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`lz=7` . ~f - • • - 1\ 17.‘V S PAI ) E It ~.---, Z.! -:, - '• - • 1 •4 7 O A, _ ~ ,-,- ~_ a t.,.. ! , I ;- - I ti,i2„ f. t t,, :: .::, ) V;` - ''':---,- 7,, • - Dr AUS TRIA AND PRUSSIA. a I 4-- --' -c_._) -- ( ~~~.-~ _~ I ON DON must have a SUP PER and MUSIC -4 Ro o lt for Gentleme n . Remember, we wait for you at ANS after the Covent-garden Opera and the Theatres. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN E XHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD-IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal- It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole torne. , Sold in Bottles, 38. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; 0 3T tho Agents in the principal towns in England ; 'or Wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET , L ONDON, W. Obsee tbe aha I` Kin Red S ea l, Pi nk Label, and Cork branded —....___-__ n's LL Whisky." k '' s y. i ~....0„...-4. , 4. ..... . . I . - ,51! I A . C.:, • '- C lllllllllll . . . . /' 4 ,1, 1 e 9 NI .41•,,, Ar : - T- , Ki • -.1 1:1 - , --. 4 . etAg o l,,,_ - ~c, „ ~Q. -.. ..,,,,._. it -- ,, . k. -, -, •ek viir, ~,,, ~ ) ..,,, s 40),, ,, 0 , , , \ , t . (114 - 1 • . 4 , t „,, , 4 ,),‘ ' . ___------ Ir .. 7-o*.l 0. . -7,,,,....,, ......:,* , , r ~. tr .„, ~- -/ - N __ .... 4'5) - N %--- -, -- - DID •.,. • ' ~ is Pk ' ...,01 h i :, 7 • •,.. ' • 1 ' '-' . tk - 4 11, zw; , . iv . .. ~'1.~~1i,,' ' ()Rol' r• 0 ' ' *- ' ~ , , 1 , N , ' V i ''.' . + \ , N°. 23,056. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1860. PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., I T ADY "EMILY PONSONBY'S N ew Novel, J "SIR OWEN FAIRFAX." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. QUBSCRIBERS of TEN GUINEAS to the INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MEETING receive one bancittet tick C- one personbi ticket, admitting all four days of the show--'seven guinea tickets, admitting first day—and two cards, admitting two each to the conver • uzione. JOHN GOSNELL a n d CO.'S CHERRY TOO 111 PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; glees the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from Thamez-strect, London. decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. P r i ce Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, e 3, Upper T EETH AND PAINLESS D E NT I S T R Y . ._ The fear of pain and dread of one' ation inherent to all det, r very many to whom ARTIFICIAL TENTH are of vital importance from availing themselves of the services of a dent'st. In a practice founded in 1830, and now ex , eudin , over greater part of the kingdom, an experience unequalled has been obtained, enabling us to offer even the mos* sensi tive sufferer a t•ystem of dentistry perfect in its absolute freedom from pain, a specialite t ertaining only to our prac tice, and for a hich her Majesty has granted her royal 1. tie rs patent. This system embraces the non-interference with all stumpi, however decayed, the support•ng instead of extrac tion of loose teeth uptil they become firm and useful in mas tication, and the utter absence of all and every operation, so that the most nervous poison can be supplied without tear of pain or inconvenience. The.e teeth arc cheaper, more dur able, natural, and comfortable than any yet produced. Consultation tree. Teeth from ss. Sets from 5 to 25 ga.; warranted. [is- CO the ho, ITUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION •", ancorponited by Act of earliameat, 1850), A _4LL -S REET, COVENT-G ARDEN, LONDON. FDVANCES I fONEY on Pers ona l S ecurity, Bills of Sale, treherr,eeeeohold or bene f icial Leasehold P roperty, without inquiry any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, or dig e ... ars, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly . znadueured• zreatest secrecy observed. Advances also 15 ~,e,....?wards the Purchase of a house, repay ible in 5, 10, or et •„:_r; or —P rag free on application, or receipt of a stamped e • MR. STRETTON'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 1 voL, with Illustrations, 15s. bound, P " T AND SPORTSMEN. By CHARLES STRETTON, Esq. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough- street. 0 TICE to SUBSCRIBERS to the IN TERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBI HON.—AII the Tickets, except the Cards for the Banquet, h,.ve been this day despatched by post to Subscribers. Per sons not having* received theirs. are requestd to write im mediately to T. MOORE, /..bq , Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, S. W. THE INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAM COMPANY. OFFICES -2, TELEGRAPH-STREET, Moorgate-street, City. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an EXIRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of the N EATJI and BRECON RAILWAY COMPANY will be holden at their Offices, 1, Westminster chamber., Victoria-street, Westminster, on Tll uItSDAY, the 24th day of May instant, at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely.tor the pu rposc of considering and, if thought fit, of apprhviag an Agreement for the Working by the Central Wales Extmsion Railway Company of the lines of the Neath and Brecon Railway Company. • • W. L. BANKS, Chairman. D. HOWELL MORGAN, Chairman.. 1, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W., May 8, 1836. INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL J. XIII BITION, May 22, Tickets is ; Blay 23, 108. ; Slay 24, 2s. ad. ; May 25, Ls. Tickets may be obtained of the principal London Nurserymen, ant of the usual. London Agents. For the efficacy, utility, and success of this system, vide " Lancet" Immediately, in one volume, QTODARE'S 425TH REPRESENTATION.- ki THEATRE Or MYSTERY.—EGYPTIAN HALL.— STODARE'S celebrated MARVELS of MAGIC and VEN TRILuQUISM, .s performed by him, by command, at Wind sor Castle, before her Majesty the Queen, Nov. 21, 1665 ; and twice before i1.R.11. the Prince of Wales, June 6. 1865, and March 10, 1860.—The New Sensation, the MARVEL of M ECCA, the SPHINX, and Stodare's celebrated INDIAN BASKET FEAT,. EVERY EVENING at 8. Wednesdays and Sattirdays at 3. Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS, SO, Berncrs-street, Oxford-street, and 418, Strand, Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station. CHARLES TOWNSiiEND: Wit and Statesman. By PERCY FI I ZGERAL D. M.A. Author of " Charles Lamb : his Friends, his Haunts, and his Works." Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Daily attendance at 15, Whitefriargato, ; 10, Norfolk , street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; 14, St. Nicholas. streat, Slarbro' ; and 3% Coney-street, York. _ Established 1830. No connection with any one of the same name. SECOND-HAND MUSICAL BOXES, Violins, Concertinas, Cornets, Clarionets, Flutes, Trumpets, French Horns, Violoncello 4, and Bass Vlols.—W. LAWLEY, 78, Farringdon-street. Illustrated catalogue, nearly 100 pages, S stamps. ARUSTIC RONDO for the PIANOFORTE, with a Horns, a Stone, and th e R eturn Home, with Song an d D ance . description' of Peasants Dancing, Hunters' Composed by lIIMA.NUEL LIEBICH Is., free by post for 26 stamps. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street.( i Marriages, Births, and Deaths. Stalls maybe secured In advance at the Box-office, Egyptian Hall, open daily from 11 till 5; and at Mitchell's, Old Bind street.—Admission, Is., 25.; stalls, 3s. "Almost miraculous.''—Vide the Times. 11/FR. W. S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BADEN I.T_IL and UP IN THE AIR, an entirely New Entertain merit, EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross Luxurious soft stalls, 6s ; balcony stalls, 35.; area, 25.; amphitheatre, ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five. THE MOST SPARKLING SONG of the DAY. —A. FOREST RAMBLE. Words by GEo. LINLEY. Mush by FRANZ ABT. 2s. 6d. Ditto, two voices, 3s. ; both at hat price. London : Itobirt Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. p•si E C OND HAND PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS and LENSES, by Ross and Dallmeyer. Complete set with instruction book, £2 2s.