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Mr. Benson (another brother of the unfortunate gentleman who was lost in the ship) hoped before the Court broke up he might be permitted to offer, on behalf of the friends of those who had been the sufferers in this great calamity (although both they and the shipowners had been, by Mr. Traill's deci sion, prevented from appearing by counsel—a point on which they still retained a very strong feeling), their thanks for the kindness and courtesy they had experienced during the investigation. LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC. ROOM for Gentlemen. Bememberow watt for you at EVANS' after the Covent-garden Padtatnime and the Theatres. ~ s. w ;.- _-- K ILTAI-114 .SEXItjILBITIO"NT H 1 1 8 S 65 1(1r . .1-- DU LIN This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY gain Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. 841., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the prinoipal towns in Eng,land ; or wholesale THE SUN, LONDON, THUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1866. N°. 22,984. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red gcal, Pink Label, and Cork branded EinshAn's LL Whisky." PRICF 4d. STAMPED sd. T HE WELLINGTON RESTAURANT, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. BREAKFASTS, LUNCHEONS, AND DINNERS from 9 9.. M. to 9 p.m. Charges modera' e. An Elegant DINING ROOM for Ladies and Families. THE HON. GRANTLEY BERKELEY'S LIFE AND RECOLLECTI4 INS, completing :the Work, are NOW READY at all the Libraries. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. The Dramatic, Equestrian, and Musical Sick Fund. WUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Tucorporsted by Act of Parliament, 155 O). 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON. ATIVANCES I‘TONEY on Personal Security, Bills of Sale, Freehold or beneficial Leasehold l'roperty, without inquiry tee, or any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, or three years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. 13ills discounted. The greatest secrecy observed. Advances also male towards the Purchase of a House, repayable in 5, 10, or 15 years —Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped ei , velode. . . . Third Edition, in 2-vols., 215., H AP EAI LIFE [N TEIE EAST; Or, the English Governess in Egypt. H E 0 X F 0 It D, HH 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. By EIDIELENE LOW, Formerly Governess to 11.11. the Grand Paella Ibrahim of Egypt. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited). Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary, BOARD and RESIDENCE.—CIiff House, near Warrior-square, St. Leonards-on-Sea_ two minutes' walk from the Parade. Address, Mrs. Richardson, as above. CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH. CIIOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast. CHOCOLAT-DENIER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. MENIER'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 mafmificent KAISOW CONGOUS of delicious flavour, and which may now be had, at a mere commission on the import price, of the EAST INDIA TEA CO lIPAN Y, No. 5, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishops ate-street. PHILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE BEST AND CHEAPEST. STRONG to FINE BLACK TEA, Is. 6d., 28., 2s. 6d., 35., 3s. 4d. Most Delicious Black Tea is cow only 3s. 6d. per pound. I'ure, Rich, Rare, Choice Coffee, ls. 4d., Is. 6d. Is. Bd. PHILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCIIANTS, 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 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 connection With any house in Worcester or Swansea. EIOSPITAL FOR- SICK CHILDREN, 49, Great Ormond-street, Q'ueen-square. Patron—Her Majesty the QUEEN. The Committee have much pleasure in announcing that A. J. R. BEItESFORD HOPE. Esq., M.P., has consented to preside at the FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY FESTI VAL of this Charity, on February 12, at Willis's Rooms. FIRST LIST OF STEWARDS. The Most Noble the Marquis Vice-Admiral Sir Augustus of Abercorn Clifford, Bart. The Right Honourable the The Rev. Sir C. Macgregor, Earl of Shaftesbury, K G. Bart. The Right Honourable Earl Sir Archibald Alison, Bart Amherst Admiral Sir William Bowles The Right Honourable Vie- Col. Beauchamp Walker, C.B. The Gort Colonel Home Purves, C.B. J -be Right Rev. the Bishop of Colonel F. R. Waldo Sibthorp _Chichester Lieut.-Colonel Frederick C. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Keppel St. David's Lieut -Colonel Playfair The Right Honourable Lord Michael T. Bass, Esq., M.P. Leigh Allen A. Bathurst, Esq., M.P. •Ltight lioneurable Viscount Stephen Cave, Esq., M. P. /tlilton, M. P. W. W. Fitzwilliam Dick, Esq., Colonel the Hon. Percy E. M.P. Herbert, M.P. Albert grant, Esq., M.P. T he Hon. and Rev. Charles K. D. Hodgson, Esq., M.P. James WiPou , Yhby J. Dyce Nicol, Esq., M.P. The Bonourable'Arthur Kin- Arthur J Otway, Esq., %I.P. naird, M.P. Charles Waring, Esq., M.P. Sir R. N. C. Hamilton, Bart. The complete List of Stewards will shortly be published. Additional names will be thankfully received. The expense to each steward is limited to one guinea. Subscriptions in aid of the fund 4 are earnestly solicited, and be thankfully received by the Treasurer, Het,ry Sykes T hornton, Esq. ; or by any of the Stewards. SAMUEL WHITFORD, Secretary. January 16, 1566. METROPOLITAN POLICE. NOTICE. CATTE PLAGUE. 1 . By an Order in Council, dated 6th February, 1866, Previous orders in Council giving jurisdiction to any local authority within the Metropolis are revoked, and the Com nlissioner of Police of the Metropolis is appointed to carry th e certain regu l a ti ons w ithi n th e M e t ropo li s t o preven t 'ne spreading of a contagious or infectious disorder among tattle. 