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'. - w v. - '-'1.4,1010 ____- ==~. I . R. t , / .~ ~~/ = . „ / _ - 1, 4 1 KIN 4HAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY ga i ne d th e Dublin Prize Medal. It i s per, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd, at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or Wholesale at R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Real, Pink Label, and Cork branded Rinallan's LL Whisky." in . 'UAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION • ( Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 1850). 14, 138 E r.L-ST RE RT. COW: NT- GA ft DEN. LONDON. t r r ° , nPt A.DVANEi Con all description of Security. F..rrns ee on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, an i BUSINESSES. F URNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Partie ilars for inaertioi receive' until the 27th of the month it their AUC ;10 , 1 AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 5, ATar.sfreei-, S.raid, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing* Cr , ss Railway St4tion. OS - BOItNE'S STILTON Is THE Cheese ! A V ALUABLE PACKAGE OF TEA._ A. CHINESE CADDY; containing 18Ibs. of really good Black Tea, sent c arr i age f ree t o an y ra ilway station or Market town in England, Ireland, Scotland. or Wales, on re ce.,,..!Ptg of 4 qs•, by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, 'Jo W illia m-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d., a -. 23 2s 81, per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS dog, O Tea Merchants, 8, IC , .ig William.atreeticy, Lon- Cur " • are sellinlT good and tine BLACK TEA. A. price wtrerit post free. 408 worth carriage free to any railway ear "" or market town in the United Kingdom. All gocds anci r lacre free to pints of London. all Observe— Pnimars Co. have no Agents. Soars are supplied at market Prices. , ATKINSON AND CO., Cabinetmakers, Upholsterers, Carpet Warehousemen, Furnishing Drapers, and House Agents, Westminster Bridge-road. A BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, with Illustrative Sketches of AiNET FURNITURE and DECORATIVE UPHOL '-c4RY, sent free per post, or given on application. The Stock corresponding to the List ic marked in plain figures. T O CHARITABLE DONORS, the Mana g ers of Public Institutions, Asylums, and Homes. The peculiar circumstances of this year, the late mone tary crisis, and the consequent depression of the markets, in the midst of which ATKINSON and CO. made large cash purchases, enable them now to offer unusual advan tages in the supply of BEDDING, BLANKETS, COUN TERPANES, and SHEETINGS, besides every descrip tion of material for warm Winter Clothing. Atkinson and Co., 193, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, and 212, Westminster Bridge-road, London. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE ELITE OF EUROPE • AND AMERICA. NO MORE CRUSHING OF DRESSES. THE only. PRIZE for any class of TRUNKS a t the Dublin Exhibition, 1865, was AWARDED to Mr. MYERG, of CAVI.INDISH HOUSE, Wigmore-street, Caven dish-square, London. for his newly-invented Patent Self xPanding DRESS BASKET TRUNKS, which arc secured uY Royal Letters Patent in England and France. All Americans visiting London are resctfull reom ended to visit the above Establishment and inspect the various decriptiona and large assortment of Travelling Portmanteaus, Trunks, dm , Sze. Ladies especially will find in M. Myers's Royal Alexandra oell-Expantliag and Collapsing Dress Bacikets the ne plus ult: aof perfection for their requirements. This Basket comb nstevery convenience the traveller can suggest. It is ructed to carry a large or small quantity of Dresses, Pan; and from its iecubar mechanical contrivance w ill ex an or collapse by it s own action, thereby adapting itself to 3r size ; and it can therefore be used for either a short Jou rney or a long tour. CONTRACTS FOR MILITARY PURVEYOR'S STORES. NICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all parties Nl4antites desirotp of TENDERING for the supply o f such of the undermentioned articles, namely :- 1. Mustard, Pepper Salt, &c. Bla c ki ng And ot her Cleaning Articles. 3. Bottled Ale and Porter, Sherry, and Brandy. 4. 31(iik, Ismla, Ego's, Butter, and Nish. A 3. Potatoes. Vegetables, Lemons. Oranges, itm, 1 1 - B a nY be required during a period of six months, from lst A.ldee . 147. b e obTtshtfor the service of the Military flo.pitall, at amp, that particulars and forms of tender may F fined a mp, that to the Principal Purveyor to the S e aled t his Office N re IT snit l, South Camp, Aldershot. b.riTenders must e be di-11vered ' at the s .id office of the .n cipal Pu.rveyor, properly filled up and signed (in tripli cate), on o „ rill r b efore the 12th February, 1867, accompanied by _____Les. CONT RACT FOR BARRAOK STORES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset rt" House, 30th Jan., 1867. COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of ihe UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give Notice, that on WEDNESDAY, the 13th of February next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they he ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing 0 / PONTRAeT for supplyin g an d d e li ver i ng i n t o h er tides of Victualling