The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-05 00:00:00

ONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC .4 ROOM for Gentlemen. Remember, we wait for you at EVANS' after the Covent-garden Opera alat the Theatres. I INAHAN'S ,LL WHISKY. DUBLIN This ceIebrateI X O T IT I II I I2 T, WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or Wholesale at 8. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe th e R e d S ea l , Pi nk Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." 3/1 - ury in A c, L r o ted ,-:\T y ker U ot O iso l c k.TlON ETISSELL-STRE.ET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDMV. ADVANCES MONEY on Personal Security, Rills of Sale, Freehold or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry fee, or any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, or three years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills discounted. The g , reatest secrecy observed. Advances also made towards the Purchase of a House, repay ible in 5. 10, or 15 years —Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped eLvelopc. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. BOARD and RESIDENCE.—CIiff House, near Warrior-square, St. Leonards-on-Sea, two minutes' walk from the Parade. Address, Mrs. Richardson, as above. CHO C 0 LATE.--,MENIER' S FRENCH. C 110 00LAT-MENIER, for Breakfast. CHOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. ItirENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE. *. Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Sold everywhere. PHEASANT REARING for 1866.— JAMES 'S (op Corn Exchange Nor wich) is the CHAMBERLIN only depot in the posite world for proper F(14 , •13 for PHEASANT FEE DING. Between'' O. and 300 testimonials of last ye ar ' s success. T Rearing. with on Hatching and Rearin, with other valuable hints, posted free on application. Land owners, pheasant rearers, and gamekeepers can raise any number of birds by min.. his food. The aristocracy of the kingdom constantly use it. Gentlemen requiring game keepers, or gamekeepers requiring situations, are requested to apply to Mr. James Chamberlin, wine merchant and phea sant foo i dealer, opposite Corn Exchange, Norwich. PHILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE BEST AND CHEAPEST. STRONG to FINE BLACK TEA, ls. Bd., 25., 2s. 6d., 38., 38. 4d. Most Delicious Mal( Tea is row only 3s. 6d. ter pound. Pure, Rich, Rare, Choice Coffee, Is. 4d.. is. Gd , ls. Bd. PHILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCRANTS, R, King William-street, City, London, E.C. A price current free. Sugars at market prices. PHILLIPS and I'o- send all goods Carriage Free within eight miles of 8, King William-street, 40s. worth Car riage Free to any Railway Station or Market Town in Eng land. Phillips and Co. have no Agents, nor any connec,ion With any house in Worcester or Swansea. TEETH. —Mr. DAY (for many years principal assistant to Mr. Eskell, surgeon-dentist, of 8, Gros venor -street, W.) off , rs the benefit of his experience in every case of Dental defect or deficiency. He has made arrange ments for the use of Mr. Eskell's Patents, by which means exquisitely enamelled ARTIFICIAL TEETH of the utmost durability are constructed (in a few hours when necessary), and are worn upon tender gums or roots of teeth or by ner vous persons for any length of time, without pain, unplea santness, or discomfort guar an t ee d . The invention applied to teeth of ordinary or inferior construction. Osteoplastic Enamel, the exact colour of the natural teeth, used in all cases of stopping. Discoloured teeth restored, loose teeth fastened, extractions painle , slv performed, and all opera tions on the most approved principles. Terms strictly mode rate. Consultations free. 291, REGENT -STREET (3 doors from the Polytechnic). SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, ant Dining-room, eon9isting of a new and eiegant assort 'nen of VAS ES, Figures, Groups, Candleeticks, Obeliska, Ink eautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, are., in Italian, Alabast*r, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Impnrted and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine. ralogist to her Masiesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MI NERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate tbe interesting, study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY. and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20. 60, to 500 guineas Pi.ch. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE- R t0.L0(4 V" is given by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S., at 149. Strand. NOTHING ThIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and Most uset ill invention of the day, AGIJA. A MARELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and ed Bull Wharf, 93, ( upper Thames -street. Perfumers to CO.,'her Majesty, respect -1137 offer to the public this truly marvellous fiui^, which gradually restores tne human hair to its pristine hue- no matter at what age. The Agna Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Priee one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability. may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal nighness the Princess of Wales. -DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A N EVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of DI. of Bromley, Kent. will be found invaluable to all whc Rutter from bilious •.nd liver 'complaints, inligestinn, wind. 4 Pftsins, giddiness, 'izzine.a of the eyes, &c. For habitur restiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a puritie? of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera. mon and grateful to the stomach, they create apperite, pro. nio.te digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system 7°" l by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. , ondo.,. n d b y moat dru2friste •N hseose, 14A., got +ll row times the ell:marbly., In 'NI. Be sure n, nr. Boott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square green packa.e. with "William Lambert." enzraved n the stamp. RUPTURES,-11Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT ot 1851 and 18621, is allowed by upwards of :Ivo Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the moat effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring*, so often hurtful in its effe-ts. is hl ile avoided--a soft bandage being w orn round the body, we pe requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main ad and Patent Lev , r, fitting with so much ease and close °,esa that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during Sl eep. A descriptive circular may be had, and th , . truss, 'Mitch cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post. on the circum !9.ence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE. ''2B, Piccadilly. A Sinzle Truss, leg. 215. , 26s 6(1.. and 31s. 6d Postage , is A Double Truss, 31s. 6d ., 42s • an.i 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd, An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Gd. P. stage, Is. 1 d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. _ . NEW PATENT WLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases ut Weakness and Swellinz of the Lea•s, 4 prains, No. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpen-ive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s. and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WIIITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. SUBSCRIPTIONS for the WIDOW and CHILDREN of the late Captain R. 11. GRONOW, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, and Author of " Recol lections and Anecdotes," " Celebrities of London and Paris," &c. Captain Gronow, who lately died in Paris, has left a widow and four young children, by his second marriage utterly destitute, without means to defray his funeral expenses, or even to purchase bread. Captain Gronow was disinherited by his father, in favour of his brother, a clergyman. and the small income which he deriv e d from the interest of a sum charged on the family estate ceased with his life ; while the sums he received from time to time for his " Recollections" were expanded in arni providing for the increasing expenses of his young f l Y. Under these distressing circumstances the friends of Madame Gronow in Paris came to her aid, and they now appeal to the liberality of her late husband's friends in London, and also to the readers of his Reminiscences, for contributions to enable her to maintain and educate her children. Subscriptions received by Messrs. SMITH, ELDER, and Co., 65, Cornhill, and 45, Pall-mall ; and by Messrs. Cox and GREENWOOD, Army Agents, Craig's-court, Parliament street NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. I) U BARRY's delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food, THE REVALENTA ARABICA, yields three times as much assimilating and strengthening nourishment as the best meat, and restores perfect diges `ion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disor dered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually in digestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, ha bitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, hmmorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervous ness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, Sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. R is the most digestible of all foods and suitable for in valids and infants in all complaints. We quote a few out of 62,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver com plaint, 'wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, con stant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Waterford :-1 have derived much benefit from your excellent food.—Stuart do Decies, Dromana, Cappoquin, cT. ounty Waterford. Cure No. 54, 816 from the Rev. James Campbell, Syderstone Rectory, near Fakenham, Nor folk In all cases of indigestion, and particularly when the liver is more than usually affected, 1 consider it the best of all remedies. It regulates the bile, and makes it flow in cases which would not admit of mercury in any S hape. In short, a healthy flow of the bile is one of the earliest and best symptoms. You can make what use you 'leaso of this communication.—l am, gentlemen, James T. CamOoll. C ure N o. 52 , 42 2.—8 r idge House, Frim . LON, Surrey :—Thirty-three years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in the ears, constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and cough, have been removed by your Revalenta Arabica. My lungs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my hear ing perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaint ances. —James Roberts, Ti mber Merchant. Cure No. 49,832. Of fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervous ness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sick ness, and vomiting. —Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure N 0.47,121.— Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, i ndigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Semi. Laxton,Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Th e food is sold i n can i sters, 11b: 2s 9d ; 21b., 4• 6d. •,12 1b., 21s. ; 241 b., 40s. Super-refined quality, 111)., .? ; 2113., 12s. ; 5113., 22 5. ; 101 b., 335. Th e 101 b., 121 b., and lib. canisters, carriage free on receipt of Post -office Order, by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77. Regent-street, London ; also Phillips, Tea Dealers, 8, King William-street ; like wise at 65, Graceohurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishops sta+estreet Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, rand ;54 Upper Baker-street : 103, Tottenham-court reland ; 96 , Upper-street, Islington N.; Harvey, Notting-hill ; ter-rse Brothers, 65, High-street; and Stubbs, Queen's aco, St. Jola's-wood, London ; and all respectable ' 44 °04 411,c1 Oven fists,—Beware of spurious imitations. N°. 23,026. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3y015., _ - MARIC , A L L E I 4I E O R N L ' S y LE. NEW NOVEL, F" A clever and interesting story. It is well written, and so goal that our friends sheuld read it for themselves."— Athennum. _ . Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., HESTERB; the Au S S :hor A of C RIFIC E. "ST. OLAVE'S," "JANITA'S CROSS," &C. This novel is one to be heartily commended. It is a story that will be read with gre it pleAaure. The author has great power of sketching character. The plot is a good one. Not the least charm of the story is that is interest is sus tained throughour."