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Subscription 3 ahteady received : now N, vill be 'owine, Dn the (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &e. High-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, &C. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND CENT OPE TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine Pan. to One a.m. Just published, price ls. 6d., by post ls. 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. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, sud other journals, recommending its universal perusal, aro reprinted with this edition. go, awl latitian saved. s—the MUTUonAcLorporLatOedAbNy Act F ofU PNarDIiamAenStSIOBSC9)IATION 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 Manager, CHARLES CASTLE. RINAHAN'S LL. ITI I O V N HISK Y. DUBLIN EXHIB, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. 81, at the Retail Houses in London; by tho Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. , Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina nan's LL Whisky." York ; Cargo, r Bos- nn, for DEAL, EPOOL 7 o ; the from 1, from York. 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Sweasey, . In consequence of the great Success of Mr. A. G. VANCE's new Songs he is re-engaged; DE ALBERT'S pleasing Divertisse- IrJent; LISICARD, the versatile Musical Genius; the astonishing NICKER FAMILY; Miss LOUISE; Mr. W. WAITE, the greatest Transformation Dancer in the World (from the Lyceum); 13 InNEY FRANKS, Comique; Signor DONTL the great One Leg Dancer (their first appearance here). Miss and Hatton's celebrated Glees, by Miss TREMAINE, ' , IRS Brougham, B. Lascelles, T. Godden, and Mr. P. Corri. Pull Orchestra, which will perform the popular Overtures of the Great Masters. Itrisa Agnes Wright, the new Serio-Comic, on Monday, - 21c1. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORRI. The doors will open at 7. commence at 7. 30 . No alteration in the prices of admission. Private boxes, 10s. 6d., to be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; Sams', St. James's; tincl all other acknowledged Libraries; also at the Bcx-office at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. Special Notice.- J. G. Fordo, Miss Smithson, Jolly Nash, Hairy and Rattle King, and Oliver's Christy Minstrels, on Easter .51opday. ELONDIN ! BLONDIN! BLONDIN !!! CANTERBURY HALL—SoIe Proprietor, W. . HOLLAND. —BLONDIN a genuine Success.— RE 4,NGAGEILEINIT until farther notice of the great and only LONDIN, the hero of Niagara. DeLrening Applause at t wonderful performance on the HIGH ROPE at N ine o'clock, and the New Indian Ballet with M. Blondin as JACK°, the " Monkey "at Ten o'clock. A host of talent, includi n g the great 'VANCE, Annie Adams, Jester (the Talking Hand), Gerrards, Leroni, Louis Austen, Fred. Evans and his Troupe of Pantomirnists. The suberb Crystal Saloon, the most gorgeous Saloon in England, with 1,600 feet of additional Looking-glass, by W. S. Londoi-road. No advance in prices. Stalls and Crystal Saloon, ls.; Area and Balcony, 6d. Open at Seven, commence at Half-past. 111[ADAME 1 lISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. Recent PORTRAIT MODELS of EARL DERBY and the Right Hon. B. DISRAELI. Open from 11 in the morning till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, is.; children undeilo, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMTT,L-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Mr R. R. Bit+YELL. wing magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, "Avlng been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art 1 3 3 , Messrs. Anbardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN or the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Moses. 8010 Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half•past 8. Admission, is.; ReserNed Seats, 2s. STOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS, PIGEON CHESTS and other Deformities, are pre '9',..ented and cured by wearing C H A NDL ER'S IMPROVED JITGIENIC CHEST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all a ges. 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. FURNISHED HOUSES, from /2 2 s. to / 20 per Week.—D. S. HintPHitlES his at all times a number of First-class RESIDiii VCES to be LET. furnished or unfurnished. or sold, more narticularly in the neighbour hoods of Sydenhim. tipper Sorwood. Forest-hill, and vial- TtY.—Particulars may be had at the Office, Printing House- SOUSES and APART ALEN I'S WASTED. and to be LET or SOLD, BUSISESSICS for DISPOSA.L, do. PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. nunnuttfos has continual applications for all descriptions of PR DPERTY which will pay :food interest . 1 4r outlay. Houses out of repair not objected to. T. D. $u outla y . can at all times fid customers tor all descrip !4ons of basinesses. Hotels, n public howl do , sold and t ransterr d. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print in'S House-square. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX ROSS'S CANTIIARIDES OIL, which s Peedilyproduces whiskers and thickens hair. Price 3s. 6d., 5 8. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent by post for 51, 84, and 1U stamps: —ALEX, ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. _ _ " Tale of a Hair," 6d. )Ir°NIA3RFUL DISCOVERY.- —Corns cured , in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S ouirtoPo. it This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few i° ll rs, removing the very root. Price 4e. ; sent by past ior 60 stamps. 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. D 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 1808. Quotations on application. Face Powder, ls. 'TR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d. • sent free for 54, 81, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemi sts. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfoct colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and per !.ectly- natural in effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. •• sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps; and all _ _ _ Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. RAI R D EST ROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL tTORY re 140ves superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms rithout 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. IplgpLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S P EI ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, 84,_ilowness, Sco. 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d.; or post for 40 and 100 Ih ' I MPs.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN 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 °nets, is here avoided—a .soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the tloc-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 Truss, 1.65., 215., 265. Gd., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ULAS TIC STOCKINGS, 112 -I 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 on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 63., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, Gd. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By damping the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in R el'en or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and r emains so by an occasional using. 10s. 6d. ; sent for 13ta nirm —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, ittld all Chemists. tyst published, 2d.; sent by the author for 3 stamps, GLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet in descriptive of articles and means used for improv bog the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Hol • 11 ; London. Had of all booksellers. 4EALTiI RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. ly BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA t i res fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, ,„""Lreshiag sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the ` 41 „,. 0 5t disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption; habitual constipation, diarrhcea, all gastric de ..raugetnents, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, " e 4 r yeusness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, if,'" ar rils, colds, influenza, noises in the hoad and ears, ta ranatiem gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu h irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, he artburn, and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking ti n bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at fore of tho tomach and between shoulders. It is !host digestible and nourishing of all the foods, and suitable invalids and infants in all complaints. a „., CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury . more than elopy imitations to which, without autho b Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. b i neceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of - I 6 arry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' bee(l Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it already received from invalids whose position had ia tt deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi b°BB the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 481cillete from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. /r l3 ):—"Rome July 21st, 1866.—The health of the el p . oth Y ather ls excellent, especially since, abandoning all IL,. e r remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du r Y's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which ho consumes a ateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly pr,%' i e ficial effect on his health, and bin Holiness cannot ri se this excellent food too highly." e R u re No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Broban, of seven e ar s' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous di ' irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over , bad he gestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ens agitation. ure No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord f o ,,"art de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water d: I have derived much benefit from your excellent W a -- STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County e te rford." In : 4T No. 49,832. Of fifty years' indescribable . agony flat hi ` - `7 B Pepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, const ipation, of L 00 u7, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, Yun, Norfolk. ne rv ur a No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme a ß ci f t lun?ss, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner gnmes s ar E ` i ' 1 11 3 1 ' N0..56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two larrh cea. A P ° O 4l is sold in Canis tors, at is. 11d. ; 1 1 b., 2 s. 9 d. ; ca n ? 's• 6d. ; 121 h., 228. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b BAZ er s t _carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, by kla o BARRY and Co , 77, Regent-s trest, London ; ttoZ b Fortnum and Idasork's,:and.bold, by all respectable and OhemisatO 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. Vico-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President-Lllis Grace the Duke of BIICCLEI7CH, 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 voluntely 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 destizute sick bas 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 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. Ab c h u rch-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., B;rnera-street ; and:at the klospital, from 10 till b. A_ NG-1,0 -AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NE WSPAPEK, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 21 PAGES. Rertor is of Con rcss, Persona!, Financial, Mining. eze.. Members of Parliament, Commerzial ilea, and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNEFG, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. A/ AN FIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per. 111_ fectly pure and uncoloured. To bo bad of all dealers, and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. TEETH PAINLESSLY STOPPED, with permanent enamel cement of the exact natural colour, guaranteed not to turn black or make the teeth look unsightly. Mn. WEBB, DENTIST, 27, NEW BOND-STREET, Many years with Mr. EsKELL, of 3, Grosvenor-street. • Bond-street. DISCOVERY .OF GUNPOWDER (TEA.)___ Large quantities of the very finest descriptions have been discovered in Great St. Helen's, at the Warehouses of the " EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY," and are going off rapidly at importers' prices. Also the most deli cious Kadsows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. Gd. upwards. Family Tea, 25.; in half-chests, Is. 10d. Tea for the million, is. ld. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. GEOLOGY. -KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. PROFE iSOB, TE N NANT, F.G.S., COMMENCED A COURSE of LEOTult ES on GEOLOGY on FRIDAY, January 24, at 9 a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wed nesday and Friday at the same hour A shorter course is also given on Thursday evenings, from Bto 9. Text-Book, Lyell's "Elements of Geology." Professor Tennant accompanies his students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological in terest in the country. R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, tired without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori nals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found sup erior to any teeth ever before used. This method doe s no t require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti cation. _ _ 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.---AN _MA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold 11 W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, Bing William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 131 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address aro engraved on the stamp. POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affec tions of the Respiratory Organs. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles only, price ls. lid., 2s. 3d., and 113. each. Established nearly half a century. SATISFACTORY LETTER. 5, Wood-street, Millbank, Westminster, October 5, 1867. Sir,—Some months back I had an attack of Bronchitis, which left at times a tickling in my Throat, with other . unpleasant feelings. I was advised to try the BALSAM OF ANISEED ; I did so, and have found very great relief ; it is moat comforting in allaying irritation, andgiving strength to the 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. PR INT I N G.-TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., dono 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 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. 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-mall—Hon. Sec., F. Smith, Esq. GEo. REID, See. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMAL PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRmtrrrom for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear. nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bosan quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, S.C.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 Under thepatronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts o f the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee e‘rnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY HiNGSCOTE, Treasurer] W. H. WARWICK, Secretary. Office, 121, Pall-mall, %V E. B. Jones, E5q....£5 5 0 Fred. Strange, Esq. 5 5 0 E. Williams, Esq... 5 5 0 E. Loibl, Esq 5 5 0 E. Winder, Esq 5 5 0 C. Bush, Esq 5 5 0 E. W. Mack n ey, Esq 5 5 0 D. JAeobs, Esq. 5 5 0 H. Hart, Esq 5 5 0 E. Villiers, Esq 5 5 0 W. Holland, Esq 5 5 0 W. Meredith, Esq 5 5 0 J. S. Sweasey,Esq 5 5 0 —. Brown, Esq 5 5 0 R. Boning, Esq 5 5 0 John Wilton, Esq 5 5 0 P. &J. Belton, Esqs 5 5 0 S. Adams, Esq 5 5 0 P. Stanley, Esq 5 5 0 Messrs. Winter and Sons 5 5 Q Miss Russell .. 5 5 0 H. Huggins, Esq... 5 5 0 J. 111. Levy, Esq.. £ 5 5 0 Samuel Field, Esq 3 3 0 E. Garcia, Esq 2 2 0 E. Ayres, Esq 2 2 0 Mrs. Williams 2 2 0 A.W.Biddulph,Esq 2 2 0 C. J. Pa wle, Esq 2 2 0 J. Macdonald, Esq 2 2 0 Miss Williams Master Williams 1 11 6 Uusworth & Eugene 1 1 0 R. Preece, Esq 1 1 0 A Friend 1 1 0 Messrs.Rayand Son 1 1 0 Mrs. Serje, Knights bridge Sydney Jacobs, Esq. 1 1 0 J. Stevens, .Esq , Margate 1 1 0 —. Watts, Esq 1 1 0 W. Smalley, Esq 1 1 0 A. Wentzell, Esq., 1 1 0 Subscription Books are open at the London and County Bank, Oxford-street Branch ; and the East London Bank, Cornhill ; or Subscriptions will be receiv"d and acknow ledged by JOHN WILTON, Hon. Secretary Mad Treasurer. St. James's Hall, March 10, 1868. 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., F.R.S Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. 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TENDERS will be received by the DIRECTOR of CONTRACTS, War Office, Pall-mall, London, until Twelve o'clock noon on the 26th instant, for the SUPPLY of FORAGE, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces, stationed in the following places, from Ist May to 31st October, 1868 : LONDON DlSTRlCT—Commissariat Office, 109, Vic toria-street, London, S.W. 1. Enfield 4. Hyde Park, Kensington, 2. Hampton Court Regent's Park, & Horse 3. Hounslow and Kneller Guards Hall 5. Sandhurst 6. Windsor NORTHERN DlSTRlCT—Commissariat Office, Barrack street, Hulme, Manchester. 9. Newcastle-on-Tyne 10. Northampton 11. Preston 12. Sheffield 13. Weedon 14. York 15. Manchester 1. Ashton-under-Lyne 2. Birmingham 3. Bradford 4. Burnley 5. Bury 6. Coventry 7. Leeds 8. Liverpool, Liscard, and Perch Rock EASTERN DISTRICT— Commissariat Office, the Camp, Colchester. 1 3. Colchester 1. Ipswich 2. Norwich WOOLWICH DlSTRlCT—Commissariat Office, Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, S.E. 1. Maidstone 3. Warley I 2. 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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 underr 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. COOPER, Sec. 85, Queen-ritreet t Cheapsido BETTS'S CAPSULES.—Mr. BETTS, of No. 1, Wharf-road, City-road, desires to give public no tice that the Lord Chancellor's judgments of the Bth inst. (see Times of the 10th inst.) do not in any way affect any person using any Capsules made by Mr. Betts, and bear ing his name, or name and address, all of which may be used without risk or question.—Feb. 13, 1868. 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The magnificent Foreign and English Pheasants at the Zoological Society's Gardens, London, and his Imperial Majesty's Pheasantry at Compiegne and St. Germains, are fed with my !pd._ Address, - Mr. JAMES CHAMBERLIN, Post-office. street, Norwich, England. PAINLESS DENTISTRY. - - - 31[ ESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established 1815), of • London 56, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, 11 Liverpool 134, Duke-street, and Brighton have just published 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 ?ost for four stamps. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANC3LLOR took his siat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. PUBLIC ELEIENTARY EDUCATION IN ENGLANf►. The Duke of MA3LBOROUGH gave notice that ho should call attentiot to public elementary education in England, and , bring it a bill on that subject on Tuesday week next. PRIVSTE BUSINESS. f-tardiner's Patent fill was read a third time and passed --------- RAILWAY EXTENSION OF TIME BILL. The Duke of RICLAIOND moved the second reading of this bill, which with for the purpose o f g i v i ng extens i on of time in the construction of railways. It would enable the Board of Trade to extend the time of making a railway for two years, a nd Is (the noble duke) b e li eve d c h at i t would be found to act beneficially not only to the railways but to the public and the owners of laud. The Duke of OLE-MIND said that, supposing that the company thought fit to abandon the line, what would be the course punned. The Duke of RICIIXOND 'remarked that the bill was not for an abandonment, but for an extension of time if it was passed. . It was then read a second thus. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION (ORDERS IN COUNCIL) BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the thi r d rea di ng of this bill, and said that the Jud icial Committee had thought that it was their duty to inform hor Majesty that the two orders in council did not meet the exigencies of the changes which occurred from time to time in eccle s i as ti cal pro perty,- therefore this bill was. introduced. The bill was thon read a third time and passed. The hcuse then adjourned. ....swab •,••• HOUSE OF COMMONS'L AST EVENING, The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. COVENTRY ELECTION PETITION. The Commission appointed to try the merits of the petition against the last return for Coventry reported that they were of opinion that Mr. JaCilßoll was unduly elected, on the ground that bribery had been committed by his agents. THE SPEECHES OF THE DEVS. MR. FERRARS AND MR. LAVELLE. In reply to Mr. COGAN and Mr. CAVENDISH BENTINCR, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said his attention had been called to the speeches of the two rev. gentlemen mentioned. The speech of Mr. Ferrara was delivered at a Protestant Defence Association meeting, and although he was of opinion that the speech in ques tion, was of a very violent character, it was in fact no violation of the law, and therefore no prosecution was in tended to be taken. The other speech was delivered by tho Rev. Mr. Lavelle at a ! Hauer given to that gentleman in Dublin, on which occasion the room was decorated with the names of WManus, Meagher, Fitzgerald, and Wolf Tone, Fitz.- o O'Brien, persons convicted of treason. lie felt that the speech was a most mischievous one, yet it was not prudent to inst tute criminal proceed ings against the rev, gentleman at the present moment. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. ------- Captain VIVIAN asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the estimate of the probable expenditure on ac count of the A byssiniattexpedition, whieh was presented to the house in November last, wag likely t 3 be exceeded ; and if so, whether he was prepared to say to what extent, and what were the circumstances Which account for the same ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXOREQUER said it was usual for hon. members to wait until the financial state ment or budget was brought before the house to ascertain the result of certaia estimates, because it was highly inconvenient .for the public service to have the information got by piecemeal from the Go vernment by means of questi on s put across the table. However, he would answer the question on the present occasion, because the public mind had been made uneasy b y the publication of certain statements in the newspapers with respect to the great expenditure the country would be called upon to make on account of the expedition in Abyssinia. His noble friend in November last stated that, in the event of the expedition lasting until the end of April, the amount required from the Consolidated Fund would be three and a half millions or four millions of money. From the best information he could obtain upon the subject he felt he was quite correct iu saying that down to the present time the expenses would be covered by the lowest of those two amounts. (Hear, hear.) THE STATE OP IRELAND-THE ADJOURNED DEBATE. The adjourned debate on the state of Ireland was re sumed this evening by Mr. MONSELL, who commenced by congratulating the hon. member for Cork upon the ability with which he had brought the motion forward, and the interest it had occasioned not only in that house but throughout the coun try. He then went on to refer to th e s t ate and condition of the people of Ireland, and said there could be no question that they had improved in education, and th e resu l t of t h at was, that as a people they had become more sensitive and more difficult to govern except upon the principle o f justice. (Hear, hear.) They might make a ll th e e ff or t s they could to further improve education in Ire land, but until they made the University of Dublin a national institution they would fail. (Hear, hear.) Having touched upon the land question, he commented u p on th a t part of the question which it had" b een d ec id ed not to interfere with by legislation, and i n th e course of his remarks the hon. gentleman said it would be impossible for any Government to improve the condition of Irelaad until the house had decided the great question which so affected the well being and tranquillity of that country—namely, the question of the ma intenance of the Est a bli shed Church in Ireland. The great disturbing element in Ireland was the want of religions equality, and when that NM brought about in that country, the Irish people would support the national institutions quite as loyally and ener getically as either the English or the Scotch. (Hear.) He put it to the house whether it was wise at thi s par ti cu l ar period to carry on a religious warfare. Let them fully consider the question of the Established Ch urc h in Ireland, and to obtain tranquillity let them at once place it on a footing of equality. It was the last link of the chain of conquest they were called upon to break, and as the last portion of an ascent was always the most difficult, so he urged the Govern ment to go onward—they would bo sustained by the strong arm of justice, and the great reward for all exertion —a reward which a statesman would most truly value— would be the stability of peace in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BUTLER JOHNSTONE next addressed the house. He condemned the policy of the Government to wards Ireland. He denied it was what the First Lord ok the Treasury had stand it to be, viz., a truly liberal policy. (Hear, hear.) It might, however, suit some to call it policy ; but it was not, and could not be called statesmanship—it was the -rule of thumb. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. GREGORY, admitting the general accuracy of Lord Mayo's picture of the progressive condition of Ire land, and allowing that Fenianism was confined to one part of the country, and was utterly impracticable in its aims, maintained that there was much discontent afloat which ought to be dealt with immediately; and it ought to be dealt with as nearly as possible :n the same spirit as an Irish. Parliament would handle it in. On the land question, stability of tenure was the first thing to be ob tained, and if Mr. Bright's plan could be accompanied by some provision against subdivision it might confer great benefits on Ireland. On the question of education, reply ing to Mr. Horsman's remarks, he denied that the Roman Catholic laity required protection against their hierarchy, and showed that in asking for denominational edu cation, primary and university, they required no more than was claimed by Protestants. The first objections to the mixed system of education came from the Protestant clergy, and though the Roman Catholic bishops had condemned the principle on which the Queen's Colleges were based, they had not car ried their opposition to greater length. But at the bottom of all Irish difficulties lay the State Church, and, speaking as a Protestant, he recommended Mr. Bright's scheme to the consideration of Protestants. Personally he was in favour of the endowment of the three denominations in Ireland ; but he acknowledged that public opinion was against endowments. Simply to sweep away the Church would be an unstatesmanlike solution, and must leave much bitterness and animosity behind. Looking to the great difficulties which beset the question, its