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RINAHAN'S* LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN This 'EXHIBITION, 1865. celebrated OLD IRISH WHISSY gained the Dube lin Prize h • Medal. monle. ls Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole by old in Bottles, 3s. 8d at the Retail Houses in London ; the Agent the principal towns in England ;or Vholegalo at 3 in 3 1 GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, LONDON, W. uobservea the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded hans LL Whisky." N°. 23,037 THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1866. PRICE. 4d. STAMPED sd. CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH. Parliament of a democracy which it hates, or a damning confession that its leaders arc incompetent to guide the policy of the state through a crisis which, but for their unimaginable folly, could never have arisen. MR. SAUNDERS' NEW NOVEL. On Friday next, April 20, in 3 vols., BOUND TO THE WHEEL. By JOHN SAUNDERS. CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast. Author of "Abel Drake's Wife," dr.o. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great 3larlborough-atreet. 51 u1 M, Ala LOAN FUND. 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' ORDINARY t•on, ) ,, 51E ET Gof this Company will be held at is the , y av'n, li i.hops. - ate-street, London, on WE DN .S -tor ti;ethe 25th of April , Twelve o'clock noon precisely', Port an l i c APose of receiving the Direc - ors and Auditor's Re- T heT —alanee 'sheet, and for declaring - a Dividend. 4 pan. Jager Books of the Company will be fro the 27t44A. dnesday, the 18th April, until 10 a.m. Closed on Frid ay, By Order of the Court of Directors, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. 17 an d 18, Cornhill, London, March 21,1866. ti °IC BON and LANCASHIRE INSUR4.NCE 11°1 0 COMPANIES. and FOREIGN FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE. Capit a l Fire, £1,000,000 ; Life, £lOO,OOO. vv• ' • nITSSELL, 31 .1 RAI P IE FIANCIS BRAUN, Esq. 41. • Aid e D EPUTY-CHAIRMEN. /13am N I S. B. GUION, Esq. London_J. IL MACKENZIE, Esq. Corner of Leadenhill-street, Cornhill, E.C. L , r t h . A ive rPool—Brow n , B -b u ildi ngs , Exchange. ja ill uott Meeting, held yesterday at the London Fi r „, ~,--uolugate-street Within, it was stated that the D o ' re Tiotas for 1861 and 1853 amounted to 1.00,291 , s Bh wt „ ue‘ for IE6I anti 1865 do. do. ?wpm .110%fg Increase in two year's of over 150 per cent., or tir,ee premiums for 1865 NewA ..... . .22.907 Pr oaun Viliranees in new premi ums 02 Policies effected for.. 26;:884234 STARCH MANITFACTIIRERS fy i . To 11 . .. •-• u. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. k.)t .14 E N FI ELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Bold by all G rocers, Chandlers, 860. &c. IVI kb p,,, A ME RACHEL'S Gem of the Season, ptich tu i ie4.ell the WASH, imparts a fair, so a f r t i gi i 8 the l e ,d B UtY to the complexion. This costly Te.P n on d p This is the geto of ,Aing fashionable requisite of the day. th e season —I7A, New Bond-street. 8 1141 ' 11 s11 t, A Lkx FLY is the acting ingredient in k ,-todo ces ROsS'S CANTHARIDES OIL. which speedily sti, n ,,:skes and thickens hair, 3s. 6d. ; sent tree for P"—ALEL HOBS, 248, High Holborn, London. id ALEX. ROSS'S BLOOM of ROSES, 3s. 6d., ..,_4aropk pmpLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the Vto Bk io a , 'lrrA re improved by one dose of ALEX. ROW .ow n , ; JILE SKIN PILLS . They remove redn"B' sal , 24 S ii6 i ts• .. 2a. 9d.; by post or 40 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, ...________ °worn, London. (1!, , A t-----x. ROSS'S FACE POWDER ls. or 14 '....:_. stainp„. 1 : 1 4-1- R -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, 'Adies.d oll --ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls kt , _Or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app tied. Sold la sent free for stamps. Boas's Toilet Magazine, stamps, 'QUID ROUGE, Is., or 18 stamps. BEY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— 1 41 „, ALEx ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour tui'cc i lately it is used. It is perm anen t, an d p er f ec tly na effezt. Price 35. ed. ; sent by post for 54 stamps. tikIiIES HAIR DYED, from 1 guinea; Gentle. men's, from 10s. CA. BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTIVE CATA— FN LOGUE, with Illustrative Sketches of CABINET ! re NITURE and DECORATIVE UPHOLSTERY, sant Post r give on application. The Stock, corres -4g to the List, i n s marked in plain figures. ATKINSON & CO., tp,. 14 CABINET MAKERS, -OLSTERERS, LINEN DRAPERS, AND 9", HOUSE AGENTS, E NV, I , 204 . 202, 201. 20g. 2054, nn d 210. M INSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON. ni: CURTAINS OF A HOUSE thou] give the tone and character to its appearance. They R,;7IA 4 be changed with the changing seasons. 14(INSON and CO. are reared with the . earli€:s r t .11n Stock of Curtains—the P new Peldnette Stripes for 114: ` "' 4114 Dining ]rooms, Pekin and Persian It's , I ; Lace and Leno with all the now Designs in t 8 Chintzes. ' ' this _ ATKINSON & CO., NcrV l 200, 202 204 206, 208, and 210 N, BRIDGE ROAD, LODON, THE SPRING STOCK OF CARPETS, I,PLENISIIED with the Newest Designs from ~_ the best maItKIDD ER ,tiUBst, ~ makers , comprises 1111Ixti.:0, VELVET PILE, FELTS,AXMINSTER, and Pi Ne r . s' kind of • oorCloth, Corkmaterial I fl n r o e e o u v m ert:ng ball or passage, A.TICINSON & CO., , c 0,... 198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, and 210, " -u ' i rIiIIISTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON. IkA T P-NESs __ MAGNIFIER, and Peke tnvisible Voice SOU N D C e ondu s c o t a It fits into the e F , s not tlo(leea,d is entirely t ptibl e ; the pleasant removed. It ti a o fi n o o rd f s s iM ing :e g li n lte olse re s li l it e t f ejilli.a' Persons, and sables them to hear distinctly r_ 111 sa nd PUNIC kr rilitellt 39, Albemarle asseemblies. Every other kind of hea eet p i . • Messrs. SOLOMON, ceaddly. ttsr, T , eIiTAITTIONS for the WIDOW and i °l /Prl — 4J-EtErsi of the late Captain R. 11. GRO ,, N r._ o7 l_ , il,etieritioaBY oaf44theprenadier Guards, and Author sf lieou _ l ilt 8," ~e. ri a tiedotes," ~ Celebrities of London and ' 3 left .'-'atain Gronow, who lately died in Paris, I P 4 tril. a Wid °W and fouryoung children, uilic,r,t`pe utterly destitute without means to defray his. ll by his second beliew . tv __ p,. or even to purchase i t t_''' broth ,, " disinherited by his father, . It'C' c elllenSe ' breiand.favCoaupr!oi of de ' l., a clergyman. and the small income which Net ed frorn the interest of a sum charged on the family t h l r°ll i e tio l ee e as t e : l , with his . life ; while the . sums he received_ fail Pro v i d . tulle for his ~ Recollections" were expended ~y Ender for th increasing expenses of his young 4.)4-. to the ' ki c i `-'ader the s.:dr?seingcircumstances the friends 1)pe, 41 a i l ne Gro - husband's friends in kow in Paris came a to te her aid, and they now . tr ,,,,(lc k „ , liberality of her l 1, - ` l ; , , rib 'bi'; ‘ , ll ". also to the readers of his Reminuiv , ' • f _ nee; for %dren-"43 to enable her to maintain and educate her .314, a ; ,°', 6001i°118 received by Messrs. SMITH, and m ELD Es E; Co.x 4 - 4 4 1 ,(1Q 4 ' ""tx,nhill and 45, Pall-Craig • and by ent ..-"(2t. —W°° / ) , Army Agents,s-court, Parli r am s. --,..,_ ti 1,1.