The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

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Remember, we wait for you at •rA ANS' after the Covent-garden Opera a.,d the Theatres. \*' l 'l4) II ( NAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN /`- EXHIBITJON, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the 'Dublin Prize Medal. Seme n Pure, Mild, M e ll ow, D el i cious, and very Whole alithSold i n Bottles, 3s. Bd., at th e R e t a il H ouses in London ; e Agents i n th e principal towns in England; or olesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red (l Seal 1 , -• . Aanahan, s LL Whisky." , Pink Label, and Cork branded , NIUTUAL LOAN F UND ASSOCIATION „", 4 •4,- (Inco rporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), I.TSS E LL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON. ,rapVANCES HONEY on Personal Security, Bills of Sale, fee,! Lehoid or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry thre e or any deduction whatever, for periods of one, two,. or Years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills tuodounted. The greatest secrecy observed. Advances also 15 _ e e towards the Purchase of a House, repayible in 5, 1 , 0 Or 9 ars --Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped envelop e. • EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. "E IMPERIAL LAND COMPANY OF MARSEILLES (Limited). NOTICE OF CALL. , NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the DIRECTORS e• • . tbav) Tilts Day made a CALL of £5 per Share upon the ares of the Company, payable in two instalments of £2 the share, on the 24th inst. and 24th July respectively, at 1 . 0 Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited), 35, Nicolas ''rle, Lo mbard -street, E.C. Interest at the rate of 15 per e x p e t• p2r annum will be charged on all instalments not paid hasu 4 due. No transfer will be registered until the call been paid. By Order of the Board. GEORGE M. BRIGHT, Secreta r y. 10 , St. Swithin's-lane, E.C., May 3, 1866. . _ IMPERIAL LAND COMPANY OF IVARSEILLES (Limited). ;I ,XOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , Th at t h e OFFI C E S th e IS h ve E.O.been REMOVED t o 10, ST. 'May 3 1866. GEORGE M. BRIGHT,. Secretary. C °l/011 S ASTHMA, and incipient CON co„,§I_TSIPTION are effectually cured 1.) ; KEATING'S pae`-'n;f LOZENGES. which are daily recommended by the b e E ., .'Y - t estimonials from the most eminent of whom may Li4l.BPected--as the most effectual, safe, speedy, and wave co_t_,rernedy for Cough and all Diso. dere of the Lungs, rend h,oat. t aeh ~ 11 boxes, la. lid.; and tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 61, and lls. t om Y RE.i.TING. Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, Sold by all Druggists &a. 1) 0 you wish to SING, or have a beautiful and tu t . Powerful VOICE? If so, the " REGISTERED ;VIIIO.N IC NOTES " are t-nly wonderful in their action, I,,pare unanimously pronounced the " Mat vet lare invalual le to all. and are guaranteed as a protective •µ; th n ' in all weathers. No Sim,rer or Speak r should be r.,(,.', 01, t them. (See opinion of the press and testimonials.) dir ect -um phonic Note, post free 14 stamps, in boxes 26 stamps, b„ from the sole invenlor, SEAG RAVE ALGEN, 1, "rcaB-terrace, Hammersmith -road, London, W. , 7 ' pREASANT REARING for 1866.— JAMES wie, CHAMBERLIN'S (opposite Cora Exchange, Nor il,l 1 8 the only depot in the world for proper Fk ; ) , iD for of i'ASANT FEEDING. Between 200 and 300 testimonials Ivi t a, B t Year's success. Treatiee on Hatching and Rearing:, 0 1 tithe' valuable hints, posted free on application. Land b"'ra, pheasant rearers and gamekeepers can raise any kilittiber of birds by using? his food. The aristocracy of the ket!gdorn constantly use it. Gentlemen requiring game sap ePers, or gamekeepers requiring situations, are requested 1, 31 Y to Mr. James Chamberlin, wine merchant and phea too 1 dealer opposite Corn Exchange, Norwich. -____________ TEETH.—Mr. DAY (for many years principal .error assistant to M.. Eakell, surgeon-dentist, of 8, Gros . e-Street, I V.) may be consulted on all cases of Dental de ;t or deficiency. Ile has made arrangements for the use of .Eltit:TEkell's Parc nts. by A., hich means exquisitely enamelled s(r u PICIAL TEETH - ol the utmost durability are con ender pt (in a few how's when necessary), and are worn upon ~G i na or roots of teeth or by nervou4 persons for any T,. , ,L,4 of time, without pain Unpleasantness, or discomtott. t" I,..vention applied to tee li of ordinary or inferior con -0 rtnettort. Pat 01111 teeth or diseased stumps extracted with- P u L Pala ' No chloroform ! and perfectly safe. OS rEco -8 ASTIC ENAMEL, the exact colour of the natural teeth, 1,," il, all cases of stopping. Discoloured teeth restored, h - ',9 B e teeth fastened and a'l operations on the most approved ''UlelPles. Terms I;triztly ' moderate. Consultations free. 291, REGENT -STREET (3 doors from the Polytechnic). srANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in 0. ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily ti °4lll ces Whiskers and thickens hair, 3s. 6d. sent tree for ke,'"'ra onPg.—A, Id X. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London. aY Hair. ALEX. ROSS'S BLOOM of ROSES, 3s. 6d., or 5t stamps. E ... IMPLE REMOVER.—AII. diseases of the akin are Improved by one do3e of ALEX. ROS,'S EGET.ABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redneEs. sal pWnets, &o. 26. 9d.; by pc st for 43 stamps.—ALEX. JIOSS, 'I B . lit, h Holborn, London. . A LF,X. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, ls., o r 14 stamps. AIII-CURLIN G FLUID, 218, High Holborn, Lndiee Lo ndon.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ouri, at 3,8 ,pr Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold 14 • w.; stamps 20 sent free, for 51 e,tamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, or LIQUID ROUGE is or 18 stamps. G R E Y 11A1R.248, High Holborn, London.— intirn.,LX ROSS'S HAIR. DYE produces a perfect colour t ural 'ulately it 1,4 used. It is permanent, and perfectly na il). efr e it. Price 3g. rd ; sent by post for 54 stamps. I' A DIEs HAIR DYED , f rom 1 guinea.; Gentle from 10s. 6d. O SCIENT IFIC AND ORNAM ENTAL PR ESENTS. RNAME NTS for the D raw i ng -room, an 1 pining-room, sonsisting of a new and e , egil.l e t,aaj n r k. 1.!•.11 t ar t ASES,Figurea, Groups, Can dlesticks,Bo,ol! Library, nz e ln Italian, Allit,)a. :eantiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, ' Sint!. l&O. lea pert ' 1 --r, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire . —l, Rine. r ,., eft and anufactured by JAMES TENNAri , merist to he r o jsty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. tillusr.aennmit of ROCKS. arranges elementary collections of L ii ,ALS, and FOSSIL% to illustrate the new edition t..._ ✓ Te 5 Elements of Geology; they wi ll greatly fieitttate 4,1% tnteresting study of MINER OGY and GEOLOGY, ; 1 eau be had at 9., 5, 10, 20, 50, to 5 )0 guineas each- . It ItACarICAL I NSRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MINJC_ OG Y Is given by , Mx.TENNAN r.F.G.S.. at 149. Strand. 