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Thrice rived speedilY upon a elate and Empire. disc acce, eats, the Id for 3 up agitia resn , lies raud.3tlr. to tilaP tused the ci he who Coo- Chief of ereditary 804 Na- )f vote 3• has re of bulle the titles cents, as being se- sequence At the has been people b of at- it were, among replace it L the cu' In tto ,er, 1832, demand 3, did not the view hat he °3 nent per the cowl' Lie charge )ss on the into the IvourablY say, W"S re u 0311 1" v hi c h the . e sult of 3 be fixe d, Aebiscitel . , e r ogress's on The st of P e " ntion was exerei 6l3 e o f the er of th° t prowls?. r, 1852, is Autiou of, ) form. 0 ' or amend: with the red to us he i n telh' pplement modifica' different rk, so w , )vernnloo" (fine oar' g reat the gra nd mmediate me.asu r° )ablishing repro' . • 3 iSCUSSIO a ters to the t of iiiter" nendment heafrA3 in aininati°ll ), m ay ar budget h"; uipe ror ° . a ordin 3ll of counc iis o i press; pr . hat wi l t' b e Legw' assein bi l t ; les 0 0 ,„ 1 , s vh , l ,,Tb and Which daria ba beral e " - ; e Coas t ); EulP er° o disc° tir :t this P °l g interes t; I o eview it rg heel/ • o• w laVlo `'ax, is Wax , a aen -the 0— oad, p g O r' :f_Aro3-/ ien 4sc- bter• roodfar the .66 11 o oP! peltd, rnis e ie late d. jorel.: lier' Fr i 9 ' ie ce °. • h ° ri ll TIPP p. a o of ot, L o Tar° u _ ore: p ro : O. l ior, • av o n, gol" , 10' q- , -sq"‘ • C jOrd °l" A' NIDO Nlo ' vet o `,,t) ha MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND • LUNCHEON BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c. Righ-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Boors, &C. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND RENT OPP TO ORDER. Terms, CASII. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Niue Pan. to One a.m. Manager, CITA.RLES CASTLE. KIN ATIAN'S LL. WHISKY. DUBLIN • BITION, 1865. celebrated OLD EXHI IRIS'a WHISKY gained the Dublin . 71 20 Medal. It is Pura. Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. ~Sold in Betties, 3 s . 81, a t th e R e t a il H 011303 in London; by " l e Agents in the principal towns in Enzland: or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDAILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, 'Pink Label. and Cork Branded " Bina haw 8 LL Whisky." WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, 'HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. In consequence of the great Success of Mr. A. G. VANCE'S n ew Songs he is re-engaged; DE ALBERT'S pleasing Divertisse- Izent; Miss AGNES WRIGHT, the new Serio-Comic ; the ast onishing HICEEN FAMILY; Mr. W. WAITE, the greatest T ransformation Dancer in the World (from the Lyceum); VI ) NEY FRANKS, Ooraique; Signor DONTI, the great One Leg .uaricer. Bishop's and Hatton's celebrated Glees, by Miss TREMAINE, 1218 6 Brougham, B. Lascelles, T. Godden, and Mr. P. Oorri. Pull Orchestra, which will perform the popular Overtures of t he (Treat Masters. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORSI. t The doors open at 7, commence at 7.30. No alteration in , I : 4 _Priees of admission. Private boxes, 10s. 6d., to be secured nitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; Sams', St. James's; theall other acknowledged Libraries; also at the Bcx-office at "Le Ball from 10 until four o'clock. SPecial Notice.- Le Petit Blondin is engaged at this Hall only, and will appear on Easter Monday; also J.(l. Forde, Miss Smith top,strels. Jolly Nash, Hairy and Rattle King, and Oliver's Christy aun I/LONDIN ! BLONDIN! ! BLONDIN !! I CANTERBURY HALL—SoIe Proprietor, W. HOLLAND. —BLONDIN a genuine Success.— RE ENGAGEMENT until further notice of the great and only BLONDIN, the Hero of Niagara. Deafening Applause at t he Wonderful performance on the HIGH ROPE at Nine o'clock, and the New Indian Ballet, with M. Blondin as 1, 080 the "Monkey ," at Ten o'clock. A host of talent, including the great VANCE, Annie Adams, Jester (the Talking Hand), Gerrard s , th e g r ea t D an iels, Louis Austen, Fred. Evans and his Troupe of Pantomimists. The suberb 'rystal Saloon, the most gorgeous Saloon in England, With 1,600 feet of additional Looking-glass, by W. S. *Villas,' Londoi-road. No advance in prices. Stalls and Crystal Saloon, ls.; Area and Balcony, 6d. Open at Seven, commence at Half-past. Special Notice.—M. Blondin will carry any gentleman 0 4 his back across the High Rope every evening. IVIADAME ITSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. A PORTRAIT MODEL of MILES WEATHERILL is now added to the Chamber of Horrors. ed Adtnivio n o m . children under 10, 6d. Chamber of H o rr ors , extra. ° Pert from 11 in the morning till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p m. ARG-YLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Mr R. R. BRINELL. 8 Magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, bees Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art rafters. -Inbar& and other eminea. as tists, is NOW OPEN r, the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Eupil.onion. Signor 3losca. ow Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. • ' Doors open at half-past 8. Adniission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. STOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS, PIGEON CHESTS and other D e fo r miti e s, are pre •TPuted an d cure d b y wearinc, CHANDLER'S IMPROVED 41.1rGIENIC CHEST-EXPANDI N G BRACE, for both sexes of all a ges. It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indi gestion, pains in the chest and back, and is especially re nlnlended to children forassisting the growth, promoting bealth and symmetry of figure, superseding the use of r aces and stays. Price from 10s. 6d. each.-66, Earners ""'eet, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded. fIURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O per Week.—D. S. HUMPHRIES' h a at all tim.e a 0 hnber of Fire r - -elass 3IDJ: IC E to be LET. furnished o lifarnished, or sold, more pa - tioularly in the nelzhbair -417,."4 oi Sydenh4m, Tipper gorwool. Fareit-hill, and vtli i."—Partioalare may be had at the ()Moe, Printing House lighare. Eton 3EB and AP A.Er ItEN PS virANrED, and to be LET Por SOLD. RUSIXXSS ES for DISPaSAL, ROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. aognHITAPHRIES has continual applications for d escriptions ot PR JPE STY which will pay good interest out Houses out ot rep dr not objected to. T. D tT o ll taPhries can at all time; find customers tor all des:trip s_ na of buinesses. Hotels, public - 43, &c, soli and i.::Osterrod. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print- Rouse-sqnsre. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in . ALEX. ROSS'S CANTRARIDES OIL, w hi c h srethlyprodnces whiskers and thickens hair. Price 3s. 6d., Rt „ 6 4., and 10s. 64.; sent by post for 51, t 4, and 144 all Ch - Ps.