you), is, on my return to England, in my own English jour nal, manfully, promptly, plainly, in my own person, to bear, for the behoof of my count-eau, such testimony to the gigantio ohmage in this country as I have hinted at to-night. (Applaue.) Also, to record that wherever I have been, in the smallest places equally with the largest, I have been rdeelved with unsurpeasable politeness, delicacy, sweet temper, hospitality, and consideration, and with unsurpaandife re spect for the privacy daily mimed upon me by the nature of my evocation here and the state of my health. a(A.p plause.) This testimony, so long u I live, and so long as my descendants have any legal right in my books, I shall muss to be republished, as an appendix to every copy at these two books of mine in which I have referred to Ame rica. (Tumultuous applause) And this Linn do and cause to be done, not in mere love and thankfulness, but because I regard it as an act of plain justice and honour. (" Bravo," and cheers.) At the conclusion of Hr. Dickens's speech the band struck up " God Save the Queen," and the whole company, rising, joined in singing the air. CO-OPERATIVE MOVEYRRIT IN THE 131111.01H0 TILDE& —Last evening a crowded meeting , of operatives connected with the various branches of the building trades was held at the Cabinet Thestew, Liverpool.street, g.'s cross, Mr. W. Morrison, M.P., in the chair in fartheyance of the otroperative movement in the building trade. The chairman entered at some length into the principles off co operation as applied to produceon, and expected the pleasure he felt at finding the building opts gives now about giving practical effect to these principles ly the establishment of a building company on a Inge wile to hell execute any contracts, however large, with w *fey might be entrusted. The existing organisation, the trades could not mate a better nee of their war then in endeavouring to work out the principle c Co- Mr. Alfred Walton, architect, then &cloistered ri e e timL eeting, giving some practical advice as to the welting of the proposed company. He was *seed to leaf that about 2,000 shares lad been taken in the colony by bui operatives.—Mr. George Potter point out the advantages and bene fi ts of aroperstion. It as a most effective weapon with which to mewl ahribm and look-onts.—The Hon. Auberon Herbert said the In of capitol and labour applied to production was one the highest phases of co-operatics. He believed the sent movement had in it all the elements of success . 'lsola tions in accordance with the object of the meettnikwero 'adopled, and a vote of thanks to the chairman .aded Me promodirse. It BRITISH HONE FOR INCERAHLRB.—The 91)11tTi bailor announced at the festival dinner of this chit., on the 29th ult., amounted to the handsome snot of 2,11001. Neuralgia and rheumatism c a n be data by s sanetio Plash and Bala Remiss, prices 16s. lipd lac itt l ito l n.li ol all perfumers and chemist,. PM pbleta upon applies. tiou. Wolesale, IL )(proud's sad eons , I, Ores" U sefroug *NS, W.,snd 93 sod 96, elty-teed, A.o.—iadvt.l i