111)}"t.A- P NESS,—The SOUND MAGNIFIER, and iler Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits into the ear, not th e c i e l P t ible ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises . in tc , 1 ead is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief chore Persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at in " and public assemblies. Every other kind of hear street, instrument. Messrs. SOLOMON, 39, Albemarle reet, Piccadilly. SUBSCRIPTIONS for the WIDOW and for„I,9IRILDREN. of the late Captain R. 11. GRONOW, l ectio " Y of the Grenadier Guards, and. Author ef " Recol ,Pari t,t,s , , ancl Anecdotes," " Celebrities of London and has f " m • Captain Gronow, who lately died in Paris, ra eft a widow and four young children, by his second ftreraye utterly destitute, without means to defray his Gr i p" ex Penses, or even to purchase brTid. Captain his brotzra, inherited by his father, in favour . of roman. and the small income whih Z derived from the inter eat of a sum charged on the family frE4to ceased with his life ; while the sums he received in eln time to time for his " Recollections" were expended fat i l °v iding for the increasing expenses of his young o f 3113.: Under these distressing circumstances the friends appealauatne Gronow in Paris came to her aid, and they now London to the liberality of her late husband's friends in ,:ndon, and also to the readers of his Reminiscence; for chuntarirebtions to enable her to maintain_ and educate her enuibscriptions received by Messrs. SMITH, EIDER ' and and"', e 5 Cornhilland 45 Pall-mall ; and by Messrs. Cox c „,? .. ___ , , F3t . r.Z' 44 NWOOO, ILrmy Agents, Craig's-court, Parliament --vt. 1),_,N0 MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. U BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids' Yields and Infants' Food, THE REVALENTA. ARABICA, three times as much assimilating and strengthening Itl.curishment as the best meat, and restores perfect diges slee I ° l 3, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshi ng p, functional regularity, and energy to the most disor- Idered or enfeebled—removin g speedily and effectually in gestion (dyspepsi a ), coug h , asthma, consumption, ha itual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, nßniorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervous ess, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, tarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head I , c 'ad ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, erupt . m . ns, Pal"YBteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, pitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, :;.„,in, s, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, --- Ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, si n.s In the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders.. , i ,'l the most digestible of all foods and suitable for in s and infants in all complaints. or :le quote a few out of 62,000 Cures:—Cure No. 58,216 plaint Marchioness de Breban, of seven years' liver cora ivill.hcti wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, t "' a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, con rati'3 ant leeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous tl°rdon. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the county ~._ aterford ;-1. have derived much benefit from your Jeellent food. --Stuart de Decies, Dromana, 'Cappoquin, county Waterford. Cure No. 54,816, from the Rev. James folk.ataPholl, syderstone Rectory, near Fakenham, Nor the liver an cases of indigestion, and particularly when b e i is more than usually affected, 1 consider it the . e- of all remedies. It regulates the bile, and makes it Fi t;:' in eases which would not admit of mercury in any earliest In short, a healthy flow of the bile is one of the _ and hest symptoms. You can make what us_e you 7 ,.e.. of this c ommunication.—l am, gentlemen, James 1,1 3 , , aalPholl. Cure No. 52,422.—8 ridge House, Frim aPitti Bur roY ;-- Thirty-three years' diseased lungs,. the ears' of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in zeur,iitra, constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and hie , have been removed by your Revalenta Arabica. My azeperfeet, bs,,,gs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my hear and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaint- Of n B fi James. Roberts, Timber Merchant. Cure No. 49,832. h oe Y Years' i ndescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervous- Nos,, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sick and Volniting- .-- Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure • 47 121 icolldrge'stiOn— Miss Elizabeth Jacobs ; of extremenervousnss, , m . , gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. dia,c,„4, 56,814. —Mr. Saml. Laxton,Leicester, of two years' 48.,," 1: ca• The food is sold in canisters, 11b. 2s 9d ; 21b., 6, "". ; 121 b., 21s. ,• 241 b., 40a. Super-refined quality, 11b., 24 21 h., 1 2s. ; 51b., 225. ; 10Ib., 335. The 101 b., 121 b., and by bacanistters, carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, Pi g , p r a,... , 11 Barry and Co., 77.. Regent-street, London ; Wise "'"iPs, Tea Dealers, 3, King William-street ; like gai-_a_.tr6s, Gra ckaburch-street ; 4, Chenpside : 49, Bishops- Strand ' 6 t eet Within • 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, read. 9; 54, ,.. Upper ' Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court- C 10 5,; .., uPper-street, Islington N.; Harvey, Notting-hill terra.. zrothers, 65, High -street ; and Stubbs, Quee s Q. 1 .0 cc, St. John's -wood, London ; and all respectable cora and Chemiss.—Beware of spurious imitations. N°. 23,055. To be had at all the Libraries. HE NEWT AND POPULAR NOVELS. SIR OIVEN FAIRFAX. By Lady EMILY PONSONBY. BOUND TO THE WHEEL. By Jonx A NOBLE LIFE. By the Author of " John Halifax.' HESTER'S SACRIFICE. By Author of "St. Olave's.' FALKNER LYLE. By MARK LEMON. BEYOND THE CHURCH. MIRK ABBEY. 3 vols. (Just ready). Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. New Edition, now ready, price Is., HOW TO GET FAT ; or, Leanness, its Causes and Cure. By JOHN HARVEY, M.D., F.A.S., L.S.A., Landon. By the same Author, price 2e. 6d.; Cheap Edition. Is. TfIE RENEWING OF LIFE. A Practical Guide for Self- Preset vation, embracint; the Treatment of r ervousness. Indigestion, and various Affections of the Nervous System. London : Dean and Son, 65, Ludgate-hill, F.C. Limp cloth, price Is., SYSTEMATIC MEMORY ; or, How to Make Bad Memory Good, and a Good Memory Better. By T. MACLAREN. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. 