—ALEX* ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and emists. " Tale of a Hair," 6d, 1470NDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns clued This in ono day by usin g ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. C preparation gradually dissolve s th e C orn i n a f ew fo °l rs, removin g th e ver y roo t. P r i ce 4 5 . ; sent b y post ChemistsNr 0 samps. —2lB, Hi g h H o lb orn , L on d on , an d all Face Powder, is. ffAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, Londr m .— ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID 14' .1:4 Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. ,4 144 stam?,(l6d.,ps. s—llad 3. 6d., of all Chemist and 104. 6d.; s sent free for 54, 81, - ` l . Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. eVrREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE p ro d uces a pal l ed f An allr Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and per e?3, natural in effect. Prices Be. 6d., ss. 6d., an d 10 s , e:; nt se. by post for 54, 84, and 144 st am p s ; an d a ll melzists Bloom of Roses, Bs. 6d . DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL ITORY re -I,,q`fes superfluous hair from the face, nec k, an d arms, 64 ' , out effect to the skin. Price 3s. 6d., s s . 6d. , an d 10 s. ; sent for 51, 84, and 144 stamps. —Rad of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, ss. 6d. pIAIPLE REMOVE R.—A.ll diseases of the Skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S 8411GETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, at ii ,„2 l tnees, & c. 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d.; or post for 40 and 100 itli‘ ll9 . - --ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London, and ~hemists. RUPTURES.-By ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER 'TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to bo the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so o: en 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 Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, Wing with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular trl , y be had, and the truss, which can rot fail to ti, forwardei by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WRITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 218; 265 . . 6d., and 3 . 15. 6d. Postage, s. A Double Truss, 31s. dd.; 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, s. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, s. 10d. Post-office Orders to be mado payable to John White ; Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Jtc. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and .are drawn on 'ike an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d. II AIR COLOUR WASH.—By d amp i ng th e a e ;;' , head with thi s b eau tif u ll y - per f umed Wash, in Nr:11 or ten Jays the hair assumes it s or i g i na l co l our, and et,i,„, 41411 so by an occasional using. 10 s . 6d . ; sent for atio 33 . c h A e LIA. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, L on d on , mist, i„ ---- s t published, 2d. ; sen t bthe author for 3 stamp s , lus t and BEAU TY; being a Pamphlet Ipg descriptive of articles and means used , for .imp-ov -4,,`"° aPpearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Efol -'s London. Had of all booksellers. IraRESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. etv e THE REVALENTA ARABICA 8 THE times its cost in other remedies, and restores terrect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, ko seliti l t a lia i i n i g y sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the effect disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and Indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con rt3„,"°ll, habitual c o ns tip a ti on , diarrheas, all gastric de lis ' ero onts, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, ktr:°l 2Bn ess, biliousness, fevers, sore throat s , diphtheria, h ilt s , colds, influenza, noises in the hoad and ears, 114,,ratisin, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria,. n.eu her,,,, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, ktlZorn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp, spasms,. ,tite;7 4 and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking th e Pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is 'or 1 -138 t digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable httivalids and infants in all complaints. 4 4l ~;(41TA.srr CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury l'ity , T o ore than slopy imitations to which, without (Mho /le—harOn Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. t-ceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of 44 (11,, a t r rY's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' .rants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it h - r ; re ady received from invalids whose position ha . d h eee trolased hopeless, we may now add that of his Hell -14 " It Pope, whose health h as b een per f ec tl y res t ore d of thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. lignote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 001y31,--"Rome, July 21st, 1 . 866. — . The health of the t tt ier tither is excellent, especially since, abandoning all :9„roedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du b‘ter t ;" l - Qevalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a at every meal. It has produced a . surprisingly effe c t on his health, and his Holiness cannot 0: this excellent food too highly." h tir l : e l l l.o . 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehm, of seven ,Vee:li,...,"ver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous h‘*eetl'ltability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad ''rvi,-°ll, Constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable Q4-IZI agitatlol3- f l P tti t ,1 1‘1 9,; 7 8, of dyspepsia, from tho Right Hen. the__ Lord t i'l '1 -;° uecies, Lord-Lieutenant cif the County of Wa er vocl,..„; I have derived much benefit from your excellent 4 4 Ttriurr DE DECIEs, • Drornana, Cappoquin, County , C'rd." -r e ( 1 78 . " O. .49,832. —Of fifty years' indescribable agony Oi nstipation, tlee e rPsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, h at Vpasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, I sr . " 01 101 k. 00 4 0 . 4 r,121. Miss Elizabeth J acobt, .of extreme flthil,..?s's, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ncr ‘,4 i t' l : ll. ll B :d e p i tt l'l. r ° r i i s cea 6 ,!l4.-3 , 1r. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two 4 9 , sad is sold in Canisters, at is. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; Ilk,, Cl4l hte r , • ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b klk k ;` l l' . b e ae free on receipt of Post-office Order, by BARRY-and Co., 77, Regents trea_t,Londo . n , ; a,,'"" l and Mason's, and. sold., by all milauctaine ' . " 44 Chenzign. N O . 