The Sun. — London, England, 1868-03-10 00:00:00

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After Drury-lane Theatre ........EVAN5' to After Haymarket Theatre EVANS' to After Adelphi Theatre EVANS' to After Olympic Theatre EVANS' to After Strand Theatre After New Royalty Theatre , EVANS' tc After St. James's Theatre EVANS' to After Prince of Wales' Theatre EVANS' tc Conlon Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Qoveut-garden. Vu .1 Entertainment at Eight. ortly .:rms. The Blue-book recently presented to . story of an unfortunate mishap on an intern. sents between her Majesty and the late King o: young King, to whose father we had sent a mission on an extensive scale, despatched to Aden some elephants' tusks and rhinoceros' horns as a present for her Majesty, with a complimentary letter, in which, however, he complained that the Queen had [not sent to him on his accession, and asked her Majesty to send him 1,500 dols., or, if she had gold at hand, he would wish the same amount of gold, and also that her Majesty would send him "persons who could make a crown and cannon, and paint pictures and build palaces."' It fell to Lord Palmerston to answer the Royal letter. On behalf of the Queen he reciprocated congratulations and good wishes, and he sent 300 soya reigns, as desired, but added, with respect to the wish for the assistance of men skilled in the arts, " that the dis tance between England and Shoa was great, and a journey would occupy much time ; and, moreover, the workmen in the Queen's dominions were at that time (1849) much employed ; but that if any should be at liberty at anx. future time and willing to go to Shoa, the Queen would he very glad that any of her subjects should be of use to the King in any of the things which he mentioned." The King of Shea being at war and in the field, it was a long time before the letter and the sovereigns reached him; but in 1852 Captain Haines, political agent at Aden to the . Government of India, was surprised by the arrival of a messenger bringing back the box of sovereigns, and bearing also a letter from the King. The King had been extremely angry when he found that only a small box was sent him, and said that Commander Harris brought his father presents that required 150 camels to carry them. Pro ceeding to open the box, the King tried one sovereign in the fire and cut another in two, " but could not make it out gold. It became brass. He had asked for red gold that would not turn to brass. He therefore sent back the box of brass coins." The King's messenger claimed 100 German crowns, as the King declined remunerating him ; but Captain Haines also declined, as he had not employed him. The box of rejected sovereigns was sent back to England. The poor King's reign and life came to an end before long. Thecdore, fighting his way to supreme power in Abyssinia, attacked and subdued Shoa ; its ruler took refuge in the forests, and there sickened and died. ides, any this THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH_ 10, 1868. three igs of ilong , the until 1 the cent. d re- N„. 23,633. MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. LUNCHEON BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET OHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. T HE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK. Instituted in the year 1784. Under the patronage of her MAJESTY and his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES. BRITISH. EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. launched at Devonport dockyard on Friday after noon. She measures 663 tons, is 170 feet lo ng, 29 feet broad, and has a depth of hold of 12 feet 5 inches. Her engines will be 160-horse power nomi nal. The Seagull, like her sister gunboat, the Lap wing, in the same yard, is built of wood with iron stringer plates on the beams, for the purpose of ob taining increased strength. Immediately after being launched the Seagull was removed into the basin, ready for being placed in dock, where her launching cleats will be taken cif, and she will be coppered. (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c. AN ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the above Com pany is hereby convened to be held at the Office of the Company, o. 4, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge-road, London, on TUESDAY, the .19th day of March instant, at Twelve o'Clo.•.k at Noon precisely, High-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, cc. 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. The EIGIITY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ESTIVAL of this Society will bo celebrated at Willis's Rooms, King street, St. James's, on ST. PATRICK'S DAY, March 17, 1868. Dated this 9th 'day of March, 1868. W. S. DOVER, Managing Director. 3 can given pro ndor. Just published, price ls. 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, 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, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. H.R.H. the Prince of WALES in the Chair. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Duke of Devonshire, K.G. The Duke of Leinster. The Duke of Manchester. The Marquis of Clanricarde, K.P. The Earl of Bessborougb. The Earl of Clanwilliam. The Earl of Darnley. The Earl of Devon. The Earl of Erne. The Earl of Egmont. The Earl of Kimberley. The Earl of Longford, K.C.B. PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Manager, CHARLES CASTLE. The Earl'of Mayo, M.P. The Earl Russell, K.G. The Earl of Mount Charles. The Viscount Barberton. The Viscount Lifford. The Viscount Lorton. The Bishop of Derry. The Lord Bufferin, K.P., ITESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established LYIL 1815), of London :56, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, 17 Liverpool 134, Duke-street, and Brighton have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Artifi cial Teeth without springs, at MODERATE CHARGES, which may be had freo by post for four stamps. leave hare -1 his liINAHAN'S EXHIBITIONLL. WHISKY. DUBLIN This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. 81, at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England• or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LO NDON, W. Observe the Red Seal,. Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina han's LL Whisky." two A general order relative to the adtnissioa of officers to the Staff College in February, 1869, has just been specially issued from the Horse Guards by command of the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief- The Ist Surrey Regiment of Militia, undor the command of Colonel Evelyn, will be included among the regiments to be trained at Aldershott. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander James E. Hunter, to the Vestal, vice Spencer P. Brett, invalided ; Navi gating Lieut. John F. R. Aylen, to the Dasher ; Sub-Lieut. Count Frederic Metaxa, to the Zealous; George Barnes, paymaster, to the Terror ; Dr. John K. Conway, Dr. Edwin Wheeler, and James C. Dunlop, acting assist.-surgeons, additional, to the Royal Adelaide ; Dr. John H. Penberthy, Hercules S. Trail, and Cornelius R: Enright, assist.-surgeons,' additional, to the Victory ; George White, acting second-class assist.