2 . The word "Metropolis" in this notice means any ta•rish or place within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan wird of Works, exclusive of the City of London and the -(l,.iberties thereof, and also exclusive of that part of the —? l !tity of Kent whi c h i s i nc l u d e d i n suc h j ur i s di c ti on an d wuieh is situate to the north of the Thames. half The word "Cattl e " i n thi s no ti ce means any cow, el., bull, bullock, ox, or calf. 0 0. No person having in his p osse s s i on or un d er hi s at rge any animal within the Metropolis whether such 042,T,Eal has been in the Metropolitan Cattle , Market or not, ra '" convey or remove, or nnnm 4n 1. nano s- a ° yea, or attempt to convey or remove, any such animal I ) ‘ ____llt of the M e t ropo li s, exce pt into the City of London or u7Thertien thereof. No person s h a ll b r ing or send, or cause to be brought is , i , s ent, any animal to any market or fair, or to any place 0 ' ia tever in the Met r opolis, for the purpose of exhibition I. Ple, excepting to the Metropolitan Cattle Market. u• r sent No pers on s h a ll b r i ng or sen d, or cause to be brought ~ any animal to the said Metropolitan Cattle Market IQ* for the purpose of being there exhibited and sold for ~altnediate slau allowed t ghtering ; and no such animal so brought `," t r !ent shall be o leave the said market unless sold nd Marked in the manner in which cattle are ordinarily tt ' r l,'-ed for slaughter in the said market, viz., by clipping In,,,air off the end of the tail. sold, 0 person shall buy or sell, or cause to be bought or a ny animal in the said market except for immediate tshla,,iightering; and every person buying any such animal in to " said market shall slaughter the same, or cause the same ivi slaughtered, within seven days of such purchase. .• No person shall remove or cause to be removed any 1, 1 7/nal al ong any h i ghway, t h oroug hf are, or pu bli c p l ace . it hin the M e t ro p o li s w ith o ut a li c e n se from theiCommis stoner of Police. 9 . Every person within the Metropolis having in his V°ssessi on or under his custody any animal labouring t he Clerhnder tk of the Privye disorder is fCounci l orthwith to give notice thereof to EXCEPTIONS OF TUE NON-ARRIVAL OF CATTLE. 1 . Where any person occupies a farm or other contiguous p r emises, situated partly within and partly without the Metropolis, he may, with a license from the Commissioner, after the cattle has been marked, and within seven days of t he date of such license, move from one part of such pre -I,ll;sen to another any animal not affected by the Cattle ' a gue which has been iu his own possession for 14 days Previous to the date of such license. . 01 2 - Animals may be removed along any high7y, s ,, ° ,,ronghfare, or public place for a distance not exceeding 2." yards, from part to part of the same farm or to water, without a license from the Commissioner. 1 ,,; 3 * Any person may exhibit or sell on his own land or en on any animal belonging to him which has been on tou c h land exhibition or sale, and is not affected by the Cattle 4 . Animals intended for immediate slaughtering may be s ent to o r f rom t h e sa id M etropo lit an C a ttl e M ar k e t with out a li cense from the Commissioner during the hours w hi c h cattl e may be driven in the streets of the Metropolis. iosTt.hese regulations are to come into operation on the 14th Ev erY person offending against these regulations is le for every offence to a penalty of £2O. RICHARD MAYNE, The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. It etropolitan Police-office, Feb. 13, 1866. NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. lir BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' , and Inf an t s ' F oo d , THE REVALENTA ARABICA, Yleldn three times as much assimilating and strengthening 1 1 2 3 Urislunent as the best meat, and restores perfect diges li°l3, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing functional regularity, and energy to the most disor 'rod or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually in i3lestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, ha itual con t' Con l larrlzea, all gastricements, • s ipa , n3morrhoicls, liver di complaints, flatulency, derang nervous tiess, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head t a d ears, rh euma ti sm, gou t , i m purities, eruptions, Yat eria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, l lal nitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, B P,,,,_tris, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, f t ‘ . l , l3 s in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. va,the most digestible of all foods and suitable for in "is and infants in all complaints. We of quote a few out of 62,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 nthAlarchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver cora- Nri Vit, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, t ,„ a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, con & - . 14 sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous tptation. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. o lc Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the county et W aterford .-1 have derived much benefit from your ;Xcellent food.—Stuart de Decies, Dromana, !Cappequin, ?11;,,am bell I tY Waterford. Cure No. 54,816, from the Rev. James Syderstone Rect9ry, near Faltenham, Nor thetti.• In all cases of indigestion, and particularly . when Host"lrer is more than usually affected, 1 consider it the of all remedies. It regulates the bile, and makes it ga v in cases which would not admit of mercury in any In short, a healthy flow of the bile is one of the earliestl.; and best symptoms. You can make what use you T ea ,,, (l of this communication.—l am, gentlemen, James 1, 'ampbell. Cure No. 52,422. —Bridge House, Frim ,':!, Surrey : Thirtv-thre3 years' diseased tl 3 ltti ng . c , of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in ears,, constipation debility, shortness of breath, and 1 i u gh, hav e been removed ' by your Revalenta Arabica. My hit gs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my lrar ,4,eperfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaint- Aft • — James Roberts Timber Merchant. Cure No. 49,832. years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nerv(!us .. - 1 1 :,:' asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sick isT",.,and vomiting. - Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure Miss Elizabeth) acobs, of extreme nervousness, Ou'rigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. dia,el,No. 56 ,814.—Mr. Semi. Lax ton, Leicester, of two years' 4s6'rea• The food is sold in canisters,2lb., tt• ; 121 b., 215.. 241 b., 40s. Super-refined quality, 11b., 4 . 41 b, 125.; 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b., 121 b., and I)sr t canisters, carriage free on receipt of Postoffice Order, al BO i l , r jY„, Du Barry and Co., 77. Regent-street, London ; tvis, Phillips, Tea Dealers. 