The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-30 00:00:00

IT/ , 2 - EWSPAIER . • rz? - %‘ - -2v /„. ra diP Z • • the fitting up of which would be vigor. = ceeded with during the summer. 'tit SI • The motion having been seconded, some diseug sion ensued, and, in reply to questions, it was stated . that the company would send in. its ac c o unt to _the municipality for the public lighting every month, and the concession stipulated that the account should be paid within the time specified. That company. was now in every respect a Russian com pany ; it had the power of . suing and being sued. The cost of coal was estimated at about 40s. per ton in Moscow. The debentures issued were_at 8 per cent., and were for terms of live, seven, and ten years. They did not expect to make any profit out of the public lights, but the price paid was a little in excess of the cost. It left a small balance on the . ri4lit side. They expeeed profit from the private I 3 `~► • . ...... „.„.,__ ,i. .4.7,4 * ....w.„.,.• , • ..„, „...,.„.,..,,,, ~ 1 0,..., 4 ,, ~., ~• ,1., ~ - ‘ 4f 2._ - ___,' 4 - !;*Lfeittifri \ - e,s; ~ 11% • Arj, ...Ip lik , t . . ' .. , ...... 1 . 311. ,,,.. 4,, q . .. ~•.; , `1 '\ i ,),, , --4 : 4 ;5 , )24'.* ",,' ---- ,• 1 . r ..t . , p....,, 4 .1 71 . ! ~4 i ..2, N.,...,, „ k . 1 .1:,.. • ' ll 4l cr? 7_,L1... L. A .. --- -„tlt..: k . ,• ••,. ~...-. • ~ \.'4- • 11 1 r --- t i ~.,:ref ..,,,e -......... • ' % a . ...A. ..., . „....• e:, _ I; --------,,-• % 1„,,, i 4'.- P.... , ~,,a , ,,..,. ~., 0 7 ~ ,:, ........ r, (*., •,_ 4--- \&, • 4. 1 , b..... . 1 , .• • ;, ,, N=. - .;,, L -ti - hi •,„0 4. , ,..x,-6-011 . - - \ --74: J ,, , ,-,. ) 4._ A ~. < e i, .. r D -2••• - ,4" -. 4 '',,,,.ay, p- ..i re,„.,.. ' .....................---.--., - 'CI, A PRIL 30, 1807 SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVE PRICE.. 4d. STAMPED sd. Mr. Gladstone aiid the Liberal Party. The following let: :7s been adire.ssed by Mr. Baines to Mr. Crawford, i t P.:— is so bad from beginning to end that I have no after the section to Hurda. The works on the last section from Sohagpoor to Jubbulpoor were also advancing favourably. Upon the South-East line from Sholapoor to Itaichoor, the point of junction with the Madras railway, the works Were being car ried on .-atisfactorily. The expenditure on capital ac count to the 31st December had been £14,626,036, leaving a balance of £451,018. The proposed ar rangement between the company and the N rbud►da Coal and Iroa Company had been broken off. ; . , ir . : •,,,, t.. r ,, ~,,, i r...., ,-, y , • ~.,. ...._, . A.PTE sur lt; Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to #.:• - . .....0 .. ~,, , ,,: .., . ., 5 1 4 V** • .; I* -c, After After Lveer;rn-laTnhe e T a h tr e e atre After _A deipm 'EVANS' to SUP. ( , '11! rat' 5... ~.s , s, • Theatre EVANS' to SUP, 11. - z4 r2i -.7 , After 14:VANS' to SUP. , ,oss I''P , i'\ k" After Yivrapie Theatre . , At Nstrand Theatre leVANs' to SUP. t44. - , '4l • - Att., R ,Fw Royalty Theatre .. EVANS' to SUP. ,p,.. a James's Theatre \ 77e,,,, ~. ) f 4 . ea \„, 1 1,..,:. „ ~..._, ~' --...:: ...„ , .......-. 4‘ D After EVANS' to SUP. cc of Wales' Theatre EVANS' to SUP. °miens/ 'I nging and Supper Club, EVANS', -Covent-garden. ...............• .....____ Vocal Entertainment at Eight. ZIN a T i i No. 23364. 4'l-1E SU N LUND( , i k —t.Ays LL WHISKY. DUBLIN ; ____ • —_____ „ Thl B , EXHIBITION', 1865. 1 __—__ ' ready, in one vol. Bvo with Illustrations, iss., uuT., ii erated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the ' N o w • ' It . 4 Pnze Medal. & TRIP TO THE TROPICS;II-16 0 333, 1\ s ' pe E cil L,-;_z'' JAMES, and C 0., Appointment to her Majesty the Queen, ', is Pure M a i, , Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- • ..tli. AND HO 11E THROUGH AMERICA. their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, By the Marquis of LORNE. and the principal Courts of Eticope, i 'l'% 'l l l 'i s in s r3°Ull-2 . 3s. Bd., at the Retail Tlonsea in London Fom the Times, April le -"The tons. of Lord Lorne's GoLDsmrrris, JEWELLERS, and SILVERSMITHS, orls-4.; s-Tents in th e p r i nc ipal towns' in England; or book is thoTougt!iy htlilthy and vigorous and Ins r. insra . , 5, REGENT-STREET, PiaLL-MALL. R "'"'" at open men and thanes are is, nerally welt reasoner and sent.. A As records ot the lre,h itoere - siont left on the Trawl .1 a specialite for Monogram Jewellery in Diamonds, Crystal, T WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. youn r toUtitt who saw much and ,an give a plsasant, Intel- , ervy, ts Gold Enamel, and Precious Stones. ligeet ateco aut of what he saw, the book is in every way ' R - i rt 1 '''', Red Seal Pink Label, and Cork branded ..........____ %!lan'a DL Whisk - 4." • t tistac!ory. ' Mess:s. 11., J., and Co. employ only Artists of repute II urat and Blackett, 13, Gre..t Mar:borough-street. as Designers of Monograms, and they respectfully invite OUNTrp - CITRY HOTELS, PUBLIC lIOUSES, Now ready at a 1 the Librsiies. in 3 vols., artistic protictiona, as also their new and varied Stock of Pflss... and. BIJ= , 'INESSES. AYMOND'S HEROINE, Gobi and Silver Work, espaeially deli fined for the forth coming Season. Photogrsplis highlyfinished es Minia . p m 4: NESS and KNEE'S List on application. rim NEW NOVEL. *oath s'nrs for insertion received until the 27th of the force. Class 36, Precious Metals Cort, P.E. at their . The Times.- "Raymond's Heroine' is a clever and visor- Alio eus oss w sac. It is a book which deserves to be rea I, slid it. will - S. A'ar.;treelA s ND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. be read. 'I he r. ader - will gallop ihrou!.;h it with breathless It EGULATIONS for CARRI A G E S - with iraed, W.o s and nearly opposite the inlercst It is a book whits( will 113 guilty of causing careful CompanY going to the EVENING PARTY of tho .......,__ Charing Cross Railway Station. I mammas to say to their daughters -'My dear, do put down COUNTESS OF DERBY, y in , IDszning-street, on WED that boek and go to bed.' It is very smoothly and fluentl y wr i tten throughout. The scenery ot the various incidents is NESDAY NIGHT, Ist Ma IT UTUA L LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION vividly painted. the conversations are lively, and the plot is SETTING DOWN. 1 , . Ri.j ' l neireoratei by Ant of Parliamant. 1510). carefu ly and coherently put together." Carriages are to set down at the door facing the Endo- AT)Ir '`"tr•L-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ss. Salop A sure of St.. James's Park, and • near the Mortar Gun, with '' , lless ' ' eMNEY noon Persanal Security, Bills of Salo rend y k . or Leasehold Pruner y, for one, two, or three years, di 'lle werk y, monthly; or sinisterly. Ttills promptly 81°11 11 ter'. ' N EW SONGS, by the composer of " Jenny of and after setting down, wait on the Mall or Parade as Forms tree on reccipt of stamped envelope. the Mill" (A ioniorisz LEDUC', all at half price, with directed by the Police, or drive away. 2 1 ? WA RD HARPER. Secretary. - an extra stamp for postage :- TAKING UP. 1 Jenny of the Mill. 3s. 7. Iliondinette. 