The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-06 00:00:00

ARGYLL ROOMS. GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elezant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVICNINII for Concert and Dancing'. Conductor, Signor Luor CURTL Manager, M. GARNET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WESTON' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SwiAsEir and HOLLAI4I3. Grand Selection from Verdi's favourite Opera "IL TROVATORE." Principal vocalists Manrico, Mr. Douglas Mellon ; Count di Luna, Mr. P. Corri; Leonora, Miss Annie Tremaine ; Arncena, Miss Ellen Read ; in costume as at the opera. ARTHUR LLOYD, with New Songs; Mdlle. Colonna, and Jolly Nash •, Jean and Victor, the Sensation of Lon 'lea. Crowded Houses and Immense Success of the ?IMAM-NY MINSTRELS, 12 in number, including th ose Wonderful Children who played at the Royal I'laYmarket Theatre as the " Living Miniatures." Band , 0 3 0 first- c l ass per f ormers, an d l arge Ch orus c h osen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. Conn'. n Prices of admission—Stalls and Balcony, ls.• Promenade, ",d• ; Pri va t e B oxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured ' at the Box "Mee, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open "el? Evening at half-past 7, commence at 8. EASTER HOLIDAYS. ADADIE TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. 1, 4 New Portrait Model of HER MAJESTY the QUEEN ne n° v added Ms'. Portrait Models of their Royal nig. 1- b u r tit^ Princess H'lene, Louise, and Beatrice, the p i e cf Cambrid9y, and Princess Mary. commenter .tire R fare of the late Prince Concert. illustra ire of his Royal X kl innen as the or's-Inator and founder of International Xhibitio n% 4 4 0 : 1 8. 1 6d. tance, la.; children, t inier ten, half-price; extra DISDERI, Photographic Artist to H.I. Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 111, and the Imperial Family • to H.I. Majesty the Emperor of all the Rus,das ; also to It I. Majesty the Queen of Spain and the Royal Family; to his Idajesty the King of Raw: to his Maje.ty the King of Hol land; to his Majesty the King of Portugal ; to the Imperial Academy of Music; Photographer of the Palace of the Uni versal Exhibition of 1855, &c. The exccllrnt situation of Mr. Disderi's studio enables him to operate regardless of the weather. DDISDERI.--Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN, their Royal Highnesses the DUKE of EDIN BURGH, Prince Leopold. Prin..eess Louise, and Princess Beatrice have condescended to sit for their Portraits to Mr. DISDERI. By the gracious permission of her Majesty the Queen, the Portraits of her Majesty and their Royal High nesses; are on sale at Mr. DisderPs Photovaphic Establish. ments in London, at 70, 71, - and 7 , , Bro A-street, Hanover.. square; in Paris, 8, Bnulenrd des Italiens ; and at all the principal booksellers of Europe. Price—Carte de Visite, is. : coloured,2s. Drawing-room Vortraits, 2 4. 6d.; coloured, ss. IVATIONAL TESTIMONIAL j to Lieutenant-Colonel RICHARDS. At a meeting held in St. James's Hall, Piccadilly. on Monday, April 29—Lieutenant-Colonel Lord RANELAGH in the Chair—the following Resolutions were unanimously passed : Moved by Colonel Warde, Commanding London Rifl e Brigade, and seconded by Lieutenant-Colonel Laurie, 3d London R.V. : " That, in consideration of the unwearied exertions of Lieutenant-Colonel Richards in aiding the first establish ment of the present Volunteer force, the gratitude of the country at large is most eminently due to him. It is there fore proposed that a committee be formed and subscriptions raised." It was further agreed that Captain Bertrand Payne, Com manding 4th Middlesex A.V., should be hon. treasurer, and that an account should be opened with the London and Westminster Bank, St. James's-street. Subscriptions in aid of the " Colonel Richards Volunteer Testimonial Fund" can be paid into the above bank, or by P.O. order to Cap tain Bertrand Payne, Conservative Club, St. James's-street, London. A central office and committee-room will shortly be opened. it is intended to establish local committees throughout thollingdomi and vorainunications on the sub - jeot may be addressed to the - Ifeir. See. • • Commanding officers are invited 'corps, and to allow subscription listsrte be plicetiat head-quarters. The following is the list of the present Committee, - together with those who have signified their intention to subscribe :—Lieutenant-Colonel the ViscOunt Itanelagh, President of Committee ; the Right Ilon. the Earl of Malmesbury, &c.; General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, R.E., F.R.S. ; the Ven. the Archdeacon of Ely ; General Turr, Aide-de-Camp to the . King of Italy; Sir John Trelawny, Bart. ; Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, K.C.M.G.; Colonel Morris, C.B. (late Assistant-Inspector of Volunteers); Alfred Tennyscn, Esq., D.C.L. Poet Laureate; Colonel Wardo, commanding London Rifle Bri gade • Lieutenant-Colonel Aikman, V.C. commanding 2d London R.V. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Wulmsley, commanding Ist London A.V.; Lieutenant-Colonel Cruikahank, com manding 48th Middlesex, R.V. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Laurie, 3d London ; the Master of Lindsay ; Harvey Lewis, Esq., M.P.; W. 0. Foster, Esq., M.P.; G. H. Whalley, Esq., M.P. ; Martin F. Tupper, Esq. ; the Rey. W. G. Cookes ley ; the Rev. J. Baty ; James Grant, Esq.; It. 11. Patter son, Esq. ; George Townsend, Esq. ; H. M. Barnett, Esq. ; Captain Payne, commanding 23d Surrey. R.V. ; Captain Mathew, commanding 4th Carnarron; R.V.; Capt. Wood, 23d Surrey; Capt. Palmer, 3d London; Donald Nicol, Esq., J. A. Nicolay, Esq., James Anderson Rose, Esq., F. Law rence, Eeq., Henry Macnamara, Esq., George Coleman, Esq., F. G. Totnlins, Esq., George Levereon, Esq., J. Macnamara Cantwell, Esq., Dante G. Rossetti, Esq., Alfred Elwes, Esq., Dr. Lomas, M.R.C.8., Grath, Esq., M.D., Jonas Levy, Esq., F. Saedys, E.:sq., A. Brett, Esq., F. von Oppen, Dodwell Browne. Esq., Sergeant Earle, 4th Middlesex A V. • Corporal Gardner, 3d London R.V., The congratulatory letters of ameral Garibaldi and the Poet Laureate have already received a wide circulation through the press. Those desiring to join in this national expression of gratitude to Colonel Richards are requested to send their names to the Hon. See. and Treasurer, . BERTRAND PAYNE. Captain Comtnandiug 4th Middlesex, A.V., Con4wvative Club, London. The subscription list will shortly 11/ published. YORK SPRING MEETING, NAY 7 and 8. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. ORDINARY RETURN TICKETS issued on MON DAY, May 6, and intervening days, from LONDON (King's-cross), Peterborough, Nottingham, and other stations to YORK, will bo available for return either from York or Doncaster (if issued from stations south of Don castery by,,any train on any, day up to and including ~ SATURDAY May 11.- • - • . , TRAIN, S'EltirNt DOWN. , . iilo2s rat:rm, rnovn. noon. after. after. London (King's-' cross) dep=74o .o. 12.0 ... 5.25 ... 9.15 , _ _ after after: after. aft er . morn . Yorkark. a. .. 2.40 ... 5.35 ...10.15 ... 2.30 UP. morn. morn. morn. noon. a ft er . a ft er . York dep. 4.N ... 8.5 ...10.10 ...12.10 ... 4.28 ... 9.50 morn. after. after. after. after. mern. London (King's • cross) arr. 9.40 ...3.35 ... 4.0 ... 5.35 ... 9.35 ... 3A5 SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. London, Icing's-cross Station, April. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING, MAY ') sad 10. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. ORDINARY RETURN TICKETS issued on WED NESDAY, May 8, and intervening days, to DONCAS TER, will be available for return by any train on any day up to and including SATURDAY, May 11. SEYMOUR, CLARKE, General Manager. London, King's-cross Station, April. AESK ELL, S URGEO N-DENTIST, author of • " Dental Surgery,' " P.n.s D-nListry," " Dental Anwsthesta," Am, may be CONSULTED DAILY as hitherto from 10 to o'clock, at his ONLY re-idenee, 8, Grosvenor street, 11a/1,1-street. UT AIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn , Loodon.-4t BOSS'S DEPILA.TOIIY remove. stinerfinons hair from tho tale. nook. and arms, without erect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s Rd, and Ins 6d; sent for 51, 34, and 141 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—A.II diseases of the VF akin are improved by dose of ALEX. RS'S rE one TAIILE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, O sa3l "Ante,te, Am 2e 9d and 7e or net for 4 0 and 100 stamps. ROSS, 21S, High Holborn, London , and all Che ats. RAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washin g tho ten head with this beautifly-perfumed Wash. in seven se d '7f 4 the hair assumes it ul s oricrinal colour,nd remains Uosv 11 ocossion t l usin 10s ; s ent for stapo.—A.L EX. 2 " , HighFrolboin . , London. and all Ch m emists. 'BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie stit P 1 8 2710w , h, Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise). In uted P , A : 11011 --Iler Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. t 3 this Institution will be gladly received by the eeretary, at the Offices. No. 73, Cheapside, E.C. HENRY SYKES THORNTOrsr, Treasurer. THOMAS TILSON. J. P, rhairman of the Board. STE'IiF.N REED CATTLEY, M.A., Hon. Sec. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. INIE BOARD of MANAGEMENT of the call the OND ON HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL w ish to a ttention of their friends tl its position—dnrine; the bz thf.Jear on the the beds resources of the have been almost Hospital cons has tant con ly sequently filled. and hn ei ( l drain themeZreat. They trust, therefore, that all the friends of 'Paths, both in town and country, will rally round f nine , and thus prevent the necessity of curtailing the use -1:11a-.°f" the Hospital by the admission of fewer t)atien's \- ' c tIPTIONS earnestly needed. Bankers Messrs. 4 .. 4 and Co, Threadneedle-street; and Union Bank, 4 g711. PAue, Begent-street. No JOHN R. WARREN, Clerk. • S 2, Great Ormond-street. W.C. T l-1 „. SITIPWRECKED SEAMEN and th e i r ori.,„I,..RF:kVED WIDOWS and ORPETAN4. —Upwards B ritish vesse - s are annually wrecked, about 2,000 of Th'`,.. are on the British Isles ! ltAlty r ",A.l,.. ll o Dart of the coast where the SITIPWRECKED 41 -ze ti f SOCIETY is not represented by an lion. chant (when nakedt and sends V) their homes '"arit r— ^ e `i Persqns of all nations. and is the channel of its T he Y to th e b ereaved widows and orphans of th e d rowned. !'es, iCommittee earnestly APPEAL f , r HELP. The dim- IsAt Year lwaym invant. The Vociety relieved 11,221 persons vtz Oil; wrecked men, widows, and orphans. wintnations and subscriptions thankfully received by Messrs. anis, Deacon, and Co.; and by the undersigned, tllbernla.FßANClS LEAN, Secretary chambers, London-bridge S.E. ,1 111 E RESCUE SOCIETY w i s h es to add another thi n ,rlne to the 12 now i n operat i on. L as t y ear no fewer w k " ". 5 Door. friendless, young females were relented irons , I ° ' F UNDS and room. making a total of 3,087, who have The 6 ., ut %Way In C Yon ii ,.." home the Committee wish to form wonld be for ba,„%girle, almost children, frem the age of 8 to 15, who (10 ', n led astray from the path of virtue. (; oh will be received and c Lo grntofolly b7 he Se , m'efarV. 1 . 1 n0per,95, Queen •street Cheapeide or by Newt. mbard-street. P () YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, "rtn the bamedia cr te v',cinity of the Great Northern Rail -1 King's-oss. .Patroll—Rer Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Patron—llis Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE 'l,ll G. president —His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G. (isllhtiOSpltal. fotinde 1 in the year 1828, the first to est/at:- th e X',6 Principle of free admission to the sink poor, without pen, e ial , and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de adl,eut for support o a voluntary contributions tlitfrords relief to a large number of in-pa ants, and, in 4, eut en to this, the averaLre number of attendance of the ' sink has for a co ns ide r abl e peri o d average d b etween I,i l and 4.000 w ee kl y. ber toc " n e, o Mruittets ear estly solicit the ASSTqTANCE of th e l'otttat-f", as the pr Illses of this Ff9spit,.. are capable of dining Neverat tt.,tuired more beds had the Committee eeinisite funds to maintain them. J, e ,! t ribution s are recei‘-cd by their bankers. Messrs. Tirown, r, :t e "R , and Co., Ab ehurch-lane; also by bieasirs. Coutta and Ita'4 urunondl and Co Co.; - .1-n and Co. ferries anus CO. ; 4n°b'ltse3'mi n Co-; Prescott , Grote, and Co.; Smith, I ftV'e. 444, ; Rarclay and Co.; with Am s, Deacon. and Co.; Nisbet Bernero.st ree t an d a t th e acepital. from to till '. 4T OED SMITH, Besietary. HELP for the DESTITUTE METRO POLI FAN FRER TIOSTITA L. Devon shire-square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratuitous Relief of the Si c k P oor o f every Nation an i Creed, without letters of recommend Lama. FU IDS arc urgently needed to maintain its efficiency. BANKERS—Messre, Barnett, Troares. and Co.. 62 . Lombard street. JNO. GURNEY FRY, Chairman. CAOXION, Ser,retary, COU T HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, NRY and ntismcssgs. riiRNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Partioalars for Insertioi receive I until the 27th of the month nt their AUCrIO`T AND ROTEL AGENCY OFFICES. AZar-street. S'rand. W.C.. and nearly opposite the Charing Criss Railway Stltion. 1141.TTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION finoornorated by Act of Parliament, IFtso) N A '. RITA LL-STREET. COTE WT-f} AB DEN. LONDOV, ADP MONEY noon Personal Security, Bills of Salo rerhold or Leasehold Proner v, 'or one, two, or three years, r a Yable week y, monthly. or quarterly. Bills promptly l,louated. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. ZDWA.RD HARPER.. Secretary. H E X F OR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISH WENT OF LONDON. Overetto. J. Offenuach: MR. AN MRS. - eNNTS. and I.A. by T RAVIAT A. Bz.c. entitled .tc. Principal D artistes, il l smes Russell. Barrie. and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn. !Tusk, Evans. Bury, Si 'nor Tivoli, with Extra Band nhorns Conductor, Itr. P. Jongh , nans PINTP.T)Y. by Messrs. HARRY SYDNEY. Lt rTLE il.t", aIsVITE an i rxr rr NINA, MARCUS WIT KINSON ; ;le. GERing TRUDE and her Troupe of Performing Dogs, t ven. ROTIT. FRASER. Comedian.with his new Entertain- Incnt. untitled "NOTIONS OF THE BURLESQUE." NOTICE.—The Bros. TT ANT,ON. the celebrated American Acrobats, will appear THIS EVENING. TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exp)rtatioa, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C., the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the AllStreiftll and othe - Colonial markets, as may be observed by reverence to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be sewn that their whiskies fetch Bd. per gallon and is. per case over the next best, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. AFTER Co SUP. After Drury-11 After Lyceum After Adelphi After Olympic After Strand T' After New Ito' After St. Jams . After Prince of -ondon Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. No. 23,369. Jz IN AIIAN'S 1.1. WHISKY. DUBLIN LTITTION, 1865. This celebrated EXlT OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Prize It is Pore, Mild, Hollow, Delicious, and very Whole some. • Sold in Rottles, Bs. Rd., at the Retail Tlonses in London the Agents in the principal towns in England; or Whnl.galn a. t R GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. iihs 'ArvA the Rail cell, Pink Label, and Cork branded LL Whisk-V." , i. ... • F . . .... F— • '' .. , • - • . --"- . 