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Places to be secured at Mitchell's, Sam's, Bubb's, and other librarians. Ka —Mies BATE SANTLY will appear shortly. Special Notice. —Mr. P. Corms Annual Benefit, Thurs day, May 21. CANTERBURY Sole Proprietor, W. HOLLAND, PROGR AIME THIS EVENING: —Orchestral Selection, Operatique, by Alfred Lee—Fourth week and great success of Mr- B. Coombs, Author, Composer, and Comedian—Continued success of the ~r eat Daniel,lnstrumentalist, Vocalist, and Dancer CO — Fourth week'of Miss Louie Sherrington, the charming Serie - sta mi r quo, and great success—Fourth week of Harry Liston, the. Comique. and great success—Fourth week of the grand Th, ArTRAti Brtmarr, vritivisevr - scenery by - Canney, Henderson, "IRney, and assistants (from the Royal Italian Opera, Covent- Rarden) ; dances and'costumes arranged by Mdme. Collier (from Astley's and Alhambra Palace); music by Alfred Lee; introduc ing Mille. Carle, Lilley Carle, and Herr Cade, and Miss Esther Austin (from the Theatre Gaiete, Paris, and Royal Lyceum), and a powerful corps de ballet—Re-engagement and continued suc cess of the great Vance—Fourth week of the great Ethardo, the . Spiral Ascensionist (fr om t h e Crystal Palace), in a new per formance—Fourth week of a grand legendary DEMON BALLET; or, the Devil amongst the Tourists: with new scenery by Canvey, Henderson, Wigney, and assistants; original music by Alfred Lee; dances arranged expressly by Madame Collier; the Ballet written and produced under the superintendence of Mr. F. Evans ; characters, Messrs. F. Evans, Towers, Vincent, Garrat,lltiss Amy Rosalind, and the entire staff of the corps de ballet—Mr. Hamil ton, the eminent Baritone (from Evans' Hotel, Covent-garden)-- Fourth week and universal triumph of the REVELS of the ATHLETES, introducing 40 Artists at one time in their various performances, under the superintendence of Mr. James Ellis, Professor of Gymnastics. H A L L. Assistant General Manager—Mr. James Ellis. Stalls and Crystal Saloon, Is.; Area and Balcony, 61 Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8 o'clock. • ENERAL SIR ROBERT NAPIER, and NT THEODORE, KING OF ABY :SINIA (Portrait Models of), are now added to MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, B aket-street. Admission, Is.; Children under ten years of age, 6d.: Extra Rooms, 6d.; Open from 11 am. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly . . _ . _ Sole Proprietor, Mt k R. BI4NELL. This magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, Naving been Re-decorated,he highest style of Italian art 3yMessrs. Rubardt and eminent az tists, is NOW OPEN b - 9r th e AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Eupbonion. Signor Moses; 010 Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Card. Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, ls.; Iteseried Seats, 2s. pURNISHED HOUSES, from 12 2s. to £2O h per Week.—D. S. 11(DIPEtatES has at all timos a or in—r of ri rs - class FEE iID ` Ci.S to be L.Wr. furnfahe I unfaornialied. or sold, more nartieularly In the nei4hbour nit pp 8 f Svdenham,•Uer Norw4od. Forest-hill, and viol- Y.—Parti culars may be had at the (Abe, Printing House guar% ROUSES snd APART' WEN CS WANTED. and to be LET or SOLD RuSIIESSES for DISPOSA.t.. Ars. 1 3 "9PERTY FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. an d o ' HUIIPII R (14S has contin tat applications for for_soriptions of PRII-ERTY which will pay zoo i interest rf una 7. Houses ot.t of rep ar not object:l:l _D tions P o hries can at all time; find cast) ners tor all des 31- ip : traust f businesses lintels, pOlic hots a, soil ani 1 ,, „err 4. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent. 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Just published, 2d. sent by the author f or 3 s t amps , ii - GLINESi and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for imp-ov g the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Hol bOnl LondOn. Had of all booksellers. R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, nenption of N .l Fleet -street, has introduced an entirely new de- ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without 2 r ulgs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble Hale natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the on bY the closest observer; they will never change e our or d ecay, and w i l: he f oun d supe rior to any teeth r before used. This method does not require the eutraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will ra pport and p reserve teet h t h a t are l oose , and is gua tLned to r es t ore art i culation and mast i cat i on. Decayed stopped an d rendered soun d an d use f u l in masta tlon. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. . "41;1- 1 RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. 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It is fo r :"°at digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable -linvalids and infants in all complaints. oNroItTANT o Aunow.—Beware of the many unsavoury tits, ore than slop imitations to which, without autho earcon Liebig'sYname is most audaciously attaohed. I) ite.orth none will doubt the valuable properties . of and etrrre h ealth-restoring Revalenta Arabica h as 'Lams' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it tbeu,eoB:Blat(liatir,eeeteare,:eytdhirirtleecypeeivieeeed, f w ro e m invalids whose position had may now add that of his t olid 81;,illiticieot:°Pe; who health has been perfectly res ore years of unsuccessful medical treatment. gelfrom the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. i'—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the oth er ather is excellent, especially since, abandoning all rel nedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du tlatroYfu'l Revalenta Arabiea Food, of which he consumes a E nlefi c i a l t every meal. It has produced . a . surprisingly Prttl ee - „ effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot - Cur e excellent food too highly." Year e , ,F 4o . 5 8,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven 4588 is!wer complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousd dig4trltability, with a nervous palpitation all . over, bad nervoil42n, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable C,nre.gitation. fo SL Cure e p ,7• 7 8, of dyspepsia, from the Right llon. the Lord ii",!"'eciea, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water feud have derived much benefit from your excellent Wat,;,--rforTtani. DE Dxcixs, Dromana, Cappoquin, County ' , Cu re d• iro: u ''4o. 1 9 ,832. -Of fifty years' indescribable . agony ilatulePePs, nervousness, asthma, cough, cons . tipation, Lanny2,,RPasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, , orfolk. °rvou 47 ,121. —Mi ss Eli za b et h J aco b s, o f extreme as 88, I ndigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner veCureea• n ,are E lC ril 56,814.