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Warrl , ;7\ i t 1 L'INATTAN'S r7 L TT L. m I o V N IT I I B S 6S KY, This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gain( P rize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, aid very Wh, Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at; the Retail Houses i 7 the Agents in the princinal ',owns in England; or 8, GREAT WINDY:ILL-STREET, LONDi Observe the Red Seal. P ink Label, and Cork B 7 han's LL Whisky." -CANTERBURY HALL, New Management.--Sole Proprietor, W. HOLLAND. GIGANTIC AND COSTLY EASTER ENTERTAINMENT. In consequence of the immense success which has attended the entertainments produced under the new management. Mr. Holland is determined to present, bn Easter Monday, a Pro ( gramme of an extraordinary nature, altogether outrivalling any hitherto issued by any similar establishment. The new Pro gramme will contain Two New Ballets, viz., a Grand Watteau Ballet, in which Miss Esther Austin, of the t'heatre Gaiete, Paris. and Royal Lyceum Theatre, and Madame Carle, Lilly Carle, and Herr Carle, from Paris and principal London Theatres, will make their first appearance here, when they will bitrciduce the Parisian Quadrille. Extra Corps de Ballet, Splendid satin dresses and gor geous N ew S cenery by Messrs. Caney, Mender n, and 171i-2;ney, of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden. The whole of the Dances and the entire Ballet and Costumes pro (laced under the direction of Madame Collier, late of Astley's and Royal Alhamb..s. Palace. Also a German Legendary Demon Ballet, entitle,' VIE FROLICS OF THE FIEND, or the Devil Among the Tourist s. Written and arranged by Mr, F. Evans, ! i t , n d., Bll l ., Portal by himself a n d M essrs . Vi ncen t, T o wers, Garratt, '"' "nes. and Miss amy Rosalind. and Corps de Ballet. The whole of the Music for both Ballets entirely oeginal, and coin , Posed eznressly by Alfred Lee, Musical Director to the estab lishment: The great Vance, Harry Liston (Star comique). Mr. 11. Coombes (A uthor and C ome di an), L ou i e Sh err i ngton (t h e c h arm i ng Serio vPmique), Daniel the Great (the Negro Instrumentalist), and Mr. Hamilton (the favourite Baritone). ETHARDO, the great Spiral Aseensionist (from the Crystal Palace), in a new performance. The whole to conclude with a marvellous entertainment (never witnessed before), entitled THE REVELS of THE ATHLETES, When some Forty Gymnasts (English and Continental). viz., . b _Brothers G errards, Zamezon Family, Sydney and Gellin i . S i gnor ny ard, Marriott and Lebreung. Le Man Brothers, Brothers Helmsley-u Brothers Leoni, the Demon Hat Spinners, Messrs A-Lauv reig, Wallestein, Ranzy, Arlotti, and Bartrand will appear at one time on the stage in their various performances, under the direction of Mr. James Ellis, Professor of Gymnastics. The entire Programme under the personal superintendence of Lh l 7iBPro• .04 o Rri a etor dv ,Holland, Assistant and Manager, Mr. James advance in prices. Stalls Crystal Lounge, Is.; Area. and Balcony, 6d. Doors open at 7, commence at 8. N o . 23,662. Just published, price is. 61, by post is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. %Were, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, end other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AAIERICAN TIMES, AN IN r ERNA.TION .% E. NE ?ir,-;PAPEff, De-roted to American Intelll4eric3, EN LA.MGED to 21 rAGE: Iteporcs of Con cress, Perslifo, Finanoial, allroa f. &o. 31e.noers of Comanrdat and those having an intereA in tlic Unitei State will fin t• tho; nEwsp tiler of use. Published every Skr URD .1Y 3F) aN I prise id. 15. C.ith2riae-stree!, Straa'. t FTUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1559), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, 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 UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.O Established 1803. Quotations on application. • .. ... . - • i. R r. 1451 A F r rt REGY • .. • . I._ . r . , i,,. ........e..-4--e--e.,c_a -- ee ,------ -- C c. ,,- e.. _ e _ f ___ o _,' 4a... , t , RECEIVED? 6 MAY 1868 1 • ,---, ... _..... . ~..- .... • DUBLIN 1 •,. ~. :- , e?.T''..- -7 ....-, i• ; . .. ~...,-:-.i ... .-....„. . . ....- - ( 1 4. 4 . :1„, •. - Led the Dublin ~.A ; ,... f : : : .„_.... k. \\ ;..t. ~.,gc, ...,,, . :7., ,rm ; 4 ,7nkt • 46.00 If cr .l :r -. p) olesome. ( , , 7 . - i O4. R - -: - . , ' ''' 'U r 4 , e • • -4 4 - •-; - - i . ,_ 4 ' ...c.'s - n-I--z-.. 'l4, ( _.....) 1\u ,...,. . . • -...--..- 2:-.N . p.8 . - ~ -....--, ~)44 4 4 , 4. , ,'' • - - in London; by .t. , 1 - A -A. , --,z. /i f .. ....... •`, . • 741; -. 7) ".• .L, .- . 0:. , 1 ,..,:. m - , a ti i-- . c l wholesale at \ - 1 i i t 1!.;',,. 0 1 1- ..,*, -, • --,-7'.' _. ' ' - , ,4, ' s ''''.,,a- c ! it i ) -- 10 I. j* , 1 . -:" 00N, W. .`f . z.._ - ' -1 \4t21 - V , ' . 4 .0 ;-- - ‘ -• —• , ' :-,;;; 7601, -- ' ' 1; : i• - --. ;pill- -?-7,1 i ' 4, - ----', ---Z- .7 . -__ 4.. '`="-*0 . ' , ., `-§'''C - Vrn] '737 --" I t 'is, ~1 - P;:,%- 160 -t; - pt, (tr.!' : , 'z —... , . . „ „, :i . 4 1.... / ~,,..c . I r. .:.... + trended "Bina- i • . ''.e.ett •• ", - ..)40 ' . 1 ---2 E-M—- ..- ei -c N- t Z___-__.- Y '-' - WESTON'S ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. EASTER FESTIVAL AND MONSTRE ENTERTAINMENT AT THIS HALL ONLY. LE PETIT BLONDIN (the marvellous Rope D ulcer), A. G. VANCE, Mr. J. G. FORDE, JOLLY NASH, SMITHSON, Miss FENOUL tiET, HARRY and 31 X ATTIE KING, Miss TREMAINE, Mi , -s BROUGHAM, r. SIDNEY BARNES, Mr. J. HUSK, Mr. R. LAS OELLES, and OLIVER'S MINSTRELS. Pull Orchestra, allowed to be the best, band at any Music in London. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. Counr. N.B.—Miss KATE SANTLY will appear shortly. EASTER HOLIDAYS. lIADAME TJSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. NEW ADDITION.-4. Life-size Portrait Model of the 'light Hon. the EARL of SHAFTESBURY in the mag nificent robes of the Order of the Garter; also of DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE. Open on Easter Monday and Tuesday from 10 a.m. till 10 p. m. Admission, Is.; children under ten, 6d.; the Chamber of Uorrors, 6d. extra. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Ms R. R. BIONELL. haThis magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, ',ving been Re-dec ora t e d i n t h e hi g h est sty l e o f I ta li an art .3' Messrs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN SEASON. S o l o Euphonion. Signor Mosca; 801 0 Cornet, M. Graves.. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. FURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O per Week.—D. S. HUMPHRIES h as at a ll t i mes a number of Firs -class RESIDW NOES to be. LET. furnished or unfurnished. or soli, more narticalarly in the neighbour roods of Sydenhsm Uppar Norwool. Porest-hill. and viol nltY.--Partiettlars may be had at the Office, Printing House square. TICITT - - , 3ES and APART 11ENr3 WAXTE D. and to be LET or SOLD, RUSINTESSICS for DISPOSAL. PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. „ D. T. HUITPHRIhIS has continual applications for !lir descriptions of Rot JPE RTY which will pay good interest !teat outlay. Ilouses aot repair not objected to. T. D. il li niPhries can at all time.; find customers for all desarip ,olls of bainesses Hotels, public hods .8, , sold and IranstPrr:d. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print -111P: Rouse-squa t e. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in " ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which KPeedilY produces whi s k ers an d thi c k ens h a i r . P r i ce 3 s . 6d., " s • 6 d., a114113i. and 10s. 61.