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LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC KOOK for Gentlemen. Remember, we waft for you ihe4tVtrAes7B: after the Covent-garden Pantomime and the kINAHAN'S LI. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1835. Prize te:ebrated Old IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin rrize Medal. 21 It ii Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. tt aold in Bottles, 3s. 81, at the Retail Houses in London; by " L e tt A-genta in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8 , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe - the Red Semi, Pink Label, and Cork branded , "liinahan's LL Whisky." VIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incarpor•tted by Act of Parliament, 1S50), RUSSE LL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON pADVANCES MONEY on Personal Security, Bills of Sale, ~reehold or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry L7', or any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two, or ree years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills `,; l i scounted. The greatest secrecy observed. 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London,- Peritnne , s to her Majesty, respect-. `4lly-orter to the public this truly marvellous 110 which rest,res tne human hair to its pristine hue no atter at what age. The Agra, Anittrella has none of the V ' , o Perties of dyes • ,it, on the contrary, Is beneficial to tl.e /stem, and when the hair is once restored one application moat h will keep it in perfect colour. Prize one eutuea per t tte; or in half bottles, les. 61 . Testimonials from arti s tes ~, the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re iyeetability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal ZiQtness the Princes , of Wales. tIAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN 4 EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels ti l l . . affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant. is at ) .s_itfed to be the best medicine tor immediately relieving r . , lghs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con "Qplption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty enounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling v. hick evokes frequent 'coughin. In aproaching consumption " 8 #ffects art truly beneficia g l. Pers p ons deprived of sleep, or ? y en lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief 4a few minutes after taking it. Prepare° on and 'solo by f , I. A m BERT , Chemist. 8,71iin9;-W lliam-street, eharing- Pas, London, and by all drugg!sts, in bottles. 130., and ree quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask t er La.,bert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are f..l.lyraved on t ,, e st,,mp ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail w4Y Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. v ice -Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, MG President—His grace the Duke of BUCCLEU CH, K.G. if This Hospital, foundei in the year 1828, the first to estab ;;!111 the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without , e. delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de l'ehdent for support on voluntary contributions and t . It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in r e dition to this, the average number Of attendance of the stitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between MOO and 4,000 weekly. h Me Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the ~, E4e Yolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of `ntaini u g s e veral hundred more beds, had the Committee :tine requisite JUDAS to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, hdwarci Has • j, l 'trion, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by atessrs. Coutts and Co.; "I'llmmond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; ll.rries and Co.; hansom Z i d Co. andrett, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.;c‘zt.rclay Co. ; W Maras, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur- A-Y, and Co.; Nisbet and Co, Berners-street Barned and . Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. ST AN WIRD Secretary. TUE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to iho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ), an 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected , rom VIA of FUNDS and room, sent making a total of 3,087 who have en away in five y ears. Here are brief d tails of a few the most recent cases: • aged 14 fallen mother dead, deserted by her father. / A t A. F., aged '3, hom , elesl, both parents dead.. ", • 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother ' r .a. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. `;• B. aged 15, Callen , mother dead, A, 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. %,". S. aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents , " 4 ,,, • aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. • IL, aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A t , . G., , aged 18, fallen, father dead. X„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, :,. B. aged 17, fallen, both pan nts dead. CI. Al W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. "• D., aged IS, fallen, both parents dead. the new home the Committee wish to form would be for e n 'ing girls, almost children, from the age of a to 15, who qVe been led astray from the path of virtue. lk,.`'ontributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary. tit Daniel Cooper, ' l 5, Queen •street.Cheapside; ur by Messrs archly and Co., Lombard-street. •NO MORE PILLS OR .ANY OTHER MEDICINE. I U BARRY'S delicioushealth-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food, THE REVALENTA ARA BICA, 1- lelds t a hree times as mnch assimilating and strengthening ,4,llrishment as the best meat. and restores perfect digestion, t re 'ng nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, e s, f ! e ctionaegularity and energy to the most disordered or ebled— l r removing , speed‘ly and effectually indigestion. 