The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-17 00:00:00

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Vocal Entertainment at Eight. --___ ti vate anything but good feeling; towards ihtelpletation which I put upcal the corn. ttM Las been made to you, Mr. Sp er.ker, is ti aloes have Passed between t wo members ct liable on boih sid es t o an interpretation, not of ; lea: character, but that, after the expression of their feelings they both agree that nothing haE: occurred but what, upon the whole, may be received in a. - manner which will leave them for the future no sentimetxts of disrdgard and no un pleasant feeling. (Renewed laughter.) I hope, sir, that you will decide that it is unnecessary to take any further notice of the matter. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1867. No. 23,379. PRICE.... ....... 4d. TAMPED 5 j1(IN AIIAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXIT I BIT TON 1865. T his celebrat e d OLD IRISH, WHlSKYained the ul lhlin Prize Med a l. g a cme •Tt is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- Sold in Bottles, 3s. Rd., at the Retail Tronses in London tbe Azents in the principal towns in England ; or wbelesale nt R , GREAT W INDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ,bserv a the Rail R.,11, Pink Label and Cork branded t ' i naban's LL' :V his kv." , but a minute had been passed limiting the insertion to two publications,which had already taken place, and which had cost only £132. Ho might, however, say that the house last session had sanctioned the publication of the catalogue. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., If) AYMOND'S HEROINE, A NOVEL. - - HAMPSTEAD -HEATH HOTEL.- This Hotel, situate in the centre of the heath. is fully prepared for the reception of visitors. Dinners and wines of he best description, and on the most moderate terms, either in the coffee-room or fits private rooms. Excellent bed anal slttang rooms, each commanding a lovely view. Baths and Willard room on the premises ; also excellent stabling. !'here is a new chop and steak room open for luncheons, hot from the girdiron. the well-known ti fling hall, where 600 persons can sit down at society or trade dinners, tr.mts for 4eho and Volunteer gatherings, and tea garden connected witn the same, ate also ready. All classes will rind here the cheapest and be t ref reshmoilts to be met with near the me tropolis. To secure bed rooms or the exclusive use of the great 11411 apply to lir. JOHN M. FOX, at the Hotel, Vale of Heal h. for these annuNes would not be exempt from the attacks of gentlemen who wished to abolish particular taxes. If a contract hvi been made with a third party there would have been s9rne reality in the transaction, and to this illu sory juggle he preferred the straightforward course Of raising so touch taxation a year for the avowed purpose of reducing the debt. The SPEAKER—I will only add one word, to say that I hope this house will not agaic•. be made the theatre of such expressions. Whatever may occur out of the house, this is not the place—(Lmar, hear)—for such ob servations as I understand are admitted to have been made. I trust there will be no recurrence of such proceedings. (Hear, bear.) The Times— "Raymond's Heroine' is a clever and vizor n:s work. It; is a buck which deserves to he rea I, And is will be read. The r a ler will gallop throu.th it with b eathies, interest. It is a book whic a will b.: poi ty of causing caretul nuannias to say to their daughters—'My dear, du put down tnat bo ik and go to bed.' " Hurst and Blackett, 18, Great Marlborongh-street. Mr. OSBORNE said the noble lord had not answered the material put in the question, and that was whe!;her it was intended to proceed with this extraordinary affair. (Laughter.) The other business was disposed of, and tho hong° ad jourbed at 20 minutes past two. Now published at 3d., per post 9d., Lord R. MONTAGU said the hon. gentleman surely could not have been listening to what he had just said, because be had distinctly stated that a minute had been passed limiting the insertion of the two publications which had already appeared. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. CouNTRy HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, Pun and BUSINESSES. and KNEE'S List on apnlin*lion- J°artietnthatltheirars for insertiol received until the 27111 of the 5 A UC PION AND UOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. AZar-street. S'rand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Crnia Railway Station. W i TUAL LOAN FUND: ASSOCIATION it illicinfrnolroorated by Ant of Parliament. IMO). Abv,,'„;,RT.L-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDO/f, Pre,h,lq MONEY noon Personal Security, Bills of Salo renav _ Freehold fmteasehold Proner y, for one, two, or three years, dis c o ab 'e weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly unted. Forms tree on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. T ll E OXFORD, Tim 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., —.. MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. /si,, u , 0 bRIIN. nerette. by J. Offenhaeh, entitled MR. AND MRS. Miss IS, and LA TRAVIATA. &c. &•.,.. Principal art.stea, ip n ,„ et! Russell, Barrie, and ritzHenry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, alia'q i lsk, Evans, Bury, Sianor Tivoli, with Extra Band _ orus Conductor Mr. F. Jonahmans ‘'n"DY•by ' LEV/m,,, • 'Messrs. HARRY SYDNFY. LI TTLE i I'l4ll ' " aill PA.T'll'l NINA., MARCUS WI r' KINSON ; thim em-v2ERTRUDI4.: and her Troupe of Performing Dogs, ~. e biz, 4 k' itr, r tr ,„ bent "' ll . ERASER, Comedian, with his new Eri.tfrtain ,oltitled ~ NOTIONS OF THE BURLESQUE. ' 1 Aerlqo°b•atee}l—The Bros. HANLON. the ce lebrated American ' Wil l aPPear TIIIS EVENING -1_ 114114 ROCAS. GRAITD CASINO, Th ese , Windmill-street. Piccadilly. dec orat !ientit and popular Rooms, hayinEr been entir Concert G Conductor,Luc' CUUTL Manager, • RE NET • Signor Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. NV E ST ON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. r , Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. Tis,-, ran ci Selection from Verdi's favourite Opera " De Principal vocalists Manrico, Mr. "13\1 ;4 n T e ° r ".” ; Count di Liina, Mr. P. Corri; Leonora, Miss 11:,1,10 Tremaine ; Azucena, Miss Ellen Read; and Douglas `non; in costume as at the opera. Je 4 a „ RTI IIIR LLOYD, with New Songs; Jolly Nash; and Ro B ud Victor the Sensation of London. Crowded 1111 N and Im ' mense Success of the PICCANINY Chi d ' nELS, 12 in number, including those Wonderful ren who played at the Royal Haymarket Theatre as the hang " Miniatures." Band of 30 first-class per -I:3,liners, large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's P, Convent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. • 6T ri e•en of admission —Stalls and Balcony, Is.; Area, Pr ivate Box es , 10 s. 6d . Can be secured at the Box e "'cc, betwn the h ours o f 10 an d 5 o ' c l oc k. Hall open very E venin e e g at half-past 7, commence at 8. TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. deems AD DlTlONS.—Beantiful COURT DRESSES, the „Ad-sus and fashions being taken from the Paris Exhibition. u rnittanee, l s. ; Children, ender ten, 6d. ; extra rooms. 801. une fro% 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. kANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are r - cod Wholesalefectl an 1 nnealoure4. To be had o all icorSON, 107, Strand of TORN BURGESS and ut Savoy -steps). London. Aa•ESrFELL, S URGEON -D E NTIST, author of m sth . n, ental Sarzery " " Pare Dentistry." " Dental egja from 1U &0., may be 'CONSULTED DAILY as hitherto Btr . o ,,_' , n o d ! st o r ' e c e lo t ek, at his ONLY residence , 8, Grosvenor- P' llj- DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, --41 18 of e oe , g- per, allon, is very snoerio- to recent importations te nsti lac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex t used in hospitals. In bottles, 345. per dozen. or in c 398 rilway carrinze naii.—HENRY .C BRTT ani etre ol „ d Pitroi a yal's Distillery, Holborn, E ,and 39 , E Regent , S.W. Established 1829. T " 'ME RUIN OF THE PEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY." IE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression fb, of the Colonial 3l•n , :ceta enables th , . "EAST mot& COMPANY" to offer TFIAi LOWER THAN EVER. RIK Pounds of rood To% for Rs. M. can't be dear. The company's KAISOWS by the Clipper Ships are really 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Tlishopsgate street, Jan. 1. 