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.~ TiINAHAN'S— FRI‘OVNIIBI.Is6SI(. Thiß celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, anal vers Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Hon the Agents in the principal towns in England 8 . GREA.T WINDMILL-STREET, I/ Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label, and Co) hen's LL Whisky:" IMPERIAL JAPANESE - Tl DUPE. Nc. 23,677. LYCEUM THEATRE. Their FIRST APPE &RANCE in LONDON, under the direction of Messrs. RISLEY and VAN GIESON, con sisting of Twenty Artistes, male and fenabi, including the world-renowned 4 4 LITTLE' ALLLRIGHT," in. their marvellous performancW consisting of Balancing, Top spinning Legerdemain, Tumbling, the Butterfly and great Ladder Feats. Every Night at Eight, terminating at Half-t•ast Ten ; and Wednesdays Ind Saturdays at Half past Two. • Doors oPolt_lalf an hour previous. Stalls:Gs.; Dress Circle ss. ; Upper Circle, 3g. ; Pit,, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Pri vateßoxes, from One to Three Guineas. -'Children under T ea years half-price. Places secured at the Box-office by lir. C. Nugent from Ten till Five. NOW ready, at all the Libraries, in..'. vole., SECOND EDITION of A NOBLE WOMAN. By J. C. JEAFFRESON. "The book now before us owes its existence to good, honest work, and it has other. merits also., In his story of A Noble Woniau' Mr. Joaffreson has been content to depend for succee , upon the charm which attaches to a scric.; of pictures represent in.; pleasant subjects, treated in an artistic style. Many of the descriptive passages in the book are excellent, and there is real humour in the story as well as real pathos."—Saturday Review. " A very pleasant book. The story has a genuine, healthy reality, which makes it charming."—Athenteum. Hurst and Blacken, 13, Great Marlborough-street 'CANTERBURY HALL. ,_, 5 New Management.—W. HOLLAND, Sole Proprietor, retur ns AL New to. the entire Pras's for their valuable notices on the :' ,n agement and the entertainments, one and all having pro nounced them unrivalled and an immense success. Two mag,ni -Reent ant costly Ballets, Band of Twenty-live. Fifty Dan6srs in the Ballet , Ethardo, and Forty Acrob its, and all the Comic gers of the, day, i n cluding the great Vance, Harry Liston, Louie Sherrington, and Daniels (the great Negro Delineator). EXTRACTS FROM SOME. OF -THE OPINIONS OF . THE PRESS. With so powerful a concentration of those attractions which appeal most strongly to the tastes of the visitors. it is not sur prising that the hall is nightly thronged."—Daily Telegraph. "The programme is an unusually good one."--Standard. . "The 'Canterbury' is one of the sights of London which must not be rnissed."—Morning Advertiser. 0. " The 'Canterbury' is one of the sights of London for astound ut. performances."—Sun. "Those who are only familiar with the 'Canterbury' as it used to be will hardly recognise it unier the new direction, so much is it improved." —Morning Herald. "The entertainment has never been surpassed, and can scarcely 13 e imagined or described."—Era. Stalls and Crystal Lounge, is. ; Area and Balcony, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8 o'clock. DUBLIN - UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.- No. 425. FOR MAY. Price 2s. GI CONTESTS. 1. The Science of War. 7. Haunted Lives. By J, S. Le 2. Sweet Anne Page. I Fanu. 3. Retirement of John Semble. I 8. MediEeval Fictions and their 4. "My Queen." Sources. 5. The Close of a great Drams- 9. Edmund Burke. A Histori tic Career. cal Study. C. John Hailer's Niece. Difblin: George Herbert. L ondon: Hurst and Blatt. Now ready, THE MONEYS OF ALL NATIONS, with their correct Value in English Currency. Six copies sent free by post on receipt of two penny stamps.—Address, T. ROBERTS and Co., 8, Crane-eourt, Fleet-street, London, E.C. CANTERBURY HALL. Sole Proprietor, W. HOLLAND. W. HOLLAND begs to announce, by particular request of his numerous patrons, to admit of parties residing out of London and members of the profession unable to attend Evening Performances, a GRAND MORNING PER PORVIA'N'OII avill - 150 given at. this Establishment on MONDAY NEXT, May 4, including the entire Company, tho grand Watteau end Demon Ballets, Ethardo, Ocenans -(the daughter of Ethardo), and 40 Gymnasts in the Revels of the, Athletes. Prices of admission to all parts of the Hall, Is. Doors .open at Ono, commencing at T wo. . . "•,t I • R . NEWSPAPER RE G y - :,' 2 , - - ?- --__ e_-_-_- ‘----t____-- - : REC ',.. . Ei? ro 2 6 MAY 1868 , r , -.... r- - _....... ....., r)::. ( . 7 -- 1 v . - - -• , ••••• ....I. • 21, ,l , , , :.. / ,Z (r.....yz.)--: e* .. • . ''' ' -rt 45 .. - -Ir i, . • zif :h. ...._ .:-. Ni _ 0 ,, vitz .... ;.) .1% j , , , t:ii. t .,, ,I i .e. 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GREAT ALTERATIONS.—The whole of the Area magnificently carpeted and reseated by the eminent firm of Chandler and Co., of Holborn, and converted into the rno st convenient H a ll s i n L on d on ( v id e th e P u bli c P res s). 7oPxrate entranco to the Private Boxes and Operatic - "" Bub nu t 4 Fes• Places to be secured at Mitchell's, Sam's, b s, and other librarians. -., Mr. P. CORRI, Musical Director. 'I-a—Miss KATE SANTLY will appear shortly. Notice:—Mr. P. CorH's Annnal Benefit, 'l'hnrs uaY, May 21. lADA ME 1 USSAUDIS ,EXHIBITION. V I .1 BIKER Sr:MEET. - .. 10,1‘."V. ADDITION.—A Life-size Portrait Moiel of tho ,it Iron.-theRL of SCIAFTESBURY id the inag-: nifieent robes of the Orderof-the4larter ; also of DOCTOR L EV INS TONE. .. o....ltirr l o ss r s ° , 6,1. 1 Be.s;trild !•en under ten, 6d.; 'tlie _Chamber ..._ . , ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, • , Thi s Sole Proprietor, Mt ^R.-R. BIGNELL. hsvin,,,‘"agnificent Terpsichorean...ant Musical Establishment, y 1 1 1. 130 en Re-decorated item glaest - style 'l3f ail Jur t w '**".„.• Rubardt and oth inent artists,.is NOW. OPEN 8010 Comet 9 -Ids.N SEASON. Solo Enptionion. SiErli. Grav es. Conductor, Signor °firth gnor 3losca; & Doors open at half-Fast Alutission, Is • Reserved Seats, 2s. • 48 -I li A.Pla C KEN V 3 IVA N . rmu and to be LET - 10,„ . .AL 0 E.D. 11 , 13 , 001; tn. Dli?;li t l 13,TitIttEE HOLD or LEAsEaoLD. ".• 1117SrPn rtu.:s hat continlal. applicatiohs for for o , r 3PtiOna of pa)r RT will p 4 ,r)i interest _ 1, 1 , HOZIBC3 01-t of rep dr., not objectsj.. to, T. D do eyries etu It all tihrl Sal e.natyn'trs toe all 4 lr Ip tra,,,toir r b Ist qes s p i intet4, hols , 8011 a_ ni ApAy • D. T. -T Humphries, Estate Agent, A :8, 1 1 744144 ft 1 f, i tag erin epo s n . " -- "A• ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which (61,,9prodnc,es whiskers and thickens hair. Price 34. 6.1.. stam ps II and 104. 6,1.; sent by post for 51, 81, and 144 all es----9.LEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London, and heists. " Tale of a Hair," 6d. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. —Corns wired Th l3 in one d a y by us i ng ALEX. ROSS'S OHL RO P O. .. p re paration graduagy dissolves the Corn in a fe w 4 ehust s f or • or 6'o re moving the very root. Pric3 4s. ; bent by post stamps. —213, High Holborn, London, and all Jtistliublished, prierfirl3l:l 4 lsy test I.s. Bd., the Second Edition. with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Qaacks , REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." Ltihdon: H. &aliens, 219, Regent-street. The =merlins reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. A NGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN IN TERNATION AL NEWSPAPER, Devoted 6 American Intellionee, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Con ;Tess, Persona!, FlllitaCial, RailroaJ, Are. Members of PArli.tment, Conaniereial Men, and those having an interest in the United States. will lie t this newspaper of use. Published every SA.TURD AY MORNING. price id. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. lUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 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, Scent try D UNVILL4'S Y.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplie - I 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 1308. Quotations on application. 'FEE ru r AIN LESSLY STOPPED, w ish permanent enamel cement of the exact natural colour, guaranteed not to turn black or make the teeth look unsightly. MR. WEBB, DENTIST, 27, NEW BOND-STREET, Many years with Mr. B E ond-stresant, et. of 8, Grosvenor-street. S A 1.1 C E.—l. EA and pERRINs, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepat . ed solely by LEA. and PEIthINS. The public are respectfully cautioned against woithless imitations, and should see that Lea and Perrius' names are on wrapper,label, bottle, and stopper. ASI. for LEA. and PERRINS' SAUC:'. Sold wholesale and for export by tho Proprieto7s. 7;?or cester; ,Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell ; Messrs. :2 , -.rclay and , Sons, London, &c., &c. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen universally._ PARTRIDGE AND COOPER' WHOLESALE lIANUFACTCRINGE STATIONERS; 192 MET-STREET (cORNBB, OF CHANOBRY-LANK), LONDON, E.O. 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An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account R oo k s, Copying Presses, Inkstands. Cabinets, Postage Bags, & c . , post free. Postage Scales, D es p a t c h B oxes, T rave lli n g _ Writing Cases, C Case a s b , De CONTRACT FOR WHEAT, PEPPER, RAISINS, AND SUGAR. --- - Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, :April 18, 1868. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the 4th May next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be rea.ly to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering,into her Ma jesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned articles, viz.:— . . • To be tendered Quantities. for at rates. WHEAT PEPPER WOO Poun ds Per 100 lbs. RAISINS 50,0u0 „ SUGAR 500,000 • When to be . delivered—One half of each quantity in three weeks from the date of Contract, and the remainder thereof in three weeks afterwards (or earlier if preferred by the party tendering). Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the articles. Separate Tenders are to be made for each article Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when , the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or fur such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for, a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. The Pepper, Raisins, and Sugar to be exempted fr m the Customs duties, and parties tendering are to state where they are lying. Samples of the Wheat (not less than 2 quarts), of the Pepper (not less than 21bs.), and of the Raisins (not less than 31bs.), must be produced by the parties tendering. Each Tender for Sugar must specify the mark and land ing number of each cask or package, the ship in which im ported, and the country or place of its growth or produce, and an average sample (not less than 2lbs. for each import mark) must be produced by the parties tendering, and not an average of different marks or several imports, and any parcel that is found not to be of the same mark or average quality as the samples tendered and accepted, will be re jected by the officers. No Wheat tendered is to be of less weight than 601 b. per bushel. No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance with the above denomination of quantities and rates ; and Contractors in claiming payment for articles supplied are to make out their invoices in accordance therewith, both as to quantities and rates, excepting those for wheat, which are to be in pounds, at per 1 , 0 pounds. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not before, the rejected samples are to be removed. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House. By order. ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. STOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS, PIGEON CHESTS and other Deformities, are pre vented and cured by wearing CHANDLER'S IMPROVED HYGIENIC - CREST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes or all ages. It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indi gestion, pains in the chest and back, and is especially re commended to children for assisting the growth, promoting health and symmetry of figure, superseding the use of braces and stays. Price from 10s. 6d. each.-66, Bemers street, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded. 'MPREGNABLE SAFES AND LOCKS Messrs. HOBBS, HART - and CO. call the sp ecial atten tion of BANKERS, GOLDSMITHS, JEWELLERS, and possession of valu a bl e property, to their NEWLY TED SAFE, whi c h i s so constructed as to be im opptrAhe others in a Nb a a gainst all th e art ifi ces o f the BURGLAR in the use of the drill, the wedge, tho screw, or the crowbar , by having its sides and angles held together by a system of Tubular Dovetailing, instead of the old practice of riveting; the Tubes by which they are held together being filled by molten iron, so as to form a homogeneous mass, with the wedges of the Safe overlapping each other within the Tubes. The Doors are also protected by a newly-invented Lock, which is invulnerable against the most skilled class of burglars as well as the most scientific mechanicians. LOCKS of every description for Mansions, Hotels, Dwelling-houses, &c., at moderate prices. Descriptive Price Lists free, on application to Messrs. HOBBS, HART, and CO., 76, OREAPSIDE, E.C. PHEASANTS PARTRIDGES, and , POULTRY. —Land e d Proprietors, Gentry, &c., of the United Kingdom wishing to rear Game for 1868 an d to be successful, are respectfully asked to send six stamps for Mr. CHAMBERLIN'S new BOOK, containing 300 certificates of the utility of his FOOD. J. 0. supplies the Crowned Heads of England and France and the chief of the aristocracy. By the use of his "Spanish Meal" any quantity of birds can be raised. The hundreds of thousands of heads of Game reared on my system during the last ten years proves its utility ; the loss from every cause has not averaged three to the hun dred. Gapes and Roup (the two most fatal diseases which attack game) the birds have been and always are free from. This is attributable to their robust constitution and excellent condition. Pheasants fed on my food show their beautiful plumage with hardness and closeness of feather to the greatest advantage; they cannot be sur passed. The magnificent Foreign and English Pheasants at the Zoological Society's GarLlens,London, and his Imperial Majesty's Pheasantry at Compiegne and St. Germains, are fed with my food. Address, Mr. JAMES CHAMBERLIN, Post-office street, Norwich, England. - Ir AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN 1.4 EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re laying coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. lying down for fear of suffoca tion, frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach :ll7f i n a few minutes after taking it. ing o n its effects are truly beneficial. Persons sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, and three quantities in one, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. --- boßtetlpesa,ral3ciudia.,r, Face Powdor, Is. 'UR-CURLING FLUID, 248, London. High Holborn, ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ;iris T ad _ le or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. _ old at 3s. 61, ss. 6d., and 101. 