210 pages, boards is. 6d., cloth 25., VEGETABLE COOKERY; including a com plete Set of Recipes for Pastry, Preserving. Pickling, the preparation of Sauces, Soups, Beverages, &c., &c. London: F. Pitman, 10, Paternoster-row. Second Edition, extra cloth, price Is. 6d., 011IIE LITTLE THINGS OF NATURE. By LEo 11. G RIN DON, Author of " Life : ite Nature," &c. "It has seldo;n been our lot to read a book more beauti fully written and man/deeply interesting than the one be fore us"—Christian News. " lie presents scientific facts, whether physical or metaphy sical, in a form which makes them far more relishable than the most imaginative novels."—•Norfolk News. Loudon • F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. Veal). Bvo., extra cloth gilt, ed,;cs. pr'c'_. 3s. Gd., J. OVE: a Selection from the best Poets, by THOMAS SHORTER, Editor of "A Book of English Poetry," a c. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. Cheap Reissue of L ECTURES by the Rev. HUGH STOWELL BROWN. VoL 1 , containing "Five Shillings and Costs," and eleven other Lectures, price 10i. Vol. 2, containing Twelve Lectures, price 10d. Vols. I and 2, bound to„;ether in cloth, price 2s. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. iIIURGLARS DEFIED.—JOHN TANN begs Affi . to invite the public to inspe t his new PATENT FIRE and WEDGE-ItESISTING SAFES and IRON DOORS, which (an be seen at Ws Patent Lock and Safe Warehouse, Walbrook, London. LIGHT! LIGHT! LIGHT! MATHEWS'S GAS LAMPS, Square or Globe, of every size and design. Al 6 inch Bent Top square Lamp, Tainted and glazed, 25s ; a 6 Inch powerful Rtfle3t ing Lamp, with pendant iron and burner con , p7ete, £2 2s 21 and 52, High-street, I loomsbury. Publicans and other Lamps redecorated equal to new. POPULAR DWELLINGS in POPULOUS and SUBURBAN DISTRICTS. Mr. JAMES MO wri ME It invites attention to his patented Plans for Improved Separate Dwellings for all classes, which embrace an increase of Street paving for each storey, public staircases, promenades, gardens, schools, reading, lecture, dining, and warerooms, baths, &c. ; also workshot s, with or without steam pow( r, and perfect separation of tenants, to realise upwards of 12 per cent.—Further information of Mr. J. Mortimer, SQ, Queen's-road, Dalston, N.H.; or of Mr. J. Dunbar, 4, WeAminster-chambers, Victoria-street, West minster, S.W. HELIO-SCENE.—This very Handsome SUN BLIND is more effectual in keeping out the sun than any other, for the otvious reason that the hoods overlap ea^h other, so as to place a double layer of cloth between the sun and window glass ; also the wide, open space between each hood insures copious ventilation and the gnat advant lE,'e of a clear view —R. LOWTHER and CO., 31, Regent-street, near Piccadilly. All kinds of blinds made and repaired. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. 11. THE PRINCESS OP WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used In the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c. PHILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE BEST AND CHEAPEST. STRONG to FINE SLACK TEA, Is. 6d., 25., 2s. 6d., 35., 'la d. Most 4 aucia.uus ifiam . Pure, Etch, flare, Choice Coffee, Is. id.. is. 6d, ls. PIIILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCRANTS, P, King William-street, City, London, E.C. A price current free. Sugars at market prices. PHILLIPS and CO. 'lend all geods Carriage Free within right miles of .•o. 8, King William-street, 403. worth C.ir riage Free to any at ailway Station or Market Town in Eng - - land. Phillips and Co. have no Agent'', nor any connection with any house in Worcester or Swansea. DEFRIES and SONS beg to call the special ty • attention of Merchant; and the Trade to their NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER, With Circular Wick, which for simplicity of construction, great brilliancy of light, perfect combustion. and its entire freedom from heat, sur passes everything that has yet been introduced. ASTRA LAMPS can be obtained from the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 417, Strand, and from all Ironmongers and Lamp Wan houses in Town and Country ; and the Patentee, 16 and 17, Commercial street, NWhitechapel ASTRA, PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.) AsTR A (Patent) LAMP, for MINERAL OIL. AS TRA LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW PATTERNS for the Season now on show. TABLE GLASS, ENGRAVED AND CUT. JT DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, CO3IMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. j DEFRIES and SONS, J• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL -STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, L 1 18s. 6d. BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety. £lls. JDEFRIES and SONS , • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle. T DEFRIEE, and SONS, v• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL CHAND ELIER S. In the Grecian and Venetian Designs. R and S t./ • 16 and 17. CO 31 MERCIAL-ST REET. BRONZX ID AND ORMOLU CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Dining-room. JDEFRIES an d S ONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL -STREET. CRYSTAL LAMPS AND WALL LIGHTS (Registered) for India. T DEFRIES and SONS, t.l • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS for the above Goods promptly executed. Works -LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. T DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. DEFRIES and SONS tY• Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free. I DEFRIES and SONS' • TEMPORARY SHOW ROOMS. 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITEC EIAPEL, Five Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment, 147. HOUNDSDITCH. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected trom 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, item the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, R 5, Queen •streets. Cheapalde; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. 11 0YAL 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-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LES, KG President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. This Hospital, founde 1 in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of fr ee admission to the sick poor,'without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t es . It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the Jestitute 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 Hospital are capable of containing several nundred more beds, had the Committ7.l the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Bias . - ermn,n, Esq., Nichol:to-1331P; also by Mesars. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Uo. ; and Co. ; Bar: ILI, and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co, ; W .Iliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and C o . ; Ni sbet and Co.,Berners-street ; I. Barned a n d Cu., Liverp ool; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. sTANIMLD SAIITI3, tieOretazy, THE SUN. LONDON, - TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1866. QUBSCRIBERS of TEN GUINEAS to the INTERNATIONAL lIORTICULTURAL MEETING receive one banquet ticket - one personal ticket, admitting all four days of the show--seven guinea tickets, admittinz first day—and two cards, admitting three each to the conver sazione. I TE R NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. Tickets may be obtained of the principal Nurserymen, and at— Austin's, St. James's Hull. t. happen s, New Bond-street. Cock, Add son, and Co.'s, Reg en t-s treet. Keith and Prowse's, Cheap- side. Lacon ant 011icr's, New Bond-st-ect. Letts and Son's, Royal Ex- change. Mitchell's, Bond-street. Oliivier's, Nov Bond-street. Sam's, St. James's-street. Westerton's, St. George's place. 1 W. S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BADEN ilk and UP IV TIJF AIR, an entirely New Entertain ment. EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday); saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross Luxurious sofa walls, 3s ' • balcony stalls, 35.; area, 25.; amphitheatre, ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats secured at the Hall from Eleven io Five. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, ST. JAMES'S HALL. EVERT EVENING at Eight. WEDNESDATS and SATURDAYS, at Three and Eight,—The original and veri tably legimate CHRISTY MINOTRELS. First Season in London these five years. The only company in existence which possesses a legal claim to the title, from the fact of.its being the only one which retains all the marked specialities and distinguished favourites who originally gained the re putation of the company first in the United States, and sub sequently in this country, in 1857. No other company as suming the title of Christy Minstrels possesses a single in dividual member of the least distinction who belonged to the original troupe. The Christys (after an absence of five years) return to London with their band strengthened and im proved in every respect, their entertainment being unani mously pronounced by the metropolitan press to be the most sparkling in London. Prices of Admission—New and luxurious fauteuils, ss. ; stalls, 3s. ; area. 26. ; gallery, Is. ; juveniles, under twelve, half price to stalls and area only. Fauteuils and stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street; or at Mr. Austin's, 25, Piccadilly. - Manager, Mr. Frederick Burgess. T H 0 X F OR 1), 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. The Oxford and Cankrbury Hall Company (Limited', _ _ . _ fl` I WF.ItE KTNG', Comic On , ‘rn. by A DALPTIF. A Dim, having been enthusiastically received, will be performed, together with IL TROVATORE and MASA.NIELLO, by the whole of the talented Operatic Company EVERY EVENING in addition to the other novelties of the estab -I.shment, including the ce'ebrated HUNGARIANS in their new entertainment, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr, RANDALL, (yid Messrs. PERSIVANI and D'REIONDE. Notice.—The Last Night of the Hungarians' appearance in England. Admission—Area, (d ; stalls and balcony, Is ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. dd. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET, EASTER HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models of the most distinguished Personages of the day (including those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and GUS TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last Holidays ; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies, taken from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the notorious CHARLOTTE WINSOR. 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This method does not require toe extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and wilt support and presf rve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful In mastication. cies may be swamped by voters living in unrepre sented towns. The scheme of distributing the 49 seats saved by diminishing the representation of small boroughs seem on the whole equally fair with the disfranchisement clauses. An additional mem ber is to be given to each division of a county con taining, ex2lusive of Parliamentary boroughs, more than 150,000 inhabitants—South Lancashire, which has a population of more than 600,000, forming two divisions—and 26 members are thus to be added to the counties. An additional member is to be given to each of the four boroughs—Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds—now having each more than 200,000 inhabitants, and an addi tional member to Salford, now having only one re presentative, though containing :more than 100,000 inhabitants. The representation of the Metropolis is to be increased by dividing the Tower Hamlets into two boroughs, and creating a new borough of Chelsea and Kensington. Burnley, Stalybridge, Gravesend, Hartlepool, Middlesbury, and Dews bury are to become Parliamentary boroughs, each returning one member, the London University is to be constituted an Electoral constituency, and the seven seats still remaining are allotted to Scotland. The redistribution scheme of the Government is fair and moderate. The number of small boroughs dealt with might, perhaps, have been increased with advantage, and we have pointed out a defect in the scheme of grouping which might even now be re medied ; but in disposing of the seats obtained for distribution by the first part of the scheme the claims of the counties and of the great centres of industry have been impartially considered. Some members will, perhaps, regret that, at a time when so many " three-cornered" constituencies are intended to be created, no proposal is made to revive the plan for representing minorities contained in the bill of Lord Aberdeen's Government in 1854 ; but it is probable that the Ministry have rightly gauged the wisdom of Parliament in abstaining from such a step. On the important question of boundaries the pro posals are less satisfactory, but it is evident that the Ministry are ready to consider any practical sugges tion for fairly defining the limits of Parliamentary boroughs. There is some simplicity in Mr. Glad stone's scheme for evading the difficulty, since the proposal that Parliamentary and municipal boroughs shall be conterminous can only make the determina tion of municipal boundaries henceforth what it has not been hitherto—a political question. Mr. Glad stone objects to the proposal contained in Lord Derby's bill, which would have given to the Enclo sure Commissioners the task of fixing the limits of Parliamentary boroughs, on the ground that the power is too great and too vague to be thus dealt with, though it is in fact nothing more than to re neat, through a definite existing body, what was done in 1832 through a special commission appointed for the purpose. It cannot, however, be impossible to settle the boundary question, if all parties consent to deal with it in a spirit of fairness, and in that case the Redistribution Bill incorporated with the Fran chise Bill may easily become a satisfactory