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

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DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 186.5. n This in celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the n Prise Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and vory Whole 0. 8 01 d in Bottles, 3s. 3d., at the Retail Houses in T,ondon ; "Y the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or t e belitsal e at R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET LONDON, W. ( Thserve the R e d S aa l , Pi n k Label, and Cork branded Kilaahan's LL Whisky." N— MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION 14 ( Inon . porated by Act of Parliarn Int, IMO). i, r itII SSI4 I .I,-STREECT. COVENT-GA MOEN, LONDOY. Irk "rnpt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Erma w On application by letter to EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC lIOUSES, and BUSINESSES. Pro ...NESS and KNEE'S List on application. m __Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the onth at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. THE GREAT JAPANESE TROUPE the . aro here. Thi s ex t raor di nary C om p an y w ill make Ir AP PEARANCE in Europe, at the Great St. Martin's .„._ EVERY EVENING. at 8. Doors open at 7.30. • The FIRST DAY PERFORMANCE will take place "SATURDAY AFTERNOON NEXT, at Three; doors open at 2.30. Stalls. ss. ; balconreserved seats), 35.; area, 2s. Ad- Mission is., which may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal 9 Library, 33, Old Bond street; Mr. Austin'fi Ticket Office, -8, Piccadilly ; and at the box-office of the Hall. Business communications to be addressed to their sole a ir. A. Nimmo, 55, Wigniore-street, London. W. E 0 X F 0 it D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., ,TriE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. 'L L E S DRAGONS DE VILL ARS (Op era C om i que ) , M us i c , ..11 Maillart, in which Miss RUSSELL will appear, as -1,8104, by Misses Barrie and Fitzflenry Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Vj lll4 l Fo. Husk, E van s, an d Bury, with 'extra Band and produced and conduced by lir. F. Jonghtnans Me strength of Mr. Mortrn lea i n his operatic selections, exsecuted by a small but highly e ffi cient band, and a well. elected body of vocalists, under the direction of Mr. F. Jell Zhtnans."—Times, Jan. 9,1857 nen:am:ly. by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY, MILBURN, b ur• W. ROSS, and the celebrated Ameriant Gymnasts the -.ROTHERS HA.NLON, the Wonders of the World, at Culle. T o'clock this Evening. hie ROBT. FRASER, Comedian and Vocalist, will make aPpearanee THIS EVENING with his crop of comicalities and his new song, " THE BOY AT MUGBY." M ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, • BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDI LIONS. —Life-size Models of the KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, Is.; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, cd, ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill -street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirelyre oecorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert M.and 1-1 r• —ftn elng• Conductor, Signor L UGI C URTI . M anager, RE N ET. • Admission to Promenade, One SWHinz. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WEST° N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. "Tl Solo Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAN D . ,-41.101 A Dl Selection from D on i ze tti' s f avour i te O pera o f I L AMMERMOOR," on a scale of ma,gni pe,nce never attempted at any similar establishment. M' pal voca lists—Edgardo, Mr. H. De Brenner ; Arturo, ,''ssltowland Lascelles ; Henrico, Mr. P. Corri ; Lucia, 40-i, Annie Tremaine. in,,l'vaT'Ybody should see the Irish Minstrels, every even do"e Niue o'clock, with songs, dances, and Irish awe s, under the direction of Pat Cord. A now and origi s.bo °r turo composed and arranged expressly for the Aevrtaur Lloyd's new song .°0 minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Immensa success of " Chillingowullabadorie," every p e c t l i tig, at 11 o'clo , 3lc—Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, I Cin k . '.3 , F annin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie 30 fi - „, i _ a n,c l Pio Watkini, the Japanaze Juggler. Band of ti ka i je - si' s ,, s las sPorformer s , and large Chorus chosen from her and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical vaßoxes, .ector p,. uORRI. pri s ofa dmission Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, 6d.; 104 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, bet ` the hours ... of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Eveni ng at 7 o'cl oc k . 1 5 1:114V ILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, IA BELFAST, - regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. IYMTVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offizes and Stores, 4, BEAUF ORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808 Quotations on application. 1.--aIES DALY and CO. , Distillers, John-street, WorkLF,'°rk•—" The purest spirt and safest drink in the neZt —l.oadon °Xmas 7, Printing-house-square, EX., re " • 1,14,11-ES DALY and CO Distillers, John-street, trad e '°,,.." be& to announce that . they are able to supply the to W ith their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or case% an l p r i,,,,e orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7 , egnuarmatZ-house-square, London, E.C.. the only , house in the karket. brinz e tr e t h ooo lo upled by the " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies - es nthe h t prices i Austr alian and other Colonial C omae; " may be observed by reference to the "Journal of whi ßki co 0 per' Victia" by which it will be seen that their b e t ea fetch 6d. gallon and Is. per case over the next taqusotaatinodits. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest Always on hand c o ndition upply of ve y old Tow whisky in the finest matured in sherry ea' "? unsu -? i Quality and flavour, supplied on the InOst sae trila)gieateemsn. o UGJust published, 2d; sent by the author for i stamps, LINESS and BEA UTY ; being a Pamphlet „ h e des criptive of arti c l es and means used for imp rov i ng Londappearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, QPANISTI FLY is the acting ingredient in K 3 ALEX. Rol3lB'B CARTHARIDES OlL.whloh speedily Drodiaecti whiskers and thickens hair, as od, fis Od, and ;Os fd ; Bent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.--ALICX. 808 S, 248, 'Ugh Holborn, London, and all chemists. erns cured WONDERFUL DISCOVE RI E - 6---___ This in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CITIROPO --" Preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in ft few hours, re the veryroot. Price 4s ; sent by post for 80 stamps. `viiigh Holborn, London, and all Chemists. RMR-CURLING FLUID, 248, high Holborn L aclie., L ondon.—ALEX. BOSS'S CURL_N.BG:PpLiUedI.D curie at 2 or Gentlemen's hair immediatelY 1 !I P _l_ _ stamps lt 4 6d, and lOs 6d ;Boat free for 51, 81, and Ist -- -aa 01 all Chemists. -___________ . RAET, HAIR. -248, Hi g h Holborn, tni,„„--„Lixx. ROSS'S HAIR DYE tn,ftntely it is used. It is permanent, and p produces a perfect colour kr 5 ,... etre .t. Price 3s 6d, sit ad. and ta d ; s e e r n f t u b t y ly p il o s s - t ` l, l, and 141 stamps ; and all Chem' lIATR DESTROYER. -248, Hi g h Holborn, s age London. —ALEX ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes au t o ri g, e n a ‘ us itt. ha p ir ri f e ro e m 3s t 6 h i e , lace, neck. and arms, without effect 5116 d, and lOs 6d; sent for 51, of, ' 44 B,4l : l2 Pc.—Had of all Chemists. IMPL E REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are imroved b one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S 1014 e 1 rA 1 3 LE S K IN PIL L S, They remove relnps, 8a1....4T .... 