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AFTER Covcr.t-g After Drury-lane Thea After Haymarket Theat After Adelphi Thaatro. After Olympic Theatre After Strand Theatre . After Now Royalty Thf After St. James's Theat After Prince of Wales' 4don Singing and Supper Entcrta, MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND 0 and After the Ope ii ing of the Queen's Theatre? Lung-!tna, EVANS' to SUP. Attu Queens Theatrt EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. • Atter Qacen's Taeatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queetfo Theatre EVANS' to SUP. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB. AT EVANS' COVENT GARDEN VOCAL ENTERTAIN - MEDIA At Eight o'Clock. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., rul L 1) COU R T. By GEOR . :IE MAO DONALD, 34A. "A very entertaining, story, abowidin,g with wholesome inte rest and wise counsel."—Athenmum. Earl for the Derby, but as other writers have gone through his performances so often, my comments shall only be brief. I really cannot see, for the life of ma, hoW they can make him a good horse; at least I think there are several in the Derby that will bat him. A foolish excuse has beenmade . so often about horses when they get heat, not being tit to run, and after they have won a race or two iu moderate company, .and been defeated by ',Etter horses than theinselveF, then there is ano ther excuse that they are getting stal , . Now this is precisely the case with the. Earl, for he never beat a good horse. his best performance was wheia he beat Suffolk and others. He got well off, and chopped down the Baron's horse in the first quarter of a mile, but in my opinion neither of them have any earthly chance of winning the Derby, provided Lady Dizabeth, Rosicruclan, or Pace keep well. The last time the Earl and Suffolk met was a true run race, as they both left the post at once, and ran home locked together, when Suffolkjust won on the postby ahead. His next performance was when he met Ouragan and ran him a dead heat, and in my opinion the French horse is not within 201bs of Derby form. He next suffered - defeat in a match with XI, the prudent to defer its commencement for another win ter. Then the hospital at Suez will have been com pleted, and the general arrangements might havie been less cru le and hasty. In the ineatime fine troopships, the lavish expenditure on which only renders the deficiencies in Egypt more glaring, coild have been very conveniently employed f , to the Abyssinian expedition, and have prevented sohae of the large outlay which has been required .to charter private vessels. To what special cause or to what particular de partment the shortcomings in the land transport system are to be attributed no one hero pretends to understand. Three different departments glare upon our dazzled eyes. The English Admiralty owns the troopship, and has complete control of the troops at sea. Colonel Ross, the Quartermaster-General in Egypt, with his assistant, Major Clarke, repre sents the English military authorities, and, it would seem, ought to control the transport of the troops on land. So far affairs would run smoothly enough. It is acknowledged by all that if these zealous, intelligent, and indefatigable officers had untrammelled control on shore, hitches would not occur in the administration. Unfortunately this cannot be so. The Indian Government, to which it would hardly be apparent that the troops can in any way belong until their arrival in India, must be represented. Paradoxically,a , naval officer has been elected to control the laud transport of soldiers. With this divided authority the officers who repre . sent the home military authorities are compara tively powerless. For such matters, however, as the absence of the Crocodile from Alexandria till long after the Euphrates arrived at Suez we must look to Loudon. It is not at Alexandria or Suez, but in the region of Whitehall that arrangements for the despatch of troops from England are made. Unless the latter are punctually carried out no ability or energy in Egypt can prevent detention, delay, and disappointment. The administration of the railway by the Egyp tian Government goes from bad to worse. The per manent way, which is the best part of all, is in some places between Cairo and Suez in a very ricketty condition. The number of platelayers which were to be employed to keep the line in repair has been, for economy, considerably reduced, and those who are retained, like all public officials in this country, are in considerable arrears of wages. Since the Eng lish engine-drivers left, on account of not being able to obtain their pay, a great many Albanians have been employed as drivers. These, parrot-like, have learnt to pull the handle and make the engine work, but understand nothing about its mechanism. No rolling-stock is repaired. When an engine or truck gets at all damaged it is shunted into a siding, or sent to the depot at Cairo , where it is left to decay. For the last two years the Government has been getting out engines from Europe at the rate of two a month, while there are plenty lying idle at Cairo which a very little repair would enable to run quite well. Rahib Pasha, the Prime Mini ster, has held councils to consider the railway admi nistration, but care has been taken to prevent any max of sufficient independence to tell him the real faults from being summoned to his presence. It is quite usual for trains to be five or six hours late in a journey of 100 miles. conversant with the business of the boards. This done, as far as practicable, let every member give him his utmost -support. No light frivolity should be permitted, and, every amateur taking a direct part iu the performance shouli p•inonally in siva the :tricks of his apparel ; for though there is little fear of iwglect with the practised cos tumiers of London, the security oemsions ;Jut slight trolble, and may indeed be needful when any in novation has been determined on, or any addition required. Ail actors taking p irt in the opening piece should be bound to be dressed some minutes before the required time, under the penalty of fines rigidly enforced ; and those making their evening's debuts in the following piece ought to Le equally expected to have finished with dressers and peruquers before the termination of the first, in order that the services of these necessary assistants might be at once devoted to the gent lemen and ladies of the preceding dramatic cast, and so on to the conclusion of the evening's perform ance. Further, no member should be allowed to take on himself any prominent character until he had passed through a fitting training of subordinate parts. In conclusion, we would advise our friends to limit the duration of performance to three hours. It is a period sufficiently long for the spectators of professional skill, who invariably shun either the opening or the concluding farce ; and much may be done, under the above regulations, in that Period. — Racing Times and Amateur Dramatic Chronicle. UNCIIEON BATI GLASSHOUSE-STREET (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c. High-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, &e. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND SENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms, CAS R. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nino p.m. to Ono a.m. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF ST. OLAVE'S. Now ready, at all the T,ibraries, in 3 vols., ejEAN lE'S QUIET LIFE. 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From ono and to the other is fixed attention."—Pall Mall Gazette. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of ParHamad, 1850), 4, USSF.LL-STREV,T, COVENT-GARMN, LONDON, AD VANCES MONEY upon personal securit Blue of Sale, Free hold or LeuFehold Property, for oue. two, lit three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bilk romptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped enyeloa, vDWARD Ir' , .RPEIL SecretarY. .. _ Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. latter giving him 23'bs. Now, I will only ask the admirers of the Earl which they would back —XI or Julius—if they were going to run a match at even weight ? and I think they would answer—Julius. X 1 certainly won a few races in very moderate com pany, but whenever he met a horse that could gallop he was always beat, and yet ho could give the Earl 231bs and beat him; and Julius could not give Lady Elizabeth 91b, so that it will be seen from the foregoing remarks that I make Lady Elizabeth just 141bs better than the Earl. The above is a plain, brief manner of summing up the chance of John Day's second string ; and, as we aro told that the Earl will prove the best horse for Danebury on the Derby day, I must certainly be vexlain, and tell his backers that he has no chance of winning; and especinly should they all winter well, which I hope for the sake of their owners will be the case, I must stand Lady Elizabeth to win, and Rosicruciau and Pace for places. T7ADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1868, the Second Edition, Ninetieth Thousand, contains a Portrait of the Imperial Prince, with its usual Interesting Articles. 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Lintels, public bons s, &c, sold and transferr d. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print ing House-square. ACCIDENT 70 THE RESEARCH. Respecting the accident to her Majesty's ship Research, the Cork Examiner gives an explanation of the circumstances under which she was pursuing the supposed Fenian privateer, when she struck on T HE "SINGER" NEW FAMILY IiACHINE Daunt's Rock. The following are the details : " About half-past three o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday, the Research sighted, south-west of the Old Head of Kinsale, a very rakish-looking barque steering in the direction of Cork harbour. Is fitted with a new PATENT TUCK MARKER. which GAUGES and MARKS each succeeding TUCK while sewing, a MOST VALUABLE ACCESSORY, not to be hod with any other Machine. T ' ' , SINGER" NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINES are the moat complete, with all accessories for the family, seamstress, taanufactnrer• of shirt collars, shim; oloaks, mewl**, children's clothing, cape, coreote, linen anclidik goods, umbrellas, parasols, &c. Catalogues and Samplee of Wotk poet free. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, She signalled the vessel, which was sailing rather close to the land, to haul to, but the latter took no notice of the request, and continued her course. The Research then gave chase, but the bark all through kept ahead of her. The latter, which was in charge of a pilot, made her course inside Daunt's Rock, in order to get into the harbour by the shortest route, and the Research was steered in somewhat the same direction, but a little more to the westward, in order that, if the supposed privateer attempted to make her way out of the harbour again, the former could intercept her. The pilot in charge of the barge knew the inner passage very well, and was, therefore, quite confident ; but it was said that, if the officer under whom the Research was being sailed, knew the locality of Daunt's Rock, he would have shaped his course more to the westward, and avoid the consequences that ensued. However, the barque passed safely through the channel between the rock and the land, the Research following her, but, as stated, she kept too much to the eastward, and ran right over the rock, striking the wreck of the City of New of York, which was lost there a few years ago. A slight shock was felt on board the Re search, and soon after it was found that she was making water in rather large quantities. After this she did not even give up the chase, but kept on, the steam pumps in the meantime being put to work. The barque was not, however, overtaken till she arrived in the harbour, between ten and eleven o'clock p.m., when an officer from the Re search, who was dispatched on board, received a satisfactory explanation from the captain why he di not bring his vessel to when signalled. The war ship was then moored in the roads. The leakage became very great, and the continued working of four powerful steam pumps was only barely sufficient to keep the water under. She remained in this condi tion till yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, when she steamed slowly up to the moorings opposite Haulhowline, the pumps being kept still at work. Subsequently a diver was sent dOwn to examine the ship's bottom, but the result of his inspection has not been made known. As is the case with all iron-clad vessels, such as the Research, the portion of the hull below the water-line is wood, and it is therefore believed that the damage consists of a few of her planks being strained. It is not yet known what will be done with regard to repairing the ship, but whatever is required, the local dock proprietors have intimated their readiness to tender for. The general belief, however, is that she will be taken to one of the Government docks to have the necessary repairs made. The vessel which the Research was chasing is called the Alaska, 700 tons, Captain Lester. She is an exceedingly rakish-looking American built barque, and said to resemble very much the description given of the Fenian privateer alleged to have been seen on the coast. She is bound from San Francisco to this port for orders, and Captain Lester States that, previous to being bailed by the Research on Wednesday afternoon, he had been overhauled three times by other of her Majesty's ships between Cape Clear and the Old Head of Kinsale. On Monday morn ing, when off the latter point, the Alaska was sail ing at a very quick rate when she was signalled by one of her Majesty's frigates, the name of which the captain did not ascertain, but having shown her colours, and Capt. Lester having answered questions as to where he was from, and what his business to Cork was, she was permitted to proceed. On the same day, when the Alaska arrived off Baltimore harbour, the Government despatch vessel Helicon, intercepted her, and interrogated Captain Lester in somewhat the same terms as he had been earlier in the day by the frigate. The Helicon then retired, and, as Captain Lester thought, satisfied with the result of their inquiries. However, on the following Morning, the Helicon again turned up with the Alaska off Galley Head. The very unusual cut of the latter, and her great speed, appeared to excite the suspicions of the naval people greatly. On this occasion the Helicon ap peared to be acting under orders of 'the Research, which was seen in the distance. The former launched a boat, and in a few minutes an officer with an armed crew came alongside the Alaska. After making the usual inquiries the officer re quested to see the ship's papers. Captaia Lester put them immediately at his disposal, and the officer said everything was right, and apologised for putting the captain to so much trouble. He then left, and the Alaska went on her course, Captain Lester thinking that now, at least, he was free from any further interference. The following day, however, at three o'clock, when some miles south-west of the Old Head of Kinsale, he again saw the Research. She signalled to the Alaska to heave to, but the latter did not do so, and the ram put on full speed to overtake her. cl .l o ‘..t ie th to is t t h i e ra i e a t u h d e . barque, as before stated , was very It was blowing rather freshly from the eastward at the time, and Captain Lester and his pilot, Horgan, explain why they did not heave the barque to in this way—being close to the land, and from the way the wind was blowing, they did not think it prudent to stop the way of the ship, because had they done so she would certainly have drifted on shore. This accounts rather satisfactorily for the manner in which Captain Lester acted. The Alaska, the business of which was done in Messrs. J. Dawson and Co.'s office, received her crders yesterday for Liverpool." IMPROVEMENTS AT ETON.