The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-15 00:00:00

O NDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC v -4 A R00.11 for Gentlemen. Remember we wait for you at 4, INS' after the C oven t- gar d en Opera and the Theatres. LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION 1865. j) T his celeb ra t e d OLD IRISH, WHISKY gained the ü blin Pri ze M e d a l . It i s Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- Sold in Bottles i , 3s. Bd. , at the Retail principal townso Huses in London ; 1 1 the Agents n the in England ; or Vholesala at 8. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ``Kinal tan ' s LL Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Whisky." ItVf UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION id, ( Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 18581, 4IIS SFILL-STREET, COVENT-GAtt DEN. LONDON. O,ADVANCES 'HONEY on Personal Security, Bills of S a le, e hold or be ne fi c i a l Leasehold • Prverty, without inquiry threern r any d e d uct i on whatever, for periods of one, two, or Years, repayable weAly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills tb a teft The greatest secrecy observed. Advances also 15 e towards th,'? Purchase of a House, repayiblc in 5. 10, or e u ye4 ri —Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped EDWARD HARP RR. Secretary. TIANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. (Incorporated by Royal Charter.) 11114.,1)11'ectors of the Bank of Briti , h North America DO 34"41:31- urvE OTICE, thae YEARLY GENERAL „, J'al NG of Proprietors will be held, pursuant to the Deed London, on TUESDAY, the sth June next, at the Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at One o'clock re-isely, o rn three Direr tors will retire by rotstien, two of whom er themselves for re-election. by th e Lirector wi'l also be elected to simply the vacancy caused retirement of John Bloxam Elio, Esq. By order of the Court, C. Wi , TAB, Secretary. London. Ray 14, 1866. MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPAN Y. No OR D TE IS HEREBY GIVEN*, th a t th e FOURTEENTH the N ARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders e Madras Irrigation and Canal Company will be held at vral,el2l3nlPany's O ffi ce. 8 and 9, Queen - street-places , ,outh ao K - bridge, in the City of L' ndon, on WEDNESDAY, the th d ? ph aY of May instant, at One o'clock precisely. e Transfer " e 2 lst to the 30th b o t h of days inclus the Company ve will be Closed from , i. By Order of the Board of Directors, JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary. 8 - and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, London, E.C., May 1, 1866. riE EAST INDIA. IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. I,IZOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TENTH ORDI- Fa.," GENERAL MKETING or the Shareholders of the e o --- India Irrigation and Canal •'ompany will be held at the bri n c P a nY's Offices. 8 and 9, Queen-street -place, Southwark op in th e Ci ty o f L on d on . on THURSDAY , th e 3 1st day m ay instant, at One o'clock precisely. tiThe. Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from e 2 . l st to the 3ist inst., both days inclusive. By order of the Board of Directors, JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary. 4 ° B - 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, London, E.C., May 1, 1806. e tI OCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH. CROCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast c ao COLAT-MF,NIER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. IVI E _NIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Sold everywhere. R r AM & co. 11411 & CO., 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. YAM & CO.'S Tweed Over Coats. 11 -.----------- Y 4 3 , 1 & CO.'S Silk-faced Over Coats. I s tiAM & CO.'S Suits. 411A,111 & CO.'S Morning Coats. & CO.'S Sandringham Surtouts. 4 17 AM & CO.'S Trousers. I,, _____ TV . A-M & CO.'S Fancy and Washing Vests. & CO.'S Hosiery, Hats, Caps, &c. tt IC AM & CO.'S Ladies Riding Habits & CO.'S Servants Liveries. 1 1 1(4 M & Co's ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, ' 1 66 and 67, Oxford Street, London. P ain a nd Co's Spring Overcoats 4, 4131 and Co's Spring Suits 113 a : 4n a nd Co's Spring Silk-faced Capes 255. to 45 2 5. It r a and Co' s S pr i ng J ac k e t s tlv Yain 4 and Co's Spring Dress Coats 3os. to 635. Irani and Co's Spring Frck . to 70s. 6s Ily a and Co's Spring Ves o ts Coats 3o s. to 14s. , '" a nd Co's Spring Trousers - 1 41 ‘i & Co.'s BOYS' SPRING CLOTHING, The b 66 and 67, Oxford Street, London. -v F ast Establi s h men t i n the Kingdom for Juvenile 11 0 .—, Clothing. kJ' X nickerbocker Suits lss. to 355. )32-1' W estminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 3 58 . her s , .Itton, harrow,' and Rugby Suits 2ss. to 425. 114, , Light Cape Overcoats iv 8, Jacket s f or the season lOB. to 21e. )30"3's Serviceable Vests 3'B' serviceable Trousers Bs. to 14s. IVI and Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 11 0. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. " 2 . Bespoke or Order Department. " 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. " 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. 4 1 4 ' 44 'S AND CO.'S ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON -66 and 67, Oxford-street; BI RMINGHAM -21, 22, and 23, New-street; 14 ,tEDs-42, B r i gga t e ; IJWsßnnY—Westgate. IjiI icr Be RIPTIONS for the WIDOW and j: e rra ti eri,—‘"-irDREN of the late Captain R. IL GRONOW, the Grenadier Guards, and Author of " Recol iar;°,•;,B. aod Anecdotes," " Celebrities of London and 'a . ;„' f‘ecc- Captain Gronow, who lately died in Paris, 1 41 %1" a widow and four young children, by his second litte rlY destitute, without means to defray his i-q-01,,,,,exPenses, or even to purchase bread. Captain br.i.01•48 disinherited by his father, in favour of ,1„,.?..er, clergyman, and the small income which , 4 814 1 t" - ed from the interest of a sum charged on the family ' 11311 11• " "ecl - with his life - while the sums he received ita -1111 e to time for his c , Recollections" were expended faljpviding for the increasing expenses of his young t ) f 111,i tnder these distresnecircumstances the friends 4 15p6 "alne Gronow in P 's came to her aid, and they no:w / 40 41 to the liberality of her late husband's friends in eont ri Tit ,rid also to the readers of his Reminiscences, her for childreoutions to enable her to maintain and educate h fiel3 4. • eksellptions received by Messrs. SMITH, ELDER, and 41)4eonahill, and 45, Pall-mall ; and by Cox /34-AseettliWOOD, Army Agents, Craig's-court, Parhament \ bvxo MORE PIL LS OR OTHER MEDICINE. . i .. , tARRY's delicious health -rector T lag g _nAlac-A-, ylei,,and Infants' Food, THE RE A 110„Ze three times as much il assimilating VLE and strengthening . to47rseltunent as the b o e u st n ixe lu t, g a s, nd restores perfect dile:- n healthy li t v h e e r, m ri o llet org_ 1 :1 1) , 3 ' fUr° n n elio n n e fi r r e r 7 eg s ularity, 1 1. 