The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-14 00:00:00

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We cannot have a better proof of the value at tached by the United States to British America than the fact that they urge the general government to assume the provincial debts, and to annex the territory. Mr. Taylor possesses statesmanship enough to provide for an improvement to which the Canadian Government have shown most reprehen- II S AFTER 'WHAT? After Mellon's Promenade Conceits, EV ANS' to SUP. We shalt meet there. RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN XHIBITION 1865. D is celebrated OLD IRISH , WHISKY gained the üblin Prize Medal. SOIt • ls Pure, Mild , M e ll ow, Del i c i ous, an d very Whole ine. b Bold in Bottles, 3s. Bd. at the Retail Houses in London ; i(,gaetnts in the principal towns in England ; or 8. GRE AT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe ahan th RdS l ." Pink Label, and Cork branded e ea , s LL 'Whisky aitto ighing ighing 3O to THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY- EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1866. No. 23,142 PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED 5d T IIE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET (Entrance 160, Piccadilly). Set Dinners as usual. The carte varied, choice, and mode rate. Turtle, thick and clear, always ready. The Billiard Rooms now conducted by J. Roberts, the champion. AUGUST and SEPTEMBER SHOOTING J-A CKE T S, in various mixed colours, of Chevidt Wool Cloth, light, cool, and as strong as linen, resisting damp, and more adapted to this variable climate than any other fabric, the cost of each being TWENTY FIVE SHILLINGS, with the new Cartridge Pockets. .arvest .ou - a ;ult.' omand NEUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION 14 Un corporAted by Act of Parliament, 1850), Rt SSELL-STRE ET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. free on P t A plica.tDVAion by NCES on all description of Security. Forms letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. )r oats, t, and Supp rs until One a.m. Elegant Saloon Dining Rcoms for Ladies. - , Bar to 3 3 s 2 4 parstotio• CI crops aerally barley, were >ut late was 3 per 3 6 finding, L s tono. to Os' n Ma c quo steady ! s ; old B ar ley per 3° stone. Peas, lg. 19. lg. 13. pt. 3. cr. 22. ig . 21. ig, , 19. tg. 13. lg. iu x;.13 ug. 1 5 . pt. 3. l g. 19. 1 3 •12. ig. 2 t• lg. 1 2 . ig. 13. a g. 15 17. )t. up,.. 1 3 ug. 25 l g. 29• delicious. stories :ally 0 0 asted by age was .aig, bad W ho %mitring fl g that ighlan d lfpeun9' :ry thci was a, o galori back of inicated, for bila 11 be tho )yer, but !onopletro if , s it to precedes ho, lajestY' s ;ing into it dron down This In: 1 Y voningS• ialnef ill i. The ed, 75 ; cabil 3s ; value ninittee sen d' it what. Df theS ° of tb° liability a nd of ves ,ry, a nd a nd by )ropertY ~,n d 5 th °Me er : ilex 3,1-• Bo ford' IV Oat 3 were ieut.-Cal. rfobs , , of c a.to-r°''' l ' rloW , t f ll 4 ° ialVI G e orge . i 4 ; r'" vl t,- Wri'l n iti To f y o 1 1 ' 54 ". of aughtol willial li ,tou-r"' C s ' .C.l Of w rSO'-' n , r ✓QuntY TO LET, OFFICES, on the First, Second, and am Third Floors (Three Rooms on each Flor), suit fo ° for Public Comp anies, Solicitors, &c. To o view, and r Particulars, apply at - Strand, W.C. 1197 ZOPISS.A, ENCAUSTIC, AND IRON . CEMENTS. 11lit AN bating' EXHIBITION ZO rating' the Purposes to which PISSA, in various ST rms and combination 4, may be uefully applied to "Et BRICK, CEMEN I', IRON, s TIMBER, PAPER, WithellAblebPonP Works, and OT HER MATE It IA LS, and after THURSDAY, the 16th inst., at ~, Car ds to Wellington-road, Battersea-bridge. Lo view may he obtained on application to Mr. N. C. -. `"" M ZIC . , at the Works as above. 4----- E CULTIVATION of TEA in the East pr T EA l,ndies is an important feature, and the EAST INDI A ex,...• ( ; 05, IPANY have, on account of its great strength and corstte flavour, promoted its sale by every means. The th e POLY are now selling Assam, Cachar, Darjeeling, &e., at eu, reduced duty—viz., from 2s. Bd. to 3s. Bd. per lb , and Oa Teas rs usual atls 4d per lb. and upwards. —Ware ........ifs.___es, No. 9, Gre a t St . llelen ; s-churchyard, Bishopsgate. CROCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH. e Ii OCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast. CUOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and IVIENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE. Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Sold everywhere. WTPT URES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. UITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS Erc ß (PER AND ITED IN THE GREAT TworsiTIONS FECTED of 1851 and 1862), EXH1 is ß allowed by upwards of blve„l l undred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective of a 7"`en in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use Nieteel spring, so o ten hurtful in its effects, is here the re e d ca soft bandage eino• worn round the body, while p ad Ounilte resisting power 's supplied by the Moc-Main bee s t , 4 patent T ever, fitting with so nuch ease and close sieth..at it cannot b e d e t ec t e d, an d m ay be worn during tvlii;", A. descriptive circular may be p had, -nd the truss , th re e ee le t . cannot fail to fit, forwarded by ost. on the of the the bo IY i two inches below the hips, being sent to niall ufacturer, st Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. Itzle Truss if ~ 215., 26s 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. .k b. °Ate Truss, '3ls.6d 42s , and 525. 6d. Postagre, Is. Bd. wanumbilical Truss, 425 . . , and 525. 6d. Postage, is. led. e offic Orders to be made payable to John White , Post ', Piccadilly. NEW PATENT LA. s T 1 c K NEE-CAPS STOCKINGS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases are p eac or , ,: o f r s d a in n a d ry Swellln g of the Legs, Sprains, 'to. like iirzilt in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on They a stockine , . Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d., 10s., and 165. u• Postage. 