The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-13 00:00:00

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N o . 23,611. 1 per tho MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. pr ice the ON and After the Ope n i ng o f th e Q ueen ' s Th ea t re , 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 SUP. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB.. AT EVANS' COVENT GARDEN VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT At Eight o'Clock. 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET. HURST & BLACKETT'S NEW NOVELS. Ready at all the Libraries, DORA. By JULIA KAYANAGH, Author of " Na thalie," "Adele," &c. JEANIE'S QUIET LIFE. By the Author of "St. Olave's," "Alec's Bride," &c. NORTHERN ROSES. A Yorkshire Story. By MRS. ELLIS, Author of "The Women of England," &c. A HERO'S WORK. By MRS. DUFFUS HARDY. LOVE'S SACRIFICE. By Mus. W. GREY. business of the general meeting for sanctioning a subscription of £BO,OOO towards the Carnarvou and Llanberis undertaking ; for cancelling the share ca pital of the subsidiary companies dissolved by the act of last session, and converting it into capital stock of the London and North-Western Railway, as indicated in the report of February last; for the usual authority to exercise the borrowing powers of the company. The directors request the vote of the proprietors of £120,000 for additional roll ing stock, and £88,007 for new works, additional accommodation, and additional land at various sta tions on the lines. with the view of paying them all off out of net re venue in the course of five yearn. They had laid a case before Mr. H. Lloyd for his opinion, but he was from home, and it was under these circum stances that the directors proposed to adjourn the meeting. Mr. HEMMING remarked that no one could object to the report, but until their legal position was known he thought they should merely re ceive the report, and adjourn the meeting, as proposed. dness ;o to- i last LUNCHEON BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c. and, ; the IPPIY t any lantic High-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, &c. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND SENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. Iwhat •es at On and afterNONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine p.m. to One a.m. Manager, CHARLES CASTLE. BANK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—Notice is Hereby Given, that the Business of the South Australian Banking Company is now conducted und. r the above title, in accordance with the new Charter of Incorporation, for which a Certificate has just been granted by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, bringing it into immediate operation. WILLIAM PURDY, Manager. Bth February, 1868. ►r the MORTIMER'S MONEY. By S. RUSSELL WHITNEY. (Just ready.) Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 8 par THIRD EDITION.—In 2 vols., Bvo., with Portrait, _ _ _ KINAHAN'S Ex L H T I J B . ITI N o V N H I I B S 67 KY. - DUBLIN This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON. W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina han's LL Whisky." ANUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 1859). I V „,. 14. RUSSELL-STET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope.. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. VIL/ ESTO N'S GRAND M U SIC HALL. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. Unprecedented Success of Mr. A wrnun LLOYD, with new songs, Mr. A. G, VANCE, DE ALBERT'S celebrated Ballet, LISKARD, the versatile Musical Genius, and the astonishing HICKEN Fl,- 1111,11'; Miss FITZWILLIAMB. Every Evening. Bishop's and Hatton's celebrated Glees, by Miss TREMAINE, Miss Brougham, R. Lascelles, T. Godden, and Mr. P. Core. Full Orchestra, which will perform the popular Overtures of the Great Masters. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. COURT. The _doors will open at 7. commence at 7.30. No alteration in the prices of admission. Private boxes 10s. 64., to be secured at ➢litchell's Royal Library; Old Rond-streeti Stu/ Sams' Library, St. James's; also at the Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. Special Notice.- Miss Smithson, Jolly Nash, Hairy and Hattie King, and Oliver's Christy Mingtrels, on Easter Monday. THEY ARE COKING. BLONDIN ! BLONDIN! ! BLONDIN !! ! BLONDIN, the Hero of Niagara, is engaged, and will appear at the CANTERBURY HALL on MON DAY, Feb. 24, and following nights. BLONDIN on the High or Low Rope, and as Jacko the Monkey in the Great Indian Ballet, commenc ing MO v DAY, Feb. 24, and every evening, at the CANTER BURY HALL—SoIe Proprietor, W. Holland. No advance in prices. Stalls, is.; area and balcony, 6d. CANTERBURY HALL.—SoIe Proprietor, W. lJ HOLLAND.—Triumphant Success of the new manage ment and company. 0 IVER'S CHRISTY MINSTRELS. Fred. Evans' Comic Ballet Troupe; Great Vance, Louie Austen, Brothers Felix, Annie Adams, Sig. seroni, Miss Fitz Henry, Pat Sellers, Brothers Girards, and the French Clowns. Musical Di rector, Mr. Alfred Lee. Assistant General Manager, Mr. James Ellis. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Special Notice.—Mr. W. HOLLAND'S Grand Inauguration Benefit, MONDAY, Feb. 24, when all the principal artistes in London will appear. First Night of the Great Blondin. IU ADAME I. USSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. A PORTRAIT MODEL of the late Eminent Tragedian, CHA-RL T4IS BEAN, in the character of Mkenwril, modelled from Sittings given by him o the late Mr. F. B. Tussern. Admission, ls.; children under 10. 6d E - .:tra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 in the morning till dusk, and from 7 till 10 in the evening. A RGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Dice dfll _ _ Sole Proprietor M. R R. BroNELL. This magnificent Terpsicuo and Musica Establishment, having been Re-decorated in -rte nighest style or Italian art by Messrs. Rueardc and otuer eatiaeat artists, NOW OPEN for the AUTITM'7 SOko Eupnonion .gnor Mosca. Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Doors open at hait•r,ast 8. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. FURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O per Week.—D. S. HUMPHRIES his at all times a number of rim-class RE ;ID C ES to be LET. furnished or unfurnished. or sold, more i artionlarly in the ne4hbour hoods of Svdenhim, Upper vorwood. Forest-hill. and vizi nity.—Partioulars may be had at the (Mee, Printing House square. HOUSES and APA.RT HEN rs VirA.VTE D. and to be LET or SOLD. BUSINTESSRS for DISPOSAL, Sce. PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HUAPHRT sIS has continual applications for all descriptions of PR 3P E RTY which will pay !food interest for outlay. Houses out of rep.tir not objected io. T. D Humphries can ct all tirne4 fled customers for all dean ip tions of businesses. Hotels, public hoes s, dcc , sold and transt.