1. ' 4 er enfeebled—removin_g an s deny a t n o d effectually in tiretien (dyspepsia), .cmigh, asthma consumption, ha -1441141 constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, 4,Orrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, 1.,, b iliousness, fevers, sore . throats,. the head diphtheria, neryotla- i'llirtlie, colds, influenza, noises in "te,,ltra, rheumatism gout , impurities, eruptions, ,. hlt,i,.'llt, neuralgia, irritability , s leeplessness, . .______ acidity, 'thLk*-`-Atien, heartburn, headache , debility, dropsy, cram sin e, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, a.i 4 LIR At; bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, At , t A: I the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders.. I, ali d the nmst digestible of all foods and suitable for in- Iv: and infants in all complaints. '2't th e an d a few out of 62,000 Cures .—Cure No. 58,216 years' liver corn lAahlet "aarchioness de Breban, of seven ‘'iti, , 'wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, Nat 4 PerVOUS palpitation all over, intolerable nervous diestion, con akit,„t. aleeplessness, and the most the Right Hon. tli(11.111. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, f Wa o t t : e d filart de Decies, Lord Lieute fm n ni ant fi o t f the county 'SNleh,tf,°l'd :-1 have derived much bone _a __min, p7elito-,,.."1°0d.--Stuart de Decies, Dromana, (2 Rev. James .A. waterford. Cure No. 54,816, from the Re ham, Nor 'ollClll,Pbell, Syderstone Rectory, near Faenlarly when th e l i 4 4 all cases of indigestion, and pa v 2r ig znore than usually affected, makes it flov, 7' all remedies. It regulates the bile and I r c t o le n u sider it the :Lape.4 In which would not admit of mercnry . in any liemarliest ' ll s hort, a healthy flow of the bile is one of y t o h o e ase 1114 best symptoms. You can n u_ ames , • (I tt , ° this eom munication.—l am,.gentleme ; J Prim_ 1e3,, O'hell• _Cure No. 52,422.--Bride Roused ' lungs, 4 „llitt,, iirrey : Thirt -three years' disease . ._ 14;1'Lee e as t of blood, liverYderangement, deafness,belnag7 iu f re th and , fave!llatipation, debili abi.,_erblessnt:Arabica. My 11 ) -6; li ve ; II li removed by your ''" a v re a a ll right, my hear itli,,,,,,,feet,,:ta....c,iniach, head, and ears b f 45f.,..._ jairteuuMiv3erecov?ry is am arvel to all my No 49,832. Merchant. Cure No. 49, 3 5.. 2. 4e4a, /Years' incLerii; T bi m ea b g e o r n y from dyspepsia, nerv,?cu k 4, 44114,141,0, c. t c t u g h,- co a nst:ipition, flatulency, ePae_lPs, Cure y, of Lynn, o n r e f rv oik o . usn u ?sis tilllieirliestioin.--, 111:liatitilleE.girzaMbaeltr J j a e co l- ps,of extrem N e low .tillrisiL°..s6l2l4.---ef l'lllmrg..Blsanil. spiri t Leicester, of two years' is, and nervous fancies. C R , g l• ; 1 21 b iax "'eters, r‘ei foods; is sold in cani _ 11b. 28 9 ,c 1 2 41); 21b. 1 28 . '. 4 8. ; 2 41 b., 40s. Super 2 it l y b , „ l a l n bi L • ci ttiB , • , 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 331. T re li fin 2 o ll . l q h-, ua l l t t f, Ilar ry gra, Carriage free on receipt ~,,° Phllli 11 13arry and Co , 77. Regent 7 s l ee at 6 5 P 8 ,1 Tea Dealers, 3, King William-street 49 Bishops tatreeetLeeoOndrdoenr; 13%4 Ptte. st . , C,race(thurch-street ;4, Cheapside , t,t;.l3ik:o, kittto,,,,r.e! Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxfc'rd" s ree ' ort '' 0 4 .p *, , -co i ;96, IT ' Per uaKer-street ; Notting-hill ; ma, Tottenham . 4 eae th, ,Pl)er-street, Islington N.; Harvey, - r,trae a ers, 65 High-street; and Stubbs, Queen'_ e mrotere, :t. John's:wood, London ; and ai . l . respectaD 44 "e13448 . -- BOWare of spurioll3 Imitations. T DEFRIES an d SON S ti• Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free. T DEFRIES and SONS' • TEMPORARY SHOW ROO3IS. 16 and 17, COMME tiCIAL-STREET, WHITEC 11APEL, Five Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and mostuseful invention of the day, AQUA AMARMLL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO. ' Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue---mo matter at what age. The Agua 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. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. (Si 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 Highness the Princess of Wales. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to thn 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer him 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. rho new home the Committee wish to form world be for young girls, almost children, from the ag e of a to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, fzs, Queen •street. Cheapside; ur by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray'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 WALES, E.G President—ilia Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and diffi cu l ty of G overnors ' orders. is wholly de pendent for support o o voluntary contributions and l.:qacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number et attendance of the Jestitute 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 containing several hundred more beds, had the Commiare the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas • :erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;Hurries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and ' Co.;Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon', and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; - Nisbet and• Co. Berners-street ; I. Barned and CO.) LlYerPool 1 tad at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. BTAZTYPEW SMITH, Secretary.-' ~% N°. 23,061. THE SUN, • LONDON, TU 6DA EVENING, MAY 15, 1866. NEW NOVEL BY TIIE PRISON MATRON. Now ready, in 2 vas., 21 s., PRISON CHARACTERS : drawn from Life. By A. PRISON MATRON, Au;hor of "Female Life in Pr i on, ' Hurst and Blaekett. 