The Express. — London, England, 1867-06-25 00:00:00

1 1 I / • / /r 5 '...-.,„•?,„" 4. 2c, .04 a / r . • • X. 7 T /, .1 , , N0.6,516.] MA N LINE.—The LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, and ILA9ELPHIA STKAM•SIIIP COMPANY Intend ilespatchiiig their full powered (lyile•built Iron screw atesawhips, earning the Undo" Stake' Mails, calling at Queens- town, Ireland. On the for...wing ilay, to take on hoard passengers and iltspatchei, ant with liberty to call at an Intermediate pat; ei lIIA I\ lasS, NVedneaday, June 24.1. ENS Mitt:ll. saturday, June V& CI TV PARIS, Wednesday. July 3. ITV tit' 11 ASH NOTON, Saturday, July G. Mal every We•lnesday end Etrtimia7 sal to part..igii by the steamers sailing every Wednesday, 15. 17, and 'I W,lilll aeo.rdlnit tethe accommodation Forward • in. le-li staiipl) of cooked provistima Passengers the 1 intuit states booked through on very *civets garcons tom, —Fir further particulars apply to WILLIAM ijAN. \%;,m" street. Lir erpuol ; and to a VIS and MACEY, In, king it illiwo•strect. Lundon. eTEASI to NEW YORK.—UNITED STATES stmt. I.IN mama...eat steamers or the Y o rk and Havre steam Ship Consiatuy will leave Havre and Falmouth with paoo - u.oio awl 1111.1 ii once a fortnight, as under. These idcatriers tineunalleil for their passenger accommodation, and We a•acella ice of their cuisine. From Havre. rum Falmouth. Wednesday, 4 - 17 --- ne Irgirsdi - y7June 27 — Wednesday, July 10 illsorettsy, July Wedneaday, July 24 intusday, July 25 Wednesday, August 7 Thursday, August 8 — l'hrough fares tram London, =4 15.11rst-elass. aad LIS sealed clan.—tor further particulars Ilpriy to JAMEY A. WOTTON, Havre KKK ME, KANE, and Ca, Paris 0. C. and It. W. FUT and . Falmouth or IL STAKE and Cu., 145, Clieapslde. Oakling 'it At *no) Mississippi /shoo THE GUARDIAN FIRE and LIFE ASSIIRANCIf COMPANY. Established ltdl. No. 11, Lombetd:street, London, EC. REDUCTION OF MIRE IN:4IIRA NCB DUTV. Subscribed Capital Two MMions Total Invested hulas upwards of E 2,750,000. Total Income upwards of L.11:0,000. NOTICE. li lIIMEBY GIVIN, that TIRE poLicisa which etpin- at MI Oil MMEit must be renewed within Fifteen Days at this nonce, or with the Company . ! Agents throughout the king dom. otherwiie they become void All Itehminves now have the benefit of the Deduced Duty of fki r rest. For rranwaus and other information apply to the company's Agent& 1.1. I T. TALLICMACIL O.A.retary. T HE LIVERPOOL and LONDON and GLOBE I NSURANCR COMPANY. (ovum@ : I, Dale-street, Liverpool: 20 aod 11, Poultry: l'ornhlll • and Charing-croak London. . • The Investt . .llMiiiiia;4;;MuTiti7ii:isi.is4,6;ort revenue $o SAlbO. - lt and that of the life to £2&i.597. The moth. rate rates of premium, with a guaranteed hoed Anus for the Ids policies of this company and their value as special seventies to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. w 5.1.1•1 Iruvc is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are pail So day. after ailinission. Slut premiums falling due at Midsummer must be renewed on Or before July 9. . JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. NATIONAL REFORM UNION. —A great REFORM 'ERECTING will be held in RT. JAMEAM HALL iltelicutstreet and Piccadilly;, on FRIDAY nest, the lath lust to protest against the Government scheme of redistri bution, and to demand adequate representation fur the great borough constituenetes. Proceedings to commence at eight elelock. GEORGE WILSON. Esq., in the chair. The meeting will be addressed by John Stuart Min, Ksq., Al P. PR John Gran, M P. Charles Gilpin, M.P. George Hadfield. I.q, M.P. Thomas Karnes, Esq., H.P. Luc Holden. Esq., 11. P. The O'Donorghue, M.P. Dr. Brady, 11. P. Mark Price, Esq ., And other Platform tidal* to he obtainc dret 'd. W. Admission free. FREE TRADE WHARF.—The Commissioners of Customs and the Lords of the Treasury.—Preparing for publication, the Correspondence on the subject of Privileges, bow assisted and hew withheld. IMPORTERS of GOODS who are subjected to excessive charges on goods landed on captain's softy ' wi Ci ll ty pliant apply to It. CLAY sod Co., 53, Upper Thames fans. TCthe - 1 . /tllces, 19, Parliament- CHARMING DETACHED VILLA REEL DENcE situate No. 5, Gromencw-Mllas. Junction-road, Upper Holloway, to be LET or SOLD ; contains dining room, double drawing-room, kitchen, excellent cellarage, live bedrooms and dreashrgemen, pretty lawn, splendid open situation ; rent 7S guineas p er for three years—Apply as above, or Mr. Wll. WILLIAMS, Land and Estate Agent, It, Queenetnet, Eheapside. EA:. SCIENTIFIC and MISCELLANEA:IFS A PTA KATI'S MR.. J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, *tins Great Rooms, 9d, liimestreet, Covent fintdeu, on 71tIDAY, June 3d, at half past IE precisely, PIM rot; RA IC APPALATI , S, consisting 'f cameras sad lenses of all sizes, glass beam printing fr.unes, rolling press, albumenised paper, kc. : electrical and galvanic apparatus, carved oak barometers and 1111112101014• TI. ttialooooll, °Wefts km the mieroseops, lentos slides. picture@ and prints, a few lots of jewellery. =1 11 :. omit variety of miscellaneous articles, In all 300 iota —Oa view the day before and morning of sale, and catalogues bad. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY, DUBLIN EXHIBITION, DM. This celebrated old IRISH WHISKY gained the DUBLIN PRIZE MEDAL—It is pure, mild, mellow, delicious, and very wholesome. Sold In bottles, 35. dd. each, at the retail houses la London to the agents In the principal towns in England . or wholesale at 3, Great Windmill-street London, W. °beery e the red seal. pink label, and mirk branded "ILlnahan's LL Whisky. is CHEAPER THAN EVER —la. 6d. 25., iti /d. pa r pound are the Floes at which PHILLIPS and Co., tea marrbaofi,S Ling V7l4oest, City, London, KC., are selling good and Ise BLACK TEA. A poles current post tree. tla worth carriage tree to any railway stems or market town In Se United Kingdom. AU goods carriage tree to all parts of Landon. Obsernt—PHlLLl PS and On Ste as swats. Sagan ase supplied at marked prima. ClRPETS.—£6,oooworth Brussels and Tapestry Brussels, at 2a. fed., 2s. 80., and 21. lid. per yard; also Turkey carpet. ut very reduced prices. A new list of sizes and pekes gra. a 3 ~000 worth Furniture, Bedsteads :In braes, iron, sod wood , Bed.ling, Upholstery, Ac , now offering at unpresa dented low prices. All goods warranted, and delivered tree throughout the kingdom.—W M. WAINE, wholesale and export npboisterer and general furnishing warehouseman, la to 121), Bewingtou.butta Factories, Vranclasizsel maRESHER and OLENNY, ouTFrrrEßs, ly establishment ta London, next door to Sonoma. Itama Strand. N.B. Lab of necoosary mint fo b every pupae end intment to Ina* Ma k and the Cc nnie, will ba for twtdad ce application. TEETH. —Meters. GABRIEL (ESTABLISHED IEI4 NEW PAMPHLET, PICKS BY POST YOUR STAMPS, aptilning the Painkes System of Deattstry asst self. adhesive Artillual Teeth without sprthip, at MUM'. stoat charges. 64, LUDGATE-HILL. CITY. 66, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, London. 