-rr d. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print in; House-square. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily prod tices whiskers and thickens hair. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 otA.;;;...—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. " Tale of a Hair," 6d. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using A.EX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s. ; bent by past for 60 stamps. 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Face Powder, le. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALES. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—. ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and per fectly natural in effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10e. 6d.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps; and all Chemists. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. *HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL &TORY re moves superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, Without effect to the skin. Poice 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. :7 Rad of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, ss. 6d. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sallowness, &c. 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d. ;or post for 40 and 100 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d. RAM COLOUR, WASH.—By damping the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional using. 10s. 6d. ; sent for stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, Londo and all Chemists. Just published, 2d.; sent by the authr- 8 U GLINESS and BEAUTY... ..i bein g a Pstam pamph, let descriptive of articles mesns ud for improv ing the appearance. B: ALEX. ROSS,se 248, High Hol born, London. 11 °- of all booksellers. HEALTH R . t . :TORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. AL, 7isARRY'S delicate health-re s t or i ng I nva lid s ' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, AßAßlCA and restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, P sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled —removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influence, noises in the hoad and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hy s t er i a , neu irrilability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp-, spasms, n ausea and sick ness even i n pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most digestible and bourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infe.uts in all complaints. IMPORTANT CA ON,—Beware of the many unsavoury and more slopy imitations to which, without autho tty, Baren Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. ileueeforth none will doubt the valuable properties of ' ull Barry's health-restoring Revaleuta Arabic,a Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it h as already rec e i ve d f rom i nval i ds whose position had. been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi !less the P o P e , w h ose h ealth has been' perfectly restored d, o 3' it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. r..,413): —"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the oly Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all ether remedies, he has confined himself entirely to , Du etarry , B Revalenta Arabia' Food, of which he consumes a ater.' a t every meal. It has produced a surprisingly v.lsueficial effect on his health, , and his Holiness cannot Allis° this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchiones s d e B ro h an , o f seven . 3 :ears' liver complaint, wasting away, d e bility, nervous ness, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad u-Lgestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nerv ous a ..., Kitation. Cure N 0.78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County o f Water ffn'l :—" I have derived much benefit from your ex ce ll en t --(?.- -- STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, C a pp oqu i n , C ounty at erford.” Cure No. 49,832. -Of fifty years' indescribable agony Isom dyspeps, nrvousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, °f Ynn, No neeure No. 47,121.-- Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme "usuesq in gatherings, low spirits, and ner- V °us fancies': - Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, years iarrh Leicester, of two 21b.,eFood is sold in Canisters, at Is. 11d. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; ti • 6 d. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. ,lers, carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, by ~4 u rtY DU BARRY and 77, Regent-s trot, London ; also -a C 0., . " rortnum and 3 asou'a,and sold by all respectabl6 " 40 cers and Chemits. DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. ' " V.R." HUSH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.O Established 1808. Quotations on application. AN FI ELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be bad of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 104 Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. GEOLOGY. -KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. PRO -SOR TE TANT, F.G.S., COMM lelsTO , D A COLMS 7 . o: LECTUR s S o t G r , ,OLOGY on FRIDAY, January 24, at .3 . They - 30.itinued on each succeeding Wed nesdt.7 u_•,, ?ridgy t csaai e hour A shorter course is also giver nlrsday even lgs, from Bto 9. Text-Bock, Lyell's "`Eleme. , a of Geology." Professor Tennant accompanies his students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological in terest in the country. _ . B. W. JELF, D.D., Principal QTOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS, PIGEON CRESTS and other Deformities, are pre vented and cured by wearing CHANDLER'S IMPROVED HYGIENIC CHEST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all ages. It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indi gestion, pains in the chest and back, and is especially re commended to children forassisting the growth, promoting health and symmetry of figure, superseding the use of braces and stays. Price from 10s. 6d. each.-66, Berners. street Oxford-street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs " THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public are respectfully cautioned against worthless imitations, and should see that Lea and Perrins' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Wor cester; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, &c., &c. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to' be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci plant consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few m i nu t e s aft er t a ki ng it . rrep.ar,A ou - ly and sold by W. LAMBERT , Chemist 8, King William-street, Charing-c ross London and. I , - 'n" druggists, in bo t tl es . 1.21,1 --a g u,tutines in one, 2s. 9d. each. De particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. Tho name and address are engraved on the stamp. CANDLES. —If you do not wan t your can dl es exclusively for show, but with pleasantness of appearance require excellence of burning, buy "PRICE'S GOLD MEDAL PALMITINE," or their " SHERWOOD PALMITINE," or their WAX," or their "BEST," "A o . 2," No. 3," good old-fashioned "BELMONT SPE RM. " or " BELMONT B preference ut ff y t o o u t h m e u,t finest haveand t hmeo extremes t transparent C p o ar M ain PO n S O lT ca E n , n i e s ! trans parency of pure Paraffine, "PRICE'S PARAFFINE" or their "BELMONTINE" will give it to you in perfection, and at a more moderate price than is usually charged for any other eall first class Paraffine Candles. ff The new toilet soap "PRICE'S SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE," containing half its weight of their concentrated distilled Glyce rine, should be in general use in every house before the winter comes on, because of its admirable effects in preventing chap ping of the hands and face. In every house there ought also to be one of the sealed bottles of their concentrated Distilled Gly cerine, known everywhere as "PRICE'S GLYCERINE," and prescribed by the most eminent medical men abroad as well as at home, as the one only Glycerine for medicinal use whether ex ternally or internally. PRICE'S FANCY SOAPS of the different sorts usually made are excellent, and command a constantly increasing sale. The "Solidified Glycerine" spoken of above is, however, the one fancy soap to use. "PRICE'S NEW PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS," for burning in the wide glasses are believed to be the very best Night Lights made. "PRICE'S CHILDS' NIGHT LIGHTS," for burning without glasses, and their different sorts of ." m. CHAMBER CAN DLES" are so well known, and so gene .ly used and appre ciated, as not to need any special notictihere. noral have Le re ten- trans- CES. Times llows : r pain- Last by the the e very stowed 3xperi icelled Eng to preside sdy, of , wledgo he first 'cod the x times ould be 3r with ,ult was I in the )ur N 0- toured, " little scar( 1y ugh his on one ano re - armed a re the may fiction he band inutive Luselah, I shall ' Tootle, anding, ) bring tsar on lord. In ether in led ad , fesEng that the )a,nion's conse- ant of r ran a les Ooe- at dig i eould ) record, fatigue, Klience— lay f or Austin, possible. r to New. attention Arty iS city. It 1 for the declara red that faith in Id future of are as nciple of rhich the es of in- appose- on of the ntereat general hnient of Lration Of in that neasureS member 'aside the rtant the he given nounts to nd eigh value of propertY Bundeß s4ol,76l• liked bi 'erage 3rs of the aggrav ate a-restoring Le nourish remedies; yes, soutlil funetio_ r ot o ;bled. I'v e restore , ' 21, 1966 ' Lally since , elf entire consunleo ingly be n9 ; e this e%clue;_..e' Ey 25 C years' lia i a nervel ssness, and ~771; T.o aany Ye a 0 tgoPy ilatuleneP -Cure 14° .; 30 yea :moat, en, the lu s ti w ith() y atteeb., e '. 5 lbs. , I ` l °' 14 Do 50, and 2 9 aists. • , . - - ', - 1 3t, Dublin' le , ottso' ,er. • • DT nil. , [try-cb3ui BishoPc e, late o f the , a ct se ta , oat, S eeler, P 7), &Aar ° ;apt. lib°. lab l3°llse' 1. S. *le ;. Of wife s ra . 7 . e N 1 N ° " el 'county NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL loci CO. have at length, with the aid of one o: de mos;, ?ea Chemis'A, succeeded in perfect ing this wonder-2u. liquid. h's now offered to the public in a mo7e concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15G. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage , 93. 7 Thames street, London, E.C. P per Thames. (ENE HUNDRFT ORPHA & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ROYAL A T CHILDREN are being maintained in the of £2A ...L.a3ERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CH ARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 98, Cheapside, London, E.O HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, h .0.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen -street, Lincoln's-inn-flelds. NA'T'IONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, . Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, E.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when t'ley attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer. W. H. WARWICK, Secretary. Office, 121, Pall-mall, S.W. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN - STITUTION. President2Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bosan quet, Salt, and Co., 73; Lombard-street, E.G.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S I.IOIVES are as follows : Women. 28, Church-row,For H Fampall en - 150, New Kent-road. stead. I 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- - Newington. town. I Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland-street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John's-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside, The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-• cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended- itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to th e benevolent. DANL. COOl3gR, Sec. 85, Qu eou - streot, Cheapsido. S PIRITUALO T R DIXON,I%v I V E S. Author of "New America," &c. "Mr. Dixon has treated his subject in a philanthropical spirit, and in his usual graphic manner. There is, to our thinking, more pernicious doctrine in one chapter of some of the sensa tional novels, which find admirers in drawing-rooms and eulo gists in the press, than in the whole of Mr. Dixon's interesting work."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On Friday next, in 3 vols., demy Bvo., 36a, THE MISCELLANEOUS PROSE WORKS of EDWARD BIILWER, LORD LYTTON, now first collected, including Charles Lamb—The Reign of Terror—Gray —Goldsmith—Pitt and Fox—Sir Thomas Browne—Schiller, &c. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. MISS BRADDON'S NEW FORTHCOMING NOVEL. On Feb. 15. Never before Published. In 3 vols. CHARLOTTE'S INHERITANCE.- NEW NOVEL. f NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. BY THE AUTHOR OF "LADY ATIDLE Vs SECRET," &e. In 3 vols. On Feb. 15. At all Libraries. CHARLOTTE'S INHERITANCE. Just published, price ls. 6c1., by post ls. 81, the Second Edition, with Ad %lends, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration o' the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the " Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. 