8, King William-street ; like r__ . e_ at 65, Graceehureh-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishops t•rtlt street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, treoria: n e d : , rost4h, e u rs 7e 6 r s, Ba n k i er-street ; 103, Tottenham-court- Cl ose ! 3: 6 3 , llPper-street, Islington N.; Harvey, Notting-hill ; 0-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's- St. John's-wood, London ; and all respectable vei; awl Chemists. --Beware of spurious imitations. ing ea th ,ted has the less ral ely Led the " of the up t is v ere ing ha and but do for• n ew little Ll' in bar ,ged oats, tone• s pJr nevr th e past • dal In peas 3 Igo need er 3 6 30 st . old, were n , at Ilan 0 il l ' P aS ; Rived a stOr wiDg went 550" - iolld , port" lte r• th ° 7 )t irl';7 rgo' s ' Iston uff b- Qf 7 01 , 7 ptaia lliani toy:4 16~n~ of co.- 3 t itb) hair , ••~ t* , 112. ,ty cf TUB EVENING, and during the \Vac-Ili, EXTRA PERFORMANCES by all the available talent. Opera, Burlesque, Pantomime, Ballet, and Comedy Every Evening, performed by the entire company, including Misses Russell, PitzHenry, Barrie ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, W. Williams, Spagnoli, &c. THE HUNGARIANS in their new entertainment, entitled " Kanasz es Csardas ;" Messrs. Duriah and Davies's illustrations of Negro Life ; the ENCHANTED HASH, eleven characters performed by Mr. E. Marshall, the entertainment written expressly for him by Mr. W. T. Vandervell • the wondrous JEAN BOND ; and a host of other talent, for which seo pro gramme and small biIIs.—EVERY EVENING. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, 1 . .6.; private boxes, 10s. Gd. CANTERBURY HALL. _ RI-FITM ! TI-FIT3I. During the Week will be performed the above most extraordinary Entertainment, containing all the novel ties now in this country, and including the services of Les Montagnards, their first appearance ; Mr. E. Mar shall, Mrs. and Mr. W. 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OREY 11A111-248, High Holborn , London. — Of ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used. It fa permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe A. Price 3s. 6d. 55. 61, and 10s. 6d. ; sent by post for 54, 54, and 144 stamps. ALEX. ROSS'S ENAME L ( as used b y Md me. v EsTßls).—Ail imperfections of the skin are hidden by its use, and a transeendantam ps. 248, t beauty produced to the face. Price 106 Gd ; sent for s High Holborn, London. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By Washing the Head with this beautiful perfumed Wash in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional using:. 105 6d; sent for stamps.—By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. • Just published, 2d., sent by the Author for three stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY. A closely-printed Pamphlet, descriptive of artielesand means used f or improving the appearance. By ALEX. BOSS, 243, High Holborn, London. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' wo ILCESTERSIIIRE SAUCE. This delicioa , condiment, pionounced by c - mno!sseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. -Amanaubmpll , tioned against worthless -• on wrapper, label, bottle. and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sod wholesale and for export by the Propr'etors, Wor cester: Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and. Sons, London, ac. &c. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni versally. V I ()THING DIP 0 SSIB LE.—The greatest and 11 most uset ill invention of the day, AGUA 6.MA R ELL A Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., lied Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect hilly offer to the public this truly marvellous flub% which gradually restores tne human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Ague 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. 6i. 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. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodging; with Suppers and 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' Lodging; 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, refused admittance, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, X 2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be 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 families 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 be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT, D.D., No. 22, Finsbury-circus, E.C. 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"The present may be looked upon in some measure as a popular supplement to the author's former work, A Treatise on Dental Surgery ;' and should 13.! perused by those who are troubled with their teeth."—Morning Advertiser, Aug. 31, 1865. Sold by Simpkin and Marshall, and may be had of all book sellers. MADAME RACHEL'S GEMS of the TOILET comprise all that can enhance and preserve the charms of woman —youth, beauty, trace and elegance, golden tresses, ruby lips, pearly teeth, and soft, pzarl-like com plexion. These costly Arabian preparations, which have gained for her a world-renowned name, can now be obtaine of all respectable chemists in town and country, and at her residence, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. Agents required. D R. CULVERIVELL'S GRAND TURKISH BATHS, 3, Great Marlborough-street, 3 doors from Poland-street, Ladies every Monday. Gentlemen all other days, 2s. each ; 15, One Guinea. Also opposite the Post-office, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 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MISS ISA CRAIG is said to he the editor of the new sixpenny Argosy, which is republished in New York by the Messrs. StrakaJa. The annual festival of this charity was held yes terday evening at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, under the presidency of Charles Dickens, Esq. Between 300 and 400 ladies and gentlemen sat down to table. To give a list of the guests would be to enumerate all who are most celebrated in litera ture, the drama, music, and the fine arts generally. The capacity of the large room was tested to the utmost. Indeed, the only inconvenience of the evening was a little unpleasant crowding in the attempt to find seats for some fifty more guests than could be conveniently accommodated. The CHAIRMAN, who on