The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-06 00:00:00

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MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND LUNCHEON BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET Pub k 4d. STAMPED sd. ON and After the Opening of the Queen's Theatre, Long-acre, EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVAN'S' to SUP. Alter Queen's Theatre............E% 7 AN5' to SUP. Alter Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Queen's heatre FVANs' to sIT Atter Qaecn's Tocatre . EVANS' to *UP. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB. At EVANS' COVENT-GA E DEN VOCAL. ENTERTAIN MENT, at Eh.ht o'Clock. JHANSI PRIZE MONEY. NEW NOVEL BY ARNOLD HEATH. Now ready at a 1 the Libraries, in 3 y0b..., EDITH'S MARRIAGE, By A RNOLD 11 EATIT, Her t and Blac'ittt, 13, Great Marlborough-strert. February, of moving that the circumstances of Ireland be taken into consideration. HACKNEY CARRIAGE ACT. 7111: N.1770.V.1L 13.1 NE CURRENCY. (One door from Regent-street). CUISINE FRANCAISE, &e. Nisi CUISINE Wines a t w h o l esa l e pr i ces. S p i r i ts and Beers, Ac. nD to rnorn for Parties, kIiPERS PREPARED AND SENT OFF TO --nE R. Terms, C:k'Sif.. (In On e aan. and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine p.m. to Alderman LAWRENCE gavo notice that immediately after the recess he should move that the taxation on hackney c trtiages be taken into consideration with a view to their revision, reelection, and equalisation. Lord EDAM gave notice of his intentim after the re cess to move for a sel,ct committee to inquire into the question of cab conveyance. (1 - .).o;71 .I"m'ir year. deli have for cyard in the 'pied by the ,essed to the many of th e salary being ;alculated on ig valuations ,n Admiralty' .meat direct g allowances ating valua illovrances—• ad upwards, £5OO, £5 O ; £35. T he )plied to the t-establishe d n dockyard; ted by par dered to be Irt of work lockyard on rts, Captain Portsmout h ,hened visits ;hips Sera Pis es, Capt• g . it yesterday 3odile, CaPt. .00ps to join ,rnumerarle o phratea an d Portsmout h • ith harbour , d proceeded earned abou t rking of h er the Stealn machinery ie Crocodile will call in at m of the 6th Alexandria was yester' hider stea . o3l l .wly appl ied is of a righ t Both trial 3 arty, C• 1 3" a, who on' lying of the , n appoin tec : btenclant 01 ired. •aph in the Tuesday, he compartl: Carter and er authera [. NI. Carl we n, arrived bih e l rvous, b l ast ed my a DT s ectl 4 - out Y e — yool A rut- -e a d e re cel l COns' cor' ast ht lol, o gr d el astric ,ves°' ne rvea, - 5, :The, ee"illue gout, co efe i t mEleepje` Sy' bitty, 6 or /1 , regna ncs clic" 3of th e $f sh oulde l f: , o l; )3 7 P" Ith -The h e' g 1 1 , t baneol o yl to Jets o ',,„P n etitlit. 3g,'Y u `:" R i » tot Pr a llith. sate du oie :. tim ber, ceased y de aueso t d Lieu Lea, t ,pf.l ),8 11 3 3 2 r . vee' l l E i r ti sic toe' s 039 e of tile . Ir h ous f h ' * e d. 5 lbS•z r. [ f,. d ig.; 32, Pic e 'd :Zs" 150, a" „Diets. , the Nile °I earl of 0 , Brigs ; out, S ° 1 11 ; B.Ei., o 0 1'0, a icbs bot 130 13 4' , of Sit 1 1 " b i ll f Bert, .10,1 ,bt• IKO 1:11 ) P ° nue; n eo >s hills, p N e w- „ soisb" l ; ;sq., 1 ' C Old gad et, 6 1 ' 4 ' E VI- ' v:0 11 l ily © C u oi '° 3lanager, CHARLES CASTLE. KIN MIAN'S 1,1, WI INKY. - DUBLIN TXTTUITTION, 1865. h i , 9 celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the I)rno ITI Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole brBthin Bottles, 3 s . Bd, at the Retail Houses in London , Alinleaal e a Aget inthe pm" nts •i al towns in England ; orA, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ( K ib ßerve the Rod seal, Pink Label, and Oork branded i nahaVa LL Whisk ." nVTTIAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION 14, it ti ( Inoorpor.tted by ,dot of Parliament. 1850), kbv 891 tr-L-STREET, COVILNT- GARDEN. LONDON. rem''" C l 2 S ILONFIY" unon Personal Security, Rills of Sale, pen • or Leasehold Proiery, for one, two, or three years. clif:/ ab le weekly, monthly, or qui.rterly. Bills promptly gated. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD 11ASPICE. Secretary. r r -U E 0 X F ORD, pon p i n 6, OXFORD-STREET, W.. R' the Week will be given a GRAND SELF.C; Atri trop, O ff enbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE pu cw IPERS and Felicien David's lIERCUL ANEITM. keitutPal artletea : Misses Russell, Rivera, and Fitz henry ; sad E lrY. Marler, R. Greene, and fle Brener. Full Band orna Instrumentalists : Miss Bryant ; Messrs. Paque, — oo urtZ. and Plumpton. T r MI : 2O Y. i!zo •by the L'EVIT ES. Miss anti Mr. FOSTER, '••••• HARDS, and Miss K ATE SANTLEY. bkr•— N " E X STODARE'S MARVELS of MAGIC on MON l'rtvat Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. blen ad b -THoXes, IS 10aEVE. ad. NING. ; stalls. balcony, and grand pro- Is. VV EST ON' S . GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietors, SWEASET and Howam. ''"REASED A'PTRACTION DURING THE CATTLE SHOW. Last Week of the Fijv v • '"" Y LITTLE FAMILY, THE HULINES. All the Comic Stars engaged. The MISSE S M • GREGOR, Scotc h D ue tti s t s. Red 7, 6Great LINGARD'S new Statues, King Theodore Iki nho ,ir Robert N ap i er, a t 9 . 30 .; HARRY LISTON, litrp,' Child, at 10.45; STEAD (the Cure). Miss CORRI Seri Coics KATE GARSTONE and VAW - 44, 11 00 N ,, the n Mar m vellou A s LMONTE DEL 5- Rip~aand DELEVANTE. Signor LERONI (from the ta Parii)ning. , and H. Baker's superb band of 30 per rti, Ev ery E ve 6 (1 ns ‘ad Balcony, l s . ; A rea , 6d. Private Boxes, 10e co . i . a c all he secured at the Office. Doors open at seven, ell e° at half-past seven. P. CORRI, Musical Director. re4ed BLE°I-AL NOTICE.—The Brothers DANIELS, the Musical Clowns, on MONDAY, Dec. 9. l i kbAM E IUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. ottbti!e-size PORTRAIT MODEL of THEODORE, King Of E.,Y,81111a, la now added ; also all the Kings and Queens o;gland, American Celebrities, &c. Room of Horrors. mitts fro mtill dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Ad le. ; children. under ten, 6d. ; extra rooms. 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. /it Sole Proprietor, Mr. R. R. 13tm4ELL. ril ent, B ), lna g'llificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establish tiaHan-4ring been Re-decorated in the highest style of ZOVVn it h r t„,b_v essrs. Rubi.rdt and other eminent artists, is Cn v- , N for the AITTUNiN SPIA.SON. Solo 14luphonion, ."' °s Ca; Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Doors open at half-plst 8. Admission, ls. ; Reserved Seats, 2e. NT/ f ELD , S PATENT PICKLES are per -Tut A h o e ; 3 tlY an D'S and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers c° Pner f rtle of JOHN RTIWIESS and SON, 107, Strand ---------(2 --- 4 _ 7° Y - atePs). London. N iII\TIS IT FLY • acting ingredienti in te the Dr ALlex. b-t tlfsa • (lAN rHARIDER ad OlL.whiA speedily b -t 1, 7 wh sker is and th lokeno hair, 1s ,58 ad. and 10a Ad: g lefi for RS, and lif t*mnol.— 12038. 21?, wu rcl. Londne, and all Chennista. --------..._____ " Tiile of a flair," lid. t/17°.11\ITYET/F U L DISCOVERY.—Corns l'el4 -1114 -4 "e 4" by n"" "EX. T lS re V i m n a U few hours, aParation gradu a lly dissolves the ,o ...21`8', n.,,,airifzli;kerivoitybornro7t.tonpirnln3c. and all tay e lo t a s t ts f . or 60 stamps. Fare Powder, Is. ,q k int-etTRLTN G FLUID, 2.18, High Holborn, "It ''n,." 4 ° o -- (LEX. Ross's CURLING FLUID curls o. Rc at 1;‘, 1 -- ‘rentleme n ' a hair I m mediately it 4 is au p le'l• d 144 stamps ld '44 4 4 ' ad. and 105 Rd ; sent free for 54, 8 , Hof all Chemi s t s . Advice tip3n all subjects of the Toilet. I I It-P147------rtleltiriairiocß. R A O T B R B ..- 8 T it itt ri p i y g 11 pHroodibnocorna It, p er r-4° ndot.—, an d fectlY na tte'7ll4l4:4tattfelitit l 'a7, i " le "i e : d. t i n 5 e. P 64 :7479, , 4 1..6 d ; sent by post ' -, and 144 , t . n . Ds , ann au ....,.ere , d-. iv Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. tiklit DESTROYER.