—Star. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. WHYTE MELVILLE. CERISE: A Tale of the Last Century. By It HYTE MELVILLE. Author of "The Gladiators," "Good for Nothing," "The Brookes of ffridlemere," &c. 3 vols., post Bvo. [Second Edition This Day. "Rarely in the course or the longest career of what may be called pr •fessional novel-reading is such a treat as the per usal of a work like `Cerise' offered to the reader. It is a pleasure so true, so deep, so delightful, that no sameness of custom can decrease, no sense of mere business-like habit can deaden it Major Whyte Melville has written several good and some excellent novels ; a few will live, 'The Gla diators' among the number; but he has never done anything to be compared with his present work, in either matter or style There are several chapters in this book which might be selected and ser apart as fulfilling the very ideal .1 pe, fectfon in novel writin.r The tone of tins work is much higher than that of any of its uthor's previ.us novels ; he has sought his inspiration at purer sources ; and while his eh aracters are sketched with a bolder, finer, and firmer pencil, they are moulded from grander ideal." —.NI orning Post, March 20, 1164. Chapman and Hall, 196, Piccadily. TIIE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCXXXVII E., will be Published on TUESDAY, April 10. CONTENTS. I. Sir Joshua Reynolds. ent Commissizn. 11. Children's Employm 111. Foss' Judges of England. IV. Coal an , 1 Smoke. V. Science of Language. VI. St, Patrick and the Irish Church. VII. Ecce Homo. VIII. Female Education. IX. The Government Reform Bill. John Murray, Albemarle-street. sth edition, corrected and revised, p ost free 7d., THE TEETH : a Practical Treatise ; with the bast Means of Restoring them when Defective or Lost. By A. ESRELL, Surgeon-Dentist, of Gr'svenor-strest, W. " We cannot do better than recommend forgeneral perusa I Mr. Eskell's treatise, which is as useful as it is unpretend ing."—Telegraph, June 20, 186 . Sold by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-hali-court' London ; and all Booksellers. Just published (Gratis), FHE GREAT CRINOLINE QUESTION _ solved by her Majesty the Empress if the French. Ladies should at once obtain gratis of their Draper or Corset Maker, T RONSON'S new Illustration, showing the veritable "MODE DE L 1 MPERATRICE." STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. TILE PRINCESS OP WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, Stc. lke. TWIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay. and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY NOW? That the FIERY CROSS has arrived, bringing some magnificeppt KAISOW ..'ONGOUS of delicious flavour, and which may baw be had, at a mere commission on the import price, of the EAST INDIA TEA CO opANY, No. 5, Great St. Helen's CLurchyard, Bishopsgate-street. SWEET OPOPONAX.—PIESSE 'and LUBIN'S new PERFUME. This and a thousand others for ehoi , e at the laboratory of flowers. 2, New Bond street, London. Sold in all parts of the world. JDEFRIES and SONS beg to call the special • attention of Merchants and the Trade to their NEW LATENT ASTRA BURNER, With Circular Wick, whi3h for simplicity of construction, great brilliancy of light, perfect combustion. and its entire freedom from heat, sur passes everything that has yet been introduced. A STRA LAMPS can be obtained from the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 417, Strand, and from all Ironmongers and Lamp Wart houses in Town and Country ; and the Patentee, 16 and 17, Commercial street, WhitechapeL Al32•KloaA, iisi a v •-• LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.) ASTRA (Patent) LAMP, for MINERAL oi►,. 5T R A LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW . PATTERNS for the Season now on Show. TABLE GLASS. ENGRAVED AND CUT. T DEFRIES and SONS , tI • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMM ERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, .£1 18s. &I. BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, £1 is. REFRIES and SONS, tl• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-6TREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Drawing-room. either for Gas or Candle. T REFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, In the Grecian and Venetian Designs. T DEFRIES and SONS, ti• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-ST REET. BRONZED AND ORMOLU CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Dining-room. DEFRIES and S ONS, T-7• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL -STREET. CRYSTAL LAMPS ed) AND W InALL LIGHTS (Register for dia. JDEFRIES and SONS. • 18 and 17, COMMERCIAL -STREET. CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS for the above Goods promptly executed. Works - LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. DEFRIES and SONS tI• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. DEFRIES and SONS ti • Supply lierehants with Pattern Books Free. T DEFRIES and S ONS' tl • TEMPORARY SHOW ROOMS. .6 and 17, COMMEKCIAL-STREET, WHITEC RAPEL, Five Nlllllltes' walk from the Late 11 Establishment, 147, HOUNDSDITC. • WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. 130ISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residebce, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London and North-Western line, and fitty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are gardea, me idow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to 'he 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected irom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent oases : F. v., aged 16, Mien, mother dead, deserted by her father. 11. A. F., aged 13, homelea., both parents dead. 4.. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother 3. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. J. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A, 8., aged 10, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents; M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. a, aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. B. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. M. Al W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. fhe new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen • t reet. Cheap side; or by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grey's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of IVA LE S, K.G President—His trace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1823, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders , is Wholly de pendent for support al voluntary contributions and t:,actes. It affords relict to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 1,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of co' taming several nundred more beds, had the Comillt - . the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edwara Dias erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; ll. Tries and Co. ; hansom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W Mama, Deacon, and Co.; Os erend, Gur ney, and Co.: Nisbet and Co.. Berners-street ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool l and at the hospital, from 10 till 5. sTANIOUD ONIPJ, BeCTOtair. • 1 , /7_. 1 -=-V-V-:: , - :..- • --. . 7 ...G.— ,_ -,.,..) .-...,'; ... :...". ~., '.....,._ 5 ,- 4 k ili ft ilk4 , N - "•-• .A'-' •-:- - -- -- ='fr:-: - .r: ~- .." .%* , l , _ e l 3 \.A.,1 - • . J2.._„. •A.:',;-" oglo , : 4-. . \ fC' ir / ' ~ --s.zoic , \i 't VLSTI.I=I., 1 .-atA‘ '' r ... llll ' lii # .. V i (121/ , 0 'l .:- ., II I 1 dori,,„ ..„;.fo,,*. tivi -- -.,.. ta.. ' . ,;_,,- : h illino -, ..... • ' ~,, , , . 4116 - ‘ .. t w \‘' . , ,, ,..4 4 ,41 , ._ 4 .--,, ' - -._.-.. ~.- --f.,. , ..6, 4-: -.- . i., - , 7 , ~, ” ...i‘t . ‘rAy. , T , ) 4SIM4 , - 1 4: ".: - __ (.., i ;-'•• "4; — ' :.: -.•. ‹. • .*. ..__, _ e ..... --. „ - 4 0, . .., . . ~. , •-- ' ....."" ', - . .. - -.. .., - •, - . .., . ~_„..., . -„,-..... , -,lti , -. I 4LA - ', ..t. AP' L v # "../.;•.,,,,,,_,... - ''''",,,, it; P - 2. ' 0 111 t r i . *-, "4 • . .1............. ' 1, - 4'4 ' ' '''' ': :t., - I ' , f , ":- - .4r. '‘ O ir.. ; ) 7 , - ... n. . ""'- I -. '`.:„ , ki - - . a. , . 'l', 1 IV , ' r• ie . :1,4/1 DROrrt, " 42 ;. , Nit. it ' fir^- ~ - ~ -~~7 THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1866. To NEST-END DINERS.- " THE WELLINGTON," ST. JAMES'S -STREET, PICCADILLY. LADIES' SALGON DINING ROOM on the First Floor The SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS are now OPEN. Terms—Twelve Months..Zl lls. Gd. Six Months...... I ls. Od. Apply, D. CAMERON, 49, St. James-street. N. S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BADEN and UP Iv THE AIR, an entirely .New Entert..in ment, EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC BALL, King William-street, Charing-cross Luxurious sofa stalls, 5s ; balcony stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, ST. JAMES'S HALL. EVERY EVENING at Eight. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, at Three and Eight, —The orig nal and veri tably legimate CIIRIsTY MINSTRELS. First Season in London thee five years The only company in existence which possesses a legal claim to the title, from the fact of, its being the only one which retains all the marked specialities and distinguished favourites who originally gained the re putation of the company first in the United States, and sub sequently in this country, in 1857. No other company as suming the title of Christy Minstrels possesses a single in dividual member of the least distinction who belonged to the iginal troupe. The Christys (after an absence of five years) return to London with their band strengthened and im proved in every respect, their entertainment being unani mously pronounced bi the metropolitan press to be the most sparkling in London. Prices of Admission—New and luxurious fauteuils, 55.; stalls, 3s. ; area. 2s. ; gallery, ls. ; juveniles, under twelve, half price to stalls and area only. Fauteuils and stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street; or at Mr. Austin's, 23, Piccadilly. Manager, Mr. Frederick Burgess. T H E X F ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (I imited', IF I WERE RING, Comic Opera, by Is DOLPIIE ADAM, havin: been enthusiastically received, will be performed by the whole of the talented Operatic Company E : ERY EVEN , NG in addition to the other novelties of the estab -I,shment, including the celebrated HUNGARIANS in their new entertainment, Mr. MARSHALL, the S VONETTES, Messrs. Davies and SkPrrett, and Bliss HELEN TRACY, the Australian Ballad Vocalist, who will introduce for the first time in Englind her novel rendering of the Ballads of Trela nd. Admission—Area, ed. ; stalls and balcony, Is ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. ATADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, lII_ BAKER-STREET, EASTER HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models of the most distinguished Personages of the day (including those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and GUS TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last Holidays ; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies, taken from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the norious CHARLOTTE WINSOR. Open during the first three days in Easter week from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra Rooms, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, GRAD EXTRA NIGHT THIS EVENING. Dancing at l'en. Open until One o'clock. Admission, gentlemen, 55.; ladies, 2s. 6d. Door open at half-past Nine. Chef d'Orchestra, Signor L. Curti. N.B.—Drying the evening the eminent M. Levy will per form some of his favourite solos on the cornet. Manager, M. GRENET. TO DEBTORS IN DIFFICULTIES.-Mr. S. T. 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Amsterdam The usual delay of two days for examination being waived, the . Coupons *ill be paid on presentation. 1- THOMAS HOLLIS, Seqetary. London, 2nd April, 1866. TO CAPITALISTS.—A Capitalist is required by the Advertiser who fully understands the manage ment of shipping in all its details to assist in the PUR CHASE of a fleet of fine CLIPPER. SHIPS on unusually advantageous terms, for which immediate and most profit able employment caw be ob•ained. As this is bona fide, and an opportunity with seldom occurs, none need apply who have not large capital at command.