11 18, epsiaa cough, asthma, consumption, nabitual constipa %'°ll diarrheca. all gastric derangements, hmmorrhoids, liver 11, 41 Plaints, flatulepey, nervousness , biliousness, fevers, sore h.,l'oAts. diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the 'd and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, erruptions, tZsterla, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, aalpi aPuo,neartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, L:tisea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sin king . fits, tOrlehitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the int 01 stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most diges so l e or all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all 1 1 11 ,,,plaiats. the quote a few out of 62,000 Cures :—Cnre No. 58,210, of marchioness de Breh tn. of set , n years' liver complaint, v o rng away, debility, nervousness, irritability, wit a ner palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleepless 7rs, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 6 , of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Lord Lieutenant of the county of Waterford : eee derived much ben frm you excellent food. de Deciee, Dromanaefi t , Ca r poquin r , county Waterford. t u ' re 54,e1f1, from the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syder a,'l,e Rectory, near Fakenhana, Norfolk.--In alt cases of in .b:estion, and particularly when the liver is more than e !i l i l '4 ll 3' affected, I consider it the best of all remedies. It re . 1 1 ,1 ea the bile, Rnd makes it flow is o +se. which would not 11 1 ; gi t 0 mercury in any shape an , in shortt s , a healthy flow ot is one of its earliest d besymptoms. You can R e ",".? what use you please of this communication. — I am. 11,"einen, James T. Campbell. Cure No. 52,422. —Bridge spi'ge, Fri mley, Surrey.—Thirty-three ye ars' diseased lungs, th e ung of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in eaia. ~e a rs, constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and la„A, u , have been removed by your Revalenta Arabica. My 1 11 ;;; R. live r , a omac h , b ea d , an d ears are a ll right, my hear 11,1•1perfect, and my recovery is a mar el to all my aequaint- O esO. —James Roberts, Timber Merchant. Cure No. 49,832. t years' indescribah:e agony from dyspepsia, nerv,.us tiee, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sick • ti e % and vo m iti ng .—M ar i a J o ly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure 1adin.17,111.-3liss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness. Ca p etion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. dea r 0 56814.--Mr. Samuel Laxton,Lefeester, of two years' is 6W . cco- The Food is sold in canisters. 11b.. 2s 9d; 2 1 b., ?lb "'2lb., 21e.; 241 b., 40s. Super-refined quality. lb., 6a. ; ca. /i i, 4 s ; Sib., 22s ; 01b., 335. The 101 b., 21b., and 241 b. tor e Le??, carriage free on receipt of Post-Office Order. by i 'hll(i D 0 Barry and Co., 77. Regent-street, London also wp ce Tea Dealers 8. King William-street ; likewise at ithit urch- street ;4, Cheapside, 49, Bishopsgate-street lt i r T er n ' ak 6 e 3, „. l l, s t O r , ee a t n . d gri 7ro O t l t ol i •d am -B .. tr eo ee ,i t r i .ro 33 a ci, d; Sga , n i ll p ; pe M r: 6 1 5 16 ,;: t Is o l n in d g en ton. Harvey, Tottenham -hill ; Close Brothers, ;and and dtubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. Jobs ; all respectable grocers and Chemists.— ot Various imitations. this, ane nt how some very ng to :h the ;ntion ent of h was says ow, I 1 dur- It the now tt the • since asurd. ought 7Bao ; roleyla , p er au 4 stone. :. Feats ]3eSt r qus.; rce, at 000 330 38 9 , 35s 388 4 , 68 408 arket to lo sable .378 399 .308 31. .380 369420 .310 —0 ;310 378 ,-0 ; 350 o .32s 3" 5 of g° oa d 5 11 1 3- o 9 t Quito 10 advato" elf i 4 .; to 305 P e o l 6 8 per 0 38 etolle' bushel' bushel' but 3ll°/ * Os. -- s 140 . of 280 f tili° all , inf''P ,stesd , tile c , n tet' liter• late yotll36' t. 0131 Y 31°11 ~ ot ' rd adeo' f o I s too' - d 78. ge Oa' !:vor s - a . 0 , of "-- A lthvo °4 ' e Vs* r O %l Ol cgli°l) ( >77,ar(e_eZ., ~~c~ No. 22,940 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1865. PRICE 4d. STAMPED 5d.., A.D. 1720. OHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, V.) Piceadilly.—The only original ani veritable legitimate CHRISTY MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Wednesdays ana Saturdays at 3 and 8, retaining , all the specialties and old favourites who originally created the reputation of the Com pany. Fauteuils, 55.; stall., 3s ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; gal lery, is. Tickets at Austin's, 28, Piccadilly.-3lauager, Mr. Frederick Burgess. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall, S.W. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. JAMES STEWART lIODGSON, Esq., Sub-Governor. dent to young writers or a youthful period of literature. A vast amount of trash will be thrown away; but there is no doubt that out of all this movement we will discover many fine authors. We must not expect the full " sun burst " of a new and grand era of American literature all at once. We are in the midst of a revolution yet. But it will undoubtedly come, as the natural consequence of the intellectual excitement of the time, and we think we perceive the first faint streaks of the dawn of such. a period.—New York, Herald. The Reorganisation of the French Fleet. --..._ The Avenir National of. Saturday contains the following article upon the reorganisation of the French fleet : " It is easier to plan retrenchments than to carry them out. It will be remembered that when the budget of the War Department recently un derwent a slight reduction, the Minister of Ma rine, yielding to the pressure of circumstances, ordered the disarmament of a certain number of the vessels of our ironclad fleet. But a despatch, published in our impression of last Wednesday, mentions as a positive fact the reorganisation of that fleet upon a new basis. This altogether recent deci sion could not fail to be received with favour in oui three grand naval ports—Toulon, Brest, and Cher bourg. The inhabitants of thoseports and the autho rities who superintend the construction or the arrangements of our squadrons have the greatest in terest in the country disarming a little as possible. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, towards whom the grievances of the engineers and the officers of our navy finally converge, have set their heart upon the adoption of a very different system than that of disarmament. We are told that that system will permit the re trenchments recognised as indispensable to be made without in any way compromising the maritime power of our country. If this were so we should not be the last to applaud ; but we must be permitted to doubt it if the details published on the subject by the papers of the south are to be believed. There are henceforth to be four squadrons instead of two —the ironclad squadron of the Channel, assembled at Cherbourg ; the ironclad Atlantic squadron,. at Brest ; the ironclad Mediterranean squadron, at Toulon ; and a squadron of reserve, consisting of four iron-plated frigates. This doubtless does not form a larger naval force ; but such a division can not fail to increase expenses, as we are about to show. The Channel squadron, consisting of the two-decked spur-ship of the line Magenta and the frigates Heroine and Flandre, will leave Cher > ourg next March for Toulon, in order to take part, as has been mentioned, in the trial of a sys tem of naval tactics contained in a new treatise by Vice-Admiral Bouet-Willaumez. Those experi ments are all very well ; but to effect them a large quantity of coal must be burnt. If the ships which are about to be sent from the Channel to the Mediterranean had been simply kept in the roadstead much more considerable saving would certainly have been effected. The Mediterranean squadron, com prising the two-decked spur-vessel Solferino with the frigates Provence and Savoie, are to receive a new sort of artillery consisting of 50-pounder guns mounted on carriages of an improved kind, which step opens a new chapter of expenditure. As to the Atlantic squadron, it is not yet formed, and there is thus no means of effecting savings while ' pushing forward with the greatest activity' the fitting out of the f rigates Magnanime, V aleureuse, and Gauloise. Let there be no mistake as to the sense of our ob servations. We do not mean to say that it was wrong to stop the disarming of the French iron cased fleet. The fact is evident that France has allowed herself to be outstripped by England in matters of artillery. The French types of armour plating pierced through with portholes have been an error for which the country has paid dearly, and which will still cost much more money. But the harm has been done, and must be repaired. The creation of the reserve squadron is the consequence of another error which has affected the nautical qualities of several of the French frigates, and which was made apparent by the last voyage of the experi mental fleet. The forming of a fourth squadron was therefore found necessary ; it is composed. of the Couronne, Normandie, Gloire, and Invincible, which vessels will now be rarely sent to the open sea, but will serve for the trial of heavy artillery near the coasts. And since we are speaking of the late cruise of the squadron of evolutions, let us give some details which are but little known to the public. During the night of the 13th November last, the Mediterranean fleet was on its way from Ajaccio to Toulon, with a strong breeze from north-east. The wind was favourable, butthe sea of the Gulf of Genoa is trying, and the result was a serious damage to some of the iron-cased frigates. While the steam despatch boat Caton, built on the old system, and the Admiral's ship Solferino (plated in the middle only, and vulnerable at the two extremities), bore them selves with ease, the Couronne, Gloire, Provence, and invincible suffered greatly. The first of those armour-plated frigates lost all her outside boats, one of which, striking the deck of the vessel, killed one man and wounded several others. The Gloire gave rise to great uneasiness from the quantities of water she shipped in rolling. The Provence lost two boats, and the Invincible, being in serious danger, was obliged to abandon her post and run to the coast for shelter. Similar incidents had already occurred last summer. In fine, two years ago, on the occa sion of the experiments made in September and October, 1863, by the French' iron-cased ships, the nautical defects of those frigates had been ascer tained. A committee, presided over by Vice- Admiral Panaud, followed with much attention the comparative experiments executed at that period between the coast of France and the Canary Isles. That body did not dissimulate the defects observed during the voyage ; but the country was not allowed to read the report of its servants. An article, care fully written, and published shortly after in one of the principal reviews, instead of enlightening the public, only showed things in a light favourable to the error which had been committed. Thus, instead of being able at the present moment to enter on that course of saving so often spoken of, a necessity exists of studying the subject further and incurring fresh expenses. In fact the absolute want of con trol has allowed the Ministry of Marine to go astray by fellowing almost exclusively the views of M. Dupuy-de-Lome. The admitted talent of that engineer is not here brought into question. o Butto confide to the same person the t ri p le task f con structor, artillery officer, and seaman was an error. In the first of those duties alone M. Dupuy-de- Lome is free from reproach. The movement which has been decided on in the French naval force was c h o a n t st t a h n e tl r y esuiil required, wl but no one can be persuaded be an economy. T" 0 X F ORD. 6, OXFORD ;STREET; W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). CIIARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. - - BOXING-NIGHT. and during the Week, EXTRA PER FORMANI:ES by all the available talent. Opera, Bur lesque, Pantomime. Ballet, and Comedy Every Evening, pert. rmed by the entire company, including Misses Russell, Fitz Henry, Barrie; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, W. Williams, Spagnoli, sc. 