The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-27 00:00:00

A FTER, Covent-garden Opera—EVANS' SUP. After Drm.y-lano Thofttro EVANS' to SUP. After Haymarket Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre After New Royalty Theatre EVANS' to SUP. ♦fter St. James's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of iiirsies Theatre EVANS' to SUP. &Aden Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vhf Entertainment at Eight. MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND LUNCHEON BAB, GLASSHOUSE-STREET (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, nigh -class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, ae. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND BENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. - On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine Pan. to One a.m. Manager, CHARLES CASTLE. RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN This celebrated OLD IRISH HIBITION WHISU" gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and ;kV Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, Be. .Bd., at the Retail Mousse in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET Z.ONDON, W. „ Observe the Red Seal, Pink Lobel, and i cknrk Branded. "Bina, Ain's LL Whisky."' MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parlimpid, 185 e). „4. RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARIRIEV, LONDON, ALL vANCE..":4 MONEY upon personal securit Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold rroperty, for oue, two,Tti three yews, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills , romptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelop& EDWARD riI.RPER, Secretary. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMTT iri-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Mi R. R. BIGINELL. This magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, !laving been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art 0 3r Messrs. Rnbardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Mosca Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. M AD AAIE USSAIJD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER- T REE T. A Life-size PORTRAIT MODEL of THEODORE, KING of ABYSSINIA, is now added; also all the Kings and Queens of tnglmd, American Celebrities, &c. Room of Horrors. Open on Boxing-day, from 9 in the morning till 11 at night; Christmas Holidays, from 10 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, 18 .; children tinder ed. Extra rooms, 6d. • MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.-A PORTRAIT MODEL of FREDERICK BAKER is now added to the Chamber of Horrors. Open on Boxing-day, from 9 In the morning 'till 11 at night; Christmas Holidays, from 10 in the morning till 10 at night. Admission, Is.; children under 10 Years of age, 6d.; extra rooms, 6d. 0 X F 0 It D, 6. OXFORD-STREET. W. During the Week will be given a GRAND SELEC TION from Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE AUX ENFERS, LA TROVATURE, and the New Cantata MERRY CHRISTMAS. Principal Artistes: Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz- Menry ; Messrs. Bury, Mader, R. Greene, and De Brenner. Pull Band and Chorus: Instrumentalists: Miss Bryant ; Messrs. Paque, Melling, and Plumpton. COMEDY. &c., by the LEVITES, Miss and Mr. FOS TER, HARRY SYDNEY, FRED. FRENJH, Mr. H. RICHARDS, and ALFRED PERRIER (his 2d appear ance in England). Mr. E. W. MACKNEY will positively appear on Mon day next, the 30th inst. BTODARE'S MARVELS of MAGIC THIS EVENING. Conductor—Mr. F. Jonghmans. Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, balcony, and grand pro- Inenade, Is.—THIS EVENING. WE ST 0 N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. Mr. SWE ASEY begs to inform the public, in consequence of PIO flattering patronage he has received, he has engaged the fol lowing talented Company :—The Great VANCE; GEORGE LEY tODENE, the Lion Comique; JEAN BOND, the unrivalled Equili brist ; • GEORGE ELLIS, the A ustralian Buffo ; the Brothers DANIELS (who are allowed by the Press to be unapproachable by any other artiste in their performances); SIDNEY BARNES (his first appearance); Miss ALICE DUNNING, the most fascinating Serio- Comic Singer and Dancer at the present time; Miss LIZIZE PARSE (her first appearance in London), allowed to be by the Provincial press the most rising artiste of the day: Miss ANNE TERRAINS, the English Ballad Singer, is re-engaged after a most Successful provincial tour. Pull Orchestra, in which Mr. H. Baker, the unrivalled Cornet Player, will appear, in conjunction with Mr. J. Young , the g reat Plate Player. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORRI. Special Notice.—ln consequence of the length of entertain blew the doors will open at 7, commence at 7.30. No alteration in the prices of admission. Private boxes, 103. 6d., to be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and Sams' Library, tt. James's; also at the Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four clock. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily Produces whiskers and thickens hair. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 108. 6d.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps,—ALEX. BOSS 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. " Tale of a Hair," 6d. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHEEtOPO. This Preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, re -111 oving the very root. Price 45.; sent by post for 60 stamps. — 24 8, High Holborn London, and all Chemists. Face Powder, ls. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, Hi g h Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls L. %dies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 613 . 6d., 6s. 6d. and 10s. 6d.; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. *—Had of Chemists. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour ntediately it is used, It is permanent, and perfectly natural in effect. Price 3s. 6d., ss. Gd., and 10s. 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 .tamps; and all Chemists. Bloom of Roses, as. 6d. AIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes super +mous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the ;kin. Price 3s. Gd., ss. 6d., an d 10 s . 6d. ; sent for 64, 84, and 144 ""enps.—Had of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, ss. 6d. PIMPLE REMOVER. All diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE. TABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sallowness, tte. 4 4 ,;'• 9d. and 7 s . 6d ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps.—ALEX. BOSS, '" 8 , High Holbo rn, London, and all Chemists. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d. tirAIR COLOUR WASH . —By d am pi ng th e t en head with this beautifully -perfumed. Wash, in seven or, ;4days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by ,1 occasional using . 10s. 6d.: sent for stamps.—ALEX ROSS, ' B , High Holborn, London, an I all Chemists. IJJust published, 2d.; sent by the author for 3 stamps, GLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet eearadescriptive IfLartielEgosa. ny,e9:nsniuilidkorltaprovii‘ongdothme lri rn. 841 of all booksellers. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. 0. 11 , le llospitsA has relieved 481,951 patients since it was estab "'Lied at Ring's-cress in 18,56. Patients are admitted free. k ßa ukers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-streeg 4 3 . 811 1. Ransom and Bouverie 'l, Pall-mall.