Stores at Deptford all such quan- HAND SCRUBBING BRUSHES, CLOTHES BRUSHES, and ROUND TOWELS, Is May from time to time be demanded for the use of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for Twelve Calendar 4u-ouths certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar months' wain Pat terns of the articl rn g. es may be seen at the Royal Marin e °Me; New-street, Spring -gardens, between the hours of Eleven and cloc , No Tender willbe received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained !MoaPPlication in the Lobby of the Department of the Con ller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where Ilia conditions of the Contract may be seen. than Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at Noon on th e 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 tae offer r ece i ve d from each person will be communi ca to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. AdEvery Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the miralty, an d b ear in the left-hand corner the words Tende r for Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, S omerset House, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in the sum of £3OO for the due Ty,rformance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY*, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. - - - VXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can ha the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARISve, whose address can bo obtained at " The Sun" Office, He has a Perfect knowledse of French, is also acquainted with bust 7L,°gg. and has good conneetioas. On appli ca ti on to " The ",k 111 1" Agent i n P ar i s , e ith e r personally or by l e tt er, ho will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons N vuo may have other business in Paris, or who my go there for pleasure only. RINTING.-TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and M ac hi n i ng of Newspapers, &c., done on exceed ingly favourabl e t erms. U se of Ed i tor i al and P u bli s hi ng °Mee; if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of Particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address —The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church vow, Savoy. Strand, W 0 • WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? Send 3 s. 6d. to OITLLETON'S Heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of I ;;ert and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servantb' liveries, what tbuttons to be used, and how the car r i age s h ou ld b e pa i nte d , e 10s. Just complete, a very valu a bl e b oo k, with 3,500 gyavings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearl eve y ry fetpily i n the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, Puce £lO 10 8 . , pr i nted 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 flale, 'arnily by T. C u ll e t on, E ngraver to her Majesty and Royal t also Diesinke r to th e B oar d o f Trade, 25, Cran teurn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.O . FrOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FITNDS silpar22earnretly so uird: lietteid for fi tting up the TRAINING q WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys Reiao.e 8 Great Queen-street, W.C. 01VIELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON- L ae COLIN TR TRY IRUTION 11031 E. S are e Z1.0 , !0 requarnestly solicited for establishing WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. B oys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. 'TOMBLESS BOYS OF L ONDON .— The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred a n d fif ty are now in the Refuge. The annual P e nditure for suppo r ti ng th e 400 boys is estimated at t 4 `)o, belne £l5 a y ear for each boy. Several ki n d f r i en d s are prorulsed to pay for one buy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West- Minster Bank. 41, Lothburv. and 214, and Holborn; Messrs. Rawson ) . and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; by, Refu WA!. WILLIAMS, S ecre t ary. ge,B, (,treat Queen-street, W.C. PROVIDENCE NIGHT FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND O}IILDREN, 14t, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. A prent nearly 500 Ni g ht s ' L o d g i ngs, w ith S uppers an d B reakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they ar e h omeless and starving. The Manager etc., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each b ight numbers of young women, children, and orphans ro , for want accommodation, refused admitta nce , an d h ave to s pend night a ft er n i g h t in the cold, wet, and sleet. To 92.eet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda 1100, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the !ToEtidc a sum of - at least £l,OOO more will be required. pe ides Providing shelter for the homeless, this year it +.3 prop 4 sed, as far as the donations obtained for the pun Llhose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families want. Will von, in your charity, help to carry on and shelter what has beet! begun ? Will von help to give sil vin nr to the really homeless, and food to the really ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, ristlido,...ll:Wit and morning, the prayers of the destitute "1....1_1V in yourbehalf. will Su BoORIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will le Era sfully received by the Rev. D. Grualwr.:D.D., , .No ; 23 ri nsbury-circ us , E.O No. 23,293 AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. Ater Lyceum 'I heatre I'VANS' to SUP. Atter Adeiphi Thehtre After Olympic I'lieatre . ...... ......EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre EVAN. ' to SUP. Att er New Voyalty Theatre EV ANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatro VVANS' to SID'. Al tc-r P. ince of Wales' Theatre ... .14:VAN S'_ to S UP. London Singing and Supper Club, It VANS', Covent-garden, Voc4l Entertainment at Eight. THE JAPANESE TROUPE HAVE ARRIVED. TAPANESE TROUPE.