The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-20 00:00:00

''~'i • R NI t- , r .s G • _.~~ ~~ -?-- ti~~~ 4 ~~ C --, / .RECEIVED I MAY 1e.68 1~----~ _j YrER Covent-garden Opera—EVANS' to UP. _ ~:r Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. A: wr 1.1,.. ) cia. - ket Theatre EV.II'; S' to Sit', Alter Aue.phi Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre EVANS' to.SUP. Alter Strand Theatre After New Royalty Theatre EVANS' to SUP. Alt,' ,;i tame,',, filf , :!TL,I , F , A.NS' to SUP. , \NS' to SUP. Ll...,rLL.Luneut at Lag III, MAID ON DORE E, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND LUNCHEON BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c. High-clasi Wince at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, &c. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND SENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine p.m. to One a.m. Manager, CHARLES CASTLE. TZIN AH AN' S LIVH I I s S r KY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION. This celebrated OLD IRISH. WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious. and very Wholesome. Sold in Battles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England: or wholesale at 8. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded "Kina han's LL Whisky." MUTUAL 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. ES T 0 N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. Unprecedented Success of Vr. ARTHUR- LLOYD, with new songs. Mr. A. G. VANCE. DE ALBERT'S celebrated Ballet, LISKARD, the versatile Musical Genius, and the astonishing HICKEN FA MILY; Miss LOUISE; and Signor BERVANI (from Astley's). Every Evening. Bishop's and Hatton's celebrated Glees, by Miss TREMAINE, Miss Brougham, R. Lascelles, T. Godden, and Mr. P. Cord. Full Orchestra, which will perform the popular Overtures of the %est Masters. The Vc:h6le under tlha direction of Mi. 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 Ft e cure cl at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and ams' Library, St. James's; also at the Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. ,SPecial Notice.- Miss Smithson, Jolly Nash, Hairy and liattie 'dug, and Oliver's Christy Minstrels, on Easter Monday. " THEY ARE COMING." ►NDIN ! BLON DIN ! ! BLONDIN !! ! ULONDIN, the Hero of Niagara, is engaged, and will appear at the CANTERBURY HALL on MON DAY, Feb. 24, and following nights. • LONDIN on the High or Lrw Rope, and as Jacko the Monkey in the Great Indian Ballet, commenc ins; MO DAY. Feb. 24. and every evening. at the CANTER BURY HALL.—SoIe Proprietor, W. Holland. No advance in Prices. Stalls, ls.; area and balcony, 6d. CANTERBURY HALL—SoIe Proprietor, W. HOLLAND.—Triumphant Success of the new manage !silent and company. 0 WEB'S CHRISTY MINSTRELS. Fred. Evans' Comic Ballet Troupe; Great Vance, Louie Austen, Brothers Felix, Annie Adams Sig.Leroni, Miss Fitz Henry, Pat Sellers, Brothers Girards, and the French Clowns. Musical Di rector, Mr. Alfred Lee. Assistant General Manager, Mr. James Ellis. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Special Notice.—Mr. W. HOLLAND'S Grand Inauguration Benefit, MONDAY, Feb. 24, when all the principal artistes in London will appear. First Night of the Great Blondin. ADANIE USSAMYS EXHIBITION, BAKER- STREET. A PORTRAIT MODEL of the late Eminent Tragedian, CHARL'E'S BEAN, in the character of MACBITTH, modelled from Sittings given by him o the late Mr. F. B. TUSSALTD. Admission, ls.: children ander 10. 6d Extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 in the morning till dusk, and from 7 till 10 in the evening. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Mt R R. BI4NELL. This magnificent Terpsiohorean and Musical Establishment, having been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian a r t Y Messrs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Mosca. Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. ' FURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 N. to £2O per Week.--D. S. HIDIPIIRIEi has at all times a n'unber of Firs -class REAM 6 C to be LET. furnishel or unfurnished, or sold. more , articuiarly in the nelzhbour hoods of -vdenham. Upper Niorwood. Forest-hill, and vici nltY.—Particalars may be had at the Office, Printing House- Square. I TOUSES and AP ARV WEN rs WA. NT TED. and to be LET or SOLD. RINI VIC - SSR:B for DiSP dtt PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HUNIPH has continual applications for all descriptions of PR JPE RTY which will pay , 00d interest Lor outlay. Houses out of replir not objected numphries can -A all time. fied customers tor all desw ip tions of b Isinesses. Hotels, public hoes s, &o , sold and trinstorr d. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print- House-squ..re. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTRARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 61, and 10s. 6d.; sent by post for 51, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. - - - " Tale of a Hair," 6d. "WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using SEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. nig preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few crs, removing the very root. Price 45.; bent by p3st for CO stamps. 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Face Powder, ls. RAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, Hi g h Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. GREY FIAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect Nour immediately it is used. It is permlnent, and per fectly natural in effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6 ' 1 .; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps; and all Chemists. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. IaMR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, , London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL tTORY re- I n 9ves superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, nthout effect to the skin. Poice 3s. 6c1., ss. 6d., and 10s. u d• ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. - Had of 01 Chemists. Skin Tonic, ss. 6cl. FIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are id by one dose of ALEX. ROSSS -VEG ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove rednes ' s, 84 , 11 "ness, &e. 2s. 9d. and 6d.; or post for 40 and 100 s 'amPs.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By damping the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional using. 1 0s. 6d. ; sent for stamps. ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d.; sent by the au th or for 3 stamps, u - GLINESS and BEAUTY; bei ng a P amphlet descriptive of articles and means usod for imp-ov ;lag the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High 1101- p cirtl, London. Had of all booksellers. IrEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DI) . BARRY'S delicate health-restoring and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores Perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the In Slat disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sullaption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea , all gastric de ,stangernents, hamorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, uervonsness biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, reia_larrbs, colds, influenza, noises in the howl and ears, ruritnatism gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu gia, irrftability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp, spasms, e t,, Usea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking ft:, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at tv , e Pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is ea Most digestible and nourishinof all foods, and suitable %invalids g and infants in all complaints. aim,POILTANT CAUTIOL—Beware of the many unsavoury t ore than slopy imitations to which, without autho ,Y, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. genceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of tarry's health-restoring ftvalenta Arabica Invalids' h il a (l I nfants' Food since to the thousands of blessings it be : alr ea d y received from invalids whose position had b : I deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi b:;4.the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored %v." after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 68 8 quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. f 13 ) , —"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health, of the ot i ) i Y Pather is excellent, especially since, abandoning all er remedies,- he has confined himself entirely Du Rs al enta Arabica Food, of which he consumes Leful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly PrZi e , fi e cia l effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot this excellent food too highly." cure'y,r Ne. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Broban, of seven S ' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous irrialility, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad 44."51i0n, ennstitnt sleeplessness, and the most intolerable e v 'us agitation. St ure N 0.78. of dyspepsia., from the Right Hon. the Lord fo Decies Lord-Lieutenant of the Count of Water yl have deriv'd much benefit from your excellent 11,V7 - ,STI:anT DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County 0: toad." fr o 4",; No. 49,832. - Of fifty years' indescribable agony ilatei'lYspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation,. of L e ncY, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, Pm Norfolk. lure ll9 A No. 47 ,121.- Mss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme Von,l l „ s _n ( :ss, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner clgiri s . yea r s (ha rrh 5 6,814.—Mr. Samuel Lawton , Leicester, of two F 21b cod is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; ea t ;;,,,.. 6 d. ; 225. ; 24114, 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. Bekßi v rP, „earrit.ge free on receipt of Post-office Order, by al so 1 -)11 BAItIIY and Co., 77 Regent-s treet, London ; vrn.... num and 41, Port , "mo 0.44 cheraists. and Coy 501d.. 1 by all respectable JI 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, Cheapside, The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee ue deeply anxious to open :mother house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 521 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. Iu addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a reptirt of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. COOPER ) See. a; Qum-Area, Qheapside• RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided- a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Hoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the t russ , w hi c h can rot fail to fit, forwardei by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. Gd. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 81s. 6d., 425., and 525. ad. 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 FLAS TIC S TO CKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, an d inex p en sive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 61, 7s. 6d ., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. PR I N TIN G.—TO PROP RIE TORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., don e 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," Sue Printing Offices 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. 60, Lomb ar d_ street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pa:11-mall.—Ho n . Sec., F. Smith, Esq. GEO. REID, Soc. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus,_liing's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vico-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, This Hospital, founded in the year 1823, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without tho delay and difficulty of Governors' orders,, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributior.s 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.; Glyo and Co, ; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Boman-Area ; and at the LE9sPital, troz N till 6. CONTRACTS FOR COCOA, TOBACCO, AND WINE. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, Somerset LlousP, 17th February, 1868. THE COMMISSIoNERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the 2d March next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CON TRACT for supplying an d d e li ver i ng i n t o h er M a j es ty' s Victualling Stores, at Deptford, the undermentioned articles, : To be ten- Quantities. dered for at Rates. COCOA 406,000 lb. ). per 100 lb. TOBACCO - WHITE WINE • 2,000 Gals. per Gallon. When to be Delivered.—One half of each quantity in three weeks from date of Contract, and the remainder thereof in three weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the articles. Separate Tenders are to be made for each article. Their Lordshipsreserve to themselves the power, when the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for anv, and also an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. The Cocoa, Tobacco, and Wine to be exempted from the Customs' duties, and parties tendering are to state where they are lying. Each Tender for Cocoa must specify the mark and land ing number of each cask or package, the ship in which im ported, and the country or place of th e i r growt h or pro duce,ple(nt less th an 21b. f or eac h and au average sam import mark) must be produced by she parties tendering, and not an average of different marks or several imports, and any parcel that is found not to be of the same mark or average quality as t h e s amples tend ere d and accepted, will be rejected by the officers. Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several trade marks and numbers, and the countries or places of its growth or produce, and a fresh-drawn dock sample of each cask or package must be produced by the parties ten dering ; and any cask or package that is found not be of the same mark, n umber, or quality as th e sample tendered and accepted, will be rejected by the officers. Samples of the Wine (two pints) for each import mark must be produced by the parties tendering. No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance with the above denomination of quantities and rates; and Contractors in claiming payment for articles supplied are to make out their invoices in accordance therewith, both as to quantities and rates. No Tend& will be received unless made on the Printed Form provided fur the purpose, which may be obtained oa application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contracts may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf should attend at the office ou the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not before, the rejected samples are to be removed. Every Tender must be addressed to the Sacra' aryof the Admiralty, and bear in the left - hand corner the words, " Tender for ;" .and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House. : • By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Re list of cvntact4 mul Public §ocuritio THE GOVERNMENT AND THE EMPLOYES OF HER MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS.—For some time past a move ment has been on foot directing the public attention, as well as that of the Government, to the extraordinary dis crepancies which exist in the remuneration of officers in different departments of the Civil Service, and more par ticularly the marked distinction between the Custom House clerks and those in the west-end offices. There is, it now appears, a still more glaring instance of injustice brought to light towards a class of officers who, although forming a branch of the Customs department, hold posi tions of a far more responsible character than mere clerks, and upon whose unchecked integrity the Govern ment are compelled to place individual and implicit reliance as a means of preventing frauds on the revenue. We allude to the officers of the Old Landing Depart ment of her Majesty's Customs, formerly known under the denomination of " Surveyors" and "Landing Waiters." It seems that a system has sprung up under which so soon as men, who have spent tke best part of their lives in the public service, arrive at that ago when they have a right to expect to rise to superior positions, they are superannuated. In the highest class, where sala ries of £5OO and upwards were attached to them, they have been reduced by nearly 63 per cent., and the number of positions where th salaries were in excess of £3OO have been reduced to 52 per cent., whilst almost all officers above 50 years of age have been removed ; six of the old officers, of whom the oldest was 51, being retained. In justification of this proceeding, the Lords of the Treasury have recently propounded a most novel and startling doctrine, namely, that there is no implied engagement on the part of the Government to advance a civil servant, however comp ',- tent and well-behaved, a single step beyond that ac quired by his first appointment in the service ; in other words, that a youth engaging to devote his life to the service of the State, and entering at the bottom of an ordinary classification, say at £BO a year, has no ground of complaint should his salary never receive any increment during Cie course of his official life. However subversive this doctrine may be of all our preconceived ideas on the subject, and of the practice which has hitherto prevailed in all our public departments, it has received its first application in the Custom-house, whore that most responsible class of officers referred to as "landing waiters" have had their prospects wholly destroyed, adequate com pensation for the loss of those prospects being denied theca-0 mm: _.~.~ N. 23,617. ON and After the Opening of the Queen's Theatre, Long-Aere, EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. " After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB. AT EVANS' COVENT GARDEN VOCAL EN I'ERTAI ICMENT At Eight o'Clock. .. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN . RAILWAY. HARROW RACES, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, February 20 and 21, 1868. SPECIAL TRAINS will leave EUSTON STATION on both days of the Races as under :-11.30 a.m. and 12.15 noon ; returning from HARROW at 5.0 and 5.40 p.m., calling at CHALK FARM and WILLESDEN JUNCTION both going and returning. Trains in connection will leave BROAD-STREET (CITY TERMINUS) for Willesden Junction at 11.10 and 11.40 a.m. calling at Shoreditch at 11 . 13 and 11 . 43 a.m. , Dalston junction at 11.18 and 11.48 a.m., and Camden road at 11.28 and 11.58 a.m. Trains will also leave KENSINGTON for Willesden Junction at 11.10 a.m. and 12.10 noon. Passengers from Kensington, Broad-street, Dalston, and Shoreditch will have to change carriages at Willesden Junction both going and returning. FARES TO HARROW AND BACK. First Class. Covered Cars. From Easton 3s. Od. 2s. Od. „ Broad-street „ Shoreditch 3s. 6d. 2s. 6d. „ Dalston „ Kensington „ Camden-road 3s. Od. ... 2s. 3d. By order. • W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, February, 1868. ft/ ANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per .LYIL fectly pure and Uncolotir.4(l. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107 , Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. 1./ ETIS'S CAPSULES.—Mr. BET I'S, of No. 1, Wharf-road, City-road, desires to give public no tice that the Lord Chancellor's judgment of the Bth inst. (see Tines of the 10th inst. (do w)t in any way affect any person using any Capsules made by Mr. Betts, and bear ing his name, or name and address, all of which may be used without risk or question.—Feb. 13, 1868. STOOPING H BITS, ROUND SHOULDERS, PIGEON CHESTS and other Deformities, are pre vented and cared by wearing CHANDLER'S IMPROVED HYGIENIC CHEST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of an ages. It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indi gestion, pains in the chest and back, and is 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. CANDLES. —If you do not want your candles exclusively for show, but with pleasantness of appearance require excellence of burning, buy "PRICE'S GOLD MEDAL PALMITIN E," or their "SHERWOOD PALMITINE," or th e ir good old-fashioned "BELMONT SPERM." or "BELMONT WAX," or their "BEST," ".\o. 2,"" N 0.3," or "BATTERSEA" COMPOSITE, in preference to the finest and most transparent Paraffine candles. But if you must have the extreme trans parency of pure Paraffine, "PRICE'S PARAFFINE" or their " BELMONTINE" will give it to you in perfection, and at a more moderate price than is usually charged for any other really first class Paraffin Candles. The new toilet soap "PRICE'S SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE," containing half its weight of their concentrated distilled Glyce rine, should be in general use in every house before the winter comes on, because of its admirable effects in preventing chap ping of the hands and face. In every house there ought also to be one of the sealed bottles of their concentrated Distilled Gly cerine, known everywhere as "PRICE'S GLYCERINE," an d prescribed by the most eminent medical men abroad as well as at home, as the one only Glycerine for medicinal use whether ex ternally or internally. PRICE'S FANCY SOAPS of the different sorts usually made are excellent, and command a constantly increasing sale. The "Solidified Glycerine" spoken of above is, however, the one fancy soap to use. "PRICE'S NEW PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS," for burning in the wide glasses are believed to be the very best Night Lights made. "PRICE'S CHILDS' NIGHT LIGHTS," for burning without glasses, and their different sorts of "CHAMBER CAN DLES" are so well known, and so generally used and appre ciated, as not to need any special notice here. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER' WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192 FLEET-STREET (CORNER, OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.O. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID TO THE COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. Per ream. a a. Pine Cream Laid Note: a cheap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note: much approved 4 0 'Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recom mended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing Large Commercial Note Papers Is., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream 10s. 6d., 12e. Gd., anti 14 0 Outsides Foolscap, thick hand-made Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires 11. 6d., or- 5 G per 1,000 Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes 4s. Gd., ss. 61, and 6 6 Extra Thick ditto, "Registered Secure" 9 0 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes 4 6 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, ttc. COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands Stationery Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelli ur Writing Cases, Desks, Bags, &c., post free. AUTION. —Dog Li censes.—Th e Commission er s j of Inland Revenue give notice , that all D OG LICENSES, granted in the year 1867, EXPIRED on the 51st December last, and that every person keeping a dog in the current year is re quired to take out a new license, the duty payable for each dog kept being 55. The penalty for keeping a dog without license is £5, and pro ceedings will be taken for the recovery of such penalty in all cases of default. Post-office orders payable at the Chief Money Order-office. In land Revenue Receipt Stamps, or postage stamps, may be re mitted in payment of duty on dogs kept in London and its vicinity to the undermentioned Collectors of Inland Revenue, or such licenses may be obtained on personal application at the offices of said collectors on any day from 9 to 3 o'clock : C Hector, London West, Somerset-house, W.C. Collector, London Central, Winchester -buildings, Winchester street, E.C. Collector, London East, Tower-hill, E.C. Collector, London South, Elephant -buildings, Newington butts, S. Collector, London North, 183, Great Portland-street, W. Licenses may also be obtained on personal application on any day until the 29th February inst., at the following places, between the hours of 10 and 4 : Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, E.C., Supervisor's Office. Stepney, 31, Stepney-green, Supervisor's Office. Dalston and Hackney, 229, Hackney-road, Supervisor's Office. Islington and Holloway, and Highgate. 6, Pullen's-row, Super visor's Office. Paddington, 9, Porteous-road, Harrow-road, Supervisor's Office. Hampstead and Camden-town, 40, Gloucester-street, Camden town, Supervisor's Office. WM. CORBETT, Secretary. Inland Revenue-office, Somerset House, Feb., 1868. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPH A\r CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALB ERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of 425 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 93, 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. .£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 WILLI aMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn -fields. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, KG., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all pans of the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan gills a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction m 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 earnestly appeal for suppo rt. 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 FEMALb.: PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITTJTION. President Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear neatly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bosan quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, '..C.; Francis Nicholls Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. 200, Euston-road, N W. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., e 4l**"ll r i NI • I I • ! F.'', , I'IN, " , H i i i.- \ ~ - ----- , . e. , 4 ), ,40,i; 1,,-• 4 k":7.ltr ' ilt3 ,/ .:.. , N....? -;.% . .-.• ---- THE SUN, LONDON,. THURSLPAY EVENING, FEI3RUARY 20, 1.868. MISS BRADDON'S NEW FORTHCOMING NOVEL. On Feb. 15. Never before Published. In 3 vols. CHARLOTTE'S IN HERUANCE.- NEW NOVEL. NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. BY THE AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," &C. In 3 vols. On Feb. 15. At all Libraries CHARLOTTE'S INHERITANCE. This Day is published, the March Number of rfIINSL EY'S MAGAZINE: an Illustrated Monthly. Price One Shilling. Conducted by EDMUND YATES. CONTENTS: 1. The Rock Ahead, By Edmund Yates. (With an illustra tion.) Book 11. Chap. VI. Gertrude speaks. VII. Half-revealed. 2. Why we stopped the Joan of n re. 3. The Irish Conspiracy. By an American Fenian. 4. "For the King!" (With an Illustration.) 5. swan Songs. 6. The Queen's Book. 7. A House of Cards. Book I. Chap. 1. With Closed Doors. 11. A Compact. 8. English Photographs. No. 11. By an American. 9. Guernsey in Midwinter. 10. Sonnet : Impossible! 11. The Adventures of Dr. Brady. By W. H. Russell, LL.D. (With an Illustration.) Chap. XXX. An Apparition. XXXI. A Quiet Night at the Castle. XXXII. The Night Attack. XXXIII. Wounded. . 12. 'Middle Age.. London: Tinsleyßrothers, 18, Catherine-street, Strand. OIIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY OP TOOTH PASTE is greatly superid? to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decry, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to th tbreath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper T ammo- street, London. 13,1 AD AME RACHEL requires Agents diately for the Sale of her Preparations in Town. and Country. 47A, NEW BOND-STREET. OYAL INSURAN I CE COMPANY, _lit Lombard-street, London, and North John-street, Liverpoo . l. CAPITAL, £2,000,000. LIFE BONUSES hitherto among the largest over de clared by any Office. SPECIAL NOTICE.—.AII new participating Life Assu rances now effected will share in an INCREASED propor tion of the Profits, iu accordance with the Resolution of last Annual Meeting. FIRE. Moderate Premiums. ANNUAL INCOME nearly £300,000. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTONE, Secretary in London. CRYSTAL PALACE. G RAND DAY and NIGHT FETE in aid of the Artistes and Employits THE (ARAD (Sufferers by the late calamiton 3 Fire). UNPARALLELED CONCENTRATION of ATTRAC- TIONS for th.'s occasion only. Royal Alhambra Palace Rustic Ballet "MAY BLOS SOMS," by the celebrated klhatr.bra Corps de Ballet. Royal Alhambra Palace BAND, conducted by Mons. Riviera (by permission of F. Strange, Esq.) Band of the Crystal Palace, cc ndueted by Herr Manns ; Military Bands ; Granit :instrumental Silver Band. TWO GRAND OPWATJ 0 SELECTIONS.