-- OTHER MEDICINE. . , tr II ORE PILLS OR ANY 14131 i i,,,, d AI RRY's delicious health-restoring An ln A v ß a i ll o cl4 ,-)3lants' Food, THE REVALENT trisit;,e tintes as much assimilating and strengh d e i n g in ea g_ kipti, strop as the best meat, and restores perfect Weel ), f''tig nerve s , sound lungs, healthy to li t v b e e r, m r o e st fre d sl4in r g_ Pea IllictionM regularity, and energy and effectually in -I)lR,43ol:3ll„feebled—removing speedily consumption, ha t. asthma, con ` derangements, 1%4141 cea Vtr iPsia) ' • coug all gastric derange 14,, rann,hoi., patt?n, dioxrhom! . e: I Ts, lA.", liver complaints, rata -40,asuese, fevers, sore i n the head 441-4; cdiphtheria,neryous- flatulency, throats, DitYZI), ar.. Ts, influenza, noisesinmes, erupt.igints' tiat:' nelrureallgniathinriltarilrey sleeplessne aci P'lNTri;"lsl3, heartb:' i headache, , debility, dropsy, cramps,at sea, Ikktllciii""„ tahsea a nd sickness even in pregnancy t il:l% f',., 4,_ts bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of or r ie chest, N,‘ i s th". c l ' pit of the stomach and between thesho f u o l r de f rs n: 41148 '1110•st digestible of all foods and suitable NA,,_ and infants in all complaints. c l th u 7 40 43 a few out of 62,000 Cures:— y Cure ne. No. 58,216 1'13.i.e4. blare de Breha,n of seven Ivitfl'' f asting •• ' nervousness, ir7taerbcoilirntny-: ~ a nervous g away, debility, 'kilt, palpitation all over, nervous bad digestion, co 11;,i,„ gleepleasne d the most intolerable . th(f,l,tion. Cu 1e an tf .1 0 1'd s t 'ure No. 71 1 of dyspepsia,. nt of the county i , w att: , , uart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant from the Right Hon. fit from your ~,,s ' Nlie „ l .ll )rd :1 have derived much bone .camenuin, ''',.,,tlßtv-tt"°°(l---Stuart de Decies, Dremana' ''-j-itinetil A . ' aterford. C' W 54 816, from the Rev. klk.alll,l3bell, Syderstour BeCtor , v near Fakenham, Tern 1111 i i • v 4 tl MI c ases of -ned. es-co;,' an d particularly . ;: ), it .r i 8 more th 1 'goy' affected,' 1 consider it the ~i.cp ,fall renioai,.... "N anltusrengulates the bile, and mit it any 1)1 4 k,Ile lases 'which would not admit of mer.cury .e. 1 . . " l . -4 8611 a healthy flow of the bile is one l o e f the . lad bost'symptoms. You can make what usy James 1 ' ea ) ; this cotnm unication.—l am, gentlemen, Frin ;Y, R goll. Cure No. 52 422.—Bridg? House, lungs, `3l)ittib.'tirreY :--Thirty-three' years' disease . • in hitathe e.. g of blood, livei derangement, deafness, singing (~ ii,a,.co_n,steipation, debility, shortness ve of ..breatb, and I lie lenta Arabica. My i ii " 4 RF4, ii. 4 '_' u removed by y tt li ß porf ect , nemach, bead, and o e u a r rs are all right, my hear ote4 , snd My recovery Cure No. 49,832. is a marvel to all my acquaint ' tilt anles Robe rts, Timber Merchant. . hear d YYears, indesc la bl ony from dyspepsia, nervo . u k s - - k4h, a sthm a, co b ri a " g • flatulency, spasms, sic o „ Mid vo ,_ ll g , constipation, 1)4'7,121_ np'uß.7Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure dergegtion JussE . li zabethJacob!, of extremenervousness, r° , , gatherings, low spirits, and . nervous fancies. 41411-1.4.„' '6,Mr• Saml.Laxton,Leicester, of tw_ ?Tears' i4r,..6(1"--'4; i2lbThe 1 d :8 sold 21:0 t_ in f4 q) 2l b., 128.1. ~...; 241 b., 40s. Su 3 per canisters, 11b. 2 'fa , 21b., ji cani, te, : ,, , ?lb., 2 28._ ; 101 b., 3 s, l and lb * of Post-office Order, a L lirry I),tileatt rriaLs(firon_ receipt The l e 0 1 1 (l b u . , Ba l l. 2 i 1 3 ;1 Co, 7 7 Regentstreet, London ; ItiZtit'hillps, Teralinealers, s, King William-street., lite-s -fta,, s,!'t 65, Ciracechurch-street • 4, Cheapside ; 49, 13,shot titran"rlr.eet Within ; 63, 150, and i 298, Oxford-street ; 330, r. 1 ;1 64 CI • 9 ' R 54,,' Upper B aker -street : 103, Tottenhom-court , - . tt,'11.1.,,.e5". et,-lir',..outhirrs,rst6lsse Tglin ton - V.; Harvey, Notting-hill , i h-gstreet-• and Stubbs, Queen - (4c ' e ": 7 l's :. t .; -.J°lln'slwoogd, LondOn spun and ay . respectable ~t Vitemiate.—Bevrare of ous imitations. CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS for the above Goods promptly executed. Works —LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. JDEFRIES and SONS • 18 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. T DEFRIES and SONS ti • Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free. JDEFRIES and SONS' • TEMPORARY STOW ROOMS. 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET. WIIITEC [TAPE', Five Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment, 147. 1101INDSDITCR. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Hall. way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vico-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G President—His Grace the-Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K. G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and di ffi culty of Governors' orders , is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t.,gsviies. 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 containiug several hundred more beds, had the Commii,V , i the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edwara Dias erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; d by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; "rnrornond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Harries and Co. ; Ransom d Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; • -Imlay and Co. ; W .iliatass, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co.: Nisbet and Co., Berners-street : 1. Barred and Liverpool; and at the Hospital, train 10 till 5. STAXVIRD 831ITH. Secretary, "LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN lj EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is tui matted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In app r oaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared on.y and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Ch af i ng _ cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 134 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. O RNAM ENTS for the Drawing - room, Library, ant Dining-room, eonalsting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, I nk eta ds, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, dro., in Italian klabastar, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, ja . Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, mi ne• ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C.. London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROcKs MINERALS, and FOSSILS , to illustrate the new edi tion of Lyell's Elements of Geology ;_ they will greatly faellitate the interesting . study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 60, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr.TENNANT,F.G.S.. at 149. Strand. pROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. wit pe Si x ty Thousand Nights' Lodging s, with Su pp e rs and Breakfasts, have been giv en in this Institution to th e destitute, who otherwise would have had to p ass the nights in the bleak street s or under railwa y arches . At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings,it Sup Breakfasts, are given gratuito usl y every week. h e rs and loor 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, ea c h night numbers of younc , women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, re fusedadmittance, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide snore ample accommoda tion, £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 prop.ssed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to p oor f amilies 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. NOTICE. -PLAIN JOHN ORPINGTON, the New Story by the Author of " Lord Lynn's n He" and " Lady Flavia,. ' IS NOW BEADY at all Libraries, in 3 vols., post Bvo Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MISS BRADDON'S NEW NOVEL. At all Libraries, in 3 v 01.., THE LADY'S MILE. A Novel. By the Author of "Lady Audley's Secret," &c. London : Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Paternoster-row. OT I C E.