-248, tolth".--ondon.-ALloy. BOSS'S DEPILATORY removes 1 Ugh Holborn, ve El tt i5 ' 4 464 hair from the face, neck. and arms , sent for 54, M, at m 144 aki u . f .„ Price 3s id, 5s 6d. and 10e 6d i 8 et„ of all Chmlsta. Skin Tonic se. Rd. ON T A , t. lo , l ,si t t) (4 - '-' REMOVER.—AII 1 0 ' N•r Nio .l4l improved hv one dose diseases ALEX. R of oS t B h 's e 'O"lnt., ~_ oil SKIN PILLS, They remove r_edneas. sal ta:t',.. 9, 4 gd and 7s 44,- or COSt for 4 and 100 stamps. '" , llts. ' ',OSS, 214, High Holborn. London, and all Che . ------ Advic e upon the Toilet. Fee, 25. 6d. tl. -.....________ Ahllt COLOUR WASH.—By damping the - ',,ten :: 1 nith this be autifully - perfumed Wash, in seven 4 '''' ti n ' 8 the hair -qvsai ocetsloial a s sum es sent for stenapa.-ALEX. ' ' 4 ' 111 9;h Tlo g iba n in . , Landon, and all Chemists. i "t "hlkhed, cd • sent by the author for 3 stamps, (IT Iler tk ..1 .-.(Vd t SS and BEAUTY ; , ..“5,.. -.....„..,__404:"-tranOf ntivbaAnkL:l3cle. rII4.OSS, It , tip, tOtive of articles and means nee for improving: being a Pamphlet 244, High Holborn, t 4 he I\l.. bp,s,l4.l,lllNraD RIr.D and SIXTY-SEVE N being maintained .„ 'xt,lip'' , UTE ORPHANS are ~ - NRII t Bu r r ORPHAN ASTLITII. CHARLES A. WALKER, Sea oftoe, °- ' es% FUNDS zreatly needed "i f l o i r nL ;l w ierr d su C p o p u o r rt t . , il.'--„........aCheapside, E.C. lIIIIRT, tit Ps IS M ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie ii- 11-,llted--a2 Slough, Buck s (formerly at Claphant- rise). P krill '47. Beep l? to ll"--- , 2 - 1 , er 'neat Gracious A be TESTY the QUA; Nrc. etrt.itti"t,ha e i o n in st o it e u s tt w on o. , 7 v : l 4. ll cheap g ß ia lii d e lT .E r . e c c . eived by the rt4NRY SYKES THORNTON. Treasurer. R-T.,„()ITAS TILSON, .T.P., Chairman of t he Board, 4. 1 .• t'rip,N. ItF.P,I) CATTLEY. W.., 411118 1 - : MACKENZIE, Secr e tar y Hon. Sec. lA'r NORTRERN HOSPITAL . Caledonian -road, Islington, N. 11,,,ts iu'aDeorted by Volunt try Contributions. t 4 ' ll h - N li tal h sre lieved 48i,954 patients since it was ' lt ' -54 at King's - D ross in 1856. Patients art admitted Iltp --'141it....... ft.et ; N T ° :Messrs. Barnett, Lloyds, and Co., 6 0 , Lombard -,e. essp ß .... T`--11`. Rrrotcpangsorn and Bonve • lii;. o l lla P l a c l it -m l: a i l D l.. s i e l m oN. il t () % la 11 - ""3") of MANAGEMENT of the 41 1 tiN t ' c) : l l)oN T t h '”. N .' 4t tenti . OMIT lIIC SPITAL wish to i) l , i e di ..;: i a r the r e(t o s f i thelr friends t , it t s li p n Mon-daring the av been alm eZstantly filled. and On m eat ' 1 the te r : o ° : l7 of the R o o:pita' has consequently t l 'are ""- Th """ all the friends of -4 IDath, ey trust, therefore, that 4n, a u4 4 , ,._ both in town and country, ill rally round Atlr,','" or t `unt prevent the necessity of cu w ria e l w lly o t a h t e ie n n s i e s - . 1''':4377.:11:ir r''nanltal by the admission of i A t , ^ ctt an .. '' 'NS earnestly needed. Co., Th readneedle-street ; Rankers Messrs. _.,40 , Itegent-street. B an an d Union Bank, IT- - 62 - flre + n JOHN R. WARREN. Clerk. ---.. a- ~r mend-street. W.C, 11 i tl - " - , ------- -- , 1 .o.,,';: 301 :-TE SOCIETY wishes to add another tv,-- Its i,- . , -0 the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer :t IPI - 1 -"Pn . fri entileas. young; females were rejected from r':, l'aat %,,,. ''S 'tad m. makin . g a total of 3,087, who have T").,' 'At's, 1:, 87 in r ir k m hx,,,. (In. ri ,'"rle the Committee wish to form woald be for ''o•e n 1;,;(alost children, from the age of 8 to 13. who trihlttn 4 mtrar trona the path of virtue. A l ,' i Ns l , l f f'as will h e teei red ,zratstally by the Secretary, ' 4 l' I ' l i';"'D'lr, RI. Qunqu.atenet Cheapside; or by Messrs 4 - Lenth ard- II trPfs . . 11 PLP or thlr e Nt )04, 11 , th e DESTITUTE SICK.— itous i4",, l ts l "ff u ri f 4 k,r i ;" 4 .P° T'IrAN FREE. HOSPITAL. Devon -447. TR.ltt tide , ' for the imine.ii ate ifratu t t triittni'tilnf it e a c e n . fn .„.l c , ,,: i f , P nri 'Z i, % . ey l e , ry -neisrs Barnett, LIND 3 Nation and Creed, wit ion 4 t ,,,, 31 IA t ",.....,., ene,y are ur g ently needed to -,„. tTosres and Co..l3 C 2, h L a n ir m m b a a n r . d- JNO. GUI? YEY p ity, GI.IO, CROXTON. Secretary. ()Y AL pi Ilty red th, i ...: .t'EB HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, - ~.n34,,- , l B% 'nedt ate vicinity of the Great Northern Bail 1i1,,... retro, ',.,,alag'a-crots. P str "i'ler ',lost Grr4ions Majesty the QUEEN. l' P L r i e4l, leZ t _l 4l „ lB Royal Highness the Prinoe of WA LEIIG. Ilsh" 11 0 R i `4113 (ir k the Duke of BUCCLEUCIL K.G. ii th e cithep prinDott!it.ef_o•un. del In the year 11128, the first to este). Dla d taY and Pte tree admissio n to the sick poor, without It "_'l for sap --'lnitY of Governors' orders. Is w holly d o- gl , c, c,rt on voluntary acntributions and I a . . astq°n tO th,. r to a large number ot in- pa ruts, ani, in I,l le '' 41ei ti ,. 4 _ p., average number of attendance of the 4 et.4l, 40,ioniv",elliya oonsiderable period averaged between e ‘'4..v.ale.tA."l4l!ttee ta r . estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the tii ‘ o l l , l 7 tKe „.. , tig .. E l% jeinnises of this fleapit .1 arecaabloi It L 1rt;,,1 ), 1 4 t undt : ;l eitiartentatrgembeds had the C o mm i ttee C o '"na, ,;':; 6 al'a received by thiir bankers. Messrs. Brown. lik i1r,,„„40-'O-. Abchuroh-lane; also by litessrs. Coatts and and ,P`n ti ll 1.(1,(1 and CO.; G;ru and CO.; Hendee and Co. ; 'tad ; narot.o.; Yres oc tt, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, 0, aY mid Co. • win.- . Williams, Deacon , and Co.; Ni s bet " " 7S treet i alut it tie Heepttel. treez 10 tlll4. • ITURIIICANE IN THE WEST INDIES.— jup MANSION-LIOUSE FUND for tilt) RELIEF of the SUFFERERS. COMMITTEE. Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, Chairman. Baron Lionel do Rothschild, I Ur. James Allan, Director of M.P. the Peninsular and Orion- Right lion. Russell Gurney, ta,l Steam Navigation Corn /‘ P. piny. Mr. George Moffatt, M.P. Mr. Alderman Finnis. Sir Wm. Anderson Rose. Mr. Alderman Causton. Mr. Charles Oppenheim. Mr. Alderman Besley. Mr. B. 11. Hartley. Mr. Alderman Carter. Captain Engledue. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Mr. Arthur Anderson, Chair- Stone. man of the Peninsular and Alderman Colonel Wilson. Oriental Steam Navigation Mr. Alderman Salomons, Company. M.P. The above committee has been formed for the purpose of Relieving the deplorable distress consequent upon the recent disastrous Hurricane in the West Indies, by which dreadful calamity it is known that over 600 persons lost their lives, and an immense amount of property belonging to all classes has been destroyed. It is computed that 1,000 persons at the Port of South ampton and other places in Great Britain (including the widows and orphans of sailors) have been deprived of their means of support. The Committee therefore appeal to a generous public for assistance. SUBSCRIPTIONS will bo received at the Mansion- House Daily between the hours of Ten and Four; and by the following Bankers:— Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co, Birchin-lane. Coutts and Co Strand. „ Smith, Payne, and Co., I, Lombard-street. „ Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 51, Lombard-street. „ Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. „ Barnette, boares, and Co., 60, Lombard-street. „ Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., 15, Lombard-street. ~ Child and Co., Temple-bar. „ berries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street. The Colonial Rink, 13, Bishopso•a te-street London and Westminster Bank,' Lothbury. London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street. Union Bank of London, Princes-street. London and County Bank, 21, Lombard-street. The Alliance Bank, Bartholomew-lane. The Imperial Bank, Lothbury. The National Bank, Old Broad-street. The City Bank, Threadneedle-street. The Consolidated Bank, Threadneedle-street. The East London Bank, 52, Cornhill. London and South-Western Bank, 29, Lombard -street. Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 75, Cornhill. National and Provincial Bank of England, 112, Bishops gate-street Within. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion-House, Dec. 5, 1867. W F. THOMAS & CO.'S PATENT SEWING • MACHINES. Tho celebrated No. 2 Machine unequalled for general work £lO. The new Domestic Machines complete (Lock Stitch), £5 55., £6 65., and £B. Catalogues free. W. F. Thomas and Co., 1 and 2, Choapside, and Regent circus, Oxford-street, London. THE "SINGER" NEW FAMILY MACHINE is fitted with a now PATENT TUCK MARKER, which GAUGES and MARKS each succeeding TUCK while sewing, a MOST VALUABLE ACCESSORY, not to be had with any other Machine. J. "SINGER" NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINES are the most complete, with all acces sories for the family, seamstress, manufacturers of shirt collars, shirts, cloaks, mantles, children's clothing, caps, corsets, linen and silk goods, umbrellas, parasols, &c. Catalogues and Samples of Work post free. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 147, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. TO ADMIRERS OF LIGHT CARRIAGES. HART, 79, NEW BOND-STREET, has introduced one of the lightest four-wheeled Carriages in London. The style is the T cart or Stanhope phaeton, on an improved principle. The peculiarity of this carriage is, it has sufficient room for four persons, if requ;red, and is 3 cwt. less than the usual ones ; it has no perch, and can lock round in any narrow lane. The wheels aro hickory, with steel tyres, springs only one inch wide, and has Lone'a patent steel coated iron axles, which have received so many testimo nials. S. H. wishes to remind tho public it has been proved many valuable horses are ruined by being overloaded with a heavy carriage. It is a well-known fact that the intro duction of light carriages is only now in its infancy. One is on view, and several to be seen building to order. An inspection is solicited, YARMOUTH BLOATERS; 25 for 4s. ; 50, 6s. ' • 100, 10s. ; 500, 40s. Fr es h Fi s h i n i ce , th ree kinds, for 108. Delivered free to all parts of London and country upon receipt of remittance, by FRED. BARNBY and CO., Fish Purveyors, Great Yarmouth. TRANSPARENT CANDLES.-If you only want something protly to look at, without minding a little smoke and smell, and a little balding and running over if the room should happen to b.: rather warmer than usual, buy any of the very transparent low quality Para fine Candles now sold freely everywhere at ono shilling per pound ; b9t 1' along with beauty of appearance, you require steady brilliancy of light, and freedom from risk of these little occasional mishap; toll your dealer to supply you with "PRECE'S GOLD MEDAL PALMITINE CANDLES," which, though charged at a higher price per pound, are really cheaper when the difference of quality is taken into account. They are believed to be the very best substitute yet produced for real Wax and Sprmaceti, now at such an extravagant price, and are being introduced in place of them in the West-end Clubs and elsewhere where ex cellence of quality is studied as well as economy. QTOOPING HABITS,ItOUND SIIOULDERS, PIGEON CHESTS, and other Delormitie arc pre vent d and cured by wearing CHANDLER'S IMP ROW: II YGI r.N IC CHEST EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all ages. It strengthens the voice and longs, relieves in digestion, pains in the chest and back, and is especially re commended to children for assisting the grow;:h, prom,Aing health and symmetry of fi gure , superseding the u 3.., of braces and stays. Price from 10a. dd. each.-85, Berncrs street, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded. DR. scorrs LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RE II EDY.—Pre- Area witnout any mercurial ingredient, trim the reolpe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, inligestion, wind spasms, giddiness, aizzineco of the eyes, &o. For habitual , costiveness, as a Wally aperient medicin e , an d as a purifier of the blood, they are truly exoellent ; mild i n t h eir opera tion digestion, nandrrate and falto stomach,trtsheenthen they create app e c it e, pro motethe whole nervous system. Prepared only and frald by W. Lambert, Chemist, 5, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug gists, in boxea,ls. lid., and three times the quantity In one, Is. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott'a Bilious and Liver Fills. The gennitie are a square screen Anklige, with " William Lambert." eneraved co the stamp. PRINTING. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newrytpers, etc., done ou exceed ingly favourable terms. Uso of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. MULTI' RESTORED WITROUr MEDICINE OR EXPEN SE. TIU BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Lava lids and Infanta' Food. THE REVALNNTA ARABICA eaves fifty times its cost in other remedies. and restores per fect digestion. strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, re freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy. to the most disordered or enfeebled, —removing speed' y and effec tually indizestion dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption. habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, hmmorrhotds, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, ()olds, Influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, Impurities, Pruptio , s, hysteric, neuralgia, irritability, sleep lessness, acidity, palpitation. heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in preg nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula. tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and be tween the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourish ing of all foods. and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION,—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without autho rity, Baron Liebles name is most audaciously attached. Henceforh no one will doubt the valu ible properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Food, since t.) the thousand; of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position had been deemed hope ess. we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty s ears of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote f-orn the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 68,413): "Rome, July 21st, 181&—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a p'ateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and His Holiness cann. t praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Britian, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, Irritability, with a nervous palpitai iota all over, bad diges tion. constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia. from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Water ford :—" I have de , dved much benefit from your excellent Food.—STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." Cure No. 49,831—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepfia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatu lency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47.121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness. indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. _ . _ Cure No. 56,14 —Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhca. The Hood is sold in Canisters, at Is. id. ; I lb.. 2s. 0d..; 2111, 48. ad. ; 121 b., as. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b canis ters. carriage -free on receipt of Post-Office Order, by BARRY DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at Fortnum and lilasonals,7aud mold by all respectable (iron§ and Chemists., INDIA OFFICE, 4th Dec., 1867. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that PRIZE ROLLS for the undermentioned Corps of her Majesty's late Indian Forces, on account of the FIRST DISTRIBUTION of the JIIANSI, formerly called the "Central India," PRIZE MONEY fur services in the field tetwoen the Ist April and 19th June, 1838, containing the names of those officers and men whose shares have not been paid in India, have been received, and that distribu tion of such shares will commence at the Military De partment of this (Mice on the 2d January next, and will be continued daily (Saturday excepted) between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. _ . Officers on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief in India. Oflieem, Ist Company, Artillery, Hyderabad, Contingent. „ 2d . „ 71 4 th „ Ist Regiment, Cavalry 3d 71 ~ 17 „ 4th „ 17 •, 3d“„ Infantry 17 77 DiVisional Staff. Ist Brigade Staff. 2d 11 Commissariat Department. Engineer 7/ Ordnance 17 let Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery. 3d „ 77 2d Company Deserve Artillery, and No. 18 Light. Field Battery. 4th Company, 2d Battalion, Artillery. Ist Regiment, Bombay Light Cavalry. 3d 77 71 3d Bombay European Regiment. 11 10th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry. 24th /7 1/ 71 77 23th 2d Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners. sth „ 77 71 71 Applications from soldiers who belonged to those forces (men now serving in her Majesty's British regiments ex cepted) must be addressed to the Military Secretary, India Office, and must contain full particulars of corps, regi mental numb r, Applications from men formerly belonging to her Ma jesty's Indian forces who have re-enlisted into regiments of her Majesty's British service can only be received through the officer commanding the corps in which sush men are now serving. Pensioners must apply through the Staff Officer of Pen sioners of their district. T. T. PEARS, Major General, Military Secretary. T H E LONDON, 191, Fleet-street, Temple-bar. 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London: 11. B dlicre, 211, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of his at trillny. work by the Satur day Review, Punch, Weekly Despatch, Public Opinion, and otherjournsls, recommending iti universal perusal, are re printed with this c lition. PAINLESS DENTISTRY. ESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established 1S15) of London 56, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, 64, Ludgate-hill, KC, Liverpool l3i, Duke•street, and Brighton have just published a NEW PASIP FILET explaining their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth with out springs, at MODERATE eIIARGER, which may be hal free by post for four stamps . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-(LAST EVENING.) The LORD CIIANCELLOR taistshis seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. SIGNALLING TO GUARDS. In answer to a question from Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, The Duke of BUCKINGHAM said that experiments had been made relative to the signalling to guards on the dif ferent lines of railway, and that the report of the experi ments would bo laid before the Board of Trade. SALES OF RE VERSIONS BILL. This bill passed through committee. METROPOLITAN STREET ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. Lord DERBY said that their lordships must be all aware of the incident which the night before last had stopped all the cab traffic in London. Ho was sorry that such an occurrence should have taken place, but he could not but remark on the moderation and goon feeling which had characterised their meeting, and on the subse quent deputation to the Home Secretary the point was left open until this bill was brought up for committal. The hard ships of which cabmen complained was that they should bo compelled to carry lamps, and especially as the question had been left in the hands of the Commissioners of Police. It was therefore proposed by his hon. friend the Secretary of State for the Homo Department to introduce a clause that the introduction of lamps should rest with the Secre tary of State alone, and this appeared to give satisfaction. He believed that it was ultimately proposed to appoint a select committee to investigate into the whole question. After a few remarks this clause was added to the bill. The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. The Totnes, &c., Writs Bill was read a third time. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The Declaration of War against Abyssinia haying been read, Lord DERBY moved that the house do concur in the following resolution, communicated by the Commons, viz.: —" That her Majesty having directed a military expedi tion to Abyssinia, consisting mainly of troops, both European and native, at present maintained out of the revenues of India, tho ordinary pay of such troops, as well as the ordinary charges of vessels which would bo charged upon the revenues of India if such troops and vessels had remained in that country or adjacent seas, shall continue to be so chargeable ; provided, however, that it should be necessary to replace these forces and vessels, the expense of raising, maintaining, and providing them shall be repaid out of any moneys which may be provided by Parliament for the purposes of the said expedition." His lordship said that he would thank their lordships for their readi ness to co-operate with her Majesty in the expedition to Abyssinia. The questions then were, first, that the troops of the expedition should be sent from India; second, that the expense should be borue by the Indian Govern ment ; and thirdly, what proportion of revenues should be devoted to the plirpose. With regard to the first, the position of India rendered it obviously desirable that the forces should come from India, and the landing place in Abyssinia would be more accessible from India by the Red Sea. The Governor-General of India had expressed his opinion so long as May last that an expedition would be necessary, and he never expressed any other opinion than that it should come from India. As to the second question it was thought desirable that the charges, subject to the consent of Parliament, should be on the revenues of India. There was a double check upon the expenditure of the revenues of India—the consent of the Cuuncil of India, and Parliament must also consent. The necessity of having that was, that the revenues of India could not be expended without it. Therefore it was resolved that the Indian revenues should be employed. There was no means of ascertaining what portion of the revenues should be paid by the Indian Government, therefore it was resolved that the Indian Government should pay no more than it would have cost it if the troops and vessels had remained, and if other expenditure was required for replacing these troops and vessels that it should be defrayed by the Itn perialGovernment, so that India would, under the circum stances, pay no more than she would originally have done. As for any extraordinaryexpense that might occur in sending out these vessels, the Imperial Govern ment guarantee tho expense. His lordship then paid a high testimony to the impartial manner in which the late Chancellor of the Exchequer of India had supported the action of the Government in the matter. Therefore, it appeared that there was unanimity in the de termination to send the expedition from India. As far as the English troops were concerned, they could bo sent without the consent of Parliament, and the latter had con sented to the native troops being sent, which ho considered was in conformity with the Act of 1858. It was necessary to have their lordships' concurrence, and he would there fore ask them to accept the resolution of the House of Commons. The Earl of ELLENBOROLIGH said that ho entirely concurred with the noble lord that the troops should be sent from India. According to oar notions of the law of