1R67. eGst published, 2d ; sea t b y th e author for 3 sta-nps. LTNESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet t h „ _ d escriptive ot articles and means used for imoroving LZ,..',Ll3pearance. By ALEX. ROSS, US, High flolborn; uaou. SI)ANISIT FLY is the acting i n g r edi en t i n Are4At s tiC ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL. which speedily lent b Whiskers and thicken.' hair, as 6d, %s 64, and tOs (id; lfteh for 54, lb Orn. London, and and all Chemists. 111 atianott— 6.LRX.- ROSS, HS, u WONDE. , _ WONDERFUL DIS C OVER R Y O .— s s p s o c r ri ns i a c o ur r e o d . RFUL trt one day by nsine ALEX. re ,„,tl,reParation gradually dissolves ths Corn in a few hours, - "InQ• the very ot. Price 49 ; sent by nost ts for 60 stamps. ---'lB, High Holborn ° , London, and all Chemis . .------.._ L 'CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, dle a' ondo n.- 4 ..LICX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls at is 6,i or entlemen's hair i mm edi a t e ly it i s s p o il e d. S o ld - stra,Q t s s M. andhemists 10s ed ; sent free for 51, 81. a nd 141 st am p s . C. RA R.-248, High Holborn, London.— ROSS'S Limn DY5,' produces a perfect colour nt. tut.,l ately !ti e used. It is permanent, and perfectly by post tor ti 4 , l re t. Price Rs rwl. 5s 68, and ;AS 6d ; sentP a nd 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. ~ DEST ROYER. -248, High Holborn, AI R -4eraiOn,,oll.—ALßX. ROSS'S DKPILATORT r u em e o_y e 7 tond p it , eons hair from the face. neck. and arm*ith f o or t sj s4 t , 11} 8 , 1 ,',. 14 - Price 3s 68 5s 58, and Ws 6d; aunt , of all Chemists. 1-41,111„LE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the ,rlll-r.,C nr,) improved by one dose of ALEX. ROWS ,TIUK SKIN PILLS. They remove rd_n_e ii s t l m s p al s - . 28 98 and 7s old ; Oro st for 40 and 'nu k lets. 40 8 S, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che- I T AIR h r , COLOUR WASH.—By washing the or te t , d --41 with this be antifully-perfumed Wash, in seven to br „„ I 's the hair assumes its original colour, and remattl, nOss';:easional usine• 105 ad ; sent for stamps.—A.LEX. .. r., ' - ‘ 3l 111 01 Holborn, London, and all Chemists. lilt-11'18II ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie sututel:a 1827lough, ~,, a Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise). 1n .r.4..r„ AI D -°ll--Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. oeceetal 3 a t his Institution w ill b e g l adly received by the 7 t the Offices. No. 73, Cheapside, E.C. ,tc...ENRY SYKE_S THORNTON , Treasurer. R"'„,r;.,911A,S TILSON, J.P., Chairman of the Board. ST iiii-lEN REED CATTLEY. W.A., Hon. Sea ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. rtillr.„,,BOARD of MANAGEMENT of the NI t ' l, --- " DON RommnPATHrc HOSPITAL wish to Che t -e attention of their friends to its position—durmg the rar the resources hve been almost constantly fined, o aud y bee t , rain on the of the Hospital has conaequeti ilnree,R.reat. They trust, therefore, that all the friends of theni:ll),•_,thY. both in town and country, will _r n ally_ e uge d . filie„,`oll thna prevent the necessity of cuTtaill e g r t a h _ 8 gicrip ie of the Ho s pit a l by the admission of few rs r_ _Ti e 2l s T rs. Pree,s,etplPTlONS earnestly needed. Bank ll 4 NYII l an d. Co Threadneedle-street; and Union Bank, -P •ace. Itegentstreet. JOHN R. WARREN, Clerk. No. 52, Great O rmond -street, W.C. ( ) Mt P SIIIPWRECKED SEAMEN and their ii rtp °I "" 11 '4:"11-s'-' WIDOWS and ORPHANS. -Upwards 'thiPli. arrultilißtha,ss are annually wrecked, about 2,000 of 'eh 1)-1. A 1 /;1 8 . 1t n s e t " ir ,i tl e v rkh Isles I thP coast where the S FTIPWRECKF,D ' re n t ' Who i :" - ` - ' ll - I. l`y is not represented by an i T-Ton s . }redshliiinre° ° hes t t .„,.. ,vrhen naked) and sends to their n i e s charity the p h e ,. — "s of all n ttions. and it : the channel of its The Co - ...rrea ve . a ' , Virt 1 w a and orphans of the drown* . tree, iJsolillittee earner Iv ° APPEAL f)r HELP. The dim laßt ye'aralwaYs instant The Society relieved 11,221 persons D enatf viz • ship wreCked me ' n, widows, and ohans• Willi °°, and subscriptions thankfully received by Messrs. al lis. Deacon, and Co • and by the undersigned, Hibernia. . ' FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary chambers, London-bridge S.E. tip - Dv r r 1 ' FESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another " I ' l l iii l tr na t ° au' 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer Orit or r4',,,r‘r. fr iendless, yoeng females, were rejected from ''''''' t ."1) and room makirr , a total of 5,087, who have VlM.lb:Zi' a h :) . ' in f 7 n year4s. '-' 0 1,7 ''' 6 the Committee wish to form world be , fo o r v. 1,, ,,, Is, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, a. ho CeetelTl') IPI as from the path of virtue. ier 4 utions will he received eratefully by the Secretary,a Clam I°lel oper, 55, Queen •s:-eet Cheapside; or by 7fes re av and Co.. T.ornhard-street. It "A-14 FREE 1 10SPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, wi ly i i , In the I/Medite vicinity of the Groat Northern Rail "'3inus. Ring's-mom. ~-.0 .Datr0n_....p.,,,,, ' i tVatron—ll Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. is Royal Highness the Prince of W A LE R,E G. TliViinciellt—Llie Grace the Duke of RUCCLEUCH, K.G. fish 4...----014pital, founded in the year 1828, the first to eget) the delay Dran andciple of f ree a d mission to the sick poor, without De e .r difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de- T 'ellt ter stirinort ol ntarvcontributions smell ani es . midti affGrds relief to ot' v la u r e number of in-pa .ents, and, in ee, t 4on to this, the a a verZ•e number of attendance of the 4 e ,„, ate tick haa for a considerable period averaged between '',iub and 4,000 weekl b ett, o l o 2lrnittee ear . estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the el ntal et .," an the pr vis e s of this Heopitt.._ are capable of th e ,_ r: Several 1 1%,ndred more beds had the Committee ,r,_9nisite funds to maintain them. 11,Intributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. 13 t row o o, 0 4: : : o r 4o n .a d tt F c g7 1 A t b o e d hu e r o o . h . -lane; also by afessrs. Cont d e n o d . G;yn and Co .: ilerriear Payne,C, Ad p' l "id CO. ; Yreseo'tt, Grote, and Co.; Tog 4114"'• Rarolay and Co. ; Willisrns, Deacon, and Co .: l ?Hobe "" 4er neill-litreet : and at the Hospital. from 0 tills. stITAXFOUD METZ, 13eoretary. pAINLESS TOO Tli EXTRACTION ; or, Anxsthesia Locally Applie 1. By A. 1 , 1 Surgeon-Dentist, Author of " DentAL Surgery," " Pare Dentistry," &a. Simnkin, Marshall, and Co.; all boolmllPra ; or of the author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. D UNVLLLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "P.R." IRISH WHISKY. D IINVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 18C8. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."-London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the " Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, ft, Cork, beg to announce that they ere able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond tad tor exp-mtatioq, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C.. the okily house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies briny the highest prices in the Australian and vthe - Colonial markets, its may be observed by relerence 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 ts. 6d per gallon ana 6s. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old mellow w' ,;ky in the finest, condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAINIENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, an rt Dining-room, eonsisting oi a new and e.egant aeear me :it of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlestloks, Obelisks, Ini itanda, inlaid Tables, Paper weights. &e., In Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronse, Derbyshire Spar, Am Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her ifejesty, 142, Strand, W.G. London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary oolleotions of ROCKS. MINI 4 R A LS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of LyelPs Elements of Geology ; they will greatly faullitat, the interesting study of MINEEALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20. 