23,645. Just published, price Is. Gd., by post Is: 3d., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks, EVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 21.3, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review. Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, e•nd other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES , AV 1N I' ItNATION L NE Arcs P.A.PE De toted t o Attie:lean Intelli2enc,, 1..A.1-IGED to 21 t-AG I typor , PI of Con mos. l'orsimai, Financial, Mining, ltaitroa I, Meinbeis of .nrcont, .Co.o.oonondal Sled, and tiros having* nn inteccA in .•11.; Witted State,. %via lia t itt.s rocwsp iper cf use. Published every SATURD 11" HORN f CG, price 9d. 15, Catherine-stree'. Strathi. UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION ._v (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 D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAITFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.O Established 1808. Quotations on application. TEETH PAINLESSLY STOPPED, w ith permanent enamel cement of the exact natural colour, guaranteed not to turn black or make the teeth look unsightly. MR. WEBB, Mourn*, 27, NIINV BOND-STREET, Many years with Mr. EsiKELL, of S, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. DISCOVERY OF GUNPOWDER (TEA.)._ Large quantities of the very finest descriptions have been discovered in Great St. Helen's, at the Warehouses of the "FAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, and are going off rapidly at importers' prices. Also the most deli cious lisisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. 6d. upwards. Family Tea. 25.; in half-chests, ls. 10d. Tea for the million, ls. id. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. GEOLOGY. -KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. PROFESSOR TENNANT, F.G.S., COMM !MC A COURSE of LECTURES oa. GEOLOGY on FRIDAY, January 24, at 9 v. They will be continued on each succeeding Wed nesday and Friday at the same hour A shorter course is also given o:i fnursday evenings, from Bto 9. Text-Book, Lyell's "Elemea.s of Geology."' Professor Tennant accompanies his students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological in terest in the country R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the heal, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediatety re lieving coughs, cold., confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist., 8, Bing William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities i n one, 2s. 9d. each. Be rticular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address aro engraved on the stamp. 'DOWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for A. COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affec tions of the ResAratory Organ 3. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles only, price ls. lid., 2s. 3d., and Ils. each. Established nearly half a century. SATISFACTORY LETTER-. 5, Wood-street, Millbank, Westminster, October 5, 1867. Sir,—Some months back I had an attack of Bronchitis, which left at time s a ti c kling in my Thr oa t, w i th 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 nse of this as you think' pro per, and I 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 IN'S EED. 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 !lull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames. street, London, E.C. pRINTIN 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 re red. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, wit rk stamped directed envelops for reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. (ENE 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, 93, Cheapside, London, E.Ci G REAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at Sing's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyd; and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon. Soc., F. Smith, Esq. GEo. REID, Sec. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FF,MALte PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President —Rev. CANON DALE. CONTEmoTIONs for the support of the Homes in 1863 are ear nestly solicited, whfeh may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bosan• quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, l .C.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, NA'T'IONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, s ur rey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, R. whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute O rphan 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 e,rnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY K./1..1000TE, Treasurer W. H. WARWICK, Secretary. Office, 121, Pall-Mall, SiNV ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Groat Northern Railway Terminus, King's , Cross. Patron —Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE S, K.G. President —His Grace the Duke of Boccimucit, 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, iu 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. Tbe 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 Co., Berners-street ;:and,;at am) ilospital, from 10 till 0. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, ill ARC 1 - 1 24, 1868 THE MORTON TESTIMONIAL, QM - ELUL Gentlemen, friends of Mr. CH NRLES MORTON, of " HIE OXFORD," have formed them selves into a Committee for the purpose of raising FUNDS for a TESTIMONIAL, to be presented to him, expressive of the high sense entertained both of his public character and private worth. Subscriptions already received : E. B. Jones, Esq... £5 5. 0 J.M. 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The steam-engines were quickly on the ground, and with the speed of magic opened constant and powerful streams of water upon the building, but without avail. The flames had gained resistless headway, and were only to be subdued when they had exhausted their fury on the unlucky Museum. The beautiful Cir cassian Zuleima, who was wrapped in slumber and cotton sheets, was awakened from her rest, and, blushing a flaming scarlet to find her boudoir invaded by the hardy fire laddies, submitted to be tenderly but hastily wrapped in a blanket and carried out of the devouring element to a place of safety. An intrepid police captain wreathed himself with:a garland of glory by a gallant attempt to get away with the Fat Woman, but failing in the effort, she was rolled down four flights and across Broadway into an eating-house opposite. She regards the gallant guardian of the public safety as her preserver. The Nova-Scotia Giantess, scorning assistance from ordinary humanity, thoughtfully scooped up a couple of preserved alligators under one arm and a stuffed elephant under the other, as a mark of her respect and esteem for her manager, Barnum, and majestically emerged from the fiery furnaee into the awe-struck crowd,. which fell back tremblingly but admiringly before her resistless tread The conduct of the