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LL _ _ It)VAL MUSIC HALL, bears the Name. paper. chop, or steak. WHISKY.. -D UBLIN 0 E 1865. 11:!t11eaed Seal, Pink- Labe,. and vork Branded " lane ket al s"z • Celebrated OLD raisrt MUSKY gsined the Dublin .1.4411. ''l,, o re,Pu Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. he A ' W, 35. Bd., at the EMU Rouses in London; by gebta 1r tau principal towns in. England; or wholesale at b, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. VIL IiT UAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 4 ' R USSELL -STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, Y 4,„ And 38 QUERN'S-310 kl), BRIGHTON. „lES MONEY Upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free tibleLeasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay /‘0 ,c,e free on receipt of stamped envelope. lls EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. CRYSTAL PALACE.—THIS DAY.—The one P alace Place for a Summer Holiday. Ch a „, °Pen for admission from .. .. ... .. .. 10 till 7. 0 b• —Pion S katers, the Lentons, Vaulters, Little Rarey,_ ' , May of Terrace , &c 1. 0 . .. 2.15 Ch i d, , Fountains .. • • • • :. .. 3. 0 te s t i _ _si a, the Great Burlesque ... .. .. .. .. .44,a.1 organ and Promenade until .. • ililssi "usual, 1 or by guinea season ticket. half -Price. as s., • Children .. 8. 0 ore e-ninYableThe Grounds in great summer beauty—a holiday never r . CRYSTAL PALACE.-THIS DA-Y.-(Whit "lent, ' day), and Tuesday next.—Last days of Holyday Amuse beautiful gardens radiant with flowers. The park never more Gr a „, , .",SPectaclar Burlesque (produced in great splendour by Ills B -1 . Smith) " Cinderella." Characters by Miss C. Parkes, T aYlor Thirbivall, 'Mrs. Horsman, Miss L. Grey, Messrs. J. G. t Russell, 0. Summers, Little Rowella, &c., Corps de in ana ' ,, aud 300 performers. Scenery by Mr. F. Fenton. Stage The clever Lenton Family, Moe and Goodrich, the American ,114 8, ,the Almonte Troupe of Vaulters, and Little Rarey. Flow, 41 ' 4 3 and Industrial Courts, Picture Gallery, Statues, thousarB, Luxuriant Ferns, Orangery, Monkey-house, and the shoot and one other attractions of the Palace. "tooti °o r Sports :—Velocipedes, boating, pony riding, .rifle ste a ,, g, archery, cricket, quoits, croquet, gymnasium, swings, yelocipede and other roundabouts, &c. 12 mission ls ,or by guinea season tickets. Present issue dating entaace, °4 ths from . June 1, at all agents ; Exeter-hall ; and Palace CRYSTAL PALACE.—To-morrow, SECOND tit4ad LAST GREAT• FLOWER SHOW and DISPLAY of Will I, „ b ECORATIONS.—The general features of the how the , ne same on the 21st ult., the principal classes being he greenhouse plants, exotic orchids, azaleas, Cape kid , P e largoniums roses, cut flowers, &c., from nurserymen ,naniaeurs. thisinteresting exhibition for dinner table decorations which th it l aSt Year will be fresh in the memory of all p resent In bask t o exhbitors ay eieecorae a tble laid out ha s k e n t iler 1P a la Russe, i or may send th a r at single vase, a epergne, or l adie s ' t O shew their skill in floral arrangement. A number of iPeted on this last occasion, and from the interest entrf es 'Y the exhibition it is anticipated that the number of ( 1111 I, l 'l till, special class will be greatl augmented. -44,1 of the Royal Artillery . (M y r. JJ. Smyt) and the torn — ral band of the company during the day. Organ per- A u ances at intervals ( Inot s t ' lis einn by half-ciown tickets on sale this day only. At the day, ss. Guine season guinea tickets free. ntti li r own admission, nor June season tickets, ad to 31s f.te. the great fetes of the next few months, and generally a gent s. M ay, 1871, at the Palace, 2, Exeter-hall, and usual ~ V OT$ e.Y 13„„* -- 7, -raLlce open at 10. Show open about 12. Royal Artil :keg "' ll , 1. Company's Orchestral Band, 2.30. Terrace Foun qi.' Rockhills Garden open from 3.30. Combined Bands, estival Organ and Promenade until 8.30. C R ,,,YSTAL PALACE.—FIower Show To-morrow. fo r \ ti l, B DAY, LAST DAY for HALF-CROWN ADMISSIONS ztl , . ° , --, -vitROIV'S GREAT FLOWER SHOW dFASHION -244 -,ROMENADE These, with June gumea an season tickets, adnlit to i " this great show, and generally to Ma comb, Ighteenpenny admissions for next Tuesda 's greatined kfireWorks, billiard match, &c.), at the y Falace, 2, Exeter Babe following agents :- 11,4 z-street, Montle, 55 eakb 4, Pearce 2 Brixton-place Ch ala Giiffith, The Green el„‘perydane, Cox, 102 C ' l ll,lg - eross, Mitchell, 39 ea,Macinichael,2o7,King's eituya4 ,o,li e ith, 48, Cheapside 1 1 ° °c1, 60, Moorgate-street a YS, 4, Royal Exchange ., ,tutildings j'y' ,t ts, 8, Royal Exchange .arratt, 63, King William otreet 7, 44 „!, 4 ,1, 73 Cheapside enter, 22Gresham street ova °°k, 98, Fleet-street taiii, „41 , 'Warren High-street kell , ing Uer-st. 814 gton, st! tab 'StAio p n, p Russel road ktd t Warren ' s library r ide, Westerton, 27, f orge's-pl ace i tepi"!'"