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Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12 o'clock. NEWSPAPER „, 7 . A z - . 7 -' -\- ) \ -(1_, • . _,, Loss of the Barbadian ~. itz.:,--e -- -. ,,1 , .. . ...-r--- . "4o4', ' '‘' . • - • 1 The b Ol l l (1 0 i n a ing is the offiCial repo -I c.e . " -\::-: ' -;"1.. ' 4 ' 1';'.1411.1- ' 4 . ,.1 4 .4” Nr n steamer, which has co rk-" m k .- ~li s ci- r -i'l - ~ li •-: t' 4 ,1 , , ~......,. ''< ~,, k: .r.m. ~.6, . 3 - ... 4 ).,,, , r1 .... - ".!•,: c;` ' '....%. ...,,,{7 _ ~,,,,..), „ .1-, ,„.A__7 e ~,,,,A,,...,, , ea' s . . . 7 , )1,—,-. 0 ,/,1, 1 0,4 ar ,..i.,4„, ( k ~., ) 0 ,.., 0 0- - ::• -, A,p 1 sii . the B ‘0 ) 112-k ---- 4 c " - . - - -;:c., ,'\*: - - 1 ,.., ------'4- •,,,: • ei. - / .1= . r it - -i iSi qt§ 0,1 1 :7 - ' *1" - ' ~) = - vv., 16.-0 , t eAt ls . t. :(____ ~, ,, •, .4. l' A , _ __.., z ........... ,„ - „-- I =-410 11114 k,, „ a 4- ._ ,i, 0 . ig 'DIZOIT•\\ate • ' -, - ; 411E",.. ---' * * 4 l! , ' all 11V ~,,A ' . . -.. L 111 0 '-' ' , " .-4 4 " k . 11 ;6. 1: '' ' - ~ .,,i2..) • - ..5,.. ',.. .; „„, \\'''.:: ,' ..- ' ,1, ,, "C__ DIES xoe •' ; ',w.11,10 ,- -..74r....- 4.5');?•, , "' 2 / -''' to the Right Hon. the Lords of the Privy Council for Trade : My Lords—l have, in conjunction with Captain Harris and Hight, as nautical assessors, held the _ _ _ inquiry ordered by your lordships into the loss of the steamship Barbadian upon the Blackwater Bank on the Gth of Dec. last. The Barbadian was i an iron sc rew s t eamer , b u ilt at South Shields n 1856, of 950 tons gross, with two engines of 150- horse power, and was owned by the West India and Pacific Steam Company (Limited.) She was commanded by Mr. James Graham, who held a certificate of competency, and a crew of 35, all told; she had on board three first-class passengers, and one consular passenger, who was carried free. She had a general cargo of about 500 tons, and was bound to Barbadoes and other West Indian ports. The Barbadian sailed from Liverpool at noon on the sth of December, under charge ,of a pilot, who left at the Bell Buoy at two p.m. At nine p.m. the South Stack was abeam, according to the evi- dente of the officer of the watch, her course being then S. W. and by W., which was continued till midnight at a speed of about 91 knots. At 12.15 a.m. on the Gth, the quartermaster, who had come on watch at midnight, came to the con, and found the course W. by S., which was continued tillwithin a very short time of striking. At four a.m. the second mate again came on deck, found the course as just stated, and saw a revolving light two points abaft the starboard beam, which he wa3 informed by the chief mate was the Tuskar. In a few minutes a bright fixed light was discovered on the port bow. The helm was put a-star - board, - and light reported to the captain, who came upon the - bridge, and having looked at it for a short tim e , s t ea di e d th e s hip at W.S.W. The captain then went below, leaving directions to be called at 8 a.m., or in case the ship neared the land. In about a quarter of an hour the ship struck on what proved to be the Blackwater Bank. No sound ing were taken either before or after the disaster. The engines were ordered to be reversed, but became at once disabled, and they proceeded to get out the boats. In a few hours the ship parted in two. Twenty-five persons were eventually saved, of whom four were taken from the mizen rigging on the after noon of the 7th, by the Rosslare lifeboat, after 27 hours' exposure. The captain, first mate, and four other persons took refuge on the forecastle, from whence they were seen by the men on the mizen rig ging to be washed away about noon. This is the fourth inquiry into casualties to vessels which have struck upon the Irish coast within the last few weeks ; and though in one case before the same court the evidence was such that no positive conclusion could be arrived at as to the cause of lose, there can be no doubt that in two of the cases, and in this, the disaster arose from bad navigation, and a total neglect of the lead. This is not a question of either tides or lights or com passes. If the whole eastern coast of Ireland was made to bristle with lights, and masters of vessels still continued to persist in steering a westerly instead of a southerly course after rounding the South Stack, and before they are clear of the Tuskar, while a channel between 30 and 40 miles wide in its narrowest part is open to them, these casualties will continually occur, and the morse so if, when indications of dan ger appear, the lead, which is, or ought to be, always at hand, is utterly disregarded as if it were useless lumber. In this case it is almost incredible that the low light on the Arklow Lightship should have been taken for the Tuskar, as there is a considerable dif ference in the revolutions of the two lights ; or the bright light of the Blackwater for that of the Saltees, which exhibits two lights, especially when they ought to have known, from the course and dis tance run from the Stack, it was utterly impossible they could have been near the Tuskar. Nor would any allowance for tide make an error of above thirty miles in their calculation, in so short a period of time, as to account for the position in which they supposed themselves to be when the cap tain shaped a course to the W.S.W., under the be- I lief that he had passed the Tuskar, and was then rounding the Saltees. While my assessors and I feel it to be an imperative duty, in the interest of public safety, to speak thus plainly, and to point out as clearly as possible the errors which have caused the loss of so many vessels, and, in this instance, have produced so lamentable a loss of life, we cannot but regret that we are compelled to say anything which may call in question the seamanship of men who have lost their lives in the catastrophe, and cannot Ibe heard in their own defence. The evidence of the survivors is, however, too conclusive to leave a doubt on our minds that the Barbadian was lost by a re petition of the fatal error of bearing away to the westward too soon and disregarding the lead. In the course of the inquiry it transpired that the Bar badian sailed without the requisite certificate under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, for vessels carry ing passengers ; but it was explained that the ship had been surveyed and re-swung to adjust:compasses, and the usual declaration had been made, but not exchanged for the certificate of the Board of Trade. As this circumstance has been already brought to the knowledge of the Board, it is only necessary for me thus incidentally to allude to it, as it has no bearing on the loss of the ship.