-14. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two 4. 10 oea. 21h ., le. nd is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid..; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; cani ster "d• ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b B&Rpv.a, carrier,e free on receipt of Post-office Order, by 440 al 4 p b ri tt / 3 2CHRY and Co., 77, Regent-s tree .. .t, London • 1 / I ° °erS alvi tra l a Xason's, anclesold: by atl respectablo Caerzete. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—ller Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Princo of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke - of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Govvrnors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 8,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abehurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Cilyn and Co, ; Henries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and 00.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Willia ms , Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. Berners-stroet ; and at tin liospit4l l from 10 till 5. r:~ N. 23,687. MRS. FORRESTER'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Librares, in 3 vols., F R OM OLYMPUS TO HADES. By MRS. FORRESTER, Author of " Fair Women." Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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Also, by the same distinguished Author: The Sandringham March. 3s. Prince Arthur's March. 3s. The Greek March. 3s. Royal Militia March. 3s. The Great Warrior's March. 3s. Royal Hyde Park March. 3s. All at half-price, with an extra stamp for postage. London: Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. • To be had everywhere. Just published, price is. 61., by post ls. {3,1., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in Blue tration of the nefarious proceeding% of the A lvertising Q lacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the - 4 41edieshOlveufint" '— London H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this st trtling work by the Saturday Review. Punt, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, and other journals, recommendinz its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES, AN IN rERNA.TfON AL NE iirSPAPE tr, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 YAG ES. Reports of Con tress, Persona', Financial, Mining, Railroal, &e. Members A PArli iment, Couirwircial Mea, and those having' an inteeest in the United States. will Had this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price Id. 15. Catherine-street. Strand. DUNVILLE'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, BRATTFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W,O Established 1808. Quotations on application. CEi WEP PE'S MINER AL WATERS. - I Bq 1.7 Special Appointment to Her Ma j esty and H.R.A. the Prince of Wales.—Every bottle is p rotected by a label, having name and trade mark.—London, Liverpool, Derby, Bristol, Glasgow, Malvern. TEETH PAINLESSLY STOPPED, w ith 1 permanent enamel cement of the exact natural colour, guaranteed not to turn black or make the teeth look unsightly. MR. 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VIIIIIEASANTS, PARTRIDGES, and POULTRY.—Landed Proprietors, Gentry, &e., of the United Kingdom wishing to rear Game for 1868 and to be successful, are respectfully asked to send six stamps for Mr. CHAMBERLIN'S new BOOK, containing .90() certificates of the utility of his FOOD. J. 0. supplies the Crowned Heads of England and France and the chief of the aristocracy. By the use of his " Spanish Meal" any quantity of birds can be raised. The hundreds of thousands of heads of Game reared on my system during the last ten years proves its utility ; ;he loss from every cause has not averaged three to the hun dred. Gapes and Roup (the two most fatal diseases which attack game) the birds have been and always are free from. This is attributablo to their robitst constitution and excellent condition. Pheasants fed on my food show their beautiful plumage with hardness and closeness of feather to the greatest advantage; they cannot be sur passed. The magnificent Foreign and English Pheasants at the Zoological Society's Gardens, London, and his Imperial Majesty's Pheasantry at Compiegne and St. Germains, are fed with my food. Address, - Mr. JAMES CHAMBERLIN, Post-office street, Norwich, England. RUPTURES. —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the floc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can rot fail to fit, forwardel by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Trues, 165., 215., 268.6 d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. FLASTI NE CW ST PATEN OCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS tire., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of theZ Legs, Sprains, &C. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 61, 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. PRIN T I N G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODIQALS, &c. Tho Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address —The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices 3, Church -tow, Savoy, Strand, W.C. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN I,r.+ )sing maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPH IN ASYLUM, the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALBER , Secretary. Office, 98, Cheapside, London, LA HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. FUNDS aro earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing" 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-ilelds. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON .11 • FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITITTION. President—Rev. Cirri DALE. CONTRIBOTIONSfOit I ; support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be, sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, E.C. ; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 16. C. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of Camsainaz, K.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee egrnestly appeal for support. The Charity Is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WAFIVICK, Secretary. Office, 121, Pall msll, S THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1808. AFTER THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, • COVENT-GARDEN—EVANS' TO SUP. After Covent-garden Opera EVAN,p' to SUP After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SUP After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SUP. After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SUP. After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, EVA. \ S', Covent garden Vocal Entertainment at Eight. CONTRACTS FOR VEGETABLES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 2d May, 1868. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on MONDAY, the Ist June next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying all such quantities of VEGETABLES as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the following places from the Ist July, 1868, to the 31st March, 1871, both days included, viz.:— ENGLAND. Fleetwood Fowey Newhaven Netley Torquay Wivenhoo Lymington Scilly SCOTLAND. Aberdeen Ardrishaig IRELAND. Bun cram). (Lough S willy) Killibegs. Separate Tenders must be made for each port, and at a rate per 100 lbs. instead of at per cwt., and no attention will be paid to any offers not so made. Cont rac t ors i n claiming payment !for Vegetables supplied are to make out their Invoices in pounds at per 100 pounds. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to themselves an unlimited power of sAection in accepting the Tenders. Forms of Tender may be obtaiued, and particular atten tion is called to the Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen at the Lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House ; or by applying to the Collector of Customs at Aberdeen, Fleet wood, Fowey, Newhaven, Scilly, or to the Postmaster at each of the other place No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed by him, should attend at this office, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be delivered to the Department of the Controller of Victualling. Admiralty, Somerset House, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to be come bound with the person tendering in the sum of £lOO for each of the Contracts. The Contractors to pay half the amount of the Stamps on their Contracts and Bonds. By order. ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. • Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouveria, 1, Pau-mall—lion. Sec., F, famith, Dick gm fiec. 4FTER HER MAJESTY'S OPERA, DRURY-LANE—EVANS' TO SUP. . • After Drury-lane Opera EvANs' to SUP. After Drury-lane Opera EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Opera EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Opera EvANs' to SUP. After Drury-lane Opera EVANS' to SUP. Loudon Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden; Vocal Entertainment at Eight. iILAPLIAINT.—APARTMENTS well Furnished kJ and highly Respedtable in a Getitleman's Private , Family, pleasantly situate, with large G4r.lett. Attend ance and every comfort. Very convenieLt 'for Vail or Omnibus to City and West-end. Apply at Vie lOsidence, 34, Larl Hall Page, Clapham, S.W.; or to Mr. STEVENS, The Pavement, Clapham Common. rpo BE LET, UNtURNISITED, a PARLOUR and TWO BED ROOMS, with Gas, &c., in the most eligible part of St. Paul's-real, Camden- foam N.W. Apply at 44, St. Paul's-road, Camden-square, N.W. 11UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION LT It (Incorporated b Act of Parliament, 1859), 11, RUSSELL-STREET OVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, ADVANCES MONEY upon ersonal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Propert for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary lOIIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY J TOOTH PASTE is; greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decry, and ;imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d,—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NUTHIN4 IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at What age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of onn 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-passago, 93, Upper Thames street, London. E.C. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we aro subject, being a medicine so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice called the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient ; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir cumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at Is. 111., 2s. 9d., and lls. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not beqiersuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of "Norton's camomile Pills." LAMBERTS ASTHMATIC BALSAM. —AN EPFEOT GAL REMEDY, without confining the bcpvels or affeCting the head, ttruly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be 'the best medicine for immediately re cOfirreed cases of asthma, and inci pieut consumption. It frequently cures persons whoni the faculty' pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 131 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as follows: For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, nan l P - 15 0, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. ' Maize -hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Ilome—St. James's. street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapsido. The home at Great Portland -street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiabl e c l ass . The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli e„,„,,,i, who o Mom-les are recortlett lu the applicant's book. In addition to the above -named homes, the Oommitteo have under their charge throe homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be lead on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very e e n a p r s n i e d s e t . ly commend its work to the h benevolent. DA NL . CODPER c. , Sec 85, Queen-street,c PERFECTION j 1 DENTISTRY. [jESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established 1815), of London 56 , Harley-street, Cavendish-squarB; 71 Liverpool 134, Duke-street, and Brighton h -street, have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Artifi cial Teeth without springs, at MODERATE CHARGES, which may be had free by post for four stamps. Mr. Merry weather said that the defendant's case was this :—The mare was let to Elliott for her racing career, and he let her to Arkell, who, ac cording to racing law, retained that power over her, not only during 1866, but 1867, and had the right of " scratching" her for any race. Mr. justice Mellor—That may be racing law, but it does not look like English 11w. (Laughter.) Mr. Merryweather said the defendant had paid over half the stakes to Arkell, and he was sought to be held responsible for the whole by Messrs. Wetherby, who had originally paid them over to him. Plaintiff's cross-examination continued—Elliott had the mare under agreement for her racing career, but the agreement terminated when he re turned her. Re-examined—Never had any contract with Arkell on the subject of the mare. Mr. John Pratt deposed that Mr. Forster entered the mare on the 7th May, 1867, for the Ascot Stakes. Messrs. Wetherby, of Old Burlington street, in whose house he was, received the entries. Me mare Zenobia won the race, and a cheque for the amount was paid to the defendant by Messrs. Wetherby. (Cheque