settlement must be attained by a compromise, and ono item of that compromise ought to be the conveyance to each denomina tion of a lump sum, with a condition in the case of Roman Catholics that a part of it should 'be applied to the purchase of glebe lands and m-inses. He ex horted the enemies of the Church to be content with dis-establishment, and avowed his wish that the t d h epl larger o n m e w a t c P a sr a ie r s Amo for improvements, and an improved administration of rail r ways. inn s igitle w osw i t ;h hoeni t hr h es e hmwo: P udul o idl e p ds e ,bhdemee asuggested iot untildirec t an o s n of public mon e y a Mr. CONOLLY augured:much good from the practical turn of the debate, and while maintaining that Irish Pro testants were not indisposed to a calm and just settle ment of the Church question, intimated that he should oppose Lord Mayo's Land Bill if it was like that of last year. As Mr. Conolly sat down more than a score members sprang up to continue the debate in all parts of the house, but chiefly on the Liberal benches, and the Speaker called on Mr. W. H. GLA.DSTONE, who, in a very successful maiden speech, argued that the circumstances of Ireland required a bolder treatment than the Ministerial pro gramme. Fenianism, he held, was not so dangerous as the subdued and smothered feelings of discontent, which prevailed extensively, and on which it fed. The cause of this discontent he defined to be the illiberal policy we bad pursued towards the Irish paople, both as cultivators of the soil and as Roman Catholics. He advocated a system of certain and liberal compensation for improvements, and this he would substitute for the tenant-right custom which we did not altogether approve. Deeply regretting that the Government had no policy in regard to the Church, he insisted that no time should be lost by Parlia ment in pronouncing for the priuciple of religious equality, and he combatted the plea that to disestablish the Irish Church would strike a blow at the English Church, shelv ing in how many circumstances the two differed. The one was an insult to the vast majority of "the population, while the other was in entire accordance with the feelings of the people among whom it was established. On the question of education, though he should have preferred a fusing of all educational establishments into one Uni versity, he did not disapprove the plan of the Government to charter a Catholic University. Lord CASTLEROSSE complained of the timidity of the Government in not dealing with the Church. He ex pressed a strong opinion in favour of a measure for com pensation to tenants, and predicted that Parliament would not consent to the plan of a Catholic University. The discussion was continued on the same side by Mr. Do la Poer and Mr. Synan ; by Colonel Bruen, who argued against the establishment of fixity of.tenure by law, and approved the endowment of a Catholic Uni versity ; and by Mr. Kendall, who justified the course of the Government on the three points—Land, Church, and Education. Mr. GLADSTONE, who rose just before ten o'clock, and was loudly cheered by the Opposition, pointed out that, numerous as had been the blots hit in the Ministe rial programme, their greatest error of all was that they had failed to realise the grave fact that we had reached a crisis in the Irish question. Ireland had an account with this country which had endured for centuries, and in the opinion of every enlightened nation in the world, much as we had done, we had not done enough to place ourselves in the right. The most recent proof of this failure of the Government to grasp the gravity of the occasion was Sir Stafford Northcote's speech, for the impartiality of the Executive Government, to which he trusted, was not suf ficient to to counterbalance the injurious effect of unjust laws. Time, his second palliative, had been tried some centuries, and of the third palliative—justice —he remarked that Sir Stafford's idea of it included the maintenance of the Irish Church. Admitting that Lord Mayo's account of the state of Ireland was, on the whole accurate, be argued that the co-existence of material progress with widespread discontent was a proof that some unsatisfied necessity still existed, and in enforcing the gravity of the political crisis he pointed to the depletion of Ireland by emigration, the repeated suspension of the Habeas Corpus, and the invasion of England by Fenianism. Mr. Gladstone next discussed at length the adequacy of the Government policy to the exigencies of the case under six heads, viz.: —Parliamentary Reform, the Re peal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act, Railways, Education, Land, and the Church. The first three he dismissed very briefly, and on the question of University education he remarked that the Roman Catholics had a real grievance. He defended the action of Lord Russell's Government in 1866 on this subject, and in discussing. Lord Mayo's sug gestion he insisted, with much emphasis, that Parliament had never voluntarily undertaken the support of denomi national Universities and schools; but, on the contrary, of late years it had been sedulously endeavouring to get rid of all votes of a purely denominational character. Mr. Disraeli must know as well as any one that such a scheme as this could not be carried into effect ; it was a mere idea in fact, which in reality was (lead before it had lived ; and in the absence of any information as to the views of the Roman Catholic bishops it might be described as another " leap in the dark." But it was impossible to give a final opinion on the University question until the view of Par liament on the Irish Church was ascertained, for if a sweeping 'policy were adopted it would be necessary to consider how far Trinity College could be made :avail able. On the land question Mr. Gladstone asserted that the real grievance of the Irish people had been acknowledged by the; Devon Commission, which had recommended a measure of compensation for im provements. A just land law he had laid down to be one under which, in the absence of any contract between land lord and tenant, the improvements effected by the tenant should be his property, and he preferred to trust rather to to the operation of such a security than to any measure for fixity of tenure. Commenting on Mr. Bright's plan, he pointed out some difficulties to it ; he suggested that if the Government took possession of the Irish Church property, the experiment could be tried there. Passing to the Church question, Mr. Gladstone congratulated the House on the rapid advance of public opinion, as shown, perhaps, more forcibly in the defence of the Church than in the attack. After condemning strenuously Lord Mayo's hint at an in crease in the Regium Donum and a subsidy to the Roman Catholics from the Consolidated Fund, and ridiculing the Government pleas for delay, he announced, amid loud cheers from the Opposition, his opinion that the Church, as a State Church, must cease to exist. Religious