—Great alterations and improvements aro being effected at the Cuckoo Weir bathing ph.ce of the Etonians, near Long-bridge and Upper Hope. The ground near the shore is being lowered to a level with that on the other side of the stream, and with the earth thus obtained an embankment is being thrown up, which will screen the bathers from the gaze of the passers-by on the footpath ; and in the neighbour ing lane piles and planking will be placed along the water's edge to prevent the action of the current on the land in good time. The College watermen have been em ployed in executing this work. caluips",. e . g IN L. TY r7l' 1" ( . t 11; ISTS} REC ENE) 2C. C'T:7l:? 63 , • --- • -417411". / 114 rfi, r . '" 0 - 4 nvb to - YIN . / ART AN - 7) TE EDUCATION, ;arclen Opera—EVANS' to lAi k"113: ;•• • ;' 1 ,41:N1 oat • • .ping noted in n former paper SUP. , cs\ — ur, ' _ 44 t. 1. tre EVANS' to SUP. 'fr% 6 4f4r1 1' - - • ••• • • • • - I Aro E'VANS' to SUP, , 41 0 ...Cal , 1 ibet. of Lthe manufacturing 7 ,- EVANS' to SUP. \ , ••tr %.. 4 VI 4 1 ). EVANS' to SUP. • tik • - , lich the countries of the EVANS' to SUP. ) 0 41- • o s fiQ maw° EVANS' to SUP. - D • : * - ? 4 r and having allude , ' Are EVANS' to SUP, superiority, it i- Theatre EVANS' to SUP. - - the chary' Pkt.l(.3F 4.. a. Club, EVANS' , Covent-garden. Vooll Mnment at Eight. - O. - N ". 23,578. 1' HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUA R Y 6, 1868. STAMPICD sd. cat; Having noted in our former paper upon this su*ect a numbei of [the manufacturing processes with regard to which the countries of the Continent differ from or excel us, and having alluded to the causes of that difference or superiority, it is now necessary to mention briefly what are the characteristic - features of the systems of technical edu cation which prevail on the Continent, and especially in France. First, then, there are primary or elementary schools ; secondly, there are special or technical schools ; and thirdly, there are (in France) apprenticehip. Tech nical education is not confined to a particular class of school ; for instruction of this kind is communicated from the earliest stages, and the system of education i.., homo geneous from the beginning. Primary schools may be either private or public. The private primary schools have been established almost ex clusively by religious or benevolent cocieties, or by the proprietors of factories, foundries, &c., for the benefit of their employers. The public primary schools are those of which c• 'ry commune or parochial district is obliged by Government to maintain one or more. Every commune of more than 500 inhabitants must have separate schools for boys and girls. The teachers are appointed by the Prefect of the Department. The commune bears the expense of the school, and if the commune be too poor to support its school, grants are allowed in aid of this object from the Department and from the Ministry of Public Instruction. The school fees are generally 2s. 6d. a month, but the poor are taught free. In 1865, about one-half of the boys and one-half of the girls were taught free. In that year the total number of children under instruction, in the public schools was 3,537,659 ; in the private schools, 978,258. In 1,957 communes, primary instruction was given gratuitously to all in 5,550 schools. In a population estimated in 1266 at 38 millions, the number of children between 7 and 13- years of age was computed to be 3,974,062, or about 600,000 less than the number of children actually attending school. This goes to prove that a large number of children must have been - at school before the age of 7, or have continued in attend ante after the age of 13. The cost of public primary instruction in France in. 1856 was £2,100,000, of which £870,000 was - paid -by- the bes;:tev-. mimes, £BOO,OOO obtained from fees, £lBO,OOO by the de partments, £240,000 by the State, and the rest from gifts, &c. It thus appears that of the whole cost of the public school 4 £1,674,000, or nearly the whole, came from the m nunes themselves in the shape of taxes and school In every primary school, whether public or private, the following subjects must be taught :—Religious instruction, reading, writing, and arithmetic, elements of the French language, elements of history, and geography. But the course may also include elements of natural philo sophy, natural history, elements of agriculture and manu factures, mechanical and freehand drawing, singing, gym nastics, &c. There are also elementary adult classes. Of these this number in 1863-4 was only 5,623, while in 1866-7 the num ber of schools was 32,383—a sixfold increase. These are conducted by qualified public teachers ; 26,050 of them were gratuitous. In 11,878 adult primary schools one or more of the following subjects were taught :—Drawing, book-keeping, natural philosophy, geometry, and land surveying (80,763 adult students pursued this subject), history, geography, and singing. 20,505 of these schools were purely elementary. The number of adult scholars was no less than 829,555, of whom snore than a third were absolutely illiterate, or nearly so, on entering. The cost of adult education was £74,500, of which more than half was covered by grants from municipal councils, the rest by free gifts, &c. By far the greater number of adult classes are held on Sundays, at such times as nst to inter fere with public worship. Special, or, as it is called in England, technical instruc- tion was introduced into the lycees and colleges of France fifteen years ago ; and now there is scarcely a town of any consideration but has either a lycee or a college, or both. There are also a number of private schools for technical instruction. The most eminent of these were, and still are, the Ecole Turgot and the College Chaptal—magnifi cent metropolitan institutions, which received children intended for every career except the learned professions. Entirely distinct from these are the technical schools proper. These are, as a rule, subject to the ministries of the department which the kind of education given in them is intended to - subserve ; though there are, more especially in the provinces, many schools established by the Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and by individuals partaking of a similar character. 'Thus, the Ecole Polytecnique, being chiefly devoted to the education and training 'of military officers, is under the department of the Minister of War, the School of Naval Engineering is under the Minister of Marine, the Fine Arts Schools are utuler the ministry of the Imperial Household ; and the Conservatoire Imperial of Arts and handicrafts, the three Schools of Art and Handicraft of Chfilons, Aix, and Angers, the Central School of Arts and Manufactures, ills three great .Agricultural Schools, of which that of Grignon is the most celebrated, the school of Bridges and Causeways, and all those, in short, in which agriculture and manufacture arc mule the chief feature, ar: under the control of the Tviin'ster of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works. The three provincial schools of Arts and Handicrafts in the respective towns of Chfslons, Aix, and Angers may serve as types of the culi nary technical schools of France, and in describing them the whole number may be said to be described. The course occupies three years. The pupils rise at a quarter past five. Five-and-a-half hours daily—four in the morning, and one-and-a-quarter in the evening —are devoted to theoretical studies, and seven bouts to manual labour. Mathematics and drawing are taught in the morning; the evening is devoted chiefly to preparation. Classes in grammar and writing are held morning and evening. The manual labour in the workshop is divided into two equal stages—from half-past ten a.m. till two p.m., and from half-past three till seven. The students are classed in three divisions, according to the yearli of entrance. Each class has its qualified professor of mathematics and mechanics, as well as its professor of drawing. We have not space to describe the course of study. The labour in the workshops includes progressive work in carpentry, forging, casting in metals, and fitting up machines. There are 900 pupils, all boarders in these three schools ! The minimum age of admission is 15 ; the annual cost for board and instruction is £2O, which is of course far from defraying the expenses of the esta blishments. The pupils are mostly the sons of mechanics or small tradesmen. After they leave the school these young men rise in almost all cases to high industrial posi tions ; very rarely do they continue to remain ordinary workmen. Mr. Samuelson, in summing up the results of his inqui- ries, says :—" If I may venture to suggest some further measures, which may, in my opinion, be speedily and safely adopted by the State to promote education, I would sum them up as follows. First, as to Elementary Edu cation.