—Hon. Sec., F. - Smith, GEO. Ram. See. RRITISIt ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie ,„. Park, Slough, Bu. ks (formerly at Clapham-rise). Insti -"kl, 1827. Patron—Her Most Oracious MA.TairrY the QITEEN. e gladly received b y the Secretar y , ke,,d to this , Instituti vrill b le offices No. 73. on Chespsids. E.C. HENRY S. THORNTON, Treasurer, Tuomx; Tirsorr, J.P., Chairman of the Board. STEPHEN R. CATTLIIY, M.A., Hon. Bee. ALFRED MACKENZIE, SeCretAry. IP/1E BOARD of AIANAGEAIENT of the 5t ~ LONDON HOMMOPATIIIC HOSPITAL wish to call the attention °a°°wir friends to qs. position. During the past year the beds been almost c ,ustantly titled. and the drain on the resources t o :' , e hospital has coll.& rerttly hem great. They trust, there h4,e, that all the trleu.:t , (;r hotti.ropathy, both in town and coma .,,—.Y, Will rail r round ticm, cud thus prevent the necessity of ;,...."ling rfse usefuln3s.; Hospital hy the admission of irer Patients. Subscriptions earnestly requested. Bankers 44ara. Prescott and Co., Thret..duectlie-street, and Union Bank. e3q l -placo, Regent-street. JOHN R. WARREN, Clerk 110 . 6 2, Great Ormond-tvre.t w.n. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. BARRY'S delicate I:eo,th-restoring Invalids and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA % P r " fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores pert iigestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing e„ ec p, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered en feebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dy ev'ia„,,Yl). cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, lil: ru colt, all gastric derangements, hemorrhoids, liVer corn fiatulency, nervousness,. biliousness, fevers, sore throats, I.l Pht "eila, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears ri ta zFiatism, gout, impurities, eruptions,. hysteria, neuralgia,_ d e bil it itY, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn. headache, p re Y, dropsy, cramps, spasms nausea . a . nd sickness even in pancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness s.b ue ch pins at the pit of stomach s a e n r d the °,lnl(lersestl . t i a s the most digestible the nourishing and of between all foods, suitable for invalids and infants in ali complaints. rn, "' P ORTANT CAuTiori.—Beware of the many unsavoury anl L i °:,:e than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron name is most audaciously attached. . _ nz..el:e.(orth none doubt the valuable Do. F s ji . health-restoring Revalenta Arabica . Invalids' II . st, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received 4 ( 4, invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may ad d that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been s L e tlY restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical tT e a o t - F B : 3 4 7 3 t. ) :C_V:e ,, quote frond the "Gazette du Midi," July 25th (Cure Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the Hoiy di e l f in, excellent, especially since, abandoning all other Arabia has confined himself entirely to Du BarryNi Ileystlenti h„ e a Food, of which he consumes a plateful il ia t Produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, ata. o„'iolltiess cannot praise this excellent food too highly." liv er ' r e No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' with complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, lessnervous palpitation all nervous diestion, constant sleep re'!,l3,and the most intolerable agitation. tie I D O. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart hav e ee ze,e, Lord -Lieutenant of the County of Waterford:—" I I),n_ erived much benefit from your excellent d.—STUART DS Dromana, Cappoquin, Co?.nty Waterford." tly,„Lre No. 4 9,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony from Spe;`,.. l3Bl a, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, c,1178, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, of Lynn, Norfolk. lies 1 1 3 0 , 1 ‘Tn. 47 ,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervous Car s ~,""geation, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. . 0. 56 ,814.—Mr. Samuel Dutton, Leicester, of two years' The u • 48, F ood is sold in Canisters, at Is. lid.; 11b., 2s. 9d.; 21b., earri a '; 121 b., 225.; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, 13 0 12 . free on recelpt of Post-office Order, by BARRY DU alti, and ('o.. 77, Regent-street, London; also at Fortnum — .Wes, and sold by all respectable Grocers and Chemists. ROYAL FILEE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate eninity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, E.G. President—His Grace the Dnke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the de lay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in Orr_ lion to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance .of the benevo lent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hanson, and Co.. Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote. and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Bornemstrect; and at the Hospital, from 10 till & TTYAM and CO.'S ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, Oxford-street. BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, New-street, LEEDS -42, Briggate, and, DEWSBURY—Westgate. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are Coati dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which wo are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice called the " Natural Strengthener of the Humes Stomach." "Norton's Pills" act as a powerful 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-failin g Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at b. lid., 2s. 9d., and Us. each, in aTery town in tho kingdom. AION. Be sure to ask for "NORCTOU T N'S PILLS," and do not be per suaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of tho sumps of " Norton's Camomile Pills." PAINLESS DENTISTRY. MESSRS. GABRIEL, VENTisTs (Established 1815), of London 5B, Harley-street, Cavendish-squats, 64, Ludgate-Hill, E. 0., Liverpool 34, Duke -street, and Brighton h -street, have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their 'gin less System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth without for fo ur stamps at MODERATE Qualms . w hi ch maybe had free by post . /~, i ~~ ,;~:.~ ;;," • : r 5.3“.76r)":77,77.2. DCry. R ) c . _ :45 • 4 . :4 4 : i f i „re ••••• Ft VV 't cs: 4 1,-..'P'v •", r . 4,412 • •• .1 • , C €l 4 4t.,1 44 ' ' I %• 4 tr' %§ ii ;?; •• , = ""41 , 14 . • \ f.: ' 1 . • ._,,- ? r , • c,-,. 14 3 ' 7 lii%r" .4. _ • , 0 5 ITEL — kz• 4w. it . bßore. ' '!;r • •••• No. 23,570. ON and After the Opening of the Que en's Theatre ? Long-Acre, EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre ' EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. • After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SVP. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB. ___ AT EVANS' COVENT GARDEN VOCAL ENTERTAINMENX At Bleat o'Clock. METROPOLITAN AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS. CHRIMIAS HOLIDAYS. Extra Trains between the CITY, King's Cross, Gower Street, Portland Road (for Regent's Circus), Baker Street, Paddington, KENSINGTON (for Crystal Palace and West London Line), HAMMERSMITH., Shepherd's Bush, Notting Hill, and West bourne Park. Omnibuses meet the Trains at Portland Road for Regent's Circus. CO'MPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS ATLAN TIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris. NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST. The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fol.: - lows : From HAVRE-19th December, 1867. From BREST-21st December, 1867. NAPOLEON 111, Paddle VILLE DE PARIS Screw PEREIRE Screw ST. LAUREN T Screw EUROPE Paddle RATES OF PASSAGE. Havre or Brest to New York, Ist class, £33 0 0 - 2d class, 17 0 0 3d class, 14 0 0 Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8, Austinfriars, E.C. SPECIAL CONSTABLES. ST. PAUL, COVENT-GARDEN In consequence of the great nnmber of persons desirous of being sworn in, the Vestry of this Parish have arranged for Henry White, Esq., J. C. Stilwell, Esq., and other of her Majesty's JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, to sit at the VESTRY OFFICES (late Old - Hummums Hotel), Covent-garden, on FRIDAY, the 27th instant, from eleven till four o'clock, for the SWEARIN&-IN of b PECIAL CONSTABLES. Any person resident in the Metropolitan Police District can be sworn in at the above place and time, and will thereupon receive his cer tificate, instructions, staff, and badge of office. JOHN FINDLATER CORSCADEN GEORGE BELL, Churchwarden;. JAMES RICHMOND. JONH CORNISH, Overseers. CHARLES BOND, HENRY NEW, Vestry Clerk. _ _ _ Dec. 24, 1867. WALKER'S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES are superseding all others. Prize medals, London, 1862; Paris, 1867. Gold from £l5 155.. silver from £6 65.-68, Cornhill, and 230, Regent-street. FURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O per Week.—D. S. HUMPHRIES hts at all times a number of Firs:-class ttEsIDE ,CES to be LET. furnished or unfurnished. or sold, more artieularly in the neLlibaur hoods ut sydenham, Upp,r Norwood. Forest-hill, and viol nity.—Partiettlars may be had at the Office, Printing House square. HOIT3ES and APAR rm ENTS `PA' TED. and to be LET or SOLD, BUSINESSKS for DISPOSAI., PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HUNIPHItI has continual applications for all descriptions of "'ROPE ItT Y which will pay good interest for outlay. Houses out of repair not objected to. T. D. Humphries can , /t all timee find customers ior all desJrip- Hone of businesses. hotels, public hods 5, Lizc , sold and transterr , d. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print ing House-square. T" " SINGER" NE W FAMILY MACHINE Is fitted with a new PATENT TUCK MARKER, which GAUGES and MARKS each succeeding TUCK while sewing, a MOST VALUABLE ACCESSORY, not to be had with any other Machine. T" SINGER" NEW FAMILY SEWING mAoHnas are the most complete, with all actsessories for the family, seamstress, manufacturers of shirt collars, shirts; cloaks, mantles, ehildren's clothing, caps, corsets, linen andailk goods, umbrellas, parasols, &c. Catalogues and Samples of Work post free. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING} 001iPANY, 147, CBFAPSIDE, LONDON. 11/I . R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new description of AEtTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or liga tures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and ren dered sound and useful in mastication. • 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 tills CANDLES. -A Hint to Purchasers.—Do not make sure that you know what price you are paying per pound foryourcandlesuntil you have stripped them and put them in the scale. Some candles are right weight with out the wrappers, some with moderately thick wrappers, some with very thick wrappers, and some are not nearly right weight with wrappers however thick. PRICE'S " 'IAD MEDAL PALMITINE," " SHERWOOD PALMITINE," " BELM.ONT SPERM," and " BEL MONT4WAX," "BEST," " No. 2," "No 3," and "BAT TERSEA" COMPOSITES, "PRICE'S PARAFFINE," and " BELMONTINE," and all other candles of Price's Patc.nt Candle Company Limited, are full weight without the wrappers. POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for COUGHS COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all, similar affections of the Respiratory Organs. Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles only, price ls. lid., 2s. 3d., and lls. each. Established nearly half a Century, SATISFACTORY LITTER. 6, Wood-street, Milthank, Westminster, October 5, 1867 SlR,—Some months back I had an attack of Bronchitis, which left at times a tickling in the Throat, with other unpleasant feel ings. I was advised to try the BALSAM or ANISEND; I did se, and have found very great relief; it is most comforting in allay. ing the irritation, and giving strength to the voice. You are at liberty to make use of this as you think proper, and I earnestly hope that others may benefit by it as I have done. With many thanks from your obedient servant, SAMUEL DEAR, Dean's Verger, Westminster Abbey, To Mr. Powell. Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED PARTRIDGE AND COOPER WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, in LEET-STIIRET (CORNOF CHANCERY-LANE),WHOL LONDON, E.O. THE PUBLI C SUPPLIED AT ESALE PRICES. CARMAGR PAID TO THE COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s, Per ream. 0. d. Fine Cream Laid Note: a cheap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note: much approved 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recom mended 6 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing Large Commercial Note Papers 38., 48., Bs., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 10s. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 0 Outsides Foolscap, thick hand-made Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto 4 6 Tinted Lined Note Jive quires ls. 6d., or 6 6 per 1,000 Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes 48. ed., Oa 6d., and 6 6 Extra Thick ditto, "Registered Secure" 9 0 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes 4 6 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c : . _ ___ _ ..3 6 COLOUR STAMPING (Relief; reduced to is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices oharged by the retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGITL, containing full descrip. tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, Bags, &c., poet free. RUP'rIIRES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND BERIBITIM IN THE GREAT EXHIBI -21.0ws of 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundr ed Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention inthe curs. live treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, I. here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and maybe worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by wilt, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 160., 215., 26; 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. OcL, 425., aid isp. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. Au Umbilical Truss, 425., and 51s. M. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be mile payable - tO John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FLASIIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all ea ses o f W ea kness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 103.. and 16s. each. Postage 6d. . JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 228, Piccadilly IPac RI NTIN G. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, & c—'The Printing and hining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelor-3 for reply. Address—The Manager " Sure Printing Offices, 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.O. E DESITI'UTE SICK.-. ,Metropolitan FOR THE Metropolitan Free Hospital, Devonshire-square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratuitous Relief of the Sick Poor of every nation and creed, without letters of recommendation. Funds are urgently needed to maintain its efficiency. Bankers—Messrs. Barnett, Hoa j i N •e o s . , a c r u d ß C N o E . y . 