-engineer; to the Warrior; and Walter W. Pownal, nominated a naval cadet. A_NGLO -AMERICAN TIMES, AN IN TERNATION AL NE XSPATEK, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 "'AGES. Reports of Con tress, Personal, Financial, Mining, &c. Members of Ptirliament, Commercial Men, and those having an intere3t in the United States, will dal this newspaper of use. K.+ '.B. The Lord Claud Hamilton, eking Their M.P. The Right lion. Chichester Fortescue, M.P. Sir Ralph Howard, 'Bart. large W E ST 0 N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. Unprecedented Success of Mr. A. G. VANcit and DE ALBERT'S Pleasing Divertissement ; LISKARD, the versatile Musical Genius ; and the astonishing HIEREN FAMILY; Miss LOUISE; and Mr. W. WAITE, the greatest Transformation Dancer in the World (from the Lyceum). Bishop's and Hatton's celebrated Glees, by Miss TREMAINE, Miss Brougham, R. Lascelles, T. Godden, and Mr. P. Corri. Pull Orchestra, which will perform the popular Overtures of the Great Masters. egu- The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORRI. NAVAL AND MILITARY IMELLIGENCE. Aus le of xl on Published every SATURDiY MORNING, price 4d. 15. Catherine-street, Strand. STEW 'ARDS. Captain Kinahan, Charles 320Garel, Esq. C. Brinsley Marley, Esq. Capt. Montgomery, L.I.R.V. E. J. Milliken, Esq. N. D. Murphy, Esq., M.P. Arthur R. Naghten, Esq. George Noakes, Esq. James Lyster O'Beirne, Esq., M.P. Captain M. J. O'Connell, L.I.R.V. Edward O'Neill, Esq., M.P. Rupert Potter, }isq. Joseph Radcliff, Esq. Colonel Sargent, C.B. Colonel. Suther, C.B. Robert Torrens, Esq., M.P. Philip Vanderbyl, Esq., M.P. Charles Waring, Esq., M.P. AN FI E LD'S PATENT PICKLES are per -131 fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers, and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. The Right Hon..T. A. Law son, ALP. Major-Gen. the Rt. Hon. F. P. Dunne, M.P. Lt.-Gen. the Hon. Sir James Y. Scarlett, K.C.B. Sir Benjamin L. Guinness, Bart., M.P. The Knight of Glin James Allan, Esq. E. Haviland Burin; Esq. Paul Butler, Esq. • John F. Corscaden, Esq. James Courtenay, Esq. J. H. Doyle, Esq. Joseph Findlater, Esq. Thomas Greg, Esq. , Alexr. Hall Hall, Esq. lon 'Trani Hamilton, Esq., over- cure, The doors will open at 7, commence at 7.30. No alteration in the prices of admission. Private boxes, 10s. Gd., to be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and Sams' Library, St. James's; also at the Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. _ _ rEETH PAINLESSLY STOPPED, with permanent enamel cement of the exact natural colour, guaranteed not to turn black or make the teeth look unsightly. Special Notice.- Miss Smithson, Jolly Nash, Hairy and Mattis Wig, and Oliver's Christy Minstrels, on Easter Monday. " THEY ARE COMING." MR. WEBB, DENTIST, 27, NEW BOND-STREET, Many years with Mr. ESKELL, of 8, Grosvenor-street. Bond-street. BLONDIN I I3LONDIN ! ! BLONDIN !! ! MR. WEBSTER ON ECONOMIZING THE TIME OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. CANTERBURY HALL—SoIe Proprietor, W. HOLLAND. —BLONDIN a genuine Success.— RE ENGAGEMENT until further notice of the great and only BLONDIN e the Hero of Niagara. Deafening Applause at the wonderful performance on the HIGH ROPE at Nine o'clock, and the New Indian Ballet, with M. Blondin as JACK° the “Monkey," at Ten o'clock. A host of talent, includin g the great VANCE, Annie Adams, Jester (the Talking Hand), Gerrards, Leroni, Louis Austen, Fred. Evans and his Troupe of Pantomimists. The suberb Crystal Saloon, the most gorgeous Saloon in England, with 1,600 feet of additional Looking-glass, by W. S. Villars, Loudoi-road. No advance in prices. Stalls and Crystal Saloon, Is.; Area and Balcony, 6d. Open at Seven, commence at Half-past. 31AD AM F;USSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. Recent PORTRAIT MODELS of EARL DERBY and the Right Hon. B. DISRAELI. Open from 11 in the morning till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; children under 10, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Mi R. R. BittrrELL. having magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, tavirtg been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art by Messrs. Rnbarcr:. and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN SiiASON. Solo Suphonion. Signor Moses. 8010 Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at halt-past 8. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. FURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O per Week.—D. S. HUNIPHEtIES 11..8 at all times a nlimber of Firs-class IUI,IDe •CES to be LET. furnished or unfurnished, or sold, more I artieularly in the nelzhbour hoods of Svdenlism. Upper Norwood. Forest-hill. and yid nEtY.—Particalars may be had at the Office, Printing House square, ROUSES and APART BEN Ps WASTED. and to be LET or SOLD. BUSINESSES for DISPOSAL, &a. PROPERTY, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HUIIPHRIES has continual applications for all descriptions of PRJPERTY which will pay good interest IT' outlay. Houses out of repsir not objected to. T. D Humphr►es can at all times find customers for all desar ip "'A's of • d . Hotels, public hons 13, Jac , sold and transterr •d. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print ing Rouse-square. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which S Peedilyproduces whiskers and thickens hair. Price 3s. 6d., oa. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 st aniPs.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. " Tale of a Hair," 6d. NV'ONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured , in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few ours, removing the very root. Price 4s. ; bent by past for 60 stamps. 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Face Powder, Is. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, Hi g h Holborn, Lozul-na. ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 61, ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for 51, 81, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect !,olour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and per fectly natural in effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6,11-emistst . sen by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps; and all uh Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. 'IR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL A.TORY re- Moves superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, 'without effect to the skin. Poice 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 61 ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. Rad of all Chemists. Skin Tonic, ss. 6d. _ PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S V EGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sallow ness, &c. 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d.; or post for 40 and 100 Bta nlPS--ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6cl. 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. 10s. 6d. ; sent for st4 n l Ps.---ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. -UJust published, 2d.; sent by the author for 3 stamps, GLINESS and BEAUTY ; being a Pamphlet • descriptive of articles and means used for imp-ov- N the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Hol uurn, London. Had of all booksellers. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet -street, has introduced an entirely new de scription of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without B Prings, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the ori tals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is gua ranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in masti cation. 52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Invalids' and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA Bi t , eB 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 bloat disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con 8114iption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de rangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, Ner vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, cant --r rnoi, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rralumatism gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu irraability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, eartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp., spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking :15 bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at fTe Pit of th e s t omac h an d b etween th e s h ou ld ers . It i s or !host digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable r. i . mi nvalids and infants in all complaints. ,X PORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury , , more than slopy imitations to which, without autho `'tY, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Da Renceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' has already Food, since to the thousands of blessings it Leh already received from invalids whose position had ;7°4 deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi ness Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored " after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. 68 ° quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. $ 3 , 13 p---"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the oth ether is excellent, especially since, abandoning all ther remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du H 3 ' 11. 3 - ' 8 Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a ateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly hr n eficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot %hie this excellent food too highly." y et t lro No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, new seven iiesrs' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, ous s, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad „ gestion constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable ' , Bry on s agitation. ~,uure No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord f ord de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water sol:--" I have derived much benefit from your excellent •vir — STuka:r DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County 'STUART Our fr r No. 49,832. —Of fifty years' indescribable agony flaL"YsPopsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, of e ncY, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, Yno Norf lk %ire No. • rter,,, — O . 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme Von " us uess indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner ..a . ci news ' , are ie Yea r 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two Is diarrhoea. 21b P eed is sold in Canisters, at ls. 11d. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ; eat;;; ~,!• 6 ( 1 . ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b flA ßD "',,rs, carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, by als o BARRY and Co 77, Regent-s treat, London ; at Fortnum and Ham's; antloold, by all revectable —wr e 044 GEOLOGY. KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. PROFE-SOR TE NNANT, F.G.S., COMM ENC ND A COURSE of LECTURES on GEOLOGY 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. Test-Book, 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 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 Kaisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. 64. upwards. Family Tea, 25.; in half-chests, Is. 104. Tea tot the million, is. 14. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. STOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS, PIGEON CIIESTS and other Deformities, are pre vented and cured by wearing CHANDLER'S IMPROVED HYGIENIC CHEST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all ages. It strengthens the voice and lungs , relieves indi gestion, pains in the chest and back, and is especially re commended to children for assisting the growth, promoting health and symmetry of figure, superseding the u se o f braces and stays. Price from lOs. 6d. each.-66, 13orners street, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded. DOWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for -1- COUGHS, CCLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affec tions of the Respiratory Organs. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles only, price ls. lid., 2s. 3d., and 11s. each. Established nearly half a century. SATISFACTORY LETTER. 5, Wood-street, Millbank, Westminster, _ October 5, 1867. Sir,—Some months back I had au attack of Bronchitis, which left at times a tickling in my Throat, with other unpleasant feelings. I was advised to try the BALSAM OP ANISEED ; I did so, and have found very great relief ; it is most comforting in allaying irritation, andgiviug 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 thanks from your obedient ser vant, SAMUEL DEAR, Dean's Verger, Westminster Abbey. To Mr. Powell. Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED. will be under the direction Mee and Madrigal Union. 1. past Six o'clock. lad at Willis's Rooms, and at 3t, Blackfriars-road. ies' Tickets, ss. each, will be L should be addressed to the on St. Patrick's Day, at the X KING, jun., Secretary. mIITUAL . 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 D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V. 11." IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S - '' - V:ll,.''' OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.O Established 1808. Quotations on application. ► mill. 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WHITE'S MOO-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 , loc-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 bad, and the truss, which 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. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM. — AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re lieving coughs, colds, con firmed 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 Sing William-street, Charing-cross, London , and b y all druggists, in bottles, 131 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lainbert'S Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. 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 15 s. eac h . including brush. Red Bull Wharf Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, E.C. PRINTING. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &a. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon. Sec., F. Smith, Esq. GEO. REID, Sec. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY ICINGSOOTE, Treasurer W. H: WARWICK, Secretary. - Office, 121, Pall-mall, S W FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTETBUTTONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear neatly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bonn quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, ha the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President —His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEITCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co„. Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. Barclay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., I)mm-street a. ancrat the from 19 till §, EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman—General Sir FREDERIC SAirrH, K.H., F.R.S Policies payable during Life —Indisputable—Not liable to . Forfeiture. The ROYAL, NAVAL, MILITARY, and EAST INDIA LIFE DE PARTMENT, affording Peculiar Advantages to Officers and others in the Navy and Army, is under the especial Patronage of • Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. The EUROPEAN Society is specially authorised by the Im perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Government Officials. New Premium Income in 1858, 1859, 1860 £76,000 1861, 1862, 1863 £117,000 I " 1864, 1865, 1866 £171,000 Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds. The Return of each Week's NEW Business may be obtained at the Offices, or of any of the Agents. The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. BETTS'S CAPSULES.—Mr. BETTS, of No. 1, Wharf-road, City-road, desires to give public na tio° that the Lord Chancellor's judgments of the Bth inst. (see Times of the 10th inst.) do not 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. 15, 1868. PHEASANTS, PARTRIDGES, and POULTRY.—Landed Proprietors, Gentry, &c., of the United Kingdom wishing to rear Game for 1868 and to be successful, are respectfully asked to send six stamps for Mr. CHAMBERLIN'S new BOOK, containing 800 certificates of the utility of his FOOD. J. C. supplies the Crowned Heads of England and France and the chief of the aristocracy. By the use of his "Spanish Meal" any quantity of birds can be raised. The hundreds of thousands of heads of Game reared on my system during the last ten years proves its utility ; the 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 Gardens, London, and his Imperial Majesty's Pheasantry at Compiegne and St. Germains, are fed with my food. Address, Mr. JAMES CHAMBERLIN Post-office street, Norwich, E ng l an d. , "DARTRIDGE AND COOPER JL WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192' ' FLEET -STREET (CORNER OF CHA.NCERY-LANE) LONDON, E.O. THE PUBLIC SUPPLI ED AT WHOLESALE CARRIAGE PAID TO P TRHEICES. COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 201. Per roam. e. d. Fine Cream Laid Note : a c h eap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recom mended ........ , ........... . ... ....... . Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing Large Commercial Note Papers ............ 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NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which i s th e cause of near ly a ll the diseases to which we are subj ec t s b e i ng a me di c i n e so uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice called the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." ,4 Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape rient; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir cumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at ls. 11-d., 2s. 9d., and 11s, each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. • Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the vario us imitations i which have sprung up . n consequence of the success of " Norton's Camomile Pills." LONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN aro being ma i nta i ned in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 98, Cheapside, London, E. 04 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, Xl5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, KC.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland-street. wich. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, 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 ate deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge 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 benevolent. DANL. COOPER, Soc, 85, Queen-street, °limpid° VALETTA, March 2.—Her Majesty's paddlewheel frigate Terrible, 21, Capt. Commerell, C. 8., V.C., arrived here on - the evening of the 23d of February from the Dardanelles and Smyrna, having on board the monster Turkish brass gun, which has been re ceived in exchange for two Armstrongs. She has also brought a number of packages of antiquities from Ephesus and some curious ancient armour from Rhodes for the British Museum. She is to leave.in a few days for England, and will take with her some 20 guns landed here from the Royal Oak. The Prussian frigate Hertha, carrying the flag of the North German Confederation, was received into the Royal Naval 47 dock on the 26th of Feb. After a short stay at Malta she will leave on her return homewards. The Norwegian steam corvette Nordstijernen left Malta on the 27th of February, en her return to Norway, calling at Gibraltar. Her Majesty's despatch vessel Psyche, Lieut.-Com. Sir Francis Black ,rood, returned here at 9.30 p.m. on the 28th of February. She had on board the Vice- Admiral Commander-in-Chief Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., Lady Clarence Paget, the two Misses Paget, Mr. Walter Stewart, R.N , Flag-Lieut., and Mr. James Kirkness, R.N. The Psyche left Constanti nople on the 22d of February, and after paying a visit of a few hours to the Dardanelles arrived at Smyrna on the 24th. While the Admiral was at the Dardanelles an ancient brass gun of enormous calibre, similar to that which has been presented to the British Government, was fired in his presence. The Admiral left Smyrna on the 25th at 2 p.m., and sailed for Santerin to examine the present state of that group of volcanic islands, remaining there front 1.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m., when he took his de parture for Malta. The new crater was found to be very active, but in the old one there was' no movement. The island on which these craters are situated appeared to have risen, and to have also increased in size laterally since last year. The weather at Constantinople was extremely cold, with snow on the ground, and the thermometer down to 32 deg. A few cases of fever and a case or two of smallpox having occurred on board her Majesty's screw frigate Arethusa, it was decided to separate her for a time from the rest of the squadron, and she has been removed from the Grand into the Quarantine Harbour. The rest of the ships are of theowing deaths ha ve occurre d h ere e last mail :—E ns i gn H. F. a h t e n al e t healthy. the departure T h e following Thomson, of the 2d battalion 24 th Regiment, landed here sick en route from I nd ia; Lieutenant D. T. Webber, R.A., also landed here sick f rom I n di a ; and Commander M. G. Jackson, R.N., invalided from her Majesty's ship Octavia, on th e coas t o f Abyssinia, and landed here , be i ng too weak to pro ceed home. Her Majesty's steam tro o p s hi p Si moom is expected at Malta, from England, about the middle of the present month. She is to bring out supernumeraries for the Abyssinian expedition and take home invalids from Abyssinia, to be embarked at Alexandria. Her Majesty's ships in port are the Hibernia, receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral H. Kellett, C. 8.; Caledonia, 24, ironclad; Lord Clyde, 23, ironclad ; Endytnion, 21; Enter prise, 4, ironclad ; Serapis, 3 ; Cockatrice, 1 ; Wizard, 1; Tyrian, 1; and Caradoc and Psyche, despatch vessels. The foreign vessels of war here are the following :—The E g yptian frigate Mo hamed Ali, 32, and an Egyptian transport ; and the Prussian frigate Hertha, 21 guns. The follow ing official notice to mariners, dated the 28th of February, and signed by the proper authority, can not be too extensively published :—" Mediter ranean, Island of Malta, Lighthouse on Delimara Point, Marsascirocco.