equality must be established, difficult though the operation might be; but he decidedly condemned the principle of bringing nded f u r p om oth th er e d c m o i n de at t i e o d n st o Fund th , e e u v d e 1 t o h f e t h p e l aCeh forur hr redividing v g i r d a f n e t g s her revenues among the clergy of different denominations. e o n n ° s Those plans had long passed the point of practical possi bility. On the whole, he agreed very much with Mr. Brigh t, s mode of effecting this great operation. He recommended Mr. Maguire to withdraw his motion, but he inti mated that unless Mr. Disraeli's speech differed altogether from the speeches of his colleagues, it would be the duty of the Opposition to ask a decided opinion from the house pr step on this question ; and it must not be a mere empty decla ration, but it must be attended by some practical which would show the Irish people that Parliament was now in earnest. Mr. DISRAELI, who was loudly cheered, commenced by ironically bewailing the unhappy fate which made the commencement of his Ministerial career coincident with the imperious necessity of immediately settling an account seven centuries old. Examining the elements of the Irish crisis, as stated by Mr. Gladstone, he showed that all of them had existed while he was in office, and that no at tempt had been made to deal with them. Commencing with the University project, he defended the Ministerial programme in detaiL The object of the proposed charter was to extend to the Irish Roman Catholics the opportu nity they had long desired of giving their children the benefits of a higher education under the influence of their own prieethood, and the eat-owns of Mr. Lioremau that it was meant to conciliate Ultramontanism was absurd, as ho showed by a recapitulation of the facts relating to the Queen's College, which Mr. Horsman, he said, had tetally misrepre sented. He vindicated next the land policy of the Govern ment, premising that in this and all otherpoints the Govern ment had proposed, not that which was theoretically per fect, but which was practical and practicable. They had picked out all those points on which there was a genera agreement that legislation was possible, while they had referred to a Commission those points only which were not ripe for decision, and ho characterised the assertion that the object of the Commission was delay as "the lees and refuse of factious insinuation." Passing to the Church question, and admitting that the Irish Church was not in the position he should wish to see her, having in her com munion the majority of the people, Mr. Disraeli discussed and defended the principle of ecclesiastical endowments. He denied that the spirit of the age was opposed to en dowments, as had been laid down by Mr. Bright, who, with the aid of the philosophers, had apparently converted Mr. Gladstone to the same opinion. He warned the house that it was not the comparatively limited issue of the Irish Church, it was the pc inciple of ecclesiastical endowments, an entire revolution in the national habit and character, which was at stake. Drawing from the. Ministerial benches loud and continuous cheering, he denied the moral competence of the house to decide that issue with out an appeal to the Country. It was a question which the country alone could decide. For thirty years the Liberal party bad been in power, but what had they done to prepare . the public mind for such a revolution? This Parliament, he held, otght not to decide it ; it ought to be reserved for the new and enlarged constituencies. Being personally in favour of ecclesiastical endowments, he strongly pbjected to tit destruction of the Irish Church. The violence and confiscation with which it must be ac companied would be a great detrimer 'to I- d, where there had already been violence ar , ' enough ; but he reserved to himself the ri wing the labours of the Commission now sitting, and atibe same time he expressed a decided opinion that the moment had arrived when there must be a considerable change in the condition of the unendowed clergy of Ireland which would elevate their influence. By this be did not mean what was vulgarly called "paying the priests," making them the stipendiaries of the State, of which he strongly disap proved. Referring to his oft-quoted speech of 1841, he maintained that, though expressed perhaps with the heed less rhetoric which appeared to be the appanage of all who sat below the gangway, the sentiment of it was right, and ho concluded by avowing his belief that the Minis terial programme was the commencement of a new policy for Ireland. The motion and amendment were withdrawn, and the debate came to a close. In committee several supplemental votes in the Civil Service Estimates were agreed to. Some other business was disposed of, and the House adjourned at five minutes to two o'clock. CATHOLIC POLICY. Now is the time for Catholics to show that they are not Tories merely, nor Whigs merely, but Catholics, pr pared to test political mea sures simply by Catholic principles. This is not saying, as we were once accused by the Saturday Review of having said, that Catholics are to confine their action simply to the pro motion of their own immediate interests, and leave the nation, if so be, to perish. Quite the contrary. We believe the best way of serving the highest interests of the nation is the application of Catholic principles . to poli tics. Fortunately, politics is not so much a matter of abstract discussion as a life of ac tion. At critical times like the present, when grave measures, affecting vital interests and involving essential principles, have to be set tled, Catholic politicians, in as far as they are something more than Wings or Tories, appear to great advantage. They have a clear and certain rule of conduct to guide them in their judgment of the measures propounded by Tories or criticised and opposed by Whigs. In the confident hope that Catholics will be Catholic first, and Tory or Whig second, we look forward to a bold and independent judg ment on their part, whether in Parliament or out, on the policy already announced, or to be hereafter developed by the Government in re gard to the Irish Church and the question of education, both in England and in Ireland. The manner in which the Government pro poses to deal with the Irish Church has not the slightest chance of removing or remedying a national wrong, or helping in the least in appeasing the discontent of Ireland. The Go vernment, if it really intendi endowing the Catholic Church, in order by this means to resist the disestablishment of the Irish Church, has committed the same kind of blunder which Sir Robert Peel's Government did in establishing the godless colleges. The means will not answer the end. The Catholic hier archy have persistently and emphatically re pudiated any endowment out of the revenues of the Protestant Establishment. Nothing is more incontestable than their determination of not entering in any manner i n t o pecun