6 1, 2 ; R L Y O , A C ta a r i d r ;R S t a r: t CROXTON. Secretant THE SUN. DINDON, FEIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 18G7. CANTERBURY HALL—NEW MANAGEMENT. I —W. HOLLAND. Sole Lessee, lato Proprietor of Weston's Music Hall, High Holborn, RE-OPENED LAST EVENING, December 26, this favourite old established Music Hall Great &Iterations and Improvements are being made, and an entire new Company, comprising most of the popular artistes of the day, will have the honour of appearing. W. Holland's known liberality as caterer for the entertainment of the public is a sufficient guarantee that the amusements will be both novel and unequalled. W. Holland has great pleasure in stating he has engaged the marvellous pantomimist, Mr. Fred. Evans, of the Royal Alhambra and Crystal Palace, who will produce, with his company, including Miss Randall, Miss Billington, Madame Ar teni, Messrs. E. Towers, Vincent, Simpson, J. Jamand, and corps de ballet, a new grand pantomimic Ballet, entitled BUMBLE, TUMBLE, and STUMBLE, with new scenery and effects. Ori ginal music by Alfred Lee. First appearance of George Ellis, the Australian Comic; Nat Ogden, the comical comique; George Washington, negro delineator, from New York; Pat Sellers, Erin's brightest gem; the irresistible serio-comic, Annie Adams ; Miss Marian Fitz Williams, the new serio-comic; the Brothers Girardes, in their wonderful double trapeze performance; the truly wonderful Leoni, the greatest sensation in the world; Miss Fitzhenry, the charming English ballad singer, by the kind per mission of C. Morton, Esq., of the Oxford Music Hall; Mr. Row land Laseelles, the popular tenor from Covent-garden. A mag nificent new band, selected from the late orchestra of Her Ma jesty's Theatre, numbering 23 performers, assisted by the drums and bugles of the 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, by kind permission of Lieut.-Colonel Commanding. Musical Director, Mr. Alfred Lee, composer of "Champagne Charlie" and upwards of 100 of the most popular comic songs of the day. Arthur Lloyd will shortly appear. 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All the good medical authorities abroad as well as at home order " PRICE'S" as the only Glycerine to be used. " PRICE'S NEW PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS" for burning in the wide glasses, are believed to be the very best Night Lights made. " PRICE'S CHILD'S NIGHT LIGHTS" are known everywhere, and are excellent for burning without a glass. Nov ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., GUILD COURT. By GEOIIaE MAO DONALD, M.A. "A very entertaining story, abounding - with wholesome inte rest and wise counsel."—Athenxtun. Hurst and Blackott, 13, Great ➢iarlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF ST. OLAVE'S. Just ready, in 3 vols., JEAN.LE'S QUIET LIFE. By the Author of "St. Olave's," "Alec's Bride," &c. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY for JANUARY contains:—Myddleton Pomfret, by William Harrison Ainsworth Rook V., Chaps, IV. to —2. The German Alma nacks for 1868-3. Jeanette's Revenge-4. A Tale of Crime-5. An Unhappy Valley-6. Prestwood Papers-7. The Origin of the "Devil's Own"-8. Worth the Winning, by Monk Saville. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. ITANOVER - SQUARE.—The CHRISTMAS EXTRA NUMBER, containing 50 pages of entirely new dance music, is now ready, and to be had of every musicseller and bookseller, and at every railway station in Great Britain and Ireland. CONTENTS. Kellogg Valse Arditi. Marie Polka Mazurka L'Aucien Regime, Quadrille on old} H. W. Goodban. French airs Blush-rsse Waltz • Chas. Godfrey. Tintamarre Gallop L... Chas. de Mazieres. Price One Shilling. London Ashdown and Parry, Hanover-square. LT L ANOVER-SQUARE._ New Magazte_pf Music. Edited by LINDsAY SipTER. Pric 4e 43/dfllar: — The January number will contain aNEW PIANOFORTE PIECE by EaNEST PAUER. HANOVER-SQUARE for JANUARY will be ready next Saturday, and will contain a NEW SONG by J. L. HATTON. . HANOVER-SQUARE for JANUARY will be ready next Saturday, and will contain a NEW PIANOFORTE PIECE by BRINLEY RICHARDS. Mr. Plester's It's all Over, aged (.£4O), list 71b (J. Knott) 0 Capt. Thomas's Carnbroe, 5 yrs (X3O), list (Hannigan) 0 Mr. C. Rigby's Battledore, aged (X3O), list 21b (Owner) 0 Betting -5 to 2 agst Leotard, 3to 1 agst Ganymede, 7to 1 each agst Killarney and Beverley. As they passed- the Stand Sir Stephen had the com mand, the favourite, Beverley, Killarney, and Ganymede following in the order named, It's all Over and Battle dore being in the rear.• Carnbroe, who stuck in a " grip " in the first field, walked in, taking no further part in the. race. Sir Stephen led for nearly half a mile, when dwell ing at one of the fences, he was passed by Leotard, Gany mede, and Killarney, the quartette going on in pretty good order. With the exception of Battledore's falling on the far side, no change occurred until the ditch-jum, after clearing which Ganymede took up the running, the favourite going on second until within the straight, where he was headed by Beverley. Ganymede, however, was not approached, and won in a canter by four lengths ; a neck divided the second and third ; Killarney was fourth, Sir Stephen fifth, and It's all Over last. The winner was sold to Mr. Vallender for 82 guineas. The Ealing Hunt Cup, value 70 guineas, for hunters ; weight for age, with certain penalties and allowances . Alynit three miles. Sir W. Call's Lawrence (late Maelstrom), by Vortex (h. b.), aged, list 111 b (Mr. Yates) 1 Mr. H. Wither's Merry Horn (h. b.) 4 yrs, lost 111 b . . . . (Hyland) 2 Lord C. I. Ker's Northern Light, 6 yrs, list 111h_ (Barry) 0 Mr. Leighton's Snowstorm (h.b.), 4 yrs, lOst 61b (M‘Cormack) 0 Mr. H. Lines's Laura (h.b.), 6 yrs, llst 6 . 1 b ___ _ _ (Mr..Wodebouse) 0 Mr. Thomas weighod for Tally-Ho, aged, 12st 21b, but the horse was withdrawn, as it was found he was in the forfeit list. Betting-5 to 4on Northern Light, 2to 1 agst Lawrence. Lawrence made running, followed by Northern Light, Laura, and Merry Horn. This order wns maintained once round, when Laura, refusing at the hurdles, was not further persevered with. This Merry Horn in attendance'on Northern Light, who passed the Stand the second time four lengths in the rear of Lawrence. On the far side Northern Light was dead beaten and pulled up, the race being now left to Lawrence and Merry Horn, the former of whom was never approached, and won in a canter by ten lengths. Nothing else passed the post. Snowstorm refused soon after starting, and was not persevered with. The Maiden Steeplechase Plate of 30 soya; four year olds list 71b, five and upwards 12st ; if beaten three times previous to the time of entry allowed 71b, twice 51b; half-breds allowed 71b; winners after the day of entry 51b extra. The winner to be sold for 50 sous, &c. About two miles. Mr. Wodehouse's Panther, by Rochester (h.b.), aged, list (Mr. F. G. Hobson) 1 Mr. C. Fox's Signal, 6 yrs, list 91b Peuelopo also ran. Betting opened at 2 to 1 on, but closed at 4 to 1 on Panther. Signal and Penelope made running in close company for a quarter of a mile, when the former took it up, but gave way to Penelope in the last half mile, the favourite being in waiting on the pair. Two fences from home Penelope came down, and Panther heading Signal filly won in a canter by 20 lengths. The Middlesex Handicap was not run owing to the thickness of the fog, RACING FIXTI FEBR Lincoln lB Harrow • 20 URES FOR 1808 ,UARY. MA. Liverpool Spring M 3 Chelmsford Spring M 10 West Drayton l2 Nottingham Spring 25 Derby Spring OR. Durham Hendou l3 Newmarket Craven Epsom Spring Meeting 24 Northampton Lewes Spring Newmarket Ist Spring 27 MAY. Bath Croydon Ist Summer 2l Harpenden Epsom Summer SE. Bibury Club 23 I Stockbridge Chelmsford Summer I Alexandra Park 3O LY. Huntingdon 2l Nottingham July Goodwood UST. York Oxford Canterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield Tunbridge REMEMBER-BOXING NIGHT. 