produced.) Cross-examined -There is a prac'ice on the turf to let a horse for certain periods, and he can be let by either of the owners. If a horse be let, he is the property of the person who hires him. Never heard of a letting of a horse for his racing career. i‘ T f h r i 8 . i‘ \ i v e a r s r y t h w e e a p t ) h a e i n r t s itr ta s te ca d s d e efendant's case, which was that the legal owner of the mare at the time she was entered by the defendant for the race was not the defendant, but Mr. Arkell. Elliot held the mare for her racing career, and he transferred her to Arkell for the same term ; but, on having a dispute with the latter, he availed himself of a clause in the agreement as to returning her, and, having the mare in his possession not under the agreement, but as trainer for Arkell, he returned her to the plaintiff. Mr. W. Robinson Forster was examined, and, having stated the manner in which he became pos sessed of the mare for the year 1867, went on to say that in January of that year Arkell laid claim to the mare. He claimed damages frcm Elliott for allowing her to go out of his possession, and an action was taken, which, with a cross action, is now pending. Met Arkell after the race in Fleet-street, and he claimed the stakes. He said he was going to Messrs. Wetherby to prevent the stakes being paid over. In consequence of what occurred, wit ness received the stakes, and some days afterwards paid over half the amount to Arkell. No claim was made on witness on behalf of the plaintiff until August, two months after the Ascot race. At the Goodwood meeting some gentleman claimed half the stakes for Mr. Peckett, and he thereupon wrote to plaintiff stating that he held the stakes on suf ferance, as he had been served with a notice that ha was held responsible for them. Mr. Pratt produced a notice servel on Messrs Wetherby by Arkell, cautioning them not to pay over the money to defendant. To the Court—That notice was served the day after the money was paid over. (Laughter.) Defendant cross-examined— Meant by " holding the stakes ou sufferance" that Arkell had given him- a guarantee on receiving half the stakes. Wit ness fell into difficulties, and in a list of creditors included Mr. Peckett for £5O, but that was for a bet over'the Ascot races. Enterel the mare for half a dozen races, but she only ran twice. The last race she was entered for was the Warwick Handicap in November last. Mr. Josh. Arkell examined—Entered into .an agreement s with Mr. Elliott in reference to the mare Zenobia. It was a transfer of • his agreement with the plaintiff. The inare was trausf.!rred to witness for her racing c weer. The "racing career " does not mean for a year, but for the entire period dur ing which a horsy can stand training. Has hired horses on the same terms for the last f..rty years. Had a disagreement with Elliott about a charge of £2OO for a bet. Found subsequently that he (Elliott) had sent the mare Zenobia away. Had given him no authority to do so, as Elliott held her to train. Brought an action against Elliott, which is pending. At the close of the evidence it was arranged that a verdict should be entered for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, with leave to the defendant to move that the verdict should be changed to one for him on the ground relied on during the hearing. Verdict accordingly. UNIVERSI7 Y INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, May 9. Members of Convocation have been informed that a copy of the general accounts of the University for the pastyear, as audited by the delegates in De cember last, will be deposited in the Justice-room for their inspection on Monday next. The Examiners 'in the School of Law and Mo dern History have given notice that one compen satory book is required for such students as are extra Ecclesiam Anglicanum, who may select-1, any one of the historical books of either period (except the special subjects) taken up by classnaen ; or, 2, Political economy, international law, or Indian his tory, as given in the published lists for this school. In a Congregation to be held on Thursday, the 14th May, at two p.m., a form of Statute will be promulgated, repealing the penalties which now exist for non-attendance ou University sermons. In a Congregation to be held on Saturday, May 16, at 2 p.m., a new Statute will be brought forward on the subject of the University accounts. —Clauses 1 and 2 relieve the Vice-Chancellor from the burden of keeping all the accounts, and estab lish a Board, or committee of finance, under the title of " Ciste Academics Curatores." The Board is to consist of six persons, two elected by Congre gation, two by the Hebdomadal Council, and two by the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors. Clause 3 assigns to this Board the duties now im posed on the delegates of estates. Clause 4 authorises the appointment of a secre tary, with a salary of £3OO a year, and of a clerk or clerks at a reasonable stipend. Clause 5 is intended to obviate the necessity of making a vast number of small alterations through out the Statute-book, similar to that which is made by No. 10, in page 3 of this paper. Certain alterations are also proposed. No. I. reduces the number of Delegates of Accounts to three, and authorises them to employ a professional accountant when they think fit. No. 11. repeals the statute concerning Delegates of Estates. No. 111. repeals the statute "Da computo Vice- Cancellari." No. IV. abolishes the formality of the proctors' accounts, and substitutes for it directions for the payment of all fines.and fees to the credit of the University. No. V. changes the lemma, or title of the statute Deo feodis. By Nos. VI. and IX. advantage is taken of this opportunity to repeal certain obsolete portions of the same statute relating to admissions to privileges comitatis causa, to the Professor of Logic, to the last Superior Bedel of Arts, and to the late Divinity Clerk. No. VII. repeals a clause in the same statute, the fiat half of which, making the Vice-Chan cellor the sole receiver of all University moneys, is inconsistent with the -new statute here proposed, while the second half, authorising annual subscriptions to certain parochial charities, which is now somewhat out of place, is re-enacted (with some requisite alterations) by No. XL in a more suitable context. No. VIII. repeals a clause inconsistent with the yew Btattite. 