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~~ 4, 1 . r- r .........,."'..apon Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre . ....... EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre After New Royalty Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatre . . ... EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre EVANS' to SUP. London Singing' and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. KIN AHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 18435. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal It is Pure, Mild, 'Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Bottles, 3s. 81, at the Retail Houses in Loudon by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL "Ar hislcv." COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. 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Tickets to be ob tained at the Box-office from 10 till 5 ; also at Mit chell's, Old Bond-street; Austin's, St. James's Hall; and Keith, Prowse, and Co, Cheapside. N.B.—Skating on idndays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, from 3 till 5. 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ITURST & BLACKETT'S NEW NOVELS. NOW READY. -Li • TWO MARRIAGES. By the Author of " John Halifax," "Christian's Mistake," &e. 2 vols. RAYMOND'S HEROINE. 3 vols. MY SON'S WIFE. By the Author of " Caste," Itc. 3 vols. OFF THE LINE. By Lady CHARLES TIIYNNE. 2 vols. SYBIL'S SECO ND LOVE. By JULIA 'CAVA NAGH, Author of "Nathalie," &e. 3 vols. MAIDENHOOD. By Mrs. S. A. MARSH. 3 vols. ST. ALICE. By E. CAMPBELL TAINSII. 3 vols. Ale° just ready, in 3 vols., CONSTANCE RIVERS. By Lady BARRETT LENNARS. T HE XF ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISH WENT OF LONDON. OPERATIC SELEC noNs.—Princi pal artistes, Misses Russell, Barrie. and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Extra Band and Chorus Conductor, Mr. F. Jongtmans Solo Cornet-a-Piston. Ifr. REYNOLDS, of the Coldstream Gua...ds' Band and A. Alellon'a Concerts. COMEDY. by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY, G. W. ROSS ; the celebrated JAPANESE JUGGLERS ; the Brothers BALE, the Wonders of the World; Mdile. GERTRUDE and her Troupe of Performing Dogs, this Evening. qr. ROBE FRASER, Comedian, with his cron of comicali ties and his new song, "THE BOY AT MUGBY." NOTICE.—The Bros. HANLON. the celebrated American Acrobats, will make their re-appearance THIS EVENING. Just published, UNITED STATES BONDS AND SECURITIES. WHAT THEY ARE, THEIR COST, and the INTEREST THEY PAY; with illustrations of the Ex change of Sterling into American Currency, and vice versa; and many other items which may be of interest to those desirous of information concerning American Finances and Exchange. Gratis, on application, with stamped address. BELDING, KEITH, and Co., American Bankers and Mer chants, 80, Lombard-street, London, E.C. ATADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDI PIONS. Mo lels'f the KIN*(IS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, is. ; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. R. THOMAS'S admired SONGS and 0, • BALLADS, composed expressly for his Publishers, the Messrs. ROBERT COCKS and CO., New Burlington street, and may be had everywhere. Ilappy:be thy Dreams. 3s. 1 The withered Rose. 28. 6d. Far on the Deep Blue Sea. Coming again. 6d. 2s. ed. I Friendship. 2s. 6d. Winnie of the Mill. 20. 6d. The Friends of other days. Beautiful Fiovsers. 2s. 6d. I 2s. 6d. Bonny Eloise. 2e. 6d. j Years ago. 2s. 6d. I've loved thee long. 24. 6d. I The Angel of Life. 28. 6d. Those bright Wile eyes. 25.6 d. I Pleasant llemories. 2s. 6d. My Mo:her's Smile 25. 6d. Oh! the happy days of Youth. Merrily Row. 25. 6d. '2s. 6d. Beautiful Cloud. 24. 61. Mother dear, good-bye. 2g. 6d. All at half price, with an extra stamp for postage.= New Burlington-street; and may be had everywhere. ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant an poular Rooms. having been re decorated, are now d PENO EVE ltY EVENING for entirel Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luce CUItTL Manager, M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. Now published at 3d., per post 4d., • - 'RAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION ; or, Anaesthesia Locally Applied. By A. ESKELL, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of " Dental Surgery," " Pure Dentistry," &c. Simpkin, Mandrill, and Co. ; all booksellers ; or of the author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. WESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWASEY and HOLLAND. Enthusiastic reception of the Grand Selection from Donizetti's favourite Opera of " LUCIA DI LAMMER MOOR." Principal vocalists —Edgard°, Mr. FL De Brenner ; Arturo, M r . R owland Lascelles ; Henrico, Mr. P. Corn ; Lucia, Miss Annie Tremaine. Irish Minstrels, every evening at Nine o'clock, with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Coml. ARTHUR LLOYD'S Burlesque Drama, entitled " MUGGET'S BROOK ; or, the Wicked Squire ;" Jolly Nash, Emma Bruce, Paddy Fannin, Patrick S e ll ers , F ran k Ellmore, Jig Da ncer ; Le Petit Blondin, from the Crystal Palace, engaged for a limited number of nights previous to his departure for the Paris Exhibition ; Jean and Victor, the Sensation of London. Band of 30 first-class per formers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. I'. CORRI. Prices of admission —Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured it the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock. " THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF 'IRE MANY." T IIE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression of the Colonial I.ll . trzets enables the "EAST INDIA. TEA COMPANY" to offer TEAK LOWER THAN EVER. Six Pounds of Good Tea for 6s. M. 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. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps. UGLINESS and BEAUTY ; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles a n d means need for improving the appearance. By ALEX. BO SS, 248, High Holborn, London. SPANISH FLY is th e ac ti ng ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, 58 64, and Ws 6d ; sent by post for 51, 84, and 144 stamps.— A.LRX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by nsinsr ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price ls; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. HAIR-CIIRLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALßX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 33 6d, 58 Rd, and 1036 d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. 0 REY HAIR 248, High Holborn, London.— NOT ALET. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is u , 34. It Is permanent, and perfectly na tural In effo t. Price Se 6d, Se M. and Ma Id ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all C:ieml=ts. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London. —ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 38 6d, 58 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent for 54, et, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII di seases o f th e skin aro improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, ,te. 2s 9d and 7s 6d ; or post for 40 and too stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAITI COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional usinz. 10 s ed ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. D R. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDYPre pared without any mercurial ingrodient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, iniigesticn, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and slid by W. Lambert, Chemist, R. King William -street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug pate, in boxes.la. and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Silicas and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square trreec patikage. with " Williarc Lambert" enceravpd ,e the stamp, ONE HUNDRED and SIXTY-SEVEN DESTITUTE ORPHANS are being maintained in the ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, Collingwood Court, Bagshot, Surrey. FUNDS Greatly needed for their support. CHARLES A. WALKER, Sec. Offices, 96, Cheapside, E.C. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie Park. Slough, Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise). In stituted 1827. PATRON—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. AID to this Institution will be gladly received by the Secretary, at the Offices. No. 73, Cheapside, E.C. HENRY SYKES THORNTON, Treasurer. THONIAS TILSON, J.P., Chairman of the Board. STEPHEN REED CATTLEY, ILA., Hon. Sec. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. TBOARD of MANAGEMENT of the -I- LONDON HOMCBOPATHIC HOSPITAL wish to call the attention of their triends t, its position—during the past year the beds have been almost constantly filled, and the drain on the resources of the Hospital has consequently been c - neat. They trust, therefore, that all the friends of homer pathy, both in town and country, will rally round them, and thus prevent the necessity of curtailinz the use fulness of the Hospital by the admission of fewer vatients. SUBSCRIPTIONS earnestly needed. Bankers Messrs. Presrott and Co., Threadneedle -street; and Union Bank, Argyll-place, Regent-street. JOHN R. WARREN, Clerk. No. 52, Great Ormond -street, W.C. 0" SHIPWRECKED SEAMEN IDOW‘S and ORPHAN S. and their —Upwards BEREAVED AV of 4,001 British vessels are annually Wrecked, about 2,000 of which are on the B ritish Isle , ! There is no part of the coast wh ere th e SHIPWRECKED MARINERS' SOCIETY is not represented by an lion N, 2f ent, who clo i lles (when naked) and sen d s to their horn . shipwrecked persons of all n a tions. and is the ch anne l of let: charity to the bereaved widows and orphans n t t h e drowned. The Committee earnestly APPEAL f' r HELP. Th e dis tress is always instan t. The :Thciety relieved 11,221 persons last year, viz , shipwrecked men, widows, a nd orphans. Donations and subscriptions thankfully received by M essrs . Williams, Deacon, and Co.; and by the undersig ne d, FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary Mbernia-chambers, London -bridge S. E. TnE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to th , . 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young f em ales were rejected fro m what of FIJN DS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in fire years. he new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of ti to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be receleed gratefu ll y by the Sezretary, Nfr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen-street, Che a p side; or by liessre Barclay and Co., Lombard-street. HELP for the DESTITUTE SICK.— METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL. Devon shire-square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratuitous Relief of th e Si ck P oor o f e very Nation an d Creed, without letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed to maintain its efficiency. B ANICERS—Messrs. Barnett, lloares. and Co.. 62, Lombard street. JNO. GURNEY FRY, Chairman. GEO. CItOXTON. Secretary. G REAT NORTRERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, lshngton, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 4805.1 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. BANKERS—Messrs. Barnett, Lloyds. and Co., GO, Lombard. street; Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall. LION, SEC.—F. Smith, Esq. GEORGE REID, Sec,. ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn -road in the txunediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail. way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vies-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE .9,11 G. President-111s Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab- Rah 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 andl:4atues. It affords relief to a large number of in-pa tents, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the pr niece of this Hospital are capable of containing several u..,ndred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers.llessrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; as) by Messrs. Coutta and Co.; Drummond and Co.;Giyn End Co.; lierries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; PresoOtt, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; R Mama, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. .STANYOILD SAUDI. bearet...ry. OSBORNE'S STILTON Is THE Cheese ! NIANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uneAloured. To be had of a? 1 dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London OfB,:es and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, e Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the " Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, I,' C., the only house in the square not occupied by the Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next best, and is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of very old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in q ua li ty and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is vi ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carriage pal - I.—HENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. A VALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA. A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really nod Black Tea, sent carriage free to any Railway Station or Market Town in England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on receipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER , TITAN EVER. Is. 61., 25., 2s. 61. per lb. are the prices at which PHI LLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William -street, City, London, E.C.. are selling good and line BLACK TEA . Railwayprice or carriage tree t M arket Town i n th e U n i te d Ki ng d om . o all pa Observe — Pntraar.s and of London. Co. have no Agents. Sugars are supplied at market prices. IUADAME RACIIEL'S Recipes for Youth, brace, and Elegance, which give golden eyes, ruby lips ° , and ' a soft peach-like com tplrlY-Leesxsteosn'Bstpoeaaluraktdylieur, wrinkled , freckled, scarred, or aged, which have gained for her the patronage of the Crowned [leads of Europe and her world-renowned name, can be forwarded . on receipt of £1 ls . -47 A, New Bond-street. Beware of Spurious Imitations. pItIN T IN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of New s p apers, &c., done ou exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of par ti cu lars, with stamped direct e d envelope for reply. Address—Tho Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3 ) Church- row, Savoy, Strand, W.O J XHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION I_ll who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN" can hav e the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " The Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, ho will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who may go there for pleasure only. rrHE LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL has -A- URGENT NEED of FUNDS. —Donations and Sub scriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drummond and Co., Charing cross; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the undersigned, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, N., CHARLES FINN, Sec. 2L -7 L' ~ ' ~~ , ,-- _ _ • __•- • __ • ,• 4 _r7t. • --- s • At tlz . i,•.nmr•z. - • • • . . „ ••• - ... a 7.- k\ i . 4970 •k 40.A1- - ADkkir 1 - , . • 4.1 - • s, ‘\ tra,l r . • • , • •••• • • t: 0 " • " , 0" - --411 - • 4 • + & DRora, 4 .4 . 4" D IE ir St / . . -, 40 .4 • THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1867. I \OG LICENCE.—The COMMISSIONERS of INLAND REVENUE Give Notice, that from and after the sth of April inst., every person keeping a dog is required to pay a licence duty of ss. for each dog. The penalty for keeping a dog without licence is „C 5. The person in whose custody, charge, or possession, or in whose house or premises any dog shall be found or seen, is deemed to be the person who keeps such dog, unless the contrary is proved. Post-office orders or postage stamps for the duty may be remitted to the Collectors of Inland Revenue at Somerset House or Tower-hill, or Gresham House, Old Broad-street, with a statement of the name and abode of the applicant., on receipt of which t licence will be forwarded. Forms of application may be obtained at any post-office. Licenses may bo obtained in London and its vicinity at the following places : SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. and the concern we feel at the growth of our expen diture, which is the first characteristic of Mr. Dis raelfs budget, is balanced by our satisfaction at Tums.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer dis charged last night a matter of business in a busi ness-like manner. His method of reviewing the national fir.ances, prospectively and retrospectively, was simple to severity. Compared with the ornate rhetoric of his predecessor, it amounted almost to baldness. At the same time never was a Budget made more intelligible to an audience. There was not, indeed, much to tell, but it was told with such a just distribution of its details that the mind was in no case fatigued with irrelevant disquisitions be fore the central part of the story was approached. Mr. Disraeli reminded the committee that a crisis of great and prolonged severity had been encountered since Mr. Gladstone forecast the financial future of the year which ended on • Sunday last. We could not have been surprised had the commercial disasters of the summer of 1866 brought the income of the year far below the estimates of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. The contrary, however, has happened. Instead of receiving £67,013,000, we have received £69,434,000. Our readers know how the increase has been effected. , ['he Customs and Excise divide it between them. The other items of revenue brought into the Exchequer are almost what had been anticipated, but the two branches of receipt which depend on the power of consump tion of the people—the two which vary with the prosperity and welfare of the mass of the nation, produced £2,385,000 out of the £2,421,000, by which the actual income exceeded the estimates formed of it. The provisions for the national ex penditure unfortunately grew as the year went on. The original votes of last spring were swollen by supplementary estimates in July, for a considerable part of which it is but fair to say the late Govern ment must share the responsibility of their succes sors, and at the beginning of this Session it was found necessary to ask Parliament for further sup plies. Altogether the sum of £67,031,000 was voted, although it is some consolation to know that only £66,780,000 was called for. The actual surplus of the past year was thus no less than £2,654,172. The surplus of the coming year might have been estimated at even more than this, had it been found possible to keep the votes for the several services within the limits of last year's expenditure. Un happily they have grown so that we are now spending half-a-million every week on our army and navy, and thus, in spite of the cessation of the dead-weight annuity, and a consequent sav ing of very nearly £300,000 during the current twelvemonth, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has to provide for an expenditure of £68,134,000. His estimate of income is £69,340,000, or within £90,000 the same as the revenue of last year, and he has thus .a disposable surplus of £1,206,000. Mr. Disraeli proposes to apply £210,000 out of this to the reduction and simplification of the duties on marine insurances, which are henceforth to be three pence per cent. in all cases except time policies running more than six months, - when they are to be sixpence per cent. ; a further sum of £750,000 he asks Parliament to devote to the reduction of the National Debt by taking up " Operation A." of Mr. Gladstone's scheme of Terminable Annuities dropped last July; and the balance, or £246,000, he would reserve as a surplus against possible contingencies. Mr. Disraeli's Budget turns upon the votes for the military and naval services and the scheme of deal ing with the National Debt. He was judiciously reticent in noticing the expenditure of the coming year. One of the uses, however, of an annual financial