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Notice is Hereby Given, that all Creditors and other per sons having any claims or demands upon or against the said Estate of Elizabeth Griffin, late of No. 5, College Villas, Finchley-new-road, in the county of Middlesex, Widow, deceased (who died on the 12th day of December, 1867), and whose. Will, with a Codicil there unto annexed, was proved in the principal Registry of her Majesty's Court of Probate at London, on the 7th day of January last; by John Paterson Clover, of No. 1, King's Bench-walk, Temple, in the City of London. Barrister-at- Law,the Executor named in the said will, and Richard Tappin Tanner, of No. 38, Marlborough-hill, St. John's Wood, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, the Executor named in the said codicil, are hereby required to send the particulars of such claims and demands in wilting to the said Executors, at my Office, No. 25, Cartel-lane, Doctors' Commons, in the said City of London, on or before the 31st day of March next, at the expiration of which time the said Executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Testatrix among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to those claims or demands of which they shall then have had Notice, and the said Executors will not be liable for the assets, or any part thereof, so distributed or dealt with to any person whose claim, or demand they shall not. then have had Notice. And Notice is Hereby Further Given, That all parsons who stood in debted to the said Elizabeth Griffin at the time of her decease are requested forthwith to pay the amount of their respective debts to the said Executors, at my Office, at No. 25, Carter-lane, afcresaid.' Dated this 12th day of February, 1868. J. GRAPPLE, Solicitor to the said EXecutors, ATLANTIC TELEGR4PEI COMPANY. Incorporated 1857.. Liability limited to the amount subscribed. ISSUE OF TEN PER Q . ENT.'PREFERENTIAL • S HAMS. CLOSING OF THE LIST OF APPLICATIONS. All Applications for the 45 Shares in the Ten per Cent. Preferential Capital must be sent in on or 3efore Monday, the 24th instant. Prospectuses and Forms of Application can be had of the Bankers, or at the Office. GEOL.:— SorTetary and General Superintendent. 12, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, Within, London, February 12, 1868. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Lombard-street, London, and North John-street, Liverpool. CAPITAL, X 2,900,000. ' LIFE BONUSES iitherto among the largest ever de clared by any Offce. SPECIAL NOTICE.—AII new participating Life Assu rances now effected will share in an INCREASED propor tion of the Profits, in accordance with the Resolution of last Annual Meeting. FIRE. Moderate Premiums. ANNUAL INCOAE nearly £BOO,OOO. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTONE, Secretary in London. EUROPEAN' ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empovered by Special Act of Parliament, For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman—General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S Policies payalie during Life — lndisputable--Not liable to Forfeiture. The ROYAL, rATAL, MILITARY, and EAST INDIA. LIFE DE PARTMENT, affording Peculiar Advantages to Officers and others in the Navy and Army. ader the especial Patronage of Her llost —ma MAJESTY the QUEEN. The EUROPEAN Society is specially authorised by the Im perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Government Officials. New Premiun Income in 1858, 1859, 1860 £76,000 4. 1861, 1862, 1863 £117,000 ,‘ 1864, 1865, 1866 £171,000 Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds. The Return of each Week's NEW Business may be obtained at the Offices, or of my of the Agents. • The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post flee. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. PAINLESS DENTISTRY. NIESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established 1815), of London 5B, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, , 64, Ludgate-hill, E.C., /1 Liverpool 34, Duke-street, and Brighton 38, North-street, have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth without springs, at. MODERATE CHARGES, which may be had free by post for four stamps. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN. The report of the directors has been issued. The statement of the accounts for the half-year ending 21th lieeemoer, 1867, presents I.llc MR./ w t.., Net proceeds of the half-year's working £1,143,811 ; balance from last account, £28,676 ; disposable balance, £1,172,487; which enables the directors to recommend a dividend at the rate of 61 per cent. per annum on the ordinary share capital, leaving a balance of £34,658 to be carried to the credit of next half-year. As compared with the correspond ing period of 1866, the passenger, &c., receipts show an increase of £15,505 ; and the goads, mineral, and cattle receipts an increase of £86,698. A bill has Teen deposited by the company in the present session of Parliament for various objects ; those involving expenditure of capital are:—The construction of a station in the town of Derby with a short line con necting it with the Midland Railway, to be occupied jointly with the North Staffordshire Company, who are to have the option of finding their share of the capital, or of paying interest at 5 per cent thereon, estimated cost £150,000 ; the construction of a short line to connect the Bangor and Carnarvon branch with the Carnarvon and Llanberis Company's line, which will, however, be withdrawn upon proper arrangements being made with that company, and of which there is little doubt, estimated cost £36,000 ; deviation of the Midland and London and North-Western (Nuneaton and Ashby Joint Railway), moiety of the estimated cost, £37,500 ; subscription to the Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway, £15,000 ; additional lands and works on various parts of the line, estimated cost £219,000. The directors do not propose taking power to create any additional capital, the amount at present autho rised being sufficient to defray the cost of these works, as well as of all existing obligations. The Central Wales Lines will be ready for opening throughout in the spring, thus affording a con tinuous narrow-gauge communication between South Wales and the company's system of rail ways via Shrewsbury and Llandovery. Having re gard to the policy which in 1861 led to the com pany's connection with these lines, to the large stake already held in them, and