nations King Theodore had violated this law, and therefore the object of the expedition was a perfectly just one. He stigmatised the King as an unreasonable and unchecked tyrant, and therefore he did not think that the expedition would succeed" in its object. no was afraid that, when we aroused the ferocity of the King, a massacre would take place like that of Cawnpore. When he went out to India the advice to him was—" Keep your communication with the sea." Lord DE ROS, knowing the abilities and character of Sir Robert Napier, could not imagine that he would not take every possible precaution. Tho expedition possibly might not bo able to rescue the captives ; but ho had little fear that it would easily make good its return to the coast. Earl RUSSELL thought Government would have been inexcusable if it had not attempted to release the captives, and it was only right that Parliament should regard their conduct in so difficult au undertaking with the utmost consideration. The Earl of DENBIGH did not consider the war either just or necessary. Mr. Cameron ought to have been re called long ago on account of his conduct in interfering with the internal affairs of the country, and the detention of Mr. Rassam was owing to the mismanagement of Earl Russell. Lord LYVEDEN approved of the course taken by the Government. The Earl of DERBY replied. Government believed the difficulties were surmountable, and Sir Stafford North cote had that day received P. despatch which reported favourably of the surveys of the passes, the supply of water, and the health of the troops already landed. The resolution was then agreed to. The Income Tax Bill and the Consolidated Fund Bill were read a second time and passed through committee. Earl RUSSELL called attention to the despatch of the French Minister to the Italian Government, stating that before the French troops could leave Civita Vecchia the security of the Holy Father must be guaranteed, and as the first step to that measures must be taken to facilitate the mooting of the conference. As the basis of the con ference was that the Pope's temporal dominions were to be guaranteed, be considered that no English Minister could take part in it. Tho Earl of DERBY said the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had replied to the French Government that it would be useless to go into a conference unless some basis were laid down beforehand. What steps had been taken by the French Government to arrange with the other powers for the meeting of the conference he could not say. The house adjourned at a quarter past 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. IRELAND. Mr. MAGUIRE gave notice of his intention, on the earliest possible day after the meeting of the house in METRIC SYSTEM. Mr. EWART asked the Vico President of the Board of Trade what ►steps her Majesty's Government were pre pared to take wilt reference to the recommendations of the International Monetary Conference and the Conference on International Weights, Measures, and Coins held at Paris in Juno last : Aud whether they were prepared to bring in a measure to amend the Weights and Measures Act of 1864, with a view to provide for the verification and stamping of metric weights and measures legalised by that act; also for t' o maintenance of metric standards in the Depart ment of the Warden of the Standards. Mr CAVE said the Master of the Mint and Mr. Rivers attended the conference and made a report to the Govern ment, which was under consideration. It would be pre mature to. make any alteration in the weights and mea sures pending the report of the commission appointed last year. POSTAGE TO AMERICA.. Mr. SEELY asked the Secretary to the Treasury whe ther the National Steamship Company (Limited), whose steamers ply weekly between Liverpool, Queenstown, and New York, had, as had been reported, offered to the Post Office authorities to convey the mails one day in each week to New York at the rate of a penny per half ounce for letters. Mr. lITTNT said it was quite true that such an offer was made by the c,ompany, who were one of the parties who sent in tenders. They proposed to carry letters between Queenstown at Id. per half ounce every 14 days under certain penalties, but it had not been thought advisable to accept the offer, as the usual rate of payment for ship letters was ld. each irrespective of weight, and in any case it was not thought proper at present to alter that arrange ment. THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. MURRAY. Mr. WYLD asked the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs if ho had seen a statement in the Morning Post charging the Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with malversation of office. Lord STANLEY said he had seen the statement, and he was very glad that he had an opportunity of stating that the assertion that the Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs levied tolls upon those with whom he cane in contact was simply and absolutely un founded. (Hear, hear.) If the charge related to the agency of the Foreign-office, that had been abolished, and Mr. Murray received no other emolument than his salary. Ho could only say he regretted that a respectable journal should have made such a statement without inquiring. With respect to the statement that had been made that papers had been kept back from the head of the department was the fact. He was certain no papers ever camo back from him, and with respect to the document referred to, Lord Russell must have seen it, as the cover of it bore the mark of the noble lord, but it was quite open to the noble earl not to read its contents. Mr. LAYARD said he had to bear his testimony to the high character of Mr. Murray. With respect to the letter in question, he had never seen it, and be had spoken to Earl Russell on the sub ject. The covering of the despatch was dated 12th of February. The arrangement of the business at the Foreign Office was divided between two Under Secretaries, the permanent and the political, and the letter, he should imagine, had been sent to Mr. llammond, as his duty to dispose of all matters relative to the East. Ile could only say ho had never seen the letter, and if the noble earl had seen it he did not think it required his attention, and it had accordingly been sent to the India Mr. OSBORNE said the onus of this business rested with the Foreign Office, and wo had been plunged into as expensive war through the bungling which had taken place during the time his hon. friend was Under-Secretary. Wo were embarking in war without knowing what it was about. The war had been brought about because King Theodore's letter had not receive 1 proper attention. What had become of that letter ? Nobody had seen it ; but it had now been answered ; but by whom ? (Hear, hear.) The fact was, had there been no Foreign-office there would have been no war. Colon l SYKES said it was now sought to fix this mat ter on the Indian Office, but he had to say on behalf of Mr. Kay that the letter ' had been sent over to the India Office and laid on the desk, and the presumption was that it had been an swered by the Foreign-office, and was only sent to the India-office for the personal information. No opi nion of the officer was asked when the letter WAS sent, and therefore the fair inference was, it had been fully attended. However, after three years King Theodore had got an answer to his letter, and the postage of it 'would cost the country between four and five millions of money, to raiso which the income-tax had to be increased, and he thought that that circumstance would make people think more about it than they otherwise would. Mr. OTWAY said the great error of the present expe dition was that it was boing carried on on too large a scale, and that it would in the and result in failure. Mr. NE WDEGATE again referred to the statement the hon. member for Southwark had made respecting Dr. Beke. Mr. LAYARD said it was