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~~ , one able is of mill. the ty of ac f the Dom lends h the ut 90 Tond owns ua, of luck- arable :a the lis 11 RI of h ore ,st of ;r ton• wh`.Si Belo ke en have ; the ds of other but istrict f sup wed a only much e mill atruc— jug a ❑g by Ine of astieg These to the al Su -1 prO nflag- ularly 3 s of 3part -1 skill 'ul re- ortant ensiog ug htv r, VAS.' cbeSt er° D. vad, d t1.11"II Doer, i o nber - Jar vis, :Ilittrii. GO Ol-5° oun iog' " E q Sq U" : l '' 311a e5 ; [ardino' -ii,colo 00° 3 ' (. vg_bolt ovvirgo Iri o ' Atakir f AFTER Covent-garden Opera—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre .......EVANS' to SUP. After Haymarket Theatre EVANS' to SUP, Alter Adelphi Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre After New Royalty Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND LUNCHEON BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &o. nigh-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, "c• Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND CENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine an. to One a.m. Manager, CH ARLES CASTLE. KIN LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION. 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize m e d a l . It is Pare, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold iu Bottle s , 3s. 81., at the Retail Houses in London; by t he &genii in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8. C. iIEAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded 1 . Kina- LL Whisky." VV - EST() N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, Proprietor. Mr. J. S. Sweas U nprecedented Success of Mr. A. G. VANcE ey. and DE ALBERT'S Pleasing Divertissement; LISKARD, the versatile Musical Genius; and the astonishing HICKEN FAMILY; Miss LOUISE; and Mr. w • WAITE, the greatest Transformation Dancer in the World (from the Lyceum). Bishop's and Hatton's celebrated Glees, by Miss TREMAIITE, ales Brougham, R. Lascelles, T. Godden, and Mr. P. Corri. F'ull Orchestra, w hi ch w ill per f orm t h e popu l ar O ver t ure s of the Great Masters. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORRI. The doors will open at 7, commence at 7.30. No alteration in the prices of admission. Private boxes, 10s. 6d., to be secured r, Mitchell's R o y a l Library, Old Bond-street; and Sams' Library, 1 . James's • also at the Bx-office at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. ,SPecial Notice.- Miss Smithson, Jolly Nash, Hairy and Hattie 'Lung, and Oliver's Christy Minstrels, on Easter Monday. " THEY ARE COMING." BLONDIN ! BLONDIN! ! BLONDIN !► ! CANTERBURY HALL.—SoIe Proprietor, W. ROLL AND. —BLONDIN a genuine Success.— RE tiNGAGEMENT until further notice of the great and only . " L "DIN, the Hero of Niagara. Deafening Applause at the wonderful performance on the HIGH ROPE at Nine o'clock, and the New Indian Ballet, with M, Blondin as J AOKO, the " Monkey," at Ten o'clock. A host of talent, including the great VANCE, Annie. Adams, Jester (the Talking Hand), Gerrards, Leroni, Louis Austen, Fred. Evans and his Troupe of Pantomimists. The suberb CrYetal Saloon, the most gorgeous Saloon in England, with 1,600 feet of additional Looking-glass, by W. S. "Mars, Lei:idol-road. No advance in prices. Stalls and Crystal Saloon, ls.; Area and Balcony, ad. . R. NEWcDADE RECEIVE') I MAY Open at Seven, commence at Half-p,st. MADAME USSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. -,,, B Acent PORTRAIT MODELS of EARL DERBY and the 'mat Pron. B. DISRAELI. Op from from 11 in the morning till dusk, and from 7 t ill 10 p.m. Auhnission, ls.; children under 10, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Mt R. R. BinNELL. h lllB magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art rby Messrs. Rubaret 'Td other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN for the AIITII3IN ASON. Solo Euplionion. Signor Mosca. Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half•past 8. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. IPURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O 41 -: per Week.—D. S. HUMPHRIES his at all times a ntlmber of Firs -class REsIDs: ;DES to be (l T. furnished or unfurnished, or sold. more narticularly in the netzhbour hoods of Svdenham. Upper .4orwood. Forest-hilt. and yid nttYare — Partionlars may be had at the Office, Printing House- Ulu . 4 ° II 3ES and APPLEr HEN rs WANTED. and to be LET or SOLD, BUSINTESS ICS for DISPOSAL, &c. PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HMV'S RI*CS has continual applications for PL descriptions ot PR JPE arr Y which Will pay good interest i c ir outlay. Houses Out of rep 1r not objected to. T. D. t i „"iPttries can at all times find customers tor all descrip 4 : 118 of b isinesses. Hotels, publics hogs s, , sold and Zallaterr Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print -74. Rouse-square. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. Price Bs. 6d., and6d.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 4111 1 3 & —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. " Tale of a Hair," 6d. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROP O. i '',us preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few .our for s, removing the very root. Price 45.; bent by pDst 60 stamps —2lB, High Holborn, Loidon, and all Chemists. • _A.NGLO -AMERICAN TIMES, AN MP ERNATION tL NE NSPATE tt, Devoted t) American Intelligene 3, ENLARGED to 24 rAGEi. R,Torts of Con cress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Itaiirca I, km Members of PAril,mimt, Commercial Men, and thos 3 having an interest in the United States, will Hal this iiewspiper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street, Strand. Face Powder, is. RAM -CURLING FLUID 248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ettrls Ladies' or G3nCemer's I. 'r nmediately it is applied. Sold a t 3s. 6d, sq. Gd., aed 10 . 6.. : sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had o" en- Ms. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. G.IEY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London. — ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect icolour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and per -I‘.esetly natural in effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. ‘,".; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps ; and all tjhenlists. ANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per -111. fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers, and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS. and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps),•London. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. lI[AIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL tTORY re moves Superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, Witilcut effect to the skin. Poice 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. b u• ' sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. Skin Tonio, ss. 6d. REMOVER.—AII diseases of the I , skin are improved bv one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S • E GETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, &c. 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d.; rn or post for 40 and 100 all Ch K am ., Ps.—A.LEX. ROSS, 248, High Holbo, London, and emists. RUPTURES. —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S A.IOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in tt o Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by vowares o: Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the u. nAt effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spen,g, so often hurtful in s effects, is here avoided - a soft ndage be'r; worn ro t_e body, while t. 03 requi site resisting power a supp by . e ''ad and Patent Lever, fitting wit i so 01- , 3 and closeness that it cannot be detecte.., an.l nry Jo worn during sleep. A descriptive circular ray he ld the truss, which can not fail to fit, forwarc post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 21s. 265. 