• sent 2lB H by ig phosHolborn, t for 51, and 144 eta ALEX. ROSS,London, and Chemists. " Tale of a Hair," 6d VVONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured 'hi le one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. 8 preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few f °l li's, removing the very root. Price 45.; bent by past or Chem6osts stamps • —248, High Holborn, London, and a ll i scorrs LIVER and BILIOU S Lfr PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all whp suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, ex. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Propared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8, Sing William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and three times the quantity iu one, 2s, 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with "William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. - Face Powder, is, ii A.IR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, -4 - London. ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID SOLI at 3s. 6d., aurls Ladies' or Gentlemen's lair immediately it is applied. ss. 6d., and 10s. dd. • sent free for 54, 84, 'ld 144 stamps.—llad of all Chemists. _ Advice upon all subject s o f th e T o il e t. ......______ GREy HAIR. -248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect feed r itnm3diately ;t is used. It is permanent, and per iod sen natural in effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s, 011;• t ~ntis, s. -Y post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps; an d all HOWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for COUGHS, CCLDS, ASTRA( 4, BRONCHITIS, Sore Throat. Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affec tions of the Res: iratory OT ;an 3. So St by d Chemists end Medicine Vendors throughout tho Worm'. In Bottles only, price ls. 141., 2s. 3d., and lls. each. Established nearly hal' t. century. SATISFACTORY LETTER. 5, Wood-street, Millbank, Westminster, October 5, 1867. Sir,—Some months ba c k I had Ea attack of Bronchitis, which left at times a tickling is my Throat, with other unpleasar., :eelings. I was advised to try the BALSAM OF ANISEED I aid so, and have found very great relief ;it is most comorting in allaying irritation, andgiving strength to Vile voice. You are at liberty to make use of this as you think pro per, and I earnestly hope that others may benefit by it as I have done.—With many thanks from your obedient ser vant, SAMUEL DEAR, Dean's Verger, Westminster Abbey. To Mr. Powell. Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6(1, Ant DESTROYER. -248, High Holborn, moves Lo ndon. —ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL (TORY re vr. tl superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, c 6 ,1 lout effect to the skin. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. • ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, ss. 6d. pimpLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the v 2, skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S b ail 'ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sta,„ he wn ees, &c. 2 s . 9d. an d 7 s. 6d.; or post for 40 and 100 ''l3B----mistA.s.LEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and C Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By dampin g the head With this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in ~e niv e/?, or ten days Cie hair assumes its original colour, and st an a i ßl ß so by an. occasional using. 1 0s. 6d. ; sent for PsALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, Li g all oh, .amists. tudr published, 2d. • sent by the author f or 3 s t amps, Gi- LINESS and BEAUTY ; being a Pamphlet lug the descriptiv n e co of al . tieleplam i e t nns s u , -1 5§ - bo rn appe a By A L ....._224oncion. Had of all booksellers. I"ALTR RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. )1/ BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. save s THE REVA LEN T A ARABIC A fifty tine s co st in o ther remedies, and restores Here • 8S its C ksn, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, nio nl i t s u u tt i i 7elnep, functional regularity, 'and energy to the effe' disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and gestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma,. ego e, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de tengeinents, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, attv°nettess, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, arr hs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, ritl e fr il in tri4t iPro, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu 'on hetz.t4, rritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitati , ne4.l„bliro, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, Et a --8 * and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking the, bronchitis, scrofula, tin;htness of the chest, pains at th e „P i t of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is for ; • " 38 t digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable tilivalids and infants in all complaints. ne,;"°al'Ax•r CAUTION. —Beware of the many unsavoury t i t onire than slopy imitations to which, without autho 3-, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. bußeoceforth none will doulx, the valuable properties of ar i d Barrfs h ealth-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' iv, Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it beealread y received from invalids whose position had be s t teemed hopeless we map now add that of his Holi- Pope, whose' health 11 , .s been perfectly restored welt after thirty years of unssful medical treatment. 88, 41 1 1 - 1 \ ofe from the Gazette du c ts di, July 25th (Cure No. July 21st, 1866. — The health of the ethe r re is ni e e icellent, especially , since, abandoning all rem,,,i; r he has confined himself entirely to Du Di a a . Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a b en* , ut at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly Zsdenial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot this excellent food too highly." harilar,o„No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Br e . han, of seven noggnyer complaint, wasting away . , d . ebility, nervous bel.i.rritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad ",ves_tion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable c ure agitation. Stuart 7 8, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord fo rd " Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water feei • "I have derived much benefit from your excellent Wate r fo r d DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County dterford." Cure i s T 4rON No. 49 ,832. Of fifty years' indescribable . agony nai e i J'PePsin, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, of Lyn n "y, RpfISMS, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Sally, c, Norfolk. ne r e No• 47 121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme ve een P otts f indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and per t, RIICIeS ' , lire INT 3 , 84 r, 0. 56,814. —Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two he ul,r,irrh cea. 11 ), 4 ond is sold in Canisters, at Is. 10. ; 11b., 2s. 9d.'; nar k i et s ' d. ; 1 21 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. ftrar's, carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, by 4 iso I , D IF BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-s treet, London ; Lt( n r i tn e u h m em an ts d ts lk . lason's, and sold by all respectable I\T --- -,4I,AZIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Hap-com m 1 o 8 n 6; h atr°o7,,Surr.H". , ier th : 1 1 1 , 41 Fo t u h ndtll 3 B4 o 9 i .... EnlargedA u CAMB RIDGE, La., Pir1:11 ,a, homit'haosf oee . n it a l lford e ed for 280 Destitute Orphan the Itii;„ad'o,raages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of 14h?hiet of the Charity is to give orphan gis a kitc he n ,h ou s e, " ireation, and practical instruction in the d,ft othr *l 's D'rOlilr' to fit them for domestic service; and, n Tablehuit y.lded. for When they attain 15 years of age, to o obtain situalious for them. eutiiZ,uenimittee eqrnestly appeal for sup Port. C harity is ''Y sustained by donatioue and subscriptions. The C HENEy KINGSC OTS, Treasurer] 12 1, Palkillitlir R MO . , y , W. H. WOWlex t secretary. . " J 6.0%. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. _ _ ft affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, iu addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of tho benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co, ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. Berners-street ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 0. THE RESCUE Ire as fol 30CIETY'S HOMES [lows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Ramp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48. Church-street, Sto 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland-street. I with. 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. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge throe homes for servants of good character, in which are 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 the benevolent. DANL. OCOPER, Bee. 85, queenitroot, Cheapside. r I PAINLESS DENTISTRY. NEESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established 1815), of London 56, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, 77 Liverpool 134, Duke-street, and Brighton have just publi s h e d a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Artifi cial Teeth without springs, at MODERATE CHARGES, which may be had free by post for four stamps- ANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES a re per -I,fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers, and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London.. .. r PAINLESSLY STOPPED, with 1 permanent enamel cement of the exact natural colour, guaranteed not to turn black or make the teeth look unsightly. MR. WEBB, DENTIST, 27, NSW BOND-STE,EgT, Many years with Mr. ESRELL, of 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. tIEOLOGY.-KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. ‘3r - PROFE , SOR TE vNANT, F.G.S., COMM ENO ED A COURSE of LECTURES on GEOLOGY on FRIDAY, January 24, at 9 . They wil. be continued on each succeeding Wed nesday e - ul Friday sr tue same hour A short, course is also given 0, "mrsday evenings from Bto 9. Text-Book, Lyell's "Elemet. Geotogy." 1-....ofessor Tennant accompanies his students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological in terest in the country R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal FAIS A.NS; PERDRIX, ET VOLAILLE. A LA NOBLESSE FBANOISE. JAMES CHAMBERLIN, PosT OFFICE-STREET, Norwich, Angleterre, fournit le Spanish Meal qui a ete employe avec le plus grand succes pour elever et nourrir les faisans, les perdris, &c. &c. M. J. C EIAMBERLIN vient de reeevoir la lettre suivante relative it son Spanish Meal pour &ever les Faisans, de M. le Vicomte de la Panouse, luspecteur general des Forets de la Couronne do Sa Majeste Imperial° Napoleon 11. Administration generale des Domaines et Forets de la Couronne, Compiegne. L'lnspecteur des Forets de la Couronne 4 la residence de Compiegne soussigne, certifie avoir employe a la nour riture dos Faisandeaux le Spanish Meal provenant do la liaison James Chamberlin de Norwich, et en avoir obtenu les meilleurs resultats. Les Faisandeaux et les Faisans mangent tres bien cette substance. Elle les rend tres forts et leur chair est tres bonne. Veuillez agree; Monsieur, L'assurance do ma consideration distinguee, Vte. A do la PANOUSE, La Noblesse et les grands Proprietaires sur to Continent, au men des trois timbres de 40c. peuvent avoir franco un livre contenant les details relatifs it la nourriture des oiseaux ci-dessus mentionnes, avec trois cents certificate lee prix, &c. &c. L'addresser Mons. JAMES CHATIBERLIN, Post-office-street, Norwich, A ngleterre. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to bo the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel s pring, so of e i hurtfui in its effects, is hero avoided- a soft bandage "oe ng worn roalo4 the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied I.)y the Sloc-Main Pad and Patent Leve - . fittir with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detectec, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be bad, and the truss, which can rot fail to az, forwardel by ?ost, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 21s. 261.6 d., and 61 s . 61 Postage, ls. A Double Truss , 31 s. dcl., 425., and 525. 64. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Gd. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT EILASTIC STOCKINGS, NA KNEE-OAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous. light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn of like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 102., and 163. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. pR INT I N G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager, Sun" Printing Offices 8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.O. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHA NT CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM at, the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 98, Cheapside, London, E.oj GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds ; and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-maIL —H on . Sec., F. Smith, Esq. GEo. REm, Sec. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE; PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUrLON. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTanurrIONB for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Rogan quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, 14:.C.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chaniaers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1868..-: VIETROPOLITAN AND ST. / JOHN'S WOOD RAILWAY. 24" This Lino IS NOW OPENED for TRAFFIC. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. fIOM I 'AGNIE GENERALE TRANS ATLAN TIQUE; 8, Place Vendome, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS, CHINA, JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each mouth for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Gnayra ' Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinid a d, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japan. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago do Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. NEW YORK Leave every 14 days, from Havre snd Brest, for New York. From FavitE.—April 9th and 23d, May 7th and 21st, June 4th and 18th, July 2d and 16th. From BREST —March 28th, April 11th and 25th, May 9th and 23d, June 6th and 20th, July 4th and 18th. RATES OF PASSAGE. From HAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK. First Class of Second Class Third Class 275 fr. From Paris to gew York, via Tlavre or Brest, includ ing railway ticket, 850 fr. and 725 fr., according to cabin ; second class, 440 fr.; third class, 285 fr. Hand-books, with full details of all the routes of this Company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. CONTRACT FOR VULCANISED INDIA RUBBER, • &c. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset .House, April 9, 1868. IHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING . the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 28th instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into Store, at 'her Majesty's several Dockyards, all such quantities of VULCANISED INDIA RUBBER, and PACKING, and TUBING, as may from time to time be ordered under a Contract for twelve months •certain, and further until the expiration of three months' warning. • The average annual expenditure for the last three years may be ascertained, Patterns of the Articles mly be seen and a Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract may be obtained at the above Department. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent fur him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Vulcanised India Rubber, &c. " and must a l so be delivered at the D e partment of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £2OO for the due per formance of the Contract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. lIE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL EXIIIBITION a_ of PICTURES by FRENCH and FLEMISH ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN at the GALLERY, 120, PALL-MALL. Admission, ls. ; Catalogue, Gd holidays gaily and wisely according to their several inclinations, and whether it be amongst - distant relations and friends, or amidst new scenes and fresh faces, or amongst the attractions of our modern Babylon, the cessation from bodily or mental labour will give us courage to pursue with additional earnestness our daily occupations.-- Racing Times and Amateur D 7 amatic Chronicle. PRICIe 4cl. STAMPED 51. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. __........- The Dutch screw frigate Adolph lietz Von Nas sau, 51 guns, Capt. De Mann, arrived and anchored at Spithead on Saturday, from Toulon, bound for Texel, short of coals.. On arriving she exchanged the usual salutes with the flagship of Sir T. Pasley, the Victory, in Portsmouth harbour. Captain De Mann and his officers were during the day intro duced officially to Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley and Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. Buller, the naval and military Commander in Chiefs, by Chevalier Vaudenbergh, the Dutch Consul at Portsmouth. The troopship Countess Russell, Commander Pen fold, reached Kurrachee on the 2d inst., all well, with 309 non-commissioned officers and men, and 36 wives and children, belonging to the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, 21st Hussars, Royal Artillery, 36th Regiment, 104th (Bengal Fusiliers) and 106th (Bombay Light Infantry) Regiments, under the charge of Captain Gore Campbell, Lord Marcus Bereaford, Lieut. Baron, Lieut. Prinsep, Lieutenant Stuart-Menteth, Cornet Thomson, and Ensigns Pride and Rose ; Staff Assist.-Surg. J. R. Croker in medical charge. A detachment of the Depot Brigade, Royal Artil lery, numbering 61 non-commissioned officers and gunners, under the command of Lieutenant H. W. Rooke, arrived at the headquarters of the First Di vision, Chatham, from Woolwich, on Saturday, to augment the strength of ;the batteries attached to the division. Major W. E. Warrand, late of the Royal Engi neers, has been ordered to be attached for duty to the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham. The Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief has authorised the following officers to be struck off the strength of the Royal Engineers at headquarters on the com pletion of their course of field work and other in struction at Brompton:—Lieutenant G. R. Walker, Lieutenant D. M. N. Campbell, Lieutenant W. R. Purchas, and Lieutenant W. Merriman. Route marching by the troops forming the divi sion at Chatham having terminated for the season, divisional orders have been issued by Major-General F. Murray for the trooping of the guard on certain days each week during the summer. The utmost activity - now prevails in the various corps for pre paring the young officers and recruits for the perio dical brigade and other field days, which will shortly be commenced for the season. Colonel Farren, C. 8., of the 4th Depot Battalion at Colchester, has been granted a good service pen sion of £lOO per annum. Colonel Farren served in the Crimea with the 47th Regiment from the com mencement of the Russian war to its close, and be was in command of his corps at the battle of Inker mann. The gallant officer has 31 years' full pay service. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Biddulph,.R.A., who was distinguished for his services both in India and China, has been appointed Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster General at head quarters, Wool wich, in succession to Captain Naugle, R.A., who vacated the office upon the termination of his staff service. Col. G. B. Johnson, who is on his way to Eng land from India, will on his arrival assume the com mand of the Depot Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, at Maidstone, vice Col. Turner, who has proceeded to India to join his brigade. A deputation from the Woolwich Local Board of Health, headed by Alderman Salomous, M.P. for the borough, waited upon the Lords of the Admi ralty last Friday, to represent the hardships in flicted upon the workmen in the dockyard who are being discharged weekly, and suggest that their lordships should communicate with the War-office, and recommend that as vacancies occurred in the Royal Arsenal they might be filled up by the dis charged workmen from the dockyard if found quali fied for the employment. It happens, however, that their fellow workmen in the Royal Arsenal are suffering in a similar m2nner, so that there can be no opening for them. The hundreds of work men that will be thrown out of employment in the course of a few weeks from the Royal Establish lishments (dockyard and Arsenal) at Woolwich must ultimately become a serious burden upon the poor-rates of the parishes of Woolwich and Plum stead. A captain's good service pension is vacant by the promotion of Lord Frederic Herbert Kerr, who ob tains his flag rank by the death of Rear-Admiral Thomas Harvey. A second vacancy occurs among the naval aides de-camp to the Queen by the death of Capt. Henry Caldwell, C.B. The following apoointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Navigating sub-Lieutenant Richard J. Rogers, additional, to the Rodney, for disposal ; Alexander W. C. Batten and Frank William Wyley, midshipmen, to the Rodney ; Dr. William M'Mahon, assist.-surg., to the Prince Consort. CONTRACT FOR CANDLES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset _ House, 6th A pril, 1868. MHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING IL the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on WEDNESDAY, the 29th instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into Store at her Majesty's Dockyards at Deptford and Woolwich all such quan ties of CANDLES as may from time to time be ordered, under a Contract for 12 months certain, and further until the expiration of two months' warning. A Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Depart ment, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Candles," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper - General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by a re sponsible person engaging to become bound with the per son tendering in the sum of £2OO for the due performance of the Contract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. ARMY CONTRACTS. WAR OFFICE, Pall-mall, London, S.W., 6th April, 1868. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SECRETARY of STATE for WAR will bo pre pared to receive TENDERS for the supply of FLOUR, BREAD, and MEAT, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, from Ist June to 30th November, 1868 : Chatham District—Commissariat Office, the Barracks, Chatham. • 1. Chatham.