The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-23 00:00:00

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L AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet-street, London,'E.C., Jan. 3, 1867. NOTICE IS HEREBY GI EN, That. a GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the Law Life As surance Society will be hell at the Society's Office, Fleet street, London, on SATURDAY, the 2d day of February next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the rro visions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the pur pose of receiving the Attditous' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st of December last ; to elect three Directors in the room of Mr. Serjeaut Storks, deceased ; William Brougham. Esq., retired; and William Henry Tinney, Esq., retired, and for general purposes. The Director to be chosen in the room of Mr. Serjeant Storks will remain in office-until the 24th Juno, 1869. The Directors to be respectively chosen in the room of William Brougham, Esq., and William Henry Tinney, Esq., Q.C., will remain iu office until the 24th June, 1870. By Order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to .sur. Ater Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. A f:er Lyceum Theatre levANS' to SUP, Alter Adelphi Theatre IeVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre . . EVANS' to siT if. After Strand Theatre le - VA NA' to SUI'. Alter New tfoya!ty Theatre E V %NS' to SUP. After St. Jarnts'a rheatr t EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wa'ea' Iltettre EVANS' to SUP. London Singing; and Supper Club, E fANS', Covent-garden, VocJ Entertainment at Eigitt COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. F URNESS and KNEE'S List on application. P artin ilars f or insertio s receive .I until the 27th of the month et their AUC riON AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Azar -street. Strand, W.C.. and nearly opposite the Charing. Cress Railway St awn. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., M R . MARK LENION'S LEYTON HALL, and other Tales. o ld dor r 3O )ne. owl " These volumes nre full of Interest, humour, and pathos. They are sure to be popul.tr."--tar. llurst and Blwkett, 13, Great 31:trlborough-street. r II E 0 X F 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. THE ITUSICAL ESTABLISIDIENT OF LONDON. LES DRAGONS DE VILLA BS (Opera Comique), Music by A. MaLl.trt, in which tirs‘i RUSSELL will appear, as sisted by Misses Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Me,srs. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, I'ox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with s:xtra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by Slr. F. Jonglimans LOW p er 24 COMMITTEE. Llr 01 0 gir SO' ;Xl5O r elit tDe "V.li." IRISH WHISKY. IPNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISI WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 18(8. Quotations on application. 11-AMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the "Id."-1.0,d0n Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the " Thum,' * TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, !rad Cork, beg' to announce that they are able to supply the With their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and ,T !eke orders In bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, rrin ting-houge-square, London, 11 C.. the only house in the ?firkets, as maY tlaare not occupied by i h , t "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies ginz the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial be observed by relerenee to the "Journal of Whiski es of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their h. , iskies fetch Od. per gallon and Is. per case over the next .-". and 18. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest L l l ,no tation. Always o n ha n d a lame supply of ye y old 9 0 W whisky in the finest condition, matueed in sherry casks, uns urpassa b le in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. ........_ CONTRACT FOR SOUTH-WESTERS. * CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY. Somerset House, 19th January, 1867. COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING UNITE D the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the CITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE -1.4-,ND do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the 4 th ooruary next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be l ea aY to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con ,ract.for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Vic tualling Stores at Deptford all such quantities of S OUT H -WES TERS 413:1ay from time to time be demanded under a Contract, for Twelve Calendar Months certain, and further until the expiration of Three Calendar-Months' warning. thThe Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to emselves an C unlimited power of selection in accepting e Tenders. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained aPPlication in the Lobby of the Depaitment of the Con -4;011er of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where Conditions of the Contract and a pattern South-Wester nia y .S" he seen. • 01 41 0 Tend er w ill be received after 12 o'clock at noon on to e day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party nderin g , or an agent on his beha lf , s h ou ld atten d at t h e 'Mee on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re ved from each person will be communicated to him and 18 proposed sureties in writing. 4,,verY Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the ~'Tniralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words -vendor for South-Westers," and must also be delivered 4 %. the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Ad -s,,i,raltY, Somerset House, signed by two responsible per it;";; engaging to become bound with the person tendering t th e sum of .£lOO for the due performance of the Cou rant. BY order, ANTONIO BRADT, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 9th Jan., 1867. TAE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the ~I T ,ED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE )) I';'-'7 Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES be the 23d inst ,at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, they will re , to treat With such Persons as may be willing to ve.otract for supplying and delivering into her MNesty's letilal liog Stores at Deptford all such quantities of "g - Bair Broom Heads, and Clamps and Blocks for Long for crubbing Brushes, as may from time to time be demanded t „ use of the Royal Marines, under a Contract fir r at i"e calendar months certain, and further until the expi on of three calendar months' warning. tWatterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine- W o c v , e, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of en and Two o'Clock. :f Tender w ill b e rece i ve d un l ess ma d e on th e printed 1111/1 provided for the pu"pose, and which may be