-THE LADY'S MILE.- An abundant supply of this New Noiel, by the Author of "Lady Audley's Secret," &c., will be ready on We Ines - day, April 18. Subscribers to circulating libraries should order "The Lady's Mile," by Miss Braddon. THE• QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCXXXVIII., is Published THIS DAY, CONTENTS. I. Sir Joshua Reynolds. 11. Children's Employment Commission. 111. Foss' Judges of England. IV. Coal and Smoke. V. Science of Language. VI. St. Patrick and the Irish Church. VII. Female Education. VIII. Ewe Homo. IX. The Government Reform Bill. John Murray. Albemarle-street. TO BE HAD AT ALL LIBRARIES. Now ready, in two volumes, crown Svo.,. JAMES MEETWELL ; or, Incidents, Errors, and Experiences in the Life Of a Scottish Merchant. .* This book is not a work of fiction ; it is a genuine narrative of real life, written by one who has experinced it. Edinburgh : William P. Nimmo. London : Simpkin, Mar shall, and Co. ROBERT COCKS and CO.'S NEW SONGS-- the favourite Songs of the Day. HILDA'S ANSWER. Song written and composed by Miss S. J. EXILLY, finely Illustrated. 2s. 6d., free for 16 stamps. THE MOUNTAI g QUEEN. Song. Words by Mr. Wm. HILLS. Music by the Composer of "Jenny of the Mill," finely Illustrated. 2s. 6d., free by post for 16 stamps.. THERE IS NOT A MERRY BIRD THAT SINGS. Words by JOHN OXENFORD, Esq. Music by G.Ax BERT. 2s. 6d., frac by post for 16 stamps. Gratis, and Postage Free. Catalogue of Abt's Songs. Catalogue of Miss M. Lindsay's (Mrs. J. W. Buss) Songs. Catalogue of W. T. Wrighton's Songs. Catalogue of Stephen Clover's sixty Vocal Duets. Catalogue of Geo. F. West's Piano Music. Catalogue of Brinley Richard's Piano Mus!c. Catalogue of W. Vincent Wallace's Piano Musts. Each application must state the Catalogue required. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. sth edition, corrected and revised, post free 7d., THE TEETH : a Practical Treatise; with the bast Means of Restoring them when Defective or Lost. •By A. ESSELL, Surgeon-Dentist, of Gravenor-strest, W. " We cannot do better than recommend forgeneral perusal Mr. Eskell's treatise. which is as useful as it is unpretend ing."—Telegraph, June 20, 1860. • • Sold by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-hall•court London ; and all Booksellers. DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIST. - INVEN TOR of the CARTE de VISITE. Patent the 27th of November, 185 f, 70, 71, 72, Brook-street. Harrover-Fquare. and for kquestrian Portraits at Hereford Lodge, Gloucester road, Old Bromptoa-road, and 8, Boulevard des Italiens, Paris. Mr. DISDER I has on SALE 65,00) CARTES do VISITE of all the CELEBRITIES of the Day, and PANORAMIC VIEWS. Establishments in LON DON, PARIS, MAD/CID, pnd TOULON, for enlargements up to 111 e size. DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST to H. I. MAJESTY the EMPEROR NAPOLEON 111. and the IMPEttIAL FAMILY; to IL I. MAJESTY the EMPEROR of ALL the RUSSIAS ; also to IL I. MAJESTY the QUEEN of SPAIN and the ROYAL FAMILY; to MAJESTY the KING of ITALY; to H. MAJESTY the KING of HOLLAND; to 11. MAJESTY the KING of PORTUGAL; to the IMPERIAL ACADEMY of MUSIC; PHOTOGRAPHER of the PALACE of the UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION of 1855, dm DISDERI, PHOTO PAINTING.—In oil on canvas. DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPIIIE on SlLK.—llis own nem p.m ss. DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIE EMAIL—New proses g. DISDERI, NATURAL PHOTOGRAPHY, without retouching. Reproductions and Enlarge ments of crery hint DISDEhI.—The Excellent Situation of Mr. et❑dios enables him to °Pr-RATE k E. GARDLESS of the WEATHER. NOTICE. —By a new process of Mr. DIS DIM'S the "PORTRAITS CARTES DE VISITE" are ENLARGED on CANVAS to any size. The PUBLIC can thus obtain a PHOTOGRAPHIC DRAWING, by means of which skilful art as 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 TAINTING. Mr. DISDERPS new process is valuable in this respect, that it avoids the tediousness of long sittings, and also adds to the charm 4 of oil painting the great advantages of the truthfulness and accuracy of Photography. SALOONS and STUDIOS, 70, 71, 72, Brook-street, Han over-square ; and for Equestrian Portraits at Hereford Lodge, Gloucester-road, Old Brompton-road. REFRIES and SONS beg to call the special • attention of Merchants and the Trade to their NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER, With Circular Wick, which for simplicity of construction, great brilliancy of light, perfect combustion, and its entire freedom from heat, sur passes everything that has yet been introduccd. A STRA LAMPS can be obtained from the idETROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY,4t7, Strand, and from all Ironmongers and Lamp Warthouses in Town and Country ; and the Patentee, 16 and 17. Commercial street, Whitechapet ASTRAL AMPS and KEROSINE LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.) 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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 marled 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 belontrectto the original troupe. The Christyi (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, 55.; stalls, 3s. ' • area. 2s. ; gallery, is . ; juveniles, under twelve. half price to stalls and area only. Fauteuils and stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street ; or at Mr. Austin's, 28, Piocadilly. -Manager, Mr. Frederick Burgess. T" 0 X F ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited', IF I WERE KING, Comic Opera, by A DOLPHE ADAM, having been enthusiastically received, will be performed, together with It. TROVATORE and MASANIELLO, by the whole of the talented Operatic Company KVERY EVENING in addition to the other novelties of the estab lishment, including the cerebrated HUNGARIANS in their new entertainment, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr, RANDALL, and Messrs. PERSIVANI and D'RHONDE. Admission—Area, Cd. ; stalls and balcony, is ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. Doors open at halt-past 7. Commence at 8. ATADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, .131. BAKER-STREET, EASTER HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models of the most distinguished Personages of the day (including those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and GUS TAvus V. BROOKE) have been added since the last Holidays; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies, taken from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the norious CHARLOTTE WINSOR. Open during the first three days in Easter week from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, Is. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra Rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, ri Piccadilly. Selections from ail the favourite Operas will be performed by the celebrated ARGYLL BAND every Evening. • Chef d'Orchestra, Signor L. CURTI. M. LEVY, the Great Cornet Player, at Nine, Ten, and Eleven o'clock. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, ls. LIGHT 1 LIGHT! LIGHT! MATHEWS'S GAS LAMPS, Square or Globe, of every size and desizn. Al 6 inch Bent Top square Lamp, painted and glazed, 25s ; a 6 inch powerful Reflect ing Lamp, with pendant iron and burner complete, £2 28.- 21 arid 52, Iligh-htreet, bloorasbury. Publicans and other Lamps redecorated equal to new. LADIES MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVER.—Dr. CULVERWELL'S LADIES' TUR KISH BATHS, Tuesdays. Gentlemen othor days.