134, Duks-airest, LiverpooL lIIOURISTS and TRAVELLERS, Visitors to the R. Seaside, and others exposed to the scorching rays of the sun and heated particles of dust, will fled ROWLANDS TALI' DOR a moat refreshing preparation for the complexion, dispelling the cloud of 'amour and relaxation, allayl g all heat and tability, and immediately , affording the ples•ing benea th/II attending restored elasticity and healthful state of the skim heckles, tan exude pimples. flushes, and dlacolouralions are era. shaded by its application, and give place to a healthy purity and delicacy of complexion. Price N. ed. and he dd. per bottle. Sold by chendsta and perfumers. Ask for •' Rowlands' Kalydor," and beware of spurious and pernicious 'dicks under the name of Kalydor." D- scarrs BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, B I never tailing remedy, prepared without Loy immortal ingredient, will be found invaluable to all who suffer trona bilious mad liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spurns, giddiness, dial. meg of the eyes, he. rot Labltual costiveness, as a family alierissit medicine, and as a pnriger of the blood, they are truly ineelleut_ ; iu their operation and grateful to the stomach, limy create appetite, pr•mote dl on, and strengthen the whole nervous system—Sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, Ling Willana-atseet, Charing-cross, and by most druggists, in boom, L lit and three times the quantity in me, 2a Be sure to tat fee Dr. Boott's Moue and Liver PM. ne genuine are in Mate green paekase, with " William Lambert^ engraved on tbs UMW CIOPAHINE-MEGE (JOZEAII). M. Culleri e r, 'Li the secretary of the committee appointed by the Academy of Medicine of Paris to Institute experiments touching the U. =Mae. expressed him-elf at the meeting of the 27th r f . 1640, as follows The ten patients treated with the CoPaltiatt were cured in four, seven, and eight days, without mimes, wile, sickness, or any repugnance." The Academy re- Islved to send a letter of thanks to the originator of the Copaldne. Merry Lloyd, Poland, Le Gros Clark, Gay, and Callaway have Sheaves. 117 repeated these experiments In Lmd on. at St. Sartho +ow— s. St. Tasatis. Ws. and the Royal Ina Hospitals. (See .e* faucet of March In, 1b67!.-Sold at 4s. 6d a hottle by all re- Mchemists. General De 49, Haymarket. London, at AU'S. the only pinch Aarsaadem with the diploma of 1M Park School of Pt/mosey. MID NOM. BY THE A OTHOII Or " LADY AIIDLZY 8 I■ 3 vole, a$ all Llbriuies. RUPERT GODWIN. 8017TH KENSINGTON Mussy.—Visitors during/ 160 week ending June 22 : —On Monday, Tuned! y sad saturday, free, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 9,7514; on Wednes. da_ 7. Thursday, and Friday (admission OM.), from 10 a.m. till • m.. 1,41J7 ; national portrait exhibition, by payment, 3,121 ; tots', 14,689. A enrage of corresponding week in former years, 12,459. Total from the opening of the M om. 6,791,006. r EW!)t),,i-• R RELCI'! 1 TELEGRAPHIC, INTELLIGENCE. (anirnit's eniolume.) THE VISIT OF THE SULTAN. TOULON, JUNE 24. The Turkish frigate Stilt/Web, with the Sultan on board, passed in sight of Cape Saint Angelo, near Blalapan, yesterday. His Majesty is expected to arrive here on Saturday morning. CLOSE OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. MESSAGE FROM THE KLNG. BERLIN, TM 24. At the sitting of the Upper House to-day, 119 members being present, the draft of the North Germ= Constitution was unanimously passed. The close of the present session of the Prussian Diet took place at 3p. m. Baron von der Heydt, the Minister of Finance, read a message from the King, of which the following is a summary :—" His Majesty thanks the Chambers for the adoption of the constitution, and announces that it will be immediately proclaimed in all the States of the Confederation. While North Germany will hence forth constitute a closely connected union of States, the national community, which already secures the protection of German territory, will also be ex tended to the commercial life of the German people. The Zollverein, the foundation of which formerly marked the commencement of the united develop ment of Germany, will be brought into harmony with the vital conditions of the North German Confederation. Thanks to the moderation and the love of peace of all the Powers success has been attained in guarding the peaceful development of European effairsj from interruption. The friendly and confidential relations existing between the King and the sovereigns of powerful neigh bouring States afford the prospect in every direc tion of the blessings of peace continuing to be undisturbed. A powerful guarantee is supplied by the fact that the wish and aim of the government will constantly be directed towards specially em ploying the importance and power of the newly strengthened commonwealth in securing the bene fits of peace." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JeNE 24. The King inspected the troops to-day, in corn with the Grand Duke Wladimir, the latter having returned from Warsaw for the purpose. After inspecting the regiment the honorary com mand of which has been conferred on him, his Imperial Highness will leave for Ems, where ho will stay for several weeks. It is stated that the Queen of Prussia will visit Paris incognita for a few days. BERLIN, Jogs 24, EvrxiNa. The New Prussian (Crass) Gazette of this evening says, " It is stated that the French government is making large purchases of corn, of which 500,000 hundred weight, it is alleged, will shortly be sent by railway from Hungary to France." FRANCS. PARTS, .7 mer 24. The Etendard of this evening says :—" It is officially known that the Sublime Porte admits the principle of an inquiry into the events which have occurred in Crete, reserving only to itself to decide on certain questions of a purely formal character." The trial of Berezowaki will be held at the Seine Assizes on the 12th July. HUNGARY. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet, the question was asked of the Government by Herr Ivankas by what right the Minister of Was at posed to introduce a bill in the Austrian Reic arath on the military organisation of the empire which should extend to Hungary. Herr Horvath replied that this measure had been adopted without the knowledge of the Hungarian Ministry, but the Ministry would take the necessary steps in reference thereto, and would shortly be able to give a satisfactory explanation. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, Jr NT. 24. Councillor Heer, the Swiss envoy at Berlin, and who is also accredited to the Courts of the South German States, is about to proceed to Munich, to deliver his credentials to the King of Bavaria. The negotiations for the conclusion of a treaty of commerce between Switzerland and the Zollverein will shortly be resumed. AMERICA. The Inman steamship City of Paris, from New York, arrived at Queenstown at 12.30 p.m. yester day, with 153 passengers and 913,387 doh,. in specie. She landed the mails and passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool immediately. (Per the City of Paris.) NEW YORK, Jumm 15. 