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Now ready, imperial 16m0., 700 pp., handsomely bound in cloth, S's. 6 /.; or French morocco, gilt edges, 12s. (postage 7d.), an entirely new and greatly enlarged edition of THE BOY'S OWN BOOK. A Complete Encylopaidia of the Sports and Pas times, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth. If imitation be- as.itlas been aptly pronounced —the highest form of • 6041i:tient, ,the Proprietors of ." The Boy's Own Book" haVe arnPle reason for congratulation ; for it would be very difficult to find any work that has had so Many imitators, yet it Still holds its proud position as the recognised authority upon everything pertaining to the amusements of English boys. And in the present edition, while nothing of consequence has be;n omitted, additions of a very marked and extensive character have been male; so that it now, more fully than ever, deserves the title of " The Justinian of the Playground," so hap pily bestowed upon it by one of its critics. Every article has been thoroughly revised, or re-writtoo ; and by means of an enlarged page, and the considerable increase in the number of pages, space has been found for many impor tant new subjects and large extensions of the old ones. Principal Contents ;--311NOR SPORTS, viz.:-Games with Marbles—with Tops—with Balls—lndian Ball Game— Sports of Agility and Speed—Miscellaneous Out-door Sports—ln-door Sports with Toys. DRAWING-ROOM GAMES, viz.:—Minor Gaines—Shadow Pantomimes— Bouts Rimes—Definitions—ForfeitsActing Charades— Acting Proverbs—Tableaux Vivants, &c. ATHLETIC SPORTS, viz. :—Cricket—Golf—Football —Croquet—Troco —Hockey—Rackets and Fives—Tennis and Pallone Quoits, Bowls, Skittles. &c.—Aunt Sally—Fencing— Broadsword and Single-stick—Archery—Riding—Driv ing—Gymnastics —Boxing and Wrestling, &c. AQUATIC SPORTS, Viz. : —Angling —S w imtni eg— Rowing Canoe ing—Sailing—Ska tin g—Sliding—Curling. THE NA TURALIST, VIZ. :—Singiug Birds Talkin g Birds— Poultry Yard—Pigeons—Rabbits—Guinea Pigs—Dogs— Cats — Squirrels — White Cats—Squirrels—White Mice S ilkworm s—lfees Aqua rium—Gardening, etc. SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS, ViZ. : Arithmetical Amusaments—Magnetism —Electricity—Gal vanism and Electro-Magnetism—Chemistry—Fireworks— Aerostatic Amusements Acoustics and Pneumatics— Optics—The Microscope—The Telescope—Photography, etc. GAMES OF SKILL, ViZ. :—Chess Draughts—Back gammon Dominoes—Solitaire Bagatelle— Billiards— Minor Games, etc. LEGERDEMAIN, etc., viz :—Simple De ceptions and easy tricks—Tricks with Money—with Cards —Feats requiring Special Apparatus or Confederacy— Paradoxes and Puzzles, etc. London : Lockwood & Co., 7, Stationers' Hall-court, E.C. Just Published, price 18.61, by post, is. Bcl., the Second Edition, with Addenia, containing additional Facts and Oases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: $. Ranier°, 219, Regent-street. . . _ The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Despatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal are reprinted witb this edition SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, EALING STEEPLECHASES —THURSDAY. This Boxing-day attraction to the holiday-making Cock neys proved nearly as great a success as on previous an niversaries, and the fact of its at all falling short of them was owing to the dense fog which prevailed preventing many who no doubt would have availed themselves of so healthy and pleasurable an outing by the supposition that the races would not take place. The committee, however, overcoming every difficulty, were determined to carry out their contract, and indeed had they done otherwise it would have seriously affected their own and kindred in terests. Accordingly racing commenced soon after one o'clock. At no period of the afternoon was it possible to distinguish the horses at a distance of fifty yards from the Stand, and when the fourth race was being run the com petitors could not be seen until close upon the judge's box. It then became imperative to postpone the re maining race of the day—the Middlesex Handicap— which will be run to-morrow. An earlier hour will be fixed for commencement, so that the programme may be got through. In the forenoon the stewards heard the objectioa against The Cripple, who came in first for the Hunt Steeplechase at St. Alban's on Thursday last and was objected to by the owner of the second on the ground of improper nomination, no age being specified in the entry. They bad the original entry produced, and the age of The Cripple being omitted they awarded the stakes to Patience. Particulars of the day's racing are ap pended. The Ealing Plate (Handicap) of 40 sovs ; winners of any steeplechase after Dec. 20 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra; about two miles. Mr. Coslett's Weddingreal, by Rataplan, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b (Coslett) 1 Mr. Haswell's Gorsehawk, aged list 91b (J. Forster) 2 Mr. flange's Caustic, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b (Barry) 3 Mr. Lindsuay's Helice, 6 yrs, 12st 41b (J. P o tt er ) 0 Duke of Hamilton's Joker, 5 yrs, lOst .101 b (J. Page) 0 Betting--2 to 1 agst Wedding Peal, 3to 1 agst Joker, 4 to 1 agst Gorsehawk. Wedding Peal made play from start to finish, and won by fully a quarter of a mile from Gorsehawk, who was about a couple of hundred yards in frout of Caustic; Helice came to grief at the first fence, and took no further part in the race. The others ran in at intervals of ten lengths until the ditch jump two fences from home, when Joker came down, and narrowly escaped a collision with Caustic. After clearing this jump Gorsehawk ran into the second place, finishing in that poSition. The Selling Steeplechase Plate of 40 sovs; four year olds list 71b; five list 121 b, six and aged 12st; the winner to be sold for 60 sovs; if for 40 sovs allowed 71b, 30 121 b about two miles. Mr. Green's Ganymede, pedigree unknown, aged (£3O), list 21b (J. Page) "I Mr. Daniel's Beverley, aged (V 0), list 21b (J. Forster 2 Mr. Cox's Leotard, aged (£6O), 12st 7th (Mr. F. Hobson 3 Mr. J. Barton's Killarney, 4 yrs (.00), lOst 91b (H. States 4 Mr. Gilke's Sir Stephen, aged, list 21b (T. Ablett) 5 Chester.. Winchester l2 York Spring Salisbury l4 i JU West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Ascot Summer 9 Windsor Summer Jl7 Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July Reading Liverpool l6 AUG Brighton 4 Brighton Club 6 Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll Stockton Windsor .. l3 Egham lB Hastings SEPT Warwick 1 Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster 8 Richmond -r, l5 Bedford 1 Newmarket 2d October 5 Cheltenham l3 STEEPL: :MBER. Kelso l7 Hendon l7 Monmouth Newmarket Ist October 22 West Drayton 29 IBER. OCT Newmarket Houghton 19 Worcester :CHASES. JANUARY, 18687 Manchester FEBRUARY. Birmingham 11,12 I Lincoln MARCH. Grand Military l6, 17 I Cheltenham „. „.„ 26, 27 BOXING-DAY SPORTS. In consequence of the dense fog which hung over the metropolis and the suburban districts yesterday many of the events that had been arranged to take place at the various running grounds had to be postponed. At the famed "curriculum" of Hackney Wick a 440 yards and one mile handicap were to have come off. The Prince of Wales Grounds at Bow were to have been especially at tractive, for here J. Brighton, of pedestrian fame, offered three very handsome cups for competition ; but these are deferred sine die, and the only " resort" that in any way adhered to the programme was the WEST LONDON GROUNDS. These were very largely attended, nearly 500 persons being present. The sport that was provided by the pro prietor of the grounds, Mr. E. Jones, was tolerably good, and we have no doubt but that had the fog cleared off everything would have been carried out satisfactorily. The first event was A Handicap of 100 Yards.