4T ..S I. ate. 2s 9d and 7s 6d •, or pest for 40 and MO stamps. mist s. ' ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che :"--------- liAlit COLOUR WASII.—By washing the or te head with this beiutifully -perfume Wash, re seTen Bo by days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains Uog g a ll oceislonal ustnir. lOs 6d ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. :--___''' 244 , High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. ir,---___ _____________________________ jilt SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS Par , i PI LLS.—A NE RVE FAILING REMEDY.—Pre ,''t without any mercurial ingredient. from the recipe of Dr. Rhfre, Areinley, Kent, will be found Invaluable , to all who 1 .._ rn:rout bilioua and liver nomplaintA lujige' P i t 171i nd i etts?lreneiriddinas. t the bi gS, as a family dizzineos of the eyes. a pa aperient medicine, and as a purifier ti on a n ,l 00d, they are truly exoellent ; mild in their opera „ ."? t;ratellll to th e sto mac h they create appetite, pro -I.r"e tbeention, and streng then 'the whole nervous system. ;i:-..,("tillaared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, Et, King tta, Et-street, Ch aring-eross. London, and by most drug 2. sd ul b h °xes.is. 44., and three times the quantity in one, The • 'ue *are to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. t‘nibtCeenline are a square ereen package . with " William '"i- alteraved on the stamp. . t i nt RE---------SCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another fh„ ,liotee to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer Vsiit 45.„,V,00r, friendless, young females were rejeeted o tr a o r c: be eti , e ,,,r t l`l DS and room, making a total of 3,087, wh h amt,ZThe a raY in live years. „.,, unme the Committee wish to form would be , for avei,e'`',B. almost Children, from the age of 8 to 15, aho 14%4. lazintneltioris will be received c o „,_ , li leet astray from the path of virtue. gratefully by the Secretary. C° °l 3o *, 85, Queen .street. Cheapside; or by Messrs Y ` el Co.. I li tt) ornbard.street. VIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR 11°14ELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, • la, Pr ovidence -row, Finsbury, E.C. Llty T h 4 s and Brei, onsand Nights' Lodgings, with . Su destit 48 k have been given in this Institution Per to the ni alit i e lt4 • 3 ' who otherwise would have had to pass tll Afp reß i n the bleak streets or under railway arches. an _ Prp akr "It nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers d fr oni „ 1 4 ,ta, are given gratuitously every week. The . poor h e ., ':' Parts are admitted, the only condition being that reeli,o,-re are and starving. The Manager SW.? big the no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand 71night r rroyision made by the Poor Houses, each .0 , for In:leers of young women, childre . n, and orphan s '0 s p e nd Want acc ommodation, refused admittance, and ha te k eet tif night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. T o tier, . t ., 18 A nvil, and to provide more ample accernmoda /vorit ---'"" has been raised, but to accomplish . the te s i d a ante of at least £l,OOO more will lie . required. 14e ~,. ea providing shelter for the homeless, this year it , 3 " ° , l i^4sed, as far as the donations obtained for the Tr ill, wa 7 . l allow, to give broad and coals to poor tami ies acer e 4 T r Will , to in your WVcharity h?lp to carry on and . 811 nit P 18 h w has been begun ? il you help to give tar, er to heat reliily homeless, and food to the really i l d Sufi? The smallest donation will be most welcome,. I% ' I " '' 'l t and Morning, the prayers of the destitute will j't.rgd in Your behalf. I Ntot a ilelll rl. lONS are earnestly requested, and will be pi„ , .y received by th e Rev. D. GELBEnTe:D.DANo: 22 , '43°417-circus, E.O THUD EDITION, In 2 vols , Syn., with Illustration., NEW - AMERICA By WILLIA3I HP:UW - 0 ter II DIXON. "A very interesting book. 31r. Dixon has written thoug fte.ly and well, limes. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready, in 1 vol., with illustrations, 10s. Gd., bowl LCHATEAU IFE IN A FRENCH By HUBERT E. H. JERNINGIIA.3I, Esq . "A readable, ple +sant, and amusing book, in which Mr. Jerningham records his life among the denizens of the Fren"h chateau which extended its courtly hospitality to him in a very agreeable and entertaining manner."—Court Journal.' Hurst and Blacketf, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Immediately in 2 vols., post Bvo., " C OMETH UP AS A FLOWER.' A N ovel. • Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Now,publishe!l at 3d., per poet 4d., 'RAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION ; or, Anlesthesla Locally Apj.licd. By A. ESKICLL, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of " Dental Surgery," " Pure Dentistry," &c. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; all baoksellers •, or of the author, at. his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, liond-street. OSBORNE'S STILTON Is THE Cheese ! DISPENSARY FOR SKIN DISEASES, JJJJ 56, Great Marlborough-street, Regent-street, W. The Dispensary OPEN DAILY from Twelve till One o'clock.' SUPPORT is greatly NEEDED and earnestly REQUESTED. ALEX. EIVINGTON, Jidu. Leo. THUS. CALVERT, Sea. MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps). London. AVALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage tree to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, on re ceipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, Bing William-s.reet, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d., 2s 2s 81. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, Meg William-street, City, Lon don, E.C.. are selling good and fine BLACK T A. price current post free. 403 worth carriage tree to any railway station or market town in the United Kingdoni. All goods carriage tree to all parts of London. Obs , rye'—Pntwars and Co. have no Agents. Sugars are supplied at .market prices. ARTIFICIAL T E E - T H.-A MONTH'S TRIAL GIVEN.—If not perfectly comfortible, use ful, and undetectable the money returned without hesitation. Mr. DAY, Dentist (many years with Mr. Eskeli, surgeon- Dentist, of 8, Grosvenor-street, W.), offers, 'ate above, the most convincing proof of the unerring arm painless principles upon which he constructs incorrodible hiINEitAL ICIAL TEETH, whether singly (.r in partial or complete sets, to serve the purposes of mastication, articul ition, and personal appearance. His terms will be found the moat moderate of any advertised, compatible with pure materials and first-class workmanship, but they are apart from the ridiculous and tempting prices put forth to attract mere attention. lie guarantees painless manipulation, and in the generality of cases will make from one tooth to a complete set in a few hours. Extractions when necessary, and all the ordinary painful operations performed without giving* the sliehtest pain by a zit w process, and without the use of chloroform or other dangerous ingredient, Stopping decayed teeth, and discoloured teeth resterel, Arc. Attenda,ce. 10 to 0. AU consultations free.-291, REGENT-STREET, three doors trom the Polytechnic. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. bEFRIES and SONS' J• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS contain an entirely new an l extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan deller4.-147, Houndaditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SON-shapedS' (1 NEW CITY stimv —he Oal ALEXANDRA DINNER 1:00Mi. ERVICE, T from New .£1 v lB3. 6d. 147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OL' REMOVAL. .DEFRIES and SONS ti• NEW CITY snow ROONIS. BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, from £1 la. upwards.- 147, iloundsditeh. NOFICE OF REMOVAL, T DEFRIES and SONS' it/ a NEW CICY SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful assoement of DESSERT SEILVICNS, from Li la. lo 100 cruineas. Cre,ts and Monograms engraved on same.