rising was received with loud and long continued cheering, gave the usual loyal toasts, which were most heartily responded to. In proposing the toast of the evening, the CHAIR MAN said—Ladies, before I couple you with the gentlemen, which will be at least proper to the in scription over my head (St. Valentine's Day)—before I do so allow me, on behalf of my grateful sex here represented, to thank you for the great pleasure and interest with which your gracious presence at these festivals never fails to inspire us. (Cheers.) There is no English custom which is so manifestly a relic, of savage life as that custom which usually excludes you from participation in similar gatherings. (Hear.) And although the crime carries its own heavy punishment along with it, in respect that it divests a public dinnq otitkniost beautiful ornament and of its most fascinating charm, still the offence is none the less to be severely reprehended on every possible occasion, as outraging equally nature and art. I believe that as little in known of the saint whose name is written here as can well be known of any saint or sinner. (Laughter.) We, your loyal ser vants, are deeply thankful to him for having some how gained possession of one day in the year—for having, as no doubt be has, arranged the almanac for 1866—expressly to delight us with the enchant ing fiction that we have some tender proprietorship in you which we should scarcely dare to claim on a less auspicious occasion. (Cheers.) Ladies, the utmost devotion sanctioned by the saint we beg to lay at your feet, and any little inno cent privileges—(laughter)—to which we may be en titled by the same authority we beg respectfully but firmly to claim at your hands. (Cheers.) Now, ladies and gentlemen, yen need no ghost to inform you that I am going to propose " Prosperity to the Dramatic, Musical, and Equestrian Sick Fund As sociation—(hear, hear,)—andfurther, that I should be going to ask you actively to promote that pro- . sperity by liberally contributing to its funds, if that task were not reserved for a much more persuasive speaker. But I rest the strong claim of the society for its useful existence and its truly charitable functions on a very few words, though, as well as I can recollect, upon something like six grounds. First, it relieves the sick; secondly, it buries the dead; thirdly, it enables the poor members of the profession to journey to accept new engagements whenever they find themselves stranded in some remote inhospitable place, or when, from other cir cumstances, they find themselves perfectly crippled as to locomotion for want of money ; fourthly, it often finds such engagements for them by acting as their honest, disinterested agent ; fifthly, it is its principle to act humanely upon the instant, and never, as is too often the case within my experience, to beat about the bush till the bush is withered and dead—(cheers)--lastly, the society is not in the least degree exclusive, but takes under its comprehensive care the whole range of the theatre and the concert room, from the manager in his room of state, or in his caravan, or at the drum-head--(laughter)— down to the theatrical housekeeper, who is usually to be found amongst the cobwebs in the flies, or down to the hall porter, who passes his life in a ctiurougn arztn—(laugniCr)—aria, to tne nest of my observation, in perpetually interrupted endeavours to eat something with a knife and fork out of a basin, by a dusty fire, in that extraordinary little gritty room upon which the sun never shines, and on the portals of which arc inscribed the magic words, " stage door." Now, ladies and gentlemen, this society administers its benefits sometimes by way of loan ; sometimes by way of gift ; sometimes by way of assurance at very low premiums; some times to members, oftener to non-members : always expressly, remember, through the hands of a secretary or committee well acquainted with the wants of the applicants, and thoroughly versed, if not by hard ex perience at least hy sympathy,in the calamities and un _ certainties incidental to the general calling. One mast know something of the general calling to know what those afflictions are. A lady who had been upon the stage from her earliest childhood till she was a blooming woman, and who came from a long line of provincial actors and actresses, once said to me when she was happily married ; when she was rich, beloved, courted ; when she was mistress of a fine house—once said to me at the head of her own table, surrounded by distinguished guests of every degree, " Oh, but I have never forgotten the hard time when I was on the stage, and when my baby brother died, and when my poor mother and I brought the little baby from Ireland to England, and acted three nights in England, as we had acted three nights in Ireland, with the pretty creature lying upon the only bed in our lodging before we got the money to pay for its funeral." Ladies and gentlemen, such things are, every day, to this hour ; but happily at this day and in thi- - hour this association has arisen to be the timely friend of such great distress. (Cheers.) It is not often the fault of the sufferers that they fall into these straits. Struggling artists must necessarily change from place to place, and thus it frequently happens that they beeome, as it were, strangers in every place, and very slight circumstances—a pass ing illness, the sickness of the husband, wife, or child, a serious town—(laughter)—an anathemising expounder of the gospel of gentleness and forbear ance—any one of these causes may often in a few hours wreck them upon a rock in the barren ocean ; and then, happily, this society, with the swift alacrity of the lifeboat, dashes to the rescue and takes them off. (Cheers.) Looking just now over the last re port issued by the society, and confining my scrutiny to the head of illness alone, I find that in one year, I think, 672 days of sickness had been assuaged by its means. In nine years, which formed the term of its existence, as many as 5,500 and odd. Well, I thought when I saw 5,500 and odd d ays o f sick ness, this is a very serious sum, but add the nights! Add the nights—those long dreary hours in the twenty-four when the shadow of death is darkest, when despondency is strongest, and when hope is and before you gau ge th e goo d th a t weakest, before you gauge the good that is done by done by every shillin g th a t you b es t ow