The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-15 00:00:00

AFTER Covent-garden Theatre--EVAN'S' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum Theatre FVANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Theatre I'VANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre . ...EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre - EVANS' to SUI'. After New Royalty Theatre . ..:.. EVA NS' to SUP. Alter St. James's Theat r ior. ... ...EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre - .:'..EVANS' to. SUP. • •., London Singing and Supper Czb0.E144,5,. Covent-orden. VoCal EntertMeneaMikE.t. , .-....,- ..-- K IN A.IIAN I S.,'-{ciAL WHISKY. DUMAN ~,NtEXHIBITION, 1865. -'v This celebriited OLD IRISH WHISKY gained tlie Dublin Prize 'Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole-, some. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd, at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholnaalA at R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. nbserve the Red Real, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinabaes LL WhiakV." UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inoorporeted by Aot of L'arliament, MO), It RUSSELL -STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. P rompt ADVA.NCES on all description of Sec u rity. Forms tree on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. F URNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their ACC": IIN AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 5, Agar-street. Suaud, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. THE GREAT JAPANESE TROUPE are here. • This extr p y will ake their APPEARANCE in Europe, raordina atthe Great St. Mar m tin's EVERY EVENING, at 8. Doors open at 7.30. The FIRST DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY AFTERNOON NEXT, at Three; doors ( ) Pen at 2.30. Stalls. ss. ; balcony (reserved seats), 35.; area, 2s. Ad mission Is., which may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal liibrary, 33, Old Bond street; Mr. Austin's Ticket Office, 28, Piccadilly; and at.the box-office of the Hall. Business communications to be addressed to their sole agent, Mr. A. Nimtno, 55; Wigniore-street, London, W. T U E 0 X F 0 K D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. LES DRAGONS DE YELL AIRS (Opera Comique), Music by Maillart, in which Miss RUSSELL will appear, se g....Wed by Mis.es Barrie and Fitz Ilenry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, u ul l4 , Fox, Husk, Evan., and Bury, with Extra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. " The strength of Hr. Morton lies in his operatic selections, "ecated be a small but highly efficient bind, and a well selected body of vocalists, under the direction of Mr. F. J ° ll Almans.' —Times, Jan. 0,1867. COMEDY. by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY, MILBURN, W. ROSS, and the celebrated American Gymnasts the BROTH RS' HANLON, the Wonders of the World, at Ten o'clock thi s Evening. 'lir. ROBT. FRASER, Comedian and Vocalist, will make his appearance TII IS EVENING with his crop of cornicalities and his new song, "HIE BOY AT RUGBY." MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDI rroNs. —Life-size Models of the KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLI.I3I of NOIt3fANDT to QUEER VICTORIA. Open from 11 a.m, till dusk, and from 7 tit 10 p.m. Admittance, Is. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra rooms. 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill•street, Piccadilly. .These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirelyrc and decorated, are now OPEN! EVERY EVENINti for Concert Dancing. Conductor, Signor LUGI Cuwri. Manager, GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shilingrs. W EST ON'S GRAND MUSIC lIALL, • HOLBORN. , Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. cc .'"' 41 :1 Selection from Donizetti's favourite Opera of LT.TOIA DI LAMMERMOOR," on a scale of magni e9°43 never attempted at any similar establishment. rvincipal v ocalists—Edgardo, Mr. H. De Brenner Arturo, :c ; Rowland Lascelles ; Henrico, Mr. P. Corri ; Lucia, aLLs Annie Tremaine. verybody should see the Irish Minstrels, every even 4dug at Hine o'clock, with songs, dances, and Irish anoc es, under the direction of Pat Cond. A now and origi nal °vorture composed and arranged expressly for the .67,Y0 in by Mr. H. Baker. Immense success of „Lull" Lloyd's new son.. " Chillingowullabadorie," every p'„ e a rl ing.,.. at 11 o'clock-f-Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Kin Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie 3 „ng; and Pio Viratkini the Japanaze Juggler. Band of first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her I . )!`j eB t3T's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical fret or, OORRI. Prlces of admission—Stalls and Balcony, Is.; Area, 61; b: iv ato Boxes, 10s. Gd. and 5 secured at the Box Office, } - I' w een the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every at 7 o'clock. bUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISII WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. ".R," WHISKY. D "`'.R." UN VILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WIIISKY, BELFAST. Lonlon 01112 es and Stores, 4, BEA UFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. ..:-____.___________ j 41 IES DALY an d CO . , Distillers, John-street , ~''orli-. World " The purest spirit and s a fe s t drink in the he-1.04d0n Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., xt the " Times: , -------___ aAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, b e , tra- to announce th t they tre able to supply the to '-,ewith their celebrated Whiskies, In casks or cits...., and . 1. t ake orders in bond :ad for explrtation, at their offices, 7, rinting-house-square, London, E C., the only house in the tquare not occupied by thA "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies br ing' the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial (Torkefs, as may be observed by reverence to the "Journal of ~,,,,Troefee fetchVicoria," by which it will be seen that their beiLskies 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next Pot• and Is. 6il per gallon and 5 8 . 6d . a case over the lowest ZUo' ation. Al ways on hand a large supply of ve.y old w whisky in the finest condition, m a t ure d i n s h err y reasonableable in quality and flavour, supplied on the /host terms. -.-..._ UJust published, 21; sent by the authur fur 3 stamps, GLINESS and BEA UTY; being a Pamphlet de scriptive of articl es an d means used for improvino - London. AE the a ppearance. By LX. ROSS, 248, High QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in X . ROS'S CANTILIRIDESOIL. which speedUy produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and lOs Gd ; sent by post for 64, 84, and 144 atanips.—ALEX. BOSS, 248, ttolbora, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DlSc ly.. erns cured using ALEX. ROSS'S CITIROPO. in one day by Thii preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price Is ; sent by post for 60 stamps. — 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chenaists. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—LLEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curia at - i ce' or Gentlemen's her immediately it is applied. Sold 68 6d, and lOs 6il; sent free for 53, 84, and 141 stamps of all Chemists. G REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— tr atn p,,lLEx. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour tu ra cZately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na for 6 4 uLere3t. Price 35 6d, 66 6d. and 108 6d ; sent by post , 01 , and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. DESTROYER. -248, High Holborn, London. —ALEX. ROS S'S nperfluous hair from the face, neck, and DEPILATORY arms, without removes effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. pAIPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the DES akin are imp roved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S ioETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal- ALP &o. 2s 9d and 7 s 6d ; or post for 40 a nd 100 s t am ps. e ts. a. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che- RAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washin g the or ten dhead With this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven 130 by an aye the h a i r assumes its original colour, and re ma i ns gnon oecAsional using. lOsed ; sent for stamps.—ALLX. ".0, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. 1:111- SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS pare d PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre i. without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. flute'? °I Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who spas from bilious and liver aomplaints, indigestion, wind, eosti -nl y:' giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, dm. For habitual . 3 l h. n a,am, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier Lion ;h,,iood, they arc truly excellent ; mild in their opera- Inoteg.g r ' 4 %teful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro- Prep ar t i""on, and strengthen the whole nervous system. ~,,,.. e only anti s)ld by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, King f.7Tilam-street, Charing -cross. London, and by most dreg ill. t u a l in boxes,lB. IN., and three times the quantity in one, 1 1 , b e '; Be tare to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. Laralg4 l , 6 are a square green package. with .• William 411117141.013 d 013 the stamp. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another th an 4 1 2tne to the 12 now in operation. Last year nofr r w o e m r wa nt ,Vasoor, friendless, young females were rejecte d been 11 ; s 1 LIN DS and room, making a total of 3,087wh0 have Th e „"I' a,way in fire years. YcnoCgN I T nonie the Committee wish to form woald be w io o r t ii ,, e ,_ I' 8, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who n 1.. d astro.y from the path of virtue. t tr 0 r/oct iene Will be ,e,..,,„iced gratefully by the Secretary. tiarchaviel Cooper, 85, Queen.s;r.;et. Cheapside ; or by Messrs ir‘ and Co.. Lombad-etreet. Ie R°VI DENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR 1101fELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, Six , 14A, Providence -row, Finsbury, E.C. e , -, '1 11 ousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and rt- ' 8 aStB ' in this Institution to the d eßCtot , have been given . t -.° wl would have had to pass the Il ights .' m otherwise • At 14 tho bleak streets or under railway archon. Dr"ent I N ig hts ' Lodgin g s, with Suppers and lir eat , near y 500 ta; are arts are admitted, the only condition being that receives homeless and starving. The Manager &c., In " es no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand- R' the tigh t provision made by the Poor Houses, each te r ntinabers of y oung women, children, and orphans rfleZe, fo Want accommodation, refusedadmittanco, andhave al niE,cht after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To Coi l "8 e Vill and to provide more ample accommoda- Worir Z 2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the Besidesa 811 M of at least £1,300 more will be . required. g ~,,, P r oviding shelter for the homeless, this year it ' - "P u s (3 , as far as the donations obtained for the pur- Pose will 4 want Will silo ace w, to gi ve b roa d an d coals to poor families • ion, in your charity, help to carry on and shelf what what has boon begun ? Will you help to give tar 9. to the really homeless, and food to the really td : - ng The smallest donation will be most welcom . e, _ ()ilea and morning, the prayers of the deutituto will ii,.,,tle_r_ed in your behalf. f ., V- 1 CRI q r 2 "-ONS are earnestly requested, and will be , ''t tally received by the Rev. D. CiLLBERTV.D.aIIo, 22, 413buxY-eiroue, E,O ...... 1 . Ft .. EC ti No. 23,301. THIRD EDITION, in 2 vols , Bvo., with Illustrations, Sop., NEW AMERICA By wILLrAn HEPWORTH DIXON. "A very interesting book. Mr. Dixon has written thought• fully and well,"—rimes. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 1 vol., with Illustrations, 10s. Gd., houn,/, • • LIFE IN A FRENCH CHATEAU. By HUBERT E. 11. JERN ING HAM, Esq. "A readable, pleisant, and amusing book, in which Mr. Jerningliam records his life among the denizens of the Fren••h chateau which extended its courtly hospitality to himn in a very agreeable and entertaining manner."—Court Journal. • Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Immediately iu 2 vols., post Bvo., " C OMETH UP AS • A FLOWER." A icoveL Richard B3ntley, New Burlington-street. Now published at 3d., per post Id., PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION ; or, Anacithesia Locally ApAied. By A. ESKELL, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of " Dental Surgery," " Pure Dentistry," dzo. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; all booksellers; or of the author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. OSBORNE'S STILTON Is THE Cheese ! - DISPENSARY FOR SKIN DISEASES, .15 56, Great Marlborough-street, Regent-street, W.- The Dispensary in OPEN DAILY from Twelve till One o'clock. SUPPORT is greatly NEEDED and earnestly REQUESTED. ALEX. RIVINGTON, lion. Sec. THOS. CALVERT, Sec. MANFIELD'S PATENT TICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BUILGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. AVALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 16Ibs. of really rood Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in Eng - land, Ireland, scotland. or Wales, (i re (Tipt of Os.. bj PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, king William-s:reet, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.—Is. 6d., 25.. 25 6 1. per lb. arc the prices at which PHILLIPS and Co , Tea Merehauts, 8, King William - street , City , Lan don. E.C.. are s e llb r r good and fine BL ACK TEA. A. price current post tree. 108 worth carriage trec to any railway station or market town in the United Kingdom. All gocds carriage free to all parts of London. Observe—PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents. Sugars are supplied at market prices. ARTIFICIAL TEE T H.-A MONTH'S TRIAL GIVIM—If not perfectly comfortable, use. fitl, and undetectable the money returned without hesitation. Mr. DAY, Dentist (many years with Mr. Eskelt. Surgeon- Dentist, of 8, Grosvenor-street, W.), offers, as above, the most convincing proof of the unerring and painless princ pies upon which he constructs incorrodible MINERAL ARTI ICIAL TEETH, whether singly or in partial or complete sets, to serve the purposes of mastication, articulation, end personal appearance. His terms wilt be found the moat moderate of any advertised, compatible with pure materials and first-class workmanship, but they arc apart from the ridiculous and tempting prices put forth to attract mere attention. Ile guarantees painless manipulation, and in the generality of cases will make from one tooth to a complete set in a few hours. Extractions when necessary, and all the ordinary painful operations performed without giving the slightest pain by a new process, and without the uae of chloroform or other dangerous ingredient, Stopping decayed teeth, and discoloured teeth restored. dcc. Attenda.ice. 10 to 6. All consultations free.-2ill, REGENT-ST MEET, three doors from the Polytechnic. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES - and SONS' J• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new an 1 extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan deliar,.—l 47, Boundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DEFRIES and SONS' ei NEW CITY SHOW ROOM;.—The New Oval-shaped ALEXANDR D:NNEII, SERVICE, from £1 Mk 6d.- 147, Houndeditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T REFRIES and SONS PJ • NEW CITY SHOW ROONS.—BREA ICFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, from £1 le. upwards.- 147, Houndsditch. NOricE OF REMOVAL JDEFRIES and SONS' . NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful assortment of DESSERT SERVICES, from £1 ls. to 100 guineas. Crests and Monograms engraved on same.—H7, Houndsditch. NOTICE or REMOVAL. JDEFRIES an d SONS • NEW CI ry SHO w ROOMS.