3.15 P.Y. Surratt's trial was resumed E;n the 1 3 th instant, but Judge Fisher wan unable to attend, and the other justice was unwilling to proceed with the case. Advice, received here from San Luis Potosi to the 28th ult. state that Maximilian's plea denying the jurisdiction of a court-martial to try him had stopped the proceedings until the law on the sub ject had been discussed by Juarez and his ministry. - Maximilian charges General Marquez, who was in command of the capital, with failing to come to the relief of Queretaro as ordered. _ _ The siege of the capital was progressing slowly; 10,000 troops from Queretaro had arrived to rein force the attacking party. A portion of Dias's command are reported to have mutinied and pronounced in favour of the Empire. Eighty-seven were captured, and imme diately shot. ATIIIIIPTED INVASION OF THE PAPAL STATES. — A letter from Florence, dated the 21st inst., and pub lished by the Dibats, says :—"On the night of the 19th an armed band, composed of from 300 to 400 persons, at tempted to enter the Pontifical territory. It was stopped and dispersed by the Italian troops stationed along the frontier. About fifty arrests were made. The invaders offered no resistance. The importance of this event arises especially from the fact, thus clearly proved, that notwith standing the apparent calm, the idea of overthrowing the Pontifical government has not been given up. According to the information which has reached me, Garibaldi had nothing to do with this attempt. Efforts had been made to lead him into it, but without success—at all events, for the present. The initiative of the movement appears to come from elsewhere, and it would seem that the espe cial desire was to throw difficulties in the way of the ministry. There are two plans for the overthrow of the Pontifical government; one consists in invading the pro vinces, and in morally forcing the Pope to call in the Italian troops to restore order ; the Pope would thus be reduced to the city of Rome, where he would be allowed to reign peacefully. The other plan, which has the sup port of Mau.ini, consists in effecting a revolution in Rome itself, so as to allow of the principle of non-intervention being invoked. Although the attempt of the 20th June has failed, it appears to me difficult to believe in an indefi nite prolongation of the stator quo." Our correspondent writes that within the last few days a gentleman connected with the management of Crete affairs in London has been down to Liverpool and purchased two of the fastest blockade runners that were ever constructed on the Mersey. These steamers were built especially for running the blockade from Sasso, &c.. to some of the Southern porta, but the collapse of the civil war in America left them an " unprofitable lot" on the hands of their owners until Saturday last, when they were purchased for a trade fir which they were originally intended. These vessels are constructed of iron ; have good carrying capacity, combined with a light draught of water. They are propelled by paddles, and their speed is of such a character that the Turkish fleet will have hot work of it when the blockade runnin; between Syra and the coast of Crete commences in res'ity. Both of these new blockade runners will leave the Mersey for Syra in a few days fully equipped and manned for the work for which they sn me wen adapted. PE3TH, JuNI 24. :r.WSPATTR 4 4 1 t re% [STAMPED, li. CIWOPENCE 1 INLAND REVENUE DELEGATE MEETING. ...e.—. THE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN BANE. A conference of delegates from the Inland Revenue Department of the rnited Kingdom took place yes terday, at Exeter Hall. The object of the meeting is to The directors of the Imperial Ottoman Bank have issued the following report, to be presented at the annual meeting on the 27th inst. : The general committee have the honour to lay before the shareholders their fourth annual report. The ac counts made up to the 31st December, 1866, show a gross profit for the preceding twelve months of 367,801/. 17e. After providing for expenses and for bad and doubtful debts, • balance of 214,504/. 9a. 4d. remains available for distribution in accordance with the statutes. The year 1866 was one of much anxiety, but the committee hare the pleasure to state that their general instructions and warnings have been carefully acted upon by their agents, who have displayed both prudence and foresight in the conduct of the bank's affairs, and that critical period of last year ham passed by with an =usually small amount of had debts, and has displayed a distinct tendency to the development of good business, in spite of the troublous times and of the necessity of concentrating large sums in London during the commercial panic. Two items have intaared with the net profits : the first of these has arts= from the bad business undertaken some time ago by the management at Galati, which has been al ready adverted to inprevious reports. Since the close of the branch at that place, continued bed harvests, combined with other causes, have rendered the incomings from the winding-up so slow, that the committee have deemed it advisable at once to write off the amount rpeciffed in their last report. This leaves a very trilling balance to be re covered. The emend item is • seduction in the marls= value of the shares held by the bank in the Senate Generale Ottoman*. Them shares were carried over in December, 1665, at the then market price. The mulls of the working of that society bare been excellent, the dividend of last year having amounted to about 18 per cent., sod that of the eighteen month' before to 31 per cent.; but the property shared, with everything else, a large reduction in value on the .31st December last, and the shares are consequently carried over at a considerably re duced valuation in the accounts now presented. The newly established agencies have all turned out more or leas profitably, and promise still most satisfactory returns. After deducting from the balance of 214,5041. 9,4 d., re ferred to in the commencement of the report, the reserve fund arid per osntages in accordance with the statutes, there remains • sum of 184,069/. lls. 6d., of which 09,879 f. was distributed in January last. The committee recommend • further payment of Ss. per slime, equal to • dividend of 9 par cent. for the year, and leaving • balance of 4,2771. 7a. 6cL to be carried forward. promote the consolidation of the revenue departments—a movement that, it is believed, will result in greater economy, in greater convenience to the public, and by in creasing the legally-accruing revenue, affonl the means of satisfying the claims of this branch. The conference was very well attended, and the follow ing places were represented by delegates :—Wexford, Bristol, Shrewsbury, Dublin, Manchester, Stirling, Bel fast, Perth, Halifax, Worcester, Carlow, Colchester. New castle, Leicester, Lichfield, Nottingham , Dumfries Coventry, BridgenortJi, Birmingham, Burton, Lincoln , Waterford, Stafford, Dundee, Inverness, Cork, Leeds, Barnstaple, Maidstone, Aylesbury, Oloutister, Liverpool, Taunton, Exeter. Glasgow, Linlithgow Edinburgh, Derby, Cardiff, Catupbelton, Bath, Elgin Athlone, Ware, Ripon, London (North), London (South) London (East), Middlesex , Kingston, Plymouth, Greenock, Porto. mouth, Hereford, Cambridge, Brighton, Reeding, &c. Mr. Menus, of London, having been u n animously voted resident of the Conference, proceeded to open the business. He said there could be no doubt now of the feet that their views as to the feasibility and desirableness of reorganising and consolidating the several sections of this department were far more decided and pronounced than they were twelve months ago. Then the number that would have ventured to publicly advocate such a chew were few, row their name wee legion. Their strength, however, was sot in the fact of their wrongs, great and