—Address, with real name, C. F. A., 8, Bin:hat-lane, L.C. To have remains of this sort mentioned in the same book with those of Abbeville ! No wonder Mr. Laing admits that this mound is of a different cha racter from the other, it. ast Ipn he might, living t least, no doubt, have have about ave e found lped somet obuild men a Caithness who built shell exactly simi lar bothies' • • - lar to Mr. Laing's moorland mound. The walls being of large flag stones set on edge,' are t h e same as are to be seen to this day in many modern build ings similarly situated, where the largest surf ace , find any stone can be got to present is of the utmost im portance in a turf building. The shells found on the floor are just such as the young women who at tended their cattle in these moorlands were sure to go on to the shore to gather, after they had finished their day's work, or were waiting for the return of their cows.. To the present day young women and men, too, go to the shore, a distance of three or four miles to gather such mol luscs. The bones found were only such as were sure to be sent from home for the regular food of these girls while living in a sort of banishment in the hills during the summer. The bench or bed' along the walls is simply the place on which the milk was set in dishes, a portion of which dishes Mr. Laing found ' having a coarse blue glaze,' and which he mistook for a piece of pre-historic pottery ! The two large stones opposite the door in the fur ther end of the building is the fireplace, and these stones, with the assistance of one or two more, though not so permanently fixed, were used for sup porting a large pot, in which they boiled their milk for making cheese, and also saved them the trouble of carrying up to the hills a large iron hook and chain, on which pots in country houses are usually hung. The stones projecting on each side of the doorway are the foundation of a turf erection merely for shelter. It reached to the height of the walls, and was covered on the top ; and in a day's walk in the interior of the country, I will now point out a half a score of similar erections." Dr. HUNT, who visited Caithness last year, and travelled over part of the same ground as Air. Laing, also threw much doubt on his alleged facts, and re gretted that he was not present to explain the in congruities which had been pointed out in his work. Dr. Hunt said that the statement made by Mr. Laing, that kists were to be found at regular dis tances of 15 feet from each other in the burial mound, was not borne out by his experience ; and on examining the kist of a chief, from which Mr. Laing had taken one skeleton, he was surprised to find the pelvis and leg bones of another. The doubts thrown on the statements seemed to show that Mr. Laing had relied on the reports of others without having depended alone on his own researches. There was a brief discussion after the reading of the papers, in which Mr. Carter, Mr. Higgins, and Dr. Charnock took part. The meeting then ad journed. PARIS. 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Hunt in the chair—several papers were read on the recently discovered human remains and stone implements in the Orkneys and in Caithness, with reference more particularly to the recent work by Mr. Laing, on the pre-historic re- mains in Caithness. Mr. Laing brought this sub- ject before this society in a former session, and ex cited much interest by the statement of the discove- ries he had made in excavating the kiats and shell mounds in Caithness, which he has since more fully developed in his work, in which he endeavours to prove that the bones and implements found in of a pre-histOriC race aegriiattr thnimiala Caithness. The inhabitants of the district have felt some indignation at this imputation on their ances tors, and many have been the objectors to his facts and deductions. Those adduced were numerous and very difficult to be overcome, and Mr. Laing, who was expected to have been present to meet them, was prevexted by illness from attending. The first paper was by Mr. John Cleghorn, of Wick, entitled " A new reading of shell-mounds and graves in Caithness," in which he entered into an elaborate examination of Mr. Laing's book, for the purpose of showing that its statements of facts - - are not correct and the deductions erroneous. Mr. Cleghorn commenced his attack by bringing geolo- gical evidence to bear against the assumed great antiquity of the kists, for many of those kists are not far above the level of the sea, which has been re- ceding regularly for many yea's, so that it wouldbe impossible for them to have been made on dry ground more than 300 or 400 years ago. The alleged stone implements found in the graves with the skeletons, Mr. Cleghorn contended, were nothing more than the rounded natural stones of the district. He denied that the skulls were of a more degraded character than most of those of indi viduals of the present day; and he was of opinion that the skeletons found were those of mariners who had been wrecked and their bodies buried near the shore. With regard to the Birkle hills, which Mr. Laing regards as affording evidence of great anti quity, Mr. Cleghorn observed that they are hillocks of blown sand that have been consolidated by their having been the rendezvous of the country folks on occasions of wrecks, from their being nearest the scenes of such disasters. They are on the same raised beach with the graves and the harbour mound, therefore cannot be older than they. "The Cyclo pean building of unhewn stones from the beech" (so called by Mr. Laing) has been the place of shelter for the night-watchers, and the " ovens," or " fire places," are the hearths where the crowds lighted their fires to warm themselves during their dismal nights. The relics found of nails of iron, charcoal, stones split by heat, bones all charred, whorls, frag ments of iron, &c., were also just what such gather ings of men and women are expected to leave. He conceded, in conclusion, that the view Mr. Laing has taken of the shell-mounds and graves at Feiss