Gorilla, when he found himself threat ened with a realization of the future of bad men, was said by Lieutenant Hill to have been singular, but . rational, in the extreme. The mighty monarch of Af r i can f ores t s hastily seized a small penknife within reac h , r i ppe d off his skin, tore off his tail, and taking a key from his pouch un locked a padlock fastening the door of his ca g e, an d fl e d silently into Mercer-street l saying it was getting too hot for umfort. The lieutenant interrogated a number of ladies, who surveyed the blazing splendour of the scene from the neighbouring convents . an d soup-houses, to k now if they had seen a skinned gorilla e merge from the building, but the question was greeted with derisive laughter. The roaring of the beasts would have been terrible in the ex treme if they had roared, but they wouldn't roar, although Lieutenant Hill stood, pencil in hand, ready t o recor d eac h roar. At the height of the excitement a splendid sensa tion was created by the appearance of a frightfully singed but living wild beast at one of the main-floor windows. A cry of horror or delight (We couldn't tell which in the melee) broke from the surging crowd, and the poor scorched, suffering brute, burnt ou t o f a ll resem blance to his Royal Bengal tiger self, dropped helplessly to the street beneath. Here was a chance —tiger hunt ing in Broadway. Forty revolvers flashed in the lurid air. But it was reserved for Policeman Blank to finish the King of the Jungle. Holding a long fire-ladder be tween himself and the dying tiger, ho filled him as full of holes as a cue-rack. The tiger was avenged, how ever, by the giraffe, who vindictively kicked Officer Hud son in the eye as that devoted boy in blue attempted to secure the ungrateful beast. Among the singular episodes of the conflagration was the miraculous escape of the little terrier who resided with the Happy Family, and was favourably known to all visi tors as " Tan," and a large black bear. " Tan" was found by a fireman on Tuesday, clinging, unharmed, to a ledge of wood in one of • the burnt rooms. How he escaped is not known. The story of the bear is strange and inte resting. About five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the bear made his appearance at a second-story window►, and Honed to be MOditotizig the 9110910 of the oceptiß he two pelicans, one Bengal tiger (who was kindly allowed an uninterrupted passage by the crowd), one moose, two camels (who got their backs up because they were hurried out), two Japanese hogs saved their bacon, one Persian sheep, three kangaroos, two silver pheasants, three fretful porcupines, ono wambat. Among the animals destroyed were many of the most rare and costly boasts, including four lion cubs, four leopards, two hyenas (the " Violators of the Tomb "), one white boar, two lynx, four porcupines, two large lions, two black bears, one ibex, one Brazilian tiger, four kangaroos. The Learned Seal, which was about the only animal that escaped from the old Museum fire on the 13th of July, 1865, was boiled this time beyond recognition by his most intimate friend. Two white peacocks and all the birds on the upper floor perished. The beautiful Circassian lost about one thousand dollars in wardrobe and jewellery. Miss Anna Swan, the giantess, had her diamonds and money, to the value of three thousand six hundred dollars, in her band when she at tempted to rush unaided through the flames; but, being kindly assisted by the surrounding crowd, she was re lieved of all anxiety and her property by their kind atten tion. Mrs. G.C., Howard, who was playing Topsy, lost her wardrobe. The proprietor of the shooting-gallery lost everythinv-abour two thousand dollars in all ; the glass blowers were also bankrupted. The property was held by the Barnum - and Van Amburgh Museum Association, Mr. Barnum owning forty per cent. of the s'ock. The company had just bought the Museum building for the sum of one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. Insured for sixty-two thousand dollars in city companies. Mr. Phomix T. Barnum promptly published the follow ing card after the fire, which disaster he bore with his usual philosophy and good humour : " Mr. Editor,—The loss of the Barnum and Van Am burgh Museum and Menagerie Company is as follows : Contents of-Museum cost over $400,000. It was insured for about one-third of its value. The building was in sured for $62,000. "We shall not build on the present site, but the six lots on which the Museum stood are for sale-75 on Broadway, and on Mercer 200 feet deep.—Yours, Wilkes's Spirit of the Times. "P. T. BARNUM." "HAMLET" AS A FRENCH OPERA. No nation under the sun more frequently tries to illus trate the Latin adage, " Audaces for'una juvat," than the French. And what a daring venture, forsooth, to extract a French opera from our own Hamlet ; from that " recital of a moral poisoning," as M. Taine says; from that end less analysis through which the human soul is scruti nised and searched in its innermost recesses. Albeit, the audacious feat has been accomplished; Shakspere's masterpiece has been habited into a French lyrical drama, and successfully too, for the composers re ceived a veritable ovation, on Monday evening, at the close of the first representation of hamlet, Prince de Danmark opera in fivo acts, the words by MM. Michel Carre and Jules Barbier, the music by M. Ambroise Thomas. Let us see how the librettists and the maestro have in terpreted. " Th' applause, delight, the wonder of our stage." MM. Cane and Barbier have borrowed from Hamlet its most pathetic situations and best pages, and arranged them in five acts. In the first W 6 have the exposition of the love of the young Prince for 'aphelia, who returns it most ten derly, and the apparition of the Ghost of Hamlet's father on the platform before the castle at Elsinore ; in the se cond, there is the play of "the murder of Gonzago ;" the moving scene between the mother and the son, and Ham let rebuking Ophelia and advising her to become a nun, make the third act; the fourth is filled up by the affecting madness of Ophelia ; in the fifth there is a scene with the gravediggers, the burial of Ophelia, and the revenge of Hamlet, who kills the usurper. You perceive that Hamlet has been unmercifully cur tailed to fit the operatic exigencies, to argue with do and fa on the immortality of the seul, to pierce with a full band the mysteries of eternity. But if such a curtailment may be explained to a certain extent, not so the travestying of a main part of the plot. For instance, the librettists have made a traitor of Polonius, who is but a buffoon. Pos sibly to legitimate Hamlet's vengeance, would you say ? No ; if Polonius is killed by the sword of the Prince, it is behind the scenes, and it is entirely unknown to the pub lic. Moreover, what becomes of the cause of Ophelia's madness? Pauvre grand William va !" exclaimed the king of French