13, Great Marlborough -street. TT J. AND D. NICOL.L, • Tailors to the Queen, Royal Family, and the Courts of Europe, 114, 116, 118, 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL, LONDON; 50, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL; and 10, MOSLEY-STREET, MAN CHESTER. be devised than the simple plan advanced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It cannot, however, be pretended that these points offer insoluble diffi culties; it would be possible in a single afternoon, much more in a fortnight, to arrive at a practical, if not complete, solution of every one of them; and as Mr. Disraeli declares that there is no difficulty in legislating for want of time, there is sonic reason to believe that the session of 1866 may see the termi nation of an agitation which has existel with vary ing fortunes for 15 years. THE " SPECTATOR " ON THE BRITISH MUSEUM READING-ROOM.—It is a rather curious story that of the way in which the great book manufactory known as the British Museum Reading-room came to grow up in free-trading London. More than a century ago, that mod e l philanthropist, naturalist, physician, architect, and antiquary, Sir Hans Sloane, after having gathered some fifty thousand volumes of books--without looking, probably, into a tenth part of them—concei ve d th e id ea of leaving his hoard to posterity, " for the manifestation of the glory of God, the confutation of mankind." In his last will and testament, Sir Hans ordered that his fifty thousand books, together with an immense store of "dried samples of plants, miniatures, draw ings, prints, medals, and the like," should become public property, under the condition of the public paying for them "at the rate of twenty thousand pounds sterling of lawful money of Great Britain." The testamentary proposition was duly laid before the keepers of the public purse, and after a long de liberation, and much honestly expressed scepticism as to the beneficial use of so many old books and dried plants, it was decided-26th George 11. cap. 22, or, iu unparliamentary figures, April 5, 1753-- that the Sloane gatherings should be taken, if the national mind would show sufficient interest in the subject to raise the necessary money in a lottery. The idea of thus combining the love of literature and of gambling was very fine, and it had all the success it deserved. Instead of only £20,000, as expected, the lottery realised £95,194, which large surplus was invested in the purchase of more books, and of a mansion in Bloomsbury, called Montagu House, to serve as a repository. The Government at the same time appointed a committee of manage ment for this entirely novel description of national property, the members of which held their first meeting at the Cockpit on the 17th December, 1753. From these slow beginnings, with the lottery at the bottom, arose that marvellous oinnium gatherunz known to modern civilisation as the British Museum. The committee at the Cockpit, from the very commencement of their activity— long before gorillas, stuffed parrots, mummies, Polar bears, and Nineveh lions, had come to encroach upon printed matter—felt a tender sympathy for book making creatures, and as early as the year 1750 a solemn resolution was put on the minutes, " that the corner room in the base story of Montagu House be appropriated for the - reading-room, and that a proper wainscot table, covered avith green baize, be prepared for the same, with 20 chairs." The kindness was deeply appreciated by the literary world of England, and there came as many as half a dozen readers and students of books to sit down at the green baize table. Among the half a dozen was one Samuel Johnson, who did little reading, but a great deal of talking—and kindred souls joining the conferences, the study with the 20 chairs soon became a very agreeable place of gossip. Thus it went on for a number of years, when new faces made their appearance, which so much disturbed the comfort of the older members that they insisted upon a second room being set aside for their accom modation. As the old "readers" were mostly men of note, and tremendous grumblers besides, their de mand had to be granted, and a few more chairs and tables having been gotto ge the r , th e new t wo - roome d establishment was thrown open in 1774. Fornearly half a century it proved abundantly large, furnish ing a pleasant retreat, with its windows overlook ing the garden of Montagu House, tc many a toil ing bookwright, besides being of real service as a library of reference. For this assistance to litera- Now ready, in 1 vol., with Illustrationv, 355. bound, TERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL UTION. SP OR T AND SPORTSMEN. By CHARLES STRETTON, Esq. SPRING FASHIONS, for Gentlemen's Overcoa Morning Coats, Trousers, and Vests. Tickets may be obtained and at— It the principal Nurserymen, "Mr. Stretton has succeeded in producing a work iesorip tive or home scenery, charm:tern, a 'd spoits, which is full of excitement, and will interest the reader as much as most de scriptions of foreign adventure. A charm this book un doubtedly has, and few who begin it, and care at all tor field sporty, will lay it aside till it is finished."—Sunday Times. Hurst and Bhickett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. A ustiu's, St. James's Hall. happen s, New Bond• street. (;.ek, Add son, and Co.'s, Regent-street Keith and Prowse's, Cheap side. Lac,n and 011'er's, New liond-st-eet. Mitchell's, Bond-street. Letts and Sou's, Royal Ex- BOYS' NEGLIGE, and other suits, HIGHLAND DRESS, KNICKERBOCKERS, &e. change. 011ivier's, New Bond-strekt. Bstn's, St. .1 anu s's- street Westerton's, St. George's- LADIES' RIDING HABITS JACKETS OVE COATS, CLOAKS, &c. , , place. The Royal Horticultural Gar. dens, lieusington. and D. NICOLL'S GUINEA WATERPROOF TWEED COATS for Gentlemen, and CLOAKS for Ladies, are patronised by Travellers all over the world. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " UNCLE SILAS" AND " GUY DEVERELL" Just ready, in 2 vols.. post Bvo., ALL IN TIIE DARK. By J. SHIMIDAN LE FANU. Author of "Uncle Silas" and "Guy DeverelL" Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. And at the Offices, 52, St. G,(;', Irgc ' s-place, Albert-gate, S.W. A Novel. GREAT COMIC FESTIVAL, ST. JAMES'S HALL. H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent street ; 22, Cornhill, London ; 10, Mosley-street, Man Chester ; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool. TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY), May 15. when the following celebrated romeiians will perform all their most favourite SONGS, BURLE - QUES. and SCENAS, in costume and eharacter:—Mr. Arthur Lloyd. The Great Vance, Mr. John Nash, Mr. Albert Steele, Mr. Fred. Ffench, Mr. W. Randall, the Sisters Dashwood, and Mr. W. Lingard. Ac corn pan yi at, Herr Louis Lee. • TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOO fit 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.—Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. New Edition, now ready, price ls., ITOW TO GET FAT ; or, Leanness, its Causes and Cure. By JOHN HARVEY, M.D., F.A.S., L.S.A., London. By the same Author, price 2e. 6d.; Cheap Edition. Is. THE RENEWING OF LIFE. A Practical Guide for Self- Preservation, embracing- the Treatment of nervousness, Indigestion, and various Affections of the Nervous System. Stalls, ss. Tickets, 35., 28., and la., to be had of Mr. An.tin, at the Hall; Messrs. Chappell, New Bond-street; Mr. Mit- chell, Old Bond-street ; and Messrs. Keith, Prowse, and Co., Cheapside. London : Dean and Son, 65, Ludgate-hilt, J.C. 3/I[R. W. S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BA_DEN and UP Iv Tam AIR, an entirely New Entertain ment, EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William street, Charing-cross • Luxurious sofa stalls, es. ; balcony stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, 18.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five. Limp cloth. price Is., `SYSTEMATIC MEMORY ; or, How to Make ► , 7 Bad Memory Good, and a Good Memory Better. By T. MACLAUEN. T HE X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited. EXTRA NOVELTIES for the DERBY WEEK. Operatic Selections performed by Misses Russell. Barry, Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Hush, Bury, Dalton, and Tivoli, with full band and chorus, canducted by Mr. F. JONGIIMANS. Comedy, Burlesque. Gymnastic, and other performances, by all the most talented Foreien and English artistes. The great Negro Trio, Joe Brown (his first appearance), and Messrs. Duriah and Davies. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. Open every evening at 8. ItrADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, 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 notorious CHARLOTTE WINSOR. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, is. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra Rooms, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Selections from ail the favourite Operas will be performed by the celebrated ARGYLL BAND every Evening. Chef d'Orchestra, Signor L. CURTI. M. LEVY, the Great Cornet Player, at Nine, Ten, and Eleven o'clock. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, ls. WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY NOW ? That the FIERY CROSS has arrived, bringing some magnificent KAISOW CONGOUS of delicious flavour, and which may now be had, at a mere commission on the import price, of the FAST _INDIA. TICA CO At PAN y, No. 5, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. PHEASANT REARING for 1866.— JAMES CHAMBERLIN'S (opposite Corn Exchange, Nor wich) is the only depot in the world for proper Fool) for PHEASANT FEE DING. Between 200 and 300 testimonials of last year's success. Treatise on Hatching and Rearing, with other valuable hints, posted free on application. Land owners, pheasant rearers, and gamekeepers can raise any number of birds by using his food. The aristocrat)) , 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 food dealer, opposite Corn Exchange, Norwich. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used In the Royal Laundry, DEFRIES and SONS beg to call the special fa • attention of Merchant 3 and the Trade to their NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER. With Circular Wick, which for simplicity of construction, great brilliancy of 1101 t, perfect combustion. and its entire freedom from heat, sur passes everything that has yet been introduced. 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Sets from 5 to 25 ga., warranted. For the efficacy, utility, and success of this system, vide "Lancet." Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS, 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station. Daily attendance at 15, Whitefriargate, Hull; 10, Norfolk street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeda ; 14, St. Nicholas street, Scarbro' ; and 33, Coney-st r e e t, York. _ . - -- - - Established 1830. No connection with any one of the same name. ture the English nation paid at the rate of £9OO a year, including " coals, candles, and other inciden tal charges" —set down at £2O. At present that is, for the financial year 1866-67, the British Mu seum cost £102,744, or more than a hundred times as much. However, the " readers" have increased at a much higher than the hundredfold rate. Ac cording to the poet Gray, the number of students at the British Museum Library on the 23d of July, 1759, amounted to five, he himself being one of the company. In the year of grace 1865, as stated in the official returns, the number of readers was 100,271, averaging 349 a day. Who can doubt, looking at these figures, the progress of English literature ? The growth of the im mense book-store, the foundation of which was laid by the Sloane lottery, was very rapid. Gray's five readers had about 80,000 volumes to look at ; but Samuel Johnson, who came a few years later,found already nearly 100,000, and thenceforth the mass of books increased in much faster propor tion than the population of Great Britain. The Cotton and Harley collections were the first to be I added to the stock, which was soon after largely swelled by 30,000 political tracts presented by George 11. Besides these great streams of printed matter, driblets kept flowing in from all directions. Speaker Onslow bequeathed a large selection of Bibles ; Sir Joseph Banks gave Icelandic works on theology ; the Rev. William Cole presented genea logical manuscripts : and even a Jew broker of Am sterdam sent, gratis, " a choice lot" of Hebrew books. But the two largest accessions to the Mu seum store were obtained in the present century, the first being the library of George 111., number ing about 70,000 volumes, and the second the mag nificent collection of 'Thomas Grenville, containing more than 20,000 books, some of them exceedingly valuable. Both these libraries are still kept, to some extent, distinct from the rest, in special rooms and with separate catalogues. To accommodate the books of George 111., or " the King's library," a large building had to be erected in the rear of Montagu House ; but notwithstanding this exten sion of ground, the old mansion was soon stuffed with books, to such a degree that it became nigh impossible to get at them. The most valuable works were bidden in dark nooks and corners, the