-3. Great Marlborough-street, W. A so the Post office Turkish Baths, 19, St, Martin's-le-Grand, Is (d. Saturdays and Sundays, Is. ; at both establishments, Is. Greatest purifier of the blood and be ,utiJer ut the skin. TTYAM and CO.'s ATTTRE for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, Oxtord-street, W. Gentlemen about tl purchase their clothing for the season arc requested to bear in mind the following recommendations of 1.11:An and CO.'S Attire for Gentlemen. 1. Novelty, Beauty, and Excellence of Fabric, ?. Perfect Adjustment of Fit. 3. Becoming and Fashionable Design. 4. Ornamenta' and general Finish. HYAINI and C o.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 00 and 07, Oxford-street, W. Ilyam and Co.'s Spring Overc)ats II vam and Co.'s Spring Suits 4'a. to 70s. liyam and Co.'s Spring Silk-faced Capes 2ss. to 455. Hymn and Co.'s Spring Jackets llyam and Co.'s Spring Drcsi Coats Hyam and Co.'s Spring Frock Coats Hyam and Co 'a Spring Vests ds. to 14s. Hyant and Co.'s Spring Trousers ifs. to 15s. HYAM and CO.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. No. I. thntlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. ~ 2. Bespoke or Order Department. „ 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. lITABI and CO., 00 and 67, Oxford-street, W. Provincial Establishments at Birmingham, Leeds, and Dewsbury. PHILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE BEST AND CHEAPEST. STRONG to FINE LLACK TEA, ls. 6d., 25., 25. 61, 35., 3s. 4d. Most Delicious Black Tea is now only 3s. 61 rev pound. Pure, Rich, Rare, Choice Coffee, Is. 4d. ls. 6d Is. Bd. PHILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCHANTS, P, King William-street, City, London, E.C. A price current free. Sugars at market prices. PHILLies and CO. send all goods Carriage Free within eight miles of No. 8, King William-street, 40s. worth Car riage Free to any Hallway Station or Market Town in Eng land. Phillips and Co. have no Agents, nor any connec.ion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY NOSY?—That the FIERY CROSS has arrived. bringing some magnificent KAISOW CONGOIJS of delicious flavour, and which may now be had. at a mere commission on the import price. of the EAST INDIA. TEA CO tiPA NY, No. 5, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. THE BEST REMEDY• FOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommender: as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which 14 the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we arc subject, being a n edicine so uniformly grate ful and beneficial, that it is w.th justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the human Stomach." 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Sold in all parts of the word. pHEASANT REARING for 1866.— JAMES CHAMBERLIN'S (opposite Corn Exchange, Nor wich) is the only depot in the world for proper FJuD for PII EASAN T FEEDING. Between 2W and 300 testimonials of last year's success. Treatise on Hatching and Rearing', with other valuable hints, posted free on application. Land owners, pheasant rearers, and gamekeepers can raise any number of birds by using his food. The aristocracy of the kingdom constantly use it. Gentlemen requiring game keepers, or gamekeepers requiring situations, are requested to apply to Mr. James Chamberlin, wine merchant and phea sant fooi dealer, opposite Corn Exchange, Norwich. TEETH. —Mr. DAY (for many years principal assistant to Mr. Esker!, surgeon-dentist, of 8, Gros venor-street, W.) may be consulted on all cases of Dental de fect or deficiency. He 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 worn upon tender gums or roots of teeth or by nervous persons for any length of time, without pain, unpleasantness, or discomfort. The iavention applied to teeth of ordinary or inferior con struction. Painful teeth or diseased stumps extracted with out paiu. No chloroform! and per eck i ly safe. osrEo- PLASTIC ENAMEL, the exact colour of the natural teeth, used in all cases of stopping. Discoloured teeth restored, locse teeth fastened, and all operations on the most approved principles. Terms strictly moJerate. Consultations free. 291, REGENT-STREET (3 doors from the Po ytechnic). THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another 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 year!, the new home the COmmitteo wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen .street, Cheapside; ur by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street. TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY, The fear of pain and dread of operation inherent to all deter very many to whom ARTIFICIAL TEETH are of vital importance from availing themselv es o f t he services of a dentist In a practice founded in 1830, and now ex enaing over greater part of the kingdom, an experience unequalled has been obtained, enabling us to offer even the most sensi tive sufferer a system of dentistry perfect in its absolute freedom from pain, a specialite i.ertainlng only to our prac tice, and for which her Majesty has granted her royal letters patent. This system embraces the non - interference with all stumps, however decayed, the support , ng instead of extrac tion of loose teeth until they become firm and useful in mas tication, and the utter absence of all and every operation, so that the most nervous person can be supplied without fear of pain 115 r inconvenience. These teeth are cheaper, more dur able, natural, and comfortable than any yet produced. Consultation free. Teeth from 58, Sets from 5 to 25 gs., warranted. For the eftletoy, utility, and success of this system, vide " Lancet." Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS, 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station. V p h a r i t a e d f e r . 181 Leeds atg ' Ilull- Coney-street, Y or k . ; st. lo, N N ich or o fo h lk s: Daily attendance 4, at E l a S s , s s t tre re e et he t: s S car fli br e o ld , and 33, Established 1830. No connection With any one of the same name. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The debate on the Malt Duty last night took an entirely new turn. Sir Fit zro y K e lly opened the discussion with his usual arguments and statistics, and the House of Commons liste ne d patiently to the extraord inary statements which aroused our astonishment when they were first made two or three years ago. Members were once more told that £20,000,000 out of the £60,000,000 spent every year by the consumers of beer was paid on account of the duty ; but the calculation, though remarkable, has ceased to excite attention. The only question of interest was at what hour would the Chancellor of the Exchequer demolish the argu ment of the lamed member for Suffolk. It was no doubt true, as Mr. More afterwards said, that an unusually large number of members had come to the House pledged to promote a redeetion of the duty. but it wns perLetly well known that there wouid be no surplus this year to make a reduction possible, if even it should be attempted. The amend ment of Mr: Neate, however, seconded with great ability by Mr. Mill, gave a new aspect to the whole question. The amendment was subsequently with drawn, and the motion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly rejected on its merits by a decisive majority ; but Mr. Mill's argument was the novelty of the evening, and its effect upon the house was unmistakeable. For the first time it was seriously maintained in the House of Commons that our financial prospects were now such that it was the duty of Parliament to consider the propriety of reducing our debt rather than of abolishing taxes. A comparison of our resources and of our expenditure showed the necessity of transmitting to later generations diminished bur dens as well as diminished wealth. If we are con suming at a rapid rate the stores of fuel which give us the advantage we enjoy in the world—the mas tery of its markets, and our unrivalled powers of powers of production—itis but just that we should at the same time take steps to pay off the debt which is now but a " fleabite," but which might provefatal to energies otherwise crippled and enfeebled. 