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in G IGO LOGY and M tNJt- Et&LOGYtoliven by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.B.. at 149. Strand OSBORN,E'S STILTON Is THE Cheese! THE DERBY, THE DERBY, THE DERBY. CALLAGHAN'S RACE GLASSES. 23A, NEW BONO-STREEr, Corner of Condutt-street: A VALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA. A CHINESNI CADDY. containing 1131bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any Railway Station or Market Town in Englaffd, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on receipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. L. lIYAM, 36, GRACECHURCH-STREET, CITY. L. lIYAM, 189 and 190, TOTTENHAM COURT-ROAD, WEST. - - - HYAM'S ATTIRE FOR MEN, BOYS, and Youths for Immediate Wear, for the Season of 1867, is upon the most extended scale, and at greatly re duced prices. LHYAM'S GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT • is replete with every novelty for the Season, including West of England Cloths, Fancy Coatings, Trouserings, &c., &c. Fashion, fit, and taste in combinu tion with reduced prices. lIYAM'S LIGHT OVERCOATS FOR -LA • the Present Season embrace every novelty in de sign and material, no Garment can be made to fit better. They are tasteful and elegant, aad very moderate in price, varying from 165., 18s., 215., 285., to 355. LHYA.M'S STOCK OF BUSINESS AND • Walking Coats for the season is specially designed in every Fashionable Style and Shape from the choicest materials. Prices for Business Coats, 12s. Gd., 15s. 6d., 18s. 6d., to 21s. Walking Coats, 215., 285., 355., 425., to 50s. LHYAM'S STOCK OF GENTLEMEN'S • Trousers for the Season, comprehends all the novelties. Such a rare displly is not to be seen elsewhere. 12s. 6d., 13s. 61, 14s. 6d., 165., 17s. to 21s. L. HYAWS STOCK OF WAISTCOATS for the Season contains the most beautiful patterns and materials. ss. 6d., 6s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 9s. Gd., 10s. 6d., to 12s. Gd. lIYAM'S BESPOKE DEPARTAIENT L.maintains its renown for talented cutters, accu rate fit, and durability of Workmanship. The Materials are new in design and style, and the assortment is the largest in the Kingdom. Prices aro framed Upon - the '• most economical basis. T_JIIYAM'S YOUTHS' AND BOYS' ATTIRE • for the Season stands pre-eminent for taste, excel lence and cheapness. L. HYAM still maintains his fore most position in this Department. LHYAM'S BOYS' SUITS FOR SCHOOL . and eyery day wear are espec i a ll y a d apte d f or the Season, and will be found to be exceedingly strong and durable, 18s., 215., 255. to 30s. L.HYAM'S BOYS' SUITS FOR BEST Wear, choicest material, finest q ua liti es , beau tifully trimmed, and will ensure the approbation of Parents and Guardians. 30s. to 355. HYAM'S BOYS' SUIT S MOST L• strongly recommended as combining all tho excel lencies of Material, Fit, and Workmanship. They present a gentlemanly and elegant appearance. 355. to 455. LHYAM'S BOYS' SUITS ARE MAD E IN • every Style and Shape, including the Knicker bocker, Eton, Rugby, and Harrow Suits ; they are plain or braided, and adapted to a variety of tastes. The greatest care is taken both in the goodness of material and soundness of workmanship—thus ensuring that dura bility eo essential in Boys' Clothing. yOUTFIS' SUITS OF A PIECE ADAPTED for Youths from the Age of 14 to 18 years can be had in great variety of material, most tasteful in design, at a small advance on the above prices. HYAM'S MODE OF BUSINESS IS L. to buv all the most Fashionable Fabrics direct from the best Manufacturers, thus avoiding all interme diate profits; to have all Garments made under his own supervision, in order to insure good Style and durable Workmanship and Make. Every article is marked in plain figures, at the lowest possible price, thereby in suring the purchaser economical prices, combined with equitable dealing. No Garment need be kept after pur chasing if not approved. L. HYAM, 36, GRACECHURCH-STREET, CITY. L. HYAM, 189 & 190, TOTTENHAM _ COURT-ROAD, WEST. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.--Pre oared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found Invaluable to all who iuffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, indigestion, wind, Tams, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to rho stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and sAd by W. Lambert, Chemist, R, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug gists, Ln boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. Pd. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square greet: oackage. with " William L‘roberf "An,rave.i -s the stamp. PR IN TIN G. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done ou 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, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.O jXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, who ADVERTISE in " THE SUN," can have 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, 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. ONE HUNDRED and SIXTY-SEVEN DESTITUTE ORPHANS are being maintained in the ALBERT ORPHAN AST LUNI. Collingwood Court, Bagshot; surrey. FUNDS Kreatly needed for their support CHARLES A. WALKER, Sec. Offices, 96, Cheapside, E.C. THE LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL has - 1 - URGENT NEED of FUNDS.—Donations and Sub scriptions will be thankfully received by :%Ivssra. Dloasdale and Co.. 50, Cornhill ; 11Iebsre. Druonmon.l and Co., Ch tring cross; Mum's. Coutts and Co.. Strand ; Mes.ra. Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the undersigned, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, N., CHARLES FINN. Sec. HELP for the DESTITUTE SICIC, MET ROPOLITAN FltEi HOSPITAL. Devon shire-square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratuitous Relief of the Sick Poor of every Nation and Creed, without letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed to maintain its efficiency. BANISERS—Measrs. Barnett, Hoaxes. and Co.. 62, Lombard street. JNO. GURNEY FRY, Chairman. GEO. CiiOXTON, Secretary. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, :ftlington, N. Supported by Whiny try Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 160. Patients are admitted free. BANKERS—Messrs. Barnett, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street ; Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall. HON. OEC.77_lri Bmitb, Esq. saaata - z RELD, se% EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. CHAIRMAN—Gen. Sir FREDERIC SXLIT El, 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 - • lIER 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. The European is the only Society authorised by the Im 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 be for warded to applicants, post free. Offices 316, Regent-street ; 17, Waterloo-place, Pall mall; and 69, King William-street, City. HENRY LAKE, Manager. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. BONUS MEETING, 1867. The Report presented at a Meeting hold on the 3d January last, for the declaration of the EIGHT/1 BONUS, showed, 1. As TO THE PROGRESS OF THE SOCIETY, that, during the quinquennial period which terminated on the 30th June, 1866, NEW ASSURANCES for a total stun of£lslBlBl' and yielding £50,497 in Annual Preadums, had hee4 effected, of which sums the former exceeded by-£31,811, and the latter by £2,392, the corresponding items of any , previous period ; that THE INCOME had increased fr0u2£195;400 t0£215,321- per annum ; and that ' • THE ASSURANCE FUND, after payment - of. £85,303 on account of Bonus at the last Division, had risen from £1,422,191 to £1,619,539. 2. As TO THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE SOCIETY. That the Assets on June 30, 1866, were £1,619,539 14 8 And the Liabilities on the same date ... 1,343,708 19 2 Leaving a surplus of £275,830 15 6 and that, after setting aside £50,000 as a special Reserve Fund, THE AVAILABLE PROFIT was £225,830 15s. 6d., of which sum £225,000 was recommended for division. 