—Let no child under twelve he allowed to work until it can read and write. Make it the duty of every parish to see that its children have the means of elemen tary instruction. Encourage elementary schools by special grants to establish advanced classes. Assist the pupils of elementary schools who have shown remarkable ability to continue their education in a superior school. Secondly, as to Technical Education.—Revise your Science Minutes and abolish the limitation to working-class pupils of the capitation grants to science teachers. It is simply a stumbling-block to the weak consciences of committee men, and prevents the establishment of classes, remunera tive to the teachers. Pay a larger sum per head for the more difficult subjects, and thereby remove the temptation to the teachers of science schools to ride physiology and inorganic chemistry to death. Give a thoroughly scientific training in Jermyn•street to a small number of young men, chosen, if you like, in , part from amongst your more promising " science teachers," in order to qualify them as professors of science. Distinguish between these and the men who merely get up one or two subjects in order: . to teach a science class. Supplement local efforts to establish or to extend secondary or superior scientific schools (not mere science classes), by building grants or loans, and by the endowment, or partial endowment, under proper con ditions, of professorships. Begin with Manchester (if Manchester is not too proud), whose citizens are trying to raise £lOO,OOO for the enlargement of Owen's College. Let one condition of assistance to a scientific school be, that a perfecting school (Fortbildungsschule) shall be affiliated to it; and of the endowment of a professorship, that the professor shall teach in the perfecting school. Lastly, consolidate your Department of Education." KING THEODORIIS AND THE 'I'I"RI.I.S.—A corre spondent of the Times of India, writing from Annesley Bay, says :—" Abyssinia, the land of superstition, has of course its witches of Endor. I heard a good story the other day illustrating the popular feeling of the country against Theodorus, and the result of our advent. The King, so the story said, heaid the news with a troubled countenance, and determined to consult the spirits of his 'ethers. They were summoned and appeared before him. The King : Tell me my fate. Shall I conquer as I have always conquered? Spirits: No; thy time has come; prepare thyself. The King : Let me reign but three years more, and I will redeem the past. Spirits : No. The, King: But two years ; let me reign but two years. Spirits: No ! Not one year. Thou hest been tried and found wanting. The blood of slaughtered thousands cries aloud for vengeance. But stay ! There is yet one chance. Relinquish sovereignty, return to thy country, be again the tiller of the soil, earn thy bread by the sweat of thy brow, and live The King was very irate, and the spirits were directed to go to the place from whelks the 7 NIADAME lISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BARER- STREET. • A Life-size PORTRAIT MODEL of THEODORE, KI VG of ABYSSINIA, is now added; also all the Kings and Queens of Engl Ind, American Celebrities, &c. Room of Horrors. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admittance, ls.; children under 10, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. MADAME TUSSAUD'S PORTRAIT MODEL of FREDERICK BAKER, the Alton Murderer, is now added to the Chamber of Horrors. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Admission, Is.; children under 10 years of age, 6d.; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Mr R. R. Brdrizrx. This magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment , ' a ving been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art by Messrs. R u b ar d t and other eminent ar ti s t s , i s NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Mo sea 8010 Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, 1.5.; Reserved Seats, 2s. TR E OXF OILD, 6. OXFORD-STREET. W. During the Week will be given a GRAND SELEC TION from Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE AUX ENFERS, LA TROVATORE, and the New Cantata MERRY CHRISTMAS. Principal Artistes: Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz lienrY ; Messrs. Bury, Marler, R. Greene, and De Brenner. Pull Band and Chorus: Instrumentalists: Miss Bryant ; Messrs. Paque, Melling, and Plumpton. „COMEDY, & c., by the LEVITES, Miss and Mr. FOS .,F4Rs HARRY SYDNEY, FRED. FRENDH, Mr. H. lARDS, and ALFRED PERRIER. thz evening.r ...IACKNEY will make his fifth appearance STODARE'S MARVELS of MAGIC THIS EVENING. Conductor—Mr. F. Jonghmans. Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, balcony, and grand pro• inenaie, 18.—THIS EVENING-. E STO N'S GRAND MU SIC HALL, Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. sw the —p ,S E Y begs to inform the public, in consequence of flattering patronage he has received, he has engaged the fol lowing talented Company :—The Great VANCE; GEORGE LEY bYft, 111 1, the Lion Comique; JEAN BOND, the unrivalled Equili -2,501; GEORGE ELLIE, the Australianßuffo; the Brothers DANIELS ryn are allowed by the Press to be unapproachabld by any other artiste in their performances); SIDNEY BARNES (his first aPpearance); Miss ALICE DUNNING, the most fascinating Serio comic Singer and Dancer at the present time; Mrs. PHILLIPS. Balls leasing serio-comic; Miss A NNE TREMAINE, the E n g lish d Singer, is re-engaged after a most successful provincial tour. P ull Orchestra, i n w hi c h Mr. H. Baker, the unrivalled Cornet Player will appear. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORR'. Notice.—ln consequence of the length of entertain the doors will open at 7, commence at 7 . 30 . N o alteration at it Prices of admi ss i on . Private boxes, 10s. 6(1., to be secured /3t. ;Mien's Roy a l Lib rary, Old B on d-street; and Sams' Library, "'es's ; also at the Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in p rod ' , LEX. ROSS'S CANTHKIIDES OIL, which speedily ° 10S. 11F48 whiskers and thickens hair. Price 3s. 6d.. s s. Gd. , and 248, ..; sent by post for 54, 84, a cil.44 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS ugh Holborn, London, and all Chemists. "Tale'of a Hair," 61 WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. Thin 1 3 reIltration gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, re ni,.„°vlng the very root. Price 45.; sent by post for 60 stamps.— 44 8, High Holborn London, and all Chemists. Face Powder, is. lIAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID earls Lidies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at B s," _• 6 d., Cs. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent free for 54 , 84 , and 144 stamps. s ilad of Chemists. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. (REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— . ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour u urnediately it is used, It is permanent, and perfectlynatural in effect. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 "tamps; and all Chemists. Bloom of Roses, Se. Id. London DE A S L T E R x O R Y OS E S R ,S . fiu TE 2 P 4B 'ATo li n i ir rem i o i v ° es ib suPe rn r! ous hair from the face, neck, and armwithout effect to the 8, w sk in- Price 3s. 6d ., ss. 6d., and 10s. Gd ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 ita nlPEL—Had of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, ss. 6d. pThIPLE REMOVER,. All diseases of the skin are improved by one close of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TAI3LE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness. sallowness, dz. 2s. 9d. and Ts. 6d.; or post for 40 and 100 stamps.—ALEX. BOSS, 213, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Advice upon the Toilot. Fee, 20. M. RAM COLOUR WASH. —By d amp i ng t h e ten head With thi s b eaut i fully-perfumed Wash, in seven or days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occa sional using. los. Ga.: scut fot starnps.—ALEX ROSS, , High Holborn, London, a to all Chemists. UJust published, sent by the author for 3 stamps, GLINESS and BEAUTY ; bein g a Pamphlet a de scriptive of articles a n d means used for i mproving the Ltad.Pliearance. By ALEX. BOSS. 243, High Holb orn . L on d on. of all booksellers. AT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian -mad, Islington. N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. „111, nospital has relieved 481,95 t patients since it was estab at King's-cress in 1846. Patients are admitted free. u n aukers—M essrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-streeg E S, "R. Ransom awl Bouverie 1, Pall -mall.—Hon. Sec., F. Smith, Gao. RZID. See BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie Park Slough, MIAs (formerly at Clapham-rise). Inati alted, 1827. Patron—Her Most Clracious MA :STY the QtrEEN. Aid to thi s I nst i tut i on mil'. be gladly received by th e S ecretary, It the ofteee, No. 73. Cheapmd9. E.C. lIENP.Y S. THORNTON, Treasurer, THOII.t.; TILSON, J.P., Chairman of the Board. STEPHEN 11. CATTLET, M.A., Hon. Sec. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. TTIE BOARI) of NAGE.NIENT of the LoNnox HOM:FO PATH IC HOSPI T A L wish to call the attention )f their friends to its poanion. During the past year the beds nave been almost eu...aa - nly El led. and the drain on the resources of the Hospital lass con•ei pe7,?iy 1,..:en great. They trust, there fore, that all the fr:eu.is of ii,l.l,,,pathy, both in town and coun try. will rail! round them, and tints prevent the necessity of curtailing the usefulnas:. wi the lluspital by the admission of fewer patients. Subscription:. earnestly requested. Bankers-- Messrs. Prescott and Co., Thre:stineedi9-street, and Union Bank. Argyll -place, Regeut-street. JOHN R. WARREN, ClerX No. 52, Groat Ormond-3:m‘et. W.C. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicate hee.th-restoring Inv Aide and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA eaves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores pert aigestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing tleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered Or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dy spepsia), cough, asthma., consumption, habitual constipation, diarrhcea, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids, liver COM- Plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, ir ritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in Pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness Of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAuTloN.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy i m it a ti ons t o w hich, without authority, BaronLiebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable p 'es of Du V,arrY's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica te and Infants' . sod, since to the thousands of bless' sit has already received .tern invalids whose position had d hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Tope, whose health has been Perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical 1 1 ;7n - tent. We quote from the "Gazette du Midi," July 25th (Cure . 6 6,413) :—" Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other mule 'lies. he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Ara.bica. Food, of which he consumes a plateful at at 1 tLas produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, . Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." .; Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness do Brehan, of seven years' sox ver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleep lessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure o. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the LorclStnart A Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Waterford:—" 1 Lave derived m a ch benefit from your excellent foo,I..—STUART DS F.cIEs, Drom aua , C ap p o q u i n , County Waterford." Cure No. 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervous nest, in digestion, ga th er i ngs , l ow s pirits, and nervousfaiwies. Cure No. 56,811.—Mr. Samuel Laxten, Leicester, of two years diarrhne • l'ooti i sold in Canisters, at is. 10.; 11b., 25. 91: 211), 4s. t !` l *; 1.211 %, The, I.9ib. and 54th. catti,ter, !',lrretve tree on receipt of Post-olll,e Order, by 11A_IIRY DI: BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; also at Fortnum 444 446011 ' , , and seld by all respectable Grocers and Chemists. 147, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. CANDLES. —A Hint to Pu r c h aser s . — Do not make sure that you know what price . you are paying pe r pound foryour candles until you have stripped them and put them in the scale. Some candles are right weight with out the wrappers, some with moderately thick wrappers, some with very thick wrappers, and some are not nearly right weight with wrapp ers however thick. PRICE'S " G , LD MEDAL PALMITINE," " SHERWOOD PALMITINE," " BELMONT SPERM," .and " BEL MONT WAX," "BEST," " No. 2," "No 3," and "BAT TERSEA" COMPOSITES, " PRICE'S PARAFFINE," and " BELDIONTINE," and all other candles of Price's Patent Candle Company Limited, are full weight without the wrappers. POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affections of the Respiratory Organs. Sold by °herniate and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles onlprice ls. 2s. 3d., and lls. each. Established Century. nearly half a SATISFACTORY LRTTER. 6, Wood-street, Milbank, Virestminstor, October 6, 167. 6111,—Some months 'beak I had an attack of Bronchitis, which left at times a tickling in the Throat, with other nnpleassmt feel. lap. 1 was advised to try the Bamau OF ANISEED; I did so, and have found very groa t r elief; it is most comforting in allay. Int the irritation, and Erring strength to the Toice. You are at liberty to make nra of this at; you think proper, and I earnestly hope that Others may benetlt by it as I have done. 'With many thanks from your obodlent sorrant, SAMUEL DEAR, Deana 'Verger, "Westminster Abbey, To Mr. Powell. Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED PARTRIDGE AND COOPER' WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192' FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.C. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE - - PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID TO THE COUNTRY ON ORDERS ovgE, 200. 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 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing Large Commercial Note Papers "s., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 10s. 61, 12e. 6d., and 14 0 Outsides Foolscap, thick hand-made Letter Paper for scribbling ...plain, 45.; ruled ditto 4 Tinted Lined Note per 1,000 Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes 4s. 6d., 50. 