—l have the honour to be, &c., T. S. RAFFLES, Police Magistrate. Liverpool, Dec. 21, 1865. We concur in this report. HT. HARRIS, , Nautical Assessors. EDWARD HIGHT, ) Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. Set DINNERS served, at five minutes' notice, from Four to tine p.m., at 2s. 6d., 35 61, 45. 6d ., and 7s. each. E LEGANT SALOON DINING ROOMS, for Ladies and Families. Prices on the "Carte" moderate. 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Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Score tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhilt. SWEETTNG, Hon. See, CHARLES NASH, Sea. Oyster Culture in the Isle of Wight The bedding and fattening of oysters are not un known in the Isle of Wight, for Newport oysters are " celebrities," and highly estimated amongst us, and we have seen in some town on the mainland of Hampshire " Newport Oysters" placarded as dain ties. Brading Harbour has also been devoted to the above purposes, but the speculators went no further. Tubs of oysters more or less have been de posited in those places at the proper time, and, when duly grown or fattened, disposed of at an en hanced price ; but until the capital, skill, and enter prise lately devoted by Mr. W. L. Kulbach to the subject, no one ventured to speculate so far in the business as to introduce oyster culture into the waters of the island. About 12 months back, Mr. W. L. Kulbach, an officer in the army, made arrangements with Sir H. Oglander, Bart., for leasing Brading Harbour for the purpose of constructing ponds for breeding oys ters, and providing all other things necessary for such an undertaking. Mr. Kulbach has also pur chased the rights of those who had previously bedded oysters in the harbour ; consequently he now pos sesses full and undivided sway over the whole of it, and also to all the oysters that may be found there, stray waifs, from former deposits. Having thus ob tained a field, or rather a " flood," for his opera tions, Mr. Kulbach commenced his works last Sep tember 12 month, which have progressed very favourably until the present time. Near the mill in the harbour may be observed four large breeding ponds, one of which is about 70 feet long by 56 feet wide ; the other three are nearly of the same dimensions. These ponds are well em banked, supported by piles, gravelled, and perfectly firm and sound ; are admirably adapted for the purpose, having hard, clean bottoms, mud being very pernicious and injurious to the growth of the " spat ;" they are thatched over with fascines (vul garly faggots), and secured with galvanised wire ; they have been constructed upon the best prin ciple, and supplied with everything necessary to give success to the undertaking ; they are from eighteen inches to two feet in depth. They remain full at the lowest tides, consequently the oysters are always submerged, and at high water the site of the ponds can only be discovered by the ash poles which surround then. A large space of the harbour re mains unoccupied at present, but will be filled in as circumstances may require. . . Already a great number of oysters are ripening and fattening for the market. We have heard it stated that Whitstable natives, if removed from their parent soil or water, would not retain their flavour; we tasted one of these first-rate fish the other day which had been deposited in Brading. Harbour for some time (we do not know how long), but its flavour and appearance were unchanged. At the season at which the " spat" falls any change in the atmosphere acts unfavourably for the future product; the oyster likes cleanliness and smoothness, is fond of oyster shells, perrywinkles, broken crock ery, glass, tiles, iron, and wood, upon which it de posits its spawn. Mr. Frank Buckland, who is an authority in these matters, at a late meeting of the British Associa tion, expressed his opinion that those who expected the young oyster to attach itself to the facines would find it a mistake, as the wood was chiefly useful in attracting weeds and mud. The French cultivators tried these facines largely, and Mr. Kulbach showed us a portion of wood to which a large number of young oysters were adhering, and which he had him self brought from the bay of Brieuc ; this at any rate proves that wood is not always a failure. The development of the resources of any locality is a subject for warm congratulation, whether on account of its oil, its waters, or its productions. The peculiarly favourable position of Brading Har bour has presented itself to the experienced eye of Kulbach for an establishment to carry out the cultivation of the oyster. We have already expressed a hope that the specu lation may prove successful, and that Mr. Kulbach's efforts may prove prosperous in a pecuniary sense to himself, while we feel confident that the Isle of Wight generally cannot fail to derive advantage from every commercial or manufacturing establish ment founded within its limits.