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P - -.' -........ • 2heatre FVANS' to SUP . \ :.;_ ..• ~/ • 'I . . ' .l "'" ''. --I • ,,. G I V ---• _4 l l, WillibT. -____T .... , . -. , ~ .„ ,t • )yalty Theatre ......E V A NS' to SUP. 2_,z- - --,5 • : At`-...,1:1454 -T: .. pyity.N Ai v,, •D - 0 1- ~7,;. 1 31 7 , e lefeil Theatre ..... ...EVANS' to SUP '-0 40', ' - / '--- ;"4r 7. ' .. .. ' 'lV ' ', ' ."..'1.4."—.• ROIT. ..•C ----- '' ~/ c '. 4 4-- ~ i 'is tOt.', ' - S ' .."'". ,i Wales' Theatre .EVANS' to SUP. . - ..•,:, , -,:f Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per ,,,,,fectlY Pure nal nnealonrei. To be had of all dealers (cor n - un'esale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand `'t Savoy-steps). London. Pure PALE lIRANDY, -A of e oer lB per zallon, Is wry superio- to recent importations lea s icn. ecommen the medical Profeß 4 lnn• and ex it c, B iv a u s ed in hosp ded itals. by In bottle., :lie. per dnzen. or in CO 311 R railway carria.cre mai i. —HE NRY ft ETT and et= 9 14 Pnrnival's nistille.y. olborn, E.O and 30, Regent- W. Established 1829. H “TILE RUIN OF VIE FEW IS VIE GAIN OF THE ICANy.” 'I I M Panic of '66 and its consequent depression 1114. of the Colonial irteta onahlea th- "EAST MO EX At, i IIPA.‘TY ' to &Ter T /CAS r.O WER TRtY l'h o ';""idi of Good Tot for as M can't be dear. KAISOWS by the Clidper Ships are really 9 ' G l . ° It st, Mien's Churchyard. MAN:tomato street, Jan. I. IRV. ir-r.,, "- "t Pllhlishei, 2cl; sent by th. author for 2 stamps, j LINESS and BENITPY ; being a Pamphlet the d escriptive of artfclea an .l means used f or imcrovinz towt a e avanee. By ALEX. ROSS, 213, High Rolborn, SPANISH. FLY is the acting ingredient in Drodt,LEX• ROSS'S CAN I'EIARIDICS OIL, which speedily sent b w hiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, Se 6d, and lOs ; at • Y Dost for K 4, 84, and 144 stamps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, 411 Rolborn„ London, and all Chemists. w -- ONDERFUL D[SCOVERY.—Corns cured Tht, in one day by usinkr ALEX. ROWS CHIROPO. Pe iB~irro Preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, the very root. Price is; sent by post for 60 stamp. Liigh Holborn, London, and all Chemists. 4 A IR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn., L ondon.—A.LßX. ROSS'S CURLI it i NG FLUID earls or Gentlemen's hair immediately s spoiled. Sold 26 ad, Ss exl, end tOs fid ; sent free for sk, Bk, and 144 stamps. --- Liad of all Chemists. RREY HAIR.-241, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROBS'S tiNift DYIC prodnoes a perfect nolonr int medlately it is used. It is permanent, and pertestlY na tnral in etre t. ice ad. 5a ad. and , os 64 ; Bent by poet for 54, 84, and 14 1 tamps ; and all CheintAs. DISDERI.—ON SALE.—Splendid ALBUMS of WINDSOR and 06130'01K, phorographed by Mr. Otaderi, under the immediate patronage and the ,gracious permission of her Majesty the Queen li storicil text by i)oyne C. Bell, fi:sq These Album —. ize. hal -sheet col an bh, printed in new type, on exct a thitic pl ite pap-r —include thirty -five ph ,togr phs of interiors and exteriors. mounted on extra fine tinteil c.,rdb:•ard, and mn- t elegantiy bound in morocco. Price—Royal editt in of Windsor and Osborne, in natural photography, 20 guine is each ; coloured, 40 guineas. Apply to Hr. Dinner', 70, 71, and 72, Brook-street, Hanover square; and or. Paris, 8, Boulevard des Italbms. Now publishel. at 31., per post 4d., .PAINLESS Too ra ExTßxerioN ; or, Anwithesta Lot; illy Applie I. By A. lil LL, Surzeon- Dentist, Author of " Dent It Surgery," " Pure Dentistry," &o. Stropkin, 3larstrtil, and Co.; ali book3tllPri ; or of the author, at his reside:toe, 8, Gr.mvenor-street. Ron 1-atre.4. ARTIFICIAL TEETH !—For price unequalled. For use, comfo*t, and appeararye issed. PAINLESSLY supplied (in a few hours when required) by Mr. DAY, DENTIST, 291, II event-street (3 doors from the Polytechnic), Late principal assistant to Mr. ESKELL, of d, Grosvenor street, W. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the Souse of Lords. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUN - VILLE and CO.'S "V. R." OLD IRISH w RISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEA.UFQRT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. FAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—Loudon Oilleee, 7, Printing-house-square, L.C., next the '• Times." DEAFNESS. —The ORGANIC VIBRATOR.— It fits into the ear, not perceptible; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief to dent persons ) and enables them to hear distinctly at church and public assemb ies. Every other kind of hearing instrument -Messrs. SOLOMON, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facilitat : the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, •zO, 51 to 500 guineas; also single Specimens of Itinerate, Rom, Fossils, and Iteoent Shells, Geological flaps. Hammers. all the recent Publoations, dm. of J. TENNANT. Mineralogist to Her Majtsty, 149. Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology b y Mr. TENNANT. F.G.S.. 149, Strand. W.C. DISDER 1.--Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE and raiseicsti of WAL KS have honoured with a visit the studio of DISD r;RI, and have autho iced him the sale of all the Portraits taken by him o' their Royal Highnesses, as well as those of Prince Victor and Prince George. Price—Carte de Visite, plain or enamel, Is.; coloured, 2s. Cabinet Portraits, 28. M. Splendid P trtr , tit of H.R. II , mounted on doe tinted large cardboard, by 191 filches, price on • guinea. DISDERI.-ON SALE.-TWENTY-FOUR , TEREOSCOPIC VI NIV6 of the INT loth) its and EX PERI° RS of WlN[)SOR andTwenty-fourotU•;1101lyE. The collection complete, plain, I guine ►; coloured, 2 guineas each set Souvenir of Windsor or Osborne, Sixteen Plates, photo graphed by Mr. Diaderi, mounted on cloth, and fo mi:ig a ha idsome book, small Byo , including the portraits of her Majesty the Queen and the rrince Consort. Price, plain, 151 ; coloured, 308. Pano stnic Views at Is.; group of the Orleans Family, l(s. 63. DISDERL—NOTICE.--By a new process of Mr. DISDERI'S the CARTE DE VISITE POR TRAITS are ENLARGED on canvas to any size. The public can th is obtain a Photographic drawing by mans of which skilful artists attached to the hou.e can, on simple in dications -such as the colour ot the complexion, the eyes and the hair—obtain a splend d and truthful oil printing. Mr. Disclerni new process is valuable in this respect, that it avoids the tedi iusness of long sittings, and also odds to the charms of oil painting the great advantages of the truthful ness and accuracy of photography. Saloons and studios, 70, 71, and 72. Brook-street, Hanover-square ; sad f•ir Equestrian Portraits, at Hereford Lodge, Gloucester -road, Old !tromp ton-road ; fads, 8, Boulevard des Itallens ; gadrid, and Toulon. DR. SCOTTS LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER VeILING REll.ll.'DY.—Pre -9ared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. kott, of Bromley, Kent. will be found ir.valuable to all who infer from bilious and liver noniplaints, in iigesticn, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, dm. For habitual aperient medicine, and as a purifier mild in their opera oTtthiveenbelaooNa,sthsefyamarielytruly exoellent ; Mon and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. 