statement is that it forces upon the atten tion of all men the cost of the different branches of Government. The votes for the Army and Navy in 1867-8 amount to £26,179,000, and we should not, perhaps, feel so dissatisfied at this sum, enor mous as it is, were we more assured that we re ceived our money's worth in exchange for the money expended: It is no doubt true that Europe is at present an " armed camp ;" but the phrase affords us only barren consolation. We feel for the Chan cellor of the Exchequer in being called upon to pro vide for the increased votes for the two services, in consequence of which a disposable surplus which might have been nearly three millions has shrunk to £1,206,000. Under the circumstances Mr. Disraeli deserves the credit which his predecessor in office frankly gave him for having devoted the greater part of the sum left at his command to the re duction of our permanent debt. The dropping of the Dead Weight Annuity no doubt made it a national duty to take some fresh step towards a new system of reduction, but duty is not always cheerfully obeyed, and there are many members in the House who would . have preferred the provision made for the reduction of the debt, which is its second and better feature. TILE " WESTMINSTER GAZETTE " ON TIIE TEMPER ANCE MOVEMENT IN THE DIOCESE OF FERNS.— As the Sunday liquor traffic is one of the great topics of the day, we wish for the more satisfac tory adjustment of this question, and for the guidance and instruction of those whose exer tions are directed towards a reformation of this abuse, to call public attention to a precedent bearing upon it, which, in our opinion, cannot be too well known. We refer to the temperance movement in the diocese of Ferns. At the recent temperance meeting held at Guildhall, the Arch bishop of Westminster made some very telling allusions to the closing of the public-houses on Sundays, which, he said, the Archbishop of Cashel and Dr. Furlong, the Bishop of Ferns— by the force of moral suasion alone —were en abled to effectin their dioceses. This movement is deserving of notice, as well on account of the success with which so praiseworthy an effort has been crowned, as for the inestimable benefits it has conferred on so large a portion of the Irish people. Were we asked to name the country which has suffered most both in point of morality and mate rial wealth by frequent habits of intemperance, our attention would at once be directed to the Irish nation. The obedience and self-abnegation, how ever, which characterize their conduct in the ex ample we are about to adduce, make amends, to a considerable extent, for the excesses into which their impulsive nature, or, more properly speaking, their poverty, may have too often led them. In fact, they clearly prove to us that the prevalent intemperance in that country is more the result of habit, or example, than any natural fondness on the part of the people for spirituous liquors. Much of their intemperance is owing to the cha racteristic hospitality of the people, and to that chronic poverty under which they are obliged to seek out the means of subsistence. True, genuine hospitality has ever been the leading feature of the Irish character ; and no peasant, however lim ited in circumstance, thinks he has received a friend as he ought, unless ple nt y of a certain beverage—well-known to the people—is forth coming. 'This is an old custom with the Irish peasantry—which is rendered venerable in their esteem by the usage of ages, ar.d the example of their fathers—which has suffered no abatement either by the growing expense in the purchase of liquor, or the increasing pressure of their own circumstances. It is also not to be wondered at that a people doomed to so much misery, conse quent upon the worst species of poverty that ever sapped the energies, and blunted the aspirations of a generous race, should seek a temporary relief from the pressure of long-enduring distress in drink. If the Irish people, however, are more addicted to habits of inebriety than the inhabit ants of any other country, they also possess to a greater extent the redeeming quality of self-re straint. About ten years ago, when Dr. Furlong was consecrated Bishop of Ferns, he was so hor rified at the scenes of inebriety that desecrated the Sabbath day, and almost profaned the sanc tuary with the blood of drunken brawlers from the public-house, and foreseeing the dreadful conse quences which would inevitably result were such a state of things to continue, he immediately com menced the reformation of this abuse in his dio cese. He began by laying the bane and antidote of the evil before the eyes of his flock. He brought forward facts from personal observation and the history of the country which fully satisfied the people that their poverty, sickness, and, in many instances, their crimes, were attributable to their attachment to the spirituous liquors. By an appeal to their religious sympathies, and by the force of moral persuasion alone, lie succeeded in closing the shops on Sundays and holidays throughout his extensive diocese. When lie first intimated his intention of introducing this measure, there were persons no doubt who naturally dreaded the consequences. Many complained that their whole means of subsistence would be completely taken away, as it depended upon what they sold on Sundays. But when the bishop assured them that their fortunes would sustain no diminution, by a cheerful resignation to the will of Providence, they paid all the obedience of a simple and devoted nature to his authority. And what is the conse quence ? Though ten years have since rolled away, no one was ever yet heard to complain of having lost a fraction by the movement. But, on the contrary, those who were the least satisfied and most apprehensive of sustaining the greatest losses, are now the best contented, and perceive that they have profited most by the regulation. Go where you will, not a shop is open, not a drop:of liquor is sold, unless in cases of absolute neces sity. The chapels are frequented, innocent amusements are substituted for wicked faction fights, and peace and harmony reign in those places that once were steeped with the blood of drunken wretches. And how is this movement sustained ? Simplyiby the authority of the bishop, the co-operation of the priests, and the obedience of the people. What a glorious renovation of a nation's virtue is this ! We call it national, since we understand that the other members of the hier archy are about to follow the example of the venerable Bishop of Ferns. This abstinence speaks well for the power of the Catholic religion over the Irish people. It is an answer to those objections which are so frequently made use of by the Whalleys and the Newdegates, that the power which the Catholic Church exercises over the