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K INAIIAN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin prize Medal. It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal tc wns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label and Cork Branded "Kim han's LL Whisky." MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1559), 14, R USSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, mont h ly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary' WESTONS ROYAL MUSIC II A L' L, HOLBORN. Proprietor,Swease Enthusiastic reception of GEORGE LEOPOLD and lidlie. GERALDINE, in their daring feats on the Lofty Miss LOUIE Trapeze. fl•risutmplutot s SHERRINGTON, Miss NELLY POWER, Mies ANNIE ANDERSON, and Miss EMMA. ALFORD. t2 Mr. it C° C I MBES, Author and Comedian.—Another SPANIS El MINSTRELS, their PLOI : success the npearance in London at this Hall only. —Miss ‘ENC pleasing E, Miss ROSALIE, Mr. R. LASCELLES, the /3 g English Ballad Singers, and Mr. J. tiUSK, the Basso Profundo. the in'P Ju or tant Noti ce - - Mi sses Florence and Lol i a E LLIS, mo n veni le Actresses an d V oca li s t s, w h o appeare d on d aY, Au the g. 3, f or t h e f i rst t i me in London, have create d Bate greatest sensation since the memorable debut of the ePman Family at the St. James's, and are engaged to P e ar every evening at 9.30 at this Establishment onl. b iust be seen y to be ..,_ Privat e appreciated. Boxes, 10s. 6d. (separate entrance); Stalls and P romenade, ls. ; B alcony, 6d. Places to be secured at Mitchell's, Sara's, Bubb's, and other librarians. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CoRRI. Miss Louie Sherrington's Benefit This Evening, August 20, under distinguished patronage. C ANT ERBURY Sole Proprietor, W. HOLLAND. HALL. The Sensation of London, the Great Wonder, NIBLO, on the Flying Trapeze, on two bars only; performance surpassing the great Masters by throwing double somersaults; the greatest feat ever performed by any artist in the world—in addition to George Le Y b ourue —The great Fred. French—lmmense success of Holland's Troupe of Christy Minstrels, introducing 15 Star Ar tistes, the greatest Troupe in London—The grand WATTEku BALLET, introducing Mdlle. Carle, Lilley Carle, Herr Carle, Raid Mdile . Burlet—The Great Daniel—Oceana on the Invisible , S Pecial Notice. —In conseqnence of the immense success of ~,I BLO the free list is entirely suspended, the press excepted. Manager—Mr. James Ellis. Musical Director—Mr. Jesse Williams. Stalls and Crystal Saloon, ls.; Area and Balcony, 6d Doors open at half-past 7. commence at 8 o'clock. ADAME lUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, added• Yr, Eaker-street.—A PORTRAIT Prussian of Count von 'SMARCR, in the uniform of a General, is now Admission, is.; Children under ten years of age, 6d.: Extra Rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap proved of this puro solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach Heartburn, Headache, Gat, and Indigestion ; and as the , best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil dren, and infants. CO 172 , New Bond-DINNEFORD and ~ Cheists street, London and of al l other chemists thrOughout the world. FURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O per Week.—D. S. HUNIPHEIES h as a t a ll ti me s a ugniber of W ee k .—D. S. RESIDIs: VC:ES to be LET. furnished r unfurnished. or sold. more rairtioularly in the netetbonr nl7,lll of Syclenham. Upper Norwood. Forest-hill. and viol - Y.—Partloulars may be had at the Office, Printing House quare. HO sp c , 'lnd APART SIENTA WANTED. and to be LET or SOLD, BITSINESSEi for DISPOSAL, &o. VROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. ell desc r ip tions of PRO. HtiNIPHRIES has continual applications for c r -escriptPEßTY which will pay good interest outlay. Houses out of repair not objected to. T. D. al i niPhrtes can at all time 4 find customers for all desorip - 'tuns of businesses. Hotels, public house, &a, sold and !ransterr:d. Apply D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print ing' Honse-sguate. ROUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, PIGEON CHESTS, and other Deformities, are pre ,,snted and cure d by wearing CHANDLER'S IMPROVED IITGIENIC CHEST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all braces and stays. Price from 10s. 6d. each.-66, Berners ' rad, O xford -street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in a .A.LEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which eieddy produces whiskers and thickens hair. Price 3s. Gd., ", • 64 ., and 10s. 6d.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 all Ohe —atnl3B.—A • LEX ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and naists. ASH'S FILTERING ICE SAFES. Important to Purchasers.—Mr. ASH'S PATENT RE FRIGERATORS being by far the most perfect and scientific yet produced, purchasers should beware of imitations advertised as new inventions. Ash's Ice Safe alone combines the following advantages The block ice is kept free from taint, and the pure water passed into a stone filter, ice-cold, and delicious for drink ing; mixed provisions of every kind—even onions, butter, cheese, strawberries, milk, &c.— may be shut in the same com partment without imparting the slightest odour one to the other. The atmosphere is perfectly dry and cold, the ventilation perfect. Ash's Filtering Ice Safes can be seen m operation, and obtained only from the sole manufacturers, the PISTON FREEZING MACHINE AND ICE COMPANY, 315 c, Oxford-street. N.B.—The Company are constantly altering the safes of other makers to Mr. Ash's patent. " Tale of a Hair," 6d. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cared in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. :This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few Pnrs, removing the very root. Pric© 4s. ; sent by post for 60 emists. stamps.— 218, Hi g h H o lb orn, L on d on, an d a ll Ch Face Powder, is. -11-AIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, - a- -I- London. ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d., ss. 61, and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for 54, 81, find 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— cote : ALEX ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect ur u • ntnedtately itis used. It is permanent, and per fectly natural in effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps; and all Olietnists. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. RAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL 'TORY re ,..419,ves superfluo us h a i r f rom the f ace , nec k, an d arms , phout effect to the skin. Price 3s. 61, ss. 6d., and 10s. sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, ss. 6d. pimpLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the v E skin are improved hy one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S a it9ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, tt °.s "isss &C. 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d.; or post for 40 and 100 eta 1 all — O l3B ll , 3 • l3 T i ftL a. EX. RSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be disti ngu i s hed from the ori ginals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti cation. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d. ..._ sifiAlß COLOUR WASH.—By damping the v head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in liern ' e ll or ten days the hair assumes . its original colour, and s 0 by an occasional using. 10s. 6d. ; sent for a —PI.—ALEX ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, .! .1-18t Published 2d. • sent by the author for 3 stamps, U GLINESS' and BEAUTY ; being a Pamphlet bog thedescriptive of articles and means used for High Hol , London Had of all booksellers. _ • - _ tftALTR RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. b tr B A.RnrSdelicioushealth-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. 