6d. ; n sent free for 51, 81, and 41 stamps.—Had of all Ohemislg. A.dvice upon all subjects of the Toilet. GUY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— A.LEIK ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect r,o,ur inunately it is used. It is pormanent, and per 'e"Y natural in effect. Prices 3s. 6d., 58. 6d., and 10s, ~:i•; Bent p ost for 54, 84, and 144 stamps; and all uhemists. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. IIAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL tTORY re- Moves supgrfluons hair from the face, neck, and arms, Without effect to the skin. Price 3s. 6 d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6&; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Rad of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, ss. Gd. DIMPLE REMOVER.—A.II diseases of the II skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S V EIE'PABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness. I K.parness, &c. 2s. 9d. and 78. Gcl. ;or post for 40 and 100 Eita niPs.--A.LEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d. AIR COLOUR WASH.—By damping the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in " 7 en or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and %mai n i 44 all B soby an occasional using. 10s. 6d. ; sent for InPa. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, Chemists. UGLINESS' published 21; sent by the author for 3 stamps, and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet ban.the eseiiptive of articles and means used for impror b o______ 7. ll : to a u p d pe on a . ran H c a e d . of ß a y ll A boo LEj oil ß ers O . SS, 248, High Rol BEALTR RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALEN T A ARABICA ros fifty tim' es its cost in other remedies, and restores I:kmrfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, e re ct s : l 3 Z sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the tn,,°!st disordered or enfAebled—removing speedily and sUra- t • indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, cen :;at, lOn, habitual constipation, diarrhcea . , all gastric de ngetnents, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, evnusness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, 4, 11 : 11 1 118 :, colda, influenza, noises in the haul and ears, 114;48713., gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu 'lll irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, u.iirturn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, fits l la and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sicking the renchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at th o p i t of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is fo r : 08 t digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable va lids and inf an t s i n all complaints. and oll:raNT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury HtgMore than slopy imitations to which, without autho- Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. tbt; ban:reeaciforyth none will doubt the valuable Properties. of ato ',-arl'Y's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica h -`ofants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it received from invalids whose position had b a , 11 „ leelrted hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi ""s B oPe whose health has been perfectly restored * lt after thirt y : years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 68licrote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. )- "Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the other Y Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all Itar, remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du pfat;;Yr's, Bevalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes 113 11 4 1 cl a i t every meal, It has produced a surprisingly Prai a , 2d, effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot „ excellent food too highly." :::aaue.ssr,teioliN:. 58,216 of the 51archionesz de Bre . han, of seven Ness, . v t'r Complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous dig ' Pliability, with a nervous alitation all over, bad constant sleeplessness and the most intolerable Cu 0 . 7 8, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord f ord Decies, Lord -Lieutenant of the County of Water food STUART 1 have derived much benefit from your excellent mateDECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County rford.” Cur e frma 49,832.—0f fifty years' indescribable agony liatade„sPePsiti, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, of L 'Tails, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, ° Lo o n, No llerv ou „ N °. `,l2l.—Miss 4 Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme (ma f 'B'9l digestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner- Cure 11- 0 Year s di. 56,814. --Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two 13214.1,1:1;1141t6s:f.orrirsia.egoeldfriene o e n an r i e s e t e e i rs, at is. lid.. 11b., 2s. 9d. ear t i ste ' eci• ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b trQort3 ZalliCuhnleruallis.dts3l. a8°111'3; pt of Post-office Order, by "lee at F I LIT BARRY and Co , 77, Regent-s trest, London ; and sold by all respectable RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-IVIAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the bloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can rot fail to fit, forwardel by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Tinge, 168., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, I.s. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FLAS TIC STOC KING S , KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpen s i ve , a nd are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 61, 70. 6d., 100., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE AGUA AMARELLA rest ores t h e Human H a i r to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, Be. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15a. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper 'Thames street, London, E.C. RINTIN 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 envelops for reply. Address—The Manager, 'Sun" Printing O ffi ces 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN 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.O NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 Under the patronage of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, I{,G., whereby a home has been afforded for 2SO 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, hou se , and laundry, to lit thorn for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely susSained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer: W 11. WAr WICK, Secretary. Office, 121, Pall mall, S W OYAL FREE nosprrAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Groat 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 Bucci.Eucn, 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. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in 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 the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital aro 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“ lorries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott , Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Willi a m s , Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. Bornors-street ;:awl the Hospital, from 10 till 5. 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 Bouvene, 1, Pall-inall.—Hon , Sec., F. Smith, Esq. Gm. REID, Sec. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALIII PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. _ _ President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, E.C.; Francis Nichols Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. 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 Ealingi 870 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the Loudon and Westminstat Bank 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.: and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. T" RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. • 27, Church-row, Ilampstead. 9,llenstzidge-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 horns at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee me 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 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. COD it boo. 85, Queen-street, Cheapeide. SPECTACLES.--The Achromatic and Tinted SPECTACLE LENSES, registered by S. and B. SOLO MONS, Opticians to the Government, give extraordinary relief to weak, dim, and defective vision. Copies of Testimonials from the Ophthalmic Hospitals post free.-39, Albemarle-street, Pic cadilly. Now ready, with Frontispiece and Vignette, 3s. 6d., VOTABLE THINGS OF OUR OWN TIME ; IN a Supplementary Volume of "Things not Generally Know Familiarly Explained." By JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A. CosmsTs : --Marvels of the Universe—Geological Progress— Seas, Lakes, and Rivers —Antiquity of Man—_lieu and his Monuments—New Countries—Animal Life—Trees and Plants— Science applied to the Arts —Mining and Working in Metals— The Railway—The Electric Telegraph —New Operations of War —Diamonds —Life. Health, and Death—Historic Jottings—Great Exhibitions, kc. With copious Index. Lockwood and Co., Sta tioners' Hall Court. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL ;0, 1868. L IFTER THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDE NT—EVANS' TO SUP. After Covent-garden Opera - Ev.iNs' to SUP. After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SIT. After Covent-garden Opera .. - .EvA.Ns' to Stir. After Covent-garden Opera. EvaNs' to Sur. After Covent-garden Opera EVAXS' to SET. . . . London Singing and Sapper Clnlo, EVANS', Covent garden Vocal Entertainment at EigtaL :: VA Nl' E D.—An able and experienced Y SCHOOLMASTER for an Industrial School. It :a particularly requested that no one will apply whose past and present character will not Lear the strictest in vestigation. A married man preferred. Application, by letter only, to Mgre. S., 1, Grosvenor-park-road, Waltham stow, N.B. f iLAPHAM.-APARTMENTS well Furnished ../ 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, S.W.; or to Mr. STEVENS, The Pavement, Clapham Common. To BE LET, UNFURNISHED, a PARLOUR and TWO BED-ROOMS, with Gas, &c., in the most eligible part of St. Paul's-road, Camden-squaro. N.W. Apply at 44, St. Paul's-road, Camden-square, N.W. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in - • Situations of Trust. Chairman—General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., PALS Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. The ROYAL, NAVAL, MILITARY, and EAST INDIA LIFE DE PARTMENT, affording Peculiar Advantages to Officers and others in the Navy and Army, is under the especial Patronage of Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. The EUROPEAN Society is specially authorised by the Im perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Government Officials. • New Premium Income in 1858, 1659, 1860 £76,000 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 any 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 free. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. AFTER HER 7: MAJESTY'S OPERA, AL • DRURY-LANE—EVANS' TO SUP. After Drury-laue, Opera FvAss' to SUP. After Drury-lane Opera EVANS' to SUI'. After Diary-lane. Opera EvAn' to Sur. After Drury lane Opera 'EVANS' to Sue. After Drury-lane Opera Ev.A.Ns' to .$(12?. London Singing and Sinner Club, EVANS', Covent-garden.. , Vocal Entertainment at Eight. . . GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHESTER RACES, Mh, 6th, 7th;and Sth MAY. FIRST and SECOND-CLASS RETURN TICKETS to CHES TER lamed at PADDINGTON, VICTORIA. BATTERSEA. CHELSEA, WEST BROUPTOII, KENSINGTON, WINDSOR. and READING, on MONDAY, 4th May, and following days, will be available for the Return Journey by any Train up to SATUR DAY, 9th May, inclusive. - - - - - - - , Fares from London to Chester and Back-51R.91 and 383. na Trains leave Paddington f.,r Chester at 6.0 a.m., 10.0 Cid 10.1,0 a.m. (third-class, reaching Chester at 7.10 p.m.), 12.0 noon, 3.30. and 6.15 p.m.; and Chester for Paddington at 9.20 a.m. (third class), 12.15, and 4.25 p.m. DAY TRIP TO CHESTER. On WEDNESDAY, May 6, CUP DAY, a"FAST EXCURSION TRAIN will leave PADDINGTON at 6.40 a.m., and READING at 7.25 a.m., for CHESTER Fares them and back. 21s. and 12s. 6d. Returning the same day from Chester (Station Platform) at 6.30 p.m. • Passengers travelling from Metropolitan Stations to Bishops road, Paddington, by the 6.5 a.m. Train from. Moorgate-street, would be in time for theßseursion Train. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. _ Paddington, April 23. LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN . RAILWAY. • CHESTER RACES; MAY sth,- 6th, 7th, and Bth, 1868 . RETURN TICKETS issued from LONDON (Euston, Kensing ton, West Brompton, Chelsea, Battersea, Clapham Junction, Broad-street, Shoreditch, and Dalston) to CHESTER, on MON DAY, May 4th, and following days, will be available for Return by any Train (Irish and Limited Mails excepted), up to and in clusive of SATURDAY. 9th May. Fares from EusWn to Chester and Back: First Class...sls. t -ASecond C1a55...388. Gd. On the CUP DAY. WedueSday, Gth May, A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Easton Station for Chester at 6.20 a.m., calling at Chalk Farm at 6.25 a.m., returning from Chester at 6.45 p.m., same day. - Fares fro*i London to Chester and Back by this Train: Covered Cars...l2s. 61 I First C1a,55...215. VT. CAWKWELL, General Manager Euston Station. April, 1868. TIER MAJESTY'S OPERA-DRURY LANE. r--- The first represeuta.tiou this season of Beetho ven's immortal " Fidelio " at Iler Maieity's Theatre had the effect, as usual, of filling the house, almost td suffocation. A good sign, even though the motive be more attributed to fashion than to the appreciation of art. There was also, as a matter of course, an immense throng of the musical amateurs of the day. It is a curious fact, and one which repeats itself every year, that the first night of " Fidelio " is invariably the most brilliant of the season—not as regards :the attendance, but as to the actual performance. In the first place, Signor Arditi's band plays with a dash and enthusiasm that amounts almost to inspiration, and this year it is no small compliment to say that the band has improved in a very marked . degree. As for Mdlle. Titiens, it is well known that " Fidelio " is her favourite opera, and certainly she sings and plays " Leonora" in a manner that utterly rejects com parison with any other character. The entire per formance on Saturday was a supreme triumph, notwithstanding the worse than bad taste of many among the audience, who, having paid their money at the doors, think they have a perfect - right to talk loudly, through the glorious overture, to the intense annoyance of their neighbours. The very 'thought provokes a smile, of such a nuisance being tolerated in any other country but England. Mdlle. Titiens was in splendid voice, and although at the commencement of the first act there were some slight symptoms of huskiness, iu the great dungeon scene her voice rang out with an electrical thrill that took every one by surprise, and made one hold one's breath at the famous- " To Son sea eposa." Mdlle. Sinic ), too, finds her this opera, and . her ands W e e happiest sweet, e r sympatheticv eryimpersonationea rvinoi ring e g. , withct acting, h g e , true contributel 11 n on ring,only on knowing tho a . bne l\ t l .i. deyll complimentede o i t f ie e n o s n , r t e o e , th g e o o g d e , n e a r n a a l s i‘ u i c r :e L e y cs asT:Mr.il S secondarily must t 4) 'well. To allow Signor Bet tini to co p e with the i a childish error ea o u p g o h rt l y a n ( t t . i h n e n e fi i e r first e t h i t o t h e i i s n a a p n p d e n s i e n d g ) n t g h e i t v v e e r r y y -- music of. " Florestan " is simply on mistake, the rnann,,aeni r e e nt e , at , e l d t . is a grave panardt ought f ug t i l l i t e not to be p CONTRACT FOR HAIR FELT. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, April 29, 1868. THE 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 12th May next, 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 - • - HAIR FELT 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 aunnarconsumption for the last three years, a Sample of the Felt, and a Form of the Tender and Con ditions of Contract may bo seen in the Lobby of the 'Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any he 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 Hair Pelt," and must also be delivered at the- Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somer set House, accompanied by a letter signed by two respon sible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the stun- of £5OO for the due performance of the Contract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. SALE OF OLD STORES AT TIIE ROYAL ARMY CLOTHING DEPOT, PIMLICO. • - VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the 1 - 1 SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive TENDERS for the purchase of OLD STORES at the Royal Artny Clothing Depot s Pimlico, where all in formation may be obtained on application to till Store keeper. . Tenders must be made on a printed form, which will be issued by that officer to all applicants upon payment being made of a deposit of Five Pounds. • The. Tenders are to be delivered at the War-office, Pall mall," S.\V., on or before Thursday, May 14, 1868, ad dressed to the Under -Secretary of State for War, - and marked on the outside " Tender for the purchase of Old Stores." The Secretary of State for War reserves the right of re jecting any or all of the Tenders received. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts., War-office, Pall-mall, S.W., April 28,1868. . • LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. ALTERATIONS FOR MAY. _LA. The EXPRESS TRAIN leaving EUSTON STATION at 9 a.m. for Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester, Liverpool ; Chester, North Wales, the Lake District, and Carlisle, - will, onitnd after FRIDAY, the Ist May, call at Willesden Junction. Convenient Trains will bkrun in connection from Ken sington,' Broad-street, the North London, Hampstead Junction. and Kew lines. • The other Express Trains calling at Willesden Junction will continue to do so. - • The MORNING EXPRESS leaving LIVERPOOL at 9.10.a.m., and Manchester at 9.20 a.m. for Scotland, will leave Liverpool at 8.46 a.m. and Manchester at 9 a.m.; and will be accelerated. 'Tie line of railway from Llanrwst to Bettwsycoed is now opened for traffic. For further alterations see Time Bills. • W. CAWKWELL, General Manaffer • • Boston Station, April, 1868, OHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from deety, and imp Arts a pleasant fragranba to the breath.. Price Is. 63.—Red Bull Wharf," 93, Upper Tha,mes•stroct. London. itt AN FIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are . per- LTA_ fectly pure and uncoloured. To bo had of all dealers, and wholesale) of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. . VURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 23. to £2O IT. , r Week.—D. S. liIDIPETKIgi h4s at all timos a n amber of leiri -Clans )t iID it; -3 to bo (.141T. furnished or unfurnished. or boll'. more . a-tienoiHy in the nei...fhb,,ur hoods of Sydenh tat, Upp:r lorwood. Pore3t-hill. an I viol nity.—Parttaniara may be had at the ifillee, Printing House square. DEAFNESS. —Acoustic Instruments, for the Relief of Deafness, to enable persons to join in general conversation, to hear distinctly at church and public as s e mblies. The SPIRAL EAR TUBE fits spirally in the ear so close, and being flesh-colour, is unseen. Also Conversational Tubes, Cor nets, Trumpets, and every other kind.—SOLOMONS, 39, Albc marle-street, Piccadilly, PERFECTION IN DENTISTRY. MESSRS. GABRI I E B L I A of EL, (Established Loudon 56, Harley-street, Cavondish-square, 64, Ludgate-hill, E.C., Liverpool 134, Duke-street, an d Bright on have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Artifi cial Teeth without springs, At MODERATE UHARGES, which may be had free by post for four stamps. It is said in Dublin that the American Minister in London has re , eived formal notice of the intention of the Irish Government to bring Colonel Nagle egain to trial on the 9th of May next in the Court of Queen's Bench. A writ of error has been lodged, under fiat of the Attorney-General for Ireland, in the House of Lords, in the case of Denis Dowling Mulcahy, a Fenian, found guilty of treason-felony in 1867. It alleges informalities n the swearing of the grand and petit juries. The deci sion will affect other Fenian trials. 'HIE ALEXANDRA PALACE AND PARK. —_, c . —_ On Saturday a largo party of gentlemen con nected witli the fine arts, the press, and architecture were invited to inspect the splendid property of the company. After a short but pleasant trip to Mood green station by railway the party alighted close to the park, and at once proceeded to the palace, which occupies a mo=t commanding site, and is sur rounded by some of the most lovely scenery in England. The palace itself is in the Italian style, and is erected principally from the material of the tri:nlarloour Great Exhibition building of '62, at Kensington. Though outwardly it is deficient iu theloftiness which characterises the Sydenham Palace, its light and spacious interior is truly beautiful from every point of view. Its general plan consists of a nave 200 feet long and 85 feet wide; a centre transept 430 feet long, and the same width as the nave ; and two shorter tran septs,-each 320 feet long, the same width also as the nave. The centre has erected ou it a great dome, one Of the two employed in the National Exhibition of 1862, but so elevated and altered as to render it 'one of the most perfect and beautifully constructed domes ever erected.