25 Cd. Carriages are to take up at the Garden entrance, near I I 11 B 0 X F 0•R D 9 lapri Not s a Month Ago. 2s. 6d, 8. The Little Drumme r. 38. ngtime. 2s. 6d. 'if. The closure of St. James's-park, and drive away by the Horse 1 6, OXFORD-STREET, W.,. . 4. Pearls of the Morning. 2s. 6d. 2s. ed. 10. Dear Morn of Life. 28.6 d. Guards or along the Mall. No TUSICAL EST ABLISH ‘I ENT OF LONDON. 5. The Flower Girl. 3s. li. Sweet Plailon.el. 2s. Ed. Buckingham Gate, .the gates of the Horse Guards, and I :YSNsaneretto. by J. Offenbaah, entitled MR. AND MRS. 6. Softly the Chimes. 28. 6d. 12. come Sing with Me. 3s. Marlborough-court will be open for carriages to pass ; the p ,, Tim s ; i t s , ;:lld LA. TR.AVIATA..se. RAVI AT A. .se. Sze. P r i n cipal artistes, London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street; carriages of those having the privilge to pass along n, husk sell, Barrie, and leitzlienrw ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, and may be had everywhere. Constitution Hill may go that way. and' s, s Evan., Bury, Signor Tivoli, with Extra Band i („ 'MIR COndlletoT, Ar. F. Jonzitmans 1 ,, ,, , TPT1, : Now published at 3d., per post 4d., to preve . Et obstructions.. Servants waiting are to remain •„,,S.Vep h s's' L• by Messrs HARRY SYDNEY LITTLE p AL.NLESS TOOTH EXTRA.CTI.ON.. ; or, „ , here directed by the dice. One. is - ,'in'l PATTI . NINA MARCUS WU KINSON; 'ubt p "r":ItTRUDT, and her Troupe of Performing Dogs, Anaesthesia Locally Applied. By, A. ESKELL, RICHARD MAYNE, 'v - lii it s, " 2 's ' Surgeon-Dentist, Author ot " Mutat Surgery," "Pure The Commissioner of Police of the, Metropolis. 1 ASE,R, Cornadian.wit i " 1177 . , ~ TEI Z i o rt., T ,-7 1. 13 :ti ll tl r e . (1 } ". 11 NOT lONS oF THE 131Uhl:ILLSQIIIIMI•t...ertAin. De S n im tis pUn ' , " :l ° a • rsha.ll, and Co.; all booksellers; or of the Metropolitan Police,Offrce, 4, Whitehall-place, author, at his resideuoe, 8, Groaveuor-street, Road-street. April 29, 1867. .-'s • Aersb attt 'l- i -The Bros. HANLON, the celebrated American —, • -.- _ s------....__'_ will appear THIS EVENING. . • . L. lIYAM, 36, GRACECIIURCII-STREET, r ,ONDON &.NORTLI-WESTERNRAILWAY. ARGyLL ROOMS. —GRAND CASINO, CITY. A 4 CHESTER RACES, April 30, May, 1,2, and 3. RETURN TICKETS issued from London (Easton, Windmill-street, Pimadilly. L. HYAM, 189 and 190, TOTTENHAM -4,TNl)ir'itste elegant and op ular Rooms, having been entirely re- Kensington, West Brompton , Che lsea, Battersea, and Clap il 171:IL:are now popular EVERY EVENING f o r Concert COURT-ROAD, WEST. ham Junction), to CHES TER, on MONDAY, April 29, &n tt • Cht tN ne t ', F l Pre Conductor, Signor Lace CURT'. Manager, HYAM'S ATTIRE FOR MEN, BOYS, and foll Owing days, will be available for set= by any Train (Irish and Limited Mails excepted), up to and in * L • and Youths for Immediate Wear, for the Season of elusive of SATURDAY, M a y 4. 1867, is upon the most extended scale, and at greatly re - SERVICE OF TRAINS BET WEEN EUSTON Admission to Promenade, One Sh illin g . AND .........s . _ Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. duced prices. • CHESTER. - - DOWN TRAINS. WE ST ON , s GRAND MUSIC HAIL, T . . H YAM'S GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT HOLBORN. •- 1 - 4 •is replete with every novelty for the Season, .1 &2 1&2 12&3 1&2 1&2 1&21a2 1 &2 Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. including West of England Cloths, Fancy Coatings, Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. G, EASTER EASTER FESTIVITIES. Trouserings, &c., &c. Fashion, fit, and taste in combint.- Leave lion with reduced prices. ' tt tc ,,' , Selection from Donizetti's favourite Opera of Ea ga s ' i A- DI LAMMEROOR." Principal vocalists- (Euston) 615 9 0 9 5 11 0 11 20 245 5 0 9 0 Re tir r' l O, Mr..H.De Brenner; Arturo, Mr. Douglas ll.lellon ; lIYAM'S LIGHT OVERCOATS FOR Arrive at Lin p.m. pan : p.m. ism• Ran. „,, Ice, 7,, ' , Stu n) °sr. P. Corsi"; Lucins-Mis Annie Tremaine ;in • L. • the Present Season embrace every novelty in de- Chester.... 11 35 2305 35 4 24. 53581010 12 2 15 Alrre as at the opera. sign and material, no Garment can be made to fit better. . UP TRAINS. They are tasteful and elegant.,, and very 3 moderate in price, and j R ITR LLOYD with New Songs; Mille. Colonna, 16t2 1&2 12&3 1&2 1&2 1&2 1&2 1&2 varying from 165., 18s., 215., 285., to os. Class Class Class- Class Class Class Class Class ~d-nn. Jolly Nash_; Jean ' and Victor, the Sensation of Lon r, A ',,rowded Manses and Immense Success of the L Ch L e ea ste v r e .... a m flis se ` i- „,,,NY MINSTRELS, 12 in number, including H.YAM'S STOCK OF suirrou d T fo C rbe oA au l t i v S d '' Arrive at am am '-- noen pm pni pm pm Iras w onderful Children who played at the Royal _•• for the Season is not to be sursa i tsse . 435925925 12 5 2 0 si. 25 5 ilp 11 6 of 'O r ket Theatre as the " Living Miniatures." Band quality, and fit, welt-made and handsome y trimme , 305., London . ' p m • a m fr s , 4 ° , first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen 365., 425., 505., 555., to 635. (Euston) 940 230 3SO 550 915 950 10 Si 6 0 144i,,,.''," Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. - ...r FARES FOR THE DOUBLE JOURNEY. ••., Director, Mr. P. CORES. HYAM ' S STOCK OF BUSINESS ANI) pees First Class 465. 6d: 6, 1• ,i,. of admission-Stalls and Balcony, ls.• Promenade, li • Walking Coats for the season is specially designed Second Class Ofi' e : ovate Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured ' at the Box in every Fashionable Style . and Shape from the choicest Return Tickets from Broad-street, Shoreditch, and Dal every' et'vv . een the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall materials. Prices for Business Coasts, 12s. Ed., s. 6d . 1 stun, to Chester, will also be available from Monday, April .5. 5......._ vening at 7 o'clock. upon 18s. 6d., to 21s. Walking Coats, 215., 282., 355., 425., to 29, up to May 4. 50s. W. CAWKWELL, ,-,...........1 11Th rl , l rrar LHYNM'S STOCK OF BUSINESS AND Walking Coats for the season is sp eciall y desi g ne d • in every Fashionable Style and Shape from the choicest materials. Prices for Business Coats, 12s. Ed., 15s. 6d., 18s. 6d., to 21s. Walking C oats, 215., 285., 355., 425, to 50s. FARES FOR THE DOUBLE JOURNEY. First'Class 465. 6d. Second Class Return Tickets from Broad-street, Shoreditch, and Dal ston, to Chester, will also be available from Monday, April 29, up to May 4. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. N EASTER HOLIDAYS. IT A DA.ME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. ifi 4 t o l ,"r Portrait Model of HER MAJESTY the QUEEN 1 i.5;,,, tied Also, Portrait Model. of thi-ir Royallifff h '; Vikeot : Princesses 11 ,, lene, Louise, and Beat ri ce, ~Itni . ,, 'mbri cle, and Princess Mary A commemortive .ilicl,'°f the lute - Prince Consort, illustra ire of h's Royal E'''''' MI ''llibit• as the or•ginator and founder of Interncionai jvb. n , lonk I.°°lll-B , ' 6d. ‘t4nee, le. ; children, tinder ten, half-price; extra HYAM'S STOCK OF GENTLEMEN'S • Trousers for the Season, comprehends all no novelties. Such a rare display is not to be seen elsewhere. 12s. 6d., 13s. 6d., 14s. 6d., 165., 17s. to 21s. Euston Station, April 15, 1867. CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR TIER MAJESTY'S DOCK YARDS, VICTUALLING YARDS, &c. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET HOUSE, April 27, 1867. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on' TUESDAY, the 14th May neat, at Two o'clock, they. will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying her Majesty's Dock Yards, Victualling Yards, Naval Hospitals, .Greenwich Hospital, Royal Marine Bar racks and Infirmaries, and the Admiralty, Marine, and Coast-guard Offices in London with COALS. * - A Form of the Tender, with a Distribution of the Coals and Conditions of Contract, may be obtained at the above Depot tment, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed 'unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, Tender for Coals;" and must also be delivered at the De partment of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person ten dering in the sum of £2O per 100 tons for the due perform ance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. LIIYAM'S STOCK OF WAISTCOATS . for the Season contains the most beautiful patterns and materials. ss. 6d., 6s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 9s. 6d., 10s. 6d., to 12s. 6d. HYAM'S BESPOKE DEPARTSIENT L.maintains its renown for talented cutters, accu rate fit, and durability of Workmanship. The Materials are new in design and style, and the assortment is the largest in the Kingdom. Prices are framed upon the most economical basis. LHYAiII'S YOUTHS' AND BOYS' ATTIRE • for the Season stands pro-eminent for taste, excel lence and cheapness. L. HYAM still maintains his fore most position iu this Department. L• IIYAM'S BOYS' SUITS FOR SCHOOL and every day wear are especially adapted fur the Season, and will be found to be exceedingly strong and durable, 18s., 215., 255. to 303. HYAM'S BOYS' SUITS FOR BEST L• Wear, choicest material, finest qualities, beau tifully trimmed, and will ensure the approbation of Parents and Guardians. 30s. to 355. Open from 11 a.m. tilt 10 p.m. Ilir' ______--------- . m` I NFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per _ featly ( co ' wh o , e _ Pure and uncalonred. To be hail of all dealers rti e , „, ale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand -.....______r S avoy -Steps), London. I'll ef -- A i , A13. ; 121 ,, ENlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, to - °r•tna, ''er 4allon, is vt ry Rupert() • to recent importations a Ilgi veiv . recommended by the medical PrOteS9lo% and ex er;a4, use d in hospitals. In bottles, 3RA, per dozen. or in lilt... CA(l P ' railway carriaze nal I.—HENRY BR.ETT an i eet, .11rniyal's Distillery, Holborn, E.G , and 30, Regent ----___- `, • Established 182). IitT IN OP THE FEW Is TIIE GAIN OF THE MANY." 1 1 Panic of '66 and its consequent depresAi on „, (1 • ° `, t ., ll '" (7,0 , ,n 1 f a i ,rets 9nahls th •'• FAST ['Cot 4. 4 !( , to offer TFAI LOWE R TrikN EVBrt ' 7`• I, e of Goll. Tea for Is Ad can't b' dear • irn'9llW3u, ICAIRQW.,I t."llpperShips are really 9 ' Ore " s , llelen's Chorehyard, El`teet, Jan. 1, ichl7. •r4.rttst D'thlished 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps. ,t 3 - 1 -111\1 : ESS and BENUTY ; being a Parnphlei "e 4 I - rtottve of articles and means used for improving I.o44Pearance. By ALEX. ROSS. 213, High Holborn SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in it.LPT 'ado Ross's CAN r HA. RIDES OIL, Whioh speedily. lelit 4" whiskers and thickens hair, Se 6d, s s 6 d , and 108 I:mat for 54, 84, and lit o%n:infs.—ALEX. ROSS. 248. -I.ol hOrn. London, and all Chemists. 'WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured Tim" in one day by nitnz ALEX. ROSS'S CHI KO PO. rem nreParation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few honrp. -_ 2 4vlnz the very root. Yrioe 4s • sent by post for 60 stamps. ' Holborn, London, and all Chemists. rtATR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, Ltlie ,I.ondort.—kLEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID Garin 1 1 or Gentlemen's hair immediately lt is applied. Sold - - sd, 5s Rd, an d 10s 6d ; sent free for 61, 84, an d 144 s tamps. I-U W.Of all Chemists. aREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— PI ALIVE. ROSS'S HAIR DYR produces a perfect colour Itamediately it Is limed. It is permanent, and perfeltly us terßi in ere t. Price 3s sd. 5R Rd, and , n 4 ad ; sent by post for 54, 81, cad 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—AL EX. ROSA'S DEPILATO`tY removes atmerfluons hair from the lace, neck. and arms, without effect to the skin. Pew , 3s 5,1, 5s sd, and 108 Od ; sent for 51, and 111 stamps —Had of all Chemists. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the ikin are one im remove rednesßOS3'S s, sa Lol vness, &U. 2s 9d and 7s Rd ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps. -ts AX. ROSS, 243, High Holborn, London , a nd all Che tnts. PPM COLOUR WASIL—By washing the or te head with this bewtifnliy-perfumed Wash, in seven se b 11 43 , 5 the hair assumes its orizinal colour, and remains it o pn oapsional usinT. 10s sd ; sent for stamps 243, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.—ALLX.. tRITISTI. ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie %tit uted 1827. Park. X 827 tough, Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise). In -I'ATRON—Iler Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. S et "ID tl this Institution will be gladly rexived by the 41 7, at the Offices. No. 75, Cheapside, E.C. /IENR.Y SYKES THORNTON. Treasurer. „, • lIOYEAS TILSON, J.P chairman of the Board. STE'. HEN REED CATTLEY, M.A., Hon. Sea ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. T j lr BOARD of M.A.NAGENIENT of the call the HOWEOPAT MC HOSPITAL wish to Dast attention of their friends t ) its position—daring the th e jear th e b eds have been a l most constan tl y fill e d, an d be en r ain on the resources of the Hospital has co isequentiy hn ,g r eat. They trust, therefore, thAt all the friends of th ern, , ; 1 1 . ) aillY, both in town and count,y, will rally round Ni ne nd thus pr even t th e necess ity o f crirtailinz the use- Slip , a n f the Hospital by the admission of fewer patients preuKIPTIONB earnestly needed. Bankers Messrs. A r ,"ott and Co., Threadneedle-street; and Union Bank, '7ll-Place, Regent- street. _ IS T% 5 4 r. JOHN R. WARREN, Clerk. . Great Ormond-street, W.C. 0 1j ... 