— Flour (two qualities, and Rice Flour for dusting), Live Cattle and Sheep, or Dead Meat. 2. Gravesend, including "New Barracks," Tilbury Fort, Coal'House Point, and S hormead - Bread and 3. Isle of Grain Meat. 4. lipnor Castle 5. Sheerness 6. Slough Fort - ~,„J Separate Tenders for Fl our Bread and Meat must be made for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks, as separately numbered. Printed Forms of Tender, initialed and numbered, and Conditions of Contract, may be obtained on application by letter addressed to the Senior Commissariat Officer of the district, and no Tender will be entertained unless made upon the printed form so obtained. The Tenders must be sent to this office, addressed to the Director of Contracts, marked on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies," before Twelve o'clock on Tuesday, the 21st inst., after which day no Tender will be received. The Secretary of State for War reserves tho right of re jecting any or all of the Tenders. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. ARMY CONTRACTS. War-office, Pall-Mall, London, S.W., 6th April, 1868. NT OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SECRETARY of STATE for WAR will be pre pared to receive tenders for the supply of BREAD and MEAT For the use of her Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following Districts, during a period of Six Months, com mencing Ist June, 1868, viz.:— N. Britain District, Oornmmissariat Office, 3, Hill-street, Edinburgh. Barrack-st., Hulme, Manchester. The Camp, Col chester. 4, Castle-st., Dover. Northern 91 Eastern 7? do. South-Eastern „ do. Western do. 20, E. Emma-place, Plymouth. St. Thomas-street, Portsmouth. 109, Victoria-st., S.W. The Barracks, Chatham. RoyalArtilleryßar. Woolwich. Grosvenor-street, Jersey. Printed Forms of Tender, initialed and numbered, and conditions of Contract may be obtained on application to the Senior Commissariat Officer of the district, and no Tender will be entertained unless made upon the printed form so obtained. The Tenders must be sent to this office, addressed to the Director of Contracts, marked on the outside, " Tender for Commissariat Supplies," before Twelve o'clock, on Tuesday, the 21st instant, after which day no Tender will be received. The Secretary of State for War reserves the right of rejecting any or all of the Tenders. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. South-Western„ do. London 71 do. Chatham 1, do. Woolwich „ do. Chan. Islands „ 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, E.C. • and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. THE MORTON TESTIMONIAL. QM' ERAL Gentlemen, friends of Mr. Cil ARLES ►7 MORTON, of "THE OXFORD," have formed them selves into a Committee for the purpose of raising FUNDS for a TESTIMONIAL, to be presented to him, expressive of tho high sense entertained both of his public character and private worth. Subscriptions already received:— E. B. Jones, E5q....X5 5 0 J.lll. Levy, Esq... £5 5 0 Fred. Strange, Esq. 5 5 0 Samuel Field, Esq 3 3 0 E. Williams, Esq... 550 E. Garcia, E:q 22 0 E. Loibl, Esq 550 E. Ayres, Esq 22 0 E. Winder, E5q..... 5 5 0 Mrs. Williams 2 2 0 C. Bush, Esq 5 5 0 A.W.Biddulph,Esq. 2 2 0 E.W. Mackn ey, Esq 5 5 0 C. J. Pawle, Esq 2 2 0 D. Jacobs, E5q.,,,,,, 5 5 0 J. Macdonald, Esq 2 2 0 H. Hart, Esq 5 5 0 Miss Williams E. Villiers, Esq. 5 5 0 Master Williams 1 11 6 W. Holland, , Esq... 5 5 0 Ulm worth & Eugene 1. 1 0 W. Meredith, Esq.., 5 5 0 R. Preece, Esq 1 1 0 J. S. S weasey,Es. 5 5 0 A Friend 1 1 0 —. Brown, E5q.,...... 5 5 0 Messrs. Ray and Son 1 1 0 R.Bottiug, Esq... 5 5 0 Mrs. Serie, Ku igh ts- John Wilton, Esq... 5 5 0 bridge 1 1 0 P. &J. Belton, Esqs. 5 5 0 Sydney Jacobs, Esq. 1 1 0 S. Adams, E5q,,,,,. 5 5 0 I. Stevens, Esq., F. Stanley, Esq .... . 5 5 0 Margate 1 1 0 Messrs. Winter and —. Watts, Esq. ll 0 Sons 5 5 0 W. Smalley, Esq... 1 1 0 Miss Russell 5 5 0 A. Wentzell, Esq... 1 1 0 H. Huggins, Esq... 5 5 0 Subscription Books are open at the London and County Bank, Oxford-street Branch ; and the East London Bank, Cornhill ; or Subscriptions will be recoivAd and acknow ledged by JOHN WILTON, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. St. James's Hall, March), 1868. tILAPEIAM.—APARTMENTS well Furnished kJ and highly Respectable in a Gentleman's Private Family, pleasantly situate, with large Garden. Attend ance and every comfort. Very convenient for Rail or Omnibus to City and West-end. Apply at the Residence, 34, Lark Hall Rise, Clapham, 5.W..; or to Mr. STEVENS, The Pavement ) Clapham Common. TO BE LET, UNFURNISHED, a PARLOUR and TWO BED-ROOMS, with Gas, &e., in the most eligible part of St. Paul's-road, Oaraden-square, N.W. Apply at 44, St. Paul's-road, Camden-square, N.W. • Mutual Assurance without Mutual Liability.—Proflts may be applied so as to make Policies payable in Life time. or so as alternately to reduce the Premiums cu Second-class Lives to First-class Rates. RITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 4, QUEEN-STREET-PLACt, SOUTHWARK BRIDGE, LONDON, E.C. CAPITAL —A QUARTER OF A MILLION. Accumulating Fund exceeds £155,000. New Policies issued: Years. No. Amount, Annual Preens. 1865-6 ... 2073 ... £353,700 ... £10,809 1866-7 ... 2845 ... . 601,175 m 15,318 1867-8 ... 3889 ... 661,997 ,„ 20,303 3 ... 8807 ... £1,513,872 £46,520 Policies in force, 11,474--£2,454,896. 19th March, 1868 QTOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS, PIGEON CHESTS and other Deformities, are pre vented and cured by wearing CRANDLER'S IMPROVED HYGIENIC CREST-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. I)ARTRIPGE AND C.OOPER , WHOLESALE 'MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, ter FLEET -STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY -LANE), LONDON, E.O. TIIE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID TO THE COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 203. Per ream. Fine Cream Laid Note: a chea B. d. p paper 3 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note: much approved 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recom mended ........................................ ......................... 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, "Patent:" adapted for rapid writing Large Commercial Note Papers ~,,,, ,,,,,,,,,3s, 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 10s. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 0 Outsides Foolscap, thick hand-made Letter Paper for scribbling ..plain, 45.; ruled ditto 4 6 Tinted Lined Note . ........ Jive quires Is. 0., or 5 6 per 1,000 'uperfine Cream or Blue Envelopes 4s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 6 6 tra Thick ditto, "Registered Secure" 9 0 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes 4 6 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c. COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip - tion, with prices of Account rooks, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, Bags, &c., post free. EAS2ER HOLIDAYS. Easter holidays are o n us. It is true that the fine, warm sum mer weather w hi c h us h ere d i n th e beginning of this cheerful month has left us; but there are many advantages to make us thankful and light-hearted, even though th e co ld w i n d s o f March intrude upon the showers of April, and both conjointly reign throughout this season of festivity. We now can apparently repose in safety, without the fear of bein g roused by a bl ow - up o f an anti domestic character, —some explosion of gunpowder in our immediat e ne i ghbourhood. This advantage is due to the c oo li ng med i c i ne we h ave latterly administered to the madness of Fenianism, which, if it has not purged it entirely of its insanity, has made it