Irish mind has an injurious effect on the social and political condition of the country. How fortunate itis for the peace of the Irish people that they are so amenable to that influence. Sad, indeed, would it be for such a people were the authority of the Church incapable of restraining them from engaging i n ras h' an d h o p e les s rebellion against the Constitution of their country ; but we trust that the . folly and w i c kedness of this Fenian outbreak will make even these misguided victims repent of havinglvio ated the laws of the Church and of the State. The present distracted state of thingsin Ireland ought to be a warning to statesmen of the necessity of adopting more prac tical schemes of legislation towards that country for the future than they have for the past. It also tells us there is something radically wrong in a system of government that has failed to win public confidence—that has engendered and per petuated a spirit of distrust and anatagonism in the breasts of a people so open to kindness. Without, however, attempting to vindicate the character of Ireland from the charge of intemperance to which we have already alluded, we will merely point to the obedience, self-abnegation, and love of order which characterized their conduct in the diocese of FernS. Will the people of England, who boast of their temperate use of spirituous liquors, make the same sacrifices, and, hearken; ing to the voice of their pastors, close their public ' houses on the Sabbath day ? It is more than d doubtful that such a reformation can be .effecte , unless by the interference of the Legislature. Though the Legislature can do much towards re forming this abuse, still we are fully impressed with the belief that there will be mu ch backslid ing and hankering after the old habit. When people are forced into measures against their I will, rather than led to adopt them of their own accord; they never lose an opportunity of m aking encroachments upon them ; but when theircon duct is influenced by their religious principles the case is entirely different. For religion alone can enable men to bear up against th e frailties of nature. Dr. Furlong built the success of his great movement upon the respect which his people en tertain for their religion. Surely the example of the bishop, and the obedience of the people, cannot be too highly extolled, or too widely known. Both deserve the highest gratitude ; but we are sure nobler motives than human praise, and human admiration, have influenced the conduct of either. The name of Bishop Furlong will ever be embalmed in the grateful recollection of the people on whom he conferred such great and lasting benefits. Somerset House Collector's Office. Tower-bill Gresham House, Old Broad-street Mile-end Surveyor's Office, 118, Mile-end road. Dalston Dal ston- road. Islington lnland Revenue Office, 6, Pullen's- row. Highgate and Hamp f Surveyor's Office, 21, Harrington stead street, Hampstead-road. Paddington Surveyor's Office, 18, Paddington- green. Kensington Surveyor's Office, 25, Upper Philli- more-place. Vauxhall Surveyor's Office, Hanover-place, Clapham-road. Camberwell lnland Revenue Office, 95', Hill street, Peckham. Southwark 43, Somerset-street, Portman-square Surveyor's Office. WM. CORBETT, Secretary. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London, April 4, 1867. the popularity of assisting in a diminution of taxa tion. Mr. Disraeli chose the policy of alleviating the permanent burden of the nation, and the amount left at his disposal towards reduction of taxation was necessarily trifling. if the duties on Marine Insurance were not the most onerous imposts ia our financial system, they were sufficiently oppressive to require revision, and it would, perhaps, be difficult to spend £200,000 better than by reducing them to a moderate and nearly uniform rate. Mr. Ayrton pleaded the cause of the metropolitan hackney car riages, and Mr. Marsh advocated a mitigation of minor licences ; nor can any one who has measured the burdens of the smaller shopkeepers and cab drivers of London deny that they have considerable claims to attention. In another year we may hope that something will be done for their relief ; but the narrowness of the means at Mr. Disraeli's command is a conclusive answer to any proposal for the dimi nution of taxation. The same remark applies, only with greater force, to Mr. Denman's plea for at torneys, and while we join in I\lr. Hubbard's regret that nothing has been done towards abolishing the fire insurance duty, the reasons for deferring its consideration are unanswerable. The propriety of appropriating the greater part of the surplus to the reduction of debt was questioned last night by Mr. Laing and Sir George Bowyer, but will, we believe, be generally admitted. The fact that nearly £300,000 of the surplus arises from the extinction of the dead weight annuity cught to conclude the ar gument. We inherit this year the fruit of the self denial of former years, and are bound to consider our successors in turn. If Mr. Laing's argument that taxes remitted " fructify in the pockets of the people" were grounded on fact, something might be urged against paying off any part of our debt, though even then Mr. Gladstone's retort that debt paid off fructifies as much as taxes remit ted would be sound. Were the fundholder p ai d off , he would invest his capital just as the taxpayer invests his savings. Every one, however, must be awarethatthe remission of a small amount of taxation only pro duces increased expenditure, and the tax remitted is not saved. The objection to the mode of reducing the debt adopted by Mr. Disraeli from Mr. Glad stone's scheme of last year appeared last night to command greater support, though it is far less real than Mr. Laing's argument would represent it. Part of the National Dent consists of a sum of £24,000,000, owing to the National Debt Commis sioners, who, in their turn, owe a larger sum to the trustees of the savings -banks. Interest on this sum is paid to the Commissioners at the rate of 3 per cent., or £720,000 a year. It is proposed that they should be paid annuities amounting to £1,776,000, and terminating in 1885, by which time the capital debt would be extinguished. This may be remem bered as Mr. Gladstone's " Operation A," and Mr. Disraeli pa r t o fhis p r predecessors udentl y a bs , ta n sc h s e f m r frown rr d h o e p ssi something iething worse, since it Fund in disguise. It last year was revived last night, that the scheme was nothing indeed, but the old Sinking tied the nation to a bargain from which it could not recede. Even Mr. Laing ventured on the statement that it would create engagement s which must be maintained under all circumstances. It is somewhat remarkable that Mr. Gladstone, while defending the reduction of debt, should not