'Aw e , .., THE REVALENTA ARABIOA 1a.,.. -- erty times its cost in other remedies, and restores verect digestion strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, to reshi ng sleep, functional regularity, and energy to he ,fr°esett di.a.orderp-d o . r enfeebled 7 removing speedily and en % n.allY indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma,. co_n ra n ,,,P o tl ° ll , habitual constipation, diarrhea, all gastric de ter;„„ 111 "ts, hemorrhoids liver complaints, fiatulenc . y, tata,.,, - e r less, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, rh e - i i — us, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, tzti .nuttism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu heagirtasis i rritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, ttsi,uurn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, fits ' and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, si . nking the bro nchiti.,- scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at th P i t of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is f5P:lO5t digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable lit.le_valids and infants in all complaints. itto'reivrsisrr CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury t tit,, s , ni,ore than slopy imitations to which, without au ho velotaron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. D u. /3 "forth none will doubt the valuable properties . of , am ra'z'rY's health-restoring Rovalenta Ambles Invalids' has 41 , 1a nts' Food since to the thousands of blessings it been a d ire adY received from invalids whose position had . teas cbeem,ed hopeless, we may now add that of his Hob ' --° r °Pe, whose' health has been perfectly restored elt after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 1 8,11 11 3 11 1 °te from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. / 1 I D'' — "Bome July 21st, 1866.—The health of the tt° Y , Miler is excellent, - especially since, abandoning all ahrer remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Dn 04'1 Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a. ben fi l , s ; a , t every meal. It has produced a surprising y Pral go - t t effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot Cu r , t' B excellent food too hiqhly." Yea rs , ,;'-' 4O . 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven he s , . flyer eornplaint, wasting away, debility, nervous digeL:fritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad erv-"I'el, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable o,7 6e gitation., Rtn a p i . e fle• 7 8, of dyspepsia, from the County on. the Lord ford :"I)Decies, Lord -Lieutenant of the of Water foocr--e," I have derived much benefit from your excellent Wat:" - r ,'_ Y rularr DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County uro Lord. ,, 4 4 1 d „, Ne• 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony flati4b,„•lBl)ePSia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, °f I - ' e Y , spasms, sickness,' and vomiting. Maria Jolly, c4l3l're_b, Norfolk. tierve,s'_ll.o- 47 ,121._ Miss Elizabeth Jacobs,. .of extreme Vou s rrss, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner r. allele ‘,llre No sy Yea r . _,. ,814. —Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two - ma rrh The p ". 21b , 4 - °NI is sold in Canisters, at Is. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; sin ca itantiesaterrrisa:g °kill:* G d• ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. Tho 121 b. and 2b. Il an, , e, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order. Also Du tin e Z 8. ReValentri Arabic.% Chocolate Powder is packed in oFionr En cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 hbont ono' 68• for 288 cups at 305., for 576 cups at 555. Being f ree o f PeenY Per cup. The 30s. and 555. tins are sent gland on receipt of Post Office Order. M R , .y.,,,DZ BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; (li• ace "'" rcrtnurn and Mason's also at 4, Cheapsido, 61, New .Fhurrch-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street • and 121, 90.,r'N. 01PH/PANILITCRoIIiEIIPHD 'No th-road, London ; and all Grocers and 'Chemists. of 4 26 4 L A LI3E & SEVENTY DESTITUTE AN ASYLUM, ASaThre m being at maintained in the the moderate rate Per nuns each. Funds greatly needed. i ‘ Cl4O 3 0 Ch CHARLES A. WALZE3, SOcr9ttiry• - ' -v-- -9 aPdilti Ludo, EA i ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-tn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY tho QUEEN. Vico-ratron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President-:-His draw tho 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 Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a largo number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital 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., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co„. Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. • Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Go., 13ernors-btA;et tho gCosPitoll fra4 19 till b. ' ... ..ea -..-...-,-......... ' ;enti- :ers," ad ;" stone )eath onse - War& toyed 'ortbl • )f 1-° 0 f UV 0 1 011 , 1 - 300 , 0 109' so. o f Le wi', 0 f 0 10001 13rY 6 '': corp:, a p i , Or, lb' -.J I 0 00 _ r vrlob f 40, ips,o tre_ eti reCIC" °? Bart, Of .1 p eg , u se, ors Fr 3° oXl [y(lo'l' 1411°- ? ° Si 7 Sti leti 86. gou-111' No Q C (303t7 N°. 23,773. Now ready, at all the Libraries, - in 13 vols., THREE WIVES. By the Author of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids," &e. "These volumes are most interesting, well written, and highly entertaining."—Observer. Hurst and Blaekett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MILDRED. By GEORGIANA M. CRAIK, Author of "Leslie Tyrrel," "'Mildred' is a novel of rare merit. It is admirable at once in structure, in style, and in absorbing and sustained interest. As a love tale it is unsurpassed."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-stree lust published, price ls. Gd., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, EVELATIO NS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the 4- 117dical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, rocommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES AN INTERNATIONAL NE WSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, EN LA.RGE 0 to 21 PAGES. Reports of Con /mess, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, dm Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, prioe 4d. 15. Catherine-greet. Strand. A PARTMEN PS.—Part of a Ten-roomed House, pleasantly situated in Islington.—Apply at No. 6, Crowland-terrace, Englefield-road, N. FURNISHED APARTMENTS.—A Drawing Room and Bed Room to be Let, situated in a cheerful and healthy part of Kensington, in the house of a Private Family. Applications through blessze. G. W. Bayley and Wickham, New land-terrace, lEensungton,„ CILAPHAM.—APARTMENTS well Furnished V and highly Respectable in a Gentleman's Private Family, pleasantly situate, with large Garden. Attend ance and every comfort. Very convenient for Rail or Omnibus to City and West-end. Apply at the Residence, 34, Lark Hall Rise, Clapham, S.W.; or to Mr. STNTENS, The Pavement, Clapham Common. DUN VILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BETNAST, 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, BEAIIFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.O. Established 1808. Quotations on application. IifANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be bad of all dealers, and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. WHY incur the risks of Limited Liability, by, taking Shares in Civil Service or Co-operative Stores, when you can SAVE TEN PER CE TT. by PURCHASING of THE EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, and can have the goods delivered at your own door ? Teas of all descriptions from Is. 3d. per lb. upwards. Price Lists post free, on application at the Company's Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public are respectfully cautioned against worthless imitations, and should see that Lea and Perrins' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Wor cester ; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell ; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, &c., &c. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. DR. scorrs BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre p-iired without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they aro 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. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lfd., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. NOTHING 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 one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London. E.C. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. ---------- - -- WHITE'S MOO-MAIN - LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men 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 Moc-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 cot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. JO EIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., anti 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN SIaTuTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, E. 0.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was establisbeJ at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free- Bankers—Mesas. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall—Hon. Sec., F. Smith, Esa. GEo. REID, SOC. • y LA . 8 Akiv , f." . 0. 1 •AirA, L 4 .- i r 17" . ....• , - INIMP ,\*!' itZ .4 44lllKV • oim ir , ,\ , ir At* . \••• -V4 ••'lla 41r , • „ 4. • , ; , t „LEY 11 11 1 ' 7 ; 4- 41( \ • 4 . • 1111( /) 0 ti"fr f THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1868. F RENCH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated under the Companies Acts of 1862 and 1867, under the title of SOCIETE DU CAB LE T ANSATLANTIQUE FRANCAIS (Limited). With a Capital of £1,200,000, or 30,000,000 f, in 60,000 shares of £2O or 500 f., of which 10,000 are to be issued as fully paid shares, according to the Prospectus. The Union Bank of London will receive Subscriptions for .£1,000,000, in 50,000 shares of £2O each of this capital, on the following conditions:— Deposit on application £1 per share. On Allotment £4 per share. On the 15th of February, On the 15th of October, 1868, 1869, £3. £3. On the 15th of April, 1869, On the 15th of December, £3. 1868, £3. On the 15th of May, 1869, £3. HONORARY COMMITTEE IN FRANCE. His Excellency M. Drouyn de Lhuys. M. Elie do Beaumont, Senator. Count Mallet, Senator. Vice-Admiral Trehouart, Senator. DIRECTORS. London Board. The Right Hon. ROBERT LOWE, M.P., Chairman. Cornelius Grinnell, Esq. (Messrs. Grinnell and Co.) Edward J. Halsey, Esq. (Messrs. Fesser, Uhtoff and Co., and Fesser and Co., Havana). Julius Reuter, Esq. William Henry Schroder, Esq. (Moms. J. H. Schroder and Co.) Paris Board. Contre Amiml Lacapelle, President. Le Marquis Eliacin de Beaumont. M. S. Boitelle, Senateur. Lo Baroa Pb. de Bourgoing. M. Charles Crapelet (MM. Rattier and Co.) Le Baron Emile d'Erlanger. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. Sir James Anderson. CONSULTING ETYCTRICIANS. Sir William Thomson, F.R.S. Cromwell F. Varley, Esq., TECHNICAL ADVISER IN FRANCE. M. Bertsch, Member of the Committee of Telegraphs in France. ENGINEERS AND ELECTRICIANS. Latimer Clark, Esq., M.I.C.E. Henry C. Fordo, Esq., 31.1.C.E. Fleeming Jenkin, Esq., F.R.S., M.I.C.E. BANKERS IN LONDON. The Union Bank of London, Princes-street. BANKERS IN PARIS. Sociitd Gindrale de Crddit Industrial et Commercial. MM. Emile Erlanger et Cie. BANKERS AND AGENTS IN NEW YORK. Messrs. Duncan Sherman and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bischoff, Coxe, and Bompas. SECRETARY. Frederick J. Griffiths, Esq. OFFICES IN LONDON—Bartholomew Meuse, E.C. OFFICES IN PARIS—RiIe Taitbout, 20. the depth of water along the deep sea portion can be no greater than that in which the present Atlantic cables are laid. I anticipate. from the soundings about to bo taken by the French ship of war, that a good deal of ftiVourable ground will be found from Milne bank to the Grand bank of Newfoundland. I am, dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, (Signed) JAMES ANDERSON. London, 4th August, 1868. Gentlemen,—At your request wo have much pleasure in handing you She present report on the cable recom mended by us to be laid from Brest to St. Pierre, and from St. Pierre to the coast of the United States. The deep sea cable adopted is almost exactly similar to that used in 1865 and 1866. The great merit of this form is its strength, both absolute and relative to the strains required while laying the cable. Tho actual strength of this hemp and steel cable is 7f tons, while the strain re quired for submersion need not exceed 14 cwt. Even if it should b, necessary to haul hack any portion already laid, the strain need not exceed 1i tons in the deepest water. The strength is, therefore, amply sufficient to meet all contingencies, with a margin quite as great as is allowed in any ordinary engineering construction or operation. We need hardly remind you of the experimbntal proof which has been given that this form of cable can, oven if broken in the deepest water, be recovered by dredging, but we take the opp)rtunity of expressing our deliberate opinion that this success was not fortuitous, but that the experi ment might be repeated as often as required with a like result. The power of transmitting messages through long submarine lines is no longer a matter of doubt, and the laws affecting their transmission are well understood. We can promise with certainty that through your enlarged core you will be able to send twelve words per minute, and . by improved methods of signalling we expect to in crease this minimum considerably. The length of your cable, which will be in deep water, will be no greater than that of the existing cables, and it will rest on the same smooth and safe bottom.. The shallow water section will be a heavy cable, protected against rust by a bituminous compound, as used for the Persian Gulf cable. The route avoids all considerable anchougee and all danger from icebergs, and should any interruption ever oocur on this portion it can be repaired with certainty and rapidity. In conclusion, the strength of your cable is such as to render its submersion a safe operation ; the route to be followed is eminently favourable, and a good commercial speed is certain to be obtained. You secure the advan tage of a direct communication, and the risks you run aro not greater in any way than those already surmounted. Wo are, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servants, WILLIAM THOMSON, HENRY C. FORDE, and C. F. VARLEY, FLEEMING JENKIN. LATIMER CLARKE, Messrs. Erlanger and Reuter. (FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. When filled up to be lodged, with a deposit of £1 per Share, at the Union Bank of London. jOH N GOSNELL and CO.'S CHE ERY V TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any toc,th powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragranc 3 to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, 11l )per Thames street, London. IMPREGNABLE SAFES AND LOC ES Messrs. HOBBS, HART, and CO. call the special atl ;en tion of BANKERS, GOLDSMITHS, JEWELLERS, and others in possession of valuable property, to their NEW LY PATENTED SAFE, which is so constructed as to be im pregnable against all the artifices of the BURGLAR in tt use of th 2 drill, the wed, ~ the screw, or the crowbar, ty having its, sides and angles held together by a system .of Tubular Dovetailir.g, instead of the old practice of riveting; the Tubes by which they are held together being filled by molten iron, so as to form a homogeneous mass, with the wedges of the Safe overlapping each other within the Tubes. The Do ors are a l so protected by a newly-hive ated Lock, which is invulnerable against the most skilled , ;lass of burglars as well as the most scientific mechanician s. LOCKS of every description for Mansions, Hotels, Dwelling-houses, &c., at moderate prices. Descriptive Price Lists free, on application to Messrs. HOBBS, HART, and CO., 76, CHEAPSIDE, PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. 