6d. WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.' ADMIRALTY, At-GUST 1, 1866. TIIE LORDS COMMISSIONERS of the AD MIPALTY ereby ve , that the AR- ...41, 44E AIENTS fo H A U r theADMISSION Notice of PERSONS not oii n `tY,., in the Government service to the ROYAL EN,`",„,,,u 1 4 of NAVAL ARCHITECTURE and MARINE ye„"INEERING as Admiralty Pupils will, for the present C,'," ) e as follows : tau k.,andidates must be not less than 18 years of ago, and it,.. st have served at least two years in private shipbuild , b. or to,, engineering establishments, or must give satisfac.- Mreof that they have in some way been so connected wn„ s hipbuilding or engineering operations as to become the reof grounded in the elementary principles and practice Th e p tieb . UPiIS will be selected by Competitive Examina f r ""e subjects for which, and number of marks assigned el ' e ach, aro as follows : Marks. l'u re Mathematics, including arithmetic, mensura tion geometry (plane and descriptive), plane tri '''aelAetry and the elements of the differential lita,snlclintegra,l calculus 2,500 tactic a l jecdai Mathematics, including mechanics and h y d rostatics 1,000 includin g laying off (for ,) P r !, I Pwright's candidates only) ... -,000 ctrcal Arn.rine Engineering (for engineer candi dates only) 2,500 each" 6 6 " 6 " 500 } - 7; rn L. enta of Physics Chynistry... ••• i5O 3 I Grammar and C om p o sition ... 1( ,) ~ia pby and History .•• ••• ••• ••• 700 l eas candidate will b e a d m itt e d w h o does not obtain at t h ra , two-thirds of the full number of marks in tit., two eit,'-nanied subjects, and three-fifths of the full number, 1 ,1 , er for practical shipbuilding or marine engineering. p et ,, 11 . 0 last four subjects, .although counting in the colla r Lien, will not be considered obligatory. 10,-,-;,he candidates who , may b . e selected will be treated, ra re attached to the bchool, in all respects as the A_ (I , m . i-_ 'Y pupils ; they will receive wages the same as clod:3 ard -PPrentice •" ls 6d:per day for six days per Week for fir m e menc n i ( n l'in ‘ crea . sine• yearly 3d. per day till it l'eaches 2s. per y d a a l v ., , a and in addition a subsistence allowance t.113* homes,y for seven days per week while away from their either at the School or in the Dockyards. months of each year viz., from November till May, be devoted to studY at , the school, and the remaining 13 0t r a i o s ti t t o hs lac to active work and the acquirement of practical !ledge in the Dockyards. understood that the Admiralty make no en tlairent to employ these pupils after the completion of or r ti _course of study ; and they must rely on their own k ent u as educated naval architects for obtaining employ- Th in their subsequent career. wail -no number of such pupils to bo selected this year is one _ 'pwright and one engineer. w e jsens desirous of competing must forward their names, the a certificate of birth, and of the grounds on which Y consider themselves practically qualified, enclosing ra'i°rPer certificates to that effect, to the Secretary of the Ad iilitY• not later than the Ist September. b e "° Candiaes should also state whether they wish to egadned d as t Engineers or Shipwrights. 4 -ble e • . . and'MIMI:MUM w take place on the 25th September, three following da ill ys. By command of their Lordships, HENRY GORDON LENNOX. RUBSCRIPTIONS for the WIDOW and Ioco C RILDREN of the late Captain R. IT. GRONOW, ilt erly of th e G rena di er G u ards, and Author of " Recol tins H. and Anecdotes," " Celebrities of London and &e. Captain Gronow, who lately died in Paris, Thle left a wid ow an d f our young children, by his second fu la rria ße utterly destitute, without means to defray his Gr era] . expenses, or even to purchase bread. Captain —° v? was disinherited by his father, in favour of bee brother, a clergyman. and the small income which Ileri ved from the interest of a sum charged on the family estate ceased with his life ; while the sums ho received j: r n time to time for his " Recollections" were expended farm] viding for the increasing expenses of his young f Under these distressing the friends 13 1) , ' 4 U arne Gronow in Paris came to her s aid, and they now appeal to the liberality of her late husband's friends in °ll don, and also to the readers of his Reminiscences, for P.tributions to enable her to maintain and educate her etuld r „ . 0 0 811 , bs criptions received by Messrs. SMITH, ELDER, and 11,14 Bet. ,u 5, Cornhill, and 45, Pall-mall ; and by Messrs. Cox ` rit EENWooD, Army Agents, Craig's-court, Parliament : NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. DU BARRY's delicious health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food, THE REVALENTA ARABICA, ho three times as much assimilating and strengthening tion!lshreent as the best meat, and restores perfect diges ', Strom , - nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing eP, functional regularity, and energy to the most dis9r fired or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually m biPation (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, Cha constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, I,,,aaniorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervous esa, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, colds, influenza, noises in the head 1 .1 ;• ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, D a P te rial neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, • Pitation heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, si n krS nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or atsea, Dai„ sink fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, It ; :a„iti the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. Paii',,ne Most digestible of all foods and suitable for in- Of thv." and infants in all complaints. e quote a few out of 62,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years'liyer sant . 