^No pu arantee can b e g i 11411, " uP Plied, but th e t i c k e t Ole, will remain open till B.3othif London-bridge, Stanley, Termi nus Lower Norwood, Barker, The Library New Bond-street, Chappell, 50 Cock, Addison Lacon, 168 . 01d Bond-street, Mitchell, 33 011ivier, 19 Oxford-ireet, Duff, 147 Paddington, Key, Bishop's road Peckham, Stansfleld, High-st. Pimlico, Hopwood and Crew, 89, Buckingham Palace-road Regent-circus, Brighton Rail way Co.'s office, 28 Regent-street, Cramer, 201 Weippert, 266 St. James's Hall, Austin Vigo-street, Hammond Westbourne-grove, Melliship, 37 Wigmore-street, Nimmo, 3 iven that distant agencies can be ;es at the Palace and at 2, Exeter -3 evening. 14; w • S. WOODIN'S TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK "AT H031E," IT H- his Famous and Original CARPET-BAG D a " SKETCH-00K ENTERTAINMENT in the Large --GYPTIAN HALL Piccadilly. Every Evening (except ii, l3 ,, a 'ecl a h 3' „ ) a t 8 ; Saturday 'Mornings Mr. Woodin has 1, - Wald exPense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously s e 111 " g his salon for the comfort of hls patrons?' Seats may red in adva l'ox-office opn 10 till 5; also raw tehelpti Royal L ibrary, h Old Bond-street, e and all the principal li o ,:6s..elers. Stalls, 35.; Area, 2s. Balcony, ls. amily Private " l , Two, and l'hree Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. HOLBORN. Late WESTON'S. Orr I? eat c rorie—Mr. J. S. Swnsey. ombir ati P on p of tor e alent for the Whitsuntide Holidays. a 4 ,,ro aut g e nlent of Mr. A. Vanc r. J. H. Milburn, Miss Louie 7 Petir ° 3 Mr. 11. Collard, the smallest man in the wor'd, the q,;baua, at Znals Reeves, and the Brothers Voltaire, Champion and the first appearanceßal , lwin. Miss 0(441_9' Smithson Miss Nelly W ood, Mr. J. H. hyley, and Ma e v Barnain;Corri, Mi. St. Albyns, and Miss eti tg. a PPear in Operatic Selection, with full Orchestra, every VI AII4M E WHIT UN HOLIDAYS. N . - TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. . szpz„er-street -On view, most magnificent COURT f " ; el ;1 4 1 c i S r fr o 1 n the famous house of vi orth of Paris. Admission p tor n io en under ten years ot age, 6d. Extra roonr, itailway t °llitt t a ';' ll . till 10 p m Passengers by Metropolitan itizertreet. p. * --__ 11(3. LT. ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. el li ti.a°rdi narY success which has attended tlr production the olectrt, (1 1?" Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects . of fat in i t - 'lght on the groups of dancers that nightly partici- Z . Usie sef .unbined with the admirable Operatic and Dance ectio n , presented in the often-changed programmes e , ? 8 t ext,,,, t e gratifying effect of making the r sent . one -° .ebr ate AvelY Patronized season since its first opening. The 'her, s, a O rchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient Po sition gn° r Luigi vv Curti, performs m the choicest and latest corn- LlNfole2 to °t all distinguish ed coposers—the solos in which are G1..2' the emin t , Sinor L. Mes. en eu °tam '"a• Silberberg, and honio oth nis er t able g te artiss. Mosca; Manager, Mr. Professor Halliman, M.C. Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. Intatupp, Proprietor. li lV-A 4E OF IMITATIONS.—Every Wheel PATENT FIRE WHEELS. NE ONLY REALLY EFFECTIVE FIRE LIGHTER, - WHEEL will light a fire without wood or 0 N E W HEEL will boil three pints of water in a --,......_ few minutes. 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Ia handsome cloth, lettered, Library Edition, crown Bvo., price 3s. 6d. London—W. TWEEDIE. 337. Strand. Nearly Ready. Fifteenth Year of Publication. Price 6d.. post, 7d GYMNASTICS FOR FAMILIES AND -;caooLs (New). By Dio Lewis, M.D. With introduction by M. C. Tyler, M.A., M.C.P. Designed to be used to the accom paniment of music, fit alike for the thawing-room and the public hall ; with "Dumb-Bell Itistructw," and the " PangymnaFtikon" —a valuable work on Physical Education. With Three Hundred Illustrations, price 3s, Ed., cloth boards. Post free for stamps. London—W. TWEED'S. 337. Strand. GEOLOGY MADE EASY. A Sheet shewing the various strata upon which London is built, commonly known as the London Basin. Shewing also the localities where the various strata come to the surface. The Diagram represents the various Epochs. 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Also, a complete plan of entomological operations for each season, showing when, where, and how to capture the various orders throughout the year. Appended is a review of organic nature, namely :-1. The Vege table Kingdom, including a census of the plants of the world. ihe manner and proportion of their distribution ; census of British plants, their distribution and origin. 2. The Animal Kingdom, divided into families, classes, and orders ; estimate of the numbers of each, and their distribution, with special reference to British Animals. &c.. &c. Also, Weather Prognostics, from the aspect and other indications furnished by inanimate nature, the conditio - i of plants and flowers and the actions of animals. Illustrated by Wood Engravings in the highest style of art-- British Plants, British Insects, British Reptiles, British Birds. London- W. TwEEDiz. 