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Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. ILLUSTRATEDAn CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c., post free. AMORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT. LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable and efficacious, preventing and curing fevers, skin complaints, and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most intense head ache and thirst, and if given with lime-juice syrup is a specific in gout and rheumatism.-113, Holborn-hill, London, E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The oiled of the Company is to establish and work a direct line of Telegraph between the Continent of Europe and the United States of America, in accordance with th e concession granted by the Imperial French Government to Baron Emile d'Erlanger; 9f Paris, and Mr. Julius Reuter, of London. This concession bears date 6th July, 1868, and confers the privilege of laying,and working Submarine Telegraphs between France and the United States. The French Go vernment binds itself not to grant any other concession for lines between France and North America during the period of twenty years from the Ist September, 1869. A concession granted by the State Legislature of New York, for landing and working cables between that State and France, has been secured. Arrangements have been made with the Submarine Telegraph Company for the exclusive use of one of their wires between England and Dieppe, from which place the French Government will construct a special wire to Brest direct for the Company. By this means, the valuable co operation of the Submarine Telegraph Company has been secured, and an uninterrupted route from England to the United States will be established. The French Government has promisedits support and assistance to the undertaking, and an honorary committee of the highest position has been formed in Paris. It has been generally acknowledged that, both for poli tical and commercial reasons, the laying of a direct and independent cable from the Continent of Europe to the United States was only . a question of time, and consider ing the extraordinary increase of telegraphic messages wherever new facilities are afforded, it is to be expected that the uew undertaking will create fresh traffic, inde pendent of that of the old companies, sufficient to insure earnings of equal if not greater amount. It will be the object of the new Company to fix such rates for messages as willsecure the largest possible traffic. The price to be charged is intended to be £2 for a mes sage of 10 words, and it seems not too sanguine an expec tation that at this rato the lino will find constant em ployment. The power of transmission of the new cable is estimated, according to the report of the engineers and electricians, at a minimum of twelve words per minute, which, allow ing 14 hours a-day for waste time, and consequently only ten hours a-day for actual work, and taking 300 working days in the year, gives, at the rate of £2 per message, an annual income of £432,000. Practically, the proportion of days and hours lost would in all probability be less than is assumed in this estimate. The working expenses of the new line may be calculated to amount at the utmost to .£30,000 per annum. The proposed cable will be laid in two sections—the first from Brest, in France, to the French island of St. Pierre, off Newfoundland ; the second from St. Pierre either to New York direct or to a point between Boston and New York, with a special line to the last r named city. The length of the cable is as follows:- Ist section, from Brest to St. Pierre 2,325 miles. 2nd section, from St. Pierre to the United States, about 722 „ 3,047 miles. To this length an amply sufficient amount of slack will be added. A contract has been entered into with the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company to manufacture and lay the cable for the sum of £920,000, of which £BlO,OOO is payable in cash by agreed instalments during the manufacture and shipment of the cable. The remain ing £llO,OOO will be payable in the following manner, viz., £BO,OOO in fully paid-up Shares, after the section from Brest to St. Pierre shall have been laid and tested satis factorily for thirty successive days; £lO,OOO in cash after the section from St. Pierre to the United States shall have been laid and tested for thirty days, and the final payment of £20,000 in fully paid-up Shares after the entire cable shall have been six months in satisfactory operation. Allowing £lOO,OOO for the construction of the land lines, engineers' charges, supervision, and all expenses up to the opening of the line, and deducting the consideration here after stated to be given for the concession upon success, there will remain a balance, by way of reserve, of £BO,OOO. The Great Eastern will be employed in laying the deep sea portion. Sir Samuel Canning with a competent staff will ha charge of the submersion of the cable. Sir James Anderson will act on behalf of, and watch over, the in terests of the Company. The cable is contracted to be shipped in June next, and the line is expected to be open for traffic in the course of next year. The cable will be of the best construction, and generally of the same description as those manufactured by the Tele graph Construction Company for the Atlantic and Anglo- American Telegraph Companies. The cable will be pro tected by tar like the 1865 cable, and advantage has been taken of all the experience since gained. In accordance with the unanimous recommendation of the engineers and electricians, the weight of copper in the conductor has been increased from 3001 b. to 4001 b. por knot. By this means greater rapidity of transmission is obtained. In tracing the route a detour has been made to avoid the risk of icebergs and anchorage on the banks of Newfound land. It is on these banks that all accidents to the exist ing cables have occurred. Sir James Anderson has recorded his opinion that the object thus sought for will be fully attained. The Concessionaires, by an agreement dated 3d August, 1868, and scheduled to the Articles of Association, have agreed to transfer to the Company their concession from the Imperial Government of France, together with all their rights under the concession from the State of New York, and the benefit of the undermentioned agreements, and to defray all expenses up to the registration of the Company in consideration of 5,000 fully paid Shares, to be allotted to them whenever the Cable shall have been successfully laid, and shall have continued to work satis factorily for 30 days. They will also be entitled to receive one-fifth part of the surplus net profits in each year, after setting aside a reserve fund, equal to 5 per ce n t. o f th e net profits, and after payment of adividend of 10 per c en t, t o the Shareholders. These contingent profits will, for con venience, be attached to a portion of the fully paid shares. It will be seen from this that th?,Concessionaires look only to the success of the undertaking for their remuneration, and for the repayment of the expenses they have already incurred. Copies of the Agreements and of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and of the Concessions, lie f or in spection at the Offices of the Solicitors of the Company, Messrs. Bischoff, Coxe, and Bompas, 19, Coleman -street. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained at the Offices of the Company, Bartholomew House, and at the Union Bank of London, Princes- str ee t, and their various branches. COPIES OF REPORTS OF SIR JAMES ANDERSON, SIR WILLIAM THOMSON, MESSRS. VARLEY, CLARKE, FORDE, AND JENK IN. London, 3d August, 1868. Baron Emile d'Erlanger, Julius Reuter, Esq. Dear Sirs, —With reference to the route projected for the cable between Brest and America, I have recommended it for the following reasons : By keeping in the 500 fathom line upon Milne bank and around the southern edge of the Grand bank there is no possibility of ice, or of auy other agency that can be sug gested, injuring the cable. The northern edge of the Grand bank was avoided, because it is uncertain at what depth the icebergs ground. They are said, upon good authority, to ground at times in 90 fathoms. It is not certain at what depth the vessels employed in the seal trade may sometimes choose to drop an anchor for the purpose of keeping their station in tho track of ice floes. These dangers are avoided by the track chosen for the proposed cable, and I am justified by my own experience in saying that the track from the southern edge of the Grand bank to St. Pierre, and thence to the place of land ing in America, is entirely free from any danger from ice, and does not cross any anchorage resorted to by the fleet of fishing vessels. The cable upon the Milno bank and from tho Grand bank to St. Pierre, and thence to America (upwards of 1,200 miles), will bo laid in water of such easy depth that repairs will be a matter of certainty ; and we are justified, from 1419 gotuidiDge which already jia {again that NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under the patronage of H.R.U. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, 8.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 esrnostly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGBCOTE, Treasurer. W Q. WARWICK Secretary. Once, 121, Pall-mall, S W THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize -hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland- street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Renstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. Tho home at Groat Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee aie deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. 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 ray sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. MPER, On, _ Qinopside. COMPAGNIE GENE RALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE. 4, Rue de la PM; p ar i s . FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Leave every 14 days, from Havro and Brest, for New York. RATES OF PASSAGE. From Havns Or BREST to NEW YORK. First Mass 704 fr. • ' Second Class Third Class From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class, 285 fr. WEST INDIES AND MEXICO. Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique. JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon, Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo, Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, etc., San Jose, La Union, San Francisco, China, and Japan. Hand books, with full details of all the , routes of this company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C. SCHOOL OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, &c. ADMIRALTY, Bth August, 3.868. THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS of the AD MIRALTY HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the arrangements for the ADMISSION of persons, not already in the Government service, to the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering as ADMIRALTY PUPILS, will, for the present year, be as follows : Candidates must not be less than 18 or more than 21 years of age, and must have served at least two years in private shipbuilding or engineering establishments, or must give satisfactory proof that they have in some way boon so connected with shipbuilding or engineering opera tions as to become well-grounded in the elementary prin ciples and practice thereof. The pupils will bo selected by competitive examination, the subjects for which, and numbers of marks assigned for each, are as follows : _ Marks. Puro mathematics, including arithmetic, mensura tion, geometry (plain and descriptive), plane tri gonometry, and the elements of the differential and integral calculus . 2,500 Applied mathematics, including mechanics and hydrostatics ... ••• 1,000 Practical shipbuilding, including laying-off (for shipwright's candidates only) ... 2,500 Practical marine engineering (for engineer candi dates only) ••• ••• •.• ••• 2,500 French ... ••• ... 500 Elements of physic and chymistry ••• 750 English grammar and composition ... ... 750 Geography and History ... 750 -•- • -- No candidate will be admitted who does not obtain at least two-thirds of the full number of marks in the two first-named subjects, and three-fifths of the full number, either for practical shipbuilding or marine engineering. The last four subjects, although counting in the compe tition, will not be considered obligatory. The candidates who may be selected will be treated, while attached to the School, in all respects as tho Admi ralty pupils ; they will recaive wages the same as dock yard apprentices, commencing at Is. Gd. per day for six days per week for first year, and increasing yearly 3d. per day till it reaches 2s. per day ; and in addition a subsist ence allowance of 3 s. per day for seven days per week while away from their homes, either at the Szhool or in the dockyards. Seven inonths of each year—viz, from October till May —will be devoted to study at the School, and the remaining five months to actual work and the acquirement of practi cal knowledge in the dockyards. It is to be understood that the Admiralty make no en gagements to employ these pupils after the completion of their course of study; and they must rely on their own worth as educated naval architects for obtaining employ ment in theirsubsequent career. The number of such pupils to be selected this year is one shipwright and ono engineer. Persons desirous of competing must forward their names, with a certificate of birth, and of the grounds on which they consider themselves practically qualified, enclosing proper certificates to that effect, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, not later than the let September. The candidates should also state whether they wish to be examined as engineers or shipwrights. The examination will take place on the 28th Saptember and three following days. By command of their Lordships, HENRY GORDON LENNOX. " PAINLESS DENTISTRY !" A NEW PAMPHLET, Free by post for four stamps. n ESS R (E S st;blishe 15.) B R I E L, London 56, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, W. 71 Liverpool 134, Duke-street, and Brighton 3B, North-street, ATTENDANCE DAIL PRINTING. --TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, eze. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, dm., 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, 8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 91 girls in the Refuges, 12, Broad-street, and Ealing 870 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westtninstor Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLI .ILLS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS. The following appears in a contemporary :—lt is not easy for the ordinary English sightseer in Paris to satisfy his curiosity by a descent into the famous catacombs—difficilis descensus. Formerly one of the regular sights of Paris, they have now been long closed to the general public, and but very few Parisians of the younger generation have ea- plored those dismal vaults. Four times a year the metropolitan surveyors officially inspect the great ossuary, to report on the condition of the pillars and piers which have been built to prop the exca vated galleries, and a select few, whose applications to the Prefect of the Seine have been backed by influential recommendations, are allowed on these occasions to accompany them. Notice that the ex pedition is about to proceed is often received many months after the application has been sent to the Hotel de Vine, and a prolonged residence in Paris seems to be an indispensable condition for obtain ing a sight of the catacombs. I was fortunate enough, says the correspondent of a contemporary, a few days ago to accompany one of these periodical visits of inspection. The appointed place of meeting was in the courtyard, at the back of the office for collecting the octroi at the former Barrieye d'Enfer. M. Nadar, in - the ttilky Paris guide which was printed for the use of visitors to the Exhibition last year, describes midnight as the hour usually appointed for these excursions, but this is probably merely a literary artifice destined to throw additional gloom over his narrative. We met at noon in considerable numbers, chatting in every language of Europe, and