shelves were filled two and three deep, and classification became all but impossible. Still the flood kept pouring in—a very Niagara of print tumbling into the old mansion at Bloomsbury. In 1838 the books were counted, one by one, as they stood on the shelves, and found to number 235,000 ; at the pre sent moment they are believed to be near upon 900,000. The actual increase now is at the rate of between 75,000 and 76,000 per annum. During the year 1865 the department of printed books was augmented by 75,565 numbers, of which 28,644 were complete works; 19,335 werepurchased, 915 presented, and 8,394 acquired under the copy right laws. The latter figure, it is to be surmised, represents 'the result of the book manufacture of Great Britain in the course of this one year : and a very considerable portion of it Must be fruit of the _ _ SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES. —We know not whether the House of Commons was satiated with Reform by the number less, speeches on the Franchise Bill, or whether Foreign Affairs or the Pani c i n th e City h ave dis tractedits attention, but it is somewhat remarkable that the debate on the Bill for the Redistribution of Seats should have collapsed during the dinner-hour on the very first night of the discussion. Mr. Dis raeli began yesterday with an elaborate speech on the distribution of political power in our represen tative system as proposed to be affected by the Go vernment Bills. Mr. Cardwell followed him, and there it may be said that the debate ended. The announcement made by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, in reply to Sir Stafford Northcote, that the Ministry had resolved upon accepting Mr. Bouverie's suggestion for fusing the Seats Bill and the Franchise Bill in Committee, effectually allayed the faint curiosity which up to that time held the house together, and directly it was made the sub ject was dropped. On Monday week, the 28th, the House of Commons will go into committee upon both bills, and members have until that time to make up their minds what they will support and what they will oppose, the points on which they are willing to accept a compromise and those which they deem so essential that they cannot be modified. Mr. Disraeli's verdict on our 'present position is plain, if idiomatic. We are all in a " scrape" on this Reform question. The phrase is classical, ac cording to Mr. Disraeli, for Dean Swift often used it, and it is the only phrase which expresses the posi tion of all parties. This Reform problem, which every one has talked about and Ministry after Ministry has attacked, is still not understood ; it is not understood by the country, it is not understood by the House of Commons, and it is not understood by her Majesty's Government. The Mi n i s t ers o f the Crown are, indeed, part icularly backward, for they are ignorant of their ignorance, although it is an ignorance of facts as well as of principles. The only thing to be done is for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to withdraw the bills he has l a id upon the table, and to begin the study of the prin ciples of Reform. He may t hen , if he is dili- Session. Ignorance, Mr. Disraeli declares —and the a g n en d t, w b e e ll,n b o l n e s idteoredmeasure introduce comprehensive a next state ment commands our assent—never settles any ques tion; but it must be added there are qualities with out which knowledge seems equally powerless. Mr. Disraeli avoided the errors of Mr. Gladstone's speech of 1858, and the arguments he advanced in defence of small boroughs were sound and just, and free from the suspicion of partisanship. He was equally forcible in showing the anomalies created by the principle of grouping when applied only to boroughs already represented. On the other h an d, his arguments against increasing the political power of the largest counties and towns by increasing the number of their members were fanciful, and in pro posing to group unrepresented boroughs alone he would introduce anomalies compared to which those incident to the Government plan are trifles. Criti cism is no doubt the proper function of an Opposi tion, and in criticism Mr. Disraeli was strong ; but as soon as he came to pract ical suggestions he was powerless. Fortunately, however, the position of the question is well understood. The Reform Ac at Act Statute-book, will if by w and l b bye a it as we hope, in the appears, compromise, the leading features of which are now known , and all that re mains is to settle its details. The. worst that can be said of the proposed act is that it is a sop ; but even a sop has its uses. If the Opposition . be wise, they will offer all possible assistance .. in disposing of the question. Some debate and . division may reasonably be expected on the particular figure of the county andperhaps of the borough qualification; the borough leaseholders must certainly be withd rawn , l eav i ng the borough freeholders in the possession of their present anomalous privileges; and a more satisfac tory settlement of the question of boundaries must Museum tree. That books beget books is an old truth, and there is not in the world another place where the process of generation and incubation is encouraged as it is in that temple of concentrated leßrning known as the new Reading-room of the British Museum. The substitution of this magnifi- cent rotunda for the plain two old rooms at the back of Montague-house came to mark an important era in the history of the British Museum library. We well remember the two rooms, with all their homely simplicity of furniture and shelves; and remember with particular pleasure the number of well-known faces that used to assemble there to consult rare and important books, to read, to study, and to take occasional notes. All this came to an end in 1857, when the new temple of literature—" second to one only, in point of size, of the cupola buildings which have been erected by the genius of man," as the enthusiastic compiler of the " Handbook for Readers" has it—was given to the public. The visitors and students of the old library transferred themselves with some misgivings to the " magnificent salon"— to quote the " Handbook" again—and sat down under the big dome " the ceiling of which is coloured in azure, with gilded mouldings." A few of the younger students at first thought the azure dome might possibly be inspiring; but they soon found out their mistake when they saw an army of com pilers, copyists, schoolboys, and clerks out of work take possession of the " magnificent salon," engross every one of the 300 bolstered chairs, and lay hold of all the cyclorcedias, gazetteers, dictionaries, and picture-books on the shelves. The frequenters of the two old room! now perceived that their quiet studies had come to an end, and, like discreet men, they retired from the field, leaving it to the com pilers. ANCLO-AMERICAN TIMES.