to the possibility that differences may arise under the existing ar rangements, the directors consider it very desirable that these undertakings should be vested in this company, and a bill has therefore been deposited for that purpose. Negotiations are pending with the Great Western Hallway Company for an ex tension of the agreement sanctioned in 1863, and for such friendly arrangements as to the traffic of the two lines as will enable the companies, while affording an efficient service to their important dis tricts, to effect a saving in working expenses. The directors are in negotiation with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company for securing joint rights in their new line between Sheffield and notherham, and also for the enlargement of the stations in Sheffield, so as to afford all needful faci lities for the staff and traffic of the company. The necessary poWerti fot legalisng the former are in cluded in this company's bill of the present session. The promoters of the North. Western and Charing cross line being unable to obtain the neeessary capital are taking steps for its abandonment. The agreement e ntered into jointly with this and the South=Bastern Company is now, therefore, practically at an gild, 'b.o dominates of con sultation appointed at the recent meeting of the Midland shareholders sought an interview with the directors 4oii the subject of the abandon ment of the Carlisle and Settle scheme, dtid for the use, in its stead, of the Lancaster and Carlisle line. The directors, anxious, as indeed their former offers prove they have all along been, to promote such an arrangement, made to the Midland Com pany a further offer, in writing, of terms on which they would be willing to admit that company over the Lancaster and Carlisle line, and at the same time suggested that further arrangements as to the use of each other's lines might also be entered into. The directors can therefore now only leave the sub ject in the hands of the Midland Company, in the hope that the offers submitted for ,their considera tion may lead to some mutually beneficial arrange ments. Resolutions will be submitted at the special meeting W In held after the coaclumin c the MIDLAND. The directors state in their report that, notwith standing the severe depression which has now so long existed in the trade of the country, the traffic of the railway for the half-year ending December 31, 1867, as compared with the corresponding half year of 1866, shows the following results :—An increase from coaching of £38,543 ; from cattle of £5,609 ; from merchandise of £37,654 ; from minerals of £40,452 ; total increase, £122,258. This increase, however, is mainly to be ascribed to the traffic brought to the railway by the new lines which have been opened since the 31st of Dec., 1866. The balance available for dividend is £525,633, of which the sum of £4,702 is brought from the ac count of the previous half-year ; and the directors are enabled to recommend the declaration of the following dividends (h sa income tax) payabl‘ on the 2d day -of March next:—£2 15s. on swill £lOO consolidated Midland stock, £2 ls. 3d. upon each £lOO consolidated Birmingham and Derby stock, £3 upon each £lOO consolidated preferential stock, and the usual dividends on the other prefer ence stocks and shares, leaving a balance of £12,069 to be carried to the current half year. The dividends now recommended are less than those declared for the half year ending December 31, 1866, and the diminution is occasioned chiefly by the interest and dividend upon the capital expended on lines and works not yet productive. The proportion of Eng lish and Scotch traffic, awarded to this company under the decree of the Court of Chancery, is still available on revenue account, but the directors do not deem it expedient at present to appropriate to dividend any part of this amount. Mr. Kirtley re ports that the rolling stock is in good working order, and that during the half year ending Dec. 31, 1867, the train mileage has been increased by 562,313 miles. The renewals of locomotive stock for the half year have been 12 engines, 52 carriages, 15 break vans, six horse boxes, 11 carriage trucks, and 455 waggons, the entire cost of which has been charged to revenue. • Mr. Crossley reports that the railway works have been maintained in efficient and sub stantial repair during the past half-year, that 32-1 miles of angle line have been reconstructed, upon 13 miles of which rails of much greater strength have been used ; upon some parts of the line the iron' rails have been replaced with steel, and the entire cost of these improvements, as well as the cost of j maintenance and renewal, had been defrayed out of revenue. Messrs. Barlow and Liddell report— " That the stations along, the line of the Bedford and London Railway and the St. Pancras branch which connects it with the Metropolitan Railway, will be ready for traffic in the course the half year ; that the foundations of the London passen ger station have been built up to the level of the rails, and that the main booking and parcels offices and a sufficient portion of the roof may be expected to be ready for traffic during the sum mer." The line was opened for goods traffic in September last, but as the contractors have re ' quired the use of it during the greater part of the day, only a portion of that traffic could be carried; the unfinished works, however, are now approach ing completion, so that more of the traffic may be soon accommodated. The directors have caused a hill to h. rlooosited for the nrpcipnt. Si , tssinn of Parliament to obtain powers to raise additional capital, to construct some small branch railways, to acquire land on various parts of the line, to ex tend the time for the completion of the Cudworth and Barnsley Railway, and of the connection of the main line with the joint station at Bristol, and to obtain Parliamentary sanction to the agreement with the Metropolitan Company for the use of the railway and stations between the junction with the Midland Railway, near King's cross, and Moorgate-street inclusive, and for other objects of minor importance. The amount of capital sought to be authorised by this bill is £s,ooo,ooo—viz., £3,750,000 by the creation and issue of new shares, and £1,250,000 by borrowing powers. STAINES, WOBINGIIAM, AND WOKING. The directors of this company have decided on recommending the shareholders to declare (at the meeting on the 24th inst.) a dividend on the ordi nary shares of 4s. per share at 2 per cent. per an num, against 3s. 3d. or 11 per cent. for the corre sponding period of 1866. DUNABURG AND WITEPSK (LIMITED). The report of the directors stated that the traffic returns from Russia exhibit a