—" Il Trovatore" and "Orphde aux E ufers," performed by the Oxford artistes, Baud and Ch orus of 200. (Principal artistes—Misses Russell, Fitz He ury, and Rivers ; Messrs. De Brenner ' Bury, R. Greene., and Tivoli.) Musical Director and Conductor—Mr. Jo.ighmans. GRAND COMBINATION ,of COMIC TALENT, viz., Annie Adams, W. CritchfiAl. 1 ,_31. M. D'Auban, and Warde - Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, J. G. ,Fordo, Sidn e y F ran k s , Fred. irench, Robert Fraser, R. W. G. Leybourue, Harry Liston, Arthur Lloyd, Losebini and Constance, E. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Randall, Harry ,Rickards, Joseph Plumpton, J. H. Stead, Kate Santloy, Vancv, and Marcus Wilkinson: E. W. MACKNEY, ETHARDO, • AND (by permission of W. Holland, Esq.) BLONDIN, Who will perform in the Centre Transept, in addition to the manifold attractions of the Palace. ONE SHILLING. MONDAY, MARCH 2ND. CHARLES MORTON, Manager. Just published, price Is. .6d., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Ceses, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks', REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY: By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, Anti other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. "rEETII PAINLESSLY STOPPED, with I. 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, Many years with Mr. EsKELL, of 8, 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 " EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY," and are going off rapidly at importers' prices. Also the most deli cious Baisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. 6d. upwards. Family Tea, 25.; in half-chests, is. 10d. Tea fot the million, ls. id. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. CEULOGY. -KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. T PROFESSOR TENNANT, F.G.S., COMM NCED A COURSE of LECTUR ES on G EOLOGY on FRIDAY, January 24, at 9 a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wed nesday and Friday at the same hour A shorter course is also given on Thursday evenings, from Bto 9. Text-Bock, Lyell's "Elements 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 DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRISH WHISKY. I)UNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.O Established 1808. Quotations on application. QAUCE.—LEA and PERRINS' KT/ WORCESTERSHIRE' SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUOE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public are respectfully cautioned against worthless imitations, and should see that Lea and Perrins' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Wor cester ; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell ; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, &c., &c. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to bo the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provoke, frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 1311., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engrave4op the stamp. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a mor e concen t ra t e d f orm, an d at a l ower pr i ce . Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, E.C. DOWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for 1. COUGHS, CCLDS, ASTHM BRRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathi ng and all similar affec tions of the Res iratory Organs. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles only, price 18.14 d., 2s. 3d., and lls. each. Established nearly half a century. SATISFACTORY LETTER. 5, Wond-street, Millbank, Westminster, October 5, 1867. Sir,—Some months back I h a d an 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 I earnestly hope that others may benefit by it as I have done.—With many thank from your obedient ser vant, SAMUEL DEAR, Dean's Verger, Westminster Abbey. To Mr. Powell. Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED. BuNHILL FIELDS BURIAL GROUND. THE COMMITTEE OF THE CORPORATION OF LONDON, charged with tie execution of the Act 30 and 31 Vic., cap. 38, intituled "An Act for the Preserva tion of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, in the County of Middlesex, as an open space, and for otherpurposes relating thereto ;" hereby gives Notice to the relatives and friends of those who have been interred in the said Burial Ground that they are-about to proceed, at an early date, with so much of the said act as directs that the said ground shall Le laid out with ornamental and other walks in order to its being used and enjoyed as an open space, accessible to the public. . . The Committee, before procading to lay out the walks, invite all parties who may bo interested, to visit the Burial Ground for the' purpose of recognising and iden tif3 ing the Graves, Tombs, and Vaults in which their re latives or friends may be inter ed. Persons desirous to visit the ground will be permitted to do so, free of charge, upon application to the Keeper between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 o'clock p.m. Any communications on the subject should be addr— , spd to the Bunhill Fields Committee, at the Town Clerk's Office, Guildhall. WOODTHORPE. CONTRACT FOR RUM. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, Somerset House, 17th February, 1868. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING 1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, th e 27th inst., at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CON TRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford 50,000 Gallons of RUM, to be delivered within three weeks front date of Contract. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Rum. An the casks, except such as may be required for her Majesty's service, are to be taken away from the said stores by and at the expanse of the party whose Tender is ac cepted. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. The Rum to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and parties tendering are to state where it is lying. Payment for the Rum will be made for the proof gallons to one-tenth of a gallon, the liquid contents being ascer tained to the half gallon. Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each impost mark, and the average strength of each mark Ex to be stated, and not an average of . different marks or strengths a s everal imports ; and any parcel of Rum that is found not to be of the same quality, mark, or average strength of the sample tendered and accepted will be re jected by the officers. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on application in the lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that Vie party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and tolhis proposed sureties in writing, when, but not before, the rejected samples are to be removed. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for Rum," and must also be delivered at the De partment of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House. By order. ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. CONTRACTS Fon FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, BREAD, VEGETABLES, etc.. port THE ROYAL MARINE IN FIRMARIES AT WOOLWICH AND CHATHAM. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset Rouse, 17th February, 1868. 9111-1 E COMMISSIONERS for executing the 1 Office of Lord High Admiral of the United King dcm of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby Give Notice that on THURSDAY, sth March next, at Half-past Ono o'clock, they will be ready, at the Office of the Director- General of the Medical Department of the Navy, Somerset House, in London, to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for the SUPPLY of all such quantities of all or any of the follow i ng ARTICLES as p u shall from time to ti me be rered for the use of either one or both of the Royal Marine Infirmaries at Woolwich and Chatham, from the first day of April next to the 31st day of March, 1869, viz.:-- BEEF and MUTTON, BREAD, MILK, SOAP, YELLOW, VEGETABLES. Samples of the Soap, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at the Office of the Director- General of the Medical Department, or by applying to the Purveyor at the Infirmaries at Woolwich and Chatham. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Medical Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, and to the Purveyors atWool wich and Chatham. _ _ No. Tender will be received after Half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ,_'' and must also be delivered at the Medical I 'epartment, Somerset House, accompanied by a letter, signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £lOO for the due performance of the Contracts for Beef and Mutton, for Bread and for Vegetables, and in the sum of £5O for each of the other Contracts. B order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. T HE LIVERPOOL 'AND LONDON and GL0134 INSURANCE CO3IPANY. Offices—l, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London. The Invested Funds now amount to £3,254,334, the Fire Revenue to £818,055, and that of the Life to £254,397. The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed Bonus for the Life Policies of this Company, and their value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties, render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid thirty days after admission. JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. 67TH PRIZE MEDAL AWARDED TO WHEELER AND WILSO.N; FOR PERFECTION OF THEIR LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINES and BUTTON-HOL . E MACHINES, AT THE EXPOSITION TJNIVE.RSELLE , PARIS, 1867. THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL, GIVEN TO SEWING MACHINES. Over 82 Competitors from all parts of the World. THE WHEELER AND WILSON I OCK STITCH SEWING MACHINE : NONE SO SIMPLE; NONE SO POPULAR; NONE SO EASILY KEPT IN ORDER; NONE CAN DO SO GREAT A VARIETY OF WORK. 711 E BON. AL. U. KEOIVS LECTURE. The Bermuda papers are again very enthusiastic about a lecture (the third) delivered by the local Colonial Secretary, the Hon. M. G. Leon. Refer ring to it, the Berniuda Chronicle of the 15th ult. observes:— We have just been listening to what may, with out the slightest approach to exaggeration, be cha racterised as the mast magnificent lecture that was ever delivered in St. George's —our ears are still tingling with its thrilling eloquence, and from town's end to tawn's end is but one long drawn note of admiration. And it adds —on Monday evening the lion. Miles Gerald Leon, our colonial secretary, in kind compliance with a pressing invitation from all I the principal inhabitants of our town delivered his third lecture on Government in the Town-hall of St. George's. The lecture had been for some time announced ; the proceeds, it was explained, were to be devoted towards an excellent and popular local work—the formation of a Public Library; the fame of the lecturer had already reached us in Connection with similar exhibitions in Hamilton, from which every one who could appreciate profoundness of thought, felicity of expreision, and genuine elo quence of delivery, had retired in admiration ; and expectation was naturally wound up to a high pitch ; for once in a way expectation was not only not disappointed, but we speedily found that, as the Queen of Sheba said to King Solomon, " the half had not been told. us." The arrangements of the ball reflected the highest credit on the thoughtful consideration of the gentle man under whose superintendence the whole affair was got up—W. C. Hyland, Esq. Chairs were provided for the audience and numbered, so that every one was provided with:a comfortable seat to himself, and eesily found—a great point in securing an attentive and good-natured audience ; a chande lier and other lights gave just sufficient light, and not too much. The hall was quite full—and when we say "everybody" was there, we mean every body of position or intellect in St. George's---the inhabitants generally and a good sprinkling of visi tors from other parts of the islands. We have also to notice an arrangement peculiarly affecting our individual comfort—for the first time we imagine in the history of Bermuda, the distinct accommodation for the press, usual in every other civilised country on the occasion of all meetings of a public character, was provided—and our best thanks are due to Mr. Hyland for this act of kind thoughtfulness. The doors were opened at six o'clock so as to allow the audience time to find their way to their seats without confusion, and shortly after seven the lecture commenced. Mr. Hyland introduced the lecturer, who was welcomed with a burst of applause, in a few appro priate sentences. Mr. Keon opened with a well-turned compliment to his audience, but complained in a playful manner that they had rather "put him in a hole" by calling on him to re-deliver a lecture which, he might say, had been already twice laid before an audience. He next dilated on the ' enormous practical range,' of the principles of Government, which are as really applicable to the management of school boys and the taming of wild beasts as to the administration of the affairs of a nation. The principle of Govern ment is to be found in the fact that man is not in tended to live alone, but in communities, in which all must be more or less affected by one central mind and all by each other. Briefly recapitulating the substance of his former lectures, he laid it down that all political power comes from God alone—that there were several forms of Government in different countries and ages, add 'different classes of machi nery by which these several forms were put in exe cution. He proceeded to deliver an elaborate and magnificent definition of the " statesman," a cha racter which in all history it had been the noblest ambition of the greatest and best of men to deserve. What the mind is to the body natural the statesman is to the body corporate—the one central vivifying principle. He spoke of a Republic as the last and —perhaps, alas ! Utopian—form of Government, but for which men must be prepared by education, and by education alone; whenever sordid ends and selfish interests begin to prevail, the glorious ends of the founders begin to be frustrated. The lec turer next laid it down that all means of Govern ment resolve themselves under two heads—physical force and moral force ; but he