—To the impatient, who delight in penetrating at once to the marrow of an argument, it is no pleasure to wade through a long diplomatic correspondence in order to arrive at the main points of a controversy. The fashions of diplomacy are peculiar. Watchful care must be taken to notice every matter of importance, so that nothing worthy of notice shall be passed over. Hence there is in each clause of au offi cial despatch : considerable repetition. Not only the representations of the party to whom reply - • . • . • I • I • M. . . ___:...,,..):, . r a r , , ciA tOk • 4 '3I W r .'i• ~ --, , .. A. ,-...A 7 4 4 . • ..., , . . .1 ,,, , 4 • „,.......S. 111J1 • Ai, , , ~ ' •'' ..... , t•,,, \r‘4.1 ',V,. ' 1: ~ \'' "N''' ~, .titi 'kt -:,'''' 14 .:A' .I°. \'‘'. , (,,7 . 1 ' •• ' . 1 *'! .. •''''' • E r. : 1 • , . . 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The cor respondence upon the Mexican question, between Mr. Seward and M. l)rouyn de- l'l:itys, M. de extremelyAinti olon , so Mr. Bi ge l ow , an d M r. Motley, is important, not much • h dation of th e views .of the United I S n t— tate e s r G e- o e :e u r n n - - ment and those of France, as in the conclusio ns which are arrived at. The; first despatch of Mr. Seward to 111 .INrontliolon, o f February 9th, is an elaborate argum ent which precedd it, in upon all the correspondence reference u. to theni tUnited s French tates oli policy in Mexico an d t h e views of there on. The tone of the despatches of M. de l'lfuys is defensive rather than emphatic . Ile desires to establish that the Fr ench o i t ntervention was for n French interests onl y , and with of the the design e a o n f interfe renceMexicanewithavers ne ra t st h i oe thainstitutionst a to xi be a ( asncdho thatsen by y people.the th u e ruler, la in order to obtain satisfactio n f or French claims it was necessary to support hi m. Mr. SEWARD is of opinion that the Austrian was never fairly called to the throne by the Mexican people, and points out that it was impossible to obtain an expression of the natural will in the presence of the French army, which overawed the free expression of opinion. The arguments, traced through the affirmations and counter reasonings of both parties, approach finally the delicate point, how NAPOLEON can get out of the scrape without seeming to compromi se French litinciur. The great point of anxiety with the French Emperor has been to know whether the United States would intervene upon the withdrawal of the French troops, to drive MAXIMILIAN from Mexico by force of arms. He desires a formal guaranty that nothing of the kind will be attempted. To this request Mr. SEWARD says that the United States would not consent to make a treaty guaran teeingnon- intervention, because that would authorise an inference that they intended-to act dishonestly in the affair. This idea is not sanctioned, but Mr. SEWARD says—and this is the great point in the despatch of February 9—that France need not for a moment delay her promised withdrawal of mili tary forces from Mexico, and her putting the prin ciples of non-intervention into full and complete practice in regard to Mexico, through any appre hension that the United States will prove unfaithful to the principles and policy in that respect which it has been the duty of the Secretary to maintain throughout the entire correspondence. This is really the important part of the despatch. It is a promise that if the French withdraw from Mexico, the people of that country will be left to settle the question with MAXIMILIAN according to their own desires, and that no interference by the United States in any fair expression of their sentiments, whether they elect to retain the usurper or to expel him from the coun try, will take place. This is really all that France could ask. The reply of M. DE L'HUYS, of the sth of April, comes, therefore, " to Hecuba," avoiding, as far as possible, those points in the argument which may be considered as of no importance in view of the final understanding. He finds in the lan guage of Mr. SEWARD a sufficient guaranty to authorise the adoption of definite measures for the withdrawal of the French troops ; and he an nounces that the first detachment will be withdrawn in the ensuing month of November, the second in May next, and the third in the ensuing November. Upon this determination no reply has yet been made by Mr. SEWARD further than to acknowledge reception of the information. But we imagine that it will be thought best to acquiesce in it, although the delay is not pleasant to bear. It will be seven months before the first detachment is withdrawn, but if the troops then withdrawn should be one third of the whole, the question will be practically settled, so that MAXIMILIAN will have to write home to have his castle prepared for his reception in 1867. A most important part of the correspondence is that which brings Austria upon the scene. Whe ther the Convention which, it is said, pledges Aus tria to supply MAXI3IILIAN with ten thousand sol diers, has been secretly made by an understanding with NAPOLEON, or whether it is an independent proposition of FRANCIS JOSEPH, the effect will be, unless the movement is stopped, to render the French withdrawal of no effect. It would be " change for change, a black dog for a monkey," and subject the Mexican people merely to a substitution of Aus trian for French tyrants. Against this project Mr. r MOTLEY is instructed to emphatically protest at Vienna, and Austria is to be at once notified that such "an intervention cannot be regarded otherwise than as a matter of serious concern by the United States," and that, if the intention is carried out," the United States will feel themselves at liberty to regard those hostilities as constituting a state of war by Austria against the Republic of Mexico, and in regard to such war waged at this time, and under existing circumstances, the United States could not engage to remain as silent or neutral spectators." This will be an intimation to the House of llapsburg by no means agree able, but which must have its effect. Austria has probably as much to do in Germany as she can attend to, and now that France, by the mere pressure of remonstrance from the United States, deems