'We shall not be suspected of a desire to detract from the weight of Mr. Mill's argument. We are, indeed, glad to welcome so distinguished a supporter of a position we have ourselves repeatedly enforced. The duty of making some provision for the reduc tion of the national debt is so plain that it need only be stated to be acknowledged, and it could not have been introduced to the consideration of the House of Commons under happier auspices than it was last night. The nation is by this time pretty well en lightened on the subject of the malt duty. It is not an unobjectionable tax, and it is easy to conceive modifications in the mode of its collection which might make it less burdensome to the taxpayer without diminishing the receipt of the Exchequer. It is very possible that a re-arrangement of thsa impost may some day be made. The abolition of the tax is, however, entirely out of the question, and we may be certain that whatever happens a duty will still be levied on the consumption of beer. The gravest ob jection that has ever been u rge d aga i ns t th e d u t y was that it interfered with the feeding of cattle on malt, but the experiments of Mr. Lawes last spring showed that the advantages of malt as a food for cattle were, except in very special cases, imaginary. Another objection, very properly made at one time, that a uniform duty levied by measure discouraged the cultivation of barley on light lands, was met by allowing the duty to be paid by weight. The malt duty is therefore only one item of our system of in direct taxation, accompanied by no special disad vantages and pressing upon the consumer at no un lusual rate. If any peculiar drawbacks remain of which we are unaware, it would probably be found easy to remove them ; and if the alterations which have already been made in the mode of collecting the tax have been rendered partially inoperative by the excise officers, as Mr. Read maintained, it can not be impossible to compel excise officers to carry out to the fullest extent the alterations which Par liamentracirtiicie suggestion made by al speech, that the tax oduty on beer, adopted sAhiro.ulnd e ba has a transmutedisn s h a n i s e t o e nr very d vi . a t a and ably enforced by Mr. Du Cane, is a fair sub ject for debate and consideration. M r. Gl a d stone said there were difficulties in the way of adopt ing the suggestion, and tha tit was not yet sup ported by a general concurrence of opinion, but the difficulties would vanish if the alteration were vigorously pressed. All this, however, can not affect the main question. A duty on malt or beer must be levied if system o f i n di rect taxa tion is to be maintained ; and the argument o f M r. Mill—that it is a national duty to keep up such a revenue as Will allow us to reduce the national debt —was not met by any of the speakers who followed him. County member after county member ex pressed the sentiments of the tenant-farmers, who form, as Sir Edward Bu lwer-Lytt on sa id on Fr i day, the most powerful section of their several constitu encies, but as they were not prepared for Mr. Mill's arguments they did not find it convenient to notice them. , They must make :up their minds, however, that they will have to overcome his reasoning before they can hope to persuade the . country that it is desirable to abolish the Malt Duty. The bulk of the revenue is raised from afew taxes prod uc i ng a large income with comparatively a small pressure on the resources of the taxpayer. Th e t axes are so adjusted that their rates o f incidence are nearly uniform, and they affect all classes in the kingdom in a proportional degree. If one tax be diminished, all must be diminished, and we at once come to the question whether it is desirable that an i m p or t an t re duction should be made in any. We cannot believe it is desirable, unless, indeed, a corresp on di ng re duction be made in the national expenditure. If we could see our way to a reduction in the estimates, we might fairly apply some portion of the surplus in diminishing taxation, but the expenditure of the. current year gives us no reason to suppo se th a t any such result will be achieved. However reluctant we may be to make the admission, it seems that we have arrived at a stationary condition of expendi- ture, and with a revenue system simple in itself and moderate and just in its incidence, we are bound to consider the mitigation of permanent burdens before conferring boons on the present gene r ati on . The debate of last night, even more than the division at its close, must convince the advo cates of the abolition of the malt duty bow im possible it is that their end can be accomplished, but the discussion will not be in vain if they learn from it what can be done. It was scarcely neces sary for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to defend the revenue from the attack made upon it ; the good sense of the House came to its rescue, and re jected Sir Fitzroy Kelly's motio n b y a majority of eighty-five. The result would probably have been the same had Mr. Mill not spoken, but there can be no doubt that his arguments, heard for the first time in ParliaMent, will sink into the minds of his Hearers, and make future agitation for the uncon ditional repeal of the Malt Duty more hopeless . than ever. Any proposal, howeVer, for the trans formation of the tax, which, not effecting its net produce, offers a way of escape from the evils now alleged to be incidental to it, will at all times re ceive full consideration from the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the House of Commons. Beer is not an " evangelizing power," but there is no reason why the making of Malt should be interfered with, except for the purpose of maintaining the revenue. Let Mr. Read mature his plans in full confidence that they will be accepted if they prove to be feasible. 'But the produce of the tax cannot be given up, and justice requires that it shall in some way continue to be levied on the consumers of beer. The main tenance of a surplus, and its application to the re duction of the Debt, are not the crotchets of soli tary thinkers ; recent events have to some extent lessened the danger of competition to which English labour and English capital seemed at one time destined to be speedily exposed, but the danger is postponed, and not averted. We have been often told of late " to be wise, and to be wise in time," and the advice could not be better applied than by determining that now, when our superiority is unquestioned and our advantages un diminished, we will make it an object of legislation to reduce the burdens which an unthrifty and un just policy would leave undiminished to our suc cessors. HERALD.