impressively pointed out that the moral must always initiate, and there ! fore precede the physical; and in noticing the in fluence of public opinion as one of the developments of moral force, cited a list of names of those who had most notably swayed public opinion, among which those of Mahomet in one direction, and St. Bernard in the opposite, were the most prominent. The effect of the Crusades on the history of the Western World of the era was handled in a mas terly manner. Again referring to his previous lec tures, he remarked that the moral powers that have ruled the world may be enumerated as five, among which one is more fortuitous, because more per sonal than the rest, and said there were three forms in which men had become truly great—namely, civil wisdom, military genius, and oratorical genius. But he was not confined to five as the absolute number of the moral powers ; they were merely the main springs. He mentioned the ballad literature of a country and imagination as other instances, and drew a magnificent picture of the ceremonial of the Czars coronation at Moscow by way of illustration of the influence of the latter. Eloquence also he cited as another of the prominent moral powers, and pointed out that so rare is this gift that in the course of upwards of a century England and France between them had only succeeded in producing four genuinely (improvising) eloquent men, Dan. O'Con nell, the Earl of,;Derby, Abbe Lacordaire, and La martine, and with a glowing and life-like picture of the last named orator's long day's successful struggle ' with the wild passions of an armed mob in • Paris, the lecturer concluded—we need hardly say amid along and hearty applause. The best comment we can offer on this really wonderful lecture is, that had not the native modesty of true genius forbidden it, Mr. Keon might well have added his own name to the list of those who have won a foremost place among the ranks of genuine orators. The proceedings concluded by a few brief and very appropriate expressions of thanks by Mr. Hyland, on behalf of the gentlemen of St. George's, the young men of St. George's, and Ctie ladies, whose self-constituted champion for the occasion he de clared himself to be. The above is a very meagre outline of this brilliant and Rost interesting lecture. The preparation of our notes in such a form as to do anything like justice to it requires more time than we have it in our power to bestow, in the limited interval between the conclusion of the lectu re and our going to press. The illustrative diagram published in the Pocket Almanac, just issued by the Royal Insurance Company, aro very valuable and interesting ; and there can, .be little doubt that, to dila scientific knowledge, com bined with an undeviating exercise of prudence, may be largely attributed the expansion of the "Royal," which has largo establishments in London, Liverpool,Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin. The special advantage in life assurance granted by this ccmpany is a large participation in profits, which will henceforth be much augmented, as all new assurances effected, with participation, are entitled for the future, under a resolution passed at the last annual meeting, to an increased share of the profits of the company. Other important advantages are un doubted security, the exemption of the assured from liability of partnership, no charge for policy stamps, and no entrance money. Fees to medical referees are paid by the company, and forfeiture of the policy cannot take place from unintentional misstatement. The special ad vantages in relation to fire insurance are—theenoderat e premium charged and the liberal settlement of losses, whichit have always characterised this company for both branches of the business consists of aTcahpeitasleocuf security millions sterling, and a large reserve fund, while the annual income exceeds £BOO,OOO. .., 4......-,...., .....,:pii-... ..-MIPT ~„ere* ~ - _ '. t, ! ~..v , . - e koa 0 • TEE PUBLIC EE-4 LT • . 1 -: Et C, x a - s (Prom the Registrar-General's Weekly Return,) In the week that ended on Saturday, February 15,4,919 , 14.irtbs and 2,977 d eat h s were r egistered in London and in thirteen other large towns of the United ltingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 24 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of Mortality last week was 2g per 1;009, in London, 26 in Edinburgh, and 26 in Dubliji ; 26 in hristol, 24 in Birmingham, 31 in Liverpool, 33 in Manchester, 22 in Salford, 22 in Sheffield, 21 in Leeds, 24 in Hull, 22 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 29 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 35 per 1,000 during the week ending the Bth instant, when the mean tempera ture was 0•3 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the same week in London, where the rate was 23. In London the births of 1,238 boys and 1,114 girls, in all 2,352 children, were registered in the week. In the corre sponding weeks of ten years, 1858-67, the average number, corrected for increase of population, is 2,230, The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,307. It was the seventh week of the year ; and the average number of deaths for that week. is, with a cor rection for increase of population, 1,519. The deaths in the present return are less by 212 than the estimated number. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30 . 215 in. The barometrical reading decreased from 30 . 40 in. on Sunday, February 9, to 29 . 92 in. on Saturday, February 15. The mean temperature of the air in 'the week was 40'9 deg., which is 2 . 4 deg. r')ove the average of the same week in fifty years (as determined by Mr. Gla:sher). The highest day temperature was 51 . 9 deg., on Monday, February 10. The lowest night temperature was 26.7 deg., on Sunday, February 9. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 84, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.04 in. The general direction of the wind was W.S.W. Ozone was observed on Monday. THE REFORM . LEAGUE On Wednesday night a meeting of the League was held at the offices of the association, Adelphi-terrace. Mr. Edmond Beaks presided, and in opening the proceedings said he had received a final letter from Sir Richard Mayne regarding the suppression of certain branches of the League, in which ho merely referred him (the speaker) to his former ,'cover. He then detailed the circum stances which led to the correspondence referred to, and said that the impression now left on his mind was that the interference with the branches of the League to which he alluded was wholly unauthorised. It was then resolved that the secretary should write to both the members for Finsbury, in which borough the house most particularly interfered with is situated, requesting these gentlemen to ask the Secretary of the Home Depart ment by whoseauthorisation certain branches of the League had been suppressed. A long report on the Irish question was brought up by the sue)-committee appointed for the purpose of reporting on that subject. Whe first clause recommended the total abolition of the Irish Church at once. The president objected to the clause as it stood, and suggested that it