337. Strand. In royal Svo., handsomely bound in cloth, full gilt, gilt edges price 205., post free 21s. THE ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY of BRITISH MOTHS. By Edward Newman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. Giving a full description of the perfect insect from nature ; also a description of the Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Food Plant, Time of Appearance, and Localities where found. Each moth is drawn from nature by George Willis, and engraved in his best style by John Kerchner. The figures are life-size of every species ; and if varieties require it, three, four, five, and even six figures are given. The work Is complete in thirty-one monthly numbers, at 6d. each. The work is also issued in quarterly parts, in covers, at Is. 6d. each part. Part X. new ready, price 2s, Back numbers reprinted, and may be had. "We congratulate British entomologists on the completion and publication of this magnificetit . . . . . _ . " Both to the beginner and the proficient in that study this work will be invaluable."—Daily Telegrag.. " It is illustrated with life-size figures from nature of each species, and of the more striking varieties, and it possesses great advantages over all similar works, inasmuch as the caterpillar of each moth, with his habits and season, is described. This, to collectors, will be an immense boon, and by its means they will be enabled to obtain many rare specimens."—Standard. "The completion of Mr. Newman' work on the British Moths is a benefit to entomologists of all classes. It is at once a text-book by a high authority, most valuable for reference, and a handsome, taste folly got-up Volume, which will be an ornament to any library or drawing - room table: It embodies the results of many years' earnest and intelligent work by one whose reputation as an ento mologist deservedly stands high. . • We notice also with satisfaction that Mr. Newman's descriptions, whilst thoroughly scientific and minute, are given in plain and unaffected English. With the help of these and the very excellent woodcuts, even a very young collector may with ease identify any moth he may cap ture. The figures are so well drawn that there is no need of colour to render them life-like. . . this volume to our readers. We regard it as a very useful addition to our library." Land and Waler, Oct. 9. London—W. TWEEDIE. 337. Strand. W.O. Just published, price Is 6d., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition. with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quak.l.s. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS i^,ND QUAOKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted fror_ the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday 4eview, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommendinit its universal perusal, are reprinted wi h 0 1 0 eCliti9ll. MORNING DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY. Issue of £255,000 Perpetual 6 per cent. A Debenture Stock, which Stock is a first mortgage charge upon the whole under taking of the DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY, which, by agreement confirmed by Act of Parliament, is to be worked in perpetuity by the BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. The Directors of the DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY are prepared to receive Subscriptions for £255,000 (balance unissued of £270,000) First Mortgage A Debenture Stock, bearing 6 . per Cent. per annum Interest, which is issued in pursuance of _ the Railway Companies' Act, 1867. _ The price of issue of the Stock now offered for Subscription is Par, or £lOO for each £lOO Stock ; it will be issued in any amount not being less than £lOO Stock, payable as follows : Aclo on each £lOO Stock subscribed, payable on application. 10 ~ PN „ „ „ allotment. 20 PP PP „ „ „ 15th July 1870. 20 „ „ „ „ 15th Sept. 1870. 20 „ „ ~ „ „ 15th Nov. 1870. 20 „ „ 15th Feb. 1871. ~ £lOO Interest will accrue from the dates of payment of each instal ment, but subscribers will have the option of paying the whole of the instalments on allotment, in which case interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum will also be allowed on such pay ments. The interest will be payable half-yearly, on January 1 and July 1 in each year, at the National Provincial Bank of England, London. In the event of any Subscriber not paying any instalments that may be due from him, the amount already paid shall be for feited to the Company. Scrip certificates, countersigned by the Chairman and the Secretary of the Company, will be issued on allotment, ex changeable for Debenture Stock Certificates when fully paid up. The capital of the Company consists of— lst.