are at variance with the teachings of the geologist, the archaeologist, and the anthropologist ; and that there is a want of proof in his premises and of logic in his deductions. A paper by Mr. Petrie, of Orkney, was no less . severe in opposing Mr. Laing's facts and inferences. Mr. A. Joseph Anderson, in a paper " On human remains at Feiss," also differed from Mr. Laing's views, and came to the conclusion " that the burial mound contains two sets of interments, one pre sumably older than the other, but concerning either of which we have no reliable data for determining their age, though the onemay with considerable pro bability be conjectured to be recent, and the other not of very great antiquity. That the ‘shellmounds' so called, being refuge heaps of borgs or Picts' houses, cannot he referred to what has been called the ' early stage of the stone period;' that they present no general analogy with kjokken moddings of Denmark, and in all probability belong to the transition period when the pre-historic and the earliest historic records of the North of Scot land merge into and throw light upon each other. That the Birkle hills' are still undetermined as to their character and contents, and that the moor land mound' is most likely the site of an early Cul dee settlement latterly used by the country people as a sheiling." Mr. R. J. SHEARER also contributed a pap er on the same subject, in which he criticised Mr. L a i ng 's book with much severity ; and, in noticing that portion of it relating to the moorland mound, he observed :—" I am really astonished that Mr. Laing did not, before rushing into print, take the advice of some person in this country, who might have hindered him publishing an account of a shelling' bbthy, not yet out of use above 40 or 50 . years, -as a moorland mound of pre-historic date. — A - Tgr:ltan'b §rutillvecru F E. rev-a Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effect. Price 3s. ed. ; sent by post for 54 stamps. LADIES HAIR DYED, from 1 guinea; Gentle men's. from 10s. Gd. SAUCE. —LEA and YERRINS' WO RCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. 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Webb, 27th (Enniskillens) Regiment, has been placed under orders to embark at Graves- end, in the Sydney Dacres, for Bombay, to join the service companies of his regiment in that presidency. The detachment of the 2d battalion of the 20th Regiment, consisting of 71 non-commissioned officers and men, placed under orders to proceed to China to augment the service companies of that regiment, embarked at Gravesend yesterday on board the hired troopship Gresham, for Hongkong, under the superintendence of Brigade-Major W. W. Lynch and the officers of the Staff at Chatham gar rison. The name of Capt. A. N. Adams, ordered to embark with the detachment, waswithdrawn from the list prior to the troops leaving Chatham gar rison, the officer going out to China with the draught being Ensign John Hugh Ford. Pre viously to the troops embarking the Gresham was inspected by Major-General Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., and Deputy-Inspector-General J. A. 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The Etna, one of the old class of iron floating batteries, built during the late war with Russia, and since laid up in the Chatham Steam Reserve, has been stripped of the whole of her internal fittings, bulkheads, &c., and her machinery taken out, in order that she may be fitted as a floating residence for the married officers of the metropolitan police doing duty at the dockyard, who have hithertobeen accommodated on board the Nymph, 42. The .Etna has been completely fitted for the service for which she is intended, and in the course of a few days will be taken possession of by the members of the police force. The Nymph is to be fitted and used exclusively as a Roman Catholic float ing chapel for the officers and men of the fleet. The Bellerophon, 14, partially armoured screw frigate, Capt. E. Tatham, is filling up with water and stores alongside Portsmouth Dockyard. She is being prepared for the reception of the competitive gun carriages and slides, with their 12i-ton guns in order to make her experimental cruise. Sir Wil liam Armstrong's iron carriage and slide have been received at Portsmouth from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The carriage is not yet mounted in the battery of the Bellerophon, so that it cannot be seen to the best advantage, as all its parts are connected. It, however, appears to possess unity of strength, sim plicity, and efficiency in design and construction. The system of its compressors is similar to that adopted by Captain R. Scott with his competitive carriage, with the exceptions that Sir William's car riage slide has friction metal compresser plates where Capt. Scott's has tapered timberbalks, and Sir Wil liam's compressers are self-acting, whereas Capt. Scott's are not. The carriages and guns from the Minotaur have been landed from her on the sheer jetty of the dockyard, where Capt. Scott's carriage and slide are undergoing another alteration, the c?x_ - riage now being shortened at its rear and the s li de fitted with a transverse working lever for throwin g the toothed training wheel in and o ut of gear,-w i th the rack way, which is now ordered to . be taken up from the deck of the Minotaur and laid take the the deck of the Bellerophon. This will involve a good deal of expense and trouble, which appears to be almost unnecessary, as all the training systems fitted on board the Minotaur, and which included Capt. Scott's, underwent a thorough trial on board the Minotaur—all that could be reasonably asked for, in fact, for "training " is the slightest of all diffi culties to be met with in the working of heavy guns on board ship. As, however, Capt. 