—GAENSEE.---First Appearance of this novel artiste in Europe, the unrivalled Top Spinner to the Tycoon, whose extraordi nary and unparalleled performances have been pronounced by all Eastern travellers to be truly marvellous. Full programme on Thursday next. Gaensee—Gaensee— Gaensee—Monday, February 11, 1867.—Great St. Martin's Hall. JAPANESE TROUPE.—First Appearance in Enrope of ASI-KITCTII-SAN, the original per former of the great Japanese Butterfly Trick. Vide all the daily journals on this extraordinary Company, imported entire and direct from Japan. MONDAY next,. Feb. 11, 1867.—Great St. Martin's Hall. TAPANESE TROUPE.—First Appearance in Europe of the only Japanese Actresses who ever crossed the sea. The full programme will be ready on Thursday next. The first representation will take place MONDAY next, February 11, 1867.—Asi-Kitchi-San.— Great St. Martin's Hall. THE GREAT JAPANESE TROUPE r.re here. Look out for this novelty.—This extraordi nary Company will make their _FIRST APPEARANCE in Europe, at the Great St. Martin's Hall, on IIONDSY EVENING next, Feb. 11, 1867, for a limited number df representations prior to their appearance in Paris during the Universal Exhibition. Full programme on Thursday next. Sofa Stalls, ss. ; balcony (reserved seats), 35.; area, 2s. ; back seats, U.—which may be obtained at Mr. Mit chell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street; and at the box office of the hall. Business communications to be addressed to their sole agent, Mr. A. Nimmo, 55, Wigitore-street, London, W. T H E X F 0 h D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. LES DRAGONS DE VILL ABS (Opera Comlque), Music by A. Maiilart, in which Miss RUSSELL will appear, as oy Misses Barrie and Fitzfienry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Bulls, Fox, Husk. Era's. ind Bur'. with Extra Band and Chorus ; produced and cortaucted by J.r. F. Jonghmans. " Ihe strength of Mr. Morton l'es in his operatic selections, executed by a small but highly efficient bind, and a well selected body of vozalists, under the d rection of Mr. F. Jon _hmans."—Times, Jao. 9,1867. COMEDY. by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY, MILBURN, G. W. ROSS, and the celebrated America' Gymnasts the BRO r HERS HANLON, their first appearance in this country. Mr. ROBT. FRASER, Comedian and Vocalist, will make his appearance THIS EVEN INC, nith his crop of comicalities and his new song, "THE BOY AT MUGBY." MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDITIONS. —Life-size Models of the KINCIS and QUEENS o KNGLAND, fromWILLIAM of NORMANDY to QUEEN VICTORIA. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, an _1 from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, la. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and populgr Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPIIN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Loot CIIRTL Manager, M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASA NIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Everybody should see the Irish Minstrels, every , evening at 9 o'clock, with songs, dances, and Irish anec dotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. A new and origi nal overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Immense success of Arthur Lloyd's new song " Chilling•owullabadorie," every evening, at 11 o'clock—Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King ; and Pio Watkini, the Japanaze Juggler. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRI. Prices of admission—Stalls and Balcony, ls. ' • Area, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DIINVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH w RISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BE AU FO KT- BUILDING S, STRAND, W. C. Established 180& Quotations on applicatiox JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world." Louth, a Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.G., next the " Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, t Cork, befr to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or oases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-.quare, London, E C., the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. 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Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX, ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. SPANISH FLY i s th e acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 38 6d, 56 6d, and ioe 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 st•smps.— AL NX. ROSS, 248, High tiolborn. London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.--Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4e; sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemist-248, HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ends Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is appiled. Bold at 3s 641, 6s 6d. and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 84. and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— TOI ALRX. ROSS'S HAIR DYR produces a perfect colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in sire t Price 38 6d, 5s 6d, and Os 6d; sent by post for 64, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemlbts. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—AL EX. RS'S removes superfluous hair front the !see, OS neck. and DEPILATORY arms, willtont effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 108 6d; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of th e skin ars improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, htu. 2s 9d and 7s Rd ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London, and all Che mists. H AIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the Bair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an oecisional usin.r. 108 ad ; sent for stainps.—A.Ltx . ROSS, 24t, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. TIIE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Loma to tho 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer • han 455 poor, friendless, young females were reJected from went of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. the new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 16, who have been led astray from the psth of virtue. Contributions will be received ,gratefully by the secretry, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen .84reet. Cheapside; or by e a sy Barclay and Co., Lombard-street, D OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-innroa fr in the Immediate vicinity of the Great Northern way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEER . Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE 3, RG, President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH . This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the brat to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, w i thout the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is Wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t 34 . act e s • It affords relief to a large number of in-pa lints, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the .lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of ME benevolent, as the pr nises of this Hospital are capable of containing several litadred more beds had the Committee 91e requisite tun& to maintain them. ContributiGna are received by tin irbankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abehureh-lane ; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ' • Glyn and Co. ; Berries and Cu.; Ransom and CO.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; SViltianaa, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berner's-street : and at the Hospital. from 10 till 6. BTANYOUX Minis Negrettly, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1867. QHARE DEPARTMENT. --The CONSER VA'T'IVE LAND SOCIETY.— Shares may be taken out daily at the Norfolk-street offices, or investors at a distance can be enrolled as members by correspon dence. Present rate of interest, five per cent. per annum, payable in half-yearly warrants, with participation of any profit-3 declared annually above that rate. No partnership liability, and power of withdrawal of. subscriptions on shares at twenty-eight days' notice. The taking of land is entirely optional. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNETSEN, Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand. W.C. 13110VI1 ENT CLEI IL ASSURANCE ASSO( 15, Moorpto-street. KS' MUTUAL LIFE lATION. Established 1840. TRIM TEES. Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P. ThotUson Hankey, Esq. M.P. R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. Baron L. N. Do Rothschild, M.P. The TWENTY-SIXTH ANNEAL GENERAL MEETING of this Association will be held on Wednes day, Feb. 6, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at 6 o'clock, p.m. Jan. 28,.1867. W. T. LINFORD, Secy. INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE. INDIA OFFICE, S.W., 10th. December, 1866. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an Examination of Candidates for 25 appointments as Assistant-Surgeons in Her Majesty's Indian Medical Ser vice will be held at Chelsea Hospital on the 11th February, 1867, at 10 a.m. Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi dates, together with information regarding the pay and retiring allowances of India Medical Officers, may be ob tained on application at the Military Department, India Office, Westminster, S.W. T. T. 