—A. Debenture Stock (First Mortgage), bear ing 6 per cent interest (the Stock now offered for subscription, being the kplAme.unissued) £.270,000 2nd.—B Debenture - 56A = (econd Mortgage), bearing 5 per cent. interest .. 3rd.—Preference and ordinary Share Capital 166,000 272,700 £708,700 The Acts of Parliament, and that embodying the agreements with the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and the scheme of arrange ment may be seen at the offices of the solicitors of the company, Messrs. Combe and Wainwright, 9, Staple Inn, London. Applications, accompanied by the payment of £lO per cent., will be received on the enclosed form, which must be filled up, and forwarded either to the National Provincial Bank of Eng land, 112, Bishopsgate-street Within, London, or its branches ; or to the Secretary at the Company's offices, 13 Little Queen-street, Westminster, London. DIRECTORS, The Right Hon. the Lord Poltimore, Poltimore Park, near Exeter, Devon, Chairman. John Arthur Locke, Esq., North Moor House, Dulverton, Somerset, Deputy-Chairman. Sir William G. Throckmorton, Bart., Buckland, Faringdon, Berks, Thomas Collett Sanders, Esq., Minchenden Lodge, Southgate. Henry Georges Moysey, Esq., Bathealton Court, Wellington, Somerset. John Thomas Nash, Esq., South Molton, Devon. ENGINEER. Richard Hassard, Esq., 31.1.C.E., 1, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, S.W. • SOLICITORS. Messrs. Combe and Wainwright, 9, Staple Inn, London, Messrs. Riccard and Son, South Molton, Devon. BANKERS. The National Provincial Bank of England, 112, Bishopsgate Street Within, London, E.C., and its Branches. SECRETARY. R. M. Muggeridge, Esq. Offices : 13, Little Queen Street, Westminster, London, and Taunton, Somerset. As a safe investment English Railway Debenture Stock is well known, and possesses at once the advantage of a fixed income and, the certainty of rapid increase in value, and consequent augmentation of the capital invested. The Debenture Stock now offered for subscription being an absolute first mortgage charge on 42 miles of an English Rail way, passing through a rich mineral and agricultural district, and which, when completed, will represent a total ca pit a l of £708,700, offers an excellent investment for capitalists. By order of the Board of Directors, R. M. MUGGERIDGE, Secretary. 13, Little Queen-street, Westminster, 2nd June, 1870. DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY, ISSUE OF £260,000 PERPETUAL SIX PER CENT: A DEBEN TURE STCCK. FORM OF APPLICATION. To be retained by the Bankers. To the Directors of the Devon and Somerset Railway Company. Gentlemen, --Having paid to the National !Provincial Bank of England the sum of Pounds, being 10 per cent. on of Six per Cent. First Mortgage A Debenture Stock of the Devon and Somerset Railway Company, I request you to appropriate and allot and to issue to me scrip certificates of the said stock, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less amount that may be appropriated or allotted to me, and to pay the balance of the amount of such stock, according to the terms of the Prospectus attached hereto, dated 2d June, 1870. Name (in fu11)... ..... . Address Profession (if any). Date................................. 1870. (Addition to be filled up if the applicant wishes to pay up in full). I desire to pay up my subscription in full, receiving interest thereon, from the date of payment. Applications, accompanied by the payment of £lO per cent. will be received on the enclosed form, which must be filled up and for warded either to the National Provincial Bank of England 112, Bishopsgate-street, Within, London, or its branches ; or to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, 13, Little Queen-street, West minster, London. The above is abridged from the detailed Prospectus, which, with Forms of Application, may be had of the Secretary at the Offices of the Company. DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY. Issue of £255,000 Perpetual Six per Cent. A Debenture Stock. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LISTS OF APPLICA TION for the above will be CLOSED TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), the 11th inst., for London, and on MONDAY, the 13th inst., for country applications. For the Devon and Somerset Railw. R. M. MU ay GGERIDGE, Secretary, 13, Little Queen-street, Westminster, London, 10th June, 1870. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. THE Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Company HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be SHUT on WEDNES DAY, the 15th day of JANE, and OPEN again on SATURDAY, the 2d day of Juior, 1870. By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billiter-street, June 7, 1870. THORLEY'S HORSE and CATTLE SPICE, In Penny Pao!, ets only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and Of all Grocers, Druggists, and Corn Dealers in the ( ountry. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E,C.) THE PUBLIC ,UPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 205. Per ream. a. d. Fine 'ream Laid Note; a cheap paper Sup( n , . Cream Laid Note; much approved Superfine Thick Cream Lai. 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Established 1841 RUPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS kPcrfccted and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and cicse ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the _circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu facturer. Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. P_ Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s.'6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., Vs., and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. An Um bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 48 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE R PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, IIEARTBIJRN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In 'Saxes at is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—the Right Hon. the Earl of STRAFFORD, F.R.S. This Hospital has relieved upwards of 24,000 patients since its foundation, and is in great NEED of FUNDS to meet the heavy current expenses. EDMUND WYLD, Secretary. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian road, N.—FUNDS urgently NEEDED. Accidents often refused for want of beds. F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary. GEORGE REID, Secretary. WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in earrying on their useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. BATHING SEASON, ST. LAWRENCE-ON-SEA, ISLE OF THANET. Mr. W. CLEMSON begs to inform the nobility and gentry that 'he is now prepared to enter into arrangements for the forth oming season for the Private Houses attached to and served "from (if required) the GRANVILLE HOTEL. Rents for the 43eason, from £250 to £4OO. The above houses are being Fur nished from the most recent designs of E. Welby Pugin, Esq I N.B.—Ramsgate is the nearest station on both lines S T. LAWRENCE'-ON RAMSGATE, ISLE OF TIIANET, The Latest and mot charming of all Watering Places. "THE GRANVILLE HOTEL," - S E A, Erected and Furnished from the Design of E. 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HEALTH D UBARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids, and Infants' Food THE BEVALENTA AHABICA, saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspep sia), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids. liver complaints, flatu lency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleep lessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, and bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAllTioN.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than slopy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote irom the Gazette du Midi," July 25th. (Cure No. 48,41:) ;—" Rome, July 21st, 1860.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confl lied himseif entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta A , abica Food, of which he co , sumes a plateful at every meal. 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To-day we begin the third and final stage of the ses sion. According to present appearances, it will be long and animated. The Government have made up their minds to pass the Education Bill if possible. On the other hand, about , two score of Radicals wish to postpone the measure until next year, in order that they may have an opportunity of educating the country during the long vacation, up to the secular ideal. This Mr. Forster will do his utmost to prevent, and I need hardly say that he will be supported in his resistance by Mr. Gladstone. The Premier indeed has never been much in favour with men of the Fawcett and Vernon-Harcourt school They have always dreaded his crypto-ecclesiasticism. But that Mr. Forster who belongs to no religious communion, who, I believe, has not even been baptised, should manifest so decided a religious tendency as is shewn in his bill, together with a firmness in maintaing the religious element worthy of his distinguished father-in-law, Dr. Arnold, has taken the secularists by surprise. Dissenters are joining the secu larists in agitating against the bill, and are about to hold a large meeting in St. James's Hall. Mean while, so far as meetings are concerned, supporters of the measure out of doors are almost idle ; a serious mistake on their parts, not to be compensated for by the fact that they have, to the number of 350,000, petitioned in favour of the present system, while only 30,000 have petitioned against it. It is expected that the discussion upon Mr. Vernon Harcourt's amendments will occupy four nights, and Mr. Glyn will whip vigorously for the division that is expectedto follow. The two other prin cipal measures before Parliament the advanced Liberals will urge Government to pass during the present session. The