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Place, Southwark-bridge, in the City of London, on THURSDAY, tho .;oth day of May instant, at 1 o'clock precisely, for the purpose of transacting the g,encral busi ness of the Company, as prescribed by the Act, and also for the purpose of authorising the borrowing on mortgage or bond fro,' the Government of milk any ;nun or sums of money net exceeding the sum preseribed by the East India Irrigation and Canal Act, according to the arrangement of which notice has been already given to each Shareholder. _ _ _ Th. Transfer Books of tha Company will be Closed from the 20th to the 30th instant, both days inclusive. . JOIIN WESTWOO D, Secretary to the Company. 8 and 9 Queen-street Place, Southwark-bridge, London, E.C., May 1, 1867. T HE MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SIXTEENTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company will be held at the Company's Offices, Nos. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, in the City of London, on TUESDAY, the 28th day of May instant, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of transacting the ordinary business of such Meeting, pursuant to the Act; and for authorising and giving consent to the conversion of the 50,000 shares in the present guaranteed capital of 000,000, and numbered from 1 to 50,000 (both inclusive), into one general capital stock, to be called the " Guaranteed Stock of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company." _ _ The Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from the 23d instant to the ith of June next, both days inclusive. JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary to the Company. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, London, E.G., May 1, 1867. Aliir- . DICKENS'S WORKS. THE CHARLES DICKENS EDI T ON. Messrs. CHAPMAN and HALL have Via honour to a w ni z i T o o lt i nr E e AN OF E;•IIRI:I:DRIECI.KYENNSE,IsVINIrT)IItcI'sI?N l O t will l)C produced with especial care, and has baen devised by Mr. Dickens and his Publishers, with tho object of combining tho four important plints— LEGIBILIT Y, DURABILITY, BEAUTY, AND CIIEA BNESS. Twenty years have ela p3oll since the first stereotype plates were cast for Cheap Elitions of this Series of [looks. It is considered that. the time has co'tl for reprinting them in a far more agreeable and remarkable form, and for offer ing them to the public in association with every available modern advantage. In the Now Edition now, announced each Novel will be completed in a Single Volume. The page will be a flow ing, open page, free from th e objection of having double columns. Aescriptire headline will be attached by the Author to every right hand page. Every Volume will contain Eight of the original Illustrations, selested as the beat. 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If the great American People sheuld see any good reason for recognis ing those claims too, without detriment to themselves, the imprint of Messrs. Ticknor and Fields will heuceford afford them their opportunity. The First Volume will- be Published at the end of the month of May, and the Series will be issued monthly. On May 31st, with Eight Illustrations, THE •PICKWICK PAPERS, Price Three Shillings and Sixpence. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. the Premier at his word, and on Thursday evening Then, .away or wander e d i n t o th e O ppos i t i on lo bb y. just to save appear ances , M r . Di srae li got up a slight look of consternation, and modestly de clined to tell- unintelligent Toryism that it inii4 submit. Sauce the days of that allegoric p.Tsf - marre of whose domestic troubles we have all heard fre quently in childhood—" who had so many children she didn't. know what to do,"—there is no example on record of any parental disciplinarian whose tem p.fr has bee!) so much tried by conflicting disposi tions and incorrigible inst ances o f waywardness. th p e a i r n 4 t ' o s How of , en it will be necessary in t h e judgment of Disraeli, , all for routedtli sake and of send his only can tell. We only desire to note here the deli cate consideration for the feelings of his pupils, which consists in so managing matters that the whipping shall be done by other hands and thesmoothing of the pillow by his own. It is, no doub', rather hard upon the more childish members of the party, who are intellectually unable to learn the hard lesson set down for them, that they should have to sit silently in their seats until they have it by heart, and can repeat it without blundering. ,Some have already run away, and others look uncommonly like truants who mean to be off next time the door opens. There is even talk of some more of the ushers and monitors going ; and we should not be surprised if they went. • But it matters little. Lord Derby, Lord Stanley, and Mr. Disraeli are the Conservative Government. They have done just what they liked, and they will do so to the end. They could not have got their party, as a party, to swallow household suffrage, without pro mising sundry bits of sugar and pleasant-looking nuts as the bribe. But now that the dose is ' gulped, and the sugar begins to melt, and the nuts to prove blind, what can be said about it, save that " they are sorry, and that they hope big boys wont be so foolish as to cry ?" The situation which has become rather ludicrous, may, however, become ere long rather lamentable, if, as there seems reason to fear, the carrying of the Tory Reform Bill be signalised by the disruption of the Tory party. The prostration of that party would, in our opinion, be a great source of embarrassment and evil. Then, indeed, there would be danger of serious divisions in the ranks of the Liberal majority. At present there is none. Mr. Gladstone was welcomed back to his place at the head of the Opposition on Thurs day last, just as if nothing had happened during the holidays to fill the heads of stupid people with idle fears regarding him. It is now clear that he never meant his too candid note to Mr. Crawford to be interpreted as an act of abdication ; and the only answer that need be given to Mr. Baines's already half-forgotton cry for help to bring him back to the head of his party is, that quiet matter-of-fact people never, ceased to re 7 sgasl.)4m.as remaining :there. Whets Mr. Huskis son'bastily offered to resign in 182& and next day thotight better of it, a friend' told the Duke of Wellington that ; he need not consider it a resigna tidn. - 'But the Premier, who- wanted to. get rid of hiaLiberal subordinate, replied ; " It was a resig nation, it is a resignation, and it shall be a resigna tion." The converse is precisely Mr. Gladstone's position with reference to his party, whose universal feeling has been with reference to his letter—lt was not an abdication, it is not an abdication, and it shall not be an abdication. The Liberal party, led by him, is strong enough to make a really good bill of that which now lies on the table of Parliament, or to throw it out on the third reading, should any sudden freak of obstinacy on the part of its authors interpose unlooked-for impediments in the way of its amendment in Committee. And in either case we can foresee no hindrance of the Liberal party to the restoration of the Liberal party to power. Their real danger lies not in affected or imaginary weak ness, but in the possibility of their being presently too strong. CLERICAL, MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. BONUS MEETING, 1867. The Report presented at a Meeting held on the 3d January last, for the declaration of the EIGHTH BONUS, showed, 1. AS TO TILE PROGRESS OF THE SOCIETY, that, during the quinquennial period which terminated on the 30th June, 1866, NEW ASSURANCES for a total sum of £1,518,181, and yielding £50,497 in Annual Premiums, had boon effected, of which sums the former exceeded by £31,811, and the latter by £2,332, the eerrevending items of any previous period; that THE INCOME had increased from £195,400 to £215,327 per annum; and that THE ASSURANCE FUND, after piymont, of £85,303 on account of Bonus at the last Division, had risen from £1,122,191 to £1,619,339. 