- This dome is 170 feet in diameter and 220 feet high in the interior, appropriately pannelle I and decorated; the summit Of azure blue, with stars, the light being admitted near the top, and by lunette windows near the sides. t r - ff r e o l :s e-e e o - - At the intersections of the shorter transepts there rwniantnieo:ts, transepts s: are oetogon cupolas, lighted by windows on the g :i ra d en e t , lyw terminates l e s o tiii r a t e e ,d, e ,ihh d r ol o au f r : g li he iii oct ! decorated with stained glass. The interior is ele gantly the light is pleasantly subdued by the character of the buildings. The Alexandra Park racecourse is formed at the foot of the hill, leading to the Palace at its southern side, on a slightly undulating ground. It commences near the Wood Green railway well drained and levelled throughout, the turf hav ing been taken up and ca re f u lly re l a id on a ballast to improve its Oasticity' • . The T.Y.C., or five-furlong course, is 30 yards •in • width, and nearly straight. The one mile and a quarter course com mences near the Grand Stand and joins the five furlong course by an easy curve. The one mile and three-quarters and other longer courses will com mence at the Grand Stand and be continued round the cricket-ground for the required distances, finishing over the last part of the five-furlong course. All the running ground has been enclosed with posts and rails, will and 'll be seen from the Grand Stand. The Grand Stand, which is without doubt one of the most commodious in the kingdom, is situate at the west end of the five-furlong course, and on the edge of the rising ground leading up to the Palace. The saloon is of noble proportions, being 130 feet by 24 feet. It is situate on the first floor, and di vided into private boxes and stewards' compart ment, adjoining which are the ladies' refreshment rooms, &c. The whole of this floor is connected with the lawn by a graduated terrace or step standings, from whence every one will have a full view of the races. Above the Grand Stand Room is a gradu ated lead roof of the same dimensions, 130 by 25 feet. The Alexandra Park Races are to commence 011 the 30th June, and continue on the Ist July, under the most distinguished patronage ; and there is every reason to believe, from the excellent charac ter of the course, its close proximity to London, and the value of the stakes in the respective races, that the Alexandra Park Races will quite equal, if they do not eclipse, in point of popularity and the num ber of visitors, even the Derby itself. _ _ The inspection concluded, the party partook of luncheon with the chairman (Mr. William Hawes), the directors, the general manager (Mr. Ferrer), and secretary (Mr. Thomas Dixon). The seat of honour on the right hand of the chairman was occu pied by Mr. Benedict, a very pleasing circumstance to those interested in music, as it is not too much to infer that the direction of that most important attraction is to be placed under the direction of one of the soundest and best musicians in the country. The success 'of the undertaking was pledged in bumpers of chaMpagne, and altogether a more pro pitious visit of inspection we cannot recollect. NATIONAL CHORAL SOClETY.—Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise" (Lobgesang) and " The First Walpurgis Night" constituted Mr. G. W. Martin's pro gramme last evening at Exeter Hall. There was an au dience which filled every part of the building, and the per formance, and very fine one throughout, gave infinite satis faction. In the "Hymn of Praise," the principal recita tives and airs were given by Madame Florence Lancia, Miss Lucy Franklein, and Mr. Wilford Morgan ; Mr. Renwick was the additional soloist iu the " The First Walpurgis Night." All these artists exerted themselves with great success to render the Mendelssohn selection an interest. ing event in the history of the National Choral Society's reunions. Brilliant execution and sympathetic expression constitute tho criticism on their exertions ; and the "choruses, remarkable for their beauty and sublimity, were given with groat effect. There was about them a steadi ness and earnestness that can only be acquired by a large number of executants, under admirable discipline, after many repetitions. Amid a good deal of enthusiasm, "God save the Queen" was given Wore the Mendelssohn music, the National Choral Society, throngh their conductor, wishing to participate in the general rejoicings at the escape from the assassin's hand of the Sovereign's son. TIIE DUKE OF EDINBURGII.—A special Court of Common Council has been convened for to-morrow at Guildhall to agree to an address to her Majesty the Queen in reference to the recent attempt to assassinate his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The Lieutenancy of the City of London will also meet for a similar purpose on Monday next. <_,, zrZ /j/ t y `j QL 1 . 7 7 / 7 ,, J .,_e_, / ‘. PI: 1CE.... 4.1. SIAM - k.l) 3d. THE LATE DR. HAMPDEN. -- - 0-- The death of Dr. Hainpden, Bishop of Here ford, says a contempor,lly--a long forgotten name—has awakened memories of stirring times and of a strangely altered state of things. In those days a charge of heresy against an Anglican divine sounded strange and startling. The re:i gious public in Protestant England have since be come accustomed or indifferent to such a lapse on the part of its accredited teachers. 'A guiph seems to separate our times from those when the Hampden controversy first agitated Oxford and aroused the religious energies of England. His life spans the whole period of the religious revival —the rise of the Tractarian school, its immense results in favour of Catholicism, and of the in auguration and triumph of neology in the Angli can Church, before the errors of which the semi- Arianism of Dr. Hampden dwindles into insignifi cance. To recall to mind the resistance which his nomination by Lord Melbourne to the chair of Regius Professor of Divinity provoked in Oxford, the agitation which it excited throughout the country, and the solemn censure which by a large majority was pronounced upon him by Convoca tion, is no easy task for the younger generation which has succeeded but not inherited the zealous ,faith of that which Dr. Hampden so mortally offended. With what ease world not. Dr. Hampden ,pass muster now at Oxford. Contemporary of Arnold, who was his staunch supporter, of Coplestone, of IVhately, of Pusey, of Newman, who was then forming the Tractarian movement, and who a few years later was his s'renuous and successful op ponent, Dr. Hampden delivered those Bamptou lectures of 1832-33, which became so notorious at the time he was forced upon Oxford as a teacher of Divinity. Dr. Newman exposed 'the errors which were contained in these lectures, and suc ceeded in uniting both Tractarians and Evangelicals against their author, so as to bring down upon his ,head, the formal censure of Convocation. This was the first of those great collisions which in succession have been so rich in results to the Ca, tholic Church. The condemnation of Tract 90, the Jerusalem Bishopric, the Gorhan decision, and Dr. Lushington's judgments, have all served to show the true character of the Anglican Church, and to lead multitudes of men back to the Catholic Church. Dr. Hampden's appointment to the Bishop ric of Hereford by Lord John Russell, in 1817, revived opposition against installing a " heretic " on the episcopal bench ; -but the force of the oppo sition was not like that which he had experienced in 1836, for the strength of the Tractarian move ment was broken by the great exodus of 1845. His great opponents had passed out of a Church where error and truth are forced to sit side by side, and where it is now at last considered a great boon, if truth be allowed an equal latitude with error. They had already safely entered that Church where they had no longer jealously to guard against the intrusion of an heretical bishop. Anglicanism in 1847 had grown weaker and Protestantism stronger, so after a futile attempt of. Dean Merewether, of Hereford, who had 'been promised the next succes sion to the see, and of the remnant of the high Church party, Dr. Hampden was installed in the Anglican episcopate, and his name, which was famous in a great ,controversy that agitated half England, has never since been heard of. In Dr. Hampden's time events moved with rapid strides, and a few years changed the face of things. M. GunoT has recently published a volume, of biographical. sketches, the , most interesting of which is hat devoted to the Princess of Lieven. There is one person besides the editor of the