1t PIVREC K ED SEAMEN and their k VED WIDOWS and 0 RP HANS. —l3fpw.rds B ritish vessels are annually wrecked, about 2,0 0 0 of „e: are on th e B r i t i s h I s l e . ! llARgino Part of the coast where the SHIPWRECKED "eat v . Kg' SOCIETY is not represented by an Bon. ' W ho olo'hes (when naked) and mends t o the i r h o mes cli krit r ecked persrme of all nations. and is the chann e l of its Th Y r , t o the bereaved w idows and orphans of the drowned. teas-"'°ronaittee earneelv AP PE AT. t r HELP. The die alwayß ant. 'The Vociety reliefed 11,221 persons Y " r, viz ship arrecked men. widows. and orpbans. vcrui;?inatitms and subscriptions thankfully received by Messrs. ain S , Deacon, and Co.; and by the undersigned, IIibeFRANCIS LEAN. secretary d 8 F . a - chambers, London-bri ge •J. IF, RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another W l 'ilinn to the 12 now in operation. Last year po_. mfet_w_er ut . ' l,oo r. friendless, young' female@ were r e j eCtea be e , UNDS amd room. making's total of 3, 08 7, whO h ave R ent awsy in Cte years. "iv home the Committee wish to form wErsid be for attn.. l t from the 71 1) 9: of d to 1 5 , who led astray from the wait of virtne. Ontrib, M, 0 Moos will bo received grstsf ally by the Secretary. Pt„, anfel Coopee,4s, Queen •street Ches il or by) essrs "TIC VAN.. T,ombierd-qtrect. • ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vlcinfty of the Great Northern Rah 4ernaints, Kinee-erees. ' Patron—Her Wiest Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Pica- Patron—Hie Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE 9.,R G. t:resident—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. Hospital. founded in the year 1825, the first to estab „ the prinniple of free admission to the sick poor, without s ue delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. a ndholly de ,'erielent for support oa voluntary eontributions t - dlt afr , ,,ttls relief to a large number of in-pa nts, and, in on this, the averazo number of st , endance of the !eetitute ellk ham for a considerable period averaged between 4 . 0 (-'0 and 4,000 weekly. C'efercittce ear estly solicit the ASSTFTANrIE of the 0Qn543 the Fr nines of this are capable of tainlag several nsAtdred more beds had the Committee the refinish e hinds to maintain them. Co ntribetione are received by M tiat ir bankers. Messrs. Brown, !.aneon and Co., Abehureh-lane; also by esers. Coutts and ,'O.; Drummond and Co.: Glyn and Co.: Herrfee and Co.; Rae --sera and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, anti Co. • Barclay and Co. ; Deacon. and Co.; Nisbet Berners-vtrept : and at the Ileepitai. teem 10 till 5. OTANYVILD 8141M9 beoretirY• T lIYAM'S BOY S' SUITS MOST • strongly recommended as combining all the excel lencies of Material, Fit, and Workmanship. They present a gentlemanly and elegant appearance. 355. to 458. LHYAM'S BOYS' SUM ARE MADE IN • every Style and Shape, including the Knicker bocker, Eton, Rugby, and Harrow Suits ;. they are plain or braided, and adapted to a variety of tastes. The greatest care is taken both in the goodness of material and soundness of workmanship —thus ensuring that dura bility so essential in Boys' Clothing. 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"My dear Sir,—ln the present crisis of the Libe ral party and the Reform cause I venture, as a very humble but earnest frield of both, to appeal to you for the initiation of some measure calculated to bring back Mr. Gladstone to the position which he alone can fill, of our trusted and honoured leader. The correspondence which you have already had with him, your position as a member for London, and, I may add, the respect which you command in the house, all justify you in undertaking this duty. "In making this public call I must ask your per mission to add a few remarks. " No one can doubt the indispensable necessity of party organisation fo'r effecting any great end in the House of Commons; and it is equally clear that that organisation cannot be maintained without a leader, to whom the party give their confidence and yield a reasonaas and considerable deference. But if this is so, under any circumstances, organisation is most emphatically requisite at a great crisis of our consti tutional history, when our fundamental institutions are to be remodelled. And it is most of all essential when this work is undertaken by a Government the members and supporteri of which have been the life long enemies of Reform, and who are now only driven to it either as a oleaus of retaining office, or tinder fear.,of ate popular indignation which their own conduct lids p - rovokel. -'---- ' - "Yet it is at such a moment t hat the Reform party in the house finds itself without a leader; and unless Mr. Gladstone can be induced to resume that all-important post the party will be paralysed, and the mighty interests of the Constitution will be aban doned to the tender mercies of anti-reformers. " I am afraid I cannot justify Mr. Gladstone for the step he has taken, unless on the ground that it was really necessary to show the Liberals the ruin ous consequences of their disunion. Should it have that effect it will be vindicated. It is impossible to deny that, as the defection of a certain number of Liberals last year destroyed the Reform Bill and the Reform Government; so the same cause haS this year reduced. the Reform party to powerless confusion. I impugn no man's motives, but Liberal members cannot fail to .see what has been the disastrous effect of abandoning their party and their leader in a great crisis. Nor can they justly complain of a leader who, after doing every thing that zeal, vigour, and consummate ability could do to insure success, and yet being left by his own friends to sustain a decisive defeat, seems to despair of thereafter leading the same forces to victory. " You will not fail to appreciate the anxiety which Mr. Gladstone has shown to take counsel with his own party, and to defer to opinions not merely of a majority, but even of a respectable minority of their number. Three times have they been summoned to his house for the purpose of interchanging views. He has been accessible to opinions from every quar ter, either expressed directly to himself or gathered through Mr. Brand. Though his own opinion and that of his late colleagues in office, of Mr. Bright, and I believe a majority of the party, was in favour of opposing the second reading of the Government Bill, he deferred to the judgment of