2. As TO THE FINANCIAL POSITION Or THE SOCIETY. That the Assets on June 30, 1866, were £1,619,539 14 8 And the Liabilities on the same dato 1,313,708 19 2 £275,830 15 6 Leaving a su r pl us of and that, after setting aside L 50,000 as a special Reserve Fund, THE AVAILABLE PROFIT was £225,330 15s. 6d., of which sum £225,000 was recommended for division. 3. As TO THE RESULTS OF TIIE DIVISION. That tho portion of this sum of 1:225,000—viz., five-sixths, or £lB7,soo—which fell to the Assured, would yield a REVERSIONARY ADDITION TO THE POLICIES of £272,682, averaging 45 per Cent., or varying, with the different ages, from 32 to 85 per Cent. on the premiums paid since the last division; aad that the CASH BONUS, which is the exact equivalent of such Reversionary Bonus, would average 26 per Cent. of the like premiums. Tho Report explained at length the nature of the In vestments and the bases of the Calculations, the results of which, as above shown, are eminently favourable. The next DIVISION OF PROFITS will take place in January, 1872, and Persons who effect NEW POLICIES BEFORE THE END OF JUNE NEXT will be entitled at that Division to one year's additional share of Profits over later Assurers. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, the R)part above men tioned, and a detailed account of the proceedings of the Bonus Meeting, can bc obtained f rom any of theeSoeiety's Agents; or of GEORGE OUTCTAFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London, S. AT. CONTRACT FOR APPOINTMENTS FOR TIIE ROYAL MARINES. , ADMIRAL TY , SOMERSET C ONTRAC T DEPARTMENT HOUSE, May 3, 1867. MIIE 'COMMISSIONERS for EXECU TING 111_ the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL o f th e UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN a n d IRE LAND do hereby give Not i c e, that on THURSDAY, the 16th instant, at Twelve o'cloc k at noon, they will be read to treat with such perso ns as ma y be willing to Y CON TRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of MUSKETDoSLINGS (tler Infantry), . ( Ligh Artily), DRUM SLINGS, DRUMMERS' SWORDS, and CHIN STRAPS for FORAGING CAPS (Light Infantry), as shall from time to time bo demanded for the use of the Royal Marines under a contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further-Until the expiration of three calendar months' warning. Patterns of the Articles may be seen at the Royal Marine Office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hour s o f Eleven and Twelve o'clock. No Tender will he received unless male on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Dept] tment of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the Conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty; and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, Tender for Appointments for the Royal Marines," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £2OO for the duo perform ance of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. SPIRIT OF TILE PUBLIC JOURNALS. --t THE "SATURDAY REVIEW" ON 110USEIIOLD Eco- NOMY IN 1867.—Unpleasant as the fact may be, there is, we fear, no doubt that this ydar will see in many families as much distress and as much pinch ing as the last saw. The dire shadow of last year's commercial eclipse is still chilling our homes and darkening our paths. Although There is more money than would suffice to buoy up every totter ing firm of note, there is a perfect dearth of credit. And it is this utter dearth of credit that will be so painfully and pinchingly felt in numberless families throughout England. In the first place, half of the small incomes of the country are derived from rail • ways, and more than one great railway is practi cally insolvent. It is impossible to measure accu rately the precise amount of the misery thus in flicted. Whatever the amount is now, it will be doubled if all the engineers on all the railways combine to strike ; for enhanced wages or suspended traffic and constant dividends are incompatible. Although, in the majority of cases, personal i consist wholly of railway dividends, incomes do o p n er o h t aps, yet in some cases they do, and in a good many one half is derived from this source. It needs but small powers of imagination to conceive the straits to which people whose whole annual income does not exceed £4OO, and half of this rroducel from one source, must be reduced when this one source fails. But this picture does not fully represent the intensity of the suffering now felt by many families. Few persons in the middle ranks of life abstained from investing in one or more of the numerous specula tions which came forward during the last two years under the specious attraction of limited liability, and which promised to give ten per cent., and to exact only a few calls at distant intervals. The experi ence of the last six months may witness how well this promise has been kept. The interest has long ceased to be paid, but the calls go on in a geome trical ratio of acceleration. Money that was borrowed when money was easy to get has now to be repaid when it is all but impossible to borrow. The unfortunate shareholders who were told that they would never have to pay up 40 per cent. of their capital have to pay up 60 per cent., and are still dinned with the cry of " more." With half of their ordinary income taken from them, they have in many cases to provide fresh capital which will be as un productive as if it were flung into the ocean. How many families of moderate means are at this moment casting their hundred a year each into an abyss from which not a particle of it can ever return ! There is no help for it. To go through the Bankruptcy Court is out of the question, though the inducements which led them to speculate would afford a substan tial justification for such a course. But pride, the dread p o r f ev lo e s n i t mngcaany casts, and th e d rea d of losing situa tions struggling man from taking lavishing on " calls " the petty a step which would p ut an end to a lifelong burden. Ao on, su n r ci plu sos menthat a t sell ing out the only safe invest ments they have made at a depreciation of 30 or 40 per cent. • "'his is the special and peculiar so re of th e existing crisis: Not once g went to buy an ornament for the wife or some amuseme nt for the children, and only are incomes docked to feed the rapacious leech of the share-market, but capital is sacrificed with out stint or compunction. Every £lOO which the persecuted shareholder throws into the ravening maw of his cruel tyrant cost him from £l3O to £l4O ; in a year or so this, the savings of years, must come to an end, and then how is the tribute to be paid ? There will be but one resort-- the Bankruptcy court ; and when he flings him self, au exhausted and beggared suppliant, at its altar, he will curse the false shame which forbade an earlier recourse to its protection, and urged bins to pauperise himself and his children that he might satisfy the exactions of dishonest or deluded directors. THE " EXAMINER" ON THE PROGRESS OF TILE BILL—The House of Commons sticks to its work, and shows that it is resolved to try what can be made of the Ministerial Bill before consenting to have the question thrown over for another year. This is exactly what the country desires and de mands. It cants no more of faction fight about the matter : it wants, if possible, to get the ques- • tion settled satisfactorily, and settled soon. Settled at all it cannot be unless it be settled satisfactorily; and perhaps we may add, unless it be settled soon. The attempt to impose a differential test on the new voters, in the shape of a two years' . residence, has been, after a brief debate, rejected by an over whelming majority; and the exclusion of lodgers and compound householders is certain to share the same fate. It was clear, indeed, after Lord Derby's recent address to the deputation which waited upon him at Downing•street, that intelligent Tories were not expected to take much trouble in defending what had become un tenable positions. - Intelligent Toryism took RriYAL ACADEMY BANQUET. THE LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL has -I- URGENT NERD of FUNDS. —DonAtions and Sub scriptions will be thankfully received by llessra. Dimsdaie and Co., 50, Cornlllll ' • Messrs. Drumnym , l ivid Co., Ch cross; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; Messrs. iloare, Fleet-street; and by the undersivied , a t the Irospittl, Liverpool-road, N.. CLIARLES FINN - . Sec. IIEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER. is. et, 2a., 2s 0 f. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Herchantti, 8, King William-street, City, London, E.C., are selling, good and fine BLACK TEA. A price current post free. 405 worth carriage free to any Railway Stttion or Market Town iu the United Kingdom. All goods carriage tree to all parts of London. (?baerve—PLguars and Co. have no Agents. &ors aro supplied at market prices, PAINLESS SYSTEM OF DENTISTRY. Just paolished, price 31 Post free four ri tsmps. MOTAL ABOLITION OF PAIN IN DENTISTRY. By lldiksrs. tha old estvalsh , xl DENTISTS, GI, LUIYIA JILL, CI rY, Loud m. 50. H A .tL 1.:17-il'itE I', W.. 13!, 1. 1 3 E I`. The banquet which is usually.given previous to the opening of the Royal Academy took place on Saturday evening, at the rooms of the Academy, Trafalgar-square, the president of the institution in the chair. The PRESIDENT, upon rising to propose the first toast, was received with cheers. He said—Your Royal Highness, my Lords, and Gentlemen,—The first and ever welcome one which I hare the honour to propose is " The health of the head of this insti tution, her most -gracious Majesty the Queen," (Cheers.) For the interest her Majesty has been graciously pleased to express in the prosperity and welfare of the Royal Academy, I desire, on the part of its members, to record our grateful sense of her Majesty's goodness and condescension. I trust she may be long spared to fill the throne on which her bright example has cast so great a lustre. (Cheers.) The PRESIDENT--I have now the honour to pro pose "The health of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal family." Th e PRINCE of WALES, upon rising, was greeted with loud cheers. He said,—Sir Francis Grant, your Royal Highness, my Lords, and Gentlemen, — I begto tender you my warmest thanks for the very kind manner in which you have proposed and re ceived the health of the Princess of Wales and my self. I feel sure she will feel deeply grateful for the kind words you have this evening uttered, and I a m glad to say that, although she has for nearly two months been kept to her room by a long and tedious illness, she is now progressing towards re covery. (Loud cheers.) I know I can have no more pleasing announcement to make to her Royal High ness than to tell her of the very kind feeling which has always been exhibited to her since her first com ing to this country. (Cheers.) I beg also, Sir Francis, to thank you for the very kind manner in which you have alluded to the interest I take with re gard to science and art. I need not tell you that I do take an interest in it ; if I may say so, I take the same interest which my parents have always taken. Although I m ay not have the same experience or knowledge, still I hope I shall tread in their footsteps in that respect. (Cheers.) I am flattered, Sir Francis, by your statement that I have shown an apprecia tion of art in becoming the possessor of a work by so celebrated an artist as Sir Edwin Landseer. I think it would be impossible to find at this table any one who would not feel the same appreciation for so admirable a work of art. I obtained the picture under somewhat peculiar circumstances. It had been painted for a private person, who was kind enough to give it up to me. Sir Edwin Land seer, who has been before the public for many years as a painter, has within the last two months achieved great distinction as a sculptor, and has produced one of the finest monuments of that art that exists in this country. (Cheers.) With re ference to the exhibition now before us, I think I may say that for many years* we have not seen a finer exhibition. The names of Grant, Watts, Millais, and others I need not particularise. (Cheers.) Last year we had to mourn the loss of Sir C. East lake, and now we have to lament the departure from among us of another Royal Academician, Mr. Phillips, to whose pictures from Spanish life I my self, from having been in Spain, can amply. testify. I beg, my lords and gentlemen, again to thank you for the kind manner in which you have proposed and received my health, and the still kinder man ner in which you have received the health of the Princess of Wales. (Cheers.) The PRESIDENT—I have now to propose " The Army, the Navy, and the Volunteers." His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, with great promptitude, said—l am a volunteer, Sir Francis. I will return thanks for the volunteers. (Loud cheers.) The PRESIDENT—I am happily relieved from the difficulty. his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is a volunteer and authorises me to say he will acknowledge the toast on behalf of the vo!un teem. (Continued cheers.) The Duke of CAMBRIDGE returned thanks for the Army. His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, in acknowledging the toast on behalf of the Volun teers, said : Your Royal Highness, Sir Francis Grant, my lords and gentlemen, I have great plea sure in replying to the toast for the volunteers. As honorary colonel of several volunteer regiments, I hare been connected with the movement for a 1 Iconsiderable period. No person takes more interest in it than I do —(elleers)—and I think we must all acknowledge the zeal displayed by the volunteers, which, since they came forward, has never in the slightest (legrec diminished. (Cheers.) I hope their servicea will not be required even defensively; but it is pleasing to know that their ranks are very . little thinned, and that they are always ready to do their duty whenever it may be demanded of them. (Cheers.) We have seen not only our own coun trymen approve the service, but we were peculiarly gratified by the notice of them last year by the King of the Belgians. (Cheers.) lam sure I need not add that if the Belgian volunteers ply us a return visit this summer, we shall give them a not less cordial reception. (Cheers.) I return to you, on the part of the volunteers, our best thanks for the toast. (Loud cheers.) 