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Baker, the secretary, having read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed, the report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts to Jan. 31 last, together with a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent.. per annum for the past half-year, said the directors had great pleasure in meeting the shareholders with such a satisfactory change in the affairs of the com pany. The difficulties and obstructions which had so long retarded them he now thought were nearly cleared away. He thought the present successful state of things would result in more satisfactory meetings in future. They had received on capital account £9,381. during the past half-year in pay ment of calls on the new shares, making the total receipts £5,155,731. The aggregate expenditure amounted to £5,151,893, leaving a balance of £3,838. The outlay on capital account during the half-year amounted to £32,526, being the propor tion chargeable to that account for rebuilding timber bridges in stone and iron ; cost of fish joint ing six miles of rails, including outlay of £14,000 on the new Car ferry-boat for the Detroit River, the new station works at Toronto, and extension of the line along the Toronto Esplanade ; and among other items £505 for the new rolling mill, in putting up a puddling furnace to utilise the waste iron of the establishment, and convert it to useful purposes. The items of expenditure would be very productive in future. It might appear that their capital was exhausted, all but the £3,838 balance in hand, but that was not the case. They had been receiving large remittances from Canada, the accounts hav ing been doming in rapidly. The receipts to the 31st of last month amounted to £148,690. The traffic receipts for the present year were going on well ; for the week ending March 16 they amounted to £17,744, against £11,442 for the corresponding week last year, showing an increase of £6,302. The total increase in the traffic receipts for the seven weeks up to that date was £39,805, as compared with the corresponding weeks of last year. The question of more new capital was not pressing. They had power to issue £108,300 more of new shares, to borrow £661,300 more money, and to call up the remaining £2 10s. per share. They had paid off in October,lB64, £72,600 of the 6 per cent. bonds, for which they had the power to issue others in their place. They would probably leave to the directors the power of selecting the best mode of raising any additional capital that might be required for the purposes of the company. (Hear, hear.) The revenue of the past half year, as com pared with the corresponding period of the precedis ing year, showed an increase of £74,3 10 , and 11_ was obtained at an additional cost for workingti of only £9,502, leaving £64,808 to the g the Am • erican American bad lost £73,316 in the conversion of funds during the past half ye ar, cind66ed,oBthOeincotnhe preceding half year. Tha t- version of $242,1 58 of Am andi sumernicnn money brought year, and there re gthold had lashartilfa balance of $114,558 o n v i a e i r n e f d r from 3 t l h s e t j p a r n e vninoruys unconverted.ory. The p Now, price aohafe sotubgehetn, informed by telegram that the price of g old was fallen to an average of 144 /. They that was m w e a r s ie v a e n ry fu sa n t dissfact now down to 126, and if that continued it would have a most material effect on the net balance avail able for the proprietors. The aggregate loss by ex changes of American currency from the commence ment was £443,987. They had borne all that out of revenue, and if the exchange during the past half year had been at par they would have been able to a declare dividend at the rate of 9,1 per cent. per mum. The question of exchange, therefore, had a great bearing on the prosperity of the company. Another matter was the renewal of the permanent way. This half year they had expended £23,065 in enewals, and in the current half year £24,493, when that account would be obliterated altogether. In 1861 the proprietors had resolved to meet an expenditure of £331,279 for putting the permanent way into first rate order, the expenditure of the whole sum would be completed this year, and their welinnoeweoeflur:cldiwentas thathtleynwbiet he h in in perfect order and rep a i r . Th e highest compliment h e cou ld pay t o M r. R e i d, their engineer, n e w th o e ul es d ti accomplish t e h a e v w er h a o g l e e charge for renewal of way during the past five years had been at the rate of £30,000 each half year. But they would still have to pay out of revenue a certain sum to keep up the line in the same perfect state as it was at present, and therefore they would be asked to set aside each half year £17,500 out of the revenue for that purpose. As the re sult of their operations during the past half year, they would be able to pay the proprietors a divi dend at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, free of income-tax, which would absorb £85,626, leaving a balance of £ll,OOO for the next half year. It had been suggested that they should pay an addi tional half per cent., but he thought, as the summer half year was the least productive, they had better not divide more on that occasion. The traffic had been most satisfactory, the receipts in the past half year had been the largest of any since the line was opened 12 years ago. The next best half year was that which ended on the 31st of January, 1857, when a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum was declared. The receipts in the past half year exceeded those of 1857 by £63,500. The proportion of foreign traffic was then. 65 per cent., and of local traffic 35 per cent. The pro portion for the past half year had been 61 of foreign traffic, and 39 of local traffic. In the correspond ing half of 1857 the passenger traffic amounted to £154,125, and in the past half year to £205,131. The larger the - proportion of passenger traffic tlx freight the lower would be the percentage of wor.k_ ing expenses. The staff in Canada, assisted by the directors there, had shown every desire and used every exertion to reduce the working ex penses. With regard to the cessation of the Re htc h i a p ev r ye o achi had y de t everyTr r m e e a n t3 t a , l r e a s on l ookieffectngo on their all lie v et t rt h ah e lt c c i r. it c T u wh m oe s uf t lo a dr n e c ni e go s i traffic would not be interfered with, as an Act of Congress provided for the transport of goods in bond for the purpose of exportation. The only portion of the local traffic that would be interfered with wouldbe