have more clearly stated the short answer to these objections. The National Debt Commissioners are but the Chancellor of the Exchequer under another name, and the scheme Mr. Disraeli has adopted is but a bargain between his right hand and his left. The annuities still to run may at any time be converted back into the interest on their capitalised value, and the impolicy of borrowing money at heavy rates to pay off an easy debt, which was the cardinal fault in the management of the old Sinking Fund, will thus be avoided. At the same time the capital, which actually has been repaid, will not exist as a nominal asset upon which a needy Chancellor of the Exchequer can fall back without the knowledge of Parliament that the debt has been increased. The operation of the scheme can be suspended at any moment of difficulty, and its merit is that it throws the fact that the debt is being reduced into the background, and thus gives no opportunity for those demands for reduced taxa tion which members seeking the favour of their constituents are prone to raise in season and out of season. The small extent of the scheme may be a matter of regret, and, compared with the gigantic efforts made by the United States, upon which Mr. Gladstone yesterday dilated, it is sufficiently trifling ; but were its operation greatly extended, the objection that the taxpayer would make a better use of the money exacted from him would become weighty. We are content to approve a plan which is unexceptionable while limited as it is in extent, THE DIPLOMATIC SEILVICE.—It is rumoured that the following changes are to bo made in the Diplomatic Services consequent on the resignation of Lord Cowley : —Lord Lyons to be Ambassadorat Paris; Mr. Elliot, from Florence, to be promoted to Constantinople ; Sir Augustus Paget, from Lisbon, to be transferred to Florence ; Sir C. 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The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, a reward of £l3 10s. was voted to the crew of the institution's lifeboat stationed at Theddlethorpe, on the coast of Lincoln, for saving, after repeated attempts, the crew of 16 men, a pilot, and a passenger from the barque Centurion, which during a heavy gale had stranded and become a total wreck on the Rose Sand, off Saltfleet, ou the 18th ult. A reward of £ll 10s. was also voted to pay the expenses of the society's lifeboat stationed at Donna Nook, on the coast of Lincoln, in going off on the 10th ult. in a gale of wind and very heavy sea, and rescuing the crew of four men from the small boat of the schooner Squire, of Yarmouth, which had become a total wreck off Donna Nook. A reward of £7 ss. was also voted to pay the ex penses of the institution's lifeboat at Fowey, Corn wall, for putting off on the 17th ult., in reply to signals of distress during a heavy gale of wind, and bringing safely ashore the crew of five men of the schooner Devonia, of Padstow, which had anchored in Polkerris Bay. The ves sel, fortunately, rode out the gale, and the men were again put on board the following day. A reward of £l3 was also voted to the crew of the Institution's lifeboat at St. Ives, Cornwall, for sav ing the crew of five men from the schooner Mary Lewis, of Aberystwith, which had stranded and sunk off St. Ives pier during a heavy gale of wind on the 17th ult. The Caister lifeboat of the society was also the means of assisting to a place of safety the Prussian schooner Louise and her crew of seven men, which vessel was in a dangerous position in the Wold, off Winterton, on the 7th ult. A reward of £7 ss. was likewise granted to pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Selsey, in putting off during a gale of wind and bringing safely ashore the crew of six men of the brigantine Sarah Ann, of Jersey, which had become a total wreck off Selsey on the 18th ult. The Holyhead lifeboat of the society was also the means of bringing ashore four teen men from the stranded schooner, Nicolo, near llolyhead, on the 30th ult. A reward of £6 was also voted to the crew of the institution's lifeboat at Drogheda, for saving three men from the schooner Mary, of Dublin, which during a fresh gale had driven on shore on the North Wall, Drogheda Bar, on the 23d ult. A reward of £lB 13s. 6d. was also voted to pay the expenses of the society's lifeboat at Tramore, in rescuing the crew of ten men of the barque Wild Horse, of Windsor, N.S., which had stranded during a gale of wind on Tramore Beach on the 23d ult. A reward of £l3 3s. was also granted to pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Tyrella, in rescuing six of the crew of the sloop William, of Painapol, which had stranded during a fresh gale of wind in Dundrum Bay on the 23d ult. A reward of £9 3s. was also voted to pay the expenses of the society's lifeboat atWexford in res cuing, with the assistance of a steam tug, the barque Loretto, of Liverpool, and her crew of 14 men, from a dangerous position near the Black water Bank, during a gale of wind on the 23d ult. A reward of £l5 was also voted to the crew of the Appledore lifeboat, for going out in a gale of wind and heavy sea, and rescuing the crew of three men from the rigging of the brig Harmony, of Bide ford, which had gone on the South Tail, Bideford Bar, on the 29th ult. A reward of £2l was also voted to pay the expenses of the institution's life boat at Palling, in saving the whole of the crew, six in number, from the French schooner La Prudence, which, during a fresh wind and heavy sea, was wrecked off Palling on the night of the 30th ult. Rewards amounting to £125 were also voted to pay the expenses of the society's lifeboats at Brooke, Poolbeg, Penzance, Plymouth, Howth, Donna Nook, Sutton, Selsey, Pembrey, Aberystwith, and Cromer, for various other services to distressed vessels during the past month. A reward of £5 ss. was also ordered to be presented to seven men for putting off in a whale boat belonging to the Howth Coastguard station, and after repeated attempts saving six men from the schooner William Henry, of Barrow, which during a heavy gale of wind had stranded on Baldoyle Bank on the 18th ult. Various other rewards were also granted to the crews of different shore boats for saving life from shipwreck. It was reported that his Majesty the King of Denmark had granted 200 rix dollars to the crew of the Ramsgate lifeboat, in addition to what the Board of Trade had pre viously given them, for the noble services which they rendered to the crew of the Danish barque Aurora Borealis, on the 6th January last. Her Majesty the Queen had sent her annual subscription of £5O to the institution, and the same was grate fully acknowledged. It was reported that the lifeboat which the institution had sent to the Paris Exhibition had attracted the special at tention of the Emperor and Empress of the