despond ent l y cautious t h roug h regar d of personal security ; and the thousands who came so readily forwa r d t o b e spec i a l s are n o longer required to bu r d en themselves w i t h cum brous staves, and bear their official authorities in their pocketbooks. Again, the Gladstone, under the skilful midwifery o f a B r i g h t, h a s been safely de livered of a new b ant li ng, wh i c h is likely to grow up into a fiend of a ddi t i ona l di sco rd for the ensuing, election. However, it is all the better to all partiee that it is exposed, but as for effect on a future House of Commons, it will be as perfectly useless as it has proved powerless as a means of sneaking again into power. John Bull may be safely trusted to blundeF through his difficulties—so let politics go to sleep for awhile in the bosoms of our legislators, and let us enjoy our holidays. Royalty might, indeed, have rendered London as gay and attractive as Dublin will doubtless be through the judicious visit of the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, but the Crown seems resolutely bent on teaching the people how easily they may do without a Sovereign at all, and the lesson may not be lost in the future. Never mind its retirement. It ought to understand its own interest, and let us now only remember that Englishmen of all grades will be all the better for a few days of relaxation. Boat and rail are sending forth their steamy summons for our presence in the country, and theatre and concert-room are endea. vouring to surpass each other in their attractions for our home amusements. We can by many routes ' attain the seaside, and inhale the invigorating breezes of the Channel we have named, in• our special vanity, as our own, whilst our gallant neighbours, more discreetly, have baptised it from its shape and call it " La Manche," or the sleeve. We can proceed inland, if we love not this, to purely agricultural districts, and take a sight of the grow ing crops, refresh our memories with the view of young corn and really green fields, and probably enjoy the April showers into the bargain. Never mind, a happy party may set all mishaps at de fiance. We of this country cannot afford to be over-squeamish in respect to weather, for the gods and goddesses too of wind and of rain have ever been our special deities, and Britons must manage to enjoy themselves in spite of their liberality. The only thing to guard against is a little proneness to excess, as we are not under the Maine Liquor Law yet. Those who are in the Volunteers will doubtless be at Portsmouth, either heroically protecting or gallantly assaulting the fortifications of their native land, where—after the heat of the battle is over, the expenditure of a vast quantity of powder and no ball,—victors and vanquished alike will parade beneath triumphal arches and fraternise in gaily bedooked tam Let all eudeaYoux to pm the THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. The Royal Mail steamer Oneida, with the mails from the Brazils and the River Plate, has arrived, and for the first time for •nearly 18 months we have heard of some decisive action having taken place at the seat of war on the part of the Allies. But as all the news have come via Rio de Janeiro they have to be taken with that reserve which former Brazilian news have taught us. At last the Brazilian fleet dared to pass Humaita on, the 19th of February, after all the obstacles in the - river, as chains and torpedoes, had been successfully re moved, not by the Allies, but by the river having risen to an unprecedente I height, enabling the ironclads to steam clear- over them. Without the loss of a single man or ship, as the Brazilian ac count says, and notwithstanding the well-served fire of the Paraguayan fortress, Humaita was passed by six ironclads, two of them being very roughly handled, and had to be run ashore to pre vent their sinking. Three small steamers were sent up the river to capture Asuncion, which was found deserted, as all the other river towns. This victory of the fleet was augmented by the vic tory of the army under the command of Marquis de Caxias, taking by assault one of the principal out works of Humaita, the fort " Establicimiento," after a heavy loss of the Paraguayans. This is all the Brazilian news tells us. From Marshal Lopez and his army or his whereabouts not a word, they all have vanished—from the Brazilian accounts, or according to a Brazilian telegram published on the Continent, have died to a man in defending Humaita. Of the loss of two entire regiments of the Argentine contingent at or near Tujuti, only tWo days before the passage of Humaita, not a word has been publisbed, although it created the most intense ill-feeling, mistrust, and gloom about Buenos Ayres, where at first it was only thought of as a small affair, but was found very serious. The Buenos Ayres Standard says :—" The last ad vices from headquarters brings the news that two regiments of the Argentine army have been surprised by the Paraguayans; and, although the full particu lars of the engagement are not yet to hand, the let ters which have come down from the army repre sent the engagement as extremely sanguinary, some of the Argentine officers having perished in the fight. The whole position of the allied army is undergoing a change, which indicates some new tactics on the part of the octogenarian commander in-chief. It appears that on the morning of Mon day a squadron of Argentine cavalry went out from the camp at Tuyu-Cue to reconnoitre according to daily duty. The squadron was surprised by a Paraguayan ambuscade. The Cavalry being unable to support the attack, two battalions of the 9th Regiment of the Line under Commanders Pippo, Giribone, and Calvete went to their assistance. The Paraguayans were, however, in force, and the Argentine infantry were badly treated. The 9th Regiment were cut to pieces, and Commander Giribone killed and Cal vete wounded. Subsequently Colonel Mansilla, with the 12th Regiment of the Line, came up to aid their comrades, and finally the Paraguayans re treated with trifling loss before the fire of the Argentine artillery. At the moment of the Yaguarete's departure nothing certain was known of the fate of Colonel Mausilla. The attack on Humaita by land under the Mar quis de Caxias was, according to private news, re ceived in this city, a very serious affair, and shows that Lopez is yet in possession of plenty of men and resources. On the 20th of February 13,000 Allied troops under Caxias attacked at early dawn the outside defence of Humaita opposite Tujuti, believing to find the Paraguayans faint-hearted after the passing of Humaita, but the storming party was so warmly and roughly received that 7,000 more men were ordered out to support the first column of 13,000 men. The battle lasted till late in the afternoon, the Paraguayans fighting with the greatest bravery against serious odds, and were able to repulse the Brazilians with a very heavy loss of from 5,000 to 6,000 men. The fort Estab licimiento, which had been taken by the Brazilians, was retaken and kept by the Paraguayans. The news just come to hand do not mention what has been done at Asuncion, and in some quarters the taking of Asuncion was considered premature. Although Humaita is passed it is not taken, and the war far from being ended. Lopez, who is surrounded by. a large and d ev oted popu lation, an army which has given ample proof of its endurance and patriotism, with very little wants, very frugal, more through habit than from necessity, will be able to carry on the war for a very long time yet, even if he was forced to give up Humaita. But whether the Brazilians will be able to stand a long guerilla warfare is another question. Far away from