—No less than 50 entries were obtained, and those who accepted their starts were. di- vided into seven heats, which were decided as follows— First Heat —Nagg's Novice, 10, won a capitally con tested race by a couple of yards, Dabbing, 10, being second Second Heat—E. Randall, 11, came in a winner by about half a foot, beating T. Benham, 10, for second place ; three others also started. Third Heat—A. Harding, 12, led throughout, and won cleverly by nearly three-quarters of a yard; Blandford, 8, second. Fourth Heat—A good race between Roberts, 10, and Smith, 12, ended in a win for the former by a foot only. Fifth Heat—This was very easily won by Naggs, 10, who waa six yards in front ; R. Smith, 10, second. Sixth Heat—J. Baglin, 11, won a fine race by two yards; Parker, 9, defeating Eneska, 9, for second place by a few inches. Seventh Heat—Five started, and Benoni, 9, won easily ; S. Perry, 12, being second ; and S. Marks, 9, third. The final heat of this handicap will be decided on Satur day (to-morrow), in consequence of the fog, which would have precluded any one,. from seeing the competitors. in the meantime, however, the Two Miles Walking Handicap was decided. Thirteen started, and after, of course, many changes Jobbins, who had one minute start, took up the lead in the fifth lap ; J. Miles, 10 seconds, second ; andJ. Oddy, 40 seconds, third. No alteration took place until in the seventh circuit, when Miles passed Jobbins, and never afterwards being head d, won easily. Oddy also got in front of Jobbins, and came, in second. Mr. S. Rogers officiated as starter, and Mr. Jones was the referee. 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From the "Gazette du Midi, July 25 Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1,771; Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria oly."—Cure No. 16,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without iutherity, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached In tins at ls. lid.; 1 lb.. 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 45. 6cl L ; 5 lbs., lls; 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 40s.—BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77 degent-street, London; also Fortnam and Mae on, 182 Piccadilly, and at 61, Graceehurcia-street; 4, Cheapside ; 63, 150. and 289, 04turd-street; 330 Strand; and all grocers and chemists. ~~ e~ /./.2 4d... 81'.^.31VED sd. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times deems the appeal of the Government for the assistance of private persons in maintaining the peace and guarding property to have been sufficiently answered in the metropolis. It is stated that in London and the suburbs 30,000 special constables have been sworn in, and that all the most important establishments, both public and private, are watched by a vigilant force, in addition to the police. These precautions, we trust, will be suffi cient to prevent any mischief, either on the part of Irish desperadoes or of ordinary criminals who might desire to take advantage of the withdrawal of the police from any point to effect their purposes. It is satisfactory to ob serve that the special constables are really active in their work, and even in this unpleasant weather are at their posts nightly. Certainly, it is not with out reason they have been called on to act; the danger, though,, t may be exaggerated by the vague pprehensions of those who are threatened and know not when they may be assailed, is real, and the impunity which foggy days and dark nights seem to promise is an inevitable temptation to the evildoer. During the present winter season vigilance ought to be everywhere main tained. There is not, indeed, any ground for alarm, for nothing indicates that the disaffected will attempt any act which would endanger the public peace on a large scale ; but, we repeat, there is reason to believe that property, both public and private, may be mischievously damaged, and it is the interest as well as the duty of all citizens to be vigilant in the matter. It will become the duty of the specials to look upon themselves as the guardians of the public peace as long as the Fenian alarm lasts, and to per fect their organisation as far as possible by the election of good officers and by ready attendance whenever they may be required. But they need not anticipate that they will be called upon for any unnecessary exertions. Although in law their duties are extensive, they will practically be asked only to look after their own or their employers' pro perty, and, in case of attempted riot, to guard the peace of the town. We would advise the chief employers of labour to be sworn in themselves, and to request their men to follow their example. Every large establishment ought to be, to a great extent, self-protective, since the number of persons employed allows the work to be done without excessive fatigue to anyone. With such an organisation as may be effected with little trouble and little cost in every town, there need be no further alarm concerning these mischievous reprobates. At present any evil-dis posed person— and the number of such is always increased in a time of commotion—has it in his power to du infinite mischief whenever the policeman's back is turned. Bat the very knowledge that the chief buildings of a town are watched by those who have, the strongest interest to defend them will be enough to deter the bad characters of the place. The Herald points out that in cities like London and Manchester, in towns like Liverpool, Birmingham, and Warring - ton. a solitary incendiary may do an amount of mischief in five minutes which to • destroy the work of five hundred honest men's lives. And when, as at the House of Detention, some of the most explosive agents known to modern science are employed to shatter down a prison wall, on the bare chance of rescuing a couple of persons lying there under remand, one can hardly take toe extensive precautions against a repetition of similar out rages. Therefore does it seem especially desirable that the special constables should be stationed as watchmen outside any buildings whose magnitude and importance make it probable that the Fenians will select them for the fulfilment of their dark and dastardly designs. The regular police are numerically insufficient to do this with out neglecting their ordinary duties. But an adequate staff of specials, judiciously disposed under the superinten dence of the commissioners, would meet the guerilla opera tions of the would-be incendiaries with the practical übiquity of men thoroughly detesting their treason, but still more heartily hating the treacherous and inhuman means by which the traitors have hitherto endeavoured to compass their purposes. The endeavour to repress and defeat them is one in which every loyal subject ought gladly to engage. In the details of the ghastly murder perpetrated at Longden, there occurs an incident which, as the Telegraph reminds us, suggests serious ground for reflection. The man upon whom the burden of suspicion rests of being the murderer of the unhappy child, Catherine Lewis, was ticket-of-leaver. Seven years ago this fellow Mapp was convicted of a brutal outrage, committed on an aged woman, and he was sentenced to ten years' transportation. How is it, we should like to learn, that the sentence was commuted? Were there any circumstances which threw doubt on its justice, or was the man's conduct in prison so exceptionally good, that he deserved to be discharged be fore his time ! The whole system of commuting punish ment calls for inquiry. Either longer periods of imprison ment should be