manifold as they were, but in the maintenance and advo cacy of principles consonant with justice to the community as well as to the officials of this departmerl. (Cheers.) They had hitherto unfortunately too much overlooked the fact that the primary' object of all departmental arrange ments should be the public good. They had too often spoken and acted as if the revenue establishments existed, not so much to fill the coffers of the state, or to secure the comfort of the community, as to provide eligible and lucrative appointments for themselves. If there were any diversity of opinion that day among the members of that department as to the prudence and policy of the course they were pursuing, he (the chairman) would venture to affirm, without fear of success ful oontradiction, that it arse entirely from the timidity of those who more feared theeonsequences of openly e xpressing their opinions than any approval of the system under which the real interests of the public, the revenues, and the officials all suffered. It had been said that they were presumptuously attempting to dictate to the board and the government; but such a line of procedure was entirely at variance with their convictions, inasmuch as they did not advocate or support any project which had not already re ceived in all its essential elements the express sanction and the i e ro ffo v rt e l o arav g al ov of m th m e t bo nt a i r: i No acquain ted pass bill for the collection government taxes could doubt the a truth of his statement The government failed in 1864 for want of public sympathy and support, but the object of that meeting was to arouse public attention, to enlighten public opinion, to discuss the entire subject in all its bearings, and to show how in juriously the present mode of assessment and collection affected the interests of the revenue, the comfortand conve nieces of the public, as well as the fair claims of the offi cials. The gross ifijus ice of the entire arrangement of the inland revenue departments kept the great mass of the officials in permarientroverty and chronic insubordination. The system of assessing and collecting the taxes was per mitted to exist solely in the interests of the clerks to the local commissioners of taxes. These gentlemen received 801. per annum for the performance of duties which were merely nominal and worthless. (Cheers.) There was 280,0001. expended annually upon a branch of this very department in the payment of salaries and poundage to individuals unconnected with the department, and who rendered the country no adequate and effective service, but rather prejudiced the revenue. In a word, the present arrangements were as prejudicial to the revenue as they I . were detrimental to the interests of the country. It was' as highly essential to the security of the revenue as to the protection of the public that the charging officers I should not be the receivers, for it was admitted to be one of the gravest defects of the present st.i i f ra s , :- seaming and collecting the Urea, and of c harging a n d collecting the customs duties at all the small porta. , the o ffi cers were by the very nature and character of their other duties unfitted to afford the public the convenience they require. They had no office accommodation, and they were seldom to be found at home . • and if they knew by painful personal experience the disadvantages and annoy ance consequent upon combining the functions of granter of Semmes and surveying °dicer in one person, be believed that neither the government, nor the board, nor the public would much longer tolerate the present system of collecting the taxes, granting licenses, and selling stamps. His (the chairman's) expenses in the fulfilment of his duties has exceeded by 25 per cent. his allowances. The English people, be said, were with their rulers a patient race, but they would not bear that sort of thing ; they had borne it till now, but they would bear it no longer. Mr. Hummel moved a vote of thanks to the chairman for his able address, and that it should be printed and circulated. UNQUALIFIED PRACTITIONERS IN MIDWIFERY. - At the recent session of the General Medical Council a discussion occurred on this important question: Mr. Ramsey said : "I think it right to express my full conviction that at no distant day this council will be com pelled to take action on the great question of obstetric medicine—(applause)—that is, they will bare to say whe ther they will 'insist upon qualifications by all those who practise midwifery, ' persons,' to um Mr. Mill's phrase, rather than men. laugh.) We may for a tune ignore it, bat if we are a council of medical registration and edu cation, whose duty it is to see tha.l no one asaumes titles of competency without poniessing that competency, we shall have some day to determine on the qu e stion of what qualifications powered by practitioners in mid wifery shall give the right to register." Dr. Alexander Waal said :—" Sir, we have been told that ' coming events cast their shadows before,' but I hope we are not going to vote with these shadows to-night." Dr. Cooper said :—" They are not ' shadows,' but very stern realities. There is very great danger in the present state of things, and hundreds of women's lives are en dangered annually." At a public meeting of the Female Medical Society in Fitzroy-square, hero' said by Dr. Farr, of Somerset-house :—" Midwives have never hitherto, in this country, been taught the mechanism of child-bearing, yet they attend large numbers of women in their confinement. In the United 'Kingdom more than a million births occur every year, and many lives are lost because poor women get no skilled attendance in their lying-in. In child-birth two lives are at risk, and sometimes both are lost, when, by judicious art, both may be saved. Midwifery is certainly one of the employments which instructed women May practise. It is now quite in • state in which it may easily be taught to well-educated women, and it is pro bably the most advanced and useful branch of medicine." On another occasion Dr. Edmunds, the honorary secretary of the Female Medical Society, said:—" It is a singular anomaly that up. to this day in England the practice of ' midwifery is altogether nnprovidcW for and unregulated by the state ; that any worn-out old woman can set up and practise midwifery with impunity ; that women who wish to qualify themselves properly have no means of doing so ; and that there is uo recognised examination open to women which would enable the public to distin guish the qualified from the unqualified, and save respect able practitioners from being oonfounded with the careless, ignorant persons who deliver thousands of our poorer clam women." We are informed that the Female Medical Society is about to develop its medical college on a large and sound public basis, so as to provide a satisfactory remedy for this state of things. We tryst this society will hare the co-operation and support of our public men in carrying out so necessary a work. Mr. Goma seconded the motion, which was then pnt, and carried by seclanatica. Mr. Hutchings, of Dublin ; Mr. Mullony, of Cork •, and Mr. Wilkinson, of York,having spoken of the state of feeling in their several districts, Mr. O'REILLY said that he expended for expenses in three years 251.:,5. 