—W. LAWLEY, 78, Farringdon-street. Revised catalogue, 50 pages, 3 stamps. er :he SECOND - HAND Astronomical, Landsc a p e; Seaside. Tourists', and other TELESCOPES, by Dol. lond, Callaghan, Elliott, &c Dissolving View Apparatus, Barometers, &a.—W. LAWLEY, 78, Fa'ringdon-street, Illustrated catalogue, nearly 100 pages, 3 stamps. CHOCOLATE.--MENIER'S FRENCH. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, ST. JAMES'S HALL. .?,r -.le ~..• LIQUID ROUGE, Is., or 18 stamps. ell ar- Pe t 0 410 0 92i 0 EDWARD HARPER, SecretarY. THE MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL No iri , COMPA.NY. 011 .1) ,.,,C14, IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the FOURTEENTH or th e "' Aß Y GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders the, Madras Irrigntion and Canal Company , .. i rid.7e in the Citywill be held at wari.°.rapany'a Office% 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, ott.ll - f i a , of London, on WEDNESDAY, the T h Is Y of May instant at One o'clock precisely. the 2? ranger Books of the Company will be Closed from at to the 30th, both days inclusive. By order of the Board of Directors; JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary. Not. 8 and 9 , Quee n - street-place, Southwark-bridge, ~ London, E.G., M a y 1 , 1806. I'VE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. NOric Ic A b „„ EIS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TENTH ORDle p.,'`,,.? GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of the c o °L -India Irrigation and Canal Company will be held at brPiatlY'll Offices, 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark of ~p, in the City of London, on THURSDAY, the 3 1 st day ay in at One o'clock precisely. sjhe Transfer Books of the Company will be Cbsed from w-le 21st to the 31st inst , both days inclusivh. By order of the Board of Directors, JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary. Nos, JOHN and 9, Queen-strtet-place. Southwark-bridge, London, E.C., May 1,1666, SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in Prod„4lAX. ROSS'S CANT HARIDESO FL. which speedily ti .eke whiskers and thickens hair i 3a. 6d. ; sent iree for I's "1/4i4Pa.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, Hgh Holborn, London. sa Y on Hair, ids LEX. ROSS'S BLOOM of ROSES, 3s. 6d., 54 stamps. IMYLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the v„,, skin are impro ve d b y one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S 10:2 11 CTATILE SKIN PILLS. They rem:We redness, sal 21,4"Iitts, H ol bor n 9d.; by post for 40 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, ' 'ugh , London. ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, is., or 14 st amps--_____ . lIAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, Lam ,London. —ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ones at 38.,,°.! Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. S o ld A ,, , 7 l oi2 s o eig ani fre p e ti. for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, ,q It A E T Y ,ITAIR.-248, Hi g h H o lb orn , L on d on .— (4 arne,E4 -4 -• 11 988 1 8 HAIR DYE produces a teal i n eriztt i p li r li ce ed ss. It_ is . t, and p p e e rf rftl en yTt u al 6d. s e nt by an p e os n t for 54 stam ec ps. 14 411 ES HAIR DYED, f rom 1 gu i nea; Gentle __ ens, from 10s. 6d. SCIE NTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. kr 111 .,, A MENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, keg 4 1 Din taff-room, sonsisting of a new and elegant assort sb, .... 0 . VAEs, Figures, Groups, Candies,ticks, Obelisks, Ink -4,31`,8 Ceantiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, Ito., in Italia n . _ rkst,3r, parian. Marble. Bronze, Derbyshire Spar. &a :,. 1 ! orted and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine 'o/"ISt to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. T ' arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. °I Ly ' ,ALS, _ and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition t! , - el - 8 Elements of Geolocry, ; they will greatly f sollitate ~,e_, Interesting stud of MTNERALOGY and GEOLOGY, -4 q eau be had at 2. 4 10. 20. SO, to 500 guineas each lq,l", R. ACTICAL INS'I'RUCTION in GEOLOGY and HINE.. ""'LOGY is even by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S.. at 149. Strand. ‘---......._ BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTIVE CATA p LOGUE, with Illustrative Sketches of CABINET 4 i i , lINITURE and DECORATIVE UPHOLSTERY, sent p o e ,_,l?er post or given on applica . tion.. The Stock, corres 'l4tig to the List is marked in plain figures. ATKINSON & CO., CABINET MAKERS, UP HOLSTERERS, LINEN DRAPERS, AND HOUSE AGENTS, 1 v „,.198, 200, 20Z 204, 206, 208, and 210, ~ ,ri NTI I INSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, Tilt CURTAINS OF A HOUSE eh give the tone and character to its appearance. They nulit he chan&ed with the changing seasons. Spir 'Ul aNSOlg t ' and CO. are prepared with the earliest bran? Stock of Curtains—the new Pekinetto Stripes for 1 11 1 ,:i in n and Dining Rooms, Pekin_ancl Persian ckst} . ., yea, Chintzes L nd Leno, with all the new Designs in this yea r 8 ATKINSON Sr CO., tir, TER 204, BRIDGE 204 206, " ROAD, LONDON. 208, and 210, THE SPRING STOCK OF CARPETS, PLEN ISIIED with the Newest Designs from 134 /js the best makers, comprises .FELTS, KIDDER, TtliiitBtErLS, VELVET PILE, AXMINSTERy and • 11,,,Y 010 th, kind Cor f material for cover i ng ball or passage, k Carpet, Linoleum, and Kamptulic,on. ATKINSON & CO., th... 198, 2 00, 202, 204, 206, 208, and 210, -'S'IIIINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON. A°lllrNG IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest an . d tt,, taost useful invention of the day, AQUA AMAR E LLA. IlDn e e r,.3'Thames GOSNELL and CO.. Red Bull Wharf, 2 .r1 . ,. krjtuif street. Perfumers to her Maienty. e s p_e,el ..offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. wtilw! rtiCtiZ.4ll7 restores the human hair to its pristine hue ? Dpo n ,; t l , t what age. The Agna Amarella has none of the 1 to the sy at es of dyes When' it, on the contrary, is beneficia lication per k . '" o , and the hair is once restored one app per Dotti e 401Wiep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea of t1341:,in half bottles. 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes toectabnihest order. and from individuals of unidoubrste John 41 ell Y• may be seen on application. 3 ess * Re •11 1 11 h and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her 3 , g nesstherrinoess of Wales. StBSCRIPTIONS for the IVIDOW and to, CRILDREN of the late Captain R. IL GRONOW, le, s ii l o °ll Y of the Grenadier Guards, and Author of " Recol l'ar;:„B,,al Anecdotes," "Celebrities of London and Las f , t `t c . CaPtain Gronow, who lately died in Paris, taa rri e a " ,,. a widow and four young children, by his second Inlier eatterly destitute, without means to defray his GirooolvPenses, or even to purchase bread. Captain o hi e brothlvas or by his father, .in favour _f L e der ,er i A ' a n2ergyman. and the small income which estate ve , NM the intereat of a sum charged on the family fronl',.enased with his life • while the sums he received i t, Lun e 4 r „ ! ,„ ,0 time for his " Recollections" were expended fault; ''''` fl tg for h increasing expenses of his young of lt,•"; 'Under these distressing circumstances the friends Lo 'l,lanie Gonov;in Pai;s came to her aid, and they now t'Peool to the liberality of her htto husband's frionds f in r c: nt ` l , l .,/ 1 7 and also to the readers of his Reminiscences, o , ._ lbutions to enable her to maintain and educate her ctoid ren. Su n. • eo R!'eriPtions received by Messrs. Swrit, ELDER, and It h ,7 "°, Cornhill and 45, Pall-mall ; and by Messrs. Cox `q Gitx 2 232 PasiWooh, Army Agents, Craig's-court, Parliament .reet. -....._ bisio MORE PI LLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. tr B ARRY'S delicious health -restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food, THE REVALENTA ARABICA, hYoilifl.tbree times es much assimilating and strengthening ti,,,,,kishinent as the best meat, and restores perfect dig.es tf,,,,", strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing 1,;'1), functional regularity, and energy to the most disor- A - red or enfeebled —removing speedily and effectually in ,m!Reatio dyspepsia), cough, asthma, c.onsumption,eobiz ,Nteal n t . nation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangem snen, con . 