Elections Bill has not yet been read a second time, and just before the recess Mr. Gladstone refused to name a day for the reading. The University Tests Bill has passed the Commons, and its enactment now rests with the Lords. It is believed that the Conservative Peers will move that it be referred to a select committee, and so throw it over to another year. Mr. Lowe,who shares with Mr. Ayrton the pre-eminence of unpopularity in the Lower House, has just excited great bitterness among a class of the community where we should have expected more than usual sweetness ; the sugar refiners. It is customary when a duty is reduced to allow the holders of the goods on which the duty is levied a drawback upon the stocks which they have in hand at the time that the reduction is made. Mr. Lowe has refused this concession to the holders of large stocks of sugar, although they bought these stocks in the belief that a reduction was at hand, and with the assurance that they would be treated with consideration by the Government. Mr. Lowe's unexpected, but characteristic cantankerousness involves them in a fine of four pounds a ton, which to a firm like Messrs. Alexander Hogg means a loss of nearly three thousand pounds. Of course other purchasers, who had no stocks and who have bought since the reduction of duty was announced, are able to undersell Messrs. Hogg, and these must therefore sacrifice the duty or fail to sell their stocks. It is expected that Mr. Lowe will have pressure put upon him by his colleagues, and will concede the point. Legislation with regard to betting is fully expected during the present session, and great has been the conster nation among the professional betters. In fact their craft is considered so seriously in danger that Mr. Sidney Smith, perhaps the most influential and the most honest of the tribe, has (acting presumably upon information received from the Government) retired from business. Mr. Smith did an immense commission business, having for his customers the highest nobles in the land. It is said that on the eve of the Derby his receipts were equal to those of a large City merchant. His retirement is con sidered as the beginning of the end. The truth is the governing classes have been hit so hard during the last few years that if they would not see their ancestral estates pass away entirely out of their hands, they must put an end to the system which is bringing some of the noblest houses down to the ground. Hence it is under stood that while Government sees the impossibility of putting down betting altogether, it will suppress the com mission agencies. Mr. Childers and Mr. Baxter have already done good service in exposing and stopping the system of bribes given to officials in the Admiralty. It would be well, however, if they were to inquire a little farther, and in a direction which I think they have not taken hitherto. For instance, let them ascertain how it is that one of the most eminent engineering and shipbuilding firms in the world has scarcely ever been able to obtain a Government contract, although its works are situated in a part of the kingdom where wages and materials are a great deal lower than they are in the districts where the Government orders have been executed. So well is this understood in the trade, that there is one particular firm peculiarly affected by the Admiralty, which some time ago received the nick-name of " - shop," the blank here standing for the name of an influential Ad miralty official, which it will be more discreet not to men tion. I am told by those who ought to know, that when at length an order was given to the firm first referred to, a proviso was inserted that the firm was not to construct the portion of the vessel for which it had attained its chief celebrity. In a word, the firm was to build the ship, but was not to make the engines. These engines were to be made by another house, and they were of such an inferior description that they were unable to work the ship, and the discredit of turn ing out an inefficient vessel was by the public, who knew nothing of the circumstances, attached to the builders. The coincidence was, perhaps, not wholly un designed. It is high time that the attention of Parliament was directed to the construction of our Indian railways. The article in the Globe of Tuesday stated only the bare truth when it said that the Indian Government purpose to spend twenty years in constructing the line up the Indus Valley, in order that the six millions which the railway will cost may be spread over a lengthened period. The absurdity of this arrangement will be apparent when I mention that the line passes through a desert, and will be almost entirely unproduc tive until it is connected with the Government system of railways centring at Lahore. The pro posal to make the line to Peshawur on a narrower guage than the rest of the Indian rail ways, for purposes of economy, is monstrous, as it will be inflicting upon India, with