all provided with candles, railway lamps, and matches. On the arrival of the metropolitan surveyors the door of a low building, which occupies one side of the courtyard, was un locked, and displayed a steep flight of narrow steps leading underground. The inspectors mustered the company, the candles were lit, and one by one we descended. The hubbub of conversation was at once hushed. We were about to visit the silent abodes of the dead. Perhaps some of us involunta rily remembered ghastly tales of men who had lost their way in this subterranean labyrinth and had never returned to their friends and the bright sun shine above. Ninety steps led us to the level ground, and we walked during twenty minutes or half an hour through a narrow, damp,' low passage cut in the calcareous rock. By raising my hand I could easily touch the vault above. Right and left we passed by innumerable openings leading away into mys terious gloom and silence. They were each closed with a wooden barrier, so that we could not, had we been tempted, turn from the right path. Sur veyors opened and closed the march. We were in the ancient quarries from which the stone Paris is built of has been extracted from the Roman period down to the reign of Louis XIV. The subter ra lean galleries extend under the suburbs of St. Germain, St. Jaques, and St. Marcel. The neigh bourhood of the Luxemburg Palace and Gardens, and of the Pantheon, are undermined by them. But probably they have not the vast extent or depth which popular legend ascribes to them. Towards the end of last century great alarm was felt throughout Paris by the sudden sinking of several houses near the Barriere d'Enfer. Even at present purchasers are shy of investing the building plots that have been recently created by the ruthless destruction of part of the Luxemburg Gardens, in consequence of the doubtful reputation for stability of the ground. Since the occurrence of the accidents above men- tioned, subterranean Paris has been carefully sur veyed by order of the municipal authorities. Large sums have been spent on props and pillars, on piers and buttresses, and a curious map of the catacombs has been published by M. de Fourcy, C.E. The cellars of M. Dumenil's great brewery occupy gal leries of these old quarries, and persons who are curious to form an idea of the catacombs of Paris can do so easily by applying at No. 15, Rue du Marche aux Chevaux, the counting house of the brewery. The entrances to the quarries, of which there were more than sixty, it is said, have been for the most part closed. We reached the gate of the necropolis. It is painted black, flanked with columns, and bears the inscription— lIAB . ULTRA . MBTAS REQUIESCUNT . IIEATAM . SPED( . SPEXTANTES. The vast ossuary into which we now entered was formed in the following manner :—ln 1781 intra mural interments were discontinued in Paris by an order in council, and the old churchyard of the Innocents was first c!eared ; other burial-places followed, and were closed and cleared in their turn. Respect for the dead is one of the most deeply rooted of the religious feelings of the French people, as every one who has visited the cemetery of Pdra la Chaise knows, and as recent debates in the Senate, on the proposed removal of part of the cemetery of Montmartre, prove. A Frenchman who neglects to visit the tomb of his parents, and at least once a Year to decorate it with wreaths, is very ill thought of ; and the utilitarians in France have not been successful in demonstrating to their countrymen that old churchyards are but quarries of phosphate of lime. The bones were carefully removed at the end of last century ,from the closed Parisian churchyards t night, c__- PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED 5d in long trains of funeral cars hung with black, ac companied by priests bearing wax torches, and chanting the litanies of the dead. The old quar ries were found by the Parisians the most conve nient place in the neighbourhood for preserving and protecting from desecration the retna,ips of their forefathers, and a portion of the subterranean labyrinth was solemnly consecrated to be used as a cemetery. In a garden of the Rue de la Toinbe Issoire a shaft had been sunk into the catacombs. here the long processions halted, the carts were backed, tilted, and their contents shot down the shaft. This work cmtinuel at intervals during many nights. In 1810 and the following years, after the resto ration of Clitistian worship in France, the cata combs were surveyed, pillars were built, aul drains made to carry off the water. The bones were carefully arranged along the walls of the vaults, keeping distinct the cemeteries from which they were originally brought. The skulls form three rows in most places; the space between them is filled by the large arm and leg bones, carefully piled; the ribs, vertebras, and all the smaller bones fill in promiscuous heaps the space left between the rows of skulls and the rock. In many of the recesses or chapels which we passed the workmen employed in arranging these ghastly objects have indulged their sense for the beautiful, and have built up ornamental and varied designs with the horrid fragments at their disposal. In scriptions on stone indicate the cemeteries from which the remains have come. All human bones brought to light by the actual rebuilding of Parisi are conveyed to the catacombs. The most recent additions appear to have been contributed in 1861 - by the cemetery of Vaugirard. At equal dis- * tances stone tablets are set up, with inscribed sentences on life, death, and eternity selected from Holy I Vrit, Thomas 4 ICempis, Seneca, and the Latin authors, from Lamartine, Delille, from Ducis, and even inferior poets. My wish to copy some of them was somewhat uncivilly interrupted by one of the surveyors telling me that we could not pass the whole day underground. On one of the principa pillars are carved the words—MEMENTO . QUIA PULVIS . ES. And on a well which occupies appa rently the centre of the labyrinth--SICUT . UNDA . DIES . NOSTRI . FLUXERUNT. The concentrated light of all our candles failed to reveal the unhappy gold fish which are said to enliven its waters. A collection of diseased bones, which are kept sepa rate, would be of more use to suffering humanity in the glass cases of a pathological museum than in these inaccessible recesses. It is impossible to refrain from the thought that among the rows of skulls which grin down upon us from right and left as we pass along, some must have belonged to the most eminent men in France and adorned the salons of Paris by the brains which they once contained ! To heighten our interest we were told by one of the inspectors that the skull of Louis Philippe Egalite was undoubtedly among those which had been brought from the churchyard of the Rue de la Ville l'Eveque. No doubt an ex perienced phrenologist would confidently point it out. It is computed that about three millions of skulls, if not more, adorn the walls of the catacombs of Paris. To us the dark galleries through which we wandered seemed to form an intricate labyrinth, but, somehow or other, they led us back to the black gate by which we had entered. IV e passed about twohours among the shades below, and were heartily glad to see the daylight again. On Monday the Lords of the Admiralty reviewed the :Royal Marines in the Brickfield to the east ward of the Devonport defences. Their Lordships were accompanied by Major-General Spencer, the commander of the forces in the west, and by Ad miral Drummond. The number of Marines present was 672 rank and file, under Col.