measure of Reform. There are some clauses in the Franchise Bill which it is now confessed would produce effects not intended by its framers, and it may therefore be presumed that they will be withdrawn with little, if any, reluctance. It remains only to determine how Parliament shall deal with the two bills now before it, and though Mr. Gladstone refused last night, in reply to Mr. Disraeli and Sir Hugh Cairns, to do more than express his readiness to con sult the convenience of the house of Commons, subject to the one condition that Reform be not allowed to drop, we think there can be little doubt that the plan recommended by Mr. Bouverie is that which ought to be pursued. The second reading of the Redistribution Bill is fixed for Monday next, and if, as we hope, it passes this stage after no very prolonged discussion, the house can go into committee on both bills at the same time, and then fuse them together. Whether it will be possible to pass the composite measure thus formed this session must depend very much on the good sense of indi vidual members and the , sagacity of the leaders on both sides, but especially of the Opposition. It is most obviously for the interest of the latter, as it is for the good of the country, that the spirit of reform should be laid at rest; they have now the opportu nity of accomplishing this result, and that under the i most favourable conditions, if they will only resist the temptation of snatching a temporary triumph over their opponents. "ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES."--It is with any ,„fAAIIR/2.....0f satisfaction that we lished in the Times of last Tuesday, of a recent interview between the IVashington correspondent of that journal and the President of the United States. In explanation of that occur rence, the Times of Wednesday declares that the President, unlike the Sovereigns of Europe who are hedged round with divinity, " can talk with anybody about public affairs without impropriety or offence. He can address a mob," says the leading journal, " from a platform or an open window ; he can hold conversations which the post will convey next day to the furthest corner of the Union ; and he may explain and unbosom himself to the correspondent of a European jour nal." Further on, the Times states that the "President gave full permission that the details of this remarkable conference should be made public." The American people have been represented by Charles Dickens and other caricaturists as utterly destitute of propriety. Whether justly or not, they have borne the character of an ill-mannered and uncouth race, who do not scruple to disregard all social amenities, who by instinct place their feet on chimney-pieces and expectorate on drawing-room carpets, and who, in a word, are mainly remark able for those traits of character which shock the refined and disgust the sensitive. But while these and similar caricatures, which have been manufac tured at the expense of the Americans, are destitute of the slightest foundation of truth, it is admitted that they do not, as a people, hold themselves bound by those strict and rigid conventional rules of etiquette which are observed in some civilised countries, and which common sense teaches are absurd and foolish. If an American citizen asks an interview with the Executive, lie does not think it necessary, on being ushered into " the presence," to prostrate himself and kiss the Presidestial toe, nor even to address him as " Your high and mighty Puissantness !" On the contrary, lie addresses the President as he would any other gentleman, and expects to be treated in return, not with official hauteur nor offensive condescension, but with that easy and respectful urbanity with which gentlemen always meet each other. But underlying this fa miliarity, which is only another name for self-re spect, there is always prevalent in the minds of all intelligent Americans a deep and abiding respect for the Presidential office. Englishmen regard with jealousy the slighest infraction of the dignity of the Crown, and have made it a penal offence to speak of the Sovereign in terms of disrespect. But we do not scruple to assert that no intelligent man in England venerates the Queenly office more highly, or is more jealously alive to its dignity, than are the people of the United States to that of the Chief Ruler of the Land. Indeed, we believe and maintain, in common with all Americans, that the office of President of the United States is an office of greater power, greater honour, and greater dignity than that held by any Sovereign in Europe. Kings and Queens and Emperors are born, not made. They reach their high position not by the force of character nor by the public choice, but by the accident of birth. In all intelligent commu nities, that man who, by honesty, industry, and intelligence has accumulated a fortune, is more honoured than his neighbour who has simply ob tained a competence by some lucky accident. So an office which represents the free choice of a great nation is more honourable, and ought to be more honoured, than that which is reached by means entirely independent or in defiance of the wishes of the people. For the same reason that the American people are proud of the Presidential office, they would also desire to be proud of the President. He is not only the embodiment of law and power, but should also represent the refinement and the civilisation of the people. If he fails to do this he grievously offends and outrages the nation. When a little more than a twelvemonth ago the Vice-President Elect ap peared on inauguration day in a state of inebria tion, his offence was more serious, and was felt to be more serious, than almost any political misde meanour which he could have committed. The whole people, Republicans and Democrats, were alike shocked ; and a universal feeling of disgust and sorrow pervaded all classes. We put the case not one whit too strongly when we declare that the American people would sooner forgive Brechin ridge his treachery, or even Jeff. Davis his treason, than to tolerate another such an exhibition as that which disgraced the nation cn the 4th March, 1865. The late " remarkable conference" between the PRESIDENT of the United States and a Correspon dent of time London Times is dec th la e re p d re b s y i jour nal to be highly honourable to do not profess to understand that peculiar t ctehn t i O IV o ef" honour" which forms the stock-m- m ra_d d e iy o w f h t e h n e Times, but we are putting the case very e il _ =and we declare that among the four or fiv th PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. loyal Americans now in London, there are very few who have not, ever since the publication of that ac count in the Times, walked the streets of this metro polis with a personal sense of humiliation and degradation. We speak of that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, when we assert that of all the vagaries of President Johnson none have