1 - i• m-iaints, flatulency, .nervou . s- Iles orrboids, liver co p at.:, biliousness, fevers, sore . throats, diphtheria, }IL-rile, colds, influenza, noises .in the head ', ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions,. p o. ' "l' L e. lia, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness,.. acidity, p--14410h, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, iii4si nausea and sickness even in at s p h7 gu ss an a 1 1 1 . 43 che e st, tiaills fits, bronchitis, scrofula, and It i s th M the pit of the stomach and betweentight the shoulders. Vali d e most digestible of all foods and suitable for in ,vv.:oi and infants in all complaints. . 14 til e v .: . , few out or 62,000 . Cures.—C No. 58,216 pail:v. arckioness de Brehan, o. seven years' liver coin ivitc, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, Rhtt,t 'a nerVous palpitation all over, bad digestion, con tt,,,i,,. sleeplessness, and the most intolerable_ . nervous ti - 1 , -Itio n. ~ Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. of NV °ll . l Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the county %Tletxterrord :-1 have derived much benefit from your . it feod.--Stuart de Decies, Dromana, !CapPecluth, folkaT ,;'tY Waterford. Cure No. 54,816, from the Rev. James rnphell, syderstone -Rectory, near Faken Noon the ii '4411 cases of indigestion and particularly wh he: i t v 9r 14 mere than usually affected, ' 1 consider it the fl ow r? , all reniedies. It regulates the bile, and rr,,kes u Ri lap e ' . ll ,Ftees which would not admit of mercury I n f the earliest aidhort, a healthy flow of the bile is one o )'1•34, besL syinptems. You can make what use you . 0 of this com munication.-1 am, gentlemen, James . ley, 4:1,12,011. Cure No. 52 ,422.—8 ridge Rouse, Frim 4Ptttin'urreY :--Tbirty-three years' diseased . !ung . s, th o (1 _ _R of blood, liver derangenient, deafness, singing in '' 4 ll 4.4' constipation debility, shortness of bre:lth, and hoige, have been removed' by your Revalenta Arabica. My ni-nlx'B'riiir,\:seti.' mach, 6te head, and ears are all right, my hear ;'-41,,s , 7 and co is A marvel to all my acquaint -I;:tftY\;,lnes, Roberts, ThriberMerchant. Cure No. 49,832. a a , tasii,Z, in describable agony from dyspepsia., nervclus tor, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sick cii474,lll2-ilonajting. - Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure eurtl.; atissElizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousn!se, i;;, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. diar r h °* 56,814. --Mr. Saml.Laxton,Leicester, of two . yere 48. 6 , ham' The food is sold in canisters, 11b. 2s 9 . (1 , 2110 -, e . , ( l• ; 121 b., 21s • 241 b 40s. Super-refined quality, 1111, zt„•.211), 12 s. .., ~ ; ab , 225;; 101. b., 335. The 101 b., 1211 a., and by' ItteatiisTtere, car;iage free on receipt of Post-office Order, 108 priir.T,:uu Larry and CO , 77. Regent-street, London ; * lse at i t Tea Dealers, 8, King William -street ,nke ite_st 5, racechurch-street ;4, Cheapside : 49, Bishops_ . tr a. Peet Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street , 3 30, tici .5A ..,. t°o4l ; n'e -....', uPper Baker -street ; 163, Tottenham-court terra•s,street, Islington N.; Harvey, Notting-hill el ll'routhPPeer 5, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's- Ciro" St. John'wood, London ; and an restii3ctel)le " 46 Mid Ohoulloits.—Bewars of opurious imitations. MAGIC PHOTOGRAPHY. PHOTOGRAPHY.—The Trade and cheapside, Shippers supplied by Messrs. ANGERERS, SON London, E.C. FRUWItt.Tif, and Manufacturers and Patentees, HP, MAGIC PHOTOGRAPHY.—Surprising and 1:u t.. interesting amusem ent. Everyone is able to produce with a few drops of water an instantaneous photograph. Is, the packet, with printed instructions, or post free for 13 stamps, from the Manufacturers and Patentees, Messrs. ANGERERS, SON, FRUWIRTII, and CO., 146, Cheap side, E.O. 31[AGIC PORTRAITS. "Any Child can astonish the family."—Standard. MAGIC PORTRAITURE.—To be Enabled to produce your OWN PORTRIT by Magic Photo graphy with a few drops of water only. causing endless fun and amusement, send your c ate de v:site and 30 stamps to Messrs. ANGERERS, SON, FRUSVIRTIT. and CO., 146. Cheaoside, E.C. One dozen with materials and printed direction for instantaneous production will b 3 returned with the original within t n days. DISDERI, - PHOTOGRAPHIST. INVEN TOR of the CARTE de VISII'E. Patent the 27th of November, 1854, 70, 71, 72, Brook-street, Hanover-Eqnare, and for Equestrian Portraits at Hereford Lodge, Gloucester road, Old Brompton-road, and 8, Boulevard des 'Wiens, Paris. Mr. DISDERI has on SALE 65,000 CARTES do VISITE of all the CELEBRITIES of the Day, and PANORAMIC VIEWS. Establishments in LONDON, PARIS, MADRID, and TOULON, for enlargements up to life size. DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST to H. I. MAJESTY the EMPEROR NAPOLICON and the IMPERIAL FAMILY; to H. I. MAJESTY the EMPEROR of ALL the RUSSIAS ; also to H. I. MAJESTY the QUEEN of SPAIN and the ROYAL FAMILY; to IT. MAJESTY the KING of ITALY; to H. MAJESTY the KING of HOLLAND; to H. MAJESTY the KING of PORTUGAL ; to the IMPERIAL ACADEMY of MUSIC; PnOTOGRAPHER of the PALACE of the UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION of 1855, dm DISDERI, PHOTO PAINTING.—In oil on canvas. PHOTOGRAPHIE on SILK.--His own new process. DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIE EMAIL.—New proces v. DISDERI, NATURAL PHOTOGRAPH Y without retouching. Reproductio ns an d Enlarge molts of (very kind. 11ISDEhI.—The Excellent Situation of Mr. DISDERI'S Studios enables him to OPERATE 1 E GARDLESS of the WEA.TIIER. • NOTICE.—By a new process of M r . DIS DERI'S ate "PORTRAITS CARTES D(4: VISITE" are ENLARa ED -The puindo an thus obtain a PHOTOGRAPHIC 13 IAWiNG. by means of which skilful art sts attached to the house can, on simple indications, such as the colour of the complexion, the eyes and the hair, obtain a splendid and truthful OIL PAINTING. Mr. DISDERI'S new process is valuable in this respect, that it avoids the tediousness of long Wirings, and also adds to the charms of oil painting the great advantages of the truthfulness and accuracy of Photography. SALOONS and STUDIOS, 70, 71, 72. Brook-street, Iran over-square ; and for Equestrian Portraits at Hereford Lodge, Gloucester-road, Old Brompton-road. DEFRIES and SONS beg to call the special • attention of Merchants and the Trade to their NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER, With Circular Wick, whizh 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 MI TROPOLITAN L MUT COMPANY, 417, Strand, and from all Ironmongers and Lamp Warehouses in Town and Country; and the Patentee, 16 and 17, Commercial street, wlittechapa ASTRA, PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.), ASTIR (Patent) OIL LAMP, for MINERAL AS TR A LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW PATTERNS for the Season now on Show. TABLE GLASS, ENGRAVED AND CUT. DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. JDEFRIES and SONS , • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER . SERVICES, For 12 Persons, V Ms. 6d. BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES In great variety, Z 1 Is. JT DEFR TES and SONS, • 16 and 17. COMBIERCIAL-aTR,EEr. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Drawing-roorn, either for Gag or Candle. DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, In the Grecian and Venetian Designs. T DEF RIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, CO BIALERCIAL-ST REET. BRONZED AND ORMOLU CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Dining-room REFRIES and SONS, tfi • 18 and 17, COMMERCIAL -STREET. CRYSTAL LAMPS AND WALL LIGHTS (Registered) for India. T DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS for the above Goods promptly executed. Works —LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. EFRIES. and S J D PP ly Merchants with Pattern Books FreeO. NS JDEFRIES an d S O NS ' w-F • TEMPORARY SHOW ROOMS. 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITECHAPEL, Five Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment, 147, HOUpIDSDITCH. riIHE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another )11. home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ;ban 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. The new home the Committee wish to form woald be for young girls, almost children, from the ago 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,Bs, Queen•street. Cheapside; or by ➢,lesars Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the tireat Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vies-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LEE , K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. E.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1823, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the del ay and dif fi culty of Governors ' orders, is wholly de pendent for support Ott voluntary contributions andl , 4acies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute 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 Connniar.l the requisite tunas to maintain them. terman, E sq., Nicholas-lace; Contributions are recei ve d by the Treasurer, Edward Mu Drummond and C o . ; Glyn and Co. ; ITArries and Co. ; Ransom also by Messrs. Coutta and Co. ; Bartle. ; Presoott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co.: Nisbet and Co., Berners-street 1. Barned and C?,, Liverpool ; and at the floapital. from 10 till 5. BTANi9E,D SMITH. beOrotazy, EVERY EVENING at Eight. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, at Three and Eight.—The original and veri tably legimate CHRIsTY MINSTRELS. First Season in London these 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 oT 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 by the metropolitan press to be the most sparkling in London. Prices of Admission—New and luxurious fauteuils, ss. ; stalls, 3s. ' • area, 28.;_ gallery, Is. ; juveniles, under twel ve , half price to stalls add are% 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. AyADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, IT 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, ls. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra Rooms, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Selections from all the favourite Operas will be performed by the celebrated ARGYLL BAND every Evening. Chef d'Orchestra, Signor L. CURTL M. LEVY, the Great Cornet Player, at Nine, Ten, and Eleven o'clock. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, Is. ADIES MORE BEAUTIFUL TITAN EVER.—Dr. CULVERWELL'S LADIES' MR KISH BA.TIIS, Tuesdays. Gentlemen otherdays.-3. Great rlborough-street, W. 2s. A'so the Post i ifEce Turkish Baths, St. Martin's-!e-Grand. is. ed. Saturdals and Ann.lgys, is. ; at both establishments, Is. Greatest purifier of the blood and be tutiger of the skin. HYAIII & CO. Fl YAM & CO., G 6 and 67, Oxford-street, London. "'YAM & CO.'S Tweed Over Coats. H YAM & CO.'S Silk-faced Over Coats. HYAM & CO.'S Suits. HYAM & CO.'S Morning Coats. JJYAM & CO.'S Sandringham Surtouts. H YAM & CO.'S Trousers. HYAM & CO.'S Fancy and Washing Vests. HYAM & CO.'S Hats and Caps. HYAM & CO.'S Umbrellas. HYAM & CO.'S Hosiery and Shirts. HYAM & Co's ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67,.0xf0rd Street, London. Hyam and Co's Spring Overcoats Hymn and Co's Spring Suits Hyam and Co's Spring Silk-faced Capes 255. to 455. Hyam and Co's Spring Jackets 2ls. to 425. Hyam and Co's Spring Dress Coats 3os. to 635. Hyam and Co's Spring Frock Coats Bos. to 70s. Hymn and Co's Spring Vests 6s. to 14s. Hyam and Co's Spring Trousers HYAM & Co.'s BOYS' SPRING CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford Street, London. The First Establishment in the Kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Snits lss. to 355. B Bo o y y s s" 12s. to 21s. Boys' Jackets for the season . 10s. to 21s. Eato n, ight Cape Overcoats Harrow, and Rugby b u a s k5S. to 425. Boys' Serviceable Vests Boys' Serviceable Trousers Bs. to 14s. IHYAM and Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. No. 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. HYAM & Go., 66 & 67 , Oxford-street. Provincial Establishments at Birmingham, Leeds, and Dewsbury. SUBSCRIPTIO N TESTIMONIAL TO GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. • PRESIDENT. JOHN RUSKIN, Esq., BLA.. VICE-PRESIDENT. Sir W. C. TREVELYAN, Bart. TREASURER. Louis Huth, Esq, BANNERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, E.C. " Before the century was actually in its teens, we believe that George Crnikshank was amusing the public. Is there no way in which the country could acknowledge the long services and brave Weer of such a friend and benefactor ?" THACICERAY. The public in general is invited to co-operate in this move ment. • Subscriptions receivable as above, or by the under signed as honorary secretary, CHARLES A. HOWELL. 3, York-villao, Brixton, S. PROVIDENCE ROW R NIGHT REFUGE, FO HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,. 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers an d Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. 'At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given •gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager, &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor houses, each night numbers of young women, children, 'and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andh ave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will I* required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals .to poor tamales in' want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will bo offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will bo gratefully received by - the Rev. D. GILBERT sD.D., No. 22, Finsbury-circus E.O. CHOCOL4*:MENIER, for Breakfast. CHOCOLATMRNIER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. IVIENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE, Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Sold everywhere. WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY NOW ? —That the FIERY CROSS has arrived, bringing some magnificent KA.ISOW CONGOUS of delicious flavour, and which may now b e h a d , at a mere commission on No. mp the iort , mportprice, of the EAST INDIA TEA OIIPAN Great St. Helen's CLurchya r d, BishopsgatCe-street. SECOND-HAND FIRE-PROOF SAFES and IRON DOORS. Call and inspect the Largest Assortment in the World, by slarr, Leadbeater, Mordan, Thos. Perry and son, and Geo. Price, at half The cost of new. Sketches and prices free. GRIFFITHS, Cannon-street, West. WEET OP OPONA X.—PIESSE and LUBIN'S new PERFUME. This and a thousand others for choice at the laboratory of flowers. 