-Commandant William Francis Foote, 16 captains, 32 lieutenants, two adjutants, &c. After their Lordships had com pleted their duties at the Royal Marine Barracks, they proceeded to the Royal William Victualling yard, where they were received by Superintendent Tatham, the Master Attendant, W. T. Wheeler ; Mr. Jamieson, storekeeper, and the other officers. The accounts having been examined, and the stores, bakery, &c., inspected, Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.8., and his colleagues, went to the Royal Naval Hospital, and being attended by In spector-Gen. Dr. Davidson, C. 8., and his staff, passed through several of the wards, stores, &c. They then visited the Royal Albert Hospital, Devon port, a public building maintained by subscriptions. Here Mr. T. Woollcombe, chairman, and Captains Edye and Batman attended their Lordships in their minute survey of the lock ward, supported in part by Government aid. The cleanly condition of the entire establishment appeared to elicit the appro bation of the visitors. The members of the Board were then conveyed in their steam-yacht, the En chantress, to the iron armour-plated screw steam ship, Northumberland, 26, Captain Roderick Dew, C. 8., in Hanioaze. They dined with Port-Ad miral Sir William H. Martin, K.C.8., at Mount Wise, and in the evening patronised the ball at Pearse's Royal Hotel, Plymouth, in aid of the British Female Orphan Asylum. Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty concluded their annual in spection at Devonport by visiting the remainder of the ships of war in port. In consequence of the absence of the First Lord there will be no levee. Brigandage seems to be now becoming almost as formidable in Hungary as in Southern Italy. The papers give alarming accounts of the depreda tions of banditti in various parts of the country, and especially of the feats of the brigand chief named Youhash, who is the terror of the district of Somogyi. Wonderful stories are related of this chief's reckless courage. Once he kept a patrol of soldiers at bay for more than an hour by shooting at them from the window of a country inn, where he had taken refuge, every now and then throwing them a bottle of wine "to keep up their spirits." At last the soldiers threatened to set fire to the building, upon which he said he would come out. He kept his word, but rushed out at them so sud denly that before they could seize him he escaped into an adjoining wood. Shortly after a Jew came to the patrol complaining that Youhash had just robbed him. The soldiers hastened to the spot, but as they were passing through the wood they were shot down one by one by Youhash, who was lying there in ambush, and only one or two of them escaped. On another occasion he attacked a gamekeeper, and robbed him of his gun, but re turned it a few days after with a letter, in which he said he had since provided himself with plenty of arms, and he feared the gamekeeper might be mourning the loss of his favourite weapon. General de Moltke, who is at the head of the Prussian general staff, accompanied by a numerous suite of officers, has recently visited the scenes of the several battles Uettingen, Hammelburg, and Kissingen. Among other innovations in the Prus sian military organisation, which have been sug gested by the experience of the campaign of 1866, is the incorporation of the camp suttlers and vivan dieres into a regularly organised body. The Sappho, owned by Messrs. C. and R. Poillon, of the New York Club, started on a voyage across the ocean to Cowes, England, on Wednesday, July 29. She is 125 feet in length, 26.8 feet beam, 11 feet deep, and about 300 tons burden. The object of her owners in sending her to England is to find a purchaser; if unsuccessful in this attempt in Eurcpe, the yacht will bo sent to San Francisco. Captain Thomas P. Baldwin takes her across. The Sappho is valued at $40,000. . AM. • S. R. Bearce and Co., of Lewiston, got their drive of between nine and ton millions of logs safely in the boom. Sixty-Ave man were 79 days in getting them through from Lake Umbagog, and the last logs were passed over the rocks just one hour before the river became too low to admit of passage. This is the greatest log driving the State of Maine can boast. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lamplough's Pyretic Saline, coring the worst headaches, siclatess, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant, pOlf,tAble, tkncl invigorating. §eldpy all Ghemiats,—[Adyt.] ) _ - __> proof of a hearty welcome. rate ffilrrtgit AM011.1277610:. _ NORWICH, iVEMSDAT. To the British AsiOciation the lines have often fallen:in pleasant places, but the sojourn of the savants in this "city In an orchard"seems likelyto prove exceptionallyagre ea bl e, Beautiful for s it ua ti on , rep l ete with antiquities, succesi= fully engaged in modern manufactures, the seat of a bishopric, and possessed of a cultivated society, Norwich Is a place peculiarly suitable for the entertainment of a learned body such as that commencing its 38th annual meeting here to-night. This could hardly have been said of it once, if there was any foundation for the quaint apostrophe of Bale : " 0 citio of England, whose glory standeth more in bellie chere than in serche of wisdome. God bye !"---which seethe to imply that the inhabitants were devoted with an undue measure of enthusiasm to the duties of the trencher. Sauntering through the streets, and not be holding even in the far distance so much as a ghost of a wave, it is hard to believe that the capital of East Anglia was once a fishing town. Yet such was actually the case, until the arm of the sea which ran up to it got inconti nently choked, and henceforth confined all the bloaters to Yarmouth. If lam rightly informed, there is an official entry extant providing for the payment of the ground rent of the monastery of St. Edmundsbury, on the site of which now stands the church of St. Edmund, in a given number of lasts of herrings. It need hardly be said that the name of the city is essentially Saxon, Norwich being a contrac tion of north-wic, a northern fortress or town, and the curious medley which the place presents in its architecture shews that it was a constant bone of contention between„ the Saxons and the Danes. If we are to b elieve the old distich familiar to all who have visited Norfolk— " Caistor was a city when Norwich was none, And Norwich was built of Caistor stone " we most assume that the city sprang from the decay of the Vents Icenorum of the Romans, on the site of which stands the present village of Caistor. The historical associations of Norwich are numerous. Amongst the most carious of these is the one relating to Henry I. That monarch, being short of cash on the eve of a trip to, France, used this city as a pawnshop, actually depositing the crown jewels, including the crown, with the mayor and corporation, as security for the advance of the neces sary funds. I believe 2,000 marks represented the sum the king obtained, the jewels being worth 8,000 marks;- and the corporation had absolute power of sale in case the loan was not punctually returned. In all my experience of strange cities, I never met with one whose geography was half so aggravating as this. In a walk of a quarter of a mile the unwary visitor is, deluded at least a dozen times to turn from the straight road into what look undeniably like short cuts to the goal he desires to reach, only to find that he is landed in what they call here " plains "—large open spaces, many of them containing gardens—which lead him nowhere. The only thing at all counterbalancing this annoyance is the dis• covery of little nests of quaint buildings which look as if they had been transported bodily from some old Flemish town. The castle and the cathedral— . about which more in another letter —are, fortunately, two conspicuous landmarks, serving in some sort as the direc. tion-posts to the traveller ; but even with these aids he is a wise man who shall be able to find his way easily about Norwich before he has lived there a month. Apropos of the castle may be mentioned a curious fact. Next door to the building there used to stand a public-house kept by one of the officials, and here, the day before their execu• tion, condemned criminals were allowed to exhibit them. selves at so much per head, the money thus received being expended in providing them with their final meal ! The arrangements for the accommodation of the Associa tion appear to be admirable. Several improvements are ob. servable in the reception-room, the chief of which is that the business connected with the issue of tickets and the supply of information is carried on In an apartment separate from