so completely disgusted his coun a least, unruly trymen and rende r ed th em so h ear t- s i c k as this. They f ee l, as A mer i cans, t h at t h e i r President s h ou ld b e reticent in speech, and should make hi mse lf h ear d t h roug h his official utterances and hi s p u bli c ac t s . B ut if hi s tongue i s so t t that h at it e cannot shohld be a restrained,ddress himself they eel, his o f wn people, and n o t t o a pro f esse d pu bli c enemy of his country and the institutions which he re presents. The London Times has so often out raged, and insulted, and calumniated the American nation, that when the President consorts with it or any of its r epresentatives, all • Americans feel that his indiscretion is h' like insa nity, and that, instead something ing very a Congressional !ai lment, a me di cal commission to inquire into his mental condition would be the more appropriate. We have felt it our duty t to comment in very plain terms on what we cannot but consider the most deplorable indiscretion ever committed by a President of the United States. But we de sire not to be misunderstood by our English friends. We are most sincerely a • nxious that the people of this country should respect the American people; and any attempt on the part of the PRE SIDENT, consistent with dignity and decency, to con ciliate the good opinion of England, would be not only unobjectionable, but highly commendable. If President Johnson had instructed Mr. Se war d to explain his domestic policy to Sir Frederic Bruce, for communication to the Government and th e people of Great Britain, we might have questioned the expediency, but not the decency, of the pro ceeding. In giving a two hours' conference to a representative of a foreign newspaper,fur the purpose of explaining to such an auditor the _ details of his domestic policy, he is placed in himself the position of one who, having arrayedforeigners against his own people, appears to and detractors for support and sympathy. If any of our English readers imagine we are putting this matter too strongly, let us ask them what they would think of their Queen if she were to send for the representative of the New York Herald, and, in a two hours' audience, condescend to explain to that sapient individual the differences between the Ministry and the Opposition in Par liament on the subject of Reform ? The President of the United States occupies the same relative position as the Queen of the United Kingdom. He is the highest personage in the land—alike the Go vernor and the Commander-in-Chief. An act which would amount simply to a folly if perpetrated by any other becomes in him not merely a grave misdemeanour, but a high crime—a crime against the society which he represents. As such his late indecorous conversation with the Times' Cor respondent will be regarded by his intelligent countrymen. We do not venture to predict the feeling with which that conversation will be received in America when its details become known, but we think it not out of place to state that the mail of this day will carry out letters from several prominent Americans n London, addressed to Secretary Seward, and remonstrating against this latest vagary of the President, which is felt to reflect so much discredit upon his high office. And it is right to add that many who most cordially support the President's reconstruction policy, and who most strenuously oppose the recent proceedings of Con gress, will join in the expression of their regret and shame at the transaction to which we have adverted. Railway and other Companies. MAGIC PHOTOGRAPHY. AGACIC PHOTOGRAPFIY.—Th Trade and IC ShiPPerS Supplied by Messrs. ANGERERS, SON, FRUWIRTII, and Co., Manufacturers and Patentees, 146, Cheapside, London, E.C. MAGIC PHO T OGRAPHY. —Surprising and interesting amusement. 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TIMES.--The Bill for the Redistribution of Seats I introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night is so simple in its conception, so practical in its details, and, as far as we can at present de termine, so just in its principles, that we ask with wonder why it was not introduced before. A ready answer would be that the plan of the bill has only recently been accepted by the Government, and it might even be insinuated that it had been moulded to suit the temper of the House of Com mons ; but, if Mr. Gladstone was rightly under stood last night, this explanation of the mystery must be set aside, since he insisted that the Cabinet had all along determined upon what they intended to propose. We are driven to attribute the great mistake which has been committed to some evil genius whose baneful advice lured the Government to the very brink of ruin. Nothing has been gained by keeping back the Redistribution Bill ; on the contrary, much precious time has been lost, and sus picions of the designs of the Ministry excited, which are more easily roused than allayed. The chief re sult of the false strategy adopted is that -we have now before us a complete measure, which, with some few alterations not affecting its principles, might be made acceptable to reasonable men of all parties, and serve as a settlementof reform for a generation; and we are distressed by doubts whether, by any possible compression of debate, the measure can be passed beforeParliamentis prorogued. The question is one of time, and we have lost so many days in the preliminary skirmish that the result is doubtful. The outline of the Redistribution Bill is simple. No constituency is disfranchised, but some constituen cies returning two members are deprived of one of , them, and no less than 41 small boroughs are grouped together according to their geographical re lation in 16 groups, returning one or two members each, according to their population. Forty-nine seats are thus obtained, 26 of which it is proposed to dis tribute among the counties, 16 among the boroughs, and seven are to be bestowed upon Scotland. Par liamentary are to be made conterminous with mu nicipal boundaries now and henceforth, and a bill is to be laid upon the table giving the Queen in coun cil authority, subject to the assent of Parliament, to extend municipal boundaries from time to time, upon the petition of the inhabitants of the boroughs to be extended and of the suburbs to be included within them. These are the principal details of a scheme which can shock no one either as inadequate or too sweeping., The boroughs deprived of a member and grouped together are those whose population in 1861 was less than 8,000. In proposing to diminish the privileges of these petty towns, Mr. Gladstone acknowledged that according to recent experience they did not serve now as the nursing-places of young statesmen, whatever they may have done for merly; and it is not necessary to serutinizetoo closely his statement, indicating some lingering fondness for them, that small boroughs are not proved to be more corrupt than their larger neighbours. The resolution