—CRYSTAL CHAN DELIERS, New Designs for the Drawing*-room. either for Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Deoorations. —147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES an d SONS' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—BRONZI and OR MOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New Designs for the Dining-room.---147, lioundsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. - - • --- JDEFRIES and SONS' . NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASE. This new and beautiful Vase can be Peen in great variety, from 31. to 30s. each.-147, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' tl • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The NEW JET DINING ROOM VASE. Registered designs, in great variety.-147, Houndsditch. 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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. p RIN T ING. -TO PROPRIETORS OF P NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded' on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 8, ,Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.O HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. 42,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Ref age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge,. 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. Oue hundred and fifty are now In the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £s,ooo, being* £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to Day for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank. 41, Lothbury. and 214, nigh Holborn ; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and byl WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, it in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUERN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WAL E S, R G. President—the Graoe the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. LG. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t a; acies. It affords relief to a large number of in-pa .ients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a oensiderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee car estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr 'rises of this Hospital are capable of containing several li,ndred more beds had the Committee the requisite lunds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abehurch-lane • also by alessre. Coutts and Co.; Drum mond an d Co.; Gip; and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and CO.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deaoon, and Co.; Nisbet and co, Bernemetreet t and at the fiespital. from 10 till Is. OTAIMILD DEMI, bigiretkry, -:...~ .~ . . A . , ',. . 4 . f N - ~... : ..i . zwir , - . .. '' ......_ 1 9 ,' ",.. /- / ' t .I.*plt • - • = ~.. 5'...z.,7 ' ' ( IP -deta.' s c f,c, , , ,,. A .. c a,i..,k. _ • ~....- Q .-in • x,... ~ lqy , 1 i c. 7 .1r...t: ,r , C• _ ..."-. ' t:. / Tr( .. : ~ , ... , " - ,, v 1 ~, c C'' ' - c . '41.7 .L .1 . -4%4 Vl' , ci- -..-k- r"--.. ,), I S ....• - ~ - -5-7- 14::;.' 411 : 1 7 - 7 , , I ,* - -L (. : - li„,-011444e-77 'fc7.l-411 1,,,.....‘ ? - ti 679 - - : 41' ."7:4-7‘:47j° -i.• ~A, i ii. ::::, -A.-1, ,_ t.,; :.. :: . _ . it. : . ;..i . : . , - -` - •,....4 '''rr' #.); \ -/•.. , 4, , ,, , L, „... DIZOIT. 7, '' . • 1,74Q.5.4it t.... d 4 ' , I t f; - ' - \ J+ -7 - .N. , .. ' ~.xo •t * '* p. ............ , ,\IT,t ,, '.' ~,,,: , _ 7---..„ \., ~ a ..,. ~,.. , ,::, , , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16 - , 1867. /7 , /91-C6e=4o(,/,(,4. !‘ /~ ~~ ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. HARROW RACES. THURSDAY and FRIDAY, Feb. 21st and 22d, 1867. SPECIAL TRAINS will leave EIISTON STATION on both days of the Races as under:- 11.30 a.m. and 12.0 noon, returning from HARROW at 5.0 and 5.40 p.m., Calling at CHALK FARM and WILLESDEN JUNCTION both going and returning. A SPECIAL TRAIN will also leave BROAD STREET (City Terminus) for HARROW at 11.10 a.m. each day, calling at SHOREDITCH at 11.13 a.m., DALSTON JUNCTION at 11.18 a.m., and CAMDEN ROAD at 11.25 a.m.; returning from HARROW at 5.15 p.m. TRAINS will also kayo KENSINGTON at 10.23 a.m. and 12.12 noon ; returning from HARROW at 5.0 and 5.40 p.m. Passengers from KENSINGTON will have to change carriages at Willesden Junction both going and returning. FARES TO HARROW AND BACK. First Class. Second Class, From Euston... ... 2s. Bd. 2s. Od. „ Broad-street ... 3s. 3d. ... 2s. 3d. „ Kensington ... 2s. Bd. 2s. Od. By order, W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, February, 1867. y OND °XS:NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. „ILJ NEW SERVICE OF TRAINS BETWEEN WIL LESDEN JUNCTION, WATERLOO, AND CANNON- S TREET. Commencing on February Ist, Trains will run between the above-named Stations in connexion with the Trains of the London and South-Western and South-Eastern Com panion affording a Direct Through Communication be tween the principal Stations on the lines South of the Thames, and the London and North-Western system. Numerous changes will be made in the times of the Trains between Euston, Willesden, and Kensington, in connexion with the above alterations. For particulars, see Time-bills. By order, W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Easton Station, Jan. 29, 1867. L ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next ORDI NARY YEARLY MEETING of the LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the Euston Station, Euston-square, London, on FRIDAY, the 22d day of February instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon precisely, for the transaction of the gene ral business of the Company. And Notice is Hereby further Given, that so soon as such business is disposed of or adjourned, a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the same place, for the purpose of approving an Agreement with the Tonbury Railway Company for tho Lease or Transfer of their Undertaking to th• Great Western and London and North-Western Railway Companies jointly; and also for the purpose of authorising the Directors to exerciso the Borrowing Powers of the Company to the ex tent authorised by the Company's Acts of Parliament. I.ated this 6th day of February, 1867. RICHARD MOON, Chairman. J. P. BROWN- WEST HEAD, Deputy-Chairman. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. CHAIRMAN-Gen. Sir FREDERIC SMITH, F.R.S. Policies payable during life, indisputable, not liable to forfeiture. The ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and EAST INDIA Life Department, affording peculiar advantages to Officers and others in the Navy and Army, is under the especial patronage of HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Annual Premium Revenue, upwards of £310,000. New Premium Income in 1865 exceeded £62,000. Life, Fire, Guarantee, and Annuities at advantageous rates. Tho European is the only Society authorised by the 'lm perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Govern ment Officials. Full particulars of the popular principles of this Society , will be found in the New Prospectus, which will bo for warded to applicants, post free. Offices 316, Regent-street; 17, Waterloo-place, Pall mall; and 69, King William-street, City. HENRY LAKE, Manager. CONTRACTS FOR FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, BREAD, VEGETABLES, &c., for the ROYAL MA RINE INFIRMARIES at %VOOLWICH and CHATHAM. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 12th Feb., 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 THURSDAY, the 28th instant, at Half-past Ono o'clock, they will be ready, at the. Office of tho Director-Gummi of the Medical Department of the Nary, Somerset House, in London to treat with Persons as may be willi ng to CONTRACT for the supply:tf all such quantities of all or any of the following Articles as shall from time to time bo required for the use of either one or both of the Royal Marine In firmaries at Woolwich and Chatham from the Ist day of April next, to the 31st day of March, 1868, viz. : BEEF and MUTTON I SOAP, Yellow BREAD VEGETABLES MILK Samples of the Soap, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the office of the Director-General of the Medical Department, or by applying to the Purveyor at the Infirmaries at Woolwich and Chatham. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Medical Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, and to the Purveyors at Wool wich and Chatham. No Tender will bo received after Half-past One o'clock on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required that the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communi cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand comer the words " Tender for " and must also be delivered at the Medical Department, ; Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person engaging to be come bound with the Person tendering in the sum of £lOO for the due performance of the Contracts for Beef and Mutton, for Bread and for Vegetables, and in the sum of £5O for each of the other Contracts. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is vt 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 paid.—HENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. " THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY." THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial Marzets enables the '• EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY" to offer TEALS LOWER THAN EVER. Six Pounds of Good Tea for 6s. 6d. can't be dear. The Company's KAISOWS by the Clipper Ships are really delicious. 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate street, Jan. 1.1867. 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It is a favourable circum stance that stocks are low, and also that holders iu the country, who seem to have a very inadequate conception of the torpor thatprevails in this market, are beginning at last to relax in their prices, though not to an extent sufficiently low to induce a large transfer of wool to this seat of consumption. In worsted yarns there is nothing to relieve the flat ness which has so long prevailed. With the excep tion of a recent demand, still apparent, that has sprung up for Russia, the business done by export buyers is restricted to the lowest point. Plain goods are, generally speaking, slow of sate, and merchants are able to supply their wants from stock. Certain sorts of six-quarter Orleans alone form an exception to the rule. Makers of fancy goods are far from being busy, and receive few frail. orders. Primo are irregular, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS TIM Es.—The Emperor Napoleon had yesterday a most difficult Speech to deliver. Items a confession of mishaps in his foreign policy ; a profession of in tended reforms in his home policy. It would hardly be generous to dwell too long on his apology for the past. According to a saying lately attributed to his Imperial cousin of the Palais-Royal, the Emperor has been by turns an under-rated and an over-rated man. We have never thought that he took upon himself any credit forinfallibility,and we now read in his Speech a candid acknowledgment that he has more th an once b een di sa p po i n t e d in his exp ec t a ti ons. It is singular to see how naturally crowned heads, under trying circumstances, attribute to supernatural agency the blame of all their failures. With Ger man Sovereigns of the North or South the responsi bility is invariably laid upon " Almighty Pro vidence." The Napoleons look to their " stars" for success, and in any case of reverse they succumb to "fate." There was a "fatality," the Emperor tells us, in the fulfilment of the events which have lately astonished the world. The captive of St. Helena had in some manner foreshadowed them, when the sunset of life gave him preternatural fore sight. He had pointed to thS inevitable agglomera tion of great nations ; he had divined the rise of Germany and Italy. The Emperor cannot see why the formation of those two States should cause dis quiet to France. Secure in her strength as a. homoge nenous audindestructible body, France could neither grudge nor fear any result that might possibly arise from the conflict beyond the Rhine. She never added one soldier to her formidable army; she never moved forward a single regiment. She observed a strict neutrality ; and had yet sufficient influence to dic tate her own terms to the conqueror, and to make him avoid any act which might arouse French sus ceptibilities. In Mexico, again, the Emperor's plans were thwarted by the concurrence of inauspicious circumstances. Nothing could be loftier than the ideas which led to that Transatlantic expedition ; but, rather than incur sacrifices far exceeding the interests at stake, the Emperor spontaneously determined to recall his army. Such is the Im perial version of two great incidents in modern history. Proceeding to affairs still pending, the Emperor of the French stands on the safe ground of a European concert. In the East he relies on the joint action of the Great Powers. At R ome h e f ee l s secure ; Europe is equally ready t o up h o l d t h e Sem poral power of the Holy See--all Europe, that is, England, Prussia, and Russia, no less than Bavaria and Spain. There was once a time when the Pro tectorate of the Papacy was exclusively exercised by the eldest daughter of the Church, who would have resented any other interposition. There was once a time, too, when her patronage was extended to the Papal Court, on the condition of reforms in its Go vernment. Now that Government has entered upon a fresh phase. It maintains itself by its own strength —it is above all human help, as it is past mending. In other respects, the Emperor's relations with foreign Powers could not be more satisfactory. Prussia and Russia are of one mind with him upon the chief European questions. The same perfect ac cord exists with Austria, !Spain, and Italy, while with England increased intimacy s p r i ngs f rom the harmony of policy and the multipli c ity o f commer cial relations. Having thus disposed of the sore part of his subject, the Emperor renews his promises of the 19th January. He lays before Parliament the bills which offer new guarantees for political liberty. What it is that induces him to realise the wishes of his people after 15 years' expectation the Empe ror does not tell. But, to those who know how to read, the second part of the Speech is only a corollary to the first. France has had enough of personal government; Mexico, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Poland have laid upon the Emperor an immense weight of responsibility. However great his genius, it has not in all instances success fully grappled with fatality ; it has not risen superior to an adverse combination of circumstances. He bad failures to gloze over ; blunders to explain away. Henceforth the blame of failure shell not rest on him alone. A Sovereign and his people will deliberate with greater success than either of them alone, and will share between them the responsi bility. It is impossible not to agree with the Emperor as to the ephemeral character freedom has invariably assumed in France. It has been the constant habir of that nation to run from liberty of licentiousness, then to shrink ba c k f rom disorder, and seek shelter no matter under what ionlit h tafbo e r weinmsr. c aap h ltno o rDi ys s ans e eoti a n :bunnib l yot t t io i so i kl intentions earnests recover f dtu a owp r opetFifteen more:t: riftmorewsthoeieenet form of absolutism. than iatphenhr y raucai e nbtnF a ayl ih r rwes s aoehanfshe ago ciestasbe,kh. eeiep F rndit r riNEt; a e se hs n mase c p ohpt e omeoefl gave rmeioonohrabdnis_s, people too much as his own property, to give or to take away according to his own good will and pleasure; and it is felt that so long as he in sists upon being his own Minister there is an end to all hope of responsible Government. The systematic bre ac h of the secrecy o f pr i vate cor respondence at the Post-office throughout France in quest of so p a lt ry a document as t h e l e tt er o f th e Count of Chamb or d , is also a somew h a t s i n i s t er prelude to the new laws which are to emanc i pa t e the Tribune of the Chamber, and secure the free utterance of opinion through the Press. There is no doubt in o ur m i nd, however, that