—ln consequence of altera tions to be made in the Delimara Light Tower, situated at the south-east end of this island, for the reception of a new light, the present red light will be discontinued on the Ist of April next. As it will take about two months to complete the tower and erect the light, further notice will be given of the time of re-lighting, with the usual description which is required of the new light. Her Majesty's screw troopship Crocodile, Capt. Geo. W. Watson, embarked yesterday at Ports mouth detachments of troops to join corps now serving in India, a.m. for Alexandri a di rect. and will sail this morning at 10 The Avon, twin-screw(unarmoured, composite built) gunboat, 467 tons, 120-horse power, one of the class of vessels recently designed by the Con troller of the Navy's office, as representing ideas on the construction of vessels possessing an iron frame with an outer sheathing or shell of wood, and the application of the twin-screw principle, was put through her trial over the Admiralty standard mea sured miles in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, on Saturday last. The vessel was trimmed to a dip of 13 inches by the stern for the trial, her draught of water being 7 feet forward and 8 feet 1 inch aft. She was rigged, had her armament on board, and a certain portion of her stores. To place her in seagoing trim she would have required her stores and coals to be completed, and her officers and crew with their belongings placed on board. With her engines working at high pressure she attained a mean speed of 10.056 knots, and working at low pressure a mean speed of 9.731 knots. There were several objectionable features con nected with the trial, but these may be remedied when the ship makes her final trial at deep or sea going draught. The .machinery of the Avon con sists of two sets, 60-horse power each, byMaudsley, Field, and Co., removed from the hulls of two of the gunboats recently broken up at Haslar yard. The chartered troopship Clifford arrived off Go vernment quay, Gravesend, on Saturday, having on board detachments of various corps serving in the Mauritius, e n. o c f themma ssi b o e n i e n c f invalid troops or im-d officers and men. The Clifford embarke d h er troops at Mauritius on time-expired e most no the 26th of November, the voyage to the Thames occupying 100 days. During the passage two deaths and one birth occurred on board, the deaths including one soldier's wife and child. The troops brought home include 20 -non-commissioned officers and sappers, five soldiers' wives and 15 children of the Royal Engineers; one non commissioned officer of the 2d Battalion of the 13th (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment; 36 non-commissioned officers and privates, three sol diers' wives, and eight children of the 32d Regi ment ; 40 non-commissioned officers and gunners, seven soldiers' wives, and 16 children of the 2d Brigade, Royal Artillery ; and one staff-sergeant, wife, and two children cf the Military Store De partment. The following officers arrived with the troops :—Capt. H. L. Fitzgerald, 2d Battalion 13th Light Infantry, late Assistant Military Secretary on the Staff of Major-Gen. E. C. W. M. Milman, and wife ; Lieut. T. Howard, Royal Engineers, wife, and three children ; Lieut. J. F. Ballard, 32d Regi ment ; and Assist.-Surg. Ferguson, in medical charge, with Mrs. Ferguson and child. The troops were disembarked under the superintendence of the officers of the Staff from Chatham Garrison, the time-expired men being forwarded to the depots of 'their respective corps at. Chatham, Colchester, Maidstone, and the other military stations. The double screw glurTe,sej Seagull, 3, was The days when the House of Commons was re garded by country gentlemen somewhat in the light of a club, and when Bellamy's kitchen was the scene of carousals to the conviviality of which Bellamy's port contributed its mellowing influence, have long since passed away, and with them have also gone the class of members who as bons vivants and men of pleasure found a certain relaxation in the duties of a member of Parliament. Together with this change there has been an immense in crease in the business of the House and the increased desire-to speak on the part of members ; the result is to embarrass and obstruct the despatch of the business of the House, and it may be added of the country. This inconvenience the House has sought to remove through the assistance of committees, of which in modern times there have been three who have inquired and reported upon the best means of facilitating the despatch of the business of the House; the first of these committees sat in 1818, the next in 1854, and the last in 1861. The most notable results which have ensued from the recom mendations of these committees has been the aboli tion of some of the stages in passing bills, and of the practice of moving amendments to the question of going into committee on a bill when it has already been considered in committee, and the dis continuance of debates on motions for the adjourn ment of the House from Fridays to Mondays. By these means the way has been a little cleared. Mr. Webster now suggests that something may still be effected in removing impediments. Some of the suggestions are upon too technical points for any likelihood that the general reader would understand them. The principal one, however, re ferring to the number of stages and debates on bills, we extract from Mr. Webster's pamphlet, and is as follows : "In considering the expediency of reducing the num ber of stages of bills, it is necessary to allude to the rules of the House upon the subject of speaking. The rules applicable to the subject aro as follows :—N o. 156. No mem ber may speak twice to a question, except in explanation or reply, or in Committees of the Whole House. No. 158. A reply is allowed to a member who has made a substantial motion to the House, but not to ay member who has moved an order of the day, an amendment, the Previous Question,' or an instruction to a committee. No. 207. In committee, members may speak more than once to the same question. Such are the three principal rules upon the subject of speaking. Their intention, except the right of reply, given in Rule 158, and to speak more than once in committee, given by Rule 207, is evidently to limit a member to one speech upon any