France. who has a right to feel aggrieved at our victory in Abyssinia, and that is Herr Schweinfurt, the German Abyssinian traveller, who, a few days before ,thogood news reached us, published a letter proving incontestably that Mag&la was inaccessible and impregnable. It had been reached and it had been taken before he wrote, and his bogie turned out to be of the same unsubstantial character as the poisonous fly and all the other chimmras dire with which we had been threatened. Herr Schweinfurt may, how ever, console himself with the reflection that a greater German than he once blundered in a similar manner. It was Hegel who proved algebraically by "a plus b" that there could not be more than eleven planets. The 'Vienna correspondence of the Independence Berge wishes to guard its readers against alarmist news from the Lower Danube. He admits, however, that movements of troops have taken place, and that in consequence, of the armaments punned in Servia, and the equivocal action of Roumania, the Porte has ordered the corps d'armec stationed at Schurnla to unite itself to the corps d'arnde stationed in Albania and Bosnia ; but these two corps d'arniee will remain on their normal footing, and their effective will not exceed 45,00 men. The cantonments of these troops will extend along the frontier of Bulgaria. The Liberte asserts that the British Government is doing its utmost to bring about a reconciliation between Turkey and Persia, but that Russia is doing hers to foment the quarrel, and that, according to present appearances, a war is inevitable. The startling news from the Colonial Office, to the effect that the attempt upon the Duke of Edinburgh's life was planned by a gang of conspirators in this country, gives a more painful aspect to that dastardly deed of violence. It shews the widespread nature of the organisation, and the complete unity of the desperate band which has declared war against society. It also, as the Telegraph points out, opens up one or two other curious and disagreeable ques tions. At the late trial of Barrett more than one witness spoke of a leading conspirator named Farell or Farrel, who was supposed to have gone abroad. It will be inte resting to ascertain if that person and the Sydney assassin are one and the same, or merely associates in a dark fra ternity of crime. It has also been stated that Mr. D'Arcy M`Gee was murdered in obedience to instructions despatched from New York. Should Vie assertion be confirmed, it will follow . that -the leaders of the bloodthirsty brotherhood are served with blind obedience, by willing tools, at the remotest points of the British Empire, and that the dark tribunal prononnces its sentences of doom in full security that they will be carried out. Even while we believe ourselves to be gaining ground in our conflict with this strange and lowly conspiracy, its magnitude seems to grow upon our sight, and the blow at royalty itself attests the power of a despotic tyranny which literally spans the globe. The intelligence likewise adds to the regrets which had been previously expressed relative to the failure of the police to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Clerkenwell outrage. Once more the administration of Sir Richard Mayne is criticised from no very friendly point of view, and suggestions are made that the aged chief of the police, who is 72 years of age, should retire upon his pension. The single contest between the two veteran earls on Tuesday evening drew half the House of Commons to the bar and galleries of the Upper Chamber. Lord Derby was himself again, and his dangerous illness and resigna tion of office seemed for the time to have been forgotten as his voice rang clearly through the House, challenging to single combat his political friend of five-and-thirty years ago—his political opponent of to-day. To the younger members of the distinguished assembly it must have sounded strangely to hear the rival statesmen speaking of the events of a generation ago as though they were of yesterday, instead of having convulsed the two great parties in the State long before many a present peer and commoner was born. A great point of interest in Lord Derby's speech was the expression of his opinion that under any circumstances the Government ought not to resign until theyhad appealed to the constituencies created by the Reform Act of last year. It is evident that Mr. Disraeli has lookel at the matter in the same light for some time past, and has resolved that no action of the present House of Commons shall induce him to surrren der the Premiership until he has tested the opinion of the householders in boroughs and the £l2 occupiers in coun ties, whom he wa3 in a great degree instrumental in placing upon the new reg'sters. The right hon. gentleman will therefore le kund in Downing-street for nearly anottia. twelve months, perhaps longer. PRIXcE Aunruit.—His Royal Highness Prince Arthur will, it is understood, ter minate his studies as a cadet, at Woo'.wich, at the next midsummer vacation of Roal Higss will the Royal Military Academy. His y subsequently be attached to the Royal Engineer establish ment at Chatham for the comp'.etion of his studies, and a suite of apartments will be prepared for him and his atten dants at the residence of the c aptain-superiuten.dent of the dockyard. 4-1, 1 -44(-CD THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND TILE WORKING CLASSES. The Bishop of London lately laid the first stens of tug church of St. John the Evangellst,•which is situated in Grove-strcet, Commercial-road East. The distriet is inhabited almost exclusively by the poorer wage - class, dock labourers, &c. ; the district assigned to the new church being a portion of the parish of St. George's-in-the- East, and the church Will, when completed, afford accommodation for 650 persons, and all the sittings will be free. For the convenience of the spectators a large mar quee, capable of bolding about 1,N3, bad been created over the spot where the ceremony took place, and on the arrival of the bishop, about lio, or at most 200, people were comfortably seated in chairs, leaving a considerable space within the marquee unoccupied. Those within had been admitted by tickets ; but without the hoardings, and where - it was impossible to see what was going on, was collected a large crowd of persons of both sexes. This the bishop at once saw, and as soon as the opening -hymn— " 0 Lord of Hosts, whose glory fills," sung to the grand Old Hundredth tune —was over, his lordship quietly suggested to those who had charge of the proceedings that it would be as well if the erowd outside, for whose spiritual help the church was to be raised, were allowed to occupy the vacant space inside, and stayed the further progress of the ceremony until the suggestion could be acted upon. The gates were opened, and an eager crowd of men, women, and youths entered and filled the mar quee. Some were in their shirt sleeves, some without hats, many of the women without bonnet or shawl, and some with sleeves tucked up as though they had just left the wash-tub to see the sight. They made little noise, however, but quietly took their places, standing through out the whole of the proceedings, and observing the utmost possible order and decorum. The usual ceremony was then proceeded with , but it was destined to ha ve another break, for just as his lordship was about turning to thestone, Mr. J. W. Jones stepped forward and explained that a working men's committee was in existence to aid in - . building the church, and in the name of the working men begged his lorieiesurs acceptance of a silver trowel which had been subscribed for amongst themselves, and a read a short and pithy address which had been prepared by them asking bis lordelip's acceptance of the gift. The bishop thanked the working men for their gift, assuring them that he should cherish it as one of his dearest treasures, and proceeded to lay the stone in the customary manner. The ceremony over, his lordship delivered an impassioned and el l ottuent undress, which was listened to with the most breathless attention by-all present. The offertory at the close amounted to £31135. 