-147, Houndaditch. NOTICE. OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS • NEW CITY SHOW ROOIIS.—CRYSTAL CHAN DELIERS, New Designs for the Drawine-room. either for Gas or Candle, and to suit all kinds of Decorations.-117, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. JDEFRIES and SONS' . NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—IIRONZX and OR MOLU CHANDELIERS in great variety. New Designs for the Dining-r00m.—147, Houndsditeli. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' ur• NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The ALEXANDRA FLOWER VASK. This new and beautiful Vase can be peen in great variety, from 33. to Ws. each-117, Hounds ditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. T DEFRIES and SONS' e../ • NEW CITY STIO Vir ROOMS.--The NEW JET DINING ROOM VASE. Registered designs, in great variety.-147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL JDEFRIES - and S O N S' • NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—The NEW PATENT ASTRA LAMP, for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also CRYSTAL LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS (register-;J) for INDIA. -147, Houndsditch. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. cJ LE FRIES and SONS' • NieW CITY BROW R OOMS. T AV ERN no d ROTEL sure.-1 oLAAS of the newest palerns and correct mea -47, lloundsditch. NOTICE OF REJIOVAL. • NEW DEFRIEs and SONS' CLOCKS for th e DINI crry SEIONV ROOSIB.—ORNA.AINNTAL tloundeditch. NG and DRAWING-ROOM -117, NOTICE OF ItEMOVAL. JDEFI ES and SONS' R • NEW CITY SHOW and —lrerehant4 and the Trade dsdisupplied h with PATTERN BOORS FREE.-117, Hountc. Works—London, Birmingham, and Parts, Established 1803. FXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whoso address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He h as a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has "oo I ronnections. On application to " The Sun" Agent iu 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. p RIN T ING. —TO PROPRIETORS OF - 2 - NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Ne ws p a p er s, & c ., d one 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, St ran d, W.O 'TOMBLESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS -I -I- are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. X 2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. X 1,0,0 required. • WM. WILLI kllB, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now In the Refuge. The annuli ex'penditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at .Ca,040, being £IS a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothburv. and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall Mast ; and by , ' WM. WILLIASIS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Ureat Queen-street, W.L. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, In the 13unediate viotnity of the (}rent Northern Rail way Termainne, King'e-crow. • Patron—Her Most Gracious Hriesty the QUERN. Vice- Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE s, HG. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCL RUCH. K.G. Tilts Hospital, founded in the year 1823, the tint to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick p oor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and It affords relief to a large number of in-pa. mots, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the institute sick has tor a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, an the pr Irises of this Hospital are capable of containing several h.,,ndred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the ir bankers. Messrs. 'Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by klosers. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; [ferries and Co.; Ransom and CO.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bernera-street and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH. begetuy, ONI)ON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. HARROW RACES, THURSDAY :11H1 FRIDAY, FOll. 2E4 and 22d, 18(17. SPECIAL TRAINS will kayo EUSTON STATION on bott► days of the Races as under: 11.30 a.m. and 12.0 noon, returning front HARROW at 5.0 and 5.10 p.m., Calling at CHALK FARM and WILI.EsDEX JUNCTION both going and returning. A SPECIAL TRAIN will also leave BROAD STREET (City Terminus) for HAIZRONtr at 11.10 a.m. oanli day, calling at SHOREDITCII at 11.13 a.m., DAISTON JUNCTION at 11.18 a.m., and CANDEN ROAD at 11.25 a.m.; returning from HARROW at 5.15 pm]. TRAINS will also leave KENSINGTON at 10.23 a.m. and 12.12 noon ; returning from HARROW at 5.0 and 5.40 p.m. Passengers from KENSLNGTON will have to change carriages at Willesden Junction both going and returning. FARES TO HARROW AND BACK. First Class. Second Class, From Euston... Bd. ... 2s. Od. „ Broad-street 3s. ... 2s. 3d. „ Kensington ... 2s. Bd. 2s. Od. By order, W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, February, 1867. L.ONDON&NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. AA NEW SERVICE OF TRAINS BETWEEN WIL LESDEN JUNCTION, WATERLOO, AND CANNON STREET. Commencing on February Ist, Trains will run between tho above-named Stations in connexion with tho Trains of the Loudon and South-Western and South-Eastern Coin panics,- affording a Direct Through Communication be tween the principal Stations on the lines South of the Thames, and the London and NOrth-Western system. Numerous changes will be made in the times of the Trains between Euston, Willesden, and Kensington, in connexion with the above alterations. For particulars, see Time-bills. _ _ . . By order, CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, Jan. 29, . 18G7. - I j ONDON and. N OitTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. • NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next ORDI NARY YEARLY MEETING of th e ,WNDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY will be hold at the Euston Station, Easton-square, London, on FRIDAY, the 22d . day of February instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon precisely, for the transaction of the gene ral business of the Company. And Notice is Hereby further Given, that so soon as such business is disposed of or adjourned, a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the. Company will be held at the same place, for the purpose of approving an Agreement with the Tenbury. 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No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in th e L o bby o f th e M e dical Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, and to the Pnrveyors at Wool wich and Chatham. No Tender will be received after ITalf-past Ono o'clock on the day of Treaty ; and it will not be required that the Party tendering, or an Agent .on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communi cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed totheSecretary of the Admiralty, and bear in th e l e ft-hand corner the words "Tender for ;" and must also be delivered at the Medical Department, Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person engaging to be come bound with the Person tendering in the sum of £lOO for the due performance of the Contracts for Beef and Mutton, for Bread and for Vegetables, and in the sum of £5O for each of the other Contracts. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 185. per zallon, is ri ry superio , to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 3Ss. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carrinze pal I.—lt EN KY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distil: ery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. " THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MA NY." 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The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liver:es, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family; also Di es inker to the Board of Teade, 25, Oran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.O STATE OF TRADE. ........