home, surrounded by nothing but enemies, and a country which for them has no re sources, the Allies of the Brazilians are just now of such a very doubtful character that they even, to a large extent, may be called enemies. The revo lution in Montevideo, which has cost the life of some hundreds of people, including that of General Flores, assassinated in the open street, although quiet for the moment, may break out again before the Brazilians have been able to settle themselves down quietly in Paraguay, With the fall of Flores Brazil has lost one of her best supporters in the River Plate, as he was the tool of Brazil, and the author of this war. Venancio Flores, by his, inva sion of the Banda Oriental in 1863, was the real origin of the present Paraguayan war. Step by step we can point to event succeeding event until, at last, the celebrated triple alliance treaty; and yet he is the very first of the parties to that treaty who has succumbed. At Buenos Ayres the peace with Paraguay party is also hard at work to frustrate, if possible, the policy of President Mitre and of Elisalve, the can didate for the Presidency, recommended by Brazil. The election for the future President of the Confe deration will take Place in June next, and the elec tors will be voted for this month, when serious dis turbances are anticipated. The Buenos Ayres Stan dard sums up the situation of the river Plate in these words :—" Montevideo, the land of revolt, the home of the rebel, is tossed about to-day, a prey to the identical political frenzy which the Argentine Girondists are germinating in our midst. Heaven grant that the revolutionary blaze which has leaped from Rosario to the Queen City of the Plate may not be caught up here ; but, so imminent is the danger, that it requires all the caution of our rulers to escape the melancholy conflagration. 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From the " Gazette du Midi, July 25 Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Behan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1,771; Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Joly."—Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Important Caution.—Boware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without „uthority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. 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Barney's collection of Bibles is enormous, and the eminent Fenian is now stu dying the languages, that he may enjoy them all in the original. He has one child—a daughter, four years of ago, and of great beauty. She possesses already, in her own right, one hundred thousand dollars, the interest of which her father regularly invests in porter-house steaks, horse-feed, taxes, cocktails, cigars, and other luxuries, for the little heiress. Barney runs the Broadway Theatre, except when the Press runs it, which happens occasionally. Mr. Williams is of French origin, having first seen the light of a dark lantern in De Vision street. He is worth about $400,000 dollars, including Kat'aleen Villa and live stock, and is a ornament to his sex. Don John Lester Wallack is a peculiar man. They say he dyes. He has a Berghian weakness for dumb brutes. Perfect menagerie surrounds his house —bears, tigers, lions, lambs, horned toads, buffalos, owls, bald eagles, till you can't rest. Only the other day a little bear purchased for Mr. Wallack fell dead of apoplexy in the streets. Mr. Wallack is about thirty, well preserved, and there has never been any scandal about him. In that respect he has been fortunate--for a play-actor. He would have been an eminent artist : , but that he lacks confidence in himself, and gives away all the good parts in the new pieces to his brother players. Worth anywhere from a hundred thousand to a hundred and fifty, including live stock. Has been known to eat onions (privately). Miss Kate Newton, the prettiest of three sisters, is the leading lady at the "Broadway." She wears her own hair and diamonds, and has lots of both. Has a sister married to George Boniface. Miss Newton was married to a gen tleman with whom she is not living at present. Husband to blame, as usual. Miss Kate's fortune is not large, but daily improving. She will always hold a leading position on the stage. Owns an orchestrion, two canary birds, and some heavy old family silver. The following paragraph is going the rounds of the French papers :—" An interesting discovery has just been made in the archives of the Grand Opera, namely, the original score of the ballet, "Le Triomphe de l'Amour," performed in 1681. The piece in question was the first in which women appeared on the stage, and that innova tion gave rise to great opposition on the grounds of im morality. An attempt had, indeed, been made about 25 years before at the Th6atres du Marais to have a female. part filled by a woman, but the essay was badly received by the public, and Mdlle. Beaupr6, as the actress was named, was forced to abandon the profession which she had been the first of her sex to adopt in France. The women's parts continued to be filled by men until the pro duction of the ballet mentioned above, on which occasion the opera succeeded in securing the admission of female dancers on the stage." It is interest in g , no doubt, but it happens not to be true. Without reverting to the fact that women did appear on the stage in the middle age "mysteries," it will be sufficient to state that Moliere's " Amphitryo" was first performed in 1668, and that the part of Alcmells was auatained by Wile. Axmalade 13ehut " THE ASSAILANTS OP THE IRTSII Cnuncn.—To the Editor.—Sir, having, as you know, been connected with. the Ultramontane body for several years, and being acquainted with many of its secrets, I feel it my duty, now that Mr. Gladstone is about to make an attack upon the Protestant Church of England, to let his followers know that when he went to Rome he made arrangements with his Holiness the Pope to destroy the Irish Church, and ultimately to make the Catholic Church the State Church for Ireland. Other arrangements were also made for a Catholic university, and further favours for the Catholics in England. The question is, why has Mr. Gladstone done this ? It is easily answered, for he is himself a Catholic .at heart ; all his near and dearest friends are of the same _persuasion, and even some of his own family, as can easily be proved by reading the advertisements of lotteries. in the Catholic journals, where the name will appear among the patronesses. The Weekly Register, I believe, was the first paper that said the Catholic Church was about to receive a distinguished convert. That paper, having much influence with the clergy, ought to know, I have no doubt, if the editor were allowed to speak, he would say the same as I do who it is. I ask Mr. Gladstone, can he deny but what I have stated is the truth ? .Let the question be put to him on Monday night, so that all Protestants may know the truth.—l am, sir, " ONE WHO OUGHT TO KNOW." Mr. Gladstone replied as follows : " Hawarden, April 7, 1868.--Sir, I beg to thank you for your communication inclosing a scandalous letter which purports to be extracted from the London Standard. I am truly sorry if any journal has been found ready to dis honour itself by becoming responsible for the publication of such a letter. So far as it concerns me, there is not one word of truth in it from the beginning to the end. If you think it has caused uneasiness in Lancashire, perhaps you will be good enough to send to any of the local journals this contradiction.