critics, Jules Janin. Now to the score. Its author, M. Ambroise Thomas, has already won many lyrical palms—Ls Caid, Le Songe dune Nuit d'Ete, and Mignon, have placed him foremost among the French composers. It was known that he had spent a long time at his elegiac lyrical tragedy of Hamlet, curiosity was raised to a pitch, bets were freely made on the issue of the first night, and all the dilletantes in Paris hastened to the Opera to witness the maestro's triumph or fiasco. He went most successfully through the ordeal, and Hamlet, besides proving to be the great musical hit of the season, will certainly be the most precious gem of Thomas's artistic crown. The overture, or rather the introduction, is short. It begins with mystery, it ends with power. It sets in deep relief the excellence of the composer in the working of orchestration. The chorus of officers, which heralds the first act, "Nargue de rivresse," is remarkably ample. Hamlet makes his entry to the song of the violoncellos, and mur murs, " ()femme, to t'appelles inconstance et fragilite ;" then comes the duo with Ophelia —"Douce de la lumiere," deli ciously sweet, though greatly contrasting with the bravura of most operas. Well, that subdued style is in unison with the part of Hamlet. His northern love could not inspire such a duo as in the Africaine. Withal, what is one to expect from a hero who is about to declare that "his soul is of marble." The Pygmalion are to be found but in mythology. The cavatina of Laertes on his departure for abroad—" Pour mon pays en serviteur fidele"—has been en cored with enthusiasm. However, this Dane chevalier has too much of the Beau Dunois, Partant pour la Syrie . The finale of the picture is a joyous chorus of courtiers, shamelessly sitting at the coronation banquet. The merry burden is dramatically stopped by the announcement of the perambulations of the Ghost. A fantastical symphony precedes the apparition of the spectra on the platform. As to the scene between Hamlet and his father's Ghost, it is interpreted with great skill, though the recitative has too much its own way at the expense of melody, though the ghost (basse David) blew as through the trumpet of the Last Judgment. Ophelia begins the second act with a fabliau, ravishingly sung and rapturously applauded. The arioso of the Queen does not produce the same effect; but the chorus of the players—" Princes sans apanages"—is full of humour, origi nality, and entrain. The Bacchic song of Hamlet, who tries to shake off his bad thoughts, " 0 vin dissipe la tristesse," is full of rhythm. There is a change of scenery, and the action now goes on in a magnificent palace, where the "minder of Gonzago" is acted, and Hamlet breaks out in his terrible reproaches in a recitative singularly harmonising with the m3lody of the orchestra ; singer and instruments completely blend. The finale ending that act is magnificently animated, and those superb Tahemences disclose a maestro's hand always sure of itself. Hamlet begins the third ant with the flue monologue— " Etre ou nepai etre . . . G mystere." Here was a difficult problem to solve, and that solution was surrounded with reefs. Critics thought and said that it was as well to put in music &problem of Spinosa. To sing "To be, or not to be," oozed simply absurd, yet the con/summate syna. would meet with from the - crowd beneath. A ladder was hastily raised, and a kind-hearted fireman ran up with a noose to throw over Bruin's head, but the suspicious beast dexterously fended the rope off, and turned back into the smoking ruins. He was of course given up as lost ; but imagine the surprise and astonishment of the police, fire men, and citizens who were on the ground on Wednesday to see the bear come leisurely out of the main entrance and amble down Broadway. Arriving at Spring-street, Bruin hesitated, seemed uncertain where to turn, but pre sently making up his mind that he belonged properly on the " East-side," he made down Spring-street towards the Bowery. He was captured after an exciting chase in a stable on Marion-street. The good fortune of this sale,- =alder bear is only to be explained on the theory that getting on the platform where the band played in the afternoons, the water from the engines drenched him and then froze over his fur, protecting him by a mail of ice from the heat of the fire. The collection of animals belonging to Messrs. Barnum and Van Amburgh was held at a large price, $lOO,OOO having been refused from the city of Boston. The pair of tigers, said to be the finest in the country, were valued at $15,000. The giraffe Was valued at $20,000. In addi tion, a large expense had been incurred in the getting up of a costly and laboured spectacular piece, which was shortly to have been produced. The Gordon Cumming's collection was entirely destroyed. Mr. Barnum has the sympathy of the public in his overwhelming misfortune, but, like India-rubber, the harder P. T. is hit the higher he bounces, and we expect to shortly see the unquench able showman in a grand and gorgeous Museum, which will take rank among the great institutions on the earth. The prime cause of the total destruction of the Museum and its contents was that the hydrants on the street were frozen. For some time no water could be obtained. When the streams were got on, no band of beavers could have worked more industriously than our gallant firemen, but the Old Curiosity Shop was doomed. Among the animals saved besides the Fat Lady, the Giantess, and the beauti ful Circassian, whom we have mentioned above, were the dwarfs General Grant and Sir William Wallace, between whom a bitter rivalry exists ; one giraffe (since dead), one zebra (held " sacred " by Barnum, but nobody else), one baby elephant (very sick yet from excitement and smoke), three llamas, one four-horned ram, one Hindostan goat, PitICE.... la. STAMPED sd. phonist safely avoided the fatal rocks, and the style of that recitative vividly recalled the Don Carlos of Verdi, and tie Must of Gounod. Albeit, it threw over the whole act a chill that was not dissipated by the air of the King, who prays when Hamlet stabs the " damned Dane." That scene, so moving in Shakspere, is painfully abortive at the Open , . The fine trio—" Alle.z clans un cloitre, allez Orplzelie !" did not oven suffice to break the ice. As to the grand duo between the son and the mother, one misses in it the great offe:ts such a capital situation is susceptible of —it was merely a scene of tragedy most correctly noted. However, the plaudits were as eager as numerous. But the real success bsgan only with the scene of Oglielia, who fills up the fourth act. The village fete, which divertises with so much apropos the dark and terrible colour of the ac tion, is a happy idea, and the sp , mtators never were so much dAighted at eyeing the Cinderella feet of Madame Fiuretti joyously cadencing a polka-mazurka rhythm of much dis tinction. Ophelia suddenly appears, Ophelia