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HOWARD , SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, h as i ntroduced an en tirely new descrip ticn of ARTIFICIAL TEET 11, fixed without spring s, wires, or ligatures. They so pertectly reee mb'e the natural teeth be found superior t o as not to be distin gu i e h ed fro a the originals by the closest o,server ; they will never change colour or decay, and will method does not requi re tie extraction o f roo ts, or any pain ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that ar e loose, and Is guarant ee d to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth s t opped and rendere d soun d a nd useful in mastication. any teeth ever before used. This n, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 6. RUPTURES. -11Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 18621, is allowed by upwards of Iwo Hundred Me Heal Gentlemen to be the moat effective invention in the curative treatment of flifitNiA.. 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TRH BEST REMEDY FOll. t Mig NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommendeii as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which to the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are Subject, being* a u. e dial ne so unit ormly grate tut and beneficial, that it is with Justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." "Norton's Pills " act as a rowerful tonic and gentle aperient; are mild in their operation, safe under any circumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at Is. tid., 2s. 9d , and Ile. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION'; Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprnrg up in consequeMqe of the eLteeess CE NORTON'S 94ktokuida riLLes Any article to be had singly at the same prices. An oak chest to contain the above, and a relative number of knives, &c., £2 15s. Tea and coffee sets, dish covers and corner dishes, cruet and liqueur frames, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process. Illustrated Catalogues sent (per post) free. 39, OXFORD-ST RE ET, W., 1, IA, 2,3, and 4, Newmtn street ; 4,5, an 16, Perry's-place ; and 1, Newman-yard. PRICE... 4d. STAMPED sd. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—In the spring of last year a ship sailed from Newport, bound ostensibly for Shanghai. She was fortunate in her weather, and reached the Tropics without encounterity; more than a " bit of a puff." Nevertheless, soon after passing the thy of Biscay she began to leak, and the pumps had to be constantly worked. At length, on the 14th of June, the water began to gain rapidly, and on the following day the ship had to be abandoned. The crew took to the boats, and, as the weather was very favourable, they were all picked up and reached England in safety. On their arrival the usual ap plication was made for the insurance, which amounted to a large sum. The hull of the vessel had been insured for £9,500, the freight for £3,600, and some cases of swords and firearms had been specially insured for £1,500. Suspicion was raised that the ship had been wilfully scuttled, and even tually a prosecution was instituted by Lloyd's Sal vage Association against four persons. One of these, named Webb, was the first mate ; two others, Berwick and Holdsworth, were the real owners, and the agents in fitting out the ship; the fourth, Dean, was either the confidential clerk or the sub ordinate partner of Holdsworth. These four per sons were indicted on a charge of having played various parts in a deliberate scheme for wrecking the ship, and defrauding the ostensible.owners and the underwriters. The trial, after lasting five days, was yesterday brought to a close in the Central Criminal Court. All four prisoners were found guilty. Berwick and Holdsworth were sentenced to 20 years' penal servitude, Webb; the Mate, tolen years', and Dean, the accessory, to five years'. The case is one of great importance, not only from the magnitude of the crime, but as an instance of a practice which seems by no means uncommon. The evidence is somewhat complicated, but the main facts may be readily told, and form a very startling story. The prime agents in the transaction were unquestionably Berwick and Holdsworth. They were both men in a substantial position. Berwick was a master mariner living at Liverpool, and had frequently been the owner of ships ; Holdsworth was a ship and insurance broker, and had offices both in Liverpool and London. These men con trived, by a complicated series of transactions, to become possessed of the Severn, without having really paid any money for her at all. Ber w ick h a d a bad name at Lloyd's, and kept out of sight as much as possible. Holdsworth acted as broker, and persuaded Mr. Ward, a wine merchant in the city, to allow his name to be registered as the real owner. The money for the purchase was advanced by Smith, Simpson, and Co., on the security of mort gages and bills provided by Beiwick through Holds worth. The real value of the ship is very clearly ascertained. In February, 1865, she had been bought for £4,500. In the following January she was sold for £4,250, and the person who finally sold her to Holdsworth asked £6,500 for her. No freight of any value was put on board her, and the ship and freight together were, at most, worth £B,OOO. As we have seen, however, she was insured for no less a sum than £13,100, and, in addition to this, there was one special insurance. The evidence respecting the latter insurance was of great impor tance, as it afforded a clear indication of the frau dulent character of the whole transaction, and sup plied the chief ground for the conviction of the prisoner Dean. At