a minority, but with the understanding that an instruction should be moved before going into committee, which would insure the bringing of the bill, on essential points, into accordance with the views of the Liberal party. When that instruction was prepared, explained, and agreed to almost unanimously by the party, and when Mr. Coleridge was ready to move it, at the last hour Mr. Gladstone was waited upon by a depu tation from the tea-room, and again yielded to the earnest representations of a minority by withdraw ing the most important part . of the instruction. Finally, he moved an amendment, which every real Liberal ought to have supported, because it virtually placed compounders below £lO in the same position as the law had long pladed compounders above £lO —and here, though supported by the great bulk of his party, he was deserted. by so many as to give the victory to Mr. Disraeli. It is evident that Mr. Glad stone has shown no want of deference to his party, and that, if he has committed any fault in this respect, it has been by yielding too much, not too little. " Of Mr. Gladstone's claims to lead the Liberal party in the house' suppose there can be no possible doubt. In statesmanlike abilities, in parliamentary and official experience, in mastery of statistical sub jects, he has no rival ; while his perfect sincerity and high-souled earnestness are the admiration of the whole country, and have won for him the warmly expressed confidence of nearly every public meeting of Reformers last year and this. He had made the Reform question eminently his own. This has been universally recognised ever since his speech on the Borough Franchise Bill in 1864. As soon as he be came leader of the House of Commons, Lord Russell and he staked the existence of their Government on the success of their Reform measure, and they sac rificed power because they could not carry it. At the beginning of this session Lord Russell, at Mr. Glad stone's house, emphatically devolved upon his late colleague the leadof the Opposition. The attendance of the entire party on his invitation, and the recep tion which they repeatedly gave him, together with the approbation of all his former colleagues in the Ministry, ratified his appointment. Lord Grosvenor and Mr. Bright concurred onthis point. The marked hostility of his opponents vindicated his title. In fact, I feel it is almost absurd to prove Mr. Glad stone's right to the lead of his party, and it would be altogether so but for the defections which have thrown doubt upon its universal acknowledgment. " If, then, in the present crisis of the Constitution the necessity of a leader for the Liberal party is so incontrovertible, and if Mr. Gladstone is not only their best, but their only possible leader, might we not reasonably expect that he should receive their hearty and general support? True, we cannot dic tate to independent members the course which they should pursue. If in so important a crisis of our his tory they think it right to detach themselves from the body of the Reformers, we can only leave them to their own consciences and their constituents. But we must point out to them the inevitable consequences —namely, the defeat, if not the destruction, of the Reform party, and the surrender of our representa tive system into the hands of the Tories, to model it according to their will. To me these appear to be consequences in the highest degree disastrous to Liberal principles, dishonourable to the Reform party, and fatal to the hope of any satisfactory settlement of the constitutional question. " has est et ab bogie doceri ; and the example of the Conservatives, iu sacrificing not merely feelings, prejudices, and scruples,. but even the principles 'which they have advocated all their lives, - in order to keep Lord berby and Mr. Disraeli in power, and to have the settlement of the Reform question in Conservative hands, proves, at least, their sense of the paramount necessity of party discipline. Far be it from me to advocate a sacrifice of principle ; but I advocate the compromises which wise and honest men may make, and which they are compelled to make almost daily for the sake of securing great ob jects. If we have a leader in whose ability and in tegrity we have Confidence, we are bound as men of common sense to follow his guidance. True, we may sometimes in the heat of an engagement be tempted to seize upon the post which is nearest to us, but in doing so we may derange the order of battle, and lose not merely the action but the cam paign. It is the duty of the leader to consider all points, to measure his own strength . and that of his opponent, to sacrifice small objects to great ones, and so to act that .he may acquit himself of the mighty responsibility which rests upon him to his party and his country. " I declare my extreme alarm at the position of the Reform Atie4tion. The bill of the Government hope of its being made worthy of the acceptance of Parliament or the country. The county franchise is not adequately extended. The borough franchise is constructed to beryuile the Radicals, yet to satisfy the Tories; and either the one party or the other will be horribly cheated by it.. It will entail upon us conflict in our parishes and corruptirl at our elections. In some boroughs it will admit the very lowest class of householders. while in the vast majority of boroughs, as in my own, it will exclude the skilled, educated, and well paid artisans. The principle of the dual vote has been universally condemned in the house and the country. The proposed plan of voting by polling papers is open to endless fraud and the exercise of undue influence to an unlimited extent. The two years' residence is a great injustice to the new voters as compared with the old. The fancy franchises are liable to gross abuse. The absence of a lodger fran chise will make the bill inoperative in the metro polis. The redistribution of seats is ridiculously inadequate to redress the anomalies of the electoral map. " Such are some of the objectionable features of the bill, and it is an additional cause of alarm that it is to be conducted through committee by a minis ter of whom it is needless to say more than that he is the author of the measure. " Unless the Reformers can re-unite under a re cognised leader, it is evident that every attempt to check the rapid progress of the bill, or to change its Vhatter, will" utterly fail. The Liberal m 4917144 will become a routed minority; and we ought gravely to consider how we shall be able so justify ourselves to our constituents and the country for permitting the ruin of the Reform cause when we hid actually the means in our hands of insuring its triumph. " There seems to me no possible means of avert ing this disaster and disgrace but by appealing to Mr. Gladstone again to take