to deal only with boroughs numbering less than 8,000 inhabitants according to the census of 1861 will, like any other rough-and-ready rule, produce many anomalous results, but it cannot be suspected of being adopted for party purposes. Ta vistock had a population somewhat exceeding 8,000 in 1861, and keeps its two members •, but the popu lation of Tavistock is now estimated at more than 9,000; while Stamford, which had 8,047 inhabitants in 1861 and now has no more than 7,638, is equally fortunate iii preserving its privileges. Chichester is another place which keeps its two members, though its population has fallen below 8,000. There is, so as to le ave some ant un d ou btedly, scope for management i n th e group ing together,redomin, but we do no t dis coverf traces of it in the groups proposed by th e G ov ernment. Boroughs in which Cabin e t Mi n i s t ers and prominent members of the Government are in terestedfare no better than the rest. It is intended to give one member to each group containing less than 15,000 inhabitants, two members to the more popAlous groups ; and, accordingly, we find Totnes coupled with Dartmouth and Ashburton, so that the three will return but one member instead of four, Richmond and Northallerton returning one instead of three, and Ripon, Knaresborougli, and Thirsk returningtwo inste a d o f fi ve. W e do not think any objection can reasonably be taken to the groups proposed to be formed, but it would have been an obvious improvement if other small towns not now represented at all had been added to these groups. The million of L such towns would .help the process of purifica tion which it is one object of grouping to attain, and would have been a prudent concession to the jealousy w hi c h apprehends that county constituen- SUNNINGDALE AND CAMBRIDGE TOWN. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, for the purpose of considering a bill for altering, in some particulars, the authorised construction of the railway and its extensions ; Mr. Moon in the chair. The bill empowered the directors to make some judicious alterations in the railway, and to raise £20,000 capital wa required for the purchase of lar.d. It had been estimated that the cost of land would be £7,000, but the estimate would be exceeded. After a short discussion, in which some dissatis faction was expressed at the delay in the commence ment of the works, the bill was approvcd. GIRVAN AND KIRKPATRICK. The second half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday at Stranracr ; Mr. D. Guthrie in the chair. The report stated that the undertaking bad met with encouraging support in Wigtownshire and Ayrshire; a large number of farmers had subscribed, and some of the larger landowners had agreed to take the value of their property required for the railway in shares of the company. The directors deemed it of the highest importance that all the capital should be subscribed before commencing the works. The heavier portion of the works, how ever, if deemed expedient, might be commenced on an early day. First-claes steamers now per formed the passage daily between Stranraer and Belfast. They were put on by the Caledonian Railway Company, the ultimate success of 'A hich service would mainly depend on the opening up of direct communication with Glasgow, Ayrshire, and the West of Scotland. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said they did not expect to raise all the capital in the district, and that they depended for support on the Glasgow and South-Western Com pany, who had already promised them £50,000. The establishment of their line was essential to the successful maintenance of the short sea paseage. The report was adopted and the directors and auditors were re-elected. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in the House of Commons Committee, Group 1, the Edgware, Highgate, and London, the Great Northern (Potters' Bar, &c.), and the Barnet Bills stood over. The East London (Eastern Exten sion), being unpposed, was referred to the Chairman of Committees. The Hounslow and Metropolitan was proceeded with and adjourned, and the pre amble of the North Metropolitan was proved. In Group 10 the preamble of the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction was proved. The Hey sham Pier (Railways), being unopposed, was re ferred to the Chairman of Committees ; and the Shrewsbury and North Wales (Meifod Valley Ex tension, &c.) was proceeded with and adjourned. In Group 15, in the case of the Great Yarmouth Fish wharves and Tramways, the preamble was proved. In the case of the Great Yarmouth Haven, Port, and Rivers the clauses were settled ; and the preamble of the Louth and Lincoln was proved. In Group 16 the Great Western Bill was postponed until Fri day ; and the Bute Docks, Cardiff, Bill was pro ceeded with and adjourned. GREAT EASTERN STEAMSHIP (LIMIT ED). The ordinary general meeting of this c ompany was held yesterday at the London Taver n ; Mr. D. Gooch, M.P., in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, said the directors regretted being so late in holding the meeting, but completed. the delay had enable d them to say that the new cclhiaarrtteerr iad iolftieship had b been seal he thought, a very favour a ble one for their corn bed by ro n t h parties, on'pl eted' and was, The pany. It se cured them £20,000 a year for the use of the ship , whether the laying the cable should prove s uccessful or not, but havin g b een on ofon board r a t h e ship last ye ar, and havin g seen the whole ' t the operations in laying the cable, it had very i nc reased his confidence , and he thoughtgreatly quite Poss ible with proper tackle to raise up it the cable already laid. the end of They raised about a mile last year, bat the inade quate, broke. However, the tackle, being time provided with pro ship would go out next doubt they would be er tackle, and he had no fully and able to raise the cable success complete 't i , - which would entitle them to 1...tv the £50,000 preference stock. lay the new cable froth Ireland . -fo a she went out, which, if successft/I — , wo entitle them to £25,000 stock, and on her return would lay the remainder of the first cable; so that if they should be able to lay and complete the two cables success fully, they would have the £50,000 preference stock for the first cable, and the £25,000 stock for the second cable, which would of itself make a very large dividend. Under the new charter they were in re ceipt of £l,OOO a month, out of which they proposed to appropriate £6,000 for a dividend at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum, by whieh they would be placed in the position, as Great Eastern shareholders, of having got one dividend out of the great ship. lie would be glad to answer any questions that might be asked. Mr. BARBER seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report. In reply to a question it was stated that the direc tors did not intend to issue further shares during the time the