the request of Holdsworth Mr. Ward received for him 40 dozen jars of salt, and, after selling some, sent 20 dozen down to Liverpool, addressed to Holdsworth's office. Holdsworth, at the same time, wrote to a man named Pride, living in Liverpool, directing him to obtain some cases similar to those used for packing " hardware," to repack the salt in these cases, and then to direct the to the captain of the ship at Newport. About a fortnight afterwards Pride received from Holds worth a letter, which ho was requested to copy. This letter was addressed to " Messrs. Allsopp and C 0.," and stated that Holdsworth had sold to them, on account of Mr. A. Smith, 500 revolvers, 200 carbines, 40 sabres, and 200 swords, and that these would be packed in cases and sent to Newport in a few days. It was shown that " Allsopp and Co." I were a fictitious firm, that the title had been em ployed by Dean, and that some of the letters with that signature were in Dean's haniwriting. These cases and - their contents, according to Pride, when sent on board. the Severn, were worth about £6, but they were insured, under a false description, for the sum of £1,500. In Short,by a series of inweuious and fraudulent transactions, this ship sailed for China worth about £5,000 more at the bottom of the sea than anywhere else ; and if this large sum bad been recovered from the insurance offices, the , profits would have gone to Berwick and Holds worth, though, doubtless, the subordinate agents would have had some share in the spoil. Such are the main facts of this extraordinary story, and, perhaps, what will most strike the reader is the barefaced and deliberate manner in which the con spiracy was conceived and executed. It appears, however, to be a fact that this practice of wrecking forms a regular trade. After the verdict, it was stated that Berwick had on two previous occasions been directly charged with the wilful destruction of ships, and that no less than 15 vessels, belonging either to him or to his father-in-law, had been sunk at sea. It is evident that some such example was very necessary, and no ono will dispute that the sentences were richly deserved. It must be remem bered that the injury to property is not the only nor even the chief enormity involved in the crime. The plan could not be executed without exposing the crew to imminent danger, and it might have involved murder as well as robbery. Indeed, the only subject for regret is that some have escaped punishment who equally deserved it. The captain is at least as bad as Webb, but it was necessary, of curse, to accept him as an informer. Nor did the Judge hesitate to express his belief that Pride was cognisant of the nature of the transaction as well as Dean. But the crime has, at all events, been brought to light, and punished in the persons of its chief agents, and it may be hoped that so severe an example will at least check this iniquitous and in human abuse. THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE ON STRlKES.—Con tention between the different orders of a State appears to be almost a necessary result of the existence of different social classes. In Old Rome the Patricians and Plebeians created as much tumult within the walls of the Eternal City as the /Equigand Volsci did without. A secession to the Aventine corresponded in prin ciple to the modern strike.' In short, in 1 every age and clime we find class arrayed against class, each hoping to coerce the other into submis sion by importunity, threats, or open force. It was reserved for a very recent date and a very modest philosopher to discover that t here are laws which regulate the distribution of wealth amongst I the differept ranks and individuals in a State with a force and accuracy which need no extra neous aid. Notwithstanding, however, the fact that the doctrines of Adam Smith and of free trade in every department of social life are univer sally accepted as the inate scriptures of humanity and civilisation, and have been long acted upon by our Legislature, still, scarcely a week passes without producing a fresh strike, or in lieu thereof, a vigorous declamat i o n b y some friend of the working man, on the unprotected conditio o gravitation Yet, are hardly more certain than . the which regulate the rate of wages ; and b. y s i o l e' a a t l te l m aw t s futile, so far as the interests of the w oe a to force up wages by means of corn is as var to raise a portion of the water of a lake ino• class are concerned, as it would be to end ea above its natural level without causing any depres sion of the remaining mass. The poverty which is the lot of so many thousands amongst us I is, indeed, an occasion of regret to all. But, I it appears to be almost a law of nature that the great majority of every nation should differ vastly in point of wealth from the upper ten thousand. This law, doubtless, is not one of such rigorous necessity, as that it must always inevitably be found to operate in every stage of society much less is there any ground for considering that there must always be poor in the laud. It is cer tain, however, that in whatever quarter the evil originates, it is there the remedy should be applied. Now, philosophers differ in opinion as to the nature of the evil, and consequently as to the relative values of different suggested reme dies. But, all who have bestowed any attention upon the matter, are unanimous in considering that the condition of the labouring class is not a fit sub ject for legislation, so far at least as the rate of wages is concerned. 