our eyes open, the evils which we have suffered in England through want of sufficient information. And it must be remembered that railways in India are military roads, and that should the despatch of troops to the frontier be delayed at any time by the necessity of changing carriages at Lahore, we may sustain a most serious reverse that might threaten the very existence of our Indian Empire. This is not the only in stance of mostunwise economy. The bridges upon one of the lines in India having been swept away twice by the flood ing of one of the tributaries of the Indus, the Indian Government have been advised by the engineers for the line in this country to lower the bridges, so that they ' may offer no resistance to the flood, and the water may sweep over them without doing PRICE 1 d STAMPED 2d. any harm. The Indian Government have actually proposed to increase the existing evil by putting a number of piles in front of the - bridge, a,n arrangement so pre posterous from the engineering point of view that it is to be explained only by the desire of the department to use up a number of surplus piles left after the construction of the Bombay and Baroda Railway. Meanwhile, the Govern ment is actually buying of the forest department sleepers at 18s. a piece, of the same kind as those supplied to a private contractor for less than Bs. The delays are as vexatious as the petty economies. Whenever an engineer sen Is in a plan and mentions the price of materials, the plan is always sent back, with an intimation that the price must be so much less. As he is not a contractor and his only wish is to get the cheapest work consistent with efficiency, it will be seen how foolish this policy is. Even if money could be judiciously saved the gain would be more than counterbalanced by the delay which takes place in carrying out the works. For instance, an engineer has had to send in fourteen different plans for one bridge ; and the engineer and staff and plant of the line to Pushawur have been in India for nearly a year and a half, and not a yard of line has yet been made. I believe that the engineer has just returned to England in the hope of persuading the Coun cil to act with greater energy. One other instance of absurd economy remains to be mentioned. The Indian Government has given orders that vessels of the Indian flotilla are not to start until they have a full cargo, and thus an exporter having goods to despatch may lose the market. No wonder that the flotilla has proved a failure. Still writing about railways I may mention that Sir Morton Peto is in Hungary superintending the construc tion of lines for the Austrian Government. The ex member for Bristol, though he lost an enormous fortune, can hardly be called a poor man, as the good round sum of £lOO,OOO was settled upon his wife. It is now, I believe, certain that the Prince of Wales will buy the Tullymore estate in Ireland. It is not so certain who will pay for it. The purchase has the charac ter of a State transaction, and it is not improbable that the nation may be asked to assist in the matter. If so the application will come at an unfavourable moment, for not only are reductions involving much distress to many individuals the order of the day, but the country is about to be called upon to pay £7,600 for enlarging Marl borough House, in consequence of the increase of the Prince's family. Prince Pierre Bonaparte, who shot the unfortunate Victor Noir, is now residing in that part of Paddington known as Maida Vale. It will be well, therefore, for London journalists to abstain from frequenting that neigh bourhood. The fascinating Marchioness of Hastings, after about twenty months' widowhood, has this morning been married to Sir George Chetwynd. The young bridegroom, who has large estates in Warwickshire, comes of age this year. He is, I believe, a fine hand at pigeon-shooting ; but one of the conditions of his marriage was that he should not run horses on the turf. There was an immense crowd at the Central Criminal Court to-day, to hear the case against the epicenes. It has been postponed for a month, on the ground that the Crown has introduced, at the last moment, new and most serious counts into the indictment. It is melancholy to think that one of the accused persons is the son of a distinguished statesman, and not long ago was himself a member of the British legislature. Another of the accused is the son of a well-known London divine, who has on a previous occasion appeared in the court as the hero of a not very creditable bankruptcy. This person was for merly at Oxford, and was one of the " Shooting stars," a company of amateur actors and pseudo-actresses. Their conduct gave rise to so much scandal that the Vice-Chan cellor interposed and forcibly suppressed the company. Both Lord -Arthur Clinton and Mr. Cumming, as well as three other of the accused, were in the court when application was first made for their apprehension. They were being watched in