6d., and 31s. 6,i. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. ed., 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. NEW PATENT ULASTIC STOCKINGS , .4 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and- all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are !lorous. light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on nke an ordinary stoecing. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., r 131. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE," Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d. RAIR COLOUR WASH.—By damping the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in fiE ?eri or ten erys the hair assumes its original colour, and sZniaills so by ra occasional using. 10s. 6d. ; sent for "Vs. ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, aud all Chemists. Ust published, 2d.; sent by the author for 3 stamps, GLINESS and BEAUTY; be g a Pamphlet detive of articles and means xis,l for imp-ov a 4,. e b o 6 the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Hol ra, London. Had of all booksellers. 1111 R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet -street, has introduced an entirely new de aeription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without th e natural or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble e natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori- Zi ale 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- Nxiteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti cation.. RIN TIN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. The 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-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. 52, Fleet-streot. At home from 10 till 5. 4 EAL'ai RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. .1)1J BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. refreshi 6 107 ggesl TH p E : s REVALEN T A ARAB ICA 1 ,2 8 fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores 4 -- . ,, ect di sti n trona. nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, tiOnal regularity, and energy to the 11. 1? st disordered fu o u r e enfeebled—removing speedily and ktectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con 811r,,taPtioti habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de- C n gements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, Z_rvonsness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, th"' r rils, colds, influenza, noises in the hoed and ears, i , e rrnatisin gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu he:la, irri i tability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, 4 41 Z, ‘ burn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp, spa_sm . s, and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking th e l b ronchitis,, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at Pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is t n e Plost digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable invalids and infants in all complaints. anpPORTANT CAUTION.—Bewaro of the many unsavoury raore than slopy imitations to which, without autho iiilaron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. ell eeforth none will doubt the valuable properties of 13 arry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' to l d r , h as Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it bee already received from invalids whose position had i i,Lu i eemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi -14-141 Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored W after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 68: 3 4i cinote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 1101" 31 :—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the oth 3 , Fathe r is excellent, especially since, abandoning all ta r e ,, r remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Alai"J ' s cat s a Arabica Food, of which he consumes a b,eful every meal. It , has produced a surprisingly effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot C u re No . . this excellent food too highly." Ye 58 216 of the Marchioness de Broban, of seven ars , hes . liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous di,,Bl,l,rritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad tr 4 "on, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ev°lls agitation. k ia ll ,, re ,,No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord f or it 1. Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water too,—" I hav e denved much benefit from your excellent ATaterford. ST U „ ART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Ou r s fro t , d No. 49,832. Of fifty years' indescribable spry li atuip Ys P e Psia, nervousness, asthma, cough, cons.tipatton, of 1 4 -0 3, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, 0411 n, Norfolk. tter vfi e No. 47,121.—Mi 5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme vous-fel a r . ?ss, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner ur, s a s s _ Years a.'". 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two -larrh om. 2lb he 'ood is sold in Canisters, at Is. lid. ; 11b., 2s. fid. ; b enali sr L 6 d. ; 121 b., 225.; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b 13 411/ 1. - "s carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, by 418 0 at i , °l7 BARRY and Co., 77, Regents treet, London ; (000 0 ,..""tainn and Itasca's, andusold by all respectable Chemist o.:1 ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vico-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of K.G. President-I-His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEIICH, 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 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 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, ; Herrins and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. • Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon„and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bernorp-4reet ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. N o . 23,632. MRS. EILOART'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., E G. By MRS. EILOART. Author of "The Curate's Discipline," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, price is. 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus trationof the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: U. Ba.lliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, And other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are repriutedwith this edition. TEETH PAINLESSLY STOPPED, with permanent enamel cement of the exact natural colour, guaranteed not to turn black or make the teeth look unsightly. Ma. WEBB, DENTIST, 27, NEW BOND-STREET, Miny years with Mr. ESICELL, of 8, Grosvenor-street. Bond-street. GEOLOGY. -KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. PROFE SOR TENANT, F.G.S., COMM ENO D A COURSE of LECTUR ES on GEOLOGY on FRIDAY, January 24, at 9 a.m. They wilt be continued on a 101 l succeeding Wed nesday and Friday at the same hour A shor,er course is also giver, • Thursday evenings, from Bto 9. Text-Bock, Lyell's "Elemei..s of Geology." Professor Tennant accompanies his students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological in terest, in the country. R. W. J ELF, D.D., Principal DISCOVERY OF GUNPOWDER (TEA.)...... Large quantities of the very fine :, descriptions have been discovered in Great St. Helen's, t the Warehouses of the "El ST INDIA TEA COMPANY," and are going off rapidly at importers' prices. Also the most deli cious Kaisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. 