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Sh rew sbury Sunderland Torquay Messrs. G ar nett and Sons. Warrington Windsor York And other principal Towns in Great Britain. Lithographed Price Lists on application. - • NEWSPAPER \ t e • shillings as daily wag e s instead • " \ `4l two ? Is it the humanity of his • W 7 • The wthholatia. importunity that adjusts the A l ittr The at d country,e n rate aa ja is t adjusted oagnedthe r for him_ . 4.. by • ure supply.with all other descriptions of is exported tiesddaebvoroteadd,towthheerpe it isetsoefadlwl in precisely e o o r is e e l l s y e capital sthh ae a rr n ee d : the same way. To wa te g he e al s aas , a t t h he e ef n i then, all f in er c e om w e e gr re av t i o ta g t: t . m lf ore on anot ' her class must get so much lepss,seunnleisshthe aeoon;s: increase of wages becomes a deduction from But profits admit of a very slight reducti pared with the anregate sum laid out in wages. Let us suppose that profits are ten per cent.' ". pe annum in England. Thi s w h o l e percentage, if devoted to rats.ng wages, would increase -them but very sughtly. Ten per cent. profits on the sums paid throughout a whole year in wag4-i would amount to but a very small proportion of each day's wages. But even the whole ten per cent. coul«1 not be added to present wages, else ca,pi talis:s would be left without any income. Now, a unionist may here observe that some capitalists derive an iaeome of teas and hundreds of thousands from their trade; that these vas::, heornes would greatly swell the wages paid at present to their workmen respectively ; and that what is tire of great incomes, is also true of small ones. If, then, even half of existing profits were di vided amongst labourers, in th e s h ape o f i ncreased wages, all, it might be supposed, would be well off, and the greatest good of the greatest num ber would be attained. The fallacy of this sug gestion consists in overlooking the fact that every penny of the income: of capitalists is at present devoted to the payment of wages, except the amount spent in luxurious enjoyment by the capitalist and his family. If Rothschild and Gurney, then, have each an income of half-a-million - a year, and expend on their living merely a tenth of that sum, it is only that tenth which could he added to the existing funds devoted by them to the payment of wages. For in those funds are already included such portions of ..theiv..inFialo as are in tended by them to be added to their capital, and as such applied by themselves, their agents, or debto rs , to the hiring of labour. Indeed, as no one swallows his gold in its original state, but first exchanges it for some commodity or other, every portion of income appears, on a superficial consideration, to be cast into the wages fund ; and, in fact, operatives, as a rule, think that the purchaser of costly fabrics and other luxuries is their chief benefactor, inas much as he circulates his money freely. But, money thus circulated, would.be much more bene ficial to the labouring class if invested as capital, for a demand for commodities is never a dernP.nd for labour ; while a great proportion of capitr A l i s directly employed in hiring labourers. The A lms , however, spent by capitalists in luxuries i s so inconsiderable, compared with the whole amount paid away in wages, that to appropriate a share of the former amount is a consummation alto gether unworthy of any combination or strike on a large scale, much less for an international trades union. Mr. M'Donald, however, the Presi dent of the Scotch Miners' National Association, recently announced that more than half-a-million has been gained by the Scotch miners within nine months by means of combination. Other trades unions too could doubtless tell a similar tale. But these facts do not, on examination, disprove the theory we have stated. Let us, then, examine a little further the general effects of a rise of wages in a particular trade. It being an ascertained fact, as well as demonstrable iz priori, that the rates of profit and wages tend to the same level in all em ployments of the same difficulty, it follows that a threatened diminution of profits, consequent upon a rise of wages, in a particular line, is obviated by a rise in price of the manufactures or other articles produced in that trade. A rise of wages in a particular trade is like a tax upon-capitalists in that line : such a tax would fall upon the.consu mers of the taxed articles. A usual result of spe cial taxation of this sort, whether imposed by the legislature or by trades unions, is thus to place the particular trade at a disadvantage in the foreign market. Articles that have risen in price will be displaced by foreign competition ; so that the ulti mate effect of a strike is to divert capital from the very employment in which the strike occurred, and, consequently, to lower wages in that em ployment. For instance, the Thames Ironworks Shipbuilding, Engineering, and Dry Dock Com pany were recently offered a contract by a for eign company upon