behalf of the prosecution, but Mr. Justice Blackburn's tardi ness in issuing the warrant enabled them all to escape. One by one they called a hansom and drove away, and have not since been heard of. To-day £5,000 was lodged anonymously in court for the defence of Boulton and Park. Yesterday was a grand day at the Horticultural Gardens in South Kensington. I never remember a day of greater brilliancy ; the sky was as clear as though it were overhanging Paris instead of this the smokiest of capitals. The display of flowers was very beautiful, the display of costumes was fantastic rather than beautiful The huge balloons worn by ladies in their rear, to gether with their so-called Grecian bend, makes them the most ridiculous of objects. Contrasted with these enormities were the brilliant and graceful robes of some Orientals. There was one lad especially, followed by a crowd of attendants, who excited much attention. The new buildings in connection with the forthcoming ten years' international exhibitions, are making consider able progress. On Monday Madame Sainton-Dolby took leave of the public. The event was not premature. At 50 a singer's voice ceases to give much pleasure. Moreover, our con tralto had formed a bad habit of singing trashy songs on commission, an example which so leading a songstress ought not to have set, and which it is to be hoped will not be followed. Concerning another songstress, still young and charming, and a prima donna, there are romantic stories afloat, and it is even rumoured that the cause of the disappointment which she inflicted upon the public lately by her non-appearance was the re suit of her secret marriage. English tourists in doubt where to go this summer should get Mr. Walter Thornbury's charming two volumes just published by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, " A Tour Round England." It contains a large amount of topo graphical, historical, and social gossip about the towns of England. A new magazine is to appear with the singular title of the Rectangular Review. It is to be the organ of the Freemasons. The libraries of the late Charles Waterton, the natu ralist, and of the ex-Bishop of St. Asaph are to be sold. Puttick and Simpson will sell also a Bible in sixty-three folio volumes, probably the most extensively illustrated copy that was ever formed. It is said to contain nearly 10,000 engravings of every school and style, about 1,100 drawings and photographs, and 660 specimen leaves of various rare and curious editions of the Holy Scriptures. It is stated that the Observer, which has for many years had a very precarious existence as a Sunday paper, is about to come out daily under the editorship of Mr. Dicey. Perhaps I should add to those items one which unfortu nately has at least asmuchof a personal asof a literary cha racter. Professor Kapoustin is about to reply to Mr. Hep- worth Dixon's strictures upon the professor's conduct with regard to "Free Russia." The professor will, lam t )Id, maintain the truth of his statement in the Golos, that he strongly advised Mr. Dixon not to write his book, but that, finding him bent upon it, he, out of pure good-nature and friendly feeling looked at the proof sheets, but without any idea of holding himself responsible for the author's statements. I am sorry to say that letters written in Italy which I have seen give an alarming account of the state of that country. Prince Humbert and his wife were going to Switzerland and to Berlin, but the King forbade the heir to the crown to leave the country, on account of the bad impression which his departure would have at the present grave crisis. Her Mal esty has granted a Charter of Incorpora tion to Keble College, bearing date the 6th day of June, in the 33rd year of the reign of her Majesty. THE SPECIAL COMMISSION FOR MEATH.—The Special Commission for Meath opened on Wednesday at Trim, before Chief Justice Monahan and Judge Fitzgerald. The Court-house was crowded, and great interest was manifested in the proceedings. Judge Monahan, in charging the grand jury, said he regretted that the county was in such a very unsatisfactory state. There had been seven malicious burnings, three robberies of arms, and three cases of shooting at persons. Every exertion would be used to repress outrage, especially when intended to intimidate persons engaged in the administration of justice, and to punish the per petrators. The Grand Jury found bills against Edward Geraty and John Brady for an attempt to murder Mr. Radcliffe, J.P. They pleaded not guilty, and said they were not ready for trial, which was postponed until three o'clock. The Attorney-General then opened the case for the Crown. Mr. Radcliffe and some other wit nesses were examined. It is rumoured that one of the prisoners will inform. Both are below the ordinary 1 standard of intelligence. Geraty is 20 years of age, and almost a simpleton. It is believed these will be the only prisoners tried. EDITION. JUNE 10, 1870