reallythis w s t l t l u b t i e o n , here to-night. (Cheers.) Add, more than all, that the improvidence, the recklessness of the general multitude of poor members of this profession, I should say is a cruel conventional fable. (Cheers.) And that there is no class of society the members of which so well help themselves or so well help each other. (Bear, hear.) Not in the whole grand chapters of Westminster Abbey and York Minster, not in the wholequadrangle of the Royal Exchange, not in the whole list of members of the Stock Ex change, not in the Inns of Court, not in the College of Physicians, not in the College of Surgeons can there possibly be found more remarkable instances of uncomplaining poverty, of cheerful, constant self-denial, of the generous remembrance of the claims of kindred and professional brotherhood, than will certainly be found in the dingiest and dirtiest concert-room, in the least lucid theatre—even in the raggedest tent circus that was ever stained by weather. (Cheers.) I have been twitted in print before now with rather flattering actors when. I address them as one of their trustees at their General Fund dinner. Believe me, I flatter nobody, unless it be sometimes myself ; but, in such a company as the present, I always feel it my manful duty to bear my testimony to this fact—first, because it is op posed to a stupid, unfeeling libel ; secondly, because my doing so may afford some slight encouragement to the persons who are unjustly depreciated ; and lastly, and most of all, because it is the truth. ,Cheers.) Now, ladies and gentlemen, it is time we should what we professionally call " ring down" on these remarks. If you, such members of the general public as are here, will only think the great theatrical curtain has really fallen and been taken up again for the night on that dull, dark vault which many cf us know so well ; if you will only think of the theatre or other place of entertainment as empty ; if you will only think of the " float," or other gas fittings, as extinguished ; if you will only think of the people who have beguiled you of an evening's 'care, whose little vanities and almost childish foibles are engendered in their competing face to face with you for your favour—surely it may be said their feelings are partly of your making, while their virtues are all their own. If you will only do this, and follow them out of that sham placeinto the real world, where it rains real rain, snows real snow, and blows real wind ; where people sustain themselves by real money, which is much harder to get, much harder to make, and very much harder to give away than the pieces of tobacco pipe in property bags—(laughter)—if you will only do this, and do it in a really kind, considerate spirit, this society, then certain of the result of the night's proceedings, can ask no more. I beg to propose to you to drink " Prosperity to the Dramatic, Eques trian, and Musical Sick Fund Association. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with three times three. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said —Gentlemen, as I addressed myself to the ladies last time, so I address you this time, and I give you the delightful assurance that it is positively my last appearance but one on the present occasion. A certain Mr. Pepys, who was Secretary to the Admi ralty in the days of Charles 11., who kept a diary well in shorthand, which he supposed no one could read, and which consequently remains to this day the most honest diary known to print—Mr. Pepys had two special and very strong likings, the ladies and the theatres. But Mr. Pepys, whenever he committed any slight act or remissness or any little peccadillo which was utterly and wholly untheatri cal, used to comfort his conscience by recording a vow that he would abstain from the theatres for a certain time. In the first part of Mr. Pepys' cha racter I have no doubt we fully agree with him ; in the second I have no doubt we do not. I learn this experience of Mr. Pepys from remembrance of a passage in his diary that. I was reading the other night, from which it appears that he was not only curious in pllys, but curious in sermons ; and that one night when he happened to be walking past St. Dustan's Church, he turned, went in, and heard what he calls " a very edifying discourse," during the delivery of which discourse he notes in his diary " I stood by a pretty young maid, whom I did attempt_to take by the hand." (Laughter.) But he adds, " She would not, and I did perceive that she had pins in her pocket with which to prick me if I should touch her again—(laughter)—and was glad that Ispied her design." Afterwards,about the close of the same edifying discourse Mr. Pepys found himself near another pretty, fair young maid, who would seem upon the whole to have had no pins, and to have been more impressible. Now, the moral of this story which I wish to suggest to you is, that we have been this evening in St. James's much more timid than Mr. Pepys was in St. Dunstan's, and that we have conducted ourselves very much better. (Laughter.) As a slight recompense to us for our highly meritorious conduct, and as a little relief to our charged hearts, I beg to propose that we devote this bumper to invoking a blessing on the ladies. (Cheers.) It is the privilege of this society annually to hear a. lady sneak for her own Re"( ((;hoore ) Who so competent to do this as Mr. Stirling ? (Re newed cheering). Surely one who has so gracefully and captivatingly, with such an exquisite mixture of art, and fancy, and fidelity represented her own sex in innumerable charities, under an infinite variety of phases, cannot fail to represent them well in her own character, especially when it is, amidst her many triumphs, the most agreeable of all. (Cheers.) I beg to propose to you " The Ladies," and I will couple with that toast the name of Mrs. Stirling. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk enthusiastically. - Mrs. STIRLING, who on rising to acknowledge the toast was most warmly received, spoke as follows : Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—You have thought fit to couple my name with the ladies. Now, for that act I retort by charging you with high trea son to St. Valentine and his day. You are the last man to deserve pardon for the offence, for you have shown, by your witty aid eloquent allusions, that you had the day and its duties fully in your mind. It is treason, I say, to St. Valentine and his day to couple anything with the ladies but the gentlemen. And talking of St. Valentine—in these days of ar chaeology, ecclesiology, and all the other ologies— isn't it a great reproach to our learned men that they have not been able to discover why St. Valentine should be selected as patron of the sweethearting and billet-douxing which goes on to-day through the post. I'll be bound the ladies would not have been so long in finding the reason. Indeed, I believe the first lady who ever tried to find it did find it, and as Peg Woffington might say, "Sure, that's myself." I'll tell it you. But mind, I give you all notice— the reporters in particular—that the discovery, like our ghosts and our sensation effects, is copyright and patent. No ; if it was patent, anybody might have found it out, only they havn't. Well, this is my discovery. I made it by the help of the old lives of the saints, called the " Golden Legend." It told me, first, that St. Valentine was a saint and martyr of the time of Claudius. Now, there seemed something to the point even in that. Most young ladies are disposed to make saints of their sweet hearts, and vice versa; and if valentines lead to the Temple of Hymen, as so many of them do, not a few wives are quite ready to make martyrs of their husbands, and vice versa. But that didn't satisfy me. Reading further, I found that St. Valentine's great miracle was opening a blind young girl's eyes, and then I felt I had it. Love is blind, they say. I say, au contraire young ladies are blind to the merits of the gentlemen till love opens their eyes for them, and Cupid works quite as great miracles in that way as ever St. Valentine did ; and that, I take it, is the reason why St. Valentine is Cupid's father confessor, and his day the love-letter day of the calendar. As this is the first public dinner at which the ladies have been invited to sit down with the gentleman, what day can be more appropriate for its celebration than St. Valentine's ? I hope every gentlemen present has come prepared not only with his subription, but with his Valentine, to slip into the hand of the fair lady at his side. If any of you have come unprepared with the necessary documents, instead of a billet dour slip a billet do banque into her hand, to be added to her subscription. I defy you to find a better way of paying your addresses ; for what better love letters than £ s. d., when they go on an errand of mercy like subscriptions to this charity? But to-day , as we have been reminded, is Ash Wednesday as well as St. Valentine's Day. We actors and actresses should be the last persons to be startled by the coincidence. How many of our days, in the earlier stages of our career at least, are like this consecrated at once to love making in play and in public, an d to fasting in sorry earnest at home! Our object to-day is not feasting, but charity. If there be feeding, let it not be ours only, but that of the hungry mouths your benevolence will help to fill. There used to be Lenten oratorios. Let our Lenten oratorio be the chorus of grateful prayers that your kindness will call forth—the songs of thankfulness from the sick and the suffer ing—the widow and the orphan—from those who, but for you, might be abandoned—those whom, Ibut for your timely aid, might sink into the sad ranks of the forlorn and the despairing. And now, sir, in the name of the ladies, what am I to say to you that is at once as pretty as the faces about me and as rgrateful as my own heart? You have coupled my name with the ladies, but hew are the ladies bound to couple your name with theirs, not here only, but all the world over, as the creator of so many pure and beautiful pictures of wotnanhood —between whom, if zlot between you and our sex, should be established the title of " our mutual friend ?" Gentlemen, you have kindly drunk our healths. Let me, for self and sisters, say to you, in the words of Rip Van Wrinkle, " Here is your good belt's, and your families—and may they live long and prosper !" Loud and long continued cheering followed the conclusion of this lady's admirable speech, the effect of which it is hardly necessary to say was immensely enhanced by her charming elocution and arch grace. The concluding toast of the evening was the health of the Chairman, proposed in eloquent terms by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, and briefly acknow ledged by Mr. Dickens. The speaking was judiciously abridged to give time for the enjoyment of a varied programme of dancing—an innovation which was fully appreciated by the fairer portion of the guests. There was a well-selected programme of music, performed by Miss Rose llersce, Miss Julia Derby, Mr. Patey, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Paul Bedford, and other artistes. Mr. J. F. Toole performed con anzorc the duties of toastmaster. The Loss of the Steamer London. The official inquiry into the circumstances under which the London foundered in the Bay of Biscay on the 11th ult. was resumed and concluded, as far as taking evidence was concerned, yesterday, before Mr. Traill, the Police Magistrate, at Greenwich, and Captain Harris and Captain Baker, as nautical assessors. Mr. O'Dowd, as usual, conducted the proceedings on behalf of the Board of Board, by whose orders the inquiry was instituted. On the opening of the court agentlen - ian who stated himself to be Mr. John Clare, jun., the inventor and patentee of her Majesty's iron screw steam frigate the Warrior, addressed the magistrate and said he had been " allured" by some letters in the news papers to come forward and make a statement. Mr. Traill said he could not be allowed to make a statement, but if he had anything to suggest he might confer with the gentleman who represented the Board of Trade, and who might call him, if necessary, as a witness. Mr. O'Dowd, after briefly conferring with the gentleman, declined to examine him. Mr. Clam then attempted to address the Court, but Mr. Trail said that, although he was quite ready to hear him if he had any useful suggestions to offer, yet he could not be permitted to make a mere statement. Benjamin Sheals, au able seaman, on board the London at the time she went down, was further examined as to the course of the ship from the Tuesday to the Thursday when the catastrophe oc curred, and said that while he was on deck, both on Tuesday and Wednesday, she was always up to