'wi th ) wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, sta ll + ,nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, con agii;„ sl eeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous th e i"on• Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. g lf W °.rd Stuart de Deces, Lord Lieutenant of the county aterford :-1 have derived much benefit from your _on ce j s ien t food. —Stuart do Decies, Droma.na, Cappoquin, 6 - " Y Waterford. Cure No. 54 816 from the Rev. James r fellr. att Pbeil, Syderstone Rectory, near Fak . enbam, No th e In all cases of indigestion, and particularly when h hex or is more than usually affected, 1 consider it t fl e n w remedies. It regulates the bile, and makes it sh ane 'n cases w hi c h wou ld no t a d m it o f mercury in any earliest 11l short, a healthy flow of the bile is ono of t he Ple a : and best symptoms You can make what use you o of this communication.—l am, gentlemen, James ley, Cure No. 52,422. —Bridge House, Frim -"rreY Thirty-three years' diseased lungs, t th e e ag of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in lgnill elt e l , r iive c r o , n s s t t o i m pti a t c h: , , debility, shortness of bret _d nave been removed by your Revalenta A rabies. Ny head, and ears are all right, my hTirt 1134,,erf°,et, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquain f il" alnes Roberts, Tiniber Merchant. Cure No. 49,832. n es . 'Y years' indesc r ib a bl e agony from dyspepsia, nervcris ,s7, asthm a, Cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sick XO4 and vomiting,. —Mai is Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure ind;,,, ,11 . Miss Elizabeth Jat.obs, of extreme nervousness,fg 014. 1 i0n, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous anew— , 1.1 °' 56,814 .—Mr. Sqml.Laxton,Leicester, of two years 48 4 , 1 6 ,, ic ea• The food is sold ' in canisters, 11b. 2s 9d ; 21b., uterAae•tztinilli2sltlobr.,s2ls• • 241 b., 40s. Super-refined quality, 11b., .21b., 1 2s. ; 51 . n., 225. ; 10Ib., 335. The 101 b., 121 b., and , carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, it;;;Qati!riveeptu Dealand Co., 77. Regent-street, Lo9 n P s ' Tears. 3, King William-street alike-- gage at 65, Gr acechuren-street ; 4, Oh eapside ; 49, Bishops- Within ; 63, 150 and 298 Oxford-street ;03111.3, r e U r P sl Pe 6 r s, Bal:er-street ; 163, Tottenliam-c elos e uPPer-street, Islington N.; Harvey, Notting-hill ; t er oa t ace, , 91 - 5 % 5 0 ' .4 t High-street; and Stubbs, Queen's- St. Jonn's-wood, London ; and all respectable AS 414 Chemists.—Boware of spurious imitation& HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold st as 6d, 5s 6d, and 108 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Dad of all Chemists. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effect. Price 3s Ed, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London. —ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 100 6d ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—llad of all Chemists. FIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, Sze. 2s 9d and 7s 6cl or pcst for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 245, High Holborn, London, and all Cue- HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional usinz. 10s Cd ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 24% High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. IVOTHIIsTG DEPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and 1-11 most usef n 1 invention of the day, AGIIA &MAR ELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly , marvellous fluid, which gradually restores tne human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agna Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles. 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Goonell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. HE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another T honie to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room. making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, frem the age of 8 to 16, 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; or by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice- Pat ren—li is Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G President-131s grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, 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 difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t,galies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the avera , e number of atte nd ance of the lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospit al are ca p able of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Bias • Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Hprries a. d Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. : Nisbet a nd Co., Berners-street ; L Barnet' and C 0.,, Liverpool BTANyoU WITH, beorturf. 1 raid at the Hospital. trorn 10 till 5. ITYAM AND CO.'S ESTABLISHMENTS. LoNnoN—CG and 67, Oxford-street; BIRMINGHAM— 21, 22, and 23, New-street ; LEEDS-42, Bripzgato ; DEWSBURY—Westgate. TEETH. Mr. DAY (for many years principal assistant to Mr. Eskell. surgeon-dentist, of 8, Gros venor-street, W.) ins)/ 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 constructed (in a few hours when necessary), and are worn upon tender gums or roots of teeth or by nervou4 persons for any length of time, without pain, unpleasantness, or discomtort. The invention applied to teeth of ordinary or inferior construction. PAINFUL TEETH OR DISEASED STUMPS EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. No chloroform ! and perfectly safe. OST EO-PLAST IC ENAMEL, the exact colour of the natural teeth, used in all cases of stopping. Discoloured teeth restored, loose teeth fastened, and all operations on the most approved principles. • Terms strictly moderate. Consultations free. 291, REGENT-STREET (3 doors from the Polytechnic). SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, L i b rar y , and Dining-room, eonsieting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VAS ES, Figures, Groups, Candleaticks , O belisks, Ink stan do, oeautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a, ha Alabakter, Paean, Marble, Bronse, Derbyshire SPitr. 0 . Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C.. Londen. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary oollections of ROCKS. Si ENE RALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate 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.TENNAN r,F.G.S., at 149. Strand. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FU NDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMB, Secretall• Boys' Ref age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishin , g the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. WIT. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, S. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at L 4,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East ; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. SUBSCRIPTION TESTIMONIAL TO GEORGE CRUIKSIIANK. PRESIDENT. JOHN RUSKIN, Escl, VICE-PRESIDENT. Sir W. C. TItEVELYAN, Bart. TREASURER. Louis Huth, Esq, BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, E.C. " Before the century was actually in Its teens we believe that George Cruitshank was amusing the nubile. Is there no way in which the country could acknowledge the long services and brave career of such a friend and benefactor r TIIACKERAY. The public, in general is invited to co-operate in this move ment. Subscriptions receivable as above, or by the under signed as honorary secretary, CHARLES A. HOWELL. 3, York-villas. Brixton, S. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FO HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given .in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass th© nights in tho bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, aro given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand big the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and hav e to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. T o meet this evil, and to provide more am ple accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raise d, but to accom p li sh the work a sum of at least 1,1,000 more will he required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it S proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and co al s to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of tho destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requestgd, and w ill b e gratefully received by the BOY. D.-GILBERT D.D., No. 22, Finsbury circus, E.C. 11. J. and D. NICOLL, COURT TAILORS. LONDON- -114 to 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. DIANCIIESTER-40, Mosley-street. LIVERPOOL-50, Bold-street. JOHN GOSNELL an d CO.'S CHERRY Toorn PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. 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The Collision on the London and Brighton Railway. Yesterday afternoon Mr. R. Blagden, the coroner for the western division of Sussex, opened au iuves- tigation at the Railway Arms Inn, Horsham, into the circumstances attending the death of John Snatt, aged 23, a stoker in the employ of the London and Brighton Railway Company, who was killed on Sa turday night by a collision at the Itchingfield Junc tion, as described in our yesterday's paper. The jury, having been sworn, proceeded by spe cial engine, accompanied by the coroner, to view the body, which was lying at the Itchingfield Junction, and the scene of the accident. Mr. J. J. Merriman, solicitor, of Queen-street, Cheapside, attended on behalf of Edward Reay, the driver of the Portsmouth down train ; and Mr. Car penter, superintendent of police on the Brighton line, represented the company. On the return of the jury, Edward Jackson, engine driver in the service of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, spoke to the identity of the deceased. Mr. T. Bryan Greenwood deposed that he was a surgeon at Two Mile Ash, and that on Saturday night, at a quarter to 10 o'clock, he was called to the junction. lie went directly, and found the de ceased lying on the metals, quite dead. The frontal bone of the head was driven quite in on to the brain, which was quite sufficient to account for death. James Strudwick said — l am a signalman at Stammerham Junction, on the Mid-Sussex Railway. I do not know how far Stammerham Junction is from Horsham or Itchingfield. The Portsmouth express train from London ought to leave Three Bridges at 8.33, and run through Horsham without stopping, passing my box at 8.50. The 7.15 up train from Brighton is clue at Horsham at 8.33. From my signal box I can see the distance signal at Itch- ingfield signal box, but we cannot see the semaphore at Itchingfield. At night our signals are by lamps, red indicating to stop, and when it is all right to go on the distance signal shows white, and the " auxi- liary" signals at the branches show green. The Portsmouth express passed my box on Saturday night at 9.16-8.50 was the proper time. I always book as they pass; it is part of t- ov. I noticed nothing about the signals as she passed, The up trains from Brighton should have passed my station at 8.29. On the night in question the train never reached my box, but I heard the trains go together at about 9.17. I did not leave my box or look at the other signals then. I had to book my train. By Mr. Merriman--j am not certain whether the train which preceded the Portsmouth train down was behind time or punctual. The preceding up train from Brighton was behind time. I have not my book with me. (The further evidence of the witness on this point was postponed for the produc tion of his book.) On Saturday, just before this accident, I did not see the Itchingfield distance sig nal. If I had seen the signal at Itchingfield indi cating danger I should have stopped the train. If I had seen the Itchingfield distance signal indicat ing danger I should not have allowed the Ports- mouth down train to have passed without warning it. By the Coroner —If I had known there had been opi ie anything the matter b e f ore t h e tra i n go t t o my sig nals By Mr. havecoud stopped t ss . B Merriman-.st had been instructed by signal I should not have stopped the train. I was not told to-day either to bring my books with me or to leave them behind. By the Coroner—The signal to stop from one box to another is by five beats on Ty ' er s patent signal. I had no instructions from the Itchingfield signal man on that night to stop the train, and it would not have been right