that devoted to the visitors for the purposes of reading and writing. The post office which is always opened in the reception-room is this year made available, not only for letters stamped with her Majesty's likeness, but also for communication between the members and associates. A large number of these have already arrived, and, to be candid, the people of Norwich seemed quite prepared to receive them, if charging double prices for beds and provisions could be taken as any It is a source of regret that the president of the Roy a l G eogra phi ca l ... . _ _ Society, who is always secure of a warm welcome in whatever section he appears, will not be present this year. Sir Roderick is, I am told, in Switzerland, not being in very good health. It has been hinted, but I attach little importance to the suggestion, that he does not care to meet Professor Sedgwick. A deputation has arrived from Edinburgh, to urge the claims of that city upon the council as the place of meeting in 1870. This is the first time that the Scottish capital has made an overture of its hospitality to the association. Its great rival is Liverpool. Next year Exeter or Plymouth will receive the Association. To which the honour will be accorded will be decided on the last day of the present meeting. This morning the General Committee and the Committee of Sections met for the transaction of routine business in Bt. Peter's Hall. The inaugural address of Dr. Hooker, the president, is look e d f orwar d t o w ith unusua l i nterest. Dr. Hooker is the director of the Royal Gardens, Kew. He was at one time a surgeon on board one of her Majesty's vessels, and has been a great traveller. His paper on "Insular Flowers," read at Nottingham the year before last, leads the members to expect great things from the new president this evening. The address will be delivered at 8 o'clock in the Drill Hall. In addition to the usual work of the sections and the two inevitable soil-6es, the committee have arranged for two evening addresses—one on Friday by Mr. Fergusson, F.R.S., on " The Arclueology of Early Buddhist Monu men t s ;" and one on Monday evening by Dr. Odling on " Reverse Chemical Actions." Arrangements have also been com pleted for excursions to Cromer, Lynn, Hunstanton, Walsinghain, Holkham, and Yarmouth. With great courtesy Mr. R. J. H. Harvey, M.P. and Lady Harvey have invited all ladies and gentlemen holding Association tickets to a dijeuner at Crown Point, in the Wbittingham Grounds, a delightful spot a short distance from the city. Mr. Harvey will convey his guests thither by steamer. It will thus be seen that a busy week is before the Associa tion. THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. Dr. HOOKER, in the course of his inaugural address, after referring to the absence of Sir Roderick Murchison (caused, he explained, through ill-health) and of Professor Sedgewick (who had met with an accident), stated that he proposed to remark on the great advances made in botany in the last few years, with a divergence into Darwinism, after which he would allude to the early history of man kind. His first duty as president would be to introduce to the Association the members of the International Congress of Pre-historic Archaeology then assembled in Norwich. Next he brought forward the subject of the efforts of a committee of the council to in duce the Secretary for India to adopt active measures to obtain reports on the physical form, manners, and cus toms of the indigenous population of India, and especially of those tribes which are s till i n th e habit of erecting Megalethic monuments • and he pointed out that within 300 miles of the capital of British India there is a tribe of semi-savages who erect dolmens, menares, cysts, and cromlechs, almost as gigantic as the Druidical remains of Europe. Some interesting accounts of the habits and customs of this Khasia people of East Bengal were given, and the president next proceeded to detail the pro ceedings of a committee of the Association in reference to obtaining the placing of the Natural History collections of the British Museum under one central management, and so arranged that they may be utilised in teaching the elements of zoology and physiology, while some assistance in this regard should be given to provincial and local museums. On the value of museums generally as adjuncts to instruction he dwelt at length. Turning to his own special science, he stated that great advances had been made during the last ten years in the depart ments of fossil botany and vegetable physiology. The knowledge of coal plants had been chiefly advanced by Geeppert and Unger on the Continent, and Dawson in Canada, and also by Mr. Binney, of Manchester, who had afforded much information on the least understood of the coal measures, known as calamites, which are shewn to be members of the family of equisetacea. A good deal was next said of the information as to tertiary mines and on fossil botany generally : while the subject of a series o f papers by Mr. Darwin on the fertilisation of plants, in refe rence to discoveries in physiological botany, was elaborately expounded, dissertations on cowslips and primroses being specially dwelt upon ; and it was stated that the disco veries mentioned had added whole chapters to the rrinci pies of botany, and that what Faraday's discoveries were to telegraphy Darwin's would prove to rural economy. Having thoroughly exhausted this subject, th© president next went on to discuss the position now held in the scientific world by Mr. Darwin's theory of the origin of species by natural selection, and contended that the trea tise was not, as had been asserted, declining in scientific favour ; but, so far from being a thing of the past, was an accepted doctrine with every philosophical naturalist, was elsewhere gaining adherents steadily, and was an avowed favourite with the rising schools of naturalists. This assertion was borne out by elaborate statements and illustrations, by which objections taken to the system on geological, astronomical, physical, and metaphysical grounds were answered. The next phase of the address was devoted to the prospects which the present meeting of the Association opened. A new science—that of the early • history of mankind, or pre-historic archteology, including the origin of language and of art—had dawned upon the scientific world ; and one of its discoveries was, that man had inhabited the earth for many thousands of years be fore the historic period. At this point the deli cate subject of the respective attitudes of religion and science was discussed, and indications gi ven of the desirableness and possibility of their being able to walk hand-in-hand together. It was contended that a great number of eminent clergymen of all denominations had adorned science by their writings and religion by their lives, and much was said to prove that professors of reli gion need not hare that fear of science by which many of them seemed to be influenced ; and it was urged that there should he a union in search after truth, as it refei s to the spiritual history and condition of mankind, of the archaeologist and the religious teacher. After en larging and insisting on the value of science in establishing new facts and exposing old errors, the presi dent concluded by saying that the bond which unites the physical and spiritual history of man, and the forces which manifest themselves in the alternate victories of mind and matter in the actions of the individual, are, of all subjects that physics and psychology have revealed to us, the most absorbing, and perhaps inscrutable. In the investigation of these phnlmena is wrapped up Le past and the future, the whence and the whither of man's existence ; and after a knowledge of these the human soul still yearns and passionately strives. Dr. Hooker resumed his seat amid loud cheers, and n cordial vote of thanks for his address was moved by Pro fessor Huxley, seconded by Professor Tyndall, and sup pprted by the Mayor of Nodich, who heartily welcome 4, thugsaca4tion to this TO -3 of End ere not les, hey ces au cry me, the rel- ,e to jon- our ;rata the --^l'*