allotted, or else the authorities should ad here to the term fixed. As it is, a sentence of penal servi tude loses its terrors, because the convict knows that it will not be rigidly carried out. From the fact that the Shrewsbury murder was com mitted at the very time that the gallows was being erected for the Alton murderer, the Star argues that capital punishment has no terrors for the hardened criminal. Calcraft at Manchester had no terrors for Fenianism. Calcraft at Winchester had no terrors for those who do murder. The proofs are conclusive. The facts are indis putable. Let us then try some other and wiser method of dealing with high crimes. Nothing could be worse than the existing system, short of according to criminals almost entire immunity from punishment. The Standard expresses its conviction that of all the disreputable shams which are to be found, none is worse or more painful than that which is called " Christmas Waits." Instead of sweet, solemn, and yet joyous music, sounds as of " a holy solemnity kept in the night," the streets during Advent are infested, from the hours of one to four in the morning, with " beery" musicians, just let loose from the public-houses in which drinking is done to the sound of the fiddle, flute, harp, and accordion. The tunes played are usually popular airs, certainly with no " relish of salvation" in them, and the singing, when any ;s attempted, is of the same character. The " Christmas Carol" proper may be said to have entirely disappeared. and although the attempt to restore it maybe praiseworthy, the task seems hopeless, and the effort this year to one, at least, party of choristers was unfortunate. Ih several dis. tricts the singers at the churches therein situate turn out ,n Christmas morning to compete with the gin and beer musicians above described, and assembling beneath the windows of their respective patrons and admirers, sing carols and hymns. A choir of this sort seems to have got into difficulties in Greek-street, Soho ; and a row having ensued, the choir-master was locked up for disorderly con duct. A girl, sister of one of the singers, was also taken into custody for coming to the rescue with a cabbage stalk. The clergyman of the district complained of the interference of the police with the carol singers, and the magistrate at Marlborough-street, with some remarks of the same kind, dismissed the charges against both the prisoners. To sum up the scheme of reorganisation of the French army, it is seen that conscription is, in time of peace, a sort of compulsory education for adult males, and in time of war those who serve their country will share in the rank and distinction it has at its disposition. The Post thinks that if the pill is to be swallowed any elaborate gilding would seem to be superfluous. If the French know that it concerns the interests and the honour of their country to make the required sacrifice—for, after all, it comes to that—they will not need to be told that the way of duty is pleasant, and that it leads to the garden of matrimony in which they may pick the prettiest flowers. It ought not to be difficult to resolve such a question. The absence of sufficient security, if not experienced, should be sus ceptible of an appreciable explanation. It may be thought that France possesses power in a policy of generosity and moderation, and strength in her imposing unity. Still, that would only be a moral security, and it is not as if other countries relied on moral securities alone. The cir cumstance that more or less formidable armies are indis pensable to the exercise of moral influence should be con sidered with reference to the idea of non-intervention from which it has arisen. To arrive at any measure of dis armament there must be a better understanding of inter• national duties. The difficulty and delay which have been experienced in .urnishing an army to penetrate a country defended by unarmed and uncivilised people is, according to the Daily News, instructive just now, when we hear of the impatience of our Anglo-Indians to embark in warlike operations on a large scale. Almost every mail from Cal cutta brings us intelligence of the difficulty which the Governor-General has in restraining the bellicose ardour of a powerful party in the Indian service. Our Indian officers are a noble set of fellows; they are, in fact, only of too generous a temper. One half of them cannot live without somebody to govern and bring them under " rythmic drill," and the other half will soon die of vexa tion if we do not give them leave to go and fight some body. For the last two years a grand expedition into Affghanistan has been their sleeping and their waking dream. With Sir John Lawrence it is very clear that such an enterprise is contrary to sound policy, but impe tuous spirits are not convinced by his reasoning. They cannot bear to see the revenues extracted from the rice eaters of India frittered away upon tanks, and irrigation canals, and anicuts, when Affghanistan is an unappro priated prize, and they burn to go where glory awaits them. The way in which this petty war with Abyssinia has been so far managed makes our contemporary hope that Sir John will hold his ground. 72TY DAMAVET 20.4174757 A IZAILWAI COMPANY. At the Edinburgh Court of Sessions the case of Romans v. the North British Railway Company was tried. The case arose out of an accident which occurred to the night express train from Edinburgh to London, early on the morn• hag of the 29th April, 1866. The pursuer was a pr.ssenger by that train, being on his way to give evidence before a com mittee of the House of Commons, and when the train was bout five miles south from Berwick-on-Tweed it came into collision with a mineral waggon which had run off a siding at Scremerston Lime Works. The pursuer was injured in the right foot by the collision ; and he brought an action against the North British Railway to recover damages for the injuries he had sustained. The issue which was sent to the jury was as follows :—" Whether the pursuer, while travelling as a passenger in a train of the defenders,' on or .about the 29th of April, 1866, between Edinburgh and London, was injured in his person in consequence of a collision at a part of the line about five miles south froM Berwick-on-Tweed, through the fault of the defenders, or others for whom they are responsible, to the loss, injury, and damage of the pursuer." Damages were•laid at £5,000. The defence was that the injuries sustained by the pursuer were not so serious as represented, and that the railway company could not be held responsible for the accident, because the servants of the company had used all necessary and proper precautions for the protec tion of the traffic, and the accident must have been the result of malicious interference with the mineral truck on the siding. Professor Syme said that in his opinion the pursuer's foot was quite well ; and it was shewn that all proper precaution had been taken by the company's servants, but the jury found for the pursuer, damages £1,250. PREMEDITATION OF MURDER. An attempt at murder, most extraordinary in every aspect, was made at an old ruin called Red Abbey, near Cork, on Monday night. The abbey and adjoining pro perty is in the care of an old man named Butler, who lives at the ruin. A young woman named Hannah Hurley, a domestic " help," and William Butler, his grandson, 16 years of age, resided with the old man. The girl was in the habit for some time past of giving a few pence per week to the grandson to put in the bank. She had handed him 9s. in all, and recently she discovered thatestimpoqvaini he had kept 2s. of the ' amount. Her accusations and • threats of disclosure seem ,o have determined him to get rid of her