The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-14 00:00:00

AFTER Covent-garden SUP After Drury-lane Theatre , After Haymarket Theatre , After Adelphi Theatre After Olympic Theatre After Strand Theatre After New Royalty Theatre After St. James's Theatre After Prince of Wales' Theatre EVANS' to SIJI London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS'; Covent-garden. Voca, Entertainment at Eight. N°. 23,585. MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND ON and After the Opening of the Queen's Theatre, Long-Acre, EVANS' to SUP. After Queens Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB. AT EVANS' COVENT GARDEN VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT At Eight o'Clock. UNCHEON BAR S GLASSHOUSE-STREET (Ono door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c. nigh-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, ae. Private room for Parties. HaNtrEns PREPARED AND RENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. On and after MONDAY, Doe. 9, SUPPERS from Nine Pan. to One a.m. lINDEMNITY MUTUAL MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Manager, CHARLES CASTLE, 36, GREAT WINCHESTER-STREET, LONDON liINAHAN'S LL. WHISKY. DUBLIN EXIITION, 1865. T his celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Priz e M edal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow Delicious, and very Wholesome. oh! in Bottles, 3s. 8d., , at th e R e t a il H ous es in London; by the A ~ gents 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 nail's LL 'Whisky." NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Annual Dividend due to the Shareholders on their Capital in this Company to the 31st December last will be paid on MONDAY, the 3d day of February next, by Warrants, which will be forwarded to each Proprietor on that day; also, that the Books of the Company for the Transfer of Shares will be Closed from Tuesday, the 21st January, until Thuriday, the 6th February. FRANCIS STE PHENS, Secretary. 15th January, 1868. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 14, RU SSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, DVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free holdb or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly , rms free on receipt of stamped envelope. or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. 31[ADARE 7 USSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Lif BAKER- STREET. 4.41. e-size PORTRAIT MODEL of THEKingsand KIN7(I of E„I'SSINIA, is now added; also all the Queens of land. American Celebrities, ko. A PORTRAIT MODEL IC ij o ItEDERK BAKER, is now added to the Chamber of i s !Tors. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7to 10. Admittance, • , children under 10, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. A.%LL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, 'A Piccadilly T his Sole Proprietor, Ms R. R BRINELL. ha v i no , r aagniiicent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, bq been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art Ale sars..Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN soloe AUTUMN SEASON. SolO Euphonion. Signor Mosca Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. -Doors open at half-past 8. (Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. H E •O XFOBD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. T. r ip uring the Week will be given a GRAND SELEC ! frorn Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE AUX N.,,PERS, LA TROVATORE, and the New Cantata CHRISTMAS. ilePrincipal Artistes: Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz °lT ; Messrs. Bury, Marler, R. Greene, and De Brenner. 1111811 Band and Chorus: Instrumentalists : Miss Bryant ; s srs• Faque, Melling,- and Plumpton. C OMEDY. &c , by the LEVITES, Miss and Mr. FOS- Ek FRED. .FRENOII, Mr. H. RICKARDS, and ALFRED PERRIER. t. , 141 % E. W. MACKNEY will make his appearance agai n t his evening. Conductor—Mr. F. Jongbanans. Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, balcony, and grand pro -Is.—THIS EVENING. CANTERBURY HALL.—NEW MANAGEMENT „l, High HOLLANHoID, ornG Sole Le Great t Alterations Prorietor of Weston's llal and Improve ts have been made, and an entire new Company, compris tng most of the principal artistes of the day, will have the a m of appearing,. Mr. Fred. Evans (of the Royal Alhambra ci a g „,CrYstal Palace). Miss Randall, E. Towers, Vincent, Simpson, mugt, and corps de ballet. Ballet, entitled BUMBLE, STUM ie by and TUMBLE, with new scenery and effects. Original Alfred Lee. O T h e Great Vance, Master Goodman, George Ellis, Nat nifl (leo rgeWashington, Pat Sellers, Annie Adams, Brothers Leroni, Miss Fitzhenry, Mr. Rowland Lascelles. A mag jes:"..7,2lew band, selected from the late orchestra of Hey Ma i - Theatre, numbering 23 performers, assisted by the drums Mr, Al.lf;°n De i, n r s Vs of the 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, by kind of Lieut.-Colonel Commanding. Musical Director, Ellis, e l l Lee, composer of " Champagne Charlie. Jam ,s ale assistant manager Prices of Admission—Balcony and• a ' 6, L; Stalls, Is. Doors . open at 7, commence at half-past. 11 7 ESTO N's GRAND MUSIC HALL, Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey : low tt th e flat+ 7 ; . IaEY begs to inform the public, m consequence of rsing patronage he has received, ert,Lwellted Compa,ny LE Y :—The Great VANCE; prEORGE he has engaged the fol brist, uua .' , e the Lion Comique ; JEAN BOND, the unrivalled Eq Brothers DANIELS (who are allowed by the Press to be Sna,,T.,,chable by any other artiste in their per . form BARNES; MISS ALICE DUNNING, the most fascinatin a g n S L e i r r i s O Balladftger and Dancer at the present time; Mrs. Pun, t , Singerthe, is re-engaged after a most successful provincial the Gr eat Master rchestra, s which will perform the popular Overtures of , T he whole u n d er the direction of Mr. P. CORRL i n IC doors will open at 7. commence at 7.3(1. No alteration at mi te P h r _iF ? s of ad m i ssion. Private boxes, 10s. GI, to be secured janini Royal Library, Old B on d- street; an d S ams ' Library,o'clock." s; also at the Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four k•-. 81-1 FLY is the acting ingredient in ProduZ,LRX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily 011`. 8 whiskers and thickens hair, Price 3s. & ALEx. I.. ss. 6. 3l. l. b a s n s d , 248 , ,_keilt by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps,— U olborn, London, and all Chemists. • " Tale of a Hair," 6d. Vi Th i ,,NBERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured Prep s , t i - o ° ne day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This evin, h u gradually d!,;solves the Corn in a few hours, re- Iffo; - i e r very root. lre hunt Ly post fur 60 stamps.— ' ^ , born, Lonlion. ' •," OMR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, t tdLiew London.— ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls t .r Gntlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold a _ 414 078.a.d.,.and 10s. 6d.; sent free for 54, 84, and 114 stamps. u uti mists. Advice Upon all enbjects of the Toilet. G REY Rte. -248, High Holborn, London.— ilm„,A-L,Ex. Ross's HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour efr e ,i7 l telY it is used, It is permanent, and perfectly natural in and 14,i' ric a 35 . 6d., bs. 6d., and 10s. 61; sent by post for 54, 84, "AtEaPs; and all Chemists. Bloom of Roses, Bs. 6d. AIR DE STROYER.--248, High Holborn, alazitus hair from the f EX 'ace Londo—AT R n O e S eic, S'S an D d EP ann l . Lit s, T w O . i ß th Y o_ r u e t move ithu n Price 3s 6d 3a, ~ Ss. Gd. and 10s. Gd., sent for , effect s s t u o P t e h r e o-k 84, and 144 136.-1 1 ad of all Chemists. ~.. (1.-- - ---2,..- -- ----) ---__ 1 1 '.LS'; RECEIVEb2 ij .- -FEB (.:,(58. I f , .... . ~.: I.' 1 , ,,. . ..,.. ... lv • a l lYl-I.' 1. __ . . --- k1.:C :).., .., , t.. i- / ‘'''''..,, . ~*: ' ::-.)-(4614)1b • ..4446 . ,i • re..Z. .... • . A :rIV . ...7.1 1 ; . = „,-- •it . - ' '• ' , . 'Rik :4-..esi. , 4 9 ' .'-trif -.--- . -''.:: .. 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Th e y remove re d ness, sa ll owue!s , s &c. s, i es it .air 7s. 6d.; or post for 40 a n d 100 s t am p s .—ALE 3C 4 WI Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Adyiee upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. ect t, da tiAllt, C OLOUR WASH. —By damping the ysicitheaci with this beautifully -perfumed Wash, in . seven or Occa s • hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by 11 8, e using. 