2, New Bond street, London. Sold in all parts of the world. HELIO-SCENE.—This very Handsome SUN BLIND is mare effectual in keeping out the sun than any other, for the otvous reason that the hoods overlap ca-h other, so as to place t double layer of cloth between the sun and window glass ; also the wide, open space between each hood insures copiouE ventilation and the great advantage of a clear view.—R. LDWTHER and CO., 31, Regent-street, near Piccadilly. Allkinds of blinds made and repaired. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO IL R. IL THE PRINCESS OP WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARC H URA in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, ISC2. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, dzo. &c. pHILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE BEST AND CHEAPEST. STRONG to Fin BLACK TEA, is. 6d., 2s 2 6d. 3 •, S. Et., 3s. 46. Most Delicious Milk Tea is POW only 3s. 6d. per pound. Pure, Rich, Rare, Choice Coffee, Is. ls. 6d.. is. Bd. PHILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCRANTO, 8, King William-street, City, London, E.C. A price current free. Sugars at market prices. PHILLIPS and CO. send all goods Carriage Free within eight miles of co. 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 conneedon with any house in Woxester or Swansea. DDO you wish to SING, or have a beautif u l and powerful VOIC? f so,EGtheir acRtISTEioED o NOTES " are truly wonderful R in n, and are unanimously pronounceu the "Marvel of Scitnce." They are invalua, le to all and are , ,zuaranteed as a protective agent in all weathers. No Singer or Speak r should be without.them. (See opinion of the press and testimonials.) The Euphonic Note, post tree 14 stamps, in boxes 26 stamps, direct from the sole inven'or, SEAGRAVE ALGEN, 1, borcas-terrace, Hammersmith-road, London, W. PHEASANT REARING for 1866.--JAMES CI - FAUBER TAN'S (opposite Corn Exchan.,e, Nor wich) is the only depot in the world for proper Fo.,D for PIIKASANT FEE t , ING. Between ::o )ancl 300 testimonials of last year's snecess. Treatise on Hatching and flearin.z. with other valuable hints, posted free on application. leand- Owners, pheasant rearers, and gamekcepei a can raise any number of birds by using his food. The aristocracy of the kingdom constantly use it. Gentlemen r, quirin 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. AE E T E E T H. Messrs. ESKELL and SONS, old established Dentists. Sole inventors and Paientees'ot SELF-ADHESIVE Peru vian Enamel ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without the slightest pain or inconvenience (for which her Majesty has granted Royal Letters Patent) Loose teeth are fastened by their aid. Can be worn on the mcst tender roots or fftims for years without removal. Mastication and articulation per:eel Charges strictly moderate, and within the reach of the most economical. All operations painless. Mcssrs. ESKELL and SONS attend daily at their only Establishment, IS, Tichborno-street, top of the Haymarket. (Note the Address). T EETH. Mr. DAY (f or man y y ears pr i nc i pa l assistant to Mr. Eskell. surgeon-dentist, of 8, Gros venor-street, W.) maybe consulted on all cases of Dental de fect or deficiency. lie has made arrangements for the use of Mr. Eskell's Patents, by which means exquisitely enamelled ARTIFICIAL TEETH' of the utmost durability are con structed (in a few hours when necessary), and are warn upon tender gums or roots of teeth or by nervouq persons for any length of time, with ou t pa i n. unpleasantness, or discomfort. '1 he invention applied to teeth of ordinary or inferior con struction. Painful teeth or diseased stumps extracted with out pail. No chloroform ! and perfectly safe. OS rEo- PLASTIC ENAMEL, the exact colour of the natural teeth, used in all cases of stopping. Discoloured teeth restored, loose teeth fastened, and all operations on the most approved principles. Terms strictly moderate. Consultations free. 291, UEGENT-STREET (3 doors from the Polytechnic). THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGE 3TION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which 14 the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grate• ful and beneficial, that it is with justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." "Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient; are mild in their operation, safe under any circumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from thotr use, as th-y blro been a Inver-1:1'141)g Family ittul for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and Ils, each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A. NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. 3oott, of Bromley, _Kent, will be found invaluable to all who ufTer from bilious and liver nomplaints, indigestion, wind, .pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes. &o. For habitual vstiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier d the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digesttoh, and strengthen the wh o l e nervous system. sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three q the ty stamp. S ti co me tt s 'e th ll e ilt g o na n a n a t n i L i t a ve o r ue'gs. 9d. B e sure to ask for Dr. Pills. The genuine are a suare green package. with " William Lambert," e ngraved on DEAFNESS.—TheSOUND MAGNIFIER, and Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits into the ear, not perceptible; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief to deaf persons, and enables them to h ear distinctly at church and public assemblies. Every oth er ki nd of hear sintrgeeitr Ptruicemadenil.tli Messrs, SOLOMON, 39, Albemarle- RUPTURES.—BY'ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TnE GREAT so often hurtful in its effects. is hoe EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medioal Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use Y be worn during of a steel spring', ' o t n il lh t e hetruss avoided--a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much :esti..:eielannscelnotseto wenlchesei : pi : he can nidotetsciarnii fall cannot ef i b t e c: ir d oc e ru t wl e a c ar t r e d d me , da a y n i c , l l33,e n p ls zi thecircum ference manufacturer, of theb o d , two inches below the hip Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, Us., 215., 265 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d.. 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 52 5. 6:1. P ostage, ls. d. Pest-office Orders to be made payable to John White Post office, Plccadlly. , NEW PATETIT pemive, and are drawn on 7s. Cd., 10a. and 16s. VLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNER-CA PS, &e., for Varicose Veins and all eases ut Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &e. They are JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. e p lia o ke r eh o .a u n s, po l or ig sa l t i an t ga t er n r t os z a t o t k tr i e n , g a . nd r i r n ia e e x ls. ad., POPULAR DWELLINGS in. POPULOUS and SUBURBAN DISTRICTS. Mr. JAMES MORTIMER invites attention to his patented Plans for Improved Separate Dwellings for all classes, which embrace an increase of street paving for each storey, public staircases, promenades, gardens, schools, reading, lecture, dining, and warerooms, baths, Are• ; also workshops, with or without steam power, and perfect separation of tenants, to realise upwards of 12 per cent.