the E mperor is ready to gi ve up as much as the French are able and willing to as k f or. His confidence i n hi mse lf is evidently sh a k en, and there is har dl y any thi ng he would not grant for the sa k e o f f ree , warm, hearty support. There is hardly a mea sure connected 'with either home or foreign policy about whi c h the Emperor h as no t l a t e ly given symptoms of uncertainty and vacillation. Take, for example, the scheme for the reorgani zation of the army, w hi c h i s now re duced to such modest proportion s as tQ " lighten the burden of the conscription i n t i me of peace. " A ny approac h to the Prussian m ili tary system wou ld d ou btl ess combine strength w i th economy, lay the burden on the people in just proportions, and satisfy the prin ciples of equality. B ut the Emperor i s aware o f the difficulties his original scheme would have to contend with, and he abandons it. We regret, however, to see him asserting that " the influence of a nation depends upon the number of men it ie able to put under arms." Happily, the claims of France to the respect and even the gra titude of f ore i gn nations need no l onger rest on h er " bi g b a tt a li ons. " What renders her invulnerable is not her power to overstep' her borders and to carry slaughter and desolation across the Rhine, the Alps, or the Pyrenees ; it is th e perfect ass i m ilati on an d ar d ent . . patriotism of her people. The Emperor invites them "to march 'with him with a firm step on the path of civilisation." But peace, progress, and h uge ar mies will not easil y b e made to flourish toge ther. The first condition of European advance ment lies in the reduction of our excessive military forces. It is a necessity for ns all, but one which France is free to obey sooner than any other, inas much as her Sovereign well knows how " homoge neous and indestructible" a body his country is, and what strong conviction he has every reason to en tertain that "peace will not be disturbed." HERALD.—The ardent, not to say intemperate, thirst for knowledge which has possessed itself of Lord Robert Montagu and Mr. Bernal Osborne will hardly, we apprehend, have been even tempo rarily appeased by the answers they received last night from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. But although the noble lord and the honourable gentle man took nothing by their motions, the public is decidedly a gainer by them. M r. D israeli had the opportunity, of which he happily ava il e d him self, of re-stating empha ti cally the obj ec t o f t h e Go vernment in proceeding b y way of resolution, and athnudsofdispelling a good deal o f the confusion misconception which have clouded the un derstandingsany well-meaning p eo pl e . N o thanks, however, to either of his questioners. Their purpo3e can hardly have been friendly. At all events, if they meant well they did not show it. That Mr. Bernal Osborne should try to p u t a spoke in the wheel o f t he. Government machine is sn the atur honourablealenoug and, expe c ti ng noth i ng better from gentleman, we will not quarrel with him for not disappointing us. But Lord Robert Montagu is nominally a supporter of the Government, and the question from him 'whether the Government is acting sincerely and ho.lestly came with a very bad grace. Lord Robert may be animated by a warm regard for the Ministry, buthe certainly managed last night to dissemble his love, and even threatened that he would do his best to kick them down stairs. Lord Robert Montagu's question, as it stood upon the order book, and with out the elucidation he afterwards gave it, was neither very important nor very o ff ens i ve . His lordship wanted to know whether the Government would endeavour to bring in, as early as possible in the session, a Reform Bill to carry out what ever resolutions the house may vote. Mr. Osborne asked what was to be the exact amount of the reductions in the occupying franchise, and what the character of the new franchises. Mr. Disraeli, answering the two questions together, observed t s e l d r t t o dsotwooi i chnf n offihet t l aasee r l nor hnbse d oeci tees Parliament,uuto: ntmeliNmisClntsalenplyct, ,eeeedtesiaattaetssteerddi srrehsttehtore w t. shkeemeGaiannit or stah6mstal amend rftN i ittln N wea c l;voe - fihlytn h n i cttaeofix t eu . lotwdrharcopltwßiwhnnuhdfthridaiesbiarlmoeielhgestepaie:htelmtfettsowao that Mr. Osborne's was elvdta shhsnteiinlee,,uteegostt: t oettriai chodeocnabaohlepo assent id consortre ginoin a based unsatisfactory saiomeh. eiNneiius e rvnedi: d upon a miscon ception of the object of the Government. " The o i r main object of introducing these resolutions is, that we should obtain the sanction of the house to the principles upon which the bill whiCh we hope we may introduce should be based ;" the purpose of this procedure being to render impossible a reso lution of censure founded upon an attack of some particular principle in the. bill. That to say, the Government wants, first of all, to come to an under standing with the house as to the principles of the bill. That arrived at, it will propose such an appli cation of those principles in a bill to be immediately e h o itvelteh c Ai netietanatrtsryen. which n h pi d n lea a hm a s ri rap ! pri ti dyttoecit b f ccsotie:, toioif e ehtitvpi hrtitt s tpmoot tohevhlhia t etuiwirefe samneheneb‘snrtftGvtnnecie3EimhGliGoi franchises Government, abarnoet eti shapeoop ovepihtu t nglvhloseeie l p:lsttp i snrres se.oon:lh e eirrocpibulaiecetfn:imhnisewb, iloaa‘tmmnmsfaerltvdeioiihc. constitutionboeenorpublicoaiencioenlcnientutnnnre t f the event of its declining AO do so for the Holm of Commons to determine what steps it will take for the enforcement of its wishes. Directly the reso lutions are passed. the Government will introduce, in the shape of a bill, its adaptation of the princi ples embodied in them. That was Mr. Disraeli's answer to Lord Robert Montagu. his lordship, however, was not satisfied; he sprang to his feet, declared that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not understood his question—as the Chancellor of the Exchequer might well be excused for not doing —it being impossible to suppose that the nobl e l or d meant to be as offensive as he now explained had all along been his intention —and asked whether Government wished honestly and sincerely to gather the opinions and wishes of the house, and embody them in a bill, or meant only to bring in a bill. to carry out certain foregone conclusions of its own. In other words, the noble lord said to Mr. Disraeli, " Are you playing a farce or not? Do you wish to settle this question, and consequently intend to bring in a bill which will conciliate the support of a majority in parliament. Or are you merely trying to gain time, intending, after all the palaver over the resolutions, to bring in a bill which, not:regarding the wishes and opinions of the house, will inevitably be rejected ?" The reply of Mr. Disraeli was con clusive—" So long," he said, " as we are allowed to conduct the committee in which the resolutions are to be moved it will be our duty to act upon them, whether we propose them or any inemb-r of the house ; but we reserve to ourselves the privilege of free men, that if resolutions are carried which we cannot carry out, we may decline to do so, and not act upon resolutions which we do not approve. We do not suppose that in passing these resolutions we pass a reform bill. The reform bill must depend on its merits, but what we supposed, was that by this means we should obtain a fair hearing for our mea sure." Mr. Osborne now was, in his turn, irregular. He wanted to know when the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would name the precise sum at which he in tended to fix the franchise. Mr. Disraeli answered in substance, as soon as the resolutions, among which is one affirming the desirability of lowering the fran chise, are carried. The bill will come on as soon a the resolutions are passed, the particular franchises by which the principles affirmed in these resolutions arc carried out are details to be settled in committee. The house and the country cannot now pretend not to understand the