question, but during the progress of a bill the stages which are most usually consi dered as questions, and upon which a distinct speech may be made are —The introduction of a bill. Second reading. On going into committee. In committee every clause of a bill becomes a question, and as there may be any number of clauses so there may be a corresponding number of speeches. Consideration of bill as amended in com mittee. Third reading. Accordingly, besides an un limited number of speeches in committee, five distinct speeches may be made on the different stages of a bill. This would be remedied by reducing the numlier of stages of bills, and by certain amendments to clauses in committee being proposed and adopted, or rejected without any debate upon them. It is suggested therefore that the following alte rations should be made as to the stages of a bill. Two of the ' Readings' and the Consideration of a Bill as Amended,' in committee, might be abolished. A bill being already printed might be ordered and presented on the same day, without debate ; on a future day the question might be submitted ' That the Bill be Read :' this stage to corres pond with the present second reading; this question being affirmed, a future day might be fixed for the settlement of the details of the bill in committee ; there should be no debate on going into committee, on the completion of this settlement, which should be final ; the bill should be re ported, subsequently passed without debate, and sent to the other house. In this manner something like five in stead of eight stages would be sufficient in the Commons, and if a like reduction could be effected in the Lords, there would be a further reduction of three stages. It would also be seen that the debates on the stages of a bill, other than the discussions on the consideration of its clauses in committee, would be practically limited to one, namely on the question That the Bill be Read ;' the saving of time which would be effected by this arrangement can be estimated by a cursory reference to Hansard' for ses sion 1864, which may be termed an ordinary session in its character. It will there be ascertained that in the case of about 26 of the bills introduced into the House, debates occurred on 68 stages, excluding those in committee. If then there was only a debate on one stage, as suggested above, there would have been 26 debates in lieu of 68, being a saving of 42 debates of say, two hours each, equivalent to 11 and a half sitting days of seven and a half hours each." We may add that Mr. Webster estimates that the very least saving the adoption of all his sug gestions would effect would be equal to upwards of one month of the House's time. The principal impediment to the adoption of sug gestions of this nature must always be the prejudices of those who see in them a revolutionary tendency, and the jealousy of others who would leave our con stitutional machinery a long way behind the exi gencies of the day ; and at best it is doubtful whether the removal of any obstructions in the procedure of the House would much advance its practical legislation, or would not rather offer in creased facilities to a certain class of members for airing their individual hobbies. Mr. Webster has, however, pointed out a means of saving time and furthering legitimate legislative action, and we think his suggestions deserving of cousideration. — Anglo - American 7 lines. M.P. _ Bartholomew H. Hartley, Esq. The Musical arrangement: of Mr. Land, of the London Dinner on the table at Hal Tickets, 21s. each, to be in the Schools in Stamford-stree A limited number of Ladi issued, applications for which Secretary. '1 he Children dine, as usual Schools at One o'clock. THOS. KIPPA , i THE REVOLUTION." We have to thank Elizabeth Cady Stanton for a copy of The Revolution. Nine columns, closely printed, of this journal is devoted to Train. Through these columns his name tinkles like the sound of a bell ; the tongue has only time to cross from one side to another before it rings out " Train." " What the ladies think of Train—what the press says of Train—every one now is watched but Train, as in Ireland they learn . he is not the bugbear they thought him—no English bull ever stopped a Yantee Train—a 100 thousand pounds damages for Train—Train to his servant, the chief magistrate of the Republic. The motto of The Revolution is "Men, their rights and nothing more ; women their rights and nothing less ;" and in the number before us at least, the lady editor endeavours to mete out these rights, to a certain portion of mankind whoni she describes as occupying high places while in an habitual state of drunkenness. Mr. Yates, of Illinois, is instanced by name, followed by Senator Salisbury. She says, " The community have been outraged long enough by disgusting bloats in high places," In discussing the next Presidency, The Revolution al ludes to the opinion of a club of ladies assembled in solemn convocation. They decided that the women of America should have a word to say about the next' President. They analysed Chase—his handsome head, his gentlemanly deportment, im posing presence, moral probity, great ability, &c.— and thought, with his graceful daughter, he would do the honours of the 'White House with great credit to himself and to the country. One lady objected that " he had no heart —he was as cold as a clam ; the women of the nation could never go to him with their sorrows as they did to Lincoln, and ex pect to see a tear in his eye, or to get his ear for five minutes at a time." What a splendid chance English Walpole would have if eligible for the Pre sidency. He could cry buckets-full and carry every female vote. " N ow S a l mon, " exc l a i ms Th e Devolution, " you must be more sympathetic ; (cry) you men in high places must remember that we are taxed to keep you there, and that, as we have no voice or vote in the Government, the least you can do is to listen to us patiently and shed a few tears over our wrongs and oppressions." 0 for a Wal pole to satisfy this Revolution, which we must con fess is a mild Revolution satisfied with tears, and all the next Cabinet will require will be a Secretary who can boo-hoo on the shortest notice, and with sufficient tact not to cry in the wrong place. The Revolution desires the next lady in the White House to introduce the fashion of " high neck and long sleeves." "The present style of dress has sprung from the idea that woman's attractions are wholly physical, and that her only object in life is to secure a certain kind of questionable power over man." " Why should the daughters of the Pil grims follow the customs of the effete civili zation of Europe, and change their costume with every passing freak and fancy of Paris ?" The lady editor gives her experience of a reception of Speaker Colfax. " Most of the great men have a statuesque appearance, as if about to have their photographs taken with their best expression and attitude." She was introduced to the ladies of the household as the lady who ran for Congress, which brought down on her a shower of eyes and ques tions. She bore it, as she was supported by an able-bodied general, " who, by the by, was the finest man present." Then and there she made good her political pretensions, by what means is not