steady increase throughout, and more especially during the last six months. The accounts received from the agency show that the receipts amount to 887,695r5., while the expenditure up to the end of Nov. (the re turn of expenditure for December not having yet been received) amounts to 546,437r5. According to the last accounts, the works of the Witepsk- Orel Railway Company are being pushed forward with the utmost vigour, so that an early opening of the entire line may be looked for. The traffic of this extension of 230 miles into the interior must of necessity pass over this railway, and cannot fail to add materially to the receipts thereon. The con dition of the line throughout continues satisfactory, and no extraordinary outlay for repairs has been required during the past year. The directors are in daily expectation of receiving the final accounts from Russia, and the details of the financial state ment for the year closing, according to the Russian calculation, on the 12th of January. These accounts embrace the final payments made iu Russia, and on the receipts thereof the capital account will be closed. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, at the offices, Coleman street-buildings, ➢Toorgate-street ; Mr. H. Layer in the chair. The report, an abstract of which appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. _ _ The CHAIRMAN in moving the adoption of the report, said that the directors had received notice from a shareholder not to pay any more dividends by deferred warrants., He regretted that proceed ing, as the course they had adopted appeared to be the only one that was fair to all parties. The shareholder objected to the issue of deferred dividend warrants and to the exchange of the deferred warrants for so much debenture stock. The money which would otherwise be avail able for dividends was thus used to pay off debentures falling due, which they could not renew, ond the shareholders had the option of taking up a similar affiddilt of debenture stock by exchanging their dividend warrants for it. They would, there fore, have to adjourn the meeting to the 10th of March next, and in the meantime obtain the best legal advice they could. The plan had been adopted during the past year, as the best that could be de vised ; it had met with the approval of the share- holders and had worked satisfactorily. Those who wanted money for their dividend warrants were enabled to obtain it in Dublin, where there was a ready market for them, while others exchanged them for debenture stock. The dissentient share holder objected to the declaration of any dividend, and insisted on the whole of the net revenue being applied to the payment a debentures falling due, On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Captain WARREN, the report was received and approved, and the meeting was adjourned to the 10th of March, to be held at the same hour and place. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the directors, for having endeavoured to do everything they could for the benefit of the share holders. DUBLIN, WICKLOW, AND WEXFORD. The ref art of the directors states that the total receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of De cember last amounted to £90,005, and for the same half-year of 1866 to £88.433, showing an increase of £1,572. The depression in the sulphur ore trade had caused a decrease in the quantity of minerals carried over the line during the half year of 5,792 tons, as compared with the corresponding period of 1866. The actual' amount of work done and ma terials used in relaying and. improving the line around Bray-head was, of course, exceptional, being due not only to the positive effects of the unfortu nate accident of the 9th of August last, but to the desire of the directors to reassure the public mind as to the perfect stability of their line and works. Of the money paid up to the 31st of Dec. , 1867, as compensation to persons injured by the accident, £5,988 had been brought into the account of the past half year. It would be manifestly un fair, however, that the full burden should be borne by one half year, and therefore a sum of £lO,OOO had been carried to a suspense account, which was proposed to be spread over the next five years. The balance of revenue account available for divi dend was £21,655, out of which the directors recom mend the payment of the usual dividends upon all the preference shares of the company, leaving a ba lance of £2,654 to be carried to the next account. The capital account showed that £1,807,078 had been expended. WATTON AND THETFORD. The works of this line are progressing, and a junction is expected to be effected with the Great Eastern at Roundhambottom, near Thetford, in the course of next month. MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAY UNITED. The traffic receip's on this company's line for the four weeks end'ng the 191 December amounted t) £9,302 for passengers, and to £2,512 for goods—. total, £11,814, against £10,798 for the correspond ing four weeks in 1866, showing an increase of £1,016. GLOCESTER WAGGON (LIMITED). The Board of directors of th's company, at their meeting on the 11th inst., unanimously declared an interim dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of December, 1867, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in Mr. Frere's Court, held in Corn miace-room No. 16, the further consideration of the Limerick and North Kerry Junction Railway was adjourned until the 24th inst. There was no appearance in the case of the Liverpool and Birken head (Ferry Junction), nor of the Ross and Mon mouth and Forest of Dean Railway Bills. In Mr. Palgrave's Court, in Committee-room No. 17, the standing orders were dechred to have been complied with in the cases of the Ardmore Har bour, the Mersey Railway, and the Newport and Usk Railway Bills. The Vale of Crickhowell Railway Bill was postponed until the 27th inst. The consideration of the Metropolitan Street Tram ways Bill was further adjourned until Friday next. The Afon Valley Railway Bill was postponed until the 27th inst. FIVE 11UNDRED TONS OF COAL ON FIRE. During Wednesday night and Thursday morning several fires took place in various pars of the me tropolitan district, but the following was the most serious of the whole :—Late at night smoke was seen issuing from the extensive coal wharf of Messrs. Naylor, situate at the water side, two doors from the India Arms Tavern, Rotherhithe. It being apparent that a fire had broken out in some part of the steam lift, an alarm was promptly given, and the powerful steam-float, moored near the wails of the bank, was immediately taken st'll nearer, and the steam being " well up" the hose was stretched out so that the powerful