the wind, and never before the wind. On Tuesday night or early on Wednesday morning she was brought round to the port tack, having been pre viously on the starboard tack. Ile repeated that on Thursday morning he saw the skylight on the star board side of the ship broken all to pieces. Mr. T. Wilson, a retired shipbroker, who was examined on Tuesday, gave additional evidence yes terday, and said that if the ship, as hail been stated in evidence, was drawing 20ft. 3in. amidships when she left Gravesend, it was quite clear she was much fnn bonvily lotion 7t. mils an iinpnrfstrit -rank ton, that she had no stormsails on board. Such a ship ought to have carried stormsails independent of any other sails. In his opinion the main cause of the ship foundering was her being overladen. The ship could not rise to the sea, and consequently the sea came over her. Looking at the section of the ship pro duced, he thought her load-line was too high up by 18in. She was too long and too deep for her beam. Six times the width was quite enough for the length of a vessel. He was aware that a different system had prevailed within the last 10 years, so that the London was by no means an exception, but rather the rule, since that period. He was opposed to this new system of building ships, and was surprised the Messrs. Wigram should have so entirely adopted it. Wm. Daniels, the quartermaster of the London, was further examined as to the tack of theship, and said that, having been put on the port tack, she about half-pastlo onThursday morning was put on the starboard tack again, andremained on that tack till she went down. That was the only time she was put before the wind. The reason for putting her on that tack was to bring the boats to leeward. The wind at the time was N.N.E. on the port tack . Mr. R. Galloway, engineer surveyor to the Board of Trade, said it did not appear to him the engineers on board the London adopted the usual course when water came into the engine-room ; they ought to have changed the suction valves of the centrifugal pump. Mr. Traill—But the fires were out. Mr. Galloway said he could not understand how the fires could be put out by one sea. Mr. Traill—But there was a succession of seas. The, witness then qualifiedhis statement by saying that the suction valves ought to have been changed if it were practicable to get at them. The water in the engine-room ought to have been run into the bilge, and the engineers ought to have been prepared for , such an emergency. Mr. Galloway then expressed a general concurrence in the views taken by Mr. Barber, who was examined on a former day. The Rev. Rion G. Benson, of Hope Bowdler Rectory, Shropshire, said he had a brother, 23 years of age, who had gone on board the ill-fated vessel, and was lost. Witness accompanied him to Ply mouth to see him off. The ship was within the breakwater, and it struck him that she was very, very low in the water, especially for a ship that had been advertised for conveying passengers. Instead of having to walk up the ladder to get on board, they had to walk upon the ladder lying in a reverse direction, and almost at a level with the deck of the ship. She appeared to be very heavily laden, and after he had parted from his brother he wrote home to his father stating to him the fact of the ship being so very low in the water. Mr. O'Dowd having explained that he had not been able to bring forward Captain Price, of the Courier, said it was the wish of the friends of Capt. Martin that some testimony should be given as to the character he bore and the qualifications he 1)08- sessed as a commander of a ship. Capt. Robert Roe, of Lynmouth, North Devon, then came forward and said that he was now al county magistrate, but had formerly been engaged in the merchant service , and from 1810 to 18l had served with Capt. Martin in some of M'es6srhse. IVigram's ships, Capt. Martin being his junior, either as fourth, third, or second officer; and while they were together he was al wa y s very attentive to his duty, and also an exceedin good sailor and officer. He was a skilf u l an d careful man, and a very proper man to take charge of a ship. O'Dowd said that, in announcing to the Court that he had no further evidence to offer, he should say a very few words indeed. With respect to the ship's structure and seaworthiness, her en gines and efficient working, her rigging, masts, &c., her cargo, and her having satisfied every require ment of the Passengers' Acts, he believed he had produced the best possible evidence, and such as he thought would be considered quite satisfactory. But he was bound to say, with respect to the evi dence of the crew, it was by no means that which could have been expected and desired. That, how ever, was clearly no fault of his ; he had had a very limited sphere from which to select his witnesses, Alleged Libel on Mr. Sothern. Just as the hour approached for the closing of the Marylebone Police-court yesterday, Mr. Montague Williams, accompanied by Mr. Sothcrn and his so licitor, Mr. J. Turnley, 38, Cannon-street, city, entered and craved Mr. Mansfield's attention for a few moments. Mr. Williams said he had to make an application for a warrant against a person of the name of Robt. Cooper, who is the printer and publisher of a paper called the Spiritual Times, for a scandalous libel in serted in the impression of 27th January of this year. If his worship looked at the imprint of the paper he would see that it said " printed and published by the proprietor, Robert Cooper, at the Spiritual Lyceum, 14, Newman-street, Oxford-street, in the county of Middlesex, Saturday, Jan. 27,11866." This complaint of Mr. Sothern is that what has been published against his character and reputation in this paper is one of the basest libels that could possibly be. his not only traducing Mr. Sothern in the opinion of private individuals at home to whom he was dear, but the party against whom he applies has attempted to traduce him in Glasgow even, and other places equally remote. He (Cooper) goes on to state from his " Lyceum," whatever sort of place that may be, that Mr. Sothern, whilst females have been in a comatose state, has taken advantage of them. He would not make any further observation before read ing the article complained of, whichwas as follows: " Mr. Sothern, the actor, celebrated as the origi nal personator of Lord Dundreary, and who is now living in London upon the handsome