i ary r elations with the State. In their mature and deliberate judgment they hold that any such connection with the State under 'the peculiar and actual condition of things in Ireland would not be for the good of religion. Under such circumstances, the proposal of the Government, without consulting th e ecclesiastical authorities in Ireland, is worse than a folly ; it is an act of insincerity and duplicity. S uc h i s no t a wor th y ' or statesmanlike manner of dealing with a great question. By such subterfuges or makeshifts the present Government shows that it pos sesses neither greater insi g ht nor greater c ourage in dealing with a long-acknowledged anomaly than the Whig Governments, which, one after another for a long series of years, have treated the Irish Church as a political shuttle-cock, to be tossed to and fro before the public eye whenever such a display of still suited the exigencies of their miserable party prospects. As far as Catholics are concerned, the proposal, not of levelling down the Estab lishment, but of propping it up by endowing the Catholic Church can only meet with simple op position. For us it is not a question to be treated in the abstract ; we do not care to lose sight of the practical remedy to be applied to a long-standing abuse by a discussion as to the principle of the relations which ought to exist between the Church . and the State as to the respective merits of endowment and the volun tary system, far less as to the obligation of the Catholic Episcopate of accepting, whenever it is proposed, endowment from the State. Of what is required by the highest interests of religion under existing circumstances in Ire land the Irish Episcopate, subject to the Supreme Head of the Church, is the sole judge. They have pronounced their opinion deliberately ; it is for Catholics to show that they are really under the influence, not of party spirit, but of Catholic principles, by resisting as one man, without reserve or after-thought of any kind, the scheme proposed by the Go vernment, in spite of the known judgment o . f the Epi sco p a t e , of endowing the Catholic Church in Ireland.—West»linster Gazette. MEG. By Mrs. Eiloart, Author of " The Curate's Discipline," &c. 3 Vols.—" Meg is a book which is every where well written, which has many well-drawn and ori ginal characters, and which is pervaded throughout by a tone of true, healthy, womanly feeling. It is humorous, it is pathetic, it shows much originality ; it is full of ob servation. Some of the scenes which describe the diffi culties of a Ritualistic coterie are touched off with admir able spirit and humour. The story and fate of poor Meg herself is all full of tenderness, and pity, and pathos. There is a deep, clear moral in the whole book."—Star. DEATH OF DR. LEE. The Rev. Dr. R o b er t L ee, minister of Old Greyfriars' Church, Edinburgh, and well known in connection with endeavours to introduce into the Church of Scotland what aro called "innovations,', died at Torquay on Saturday last. The doctor never recovered entirely from a severe shock of paralysis by which ho was attacked in May last, and he left Edin burgh for the south in October, for his health. Besides being minister of Old Greyfriars, Dr. Leo was Professor of Biblical Criticism in the University of Edinburgh, and one of the Deans of the Chapel Royal. lie was in his 63d year. The newspapers are teeming with references to econo my tu tea by co-operation. Llorninan and Co. have fo:• 30 years co. operated through Agents to supply tea on more advantageous terms than by the ordinary channel; their tea reaches the consumer in the same pure state (I's it /fares the grower, as it is rocurod iu packets. EwsPArE THE "arm CHURC • In connection with the debate on Irela 61WitU1 , 2,\\t'' stated that during the existence of the P Administration the question of Irelan Church was twice brought forward by Mr,:_ the 19th May, 1863, and on the 28th March,l6s. npn s both occasions he was met by the strenuous opposition of the Whig Government, who succeeded in preventing any vote being taken upon them. In the debate on the last occasion Sir George Grey, the Whig Home Secretary, said : " Her Majesty's Government deem it their duty not to give their assent to the resolution proposed." Later in the debate Mr. Gladstone, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, said, against the expediency of Mr. Dillwyn's motion : " The first question for a Govern ment is whether what they can do will tend to the good of the people over whose interests they are in an especial manner appointed to watch. The answer to that question must govern their conduct, and it will not do for a Govern ment to shape their conduct according to anything ex traneous to that answer. If they could see their way to the attainment of a satisfactory end it would be their duty to grapple with all the difficulties of the case. It would be their duty to consider—whether surplus or no surplus— what obligations of the Act of Union remain to be ful filled, and how they ought to be performed. It would be their duty to consider whether, in the event of any change —any modification in the Established Church, the pro perty of the Church ought to be applied in one way or another. But it is not their duty to consider these ques tions at all—it is not their duty to propagate one opinion or another on this subject, unless they see their way by casting their influence into the scale to bring about a state of things in consonance with the general principles of jus tice, the welfare of the whole community, and particularly with the feelings and happiness of the people of Ireland. The dictates of propriety and good sense must govern the proceedings of any Administration which means to do its duty to the country. These principles must govern us on Ws occasion, whether or not we may be able to deny the proposition of the hon. gentleman with reference to the position of the Irish Church ; and I, for one, am not able to deny it.. We therefore feel that we ought to decline following him into the lobby, and declare that it is the duty of the Government to give their early attention to the sub ject ; because, if we gave a vote to that effect, we should be committing one of the gravest offences of which a Government could be guilty—namely, giving a deliberate and solemn promise to the country, which promise it would be out of our power to fulfil." THE GOV 3 RNMENT AND THE ZLEGRAPHS. In one of the recent reports of the administrators of the Belgian telegraphs the following passage occurs ; " Our reduction of tariff has a double object. First, to place the means of communication within the reach of all classes of the people, and to make it serviceable in all the relations of life ; and secondly, to increase telegraphic correspondence to the largest possible extent, and by thus stimulating the system, to make even those lines which are now unproductive yield a fair profit." The Chancellor of the Exchequer can require no better text than