for me to stop the train with out such instructions. Charles Hunt, fireman of the Brighton up train on Saturday, said—On Saturday night we ought to have left Brighton at 7.15, but we were twelve minutes late at starting. The driver of our en gine was James Alanvvell and William Burgess was the guard. Coming to the Itchingfield Junc tion the distance signal was " off," showing that the line was clear. It showed a white light. The sema phore at the box and the distance semaphore were also all right, showing a green light. We were go ing very slowly indeed at that time—not above 10 miles an hour at the outside. When we got to the distance semaphore, which is just at the junction, I saw a train coming down the main line. I said to my mate, " They are coming through us," and I immediately put my break on and jumped off. Our engine was near upon crossing the main down line when I jumped. The Collision took place imme diately afterwards. 1 then went round to the en gine of the Portsmouth express, and I saw the driver, Edward Reay, underneath the two trains, trying to pull out the deceased, John Snatt, who was lying on the ground between the trains. Together we pulled him out from underneath. He appeared to breathe, but I saw directly afterwards that he was dead. His head was dreadfully smashed. Our en gine and tender were then on the metals, but the engine and tender of the Portsmouth train were both off. By Mr. Merriman —I don't know what time the Portsmouth train was due at Horsham, but I know she was late at Itchingfield, and ought to have been past there. I can't say at what rate the Ports mouth train was going. By the Coroner—We can see the down distance signal from Itchingfield when we are passing Stam merham, but we cannot see a train approaching, as there is a curve there and an embankment. William Burgess, whose head was severely cut and enveloped in bandages, deposed —I am a guard in the service of the company, and on Saturday evening last I left the Brighton station with a train from Horsham. Our right time for leaving was 7.15, but we did not leave till 7.27. The reason of out being late was that we waited for the arrival of the London train. We left Southwater at 9.10, but were due there at 8.26. This delay was occasioned by our waiting 17 minutes at Shoreham for the Portsmouth train, and 14 minutes extra at Part ridge-green, waiting for a down-train from Hor sham. I noticed at Itchingfield that the distance signal was all right, the auxiliary showed a green light, and the semaphore a green light—indicating everything clear. The distance signal really had no light. I took up my staff just before we got to the a white auxiliary signal, and was showing it on the left side of the carriage. While so st andin g I found that something struck my back. I cannot remember much more, as I was stunned by the blow. shoßwyeathneo.Cloigrohzero—uTghhte to dis b t a a v n e ce sh s o ig w n e a d l, which light. I saw, however, that the disc was all right and indicated " all clear." It was dusk ; but it was light enough to see that on the bank. Mr. Merriman—Are you not instructed when a signal-lamp is out to stop the train ? Witness—Our instructions are when a distance lamp is out to go on to the next signal. Mr. Merriman—How far should you have gone past the distance signal before you stopped? Witness—Until we got to the auxiliary, and then if that had been out we should have stopped. If the auxiliary showed all right our duty was to go on. By the Foreman—l certainly expected to see a white light at the distance signal, but as it was not there I looked at the disc, and saw that it was all right. The coroner here indicated that he should take the evidence of every person who presented himself before him, whether his conduct might have been such that it might hereafter be called in question or not. James Manwell, driver of the Brighton up train, corroborated the evidence given by the fireman Hunt and by the last witness as to the signals, ex cept that he stated that there was " a shave"of whi:te light in the distance signal where the last witness' said there was none. As it was so small he sounded the whistle, shut off steam, and prepared to stop. When he got up to it, however, he saw the auxiliary and the semaphore showing the proper green light. He then took off the break and proceeded with the train. About 50 yards further he saw the head light of a train coming. He spoke to his mate and said, " Good God, is that a train coming? If it is he is coming right upon us." Witness found that he was foul of the road, so he put on steam and tried to get across, but in an instant the Ports mouth engine ran into his tender. Witness's en gine broke away from the train, and he stopped it just beyond the signal box. The signalman stood outside close by the ladder. Witness said to him, " Good God, how was this managed ? My signals were all right." He said, " Yes, if you were coming off the branch ; go back - and look for yourself ; the main line signals are at 6 stop.' " Witness was at that time standing looking at the signals. The semaphore was at " stop," but he could not see the distance. James, the under-guard of the Ports mouth train, observed that the down distance signal was off, and witness replied, " I can't answer for yours—l know mine showed all right." By Mr. Merriman—Our instructions are if a lamp is out to regard it as a stop or danger signal. The distance signal was not out. There was a little light in it. 