_ -.-.-.10,..-.......-__--.-... BRADFORD, Feb. 14.—There is a more gloomy feeling in the market this morning. The suspen sion during the week of some mercantile houses con nected with the Bradford trade seems to have de stroyed confidence to a great extent. The trans actions in wool are reduced to the narrowest limits. Staplers who sell must submit to still lower prices. There are, however, some who seem disposed to retain their wool, in the belief that a turn for the better is not far distant. It is a favourable circum stance that stocks are low, and also that holders in the country, who seem to have a very inadequate conception of the torpor that prevails in this market, are beginning at last to relax in their prices, though not to an extent sufficiently low to induce a large transfer of wool to this seat of consumption. In worsted yarns there is nothing to relieve the flat- ness which has so long prevailed. With the excep tion of a recent demand, still apparent, that has sprung up for Russia, the business done by export buyers is restricted to the lowest point. Plain goods are, generally speaking, slow of sale, and merchants are able to supply their wants from stock. Certain sorts of six-quarter Orleans alone form an exception to the rule. Makers of fancy goods are far from being busy, and receive few fresh orders. Irices are irregular. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS TDI FS. —The 'Emperor Napoleon bad yesterday a most difficult Speecli to deliver. It was a confession of mishaps in his foreign policy ; a profession of in tended reforms in his home policy. It, would hardly be generous to dwell too long on hi: apology for the past. According to a sayine. lats.ly attributed to his Imperial cousin of the Parais-Royal, the Emperor has been by t urns an under-rated an d an over - rate d man. We have never thought Oat he took 4on lihnSelf any credit for ty,and we now read in his Speech a candid ack no wledginent that he has more than once been disappointed in his expectations. It is singular to see how naturally crowned heads, under trying circumstances, attribute to supernatural agency the blame of all their - failures. With Ger man Sovereigns of the North or South the responsi bility is invariably laid upon " Almighty Pro vidence." The Napoleons look to their " stars" for success, and in any case of reverse they succumb to " fate." Th ere was a ." fatal i ty, " • t h e E mperor tells us, in the fulfilinent of the events which have lately astonish e d th e world. The captive of St. Helena had i n some manner fores h a d owe d th em , when the sunset o f lif e gave h i m preterna t ura l fore sight. He had pointed to the inevitable agglomera tion of great, nations • he had divined the rise of Germany and Italy. The Emperor cannot see why the formation of those two States should cause dis quiet to France. Secure in her strength as a homoge nenous and indestructible body, France could neither grudge nor fear'auy result that. might possibly arise from the conflict beyond the Rhine. She never added one soldier to her formidable army; she never moved forward'a single regiment. She obs erve d a s t r ict neutrality ; and had yet sufficient influence to dic tate her own terms to the conquesor, and to make him avoid any act which.might arotise - French .sui ceptibilities. In Mexico, again, the Emperor's plans were thwarted by the concurrence of inauspicious circuinstaneei. Nothing could be loftier than the ideas which led to that Transatlantic expedition ; bht, rather than incur sacrifices far exceeding thzinterests at stake, the Emperor spontaneously dbtermined to recall his army. Such is the Im perial version of two, great incidents in modern history. Proceeding to affairs still pending, the Emperor of the French stands on the safe ground of a European concert. In the East he relies on the joint action of the Great Powers. At Rome he feels secure ; Europe is equally ready to uphold the tem poral power of the Holy See= -all Europe, that is, England, Prussia, and Russia, no less than Bavaria ancf'Spain. There was once a time when the Pro tectorate of the Papacy was exclusively exercised by the eldest daughter of the Church, who would have resented any other interposition. There was once a time, too, when her patronage was extended to the Papal Court, on the condition of reforms in its Go vernment. Now that Government has entered upon a fresh phase. It maintains itself by its own strength —it is above all human help, as it is past mending. In other respects, the Emperor's relations with foreign Powers could not be more satisfactory. Prussia and Russia are of one mind with him upon the chief European questions. The same perfect ac cord exists with Austria, 'Spain, and Italy, while with England increased intimacy springs from the harmony of policy and the multiplicity of commer cial relations. Having thus disposed of the sore part of his subject, the Emperor renews his promises of the 19th January. He lays before Parliament the bills which offer new guarantees for political liberty. What it is that induces him to realise the wishes of his people after 15 years' expectation the Empe ror does not tell. But, to those who know how to read, the second part of the Speech is only a corollary to the first. France has had enough of personal government; Mexico, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Poland have laid upon the Emperor an immense weight of responsibility. However great his genius, it has not in all instances success fully grappled with fatality ; it has not risen superior to an adverse combination of circumstances. He had failures to gloze over; blunders to explain away. Henceforth the blame of failure shall not rest on him alone. A Sovereign and his people will deliberate with greater success than either of them alone, and will share between them the reSponsi bility. It is impossible not to agree with the Emperor as to the ephemeral character freedom has invariably assumed in France. It has been the constant habit of that nation to run from liberty of licentiousness, then to shrink back from disorder, and seek shelter no matter under what form of absolutism. Fifteen years ago France gave her chosen Ruler far more than he asked ; she May now possibly recover more than she aspires to ob tain. Doubts as to the sincerity of the Emperor's liberal intentions dwell, we are aware, in the minds of many an earnest patriot in France. Napoleon, it is true, looks upon the public liberties of his people too much as his own property, to give or to take away according to his own good will and pleasure; and it is felt that so long as he in sists upon being his own Minister there is an end to all hope of resp ons ibl e G ov ernment. The systematic breach of the secrecy of private cor respondence at the Post-office throughout France in quest of so paltry a document as the letter of the Count of Chambord, is also a somewhat sinister prelude to the new laws which are to emancipate the Tribune of the Chamber and secure the free utterance of opinion throughthe Press. There is no doubt in o ur m i nd, however, that the Emperor is ready to giv e up as much as the French are able and willing to as k f or. His confidence in h i mse lf is evidently shak en, and there is hardly anyt hi ng he would not grant for the sake o f free, support. Th er e warm, hearty is hardly a mea sure connected w i t h either home or f ore i gn policy about whi c h the Emperor has not lately given symptoms o f uncertainty an d vac ill at i on. Take, for example, the scheme for the reorgani zation of the army, which is now reduced to such modest proportion s as to " lighten the burden of the conscription i n t i me of peace. " Any approac h to the Prussian m ili tary sys t e m would doubtless combine strength w i t h economy, lay the b ur d en on the people in just