stated. Senator Sherman spoke mournfully on the prospect of Suffrage for Women. Leaving Sherman to his reflection, she carried off Jenckes, member for Rhode Island. As she grappled her prize, she thought bow Jenckes, Schenck, and Broomhall had been sacrificed in l i the Conventions for their propo sitions to introduce the word male into the Federal Constitution. She pondered over the bitter things sbe had said of Jeuckes•—then raised her eyes when she was encouraged by his large, round, benevolent face, and to her astonishment Jenckes proved to be a liberal and staunch friend of the cause, though mo mentarily led astray by the wicked men Schenck and Broomhall. The next introduction was to professor Helgard, of the Coast Surrey. " Now," said he, when attacked on excluding women from the scien tific club, "by throwing a veil of mystery and ex clusiveness about ourselves, we make 'these women admire and venerate us. They really think we are wise, and know a great deal more than we do, and as long as we keep up these dividing lines they will con tinue to think so ; but if we admit them into all our counsels, and they find out how little we do know, having no beauty or grace to recommend us, our power would be gone, and we should soon come to grief." 0 ! Mr. Helgard, how could you have been so imprudent as thus to divulge the secret to The Revolution, scattering it broadcast over the world. No wonder that the sad picture of humiliated man hood brought tears to the eyes of the lady editor. Much more of these good things is promised by E. C. S. next week. Certainly E. C. S. has a sove reign disdain for restricted limits for her editorial pen ; so people who do not desire to figure in The Revolution, if they stumble across her, had better skedaddle and be up a tree like an oppossum What are brains, says E. C. S., compared with beautyy Let the handsome men of the nation look I up, fairy fingers shall yet, write for The Revolution sweet songs to bushy whiskers, moustache, to brawnyme muscles, giant for m , a n d shaggy brow. it ; and this is to be the special mission of The Men w ill not do each other justice, envy prevents Revolution. — Anglo-American Times. A JAPANESE FUNERAL IN NEW YORK.—The funeral ceremonies of 13 a-Yah-ta-Kee, the leader of the troupe of Japanese lately performing at New York, are thus described in the Tribune :—" During the morning the monotonous Japanese dead song was kept up in a small room beside that in which the corpse lay. Lighted candles were placed near the coffin, and a document in Japanese was hung against the wall. There were three vigilantes, one of whom officiated and chanted the dead song, the other two sitting silently opposite. The friends and rela tives of the deceased and the other members of the troupe were in an outer room. On the lid of the ~ :offia, which was of rosewood, was a silver plate, having engraved on it in Japanese letters the name of the deceased. The custom of providing food, tobacco, and opium for the deceased was ob served. As soon as the body was removed from the house an old Japanese woman took her glace before it, and com , =need sweeping the ground with a broom, the custom signifying the wafting of the soul of the dead to spirit land. A number of carriages followed the hearse to Greenwood, which were for the most part occupied by Japanese. The body was placed in the strangers' receiv ing tomb, where it will remain until the return of the troupe to Japan, when it will be taken with them. Jt being unlawful in Japan for any person but a priest to say the prayer for the dead over the remains, and no priest being in this country, the ceremonies at the grave con sisted of the voluntary prayers and the singing of a hymn, after which each one of the Japanese picked up a handful of clay and dropped it on the grave, with which ceremony the burial was concluded. Ha-Yah-ta-Kee was the author of a number of dramas, which are popular in his own country, and of several tales, essays, and treatises. PROGRESS OF AMERICAN CHROMO -LITHOGRAPHY. —Mr. Prang, of Boston, has already published several landscapes by Bricher, several groups of chickens and the like by Tait, several flower and fruit pieces by Mrs. Lily M. Spencer, and Miss V. Granberry of New York, a couple of genre pictures by Niles of Boston, a series of Ruggles's " gems" in oil colours, besides a great variety of illumi nated texts and cards by Miss Jennie Lee of New Jerseys and cartoons and lithographs by Mr. Homer and others- He has now in preparation, " A New England Win ter Landscape" by the late Mr. Morveiller, of Malden ; a figure piece, "The Barefooted Boy," by Eastman John son ; " Easter Morning," by Mrs. Theresa Hart, wife of James Hart, the landscape painter; two pictures of chil dren in the woods, "The May Queen" and " The Little Rogue," by Mr. J. G. Brown ; "The Shipwreck of Steer forth," by Moran; "The Friends," by Giraud ; "The White Mountains in October," by Mr. George L. Brown ; "The Bay of New York," by the same artist; "The Falls of the Yo Semite," by Bierstadt ; two fruit pieces by S. W. Fuller; "Cherries and Basket," by Mrs. Granberry; and besides these a number of other compositions on the easels of distinguished New York painters. AMERICA'S RANK IN THE PARIS EXHIBITION. — The Secretary of State has received from Commissioner Beckwith, who managed our late representation at the Paris Exhibition, a table verified from official data, showing that, with all the drawbacks under which our country laboured, the United States ranks number one in grand prizes taken at the great fair. It also exceeds every nation save Franco in general pro portion of awards to e xhibitors, and in its average is double the rate of Great Britain and her colonies. Aus tria, Prussia, Belgium, Russia, and Switzerland su ms _ sively rank above England after France and the United States. To form the juries which pronounced the awards 600 men were selected with much care from all nations, and there is no appeal from their verdict. It is as fair as it possibly could be; and its report shows that all the great changes which have taken place in vessels of 'war, guns, and small arms, and remodelling of navies and armies, came from America. The United States depart ment is acknowledged to have furnished at least two thirds of all that was new in invention in the exhibition. —Springfield Republican. THE WESTERN FISHERY.—The Cornish mackerel season was fairly commenced during the past weok, when several hogsheads of fine fish were caught. Nearly all the supply was sent to London. Prices ranged from 375. to Os. per six score. Romanian's Teas Pure are Bd. per pound cheaper. Their 2,500 agents—confectioners iu London, and chemists in the country—are constantly receiving fresh supplies of these tong-approved teas. sold only in packets. .L. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The morning papers contain lengthy letters from their correspondents in Abyssinia. The accounts continue to bear witness to the improved state of things that has existed since Sir R. Napier reaches, Senaf6. The transport service, upon which, more than upon anything else, the prospects of the expedition depend, has immensely im proved. The Lahore Train and the Rawul Pindee Train, which have been in a state of efficiency from the moment of their arrival, are now to the front without that encumbrance of Egyptian and Arab muleteers which until very recently hampered the movements of the army. The Punjaub and North - West officers who are serving in these trains understand their inspectors and drivers, and are understood by them ; and thus it happens that while mules of the Bombay train are being starved by their Egyptian and Arab drivers, those of the two trains we have mentioned receive their allotted food at the proper time and without waste. While Egyptian and Arab drivers are being flogged because they refuse to feed their animaLs, the Sikh and Pathan grass cutters are to be met with six and eight miles from camp, because the grass to be got nearer they do not consider good enough for their mules. Of the 3,620 mules landed in Abyssinia from Lahore only six have died, and of the 1,000 from Rawul Pindee only three have died, while the mortality among those collected from other sources has been about 50 per cent. One of the letters which we have received contains the following passage ; " The waste of money in the purchase of mules admits of no dispute, Dollars fly right and left at all the depots, and go to people who are only being taught to de preciate their value. Most of the articles we purchase might have been bought from 25 to 50 per cent. cheaper, but for the terribly false start we made. All this is due to the haste with which things were done by the Bombay and Home Governments." The Telegraph correspondent writes from Aik Hullat, February 14. At that date the 3rd Dragoon Guards, who were to form part of the advanced division, had not landed. A great many elephants had arrived from India, and these animals were to be employed in bringing up a battery of eight-inch mortars. An inquiry was to be held into the disorganised state of one of the Land Transport Corps. There was an utter want of method in the landing of animals. Mules were loaded without anyone in charge of them, without drivers, and, in many cases, without picketing ropes, or even bead collars. Officers were put in charge of hundreds of men, for the most part horrid scoundrels, of all nations, none of whose languages they could talk ; and . without anything like a sufficient number Jf interpreters, they were expected to get their men into working order, and to attend to all the various requisi tions and demands for transport that were all day coming in. The following official precis of the latest news from Afa,gdala and from the King's camp at Bet Hor, has been ?laced at the disposal of the press : " Information has been received of the prisoners at Mag dala up to January 17, and of those in the King's camp up to January 9. All the prisoners were well. A detachment of troops left Magdal a on J anuar y 1, j o i ne d —Le King in his camp, and were to return to Magdala with about 400 prisoners. The imprisoned Europeans were among the number. Their leg-fetters had been removed, and hand cuffs substituted, so that they might march. It is under stood Mrs. Rosenthal would accompany them. There is nothing in the information received from which we are enabled to judge, either how far the King apprehends the present posture of affairs, or what course he in tends to follow. The King was using every endeavour to get the road towards Magdala made, working with his own hands, and making the free Europeans help. Ile had made some slight progress, and had arrived at the bottom of the valley of the Djedda river. It is calculated e would reach Magdala by the end of February with his •:amp ; thaugh by abandoning the latter he could any day Arrive there. The people of Dalanta continue submissive to him ; but those of Daoont had again refused to sub. mit to him. His soldiers were suffering from scarcity of provisions and transport. It was reported in Magdala that Memelek, the King of Shoa, had again set out for Magdala, better prepared to act against Theodorus than an his former visit. A detailed communicati , n from one of the captives, sent to friends in England, and there published, has by some means reached the King's camp, and is in the hands of M. Bardel. Apprehensions are entertained that he will use it to the injury of the prisoners." We are informed that Lord Bateman is recover ing from his recent illness. THE REV. MR. SPEKE. —There is no truth in the paragraph which stated that Mr. Speke is in a private lunatic asylum. He has arrived at Genoa, and letters from thence give a favourable account of hizn.—Post. THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. RASSAM.—Thera has been published, in the form of a parliamentary return, 4. copy of a letter from Brigadier-General W. L. Mere vether, C. 8., to his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir 1. Napier, K.C.8., dated Zulla, the 18th January, 1868, n exoneration of Mr. Rassam from the charge of misap- Iropriation of money, a matter to which we have already eferred. Here is the letter :—" Camp, Zulla, Jan. 18, 868.—Sir, a discussion took place lately in Parliament egarding the money received from King Theodore by Mr. aassam. In justice to the latter gentleman, I have the honour to state that the money so received was at once credited by him to Government, and appears so in his accounts, with a foot note that 6,800 dollars were taken ack from him by the King when (Signed) emeidss) W. L. i‘u onwasim iE pr E. i• t oned in July 1866 . — 1 have, &c. gn WETIIER, Brigadier-General, on special duty, Abyssinia." lia(deuesßatroicenayteeddßbYytofi . e i t n E G . seuonr T ao . l ea l )y e , D t E he s T nc i t he v au r e T 733h 1 r o i o N d f g wl o av F teer nr , A d o wasnC m spiat o ur r ia ning. During di v i ne serv i ce, and just after the vicar s F re St i (the Rev. C. W. Alston) had given out his text, a loud knocking was heard at one of the doors, and on its being opened a man named Lyndham, who at a distance had observed smoke proceeding from the roof, alarmed the cor. gregation by exclaiming, " Make haste out ; the church is on fire." As might be expected, great consternation prevailed, although no fire or smoke was then observed inside the building. The members of the congregation, however, hastily left their seats and got outside into the churchyard, when it was seen that one portion of the roof was in a blaze. It was evident that the flue belonging to the stove bad either become over-heated, or that there was some defect in it, which had caused ignition of the rafters between the ceiling and the roof. Everything that was movable was quickly gathered up and removed from the church, and a messenger was despatched for the West of England fire-engine, at Bridgwater. which was brought to the spot in an incredible short space of time, but, aided by the strong wind, the fire had so much spread, that the interior of the building was in flames. A plentiful supply of water was procured from an adjoining brook, and several men got upon the roof and succeeded in cutting off c unmunication with the tower, which was thus saved, together with a peal of five bells. With the exception of that and the chancel, the whole of the building was entirely destroyed, together with an organ, almost new, and the beautiful carved oak pulpit. Until a few years past the church was insured in the sum of ZOO, but was ttow wo., i:aured. , v •