6d., and 6 6 Extra Thick ditto, "Registered Secure" 9 0 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes 4 6 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulara, &e. COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to la. 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, sc., post free. 31R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new description of AL TIFICIAL TEETH, flied without springs, wires, or liga tures. They so perfectly re,,emble the natural teethobserver as not to be d i st i ngu i s hed from the originals by the closest they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This meth operatodion does will and not require the the ex t r action of roots, or any painful , and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and ren dered sound 62 and useful in Mastication. • , Fleet-strect. A.t home from 10 till 5 R scoTr'S LIVER AND BILIOUS D PILLS.—A 'SEVER-FAILING BENEDY.—Prepared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be f ou nd invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indig estion, wind, spasms, giddi ness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness they are as family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, truly excellent; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and sold by W. Lam bert, Chemist, 6, King William-street, Charingross, Loudon, and by most druggists, in boxes. Is. lid., and three times the quantity in one. Is. ltd. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and 1,1 , 71 . ..Pi115. The genuine are a square green tackage, with Lambert' engraved ou the stamp. 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, etc. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralo gist to her Majesty, 140, 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. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. NITRITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (pEurzoTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT Exursi- TIONS of 18M and 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curs. tire treatment of HILRNIA. 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 Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and maybe worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded 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, 165., 215., 28s. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss. 425., and 82s. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT L ASI CE STOCKINGS, J 2.1 KNEE-CAPS, 6e., for Varicose Veins and all eases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, ac. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s. and 16s. sack. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly la 3 RIN TIN G. -TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c ,— The Printing and chining of New &e., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if require& Estimates forwarded on receipt of particular 9. with stamped directed envelop for reply. Address—The Manager " Sun' Printing Offices, 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.O. (L)NE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN Destitute Orphans are being maintained in the Albert Orphan Asylum, Collingwood Court, Bagshot, Surrey. Funds greatly needed for their support. CIIAB.LES A. WALKER, See, Offices, 96, Cheapside, E.C. ROYAL Fithl4] HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate •'^.inity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's-cross. . _ Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, B.G. President—His Grace the Dake of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the de lay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a largo number of in-patients, and, in adm lion to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistanctr 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. Brown, Hanson, and Co., Abcburch-lane; also by Messrs.Coutts and Co.: Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; Y.erriesand Co.; Ransom aud Co.; Prescott, Groto. and Co.; Smith. Payne. and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. • NiShet and CO 13ernerght3treet; awl M tin 119ropitia, Irm 10 tai 5. Just Published, price ls. Gd., by post, ls. Bd., the Second Edition, with Adden la, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. 11EVELATIONS 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 Despatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal aro reprinted witb this edition AW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet- ILA street, London, 8.C., 2d January, 1868.—Notice is Hereby Given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life A ssurance will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet street, London, on Saturday, the Ist day of February next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the So ciety's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of Receiving the Au ditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st December last, and for general purposes. By order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. CANTERBURY HALL-NEW MANAGEMENT. NJ —W. HOLLAND, Sole Lessee, late Proprietor of Weston's Music Hall, High Holborn Great Alterations and Improve ments have been made, and an entire new Company, compris ing most of the principal artistes of the day, will have the honour of appearing. Mr. Fred. Evans (of the Royal Alhambra and Crystal Palace), Miss Randall, E. Towers, Vincent, Simpson, Garrett, and corps de ballet. Ballet, entitled BUMBLE. STUM BLE, and TUMBLE, with new scenery and effects. Original music by Alfred Lee. The Great Vance, George Ellis, Nat Ogden, George Washington, Pat Sellers, A nnie Adams, Brothers Clirarde, Leroni, Miss Fitzhenry, Mr. Rowland Lascelles. A mag nificent new band, selected from the late orchestra of Her Ma jesty's Theatre, numbering 23 performers, assisted by the drums and bugles of the 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, by kind permission of Lieut.-Colonel Commanding. Musical Director, Mr. Alfred Lee, composer of " Champagne Charlie." Mr. James Ellis, assistant manager. Prices of Admission —Balcony and As ea, 6d.; Stalls, Is. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. IRISH WHISKY'. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and SA ND, W.C. 4. BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS , Established 1808. Quotations on application. F THOMAS & CO.'S PATENT SEWING MACHINUS. The celebrated No. 2 Maclaine, wee:v*ll44 for general work, .£lO. The new Domestic Machine* complete (Lock Stitch), LA bs 16 66., and £B. Catalogues free. W. F. Thomas and Co., 1 and Cheapeide, And liegentrcircus, Oxford-street, London. 'WALKER'S CRYSTAL CASE WATCHES are superseding all others. Prize medals, London, 1882; Paris, 1867. Gold from £1.6 150.. dilyer from £6 Cornhill, and 230, Regent-street. IANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are k),per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers, and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. UTOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS, PIGEON CHESTS and other Deformities, ara prevented and cured by wearing CHANDLER'S lurnovEn 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 healta and symmetry of figure, super seding the use of braces and stays. Price from 10s. 6d. each. —66, flamers-stint, Oxford-street, W Illustrated circulars for warded. 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 Ksisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. 6d. upwards. Family Tea, 25.; in half-chests, ls. 10d. Tea lot the million, ls. Id. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Groat St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. CANDLES, GLYCERINE, and SO AP. —A Gold Medal was awarded at the Paris Exhibition to Price's Patent Candle Company Limited, for " Candle!:, Glycerine, and Soap"—the only one to any British exhibi tor for these three things combined. The chief Candles of the Company are their " BELMONTINE" and "P RICE'S PARAFFINE" for those who must have the ex' reme transparency of pure Paraffins ; their "GOLD MEDAL PALMITINE" and " SHERWOOD PALMITINE," for those who, while desiring candles of great beauty, require also steady brilliancy of light and freedom from smoke and smell ; their good old-fashioned " B ELMOF T SPERM AND WAX," and "BEST" "No. 2," "No. 3," and "BATTERSEA" COMPOSITES for those who require only perfeCt burning without caring for transparency; and their "CHAMBER" Candles, hard, and of small diameter, to avoid the dripping of grease when cared. Thei r new toilet soap, "PRICE'S SOLIDIFIE GLYCERINE" con tains half its wt ight of their distilled Glycerine, and should be the one toilet soap in use, especially in winter, because of its admirable effects in preventing chapping of the hands and face. There ought also to be in every house one of the sealed bottles of their patent distilled Glycerine, known every where as " PRICE'S GLYCERINE," two or three dr , ps of which, mixed witii three or four times as much water, will in a day or two remove chapping and roughness of skin, whether of adults or children ; and when this is effected, a single drop of the undiluted Glycerine applied once a day will prevent the recurrence of the chapping and roughness. insist on having "Price's Glycerine" in the Company's own sealed bottles, quantities of cheap impure Glycerine being now sold in the shops because of the low rate at which the dealers can buy it in comparison with Price's. All the good medical authorities abroad as well as at home order " PRICE'S" as the only Glycerine to be used. " PRICE'S NEW PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS" for burning in the wide glasses, are believed to be the very best Night Lights made. " PRICES CHILD'S NIGHT LIGHTS" are known everywhere, and are excellent for burning without a glass. PAINLESS DENTISTRY. strpE, N e T a l T S e T n S it ( s q B u t t r b e iShed 1815), of La" London ESSRS. GASI3B,ItL, Harley-street GI, Ludgate-Hill, E.C. Liverpool 3834, Duke-street, and Brighton have just published a, NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Pain less System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth without s prings, at DIODERATZ CHAIIOES. Which may be had free by post for four staulDs. _ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, (From the Newmarket Correspondent of the Racing Times.) Mr. Septimus Lambert, the host of the Trafford Hotel, Manchester, gave his friends a hearty welcome on New "Year's-day, and his pleasant little meeting was well patro nised by the hard-working inhabitants of Cottonopolis. The ring was much larger than migat have been expected, considering the state of the weather, as many people wet° in doubt if the meeting w ould take place. However, on our arrival in Manchester the climate seemed to have changed all of a sudden, the weather being more like Spring than January, and the ground was in capital order. After the usual operation of wishing the compliments of the season had been got through the racing commenced with the Hurdle Race, and there was nothing backed but the first two, and the favourite won in a canter. Old Ross had many supporters, but he is getting too old and slow, and I think we have seen the last of him on any race-course. The City Steeplechase afforded a capital race with the first two from the distance, and the favourite only won in the last stride by a head. Tally-ho was made a rattling favourite at the lists, and I should say those that rushed on him were under the impression that it was the Tally-ho that ran second at Croydon, and most likely the sporting writers who selected him to win thought likewise, but when Le was seen the mistake was visible, and the money went on Bronze, so fast that he was soon made favourite, and he landed his backers by a neck. The Trial Handicap brought out seven runners. and Ada was backed fora lot of money, but was never in the race—Bumboat, brought all the way from Newmarket, getting the best of the start, and winning by ten lengths. There wore two objections against the win ner. Mr. Scott., the trainer of the second, lodged the first, on the ground that she never went to the post ; but Mr. Elliott, the starter, soon set that matter all right, as he said he started him with tit, other horses. The next objection was that he was in the forfeit list, but that will have to be decided before another tribunal. Before taking leave of the good folks of Manchester, we must thank them for the kind reception wo met with from all classes, tnel if we may be excused for making a slight alteration in a well-known quotation from Burns, we only hope that, " When death's dark stream we ferry o'er, A time that surely will come, And, when iu Heaven, we ask no more Than a Manchester welcome." shall now proceed/to offer a few remarks about the THE INDIAN RELIEF SERVICE. (From a Correspondent of the Times) ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 26. The transport by the overland route from Eng land of troops to supply the necessary annual reliefs of the garrison of India commenced at the end' of the autumn. The system has been carefully watched in this country. Time sufficient to ob- serve its practical working has elapsed, and it must be confessed that the anticipations of success openly avowed by some of its originators have hardly been realized. As an instance, I may state briefly how the 27th Regiment, which it is hoped may to-day embark here for England, has been brought from India. On the 14th of November this regimect left Bombay in the troopship Euphrates, high of hope to be at home by Christmas-day. On the 6th of December the Euphrates arrived at Suez with the 27th, four batteries of artillery, and a large number of men sent home to be discharged. Accord- ing to the theory of the British transport through Egypt these troops should without delay have been forwarded by rail to Alexandria, where another troopship should have been waiting to take them on board, and convey them immediately to England. Practically, however, the case has been considerably different. The Crocodile, which should have been at Alexandria on or about the 6th of December to receive the 27th on their arrival in Egypt, sailed from Cork on the Bth of that month, when she ought to have been at Alexandria on the 7th at the latest. She had fortunately a fine passage, and arrived at Alexandria with the 6th 'Regiment on the 21st of December. On the afternoon of the 22d the latter regiment was despatched by rail from Alexandria, and was embarked on board the Jurnna, which hap- pened to be at Suez. The 27th have not yet arrived at Alexandria, though I believe they are expected this afternoon. While the Eu phrates has been lying in the Roads of Suez it has been found impossible to allow the soldiers to go ashore. They have been literallf " cabined, cribbed, confined," have been tantalised by the near prospect of the forbidden shore, and have been pro bably doomed to spend their Christmas-day on the weary railway, instead of, as they fully hoped, at home. Nor is it in the actual passage of the troops alone that the directors of the transport service (whoever they may be) are unhappy. As troops returning from India have sometimes been known to have among them some cases of illness, it was decreed thht an hospital should be erected at Suez. In order that this hospital might be of use, i g norant persons might have supposed that it would be completed before the transport of troops commenced. Not so, however. Till within one or two days the high sounding Victoria Hospital, Suez, has been but a ghastly skeleton of poles and scaffolding, and it is but little more than a week ago that boards arrived at Port Said, which, after being conveyed through the Suez Canal, are to be used to construct the hos pital. It is believed that it will not be capable of