3. As TO THE RESULTS OF THE DIVISION. That the portion of this sum of £225,000—viz., five-sixths, or £lB7,soo—which fell to the Assured, would yield a REVERSIONARY ADDITION TO THE POLICIES of £272,682, averaging 45 per Cent., or varying, with the different ages, from 32 to 85 per Cent. on the premiums paid since the last division; and that the CASH BONUS, which is the exact equivalent of such Reversionary Bonus, would average 26 per Cent. of the like premiums. The Report explained at length the nature of the In vestments and the bases of the Calcula,►.ions, the results of which, as above shown, are eminently favourable. The next DIVISION OF PROFITS will take place in January, 1872, and Persons who effect NEW POLICIES BEFORE THE END OF JUNE NEXT will be entitled at that Division to one year's additional share of Profits over later Assurers. Prospectuses, For:ns of Proposal, the 11,?port above men tioned, and a detailed account of the proceedings of the Bonus Meeting, can be obtained from any of the Society's AgeNtlior GEORGE OIJTOLIFFE, Act:nary:anti :Recretaty, 13, St. James's-squara, London, S.'ff. PAINLESS SYSTEM OF DENTISTRY. Just published, price 3d. Post free four stamps. TOTAL ABOLITION OF PAIN IL IN DENTISTRY. „ By Messrs. GABRIEL, the old established DENTISTS, a, LUDGATE-RILL, CI CY,• Lond.m. 56, 11A KT, EY-ST ft E V, W., 131, DUKE-STILE E r, LIVERPOOL. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES. —Mr. Gladstone may fairly claim to have won a victory last night. Reform was laid aside for the evening, and the House of Commons was asked instead to discuss a difficult question of • finance. The‘National Debt Bill, embodying the,proposition. contained- in the Budget of the Chancellor of the Exehequer for the conversion of part of the public debt into terminable annuities, came on for a second reading. Mr. Disraeli was, of course, the sponsor for the bill, but, as he confessed when he introduced his budget, the real author of the scheme was Mr. Gladstone. The late Chancellor of the Exchequer, following up previous attempts of his own,made the suggestion last year,which Mr. Disraeli, under hap pier auspices, is enabled to adopt and carry out this session. The idea of applying part of the surplus towards the reduction of the National Debt, and the machinery for carrying out the idea, are alike due to Mr. Gladstone, and when the measure now before Parliament was opposed as it was last night he naturally came forward in its defence. The House of Commons, by a large majority, supported the second reading of the bill, and Parliament, as well recommended by the leader of the Opposition. as the Ministry, have thus approved the plan first The precise form of the amendment before the House of Commons was a resolution affirming the propriety of reducing the Insurance Duty till Fire s further before taking any steps towards the reduc tion of debt ; but in the course of the discussion the demerits of the Fire Insurance Duty were en tirely disregarded, and the debate was almost strictly confined to the question whether it was de sirable to attempt the reduction of the National Debt at all, and, if so, whether the scheme embodied in the bill was a proper method of effecting its re duction. It cannot be said that the arguments were all on one side. It may, i n t ruth, be acknow ledged that the overwhelming majority i n f avour o f the bill-162 to 38—was a tribute to Mr. Glad stone's authority, rather than a p•Oof of conviction following upon his reasoning. Mr. Laing was the foremost champion in opposition to the schemes of redemption, and some branches of his argument were left untouched by Mr. Gladstone's spirited re ply, It was easy to reply to Mr. Laing's c h arge that the plans of reducing the National Debt, of which we have heard so much in the last two years, were " new-fangled."' schemes devised by way of doing something " sensational," in imitation of the United States. The reduction of our permanent burdens has been an object with every Chancellor of the Exchequer from the time of Mr. Pitt down wards, sometimes pursued with more zeal than dis cretion, but never lost sight of and never aban doned. The employment of terminable annuities as a means of reducing the debt has been sanctioned by an equal concatenation of authority. Mr. Laing's charge of novelty was entirely groundless, and he only weakened his case by allowing precedent to be cited in what might have been restricted to a bare discussion of principles. The simple question whe ther it is desirable to pay off any part of the Na tional Debt was slurred over by Mr. Gladstone, as it was at a later stage of the discussion by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. It is plain that there is no obligation of honesty or even of honour requir ing us to pay off any of it. The nation is bound to make certain yearly payments to its creditors, but there is no obligation of any kind to redeem these annual payments. If it be fitto redeem them, it must be from considerations affecting present and future generations of taxpayers, and having no re ference to the creditors of the nation. The question of redemption is thus a matter of policy, and must to determined by a comparison of the effects which the alternative course of remitting taxation and paying off debt produce. If we suppose the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to have a surplus of a mil lion and to apply it in remission of taxation, the taxpayers are relieved from a portion of their in voluntary expenditure. Mr. Laing, borrowing Lord Sydenham's phrase, says the surplus " fruc tifies" in their pockets. It would do so were the sum thus saved from involuntary expenditure accumulated or invested , iu some,. undertaking, but if the remission of taxation becomes merely an occasion for au addition to the ioluutary oz. penditure of the taxpayer there can be no fructi fication. If, indeed, we suppose the reduction of taxation be such as to set free some crippled in dustry, immense incidental benefits may arise, and there can be little doubt that Mr. Laing's remark, that it would be wiser in the government of the United States to simplify their scheme of taxation than to perseVere in a process of redemption, was just. There was a tune when the freedom of in dustry was with us a paramount necessity but its fetters are now cote partively light. On the other hand, if the million be apolied in the reduction of debt, it is tolerably certain that the capitalist who receives it will not squander the sum but will seek fresh modes for its investment. He will expect higher interest than be was contented to receive when he hal the security of the nation for its pay ment, but the money will not be lost. The com parison, therefore, between the two plans of dealing with the surplus is a comparison between the volun tary saving of a portion of the millions and its direct application by the taxpayer who saves it, and the involuntary saving of the whole of the million and its indirect application in loans by the fundholder who is paid off. The issue depends on the amount which will be voluntarily saved, and this may be assumed to depend upon the amount of remission. If there be a considerable reduction of taxation, much of the nun' gained by the taxpayer is saved; if the reduction be. a dribblet, it will be spent. Confined within the narrow limits proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the policy of applying a surplus towards the reduction of debt seems indisputable. Th e propriety of the method adopted is open t o s till less doubt. Mr. Laing said the plan of Terminable Annuities is a bad form of Sinking Fund, and so it is when the Annuities are granted to any-and every purchaser. Under such conditions the Chancellor of the Ex chequer binds himself, in contracts from which he cannot escape, to repay definite portions of the na tional burdens in every successive year, whether he may have a surplus or a deficiency. But the scheme embodied in the Bill before Parliament last night is not open to this objection. The Terminable Annu ities created by it are granted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself. As the banker of the trustees of Savings Banks, he has a claim on the nation to the extent of twenty-four millions, and the National Debt Bill is no more than a solemn resolution of Parliament to pay off this debt at a rate little exceeding a million a year for the next eighteen years. If troubles come, if a deficiency arise, if loans be necessary, the resolution may at any moment be rescinded. 