machine could be set to work in a minute shou'd its services be require 1. The firemen, however, upon entering the place, found that the flames were raging amongst 500 tons of coals, and that the engine house and machinery were placed in great jeopardy. Telegraph messages were therefore despatched to the different stations of the Metropolitan Brigade, and in a space of time almost increenly brief there were nearly a dozen land steamers by Shand and Mason, as well as several manual-power ones on the spot, and the London Salvage Corps under the command of Mr. Swanton, the superintendent of that body. The large float and several land steamers were at once set to work, and rsme hundred tons weight of water were scattered over the fire, but for some considerable time the only good that could be accomplished was the preventing of the fire extending to the adjoining wharves. After some hours hard working, however, the brigade succeeded in allaying all fears of any fur ther extension of mischief, hut the fire could not be entirely extinguished until an advanced hour in the morning, and not before a serious amount of pro perty had been seriously burned. Owing to the extent of premises the business will not be retarded by the disaster. The origin of the fire is at present enveloped in obscurity. PRODUCTIVENESS OF SALMON.—FINN MACOOL AND THE Krsa OF FPS. —Sir George Simpson relates, in his "Journey Round the World," that in the Columbian River he found salmon so plentiful that as Dimly as a thousand had been caught in a day in a single b asket, some weighing upwards of 401bs. In a stream in f nd w difa Arch angel, salmon were so abundant that i , t , was p u , cult to row the canoe through them. In La erouse s Voy ages," "Erman's Travels in Siberia," Lewis and Clark's "Travels up the Missouri," and many other works, accounts are found of the prodigious quantities of salmon in ccun- tries not More favourably circumstanced for the propaga tion than Ireland. When it is considered what bas been elsewhere accomplished by artificial culture and preserva tion, it will hardly be thought too much to assume that, if in addition to what recent legislation has done for the in land fisheries of Ireland other means were adopted for the better enabling the salmon to reach spawning grounds and insure its protection at the proper season, fully four times the present capture would be the result, and with it a pro portionate increase of employment. The amount of salmon in the Irish rivers in ancient times, according to authentic accounts, could not have been short of what it is predicted they might again be made to produce. " St. Patrick found the pagan Irish fishing in every part of the island. The famous warrior, Finn MaCool, met his death by the blow of a gaff from a fisherman of the Boyne. The Brehon laws relating to ' Mur Bhreatha,' or sea decisions, show the care taken by the Irish lawgivers for the preservation of the rights of each clan to fish in their own rivers. The Spaniards gave O'Donnell, chief of Tyrconnell, the sobri quet of ' King of Fish,' from the enormous quantity he sent to Spain in exchange for wine. So largely did Sherris sack continue to be imported into Ireland in return for fish, that an act was passed in the time of Henry VIII. for the punishment of boatmen tapping casks of wine when con veying them up the rivers."—" The Sea Fisheries of Ire -4114" by I, 4, Make, ar, (Ms.) A case of assault and robbery of a very serious character is reported from Sheffield. The victim is a scissors manu n facturer, a ooe nth some r e dass lhbo r yebumoi , named aenmsdheeisnneei fuleitolsnhp-rshtet:ohe: cal ehala S lrahetn 3 pdha d k l:uae e relpdw s aace . wnhchskdaakneosrnmehdß os According seenwefek.woehfstufeet9 i his nbcntu t tih o iipofheoeop:isr ll Hawley opposite houser y. t o shn v steciehoeetrypbs s ots t ouhh siawcorrnelom. entryy transactfe or n todoe t n: , , i wiw l n e lhaloikcel says his wrists were seized by a ycnlng woman, whose name it was afterwards found was Annie Casey, and he was.pulled by her into a house in the yard. The door was then locked or fastened so as to prevent him from getting out. Almost before be knew where he - was, Casey commenced a violent assault upon him by striking him on the head with a . poker, and in this she was assisted by another woman, who appeared to be the landlady of the house. He of course endea voured to defend himself as well as he could, but, being an o:d man, he was at length overpowered, and was struck insensible to the ground. A police-constable, named Thomas Cooke, and Andrews, another constable, hearing Sykes's cries for assistance, ran into the yard, but were unable to obtain admittance to the house in consequence of the door being fastened. and it was only on their threatening to break it open that the door was unlatched. They then found Mr. Sykes 13 ing insensible on the floor: . which was almost covered with blood, and blood was trickling down his face from several wounds on his head. Both women were in the room, and the girl Casey told the officers that she had struck Sykes on the head, and that she would have killed him if they bad not come in. They at first refused to go to the police station, but on War_ rant-officer Jackson coming to the assistance of the con stables, they were removed to the station in a cab. On recovering consciousness Mr. Sykes walked to the police-office, when he discovered that he had been robbed of £4, and that a diamond ring worth about £2O had been taken from one of his fingers. Detective Carswell after wards visited the house, and found the ring on the floor, but failed to trace the money, and Detective Wheatlff, who :u'oscquently made a search, was alike unsuccessrul." Casey's companion gave her name as Catherine Waring She lives with the occuaer_ of the house, a man named Waring Glover, who is•Aklawker of nuts ; and Dt tective Carswell subsequently Apprehended him on sus picion of being concerned in the outrage. Casey is a young woman, 22 years of age, living in Paradise-street, and she has only very recently come out of prison. Her statement as to the commencement of the assault differs very materially from that of Mr. Sykes, and she denies that she pulled him into the house. A STRANGE STORY. A short time ago a human skeleton was found at Broughty Ferry Castle while making a drain. The skele ton appeared to be that of a strong, full-grown man, and was found about two-and-a-half feet from the surface of the ground. The skull bore a mark as if a wound had been inflicted with a raper. Great numbers of persons visited the spot, and considerable curiosity was manifested as to how any skeleton could have been found there. A persort residing in Dundee supposes the