obtained tropPlication in the Lobby , of the Department of the the conditions of Victuallinm, Admiralty, Somerset House, where of the Contact may be seen. ha4o Tender will bo received after Twelve -o'Clock at te on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should '' o 'f'nd at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result e J e lle offer received from each person will be communi d to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. A t i l v P l 7 Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Te n h ura d lty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words at the t er for Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered rap ePartment of the Controller of Victualling, Admi e,, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, ti i 'gaging to become bound with the Person tendering in e 84111 of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract. By Order,_ ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. MANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF tXPL(3fSItION:IIFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. I L C. L. Bevan, Esq. R,atauel Morley Esq. Cllr. Alderman and Sheriff 1 Waterlow. M; 0 0. Moor© Esq. I Mr. Sheriff Lycett. r. . Alderman Finnic. Mr. Alderman Besley. J, P. Gassiot, Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakin. C hristopher T. Gabriel, Esq. James Hill, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. Ti,. A. Gray, Esq, Colonel St uar t Wortley. W. J. M axwell, Esq. Alderman Cotton. The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS are g - eativ needed to relieve the uurnerous families made destitute thereby. e ° ll The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley icry Acciant in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204 I . lo u and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance 'pubic) that number are known to have perished, there .l(l re to make a suitable provision for the families doupnend: dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will bo needed. At the fi , i ,lal dist r ib ut i on of the surplus o f the Hartley F "‘-i,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present Ziecidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards she fund now being raised. 11 .R.H. th e P r i nce o f W a l es • . £lOO 'LU. the Princess of Wales The C X orporation of London Amount already advertised £19,461 5 I i 811bse r iptions will be receiv e d b y th e Ri g ht H on. th e ii c e ril Mayor, a t t h e Mansion-house ; Messrs. Barclay, Co , an Strand C o ., 54 , L om b ard -street ; Messrs. Coutts and str eet and ; M essrs. Gl yn, Mi lls, a n d Co., 67, Lombard , Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street ; liesvrs• Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street ; q,, -Sr S• Dinisdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon -8i10) i_and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint ofe 13 auk, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London •, E g on and County Bank; the National Provincial Bank and iland and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, th e `,-,'°., Lor nbard-street• and by the several members of Committee. ' Mansion Rouse, Jan. 14,j173567E.PH GIBBS, Secretary. • 1 1 °A1 ELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--FUNDS snip, ar.22,e4ronreestlyi solicited c for fitting up th e TRAINING °Ya ef u tie , 8, Great Qu een-stree WIL t, W.C.LIAMS, Secretary. R II °MELESS BOYS OF LONDON. —CON the ,-,4-,O IINTRY HOME TRIBUTIONS are 41earnestl ,0 , 0 req y uiredsolicited for establishin g - . ii„ Y i i , WM. WILLI4IIS, S ecre t ary. " Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. .TONELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The op C ommittee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. (fie hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual inenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at h ‘ ° ° o , being, £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to nay for one boy each year. Rubecriptiona thankfully received by the London and West- Minster Bank, 41, Lotliburv. and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East ; and by Refuge, 8, G rea t WM. WILLIAMS, Seer bath Queen - street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT FOR REFUGE, HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and n reakfastl, have been given in this Institution to the d estitute, ' who otherwise would have had to pass the bights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor Fr ew all parts are admitted, th e on l y con di t i on b e i ng that r eceiv es are homeless and s t arv i ng. Th e Manager &c., ec eives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand- Zightthe p rov i s i on made by the Poor Houses, each numbers of young women, children, and orphans tree' for want accommodation, refused admitt ance, an dh ave 1 et 2 0 , 11eild night a ft er n i g h t in ' the cold, w e t , an d s l eet. To ' this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda ',mien, £2,000 h as been raised, but to accomplish the b°rlc s hll es sum of a t l east £ l,OOO more will 1,0 required. , i es providing shelter for the homeless, this year it 2 Proposed, as f ar as t h e donations obtained for the pnr l'^se will all ow, to give bread and coals to poor families 14 Wa nt. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and f leom p ii,,,, b what has been begun? Will yo u help to ve Za ol ter to th e real!? homeless, and food to the real gi ly vin : g ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, b , n'ght and mornin ,, the prayers of the destitute will eclf,esed in your behalf'. 'I3SCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be at9fully received by .the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D. DDNO ! 22 ule bury-circus, E.O Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ANNALS of a QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD By GEORGE MAC DONALD, M.A., •• Whoever reads this book once will read it many times It shows an almost supernatural insight into the workings of the human heart."—Pall-Mall Gazette. Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CSOD BLESS THE PRINCE OF WALES. VI Song. 3s. ; ditto, four voices, for three stafm s. THE WISHING CAP. New Ballad. By W. T. Wr ghton. Free for 19 stamps. A WEARIED DOVE. New Ballad. By W. T. Wrighton. Free for 19 stamps. HELENA WALTZ. Fred. Godfrey. Piano solo and duets ; ditto quadrille bind. Each free by post for 26 stamps. HELENA SONG. Free by post for 19 stamps. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-strcet, and of alt musicsellers. JOHN GO SYELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PA STS is greatly supezior to any toroth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 64.—Red Bull Wharf, to 3, Upper Thames-street, London. THOMSON'S CORSET. The " GLOVE-Immo," on February 10th, 1 11 10MSON'S CRINOLINES. NEW STYLES, on February 10th. MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. AVALUABLE NEW-YEAR'S GIF T.