competence accumulated by his hit' in the Dundreary role, has published a letter ridiculing spiritualism' as a gross imposition, and relates his own experience in this city (New York), where, under the nom de plume of Stuart, he sustained a leading part in a ' miracle circle.' We remember Mr. Sothern when, as Mr. Stuart, lie played the walking gentleman' at Barnum's Museum, and was considered hardly worth his meagre salary of $l5 a-week. We also remem ber the same Mr. Stuart when, as a small actor at some other place of amusement here, ho professed to be a mesmeriser. He created quite a sensation by admitting the truth of an accusation brought against him by a certain new actress, that he had grievously wronged her after placing her in a state of mesmeric influence." What could be a more base calumny against any person than this, whatever his position. He would now read another portion of the same article : " We were well acquainted with him at the time of the spiritual circle,' at which he was the opera tor,' and to which young Mr. Wolf—son of IN olf, of the Museum Orchestra—and now husband of Josephine Orton, led the heroine of Arrah pia Pogue at Niblo's ; but the ballet girl at the Museum was the writing medium. Andrews, the actor, was the outside medium in the same ' circle,' and used to paint some very clever landscapes, which he con sidered were produced under the immediate influence of the spirits of Raphael, Guido, Michael, and so on. Mr. Wolf was an uncommonly skilful impostor, said readily producel a variety of chirography as the foe similes of the handwriting of departed people. Mr. Sothern was the least gifted of the entire com pany of simulators." ILI applyiug An - 111iN waz,ani, Lc yr 1 / I .hctl 1, thaw his worship's particular attention to what he vas about to read next : " Ile was a good-looking, gay, vivacious, fast' young man, whose pretty wife continually won the sympathy of those who were witnesses of her hus band's licentiousness. Mr. Sothern, therefore, boasts entirely too much of his ' fame as a medium,' for in justice to spiritualism (in which we admit we have no faith), we must confess that he never was a 'medium' of any importance . . . but there are too many persons in New York cognisant of the facts to let his self-complacency go undiscredited." The learned counsel continued—There was also another periodical which had made an unwarrant able attack upon his client, but of which he would say no more about, as it was out of his worship's district. The accusations against his client were of a very grave character, more especially considering his reputation and his position in society. He wished for an opportunity to be placed in the box to meet his calumniator. So seriously did this matter affect him that it almost unfitted him for his pro fessional business. It was also a talk at the club houses as to whether he would move to vindicate his character. The learned counsel concluded by asking for the warrant. The warrant was granted. THE FASHION OF WEARING RINGS ON THE FINGERS is certainly m a o n r a e o c t o h n e v r epnlaiceenst far riaanw away in at adopted in the East Indies which we read of their being worn in the nose, lips, c h ee k ; and chin. When Peter Alvarez had his first audiene3 of the Ki n g of Callen t, he found that monarch a d orned with jewels on every available part of his pe rson. Tho barba rity of a ring in the lip cannot bo sufficiently stigmatised by a lady who wears one in her ear. The lady who affects the lip-ring considers the pierced ear a sign of slavery, as it was known to be by the Hebrews long ago. Travellers in India have realised the nursery tradition of the lady with " rings on her fingers and bells on her toes ;" and we know that the tinkling feet of the Jewish women incurred the reprobation of the prophet Ezekiel. All nations seem to agree in this love of personal ostentation. The entrails of the earth are torn to extract gems for a lady's finger. How many hands, says Pliny, are worn down that one little joint may be ornamented. "If the infernal regions really existed, certainly these burrows of avarice and luxury would have penetrated into thorn."— Once a Week. THE Loss OF TIIE EXCELSIOR.—On Tuesday evening the steamer Helen AUGregor, Captain Knowles, arrived at Hull from Hamburg, after a very heavy passage. Captain Knowles reported that the telegrams which had been received at Hamburg of the loss of the Excelsior stated that the captain, his wife, one passenger, and 15 of the crew had been saved by the Quieter lifeboat. They had boon six days in the rigging without food, and the sea making a clear breach over them. They were in a very exhausted condition when rescued, and they were placed under the doctor's hands. The owners —Messrs. Lofthouse, Glover, and Company—also received a telegram beenfro t m A:v N a vz o eit r d7 d ,l e st n hz , em w rtz i c e h a h . i n stated d that eo passengers a l y s s l o : g o e f rs tli b e ein er g e l w ost h . ad )—Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but pertec.ly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which hal, been considered hopeless ; suet as indigestion (dyspepsia). I cough, asthma, consumption, habitual cmstipatlon, diarr hoea, all gastric derangements, heernorrholds, liver com plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness' fevers, sore .e throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises n " head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities. eT t P i t i f a n l ° : 1 hysteria. neuralgia, irritability, teeeplessness, ac ia Is y • cramps, Y' dr°P c s 'or at sea, pitaton, heartburn, h. adache, debility, spasms, nausea end sickness even in pregnancy Y the chest, sinking fits, bron.litis, scrofula, tightness James Roberts, &c. We quote a few.—Cure, No. 4a,270. pains in the pit of the stomach and b i ty years' diseased timber merchant, of Fernley Surrey, of thirty and partial lungs, spit tin of blood, livt r derangew t e n Jacobs, of extreme deaf ness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth w spirits, and nervous nervousness, indigcst on, gatherings, e is- the shoulthrs, Lord-Lieu tenant of Waterford, of many years'cin dysPePvia, nervousness, Fifty years' indescribable agonytfrienny, spasms, sickness, ana asthma, cough, const patidi, fla N u o. 51,610. Tte Rev. James I'. 1 ancies.—Cure, No. 1,771. 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