—" God bless the King, but save the dinner"—God help the bill, but save the Ministers, is a tolerably exact resume of the prayers of Down ing -street at this moment. We do not feel at all sure that any very satisfactory ans ver is likely to come. The bill is past praying for. If it had not come to grief enough Lord Stanley has finally settled its fate. Nobody has ever tried to answer him. No body by any possibility could have succeeded if he had tried. Vague talk about the need of reform a la Mill and Forster, and wild gesticulation of the Grey and Layard sort, are all that can be done for it. In truth, the thing was doomed long ago. There was for a time a hope that the Whig houses and their followings would have mercy; that they would help the bill through a second reading on the un expressed understanding that it was to expire by a slow death in committee; and there was a good deal to be said in favour of this homoeopathic pro cess of extinction. The bill appeared, in fact, to have been constructed with a special view to an emergency of the kind. First, the stupid proposal to disfranchise the dockyard men gives at once a decent opening for. a hostile majority. The clause has nothing whatever to say for itself. Nobody pretends that the men are under influence of any sort ; they may occasionally (as at Devonport) be browbeaten by a Radical attorney fishing for evi dence under the patronage of their superiors; but the experiment is hardly likely to be repeated ; they are the elite of the working classes, if anybody in England can be so-called ; in short, the parents and god-parents of the measure have provided themselves at the outset with a capital chance of flinging their bantling overboard. Then, there is the savings-bank question. Nobody but Mr. Gladstone cares much for this par ticular feature of the bill. The persons who have invested their capital in this wry are rec i pe to whose admissioa to the franchise there is no parti cular objection, and Mr. Bright's dislike of the propositiOn tells strongly in its favour ; but the Conservative party claim leave to admit many "others along with them—the Rochdale and other co-operative societies, for instance, the freehold building companies (excellent • borough -voters, though not, perhaps, a desirable addition to the county constituencies) ; professional persons of all sorts ; schoolmasters, everybody whom the posses sion of brains entitles to a voice in the government of the country--all these will have their hearing with thoughtful people ; they have not got it w ith the concocters of the lurried farrago which is at present before the House of Commons as a Fran chise Bill ; and the hearing allows any number of opportunities for an adverse division. These are only a specimen or two of the way in which the bill seems to have been framed with a direct view to the possible expediency of infanticide. This mode of getting rid of difficulties has become almost a science in certain strata of society ; it seems that it is now to be extended to politics. Whether how ever, the bill may be lost and yet the Ministry saved is very far from being clear. Some 40 or 50 of the habitual supporters of the Government are understood to be in grave doubt what they mean to do. Possibly they may vote for the second reading of the bill, on the understanding that accidents are to happen in committee, and thus save the Ministers from the more immediate consequences of their folly. But people do not readily forgive a hoax, especially when it involves an insult to their under standing. It rather appears as if the less kindly disposed part of the victims were goin g to get help from an entirely unexpected quarter. Mr. Bright's paper of Monday is in a serious tremble about the matter. Certain Irish Liberal members were supposed to have declared their intention of sup porting the bill, by the mouth of a Mr. Cogan at Lord Russell's exhibition of " the happy family," to an admiring circle in Downing -street the other day. This gentleman's vehement rebellion against Whig dictation a couple of years ago was thought to have added some peculiar weight to his utterance on this occasion. Unfortunately he seems to have represented nobody but himself and Mr. Maguire. It was observed that among others The O'Donoghue and a few others were significantly absent on that occasion. Mr. Pim has dispelled any illusion that may have been produced by the officiousness of the member for Kildare; the Tablet has taken the earliest opportunity for unpleasant plainness of speech ; and the recent intelligence from Ireland is not reassuring. People there are asking themselves, as people here have long been doing, what on earth they have to thank the Whigs for ? That the bill is a caput nzortuum they know as well as we do. That the present question is very simply, as Mr.' Gladstone has put it with unconscious innocence,. one of mere confidence in the Miniitry, is equally clear. The Irish members not unnaturally ask, what is Ireland like to be the better either for the bill or its authors? As regards reform, obviously nothing is likely to be gained, though a good deal may be lost. A diminishing population can scarcely be advantaged by a measure, which, so far as it means anything, means mere representation of numbers. As regards anything else, the Government has been unluckily driven into a premature exposure of its views upon all Irish matters • and what does the exhibition amount to ? Irish difficulties and Irish needs were set forth at the beginning of the session with a vigour and exactness hitherto unequalled. On the Conservative side of the house the statement met with an honest sympathy, which was unmistakeable. From the Ministerial bench all we learn is, that the " Catholic University" is a silly speculation, that the land question is beyond its comprehension, and that the Church business is not "ripe," though (if Lord Russell was on a somewhat celebrated occa sion anything better than a rank charlatan) it was ripe some 300 years ago. In plain English they have been told that Irish questions are capital foot balls for party play, but that nobody expects any thing to come of the game expept here and there a few broken shins. Ireland, very naturally, does not see any good result from this sort of treatment ; and there is some vigorous bargain-making going on, notwithstanding Mr. Cogan's magniloquent profession that it would support her Majesty's Ministers " without condition." The light that his maladroit speech shed on former majorities he had probably forgotten, or he would have observed a more discreet taciturnity on so slippery a subject. But the Irish difficulty is very far from being the only one. The stupid wrong-headedness which produced a single-barrelled bill, in the hope that people would walk blindfold into a trap, open their mouths, shut their eyes, and see what the chapter of accidents would send them, will only begin to produce its suicidal results when it has been, for the moment, successful. The second reading of t h e bill will be far more fatal to the Whig party in e in , the long run than its rejection can possibly. be. , do not pretend to regret the queer dilemma in which hich the-policy of Earl Russell has pl aced a party w has allowed itself to be led for years past by noble We instincts into a very ignoble position. le , have only to chronicle the dullupshot o f all its toiling through so many years—either the establishment by act of SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SPRING MEETING.