6d. upwards. Family Tea. 28.; in half-chests, ls. 10d. Tea for the million, ls. ld. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, R.nopsgate-street. STOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS, PIGEON CHESTS a - id other Deformities, are pre vented and cured by wearing CHANDLER'S IMPROVED HYGIENIC CHEST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all ages. It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indi gestion, pains in the chest and back, and 13 especially re commended to children forassisting the growth, promoting health and symmetry of figure, superseding the use of braces and stays. Price from 10s. 6d. each.-66, Berners street, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded. BETTS'S CAPSULE PATEN TS. —To prevent infringements, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that BETTS'S name is on every Capsule he makes for the principal merchants of England and France, thus enabling vendor, purchaser, and consumer not only to identify th e genuineness of the capsule, but likewise the contents of the vessel to which it is applied. The Lord Chancellor, in his judgment on the Bth inst., said "That the Capsules are not used merely for the purpose of ornament, but that they are servicable in protecting the Beer from injury and insuring its genuineness." Feb. 20, 11168: Manufactories, 1, Wharf-road, City-road, London ; and Bordeaux, France. nit SCO 2T'S LIVER and BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY. —Pre pared 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 are 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, 6, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity iu one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine aro a square green package, with "William Lambert" engraved on the stamp. DOWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for 1 COUGHS, CCLDS, ASTHM A, BRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all situilar affec tions of the Res. iratory Organs. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughon t the World. In Bon es only, price ls. lid., 2s. 3d., and Ils. each. Established nearly half a century. SATISFACTORY LETTER. 5, Wood-street, Mill bank, Westminster, October ;. 1867. Sir,—Some months back I had en attack of Bronchitis, which left at times a tickling in my Throat, with other unpleasant feelings. I was advised to try the BALSAM OF ANISEED; I did so, and have found very great relief ; it is most comforting in allaying irritation, and giving strength to the voice. You are at liberty to make use of this as you think pro per, and:. earnestly hope that others may benefit by it as I have done.—With many thanks from your obedient ser vant, SAMUEL DEAR, Dean's Verger, Westminster Abbey. To Mr. Powell. Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledon'an-rore. • :ngton, N. Supported by Volun:;,;.ry Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall. —Hon. Sec., F. Smith, Esq. GEO. REID, Sec. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Doke of CAMBRIDGE, whereav a home as been afforded :or 280 Destitute Orphan Girls o: all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the I.: agdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish ee.ucation, and pracacal 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 eqrneetly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer, W. H: WARWICK, Secretary, Office, 121, Pall-mall, S W FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMAL IC PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1863 are ear nestly solicited, which m.y be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bonn quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls isq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, KW. • , ,fr 0.1711:::.44:. - 77.) REG Y C's \ 47 ( .416. 432 18" - • . • 7.: , "v4,46‹ . / • Cv4041111,1 tA L.;\ . - --- • t-t , - • , • ( 7 .* , ,4" 3 1 ,, ‘ , :%•**X = 1 '0 7",„:\ I; 44 it , 4= tia 44E- 1 . , ' ~ 4.5-L, rt THE SUN, • LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH. 9, 1868. THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY -OF ST. PATRICK. Instituted in the year 1784. Under the patronage of her MAJESTY and his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES. The EIGHTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this Society will be celebrated at Willis's Rooms, King street, St. James's, on ST. PATRICK'S DAY, March 17, 1868. H.R.H. the Prince of WALES in the Chair. VICE-PRESIDENTS. • The Duke of Devonshire, K.G. The Duke of .Leinster. The Duke of Manchester. The Marquis of Clanricarde, Tho Earl of Mayo, M.P. The Earl Russell, K.G. The Earl of Mount Charles. The Viscount Harberton. The Viscount; "Afford. K.P. The Earl of Bessborough. The Earl of Clanwilliam. The Earl of Darnley. The Earl of Devon. The Earl of Erne. The Earl of Egmont. The Earl of Kimberley. The Earl of Longford, K.C.B. The Viscount Lorton. The Bishop of Perry. The Lord Dufferin, K.P., K.f `.B. The Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P. The Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P. Sir Ralph Howard, Bart. STEIN' The Right Hon..T. A. Law- 'ARDS. Captain Kinahan, L.I.R.V. Charles la'Garel, Esq. C. Brinsley Marley, Esq. Capt. Montgomery, L.I.R.V. E. .1. Milliken, Esq. N. D. Murphy, Esq., M.P. Arthur R. Naghten, Esq. George Noakes, Erq. James Lyster O'Beirne, Esq., M.P. Captain M. J. O'Connell, L.I.R.V. Edward O'Neill, Esq., M.P. Rupert Potter, Esq. Joseph Radcliff, Esq. Colonel Sargent, C.B. Colonel Suther, C.B. Robert Torrens, Esq., M.P. Philip Vanderbyl, Esq., M.P. Charles Waring, Esq., M.P. son, M.P. Major-Gen. the Rt. Hon. F. P. Dunne, M.P. Lt.-Gen. tho Hon. Sir James Y. Searlett, K.C.B. Sir Benjamin L. Guinness, Bart., M.P. The Knight of Glin James Allan, Esq. E. Haviland Burke, Esq. Paul Butler, Esq. John F. Corseaden, Esq. James Courtenay,_Esq. J. H. Doyle, Esq. Joseph Findlater, Esq. Thomas Greg, Esq. Alexr. Hall Hall, Esq. lon Trant Hamilton, Esq., M.P. Bartholomew H. Hartley, Esq. The Musical arrangements of Mr. Land, of the London G Dinner on the table at Half Tickets, 21s. each, to be h: the Schools in Stamford-stree A limited number of Ladi issued, applications for which Secretary. '1 be Children dine, as usual Schools at One o'clock. THOS. KIPPA will be under the direction dee and Madrigal. Union. f-past Six o'clo . ck. iad at Willis's Rooms, and at at, Blackfriars-road. ies' Tickets, ss. each, will bo L should be addressed to the on SL Patrick's Day, at the .X KING, jun., Secretary. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY, HOTEL MANAGER WANTED.—The Directors are desirous of engaging the services of a competent MANAGER for their HOTEL at Holyhead. Applications, accompanied by testimonials, to be sent to the undersigned not later than the 16th March. By order, STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. Euston Station, London, 27th February, 1868. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RA IL WAY. SHREWSBURY RACES, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 10 and 11. RETURN. TICKETS between London (Euston Sta tion) and SHREWSBURY are available for three days, i.e., the day of issue and two following days. Trains in connection with the 12.0 noon, 2.45 and 5.0 p.m. trains from Euston, leave Kensington at 11.55 a.m., 2.40 and 4.40 p.m., and Broad-street, City, at 11.25 a.m., 2.10 and 4.25 p.m. Passengers change at Willesden Junction into the trains from Euston. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, March, 1868. UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary pUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R.' IRISH WHISKY. DUN - VILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.O Established 1808. Quotations on application. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS ATLI! % TIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris. --- NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST. The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fol lows: NAPOLEO ~ II Paddle VILLE DE PARIS Screw PEREIRE Screw ST. LAU,IENT Screw EUROPE Paddle RATES OF PASSAGE. Havre or Brest to New York Ist class, £33 0 0 ?I 1, 2 d class, 17 0 0 8d class, 14 0 0 11 Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8 Austinfriars, E.G. FAIS ANS, PERDRIX, ET VOLAILLE. A LA NOBLESSE FRANOISE. JAMES CHAMBERLIN, d e WEST PARADE, Norwich, Angleterre, fournit le Spanish Meal qui a die employe avec le plus grand succes pour &ever et nourrir les faisans, les perdrix, &c. &c. M. J. CHAMBERLIN vient de recevoir la lettre suivante relative h son Spanish Meal pour lever les Faisans, de M. le Vicomte de la Panouse, luspecteur general des Forets de la Couronne do Sa Majeste Impel-We Napoleon IL Administration generale des Domaines et Forets de la Couronne, Compiegne. L'lnspecteur des Forets de la Couronne h la residence de Compiegne soussigne, certifie avoir employe It la, nour riture des Faisandeaux le Spanish Meal provenant de la liaison James Chamberlin de Norwich, et en avoir obtenu les meilleurs resultats. Les Faisandeaux et les Faisans mangent ties bien cette substance. Ello les rend ties forts et leur chair est tres bonne. Veuillez agreer, Monsieur, L'a,ssurance de ma considdration distingude, Vte. A de la PANOUSE, La Noblesse et les grinds Propridtaires sur le Continent, au recu des trois timbres de 40c. peurent avoir franco un livie contenant les ddtails relatifs i► la nourriture des oiseaux ci-dessus mentionnes, avec trois cents certificats, les prix, &c. &c. L'addresser b, Mons. JAMES CHAMBERLIN, Apsley House, West-parade, Norwich, Angleterre. PARTRIDGE AND c OOP ER' WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192' FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY -LANE), LONDON, E.O. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT NVHOLESALR PRICES. rARRTAGE PAID TO THE COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER, 20s. Per ream. s. cl. 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An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery Cabinets, Postage Scales. Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, Bags, &c., post free. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 98, Cheapside, London, E.O 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. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 370 children. 415 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. T HE 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, Henstridge-villas, St. John's-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's•street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street s Cheapside, The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls' from 10 to 16. The committee al e 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. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftdsbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. COOPER, Sec. 85, Queen-§treet Oheapeido. GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL. The Ticket _Offices at the Crystal Palace and at Exeter Ilall for the Issue of Vouchers securing Tickets will Close at Four o'clock this Afternoon, and will be Opened again To-morrow morning at Ten o'clock. Per sonal applications will be taken alternately with those by post. No applications can bo attended to after Four o'clock until the following morning. 9th March, 1868. iiy Order. NoTE.—It will facilitate the selection of scats by the ticket-clerks if intending purchasers will kindly bring with them cards or legibly written names and addresses. VTANDEL FESTIVAL.—Vouchers for Tickets on the North Side in blocks lettered A C G and K, and 1) Ii L, and E I and M, and W X Y and Z, are issued ONLY at EXETER HALL. See Programme. 9th March, ISGB. NOTE —The Programme will be sent by post to any ad dress in reply to letter. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. (From the Ango-Am,erican Times.) PARIS, March 5. The political atmosphere of France is at present cloudless. Italy is occupied with her budget, which shows an apparent deficit of some 218,000,000 of francs, an estimate in all probability far below the mark, especially when it is considered that the di minution is to take place in her military force, which has been increased to 215,000 men. His Holiness the Pope has consented, upon a hint from France, to discontinue his recruiting, limiting his army to 16,000, a force sufficiently powerful to resist all occasional attacks of the kind lately organised by Garibaldi. Without exciting too much the jealousy of Italy, the Convention is still to continue in force, and by a tacit agreement between all parties, the period of reopening the Roman question will be de ferred until the death of Pius the Ninth. The Sul tan appears willing to make all necessary conces sions to his Christian subjects, and Russia is de terred from pushing her intrigues to extremes with the Panslavistic population, as she can do nothing without Prussia ; and as an entente cordials at pre sent exists between that Power and France, M. Bismarck, who has lately been appointed by the King of Prussia President of the Zollverein, does not care to intermeddle. The Carnival and the various balls will now be succeeded by concerts and open-air fetes as the spring adva nces; am id s t all its various incidents, both tragic and comic, one of the most amusing is the history o f a d ue l w hi c h was to have taken place between two Pierrots, who, at one of the minor theatres, paid attention to the same Pierrette—the one being a dealer in old iron, the other in old clothes. The challenge having been given and accepted, it was decided that the rencontre should take place at the establishment of a marchand des vins is the neighbourhood, the arms being two sabres, the property of the marchand de ferrailes. At half-past six the latter duly arrived with the murderous implements, bran new for a wonder, and his antagonist not having arrived, he laid them on the counter, not to lose the opportu nity of transacting a little business in the Leighbour hood, thus making, as it were, un coup double. Hardly, however, had he sallied forth when his antagonist arrived with the two seconds, negotiants en bric-a brac, a business resembling that of a marine store dealer. Tbey were at once informed that the other principal had left for a few minutes, and were recommended a round of wine or liqueurs as an agree able method of passing the time , until his return for the important business of the meeting. Whilst the landlord was occupying himself in carrying out the aforesaid suggestion, which found immediate favour in the sight of the belligerents, one of_ the seconds amused himself with examining the weapons which had been laid on the counter, and finding them much to his taste, " Are these sabres for sale ?" said he to the marchand des habits. " Why. . not 2" said the latter, " if you like them you can have At the moment the bargain was concluded the mar chand de ferrailles re-ente re d the tavern. "How them for 18 francs." " A g reed" was the reply. much are these sabres worth ?" said his opponent. " They cost me 12 francs," was the reply. " Well, I have sold them for 18 francs." In that case, re turned the other principal, there are six francs to drink, and no more to be said, and thus ended the ,duel of the Pierrots of 1868. Asa further illus tration of the peculiar temperament of the volatile Parisians, I may quote the municipal statistics of the deaths which have taken place from suicide between January and December, 1867, which give the following curious summary :—Married men, 79 ; widowers, 22 ; unmarried men, 418; impossible to be classed, 70 ; married women, 38; widows, 24 ; unmarried women, 39 ; b o ys below 16, four ; g irls below 16, three ; w hil e t h ere h ave taken place in Paris and the Baulie ne no less than 215 abor tive attempts of the same kind ; the widowers ap pear to have the best of the affair. The law of military organization and of the Press is yet dragging its slow length along before the Legisla tive Assembly. finalA attack upon the articles having reference to the military organization being made by the opposition in the shape of an amend ment to the effect, that the number of conscripts be fixed at 80,000 instead of 100,000, an amendment of an independent nature has also been proposed by General Lebreton, recommending that the con tingent of the East be organized in the shape of Chasseurs de Montagne for the districts of Ar dennes, the Vosges, and for the purpose of acting as an advanced guard for the regular troops, but from the feeling which has been hitherto manifested in the ur Ass embly, is probable that the Ministerial ae Pass in all its details. According mee w erly, it to Article 11 upon the law of the Press, a fine of 500 francs will be inflicted upon the authors of all libellous attacks upon the sacredness of private life. The penalty is, however, only to be enforced upon the direct application of the person or persons so calumniated. The misery existing in Algeria is not, according to the Moniteur, so bad as was at first supposed. In many of the most thickly populated districts, and in the South ern Oasis, the date harvest of 1867 has also proved most abundant; nevertheless the deaths from famine than Notwithstand ing peace ou res ted p t e o e n ts o , less 19,874. it is singula r t o o b serve t h e zea l with which the manufacture of deadly weapons is haveam p n the Fusil to the Courrier du p ß r a e sent e R h n t i c n a , r the r i ec 1 m o n a a . u f A a e c t c u o r r e d e i n f g Chasse pot, at Chatellerault, is at the rate of 200 per diem, whilst in some months no less than 4,000 fusils, and 7,000 sabre bayonets have been turned out. Independent of a large number of soldiers, who are employed in the fabrication, the workmen in the factory amount to nearly 2,000 men. At Vienna the budget has contained extraordinary ex penses for the transforma ti on of the present arma roaendet;sa.ndTfhore the manufacture of 250 , 000 breech roh of the Mad e l e i ne was fill e d to overflowing on Sunday by the Poles and their friends, on the occasion of a special service having reference to the memorable events of Bar, a sermon on the subject being preached by M. de Guerry, the cure. In the evening a banquet took place at the Grand Hotel, at which were present many of the French politicians celebrated for their energetic support of the rights and privileges of that unhappy country, Poland, amongst others Carnot, Leon Plee, Anatole de la Forge, Bce. The toast of the evening being proposed by the former, uniting the triple memory of the events of Bar with the period of the Independence of North America and the declaration of the rights of French citizenship, the orator dilated most eloquently upon the marked effects on European civilization produced by these three events. The Direction of the Theatres has announced the prize of a gold medal, value 500 fr., to the successful author of a cantata which shall be chosen as the subject of competition for the great musical composition prize at Rome. The cantata is to be written for three performers, *a soprano, tenor, and baritone ; is to contain one, or at most two, airs, a duo, and a final trio, each sepwated from the other by a recitative. The letters of the various competitors are tobe sent sealed to th 3 seeretary of the Conservatoire Imperial of Music and Declamation before May 1, and to contain the nom de plume and motto of its author—no manuscripts to be returned. The Emperor, with his usual affability, has for warded to Messrs. Colney and Fairchild, of St. Louis, an autograph letter acknowledging the very beautiful present of a ribbon map of the Mississippi to the Prince Imperial. The map is elegantly printed in red upon white paper, and mounted in blue silk, and was enclosed in a case of massive silver, which, opening at one extremity, discloses a miniature of the late President of the United States finely executed in porcelain. st ihno l gw t sn p og p m e e a t h r appears imm t s h ee a l t vaeg t s h o e as a so m ep i x a rp b ee l v e rat e n wn s i t tt i h t i u na t i o Ll oa n sns o do f na s g , a r ht o ha t es been lately taken up at Marseilles, th e M arse ill a i ses i Thugs of old, so that after dusk it is not uncommon to witness large numbers of those who have occa sion to go out at night fortified either with an umbrella, or with a steel collar armed with pointed spikes, something in the style of that which is seen round the neck of a bulldog. This species of in dustry appears to have reached such a head as to require the most stringent means for its repression. Petitions, numerously signed, have been presented at the Ministredes Affaires Etrangres by the holders of Tusinian Bonds against the suspension of pay. ment in regard to the interests borne by those pro perties, as well as against a pretended project of conversion which would have the effect of depriving, holders of a part of the bonds which had been gua ranteed them, as well as of the guarantees which constitute their security. A magnificent monumen tal fountain is in course of construction in the vast place of the Chateau d'Eau. The design is superb. Upon an immense circular basin eight couching lions will jet forth the sv ater from their throats, which, passing above two circular bands, planted with flowers and turf, will fall into a still larger basin underneath. In the middle of the fountain will be placed a vase containing a gigantic can delabra, from the beak of which will pour a flood of the new electric light already in use in more than one part of Paris, and by the side of which gas appears as dull as the oil lamps Of olden time. As regards concerts and other amusements, the four to be given at the Tuileries have, with the exception of the first which took place on Monday last, been announced according to the fol lowing programme: —On Monday, March 9, Capoul will be summoned a second time to the palace, as well as Madame Car7alho, for the peaormance of the Duos from " Romeo and Juliet ;" on Monday the 17th inst., the Opera Francais will be repre sented by Mmes. Sass, Gueymard, and Block, and by Messieurs Faure, Villaret, and Obin ; on Mon day, the 23d, Mdlles. Patti and Grossi are those only as yet designated to represent the Theatre des Italiens. The Fancy Fair which took place on the 2d, 3d, and 4th inst , at the Ministere des AffairesEtrangers, under the patronage of the Princess Metternich for the purpose of founding a German Hospital in Paris, has been eminently successful. The reception given by his Excellency General Dix was most numerously attended, more than 800 persons pre senting their congratulations on the occasion. It is reported that the period of the General's official tl.ihvtei duties in onproductions artists, t France s2 ,o and fbo s N rof - t i rt l ho l hmoe shortly came to an end. The g Palace of Indus try willf exhibitiont b Fh e er t ln h oc r th o h a vn t no dot of i foreign e the e 2 n o f t r ,hv o opi m rt ksostfae May nos -ft w w i e ll ek be o r f ec t e h i e ve a d d . mi ß ra y bl t e he ar w ra a n y g , e l me m n u ts st o s f pe t a h k e n so e rs xt French police, as I have recovered, to-day, at the Prefecture, a carpet bag which I had long given up for lost. STUTTGART, Feb. 25. This year, for the first time in Stuttgart, the American residents had a celebration of Washing ton's birthday, and with an amount of pleasure