—Further information of Mr. J. , Mortimer, P. Queen's-road, Dalston,NX 9r, ct Mr. J. `Danbar, 4, Westminster-Chambers. V ictoria -street, West minster, S.W. The following is, the quarterly return of the Registrar-General of Marriages, Births, and Deaths registered in the divisions, counties, and districts of England; marriages in October, November, De cember, 1865 ; and births and deaths in January, February, and March, 1866: The registers of the United Kingdom show that 142,304 persons married in the quarter that ended December last ; that the births of 265,663 children and the deaths of 185,138 personsof both sexes were registered in the three months ending on March 31. ' The death rate of the United Kingdom differs little from that prevailing in England and Wales to be here discussed. The several facts concerning the other divisions of the kingdom are fully set forth in the reports of the Registrar-General of Scotland and the Registrar-General of Ireland. The estimated population in 1866 of England, Scotland,and Ireland is about 30,005,519. The cor rected death-rate of the quarter is 2.596 per cent. ENGLAND. This return comprises the births and deaths re gistered by 2,200 registrars in all the districts of England during the winter quarter that ended on the 31st of March, 1866 ; and the marriages in 12,828 churches or chapels, about 5,352 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, and 641 Superintendent Registrars' offides in the quarter that ended on the 31st of Dec., 1865. If a high marriage-rate is accepted as an indica tion of well-being and contentment in the great bulk of the people, the present return is highly satis factory ; for in the last quarter of last year the mar riage -rate was unusually, perhaps unprecedentedly, high all over the country. The natural growth of the population, as shown by the birth-registers, has been active for a considerable time; and it was well maintained in the first three months of the pre sent year. Against this latter fact must be set the high mortality which prevailed during the same period, partly in consequence of meteorological con ditions and changes unfavourable to health. MARRIAGES. In the quarter that ended December 31, 1865, there were 114,100 persons married in England. In London the weddings rose from 7,856 and 8,711 in the December quarter of the two previous years to 9,746 in that of last year. In Lancashire and Cheshire, which together contain a population not much exceeding the metropolitan, the marriages in the same periods were 7,685, 7,253, and 8,576. In the northern counties they were 2,917, 3,173, and 3,274. In Monmouthshire and Wales 3,329, 3,416, and 3,538. In Yorkshire, 5,659, 6,027, and 6,291. Taking a few districts as examples, the mar riages in the three December quarters of 1863, 1864, and 1865 were in Kensington 505, 555, and 706. In Marylebone, 478, 524, and 601. In Pancras, 554, 643, and 668. In Islirigton, 353, 422, and 525. In Hackney, 258, 281, and 371. In Shoreditch, 560, 607, and 600. In Bethnal-green, 360, 420, and 520. In Lambeth, 624, 669, and 799. The returns show continued prosperity in the scats of the woollen trade. In Bradford the marriages in the same three corresponding quarters were G 33, 635, and 676. In Leeds they were 525, 517, and 604. The marriage-rate per annum in the December quarter of 1865 was 2.2148. This result represents the proportion of persons married to a hundred in the population. The average of 10 corresponding quarters was 1.981 per cent. Weddings are always the most frequent in the Christmas quarter, and in that of .1861 the marriage-rate was 5.022 ; but within the range of the comparison —viz., the 10 years 1866-65, a rate as high as 2.1 per cent. is with out any example, with the single exception of that which is supplied by the present return. BIRTHS. Of children born in the March quarter of the pre sent year the number was 196,737, against the high number 194,289 in the corresponding period of 1865. The annual birth-rate for the same period was 3.776 per cent., the average being 3.644. The birth-rate is always higher in the first six months of the year than in the last ; but the tables for the last 10years furnish no instance of a rate so high as that which prevailed last quarter. London yielded its fair contribution to the increase ; the births were under 30,000 in the metropolis, and slightly above that number in Cheshire anl Lancashire. In some counties, as Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk, and Leicegtcrshire, there was a decrease, for which others, chiefly in the northern parts of the kingdom and in Wales, more than compensated by their in crease. The births were very numerous in Surrey, Devonshire, Lancashire, Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Wales. INCREASE OF POPULATION. While the births were 196,737, the deaths were in the same time 138,233, and the excess of the former over the latter was 58,504. The natural increase was 650 daily, but this was disturbed by migratory tendencies, always in active operation. The total number of emigrants from ports in Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland was 39,672, of whom about 11,000 were of English origin. Irish emi gration from the same ports was nearly double that amount. Of the total number 33,000 emigrants had chosen the United States for their destination, 6,000 the Australian Colonies. Of the 21,000 Irish emigrants 19,000 went to the United States.* Emigration declined greatly in the first quarter of 1865 ; but it has again increased, and was as active as in the two previous years, 1863-64. PRICES, PAUPERISM, AND THE WEATHER. The price of wheat continues to rise, and in the first three months of this year it was 455. 6d. per qr., which is ss. more than it was in the same period of 1864, and 7s. more than in that of 1865. During the four quarterly periods that have elapsQd since the 31st of March, 1865, it has been slowly but con stantly rising ; it was 40s. 6d., 435. 3d., 445. 10d., and 455. 6d. Beef. at Leadenhall and Newgate markets, sold by the carcase, averaged 5 d. per lb., a price which differed but little from those of the March quarter in 1864 and 1865, which were 51d and 51d. The price for inferior quality of beef was in all these three periods the same—viz. 41d. ; for superior it was 6kd. in 1861, 7d. in 1865, 61d. last quarter. The highest price of beef scarcely varied during the last 18 months. The mean price of mutton was 6d., and was was rather higher than in the two previous corresponding quarters. Best potatoes at the Waterside-market, Southwark, ranged from 555. to 90s. per ton. The average number of paupers relieved on the day of each week in the quarter was 139,546 in -door, 759,402 out-door. The amount of in-door relief was the same as in the March quarter of 1864, but rather less than that of 1865. The number of out-door paupers was less than it had been in either of, those periods. According to the Greenwich observations the month of January was warmer than that month has • * Return with which the .Registrar-General has been favoured by the Emigration Commissioners, Of 39,672 - anligiauts the origin was undistinguished in 1;239 cases w h killawre been dietributed by calculation. been in any year since 1881. In ordinary course January is almost 3 deg. colder than December ; but last January was as warm as the remarkably warm month that closed the year 1865. At the be ginning of the month the weather was stormy, and the wind blew in gales ; and on the 11th there was in London a fall of unusually heavy snow, which seriously impeded traffic and broke down the tele graphic poles and wires. Soon the snow disappeared under a rapid thaw, which was followed by the in undation of all the low-lying lands in the valley of the Thames. ll e,avy rains and high winds, with fre qient cha nges, its most striking feature the m on th t o it s c l ose ; b ut feature was the high temperature, which continued till near the middle of February, i a d n d d l e the temperature and showed an average excess f of 6 deg. daily. From continuouslythis cold, m Marchve verse ag t e h edaai daily yw defectas almost o f temperature was about followed ; then four da33, fe:legoi Four days of heat of Which the mean tem cold ; and finally a warm period of eight days, perature rose 6 deg. above the avrage. The