the initiative. What ever we may think of it, the fact is, as expressed in his letter to you, that he has felt that pru dence requires him to withdraw from his attempts to assume the initiative in amending the Government Bill. He says:—' I shall not proceed with the amendments now on the paper in my name, nor give notice of other amendments such as I had con templated.' But he declares—' I am not less willing than heretofore to remain at the service of the party ; and when any suitable occasion shall arise, if it shall be their wish, I shall be prepared again to at tempt concerted action on this or any other sub ject for the public good.' I infer from these words that Mr. Gladstone would obey the call of his party, but that he will not resume the lead, at least on the Reform question, without such call. May we not hope that the party which has witnessed his unri valled services in the cause of Free Trade, of Fi nance, and of Reform, for so many years, will now, from gratitude for the past and with full trust for the future, recall their only possible leader, and fol low him to another constitutional victory ? " Excuse this appeal from one who has no other apology to offer for it but his earnest zeal in the cause ; and permit me again to entreat you not to shrink from the responsibility of taking immediate steps to bring back the Liberal party to ' concerted action.'—l am, dear sir, yours truly, " EDWARD BAINES. " Headinglerlo lge, Leeds, April 27." Railway and other Companies. NORTH BRITISH. A Wharneliffe meeting of this company was held at Edinburgh on Friday, to consider various bills now before Parliament ; Mr. Stirling presided. The CHAIRMAN said that the most important bill was for raising a pre-preference stock, but was not sufficiently advanced to be submitted to the present meeting, which would be adjourned till May 25, for consideration of that measure. He proposed reso lutions for approval of the bill for deviation of the Stobcross (Glasgow) branch, and for acquisition of land at Dundee for station purposes ; the bill to enable the Solway Junction Company to use four miles of the Carlisle and Silloth Bay line, belonging to the North British ; the bill authorising an agree ment with the Caledonian as to Grangemouth Harbour ; the Deviation Bill of the City of Glasgow Union Railway, to which the North British were subscribers; and a bill extending by a year the time for completion by the company of new markets at Edinburgh. The resolutions approving the bills and for ad journment were unanimously carried. The CIIAIRIIAN congratulated the shareholders on the increase of traffic since their last meeting, which he believed would have been larger if they had only had sufficient plant. The meeting then adjourned. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA. The report of the directors states, that in the I course of the half-year portions of the Nagpoor line, from Budnaira to Poolgaum, 40+ miles, on the 16th o f July, and from Poolgaum to Sindee, 381 miles, on the sth of November, together 781 miles, were opened for public traffic ; and of the Jubbulpoor line, from Boorhaunpoor to Khundwa, 424, on the 3d of September ; total, 121+ ; which, added to 7011 miles previously opened, made the total length open for traffic on the 31st of December last 8221 miles. The average number of miles worked during the half-year was 77716 miles, against 601.8 miles in the corresponding half of the year 1865. The total receipts for the half year ending December last amounted to £440,205, against £620,857, in the same half of 1865, show ing a decrease of £180,652. The working expenses amounted to £337,727, against £371,275 in the same half of 1865, showing a decrease of £33,518. The revenue account for the first time had the sig nature of the consulting engineer of the Bombay t G overnm ent as signifying the adoption of that ac count by the Government. The net receipts of the half-year amounted to £102,478 to be carried to the credit of the company in reduction of guaranteed interest advanced by the Government. The decrease in the merchandise receipts arose chiefly on the two important items of cotton and seeds, which amounted to £171,468 out of the total decrease of £193,099 owing to the financial crisis of last year. The falling off in the cotton receipts was also attri butable to the circumstance of the company having succeeded in carrying to Bombay before the 30th of June, 1866, nearly the whole of the cotton crop of the previous season, thefact being that only 4,400 tons of cotton were carried in last half-year, as against £37,256 tons in the corresponding half of 1865. The traffic on the line was, however, again steadily improving, the gross receipts of the first 11 weeks of the current half-year having amounted to to £441,705, or something more than the total re ceipts for the past half-year. The directors had en ' gaged Mr. Walter Knox, of the London and North ' Western Railway, as general traffic manager in India, and he left for Bombay in March. Major- General Rivers, R.E., entered upon his duties as the company's agent in India at the end of Nov. Considerable progress was made with the doubling of the line between Callian and Kussara at the foot of the Thull Ghat incline. The second line was opened for traffic on the 22d of October from Cal lian to Wassiud, and on the 20th of February last from Wassind. to Atgaum. It was expected that the remaining 16 miles from Atgaum to Kussara would be ready during the month of April, thus completing the double line from Bombay to 'the top of the Thull Ghat. The doubling of this section of the line, the gradients upon which were very heavy, would greatly facilitate the working of the traffic. On the 20th of February last the remain ing portion from Sindee to Nagpoor, 291 miles, was opened for public traffic, and considerable advance made on the Jubbulpoor line. The next portion to be opened being from Kundwa to Ilurda, 091 miles, from the latter place to Etarsee, 49 miles, was well Advanced, and might be opened for traffic very soon GREAT SOUTIIERN OF INDIA. The report of the directors states that, exclusive of the exceptionable receipts derived from the car riage of railway materials, the gross traffic in 1866. amounted to £38,066, and to £30,953 in 1865, showing an increase of £7,113, or 23 per cent. This increase would have been augmented by the reduc tion in the consumption of fuel per mile run from 40 51b. in 1865 to 30.61 b. in 1866, had it not been for the enhanced cost of coal in the latter year. The directors regretted that no progress had as yet been made in providing the roads necessary as feeders to the different stations on the line. With respect to the second-class passenger traffic, which, daring the year 1866 yielded only one per cent. of the total number carried, and contributed only 3 per cent. to the gross amount of the passenger receipts, the directors had, with the sanction of the Govern ment, confined the classes to two. This alteration, which came into operation on the Ist of March, would, it was expected, reduce the expenditure and add to the receipts; _ -Tha-lime-freitir.Triohinopoly I to Carroor, 471- miles-in- length, was opened for traffic on the 3d of December last, and the engineer in-chief expected that the junction with the Madras at Erode would be effected by September next. The total receipts for the year 1866 amounted to £45,582, or 4s. 101 d. per train mile, and for the year 1865 to £35,236, or 55. 