already mad, her head fantastically dressed with wild flowers, and in that poetical and bizarre attire Paul Delaroche has so gra ciously painted. In that act, everything is the theme cf a song—spring, joy, and the madness of an unfortunate love—of a gracious and poetical delirium. Ophelia's hand strews flowers, enchanting notes spring from her mouth. Her madness seems to be a subverted spring. She first sings a most sweet and melancholy andante, " A vos jeux, mes antis, perinettez-moi de grace." Then, surprised, by an importunate and doleful remembrance, she recites this ballad, impressed with ineffable melancholy, " Paile et blonde, dort sous,,; l'eau." At last, attracted almost mechanically by the marks of sympathy of the dancers, she is led to imitate for a moment their pastimes, and . sing this waltz air, which was hailed by peals of fran tic applause. " Partagez mes fi'eurs." Meanwhile, day is Waning, the villagers go away, Ophelia draws near the bank of the river to gather flowers. She is seen gradually sinking, and finally disappears under the reeds. A few mi nutes after one distinguishes her body floating on the water, her arms slightly raised up, and flowers still dropping from her hands, while the chorus of the villagers returning home is heard in the distance. The inspiration has not abandoned the maestro during the fifth act. The song of the gravediggers is highly cha racteristic. Then Hamlet sings a romance in the most moving style. The chorus at Opholia's burial is full of melancholy sonorousness and majesty. Lastly, Hamlet sur excited by his father's phantom, who again appears, kills the King, takes the crown, and the, curtain falls to be raised again at the tremendous command of the public, who acclaim both composer and singers. Who were the virtuosi? Faure, whose Mephistopheles is present to the memory of the English dilletantes, sang the part of Hamlet ; Belval was Claudius ; the tenor Colin, Laertes; Mdlle. Christine Nilsson interpreted Ophelia, and Madame Gueymard the Queen. But the parts of Ophelia and Hamlet eclipsed the others, and both were admirably sung. Mdlle. Nilsson created quite afurore, and no wonder, for she possesses all the attributes of a first-rate cantatrice and actress ; her physiognomy was the very ideal of Ophelia. She possesses great dramatic intelligence; her voice, tasteful, vigorous, and pure, fills up without any apparent effort the immense house of La Rue Lepeltier. The spectators returned with usury to the Northern Diva the flowers she was dropping from her white hands. Methinks that Malibran was never approached so nigh. In dying as Ophelia did, Madlle. Nillson is sure to never perish in the artistic world. Faure fulfilled the part of Hamlet with his usual =a tria ; and he also achieved a triumph, and ho sang in such a way as to render most difficult the task of the baritones who may aspire to play Hamlet. Never has been so ex cellent a tragedian, so incomparable a singer. Far from diminishing, the success of hamlet is going crescendo at the Opera. 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An H.T4USTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account rooks, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, Bags, &c., post free. 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. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank 214, High. Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C. and by , WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. THE RESCUE E. Jt ue as fot SOCIETY'S HOMES 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. with. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Trampstead. 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, Cheapside. • The bomo at Great 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 GB7 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cant; whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge throe homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The Society is underr the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly commend its'work to the berievolent. DANL. COOPER ) sec. 85, illoon-atroot ObAmpoide 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. PHEASANTS, PARTRIDGES, and POULTRY.—Landed Proprietors, Gentry, &c., of the United Kingdom wishing to rear Game for 1868 and to bo successful, are respectfully asked to send six stamps for Mr. CHAMBERLIN'S new BOOK, containing 800 certificates of the utility of his FOOD. J. 0. supplies the Crowned Heade of England and trance and the chief of the aristocracy. By the use of his "Spanish Meal" any quantity of birds can be raised. _ _ The hundreds of thousands of heads of Game reared on my system during the last ten years proves its utility ; loss from .every cause has not averaged three to the hun dred. Gapes and Roup (the two most fatal diseases which attack game) the birds have been and always are free from. This is attributable to their robust constitution and excellent condition. Pheasants fed on my food show their beautiful plumage with hardness and closeness of feather to the greatest advantage; they cannot be sur passed. The magnificent Foreign and English Pheasants at the Zoological Society's Garden; London, and his Imperial Majesty's Pheasantry at Compiegne and St. Germains, are fed with my food. Address, Mr. JAMES CHAMBERLIN, Post-office street, Norwich, England. MARK TWAIN'S EULOGY OF WOMA .V. At the anniversary of the Washington Corre spondents' Club, Mr. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, responded to a toast, " Woman, the prided the professions and thejewel of ours." He said —" Mr. President—l do not know why I should have been singled out to receive the greatest distinction of the evening —for so the office of replying to the toast to woman has been regarded in every age. (Applause.) Ido not know why I have received this distinction, unless it be that I am a trifle less homely than the other members of the Club. But be this as it may, Mr. President, I am proud of the position, and you could not have chosen any one who would have accepted it more gladly, or laboured with a heartier goodwill to do the subject justice, than I. Because, sir, I love the sex. (Laughter.) I love all the women, sir, irrespective of age or colour. (Laughter.) Human intelli gence cannot estimate what we owe to woman, sir. She sews on our buttons—(laughter)—she mends our clothes—(laughter) — s h e ropes us in at the church fairs—she confides in us; she tells us whatever she can find out about the little private affairs of the neighbours—she gives us good advice and plenty of it—she gives a piece of her mind, sometimes—and sometimes all of it—she soothes our aching brows —she bears our children. In all relations of life, sir, it is but a just and graceful tribute to woman to say of her that she is a brick (Great laughter.) Wheresoever you place a woman, sir—in whatsoever position of estate — she is an