proportions and satisfy the pfin ciples of equality. But the Emperor is aware of the difficulties his original scheme would have to contend with, and he abandons it. We regret, however, to see him asserting that " the influence of a nation depends upon the number of men it is able to put under arms," Happily, the claims of France to the respect and e ven the gra titude of forei gn nations need no l onger rest on her " bi g b a tt a li ons. " What renders, her invulnerable is not her power to overstep her borders and to carry slaughter and desolation across the Rhi n e, the Alps, or the Pyrenees ; it is the perfect assimilation and ardent patriotism of her people. The Emperor invites them tt t o march with him with a firm step on the path of civilisation." But peace, progress, and huge armies will not easily be made to flourish,. toge ther. The first condition o f 'European advance ment lies in the reduction of our excessive military forces. It is a necessity for us all, but one which France is free to obey sooner than any other, inas much as her Sovereign well knows how " homoge neous and indestructible" a body his country is, and conv i c tion he has every reason to est sturbed." twehrtaat strongi nthat" peace will not be di ardent, not to say i ntemperate, thilirsEtiliourjnknowledge which has possessed it se lf o f Lord Robert Montagu and Mr. B erna l O s b orne will hardly, we apprehend, have been even tempo rarily appeased by the answers they received last night from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. But have udedi resolution,the u i n d - derstaudings of many w ell-mea ning people. N o although the noble lord an d th e honourable gentle man took nothing by the ir 'notions, the publi c i s I em phatically the ob ject of the Go decidedly a gainer by them. Mr. Disraeli had the opportunity, of whic h he h appily availed him self, o, re-stating vernment in proce gi e i whichg by andtht is m of isco di i s l p ee e p ll t i i t o , thanks, however, to either of his question ers . Their purpose can hardly hav e been friendly.• At all events, if they meant wel l they did not show it. That Mr. Bernal O sborn e should try to put ' lacontusion i g ood deal of the ray of lo ai a spoke in the wheel of the Government machine is natural enough ; and, expecting nothing better from the honourable gentleman, we will not quarrel with him for not disippointing us. But Lord Robert Montagu is nominally a supporter of the Government, and the question from bun whether the Government is acting sincerely and honestly came with a very bad grace. Lord Robert may be animated by a warm regard for the Ministry, bathe certainly managed last night to dissemble his love, and even threatened that he would do his best to kick them down stairs. Lord Robert Montagu's question, as it stood upon time order book, and with out the elucidation he afterwards gave it, was neither very important nor very offensive. His lordship wanted to know whether the. Government would endeavour to bring in, as early as possible in the session, a Reform ,Bill to carry out what over resolutions the housemay. vote. Mr. Osborne asked what - wag to be the exact amount ofvthe reductions in - the occupying franchise, and what the character of the new franchises. Mr. Disraeli, answering the two questions together, observed that Mr. Osborne's was based upon a miscon ception of the object of the Government. "The main object of introlaling these resolutions is, that we should obtain Vie s motion of the lion :e to the principles upon which the bill which wo hope we may introduce. should be base.l ;"- the purpose of this procedure to render i:npos , ii)le a reso lution of censure foul, led upon an atta* of eome particular principle in th bill. That is to sly, the Government wants, first of all, to come to an under standing wit!, the house as to the principles of the bill. That arrived at, it will proposi such an app!i cation of those principles in a bill to be immediately introduced which it filly julge best- fur the public interests, best with a view to the future constitution of Parliament, and best with a view to the chances of a settlement - of the question. These applications will be matters for discussion in committee. Where the house shall express a decided opinion in favour of an amendment of the details of the Government scheme, the Government will, if it be possible to do so consistently with the principles upon which it has undertaken Reform, accede to that opinion. As a matter of course, therefore, the Government cannot enter into the details of its franchises before hand. It asks the house to come to an agreement on principles. It will then, on its own responsibi lity, apply them, and ask the assent of the house. If the application is unsatisfastory to the house it can either amend the clauses in consort with the Go vernment, or amend them against the Government, in which case it will be for the Government to de termine whether it will proceed with the bill, and in the event of its declining to do so for the House of Commons to determine what steps it will take for the enforcement of its wishes. Directly the reso lutions are passed the Government will introduce, in the shape of a bill, its adaptation of.the princi ooldvLiaeilr it t O h b e rr t . xi T o h n a t t g w u as . A l l i r i a . D I o i i s ti ri s i i p ' s declared that the - Chancellor of the Exchequer had p however,lansweresei embodied bt ( n lin ot satisfied; he sprang to his fp4. not understood his question—as the Chancellor of the Exchequer might well be excused for not doing —it being impossible to suppose that the noble lord ; meant to be as offensive as he now explained had Government wished honestly and sincerely to gatherall along been his intention —and asked whether the opiuions and wishes of the house, and embody them in a bill, or meant only to bring in a bill to carry out certain foregone conclusions of its own. In other words, the noble lord said to Mr. Disraeli, " Are you playing a farce or not? Do you wish to settle this question, and consequently intend to bring in a bill which will conciliate the support of a majority in parliament. Or are you merely trying to gain time, intending, after all the palaver over the resolutions, to bring in a bill which, not regarding the wishes and opinions of the house, will inevitably be rejected ?" The reply of Mr. Disraeli was con clusive--" So long," he said, " as we are allowed to conduct the committee in which the resolutions are to be moved it will be our duty to act upon them, whether we propose them or any member of the house ; but we reserve to ourselves the - privilege of free men, that if resolutions are carried which, we cannot carry out, we may decline to do so, and not act upon resolutions which we do not approve. We do not suppose that in passing these resolutions we pass a reform bill. The reform bill must depend on its.merits, but what we supposed was that by this means we should obtain a fair hearing for our mea sure." Mr. Osborne now was, in his turn, irregular. He wanted to know when the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would name the precise sum at which he in tended to fix the franchise. Mr. Disraeli answered in substance, as soon as the resolutions, among which is one affirming the desirability of lowering the fran chise, are carried. The bill will come on as soon as the resolutions are passed, the particular franchises by which the principles affirmed in these resolutions are carried out are details to be settled in committee. The house and the country cannot now pretend not to understand the intentions of the Government. The Government has invited the house to affirm cer tain principles as the bases of a bill which is to be an adaptation of those principles. If, therefore, the House of Commons will affirm the expediency of reducing the franchise, of establishing new fran chises, of partly disfranchising certain boroughs, and giving the members taken from them to popu lous towns, or groups of towns, at present unrepre sented, of revisin g borough boundaries, Scc., the Government will bring in a bill proposing such reduction of the occupying franchis.