- A CHINESE CADDY. containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in E•i ;land. Ireland, .Scatland. or IN , ales, on re ceipt of 4 Ps., ;.)/ "HILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City. E.C. TEA IS CHEAPE4 THAN EVER.-Is. 6d., 25.. 2s 61. per lb. are flte prices at which PHILLIPS and CO Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon don, 8.C., are sellintr good and fine BLACK TEA. A. price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway -t , ttion or market town hi the United Kingdom.—Observe— PHILLIPS and Co. have uo Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' J• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new awl extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, china, and Chan deller4.-147, Boundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SON , J NEW CITY SHOW ROOM 3.—The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDRA. DINNER SERVICE, from £1 18s. 6(1.- 147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL, DEFRIES and SONS f_fl• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.--BREA 4.ST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, from LI is. upwards.- 147, Houndaditoh. NONCE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' • NNW CIPY SHOW .1160 MS contain a beautiful assortment of DESSERT SNKVICMS, from Zi Is. to 100 ffuineam. Crezts mid Monograms engraved on same.—W, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL T DEFRIES and SONS • NEW CI!T SIIO v ROO ITS.— , IitYSTAL CIIAN DELIERS, New D.39igns for the Deawintr-room. either for (;as or 'andle, and to snit all kiwis of Decorations. —ll7, lioundsditch. NOTICE OF REIIOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SITOW ROOMS.—RRONV.t4 and OR MOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New Designs for the Dining-room-147, lloundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' tfi• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASE. This new and beautitul Vase can be se-n in great variety, from 33. to 30s. each.-147, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' . NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS. The NEW JET DINING ROOM VASE. Registered designs, in great variety.-147, Honndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL T DEFRIES and SONS' tfr• NEW CITY SHOW ROOM3.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also CRYSTAL LAMPS and WALL LIWITS (registered) for Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW •ROOIIS. TAVERN and HOTEL GLASS of the newest pa`terns and correct mea sure.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF RENIOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' J. NEW CICY snow ROOMS.—ORNANI , NTAL CLOCKS for the DINING and DRAWING-R 0031.-117, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' '--• NEW CT Mr SHOW 110113 S —llerchant► and the Trade su ,plied with PATTrAtN BOOKS FREE. —ll7, Hounded itch. Work3—London, Birmingham, and Paris. Established 1803. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY ; bein g a P am phl e t the a descriptive of articles and means used for improving London. PPeara nce. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, iziPA.NISII FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CAN rHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, 58 6d, and Os 6d; sent by poet for 51, 81, 0 and 144 ~mpa —ALEX ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. . W ONDERFUL DISCO VERY.—Corns cured in one day by u,in z ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. preps ration gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s ; sent by po s t f or 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. ...CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—AL EX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curb, Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s 6d, 5s ed, and 10s ed ; sent free for 54, 81, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. ri REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— Of ALEX. ROSS'S lIAIR DYE produces a perfect colour tmmediately it is uaed. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effet. Price 3s Od, 5s 6d, and :Os ed ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps ; and all Chem Ms. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—AL EX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the lace, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d; sent for 51, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of th e skin aro improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VE';ETARLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowneps. dte. 2s 9d and 7s 6d ; or post for 40 and WO stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional usinr ,. . 108 P,d ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. T HE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add an Lome to ills , 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FITNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. the new borne the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, !ram 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. I)aniel Cooper, 85, Queen 'street, Cheapside; or by Meseta Barclay and Co. Lombard street. ROYAL FREE 110S------PITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Host Gracious Majesty the QUERN. Vice-Patron—ll is Royal Highness the Prince of WAIRS,IIG. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCIJ trG, This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and I, actes It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benccolent, as the pr flees of this Hospital are capable of contain] (nz several h,itdred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers. Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co.;• Glyn and Co.; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Preacctt, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and pc,. Boners-street and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANYOILD begrete7,- " The strength of 31r. Morton lies in his operatic selections, executed b v a small but highly efficient band, and a well selected body , of vomlists, under the direction of Mr. F. Jon4hmans. —Times, Jan. 9, 1857 - - COMEDY, by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY, MILBURN, G. W. ROSS; and Mr. PRANK HUSSEY, of the NEW AMERICAN MINST tt ELS ; together with an Entirely New Divertissement, entitled THE OXFORD REVELS, ar ranged and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. H. Payne, THIS EVENING. " Of the decorum that prevails throughout every section of the Hall it is impos.ale to kvak too highly."—Times, Jan : P, 1867. NOTICE. —Mr. ROBT. FRASER, Comedian and Vocalist. will make his reappearance here on Saturday next, Jan. 26, with hiP crop of comicalities and his new song, "The Boy at Mugby." ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, 171 BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDI rIoNs. —Life-size Models of the KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, ls. ; children, unler ten, half-price ; extra rooms, Bd. A RGYLL' ROOMS. -GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street. Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirelyre decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert end Dancing*. Conductor, Signor LuGi CURTL Manager, GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SwEAsEy and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Everybody should see the Irish Minstrels, every evening at 9 o'clock, with songs, dances, and Irish anec dotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. A new and origi nal overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Arthur Lloyd at 11, with a new song " Borachio, Pestachio, Lablachio, Moustachio, and the Roly Poly Eye "—Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King; and Pio Watkini, the Japauaze Juggler. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chi:Plan from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. Conn'. Prices of admission—Stalls and Balcony, ls. ' • Area, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock. WINTER Coughs, Colds, Asthma, and In fluenza lire speedily cured by the use of SPENCER'S PULMONIC ELIXIR. May be had of any chemist. MYERS'S WATERPROOF TRAVELLING DRESS BASKET and PORTMANTEAU Manu factory. CAVENDISH HOUSE, Wigraore-street, Cavendish-square, corner of Marylebone lane, London, W. WILD -FOWL GUNS.—A large variety always on hand. Single and double, various sizes, from £5 ss. Breech-loading Guns of large bores, single and double. Price Lists on application. E. M. REILLY and Co., 502, NEW OXFORD-STREET, LONDON. F4AU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is v. ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, •or in a case 395., railway carriage pal 1.-11 EN HY Bit ETT and CO., Old Furnivars Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. " THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF EYE MANY." THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial 1114rxets enables the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY" to ofTer TEAS LOWER THAN EVER. Fix Pounds of Good Te% for Os. rd. can't be dear. 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On application to " The Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who may go there for pleasure only. PR IN TIN G. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machi n i ng o f N ewspapers, & c . , d one on exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for re-' Address —The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3,:0' row, Savoy, fitre,a, WA. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Jan. 21.—1 n consequence of a weaker cotton market to-day we have had very little doing in cloth or yarns, and prices are slightly easier. Messrs. Ellison and H aywoo d, in their monthly cotton report, Liverp oo l, J an . 18, say :—"'Twelve months ago, in comm en ti ng u p o n the prospects of the market as affecting the future position of the consumer, we observed that the year then before us opened with the promise of a healthier and more re munerative trade than had been experienced for several years past. So f a r as the business of the first seven or eight months was concerned, this forecast was fully realised. The supply of the raw material was in excess of the demand, while the demand for the inanuft.l ,, ,..red article fully equalled the supply, and though prices declined both here and in Manchester the fall in raw cotton was much greater than the decline in goods and yarn. Then followed a period during which the course of the markets was precisely the reverse of that just de scribed ; the stock of cotton rapidly decreased, while the demand for goods perceptibly slackened ; the value of the one advanced while the price of the other declined, until the advantage gained by the producer in the early part of the year was more than lost, leaving him in a far worse position at the close of 1866 than at the end of 1865. Whatever changes, therefore, take place in the course of the new year, the opening prospects are the reverse of favourable, and the first three or four months of 1867 threaten to be as profitless and perplexing to consumers as the last three or four of 1866. We cannot expect an import into Liverpoolof more than 700,000 bales from all sources during the opening quarter of the year, against a supply of 895,000 in the cor responding period of 1865, whereas we require at least 65,000 bales per week, or a total of 845,000 bales, for home consumption and export, which would reduce the present stock of 516,000 bales to 371,000 bales. As a matter of course, such a decrease would lead to an important advance in prices ; but our impression is that, in view of the more ample supplies which may be ex pected to reach us in the early summer months, the position taken by buyers in Manchester will be such as to compel spinners and manufacturers to reduce their consumption the moment prices rise to a point much beyond their present level. We expect the total import into Great Britain in 1867 to reach about 3,350,000 bales. In this figure- we include 1,000,000 bales from America, but we should not be surprised if 100,000 bales more were received. A great deal will depend upon the amount of the new crop. With a favourable season and a large yield we should probably get 250,000 more than our esti mate. As some 250,000 to 300,000 bales of last year's Indian import consisted of stocks held at the close of the previous season, and as no similar sur plus existed at the commencement of the present season, we do not look for a supply of more than 1,500,000 bales for 1867. The Brazilian accounts are not so favourable as we could wish ; some point to a decrease in the shipments for the present year, none to an increase. On the whole we shall be safe in placing the imports at 400,000 bales. From Egypt the advices are conflicting, but they all agree in estimating the crop at less than was expected two or three months back. The import into Great Bri tain will probably re ac h 280 , 000 b a l es. It may b e more, but b os u t t l w ik e el d y o se n n o d t t a hink it s mall i m n ' c il r l ea b s e e u le r s o s n . l a s Turkey r —say 40,000 bales ; and we shall in all likelihood receive 130,000 bales, or more, from the West In dies, Peru, Sze.,, The Member for Chatham and his Constituents. • CHATHAM, Tuesday. _ _ Last night Mr. Arthur J. Otway, the member for Chatham, addressed a meeting of his constituents in the Lecture Hall, the area of which was crowded to excess. The chair was occupied by Mr. John Tribe. Mr. °TWAY, after alluding to the events in the past year abroad, spoke of those at home. The bill foe the extension of the franchise, as brought in by the late Government, had been rejected by the House of Commons, and the re i ns o f G ov er n ment had passed from the h ands of Lib era l s i n to those of their opponents. (Loud cheers.) The reason the late Reform Bill was defeated last session was be cause it was a real, honest "measure, framed with a view of