10s. Ckl.; Bent for stamps.—ALEX ROSS,, "511,,10t Holborn, London, and all Chemists. *UGLhat published, 2d.; sent by the author for 3 stamps, INESS and BEAUTY ; bein g a Pamphlet ,pr,ea_adnteriptive of ar!clCR xnef . tus i!sed for ib improyi o n n g d t o h n s r By ALEX. 6lb 110. urn, L o 'l of all' Noolcgollo s s' 21 gh Vt. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, 4,,,n,Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new . description tiirC L , I EICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or liga diw2. -lacy fro etfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be ~,..,tionishedm the originals by the closest observer; they t 71,1 never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to _ 4 3' teeth ever before used. This method does not require the eXtraetion of roots or any painful operation, and will support an d Preserve teeth' that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and ran dered sound and useful in mastication. 52, Pleet-atreet. At home from 10 till 5 Rurnsu ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie Park, Slough, Du As (formerly at Clapham-rise). Inst.!- Jilted, 1827. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the Quiz= Aid to this Institution will be gladly received by the Secretary, kt the °faces, No. 73. Claeapsuil. ETENP.Y S. TIIOP.NTON, Treasurer, THov.u; TILSON, J.P., Chairman of the Board. STEPITEN It. CATTLEY. 31. A., Hon. SOC. ALFEEL MACKENZIE, Secretary. . IREALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. ly BARRY'S delicate he;!lith-restoring Invalids and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA live, 4i. i lftY times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfee tir,tion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing e r e e l i l , functional regularity, and energy to the most . disordered pipe feebl ed—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dy -418.1,3ga), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, plai nt u e's, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids, liver coin %Dl, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, l'ilei,, ae ri,s, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and . ears, rite3s 4 ,__ t 's gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neurala ir tlebilit'Y, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, tiltottld Dreg li i: d roPsY, cramps, spasms, nausea . and sickness even in or the ncY or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness ehest, pains at the pit of the stomach . and between the and sn its. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, i_table for invalids aneinfants in all complaints. itioi4el:oltrANT CAlmoN.—Beware of the many unsavoury . and 414 1133 1 sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron li en !' nenae is most audaciously attached. Illtrry,s‘'etforth none will doubt the valuable properties of DI tiow ahrtids whose !.iod heal th - restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infi!nts (tet t ' l u . to the thousands of blessings it has already received position had been deemed hopeless, we niqy berr ee „ that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been ireat,_"3' restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful . medical , Isz o iietit. We quote from the "Gazette du Midi," July 2 , nth (c ii•e 1 2, 4 414 i l3),— " Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the lio,y uteß h 'S excellent, especially since, abandoning all other nme- A rabi e has confined himself entirely to Du Burvy'‘ ./eva:enta. It i ta . C a Food, of which he consumes a plateful at ei • .--- •' 111 " Produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his hpait h, ati,. ' s noli c ilr ness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." live r „„,"To• 6 8,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' ,With ,'"alPlaint, wasting away debility. nervousness, irrital,ility, lefi ßti : l'errous palpitation all Over, bad digestion, constant sleep -048, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. I l e liam ° . 78, of dy speps i a, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart tihave does, Lord-Li eutenant of the County of Waterford:—•• ,I "Ref g s er ged much benefit from your excellent fond.—SruAar DB C ure , Joulana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." 4 Y , l)ena .4°, 49 ,832.—W fifty years' indescribable agony from Pe..%...''''s, n ervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, oZRI Sickness, and vomiting.' Maria Jolly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Itea;,7 Xo. 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervous e,,,4l.„(ligestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. . ' ll °4'4 l '°. 66 , 8 14. -.-Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years 1,, tea. 1 / 4 4 Food is sold in Canisters at Is. 104 11b., 2s. 9d.; 21b., Virri l, i 121 h., 225.•, 241 b• , 40s ' The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, ``salty free on receipt * of Po . st-oflice Order, by BAURY DU ‘htt IL alul co., n, Regent-street, London: also at Fortnum ----Q° 11 's, dud Sold by all respectable Grocers and Chemists. :.h:!:,1 ONE HUNDRED AND SD(TY-SEVEN Destitute Orphans are being maintained in the Albert Orphan Asylum, Collingwood Court, Bagshot, Surrey. Funds greatly needed for their support. CHA6LEs A. WALKER, Sec. Offices, 96, Cheapside, lIOYAL FREE IJOSNTAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate v'olnity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most (iracions MAJESTY the Qum!. Vice-Patron--,His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, S.G. President—His Grace die Duke of Boemucu, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the de lay 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 adm tion to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 8,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevo lent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Broiin, Hanson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Cryu and Co. ; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote. and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deaco n , an d C o.; Nisbet, and Co., Berners-street; and at the Hospital, from 10 till b. GREAT NOR T.II ER N lIOSPITAL, • Caledoniqn road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved -151,951 patients since it was °stab tithed at King's-crosN in I s!ai. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. 11.,r.,et. and Co., 60, Lombard-street; rifessrs. Ransom and Bouvor:e 1, fall-mail.—Hon. Sec., F. Smith, Esq. G. R&M. See. JAPAN AND CHINA. New York papers of the 2d inst., received by the steamship Hermann, contain the following de- s patches : "SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31.—The steamship China, Captain Smith, arrived to-day, withe dates from Hongkong to the 26th of November, Shang hai the 27th, and Yokohama December G. She re ports having experienced very heavy weather, but sustained no material damage. Her passengers and crew are all well. YOKOIIA3IA, JAPAN, Dec. 6,1867. (via San Fran cisco, Jan. 1, 1868).