• l such new franchises, ani such a redistributio n o f seats as it may consider a fair and prudent expression of the principles of the . resolutions. The more Or less of these-reductions, the expediency of the - particular new franchise, the justice and wisdom of the redis tribution, will all be questions upon which the House of Commons will have ample opportunities for forming and expressing its opinion. If the Liberal party object to a reduction of the franchise, to all fancy franchises, to the partial disfranchise ment of small boroughs and the appropriation of the seats taken from them to new towns, to better provisions against bribery, and so on, they will, of course, bo quite right to oppose the particular reso lutions affirming those principles. But unless they do object to these principles they will be acting a dishonest part in opposing the resolutions of the Government by a cunningly framed resolution of . their own. They give up in no respect their control of the Government by accepting its resolutions.' If the particular expression given to the resolutions in the bill dissatisfies them they may substitute an ex pression of their own, it' they have a majority in the house ; and if they have not a majority they must, of course, bow to the force they now, fancying it will be on their side, so freely invoke. It is quite clear that a Reform Bill which will satisfy all mode rate men, do justice to • all classes, and settle the question for our time at least, may be passed this session if the plans of the Government are not thwarted by a factious Opposition resolved to take no bill from a Conservative Ministry. THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE ON PERSONALITIES. —We have become accustomed to the phrase tc xtra-Parliamentary utt erances, " and we arc now becoming equally accustomed to the fact of extra Parliamentary personalities. In the House mem bers are restrained by certain rules from attacking each other beyond due limits. But when among their constituents, or when glowing with post prandial exultation among admiring followers, they are not so fettered, and can speak more freely of the absent enemy. Yet these person alities will not be forgotten in the House, and may seriously affect proper and requisite deliberation, as well as the progress of business. In all disputes, to lose one's temper is to give an immediate ad vantage to the other side, and makes it more difficult to come to a right or a peaceable conclu sion. When two boys disagree, arguments heat their blood, and with the quickening of the pulse, the flow .of words increases and grows more angry, and the rights of either side are less likely to prevail. At last it comes to personalities ; ugly names and abusive epithets are bandied about ; faults in the disposition and character of the other are thrown in his teeth, or some ugliness in his features described to him in the most disagreeable language, and personalities lead to threats. The epithet personal " you big fool," is met with the retort personal " you great ass," and language like this Will be all that is left in the way of argu ment ; fists are doubled and displayed in a threatening manner, until one or the other ven tures on a blow, and so the disagreement has to be decided by who can inflict most punishment upon the face and features of the other. It may be said boys are boys, but men are men,_a_n, and do not act like this ; still less do members of lar - ament. We think they very often do. lists may not be as often resorted to, but when-two men, or women either, engaged in dispute or argsurin.nenetd get as far as personalities, they may be. reta 1 by circumstances from inflicting bodlly injury on much each other, but -there is not the truth or right at issue being settled between them, Or, if we watch the progres s of an e same interna tional dispute, we shall find very much th state of things. If the courtesy and politeness of diplomacy does not settle matter, the despatches of the respective governments become more curt and cutting. Insinuations of the lie oblique are met with the lie direct ; the respec tive pulses of the two national bodies beat quicker and quicker , each nation doubles up its - fist, and at last the matter is settled, and the right supposed to lie on the side of whichever can kill, maim, and destroy most men on the opposite side, and can inflict most misery and injury on the enemy. And when this has been effectually done, the matter in dispute will probably be found to remain exactly where it was when person alities and threats took the place of argument and diplomacy. It is true that men in hot dispute do not, as a rule , end in taking off their coats and proceeding to the infliction and reception of black eyes and bloodynQies ; and if t he y do proceed to extremities which cannot be othe r wise settled, they can always resort to the quieting climate of the courts of law. It is not probable that Nlr.Bright and his faithful brother, Jacob , w ill settle - the quarrels they have on hand with -Mr. Lowe, Mr. Garth, and others, and which have undoubt- edly reached the l eng th o f personal i t i es. I t mie:ht I be a good thing f or - t h e nat i on i f they would.' I But what we contend is, that whengentleinen who are Parliament get beyond the grave argument and discussion which really seeks to arriv.! at the truth, and come to personalities, ther_ is _very little chance left of any useful de batia,;, or of the desired end or purpose being arrivA Parliament is abo. , f; - reassemble., an" there is an imniease quantity of matters which requir; its most urgent attention. The Govern ment is iMiding out hopes of doin4 a great deal. The terrible and increasing -extent of poverty is to be grappled with, and the administration of the poor-law looked to; the scandalous bankruptcy laws are to be reconstructed; Irish tenants are to be put in a better position with their landlords ; the disastrous break up of companies limited is to lead to an amendment in the law of joint-stock companies, and other things are promised, all of which are urgently required by the country at large. But the Reform Bill blocks up the way, and may be the cause of next session beinc , as useless as the last. The country is sorely in need of the legislation which looks solely to the country's good. It wants a strong Executive which will take matters in hand and shape them accord ing to the country's requirement. But if mem bers oppose whatever the opposite party pro poses, and simply on that ground; if their vaca tion personalities cause them to oppose and vote against the measures of particular persons, chiefly from personal antipathy, there cannot be much chance of true argument, or just rights and neces sities prevailing. Reform has been the occasion of gross and most improper and undignified person- alities from members ,of both sides of the douse, and is becoming a perfect btigbcar awl nuisance to the country. And if members allow their personal and party antipathies to prevail where-there should be nothing but fair ,argiuneit and earnest: deliberation for the practical good of the. people, and not for the advancement of a party, in that case we fear there will be Jittle more chance of any satisfactory conclusion to our approaching parliamentary struggles than to the fisticuffs of our pugilistic boys. The Industrial Dwellings Movement. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the company, of which Mr. Alderman Waterlow is chairman, and the object of which is the erection from time to time, wherever suitable sites can be procured in the metropolis, of blocks or ranges of comfortable and commodious dwellings, and at easy rents, for arti sans and other working men; was held at the Man sion-house. There was a very numerous attendance, the enterprise having from the first been popular, and now still more than ever, both on philanthropic grounds and as a safe and profitable investment for capital. Mr. Alderman Waterlow occupied the chair, and there were present, among others, Mr. Goschen, M.P., Mr. Russell Gurney, M.P., Re corder of London, Sir Charles Fox, Mr. George Moore, Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. Alderman Stone, Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant- Judge, the Hon. Auberon Herbert, Mr. Walter Morrison, M.P., Mr. Henry Edwards, Mr. John Holms, Mr. Travers Buxton, Mr. Hare, and Major Menara. The report of the directors stated that the nominal capital of the company had been in . - creased to £250,000, and that £22,000 had been allotted since the previous meeting. The buildings had not been increased, butsix blocks containing 168 tenements were about to be begun at Bagnigge wells. Arrangements fur the acquisition of addi tional sites were being pressed forward, and the directors were willing to treat with owners of lands in populous neighbourhoods. No advance upon loan from Public Works Commissioners had yet been obtained, but it was expected that on the com pletion of arrangements by the Lords of the Trea sury the company's capital would be supplemented by loans upon mortgage of its present building to the extent of £60,000. The greater part of the tenements at Palmerston buildings were not com pleted and ready for liabi:.ation until September last, and the whole of the paid-up capital had not been concerned in earning the revenue of the half , year ; but it was recommended that the usual divi dend at the rate of 5 per cent. should be paid out of the balance of £1,440 standing to the credit of the .revenue account on closing the books. The direc tors had to congratulate themselves and the com pany upon the fact that Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant- Judge ; Mr. C. J. Fr ea k e, o f South K ens i ng t on ; and Mr. Goschen, M.P., had joined their board, and recommended the retiring directors, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. George Moore, and Mr. Alderman Stone, for re-election, and also the honorary auditor, Mr. William Turquand. The directors express their emphatic conviction that the work in which the company is engaged is a feasible method of dealing with the evils arising from over crowded and unhealthy dwellings, and increasing experience in , lnc;:s theta to strongly reiterate the statements they made in the prospectus, in which they recommended the enterprise to the notice of the public—" not merely on the groand of its useful ness, but also on account of its being a safe and profitable investment." They point out that "in a crowded metropolis such as this good substantial houses for the use of the most numerous class of its inhabitants must always be in demand," and, mcre over, the funds of the company are invested upon securities not subject to depreciation ; and its ope rations are so simple in their nature that without , the necessity of scientific or skilled knowledge the shareholders can easily estimate the efficiency with which their affairs are conducted. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that such was the confidence inspired by the company that an appeal to the public for additional capital to carry out its important objects still further had resulted in the receipt of ill 8,000 upto ChrLttnas, and in nearly £6,000 more since that time. Much of that would be absorbed in the erection of six new blocks in Bag- Digge-wtils, about to be commenced, at an estimated cost of about £20,000. The company were about to erect two blocks at Greenwich, which would cost about £5,000. He wanted the public to know that the company could go still faster, but that they must have the capital if they are to do the work well. He had the fullest confidence that the present Adminis tration would eventually carry out Mr. Childers's Act, empowering the Government to lend money at an easy rate of interest for the erection of dwellings such as those built or contemplated by this com pany ; but the difficulty was to get the Government to move fast enough. He referred to the difficulty . of finding suitable sites, and to the obstacles thrown in the way of the company, after they had arranged with the freeholder, by small under-tenants, who asked fabulous prices for their little ricketty tene- , uhmts, and he looked forward to the time when companies like this would be invested with cornpul sory powers, such as belonged to railway companies; for dealing with obstructions of that kind. The motion for adopting the report was seconded by Mr. Henry Edwards, the deputy chairman. Mr. Samuel Morley expressed the growing conviction at which they had arrived that the object they had in view of erecting suitable buildings for the working classes, and which they had already carried out, so far as they hail gone, with unvarying success and sati,fac tion, was eventually attainable on a very large scale, and that it afforded a safe investment for capitaland eu2 at a good interest. He begau by investing,ooo in the undertaking, and that he had lately increased to £5,000. He had no faith in Governments doing a work of that kind. The application made by the company iri August last for a loan under Mr. Chil ders's Act hail never yet received a definite reply. That was the way "h ow no t t o d o it." He kit con vinced that capitalists mighti i t t r i v i e t s h t e cer money taiu certainty of a e undertaking o f th e company w fair return. • The report and accompanying statement of ac counts were then adopted. The chairman stated, in reply to Mr. Riviugton, that the lowest rent for two rooms in any of their blocks was 4s. 6d. a week. Mr. Goschen, M.P., rimed a rosolution authorising the payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. for the half-year ending December last on the paid up capital of the company. He had joined the corn- Pally, he said, not because he th that he could render would be well that the interests of the shal well cared .forly Mr. Alderman , rest of the directors, but because the company was not only a private but a great public ipterest ; and the more people were satisfied that the scheme would pay commercially and that is admitted of great ex pansion, the more easily would they solve the great problem of how their labourers were to be accom modated in London. After three years' experience the company paid 5 per cent., and that interest had ..from the beginning been scrupulously raid oat of revenue alone. lie had gone carefuly over uhe ac counts, and found them most satisfactory. Ile had no doubt that the company would advance from 5 to 6 per cent., and posibly a fraction beyond that, and still leave a considerable margin. They ex pected to obtain a loan of £50,0U0 or £60,000 frau the Government on easy terms, and th e e ff ect of. . that would be toincrease the di videndpayable among the shateholders very considerably. Mr. Cl-oschet t then gave a graphic account of the contrast in com fort and in every other respect presented by the Stanley block of buildings erected by the company at King's-cross to the wretched dwellings occupied by the poorer classes in the surrounding neighbour, hood as he had witnessed himself. He trusted that a larger amount of capital would be attracted, so that the good work might be carried on. The re solution was seconded by Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant- Judge, and carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. Russell Gurney, Mr. Alderman Fiunis, Mr. George Moore, and Mr. Alderman Stone, the re tiring directors of the company, were •re-elected. The meeting was also addressed by Sir Charles Fox, Mr. Alderman Finnis, the llon. Mr. Hobart, Mr. Walter Morrison, M.P., Mr. V. Foster, and Mr. A. J. Williams, and a very cordial vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, directors, and