'Fhe contract is between the right hand and the left, and the power which enacted it can undo it. Meanwhile, there appears among tile annual claims on the nation a charge of a million, and a sum which might be otherwise a subject - of -. contention is withdrawn from the too greedy gaze of the -House of Commons. IMPERIAL PAR_LIA.HENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EVENING. The Loup CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills, Rochester, Chatham, and Stroud Gas, Poole Roads, Tees Censervancy, Waterford, New Ross, and Wexford. Junction, Sunderland Ferry, Wolver hampton New Water, Dundalk and Gleemore Railway Bills wore read a second time. The following bills, Cambrian Railway (Extension of Line), Staleybridge Gas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Gas, Norwich and Spalding Railway, were read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Lord LIFFORD said that he should to - morrow evening present a petition from certain persons in Ireland, praying that those persons now under sen tence of death in that country for: political offences should receive the Royal prerogative of mercy. ADMIRALTY DIVORCE AND PROBATE BILL. After a few inaudible remarks from Lord CRANWORTH, The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the commit ment of this bill, said that his noble and learned friend did not quite agree with him in somoof the clauses, but he sug gested to him that there was another bill in another place which might remove hie noble and learned friend's objec tions, and therefore in compliance with his wishes he de layed moving the commitment of the present bill, but now he should press it on. His noble and learned friend (Lord Cranworth) hail suggested that perhaps the increase of causes had arisen from the circumstance of there being a number of srmtll causes broughtbefore the Court, but he (the Lord Chancellorj.viould iiistaiice the case of the Ad miralty Court. In 1841 there were 66 salvage cases, and in 1866 139. The total value of the property in the one year was £10,400, in the other £221,309. In the case of pi obate cause, likewise, there was an immense pressure of business. He found that at the end of Hilary Term there were 59 remanots, and 61 cases had been entered between that and Easter, none of which had come on, and there were 17 fresh cases now. This gave a preponderance of the Probate, to the disadvantage of the Divorce, and they would probably remember that a long will case had occupied the court many days. It was quite im possible that the judges should despatch the business there, and he thought that there should be two judges ap pointed to the Probate and Divorce, and that they should be judges of assize. Ho had consulted the judges, but they objected to This; and wislied 417, Addition to thetr,Pwn counts. it o , n Nobody - 6c) d u e Id ny Pla4: : there must be .a new c want two judges. But he thought that, with a little arrangement, the matter might be well adjusted. By an act o f Willi am IV. there ircu and then he sh were to be four judges in Banco, but he could not see the use of this, it was not so in Chancery; if these judges sat there would be two judges let at liberty to conduct nisi prius cases. Now he did not want to add two judges to the superior court, but to add two judges to the Probate and Divorce, and two who would be available on circuit. It bad been urged that if these judges were to go on circuit they would not be present when motions were made in court. When the judges never were hi court the judges at assize tried the records from all circuits. He trusted that their lordships would pass the bill through committee. Lord CRANWORTH considered that as far as the Ad miralty was concerned, his noble friend proposed to add judicial strength where it was most wanted. He should like to know what the arrears of cases were at the end of the seven years; other calculations were fallacious. Taking into consideration the length of time the court sat he did not think that judicial strength was re quired there. He considered, however, that not only would throe judges be better than four, but that two would be infinitely bettor still. lle objected to the present state of the bill. He considered additional judges to be a great evil. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in reply, said that his noble and learned friend had totally misunderstood him. He did not wish to have certain judges going on circuit, while others tried cases in Westminster. Had his learned friend reflected, that the disadvantage of this would be to upset all judicial arrangement and divide the bar? lie could not conceive a more inconvenient ar rangement. The house then resolved itself into committee, and the bill passed through committee. • Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—.LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took tho chair at four o'clock. THE SLAVE TRADE. Sir F. BUXTON asked whe ther it was proposed to make any alteration in the cruising ground of her Ma jesty's ships, with a view to the more effective prevention of the slave trade on the East Coast of Af r i ca? Mr. CORRY said the recommendations of Commanders Latham and Purvis had been adopted as far as circum stances would admit. It was not the intention of the Government to act on the advice of Mr. Seward. THE REFORM BILL. Mr. HANKEY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer at what time could a weekly tenant of a house, f or w hi c h yfor additional the rate is compOunded, de d uct from his landl or d th e cralat amount iitenghei as h evom claimingt vote y; ahnd, have to veb 7)7 separately called on to assessedpa in order to s upposing the amount of-rate so paid exceeded the amount of the rent due, and the landlord dis charged his weekly tenant, how could the said tenant re cover the amount of additional rate he bad paid ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not a case that was likely to occur, but he had referred to the point for consideration, and on receiving an answer he would communicate with the hon. member. THE SCIENCE AND ART CATALOGUE. Mr. GREGORY asked the Vico-President of the Com mittee of Council whether any agreement had been made with the Times newspaper to print .the Art Catalogue for a certain sum, and, if not, whether the printing of this catalogue would be suspended until the house shollid have decided whether the object to be obtained justified the expense ? Lord R. MONTAGU said there was no agreement with the Times. The proprietor of the Times behaved in a very generous manner when they were told it was for the benefit of science and art that the catalogue should be published, and it was then agreed to print it' at a sum barely sufficient to cover the exrenses. The plan adopted in the Times was merely an experiment, as it was thought it would be more beneficial to publish the matter as an ad vertisement rather than in the form of a pamphlet. The advertioment Was 4ri&inal l Y ordered ior four insertions, ARMSTRONG GUNS. Mr. H. BAIL LIE asked the Secretary of State for War whether the War Department had paid a part of the money, and intends to pay the whole sum charged by the Elswick Company, for the nine breech-loading 64-pounders recently rejected at proof, the said guns having been or dered two or three years since, and having become obsolete, and whether it was not desirable to put a mark upon all guns that fail in their proof at Woolwich, as there has been sent to the Paris Exhibition a 9-inch gun cast at Elswick, having a rifled tube of wrought iron, which was rejected at the Woolwich proof ; and whether the hundred rounds fired from that gun under cover, after it was rejected at proof, at the desire of the Elswick Company, was to be paid for by the country ? Sir J. PAKING . TON said some money had boon paid, but the remainder would not be parted with until the guns were pronounced as satisfactory. It was altogether an error to say the guns had become obsolete. It was the practice to place a mark on guns that had failed, and it was not the fact that the gun sent to the Paris Exhibition was not one that-had been rejected by the proof-house at Woolwich. THE REFORM BILL. Mr. RENEAGE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it was still his intention to alter the schedule (D) of the Ileprosentation of tho People Bill as far as regards the parts of Lindsay, as intimated by him earlier iu the ses sion in reply to a question asked by the hon. member for North Lincolnshire ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not his intention to alter the schedule. The boundaries set down were merely temporary, as the boundaries would be finally settled by a Royal commission, of which Lord Erersley would be the head, with four other members who wore yet to be appointed. THE PARIS EXHIBITION. Mr. GREGORY asked the Vico-President of the Com mittee of Council whether it was true that all the news papers and periodicals published in England had been sent for exhibition to Paris by the Department of Science