—l remain, sir, your faithful servant, " W. E. GLADSTONE. "To Mr. H. Sharrock." LAW AND POLICE. ROBBERIES WITH VIOLENCE. — Several of these robberies which have been committed of late came before the Cen tral Criminal Court for trial. James Barratt and Samuel Jacobs, both 19, were charged with robbery, accom ?aztied with violence. The prosecutor, - Mr. James Beckett, an old gentleman 73 years of age, was passing through Five-bell-court, Limehouse, about 8.40 p.m. on the 15th March, when he saw a man whom he did not know standing against the wall, and soon after a second man seized him by the throat and nearly choked him. He did not know the prisoners, and could not remember having seen them till brought up at the police court on this charge. A boy named Leader said that he heard cries of "murder," and went into the court and saw the prisoner Jacobs with his hand over the prosecutor's face, whilst Barratt was committing the robbery. At first the last-named prisoner could not get the watch chain over the prosecutor's head, but at length, by using great violence, he broke it in two parts. The defence for both prisoners was an alibi, but the jury found the accused guilty. Barratt, who has been once previously convicted, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude ; and Jacobs, who has been five times pre viously convicted, was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude, and with orders to be flogged with the " cat." William Cochrane and William Smith, both 19, were indicted for committing a similar robbery._ The prose cutor, Mr. J. G. Ulrich, is a watchmaker residing at Stepney. About one o'clock on the morning of Thurs day week the prosecutor was returning from his daughter's house. When near St. Saviour's Church the prisoners attacked Cochrane, seized him from behind, and threw him down with considerable violence, and Smith rifled his pockets. A woman named Powell saw the robbery committed and gave the alarm, whilst a cabman, named Thornton, followed the prisoners and gave them into custody. The prisoners, having been found guilty, were each ordered to receive twenty-five strokes with the " cat," and to be kept in penal servitude for ten years. Thornton was ordered to receis e 22 for his praiseworthy conduct. STABBING A WOMAN.-At the same court Jane Chap man, 21, was indicted for wounding Eliza Nugent, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The prosecutrix, who is a married woman, was returning home with her husband on the night of the 23rd of March, when, on reach ing Bath-street, Islington, they got into a crowd, and the husband was knocked down, and the prisoner rushed at the prosecutrix and charged her with stealing a shawl, and immediately after, with some sharp instrument, in flicted no fewer than nine wounds on the face, neck, fore head, and other parts of the body. The accused was sent to penal servitude for five years. CURIOUS CASE OF BlGAMY.—Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr, Elizabeth, otherwise Rebecca, Fox was indicted for bigamy. The prisoner was first married to Mark Fox, a butcher, at Colchester, on the 21st June, 1855, her maiden name being Mallett. In February 1862 she was again married to Joseph Andrew Moore, a sergeant in the Royal Artillery, at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Chapel, Woolwich. In September 1863, about eighteen months after the second marriage, she went to Colchester to see if her first husband, who was alleged to have ill-treated her very much, was living, and, finding he was, she returned and told her second husband that he was. After that Moore and she lived together "as brother and sister," accord ing to his account, for about three years, and he left her altogether in May 1866. The second husband was sub ject to a severe cross-examination, with a view to chew that the-proceedings were only instituted for him to get married again. He said that he might get married if the defendant were convicted, and had told her so—in fact, made her confidante in a little love affair. For the defence it was contended that the prisoner believed that her first husband was dead. The commissioner left it to the jury to say whether they believed this version of the case. The accused was acquitted. STABBING A WITNESS.-At Marlborough-street Police court, Joseph Simmonds was charged with stabbing an errand lad, named Thomas Welch. The prosecutor was walking along Berwick-street when the prisoner rushed up to him with a clasp-knife and stabbed him in the back, though fortunately not seriously. It seems that the pro secutor was the principal witness against a friend of the prisoner's, named " Fatty," who was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. On being apprehended the pri soner said that he did not stab the prosecutor purposely. He was committed for trial. STRANGE CASE OF ATTEBITTED SUICIDE. -At the Clerkenwell Police-court, George Croft, a goldsmith, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by cutting his throat. It seems that the defendant had been in great trouble since his wife destroyed herself and children, at Acton-street, Gray's-inn-road, some seven years ago. The accused was remanded for a week. THE ASSAULT ON A DIRECTOR.-At the Guildhall, Mr. John Hill and Mr. Thomas .A.llport were charged on remand, with committing a violent assault on Mr. Yelland. Mr. Alderman Hale said that he had made up his mind to commit the prisoßers for trial ; but the prosecutor did not appear, and as he (the alderman) understood that the prosecutor was bringing an action against Hill in the Lord Mayor's Court, he should dibcharge the accused. BOAT ACCIDENT ON GOOD FRIDAY. —Two brothers ' were drowned at Bright i o e n isu o r n e. G bo o ti o t d aFtraidbaoyutb3,l,otoheyh ' n Pier. The brothers were Mr. Williamaacrcds dental upsetti n g of a p i. f rom the G Seaton, school,with a friend,mran d Richard .\V.H Seaton, commercial h a ving dined togeth er, went to row withou t a waterman, in a licensed bo a t. When a lit t le w a y be y ond the end of t e r e vlle i r, a who, th e Chain Pier, the brothers attempted to change places, eonhr e t traveller, but both as they stood up stepped heedlessly on the same side of the boat, and the craft was overturned in. a moment. It was dead low water, and, although many persons who were on the pier witnessed the calamity, it was not pos sible to help the drowning men very p rom ptl y. Wh en oanlyMr. boatman, silk was named Marw ick, seen struggling N%a sable to reach on the surface the the brothers had sunk exhausted, and not ado becg ICRACIt 1 041 64'M. 77 - 1 7 1 MR. 61- LADSTON2.Z\TD OIS RErrarous o i c Mr. H. Sharrock, of Ornislirk, an elgtor of South Lancashire, has published the following correspondence -with Mr. W. E. Gladstone, M.P. : " Orruskirk, April 6,1868.—5ir, I trust you will pardon the liberty I take in asking a moment's attention to this contents of the enclosed slip cut from a local paper. I have no difficulty myself in seeing through so malignant a transparency, but unfortunately there are too many ready to take up the weapons suggested by the Premier's recent letter, and under the instigation of Orange bigotry an,:t political animosity to use them in the most reckless manner. The ideas insinuated by this anonymous corre spondent of the London Standard are being seized and dis seminated amonget your constituents, with a view to creating a prejudice that may operate with disadvantage to your future claims on their suffrages. If these chargcs be not too gross to merit your notice, I should be glad, in the interest of your future supporters, and as an ardent &clinker of your great talents and eminent services, to sec them at once dissipated by one stroke of your pen.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, HENP,x SI:L=OM To the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone." 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