that cannot be forgotten. Thanks to the genius and patriotism of W. A. Platenius, Esq., who orga nized the reunion, full one hundred Americans from Stuttgart and the neighbourhood gathered at the appointed hour in the rooms of the Museum. The dinner was perfect, and the music of the Royal band classic and inspiring. The chair was oc cupied, ex offcio, by Mr. Klanprecht, the United States Consul. The opening prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Gunther, the Court chaplain, who formerly resided in America. After the dessert, Mr. Platenius delivered the eulogy upon Washington, and read an exquisite sonnet, " Washington's Memory," written by a German-American lady -poetess present. Of the regular toasts, the first iu order, " The Pre sident," was called for by Mr. Consul Klanprecht, responded to by an obliging gentleman from the West in a few words, and further and more de lightfully by the Consul again. " Wurtemberg, the land we live in," had an eloquent response from Mr. Schwab, American Consul from Bremen, the son of the famous German poet, and himself born in Wurtemberg. Among the other gentlemen were the aged Dr. Ludlow, of New York, who gave in teresting reminiscences of Washington ; Count Zepplin, Adjutant-General of the Wurtemberg Army, whose rank the King gave him for his expe rience in our war on General Hooker's staff ; Pro fessor Schwab, the younger literateur and poet, brother of the Consul ; Mr. Peckham, of Rhode Island; Mr. M'Crea, of Chicago ; and Dr. Blake, of Boston, who responded for "The Ladies," with earnest praise of our countrywomen in their exertions for the purchase of Mount Vermont. There were also Mr. Sillem, a wealthy merchant of Valparaiso, who when a lad crossed the Rocky Mountains ; the sou of a British Admiral, who is going as engineer on the Pacific Railway, and who intends to settle in America ; Madame Maroncelli, widow of Professor Maroncelli, an Italian patriot, who was imprisoned for 10 years iu the Castle of Spielberg, and a son of Quartermaster-General Meigs. Of the ladies present there were two granddaughters of Signers of the Declaration of Independence ; but, in general, for it would never do to be particular or invidious, the influence of such fair representatives as gathered to our Stutt gart reunion would be quite as strong as moral precepts A m e Americans i n c confirming a n s toh t e their nativeth e land. attachment of wander ing WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 1866. The Secretary of the Treasury will appoint no more female clerks for months to come, and not having the fear of The Revolution before his eyes contemplates a reduction in the number. The order assigning Sherman to the command of the new Division has been revoked, while that creating the Division still exists. The National Democratic Commitee meets here to morrow to fix the time and place for nominating candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States. The Pendleton party desired the place to be in Ohio, believing that local influences would there operate in their candidates' favour. The friends of the President desire to have the Convention called at New York. A strong party named Balti more, on the score both of convenience and policy. The Democrats of the Eist incline towards M'Clellan, who will be strongly backed by the War Conservatives, though there is some mention of Governor English of Connecticut. If Cincinnati be elected, Pendleton has a good chance of being nominated, in which case the Democrats will be defeated. IThere is no likelihood of a rank Copper- PRICE 4cl. STAMPED sd. head with Pendleton's record against the war, and the earnest hostility of the bondholders and those who sup port the national honour against him, being the next President. Many of the Committee have arrived. Army officers are freely resigning, which will aid the War-office in retrenchment. Colonel Gardner Tufts has returned to Boston, having succeeded in settling the war claims of Massachusetts, as he car ried with him an order for $870,509. Senator Doolittle is about to make another vigorous at tack. his last speech excited great attention. Mr. Fessenden of Maine is expected to reply. Mr. Logan of Illinois spoke vigorously against the Secretary of the Treasury yesterday for employing the First National Bank of Washington to sell 10-40 Bonds lower than the quotation at New York. He asserts that the country was cheated out of $24,000, and as the Bank is owned by Republicans, the Demo crats were highly pleased by the onslaught. The committee on Post-office Expenditure is overhaul ing Randall's administration of the department, but though the evidence so far looks bad, Randall's friends assert that he is all right. Mr. 11.1‘Culloch has called the attention of Congress to the inade quate protection afforded to emigrants, particularly female passengers, and described the horrors of the passage across the Atlantic of some emigrant ships in terms which have arrested attention. The Legis lature of New Jersey has likewise withdrawn the State ratification of the proposed fourteenth amend ment to the Constitution. In following the course of the Ohio Legislature, New Jersey has so put the question that the right of a State. to withdraw a ratification once given must now be decided. The question hinges on the fact that the amendment has not been acted upon, nor received the ratifica tion of the required three-fourths of the States, after which there could be no further doubt. A case has come before Congress charging the Venezuelan Government with an outrage against some of the crew of the Hannah Grant, an American whale ship, sent ashore at Parauagua for sup plies, when they were seized by the coast guard and detained against the captain's protest. The correspondence between Grant and Hancock relating to the removal of members of the Common Council of New (Means does not show the clash of authority of which so much was said. When the circumstances were all laid before Grant he endorsed Hancock's action, and no reference was made to the President. The councilmen ejected had sent a deputation to Grant, but nothing was likely to come of it. Wilkes' Spirit gives the following items :—The Metropo litan Theatre in San Francisco has as an "acting mana ger," a "stage manager," and a "business manager." The Metropolitan will be managed to death with all those managers unless they are more than usually harmonious. "Under the Gaslight," " Flying Scud," and "Sam" are the latest attractions announced, Messrs. Boucicault, De Walden, and Daley have cause to congratulate themselves on the cast which the managers have made up for their productions. At the Rochdale Theatre, a haggard man in buff boots strode to the middle of the stage before it oc curred to him that he hai not the least notion of what he was going to say. But ho regarded the audience sternly, then said in portentous tones, " I will return anon," and walked off to refresh his memory at the prompter's desk. Charles Wheatloigh, after finishing his engagement at the Metropolitan Theatre in San Francisco, intends playing to Brigham Young and the Salt Lake Mormons. The Biauchis, Belliui, and others were to leave San Francisco for Lima, Peru, on an operatic campaign. Dickens sent Mrs. Clemm,the mother-in-law of Edgar A.Poe, a draft for $l,OOO. Mr. George Pardey is playing in Syracuse, at Wieting Hall, with great success. His " Toby Twinkle," in " All that Glitters is Not Gold," and " Timothy Toodles" aro well spoken of by the Syracuse papers. Mr. H. B. Phil lips directs the company, which closes ou the 15th Feb. The rumour that Dejazet is about to visit America is re vived. Pike's took in 61,000 one evening. Forrest is in New Orleans. Brougham is in Washington. Forrest is in St. Louis. The Hanlon Brothers are in Detroit, at the Young Men's Hall. One