ship was chartered, as they had no use for additional capital. There was some probability that a third cable would be laid, if the two others were successful. In the two years they would receive £40,000 for the use of the ship, awl if succesSful, the other contingent advantages. Mr. PYFINCII thought they had better reserve all the money to fit out the ship for the American trade after the cables were laid. Ile thought that a much larger sum than £20,000 a year should have been obtained for the use of the ship. Mr. ROBINSON read the new chaster for the ship, which gave an option to the charterers, after laying the two cables, on giving 28 days' notice to keep the charter in force 12 calendar mouths longer ; and in the case of the successful laying of another cable, the Ship Company were to receive £lO per mile for each mile of cable laid. The Rev. Mr. NICHOLSON was much surprised that id a mo ny lndee o rb n s y e should ot nh e the bae d i rector s. r: d a i s n g s a e H t m i s ee fin c o ng rat u lat e d etd w T i th h y what we rt h eh ad g d eb b . : e t : ley n . indebted to the direetors for advancing money to pay the d epos i t for the purchase of the ship, and for all they had since done, and they all ought to feel very thankful to them forgetting the favour able terms they had got for the company. Mr. THORPE considered that if the present ar rangements were carried out successfully the ex isting shareholders would get back 15s. in the pound, leaving the Great Ship to stand in their books at a cost of ss. in the pound. He proposed th at all shares in arrear should be forfeited. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to various questions said that if they had asked for a large sum for 1-h ' . e use of the ship, they would not have got it. The capital for making the cable had been got with great diffi culty. The directors had done the best they could for the company under the circumstances, and if the operations were successful, the contingent advan tages might be worth from £75,000 to £lOO,OOO. The report and statement of accounts were una nimously adopted. The directors were requested to consider the propriety of forfeiting theunpaid shares forthwith ; Mr. Gooch, the retiring director, was re-elected ; Messrs. Banner and Son were reap- pointed auditors : and the directors were authorised to pay an interim dividend of 8 per cent. in July next. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. Theatrical Licenses and Regulations. The committee of the House of Commons ap pointed to inquire into the state of the law affecting theatrical licences and regulations reassembled yes terday—the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, M.P., in the chair. Mr. Tom Taylor was examined, and said that which was most objectionable at music halls was most at tractive. He did not think that if pieces of a higher class than were produced at music halls were given it would elevate the people who frequent them. He did not think that either authors or actors suffered from the present monopoly. He objected to everything which tended to turn the theatre into a public-house. The drama flourished more under monopoly than free trade, and it was patro- Niouid actVdcAte a regtfainz eten on ...patent theatres, especially with r9gard to burlesques. He would like to see a high-class theatre subsidised by Government, and maintained as a high school of art. He did not approve of political plays being pro duced. No censorship could put down plays at the present day. If the late Duke of Kent were intro duced as a character in a play, the public taste would immediately put down the play. Music halls ought not to be in the hands of men who looked only to what they put into their pockets, irrespec tiTe of the character of the pieces they put on the stage. He disapproved of burlesques, and thought they injured the dram and the actors. ':rhe present censorship of the drama operated well upon it. Ho was not in favour of licensing the music halls, so that they could perform dramatic pieces. Mr. Wigan, manager of the Olympic Theatre, was re-examined, and said he was in favour of free trade in theatres, and he believed that if to-morrow he built a theatre, the Lord Chamberlain would not, and in the present state of society dare not, refuse him a licence for that theatre. Mr. Nelson Lee was examined, and said there was more freedom at the music halls than could be indulged in at the theatres. The comic songs and the ballet were the chief attractions at the music halls. The permission to perform plays at the music halls would ruin those establishments as well as the theatres. He would not, even if permitted, allow drinking in any part of a theatre. He had no objection to the production of ballets at music halls. Mr. Turner, theatrical agent, said there was a great demand for actors, and he found considerable difficulty in supplying town and country managers. He did not think that music halls were a school for actors. A greater number of educated men joined the theatrical profession now than for merly, but still the actual number of actors who could be procured was less. Officers of the army and barristers frequently applied to witness for dramatic engagements, but he did not think that any of those gentlemen would like to feather their wings by flying to music halls. It was most objec tionable to have the drama performed before per sons who were smoking. Mr. Hollingshed, dramatic author, was examined previous to the adjournment of the committee. time in this country is about to bo produced for the first ea'a-hall on the Bth of at St. Jam J ames's- hell a concert to be given pital for Con- A GRAND WORK BY GoUNOD , called " Ulysses," , which has not sumption. A charming cantata yea _ w ill also be intro been performed here for twen s y alvra ; pleasing music to next month, in aid of the fun t d a s boyf We bers . duced ; besides Mendelgsom.„ The attractive character " Midsummer N i g ht's , D _ re :id e -apread interest felt in the c o e t r f t. ail to create an eager de of the music, ancyo' mand for tickets t ...„,,,, z zara'.... -- ~..xonsumption, and all nervous, bilious [ADYE---- liver complaints, in every stage, are only ag stomach, and a ccelerated by drugs of every o•ravated and description, but ,--- curable by Du Barry's health restoring Itevalenta perfec .ly above popular chafarrf Arabia Food, a s proved by thousand of 8 cases which too Y his ca co n n n beena conoldered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), coug h, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation distr.. bxa, a ll gastric derangements, heernorrhoids, liver com plaints, flatulency, nervousucs ~ biliousness' fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, n'ises in the head and cars, rheumatism, gout, inipuritics, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, pal pit at: on, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, &'. 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