—lsle of Wight Times. Emigration our only Hope. We want more labouring people in our glorious State, says the Savannah Republican. We want more brains and muscle to lift up our people from, the slough of despondency into which they have very naturally been thrown by the terrible calamities of the war. We want capital in Georgia. We want our lands tilled and placed under proper cultivation immediately ere it is too late. We want a portion of these dense forests, comprising the finest timber in the world, to vanish under the steady blows of the sturdy pioneer's sharp axe. We want these majestic forests to resound with the cheerful voices of lumbermen as they sally forth to their daily labor. We want the numerous precious metals that are hidden deep beneath the rich soil of our State unearthed and brought to light. Every city in our State requires hundreds of experienced mechanics, while citizens of most every grade can find constant and remunerative empiny ment. We want free schools and churches established in every village. We must have a free labor system quickly and thoroughly organised, if we would avert untold horrors and hardships for both races in our State. These, then, briefly stated, are our present sore and pressing wants. How are they to be supplied ? Only by the con stant flow of an enterprising, intelligent, and thrifty popu lation from the North and from England. It is high time the first instalment had reached our shores, for every hour spent in the lethargy that now clothes so many of our people is adding more bitterness to the cup of woe from which our unfortunate people have, by the decrees of fate, been ordained to drink too deep. Our hearts are filled with sadness as we cast a timid glance at war's rude desolation painted on nearly every homestead in our once prosperous and. happy State. Fields that five years ago were whitened with the oriental wealth of the greatest of all staples—cotton—are blackened with the scars of civil war. What power will lift these sombre clouds from off our State and inspire the forlorn hearts of our dis tressed people with hope ? Emigration, and emigration alone. With an increase of Northern population distributed throughout our State we are positive the free labor system would soon be put into practical operation, and prove, what its most sanguine advocates claim for it, a perfect success. The freedmen are a little susp icious of their former masters, and especially where they were unkindly treated by cruel overseers. Tho presence of Northern laborers would not only give them gre at confidence, but it would encourage them to labor assiduously, and force upon the more ignorant class of freedmen, who dream of indolence and freedom from work, the imperative necessity for constant hard labor. All the wild and unfeasible schemes of enthusiastic experimentalists in regard to free labor will amount to nothing, unless we have plenty of emigration—this is the only solution to our problem. We prefer practical emigration to absurd theories and specu lations. To talk of recuperating or resurrecting the South by sagacious suggestions from Massachusetts and New York philanthropists is all very pretty on paper, and may sound well before humane audiences, but in our opinion it would have been as easy a matter to suppress the rebellion by proclamations and newspaper bullets as to give us a dime's worth of prosperity through any such channel. Give us emigrants of the right stamp, and in one year the mill-itone that now hangs around the necks of our people will be removed. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Effectual Aid.—ln the sad time of sickness it is cheering to know that a remedy does exist, and that it can be pro cured at a little cost. Holloway's ointment and pills are always useful in relieving pain, in reducing inflammations, and regulating disordered actions. They never can be misapplied, nor can they under any circumstances cause mischief. They are a blessing to the sick when tormented by indigestion, gout, skin diseases, &c., and a precious boon to the poor when struck down by illness. Hollo way's medicines should be in the possession of all soldiers, sailors, and emigrants, who will then be in a position to ease pain and cure disease when medical assistance cannot be obtained. Art and Literature in America• The history of mankind shows that great political and soeial convulsions are followed by periods of extraordinary intellectual development. The mental activity stimulated at such times produces sooner or later great writers, po,ets, statesmen, philosophers, and men distinguished for remarkable qualities in other respects. The effect may not appear immediately, and sometimes many years or a generation may pass away before it is apparent ; but it is seen in the end. National character the spirit of the age, and many circumstances operate in quickening or retard ing the intellectual movement thus set in motion, just as seed sown in a rich soil, and under a hot sun, will spring up and produce fruit much sooner than in-a poorer soil and colder climate. Still, by a fixed law of nature, the fruit comes at last in one case as well as in the other. So we may confidently expect that after our rebellion there wil be an intellectual awakening and development correspond ing to the magnitude of the events and revolution we have passed and are passing through. The internal convulsions of Rome in the time of Julius Omar and immediately after his death were succeeded by that brilliant period known as the Augustan age. The wars and heroes of Rome might be forgotten, but the in tellectual achievements in literature and art which fol lowed, and were the consequences of that revolutionary period, will live for ever. It has been truly said that "the poetic and dramatic wealth and magnificence of the era of Elizabeth and James," in England, known as the Eliza bethan age, " came, for the most part, out of the passions that had been stirred and the strength that had been ac quired in the mighty contests and convulsions which filled in England and throughout Europe the middle of the six teenth century." From this mighty awakening period arose, in unsurpassed splendour, such minds as those of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Bacon, Raleigh, Burton, and others. Another "breaking up of old institutions and re edification of the State upon a new foundation and a new principle" in the last sixty years of the seventeenth century was followed by that galaxy of wits and fine writers of the age of Queen Anne. Milton, Dryden, Hobbes, Newton, and a host of other great minds rose out of this revolu tionary period. It is worthy of remark that this mental renaissance commenced about the same time that the first newspapers were published. It was the era, too, when medical science, natural philosophy, mathematics, and natural history were explored and shed light upon the world. " The poetical dayspring that came with our own century," and the