4d., of which bum the board allowed hint M. only. His salary amounted to 64W., but deduct ing the expenditure left him an average of 1611. The supervisor had all his expenses paid, but with proper arrangements he could do his own and the supervisor's work as well. (Chows.) . . SHILRWIDURT SHOW.—This show, which, with the exception of the " Guild" at Preston and the Lady Godly" procession at Coventry, is the only pageant of the kind still preserved in England, was celebrated yesterday with all the accustomed pomp and circumstance. Lem than half a century ago the show really was • procession of the members of the maim' guilds and trades of the borough ; but it has now degenerated into an exhibition of hirelings fantastically arrayed with • view to represent the alleged patrons and patron saints of the several trades. These representatives are for the most part gods and goddesses, or well-known historical character", and their dispensation among the trades of the town is in some cease 'musingly incongruous. For instance , at the head of • small body of men there rode yesterday • stout party on horseback, attired in a purple cloak, and wearing a crown on his head. This, the programme stated, was Henry V I 11., and the trade he represented was that of the bricklayers but the grated* upon which he, of all the kings o f England, had been selected for the office acre not ex plained. Agin, the Black Prince was the " emblem" of the hatters and cabinetmakers. Cupid represented the tailors, Queen Elisabeth the bakers and hairdressers, and Queen Catherine the flax-dressers ; other royal and mytho logical personages being so disposed of in an equally appro priate manner. The attractions of the show proved, how ever, to have lost none of their power, the day bring generally o' eased as • holiday in Shrewsbury ; whilst excursion trains from the surrounding districts brought in Vre numbers of visitors. THE TAILORS' STRIKE.—At the Marlborough street police-court yesterday Mr. George Druitt, presi dent, Matthew Lawrence, secretary, John Adamson. treasurer, and Meade, Farrell, George Fowler, Peter Moran, Patrick Butler, M'Dermott, Levine, and Teemaine, members of the executive of the Operative Tailors' Association, appeared before Mr. Knox to answer summonses taken out by Mr. Thomas Bowater, on behalf of the Master Tailors' Association, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, " for that," in the corvine( the summonses, "you did on the 2nd of April and other days unlawfully conspire , combine, ootifnleritte, and agree together, with divers others, by dieers unlawful means, stratagems, and devices, to impoverish in their trade and business, as tailors, divers persons," con trary to the statute, &c. Serjeant Ballantine, ale Sleigh, and Mr. F. H. Lewis, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the defendant. Evidence having been given to connect the defendants with the picketing system, with which the public are now so familiar, Mr. Edward bewiesaitl this matter not only affected the defendants, but trades unions generally. What the defendants felt, and he also felt, acting on behalf of the association, was that this matter should be decided by a competent tribunal. Ile might here remark that the leading parties of the associatiou had openly challenged the masters to attack them, and not to attack men taking an inferior part in the pro ceedings. On the broad question of, la the picketingsyetein illegal, it was idle to say a word. The society had their own ideas about the question ; they acted conecienticeedy throughout, and having so acted they were prepared to chide the result. He did not intend to oppewe the appli cation to send the ease before a higher tribunal, because he felt it was of the utmost importance to the defendants, as to trades unions generally, that the law should be settled and declared. Mr. Knox said—As the are it, od before him there was evidence of Lawrence, and empha tically Druitt, taking • share in the matter. Arlarueon also was show to have acted in the matter, but did not take so great a share as Detain and Lawrence, and the other defendants had been proved to have ' acted a. pickets. These last, according to the evidence, had used foul and bad language, and had done enough to connect them with the conspiracy. He was of opinion there was • reasonable probability with all, and more than a reasonable probability with Nome, of being convicted, if be sent them for trial, which be proposed to do. The de (=dents were then committed to take their trial, Dewitt and Lawrence to find bail, the others to go at large on their own recogniaances. 'The other sunimoniwa acre withdrawn. As the defendants made their appearance outside of the court they were cheered loudly by the as sembled hundreds. A committee meeting of the opera tives Union was afterwards held, at which it was decided that the solicitor to the union should be instructed to make the necessary application for removing the triad to the Court of Queen's Bench, and that the services of two of the most eminent counsel should be retained to conduct the defence. The masters have opened • registry-office for non-unionist operatives in the neighbourhood of Re teen ▪ outside which • strong picket remains on duty from an early hoar in the saorninn until late at night. The CHAIRMAIi—That's the point. Mr. PEARSON (Kingston) said that in IS6I there was as increase of 19,000,0001. in the excise revenue, and there was a reduction in the officers and supervisors, and the salaries paid amounted to 26,000/. In lbriti the excise revenue increased 19,000,0011., and not another officer was It was then moved and carried that deputations be formed for the purpose of waiting upon the Board of Com missioners, the Treasury, and all those members of par liament to whom they had introductions, for the purpose of representing their grievance. The conference afterwards adjourned. FATAL BOATING ACCIDENT. —A sad boating acci dent has occurred in Kerry. Captain Townsend Blenner Bassett, of Killorglin, his wife, and some of the young members of his faintly, were cruising in a sail boat on the river Luane, when a seaman named Cortelloe fell over board, and being unable to swim sank. Captain Blamer !lessen plunged in after him, and diving brought him up, and struggled powerfully to sustain him. The father of Cortelloe, however, who was steering, in his agitation at the scene, allowed the yacht to drift away. The two drowning men rose sad sank several times ; end eventually rime fishing boats coming up, succeeded in taking on board the body of Captain Blennerhaasett , but he was found to be dead. The seaman's body hes sot been recovered. PROGRESS QV THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. —The New York Tisses of the 13th says :—" The Pacific Railroad is being laid with speed unelanieled in the history of rail road construction, and only wo.thy of being compared to some of those famous pedestrian feats of a 'hundred miles in a hundred hours.' The work, to be sure, is not difficult of accomplishment, since the road-bed is for long reaches as level es a floor, and grading becomes the easiest of matters. Still, there is scope enough for energy, and it has been expended. Ten days ago the main stem had been built to a distance of 361 miles west of Omaha ; but where the jumping-off place now in can only be conjec tured, since huge strides are taken in ten days. The tele graph then