ornament to that place she occupies, and a treasure to the world. (Here Mr. Twain paused, looked inquiringly at his hearers, and remarktd that the applause should come in at this point. It came in. Mr. Twain resumed his eulogy.) Look at the noble names of history ! Look at Cleopatra! look at Desdemona ! Look at Florence. Night ingale Look at Joan of Arc ! Look at Lucretia Borgia. (Disapprobation expressed.) " Weill" said Mr. Twain, scratching his head doubtfully, 4, suppose we let Lucretia slide." Look at Joice Hetb I Look at Mother Eve ! I repeat it, sir, look at the illustrious names of history ! Look at Widow Maekree Look at Lucy Stone ! Look at Eliza beth Cady Stanton! Look at George Francis Train ! (Great laughter.) And, sir, I ray with bowed head and deepest veneration, look at the mother of Washington ! She raised a boy that could not lie—could not lie! (Applause.) But he never had any chance. It might have been different with him if he had belonged to a newspaper corre spondents' club. (Laughter, groans, hisses, and cries of " Put him out." Mark looked around placidly upon his excited audience, and resumed.) I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the world. As a sweetheart she has few equals, and uo superiors. (Laughter.) As a cousin she is con venient ; as a wealthy grandmother, with an incur able distemper, she is precious ; as a wet nurse, she has no equal among men ! (Laughter.) What, sir, would the people of this earth do without women ? They would be scarce, sir. Then let us cherish her—let us protect her—let us give her our support, our encouragement, oar sympathy—our selves, if we get a chance. (Laughter.) But, jest ing aside, Mr. President, woman is lovable, graci ous, kind of heart, beautiful —worthy of all respect, of all deference. Not any here will refuse to drink her health right cordially, for each and every one of us has personally known, and loved, and hon oured the very best of them all—his own mother (Applause. Mapp, the agricultural labourer, who murdered a young girl at Longden, in Shropshire, in December ast, was sentenced to death at the Shrewsbury assizes yesterday. lADVERTISEMENT.)—Du Barry s Delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which contains three times the nourishment of the best meat, saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled, removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual constipation, diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervous, ness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, erup tions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, pal pitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, sinking fits, coughs, asthma, bronchitis, incipient consumption, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few out of 68,000 cures :—The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food.—Cure No. 63,413. "Rome, July 21, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, aban Boning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surrisingl bed' cial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot pra y ise n this excellent food too highly."—From the " Gazette du Midi," July 25. Cure No: 49,832.—"0f fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asth ma, coug h , constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting." Maria Joly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk.—Cure No. 47,1.1.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herta, pf extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Important Caution.—Beware of tho many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attach ed ln tins at ls. 14d.; 1 lb:, 2s ;'2 lbs., 4s. 6,1,; b lbs. 1114; 12 lbs., 225.; '24 lbs. 403.—BeituY Du BAisaY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason, 182, Piccadilly nd at 61, Gr acec h urc h- s t ree t ; 4 , -Ch e apsicle; 63, 150, and 288, OzNig - titivet• 030 Strand; sad au smug and cheraiata, .ae state of the weather at F'utney_oaLMOAday wp not such as to give a very cheerful reception tl the 041 - o - id and Cambridge crews on their arrival:'` A cold ad bitter wind brought great storms of hail down the Thames, and so far agitated the surface of that prince of rivers as to render the experiment of going off in an outrigger con siderably more dangerous than delightful. After three, however, when the tide had been for some short time turned, the wind abated, and there was sufficient of ca'.m to warrant the Cantabs in starting on their first voyage over the established course. They had arrived at the Star and Garter earlier in the day, and from that inn they came up to the boat-house as soon as there was a reason able chance of getting to work. A few score spectators had gathered about the boat-houses and on the towing path, but the day was so extremely cold that the atten dance of visitors was more limited than usual. The appearance of the eight light blues was, as a matter of course, closely scrutinised as they brought out their last year's boat and got her afloat. At present they do not impress the critics most favour ably. While there are at least three undeniably good men in the boat, there are two as to whom knowing people do say they are a little weak. There certainly is not that uniform and tolerably equal distribution of power which marked the superior crew of last year. They are under the direction bf Mr. T. S. Egan, who, on seeing his men in their places, took his seat in the stern of the boat to steer them up the river. A quiet and easy start was made, and, going athwart the stream, they went slowly and pretty evenly to the Craven Point. It was at once observed that the stroke was longer and slower than has been the wont at Cambridge ; but there is not as yet any great display of additional force. In fact, the boat went at first rather feebly up against the ebb and the cross wind. They rowed to the Ship at Mortlake, where Mr. Egan gave up his place to Mr. Warner, the coxswain, and the boat trimmed for a strong pull down with the tide. When warmed to the work, the Cantabs came away at a very good pace, doing thirty-three strokes in a minute, and rowing in the latter part of the course and up to the finish almost as one man. Their first performance, if not altogether assuring, was certainly not otherwise than. creditable. It is evident that they hi... trained hard, and that in the matter of physical condition they are more likely to come to the post too fine than too fresh. The reverse of that holds good with regard to the Oxford crew. As they walked from the White Lion to their boat, about half-past four, they certainly had more of the looks of eight tolerably jolly members of the London Rowing Club going out for an hour's pull than those of men half trained for a great race. While the eight are pretty nearly equal in stature, the elders of the crew are— not to put too fine a point upon it—fat. They will have to do hard work and Ranting, with some closeness of application in order to get down to racing form in the fort night that intervenes between this and the day of the race. Still, the old power of Oxford is evident among them ; and there is really nothing beyond the freshness just noticed, either in the crew or the rowing, to chew any falling off from the high standard of former excel lence. In the absence of Mr. Ross, who is in the hands of the doctor, No. 3 oar was taken by another gentle man, and, with Mr. Tottenham to steer, the eight went leisurely up against tide as far as Chiswick Church. Their manner of going was distinguished by the well-known characteristics of the Oxford boat ; nor was there to be ob served any particularly weak point in the rowing. There is room for a little more " dressing" to be perfectly even in feathering. From Chiswick Church the dark blues came down at a smart rate, doing thirty-five strokes per minute off the Craven Point, and rowing up to the Aqueduct in good style. tAW AND POLICE. THE LONGDEN MURDER.