—The Tycoon of Japan has re signed his governing power into the *hands of the Mikado. The government• of the empire will hence.: forth be carried on, under thg,,Mikado, by a Council of Damaios, or nobles. There are many rumours afloat of troubles at Kiato, the metropolis of the empire. Sonic assert that the . death of Stolz Vaphi has taken place, but it is not generally be lieved. Osaca and Viogan, or the inland sea, will certainly be opened sto foreign commerce on the Ist of January, 1868. The United States' Minister, with several of his colleagues, will proceed there in a short time, to be present on the occasion of the opening. An army and a large naval force will be present in case of trouble. The opening of Jeddo is deferred until the Ist of April next. The new port that is to be opened on the west coast of the empire is Neagata, as named in the original treaty ; but the harbour at that place being unsafe for foreign ships coming in, that of Ebisunito, on the island of Sado, thirty miles distant, is to be made the port of entry in its stead. This port and harbour are to be opened on the I st of April. The reason for the delay given by the Japanese is that they cannot prepare the settlements before that period. There are a good many robbers in Jeddo, and some fear lest they should came to Yokohama. Several mercantile houses intend open ing branches of their establishments at Osaca and Iliogo, among others three American houses whose head-quarters are here. General Van Valkenburg, ' the United States Minister in Japan, was married on the 25th of November to Mrs. Schayer, widow of the late Richard Schayer, of New York. A c o n .. cert was given here a few nights since for the bene fit of the poor of Yokohama, of which there are a great many at present in the city. The tree under which Commodore Perry, United States navy, signed the original treaty with the Japanese, has been cut down, to make way for the res id ence o f the British Consulate. Commodore James T. Wat kins died on board the steamer Costa Rica on her passage from Yokohama to Shanghai, from injuries received from the falling down a hatchway. Yoko hama is approaching its former 2;ze as seen before the fire which took place last winter. In the mar kets the prices for imports are the same as in the last report—nominal. The demand for arms and ammunition has been good since the receipt of the news of the abdication of the Tycoon. W oo ll en mills goods, yarns, and runlets are dull, and the quotations nominal. Sheet linen and bar iron have been sold for exportation. The Swanley takes 135 piculs of tin, and the Crisolite 133 piculs to New York. " HONG KoNG, Nov. 26 (via San Francisco, Dec. 31), 1867.—The death is announced of Mr. L. R. Calfield, Consol of the United States at Foo-Chow which event took place on the 28th of October.' The banks of the Yellow River, in the Shan-tung province, have burst at some point—and the entire country in the neighbourhood is submerged to an extent of 30 miles. A party of gentlemen have explored the island of North Formosa. In Han kow fears are entertained that the city will be sub merged, the water in the river Han being very high. Mr. E. Drew has been. appointed Government Secretary at Pekin. The United States' Minister at Pekin. was to leave in a short time to in spect all the ports open to f ore i gn trade. Advices from the northern portions of the empire state that the Imperial troops have su s t a i ne d a severe repulse from the Nienfei, who took si x ca mps an d captured a battery organised and pl ace d i n the Nanking arsenal. The Prussian corve tt e Vineta grounded on an unknown rock in Sp ex St r ait, but has been got off safely. Steps hav e b een t a ken to erect a church at Hankow, a gran t f rom the Home Go vernment having been obt a i ne d i n a id of the enter prise. Owing to the failure o f th e crops, great dm tress prevails in the ext reme nor th. The country around Trenskin is now fl oo d e d w i t h rain. A mis sion, school and chapel have been opened by the Casle Missionary Society. Th e Bishop of Victoria was present at the exercises and took part in the services. Exposure of squeezing,' or taking bribes, on the part of the police force have lately been made, and it is said that the b r ib es are mor e readily taken because of losses at th e gambling table. The natives in Canton use the fact o f th e grant i ng of the Hong- Kong gambling-house li cence b y the Christian authorities as the argu men t w i th t h e m issionaries of their superiority over the foreigners and their sys tem. The latest market review states the import trade in cotton fabrics is very dull. Yarn active, but low. Grey shirti ngs li m i ted. S a ns, nominal. White shirtings and fancy cottons no improve ments. Raw cotton very quiet. Woollen goods nominal. Metal railroad iron, to arrive, at a decline Malacca o h Freightsoc . a o p r i cu l. L New York, ea d firm. sl3 to $l4 per ton. " SHANGHAI, Nov. 27, 1867 (via San Frau cisco, Jan. I,lB6B.)—The ratification of the Italian commercial treaty with China was exchanged here on the 12th inst., his Excellency Count do la Tour, plenipotentiary for Italy, acting for the King, and Hetifig Fanti on behalf of the Chinese Imperial Government. The Si-Wang, one of the few remaining chieftains of the old Nanking rebellion, has been arrested by the Chinese Government in the Hongque district of the foreign settlement. A destructive fire broke out in the Oil Banck godowns, situate in the Chinese suburbs, on e flet was extinguished rei the gn fire brigade. t t h h r e ou n g ig h ht th o e f exertionso i f ns t t h . The estimated loss of property runs up close on $lOO,OOO. Another fire broke out in the Kin-Le- Youen godowns, the property of the Shanghai Steam Navigation Company, on the 17th, but it was promptly suppressed by the exertions of the officers and crew of the company's steamers Urade and Myune. A fearful explosion of a powder magazine took place at Wychung, a Chinese city opposite Hankow, on the 20th inst. It was attended with great loss of life and property. The Viceroy's palace was blown into the air. The French Consul at Haukow, having had a difficulty with some villagers about 20 miles distant from there, has taken a force from the Lebrethon, a French gunboat, with a large detachment of Franco-Chinese troops, to as sist a Chinese magistrate who has been deputed by the liankow Dapota to adjust matters. General Le Geudre, United States' Consul at Amoy, Inas made a treaty with the pirate savages on the coast of Formosa, under which shipwrecked seamen are to be protected. The body of Mrs. Hunt, wife of the captain of the bark Rover, who was killed by the savages, has Leen recovered. The body of Lieu tenant M'Kenzie, of the United States' ship Hart ford, who was killed by the savages, has been re moved from Tai Wing to Hong Kong, and will be sent home to America. The latest market review EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.— Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. Life Assurance—Annuities—Guarantee Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. 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Prospectuses and Samples of Work sent Post Free, Agents in every Town. Chief Office in the United Kingdom : 47, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON, E.C. • District Agencies : NEWINGTON BUTTS, S.E. KING'S-ROAD, CHELSEA, S.W., H. Cocxs, Agent. BISHOP'S-ROAD, PADDINGTON, W., GADSEN and Co., Agents. 93, UPPER-STREET, ISLINGTON, N., J. AIILLARD, Agent. ANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per .LYAL. fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers, and wholesale of JOHN BITROESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-eteps), Loudon. 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 Kaisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. 6d. upwards. Family Tea, 25.; in half-chests, ls. 10d. Tea lot the million, ls. ld. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. BR E is IL-LOADERS. The FINEST ASSORTMENT IN LONDON, from which purchasers may select the best systems and superior WoYlunanship, at moderate prices. Direct-action, central-fire Breech-loaders, the perfection of this excellent principle, possess great shooting powers, facility of loading, and durability. Cartridges, loading instruments, belts, pouches, and every use tul novelty. E. M. REILLY AND CO., NEW OXFORD-STREET; ALSO NEAR REGENT -MOM CANDLES. -A Hint to Purchasers.—Do not make sure that you know what price you are paying per pound foryour candles until you have stripped them and put them in the scale. Some candles aro right weight with out the wrappers, some with moderately thick wrappers, some with very thick wrappers, and some are not nearly right weight with wrappers however thick. PRICE'S " (3 , , LD MEDAL PALMITINE," " SIIERWOOD PALMITINE," " BELMONT SPERM," and .4 BEL MONT WAX," " BEST," " No. 2," "No 3," and "BAT TERSEA" COMPOSITES,. "PRICE'S PARAFFINE," and " BELMONTINE," and all other candles of Price's Patcut Candle Company Limited, aro full weight without the wrappers. DOWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affections of the Respiratory Organs. Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles only, price is. 14d., 2s. 3d., and Ils. each. Established nearly half a Century. SATISFACTORY LUTTER. 15, Wood-street, Millbank, Westminster. October 5, 1887 SlB,—Some months back I bad au attack of Bronchitis, which left at times a tickling in the Throat, with other unpleasant feel ings. I was advised to try the BA LBAII OF Attisulio ; I did so, and have found very groat relief; it isAtost comforting in allay. ing the irritation, and giving strength to tho voice. You are at liberty so make use of this as you think proper, and I earnestly hope that ethers may benefit by it as I have done. With many thanks from your obedient servant, SAMUEL DEAfI Dean's Irer6er, Westminster Abbey, To Mr. Powell. Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED PARTRIDGE AND COOPER' WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 102' FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.O. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE CES. CARRIAGE PAID TOT E HE COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVR Nth Per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note: a. cheap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note : much approved 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recom mended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid N ote 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid wr itin g Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 10s. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 0 Outsides Foolscap, thick hand-made Letter Paper for scribbling Tinted Lined Note five quires ls. 6d., or 5 6 per 1,000 Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes 4s. 61, ss. Gd., and 6 6 Extra Thick ditto, "Registered Secure" ........................... 9 0 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes 4 6 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &e. COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, Bags, &c., post free. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables. Paper weights, &c., in Ita lian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralo gist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology• they will greatly facilitate the in teresting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149. Strand. HYAM & CO.'S SELECT DEPARTMENTS. No. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. No. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. No. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. No. 4. flats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. HYAill and CO.'S ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON — 66 and 67, Oxford-street. BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, New-street, LEEDS-42, Briggate, and [DEWSBURY—Westgate. j [ 4l AbIBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM. —AN EF FECTUAL REMEDY, withou t confining the bowels or a (feting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for im mediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient consumption. It fre quently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the consumptioni provokes frequent coughing. In approaching its effects are truly b e _ neficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after tak ing it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, L London, and by all drug gists, in bottles, 134 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. ea c h. Be particular, and ask for Lamberts Asthmatic Balsam. The name and adds ess are engraved on the stamp. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MO C -MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIDETED IN THE GREAT EXHIBI TIONS of 1851 aisd 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the cura tive 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 requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-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 cannot fail to fit, forwarded by poet, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacture; Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. . - A Single Truss, 165., 215., 28s. Gd., and 31s, 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42e., ond 325. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425., and 52e. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, - NEW PATENT LASIIC STOCKINGS, Li KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all eases 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. 6d., 7s. 64., 10a.. and 16s. each. Postage 6.1. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 228, Piccadilly DRINTIN G. -TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, (W.... The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &e., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if require& Estimates forwarded cu receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelops for reply. Address—The Manager " Sun' Printing Offices, 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1868. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF ST. OLAVE'S. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., JEANIE'S QUIET LIFE. By the Author of "St. Olave's," "Alec's Bride," &c. llurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES. • - No. LXX., for December, price 2s. CONTENTS. Mr. J. Hill Williams—On Briggs's Method of Interpolation. Mr. A. De Morgan—On Fourier's Statistical Tables. Mr. Peter Gray—On the Rate of Interest in Loans Repayable by Instalments. • Conditions of Assurance. The Sales of Reversions Act, 1867; By Professor De Morgan—A Budget of Paradoxes (continued). Home and Foreign Intelligence :—Bonus Reports of the Scottish Widows', the London• Life, the Clerical, the Legal and Gene ral, and the Crown Life Assurance Companies. Practical Questions. Institute of Actuaries.—Solutions of the Second Year's Exami nation Questions for 1864, 1865, and 1866. Correspondence. London: Charles and Edwin Layton, 150,1 Fleet-street ; Depot for Books on Assurance—Life, Fire, and Marine. CIALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—See the NJ COMMERCIAL REVIEW, No. 2, published this day, Price 3d. East Temple Chambers, Fleet-street. OOMMERCIAL • REVIEW ANALYSIS OF 'kJ REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CALEDONIAN FINANCE, - see the COMMERCIAL REVIEW, No.' 2, published this day, price 3d.—East Temple Chambers, Fleet-street. OHN G °SNELL and CO.'S CHERRY a TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; 4ives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from do ay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, VS,' Upper Thames-stroot, London. PAINLESS DENTISTRY. IYIL ESSItS.n GAB:PE 14, DENTISTS (Established 1315), o f London 68, Mrley-strect, Cavendish-square, t, Liverpool 34, Duke-street, and Brialaton lB, North-street, have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Pain less System of Dentistry, and self-adbosive Teeth without springs, at AIODERATB CLIAuGEa, which may be had free by post for four stamps. gives the following:—Of American cotton goods a small lot for consumption, and continued unfavour able advices from the Entharts. Buyers of drills are with little disposition for transactions of any mag nitude, and deliveries, including those re-exported by foreign holders, do not aggregate over 100,000 pieces. There is a slight demand for Tien-tsin, but at low values. Freights dull to New York at £3 per ton. The following tea ships have left here for New York :—Wild Gazelle, Resolute, Burnside,Silomo, Fairleader, Madura, Ensign, Dilphusand, Royal Berkshire, and Etha Ruthmers. Five other vessels are still loading. " ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 28.—Official advices to gr. Cassius M. Clay, the United States Minister to Russia, and dated Pekin, November 23, 1867, an nounce that the Chinese Emperor has determined to send a special embassy to the treaty Powers. It is presumed that the purpose of the embassy is to revise the treaties between the great Powers and the empire of China, and to settle the many com plicated and delicate questions which have arisen under said treaties during several years past. Au Imperial decree, dated November 21, 1867, an nounces that the Imperial Government has selected as its special ambassador for that purpose the United States' Minister to Pekin, Mr. Anson Bur lingame, and the acceptance by the latter of the appointment. The several foreign Ministers resident near Pekin, with whom Mr. Burlingame is very popillar; all cordially approve his selection. He leaves immediately, and proceeds via San Francisco." Inst Published, price is. 