ridiculous to say that the Abyssinian war had been brought about by no answer being sent to King Theodore's letter. It had in fact nothing to do with it. With respect to the imputation that he had shown the utmost indifference to the fate of Mr. Sterne, because ho had had a private quarrel with him, he could only say that such a charge was most unjust. With respect to some of the observations he had made in the debate, he must say that if he had made any statement which was unjust, either as it affected Dr. Bake or Mr. Sterne, he could only say he regretted it, and he wished to withdraw the observa tions, with explanation that if he had made them he had been led into it by his endeavour to protect the character of Mr. Rassam from undue calumny. Sir G. BO WYER said it was clear Consul Cameron had no business in Abyssinia. If he went there he was a wrong-doer, and if he got into prison it was his own fault, and there was no necessity to send another envoy to pro cure his release. Mr. AYRTON remarked that it was not to ho assumed that the house had expressed an approval of the policy of the expedition. Sir S. NORTHCOTE- observed that, it was not con venient to discuss the general policy of the expedition without notice, but ho answered ono or two of the points which had been raised, and particularly with regard to the number of forces which ho said the home government had sanctioned. The motion was then wilhdi awn. Mr. HUNT moved that the contract entered into with Mr. W. Cunard for the conveyance of mails between Hali fax, Bermuda, and St. Thomas be approved. The sum to be given he said.was £19,500 a year, and power was given to the Postmaster-General to require another station to be used instead of St. Thomas. _ _ Mr. Alderman LUSK asked why the service could not be carried on by the Government vessols. Mr. CORRY replied that two vessels would have to bo built, and the wear and tear and wages would amount to £25,000 a year. Tho motion was agreed to. Bills were introduced by Mr. Walpolo to make further provision for the good government and extension of cer tain public schools in England; and by Lord R. Montagu for the establishment of a foreign cattle market for the metropolis, and for other purposes connected therewith. The house adjourned at five minutos to seven o'clock. Foreign Mail Pack©t Lists MAILS DUE. --- Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.....Dea. 20 Ditto, via Marseilles Ditto, via Panama ••••••••• ...Dec. ---. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video .... Dec. 4. Ditto, by Yrenoh packet Deo. 4 Cape Yards. by Brazil packet ...... . Dec. 4. Cape of Good live. Ascension, and St. Lielena De 3 29. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Sou; hampton Dee. 20 Ditto, via Marseilles . • • Dee, 14 Falkland Islands Dec. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Dec. 14. India, via Southampton ...... •••• • ..... Dec. 11. Ditto, via Marseil es Malta, Egypt, dm Dec. 14 Ditto, Marseilles Dec. %. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Dec.'.o Ditt , ), Marseilles Dec. 11. Newfoundland Dec. 13 Portugal .......... Dec. 1. Ditto, by privy le ship to Oporto ... Ditto f 3to to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, arc., by British racket . - .. • Deo. 11. Ditto, by L Lited States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto autto , Ntw York) Ditto ditt( (Baltimore) ........• • • Ditto, by Canadian packet ..... ... ......... ~Dee 6. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe....... Dec. 17 West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Bahia- MA •au....,, ii .......... iLa , . s • 1 t 1 te, ..... •.•DCO. 12. The approaching sersion of Congress is likely to become memorable for tie number of financial measures submitted to its discussion. The Ties tions of currency contraction, of payment of he national debt, of fr.rther greenback issues, and of the sub,titution of greenbacks for the notes cf national banks, will all be brought up for decision at an catty day ; l,ut, unlike the many financial measures passed during the last six years, those now to be brought forward are being discussed in ad vance of Congress, and there is a fair chance that we shall thus be saved from further legislative cru dities such as now afflict us. The National Bank Act is one of the many specimens of the blundering legislation sometimes extracted from Congress by ignorance, cupidity, and party zeal. Under the provisions of that Act many honourable men have organised national banks in all parts of the country, and have invested in them time, money, character, and ability. The investment has generally proved a very profitable one, mainly owing to the privi lege given to these banks to issue paper money, the now well- known national bank currency. This currency was at first very popular every where, but latterly public opinion has some what changed, and it has come to be generally understood that this currency, while very profit able to the banks is also very expensive to the people ; hence the proposition recently made, and certain to be urged upon Congress, to substitute greenbacks for the national bank currency, seems to be received with almost universal favour. It would seem natural that the owners of national banks should feel aggrieved at an attempt to deprive them of valuable privileges conferred upon them by law, and should use every legitimate means to defeat it ; but the only open attempt so far made to defend their position, the letter of their great leader, Mr. Jay Cooke, is so thoroughly specious, l a b oure d, and unsound that it has had no effect upon the public beyond convincing it that the position of the banks admits of no defence. The question is, however, far from being as simple as the public generally seems disposed to consider it. Stripped of all its technicalities, the case stands precisely as follows : When the greenbacks or United States currency were first issued, it was generally understood that they were a temporary expedient only, that they were, in the phraseology of the times, emphatically a " war measure," and that with the end of the war the existence of the greenbacks was to come to an end likewise. An irredeemable paper currency was entirely antagonistic to the general feeling and judgment of the country; and although, in the total absence of all currency at the time the Act was passed, the legal tenders or green backs were received as an inestimable blessing, yet there has been no time since when the sober thought of the people has not looked upon them as intruders to be expelled as soon as possible, and has not reverted with natural longing to the promised return to specie payments and a currency redeem able in coin. This desirable result, among others, it was thought could and would be obtained through the national banks. They were to be allowed to issue bank-notes or currency to the amount of three hundred millions (the amount of currency which it was supposed would be required in times of peace), and these notes they were bound to redeem on de mand in " legal-tender" currency. As long as there were greenbacks in circulation, the national banks could redeem their notes in that kind of " legal-tender." But the supply of greenbacks was to be, and is now being, rapidly reduced by contraction. A time will soon come when there will be no longer any greenbacks out, and then the na tional banks will be compelled to redeem their notes in the only kind of " legal-tender" left, viz., gold and silver coin, and thus specie payments were t o be restored. n order to have ample security that the banks would, according to agreement, redeem the notes so issued when called upon, they were required to purchase and deposit in the Treasury at Washington an arnountof United States bowls equal to or a little larger than the amount of currency they were allowed to issue. These bonds of course belong to the banks, although temporarily pledged to the U