2d. per train mile, showing an increase of £10,346. The net revenue in 1866 amounted to £24,694, and in 1865 to £17,785, showing an increase of £6,909. The ex penditure amounted to £20,887, or 45.82 per cent. in 1866, and for 1865 to £17,451, or 49 . 52 per cent. The Secretary of State having recently authorised the company to raise an additional sum of £200,000 by the issue of shares guaranteed 5 per cent., for the purpose of completing the extension to Erode, an offer would be made to the shareholders of their rateable proportions when the issue was made. The expenditure on capital account amounted to £939,670, leaving a balance of £78,744. ANT WERP AND ROTTERDAM. The report of the directors states that they in. tended to declare a dividend of 14f. per share, or £5 12s. per cent. The cholera, the war, and the reduction of the tariffs, which had been injurious to the lines of the State and to the greater part of the conceded lines, had likewise exercised their depres sing influence on the company's undertaking. The cholera, which raged for a few months only in Belgium, continued during the whole season for excursion travelling in Holland. The transport of cattle from Holland towards Belgium and France, au important element of their traffic, had entirely ceased. Notwithstanding those troubles the Great Central Company's receipts, which in 1865 amounted to 1245,184, reached in 1866 to £349,910, showing an increase of £4,726. The Antwerp and Rotterdam Company's share in the profits of work ing the Great Central undertaking amounted in 1865 to £54,290, and in 1866 to £66,165, showing an increase of £11,875. But the profit pertaining to the shares had only exceeded that of 1865 by £4,813, owing to the, expenses being greater in 1866 than iu 1865. Iu 1865 the line from Ant werp to Hasselt not having been entirely worked during the whole year they were not compelled to pay the full rental. In 1856 this rent reached its maximum, which :accounted for the net profit not being greater. To raise the dividend to 14f. in 1865 they were obliged to take £2,399 from the reserve fund, but in 1866 the regular profits of working alone were sufficient to fix the dividend at that figure. Owing to financial matters it was proposed that the date of paying the 14f. per share dividend for the past year should be fixed by the directors. - CAPE TOWN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at the London Tavern ; Mr. 11. Watson in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, con gratulated the shareholders on the efficient and safe working of the line. Notwithstandiiag the de pression of trade, there had been a small increase in the receipts, accompanied by a decrease in the working expenses of £1,500. The directors had ordered about a mile of patent iron sleeperi to be sent out to the colony with a view to test their utility on the railway. The balance of revenue applicable to dividend was £9,831, out of which they recom mended a dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum. The directors were promoting a bill in Parliament to authorise them to issue so many of the unappropriated shares in t he form of 6 per cent. preferences shares as would be Sufficient to pay off the temporary loans amounting to about £30,000. The bill also would give power to the company to contract with the colonial Government for the con struction of railways from Maltuesbury to Wor cester, the capital and other accounts of those lines being kept distinct from the capital, &c., of the Cape Town Railway. Mr. L. BROWN seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report, which after some discussion was adopted, and a dividend of 31 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, was declared for the past half year. On the motion of Mr. DE SALTS, seconded by KIMBER, a resolution was passed to the effect that a committee be appointed to consult with the direc tors as to the best steps to be tAken to induce the Cape Government to extend the railway system into the interior of the colony; and it was agreed that the committee consist of Colonel Sale, Mr. De Salis, and Mr. Kimber. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. MIDLAND. This company has purchased 20 acres of land at Wellingborough for the purpose of erecting shops for the manufacture and repair of engines and plant. It is stated that employment will be given in these shops to several hundred workmen. RAILWAY BILLS Yesterday Mr. Palgrave was Examiner for the House of Lords on standing orders, and the follow ing bills were passed :—The Caledonian (Branches, &c.) ; the London and North-Western (new lines) ; the North London ; the Metropolitan ; the Ross and Monmouth ; the Caledonian Railway and Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill; and the Caledonian (Forfarshire Works, &e.). The North Metropo litan was adjourned until to-day ; and the Ne4h and Brecon was adjourned until Thursday. In the examination for standing order prods in the House of Commons the Ryde Pier and Ryde Stations I 3 11 was passed. CITY OF MOSCOW GAS (LIMITED). The ordinary meeting of this company was W held London on Saturday at the Londo 'Tavern ; 111 r. .II Blake in the chair. The report, an.abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as r ead. The CIIAIRMAN, in moving t h e a doption of the report, congratulated the sha,reholders on the posi tion of the company. He said that considerable progress had been made in lighting private houses, though some Idifficulty had been experienced in fixing the internal fittings and mains. The company had applications for over 50,000 additional lights, lights. The report was adopted. Messrs. C. F. Kemo and J. R. I'eill were re-elected auditors, and the proceedings terminatei with a vote of thanki to the Chairman. REGEN i"S CANAL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at the offices, City-road Basin Mr W. Parker in the chair. The report stated that the gross receipts amounted to £34,299, and the net profit to £21,104, to which was added £603 from the preceding half-year, mak ing the available balakce £21,707. After providing £1,276 for interest on new shares, and adding £1,055 to the reserve fund, the balance would al low of a dividend of 14s. per share, free of income tax, leaving £462 for the next account. Calls on the new shares had been paid to the amount of £78,798. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, resolutions were passed adopting the report, declaring a divi dend of 14s. per share, payable on the 6th of May, and authorizing the directors to raise £10,500 on mortgage for the purchase of 4i acres of freehold land near the Hertford Union Canal. , Trumpets versus Sabres. Those numerous Englishmen who never hesitate to draw contrasts between the military institutions of the French and those of their own country, to the prejudice of the latter, may learn a useful lesson from two circumstances which have occurred almost simultaneously within the last few days. The Emperor Napoleon has promulgated an order which abolishes music in his cavalry regiments, and this for no better reason than that the musicians are mounted at the expense of combatants, and that the weight and bulk of musical instruments impede that rapidity of movement desirable in cavalry. About the same time that our warlike friends acro-s the Channel thus sacrificed music to military efficiency, the Queen of England presented the second regiment of Life Guards with a cream coloured horse, to be ridden at the head of that distinguished corps by " the celebrated kettle drummer, Corporal-Major Woodhouse," and yet we are to believe that we are nut a military people! Let us tell those meddling civilians and those radical soldiers who pretend that our army is capable of improvement that there is no other country that possesses anything at all like our Household Cavalry—the officers of which are wealthier, the men of which are taller and more expensive, and the horses of which carry heavier weights than in any other cavalry in the world. Why the boots, helmet, and cuirass of a Life Guardsman would alone break the back of an ordinary French troophorse ! Talk of military spirit! What other nation in the world would ex pend about £lOO,OOO a-year upon 1,200 men to mount guard in London and Windsor ? It is true these 1,200 men have only 80) horses, but if one third of the combatants are dismounted all the bandsmen have horses to ride; and we do not envy the feelings of that man who could without emotion hear the stirring notes of that gorgeous band on a fine day in St. James's Park, or see the cream coloured horse and the celebrated kettle drummer without thanking Heaven for having made him an Englishman. We admit that our army is numerically weak, and that we experience difficulty in recruiting the ranks; but if there has. been a progressing falling off in soldiers, there has been a more than corres ponding progressive increase year after year iu the Army Estimates. Though only a small proportion of our army is in possession of breech loaders, we have not yet fallen so low that we should do away with music in any arm of the service, and would as soon agree to the purchase system or flogging being abolished for ever, as allow the number of bands men in our cavalry corps to be reduced by one trumpet.—Examiner. CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS. The threatening aspect of affairs on the conti nent of Europe continues, though the feeling in France is believed to be favourable to peace on honourable terms. This is said to be more marked now than in 1859, showing change gra dually coming over France wrought. by the mag nitude of the commercial operations in which that nation is engaged. France, it is declared, has placed the Luxembourg question in the hands of the European Powers, and holds aloof in order not to embarrass their pacific action, while she is prepared to abide by their decree. France has the great ad vantage of being able to take the course she considers advisable, without fear of imputations being cast on her courage. She professes to wish for peace, to be willing to make sacrifices for peace, but not to stand bullying. In the meantime, however, she is rapidly arming. Count BISMARCK appears to consider that Prussia has the advantage of being better prepared, and consequently if there is to be war that Prussia would gain by immediate action. The opinion of Europe favours France, and it is probable that this feeling would be more marked if the rupture was hastened by Prussia. Were Prussia successful in a war with France, Europe would in stantly become alarmed. It sees the success of this Power with envy, the grasping nature of its policy with fear. The intoxication of success may commit Prussia to the terrible ordeal of a single handed combat with France, in which, if successful, she would find a European coali tion against her, and, if defeated, she would be despoiled of her territory, and deprived of the gains which accrued from the Danish and Austrian wars. No doubt Count BISMARCK is the best judge of the position, but he may make a fatal mistake. In case of a drawn battle Holland and Belgium would probably be the sufferers. In the mean time the Exhibition progresses, and it is now discovered that it is not so great a failure as the press a short time ago predicted. Buth the Exhibitions of London were pronounced to be failures before they were opened, and great successes, more especially the first, before they closed. Were it not for this cloud on the political horizon things would quickly brighten. The disturb ances Ns hich had broken ou t at Oporto have been suppressed by the troops. It was said that Denmark was arming and equipping The for sea, but these repor ts are officially denied. her fleet financial condition of Italy that in case of war is found to be almost hop:less, and it w as rumoured wita loan of £24,,000, France wo uld aid Italy w hich, we prestune, to be one of the baseless reports now circulating so freely. says Gazette, the Pall Mall " been tiurpicaolsw into a state of great , consternat i o n in conseq uence of a threat attri buted e to Count BISMARCK. The Prussian Minister, irri tated at the tone of the French press, is said to have declared that, in case of war,he will have pub lished throughout Germany the names time d' of Effe rent Paris journals and writers subsidised b by Prussia during the late war."—Angto-A merican Times. BIJRNtISLAND.—.A.RRIVAL OF A FRENCII WAR VESSEL.—His French Majesty's steam frigate Pandore, 44, guit,3, commanded by M. Jules Favin Leveque, anchored in the roadstead on Friday morning. The Pandore left Cherbourg on the 22d inst., and had a pleasant voyage to the Firth of Forth. In the course of to-morrow (Sunday) she will be joined by another ship of the French navy— the Beatimanoir—a vessel carrying 16 guns; and after a stay of eight days both ships will proceed to Lerwick on their usual mission for the protection of (ho fioiterich —3cotton an.