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. REVELATIONSOF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. Tho numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Despatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal are reprinted with this edition D T NVILLE'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, BEA.UFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. • QTOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS, )0 PIGEON CHESTS and other Deformities, are prevented and cured by wearing ()HANDLER'S IMPROVED HYGIENIC CHEST EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all ages. It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indigestion, pains in the chest and back, and is especially recommended to children for assist ing the growth, promoting health and symmetry of figure, super ceding the use of braces and stays. Price from 10s. GI each. Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated circulars for warded. FURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O per Week.—D. S. HUMPHRIES has at ali tinvs a n,mber of Fir 4 -class RE6ID 6 • CES to be LET. furnished or unfurnished. or soli, more r artieularly in the neighbour hoods id Svdenham, Upper Norwood. Forest-hill, and viol nit y.—Particulars may be had at the Office, Printing House square. 'HOUSES and APAR r MEN I's WANTED, and to be LET or SOLD, BUSINESSES for DISPOSAL, ,t,c. PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HIDEPHRIES has continual applications for all descriptions of PR „WERT Y which will pay :food interest for outlay. Houses out of repair not objected ro. T. D Humphries can ht all times find customers for all des,n ip- Hone of businesses. lintels, public hoes 8, ctc , sold and transiemd. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent. Print ing House-square. iptoy AD AME RACHEL'S Registered ENAMEL, JL as used by the Ladies of the Royal Courts of Europe, gives a beautiful youthful appearance to the skin. All persons vending dangerous and destructive compounds under the name of "Enamel," in imitation, commit a gross fraud upon the public. 47A, Now Bond-street; 30, Rue do la Pais, and 25, Rue Choseuil, Paris. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair ix. to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of ono 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, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, E.C. YAM & Co.'3 GENTLEMEN'S crionuNG, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. For immediate Wear or to Order. Tho assortment is most extensive and varied, comprehend ing every possible description of Attire, both costly and of moderate price. All the articles are designed, trimmed, and made in strict accordance with the prevailing styles of the day. H YAM & Co.'s SANDRINGHAM OVER COATS. HYAM & Co.'s SILK-LINED OVERCOATS. HYAM & Co.'s FASHIONABLE REEFERS. H YAM & Co.'s SUITS. HYAM & Co.'s MORNING COATS. HYAM & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. HYAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. HYAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. HYAM & Co.'s LIVERIES. HYAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY. HYAM and CO.'S PRICE LI ST for GEN TLEMEN'S ATTIRE, Ready-made or to Order. New Styles in Tweed Overcoats New Styles in Sandringham Overcoats 2ss. to 635. New Styles in Silk-lined Overcoats 42s. to 84s. New Styles in Reefers New Styles in Dress and Frock Coats New Styles in Morning Coats New Styles in Dress and Undress Suits 42s. to 70s New Styles in Vests New Styles in Trousers l4s.'to 255. HYAM and CO.'S LATEST STYLES an d PRICES for YOUNG GENTLEMEN'S ATTIRE. Sandringham Overcoats 2ls. to 425. Prince Alfred Reefers l6s. to 30s. Overcoats for Little Boys l2s. to 30s. Inverness Capes lss. to 30b. Knickerbocker Suits Braided Patent and Silk Velvet do 3ss. to 90s. Harrow and Rugby Suits Wimbledon Suits for Elder Youths Trousers in all the New Materials Waistcoats for all purposes CANDLES. —If you do not wa nt yo ur candles exclusively for show, but with pleasantness of appearance require excellence of burning, buy "PRICE'S GOLD MEDAL PALMITINE," or their "SHERWOOD PALMITINE," or their good old-fashioned "BELMONT SPERM," or "BELMONT WAX," or their "BEST," "No. 2," "N 0.3," or "BATTERSEA. , COMPOSITE, in preference to the finest and most transparent Paraffine candles. But if you must hate the extreme trans parency of pure Paraffins, "PRICE'S PARAFFINE" or their "BELMONTINE" will give it to you in perfectin, and at a more moderate price than is usually charged for any other really first class Paraffine Candles. The new toilet soap "PRICE'S SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE," COntaininp half its weight of theit concentrated distilled Glyce rine, should be in general use in every house before the winter comes on, because of its admirAble effects in preventing chap ping of the hands and face. In every house there ought also to be one of the sealed bottles of their concentrated Distilled Gly cerine, known everywhere as "PRICE'S GLYCERINE," and prescribed by the most eminent medical men abroad as well as at home, as the one only Glycerine for medicinal use whether ex ternally or internally. PRICE'S FANCY SOAPS of the different sorts usually made are excellent, and command a constantly increasing sale. The "Solidified Glycerine" spoken of above is, however, the one fancy soap to use. "PRICE'S NEW PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS," for burninr , in the wide glasses are believed to be the very best Night Lights made. "PRICE'S CHILDS' NIGHT LIGHTS," for burning without glasses, and their different sorts of "CHAMBER CAN DLES" are so well known, and so generally used and appre ciated, as not to need any special notice here. LONDON WATER SUPPLY. Some time ago we gave the abstracts of several projects for improving the watter supply of the metropolis.. Another has been added to the already lengthy list by Mr. Bateman, C.E., which is worthy of attention, though there are a great many diffi culties in the way of its adoption. That gentleman suggests that no scheme having reference to the water supply is worthy of consideration which would not be calculated to bring in 200,000,000 gallons per day to the metropolis. The quantity should supply the whole, or nearly the whole of the metropOlitan district by gravitation without pump ing. The nearest district from which such a quan tity of water could be obtained under such con ditions is that lying on the flanks of the mountain ranges of Cader Idris and Plinlimmon, in North Wales, and forming the upper basin of the main tribu taries of the River Severn. Here Mr. Bateman sug gests a large fall of rain may be expected on ac count of the direction of the mountain chains, the heights of the summits, their proximity to the sea, their geographical position, and their physical peculiarities. Then assuming by means of various data drawn from other similar districts what would be the amount of rainfall, Mr. Bateman proceeds to compute the area of drainage ground required to supply the necessary quantity of water, and he selects two districts, one of 66,000 acres in area, forming the drainage ground of the rivers Banw and Vyrn*y, which join the Severn about halfway be tween Welshpool and Shrewsbury, and the other dis trict of about equal area, forming the drainage ground of the upper portion of the River Severnpro per. The discharge pipes of the lowes t reservoir in each of these districts would he placed at an elevation ofabout 450 feet above the level of Trinity high water mark. The water would be conducted by se parate aqueducts of 19 and 21i miles in length re spectively to the point of juncture near Martin Mere, a little to the north-east of the town of Mont gomery, whence the joint volume of the water would be conducted.by a common aqueduct, cross ing the river Severn close to the town of Bridge north, and passing near to Stourbridge, Bromsgrove Henley-in .Arden, '\Varwick,Banbury, Buckingham, Aylesbury, Tring, Berkbampstead, and Watford, to the high land near Stanmore, where extensive service reservoirs must be constructed, which would be at an elevation of at least 250 feet above Trinity high water mark. From these reservoirs the water would be .delivered to the metropolis _at " high pressure," and under the constant supply system. The entire length of aqueducts necessary would be 183 miles, and would be capable of conveying 220 million gallons of water per day. Mr. Bateman observes that theworks would be exceedingly simple in their construction, presenting no difficulties of an engineering character, and the total outlay he esti mates at a sum of £8,600,000, and when we are told by the same authority that the p r esent water companies have recently expended nearly £4,000,000 sterling in merely