of the Philadelphia theatre ma nagers distrihutes 500 loaves of bread t ) the poor every Wednesday morning. Mr. John B. Donniker, of the San Francisco Minstrels, has written a charming song, entitled the "Chime of Bells." It is published by William Hall and Son, and is nightly sung by Mr. Wanfeold. Richings' Opera Troupe is in Baltimore, with large houses. Sel wyn's Theatre in Boston is giving "Dora" and a burlesque "Black Eyed Susan." The " White Fawa" has proved a success in Boston. The avyhee Avalanche says:—"Mrs. L. P. Higbee (' Lisle Lester') is giving readings in Silver City, Idaho Territory. ' Lisle Lester' has been an extensive traveller, and is known to the world not only as a writer and edi tress, but as a popular reader. She is about to publish a four-volume history of the Pacific coast, descriptive of country, climate, people, incidents of note, and peculiarities of early settlement. We are glad to announce the arrival at the Palace Hotel, London, of Cyrus W. Field. This distin guished American has on this occasion brought to Eng land several young ladies of his family, and we believe they will remain in Europe during the ensuing summer. Prince Napoleon arrived at Berlin on Wednes day night, where he will remain for ten days under the title of Count Meudon. He acts as a diplomatic volunteer, his visit being sanctioned by the Emperor, though he has no authority to speak in his name. His object is said to be to detach Prussia with an allance with Russia, and to induce the union of the other Great Europeans Powers to resist Muscovite aggression. At the Levee held last Tuesday by the Prince of Wales, the United States Minister and the members of hss Legation were prevented by unavoidable circumstances from attending the Court. There was a resolution adopted by Congress prohibiting the representatives of the Republic from wearing Court suits. As the Pall Mall says, Mr. Adams and Mr. Hale are the American Ministers at the great Courts most affected by this regulation, as General Clay at St. Petersburg and General Dix at Paris are military men, entitled to wear uniform, while General Sandford at Brussels belongs to the militia. How Mr. Bancroft gets on we do not know. The journalists of New York are to give Mr. Dickens a dinner on the 18th April, that is five days before his departure. Dickens is just 56 pars old. The Germans have their church at South Hol yoke, Western Massachusetts, nearly completed. It is to cost $5,500. Rev. Mr. Frankel is pastor. It is stated that Miss Isabelle Butler, daughter of the Hon. James Butler, and niece of Lord Dunboyue, is engaged to Mr. Oppenheim. The marriage is to take place at Nice, in April. Gamaliel Collins, jun., of Palmer, has been ap pointed United States Inspector of Cigars, in the place of Colonel W. G. Bartholomew, resigned. A naval court-martial has sentenced Capt. Col lins to a suspension of rank and duty for three years, re ceiving the pay of a captain on the retired list, and to be publicls reprimanded for the loss of the steamer Sacra mento. Lieut. Commander Bache, navigation officer of the Sacrawento, receives a similar sentence, but of one year's duration instead of three. Both sentences are ap proved by the Secretary of the Navy, and the orders are published. Capt. Collins is the officer who, during the war, and in command of the Wox4usett, captured the rebel pirate Florida in the Brazilian harbour of Bahia. The cost of the original Capitol at Washington city was $1,400,000. The additions, now nearly com pleted,;will coat $12,000,000. A conference is to be held at Vienna in May for the revision of the International Telegraph Convention. Last Tuesday night's Gazette had the following notification :—" Board of Trade, March 2.—The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Washington, transmitting the annexed copy of an Act, which was approved of by both Houses of Con gress on the 3d February last, to provide for the exemp. tion of cotton from internal tax Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that all cotton grcwn in the United States after the year 1 1 86 6 7 8, s e h b a a l l l l ba be exempt from internal tax ; and cotton imported from forei g n ? coun tries on and after Ist November, 1868, from duty.' " [ADTERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— The time has not long passed when chronic ulcers con signed their victims to a bed of suffering for weeks or months. The discove r y o f t h e a b ove remedies, however. dispensed with this sore tiial to both tomper and consti tution. By careful attention and implicit obedience to the instructions folded round every pot of ointment bad legs can be healed by these well known medicaments without a day's u ithdrawal from accustomed duties, and every per son thus afflicted may with certainty insure a complete,economical, and rapid recov er y. If the patienta.ll(ls hisl the ointment by proper doses of Holloway's purifying improvement will twicllouberasheasotrenceoda,fiaduLce t h e should o u soundnessl persevered pii re. tune. PAINLESS DENTISTRY. [ESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established 1815), of London 56, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, 64, Ludgate-hill, 8.C., 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 UHARGES, which may be had free by post for four stamps. 4 ~/ ~~ / - NEW SPA PEtt • - '7VINV CICT eIH-f • TILE ANGLO-BELGIAN PRIZ.E jlibra s On Saturday arternoon a meethzg*as held of_ the Executive Committee which has bea - appoiiit*ter an Anglo-Bel g i an P r i ze F und. It be , Msolle d that at the Tir National; held in Brussels last July, his Majesty the King of the Belgians was presented with a full-length portrait, which had been - - painted by Captain Charles Mercier. Since then a sug gestion has been made that a prize fund might be raised by engraving the portrait, and that the prizes should be shot for alternately at Wimbledon and Brussels. The following report, which was presented to the committee, will explain the matter :—" It was reported that the King of the Belgians had been pleased to accept from the Manchester Belgian Reception Committee a portrait of his Majesty, painted by Captain Charles Mercier, in commem oration of the national interchange of visits between the Belgian and the English volunteers in 1866-7. Captain Mercier, subsequent to its presentation to Isis Majesty, suggested the formation of an Anglo-Belgian Prize Fund, and offered to give the copyright of the picture should a committee be formed to carry out his suggestion, viz., that the picture be engraved, and the profits arising from the sale of copies be vested in trustees, who, out of the interest arising therefrom, should give an annual prize, to be called the Leopold Prize, the same to be competed for alternately at the 'fir National, Brussels, and at Wimbledon, London. The proposal having been submitted . to the King, his Majesty at once expressed his approval, and offered every facility for the engraving of the picture, and graciously promised to affix his autograph to a certain number of selected proofs. It was estimated that, after deducting expenses, the amount received, if invested at 5 per cent., would produce an annual income of £l4o—a sum sufficient to provide one oz more prizes, as might be determined upon by the General Committee." , -G-----2.