extraordinary intellectual developments in so many other respects, arose with and came out of, to some extent, another revolution. The American Revo lution of 1776, and the French Revolution, fourteen years afterward, upset the political ideas of the world. French and German literature had been silently preparing the public mind for these changes, and when the sturdy colonists of America, from a pure love of liberty, established a Republican form of Government., the speculative ideas of European writers of the eighteenth century spread with great rapidity. The whole frame work of society was upheaved by the earthquake that followed. Paris became the great central volcano. Wars and revolutions agitated the whole civilised world. It was the greatest revolution in the history of mankind, and it is not yet ended. We see what effect it has produced upon the age in literature, and particularly in the wonder ful progress that has been made in science and the mechani cal arts. We have not felt it so much directly as the people of Europe, though it has exercised an influence over us in some degree. The mental excitement caused by the astonishing events that closed up the eighteenth century and at the commencement of the nineteenth had a powerful effect upon English literature. A distin guished author calls this the last of three " great sun• bursts" of English literature. Then appeared Words worth, Coleridge, Scott, Moore, Byron, Shelley, Hunt, Wilson, Charles Lamb, Sidney Smith, and a host of other brilliant men. We refer to English history chiefly to illnstrato our views ; but the history of France or of any other great civilised nation might be taken for the same purpose. Reasoning from what has happened to other nations we may expect a great revival of mental activity in this country, as the natural consequence of our unprecedented war and the extraordinary revolution we are passing through. During what we may term the youthful period of our existence the American mind has been occupied chiefly in material matters, in developing the resources of a virgin continent, in commerce, in manufactures, and in the mechanical arts. In these we have made wonder ful progress. In inventions, and the application of them to the necessities of life and the wants of the age, we are not behind the foremost nation in the world, and perhaps wo stand first. The same faculties and charac teristic mental energy when applied to literature and the fine arts will give us a pro-eminence in these also. The public mind of America is now passing through that fermentation which precedes great achievements. We think we see, however, the dawn just breaking of a new and grand period of American literature and art. We have reached the full stature and vigor of manhood in a bound, so to speak, within a few years. With regard to the fine arts, painting, and sculpture, we have only to go to our public buildings and galleries, and to numerous private collections, to see what strides we are making ; and this is evidently but the beginning, for we see artists springing up all around us. Although we cannot boast of the literature of the day, which is the offspring of the period antecedent to the war, there is certainly being de veloped a better style, as well as more vigour of thought. The vast number of those who are turning their atten tion to literary pursuits, both men and women, shows the mental activity and ambition of the time. The class of writers, too, who are springing up just now are young and fresh. Time, experience, competition, and proper criticism will improve the defects that are naturally inci- Mr. Stunner's Resolutions. The following was introduced in the United States Senate by the Hon. Charles Sumner, on the meeting of Congress on the 4th instant : Resolved, That in order to provide proper guarantees for security in the future, so that peace and prosperity shall surely prevail, and the plighted faith of the nation shall be preserved, it is the full duty of Congress to take care that no State declared to be in rebellion shall be allowed to resume its relations to the Union until after the satisfactory performance of five several conditions precedent must be submitted to a popular vote, and be sanctioned by a majority of the people of each State, re spectively, as follows : The complete restoration of loyalty, as shown by an honest recognition of the unity of the Republic, and the duty of allegiance to it at all times, without mental reser vation or equivocation of any kind. The complete suppression of all oligarchical pretensions, and the complete enfranchisement of all citizens, so that there shall be no denial of rights on account of color or race, but justice shall be impartial, and all shall be equal before the law. The rejection of the rebel debt, and at the same time the adoption, in just proportion, of the national debt and the national obligations to Union soldiers, with solemn promises never to join in any measure, diredirec7t or indirect, for the repudiation, or in any way tending to impair the national credit. The organisation of an educational system for the equal benefit of all, without distinction of color or race. The choice of citizens for office, whether State or national, of constant and undoubted loyalty, whose con duct and conversation shall give assurance of peace and reconciliation. Resolved, That in order to provide those essential safeguards, without which the national security and the national faith will be imperilled, the States cannot be precipitated back to political power and independence ; but they must wait until these conditions are in all re , spects fulfilled. Our Relations with England. The portion of the President's Message referring to our relations with England was received in Congress with emphatic and unanimous applause. That portion of the Message simply recites the hostile acts committed against us by Great Britain during the recent war, and concludes with the significant remark that, "for the future friendship between the two countries must rest on the basis of mutual justice." From this remark wo infer—and England may as well accept the same construction—that there is to bo no friendship between the two