it advisable to withdraw from an experiment which has cost dearly in lives and money, it will scarcely be prudent for Austria to attempt to involve herself in the expensive failure in which a much stronger nation has been involved. The best • ••• ••• ••• ry• './..1 % 0 thing that F RANCI S JOSEPH c an dp i s t o sing fondly the gentle ballad, " Brother, come home." Royal United Service Institution. Mr. N. J. Holmes delivered an important lecture last evening, Admiral Codrington presiding, " On the Construction and Management of the Electric Torpedo." The details were mainly novel, having been the result of the private experiments of himself and Captain Maury. The electro torpedo was a weapon of defence again`st which both rifled guns or iron-clad ships were powerless, and it could be used alike for mines or submarine purposes. But to be effective it must be certain in its explosion at . the very instant desired. General Grant had planned to use it in his attack on Petersburgh, but the explosion was not effected at the right time, and the plan miscarried. The Confederates used the torpedo with great success on the James River, giving cause for the making of the Dutch gap canal, and delaying for a week the progress of the Federal fleet. At Wilmington where the Federals captured 210 guns, the only iron-clad vessels destroyed were by the torpedoes. In 1854 the Russians; laid down torpedoes, which were to be exploded by the mechanical fracturing of a tube containing sulphuric acid, which then inflamed chlorate of potash and fired the torpedo. In 1859 the Aus trians laid down electric torpedoes in the Bay of Venice, and by registering the sites where they were moored on a view of the bay thrown down on a table by a fixed camera obscura the passage of a vessel over any of them could be seen by the ob server and the torpedo fired. In those the Abel fuses were used, but the torpedoes could not be tested, as the passage of even a faint current of electricity would explode the weapon. This difficulty was completely surmounted by Mr. Holmes and Captain Maury, by the application of a bridge of platinum wire over the fuse. Through this bridge the current from a Wheatstone exploder and other magneto-electric instruments of strong power could be harmlessly sent, and telegraph messages transmitted through _ the torpedo itself from one fort to another. But if a shock of frictional electricity was would not pass by the bridge, and the fire d it . the torpedo station to station, the proper.order transmitted,fusewas charae of them, and By this means of transmitting commoufnication from was manifested to the officer their action at the cri t ti h e e a be relied upon, wl . i d ile down on the table of a horizon.. in moment o f r o e u c l t d i certainly of th e torpedoes being la,. tal telescope, the mom enemy's vessel came i n coincidence wit h then fine et wires au crossing the fi e ld o f the telescope of t he o b s erver at one station, h e could ascer t a in by the telegr a p hic messa ge when she was i n line with the wire of another tele scope at the corresponding observing station, and then at the very period of the intersection of the directional li ne s, at the exact instant the vessel was over the torpedo, it could be unerringly exploded by the fric tional electricity of the firing apparatus, by the ob server himself merely pressing down a key attached to his telescope, which brought the exploding elec tricity into play. 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I': I'ER I breaking of the electric curre t,4lmt rn -.....11# 1 1t p tions of the t or p e d oes were arlfekTon the telescope guns could be trained s e'er ain. in the line of the dredging vessels at night as in the daytime. The details of these arrangements were most lucidly explained and illustrated with practical experiments. The Congressional Plan of Reconstruction. The report of the joint Committee on Recon struction, of the United States Senate and House of Representatives is of a character which will awaken intense interest throughout the country. It pro poses the terms upon which it is expected that Con gress will 1)2 willing to admit the people of the seceded States to participation in the affairs of the Government, and its provisions are of such a nature as will cause intense feeling among the participants in the late rebellion, as well as in the breasts of Union tnen who stood by the Government during the war. Hence the manner in which the report of the committee will be received at the North and the South is likely to be entirely different. The ex rebels are unwilling to endure any penance, to sub mit to any terms, or to agree to any compromises. They claim a right to go back to power with all the privileges which they relinquished in 1861, and if anything is due to them they rather intimate that rewarding them for their treason would be just and generous. The report of the Reconstruction Com mittee does not propose any such liberality. It pre seats to the country certain terms necessary for the safety of the Union as it was, and is as the basis of what may be called a treaty of peace. The first matter of importance is the settlement of the status of all persons in the United States under the Constitution ; the second is the nature of represen tation ; the third the conditions of representation ; the fourth the qualification of electors; and the fifth Constituti on e r t e h g e ul at subject eth e o s f eo t fh matters the annulment heu United ite certaind of s t t a h t e e s eb e d e t . To amendments the to proposed. States.t h First—That the p r i v il eges and i mmunities of citizens of the U n it e d States shall be alike in all are Second—That Representatives in Congress shall be c, apportioned according to population, that if any excluding Indians not t axed ; provide,' of male citizens over the age of 21 years shall be excluded from voting, except from the participation in the rebellion, or other crime, the basis of repre sentation in such State shall be reduced in the pro portion which such male citizens excluded shall bear Ito the whole number of male citizens over 21 years of age. For instance, in a State where male citizens of all colours vote the representation will be on th e whole population, excluding Indians not taxed. Where there are negroes above 21 years of age, in States where negroes do not vote, the reduction will be in the proportion which they bear to the white voting population. If, for example, there are one million of white voters in a State, and one hundred thousand adult male black, in