'The PRESIDENT next gave " The health of her Majesty's Ministers," and observed : I remember last year, when it fell to the lot of Lord Russell to return thanks for this toast, he with much good humour expressed a doubt of the propriety of giving "The health of her Majesty's Ministers" in this place, but I hope we shall altiays be permitted to give this toast; for whilst.ive-are ever ready, with the greatest satisfaction, to propose the health of her Majesty's Ministers in office, I am bound to confess, with 1 hope you will consider pardonable fickleness, we are at all times equally ready to ac cord the same welcome to ministers of different po litics. (A laugh.) And I think this is as it - should be. Art, we feel, is common ground, on which all political strife lies buried, • and we should be much disappointed if we were not permitted to testify the high sense we entertain of the honour conferred on us by the presence of the illustrious statesmen who govern this great , country. But I must be allowed on this occasion, in proposing the health of her Majesty's Ministers, to express our special acknowledgments for the liberal and generous treatment the Academy has recently experienced at their hands by the grant of a site so eminently calculated to meet all our requirements, and which will enable us efficiently to carry out our important duties in forwarding the interests of modern art and the efficient art education of the country. I should, however, be very unjust if I did not recognise the friendly consideration I have received from many influential statesmen of the op posite party, and from none more than their gifted leader, Mr. Gladstone. (Cheers.) And, my lords and gentlemen, it appears to me a very happy cir cumstance when the members of the Royal Aca demy of Arts have to acknowledge the sympathy of all classes of public men, proving, as it does, that the interest of art and the prosperity of this institu tion are held to be the common property of all par ties. I beg to propose " The health of her Majesty's Ministers." (Cheers.) The Earl of DERBY, who was loudly cheered, said—l can assure you that it is with the highest possible gratification that I have again the honour of being received at this, and always to me, most interesting celebration. At the present time I should have felt justified by the state of my health in refusing the invitation of any other assembly, but I have felt that this was an especial and peculiar occasion—an occasion when it was my duty to at tend to testify the pleasure that every one who holds the situation which I have the honour to fulfil feels at being present, and his high appreciation of the arts which are here cultivated and illustrated. It affords me great satisfaction on the part of my colleagues and myself to offer you our grateful thanks for the honour you have done us in pr-opos ing our healths collectively. I am quite aware that in this toast there is nothing whatever of a political or party character. It is the genuine sympathy which Englishmen—well-educated . Eng lishmen—are always ready to express for those who undertake arduous and laborious duties, and endea vour to the best of their power, to perform them. We have heard a great deal of late of the working man. (Cheers.) But in one sense I believe that in the whole length and bread•h of this land there are no more truly working men than her Majesty's Minis ters ; and more especially I may say this of those Ministers who are -members of the House of Com mons, and pre-eminently of my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer—(cheers)—who I have no doubt would feel it an immense relief from the labours of his position if he could claim the advan tages of the Ten Hours Bill. (A laugh.) lam quite aware that this is no political occasion, and that it would be the worst possible because it may furnish an argument for political discussions for the admission of ladies to the electoral franchise. (Laughter and cheers.) I feel that I ought not to trespass upon your time further than to express the great sense I entertain of the honour you have paid to myself and to my colleagues in proposing the health of her Majesty's Ministers. It is a subject of great gratification to me. As it has been ob served by the President, it has been the good for tune of the present Government to make provision for the establishment of the Royal Academy in a situation more worthy of them, which will enable them more advantageously to display their treasures of art, and, above all, give them more ample op portunities of conducting their instructions in art to the rising generation of artists. It is also a mat ter of good fortune that eight years ago, when I had the honour to be connected with the Government, my noble friend the present First Commissioner of Works had a scheme for establishing the Royal Academy on a site in the very neighbourhood which they are now about to occupy. But, unfortunately, the termination of the Government—absit omen!— (laughter and cheers)—put an end to it. We had not then, unfortunately, the sanction of Parliament which we now have on the subject. lean only hope that, though at my time of life I cannot look for-- ward to a very distant future, I may be spared to be present at many meetings of this character. I beg to thank you, for the honour you have done us. (Cheers.) The PRESIDENT--When giving the health of her Majesty's Ministers I expressed the gratitude of the Royal Academy for the site granted to us on the Burlington estate ; but I must be permitted to observe, although our lease is signed and we are busy laying the foundations of the gal leries to be erected in the rear of Burlington House, we do not get possession of Burlington House proper till the Government have provided accom modation for the Royal Society now occupying that building. When that is effected, Burlington House, on which it is proposed to erect an additional story, will be the entrance to the new Royal Academy. It is evident, therefore, that for the speedy realisa tion of these important national purposes we shall be greatly dependent on the friendly co-operation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. If, with his 'friendly assistance and the sanction of Pariiament, this can be speedily arranged, a year will be saved in the carrying out of these important purposes. I trust, under thus circumstances, Irony be permitted to propose a toast which, on such an occasion as this, will be most welcome, " The House cf Com mons," and to connect with it " The Health of the 1 Chancellor of the Exchequer." (Cheers.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who n d 'it s in S received with cheers, said—Mr. President, my l our, and gentlemen, you have rem inded us y address that the toast which you h avedee now proposed d, although is an unusual one in this room ; and, in have now for many years had the honour of bein,,, your guest, and attending at this h classical anniver sary,Alecca of society, which I look upon and an annual duty which i a t s is t s a e d lieht to fulfil, it is the first time that I have hear e d the House of Commons proposed as a toasit. Your assembled guests, I ant sure, will feel deeply hououred and gratified by what has occurred this evening. The House of Commons, though sometimes. not men tioned in the same terms of approval, will consider them peculiarly complimentary. I have sometimes '/ ...t-c-c-•.c /' PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. ---7 > PA fit ki thought there was some tai 1 t i tak ''''4 44 4 V :: 13 : 1:4-s I Rofotyhael t A wo oa i d n e s in tit y u . tio l n , s h — ey t . institutio n s--the k t l e ? 291 M 11 .4 . 