countries for the future until full justice is done us for the injuries inflicted during the recent rebellion. If we do not choose to go t o war at present, that is no reason why we should either forget or forgive the many wrongs which we have suffered, and which the President clearly and succinctly recites. The formal accordance of belligerent rights to the insurgent States; the supplies of materials of war sent to the rebels from British manufactories; the ravages of British pirates sailing under the flag of a nation that did not exist—these outrages upon the United States demand compensation and apology at the hands of the British Government ; and since even arbitration has been refused, they fully justify us in declaring war against Great Britain, although wo shall consult our own convenience as to the time when war is to be declared. Under these circumstances the President's stern and menacing tone towards England is exceedingly appropriate, and it is unanimously endorsed, approved, and re-echoed by the country. A quotation from the Now York correspondence of the London Spectator, published in these columns on Wednes day, shows that our interpretation of the President's re mark in regard to our relations with England is quite cor rect. This correspondence gives the details of a conversation with Secretary Seward, in which Mr. Seward said that he bad told Sir Frederick Bruce, the British Minister, that "the way towards anything more than the present relations of mere formal amity between the two peoples and Governments must be led by the British people and the British Government. If the British were content with our present attitude towards each other, we were ; but if any change were made in it for the better it must bo of British making." Mr. Seward added that "we were the aggrieved party," and that "it was not for us to seek a re conciliation." Ho concluded this verbal despatch to Sir Frederick Bruce by stating that "nothing could be ex pected from us but to stand upon punctilio, as well as upon our essential rights, and insist upon both in the minutest particular," and that " this was as far as the people of this cou .e n c t t ryw ” ouldal in lo g w any Administration to go in that direction"--meaning Seward is quite right i i n n t t n h i e s d s i ta re t c e t m io e n nt of clonndceileidatiho. ho might have explained that it is with the greatest difficulty that the American people are induced to be satisfied with even a "formal amity" towards a Government which has in sulted us so grossly, injured us so wantonly, and refused reparation so impudently and unjustly. 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HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N., for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, o Outcast and Destitute Boys, S and those verging on crime under 10 years of age. President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., M.P, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Ftephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. I Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Samuel Morley, Esq. [TTEE. COMM__ COMM.__ Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M`Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett. Mr. K. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. Wißang ' Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.O Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 26, Suffolk-street, P4ll-Mall East, S.W. Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- street, }.C. The mode of admission to the FlOuso is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years ot age. With the view 1 o secure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care t oily investigated by the Committee, my . / ith tateinforma tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free tdmission. This Home was opened in April, 1861. It was designed to take its the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify them for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are those who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is rsom for nearly 10', and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to p'ead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they ask—is it right to make a widow and Iter ninny paupers for lire because ono of them (the naughty boy of the famly) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not h Ip her to put one of them into a Home, but that they must ail go into " the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others as we would they should do unto us that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to " M6l away," none of us shou d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe th-m ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper ?" The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi dent from the police statis:ic. ' which show that in London alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of age, have been apprehended for various offences, 70 of whom were convicted cad punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too young to punish, though not too young to learn thebeginnings of crime. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli ance and self-help be permanent burdens to the State. he Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. The daily routine of the ins'itution presents all the fea tures ot a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals, their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every morning is devoted to scho.l work—reading, and writing, and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in otjects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and white taper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c othes, &o. Some assist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are being made•useful in the house, scrubbing and sweeping, while the elder ones clean all the boots, knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active • working llte. 2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in. advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of admission. 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