improving, in however small a degree, the representation of the p eop l e ; w hil s t its defeat was brought about by a di shonest com bi na ti on of th e enemies of reform with those who professed reform with their lips but not in their hearts. (Cheers.) He did not believe the late bill was by any means a perfect measure—(hear, hear) _nevertheless, he gave it, so far as it went, hi s warmes t s upport. His own conviction had long been that the only abiding plan for the suffrage, so far as boroughs went, was to be found iu household voting, supplemented by an ex tended residential lodger franchise. (Cheers.) There was now a powerful movement being made in favour of manhood suffrage; but ho would honestly say that he was not in favour of that measure. (Hear, hear.) In England the House of Commons was supreme, and had long possessed power, and it was therefore of the utmost importance that they should well consider the results likely to follow before they finally decided by what suffrage they would elect their representatives. (Hear, hear.) He had long been of the opinion that all reform must proceed gradually, and therefore he would candidly say he was not in favour of manhood suffrage, although he was most anxious that all classes should be represented in Parliam e nt , no one class prepon derating over another. In the House of Commons they found the army and the navy, law, commerce, manufacturers, aanda new class call e d " fi nanc i ers ' h presented ; but th e wor ki ng (l —(laughter)—all g t classes were without a re p r esentative or spokesman er)—ll re of their own. (Hear, hear.) Were manhood suffrage to exist in this country an immense preponderance would be g iven to that class over all the others. (Hear, hear.) That being the case, he was in favour of a scheme of reform which, while moderately ex tending the franchise in all boroughs, would give to certain large cities and towns a suffrage of an ex tended character, and allow every working man resi dent therein to vote. With the bill brought in by the late Government he should like to have seen a large lodger franchise, and some 20 or 25 large boroughs selected, where the working classes predo minated, to be allowed to try the experiment of man hood suffrage, the members thus elected giving the benefit of their experience to the House of Commons, (Cheers.) The great object they had to keep in view was this—that the working classes should be repre sented, but that they should not predominate. With regard to the county franchise, tin ,1.0 qualifica tion, as had been proposed, would satisfy all reason able claims. He now can - 1., t o the question of the redistribution of seat',, and on this subject he would frankly say thy'.the bill introduced by the late Go vernment ' ,lad better have left that unfortunate quest; —on alone. (Hear.) Before he left the subject it the late Reform Bill he would allude to that fin:- portant clause which would deprive 'the artisans em ploed in her Majesty's dockyard 4 of their votes. (Hear, hear.) Ile believed that Mr. Gladstone, although he might not have been influenced by pressure, would have been amenable to argument, and lie had reason to know that the members for the dockyard towns would have been successful in get ting that clause expunged from the bill. (Cheers.) Ile could not help expressing his regret that Lord Russell had not attempted a settlement of the awk ward questions arising out of the Alabama claims. (Hear.) Although that demand on the part of our cousins, or rather brothers—(hear, hear)—in Ame rica was one rather for statesmen, it had been handed by Lord Russell over to the lawyers, and with what results they had all seen. Precedents appeared to be more considered than policy, and a golden opportunity to settle the question had been let slip when the Government of the United States, in strict conformity with its neutrality laws, took action against the Fenian marauders in Canada. (Cheers.) Common sense told them that repara tion was undoubtedly due to the Americans, and a great country like England ought not to refuse making . it. With regard to the question of reform during the coming session of Parliament various rumours were afloat. He did not venture to prophesy, but his own opinion was that the present Government would decline to bring in a measure of reform. (" Then they must go out," and cheers.) That opinion was grounded on the belief that the members of the present Cabinet could never agree among themselves on the question. There were men of great ability in the Cabinet, foremost among whom were Lord Cranborne and General Peel, and others, who were decidedly opposed to any reform, as by their recent speeches in Parliament and elsewhere they have testified. It was not, therefore, to be supposed that Mr. Disraeli, bring in what measure he might, could hope to satisfy them; and if it did not satisfy them did they think it would be satisfactory to the country ? (Cheers.) He would not dishonour those members of the Cabinet by believing that they were political tricksters, and that they would consent to eat the very words delivered by them a few months back. (Hear, hear.) Neither could he suppose that Mr. Disraeli would again attempt to propose such a measure as that brought forward by him in 1859 in the face of certain defeat, and therefore he in clined to the belief that there would be no measure of reform brought forward this year; but it was probable that the house would be invited to proceed by resolution. (Hear.) In conclusion, he firmly believed that with a reformed Parliament all the subjects which required attention would be grappled with, and the House of Commons, invigorated by a large draught of the popular element, would make England the "mother of parliaments," an example to her children of prosperity, happiness, and liberty for ages to come. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) A vote of confidence in Mr. Otway was unani mously agreed to. Lord F. C. Cavendish, M.P., and Mr. Forster, M.P., at B adford. The annual meeting of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce was held on Monday, and a soiree was subsequently given in St. George's Hall, by the pre sident, Mr. W. H. Ripley. Lord F. C. CAVENDISH, M.P., in seconding the adoption of the report, said :—lf they looked at the end and object of commerce, when free and untram melled, he saw that the end was that capital and labour should be spent in those directions where they would meet the very best reward, and also that those gifts that Providence, with bounteous hand, had showered on the various nations of the world should be brought within the reach of all in every nation. With respect to the commercial treaty with Austria, up to the present time it had brought forth no great result owing to the great war . in Germany. He had formed the conclusion that uo delay could take place before not only that treaty was in full working order, but also before the principle of free trade tola very considerable extent was put in opera tion over the States on the Continent. They could hardly