—TUESDAY. THE TWO THOUSAND-DAY. The sound of wheels commenced early in the High street this morning ; every one was astir, and the attendance on the Warren-hill and the running ground to see the gallops unusually large. Still there was a lack of excitement, speculation, and gossip caused by the position maintained by Lord Never was there such a dull and uneventful night before the race as that of yesterday. Nothing w 4 l h e oa me,chose ' ' and 3ni gnothing have Waslaid ‘ t ‘ h k e n fr oc u k er ed en o u ut ho to." four ro s n e the " crack," and that was all. i Janitor n na name , e w , a a was d second plao place favourite, but hardly more th an investments were scarcely mentioned. The morning was bright and warm, and our great ene my the dust rampant. Now that the Jockey Club have levied a toll of ss. on vehicles, might we put in a word for a few water carts ? They would he highly appreciated. We look for the presence of the. Prince of Wales at the great Newmarket festi vals as a matter of course, and-are happy to say his Royal Highness was allowed to enjoy the sport un molested by loyal but troublesome crowds. The attendance was beyond that of former occa sions, the people, horse and foot, extending in a dense mass from the Stand, at the end'of the Row ley Mile, to the Abingdon Bottom, and locomotion was positively dangerous. The field for the great race was larger than was at first expected-15 com ing to the post out of the 17 coloured. Most of them, including Lord Lyon, were saddled at the Ditch stables ; but Student, Mr. Savile's two, Mount Palatine, Jack in the Green, and Apsley were saddled in the Stand enclosure. Very little time was lost at the post, and at a few minutes past 3 o'clock Mr. M'George despatched them. Descending the Bushes-hill the colours of the favourite were seen in front, and from that point the race was over. Only four were left in it as they came up the hill to the chair, Lord Lyon winning very cleverly, without being called upon, Monarch of the Glen, so little fancied that 1,000 to 15 might have been obtained against him, finishing a length behind Lord Lyon, with Knight of the Crescent well up. Student ran fast to the bushes, where he dropped back, and Janitor was beaten at the distance. Freedom was ninth, and Auguste was last, pulling up lame. The pace was good, but still, from the lot that were behind the winner we can scarcely estimate it as a Derby form. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs each, 100 ft, for 4-yr-old colts and fillies. 4 miles 1 furlong 173 yards. 5 subs. Mr. Bowes's Klarinska, Bst 51b (Ashmall) w.o. Handicap Plate of 100 soya, for 3-yr olds and upwards. Five furlongs 182 yards. Lord Westmoreland's Indian Star, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Kenyon) 1 Mr. J. B. Morris's William Pitt, 3 yrs, 7st (EL Day) 2 Lord Stamford's Brick, 6 yrs, Bst 91b (A. Edwards) 3 The 'following also ran :—Paris, Guinivore, Lord Douglas, King Arthur, Piano, Haarlem, Vulture, and Centaur. Betting-7 to 4 agst Indian Star, 3to 1 agst William Pitt, 100 to 13 agst Centaur, 10 to 1 agst Haarlem, 100 to 8 each agst Guinievra and Brick, and 100 to 7 each agst Lord Douglas and Paris. After several break-aways the lot were despatched to an even start. Indian Star, Brick, William Pitt, and King Arthur, on the higher ground, got away in advance, the re in:titling horses running well•tog,ether, with the exception of Guinivere, who brought up the rear. Halfway up the cords Indian Star shot out, and although William Pittmade his effort iu the last 20 strides, and passed Brick, he failed to reach Indian Star who won cleverly by a length, half a length betweend third. Kinr.2llffitiriM foarth. Haarlem fifth, Guinivere sixth, Paris seventh, Lord Douglas eighth, the last pair being Centaur and Vulture. Match-Bst 101.10 each; last five furlongs of Rowley mile. 50, h ft. Lord Viviau's Assineboine, 2 yrs It. Ten Brotek's Claymore, 2 yrs (Payne) 2 Betting-3 to 1 on Assineboine. Claymore made play to the Abingdon mile bottom, and, coming on in front, appeared to be winning easily ; but, bolting across the course halfway up the hill, Assineboine wont to the fore, and won easily by a length. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b; winners before starting to carry 51b extra. Last half of Rowley Mile. 7 subs. Lord Stamford's Collina, Bst 101 b (inc 51b extra) (A. Edwards 1 Mr. Chaplin's Hermit, Bst 71b (T. French 2 Duke of Beaufort's Lady Hester, Bst 51b (Cannon 3 Mr. Merry's Marksman, Bst 71b (H. Covey 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Marksman, 6to 4 agst Hermit, and 5 to 1 agst each of the others. Hermit made the running, the others lying close together to halfway up the hill, where Cellina headed Hermit, and won a good race by three-quarters of a length ; a head be • tween tho second and third; a bad fourth. The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100 sovs each, h ft; for 3-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 51b. The owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. One mile 17 yards. 86 subs. Mr. R. Sutton's Lord Lyon, by Stockwell, Bst 101 b (Thomas) 1 Mr. Naylor's Monarch of the Glen, Bst 101 b (T. Challoner) 2 Lord Exeter's b c Knight of the Crescent, Bst 101 b (Ashmall) 3 Lord Glasgow's ro c by Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing (foaled in 1853) —Rapid Rhone's dam, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne 4 Count Batthyany's Mount Palatine, Bst 101 b (Morris 0 Duke of Beaufort's Jack in the Gree n, Bst 101 b (Cannon 0 Mr. W. C. Brown's Harefield, Bst 101 b (C. Page 0 Mr. Henry's Apsley, Bst 101 b (J Goater 0 Count F. de Lagmnge'sAuguste, Bst 101 b (11. Grimshaw 0 (H. Covey 0 BMarr.olnl°Rcrryth'sscShtiuldde'sqloBbsitnillbod, Bst 101 b (J. Daley 0 Baron Rothschild's Janitor, Bst 101 b (Wells 0 Mr. Savile's Leybourne, Bst 101 b (Doyle 0 Mr. Savile's Sealskin, Bst 101 b .. (J. Mann 0 Lord Stamford's Freedom, Bst 101 b (A. Edwards 0 Betting- 7 to 4on Lord Lyon, 9to 2 agst Janitor, 12 . to 1 agst Freedom, 100 to 3 agst The Student, 50 to 1 agst Auguste, and 1,000 to 15 each agst Knight of the Crescent and Monarch of the Glen. Precisely at six minutes past 3 o'clock the signal was given to a good start. Robin Hood, who was sent to show the way for Janitor, made the running, and soon held a lead of half-a-dozen lengths. Wide on the left were Free dom and Monarch of the Glen ; in the centre of the course The Student, Lord Lyon, Janitor, Apsley, Knight of the Crescent, and Auguste ; and on the right were Leybourne, Sealskin, and the Rapid Rhone's dam colt, the rear being brought up by Jack-in-the-Green, Harefield, and Mount Palatine. They ran with little perceptible change to ap proaching the Rushes, where Robin Hood, The Student, Freedom, Apsloy, and Auguste gave way, and Jack-in the-Green, Mount Palatine, and Harefield dropped several lengths in the rear. Descending the Bushes-hill Lord Lyon took a clear lead, and Janitor falling back imme diately afterwards, only Monarch of the Glen, Knight of the Crescent, and the Rapid Rhone's dam colt were left to dispose of, but Lord Lyon held his lead, after taking it, to the end, and won cleverly by a length ; head between se cond and third, three lengths between third and fourth ; Janitor was fifth, Leybourne sixth, Robin Hood seventh, Apsloy eighth, Freedom ninth, Jack-in4he-Green tenth ; and the last lot were _ Sealskin, The Student, llarefiebl, Mount Palatine, and Augusto ; the latter, it was rumoure i, pulled up lame. Ha l n e d . c forap andS37yeerp-osltdaskes yards. if Lord Stamford's Gemma, (Cannon) 2 of 2 u o p ws sous s . each, l Five f f t t t o d n e g c s l a 74 '1 0 ' Duke of Beaufort's Crythcia, 5 Y.. 1; 8 ..... (ff. Griinslntw) 3 ............ Edwards) 1 Mr. Bevill's Ethelred, 1 fo.x, Arbutus, Tourma 'Pho following also ran :—Hol y lin, Nimble, and Haphazard. 100 to 30 agst Gemma, 5 • 9to 4 agst Cryllna, Betting— , -t Arbutus, and 8 to 1 agst 6 to 1 Ai,. to 1 agst Ethelred, 5 yrs, aSed: t 08:t 1 251tb T our malin. followedbyTotrindarloipn: ytheia dropping Hapbazar,. Mlg back A da plan and Arbutu s, to the distance, where Crytheia went t o th e f r out, attende d b y Gemma, Haphazard b ea ten. Enteri n g the cords, Gemma and Crytheitt came on toge th e r, Lord Stainford's mare eventually winning a good race by a neck ; length between second and third. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-old colts, 7st 101 b ; 4- Y fillies allowed 31b. Th e winner to be so rd ll ° 1 1 fo s ; Bst so I s 3 o l v b s, ,if demanded, &O. Five furlongs 140 yards. Six sube. Lord Vivian's The Sharper, 3 yrs, 7st 101b...