certain terms, which, how ever, would involve a reduction of wages with re spect to any new labourers they employed, in addition to their exisiting daily average of two thousand. The English company proposed to the working shipwrights of the port of London such a reduction as would enable them to enter upon the contract. The reduced scale of wages was refused by the shipwrights, so that the contract has passed to foreign sh4tbuilders: Rarely, then, do employers sufrt.r anyttyss consequent upon a rise of wages in a particular trade, except indi rectly, when the articles in which they deal are displaced in the market by foreign competition. In such a case part of their capital must be em ployed in some other line, and a change of investment is always attended with more or less loss. But, so much of their capital as continues to be invested in the old employment will still bear the usual rate of profit, the rise in wages being compensated by a rise in price of the articles so produced. A strike in a particular line, however, inflicts as much damage upon the general body of labourers as it does service to the strikers. For, as the consumers of the arti cles affected by the strike pay more than they did previously for them, so now they have so much less to buy other articles. If the class which struck is itself a large Consumer of the articles they produce, they are themselves the chief sufferers by the consequent rise in prices. A strike for an advance in agricultural wages is, therefore, not so expedient for the labouring class as a strike by factory operatives. Besides, since the adoption of free trade, a slight increase in the price of corn is certain to be followed by importation on so vast a scale as to restore the old range of prices. Free trade thus precludes the possibility of any undue demands of agricultu ral labourers being complied with. In manufac turing industry alone can they be successful. • The profits of trade, however, are now so low in England that any further fall is sure to lead to the investment of capital abroad, or else high, even wasted in futile speculations, from which even though temporary. dividends may m be e Besides, foreign contractors expected.relucnt any country whose punctuality to enter upon a contract with l.t sieeeaot the merchants mer mercy condition of the Belgian iron of a trades union. The r ec n en Y t tra in d q e ui h ry y into the that our otuor retain o es our iCroreneaddmanitdofWniloliianmcs sh rease ow if s we -position in the foreign market. The same, we beal may be correctly stated of all our chief m i i l e uf ve Ltures. A successful strike in England, therefore, is likely to be followed by the loss of the foreign market for the commodities, the prices of which are affected by the strike, unless foreign operatives are induced by means of a Universal Labour Unity Scheme, as it is termed, to exact similarly high wages for themselves. A monetary propaganda of this nature, founded upon an in tended confiscation of the profits of capitalists, would be the most fatal blow which could be inflicted upon industrial enterprise, and the general progress of civilisation. The rate of profit is low in old countries and high in new ones. Hence spring the centrifugal tendencies of capital to emigrate to new countries, where it is also most required. Social law thus spontaneously replenishes the face of the earth. Is the world, then, to be regulated by compulsion and force instead of contracts. The results of such an hypothetical state of society, or rather of human beings in an advanced stage of savage life, are too fearful to contemplate. Combinations amongst workmen are, indeed, as unexceptionable in principle as combinations amongst masters. But any resort to intimidation or other violent interference with the laws of contract involve ruin to both masters and operatives in proportion to the degree in which force is substituted for their mutual agreements. It is currently reported, according to the Army and N a r Gazette, y Lord Clar ence that Sir J ra ge o t, h nrk om a c in oa gt l o u n t : i l d m e s r- g i i n v - e c n h Vice- Admirali efa the Mediterranean, pertuission to visit the port of Toulon with the fleet during the approaching summer, so as to afford an opportunity to as many under his command as can be spared from their necessary duties to proceed to Paris for the purpose of seeing the Exhibition. The Pall Mall Gazette states :—" A person in 1 London wishing to prepay a letter to Rome has to pay 8(.1. ; but if he posts his letter without prepaying it, it is delivered in Rome for 5j:1., and letters from Rome to England, whether unpaid or prepaid, cost but 51,1. "W. C. Cartright, Arthur Russell, Plowden, Cholmeley and Co., 11. Caldwell, and J. T. Payne." Englishmen residing in Rome have applied to t h e General ,Post Office for an explanation of this anomaly, but can obtain none—at least none that they can understand. Mr. Hill throws the blame of the overcharge on the French Post (Mee, and Messig. Cartright, Russell, Plowden, Cholmeley and Co., Caldwell, and Payne reply, that if the French Post Office make an unjust overcharge of 20. on each paid letter front- Londonglis h t ; o r Rome,osto ffi lee s h o uld be the special duty of the to see that the imposition Li abafe4." • - • • .„...