expect that free trade could be adopted in new countries, colonies, and the United States. We at home were so incensed by the apparent stupidity of:the colonists in not learning the lesson we had-' learned of late years that we scarcely did justice to their position. He thought instead of us telling them that they were to grow rich simply by agriculture, we should point out to them that the industries they were rearing up would be sickly and ,weakly, and that they should trust rather to the gradual growth of local wants, which would enable the ma nufacturers to secure a firmer field of trade. The next event which he would refer to was the financial panic and the suspension of the Bank Act. There was one question deserving of serious consideration in connection with it—whether the notes of the Bank should not be issued unless there was bullion behind them, and whether the issue of the notes should not be entrusted to a separate department. He thought there were very strong arguments in favour of entrusting it to a separate department ; one was, because as long as the Bank had anything to do with the issue of notes, many people would believe that the Bank had unlimited means, and that it was the business of the Bank to come out and rescue those who were in want of funds, and that it was the business of the Bank to help them out of any great commercial catastrophe. If the issue of notes was placed in the hands of some department that had nothing to do with the Bank, that state of things would be obviated. He now came to another subject of considerable difficulty and im portance—that of strikes. There seemed to have been of late years a tendency on the part of some to get rid of these strikes, and, if possible, put an end to these troublesome tr.;fles' unions. He thought anything leading that way would be a great error, because that course had been tried and in"..d failed, and we were still suffering from the evils of i,;;.? attempt. The only measure that the Legislature could bo called upon to pass was one that would secure more completely the working man from the intimidation of trades' unions. There was great hope, however, that these disasters would not occur so frequently in the future, from the fact that consideration showed that the interests of employers and employed were identical. Ex perience would teach them to be wiser, and, therefore, there was good reason to hope they would soon see a diminution of the number of strikes and lock-outs. With regard to the ques tion of belligerent rights at sea, he tendered his deepest thanks to the present Government for the course they had taken. To no nation was it of more importance than to England that this question should be clear and certain ; that the present state of the law should be ascertained, and if it was not consistent with the present state of civilisation, it should be amended. It was well that that should be done in times of peace. He also expressed his gratitude to the present Government for the course they intended to take with regard to the Alabama claims. He would not enter into the question as to whether we had fulfilled our obligations with re gard to that vessel or not, but he would only say that there was a deep feeling in the United States that we did If it was declared that we had fulfilled our obligations all cause of ill-will would be removed ; but if, on t he contrary, it was decidedlow we bad not, though it m i g ht be disagreeableto o a we were wrong. yet we should stand before the world in a far higher position by admitting our error, and rectifying it as far as we could, than if we should simply deny and defend our actions. Even if we had a he av y saw to pay, it would be a very heavy sum indeed which would not be far ex ceeded by the beneficial reFults to ourselves in the next war we have to undertake. (Applause.) The motion having been c arried, t at the next , Mr. FoRSTER, M.P ., proposed T meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce the council be requested to support the resolntion proposed by the Hull, Leeds, rind Bradford - • ber for the appointment of a select committee or committees of the House of Commons on the sub jects of tribunals of commerce, and of courts of conciliation between masters and s3rvants." It would be exceedingly difficult to establish these tri bunals in England, for they would have all the lawyers against them, for they could not see with out concern that disputes could be settled without their assistance ; and we should find it very diffi cult to engraft such a system upon our courts of law. Ile thought the time had come when the House of Commons should sec whether they could not do something towards putting an end to the dis putes between the employers and the employed by the samesort of arbitration there was on the Continent. One thing was clear, if these courts were established in England they must be voluntary courts, and the parties must be induced to assent to their decisions. With regard to the question of strikes, he thought there had been special circumstances during the past year which might be said to have caused the diffi culties on the labour question. In consequence of the general prosperity of the productive interests of the country, there had been a great demand for labour, and the emigration from Ireland, and also, to some extent, from England, had reduced the sup ply, so that the labourers thought the time was come when they could obtain a greater share of the general profits. They had in many cases asked for a greater proportion of the profits than the real jus tice of the case demanded. He hoped, however, that common sense would show them. the error of that course, and that they would have much fewer strikes in future. After complimenting the Governtnent on the course they bad taken with regard to commercial matters, he in conclusion reminded the meeting of what he had told them before, that they would find Lord Stanley and Sir S. Northcote had satisfactorily attended to commercial affairs. (Applause.) Mr. BEIIRENS seconded the motion, which was carried. The Public Health. The following is the weekly return of the Regis trar-General of births and deaths in London and in 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom In the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 19, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom was 4,364 ; the deaths re gistered, 3,668. The annual rate of mortality was 31 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,131 boys and 1,058 girls, in all 2,189 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1857-66 the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,148. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,714. It was the third week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,690. The deaths in the present return exceed the estimated number by 24. The severe weather of the first week of the year was followed by rain, and two or three warm days ; the snow melted ; then on the 11th and 12th days of the month the cold wave began to blow again over London, so thatlast week the temperature sank 10 deg. below the average temperature of the season. The full effect of the frost on life is not yet on re cord ; but while the deaths registered in London in the two weeks ending Jan. 5 were 2,873, the deaths in the last two weeks ending Jan. 19 were 3,605. The excess of 732 deaths is fairly referable to the cold ; and the numbers are thus distributed over the five ages of life-50 at ages under 20 years, 85 at the age 20-40, 186 at the age 40-60, 333 at the age GO-80, and 78 at the age 80 and upwards. Thus the power to resist cold diminishes as age advances, in conformity with a well-established law. The deaths by drowning in Regent's-park have not yet been returned by the coroner. Three hundred and twelve deaths from zymotic diseases, 308 from bronchitis, 100 from pneurnonia,7B from disease of the heart, and 189 from phthisis were registered during the week. The deaths of 13 nonagenarians and one cente narian were recorded in the week. The annual rate of mortality last week was 29 per 1,000 in London, 31 in Edinburgh, and 31 in Dublin; 38 in Liverpool, 38 in Manchester, 29 in Salford, 29 in Bristol, 42 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 28 in Hull, and 35 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 33 per 1,000 during the week ending the 12th inst., when the temperature was 10.9 deg. Fahren heit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 32 per 100. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.586 in. The barometrical reading decreased from 29.79 in. on Monday, to 29.32 on Thursday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 26 deg., which is 10.5 deg. below the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 34.9 deg., on Wednesday. The lowest night temperature was 13.9 deg., on Monday. The entire range of tem perature in the week was, therefore, 21 deg. The .mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 32.7 dug. ; that of the lowest was 31.2 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was G• 1 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 76, complete saturation being represented by 100. The direction of the wind was variable. Snow fell on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. According to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metropoli tan Board of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames at the south ern outfall works, Crossness, in the week ending Jan. 19, was 48,950,585 gallons, or 222,405 cubic metres, weighing about as many tons. In the week ending Jan. 12, 293,759 cubic metres were pumped daily. The Government and Reform. A correspondent of the Scotsman writes as follows : —" That a Reform Bill was at one time thought necessary by Mr. Disraeli, that its heads and leading clauses were drawn up by him, and that the em bryo measure is at the present moment pigeon holed somewhere in readiness to be produced in the event of an urgent overpowering demand there are good reasons for believing. When the Cabi net met after the recess, it was necessary to deter mine whether the Reform Bill should form part of the Ministerial programme. It is rumoured that the decision was delay ed as long as possible, that the objections of an inhfluaeknitnia,lumpaojofritthyeiGveor-e re insuperable, and tha t the „ vernment seemed inevitable if Mr. Disraeli persisted in laying his Reform Bill upon the table. It is now believed that a via media has been resolved upon, and that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will an nounce the willingness of the Government to bring in a Reform Bill if the House of Commons should be of opinion that the reform of the representation ought t o take p r ecedence of all other measures of leg i s l a tive improvement. The notion that Reform must be the work of the house itself, rather than a party, is a favourite one in Conservative circles ; and if the house, either by resolutions or by instruc tions, would declare its mind and call upon the Conservative Government to give legislative effect to its wishes, Mr. Disraeli would be only too happy to comply with the general desire. It is, however, fondly hoped by the Premier, General Peel, Lord Cranborne, and other members of the'Cabinet ' that the House of Commons does not in its inmost heart desire a Reform Bill, and that it will gladly accept any pretext for hanging up the question for another session. Legislative and administrative reforms have almost stood still of late, it will be said, and many measures of domestic improvement, equal in their aggregate importance to any Reform Bill, demand - the attention of the Legislature. it is hoped that the Adullamites, and the Liberals representing the ?wailer boroughs likely to be disfranchised, rs;7l, . i__ ...i_ IN SPAI'P tt A ilcr. follow the Chancellor of the - -- ' - 14 4 /7 ' '/;-- IP_ ,r`' ,- - =» - t-- I Vs ,g, gy lobby on that issue. The Govern -eittftpaelf*V - ~• .. ,-,,,, are industriously engaged in prepa '.. '6 -- reteasn - which, it is hoped, the Lower lions - ' ill ilcepiti instead of a Reform Bill. The Treasury and Board C . r r -de are framing bills for the registration of railway debentures, for amending the law relatinc , to limited liability companies, for preventing ac cidents in coal mines, for relieving shipowners and certain grievances on the one hand, and compelling them, on the other, to take measures for the health and comfort of merchant seamen. The Home office will seek to bring the labour of women and children in certain trades and manufactures under the law for regulating the hours of labour, •wiii propose to deal with the metropolitan gas question, will endeavour to carry into effect certain I CCOln• mendations of the Capital Punishment Com mission, and possibly of the Committee on Turn pike Tolls. Lord Naas will bid high for the sup port of Irish M.P.'s, by measures relating to Irish railways, piers, harbours, and public works, which will involve the expenditure of a good deal of public money, and entail a considerable annual charge upon the country. The Lord Chancellor and the Attorney-General are engaged upon half-a dozen measures of law amendment, including, of course, a Bankruptcy Bill. The Colonial Secretary has in his portfolio a Bill authorising the Confede ration of the North-American Provinces, ar.d plans for the pacification of Jamaica and New Zealand. The President of the Poor-Law Board is ready with measures for the improvement of workhouse infirmaries, the better treatment of casual paupers, &c. Lord Stanley will claim credit for putting the Alabama claims in a train of settlement ; and the Tories will see in Lord Stanley's action a proof that be must be another " heaven-born Minister." General Peel has been reorganising the War-office during the recess, and will have important views to unfold in regard to recruiting, army-pay, improved ordnance, and breechloaders. Sir J. Pakington will again reconstruct the navy in accordance with the latest scientific improvements. He will carry out further measures of reform in the dockyards, and