---Z._---- At the special meeting of the committee on Saturday, the chair was taken by Colonel Chambers, in the absence of General Sir John Burgoyne, whose official duties pre. vented him from being present. Colonel TuommoN reported that General Sir John Burgoyne had'sent a letter to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, asking if his Royal Highness would be graciously pleased to accept the office of president of the fund, but the General had not yet received an answer from the Prince. Colonel Thompson said he was happy to say that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and his Serene Highness Prince de Teak had consented to act as vice-presidents. The Comte de Flandre was the third vice-president. Lord Howard de Walden, English Minister at Brussels, had sent a letter to say that he should be•very happy to have his name on the corn• mittee. His Excellency the Baron du Jardin, Belgian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in England, had also stated that he should feel honoured in acting. Upon the motion of Colonel Taomrsos, seconded by Colonel Vic NOLLES, C.E., General Sir John Burgoyne was unanimously elected president of the fund. Besides the three mentioned, the following names are on the list of vice-presidents :—Field-Marshal Right Hon. Lord Viscount Gough, K.P., G.C.8., General the Right Hon. Lord Straithnairn, G.C.8., General Sir George Pollock, Bart., G.C.8., Lieutenant-General his Grace the Duke of Wel lington, K.G., Lieutenant-General Sir J. Hope Grant, G.C.8., Major-General A. A. T. Cunynghame, C. 8., and• Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart. Arthur Van de Welde, Prdmiere Sdcraa.ire de la Legation de Belgique, said that the Belgian Minister regretted that he could not attend the meeting that day. A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman, anti the proceedings terminated. It is understood that the engraving of his Majesty's por• malt will at once be proceeded with, and it is most likely that the first prize will be shot for at the nest Tir National at Brussels. THE 70DMORDEN TRAGEDY. On Friday afternoon, Miles Wetherall, aged 22, was charged on remand, at the Court House, Todmorden, with the wilful murder of Jane Smith, aged 21, one of the domestics of the Rev. A. J. Plow, at the Parsonage, Tod morden, near Rochdale, on Monday night last. The court and its precincts were so densely crowded that access to the justice-room could scarcely be obtained. The witnesses had to be pushed through the mob, and one of the sitting magistrates was compelled to enter the court by means of a window opening upon the roofs of the adjoin- Lug houses. The examination lasted fully six hours, and ended in the committal of the prisoner for trial at the ensuing assizes at Manchester, which will commence early this week. The Rev. A. J. Plow was sufficiently recovered to be able to appear in court. He deposed to the circum stances of the crime, and his testimony bore out the statements which have previously appeared. He said he had interdicted the visits of the prisoner to his house for the. purpose of paying his addresses to Sarah Bell for two reasons : first, she was too young ; and secondly, he had a great objection to a long courtship going on in his house. The girl promised him that she would neither see itor speak to the prisoner, but she broke her word, and he then discharged her for breach of trust. Within the past few weeks several of his house window-panes had been broken with stones, and he bad heard pistols fired. On ono occasion the back door was covered with shot. Sarah Elizabeth Bell was examined as a witness. She testilied to the fact of her having been discharged from the services of Mr. Plow because the prisoner had paid his addresses to her against the rev. gentleman's order. The deceased, Jane Smith, had told tales, and Whetherall de clared he would be revenged. On his using this ex pression she asked him what he meant by it, but he made no reply. She saw him last Sunday at York, and from his conduct then she concluded that he intended to break off the engagement. A series of letters between the two parties was read, and throughout the correspondence the witness endeavoured to console the prisoner for her en forced absence, and to dissuade him from his threats of ♦engeance. At the conclusion of the evidence the prisoner was charged with the offence, and asked if he had anything to say. The prisoner said he had committed the crime through Mr. Plow opposing him in his desire to see the witness Bell. He said he went and honourably asked Mr. Plow to see Bell, and that leave ought to have been granted. He was determined to see her, although Mr. Plow would not give his privilege, and he saw her at the house until the deceased, Jane Smith, told about them. Since then he had gone to ruin, and now he would die the death of a dog. He was glad Mr. and Mrs. Plow were not dead. He intended to murder them or he would not have gone near them. They knew perfectly well that Sarah Bell and he loved each other, but Mr. Plow opposed their being engaged because they were poor. He would not call any witnesses. The body of Jane Smith was interred at the parish church on Friday morning, and was followed to the grave by the scholars of the Sunday schools connected with the church. An immense concourse of spectators assembled in the vicinity of the church, and the service was conducted with great solemnity. The prisoner Weatherall has some what relented that stolid indifference he at first mani fested. After the examination of the prisoner at the magis trates' office, on Tuesday, seeing and hearing the strong expressions of feeling expressed by the populace on his way back to prison, Weatherall's courage seemed to fail him, and he was afraid the prison would be attacked and sum mary vengeance executed upon him. During the Easter holidays, we hear, the Print of Wales will go for ten days to Ireland. His Roya will share th e m l e vil t l h b e e t p h u e k gt e ie o st f of c L am or b d ri A dg b e ercorn, and at th e s i a i n ig ie hne ti ss hospitality of the Earl of Mayo. There are, of course, to be reviews and grand entertainments. Punchestown races, we believe, are fixed for the 16th and 17th of April but unquestionably the most impressive attraction will he found in the gladness of our impulsive and warm-hearted countrymen to see their Prince once more among them.— Telegraph. MR. HARE'S PERSONAL REPRESENTATION SCHEME. —The discussion of Mr. Hare's scheme of personal repre sentation was resumed at th e London offices of the Reform et ß t , ea st l a es tin p g re t s h i a d t e d in . his A op l r e n t i t :n r was iae a b u e read fromn Saturday, prof some scheme like Mr. Hare's was necessary to secure the return of any working man to Parliament. On the present system no working man would be able to get into Parliament on account of the expense of election.—Mr. Acland opened the discussion. He complained that the scheme was unintel ligible. The great advantage of it was that it offered the power to vote for any person; but he shewed that it neces sarily shut out the ballot, and as a wire-puller profes sionally he could desire nothing better. He pro posed that every person should be allowed to vote • for any candidate he thought proper with out respect to locality, and that the 658 who had the greatest number of votes should compose the House of CLmmons and vote each pro rata according to the number of their constituents.—Several speakers objected to this plan, which, it was urged, might band over the entire com ma.nd of the House to a popular man.—Mr.P. Taylor,M.P., wished to see England, not crotchets, represented. He was in favour of local surveillance over members. To him it seemed that Mr. Hare's scheme would be a representation of minorities and crotchets simply.— Mr. Probyn did not see what was to prevent a rich m an engagingas m a n y election agents as he requires all over the country, and so multiply occasions for bribery.—Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., was favourable to the scheme, and thought that, considering the end to be attained, the machinery was not unduly complex.—The discussion was adjourucctfu a fortnight, )rtly ;TMS. ; can given pro- ador. Lctive Kare- I his two pany .king ['heir Arge Aus ,ooo. le of d on wer egu-