extending their works in order to meet the increased demand upon them, it really does appear an astonishing thing and quite incredi ble to the uninitiated that an outlay of little more than double should be sufficient for carrying out so prodigious an undertaking. He also suggests the advisability of buying up the existing water works in London, and in that case £22,000,000 would approximately represent the necessary esti mates. With regard to the present condition of the London water supply, it appears that an average daily quantity of about 100,000,000 gallons of wa ter is now required for the three millions of popula tion. Half of this quantity is abstracted from the river Thames, and the other half from the river Lea and from deep wells on the easterly and northerly sides of London. Upon the present gross popula tion, therefore, the average supply is about 30 gallons per head per day, and if the increase of the water supplied were to keep pace with the increase of population, the daily supply required 20 years hence would be about 150,000,000 gallons. It ap pears that by the various Acts of Parliament which were passed in 1852, authorising the withdrawal of water from the River Thames, the maximum quan tity which the water companies are empowered to take is 100,000,000 gallons per day, and Mr. Bate man assures us that there is no adequate source within the means of any of these companies to which they can resort, and therefore it becomes a matter of urgent necessity that the question should be liberally considered while there is yet time to execute the requisite works for obtaining a more ample supply from other distant sources. He sug gests, therefore, that no narrow considerations of parsimonious economy ought to interfere with the execution Of any large and comprehensive scheme which would give us for many years an abundant supply, and there is no doubt that the present sys tem of supplying the metropolis with water urgently demands prompt and energetic reform. "Every mother and housekeeper must often act as family physician in the numerous illnesses and accidents that occur among children and servants. For many of these cases I have used Davis's Pain Killer, and consider it an indispensable article in the medicine box. In diar rhoea it has been always effectual, while for cuts and bruises it is invaluable."—New York Examiner. " Gentle men,— I was severely injured last March, by a fall which bruised and lamed my back. I tried your Pain Killer, taking it inwardly and applying it outwardly; and before I had used ono bottle I found myself a now man. It was worth its weight in gold to me.—Yours obediently, JOHN GREEN, Temple-street, Blister., 183:). To P. Davis and Son, 17, Southampton-row, Holborn (W. C). " Every bottle of the genuine has the words PAIN KILLER on the Government stamp. Sold by all chemists.—(AuvT.) An important communication has been recently laid before the Academy of Sciences at Vienna respect ing the manufacture of flint glass for optical purposes. M. Lamy has discovered that by using thallium instead of potosh the density and refractive powers of the glass are greatly increased. [ADVERTISEMENT. I —Holloway's Pills.—Weakness and Debility.—No nice discrimination of the nature or seat of the disorder is necessary for the beneficial administration of these Pills, which, by purifying the blood and adjusting its circulation, regulate and refresh every organ through out the body. These excellent Pills search out the roots of all disorders, a nd assuredly dispel them from the system. Balsamic in their composition, and gentle in their opera tion, Holloway's Pills will not have any real benefit unless the sufferer will eschew tho use of all pies, puddings, and pastry. The diet should be substantial, plain, and simple ; early Lours should bo kept, and excessive fatigue should be vigilantly avoided ; by such observances the lives of thousands may be preserved. N __— c - ruicE.... 4(l. STA MI'ID sd. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The reception of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh in the fifth quarter of the globe is the subject of a leader in the Times. It would have us bear in mind that in that immense continent and in the other Austral asian islands there haVe now sprung up seven colonies, run ning a race of prosperity, getting on towards two millions of British subjects, the greater part of whom have only heard of British Royalty and its surrounding institutions. But the sentiment is in the blood ; the bond cannot be broken ; and as a gentle touch will rule the steed which a hard hand only infuriates, the mild policy of these days proves stronger than the rod of iron was found in the last century. We may be amused, we must be delighted, yet with now and then a passing thought of sadness, at the enthusiasm which has dri•'su the populous communities of South Australia and Vic toria almost beside themselves. Loyalty never went to such excesses at home, where we are still numbered among the king-ridden, priest-ridden nations, and where it is still wise to " fear the King." Think, exclaims our contemporary, of balls attended by nine hundred danceis, in magnificent rooms, and with the most costly decorations, in that huge dreaiy continent we used to call New Holland, of which the only known locality was Botany Bay ! Think of thirteen thousand school-Children here, four thousand there, and a thousand or two anywhere, being found singing " God save the Queen," heard well two mike off, and cheering still louder ! Think of reviews of volunteer cavalry, infantry, and artillery in a region where, a few years ago, one believed a white man could hardly shew himself !. There has been no such instance of spontaneous growth. Convicts can hardly be thought an encourage. ment to colonisation ; but at Adelaide they never had convicts, and at Melbourne the element is quite inap preciable. These are not favoured colonies, protected plantations, commercial monopolies, but simply gather. ings of British• subjects, quietly and peaceably elbowed out of this island, and making the best of their case by looking for elbow-room elsewhere. Happily, the great bulk of them left without a quarrel, and have none to cherish and transmit to their offspring. . Some roots of bitterness, indeed, remain. At Melbourne, it seems, the irrepressible Orangeman made an appearance even on this almost sacred occasion, and the irrepressible native Irish man was there to accept the challenge. An Orange trans parency in front of the Orange Hall rather naturally pro voked attack, met, we grieve to read, with deadly weapons. Otherwise the whole scene, and the temper everywhere showing itself, are as much like the first step to a British Millennium as one can reasonably expect in our time.. True, they do not seem quite up to ceremonials ; they can not be placed or timed by card or clockwork ; their ideas of precedence are hazy, and, for want of method, they do a world of work which hardly makes a show, but the spirit is the same. The Post also takes up the theme, believing that the Australians have shewn in a most unmistakable and acceptable manner the affection they retain for the family of the sovereign under whose mild and now almost imper ceptible rule they have made such enormous 7rozress. The account of the brilliant reception given to the Puke of Edinburgh by the people of Melbourne comes to us from over the sea with a peculiarly touching and cheerful sound in these times when treason is stalking abroad at home, and when lye are all asking oursekes whether, indeed, the English GOvernment and people deserve all the evil which has been said of them. The people of America seem for the present to hive none but the bitterest feelings for the land from which they sprung, and there appears but too great a probability that many generations must elapse before the mutual jealousy and distrust which have arisen from the mistakes _and selfishness of both countries will die away. The Australians, whose origin is the sallie s have had a very different history, and these manifesta tions of feeling with which tilcy have received an English prince, and which show that they still remember the old Country with love, are a proof that we have profit!d by the bitter experience afforded by the loss of our first great ,offshoot. The Laity Hews replies to the observations of the Stan dard on its publishing an appeal for funds for the defence of Burke. It remarks : The bare mention of