4d. STAMPED bd. THE PREMIER AND HIS ASSAILAN7S. Our debates would not only bo dull, but really wanting in an essential element,' if speakers were not absolutely free to hold up for censure, and, if need ful, for scorn, the personal demeanour and language of any member of the house. But this right of per sonal crimination should be sparingly and judiciously used, and we can hardly apply that approval to Mr. Bright's attack on 1:r. Disraeli last Thursday night. The Premier, having lounged into the itues, after the contest between the two sections of the Liberal party, on Mr. Ay toun's ill-conceived amendment, launched a little shaft of sarcasm, in timating that, not only into the house, but " into the country," had the Liberals' " introduced the elements of confusion." There is nothing very biting in the words, and a thrice-d-feated Minis ter might have been allowed to fintg the little Parthian arrow as he drew off his broken forces in retreat. But Mr. Bright--who, by the bye, is not yet the leader of the Oppo hition, rushed to the front and resented the taunt. Why he was so provoked we cannot dis cover, unless Mr. Disraeli accompanied the not very scathing words with some. offensive gesture occult to other eyes, but obvious to Mr. Bright. For the tribune rose, and, with great eloquence, lashed himself into a rage. He taunted Mr. Disraeli with "pompousness and servility," in sinuating very broadly that he had "deceived his Sovereign, bad committed a very high crime and great misdemeanour," and was " as guilty as the c )nspirator who would dethrone her." We confess that we should think it better if Mr.. Bright on this occasion had kept his temper and held his tongue. Mr. Disraeli has plenty of real faults, and, as regards his tone and language, they are certainly sometimes inflated enough to justify the epithet " pompous." But Mr. Disraeli has no " servility" in his nature, and never had. His worst errors havebeenof the very opposite kiud. He commenced his worst attacks on Sir H. Peel when Peel was at the height of his power, and no self-made man in this country is so little open to the charge of undue deference for rank. It seems to us that in recounting his interview with the Queen he simply followed the usual etiquette in speaking of the Sovereign. As to the grave charges of " deception," " guilt," " crime," " conspiracy," such rhodomontade can do no injury to any one but Mr. Bright ; they remind us more of the ab surd diatribes flung by American orators at Mr. Johnson than of the language which is usual in our Parliamentary debates. Mr. Disraeli was quite right in replying that if these things were true Mr. Bright is bound to substantiate them. If Mr. Disraeli has been guilty of all the offences insinuated, Mr. Bright strangely neglects his duty in not fol lowing Mr. Chisholm Anstey's old precedent and moving an impeachment. _ _ It may be asked why we Liberals, anxious for the abolition of the Irish Church, and giving our hearty support to Mr. Gladstone's great work, should deprecate these unfair personal attacks on Mr. Disraeli. We do so in the interest of the Liberal party itself. In the first place, we do not believe that any man on the Liberal side is Mr. Dis raeli's'equal in purely personal debate : many sur pass him in much higher things; but in cool temper and cutting taunt he always excels his opponents. It is, therefore, clear that he gains by making the debate personal, and that we lose. Our strength is in the justice of our cause, in the nobility of our principles, in the wisdom of the measures we pro pose. The Tories gilin when the question is di verted from these great issues. We have a case ; then why should we abuse the plaintiff's attorney? We have already denounced Mr. Disraeli for his Unsuccessful attempt to rouse itthe No , POpery pre judices of the land, but, beyon 1 that, we Teti)" no thing in his policy to provoke hatred or contempt. His idea—it is perfectly clear, though he is half afraid to confess it—is, that Ireland might be tran quillised by the impartial endowment of all sects. Well, it is a policy comme an attire; many emi nent Tory and Whig statesmen have held it in the past. It is utterly impracticable now ; but it is not a dishonourable or a disgraceful policy, and it is a very legitimate idea on the part of a Con servative Minister. Here, then, we have Mr. Gladstone, with his clear policy of impartial dis establishment ; Mr. Disraeli, with his vaguely hinted policy of impartial endowment—two op posite schemes for the pacification of Ireland, offering most worthy topics for . ample debate. Instead of last session, when "no one knew where to have him," we have Mr. Disraeli say ing "No,", with novel obstinacy, and indicating, though darkly, a policy of his own. This is pro gress ; this is as it should be, and we confess that we see no reason why the question should not be discussed with energy, but without bad temper, on the merits, and not on the impulse of personal acrimony and party heat. As Mr. Buxton re minded the house, two great principles are in conflict, and we might proclaim a truce for a few nights to the lower rivalries of men. Of course we can understand the irritation excited by Mr. Disraeli's refusing to resign ; and we ourelves believe that he has done wrong to himself, to his party, and to the country by clinging to the Treasury Bench. But, strange as it may seem to us, he may honestly think that, in the appeal to the new constituencies, there is a chance for the Irish Church. At all events let us give him the benefit of the doubt. Of course there is no question of the result. Keats, in " Isabella," telling the story of the doomed lover riding to his death between the intending assassins, says, by a bold anticipation, 3 So the two brothers and their murdered man rode past fair Florence." Now, it is hardly hyperbole to say that, as Premier, Mr. Disraeli is already dead. He may " brokenly live on" for weeks or months, according to the period of the dissolution ; but, as in the well-known German painting, the sword of retribution is over his head, and when the blow shall fall is only a question of time. Mr. Dis raeli does not ride between Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright to his fate, but he sits opposite them politi cally executed, and surely we can afford to be gene rous to one whose days of official life are already numbered.—Daily Telegraph. ELECTORAL STATISTICS OF IRELAND.