intentions of the Government. The Government has invited the house to affirm cer tain principles as the bases of a bill which is to be au adaptation of those principles. If, therefore, the House of Commons will affirm the expediency of reducing the franchise, of establishing new fran chises, of partly disfranchising certain boroughs, and giving the members taken from them to popu lous towns, or groups of towns, at present unrepre sented, of revising borough bouudarics, &c., the Government will bring in a bill proposing such reduction of the occupying franchise, such new franchises, ani such a redi s t r ib u ti on of sea's as it may consider a fair and prudent expression of the principles of the resolutions. The more or less of these reductions, the expediency of the particular new franchise, the justice and wisdom of the redis tribution, will all be questions upon which the House of Commons will have ample opportunities for forming and expressing its opinion. If the Liberal te alf a p n a e r y t party franchises,oec to to the reduction partial inent of small boroughs and the appropriation of the seats taken from them to new towns, to better provisions against bribery, and so on, they will, of oft d h i e sf f r r a a ii n c e l h ii i s s : e e course, be quite right to oppose the particular reso lutions affirming those principles. But unless they do object to these principles they will be acting a dishonest part in opposing the resolutions of the Government by a cunningly framed resolution of their own. They give up in no respect their control n of the G o oenni v s: s e tl taa r hhd i t n rfeei s m i ietrrfihxeeepsonsyirwtdet side, so have o a f: c ttn c gfhhr e oieee p tvyyee t itsn ua g mwaivynae yitsa: majority setsya. resolutionst o ji l ott u ahr t tet i tey o yi nsamisnqn. must, of wph t theherie ex pression sbspbeiiaeel;lratoadi of course, bow to the force they now, fa nc yi ng it clear that a thedßoe f ;pu r l s m atni es ß e i o l l tf o w ta h hl i el c h eGl w a so ivsl Government rs: ma satisfy eednts all tr m l ee o nt d h e o e - t thwartede b s ill tion fro fo mb r y o a u f r ae t t i i m eu e s at least, i e n n a r y es b e e ly p e as d s t e e d this session if take ratemen a Conservative Mi n i s t ry. question u THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE ON PERSONALITIES. —We have become accustomed to the phrase "-Extra-Parliamentary utterances," and we are now b p e a c r o li m ana in e g nt e a q r u y al p ly cuserasecnalittoimese.d the In the fact House of extra mem bers are restrained by certain rules from attacking each other beyond due limits. But when among their constituents, or when glowing with pose prandial exultation among admiring followers, they are not so fettered, and can speak more freely of the absent enemy. Yet these person alities will not be forgotten in the House, and may seriously affect proper and requisite deliberation, as well as the progress of business. In all disputes, to lose one's temper is to give an immediate ad vantage to the other side, and makes it more difficult to come to a right or a peaceable conclu sion. When two boys disagree, arguments heat their blood, and with the quickening of the pulse, the flow of words increases and grows more angry, and the rights of either side are less likely to prevail. At last it comes to personalities • ugly names and abusi v e ep ith e t s are b an di e d ;bout ; faults in the disposition and character of the other are thrown in his teeth, or some ugliness in his features described to him in the most disagreeable language, and personalities le a d to thre a ts. The epithet personal " you big fool," is met with the retort personal " you great ass," and language like this will be all that is left in the way of argu ment ; fists are doubled and displayed in a threatening manner, until one or the other ven tures on a blow, and so the disagreement has to be decided by who- can inflict most punishment upon the face and features of the other. It may be said boys are boys, but men are men, and do not act like this ; still less do members of Parli ament. We think they very often do. Fists may not be as often resorted to, but when two men, or women either, engaged in dispute or argument, get as far as personalities, they may be restrained by circumstances from inflicting bodily injury on each other, but there is not much chance left of the truth or right at issue being settled between them. Or, if we watch the progress of an interna tional dispute, we shall find very much the same state of things. If the courtesy and politeness of diplomacy does not settle the matter, the despatches of the respective governments become_ more curt and cutting. Insinuations of the lie oblique are met with the lie direct ; the respec tive pulses of the two national bodies beat doubles up its quicker and quicker, each nation fist, and at last the matter is settled, and the right &alie pposed to on the side of whichever can kill, maim, and destroy most on the opposite side, and can inflict most misery and injury on the enemy. And when this has been effectually done, the matter in dispute will probably be found to remain exactly where it was when person alities and threats took the place of argument and diplomacy. It is true that men in hot dispute do not, as a rule, end in taking off their coats and proceeding to the infliction and reception of black eyes and bloody noses • and if they do proceed to extremities which cannot be otherwise settled, they can always resort to the quieting climate of the courts of law. It is not probable that Mr. Bright and his faithful brother, Jacob, will, settle by fists the quarrels they have on hand with Mr. Lowe, AIL Garth, and others, and which have tuidoubt- I edly reached the l en gth o f persona li t i es. It m i g ht be a - good thing for the nation if they would. But what we contend is, that when gentlemen who are members of Parliament get beyond the grave argument and discussion which really seeks to arrive at the tr u th, an d . come to person alities, there is very little chance left of any useful de bating, or of th e d es i re d en d or. purpose being arrived at. Parliament is about to rears einble, and there is an im mense quant i ty o f matters which require its most urgent attention. The Govern ment is holding out hopes of doing a great deal. The terrible and i ncreas i ng extent o f pover t y is to be grappled with, and the administration of the poor-law looked to ; the scandalous bankruptcy laws are to be reconstructed; Irish tenants are to be put :in a better position with their landlords ; the disastrous break up o f compan i es li m i te d is to lead to an amendment in the law of joint-stock companies, and other things are promised, :all of which are urgently required by the country at large. But the Reform Bill blocks up the way, and may be the' cause of next session being as useless as the last. The country .is sorely in need of ttie legislation which looks solely to the country's good. It wants a strong Executive which will take matters in hand and slope them accord ing to the country's f•equirement. But if mem bers oppose whatever the opposite party pro poses, and simply oh th a t ground; if their vaca tioa personalities cause, them to -oppose. and vote against the measures of particular persons, chiefly from personal antipathy, there cannot be much chance of true argument, or just rights and neces side.i prevailing. nefJ:,lll x:371. t i le occasion of gross and most improper and undignified person alities from members of both sides of the House, and is becoming a perfect bugbear and nuisance to the country. And if members allow their personal and party antipathies to prevail where there should be nothing but fair argument and earnest deliberation for the practical good of the people, and not for the advancement of a party, in that case we fear there will be little more chance of any .satisfactory conclusion to our approaching' parliamentary struggles .than to the. fisticuffs o - our pugilistic boys. PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. The Industrial Dwellings Movement. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the company, of which Mr. Alderman Waterlow is chairman, and the object of which is the erection from time to time, wherever suitable sites can be procured in the metropolis, of blocks or ranges of comfortable and commodious dwellings, and at easy rents, for arti sans and other working men, was held at the Man sion-house. There was a very numerous attendance, the enterprise having from the first been popular, and now still more than ever, both on philanthropic grounds and as a safe and profitable investment for capital. Mr. Alderman Waterlow occupied the chair, and there were present, among others, Mr. Goschen, M.P., Mr. Russell Gurney, M.P., Re corder of London, Sir Charles Fox, Mr. George Moore, Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. Alderman Fiunis, Mr. Alterman Stone, Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant- Judge, the Hon. Auberon Herbert, Mr. Walter Morrison, M.P., Mr. Henry Edwards, Mr. John 'Johns, Mr. Travers Buxton, Mr. Hare, and Major Menara. The report of the directors stated that the nominal capital of the company had been in creased to £250,000, and that £22,000 had been allotted since the previous meeting. The buildings had not been increased, butsix blocks containingl6B tenements were about to be begun at Bagnigge wells. Arrangements fur the acquisition of addi tional sites. were being pressed forward, and the directors were willing to treat with owners of lands in populous neighbourhoods. No advance upon loan from Public Works Commissioners had yet been obtained, but it was expected that on the com pletion of arrangements by the Lards of the Trea sury the company's capital would be supplemented by loans upon mortgage of its present building to the extent of £60,000. The greater part of the tenements at Palmerston buildings were not com pleted and ready for habitation until September last, and the whole of the paid-up capital had not been concerned in earning the revenue of the half year ; but it was recommended that the usual divi dend at the rate of 5 per cent. should be paid out of the balance of £1,440 standing to the credit of the revenue account on closing the books. The direc tors had to congratulate themselves and the com pany upon the fact that Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant- Judge ; Mr. C. J. Freake, of South Kensington ; and Mr. Goschen, M.P., had joined their board, and recommended the retiring directors, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. George Moore, and Mr. Alderman Stone, for re-election, and also the honorary auditor, Mr. Willia m T urquan d . Th e di rectors express their emphatic conviction that the work in which the company is engaged is a feasible method of dealing with the evils arising from over crowded and unhealthy dwellings, and increasing experience induces them to strongly reiterate the statements they made in the prospectu3, in which they recommended the enterprise to the notice of the public—" not merely on the ground of its useful ness, but also on account of its being a safe and profitable investment." They point out that " in a crowded metropolis such as this good substantial houses for the use of the most numerous class of its inhabitants must always be in demand," and, mere over, the funds of the company are invested upon securities not subject to depreciation ; and its ope rations are so simple in their nature that without tLe necessity of scientific or skilled knowledge the shareholders can easily estimate the efficiency with which their affairs are conducted. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that such was the confidence inspired by the company that an appeal to the public for additional capital to carry out its important objects still further had resulted in the receipt of £lB,OOO up to Christmas, and in nearly £6,000 more since that time. Much of that would be absorbed in the erection of six new blocks in Bag nigge-wells, about to be commenced, at an estimated cost of about £20,000. The company were about to erect two blocks at Greenwich, which would cost about £5,000. He wanted the public to know that the company could go still faster, but that they must have the capital if they are to do the work well. He had the fullest confidence that the present Adminis tration would eventually carry out Mr. Childers's Act, empowering the Government to lend money at an easy rate of interest for the erection of dwellings such as those built or . contemplated by this com pany ; but the difficulty was to get the Government to move fast enough. He referred to the difficulty of finding suitable sites, and to the obStacles thrown in the way of the company, after they had arranged with the freeholder, by small under-tenants, who asked fabulous prices for their little ricketty tene ments, and he looked forw e ar in d ves to te t d h w e itthimceomwphulen sory powers, such as belongto of ra t il h w a a t y kind. companies, The for dealing with obstructions motion for adopting the report was seconded by Mr. Henry Edwards, the deputy chairman. Mr. Samuel Morley expressed the growing conviction at which they had arrived that the object they had in view of erecting suitable buildings for the 'working classes, and which they had already carried out, so far as they had gone, with unvarying success and satisfac tion, was eventually attainable on a very large scale, and that it afforded a safe investment for capital and at a good interest. lie began by investing £2,000 in the undertaking, and that he had lately increased a t o w £ o s, rk oo o o f . th i a i t e k h i n a i d i . no f Th a e itl in G application pplica o t v io e n rn a nLe d u e ts b d y oi t i b lg e company in August last for a loan under Mr. Chil ders's Act had never yet received a definite reply. That was the way huw not to do it. " Ile felt con vinced that capit a li s t s m i g h t invest money in the undertaking of the company with the certainty of a fair return. The report and accompanying statement of ac counts were then adopted. The chairman stated, in reply to Mr. ltivington, that the lowest rent for two rooms in any of their blocks was 4s. 6d. a week. Mr. Goschen, M.P., moved a rosolution authorising the payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. for the half-year ending December last on the paid up capital of the company. He had joined the com pang, he said, not because he thought any assistance ,that he could render would lie valuable, knowing well that the interests of the shareholders would Le well cared for by Mr. Alderman Waterlow and ti e rest of the directors, but because the company was not only a private but a great public interest ; and the more people were satisfied that the scheme would pay commercially and that it admitted of great ex pansion, the more easily would they solve the great problem of how their labourers were to be accom modated in London. After three years' experience the company paid 5 per cent., and that interest had from the beginning been scrupulously paid out of revenue alone. Ile had gone careful), over the ac counts, and found them most satisfactory. Ile had no doubt that the company would advance from 5 to 6 per cent., and possibly a fraction beyond that, and still leave a considerable margin. They ex pected to obtain a loan of /50,000 or £60,000 from the Government on easy terms, and the effect of that would be to increase the dividend payable among the shareholders very considerably. Mr. Goschen then gave a graphic account of the contrast in com fort and in every other respect presented by the Stanley block of buildings erected by the company at King's-cross to the wretched dwellings occupied by the poorer classes in the surrounding neighbour hood as he had witnessed himself. He trusted that a larger amount of capital would be attracted, so that the good work might be carried on. The re solution was seconded by Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant- Judge, and carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. Russell Gurney, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. George Moore, and Mr. Alderman Stone, the re tiring directors of the company, were re-elected. The meeting was