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Yesterday, at the Mansion-house alone, irrespee tive of the sums paid into the banks in connection with it, upwards of £1,32.1 was received towards the fund now being raised there towards the relief of the suffering and destitution occasioned by the visitation of cholera. It is the largest suni that has been receivea tnere in one day since tue movement was set on foot by the Lord Mayor, acting in con- cert with a committee, and it has raised the subscrip tion to nearly £6,000 as the result of barely six days' work. The committee were engaged upwards of three hours yesterday in hearing applications for assistance from the fund by local bodies, and in making grants proportionate, as far as possible, to the distressed districts. There were present the Lord Mayor, gr. Thomas Baring, M.P., Mr. Alfred Rothschild, Mr. Nathaniel Rothschild, M.P., Mr. Joseph Iloare, Sir Mox daunt Wells, Mr. R. B. Wade, Mr. Alderman Cotton, Mr. R. N. Fowler, Mr. Needham, the Rev. Wm. Rogers, rector of Bishops gate ; the Rev. F. G. Blomfield, rector of St. An drew Undershaft ; Mr. W. J. Maxwell, Mr. Ripley, Mr. Andrew Johnston, Dr. Andrew Clarke, and Mr. Charles Hutton. A communication was read from the Rev. Robert 11. Atherton, incumbent of St. James's, Ratcliffe, describing the state of that parish, and the rev. gentleman attended before the committee to afford additional information. There, he said, the disease had been fatal, and a local committee, of which he was chairman, had been giving medicines, disinfec tants, and food, as far as their means allowed, but which were wholly inadequate to the necessities of the case. The deaths in Ratcliffe from cholera alone had been 21 for the week ending July 21, 44 for the next week, 47 for the next, and 31 for that end ing Saturday last, being four or five times more than the ordinary average from all diseases. These sudden deaths, he said, had created an immense amount of distress which called for immediate re lief, and while he was writing a poor woman was dying whose husband died on Saturday, leaving her with five children altogether unprovided for, and in a few hours theywould in all probability be orphans. That was only one out of many cases, and he should rejoice to help them. A poor man who died on Friday of cholera was ill twelve hours, and a woman who lived in a back room in the same house, and who went in to see him, died the same day. A child in the same house had since been taken ill, and now the man's wife was dying. The people in the neigh bourhood were becoming greatly excited. The committee made a grant in this case for St. James's, Ratcliffe, of £5O, with five gallons of port wine to be distributed at the discretion of the local com mittee. According to the Rev. Isaac Taylor, incumbent of St. Matthias, Bethnal-green, the epidemic has attacked that part of London with great severity. About 50 cases had come to his knowledge, more than half of which had proved fatal. A local com mittee had been formed, consisting of the clergy, churchwardens, and leading parishioners, and they had already taken energetic measures for preventing the spread of the disease. St. Matthias has a popu lation of between 6,000 and 7,000, and is situate in the very poorest corner of Bethnal-green. On the motion of Sir M. Wells, the committee made agrant of £5O, with five gallons of port wine. From a state ment made to the committee by the Rev. S. Han sard, rector of Bethnal-green, it appeared that the number of applications at the free dispensaries dur ing the week ending Saturday last was 5,783. Of these 2,983 had recovered, 37 had died of cholera and choleraic diarrhoea, 1,340 were under treatment and 1,423 were unaccounted for. Altogether, how ever, he said, there were 118 deaths from cholera and choleraic diarrhoea in the parish last week. A place for an hospital capable of containing 30 beds had been obtained and would be ready on Wednes day. The vestry, of which he was chairman, was convened to consider the Order in Council before an official copy of it had been received. An hospital would also be opened by the Sisters of Mercy, under two medical men, capable of holding 300 patients, in Commercial-street. The Sisters of Mercy bad also an excellent dispensary in Bethnal-green, under the superintendence of a medical man, and they had made arrangements to supply a n y number of nurses on an emergency to sick people in Bethnal -green. There were five dispensaries at work in the parish ; and a house-to-house visitation had been attempted, but the staff was not y et equal to it in consequence of the pressure on t he dispensaries. The vestry had three qualified medical visitors and three . assistants, If and the parish divided into three districts, eaQh of which was a dispensary station, open night and day. Five men were employed in disinfecting. In the district of Bow and Bromley, with a popu lation of about 50,000, there had been between 2,000 and 3,000 cases of diarrhoea during week and cholera in proportion. On Thursday last, ac cording to the medical officers of the Local Board of Works, there were 154 new cases of diarrhoea, 17 new cases of cholera, and six deaths. The private practitioners on the same day reported 112 new cases of diarrhon, 13 of cholera, and one death ; but their returns were imperfect. The committee made a grant in this case of £l5O. In the Christ Church or Marsh district of Strat ford there were 150 cases of cholera under treatment yesterday, but the reports were rather more favour able generally in the East of London than they had been. lefore the committee separated yesterday the Rev. W. Rogers urged upon them the necessity of taking steps towards establishing a temporary home for convalescents, referring to a case in which a whole village had been infected by a convalescent child which had been removed thither from London. The Trinity-house Corporation have made a donation of £5O to the committee for this express purpose. During the past week the epidemic has been steadily though slowly on the increase about the river and the docks, and the number of patients re ceived by the Dreadnought authorities on board the Belleisle up to this date amounts to 35. The Com mercial Dock still continues to contribute a large proportion of this number, and the locality of other cases indicates a very defective sanitary condition of the upper and lower pools, particularly off the well-known landing-place called Stone-stairs, where colliers and other small craft are moored in tiers of two or three deep. The Committee of Management of the Seamen's Hospital Society have resolved to commence a daily inspection of vessels lying on the river between London-bridge and Woolwich, and there is no doubt that this arrangement will, as a preventive aid, afford very great benefit to the vast floating population of this port. The following is the official return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea for Saturday, Aug. 11 : Cholera. Diarrhoea. West districts 3 North districts ... 