this when he introduces the bill which proposes to place the tele graph system of the United Kingdom under the manage ment of the Post Office. Until the intimation conveyed to our readers some weeks ago as to the intended opposition of the railway companies reached us, we were under the impression that the question of the transfer would be mainly a financial one, and confined to the telegraph com panies and Government, and we are still at a loss to under stand on what ground the threatened opposition is based. Doubtless railway telegraphic systems and those of the companies are based on a plan of mutual help, and we apprehend that they would have to be so continued under the proposed Government regime; but beyond this, and probably the fear that if the telegraphs go the rail ways may be expected to follow, we can see no reason why railway companies should set up an opposi tion to the unanimous approval which the project. has met with at the hands, not only of the press, but of the highest commercial authorities in the country. Did we not remember how a sore break-down and disap pointment were predicted when the penny post was inau gurated, and how wondrously the elasticity and vigour of the postal system met and conquered all the obstacles and difficulties which hedged it round, we should doubt whether a department which transmits upwards of 800,000,000 of letters, which manages a money-order business amounting to upwards of £40,000,000 a year, which has within a few years added to its cares the management of an enormous savings bank business, and more recently that of life insurance, could efficiently bear the additional strain of the work connected with the telegraphs. But we have seen all these various systems worked out with a precision and rapidity which has won the admiration, not only of the people of this country, but of every civilised nation in the world. The defects and shortcomings of the administration of the telegraph companies have too frequently been experienced by the public to require any proof now. If the amalga mation takes place the Post Office authorities would be in duced to consider the vexed question of a Sunday delivery, and would send out no letters save those which bore a " stamp of urgency," say of at least sixpence, a boon and w which / t o e. s e 3: whichwo d the be public conferred would on t n h o e t g 2O r u , o d o;9 e would deeply appreciate.—Eastern Morning News. hard -worked them, Lord Alfred S. Churchill and Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., have become vice-presidents of the Public Museums and Free Libraries' Association. RATING BURDENS IN LIVERPOOL.—A crowded meeting of Liverpool ratepayers has been held, when reso lutions protesting against the present very heavy rates and urging the corporation to practise the strictest economy in its expenditure were agreed to. DEATH OF CA NON O'NEAL.—We regret to announce the death of the Very Rev. James Canon O'Neal, Vicar-General of the Roman Catholic diocese of Westminster, which occurred on Sunday night. The de ceased had been for many years one of the pastors of the Church of Our Lady, Grove-road, St. John's-wood. He was one of the leading men among the Catholic clergy of the metropolis, and a zealous promoter of all works of charity connected with the communion to which ho belonged. THE REPRESENTATION OF lIVDDERSFIELD.—TIIO greatest interest is felt in the election, and both parties express themselves sanguine of success. It is felt, however, that the withdrawal of Mr. Wright Mellor and the unity of the Liberals places Mr. Leatham's chance of victory be yond all question. Mr. Sleigh addressed three meetings on Monday. In the evening the meeting held in the Theatre was a very disorderly one. Mr. Sleigh admitted that he bad contested Lambeth on Liberal principles in 1862, but said his views had since been considerably modified. A resolu tion in his favour was negatived by a large majority. AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION FOR WORKING MEN. —The Duke of Rutland, Earls Spencer, Lichfield, and Ducie, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., and If. A. Bruce, M.P., Sir John Bowring, LL.D., the Hon. G. Denman, M.P., Messrs. A. H. Layard, M.P., D. C. L. , T. Hughes, M.P., A. S. Ayrton, M.P., C. S. Butler, M.P., J. B. Smith, M.P., J. Stansfeld, M.P., Wingfield Digby, Alderman J. C. Lawrence, H. Cole, C. 8., Titus Salt, Hugh Mason, and Elihu Murat, have consented to be vice-presidents of the Workmen's International Exhibition, 1869. A gentleman named Leach, of Alexandria, nas forwarded to the Museum of the Hartley Institution some specimens of arrows used by Abyssinian warriors. They are above three feet long. The sticks are made of vino branches and other tough woods. The heads are of iron. Some of the heads are of the ordinary lance shape—others are shaped like a flattened fish's head, and are barbed. One of the heads is an ugly weapon consisting of a sharp iron spike about six inches long, with a twisted serrated edge. Some of the heads are inserted into the sticks ; others are fastened very securely with a cord made of the skin of some animal, which is twisted round the stick when wet. Mr. Leach writes word that the Abyssinian spear is five feet six inches long, and is a formidable looking weapon. LETTER OF MR. COBDEN. —The following letter was written by Mr. Cobden at a season which wasperhaps one of the greatest political depression which the Liberal party has experienced since the Reform Bill of 1832. It was addressed to Mr. W. D. Christie, who sat in the House of Commons which repealed the Corn Laws, and voted with Mr. Cobden on that, as on all other questions of Liberal policy, throughout the struggle : " Midhurst, Dec. 12, 1863.—My dear Christie, I am at this moment over whelmed with communications about my correspondence with the Times, and the plague of answering people must be my excuse for making but a brief reply to your letter. It would give me great pleasure to be able to help you in your views on the House of Commons. There is a sort of freemasonry always with me that identifies me with all those who took a part in our League struggle ; and, with regard to political principles, I dare say we should now agree pretty much as we did on the corn question. But I really think lam about the least potential man alive in election matters. I am never consulted by anybody. There seems to be no principles at stake anywhere, and the usual result is that the constituencies give themselves up to some rich man in their neighbourhood, or to the influence of a great railway or steamboat company. It is always so, that when great public questions are in abeyance the mean and unworthy motives grow into a force. Now, such a state of things is very unfavourable to my influence, for I am neither a rich man nor a railway or steamboat proprietor. How, then, can I be of any use to you ? This is really my whole case. I am willing, but incapable.—Ever yours truly, CODDEIf," - 1 La I -