will endeavour to attract a steadier supply of seamen to the Royal Navy. Lord Cranborne will show that he, too, has not been, idle, and will point to new public wo-.:ks in India. These and other measures will douljtless make an imposing array in the Queen's Speech ; but when the House of Commons ineelis in the evening one question will override all others—Will Lord Derby be allowed to govern the country with a minority of the House of Commons, except on the condition that he makes an honest and bona fide attempt to settle the Reform question ? Commu nications have, I hear, been received in town from Mr. Gladstone, expressing a strong opinion on this point. There will be found, I have reason to be lieve, a general agreement between the Liberal M.P.'s upon two subjects—first, that they should acknowledge and support Mr. Gladstone as their leader ; and, secondly, that they should declare that the Government of Lord Derby, having disappointed the just expectations of the country, does not pos sess the confidence of the House of Commons. Even Adullamites like Colonel Biddulph assert that the Government will be unworthy of the confidence of the country if they do not attempt at once to settle the question of Parliamentary Reform. Mr. Gladstone is said to entertain a similar opinion still more energetically. Execution of Two Soldiers. The two soldiers of the Imperial Guard, Ciosi and Agostini, were shot on Monday morning at Vincennes, pursuant to the sentence of a court martial, for the murder in a wine shop at Cham perret. The execution was a grand and terrible military spectacle. A company from every regiment of the army of Paris attended. The 2d and 3d regi ments of Voltigeurs of the Guard, to which tho unfortunate prisoners belonged, were on the ground in full force. Generol Soumain commanded the parade. The firing party consisted of four sergeants, four corporals, and four privates, commanded by two adjutants. The men to whom the sad task was assigned were feelingly told by their officers, while loading their firelocks in their respective barracks, that they had not only a military duty to perform, but one of humanity, which required them to take good aim. The prisoners were warned at four o'clock in the morning that their request for the Emperor's pardon had been rejected, and that they must prepare to die. One of them, Ciosi, received the fatal news with a coolness and courage which he maintained to the last ; but Agostini's nerve failed him. The two priests in attendance effected a reconciliation between the two men. Agostini had spoken very bitterly of his comrade ; and when at last he stretched out his hand to him he said, ".You know well enough that you alone are guilty." Be fore mounting the cellular carriage in waiting to conduct them to the place of execution they were offered wine, brandy, and bread ; Agostini took some refreshment, but Ciosi asked only for cigars, which he continued to smoke to the end. The morn ing was terribly cold. At half-past 8 the condemned men stepped out of the carriage to the spot where they were to be shot to death. They were warmly clad in full uniform, with military cloaks around them, and Ciosi hal carefully put on white gloves. General Soumain exercised the prerogative which the military code gave him of excusing the men from military degradation, and they were shot in their uniforms. When a French soldier is shot he is per mitted, if he pleases, to refuse to have his eyes ban daged. Ciosi at first refused—afterwards, at the suggestion of his confessor, consented ; but ulti mately tore off the bandage, knelt down, and looked steadily in the face of his old comrades who were to fire at 10 paces. Looking at Agostini, who, though h as not a a d b e n a t o tone keep u p p i t o y n hi, ands the order to fire was given , C iosi, in a firm voice, ckwonintehteesmbpetus,t,bf‘eoPlulondodo;wwAngostini !" Immediately before 7 addressing the firing party, said : " Dear comrades, I am guilty of the crime, but, upon my consci ence, I did not intend to rob. I beg pardon of God and of you. Adieu." Agostini, completely broken down by fear, was obliged to be tied to a post before he could be shot at. The criminals were fired at sepa rately. One of them—the reports differ as to which —did not appear to be quite dead after the volley ; and one of the soldiers, coming near him, blew out his brains, which were scattered about in a manner shocking to behold. According to military regula tions, all the troops present filed past before the dead bodies, drums beating and colours flying. It is believed that they never premeditated murder when they entered the publichouso at Champerret, but committed the crime when half drunk in a sort of " chance med ley." There was a great crowd of Parisians on the vast plain of Vincennes, attracted by the news of the execution. Night cabmen who had seen the move ment of troops and ascertained the cause canvassed many with success. But all the would-be sightseers were disappointed, and had a cold ride for nothing. The military kept all civilians outside their lines, and the s spectacle of the death o f th e t wo Corsican sol diers was witnessed exclusively by the soldiers for whose example it was intended. An attack of apoplexy has carried off a favourite artist for the young in Mr. George Baxter, inventor of the process of printing in oil colours, a process chiefly em ployed in the production of such art-toys as children prefer. He was in his sixty-third year. THE INTERNATIONAL RACE-COURSE SOCIETY (LimlTED).—Yesterday, in the winding-up suit of the International Race-course Society (Limited), an appli cation was made by Mr. M. Abrahams, as solicitor for the official liquidator (Mr. Kemp), for a:call of £7 10s. per share. lle said the company was formed for the improve ment of race-courses, and soon "came to grief." The sum required for the debts and expenses was £11,114. There were 24 contributories, and 1,803 shares at £lO each taken. The only assets of the company amounted to £1 3s. 7d. in cash, and it was necessary to make a call of £7 10s. per share, allowing for those who could not pay. Mr. Woodbridge, for three contributories holding 100 shares, who could pay, objected to the proposed call. Mr. M. Abrahams said the list was very "rotten ;" and the Chief Clerk (Mr. Hawkins) went over some of the names. He had no doubt of its rottenness, and in making the call suggested to Mr. 31. Abrahams that the contributories who could pay should be accommodated by being allowed to pay the call by instalments. Order of £7 10s. call made accordingly, ~ ;~'. NEW NOVEL. On Friday, in 3 vols., post Bvo., S T. A . L I C By l• DWARD CA 31PBELL TAINSII. E. Hurst ty,cl 11!ackat, 11, Great Alsriborougli-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CHRISTIE'S FAITH. By the Author of "No Church," "Owen," "Hattie," Jrz. "The design and the execution of this book are both good. The characters are original, clearly conceived, and finely as well as strongly delineated."—Pall-Mall Gazette. Hurst and Blacken, 13, Great Marlborough-street.