5 Central districts... ... 4 ... East districts ... 8 South districts ... 4 Total „. ... 94 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ••• 4 ... 6 ... 5 ... 12 ... 4 Sin,—Now that so much importance is attached to the use of pure water, we wish to bring before the poorer classes, through you, the fact that we manufacture syphon filters under Dahike's patent, which will purify six gallons of water per day at a cost of 2s. 6d. each; and to notify, that as long as this country is afflicted with cholera we shall be willing to deliver ono of these in any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of 2s. 6d. The general and also the district post-offices in London are supplied with our filters.—We are, sir, your obedient servants, TIDE SILICATED CARBON FILTER COMPANY. Works, Church-road, Battersea, London, S.W., Aug. 11. We send specimen herewith. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Efowever good the water supply may be made by care or filtering, it is poisoned afresh in every house by the modern cheap, abominable practice of having one and the same cistern to serve both water closets and sinks for drinking purposes. To all water closets there is a length of pipe more or less always full of the foulest air, which, on the lifting of the valve, rushes up into the cistern, ever polluting it, and in the time of epidemic making it the wet nurse of contagion. To the fond belief or assertion that the water descending ever a s o d u s t te t r h n e Iclodseect belowl itretoyiesul,isse, idr, let n t o y a s n t vim stand keeper, any builder, or one of my oxn prof3ssion do it, and think of the water used at his own table awl .0 the supply to the kitchen boiler, and he will sea anti smelt what he will not easily forget. Let any one come to me and see two cisterns side by side both emptied and refilled daily in constant use by sinks and closets, he will see that for the former clean, the latter with a horrible scum. You speak plainly of the danger of the poor people using the same pails for fetching water and for cholera patients (and it is no time now to 1).3 pricking for words when hundreds are dying), but if the air from the stool of a patient can be seen rising into a cistern or butt at the very moment that some one is drawing water for drinking or cooking cau that be harmless ? We drink the virus of disease. I would gladly show how easily and cheaply an old or new cistern can be divided to keep the sink or clean part from contamination by the closet or foul part without an addi tional service and ball-cock. I have had the arrangement in use for years, but the owners of poor property will not afford, and there is not time for alteration. This, however, can be done quickly. The district boards can have stand pipes in the infected neighbourhoods for all comers for drinking purposes. The visitation is more fearful than frost or fire.-1 am, sir, yours faithfully, J. J. COL; Architect, Stock Exchange. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, —In your impression of the Gth inst. I noticed a letter from a correspondent, signed J. J. Cole, Esq., relat ing to the impurities of water occasioned by the practice of having one and the same cistern to servo both water-closet, sinks, and for drinking purpos es . The remarks he makes are quite correct, but only refer to the old system of water-closets, which require a service box at bottom of the cistern with a valve, which is opened when the handle of closet is raised by means of wire and cran ks. Attached to the service box is an afir pipe, which causes the foul air to pass from the closet into the cistern. This is entirely obviated by my patent W.C. apparatus, as service box, wires, cranks, and air pipes are entirely dispensed with. My patent W.C. apparatus consists of a valve and brass air regulator attached to the closet, allow ing a column of water to remain in the supply pipe, which immediately flows into the basin of the closet upon the handle being raised. Tho supply pipe is fixed at the bot tom of supply valve, forming a dip or trap of about six i n ches, and thereby preventing the possibility of any foul air passing up the supply pipe into the cistern shoal(' the cistern at any time become empty. The valve is a safety one, opening with the expansion of the water in frosty weather and preventing the pipes from bursting ; whereas, according to the old system, the water in the pipe is en tirely discharged, allowing foul air to accumulate, which forces itself into the cistern, causing the water to be affected, and producing the scum mentioned by your correspondent. I beg to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, F. Cr. UNDERIIIY, Engineer, Clerkenwe]l. The Value of British America. (Front the London Review•) General Banks, of Massachusetts, out of his own State, is not known to fame. In the days of the American cilil war he was heard of for a moment as the cause of ignominious failure and disgrace to the Federal arms; and he subsequently attracted some attention by his absurd conduct in connection with the Paris Exhibition. He now comes to the surface again, and we find him bringing a bill before Con gress to annex British North America to the United s States. The proposal, however, that the United r o te ., should purchase British North America clicn m erely ginate in the brain of Banks. The General.a gave the coinage currency. The author is al p r e.p ul t. W. Taylor, special agent of the Treas ur y tbe admitted, ment in Minnesota, who has, s it il of a statesman. approached the subject in to be leeaspt unfriendly feeling Nor is it put forth with the c to this country, for ~ But nevertheless we ha ve vernment o f Great toonsult a i s ti o a vno with Y the Go made l " upon Britain.thefu a schemeperfected. Lands unconeeded,the harbours, t s , all the proper y of the Canadian and other G o - v the li g hthouses, th e canals, the river and lake improve ineernntments, with their lien on railways, are to be giv en