—At the Shrewsbury Assizes, John Mapp, aged 35, has been tried for the murder of a little girl named Catherine Lewis, on Monday, the 22nd of December last, at a village in Shropshire called Longden. It will be remembered that the child had been to chapel, and was seen on the road home walking by the side of the prisoner, who lived in the same direction. The deceased never reached home, and her body was found brutally murdered in a field hard by on the next day. The evidence was conclusive against the prisoner, although all motive for such a crime appears to be wanting. He was found guilty and sentenced to death, protesting his innocence as he left tne dock. TUE MURDER AT WINSCOMBE. —At the Taunton Assizes, the case of Alexander Holmes, charged with the murder of a boy, was disposed ot. The prisoner was the son of a colonel late of the 12th Lancers, and had been placed in the care of a turf dealer on account of a defect in his mental powers. On Friday, the _l3th inst., he went into the garden towork, but in the evening he presented himself at the house of Acting-Sergeant Hancock, at Banwell, and there gave himself up, stating that he had murdered a boy, and the officer not being in he occupied the interval by taking tea with the woman with whom the constable lodged, and narrating the details of the atrocious crime. He said he felt that he must murder same one, and when he saw the lad in the field keeping the birds from some wheat, he could not resist the temptation to murder him. He beat him about the head with a stick, and then cut his throat with a pocket-knife, and threw the stick and knife into a stream, where he washed his hands. The body of the boy was subsequently found in the place indicated by the prisoner. Several witnesses were called, who proved that the prisoner was of weak and unsound intellect at the time of committing the crime, and the jury acquitted . the prisoner on the ground of insanity. THE ATTEMPTED I%IURDER of A FARMER.— -At the Cambridge Assizes, Robert Lowe, a tall, powerful-looking man, aged 67, was indicted for wounding James Wil liamson on the 26th of December last, with intent to mur der him. Williamson, who is a small farmer, took a load of hay on December 26 to Cambridge, and sold it for £5 4s. He left Cambridge the some afternoon, but it was not until the following morning that his horse and cart arrived home, he being found huddled up insensible in a corner of the vehicle, severely wounded about the head, and his money gone. Evidence was given to skew that the prisoner Lowe bad ridden in the cart with him atter leaving Cambridge, and although the prosecutor never properly recovered recollection of the party who was with him in the cart, he identified a cap and jacket belonging to the prisoner, as having been worn by his assailant. It was also found that the prisoner, from being extremely poor, was in the possession of gold and silver immediately after the robbery. The jury returned a merdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to penal servitude for life. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A POLICEMAN.—At the Taunton Assizes, two men, named Hicks and Bryant, have been charged with attempting to murder a policeman. Hicks pleaded guilty. It appeared that about two o'clock on the morning of the 14th of December, a policeman named Agburn was on duty at St. George's, about five miles from Bristol, and saw two men running from the house of a market gardener. They dropped some fowls. Agburn attempted to stop Hicks. There was a struggle, and Agburn was shot in the groin, and it was not considered that he would recover. A verdict of guilty was returned. Hicks was sentenced to ten years', and Bryant to five years' penal servitude. THE CASE OF PETER MORGAN.-021 Monday, Peter Morgan, alias Mohan, was again brought before Sir Thomas Henry, at Bow-street, on the charge of inducing soldiers to desert, 'and enlist in the so-called Fenian army. The charge, it will be remembered, was made by a man named John Malony, who, in November 1865, the time of the alleged transaction, was a soldier at Woolwich. His evidence was corroborated by M`Carthy, a soldier belong. ing to one of the Military Trains, and the prisoner was remanded. CUMULATIVE PENALTIES.—A singular case of cumulative penalties occurred at Macclesfield a few days ago. A fishmonger was summoned for having on sale a quantity of shrimps in a decomposed state and unfit for human food. The police inspector said he had counted the shrimps, that there were 2,040, and that defendant being liable to pay a fine of £2O for each shrimp, the total amount of the penal ties would be £40,800. The magistrates were donl.t . .qs delighted that the arithmetical shrewdness of the in ,r gave them such an excellent opportunity for provii),; 4 1O "unstrained quality •of mercy," and they therefore remitted £40,799 of the penalty, and fined the lucky fishmonger 20s. only. Their ROyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales have signified their intention of honouring with their presence Mrs. Disraeli's assembly. It is understood that Captain the Hon. John Vivian, M.P., and Colonel Lowder, Deputy- Adjutant-General of Marines, will be added to the royal commission appointed to inquire into the law paid practice of courts-martial. ARMY EXA➢IINATIO\S.—The next examination for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, will begin on Monday, June 15 ; that for admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, on Wednesday, July 1; and that for admission to the Staff College, on Thursday, July 23. THE Bauer or WINCHESTER.—The health of the Bishop of Winchester is gradually improving, but it will be some time before he will be able to attend to the more active duties of his episcopate. The confirmations which have been fixed for the next few weeks will bs undertaken by the Bishop of Sodor and Man and thik Diabop of Mauritius,