significantly told us that ' General Augur's camp is at the end of the track—two and a quarter miles of which have been laid mince 10 o'clock this morning.' Our military camp will probably advance as the railroad advances, being pushed out at the end of this line of . supply and communication, just as Sherman', army was in the Atlantic campaign. with the whiz of the bullet in front and the whistle of the engine in the rear, and raid ing and railroading going on together." THE NEWLY- DISCoVERED ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC. —lt is a little remarkable that au island should have been discovered on the route between San Francisco and China just as the new line of American steamers is to he estab lished there. The great obstacle to the establishment of that line is the great length of the route—making it neces sary for steamers to carry so much coal as to have little room for cargo. It has, indeed, been confidently predicted that the enterprise must fail, from this cause if no other, to be profitable ; and although the early trips of the Pacific Mail steamers have dispelled this ap prehension to some extent, sagacious coniniercial men have by no means considered the problem as fully solved. But the discovery of an island, ou the very route followed, which can serve as a coaling station, puts the guarden at rest for ever. This affords, perhaps, the most striking illustration of tit at fundamental maxim of poli tioal economy, that the supply will always equal the demand, to be found on record. As soon as that route was to be opened nothing was so much wanted as an island ; and forthwith the want has been supplied ! The Pacific Mail Company, it is said, will establish a coal depot there at once. —New York Time., June 13. BARNUM'S CURIO/OTIS:S.—Mr. Barnum ban added to the collection of curiosities at his museum a "mammoth infant," said to be four years old and to weigh 220 pounds. His collection includes 'event other specimens of the finis *atone order, which may intermit students of phy siology and admirers of the marvellous. Mr. Barnum', advertising drop curtain, by the way—of which we did at one time hope to be relieved—is filling up again with cards of shopkeepers. It is agreeable to notice. however, that diseases and medicines are sot so well represented as they ' were before.—New York Tribuke, June 7. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1867. pluott. MR. BENEDICT'S CONCERT. This entertainment, which for thirty-one years past has been one of the chief specialties of the musical season, took place yesterday morning at St. James's-ball, which was filled by a crowded and fashionable audience. This was a result due both to the merits of our excellent resident professor and to the intrinsic attractions of the programme of the day ; prominent among which were Mr. Benedict's recent compositions—his cantata The Leacad of St. Cecilia, and his new pianolorte concerto—works which have even enhanced the composer's former high reputa tion acquired by the many previous excellent com positions produced during his career in this coun try. The cantata, composed for, and produced at the Norwich festival in November last, and performed for the first time in London by the Sacred Harmonic Society 'in March last, was so fully noticed by us, and its many high merits co amply disowned on those occasions, that we need merely now chronicle its repetition and its equally favourable reception yesterday. The cast was the same as at Norwich—Saint Cecilia by Mdlle. Titiens, • Christian woman by Male. Drasdil, Valerianus by Mr. Sims Reeves, and the Prefect by Mr. Santley. Mr. Reeves, after singing with admirable expreirion in the first part, was compelled, by indisposition, to relinquish the re mainder of his task to Mr. Cummings, who performed the remainder of the tenor solo part with his signal efficiency. The solos assigned to Menlo. Thiene were given with the same intense expression and elevation that rendered her performance at Norwich so memorable. The pathetic prayer, " Father wham blessing," was given with the same pathos as before by Mdlle. Drasdil ; and the various declamatory passages for the Prefect, including the capital dramatic scene, " What mean these zealots vile," were declaimed with the same admirable power and emphasis as at Norwich by Kr. Santley. Every movement, in short, produced a strong impression, especially the final " canticle," for St. Cecilia, in which Mdlle. Titiens' bril liant voice and impassioned yet sublimated style contrasted so admirably with the subdued choral responses, and the refined accompaniments of orchestra and harp. Pro longed applause and a call for the composer followed the termination' of the cantata, when Mr. Beno diet came forward, leading on Mdlle. Titiens, whose admirable singing was here, as ►t Norwich, so con spicuous a feature in the performance. The pianoforte concerto, first performed by Madame Arabella Goddard at the Crystal Palace in April last, and again at the Philharmonic concert three weeks since, was played yes terday by the same hands with the same grand power, finished execution, and refined grace as on the former occasions. Each of the three movements of the work elicited strong demonstrations of approval, especially the exquisite " andante," with its graceful embroideries and elaborations. The programme, which was divided into three parts, comprised a long list of pieces by some of the most eminent solo vocalists and instrumentalists in London, prominent among the former being Mdlle. Christine Nilsson, whose charming singing of two national Swedish airs (the second encored) was received with the same ex pression of delight that has attended ber previous per formances of the same melodies. An important item in the instrumental selection was Bach's concerto for three pianos, admirably played by Master Cowen, Messrs. Bene dict and Lindsay Slopes, with orchestr►l accompaniments conducted by Mr. W. (3. Cusins. The orchestra, selected from the bands of the Royal Italian Opera and Her Majesty's Theatre, with Means. Sainton and Carrodus as principal violins, was, of course, thoroughly efbcient, as was also the chorus, consisting of members of the Sacred Harmonic Socie , y, Mr. Henry Leslie's, and Mr. Ganz's choir. An interesting " National Ballad Concert" is to take place at Exeter-hall on Monday evening next, when Mr. Sims Reeves will sing some of those sterling old English songs in which Braham was so famous, but which it may be doubted whether the deceased singer ever gave with grandeur and refinement of style equal to that of the living tenor. Selections are also to be given from English operas—from Arne's Artaxerxes to Loder's Notosahad and Barnett's Mountain Sylph. will be produced M. A. DIIIIIIII the younger's new co medy, Lee rider de Madame Aw!rny, and a comedie-vande villa entitled Le Caporal et la Pape. Twenty-eight plays are announced for performan^e, including some of the recent famous bits of M. Angier and M. V. Renton. ALHAMBRA. —One of those grand scenic apecta cies with which the name of Mr. William Callcott has been successfully connected at this house for nearly two years, was produced last night under the appropriate summer title of The Carers* of lee. The scene represents a vast cave, from the roof of which hang glittering icicles, and between these icicles a shower of real water descends from the top of the lofty stage. An elaborate ballet, invented and produced by Mr. Milano, is introduced in the foreground, the dances of which are cleverly arranged, so as to avoid the conventional ballet movements as far as possible, and • further novelty is introduced in the shape of fourice-fiends, whoee gambols combine dancing with tumbling. The dances throughout are very spirited, the dresses are ele gant, and the music, by M. Riviere, is lively. Nearly a hundred dancers are grouped upon the stage at one time. The " Pearl Ballet" and the comic ballet are still retained in the bills, and the musical and miscellaneous portion of the entertainment is as full and varied es usual. ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION or LONDON.—The dooms; meeting of the session of this emaciation took place on Friday evening last, the president, Mr. Robert W. Rdis, in the chair. After the usual basins of the meeting, Professor Hayter Lewis gave an able and interesting paper on " Mosaics." The learned professor entered tally into the description of the various kinds of mosaic decoration, which he illustrated by • number of sketches and drawings from some of the principal Italian churches ; and after re ferring to what had been done by Mows. Powell and Dr. Salviati, towards reviving the art of mosaic decoration in our time, concluded by hoping that at no distant period good mosaic work would again be used for the wall decoration of our churches and public buildings. At the close of the address, after a vote of thanks had been pro posed by the president, the officers for the next ses sion were elected, when Mr., R. P. Spier* was elected president, and Messrs. Sarver and Ridge, vice-presidents. The annual dinner of the association took place at Rich mond on the following evening, when between forty and fifty members were present, the chair being taken by the president, Mr. Robert W. F.R.1.8.A. RAILWAY BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—The eigh teenth half-yearly meeting of members was held yesterday afternoon at the King's.crou Station, Mr. Henry Oakley (the secretary of the Great Notthern Railway Company and chairman of the board of management) occupying the chair. The report and statement of accounts, which were read by Mr. W. F. Mills, the secretary. stated that the total receipts for the half-year ending April, 18i15, were 1,831/. ; for 1866, 2,276/. ; and for 1867, 2,3241. • the increase arising mainly from the subscriptions of me m bers. The sum of 1,050/. had been added to the invested capital, which now amounts to 14,8001. The board desired pub licly to thank Mr. Charles Dickens for his able advocacy of the interests of the institution at the recent anniversary dinner, and exprecs a hope that the result of his appeal will awaken increased publicsympathy and support in its behalf.' The receipts of the New Year's-der collection in 1865 were 495/. ; in 1866, 0381. ; and in January, 1867, 7921. The casualty fund continued to grow in popularity, and enables the board to dispense small grants, not exceeding 5/., to those who suffer from accidents in the performance of their duties. The increased funds allowed of the admis sion of two more annuitants and two more children. It would have been gratifying to have granted • larger num- ' ber of pensions, as the number of applicants wee unpro oedently large at a time, unfortunately, when the public contributions were less than heretofore. It was hoped therefore, that the friends of the institution would use their best efforts to obtain increseed funds, in order to provide permanent relief for those who were unsuccessful at the present election. In the corresponding half-year e( 1865 the sum awarded to distressed claimants was 160/., 1866 it 1•1113661., and in the half-year just ended, 609/. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, ob served that the gross receipts were only 481. more than lea year, which was accounted for by the fact that the donations were 1141. less. All the other items showed • steady advance, and the number of members had increased 33 per cent., but there was still a wide field open fo•- re cruiting members. Mr. Noble, of the Midland, in second ing the motion, mentioned the case of • gentleman in the railway clearing-house who had just died after overtaxing his energies to secure the election of one of the candidates. Unfortunately this gentleman bad forgotten to make him self a member, and his family could not share in the per manent benefits of the institution. Thu report was unen'- mously adopted, and the executive having been re appointed, • vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. The result of the election was that Mrs. Merlins and Mrs. White were declared elected. CLAIM OP MANCHESTER TO ADDITIONAL Renee erwrarme.—Yeaterday morning the large room of the Manchester Town-hall was filled with a respectable audience to petition parliament toren addition to its pre sent number of representatives. The meeting was • good deal interrupted by a few noisy opponents. The Mayor of Manchester presided, and in opening the proceedings said the meeting had been called in compliance with a requisition signed by upwards of 1,000 inhabitants. It had been stated that Manchester did not want additional representatives because it had not hitherto taken steps to make • formal claim ; but the fact was that its claims were thought to be so great and so gene rally recognised that they could hardly have been overlooked in a reform bill proposing to make such an extensive change as that now before parliament. Mr. Baxley, M.P., moved the following resolution:— "That the claims of the city of Manchester to an increase of voting power in parliament, lihether on the ground of population, of property, or of its contributions to the burdens of the state, are indisputable. That there can be neither justice nor duration in any re-arrangement of seats which leaves only two members to Manchester, with its population of 3i17,000, while 30 towns in England of between 10,000 and 20,000 inhabitants are allowed to retain two members each, and while ten villages with an ag gregate population of 40,000 persons continue to return ten members to the House of Commons. That there are six English borough., of which Manchester is one of the largest, having twelve members, with an aggregate population of 1,681,000. That there are six divisions of counties having also twelve members, with an aggregate population of 1,535,120. That the proposition of the government to double the representation of these six counties, and to ignore the claims of the six boroughs, is as unwise as it is clearly unjust, and if persisted in, this meeting pledges itself not to rest satisfied until the claims of Manchester to additional representation be fairly recognised by the legislature." Sit Elkanah Armitage seconded the resole. tion, which wee supported by Mr. Alderman Rumney. An amendment was moved by Mr. Win. Ambrose, bar rister, and a leading member of the " Constitutional " Association, but the resolution was carried with about 20 dissentients. On the motion of Mr. Jacob Bright (the mayor) a petition embodying the terms of the previous resolution, to be presented to the House of Commons by Mr. Baxley, M.P., was also adopted. THE SHEFFIELD TRADES UNION COMMISSION. The court was again crowded yesterday, as it was