and Art ; whether all the Blue Books printed for the use of both Houses of Parliament had :also been sent ; whether the plaster of Paris cast of the pulpit at Pisa has also been sent ; what is the cost and object of these under takings ; and whether any of the objects in the French Exhibition have been purchased, or are to be purchased, and on whose responsibility; and whether by special gran, or out of the ordinary estimate. Lord R.' MONTAGU said it was true that one speci men of every newspaper had been sent to the Exhibition, and also a few blue books, but certainly not the whole of those already published. The expense of taking two casts of the pulpit at Pisa had not been much greater than that which would have been incurred in taking one, and the reason the cast was sent to Paris was to show what had been done by this country for science and art. (Laughter.) They ha d been collecting specimens of this nature for the use of schools, and it washoped that when thatbecame known there would be by other countries an interchange of casts which, could not but be most beneficial as far as art was concerned. The cost of sending the newspapers and blue-books had been nothing, and the cost of sending the cast had not ex ceeded £5O. There was no intention of purchasing any thing at present, but if such should be done it would be out of the grant made to the Exhibition! An Hos. MEMBER asked who had the control of that grant ? Lord R. MONTAGU said the administration of the grant made for the South Kensington Museum was under the control of the Lord President of the Council. THE SCOTCH REFORM BILL. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether it was his intention to be understood, with respect to the Scotch Reform Bill, that in order to provide increased representation for Scotland it was the intention of Government to add to the present number of the House of Commons. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said no reduction would bo made in the nninber of members for England and Ireland. With regard to Scotland it was intended to make a fair representation, and the hon. mem ber must have confidence in the enlightened wisdom of Parliament. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. In reply to Mr. FOSTER, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said as two hon. members who had notices on tho paper for to-mor row had courteously given way,She thought they could proceed with the committee on the bill. He believed it would be necessary for them to take a vote or two for the civil servico in committee of supply, but he did not think they would embrace any subject that would lead to discussion. NATIONAL DEBT BILL—DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. On the order of the day being read for the second read ing of the National Debt Bill, Mr. 11. B. SHERIDAN moved th&•followfng reso tion :—" "'AA . a further reduction of the duty on fire insurances, to which this house is already pledged, would be a better mode of disposing of a portion of the surplus of Ways and Means for the present year than the creation of terminable annuities proposed by the present bill." Mr. HUBBARD seconded the amendment, and while agreeing with the policy of paying off debt, impeached the bill on the double ground that terminable annuities were an unwise mode of discharging debt, and that to obtain the means for paying these annuities by such a tax as the Fire Insurance Duties was unjust and injurious. In sup-- port of his first proposition he compared this scheme very unfavourably with other terminable annuities, insisting that it was a sinking fund in disguise, and that the same end could be more cheaply attained by the issue of Exche quer Bonds. lie argued strongly against the Fire In surance Duties, and suggested that they should be reduced to 9d. after June, and to ld. after April next. Mr. HANKEY supported the bill as a very good bar gain for the public, inasmuch as by paying £1,720,000 for 17 or 18 years we should get rid of a permanent charge of £720,000 per annum. Mr. LAING preferred the policy of reducing taxation and leaving the money to fructify in the pockets of the people to paying off debt, and denied that there was any analogy between private and p u bli c o bli gat i ons i n th i s matter, inasmuch as the National Debt was merely an en gagement to pay CO much interest a year, not to pay off the capital sum. He showed, by reference to the Trade returns, that under a system of applying surpluses to the reduction of taxes our debt since the great war had consi derably diminished, while our means of paying it had augmented threefold, and at the same time the comforts of the people had been inestimably increased. We certainly had not arrived at that millenium of taxation when there were no objectionable taxes left, and he insisted there were many, such as the Fire Insurance Duties, the duties on locomotion, and the Licence Duties. For instance, if half a million were applied to reducing the Fire Duties to 6d., in six or seven years the revenue would have recovered itself, while by applying it to the reduction of debt we should in the same time be relieved of no more than £150,000. Be condemned the scheme as new-fangled—a sinking fund in disguise — and based on a desire to do something sensational, after the manner of the United States, whose recent financial policy he gave some reasons for believing would not be altogether so successful as was anticipated. Mr. GLADSTONE made an animated reply to Mr. Laing, commenting particularly on the epithets "new fangled" and " sensational," to which he objected very strongly, and defended the bill as a modest attempt to carry out what for many years had been our fixed policy, showing, in reply to the Sinking Fund argument, that the terminable annuity being made part of the permanent charge of the year, vas provided for regularly in each Budget as a matter of course. Concurring with Mr. Laing, that there were many duties which called for reduction or remission, lie denied that the Fire Insurance Duties had the strongest claim, characterising the assertion that the revenue would be replaced in six or seven years as purely visionary, and preferred the claims of the duties on loco motion or the tax on corn, the operation of which he said prevented this oountry becoming the great entrepot for all the markets of the world, and the Licence Duties. In an elaborate argument he defended this mode of wiping off the £24,000,000. Book Debt, maintaining that it would not involve any loss to the State, and insisted on the impor tance to the national credit of not passing over a favourble opportunity for reducing the debt. Mr. SCOURFIELD supported the bill, and Mr. T. CAVE condemned the time of introducing the bill, and its inadequate mode of dealing with the debt, and suggested the imposition of a tax of 2td. per ton on coal; which by the time the whole of our supply was exhausted would have paid off the National Debt. Mr. GORST regarded the scheme as a sham bargain between two officers of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's department—which would not be binding, for if there was a deficit the terminable annuities would be reconverted into book debt, and if there WO tl e11rp 1 4.5 the 3411.44 A Mr. AYRTON took the same view, and insisted that there was no real cancelling of debt. The bill was supported by Alderman Salomons, and Sir F. Crossley, and opposed by Mr. Read. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the principle of terminable annuities, which he pointed out to the advocates of " fructification" bad contributed greatly to'the reduction of taxation, and notably had enabled Mr. Gladstone to carry out the French Treaty, and as this generation had profited by the adoption of this policy by our ancestors, so we were bound to pursue it for the bene fit of the next generation. In answer to the arguments that this was not a real transaction, ho insisted that £24,000,000 of debt would be absolutely cancelled ; the terminable annuities could be placed on the market at any time, and that it was not a sinking fund was shown by the different fates which had befallen the last—Sir G. C. Lewis's sinking fund—which perished in a year or two, and the different terminable annuities, which had been allowed to run their course and perform their functions. The Dead Weight Annuity falling made it imperative on the Government to consider whether they would pursue the policy of terminable annuities acted on for the last half century—which was the question theyhad now. to de cide —and they presented the bill, not as part of a great scheme for reducing the national debt, but as the sequel of a system of continuous and moderate action on the perma nent debt. by means of terminable annuities. On a division the second reading was carried by a m.,jo rity of 162 to 38. • Ou going into Supply on the Supplementary Army Estimates, Mr. WHITBREAD called attention to the system of recruiting in the army, dwelling especially on the deceits practised ou the soldier, and insisting that the 2d. per day would not dispose of the stoppages grievance, and that ld. per day would not retain the time-expired men, and moved two resolutions declaring that at the time of enlist ing the whole system of stoppages shall be explained to the recruit, and the second in favour of training schools for the army. K p r I o N m G i s T e a 0 t N o a c p o p n approved th th e e he ob s j t e in ct ea o n f s bo o t f h ca re rr s y o- - l i u n gt Sir i t n h s , j e whole subject of recruiting at present. .m al:l out, but deprecated raising a discu ssion on the Ad The resolutions were supported by the Marquis of Hartington, General Peel, and Captain Vivian, and after a somewhat desultory conversation, the first resolution was agreed to, and the second was withdrawn. In committee, a vote of £416,750 was agreed to for in creasing the pay of non-commissioned officers and soldiers. PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Several orders of the day and notices having been dis posed of, Mr. LAYARD rose and said—Mr. Speaker, I have a very painful and disagreeable duty to perform. As I was passing through the lobby just now I was addressed by the hon. member for Marylebono in terms so disgraceful that I do not venture to repeat them. Tho observations were entirely unprovoked. He came up to me and addressed me in language which, for the sake of the house, I will not repeat, and I trust that no gentleman in this house, except the hon. member, would be guilty of using such words. He not only addressed those words to me once, but he re peated them. The only course is to appeal to you and ask you what, under the circumstances, I ought to do. I did not address the hon. member, and his attack upon me was entirely unprovoked, attributing to me wilful falsehood. Mr. H. LEWIS—I am not at all sorry that the hon. member has brought the matter of which he complains before the house. I should be the last person in this house to offend against the law of what I conceive gentle man-like demeanour or proper conduct with regard either to the hon. member for Southwark ur any other member of this house, but there is such a thing as trying the patience of members of this house beyond what they can endure. And when the hon. member for Southwark says that the observations which I addressed to him were un provoked, possibly in . his idea, and accustomed as ho has been, as the house knows, to make use of very violent if not slanderous language, he may not think that the words which he uses are or can be offensive to gentlemen of sensitive feeling or honourable principles. I was deter mined not to take any notice of the language which the hon. gentleman used at a meeting of his constituents the other evening, on which ho called a number of gentle men, members of this house, who had conscientiously en deavoured to discharge their duty to their constituents .and their jleuntry, traitors. I do ul.tt knonwhether such language is pat liamentary. According tollie- -WWI - of - the hon. gentleman it may be perfectly right, but I hope that there is no member of this Rouse, except himself, who would speak of others in such terms when they have no opportunity of answering him. As I was going through the lobby a few minutes ago after the division the hon. gentleman addressed me. I had not the most remote idea of speaking to him, because I thought that if 1 did I might possibly make some reference to what I considered the very slanderous remark that he had made with respect to myself, because I think that to call any one a traitor is about as slanderous a remark as can well be made. 1 suppose that the hon. gentleman thinks that any one who takes the liberty to think for himself, or to vote against his party, as the hon. gentleman himself has done before now, or indeed to do anything except that which would suit the hon. member for Southwark, is a traitor, I do not know what his definition may be, because I have not read his speech, but these words were reported to me. Accord ingly, the hon. member, in going through the lobby asked me whether I was afraid of secondary symptoms. (Laiighter.) [Mr.LAYARD: "No, it is utterly untrue] He said to me, " Are you afraid of secondary symp toms ? " LAYARD: "In the lobby ? "] Yes, in the lobby; whereupon I did take the opportunity of stat ing that I was not afraid of the particular symptom to which the hon. gentleman referred, and I also then ex pressed my opinion of the remarks which he made to his constituents, and which, as applied to me, were certainly words of which in Saxon English I expressed my opinion. I have no other explanation to offer. I am wholly in the hands of the House, but I think I could do no less than repudiate, in the strongest language which I could possi bly use, the very injurious imputation which the hon. gen tleman was pleased to cast upon me and a number of other gentleman who conscientiously endeavoured to discharge our duties. Mr. LAYARD—I feel bound to rise in explanation. All I can say is that the hon. member must be dreaming. I never in the lobby said anything like the words he has attributed to me. I never dreamt of doing so. [An Has. MEMBER—" Did you call him a traitor ? I never asked him whether he was afraid of I won't mention what. This is utterly and entirely wrong, and he must be dreaming. There were other members with me in the lobby, and it is the most extraordinary hallucination I ever heard of in my life. -As regards the other matter, of which the hon. member thought that I had said anything offensive, it was his duty to have asked me whether I had been rightly reported, when I should have been most happy to have given him the fullest explanation, and if I had said anything offensive, to have made that apology which one gentleman is bound to offer to another whose feelings he may have hurt. The other day 1 was making a speech to my constituents iu Bermondsey, and, without my think ing of saying anything offensive--(a laugh)—some one cried, " Why do you not turn the bill out ?" I replied, "How can we turn the bill out? How can you meet an opposing army when you have 50 traitors in the camp ?" It was a mere jocular allusion. (Rear.) No man has voted against his party more than I have myself in former days, and if I have said anything offensive to the hon. gentle man I bog to offer him my humble apology. It was merely a joke of the moment, and, perhaps reported nakedly, ap peared stronger than I meant it. If the hon. gentleman had addressed me upon the subject I should have been happy to have explained it ; but nothing that I have said couldjustify him in using the language which be employed. Mr. H. LEWIS—As the hon. gentleman has said that he meant nothing offensive to me or any other gentleman, and that if I had asked for an explanation of his words, he would have made any apology which would have been satis factory to me, I can only say that I regret very much that I did not take that course, which would have given the hon. gentleman the opportunity of doing what he has now done. Not having done that in the first instance, of course places me in the wrong ; and after the handsome way in which the hon. gentleman has explained the words of which he made use and the interpretation be has put upon them - the jocular 'manner in which he spoke—l have not the slightest hesitation in withdrawing the words of which I made lye, whioh I hope will be equally satis factory to the hon. gentleman. Mr. LAYARD—I think I have a right to ask the hon. gentleman to withdra w the statement that I addressed him in the lobby in the terms that be has mentioned. Mr. 11. LEWIS—That is impossible. Mr. DISRAELI—Having listened very impartially to what has taken place, I think the account of the hon. member for Southwark appears to be the right interpreta tion to put upon the affair, and that the hon. member for Marylebono was dreaming. Looking at the clock—(it was now a quarter-past 2)—it does appear to me that halluci nation is the only term we can apply to the