receiving patients until the transport of troops has ceased for the season. To compensate for the ab sence of the hospital, where atone their services would be of much avail, female nurses have been sent out by the Crocodile, who, it is supposed, can in the meantime only be intended to find a field for their exertions among the mules collected for the Abyssinian expedition. A very nice steamtug has been sent to Suez, via the canal, by the English Go vernment, to assist in the embarcation of troops. Prudence might have dictated that the tug should draw such a depth of water as might allow her easily to ply in the notoriously shallow channel. Pru dence was, however, boldly cast aside, and the nicely painted Prompt appeared at Suez drawing about a foot more water than the tugs already employed there. In the existing state of the channel the Prompt could not move, and appeared likely to be come a mere fixed monument of government management. Proverbially, however, Fortuna favct fortibus ; the channel was dredged, and the Prompt, without coals on board, and it is whis pered at high tide, will be able to get in and out to the roads. No preparations have been made at either Suez or here to receive troops in case they may not be able after their passage by the railway to be put • immediately on board ship. At both places, never- • theless, though much more frequently at Suez than in this harbour, all communication between the shore and the shipping is often interrupted by a sudden gale. The Gth Regiment left here the other day when it was almost quite fine. The following morning, when they arived at Suez, it was blowing so bard that it was extremely doubtful whether they could be got off to the Jumna. They were put on board, but had the wind been a very little stronger they must have remained on shore without either houses or tents, and, not improbably, would have been condemned to house themselves in the railway carriages in which they had been trans ported from Alexandria. These little incidents of the transport service, which do not appear to augur well for its succssful prosecution, are naturally much discussed in Euro pean society here. They do not tend to elevate our official management of public affairs in the eyes of either the educated Egyptians or the French, who are our keen rivals in this country. It is sup ppsed here that the attempt made by our Govern ment to form and maintain a special transport ser vice for the troops is a weuliarly faulty and ex pensive arrangement. It would have been inure desirable to have made a contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Company to convey the troops out and home. This company his already an effective transit service, always ready for use. The Government troopships on the southern side of the Isthmus of Suez will be for six months of the year —since the Indian reliefs can only be conducted during the winter—use less, and will be idle, with their entire crews, at Bombay. Thus, the capital invested in their con struction bears interest for six months alone in each year. In the hands of the Peninsular and Oriental Company they would do good service the whole year round. Were the Government determined to take upon themselves the transport of the troops to ) l India, it canot be denied that it would have been HINTS TO A2IIA7EUI?S. In order to render effective service to dramatic amateurs, we must not limit ourselves to records of their successes and statements of their necessities. We must not be ever adverting to the bright side in language pleasing and agreeable, but turn occa sionally into the shade of their proceedings, and point out with an unflinching yet friendly hand their obvious neglect of duties and defects. Amongst these, the most injurious to themselves as also the most trying to their friends and ad nirers before the curtain, is their want of punctuality in commencing the performance, and the lengthened delays which are allowed to occur between the several parts of the evening's entertainment—and even between the acts of the same piece. Now all of these arise from neglect and want of proper management. There are, we know, many laughable incidents connected with them, many anecdotes and sources of future mirth. Not so very long ago, and in a country town of considerable importance, no boots were to be found in the several bundles of costumes for Charles 11. (which formed the middle and principal piece on the programme) ; these needful articles having been abstracted by the wag of the society previous to leaving London. What was to be done ? All sorts of useless suggestions were of course made, and so much time consumed that the ennui of the audience was becoming insup portable and vacant seats were rapidly increasing in number. What was to be done? Claim the indul gence of spectators or apologise on conclusion? The latter alternative was adopted, and the curtain rose on performers in the apparel of the middle of the seventeenth century - with the exception of the upper leathers. The audience was taken by surprise. Roars of laughter greeted the entry of each actor on the stage, wearing, without a single exception, the hotlines of the present day, with elastic sides. The novelty produced infinite amusement, beyond a doubt, for the apology was wisely never made, so the censorious few (and these are ever present) de clared the success—such as it was—depended on the boots, though, in truth, artistic talent of no common order was apparent amongst the actors. Any thing similar to thd foregoing cause of de delay is, of course, exceedingly rare, but amateurs will frequently set their hearts on some peculiar alteration of dress, or on some whimsical addi tion to it, which is commonly never detected till the last moment—nay, when they ought, in fact, to be on the stage, and without it they will not consent to appear.: Then, again, hindrance frequently proceeds from sudden bashfulness in one of the gentlemen. He had learn t his part thoroughly, had rehearsed it creditably ; but now when he has to appear his memory fails him and his courage wholly evaporates. Neither force nor entreaty can get him before the lights, so the stage manager has to step forward with" Ladies and gentlemen, —We have to throw ourselves on your generous considera tion, &c, &c., and to inform you of the sudden, serious, and unaccountable indisposition of Mr. Clytus Muff, which will prevent that gentleman (much to his deep regret) from contributing to the evening's entertainment. We, therefore, solicit your kind indulgence for Mr. Bounce, who has consented to read his part at the last moment, &c., &c." Although the causes of the delays just enumerated should not be allowed to occur in any well-regulated club, they tend, nevertheless, in some slight degree towards their mitigation ; but we have known a company of Thalians, fully equipped for performance, unpardonably indulge in some light, joyous frolic or merry dance, utterly forgetful, in their exuberant spirits, of the pain ful weariness which had settled on the audience beyond the curtain. We have written in no churlish spirit, in no love of the cynical, but in all sincerity to carry out the object we have stated at the commencement of this article—that of rendering service to amateur so cieties. We have written in the desire to make each member taking a share behind the curtain bear in mind what he has himself frequently endured before it, and thus be never forgetful of the utter dreariness of long delays to his audience. His pride should not be merely to equal the celerity of pro fessionals, but, if possible, to surpass it, and—per forming, as he most frequently does, in some gal lery or concert room, on a temporary stage fitted with 'simple scenery easy of adjustment—this, and -r proper management, eupported by a befit ting spirit, may readily be effected. To the consi deration of this management, therefore, we now draw his attention. 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