nited States Treasury, and the interest accruing on them is regularly paid to the banks as it would be to any other owner. There seems at first sight nothing objectionable in this, but there is neverthelets much. The original founders of a national bank contri bute in greenbacks a otpital of a million dollars. Wit h these greenbacks they buy a million of bonds; the bonds are deposited in Washington, where they draw 6 par cent. interest in coin, or 7 per cent. interest on its capital, the same as any other capitalist who invests his money in bonds; but the bank in addition receives from the Treasury a million of national bank-bills, which are money in all parts of the United States, and which the bank can loan in Wall-street or anywhere else for another 7 per cent. per annum. It is evident that capital invested in a national bank gets a double rate of interest—one seven per cent. from the people who borrow its bills, and another seven per cent. from the United States Treasury for interest on the bonds deposited with it. The seven per cent. paid by the Treasury is, of course, paid by the people at large, and it is this interest, amounting to over twenty millions of dollars per annum, which it is proposed to save by substituting greenbacks for the notes of the national banks. If, instead of selling to the national banks the three hundred millions of bonds, against Irhich they are authorised to issue their currency, the Treasury had in the first instance issued three hundred millions of its own currency— greenbacks—it is evident that there would have been no more currency out and no less than there is now, that the total of the national debt would have been no larger than it is now, bat that three hundred millions more of that debt would have been free of interest instead of costing, as they now do, over twenty millions of dollars annually, which are taken from the people by taxation to be put in the pockets of the national bank stockholders. This is the great error, the great wrong, of the National Bank Act, and the all but unanimous voice of the country demands that the error should be corrected and the wrong redressed. As matters now stand, a one-dollar national bank note is nothing more than a promise to pay a one dollar greenback on demand. The popular argument is, that if the greenback itself is, as it must be, pre- 1 ferable to any promise to furnish it, no matter how substantial or well-secured, and the greenback, the actual thing, can be had without cost to the people, it is a self-evident absurdity to make the people pay a heavy tax for somebody's promise to furnish that greenback on demand. The argument, we take it, ! is unanswerable. But the remedial measure, so ' readily deduced from this argument, to substitute greenbacks for the national notes, to let the cheap actual thing promised take the place of the expen sive promise, is more open to objection. In the first place, the practical execution of the measure is fraught with great and serious difficulty. The bonds deposited in the Treasury certainly be long to the banks. Congress may withdraw the right to issue currency against these bonds, but it cannot compel the banks to sell them. It is true, if the banks are deprived of their currency they may be forced to sell their bonds from want of money, but they will then sell them in the open market and get the current price, which is far above the nominal par value of the bonds. if the Government declares its willingness to buy the bonds of the banks at market price, who is to fix that price, and which market price is to be taken that of the day when the law is passed, or that of the day when the bank surrenders its currency, or that of any other day ? And if the Government buys these bonds at market price, paying the heavy premium on them (what injustice to other bond holders !), why should the bonds of the banks alone bo redeemed ? Or if the banks are compelled or allowed to sell their bonds in the open market, what disastrous fluctuations would result from the sudden or even gradual sale of such an immense additional amount of securities, what loss would result to the banks and to a thousand other innocent holders ! It is very easy to say the banks shall call in their currency, but do they control it? It is in the hands of the people, who want it for their daily business transactions, and who will not take the trouble to pre sent it for redemption, unless compelled by a threat of depreciation. And what effect would it have on the business of the country if the national cur rency were suddenly threatened with depreciation ? Why every bank and private banker, every mer chant or retail dealer, every manufacturer in the United States would be bankrupt in less than a mouth, and thousands of people thrown out of em ployment and brought to the verge of starvation. A cry of distress runs through the land at Mr. M'Culloch's persistent contraction of four millions a month ; but to compel redemption of the national currency is equal to contraction of three hundred millions in a day. We could fill a column with the enumeration of practical difficulties in the way of the measure proposed, tut practical difficulties rarely trouble Yiaionaries and demagogues. • - -t"..:-- V . , - \'', 7 , t 0.4 .*- P--- w: - --2:--- ~..- , "-' • ----- IRIVOTIIM PITELIO4Ott • - - ~.„..4 . -,,,---- • .1 the Danish settlements of St. Thoinas and St. Johri lave been ceded to the United States. The harbour of Thomas, as the Times points out, has one of the worst rreputations in the world. It is a nest of fever. All that is said of the convenience of its position, the security of 'the port, and the excellence of the accommodation may be true enough, but, for all that, the pert itself is as deadly as any river's mouth on the coast'of Africa. One would have thought that the recent hurricanes must have swept any place clear of infection, at least for a time ; but the Tamar, which left St. Thomas a fortnight after the tempest, and which arrived on Tuesday evening. had twenty-four cases of fever and seven deaths on her voyage home. That she brought this fever from St. Thomas is beyond question, but she reports, aiogit laxly enough, that there was no fever in the Hand. It is not in the island, ner even, apparently, in the town itself, that the pestilence is generated, but Inertly in the harbour. If there is yellow fever anywhere- an.l this year it has been terribly epidemic—the plague is sure to be found among the shipping at St. Thomas. Unfortu nately, the place is a port of call for our mail steamers, and the waste of life is cruel in the extreme. The mail ships go into the harbour to coal, and when they leave the coal wharf they carry away the fever. The regular. or, at least, the periodical mortality arising from this cause amounts to a tax levied on life. So afflicting are the results that it has recently been proposed to change the coaling station, and to substitute a port which, if some what less convenient, may at anyratebeless fatal to health. That this suggestion was justifiable we do not deny, but now, before the natural advantages of St. Thomas are surrendered, it would be advisable to wait and see what may be done under the new administration of the port and island. The Americans are more energetic, more enterprising, and more restless than the Danes ; in fact, they resemble no people so much as the Danes of a thou. sand years ago. We may probably trust these modern northmen to make St. Thomas healthy as well as conve y nient, if healthy it can be made. Its conveniences areto obvious that we cannot afford to sacrifice them unnecessa rily. It was not made the port of call arbitrarily or by acci dent, but entirely through its natural attractions, If these advantages are to be inevitably neutralised by the fatality of the place, the question of profit and loss may be judiciously entertained, britlt - appears to us that there is no necessity in the conclusion, and