skeleton to be that of a French officer who was killed in an encoun ter with a British cavalryman at Broughty Castle, and furnishes the following particulars as his reason for think ing so :—About forty-five years ago there resided at Cupar an old man who earned his livelihood by teaching young men sword exercise. In hiq young days he belonged to a cavalry regiment, and had the reputation of being a first class swordsman. His regiment was stationed at Cupar during the imprisonment of some French soldiers, but, notwithstanding the utmost cordiality exhibited between the French and British officers, while the latter were dining together one day a conversation arose on sword exercise, and one of the French officers set himself forth as a match for any. The feeling of rivalry naturally existing between the officers of the two nations was excited to a high pitch, and the conversation ended by the commanding officer of the British regiment engaging that he would even find a man in the ranks who would beat him. The day for the com bat was fixed, and the betting was heavy on both sides. The young man before-mentioned was the man chosen to test the ability of the French officer. The combat resulted in the ignominious defeat of the latter, and in the British officers pocketing a large sum. The French officer left the ground indignant and ashamed at being defeated by a com mon private, and before his comrades and the British officers. To retrieve his lost honour, he challenged the cavalryman to a second encounter, which the latter accepted, and again proved victorious, disarming his oppo nent, and carrying off his sword as a trophy. Shortly after this the French officers entertained the gallant young swordsman to dinner, and offered to reward him with £2OO if he would teach them the " cuts" and " guards " which he used. This offer was refused by the young man's replying that he would not, and, but for the antagonistic relation of the two nations, he would have taught them for as many shillings. The French officers, determined if possible to " turn the tables," sent another challenge to hima few days afterwards; but on this occasion he was to be opposed by another French officer, a powerful man, reckoned to be one of the best swordsmen in the army. A spot at Brouglity Castle was fixed upon as the meeting place, and both men appeared punctually on the ground. The contest lasted for an hour, and the greatest excitement prevailed among those who were spectators: The French officer became enraged at being unable to take advantage of his opponent, and the latter, suspecting that his antagonist would kill him the first opportunity, dealt him a fatal blow, and he fell to the ground lifeless. He was buried at the spot by his comrades, and the skeleton lately found is thought to be his, from the supposed rapier mark on the skull. THE SPEKE MYSTERY. The correspondent of the Manchester Guardian tells a good story of the Speke search. lie says :—" In the searches made by the police for some trace of the missing Mr. Speke, a strange discovery is said to have been made in a dilapidated house in one of the slums of Westminster. In a kitchen was found a chopping-block, made fast to the floor, of the kind that butchers ordinarily use. No ostensible purpose could be assigned Tor it in such a situa- tion; and no ordinary force was sufficient to move it. By accident one of the police touched a spring, and the top (found to be a lid) flew open, and it was discovered that the sham block was not only hollow, but that it communicated with the main sewer." On this paragraph the Times remarks :—" In the present state of public alarm occasioned by the disappearance, no' only of Mr. Speke, but of several other persons, such ter rible inventions as chopping-blocks communicating with main sewers might produce a panic. To any one, indeed, knowing anything of main sewers the story would carry its own contradiction on its very face. To those who are not acquainted with such constructions it may be neces sary to say that the paragraph in question has not an atom of truth for its foundation. Without attempting to solve the mystery of Mr. Speke's disappearance, we be lieve we are justified in stating that the police are now in possession of information which promises to supply a sort of clue to the mystery of Mr. Speke's absence, though, of course, this promise may be disappointed." A correspondent of the Times writes as follows :—" M y unfortunate experience is the loss of my son, a young man 20 years of age, of most exempla r y character. H e went for a walk from Regent - stree t, at 2 o'clock, p.m., on the 4th July, 1865, and has never been heard of since. He took no money or clothes with him ; there was no known reason for his leaving, and his affectionate nature pre cludes the idea that, if alive, he would leave his mother in suspens3. I had the ornamental waters dragged, and employedhospital, everycl %e w rs o rk t to 0 8 1 elsaer,chl wentthe ( t i n ( ep est myself.p a rt 1. 8 "11 e p Every ()lic e made the usual inquiries, though they see me d t o d e cid' at once it was a voluntary absence, for which he certainly would have requirtd m oney, w hi ch he left behind. The French vessels, th e army and navy recruiting service, were communicated with—though his staid character waf quite against any supposition that it would be success ful. I advertised in the Times and daily papers, and at intervals continued the advertisement in the Times. though I could not afford the large reward offered by Mr. Speke's friends. To the last advertisement I received a letter, well-written and spelt, dated from ' London,' cau tioning me not to give money to a party who would most likely call on me with news. The writer said he was a steward on board a Mississippi steamer which had taken the young man 1,000 miles up the country, and signed his name ' Bennett' only, saying he was goinginto the country, and, in the meantime, not to listen to anyone or give money till I heard from him again, which I never have, nor has anyone come to me for money. A tall, dark-whiskered man was seen watching my house some days after, but did not call. I took the letter to Scotland-yard, bat they seemed to think little of it, advising me to c mniuunicate. with the American police, which Idi a. Mr. Kennedy, the head superintendent in America, took immense trouble and He eat a f t e n n t d e r b e e l n i n n d t h d e en c b a t se f t , heorreibwyasicl feel no eueh most name os grateful. steward on the Mississippi steamers, neither had any young Eng lishman for three years been in that locality. My belief now is, there was some fear of one of the gang giving in formation. 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