extreme mildness of the first six weeks quickened vegetation; some . places hedges and fruit trees budded L. and i n almost burst into blossom. change in the at mosphere from mild and damp to cold and dry Wag favourable to agricultural operations, • which had been in a backward state, owing to the soddened state of the ground ; and was besides a salutary check on the too rapid advance of vegetation ; a n d at the end of the quarter the growing crops were sufficiently forward not to be injured by sudden frosts. The mean temperature of the air in the quarter was 41.2 deg., which is 1.7 deg. above the average of the same period in the previous 25 years. The fall of rain wac 9.3 in., which amount is 4-sin. above the average. Less than 2in. of that quantity fell in March, the rest in nearly equal portions in the two previous months. The atmospheric pres sure was low throughout the quarter. AtAldershot on the 11th snow covered the ground to a depth of 9in., and about the middle of the month snowdrops, crocuses, and primroses were in flower. On the 4th February a hurricane of unprecedentedviolence blew at Belfast and for many miles around it, accompa nied with thunder and lightning, and with hail and rain which swept along in masses. " Large trees were torn up, chimneys thrown down, and slates whirled through the air like feathers." This storm visited Manchester and some other places in the North of England. DEATHS, AND THE STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The weather in the quarter, as it was observed in the metropolis, has been described in its main points, and the description of it is for the most part appli cable to that which was experienced over the coun try. It was unfavourable to health ; and by exciting or aggravating pulmonary diseases carried off many persons of advanced age. The total number deaths in England and Wales was 138,233, which implies a rate of mortality above the average of ten previ ous winters, though not so high as it had been in the winters of 1864 and 1865. In these two periods 142,977 and 140,646 deaths were registered. It deserves to be noticed that while the mortality in London and other eight divisions was lower last quarter than in the corresponding period of 1865, it was higher in the two remaining divisions, viz., the north-western (Cheshire, Lancashire, and York shire). It would appear that in thelarge andalways unhealthy manufacturing towns in these parts the people suffered more than they did in others from conditions and sudden changes of the atmosphere which were not confined to them ; and also, as shown in the Registrar's reports, that scarlatina, measles, hooping-cough, and other zymotic diseases prevailed there, and co-operated with the weather in producing a high mortality. The population of London is not very differentin amount from that of Cheshire and Lancashire ; the births were as 28 in the former to 30 in the latter but the deaths were 20 to 26. The annual rate of mortality last quarter in Eng land was 2.653 per cent.; the average of ten previ ous winters being 2-504. But it is a remarkable cir cumstance that this excess above the average was con tributed entirely by the large towns ; for in the country districts the death rate, 2.252, was actually lower than the average, 2.295. The annual rate of mortality in the 142 town districts was 2 . 967 against .he average, 2.680. These results confirm the con- elusion that there were other destructive causes at work beiides unfavourable states of the weather— hat the diseases above mentioned, which commit so much havoc in towns, were still more extensively fatal, and only acquired additionalvigour from influ- elves peculiar to the season. The death-rate was higher in Cheshire and Lan cashire than in any other of the 11 divisions ; it was 3.384 per cent. In Yorkshire it was 2.960 ;in Lon don it was 2.666 ; in the west midland counties 2.65 I; in the northern counties (Durham, Northumberland, &c.), 2.443. It was lowest in the south-eastern counties, where it was 2185. If the map of England were shaded to represent the rates of mortality of last quarter in the registra tion districts, the eye, travelling from the lighter south to the darker north, would be instantly drawn to a spot of portentous darkness on the Mersey ; and the question would be asked whether cholera, the black death, or other plague, imported with bales of merchandise, had been lately introduced into its busy and populous seaport. Happily this has not been the case ; but fever, probably developed or aided by the mild and damp atmosphere of the season, and by overcrowding in an increasing population, has been busy and fatal in Liverpool, and in other towns of the same county, and of Yorkshire. The annual mor tality of theborough of Liverpool in the threemonths was excessive, and demands immediate and earnest consideration; it arose to 4.593 per cent. This im- plies that if this death-rate were rnaintainedfor a year 16 persons out of 1,000 in the population would die in that time, or 15 more than died in Glasgow, its northern rival, 19'more than in London. The mor- tality in , the city of Manchester, though far less than that of Liverpool, was higher than in any other of the 13 selected towns of the United King dom; it was 3.742 per cent., and that of Leeds was hardly less. The following numbers of deaths registered in a few districts in three corresponding quarters, make the recent increase sufficiently ap parent :-- Ma l l. B . c 6 h 4. Qr. March iB6 _ Qr. March Qr. 3 7 0 5 0 9 . 18 6 6 3,526 . 8,013 : 2 2 : 62 1 8 7 3 5:5 6 2 West Derby . Manchester A C ß h : c : Liverpooll o th i n n . 2,047 2,628 1,393 1,196 1,506 2,324 2,496 Oldham 859 1,110 Leeds i e 'o l B l B oward-st 99 r 642 e l et ' sub-district of Liverpoolrep or The Registrar of th tia m s33deaths from typhus out of 3 30 from all cau ses ; and ytoce St. Thomasedfrom bronchitis. and whooping cough. In h trict of the same t own 28 were f rom typhus ou-toi 311;__ and pulmonary diseases were fata l. In the Mount Pleasant sub-district, in which the work house is situated, out of a total number of 1,05 deaths, 215 were caused by typ hus, 112 by bron o - . chitis, 143 by phthiais, 26 by whoopingcough, 23 by measles, 19 by scarlatina. The Registrar of the Islington sub-district of Liverpool believes that overcrowding is among the causes of a high mor tality. At NVarring,ton there were 287 deaths, and no less than 94 of these were from measles. T yp h us 5 died in . has been for some time very fatal in Manchester ; it is stated by tho Registrar of Deansgate that in th during North Leeds, in qUarter ending December 31, 1865, not less that:e 1,530 persons were attacked by continued fever . 79 were returned as Manchester and its suburbs, and of these 15 and the disease has continued to prevail fever. It prevailed ' also fatally in last quarter. In the sub-district of the a total mortality of 570 deaths caused by castle-on-Tyne. Y .New- THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT (TARS DOD . COLLIERY —THREE MORE DEATHS.