—The Go vernment have laid before the House of Commons a statement showing the operation of the proposed Reform Bill for Ireland. The thirty-two counties now returning sixty-four members had in 1867 176,093 electors upon the register, of whom 164,552 were occupiers rated at £l2 or upwards, and the remaining 11,541 had other qualifica tions, being most, of them freeholders. The population of the counties at the census of 1861 was 5,001,099 ; and the valuation, exclusive of property exempt from assessment, £11,422,166. The proposed division of four counties will make the county members 69 ; East Down shire returning one member and West Downshire two; East Tyrone one, and West Tyrone two, East Cork two and West Cork two; North Tipperary one, and South Tipperary two. These divisions of counties will have constituencies ranging in number from about 2,800 t 3 to nearly 10,000. The five additional Bounty members being obtained by the disfranchisement of Downpatrick. Dungannon, Bandon, Kinsale, and Cashel; and the seat for Portarlington being transferred to Dublin, the 33 Parliamentary boroughs will become 27, and tho 39 borough members 31; the two University members remaining undisturbed. The thirty-three boroughs had in 1867 32,517 electors, of whom 21,460 were occupiers rated at £8 'or upward:. The population at the census in 1861 was 767,467 ; the valuation exclusive of property exempt from assessmen s, £1,642,750, Excluding the boroughs to be disfranchised, the number of borough electors in 1867 was 31,530, and the estimated maximum e increaso by giving the franchise to occupiers of houses of a net annual value exceeding £4 is £9,3 13, making the borough constituency 40,813. The county constituency of 176,093 in 1867 may receive an a ddition . of 616 persons in the disfranchised boroughs who can res tir for their county at £l2. The committee who managed the successful ball given to the Prince of Wales in the Dublin Exhibition Palace have a surplus, after paying all expenses, of nearly £6OO, which is to be distributed aniang the charities o.! the city, without divtinctioa of creed. CONTRACT FOR PLATE GLASS. Contract Department s Admiralty, Somerset House, May 6, 1868. MITE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING 1_ the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 26th instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRA.CT for supplying and delivering into Store, at her'Majesty's several Dockyards, all such quantities of PLATE GLASS as may from time to time be ordered under a Contract for twel months certain, and further until the expiration of thl-ee months' warning. The average annual expenditure for the last three years may be ascertained, and a Form of the Tender, a Schedule of ilia Articles, and Conditions of Contract may be obtained at the above Department. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tend , r for Plate Glass," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somer set House, accompauied by a letter signed by two respon sible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of.. 1,000 for, the due performance of the Contract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. CONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, May '2, 1868. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM. of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the Ist June next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying (under separate Contracts) all such quantities of FRESH' OX BEEF as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the following places, from the Ist July to the 31st December, 1868, both days included, viz.: ENGLAND, &c. Berwick Cowes Dartmouth Deal, and in thel Jersey and Guern-1 Portland and Port- sey Littlehampton Liverpool London Bridge to lAroolwicla, in ciusfie • • - Lymington Milford haven; Pembroke and Pater..' Netlev, . . Newhaven North Shields Penzance land Roads - - Plymouth (Oxen) Portsmouth (do.) Sheerness (do.) Ramsgate S`cilly •-• .• F_ Southampton Swansea Torquay ,Weymouth Wivenhoe ' • yarmouth (North) Downs Dover "ticmonth Falmouth. Fleetwood Fowey Gravesend Greenhithe Harwich Holyhead Hull,Hawkeßonds, and in the Hum ber SCOTLAND. Aberdeen Ardrishaig Granton f Greenock j Qucensferry Leith, Leith Roads, ' & Frith of Forth [RELAND. Kentnare Kilrush Bantry Belfast Queenstown and . Buncrana (Lough' Killibegs Swilly) Kingstown and Castletownsend Dublin _ Kinsale Rathmullen Valentia Waterford Westport Crookhaven Lough Foyle Foynes Mill Cove (Bare- Galway haven) N.B.—The Contractors are to supply good, fat, well-fed Ox Beef, AS NO HEIFER MEAT will be admitted. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. Particular attention is called to the revised conditions of the Sheerness Contract, which is to include supplies to all ships and vessels between Chatham and the Great Afore, both inclusive ; also the Naval Barracks at Sheer ness. Parties Tendering for Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Sheerness, are to specify in their Tenders a rate per 100 lbs. for live Oxen, delivered in the usual manner; and also a rate per 100 lbs. for fresh Ox Beef, delivered in the car case, should the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty think proper to demand the Beef to be delivered in the cat case, instead of live Oxen, during any period of the con tract ; and no attention will be paid to any offers not so made. Separate Tenders must be made for each Port, and at a rate per 1001bs. ' and no attention will be paid to any offers not so made. Contractors, in claiming payment for the supplies of Beef, are to make out their Invoices in Pounds at per 1001bs. The Cattle for Falmouth to be slaughtered on the spot , and the Cattle for Portland to be slaughtered not farther from that port than Weymouth ; the Contractors for Portland and Dartmouth are also to deliver the Me ou board H. M.'s. ships and vessels. The Contractor for Gravesend is to he a resident there. The Contractor for Portland and Weymouth is to re side at Weymouth. The Contractor for any of the other places is to reside on the spot, or to have an Agent resident there, whose name and address must be given on the Tender. Conditions of the Contracts may be seen in the Lobby of the Department of the Controller of Victualling . , Admi ralty, Somerset House, W.C. ; or by applying to the Super intendents of the Victualling Establishments at Deptford, Gosport, and Plymouth ; the Superintendents of her Ma jesty's Dockyards at Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness , a nd Pembroke ; the Agent for the Victualling at Haulbowline ; the Officers conducting the Packet Service at Dover, Liver pool, and Southampton ; the Secretary to the Postmaster - General, Dublin ; to the Collectors of her Majesty's Gus toms at Aberdeen Belfast Berwick I Groonock Harwich I Hull Scilly Shields Cowes Jersey Sr Guernsey Dartmouth Londonderry (for Falinouth Lough Foyle) Fleetwood Newhaven S wansea Waterford Westport Wexford Weymouth Yarmouth Fowey I Penzance Galway Ramsgate And to the postmasters at each of the other places. Forms of Tender may also be obtained on application at the Lobby of the Department above mentioned, or to the proper officer at either of the above places. No tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of Treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering or an agent appointed by him should attend at this Office, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tenderin ,, in the sum of £1,500 for the due performance of each of the Contracts for Sheer ness, Port-mouth, Plymouth, and Queenst3wn and Kinsale ; and in the sum of £3OO for each of the other Contracts. The Contractors to pay half the amount of the Stamps on their Contracts and Bonds. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. LAIV INTELLIGENCE—IIIay 11. ' COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice Mellor and a Common Jury.) BECKETT V. FORSTER. This was an action to recover the sum of £395, being the amount of half the Ascot Stakes, won by plaintiff's mare Zenobia, and received by defendant for plaintiff's use. Defendant pleaded never in debted, and payment of the money. Mr. Besley appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Merry weather and Mr. A. L . Smith appeared for the de fendant. Mr. Besley, it Op en i ng th e case , stated that plain tiff was owner of th e thorough- b re d mare Z eno bi a , and let her to a Mr. Elliott, of Richmond, York shire, for the year 1866, Elliott to bear all training expenses, and to retain half the winnings, the re maining half to be paid to plaintiff. A the close of the year 1866 the plaintiff received back the mare, and let her on the same terms to defendant, who is a farmer, at Tonbridge, Surrey. The mare was trained for the Ascot races, on defendant's behalf, by Mr. Drewitt, of Lewes, Sussex, and she won the Ascot Stakes of £BO6, of which, after all was now sought to be recovered. Mai £ 79 0 came into the defendant's hands. Thu half of that deductions, The following evidence was given : Mr. Leonard Peckett, the plaintiff,was examined, anddeposed resided at Thirsk, in York shire. B y that ho arrangement the mare Z eno bi a, hi s pro perty, was in the hands of Mr. Elliott during the to pay all expenses and y to e a g r e t 1866 half. theVistakes. Witness was Mr. Elliott a short time before witness let her to i mare was returned by The Mr. Forster. The agreement was reduced to writ ing, and was as follows l Westange, Tonbridge, 1867, Jan I—l have this day made an agreement with Mr. Peckett to take his mare Zenobia for the purpose of racing her, and t o pay all existing forfeits and all training expenses and stakes incurred from this date up to the Ist of January, 1868, and to re turn her to the said Mr. Peckett, if required to do so, upon that date, or any previous period I may wish to return her, free of any stakes or forfeits ; also that Mr. Peckett is to receive one-half of what ever stakes the mare may win, and that for all racing purposes the mare is to be considered my .property during that time.-_.W. R. FORSTER." The mare was sent to Mr. Drewitt's to be trained for the defendant. She ran and won the Ascot Stakes. The mare was returned to witness about the third week in January last, but no money was paid to him. Cross-examined—Had complained that he had not heard the race was to be run in order that he might have backed her. Received a letter stating that Mr. Arkell had a claim against Mr. Elliott in respect of the mare, and there is an action and a cross action between them on the subject. [Mr. Forster, in one of his letters, stated that, owing to the dispute as to the mare b e t ween A r k e ll an d Elliott, and the threat of the former that he would not allow the mare to run at Ascot, he (defendant) had hedged nearly all the money he had backed her for, and in consequence Won very little by the race for the Ascot Stakes.] In reply to Mr, Justice WHEN CAN PARL DISSOLV / z Ati Politicians, remarks the Times, are berly ; - upon the probabiliti es o f a general eleciffin. • the _ k ;- sent crisis, therefore, the influence of the Reform Act to accelerate or retard such an event becomes a question of especial interest. When will the momentous statute of last year for the amendment of the representation come into operation? What is the earliest time at which there could be an appeal to the new constituencies ? There appears to be some controversy on these important points, but when we examine the language of the Act itself the answer seems plain and free from doubt. The future electoral body is as yet in embryo, and it will pass an infancy of several months, and come of full age on the Ist of January, 1869. The electoral lists are settled every year in September or October, and the Reform Act expressly provides that the first registration of new voters shall not be made until 1868. Consequently, the revising barristers in their circuits of last year acted under the old system, and in the ensuing autumn they will for the first time decide claims under the novel franchises. The former Registration Acts enabled persons whose names were on the annually revised lists to vote at any elections which were held after the last day of November, but one of the sections of the recent Reform Act provides that the register shall henceforth take effect from the Ist of January in each year. The books, duly signed and transmitted by the revising bar risters to the clerks of the peace in counties, and to the town clerks in boroughs, are to be by them delivered to the sheriffs and returning officers in December, "and the said book or books shall be the register of persons entitled to vote for the county or borough to which such register relates at any election which takes place during the year commencing on the Ist day of January next after such register is made." It is therefore obvious that there can be no appeal to the enlarged constituencies until 1869. It is equally clear that the redistribution of seats cannot take effect till that time. A section which was interpolated at a late stage of • the progress of the bill through Parliament enacts that in the event of a dissolu tion before January 1, 1869, "Each election shall take place in the same manner in all respects as if no altera tion had been made by this Adt in the franchises of electors, or in the places authorised to return a member or members to serve in Parliament, with this exception— that the boroughs by this Act disfranchised shall not be entitled to return members to serve in any such new Parliament." We may therefore safely conclude that, if a dissolution occurred during the present year, the appeal would be made to the old constituencies exclusively, unless by special legislation the period of bringing the new franchises into operation were accele rated. The doubts which have arisen on this subject are due to a want of uniformity in the language of the Act. It is excessively ill-drawn, and the original defects of expression have been aggravated by a number of interpolations and alterations effected by various hands. Rarely, if ever, has a bill been so utterly changed in its course through Parliament. The last edition differs so widely from the first as to be essentially a new measure. Unfortunately, so much of the original was retained as to make the final result a very inartistic piece of patchwork. The inco herency of diction is especially observable with respect to the very question now before us. Thus, in the part rela ting to the distribution of seats, it is provided that "from and after the end of this present