French. New lifeboats were about to be sent by the institution to Falmouth, Exmouth, and New Brighton. The cost of the lifeboat for Falmouth had been generously contributed by the city and county of Gloucester. Messrs. Roths child had liberally increased their annual subscrip tion to the institution to £lO 10s. An effort was being made by the ladies in Edinburgh to raise a sufficient sum to meet the annual expense of the Edinburgh Working Men's Lifeboat, stationed at Port Logan. Payments amounting to £2,200 were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establish ments. The plan of the safety fishing-boat of the institution was exciting considerable attention, and two of the boats which had been tested on the coast of Scotland had given great satisfaction. A report was read from Captain David Robertson, R.N., the assistant inspector of lifeboats of the institution, on his recent visits to its stations on the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk. The thanks of the institution inscribed on vellum were ordered to be presented to the Rev. Luke H. Wiseman and Thomas Smith, Esq., for their valuable co-operation, through the medium of the Methodist Recorder in collecting nearly £BOO to defray the cost of the D. J. Draper lifeboat. The proceedings then terminated. Foreign Nail racket List. - " MAILS DUE. &war&lia and New Zealand, via Bouthampto2 Apri l 19 Ditto, via Marseilles April 13 . Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet. ..... April 7. Ditto, by French packet .. April 22 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension. and St. Helena.... April 27 Chins. Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton.. April 19 Ditto, via Marseilles April 13 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 13 Ditto, via Marseilles April 7. India (Bombay), via Southampton....... • April iS Ditto, via Marseilles April 7 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 13. Ditto, via Marseilles April 7. 31anritlus, via Southampton April 19. Ditto, via Marseilles. A pril 13 Newfoundland , ..... April 10. Portugal _ _ _ - Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. .... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet ..... April 4. Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Aprillo Ditto, by United States packet, via 80UthAlllp ton Ditto, via Cork ................ •• • .......... West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and .... April 13. Honduras) ............. ........... Bahany., via New York. ........................... April 4 .A Cuba and Mexico ................ ...... April 29 Bermuda, via Halifax ............... . ............ April 10 West Coaht of Africa. Madeira, and Tenerae ....April 5. THE VOLUNTEERS. —it was decided on Tuesday, at a meeting of Volunteer battalion officers at Stirling that the Scottish National Volunteer Review should not be held at Thankerton-moor, but at either Edinburgh or Stirling —Scotsman. Q_ ) - i SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GRAND NATIONAL RUNT STEEPLECHASES. THURSDAY, Tho fifth annual meeting, under the auspices of the Grand National Hunt Committee, was celebrated to-day over Mr. Higgins's farm, about four miles from Bedford. There was a very largo and aristocratic attendance, and, the weather being fine, a pleasant afternoon was spent, but the sport provided wasscarcely equal to that of former anniversaries, more especially us one of the races became void through insufficient entries. The course, which is composed entirely of grasS land, is four miles round and the obstacles, which are pretty "stiff," are 16 in number, but, the takings off and landings being good, no accidents occurred. The Grand National was contested by a field of 16 •runners—smaller than on any previous occasion—and the result was the victory of Emperor 111., own brother to - Emperor, who • won the same race in 1865. In the Kimbolton Castle Stakes Cortolvin . failed fo concede the weight he was called upon to do to Tuseulanurn, who won easily by a couple of lengths. Details of the sport are ap pended :•—• The Grand National Hunt Steeplechase Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 250 added, for regular hunters; four year olds lOst 101 b, five 12st, six 12st 61b, and aged 12st 101 b: to be ridden by gentlemen, farmers, or far mers' sons, who have never ridden for hire ; the second to receive 50 soya, third 20. About four miles. Mr. Chapliu's Emperor 111., by Orpheus—dam by Re cord, 6 yrs, 12st 61b (Mr. 11. Coventry) 1 - . . . , Mr. Calthorpe's General Williams, 6 yrs, 12st 61b (Mr. Goodman) 2 Mr. Bidgood's Gelert, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b (Owner) 3 Mr. Stokes's Marley, aged, 12st 10Ib Mr. Carew's Yarborough, 6 yrs, 12st 61b (Mr.(Ca p ß t r . o S a m t i o t n li ) ) 45 Mr. Halford's King Pippin, 5 yrs, 12st (Mr. R. Walker) 6 Mr. Jay's Bicester, aged, l2st 10Ib (Mr. P. Merton) 7 Mr. Clifford's Hippolyte, aged, 12st 101b...(Ur. Hobson) 0 Mr. Barling's Thorgauby, aged, 12st 10lb (Owner) 0 Mr. Seabrook's Sir John, 6 yrs, 12st 6lb (Owner) 0 Mr. Sheppard's Small Talk (h b), 6 yrs, 12st 61b (Mr. Butter) 0 Mr. Nelson's Mayflower (h b), 6 yrs, 12st 61b (Mr. G. Walker) 0 Mr. Studd's Sensation, 6 yrs, 12st 61b (Mr. Thomas) 0 Mr. Nicholson's Stoneham, aged, 12st 101 b (Captain Ricardo) 0 Lord Poulett's Father O'Leary, aged, 12st 101 b (Mr. Edwards) 0 Mr. J. Tubbs's South Stoneham, aged, l2st 101 b (Captain Harford) 0 Betting-100 to 30 agst Sensation, 6 to 1 each agst Father O'Leary and Emperor 111., 7 to 1 agst Yarborough, 10 to 1 each agst Bicester and General Williams, and 100 to 6 agst Mayflower. Immediately the flag was lowerei General Williams took up the running, followed by May flower and Yarborough, the others going on in com pact order, with the exception of King Pippin, South Stoneham, Sensation, and Stoneham, who brought up the rear. At the second fence Mayflower went to the front, General Williams, Emperor 111., and Father O'Leary fol lowing. Thorganby and Small Talk soon afterwards came to grief, the last mentioned, who went on riderless, coming in contact with Sensation, who fell, Mr. Thomas sustaining an injury to his ankle. Ascending the hill Yarborough took up the running, attended by Ilippolyte and Mayflower, clear of these being Father O'Leary, Marley, and Emperor 111. Before reaching the fourth obstacle Mayflower went to the front, and the field was further reduced by Stone ham, who was many lengths iu the rear, coining to grief, an example which was followed by Hippolyte, who was, however, afterwards remounted and went on in pursuit. Approaching the stand Mayflower increased her lead. Yarborough going on second, Emperor 111. next, the remainder coming on at intervals of a length or two, with the exception of Hippolyte, who was fully 2 0 lengths in rear of Sir