34d. . THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. On Wednesday the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was held at Freemasons' Hall. The Most Noble the Grand Master took his seat on the throne, and was supported by the Right Hon. Earl De Grey and Ripon, as Deputy Grand Master, Lord De 'Paley, Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire, and other eminent masons. There were also about two hundred brethren of different lodges present. After having been installed as Grand Master for the twenty-fifth time, and having been saluted in the customary manner on his re election, The Earl of ZPI'LANF, rose and said : Brethren, I beg to return my twst since e thanks for the honour you have conferred upon me for the twenty-fifth time in electing me as your Grand Master. I assure you that I feel proud, most proud, for the situation I have so long held, and I thank you for bearing with me in my necessary absence from the last three grand lodges. I feel, I assure you, that it is time you should find some other person to take the position I have so long held. (No.) I cannot last for ever, but as long as I have power, and you choose to elect me, I will endeavour to perform my duties. I feel grateful for your confidence so long reposed in me • by yolr kindness ; but I feel I have not deserved it, for I am aware of deficiencies at my time of life. I have now a motion to make in this Grand Lodge, and trust it will meet with the unanimous support of the brethren. It has come to our knowledge that a most atrocious and dastardly attempt has been made on the - life of the Duke of Edin burgh, son of oni gracious Queen, and I now move tliat loyal and dittiful address be presented to her Majesty; pressing our abhorrence at the attempt that has been made on the life of her illustrious son, and also expressing our earnest hope that the - Greet Architect of the -Universe will restore his Royal Highness to her in perfect Leilth and safety. If this meets with the sanction of the Grand Lodge, I will cause an address to be prepared, which I shall have great pleasure in presenting to her Majesty. (Loud cheers.) The Lad DE GREY and RooN, Deputy Grand Master : Brethren, I an - tconfident in rising to second the motion „hat I stalrohly g ip* `F to the feeling which mates every brother in this hail, fur I am confident there is not a single man amongst us who has not heard with feelings of indignation and horror of the cowardly attempt that has been made in a distant colony to assas sinate his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, who went there iu discharge of his duty as an officer of the Royal Navy, where he was received with an out burst of loyalty and the most generous and hearty feeling. In that distant possession of the crown, united with this country and its sovereign, in the midst of rejoicing in that colony, when the Duke of Edinburgh was attending an entertainment for a charitable object, that moment was chosen by a man who was found' to shoot his Royal High ness in the back, for the purpose of taking away the life of one who had been innocent of a single injury to any man—(hear, hear)—but was there solely in the discharge of his public duties. I am confident there is no one here but will cordially concur in the address, and I have great pleasure in seconding it. The GRAND MASTER put the motion, which was carried unanimously. He then said : I will have the address drawn up as speedily as possible, and I trust the brethren will be satisfied to leave it to myself and the Deputy Grand Master to present it to her Majesty. It was then proposed that the address be presented to her Majesty by the Grand Master and the Deputy Grand Master, which was put and unanimously agreed to. The Grand Master then proceeded to appoint his officers for the year, and the Grand Lodge was closed in due form, The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of subscribing £250 towards the rebuilding of the Medical Hospital of the _Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. THE COLLIERS' STRIKE IN SOUTH LANCASHIRE. —The adjourned meeting of colliers' delegates has been held at Wigan. The number present was 140, represent ing 6,600 union colliers. It was decided to continue the strike and not to surrender. THE SEIZURE OF THE TORNADO.—It is stated that the protracted question of the terms on which the Spanish Government is to deliver up the Tornado has at length been amicably adjusted. The exact conditions of the surrender have not transpired. THE CLERKENWELL EXPLOSION.—At the Guild hall, Francis Peacock, a last-maker from Norwich, was charged on his own confession with ha,‘ Lig fired the barrel of gunpowder at the recent Clerkenwell explosion. The prisoner belonged to the 3rd Middlesex Militia, and came to London for training. He got drunk on his arrival, and while in that state gave himself up to the police. Alderman Gibbons reprimanded and dis charged him. Mrs. BlLLurs.—Mr. Carttar, coroner for Kent, has resumed and concluded at Deptford the inquiries respecting the deaths of two illegitimate children. It will be remembered that at the previous meeting of the jury some rather remarkable evidence was given as to the practice of Mrs. Billups, a midwife, who appears to have largely assisted at the bringing of illegitimate chil dren into the world, and that it was suspected that she either wilfully, or by reason of ignorance, had made their sojourn here of the briefest possible character. In the first case the deceased was the illegitimate child of Eliza beth Simner, and was born on the 2nd of April. Within an hour of its birth, Mrs. Billups, prophesying that the child could not live, sent it to a doctor naked and wrapped in a blanket. The doctor's assistant saw the child, and told Mrs. Billups's messenger that it would die from exposure to the cold. It died two days after wards. After death the child's head was found to have been flattened on one side, either by a fall or a blow. T he second inquest was respecting the death of the illegiti mate child of a domestic servant. On the 29th of March, the servant, whose name was Jane George, left leer place, and went to her mother's house. She complained o f b e i ng ill, but said nothing about what ailed her. The next s h e gave birth to a child, and "Mrs. Einups being called in, took the child away an hour afterwards. She took it ta the cellar in which she lives, and, as in the previous case, she prophesied that the child would soon die. The prediction was fulfilled on the fol lowing day. On a post-mortem examination being mach., it was ascertained that a quantity of water had been imbibed, and that death had resulted from convulsions. Mrs. Billups admitted having placed the child in a bath, Billups. d e some In se: a e c r h e but denied all knowledge of how it had imbibed th e water d en in ts the body. du he coroner o r o o f n i\ e r s. ma case an open verdict was returned, in order that tIo inquiries might be reopened if additional evidence could be obtained. " - ( 'set sly ►ad ;ell i of 9' :out, the act , the l OW to llaf Itola- 03 41 : gl 6 ' IrreP 33 1(1/ ,f th e r f the xti on' atilig' W~. of .•••••• ' L 0 V l ' ) ty of I~ VON