1 stitutions. They have both in thikt . timibe - en ry , much criticised. Th ey h ave both been 'opcasißally reformed. (Laughter.) b e Notwithstanding, lieyewill no now they b e have still remained, and I generally acknowledged to bo flourishing and popular institutions of thi s country. The relations, indeed, tween the House of Commons and the Royal Academy are, if examined, of an inte resting and of an anc;_erit date. We in the House of Commons hank, not forgotten that when the R. , yal Acad g my . was first esta •bli-hed ono of its first Alai rs (Nlr. Burke) was a most illustrious member of the House of Commons of that date. And, indeed, the first picture of the House of Commons was ni inted by a member of Parliament. This remind 4 one of a painting which I have seen representing that House of Commons, awl which was painted b' an illustrious artist to whom his Royal Highness has alluded with so much feeling. I cannot, I cold( ss, without some emotion., recall the scene which that picture presented, and the artist—with whom, I am happy to say, I was personally acquainted—who painted it. The leader of the House of Commons was portrayed in the picture with remarkable likeness and power of ex pression. He has left us ; but he left us in the ful ness of his age, and when he had pursued a noble and highly spirited career. The great painter who portrayed him left us when he was comparatively young, and when the opinion of England, and, indeed of Europe, was only maturing to the recognition of his great genius. Had he been spared to us, be would have covered the walls of our museums with works of endtuingbeauty and lasting fame. (Cheers.) There are some of his works upon the walls of this room-at the present moment, and I think that it is impoasible.to examine them without feelings of ad miration, and without sentiments of a peculiar and tender interest. For my part, I believe that intel lectual creations have in them a sort of spiritual affinity with £heir creators that never cease ; and I hope that they may whisper to him, in the Elysian Fields where he may be wandering at this moment, that we remembe r hi m w ith sen ti men t s o f a ff ection and admiration. (Cheers.) His works, I think, will be recognised as amongst the finest specimens of the English school, which it will be the pride of our descendants to recognise as radiant creations which command the admiration of the world. The President has reminded me of the peculiar con dition in which tho Academy is now placed with respect to the great change in its position which is about to occur. I did not very clearly collect what were the peculiar points -to which he wished to draw my attention. There is nothing which in my private capacity I should not be glad to do for the Royal Academy. But in another character I must say I would prefer on the whole to transact business before dinner. In. offering you, my lords and gentlemen, the thanks of the House of Commons for the honour which you have done it, I think I may say that there never has I been at any time a want of feeling in that body for the fine arts. They may not have shown it exactly lin the right manner. They are a popular assembly, and express their sentiments in a popular manner. But when the opportunity has offered of purchasing any valuablecollection of rare works of art the House of Commons has not omitted to avail itself of it. No doubt the reason was, because they acted from the conviction that good taste is one of the elements of national greatness. I beg leave to thank you in the name of the House of Commons for the honour you have done it. (Loud applause.) The PRESIDENT—It has always been a source of much pleasure to the members of the Royal Academy to be honoured by the presence of the chief magis trate of this great city, and it is impossible not to regard with respect the individual who fills that im portant and honourable position, to which he is elected by the suffrages of his fellow-citizens. But, my lords and gentlemen, we must all have observed, with feelings of admiration, and, I may say, perso , nal gratitude, the zealous and able manner in which his lordship came forward to mitigate the severe and heartrending distress by which East Loudon was visited last winter. In the previous year we also witnessed with great pleasure the exertions of the late Lord Mayor to mitigate the sad misery created by the awful scourge of cholera with which we were visited. All honour to our chief magistrates, who, whilst fulfilling the arduous duties, and maintaining the dignity and proverbial hospitality of their high position, have eyes to see and hearts to feel for the suffering humanity which ever must abound in this vast metropolis. I have the honour to propose " Prosperity to the City of London and the Health of the Lord Mayor." The LORD MAYOR briefly acknowledged the com pliment. The meeting then terminated. CRICKET. The London cricket season"" proper" will be inaugurated this day at Lord's Ground with a match between Eleven Gentlemen of the Marylebone Club and the Ground Players. The following will form tho respective sides:— M.C.C.—Messrs. R. D. Balfour, IL Bissett, H. Brand, C. F. Buller, R. A. Mitchell, J. Pepys,W. M. Rose, J. Round, E. G. Sutton, R. D. Walker, and V. E. Walker. The Ground Players. —S. Biddulph, J. Chatterton, J. Grundy, T. Hearne, Jordan, G. W. Marten, Mumford, Nichol', J. IL Nixon, A. Shaw, and G. Wootton. The first " grand match" of the Cambridge season will also commence this day, the All England Eleven having undertaken to play Fifteen Gentlemen of Trinity College —no trifling task. The following are the published lists, viz. : Trinity College.—Hon. S. G. Lyttelton, Hon. F. Pelham, Messrs. C. Absolom, Duguid, E. Gray, C. E. Green, J. S. E. Hood, Laue, Moutgomor,y, Richardson, H. M. Stow, S. Warinei, A. Watson, B. Watson, and Yates. All England Elevon.—Anderson, Carpenter, Hayward, Jackson, W. Oscroft, Pinder, Rowlett, J.C. Shaw, J.Smith (Cambs), Tarrant, and R. C. Tinley. PIGEON SHOOTING. 1 THE GUN CLUB, SHEPHERD'S-BUSH. The patrons of this aristocratic club met on Saturday under the favourable auspices of fine weather, and conse quently a very large attendance witnessed the sports, w . hich were regarded with an unusual degree of interes t consequence of several new momb2rs competing upon the following conditions :—To shoot at three birds each, in a handicap sweepstakes of 1 soy each, from 5 traps, placed 5 yards apart, with double guns, the use of both barrels, lioz. of shot. Long before the hour appointed for the amusements to commence there were a great many subscribers ou the ground. After twiny dozen birds had been shot at for practice, the secretary, Mr. G. A.Battcock, having obtained no less than 1G competitors for the first handicap, the sports commenced, and to the astonishment of the fielders fifteen gentlemen out of the sixteen brought down in beautiful style each of their birds in the first round, and after some really fine shooting Mr. Gregory and Mr. A. B. Blackburne killed all their I birds and divided. There were twenty comp e titors in the second handicap, an d Ca p tain N. Burnand, Mr. Davis, Mr. H. Bentley, and Mr. J. Ariban killed all theit birds in splendid style and tied. They shot the tie off Davis killedthraelle yards bird for bird, when Captain Burreind and Mr. 11. Bentley being the only two who rattled down their birds, they divided. Seventeen contended in the third trial, and Mr. Mr. C. Musgrove, and Sir P. Norris, Captain Ricardo, Charles Legard brought down all their birds, and tied. They shot the do off, and at the end of the second round Mr. C. Musgrove, who killed all his birds in an extraordi narily fine style, with a splendid central fire breech loader, by Grant, of St. jatoo3'l6-3treet, won. The fourth gaArdecaonradingfr.to the wiii‘n:: contest produeed the same number of gentlemen, w h en etgiulffrtwheely laid °n Mr. Davis and Mr. C. Musgrove killed all their birds and divided. The fifth contest produced thirteen marksmen, and Major Longley, Captain Ricardo, and Captain N. Burnaud tied ; in shooing the tie off, 2Lijor Louglev missed, and the others bringing down their birds divided, - The sixth awl final contest only produced eight subsii,.. n be l ri i l l s ' b a e n r a(ll :: lS i n i:l n .i i (v-i n i. g d'ilj O i r e. divining £lO conditionssttiosis‘vhebea.peknot:oyaardrsj, and those who won or divided £2O went ba c k in the next handicap, and in ii: t : l i i tn 5 F t o u s P tU a t e each that s w h e o n t, t f i r n om ha 7 lf t a o y 4 a to rd. s to Th 2 e J. Offer supplied the birds, and it is needleeassv general satisfae they were strong and swift, and gave the gun. flora. 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