a fair trial is at any time sufficient to throw the Standard off his balance. A fair trial is what he 'Times to his enemies, and deprecates for his friends. When we complained that Mr. Gordon's life had been taken without a fair trial, the Standard was astonished at the objection ; when we de manded that Mr. Eyre should be put upon his trial, we were told that we were persecutors. But so it is : a court of justice always seems to us the most august and sacred thing upon earth. The point of view from which it is regarded as a place where magistrates and counsel meet to run down an accused person, because he is accused, is Continental rather than English. . The Standard, nevertheless, thought that Mr. Eyre was only acting like a prudent, sensible man when he was regulating his movements so as to avoid facing the Chief Justice. We entertain no hope of eon. Verting the Standard to views so widely different from hie own, but we have no objection to give him this short explanation. One word more: if any persons, afterreading our contemporary's article, feel inclined to send us a sub- Ocription for Colonel Burke, we beg them to note that w( tave not invited, and shall not receive such contribution `hc suggestion that we were ready to do so is not coun tenanced by anything that we have said, but is simply product of the imagination. It is notorious that w( tuntormly decline to receive subscriptions for any purpose As to the Standard's question, with which we started, wl do :not feel that our course respecting Fenianism has been so equivocal as to require explanation at this time of day. . _ In remarking on the application made to the Court of Queen's Bench, to remove Burke's trial from Warwick to the Old Bailey, the Herald observes that probably, though less was said about the pecuniary aspect of the removaTto Warwick, the real reason for the application is to be found in the statement that if the prisoners are taken down there their defence will cost a great deal more than it would if they were to be tried at the Old Bailey. But it really cannot see why this should influence the decision. The Fenian Brotherhood, which seems able to give whole sale cash orders for firearms and munitions of war, can scarcely be hard up for a hundred or two when their agents have come to grief through their industry in spending the brotherhood's funds in the way most accordant with the brotherhood's wishes and most promotive of the brother hood's designs. It would, of course, be'sorry to see any one itanding in the dock to answer a serious charge, precluded by actual poverty from making the best defence he could under the circumstances. But at present there is no reason to apprehend this. At each examination Burke especially has been well represented ; nor is it believed that a pri soner who can fee counsel will be in any difficulty about securing the attendance of witnesses. Mr. Coleridge, indeed, said that treason-felony was an imperial crime, And one which, therefore, ought to be tried in London. The answer is, that the people of Warwickshire are as much interested in the preservation of the Constitution as the dwellers in the metropolis ; that most of the act, 'charged were done in their neighbourhood. The Standard maintains that the facts connected with 'the dismissal of fourteen volunteer officers must be thoroughly sifted. Was the commanding officer of the Havelocks " asked, first by his noncommissioned and then by his commis4ioned officers, to resign ? Did he agree to resign ? Did he solicit the forbearance of his subalterns ? Did they memorialise the War Department through. the lord-lieutenant of the county rather than through the lieutenant-colonel of the regiment? Was there any correspondence between the War Office and the headquarters of the corps before the order for dismissal came ? Was that order peremptory - , without previous inquiry or reference to facts outside of the statement con tained in the memorial? Hero is a topic, whatever gloss may be put upon the special incident, of the utmost_ impor tance to volunteers. M an y regiments have fora . long time regretted, and not unreason ilbly regye.ted, their original selection of officers. They mistook individual popular ity for practical capacity; thy chose Men whom they per sonally liked, and who had been conspicuously zealous in the movem ent. It was a =take. Our con .: does not now sitmalise Mr. Cruikshank or anyone else peculiarly; bum In proportion as (Air rifle force becomes more genuinely military, it w ill require in its comm andin g officers qualities approach ing at least the military standard. The Telegraph, while regretting that such an occurrence snould have taken place, points out that discipline must be maintained in volunteer as well as regular regiments, and it is astonished that fourteen gentlemen, bearing commis sions, could be found so ignorant of l aw an d usage as to forward a round robin to the lord-lieutenant direct, in stead of sending it through the commanding, officer. Patience and obedience are essential to any soldier, but especially to a volunteer, who m a y res i gn a t a . ny moment ; and a careful observance of rules is not the less ineunibent on him. Defects in a commandant may justify resigna tion, but will not warrant a breach of discipline ; and although in the present case there are extenuating circum stances, still good sense will uphold the decision of the War Office. The painful incident reveals a great defect in volunteer organisation ; the absence of any means by which an officer, unfit in consequence of age or manifest incompetence, can he removed from his command. The remedy may not be easily discovered, but the evilis serious, and it detracts from the efficiency of the force. At . the same, time, the duty of volunteer commanding o fficers qbviously is, to retire when they no longer possess the con tience of a corps ; and none should await perpetu al re q uests to bring about their withdrawal. ce IN E l A c r S PA .Lth tt 5 7 srimszr_vm 'FE • . It is not to Le supposed that the Irish sac ,47 1 r hotbeds of F e ni an i sm , ar e a f ra id to wr i te . it. We have an example to the contrary iitsahe gr: S Reporter, an able and Liberal P,oman Catholic jouro. The Reporter, in an article pointing out the folly of Fenianism, says :—" Ireland has resorted more to wild conspiracies than most other countries, and conspiracies breed informers as carrion breeds maggots. But this is not the only reason. There is another, resulting from C... peculiarities of the Irish character. No man any where •• is less adapted for conspiracy than the average Irish man—no man into whose confidence a specious, wily . knave can insinuate himself, or from whom he could more easily extract his secret. There is a key to secrets, more over, which is always at hand, and to which his are too easily opened—drink. Need we go further back than the State trials of the late Special Commissions for proof of the facility with which members of this Fenian organisation were duped by accomplices, and even by re gular spies? And, as regards their acts in furtherance of the conspiracy, what one of them, except the escape of Stephens, was effected through want of previous informa tion transmitted to the authorities that it was about to be attempted? Not, of course, isolated outrages, such as the robberies of arms and gunpowder here, which might have been hurriedly planned and hurriedly executed . by any dozen or so of bold men ; but important events, such as . the attempted insurrection a last spring, the rescue of Kelly and Deasy, and the horrible business at Clerken. well. All the Fenian conspiracy has done yet has been, like Saturn, to destroy its own children. It has sacrificed the liberties, indirectly, perhaps the lives, of men occupy ing positions of greater or lesser praininence in its ranks. It has saved, for the time at least, a couple of its leaders by a rescue involving the death of an unfortunate police man—and this only owing to the accidental miscarriage of a telegram disclosing the whole intended scheme ; and, finally, the abortive effort to save a couple of other (sup posed) leaders, at the imminent risk of killing, and still greater risk of compromising them, it has bruised and maimed and burnt—destroying the lives of several—a num ber of innocent men, women, and children in the revolting affair at Clerkenwell. Nor must we forget—for we are dealing with the risk incurred through the instrumentality of informers—that of this atrocity, too, the authorities had received notice, though unfortunately it did not avert the melancholy catastrophe." 