(H. Covey 1 Mr. Walker's Melinda, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Kenyon 2 Mr. J. Wood's Northill, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Wheeler 3 Mr. chase's Belmontine 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Pa rr y 4 Mr. T. Hugh es ' s Loaf Sugar, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Prior) 5 Betting -2 to 1 agst Melinda., sto 2 agst The Sharper, 4 to 1 agst Behuontine, and 5 to 1 agst Loaf Sugar. The Sharper waited Qll his four antagonists till half-way up the cords, where he came out and w _ lengths; half a length between second and thipt Mr. Walker claimed The Sharper, and W. Ectif, l AeS S claimed Melinda. Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, fer 2-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b,. and fillies, Bst 71b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs, if demanded, &c. Last half of Abingdon mile. 5 subs. Count F. do Lagrange's Rosa Nera (II. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Chaplin's Ruthven (T Challoner) 2 Sir F. Johnstonn's Elburg (Parry) 3 Mr. I'adwick's Florican (J. Goater) 4 Betting-2 to lon Elburg, and sto 1 agst any other. Rosa Nera made all the running, and won by three-quar ters of a length : head between second and third. Plate of 100 soya, for 3-yr-olds, let 21b ; 4-yr-olds, Bst 101 b; 5-yr-olds, 9st 111 b ; 6-yr-olds and aged, 9st 21b. The • winner to be sold for £3OO, if for £lOO allowed 71b, if not for sale to carry 71b extra. One mile 17 yards. Marquis of Hastings's The Puke, 4 yrs, 71b ex (Cannon) 1 Mr. It. Walker's Christmas Carol, 4 yrs (71b ex) (T. Clialloner) 2 General Angorstein's Diego's dam filly, 3 yrs (X 300) (S. Attains) 3 Mr. J. Wood's Rose, 5 Yrs (£100) (Wheeler) 4 Betting-100 to 30 on Tho Duke, who waited till half way up the hill, when he headed Christnias Carol. who had been running at his side, and won easily by a length and a half ; throe lengths between second and third. The Coffee-room Stakes of 50 soya each, for 3-yr-old colt s, Bst 101 b, and fillies Set 71b. 1 mile, 2 furlongs, 73 yards. 7 subs. Mr. Saville's Claverhouse, Bst 101 b (Doyle) w.o. MIDNIGHT BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 6to 1 agst Dalby (taken in great force) 7to 1 agst Redcap (taken) Bto 1 agst Treasure g.'rove (taken) • . _ _ 12 to 1 agst Baragah (offered) 15 to 1 agst Mr. Pitt (taken) 25 to 1 agst Sandal (taken) DERBY.: 1600 to 300 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 800 to 200 agst Rustic (taken) 18 to 1 agst Delight (taken) 100 to 6 agst Redan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken) 2000 to 30 agst Hawthorn (taken) 1000 to 15 ngst Vlrestwiek (taken) REFORM BILL. 200 to 100 on its passing (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. AP. Newmarket Ist Spring... Liverpool Hunt Cup,,,,,. 20 IL.' Chester Curragh 2l Ascot Spring ... 7 Salisbury .. Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Springy.lo JU: Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge Manchester Ascot Summer 29 Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton ........ Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Jl7 Liverpool l9 Beverley 2O Ipswich .... , 2l. Hungerford 26 Newcastle- on-Tyne 26 Curragh 2 Worcester L N. Stamford l9 Radcliffe Winchester Southampton - 95 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l. Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract . 9 Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG Brighton Brighton Club Lewes E, sham Wolverhampton Stockton Oxford Hastings SEPT Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester Doncaster Brecon Canterbury 'UST. -. York August 2l. Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter 24 Tunbridge 2l Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O ;MBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester :BER. S lirewsbury Leamington Hunt 1 IRISH RACING FIXTURES. APRIL. Cork MAY. Curragh Baldoyle Spring B, 9 JLI\ E, Curragh 26, 27, 28, 29 JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER, 4,.5, 6 Curragli ocToirEß. Currag 16, 17 18 FRENCII RACI cG FIXTURES. Bruxelles 3, 6 Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 La Marche 2l Vissembourg 2t Paris (Summer) 26, 27 JU. Vincennes 3 Montaüban Toulouse 2!, 28 Abbeville Lo Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23 Saintes 23, 29 Caen 29, 30, 31 UST. Lo Mans Laon l9, 20 Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 I Baden-Baden 3l JU Toulouse St. Omor Rouon Metz B, 9 Amiens P AUG Ddauville....., 4, 5, 6 Rochefort 5 Bourge5... Valenciennes 12, 13 Moulins Cherbourg l9 LY. SEPT] Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly OCT Paris 7 Chantilly l4, 18 Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 BER. Vincennes 2B The. Austrian and Prussian Armies. VIENNA, April 14 The following comparative statement of the Austrian and Prussian armies when raised to their full war strength may not be uninteresting at th© present juncture. The Austrian army, upon a full war footing (ex cluding the men not required for absolute service in the field, who number 34,000) amounts to 579,000 men, consisting of 431,000 infantry, 57,000 artil lery, 106,000 extra corps, drivers, sanitary aids, ambulance and field-hospital men, &c., and 42,000 cavalry. Deducting from the infantry and the japers, the fourth battalions and depot strength (109,800) men), who remain in the country and the recruiting districts, the number of the available foot soldiers amounts to 321,000. Making a similar deduction from the artillery the extra corps and the cavalry, the two former could take the field with 77,000 and the latter with 35,700 men, amounting eenn-nd.d Jline „ Iv l • h altogether to 433,700. all descriptions of infantry, with th regiments, 36 sub Thu Prussian army, upon a war fo c oti r n e g se , r i v n e cl r u e ( g le i- s 1 mutt of Guards, eight reserve 3 000 men) ; first I tute battalions and companies ( ) ; second class of class Landwehr (116,000 ) , inaretnillery, extra corps, Landwehr (98,800 I a ndwehr detachments a ry, wtt 55 Guards °7OOO men) ; first togethereiln: 78,300 ; in all therefore a a ( n lo d s t ,4 ra s i O n men), second class Landwehr Landwehr (28,800 substitutellivesinqt)hua;rd:rsono 0 , (12,500 men), f orc e of 56 6 , 150 men. C itahawtouolnd be account of the strength of Austria, Co mpelled to incorporate a t once the g of the L an d wehr (144,000 in fantry and cavalry), ori g i na ll y intended for garri sons and as reserv e , there would have to be de- i i ce cu ira triu firstnPrussia class de ducted from th e a b ove Prussian total as follows : 83,010 men for infantry depots, 'lO,OOO for those of cavalry, and 104 ,300 for second class Landwehr, together 198 ,310, who would have to be.employcd to garris on t h e principal towns, the 30 fortresses, including Stettin, Cologne and Deutz, Danzig, Magdeburg, Posen, Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein, Konigsberg, and would be stationed as depots in the recruiting districts. The available Prussian army would therefore amount to 367,819 mon. THE UPLEADON :WTI:DEM—The convict, Charles Davis, whose execution was fixed for Saturday next, for the murder of his wife at ITplen d o n, near Glou ces t er, has been reprieved, the official announce me ntarriving ycs terday (Tuesday). Ina drunl!en fit of Joalou sy h o b eat i and kicked his wife and otherwise ill-trreated !her, from 2 o'clock in the morning until 5, when, finding sh e was dead, Ito carried her upstairs, washed the blood from her face, and absconded. lie was, however, apprehended the next day. The deceased woman was, it appears, a dissolute cha racter; and other circumstances of mitigation transpiring, "a memorial, very numerously signed, was forwarded to Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, and the Judge W h o tried the prisoner (Mr. Justice Smith), conineiding, Sir Geoige commuted the sentence to penal servitude for life. ... 11 OCT , Northampton Newmarket 2d October Curragh Lincoln Liverpool 8 16 NOVE