that the Americans are exceedingly likely to demonstrate the facts. They will be gratified with their new acquisition, they will be on their mettle in turning it to the best account, they have inexhaustible means, and great experience. General Bltler, whatever else . he may have don e , did k eep New Orleans free from fever for a whole season, and we hope to find that somebody no less active will do much or more . for St. Thomas. In looking at the work which has characterised the pro ceedings of Parliament during its brief autumn sitting, the Post remarks that perhaps the most noticeable fact which may be observed is the moderate and cautious tone of Mr. Gladstone, and the support he has on more than one occasion given to the Ministers. This was to be remarked particularly in the discussion of the Fenian executions. When some members were pressing on the Government a different view of an alteration in the power of appeal to the Crown to that which was offered by the Home Secretary, Mr. Glad stone threw the weight of his opinion on the side of the Government in a clear and decided tone, and no doubt by this act strengthened the decision of the House. The actual results of this unusual meeting of Parliament have been the sanction of the two Houses to the war in Abyssinia and the imposition of increased taxation on the people. It has been decided that the course adopted with reference to the captives was the only one open, and the House of Commons has provided the necessary supplies. But this is not the last debate we shall have on Abyssinia ; the next will be certain to pro voke more discussion and greater interest, as its impor tance and its consequences becomes more and more conspicuous. The Herald, in reviewing the proceedings in the Lords and Commons on Thursday night, says that the debates were so far satisfactory that they shewed the members of both Houses to be unanimous in their approval of the Government in the manner in which the arrange. ments for - the Abyssinian expedition have been made. These arrangements were criticised, indeed, by one member in each House. The speeches of Lord Ellenbo rough and Mr. Osborne were made in so different a tone that they can scarcely be compared or treated with equal respect. The vast experience in such matters of the man who was formerly Governor-G eneral of India gives a value to his warnings and a weight to his opinions, invests theta with a character altogether different from that of the frivolous objections advanced by the civilian in the Lower hours, who would feel that he was out of his clement if he were not finding fault, and who is never so happy as when constituting a minority of one on some question which arouses the deep sympathy of the mass of hes felloW-countrymen. In noticing the reception of Mr. Charles Dickens in the United States, the Standard observes :—lt is an incident of interest illustrating the nature of American sentiment, after, though not in any way connected with, the late civil war. We arc informed that almost the entire press have given him a friendly welcome, that he excites a social en thusiasm wherever he goes, that his readings are antici pated with eager curiosity, and that not an echo remains of the denunciation which once pursued his name on account of a book he wrote twenty-five years ago. We are glad to hear all this. It speaks well for the American nation, and well for their guest. There may be, in the demonstration provided for our popular novelist, a good deal of the lionising ele-- ment, of vulgar condescension to success, of clap-trap, and tuft-hunting. Nevertheless, it is perfectly certain that there was a time when, in a country where a hundred years ago a book by a native writer was a rarity, Mr. Dickens would have encountered a different greeting from Americans. And there is something worthy of note in these changes of public feeling and personal amenities. May we not hope, in fact, that the people of the United States are growing out of their jealous and captious sen sibility to our criticisms ? Many a source of argument, of contention, and of annoyance remains open, it is true, between the two countries ; but a better aspect is obser va'sle in their commentaries upon one another. The Telegraph throws off a light little leader on the alleged decadence of our most cherished Christmas cus toms. Kissing, it is said, goes by favour, but " mistletoe is an article of commerce." At least such is the assertion of a contemporary, who also informs us that 114 tons of mistletoe have been sent out of Herefordshire in ono season. Tons ! It is a sum in the rule of three —or in this case the rule of two—how many kisses go to the ton? Perhaps there was a time when the mistletoe sanc tioned kissing, but we fear that golden age is passed ; for no matter how the pleasant-looking branches may deco. rate London chandeliers, faint hearts are too many, and our fair ladies far too cold, to allow the old Druid emblem to have any power. Whoever saw a lady permitting under the mistletoe a salute she would not have sanctioned without it ! In Ireland the mistletoe is unknown, and yet kissing goes on ; and probably a day will dome in England when the sacred branches shall dis appear. But then, as Cobden said, "We are not Con servative, but Chinese." Look at Valentine's Day. Of all possible ways of making love, or even of pleasing children, sending valentines is the most expensive. Yet it flourishes ; there are London houses that do nothing all the year round but make valentineS, consuming thousands of pounds' worth of tinselled and perforated paper ; and every year more are sent. As to the other old custom supposed to thrive under the mistletoe, we fear its public use is hopelessly gone, until some bold spirit introduces kissing by competitive examination as a reform on the present system, remarkable as it is for gross favouritism. and admitted though not unblushing monopoly. THE RECENT HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES.-- The hydrographer to the Admiralty has issued circulars, requesting all the information which captains of vessels which were in the West Indian seas during the hurricane of the 29th October can afford, in order that the charts of the hurricane district in the West Indies which are now being prepared may be completed with greater fullness and accuracy. The chief points of information desired aro the ship's position, direction and force of the wind, the state of the sea, or swell, the registrations of the bare• meter, and the temperature of the air and the sea. PROPOSED TEMPERANCE HOSPITAL.—A series of conferences has just closed at the East Central Coffee. house, Jewin-street, on the subject of erecting a Tem perance College Hospital, &c., where the sick may be cured without the use of stimulants. A statement pre sented to the meeting last held by Mr. Richardson averred that the project was intended to obviate the hin drance to the temperance cause by medical prescription of alcoholic stimulants, and that at the present time hundreds of the sick poor are rejected from the hospitals simply from want of room. The proposal was to levy a shilling from every teetotaller in the United Kingdom, which would enable the provisional committee to take at once a suitable house in the centre of London, and to fit it up as a temporary hospital until a permanent one could be erected. Dr. McLaurin°, from Canada, approved the project ; and the conference adopted the recommendations of the provisional committee, based on the resolution unan imously passed, viz.:—" That this co n f erence i s c f opinion that the time has come for the friends of tempe rance to erect a hospital for themselves, where all diseases common to mankind may be cured without the aid of alcoholic poisons." An address, asking Mr. Samuel Morley to become the president of the hospital, was also carried ; and Mr. J. W. Richardson has undertaken the Ulf) dattitit 2t.lnigarY fie re - r -