82EPIIENS AND Ml 7 CHET,. In his paper, which is published in New York, Mr. Johri Mitchel gives the following account of an interview between himself and James Stephens, relative to the Fenian orga nisation :—" Exactly nine years ago James Stephens came to this country to organise the American branch of his Irish revolutionary organisation. He came to me in East Tennessee, stated his plans and resources; and required rather than proposed that Meagher and myself should place ourselves at :the head of the organisation in the United States, appeal to our countrymen here for money, and plenty of money, and remit all to him. This was cool. I questioned him closely upon the progress he had nude in Ireland, and he assured me that he bad then (nine years ago) fifteen thousand sworn confederates (they were not called Fenians) all armed with rifles. I did not believe him. A few days later Meagher and myself met Stephens, by appointment, at my led ; ings in 'NV:isle:ll;bn. He demanded of us, in a somewhat high tone, that we should enter into his conspiracy, and should use all the credit and influence which he supposed us to possess amongst the Irish citizens of the United States, in order to procure money for the purposes of that conspiracy. It was a startling proposal. Unfortunately for him, we could not believe his statements, and speedily arrived at the conclusion at which many others have since arrived, that he was a humbug. It was in vain he told us that our antecedents and the position we held (as he said) amongst Irish patriots im posed on us the duty to place ourselves in the hands of him, James Stephens, as the only representative and standard bearer of the Irish national cause, and with full confidence in him, his promises, - and pretentions, ask our countrymen settled here for their hard-earned dollars, and plenty of them. Now, Meagher and I knew very well that the Irish born citizens of the United States would be free enough with their dollars, if they only felt some confidence that their contributions would be honestly and intelligently used for the purpose of freeing their native land ; . but we had more than scruples in this case. It will always be a source of gratification to me that my friend and myself felt and acted alike on the proposition made to us by that most plausible gentleman. I told Mr. Stephens that, although fully bent upon taking advantage of any legitimate occa sun and opportunity for liberating our country and destroying British power, we had never id - asked our countrymen to contribute to a revolutionary - fund, because we Lad not any assurance that it would be properly and effectively used ; that we believed no Opportanit3r whatso ever then existed for a revolutionary movement in Ireland, England being at peace with all the world ; that we de clined, therefore, to make ourselves responsible in the eye s of the whole Irish race at home and abroad by calling on them to pour into our hands the savings of years—as we know they would—on the mere faith of his assurance that he was going to overturn the British Empire. Thereupon Mr. Stephens attempted to assume a rather lofty and peremptory style of discourse ; told us of our duties, and of the responsibilities to which we would one day be held. This tone did not answer. We declined to be informed of Our duties by him ; and he ;Very soon took nu his hat and left the house." CHANGE OF NATIONALITY. t the weekly meeting of the Jurisprudence Department of the Society for the Promotion of Social Science, a paper was read by Mr. John Westlake, "Oh Naturalisation and Expatriation, or a Change of Nationality." After a discussion, in which Mr. Moseley, Mr. V. Harcourt, and Mr. C. Anstey joined, The Chairman, the Right lion. SirROBERT PHILLIMORE, D.C.L., Dean of Arches, &c., said: A subject so im portant must sooner or later be pressed upon the attention of our Government and the Government of the United States, and probably must be pressed upon ths attention of every civilised Government. If I entered the room with a strong ponviction of the necessity for some definite change., and of the difficulty of effecting it, both these convictions are strengthened. The matter requires most ample discussion, and is to be viewed from many different positions, I entirely agree that the true international law is that when a foreigner enters the dominions of another State he is in all respects to be amenable to the laws of that State. But the real difficulty is to say when one of our subjects definitely leaves us, for no one can say that a person travelling abroad for; his pleasure has definitely left the country. Such a person ought to travel with the protection of his own country, but that does not extend, of course, to his violation of the municipal law of the foreign country at all. But he should not be placed in a worse position than the citizen of the foreign country guilty of a similar offence ; he should have fair play. I should be sorry to countenance the idea that when a citizen left England he ceased to have any care over him, or that he ceased to have any claim upon the State. I think the domicile itself would not be a discreet or sufficient test of the expatriation of a person, for many circum stances may occur to protract it, constraining him to rem ain abroad. Though the domicile might be an clement, it could not be the only criterion of expatriation. (Hear, hear.) ' The rule of law to be introduced must be one on which the two States—the one he left and the one to which be has gone—must agree. Very early during the civil war in America was forced upon our attention the absolute necessity of coming to some definite resolution that should be adhered to as to the circumstances in which the British Government should, extend protection to British subjects in America, or refuse it ; and we were all agreed that it could not be demanded as a matter of right by a subject of Great Britain, who had by his own acts incorporated himself in America by domicile, by the purchase of laud, or by the establish. ment of a manufactory ; or had exercised the privilege of voting, or taken the steps necessary to make himself a citizen of the Unit e d St ates. We thought we had a right to say that he had made his option, and never would have called upon us for assistance if circumstances did not make it convenient for him to do so, meaning all the time to remain in America when the war was over, and only desiring to evade the duties of a citizen of the country to which he belonged. The American Government seemed to acquiesce in that opinion, and declared that every British subject who had entered the American States, but had not formally become a citizen, should have the option to remain or not remain in the country. With regard to the competence of a country to punish for a crime committed against it in another country, I and in dined to agree with Mr. Harcourt. It is a monstrous thinthat any technical rule of venue should prevent jus tice being done and criminals being properly tried for an offence, committed in this country perhaps, but the execu tion of which was concocted in another ; but I am not pre pared to say if the criminal, being a foreigner, was accused to of a crime against a third State, that this country oughttahntdirni,nNivsotelcrbinelisntarlettuhsitnigce then dreugcatrlrdu,tomluucihn. I further than would he desired. Another absurdity i . that_ if a civil injury be done abroad to an English subject by a foreigner he may recover damages here for . . act done, for instance, in Naples, because the action civil and not ndyncortim be e triedcommitted in thi a s gaiiis country,t an I h iy ou a l if the criminal be in this po . untry. Where a conspiracy is formed abroad against this country, the conspirator, if a English criinina s2j e d c o t n alr s o e a e d " .s r British subject, ought to be tried here ; and if he be a foreigner, I don't see why. he should find refuge in the State he tried to injure. It would be stretching the law of hospitality very far to say that he should not be punished in this country. The discussion was then adjourned to Monday, the 27th instant; ,on to ca- bu• • at ual l to ith all ►ass Lose for LW- we isly in I or ob wo- -)ILI- law of but be ca the 1 to i or MIS, ;ot- ncer tine, The k, of lon o, to into my ion- `red• Tall, pert ;an- ceS- Ars . 112, r of