over to the United States Government, who w ill thereupon assume the debts of the province. The transfer has only to be made, for the territorial divi sions are already established. Even the number of members to be sent to Washington is determined, and, with two slight exceptions, viz., the consent of the population of British America and the concur rence of the Imperial Government, there is nothing to impede the measure. But as there may be some difficulty in obtaining these conditions, the scheme has been temporarily allowed to drop, to be revived, doubtless, from time to time, when the Mama- sible indifference—the enlargement of the Canadian canals. Mr. Taylor proposes to appropriate fifty millions of dollars " to aid the navigation of the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes, that vessels of 1,500 tons burden shall pass from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Lakes Michigan and Superior." Although ignored and neglected by the Canadian Government the scheme is quite feasible. At pre sent the produce of the West passes by the great lakes to the foot of Lake Eric, where it has an en trance at Buffalo, which is the point of entry of the route at Lake Erie. On the other hand, it takes the Welland Canal on the Canadian side to Lake Ontario—to Oswego—passing by the canal of that name to the main Erie Canal. The latter connects Lake Erie with Albany—the waters of the Hudson. Such is the pressure of the trade that a vessel is eleven and twelve days passing from Lake Erie to the Hudson. New York is thus the one seaport of the West, but it would cease to be so to a great extent if the Canadian canals were deepened, and the navigation improved, as Mr. Taylor, who is a Western,man, has the sagacity to see. No little of the trade would then be transferred to Boston, which, indeed, might become the depot of the west. But the greatest benefit resulting from this work would accrue to Canada. If the canals were deepened so that a sea-going vessel could pass, without breaking bulk in its cargo, to the Far West, the maritime high way would be through that province. For it may be said that the Erie Canal can be improved only to a very limited degree, owing to the difficulty of obtaining water, which is now admitAedtobe baxelysufficient. It is true that the work would cost millions eidollars, and that the shallow waters of Lakes St. Louis and St. Francis would require a large expenditure to dredge them ; further, the necessity of keeping the naviga tion open while the enlargement was in progress would add greatly to its expense. But no one has doubted the feasibility of the scheme, or, at all events, has put his objections in such a form that they can be examined and answered. On the other hand, the condition of improving the navigation has been examined both by American and Canadian writers of eminence, at length, and with ability, to the extent that the information at the disposal of the writers would admit. It is plain that the American authorities are conversant with the value of the St. Lawrence as a highway, and General Banks may be considered to represent the public opinion of his State when he proposes that it shall be developed. Here lies the value of his extraordinary pro position to the English statesman. Even its ridicu lous side disappears when it is so considered. The well-wisher of Canada ought, therefore, to be thank ful. But to judge by the tone of indignation which without exception, characterises Canadian journal ism, British America is not particularly grateful to the General at the offer of incorporation in the great republic. If, however, Canada, and the maritime provinces would examine it from our standing-point, they might thing differently. Very probably the attention of English statesmen may be directed to the subject by it; and, what evidently is more diffi cult to effect, Canadian politicians may be turned away from their bickerings and intrigues to consider a policy which will advance every interest in the province, and will give a healthy stimulus to trade, so that progress will really be effected. It is hard, indeed, to unlerstand the indifference with which this important project has been treated. The Channel Squadron. TORBAY. On Thursday morning, the 9th of August, the Channel squadron got up their anchors. The Admi ral led them out towards the Start Point ; a fresh breeze from north-west was blowing, with a heavy swell from the westwards ; they were in two lines as before, the fla.2shin line, then the Hector, then the Liverpool. On the port beam were the Achilles and Pallas. Nothing in the way of evolutions took place that day. Towards evening sail was made, Mae fiv.a vaecels standing a wav south-west, under steam and - san, ~.loze hauled on a wind, and standing off and on, with difficulty mak ing any progresa towards Falmouth. When morning dawned the Achilles and Pallas were a Jong w a y astern. The Lizard was about 30 miles on the port bow. About 8 o'clock signal was made " prepare two targets" to each ship. About 9.30 they all went to general quarters, and the battle was begun. Each ship dropped a target overboard and steamed slowly round it at 1,100 or 1,200 yards. The firing of shot, shell, and grape was kept up incessantly for two hours. The four ironclads formed a magnificent marine , 4 quadrilateral." There was quite enough swell on to try their gunnery capabilities, of which it may be fairly said that the aim was quite as correct as is generally seen from wooden ships under similar con ditions. The engagement terminated a little before noon by the discharge of a concentrated broadside of shot and shell fom one battery of the Caledonia, the effect of which seemed formidable enough, as, far and near, along the foaming and furrowed bosom of the ocean, the storm of projectiles swept on. The consumption of coals during the last 24 hours showed that the Liverpool had used 18 or 19 tons, and the ironelads about one-third more. In the afternoon the flagship steamed towards Falmouth ; all five ships anchored there at 5 p.m., and the Helicon then came in. PLYMOUTH, Monday Evening. 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