John. All got well over the post and rails, and went on in the order enumerated until reaching the farm stead, where Bicester and Marley drew forward, while hoplessly in the rear at this point were South Stoneham and Sir John. Before reaching the mill General Williams obtained the lead, but in making the ascent he gave way to Father O'Leary, Yarborough, Emperor 111., May flower, and Gelert, all going on iu compact order. As they approached the brook General Williams drew forward, attended by Emperor 111. and Gelert, who cleared the obstacle almost abreast, and in advance of Father O'Leary, who in landing fell, and Mr. Edwards was prevented remounting the horse in conse quence of another of the competitors becoming entangled in his bridle. From this point the race was confined to Emperor 111. and General Williams, the pair racing head and head up the straight, but the moment Mr. Coventry called upon " the Emperor," ho came away and woo in a canter by six lengths. Gelert and Marley raced for third place, the former obtaining it by a length, being defeated 10 lengths by General Williams. Yarborough was fifth, King Pippin sixth, and Bicester seventh. Father O'Leary, riderless, cantered in next, while Thormanby, Mayflower, and Hippolyte walked in with the crowd, none of the ethers having gone the course. The Kimbelton Castle Stakes of 15 sows each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for all ages ; llst each ; winners of any steeplechase or hurdle race 71b, of a steeplechase or hurdle race value 100 sovs 1 lib, 200 21 lb extra ; maiden steeplechase horses that have not won on the flat, or started for a handicap steeplechase allowed 71b ; gentle men riders allowed 41b ; the second to save his stake ; four miles; 25 subs. Mr. Stokes nd T usculanum, by Stockwell—Frenzy, 5 yrs, lOst 31b ...(Captain Smith) 1 Mr. Hobson's Bishopton, 5 yrs, list 31b (Owner 2 Duke of Hamilton's Cortolvin, aged, 12st 71b (inc 211 b cx (J. Page 3 Mr. E. Heneage's Lincoln, aged, list 101 b (Mr. Brockton) 4 Mr. Carew's Savannah, 6 yrs, lOst 101 b (Mr. A. Goodman) 5 Mr. J. Barber's Atalanta, 5 yrs, lOst 71b ......... (Thorpe) 0 Mr. Eaton's Harcourt, 6 yrs, lOst 101 b ...... (Mr. Gerard) 0 Mr. Yardley's Novice, aged, lOst 7lb .........(G. Holman) 0 Mr. Studd's Shangarry, 6 yrs, was weighed for and the number hoisted, but it was immediately taken down, owing to Mr. Thomas having hurt his ankle, and being unable to ride. Betting—Even on Cortolvin, 6 to 1 agst Tusculanum, 7 to 1 agst Savannah, 10 to 1 agst Lincoln, and 100 to 8 agst Novice. The last mentioned cut out the work to the first fence, where Lincoln rushed to the front, Novice going on second. At the next fence Atalanta refused, and was not ------- _ , further persevered with. Cortolvin, who had been lying in the nick, now took third place, and no notable variation occurred in the respective positions of the remainder until the fence into the straight, on landing which Novice again got in front, being followed by Tusculanum. This order was maintained till passing the stand, where the last men tioned, improving the pace, took up the running, closely attended by Cortolvin, Novice, and Lincoln, Bishopton heading Savannah and Harcourt, the latter, on reaching the post and rails, being beaten off. The others ran in pretty close order to the farm-house, where Lincoln ob tained a momentary advantage, Cortolvin getting the lead on ascending the hill, Bishopton and Tusculanum being his immediate attendants, and in this order they jumped the brook. Tho others being " out of the hunt," the issue was left to the throe named. When fairly in the straight Tusculanum drew up to Cortolvin, and, the duke's horse being in difficulties at the distance, the son of Stock well quitted him and won easily by a couple of lengths from Bishopton, who headed Cortolvin in the last 50 yards, obtaining the " tenner" for second place by half a dozen lengths. Lincoln was fourth, Savannah fifth, and Novice next. Harcourt walked in. A Selling Steeplechase of 5 Boys each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 30 added; weights as for the Grand National ; the winner to be sold for 130 sovs ; if entered for 100 fors allowed 71b, 50141 b: winners of any steeplechase, hurdle race or flat race 101 b, of any such race value 100 sous 141 b extra: gentlemen riders allowed 41b. Two miles. Mr. W. W. Baker's Gorsehawk, by West Australian, aged, 12st 61b (£5O) (Mr. Hobson) 1 Mr. James's Monitor, 5 yrs, list 101 b (£5O) Page) 2 Mr. Doncaster's The Tartar, aged, list 121 b CEA) (Mr. Douglas) dis. Betting-5 to 4 agst Gorsehawk, 2to 1 agst Monitor, and 5 to 2 agst The Tartar, who made the running for over a quarter of a mile, when Gorsehawk, who had been lying off, joined him, the pair racing home completely "pumped out ;" The Tartar, getting slightly the best of the struggle, obtaining the verdict by a head; bad third. The Tartar was objected to for not having carried his proper weight, and the stewards after hearing evidence disqualified him, awarding the race to Gorsehawk,who was put up to auction and sold to Mr. Williams for 85 guineas. The Oakley Stakes of 2 soya each, with 80 added, for maiden horses bona fide the property of farmers ; weights as for the Grand National Hunt ; to be ridden by farmers or their sons following the same occupation: the second to receive 10 soya out of the stakes. Four miles. No race. • LUXEMBURG.—A communication has been made by the Prussian Government to Lord Stanley on the subject of the cession of Luxemburg to France. Without describing the exact nature of the communica tion, we may state that the object of it is to induce our Government to press the Dutch G o vernment to withdraw from the negotiations with France; thus the question might be dropped without bringing the Cabinets of Berlin and Paris into collision. The policy of strict non intervention which Lord Stanley so h o a n s l h ai ia d ve ou r t ea f d or his 0 guidance may, w e are led to believe, be on this occasion t h slightlyeue pressne departed al N for Nv.orßkf.r entitled e hest l / . Memoirs of Forrest'd Cavalry." Secretary M'Culloch has made a coloured mes senger of the Treasury a clerk, after ho had passed the usual examination. He was educated at Oberlin. A Sunday-school teacher, deploring the small attendance at the school, remarked, "I wonder what could be done to induce the children to come." " I know," eagerly exclaimed a youngster. " Give them five cents a piece." (!) A poor man who had been ill, on being asked by a gentleman whether he had taken any remedy, replied, " No, I ain't taken any remedy, but I have taken lots of physic." ABOVE AND OVER.—It is a good thing to be above board, but generally a bad thing to be over board. fie who can find nobody th-lt will credit a word he says, may fairly boast that he has no creditors.