officers in recognition of their services. Royal College of Surgeons of Eng'and. The flunterian Oration, now bienniallpdelivered in the large and commodioui theatre of the above institution, was yesterday given by Professor IEI - F.lt.S., the senior vice-president-of the college, before an unusually large number of the elite of the learned professions, that of the surgical of course predominating. The orator commenced by stating that one of the signs by which the intellectual pro gress of nations might be measured was to be found in their just appreciation of those of their countrymen, jilst and present, who had given evidence of unusual mental endownment. It had, however, commonly happened that a new line of thought, or the opening up of a new track of mental or philosophical inquiry, had escaped the attention, or even excited the op position of contemporary thinkers, seeminglybecause their minds were preoccupied in the elaboration of ideas antecedently suggested. He then proceeded to inquire into the reason why the appreciation of philosophical knowledge should have been so promi nent a feature of one age, and so utterly lost sight of in another, and added that necessarily the ages of strife could not nurture philosophy, inter belly cedunt arks, furnished the one prominent cause for the indifference to mental culture in many epochs ( the world's history, but careful consideration would elicit causes other than those of the sword and the battle-field for the different capacity necessary to the intellectual appreciation of contemporary labour at different periods of time. He then took a rapid but analytical review of the great men who flourished during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and how greatly their merits were appreciated in comparison with those of the present day, and instanced Hun ter, as a marked illustration of this defective esti mation by contemporaries. Two suceedin g genera tions had, however, done much to atone for the in- difference of his own, and added that it would be difficult to find another instance in which so large a weed of posthumous fame has been, as it were, ex tracted from the dry bones which had been be queathed, although the minds of the professional men of his day appeared to have failed in measuring the extent and depth of the great truths which he had enunciated, or in appreciating the value of those which he was then elaborating. The progressive knowledge of several succeeding years appeared to have beenn - necess try to evoke the earlitzt public at tempt to establish the true relation which his mar velous labours bore to the development of science. The period of Hunter's most zealous labours—the latt..T portion of the eighteenth century—was marked by the limited application of mental ac tivity to the cultivation of science. The mind of the nation appeared solely directed to the cultivation of the high statesmanship requi site to contend with the grave and startling political events of the European and the American continents. Hunter was at this period labouring patiently and perseveringly, but alone, with a saga cious and primitive simplicity. He was reading nature's facts, as exhibited in the organised world, with a zeal unexampled, an industry scarcely ever surpassed, questioning her in her own language, and, slowly understanding her tardy, a n d, often- times to him, obscure responses. Mr. Hilton then entered into the early history of Hunter, his struggles, &c., until the latter were surmounted, and he appeared the accomplished surgeon ; a n d a dd e d that a re-perusal of Hunter's works excited his amazement at the extent to which our surgery of the present day was guided by his comprehensive teach ings. The learned orator then occupied some time in reviewing the great works of Hunter, with which the profession is now so well acquainted, and stated that the museum of the College - of Surgeons con tained 10,000 preparations, the work of his own hands, a striking instance how fascinated he was in the pursuit of nature. After alluding to the want of public recognition of the merits of our great sur geons, Mr. Hilton concluded by stating that popular appreciation was matter of small account, that lack of interest in our labours by professional contem poraries ;was hard to bear, that to condemn or damn with faint praise the honest worker, without taking eI hi u ri Hunter ronly nly proved the facts. high minded indifference of the phil osop h er t o the pains to obtain an accurate knowledge of the value of his discoverie, was still harder; that Hunter had to endure all this, and right manfully he bore it all, from his inner conviction that, let the world say what c any ro produced .impressionl dii on his it would, no dogmatism, no vague denial, no snee r , Above all, his conscious love of truth, fo r t ru th' s o c N o v i t i l l d sake, zitikmek, p petty assaults of ignorance. Mr. Hilton advised his hearers not to strive for the brittle fame of the meteor dazzling only for a short time, to be ex tinguished for ever. DANGERS OF " CHIGNONS."—We should be sorry to say anything that would unnecessarily disturb the peace of ladies in their compliance with the present re markablo fashion of wearing chignora. The custom may seem very irrational to the male half of mankind, but this objection would apply to many of the fashions by which ladies consider that they adorn themselves, and so must not count for much. A more serious objection, and one more calculated to have weight with English ladies, has been started, according to a correspondent of our own, by a Russian professor, M. Lindemann. According to this authority, 76 per cent. of the false hair used for chignons and similar purposes in Russia is infested with a parasite to which he has given the name of gregarine. The groga rinous hair, it is said, is very like other hair in appearance, but on close inspection little dark-brown knots aro seen at the free end of the hair, and may even bo distinguished by the naked eye. These are gregarines. These parasites have a most ignoble ancestry and habitation, being found in the interior of the pediculus capitis. It is only due to thein, however, that those statements should be verified by -other observers before we give all the particulars of their natural history. They are not easily destroyel They resist the effects of drying, and even of boiling. Acids, alkalies, ether, and other agents would kill them ; but these would be injurious to the hair, and so cannot be used. According to the authority quoted, in the conditions l of b a ballroom the gregarines "revive, grow, and multiply by dividing into many parts—so-called germ-globules; these fly hun dredsrefreshments— in fact, enter the interior of people . y d fly about the ballroom in millions, get inhaled, specific gregarmn e of ways, and thus reach their of all this for the truth drop on the vnloprn on t." ; ro bti do t z z o e t n natural history 11 ‘ be all true. In Russia themselves is considered, people, espe the hair of them is supplied by ydthe poore r vines and the Burlakes c:ally peasant women of the 3lo t r ra l de in it. " When the atnhsewnearturtl history of chignons near the Volga, who do a , large trade spring, he perhaps puts a Burlaho goes out to work in never takes it off until he clean shirt on, but he decide dl y " returns home in autumn." Verily,as the professor a rgues, hero is a fine chance for parasites. We must leave th e subject with ladies and naturalists. Half the awf u l possi bilities of the fashion—which sc opist to suggest—would deter men. We cannot s o cor tainly reckon upon affecting ladies in a matt er o f f as hi on. Mit of 11 false things, one of the most objectio na bl e i s f a l se hair.—The Lancet. MRS. S. A. MARSH'S NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vo:s., Alf AID ENITO 0 L TX By Mrs. SARA A\NA MARSH, Author of ' Chronicles of DArtmoor," Ate. Hurst and Blacket t, !3, Great Marlborough-.tree