narrative of what has taken place. But it seems after the mutual ex planations that have taken place that this matter need never have been brought before the house at this hour of the night when time is very precious. It appears that be • twoen the two hon. gentlemen feelings of reciprocal respect still prevail— (laughter)—and I do not know what more we can 0640, wa are, I am su re, all anzioug not to culti- Yesterday a meeting of tine Common Council was held at the Guildball, the Lord Mayor presiding. The special gas committee presented a report, with a petition to Parliament against the Metropolis Gas Bill. The report was adopted, and the Sheriffs of Lon don were requested to present the petition at the bar of the House of Commons, attended by the Remembrancer. The CHAIRMAN of the Local Government and Taxation Committee (Mr. La'wley) brought up a report on the City of London Municipal Elections Amendment Act, the effect of which the committee said would be to increase the constituency of the City by upwards of 6,000 voters, and as the limits of residence within seven miles of the City hitherto imposed by law had also been removed . by the act, the effect of the extension of the franchise would be in the direction of bringing within the municipal constituency very many of the mercantile and com mercial classes, who by their residing in the suburbs had not hitherto been included in the lists of voters. The report was agreed to, asd ordered to be printed. Mr. LAWLEY also presented a report from this eseammemcitotmee of themittee Houseon the of Commonssecondreporton h of the te select loeal government and the local taxation of the metro polis. It was a lengthy document, conveying to the Common Council the opi n i on o f the committee on the general scope and aim of the resolutions adopted by the Commons' committee. The ten dency, they said, of the more important of those re solutions, if carried into effect, would be :-1. The extension of the county of the City of London, which it is proposed should be included in a county of the metropolis ; the abolition of the elective magistracy of the City of London, and a similar interference with portions of the metropolitan coun ties of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, and the autho rity vested in the justices. 2. The elevation of the Metropolitan Board of Works, originally created principally for the main drainage of the metropolis, into a governing municipal counbil for the whole of London, to be appointed partly by justices of. the peace, by the Crown directly, partly by the •governing body of each district, and partly by direct representation of the ratepayers ; and such council to exercise the power now possessed by the Metro politan Board, to which are to be added supervision over water and gas supply, railways, &c. 3. The existing divisions of the metropolis to be readjusted, and existing boundaries obliterated at the will of the Government. 4. The local bodies, such as ves tries and district boards, to be merged throughout the metropolis, and the Common Councils ; such councils to elect annually each a chairman and deputy chairman. 5. The police force to be one for the whole metropolis. And 6. That, so far as necessary to the carrying out the resolutions, all local acts to be repealed. The corporation commit tee submitted that the recommendations alluded to would have the effect of undermining municipal and representative government in the metropolis and elsewhere throughout the kingdora ; and that to reconstruct the local government of London on such a rinciple would not only be inexpedient and un just as regards the ancient City of London, but would disappoint the expectations of other districts of the metropolis, who naturally look for free muni cipal institutions similar to those given to towns which had been recently incorporated under the Corporations Act of 1835, as well as to those 208 ancient corporations which under that act were ex tended and regulated. The court adopted the report of their committee without a dissentient, and was referred to the com mittee to be printed, and for them to take such steps as they might think desirable. On the motion of Mr. Finlay the court unani mously resolved to contribute 100 guineas towards the fund now being raised for the erection of a statue within the City of London in honour of Mr. George Peabody, and in grateful recognition of his munificent gift to the poor of the metropolis. The court next proceeded to consider a report from the improvement committee, presented by the chairman, Mr. Deputy Fry, recommending a contri bution of £30,000 towards the cost of the improve ment in Mansion-house-street, effected by the Com missioners of Sewers. To that an amendment was proposed by Mr. Deputy De Jersey, to the effect that the whole cost of the improvement, amounting to £44,944 odd, should be borne by the corporation. The subject underwent a good deal of discussion, and in the result the amendment was lost, and the report of the committee reco mmendin g a contribution of £30,000 adopted, with a reference to the coal, corn, and finance committee to consider and report out of what fund the money should be paid. The rest of the sitting was occupied with a matter of little public interest. THE PILCHARD SEASON OF 1866.—We are now in possession of facts and figures which show the work of the past season. The total number of hogsheads exported from Cornwall were 14,294, or exactly six under the ave rage of the past 10 years. The fish were not in good quality and were irregular in size. 5,700 hogsheads were cured in Mount's Bay ; 2,944 east of the Lizard ; and 5,650 at St. Ives and North of St. Ives. These were exported in lots varying from 30 to 7331 hogsheads, between the 3d of October and the sth of February, to the following places : —To Genoa, 4,017 hogsheads; to Leghorn, 2,5851; to Civita Vecchia, 998; to Naples, 8,490; to Ancona, 529} ; and to Venice, 2,674. The average prices paid the fisher men for 1865 and 1866 are unknown except to the expor ters. Those from 1850 to 1864 are stated. They ranged from as low as 30s. to 50s. a hogshead in 1852, to 60s. and 80s. in 1860, when only 3,920 f hogsheads were sold. Within the last 17 years the sales have varied from 3,145 hogsheads in 1859 to more than 26,000 in 1861 and 1863. Cornish Telegraph. THE PARK-LANE IMPROVEMENT. —At the meet ing of the vestry of St. George's, Hanover-square, held yesterday at tho Board-room, Mount-street, the rev. the Rector in the chair, the reply of the First Commis sioner of her Majesty's Works was read, in reference to the resolution of the vestry as to the making of the road. The Government, it was stated, could not undertake to do the work at the public expense. Admiral Duncombe, M.P., pr , posed that their representatives at the Metropolitan Board should be required to take the whole of the corre spondence to that Board, with the view of its carrying out the work, it being a metropolitan and not a parochial im provement, and that then the parish would take to the road. Mr. Westerton said the Metropolitan Board would probably give a portion, but certainly not the whole of the money required. The surveyor disapproved the line as drawn on the Government plan, as it would bulge out be tween Stanhope and Grosvenor -gates, and hoped a wider space might be given. In answer to questions the sur veyor said the expense of laying down the road would not .xc ,ed £3,000. The resolution was carried. Dr. Appletou moved another resolution to the effect that the vestry should forward plans, with as little delay as possible, to the First C.mnissiouer, and as ho cannot recommend the by the .m work to be done at t he p ublic ex p ense, the vestr y Will un dertake to do the necessary work should the Metropolitan 8 B oa rd decline to contribute to what the vestry deem public improvemen t, that there ma y be no delay in makin e ,; the eo grounddedw with o uc t h o rtehadeipauesbs and public use, liberalitywhich had been. Go vernment. The amendment was lost —five voting f or it to 33 against. r FADVERTISEHErr:I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. Low Spirits, Despondency.—Sickness soon weighs down the most buoyant spirits unl ess th ey b e maintained by the hops of speecty recovery. This salutary hope may safely be based on Holloway's world-esteemed remedies, which are the safest and most effective curatives of all diseases affecting the exterior or interior of the human body. 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