—The number of • deaths from this terrible accident at Garswood Colliery, near St. Helen's, has 1:30w mounted:to eleven ---three more of the injuredmel?, hayingexpired Ainee theii r6leas e from the pit. followinge tothe Au et r is t o h e d c e s o p rT a i p t e l e h t e o f text o 2 f 6 t t h h e Pin of r s Apr a il reply Th relative to the armaments of both countries : , " BERLIN, April 30. " Count Rarolyi communicated t o me on the 28th inst. the reply, of which a copy is annexed, of his Government to the despatch which I addressed to your Excellency on the 21st inst. I cannot, I regret t o say, conceal from your Excellency the fact that we had expected a manifestation of a different cha racter. As I then stated, by hi s Majesty's com mand, we had expected to receive more ' precise com munications as to the extent and the periods at which the reduction of the Austrian army would be carried out, in order that we might make corres ponding disarmaments with those of Austria ; a n d we did so on the assumption that the Impe r i a l Cabinet, like ourselves, had in view a return to a complete state of peace. " The Imperial Cabinet seems to have satisfied itself that the apprehensions of offensive measures on the part of Prussia, which formed the motives of the Austrian armaments, were unfounded. We are therefore the more surprised when the Imperial Cabinet does not now think itself able to fulfil the proposals of disarmaments made upon the 18th inst., and readily accepted by his Majesty the King, but materially modifies those proposals in many respects. In his despatch of the 18th Count Mensdorff first held out the prospect that Austria would take the initiative in disarmament as she had done in arma ment. This concession seems to be called in ques tion again by the text of the despatch of the 26th, which demands simultaneous disarmament. Sub sequently we acceded to the proposal of the Im perial Government that, to use its own words, the Emperor would at once give orders to counter movement required by preparation for warAllanst Prussia, and to slop the measure con nected therewith.' "As th e I mperial Government itself admitted these movements had extended in the form of an approach of bodies of troops to the north-western frontier of Austria over the greater part of the Empire, and we were, therefore• • , justified in assuming according to the proposal of the In • Iperial Govern ment, that the intended resto * ration of the normal status quo ante would extend to the whole of those movements required by the war footing. Instead of this the latest declaration of th e Im • • penal Govern ment limits the disarmament, of which a prospect, exclusively to the withdrawal of the troops sent to Bohemia to reinforce the garrisons there stationed, which, by the statement of the perial Government, amount to ten battalions of i n .. fantry. As regards the remaining provinces, the despatch does not even mention Silesia, Moravia, and Western Galicia, which border Prussia, and in which it is notorious that a large number of cavalry regiments summoned from remote parts of the country are stationed. While the Imperial Govern-. ment considers the measure affecting Bohemia alone to present a full equivalent for the return of Prussia to a peace footing, it further plainly expresses its intention to undertake in the remaining parts of the Empire such considerable movements of troops and calling out of furlough men' as may be requisite to place the Emperor's Italian army' upon a war footing. It has been ascertained from the most re liable quarters that purchases of horses are taking place for this latter purpose upon an extended scale throughout the Monarchy. The strength the Im perial Government may accordingly intend to give the army upon a war footing to be stationed in the other parts of the Monarchy, and also perhaps in the other provinces adjoining Prussia, except in Bohe mia, will, of course, depend solely upon the judg nient of the Imperial Government'and upon the im portance it attaches to the danger of attack by which it believes itself threatened. " The Austrian Government thus demands that Prussia shall countermand her, in themselves, mo dest defensive armaments which have remained unchanged since the 28th of March, while Austria certainly withdraws her reinforce ments of garrisons from Bohemia, but extends and hastens her armaments for. the establishment of an army on a war footing. I cannot conceal from your Excellency that after the exchange of mutual de clarations upon the 18th and 21st, hailed by us anl by Europe as a guarantee of peace, we were not prepared for this demand. li, justification of the altered attitude it takes up in the despatch of the 26th the Imperial Government adduces the intel ligence it has received from Italy. According to this the army of King Victor Emmanuel is said to have been placed upon a war footing to proceed to an attack upon Venetia. The information which has reached us direct from Italy, and that we have received through the medium of other Courts, coin cide in stating that armaments of a threatening character against Austria have not taken place in Italy, and confirm us in the conviction that an un provoked attack upon the Empire is far distant from the intentions of the Cabinet of Florence. If in the meantime and recently military preparations may have commenced in Italy, these, as well as the measures adopted by us upon the 28th of March, may probably be regarded as the consequence of the armaments begun by Austria. We are persuaded that the Italian armaments would be as readily dis continued as our own, provided the causes through which they have been occasioned ceased. " In the interest of the preservation of peace, and the cessation of the pressure which at present weighs upon the relations of politics and trade, we there- • fore again request the Imperial Government to ad- here without wavering to the programme it laid down itself in its despatch of the lath, and which his Majesty the King accepted without delay in the most conciliatory sense, and as a mark of his per- sonal confidence in his Majesty the Emperor. In execution of the same we should expect—first, th a t _ _ _ _ all the troops sent to Bohemia, Moravia, Cracow, and Austrian Silesia since the middle of March should not only return to their former garrisons, but also that all bodies of troops stationed in those provinces should be replaced upon the former peace footing. We await a speedy authentic communi cation as to the execution of these measures—i.e., of the restoration of the status quo ante, as the term of of the 25th of April, fixed by the Imperial Govern ment itself, for the return to a peace footing of the troops assembled against our frontiers has long since expired. We hope that the Imperial Government will at once by further inquiry arrive at the conriu tion that its int e lli gence as t o the aggre ssive wl.t en h pro ceed to the effective restoration of a peace inten tions of Italy was un f ou nded, that it footing throughout the Imperial army, his lNand thereby enable lajesty's satisfac tion. So long as this cot e us to take the same step to se_ in our opinion the had imagined al ready parties—is not adopted, it only correct one, and the o Ding's Government to look f orw ard to the is impracticable for immediate f u ture, in which import ant and pregn ant acceptedby both parties not adopted, it is impracticab for the ing's Government to look forward to the immediate future, in which import ant and pregn ant n eg nego tiations coarse--in impend with the Im perialernmentheKing's othe rwise G tha o n ve w rn i m th en t t he ca es nn tu o - t equilibrium, in the prep ara ti ons of both blislnn e Government °f e g u Power s for war. The expect a successfu l re sult from negotiati ons carr i ed state nbetwee n one party armed, and the other in a of perfect disarmament. ,4 In this sense it regrets exceedingly that perial Government h as not been willing th theassent to our proposal to request the other Federal Govern ments to suspend their military arrangements, the actual existence of which cannot be denied even by the respective Governments themselves. The King's Government, for its part, has not shrunk from ad dressing the necessary summons to the Saxon Go vernment, whose armaments are furthest advanced ; but the su ccess o f t hi s appea l , an d th erew ith the in terests of peace, m i g ht b e regarded as more certain if the Imperi a l A us t r i an Government had been able this despatch " I request your Excellency d t t o o readisave with him a to resolve upon a similar proceeding.to the Austrian Minister, an 64 VON BISMAR K. 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