should be altered in such a way that the life interests of beneficed clergymen at present living should be regarded. A long discussion ensued, in which some rather vigorous language was em ployed. At one point in the debate the president had to call a Mr. Cooper to order for denominating the beneficed clergymen of the Established Church of Ireland " thieves and robbers." The president said that he would never sanc tion the sweeping away of one wrong by the committal of another. He agreed with those who advocated the abolition of the Irish Church, hut he could never consent to the destruction of vested interests without adequate compen sation. He believed that if the clause were sent for ward to the public in its present shape it would meet with the reprobation of the vast majority of the people of England. A document had been recently issued, signed by Irish Liberal members, by ecclesiastical dignitaries, and others, and in that manifesto due regard was paid to existing vested interests. Ultimately, the clause as origi nally drawn up was passed by a considerable majority. The president said that ho would insist on his protest being entered against the clause passed. The following sections, recommending the abolition of the endowment of Maynooth College and of the Regium Donum to the Pres byterians, were passed without any opposition, as were also those recommending the abolition of the customs of entail and primogeniture. Regarding the clauses which recommended the sale o? entailed property to the State, a discussion arose, during which the president said that he objected altogether to making the nation the landlord of these estates. What they wanted was, to change the pre sent rents into fixed and permanent rents, as suggested by Mr. J. Stuart Mill and Sir John Gray. He was of opinion that the law which converted leasehold property, with _covenants for perpetual renewal, into tenures in fee, should be extended to all leasehold property in Ireland. The - - -- clauses as the 3 originally stood would obtain no more than what was already provided for by Acts of Parliament. A desultory conversation followed; and ultimately the debate was adjourned to Wednesday next. A WHOLESALE MURDERER. The following is an account, literally translated from the German papers, of a murder of an exceptionally barbarous nature, committed last August in Schleswig-Holstein, the perpetrator of which has recently been condemned to ' death : " Timm Thode, a peasant's son, 23 years of age, murdered with unequalled barbarity his whole house hold—viz., his parents, his four brothers, his sister, and a maid-servant. Timm Thode's confession, made without a sign of repentance, gives full explanation of the motive for and mode of carrying into execution the crime. The accused related that he had been on an unfriendly footing with his brothers Johann, Martin, and Cornils ; his r.dations, also with his father had not been of the best kind. As regarded the rest of the family, he thought they were ` middling.' In the spring of 18GG he took the resolution to kill his family, in order to put an end to the continual disputing, then to sell the farm, which would come to him after their death, and thus to come into the sole possession of a considerable fortune. The thought of accomplishing the deed occurred to him repeatedly ; he busied himself, therefore, not exclusively with the plan of action, but thought only now and then of its possibility. The plan of killing them all one after another in their beds he gave up, as he was afraid the noise resulting from it might awaken the rest, and he would not arrive at the wished-for result. On the Gth August he had already laid ready to hand a five-foot long handspike to kill his bro ther with. ' I would decoy them one after another into the barn and strike them dead there,' said he. This in tent:on was not carried into execution, as he did not succeed in executing the plan in the way related. On Tuesday, the 7th of August, his parents left home with a neighbour, Schwarzkopf, in order to pay a visit to some acquaintances. Timm Thode easily managed to go behind his brothers, Martin, Cornils, and Reimers, one at a time, as they were engaged in work, and then struck the brothers one after the other from behind with the 5-foot handspike, which was thick at the lower end. Martin falls first by his brother's murderous hand, then Reimers and Cornils. He strikes Johann over the head. This one staggers to and fro, and cries to his brothers. The murclorer brandishes the handspike anew, and then strikes him dead. Now the father must be dis posed of. Timm, by telling him the oxen have broken loose, gets him to come out before the front door , a nd strikes him down in front of the farmyard. He brings the remains of his father back to the house in a cart, and removes the stains of blood by digging pp the earth, which he throws into the cart as well. Two watchful dogs are in the court yard of Johann Thode. These might prove dangerous to the murderer; therefore he must dispose-of them. The dogs are attached to him. He entices them to him, places a knot round the throat of the first, and hangs him up. There upon he calls the other dog ; the animal obeys his call. With his razor he attempts to cut its throat. He does not quite sue ceed, and, ne howling,dr. asks t h h e tehdeo reason mothereea s xt o r n ic o a f t tehs appearsl the in withmo i s s e e l I r i o lg m th, st t en h do e te a h h a inn n dg d l,e s , Timm. Now f o ll ows the account of the ter rible t f a the e a m d i n o u o e r d r d , rible combat in the small room between sister and brother. The mother lies on the floor, stunned by a blow from the hatchet. The sister springs out of bed in order to save the mother. He strikes out at the sister with a knife, and then strikes her dead with the hatchet. The _mother still groans ;he strikes her dead also. Finally, he runs to the servant girl's room, feels about in the darkness for the head end of the bed, strikes upon it twice with the hatchet, and the last murder is 'accomplished. 'The girl dies with out a sound. ' There, I have them all dead !' are his only words. He then sets fire to the barn to conceal the deed, and places the corpses in such a way that they must be destroy ed at the breaking out of the fire. The confla gration was nevertheless discovered too early, and led, besides other facts, to so many grounds of suspicion against Thode that he himself in the course ? f ti examination was driven to confess. Timm Thode, lately ty e . c „ ondemned manbrought indescribableto death. p; a c placidity." THE NEW BETTING SYSTEM.—At the Mansion House the Lord Mayor called the attention of the reporters to a circular, which was being extensively distributed, headed " The New Betting System,"an which the writer stated that he had discovered a principle of backing horses by which winning to any amount was reduced to a cer. tainty, and promising that £6O per week would be returned for every £lO invested ; £l6O for £2O ; £330 for £3O ; and £7OO for £5O. For imparting this system he stated that his terms were £lOO, and a written agreement for £9OO out of the first £9,000 cleared. 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