Parliament" certain boroughs shall cease to return more than one member, and certain counties shall be redivided for electoral purposes. Take these sections by themselves, and it would follow that the new arrangement of seats must take effect at the next general election, even though it occurred in 1868. But then we have the clause to which attention has been drawn— the 60th--which declares in the most positive terms that, " notwithstanding anything in this Act contained," no such changes shall operate before the Ist of January, 1869. There can be no doubt that an express direction of this kind must prevail against the conflicting but less peremptory regulations previously laid down. So, again, there is an ambiguity in the clauses defining the new fran chise. They are now prefaced with the words, "Every man shall in and after the year 1868 be entitled to be registered as a voter, and when registered to vote," &c. To vote when ? According to the grammatical construc tion, in and after the year 1868. But this interpretation is plainly repugnant to the provisions about the formation of the new register and the time when it shall take effect. We are therefore forced to conclude that the words "in and after the year 1868" refer only to the time of registra tion, and not to the time of voting. The words are inter. polated. They do not occur in the bill either as originally produced or as amended in committee of the House of Commons ; and they have evidently been slipped into the wrong place by somebody better versed in politics than in _grammar, _ qnestion of subordinate but still of considerable importance with reference - to the effect of an immediate dissolution relates to voting in " three-cornered " consti tuencies. 'the novel principle is expressed with a brevity which is really remarkable :--" At a contested election for any county or borough represented by three members, no person shall vote for more than two members." That is all. It is needless to observe that those words were never penned by an ordinary parliamentary draughts. man. Surely, never was more matter compressed into three lines in an Act of Parliament ! The conciseness is not, it must be confessed, very felicitous in the present instance, for it leaves us uninformed as to the time when the regulation is to come into operation. To what period does the word " shall," in this clause, relate ? If to all future elections, the representation of minorities may take effect even in the present year. With respect, however, to the new three-cornered constituencies the question does not arise, for, beyond all dispute, they will not be entitled to their additional members until 1869. But there are already under the old system eight county divi sions which have each three members. It is very material to ascertain whether, if a dissolution occurred at the pre sent time, the minority clause would be enforced in these districts. The correct answer appears to be that they remain under the old regime until next January. The 60th section says that the " franchises of electors " shall re main unaltered until that date. But the right of voting for the third member is part of the franchise, and if the elector were restricted to two votes there would be a diminution of his electoral power. Consequently, it seems safe to conclude that the intention of the Legislature to suspend the general operation of the Reform Act has been effectually expressed. Of course, it is within the com petence of the present Parliament to abridge the period of suspense, and to put the new franchises in force more speedily than the existing law would allow. It might be determined, for instance, either to appoint an earlier time for registration, or to dispense pro Mc vice with some of its formalities. The great statute of 1832 for the amendment of the representation furnishes an illustrious precedent for such a course. That enactment contained several directions of a temporary nature ; among others, it provided for the contingency of a dissolution before the first electoral lists could be completed. In that case the necessity of registration was to be dispensed with, and everybody was to have a vote if otherwise qualified under the Act. There can be no insuperable diffi culty in repeating now what was done in 1832. If at that time it was practicable to give the ten-pound householders then newly enfranchised a right to take part in elections even before they were registered, there could not be any greater difficulty in conceding the similar pri vilege at the present time to the rated householders in towns, and the twelve-pound householders and five-pound eopyholders in counties. Registration is one of the most admirable parts of the electoral machinery, but that it is not absolutely indispensable appears from the circum stance that for several centuries the people of England managed their representative system without' it. We are not here discussing the question of expediency, or inquiring whether the present emergency justifies a depar ture from the ordinary practice of the last thirty-five years respecting the registration of voters. It is sufficient for the present to note the technical aspects of the subject. The discussion of our present political difficulties will be considerably simplified by a consideration that Parliament has at least the constitutional power of dealing with them. The Legislature may, if it please, enable the Executive to make a speedy appeal to the new constituencies. Mr. Parker Rhodes, vice-Consul at Dieppe, has delivered to Lord Stanley, at the Foreign Office, an address to the Queen from the British residents, ship• masters, and seamen of Dieppe, on the subject of the late attempt on the life of his Voyal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. A subscription opened by the Chamber of Com merce of Antwerp for funds to purchase ground on which to erect a statue to Leo p old I. produced, the first da y it was annou nced on the I ; 9 ur se, the sum of 58,000 f., which the nest day was increased to 70,000 f. One of the most beautiful sights in England is t h e a pple orchards in the Vale of Black - more, in the South of England. They are now in full bloom, and there. is every prospect of a very large fruit crop. The cider made in the Vale of Blackmore is considered superior to Devon shire cider in the West of England, and is remarkably cheap at the present time. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOClETY.—Preparations for the approaching meeting- of this society on the race. course at Leicester are making active ptogress. The shed. ding, &c., is being erected as in former years by Mr. Penny, of Taunton, and the show ground will comprise nearly fifty acres remarkable for the evenneel fit the, - yell lag• clen 3- ) eople e pre- Of F ° ,, , i : to v" Lper s ich i i (1 1 b a t b e pore° F 6l ' ', i1..A.0 1 ,05 0 '