expected that the trade union secretaries implicated by Broadhead would be examined. The names of two of these men are Smith and Skidmore, and at a meeting of the Saw Makers' Society, held on Saturday, it was resolved that they be eusperwled from their office until the holding of a general meeting. A meeting of the Saw Grinders' Union has also been held, when Broadhead tendered his resignation as secretary, which was accepted.) Crooke' was present at the meeting, but very little I was said upon the subject. Broadhead has been the secretary for about twenty years, and re ceived • salary of 1001. per annum. Besides this he keeps a public-house, which is a great resort of trades unionists, so much so that Broadhead is believed to have amassed considerable property. Crooke. Mao is • man : very well off in the world, as his average earnings at his' trade have been more than 3/. per week, besides which the sums he has received for committing outrage! have been very considerable. As soon as the Commissioners took their seats Dennis Clarke was called. It will be re collected that Clarke was examined last Saturday week, when his memory was entirely at fault. He could scarcely remember anything that was asked him, except that he gave Ogden 100. to keep, because he and Shaw had not a pocket to put it in. It will also be remembered that out of nine years the witness bad only worked about six, and in that term he had re-' ' ceived from the Saw Grinders' Union about 2001. On hie coming forward yesterday morning he confessed that he was employed by Broadhead to blow up Hellewell, and that he received 31. for doing it. William Skidmore was then called, and in answer to Mr. Overend said that be was a lawmaker, and belonged to the Saw Makers' Union, of which society he was the president. Thomas Smith was the secretary. It was true be paid some money to Broadhead in order to get the blow-up done in Hereford street. After it was done he paid Broadhead. 15/. was the amount ; but he did not know the blowing up was to be done before it took place. Witness himself had not been in the habit of rattening, bat ever since he joined the union, 32 years ego, rattening had been known in his union, and also before be was born. His society, however, had not gone to those extreme measuw which characterised the Saw Grinders' Union. They had never done anything to injure either • man or his property within the period over which the inquiry was to extend. They had also been in the habit of rotten. ing men in other trades in order to make them conform to the trade rules. A great deal of other evidence was taken, but it was comparatively unimportant, and had reference to details of fattening and the keeping M union books. The inquiry wee again adjoined. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. People who can remember the time when French plays at St. James's Theatre were a regular phenomenon of the London season, and when the names of Rachel, of Regnier, of Latent, and of Ravel were almost as familiar here as in Paris, may almost be classed among old play goers. Such amusements can of course never be attractive to the multitude, and their provider, cannot hope to i draw together many persons from that great floating popu• lotion of country visitors which form the staple of the patrons of the British dram►—or perhaps we ought to my, of the French drama in its British guise. Nevertheless, the custom of importing troupes of French actors of high renown, thanks to the enterprise of Mr. Mitchell, was long maintained, and was not relinquished without . hard struggle. M. Ravel reminds us that it was in 1852.3 that his performances were given here, and they had 'NUMMI which, perhaps, might have been greater if the writers of the light Basis Royal pieces in which he performed had not relied too much upon the breaking of crockery, the hiding in cupboards, and the secreting of warming pans under the back of the principal comedian's dress coat. Anyway, we are glad to welcome another attempt to establish French plays among us as • summer en tertainment,and if we are to judge from the audience at the St. James's Theatre last night, and from the reception with which M. Ravel met, we may pronounce it successful. The performances are under the direction of M. Raphael Felix (brother of the l►te Mdlle. Rachel), Mr. Mitchell, however, being again, we believe, the entrepreneur ; and they are announced to be continued every evening for one month only. The pieces performed last night before a numerous and fashionable audience were Les Ressourees de Jonathas, Le Serment d'Horuce, and Monsieur et Madame Bigot°. They all belong to that class of pieces in which M. Ravel has so long sustained the chief parts at the little theatre in the Palais Royal—those light comic vaudevilles which are so peculiarly French that the most daring of our adapters and improver, from the French has never ventured to reproduce them without destroying their eaudeville character. English ballad operas, in which the principal characters occasionally broke out in • song was once tolerated in this country ; but of late years it has come to be • recognised fact that performers on the Eng lish stage must either talk or sing, but must not do both. The'absurdity of characters in •farce suddenly bursting forth with songs and concerted pieces, not merely introduced but actually carrying on the dialogue of the piece, seems in deed to be too great for any but audiences of Frenchmen, or for those who, like the audienoeof last night, have suffi cient knowledge of French and sympathy with French taste, to enjoy them. The Remounts de JonatAas shows to advantage the pe culiar powers of M. Ravers acting. In the part of the servant, who, like the landlady who lets her room to two lodgers in Box and Cox, hires his services to two masters, he is perfectly ►t home, and knows how to keep his audi ence in a continual roar. His fun in such parts is not the roaring drollery of Mr. Buckstone, nor the clever charac ter acting of Mr. Toole, nor the dry humour of Mr. Compton, but a mixture of rustic simplicity and low-class shrewdness whichie hardly known on the English stage. In the Sermeni d'Horaee—familiar to our public in Mr. C. S. Cheltnam's adaptation entitled Slototop's Engagements, produced at the Olympic Theatre—M. Ravel was equally successful in rousing the house to genuine bursts of laughter. In the little operetta of Monsieur et Madame Bigot°, in which there is an amusing and original comic chorus th►t cannot fail to be purloined by our burlesque writers, he performs the part of • French peasant of the comic farcical type, but with • considerable amount of tenth. Of the actresses and actors who supported him we may have to 'perk on • future coession. The programme embraces as fares published a complete change of performsnoes every other night—si frequency of ohmage which is, we suppose, rendered necessary by th e feet that the audience is Deesseerily in pest degree the same ens? evaniag. On Wednesday and Tluusday next -log 1 L ITRE BOTTLE WINE COMPANY, Old Swan Wharf, London-bridge. Imported In Litre and Halt Litre BaGJes, containing 86 per cent more than ordinary bottles. Via tialre Part and Sherry Rouallion and Picardin lea Id. k Litres, or 60a Id. Wm. /french Brandy Price Lista of other Willa on application. N.B. 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