by murder, and he went about his work in a singularly determined and premeditated manner. He had access to the key of the ruin, and up in a part where time has formed a sort of soil he dug a grave about six feet in length by one foot in depth and width. He then waited for an opportunity to entrap the girl, and on her continuing to accuse him he on Monday morning announced to her that he had the money buried in the abbey, and if she ascended with him she could get it. She assented to this, and about five o'clock they entered the building, Butler carrying a candle to shew the way. On arrivin g at the place he led her over to the spot where the grave was dug, and at his bidding she went into it to take up, 11S he said, the box that was there containing her money. Scarcely had her feet touched the bottom of the grave than he dealt her a blow with a small hatchet he had had con cealed about him. It took effect on the right shoulder, and he followed it up by two or three cuts at her head, The candle went out on the instant, and the girl screamed for mercy, at the same time succeeding in setting a hold of the hatchet. He struggled violently to wrest it from her but she succeeded in retaining hold of it, still imploring him to spare her life, and he promised to do so if she would never tell what had occurred. She made the promise, and under these conditions they left the spot, groping their way to the staircase. As she descended blood came in streams from her wounds, and she was in momen tary dread that he would throw her head foremost down. However, he attempted no further violence, and when they got down she ran into a house covered with gore, and was at once carried off to the South Infirmary, where her wounds were dressed. Butler made off, and up to a late hour on Tuesday night was not heard of. The girl is wounded on the back of the neck and shoulders, and had the hatchet not been an old blunt one she would now be a corpse and buried in the grave prepared fof her. She is rapidly improving. LAW AND POLICE. CHARGE OF EDIBEZZLEMENT.—A serious charge of embezzlement was made before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House, against a person named Von Waterford, the London agent of the Netherlands and Rotterdain Marine and Fire Assurance Company. The sum he was charged with misappropriating was £140,. but the solicitor for the prosecution stated that his defalcations amounted to £9OO. The Lord Mayor remanded the accused, but consented to take bail. CHRISTMAS CAROL SINGING IN THE LONDON STREETS.- At the Marlborough-street Police-court, Mr. Joseph Moger, the schoolmaster at the Newport Market Refuge School, was charged before Mr. Knox with behaving in a disorderly manner, and causing a crowd of persons to assemble in Greek-street. Sergeant Lees said that on the morning of Christmas Day, at a quarter to one, he saw the defendant surrounded by boys, singing. The boys were pushing each other about, and used bad language. There was a large number of persons collected. He asked the defendant to desist, so as to clear the street. The de fendant made no answer, but continued and encouraged the mob to hoot and yell. Corroborative evidence was given. It appeared, however, that Mr. Moger had save ral of his boys at his own door singing a Christmas carol. The constables, acting in excess of their duty, took the schoolmaster into custody. Mr. Knox commented in severe language upon the conduct of the police, and said all the blame rested with them. They bad no right to take any one into custody for singing a carol on Christmas Eve. He therefore dismissed the charge of assault on the police against the sister of _one of the schoolboys in question. BOW IN A WORKHOUSE.-St. Pancras Workhouse was the scene of a row on Christmas Day. It has until now been the custom on Christmas Day to allow the male and female inmates to mingle. This, however, was discontinued this year. The result was that some thirty of the men stormed the women's ward, knocked down the porter, and made a great noise. Five of the ringleaders have been charged with the offence at the Clerkenwell Police-court, and re ceived sentences of four months, one month, and fourteen days. JENIMTIS3I. —One of the reports of the recent Royal. carriage accident contained the following passage :—" A mailrphaeton, drawn by a couple of spirited horses, with a postilion, which followed in the rear of the Queen's equipage, and contained General Sir T. M. biddulph and her Majesty's luncheon basket." In the cause of consistency the paragraph should have been headed " Narrow escape of her Majesty's luncheon"—sinking General Sir T. M. Biddulph altogether. SUPPLY OF WATER TO PARIS. The works for bringing the waters of the Vannes to Paris are about to be immediately commenced. The course they will have to follow will be nearly the entire department of the Yonne, and a portion of the Seine-et-Marne, in the neigh bourhood of Moret, to reach the great reservoirs of Montrouge, whence they will be distributed through the quarters of the capital on the left bank of the Seine. The cost of this undertaking is estimated at 20,000,000 f. FAMINE IN TUNIS. —A sad state of affairs con tinues in Tunis. A correspondent says :-"The desolation in which this country is plunged has been increased by the cold and rain. A number of Arabs, driven from the country districts, have come to the city, where they are dying of want and exposure. Every day as many as fifty DI sixty bodies are taken from the Morestan for interment. In every house are to be found families of the refugees to whom the citizens have given shelter ; the readiness to assist the necessitous is, however, daily decreasing, in con. sequence of the great number of the unfortunates. The rain, usually so valuable for the crops, has been quite use less this year, the population not having had the means of purchasing seed. All their money has been sent to Europe to buy food. The Government is taking no steps to relieve this misery, but remains quite inactive orb apathetic." THE IRON TRADE. —The following is from Mr. rhornburn's twenty-third annual report of the Scotch iron trade :—" After a cycle of six prosperous years, we have had one year without buoyancy in the iron trade. When we reflect on the high price of corn, arising from a deficient harvest over a great portion of the world, and the disorganised stzLte of the cotton trade—the most im portant branch of enterprise in the United Kingdom -- the cause of the present depression in iron is sufficiently ex plained. According to the ironmasters' returns, the quantity of pig iron produced in 1807 is 1,031,000 tons, sheaving an increase of 37,000 tons, when compared with last year. The deliveries by railways, the shipments, foreign and coastwise, combined with the local consump tion, are 1,068,000 tops, and shew a falling off, when com pared with the preceding year, of 68,000 tons. The stock of pig iron in Scotland is 473,000 tons, thus exhibiting a decrease of 37,000 tons as compared with 1866. During the year the price has fluctuated from 51s. 6d., the lowest point to which it fell in July, to 555. Gd., the highest at tained in October—giving an average for ,the year of 535. Gd. per ton. The malleable ironworks, the foun dries, and shipbuilding yards, have felt increasing langour. Next year will surely manifest a healthier condition in the cotton trade, and we may reasonably expect a lower range of prices for grain. Should these anticipations be realised, there is no doubt the iron trade will shew an improvement." he at its es ;7, en ncl her° ited a nd ing'• of hat ,011- g as ho lo re ale i ton• of ° D. Pell )11- tssY the o °- !'isq•l gist )015' , ap t. tiga plev , "it- „ter, noY , iSiti 4 4.3.111‘' 1120 V of T