ascertaining the basis of representation, counting white men, women, and children, and black women and children, there shall be a reduction of one-tenth, and the representation shall be settled according to the usual Congres sional apportionment. Where, as in some of the Southern States, the proportion of black to whites is heavy, the reduction will be very considerable, but in those States there will be a representation founded on the black population, women and children. By this plan all attempts to compel the admission of blacks to suffrage will be avoided ; it will be a ques tion for each State, founded on political necessity, or the changes which time may bring in the ideas of the people. The third amendment proposes to punish the crime of rebellion by excluding from political privi leges in Federal elections for five years, or until July 4, 1870, all persons who participated in the Rebellion, or gave it aid and comfort. This will not affect the rights of such persons to participate in elections for State officers. The fourth amendment proposes that the Con federate debt shall never be assumed by the United States, and that no compensation shall be made for slaves freed by the result of the war. As accompaniments to these proposed amend ments, are two laws, one of which declares that, when the amendments arc ratified, any State lately in insurrection may be admitted to Congress upon modification of its Constitution accordingly, and in such case the State so ratifying the amendment shall be allowed to assume the direct tax due the I United States, and be allowed ten years for pay -1 I ment. Another proposes to exclude the leaders of the Rebel Government from eligibility to Fe. deral offices, also of West Point officers who participated in the rebellion, and officers of the rebel army above the grade of colonel, and of the rebel navy above the grade of master ; also all who maltreated Union prisoners during the war. This proposition would exclude from office nearly all the old politicians who led in the rebellion and insure the choice of new men. The former would still have power as voters, however, after 1870, but they would not be able to distribute the Federal offices among themselves. ' These propositions are of very grave import. In some particulars they agree with what the President has recommended. In others they may be at variance with his policy. Presuming that they are ratified by Congress, they will go before the coun try the most exciting issues which have been brought to their attention for many years. appoint ments on the Staff at ho me w ill b ecome vacant i n districts on the Ist October, in consequence of th e ir promo tion to their present r a nk. Si r R. Walpol e ' s p er i o d o f St a ff service expires about thesamo time, and the Chatham com mand will be at the disposal of the Horse Guards. Th e Ca valry Brigade in Ireland and an infantry b r i ga d e i n t h e STAFF APPOINTMENTs.—SeveraI desirable the course of the autumn. Li eu t.-G e d. Si r S . C o tt on an d Sir L. Garrett give u p th e N or th ern an d S ou th-E astern same country will be open, as Majors-Gen. Key and Hon. A. Gordon will have completed their time in September. Gens. Cotton and Garrett have not been a year in the enjoy ment of their commands, and their removal, after so short a time, would seem to suggest the selection for these posts of Major-Generals so far down the list that they might look forward to holding their places for a longer period. Be sides, at places like Shorncliffe, where regiments returning from long service in India have to be smartened up, and at Chatham, which is our greatest school for recruits, it would seem that younger and more active officers, with tolerably recent regimental experience might be advantageously chosen. The Manchester command is scarcely of so much consequence, and there an older officei; one perhaps whose health had not all owe d hi m to comp l ete hi s S ta ff serv ice not abroad, might be chosen. But advantage would follow not by only to the troops, but to the general office t r b s e tl .n : er ma jor_ having these appointments given among his regimental to about the time at which he might expect employment he might colonelcy, and from the date of h t is o e f m professional p income gollerals, for each officer would find his employmentj lasting calculate upon the same ano A un y and Navy Gazette. during the rest of his catee!- - at length some prospect of a are glad to learn that there is i N s vith the Dead-meat Market in years hich hthaevebbeen corporation en ha commencement being THE METROPOLITAN DEAD-MEAT. MA R K ET.—We Smithfield to remain one of the allowed the valuable site city of London, yielding nothing to the waste places of thee nd existing only as a nuisance to the corporate funds, Smithfield. For Tmlhoerseinidtt delays In a s f y n s : m : neighbourhood. interposed 're by the city hav e caused great inconveni ence and unneces sary sary expense to the Metropolitan and Great Western Rail way Com p a nies, who have been una bl e to complete their works up to the point where they might deliver the meat from their trucks at once into the market. So far as the public interests are concerned, they, too, have been shame fully sacrificed in this matter, and no greater condemna tion of the conduct of the city authorities can be afforded than is given, by a visit to that filthy den of Newgate market, into which so large a portion of the supply of meat for the metropolis is now huddled every morning. There is not a town in England which is so wretchedly served in this matter of meat markets as London, and there is, on the other hand, no place in the world in which greater facilities exist for receiving and distributing the supplies i of m ea t as London. Had the city authorities permit be te-d for l ; the rail ways from all parts of England wouldlhfiongeld. As this have be en a bl e t o b r i ng th e mea t into Smithfield. the Great lines, m now finally arranged, the meat conveyed ie s s, by it will be lifted Northern, Great Western, and other from the rails t i elcw Smithfield to the level of the mark e t, and be unloaded direct into the salesmen's shops, an d . ary handling and that repul sive and disgusting treatment which . that the public should te market. It is bad enough . . gate-market. - diseased meat ; it is insufferable have the chance of eating that they should be compelled to eat food whi c h has passed. 1 through the defilement of the existin g mark RailwaY t e 1 -- I News. 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