that between Canada and the United States, but it was probable that they would be allowed to continue on payment of a tax of 10 per cent. Afs a set-off against this they would probably have a large increase of foreign traffic over the railway, ased and if the Theens e q r a u ffi e n c t directors found it remunerative to make the branch inonpetthroelecuemssaltaiodninocfrethe 7ater tr a ffi c , line into that district they could do so, but they had no intention to make the line at present. With re gard to the disputed claim of the Commercial Bank of Canada, there was every probability of its being adjusted, and an end put to unproductive litigation, by the Detroit and Milwaukie Companybeingplaced in a position to pay its own debts. There was every probability of coming to an amicable arrangement with the Grand Trunk Company to charge equal rates and fares to competitive places. The third rail question was progressing favourably, and there was almost a certainty that the work wouldbecompleted within the estimates. There was every prospect of the future prosperity of the company. They had no casualties to report, and they were very much in debted to the exertions of their general manager and to the board in Canada. The gross earnings of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad for the year 1864 amounted to £347,617, and the working ex penses to £205,634, leaving a net sum of £141,983, out of which £83,741 was taken to pay interest on the mortgage bonds, leaving, with a surplus from the preceding year, £63,000, of which £36,000 wa s appropriated to providing rolling stock, and 1.27,000 for stores. The proprietors had every reason to con gratulate themselves on their present satisfactory position. Mr. HEAD, a director, seconded the motion fort the adoption of the report and the declaration of the at length dawning on the company. Tne step tor an amicable arrangement with the Grand Trunk was one in the right direction, and for which the directors were entitled to the thanks of the proprie tors. He never had any doubt whatever as to the loyalty of the people of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and recent proceedings entirely confirmed that view. After some observations from Mr. Villeboisnet, Mr. Moxon, and Col. Evelyn, the report was unani mously adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, was declared payable on the 20th inst. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. FAULCONER, a resolution was unanimously passed approving the proposal of the Board to arrange terms with the Commercial Bank of Canada, with. .the view to avoid the necessity of the pending legal proceedings, authorising the Board to make such arrangements as to the Detroit and Milwaukee Com pany as they might deem expedient, and as would enable the latter company to give security to the Commercial Bank for the settlement of its claim. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. The report of the directors of this company for the year 1865 states that this railway lost at the opening of the war its Southern business, which had been growing up for many years. The close of the , war found the season too far advanced to admit of planting, thus leaving what the war had spared of the capital and industry of the South to a great ex tent unemployed. Those circumstances placed the railway largely on its local resources theyfor traffic h d a u d rin se g nt th th e p th as e t fi s e e ld as o o v n e . r Notwithstanding2oo,ooo oinen lllinois t sin h teg a a t sdoi t l h fy e tihn po ecrl p ien u ase la e t af i o o dr n ulrB a i n6 n sg d t were h ar e e w a a sr o . f 7 cultivation had e gross earn ,lTBlh,2oB, against $6,329,447 Thellol,ile in 1864, and ohio b ita ein il g an increase way,anexth of $8 51,. The extension i r line from Ohio river to the Gulf of Mexico, was hardly yet re-opened ; other Southern lines tribu tary to the Illinois Central had not been placed in working order. When those and other old channels of trade were re-opened, and the business relations of the North and South restored, they confidently expected to increase their traffic. For sixty days past all the rolling stock they could spalirec sugar, had been n lie used South in, n , showing the o transportation tobacco plantations were now bei ng recon shtnrg that rtatio the n cotton, o f su pps for and ' constructed. Since the last annual report they had earned $7,181, 208 o n the railway, they had receiv e d from collections in the land department $1,933,915, together $9,115,123 They had expend e d on perma nent s t r uctures a nd increase of equipment $854,434, an d for worki n g $ 4,509,794. They had paid to the i ng to $496, 4 90 ; they had p a id i n i n .. Sta t e their annual tax of 7 per cent. on th e gross earnings for the year ending Oct. 31, 1865, amount cent. each on the capitala interestt on the f un ded debt $810,050, n $ p e2,r253h6, share, and dtw s o to d ek ivid a e m nds oun o t f ing 5 per to in addition to a stock distribution of $lO had reduced their funded debt by the redemption and cancellation of bonds $900,000. They commenced th e new year with a balance of net cash assets in hand of $1,703,525, being $550,000 in excess of the dividend of 5 per cent. declared for the Ist February last and since paid, having a stock of supplies on hand of $876,479. The amount of bonds cancelled on December 21 was $2,341,500. During the past year the equipment of the line was increased by $532,541, and construction a ccount for s D 85 a 3 7 7 n 6 g r, the a n dp theast renewals and improvenients • to the am ount of $321,893. The working stock va s now equal to a traffic year the of earningssB , O 0 o, o h o a o d p i e n rc r a e n a s n e u d n annum- ,;,Daring working expenditure by $ 1,049,055. The sa les in the land department were made to 2,364 purchasers of 155,057 acres , at an average of $12 . 07 per acre, for $1,872,310. Their rule was now to require the payment of one-fourth down on all sales made, and to sell only to actual settlers. There were 998,069 acres of land remaining unsold at the close of the ' y ea r. In December, 1858, thcdebt of the y I was in round numbers $ 1 9,50 0 , 000 ; novii t wa s re , ' duced to $12,300,000. . 1