also addressed by Sir Charles Fox, Mr. Alderman Finnis, the Hon. Mr. Hobart, Mr. Walter Morrison, M.P., Mr. V. Foster, and Mr. A. J. Williams, and a very cordial vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, directors, and officers in recognition of their services. Royal College of Surgeons of Eng-and. The Hunterian Oration, now biennially delivered in the large and commodious theatre of the above institution, was yesterday given by Professor Hil ton, F.R.S., the senior vice-president of the college, before an unusually large number of the elite of the learned professions, that of the surgical of course predominating. The orator commenced by stating that one of the signs by which the intellectual pro gress of nations might be measured was to be found in their just appreciation of those of their countrymen, past and present, who had given evidence of unusual mental endowmnent. It had, however, commonly happened that a new line of thought, or the opening up of a new track of mental or philosophical inquiry, had escaped the attention, or even excited the op position of contemporary thinkers, seemingly becanse their minds were preoccupied in the elaboration of ideas antecedently suggested. Ile then proceeded to inquire into the reason why the appreciation of philosophical knowledge should have been so promi nent a feature of one age, and so utterly lost sight of in another, and added that necessarily the 4:ea of strife could not nurture philosophy, inter Fielta cedunt arses, furnished the one prominent cause for the indifference to mental culture in many epochs of the world's history, but careful consideration would elicit causes other than those of the sword and the battle-field for the different capacity necessary to the intellectual appreciation of contemporary labour at different periods of tine. He then took a rapid but analytical review of the great men who flourished during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and how greatly their merits were appreciated in comparison with those of the present day, and instanced Hun ter, as a marked illustration of this defective esti mation by contemporaries. Two succeding genera tions had, however, done much to atone for the in difference of his own, and added that it would ba difficult to find another instance in which so large a meed of posthutnous fame has been, as it were, ex tracted from the dry bones which had been be queathed, although the minds of the prafecsional men of his day appeared to have failed in measuring the extent and depth of the great truths which he had enunciated, or in appreciating the value of those which he was then elaborating. The progressive knowledge of several succeeding years app3ared to have been necessary to evoke the earliest public at tempt to establish the true relation which his mar vellous labours bore to the development of science. The period of Hunter's most zealous labours—the latter portion of the eighteenth century—was marked by the limited application of mental ac tivity to the cultivation of science. The mind of the nation appeared solely directed to the cultivation of the high statesmanship requi site to contend with the grave and startling political events of the European and the American continents. Hunter was at this period labouring patiently and perseveringly, but alone, with a saga cious and primitive simplicity. He was reading nature's facts, as exhibited in the organised world, with a zeal unexampled, au industry scarcely ever surpassed, questioning her in her own language, and, slowly understanding her tardy, and, often times to him, obscure responses. Mr. Hilton then entered into the early history of Hunter, his struggles, &c., until the latter were surmounted, and he appeared the accomplished surgeon ; and added that a re-perusal of Hunter's works excited his amazement at the extent to which our surgery of the present day was guided by his comprehensi ve teach ings. The learned orator then occupied some time in reviewing the great works-of Hunter, with which the profession is now so well acquainted, and stated that the museum of the College of Surgeons con tained 10,000 preparations, the work of his own hands, a striking instance how fascinated he was in the pursuit of nature. After alluding to the want of public recognition of the merits of our great sur geons,Afr. wasHiltonmcaotntcelr of uded sm by all stating account, t thath atpoplualckar appreciation of interest in our labours by professional contem porariesbheoasre,stthwatortfe co r, n m d i e t m ho n u o t r tt lam ing n • to obtain an accurate knowledge of the value pains a p s ra h i a s r e d t h to e of his discoveries, was still harder ; that Hunter had with faint to endure all this, and right manfully he bore it all, was from his innerconviction that, letthe world say what it would, no dogmatism, no vague denial, no sneer, could make any impression on his proved facts. Above all, his conscious love of truth, for truth's own sake, produced in Hunter only the high minded indifference of the philosopher to the petty assaults of ignorance. Mr. Hilton advised his hearers not to strive for the brittle fame of the meteor dazzling only for a short time, to bo ex tinguished for ever. DANGERS OF " CHIGNONS."—We should be sorry to say anything that would unnecessarily disturb the peace of ladies in their compliance with the present re markable fashion of wearing chignons. The custom may seem very irrational to the male half of mankind, but this objection would apply to many of the fashions by which ladies consider that they adorn themselves, and so must not count for much. A more serious objection, and ono more calculated to have weight with English ladies, has' been started, according to a correspondent of our own, by a Russian professor, M. Lindemann. According to this authority, 76 per cent. of the false hair used for chignons and similar purposes in Russia is infested with a parasite to which he has given the name of gregarine. The grega rinous hair, it is said, is very like other hair in appearance, but on close inspection little dark-brown knots are seen at the free end of the hair, and may even be distinguished by the naked eye. These are grogarines. These parasites have a most ignoble ancestry and habitation, being found in the interior of the pediculus capitis. It is only duo to them, however, that these statements should be verified by other observers before we give all the particulars of their natural history. They aro not easily destroyel. They resist the effects of drying, and even of boiling. Acids, alkalies, ether, and other agents would kill thorn ; buttlieso would be injurious to the hair, and so canna bo used. According to the authority quoted, in the conditions of a ballroom th e gregar i nes " rev i ve, grow, an d b dividing into many parts—so-called germ-globuiesi t on theese fly about the b a ll room i n milli on s, get inhaled, drop refreshments— in f ac t, enter the interior of peopl e d hun dreds of ways, and thus reach their specific vnaelfoujr)al history; ment." W but o d o when notrttnbsoa natural foorlthhei. g r ogarian 4.7 truth o f f all this elugnons themselves is considered, the hair of them is supplied by d the in p e o s o a re nd the Durlakes it may well be allrtrupeeo.pllen,Reusspseia cially peasant women of the M e o t r near the g lr o o e l s g o N u t w t h o o w d o o rk a m l ' arg the s rawd ri e ng i , n h i e L per;2l W ps he pu n t. t s h a e returnsclean en in autumn." decidedly t h u e rnn.” y e I ; y, never p a ti t i a e k p e r s o i f t e soi)lfrteilianalvrtpzieloutssiehies:o - ladiesxe t haa w nne o cie u n l f a d o tr d up e r a t a e rl r iss i t n ist l . cannot so cer bshuielbrei subject st Owfaittihille fashion—which it does not require a micro n affecting ladies in a matter . of fashion.. tsacßuiontploiysft'a.teloclkfsioudn-se-u°b things, one of the most objectionable is falb• Lancet. /~ MRS. S. A. MARSH'S NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols., 111 AI D EN II 0 0 Ii By Mrs. SARA ANNA MARSH, Author of" Chronicles of Dartmoor," &C. Hurst and Blaokett, publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street