The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-07 00:00:00

No. 22,423.

VURNI ETRE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and
FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in
the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class
goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to
Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select
from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground.
Every article warranted.
CLE RGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR-
NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and
. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un-
equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo
adm.-able engravings of every description of Furniture and
Leasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt atls and
post-free on application. This costly work also contains
complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised
cale

A Six-roomed Parsonage
An Eight-roomed ditto
A Ten-roomed ditto ........
A Twelve-roomed ditto

Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass
of valuable informationto all requiring househ3ld furniture,
carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy-
men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton,
Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth,
Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder-
minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking,
St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's,
Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great
Britain.

COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford.
bridge, London. B.E.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.

Est‘blished 1809.
FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE DUSINESS of every de
scription transacted at moderate rates.

The usual commission allowed on Ship and Foreign In
surances.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATUEDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1864.

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " ST. °LAVE'S."
Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
J ANIT A'S CROSS.
By the Author of' "St. Olave's."
"A very charming work, delightful to read, a^d deserving
to be remembered. It will greatly enhance the author's po-
pularity."•—Sun.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THE POPULAR NOVELS
At every Library.
BERNARD MARSH. By G. P. R. JAMES. 2 vols.
A WOMAN AGAINST THE WORLD. 3 vols.
THE DANES SKETCHED by THEMSELVES. 3 vois.
WYLDER'S HAND. By JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU.
3 vols.
A SECOND EDITION of BELLA DONNA; or, the Cross

IN what " Happy Land" can I see you after the
"Opera?" I only know of One HAPPY LAND
in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT_
GARDEN, my dear fellow!

Insurers in this Company will receive the full benefit of
any reduction in Duty.
CAPITAL £2,000,000
ANNUAL INCOME
ACCUMULATED FUNDS £2,233,927
London—Head Offices-58, Threadneedle-street, B.C.
4, New Bank-buildings. Lothbury.
West-end Offices

, .
before the Name. 2 vols.
MEADOWLEIGH. By the Author of "The Ladies of Bever
Hollow." 2 vole.

EASTERN EXCHANGE BANK
(Limited).
Incorporated, with Limited Liability, under the Companies

Act, 1862.
Capital £2,000,000, in 100,000 Shares of £2O each.
First Issue 50,000 Shares.
Deposit on Application of £1 per Share. Further payment
on Allotment, £2 per Share.
First Call, not exceeding £?, not less than One Month after

Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

'Allotment.

Further Calls not exceeding £2los. per Share, at Intervals o
not less than Three Months.
It is not intended to call up more than £lO per Share.
DIRECTORS.

George M. Bowen, Esq. (Thomas Manning, and Co.), Liver•
pool.

Thomas Chilton, Esq. (llolderness and Chilton), Liverpool.
Edward Comber, Esq. (Edward Comber and Co.), Liver-
pool ; Comber, Son, and Co., B ,mbay.
Robert Dirom, Esq. (Dirom, Davidson, and Co.), Liverpoo' ;
Dirom, Hunter, and Co., Bombay.
Chas. Edward Dixon, Esq., Liverpool (Dixon Brothers
and
.(143., Alexandria).

William James Femie, Esq. (Fernie Brothers and Co.),
Liverpool.
Patrick Hunter, Esq. (Browne, Hunter, and Co.), Liverpool.
Edward Lawrence, Esq. (Edward Lawrence and Co.), Liver-
pool ; Lawrence and Co., Bombay.
Andrew Ma colmson Esq. (J. and D. lirecolnason and Co.),
Liverpool.

NEW NOVEL. BY M. E. BRADDON.
On May 10, at all Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo.,

HENR Y DUNBAR.
By the Author of "Lady Audley's Secret," &c.
*,,* Subscribers to Circulating Libraries should give imme-
diate orders for this work to insure early copies.
London: John Maxwell and Co., 132, Fleet-street.

NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS,
In Monthly Parts, uniform with the Original Editions of
" Pickwick." "David Copperfield," &c.
On Saturday, April 30th, will be Published Part 1., price la.,
of
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND,
By CHARLES DICKENS.

BANKERS.
Liverpool The National Bank of Liverpool.
London The National
Ireland The branches of the National Bank.
Manchester Union Bank of Manchester.
Lees London and Northern Bank.
Glasgow Mercantile and Exchange Bank.

To be completed in Twenty Monthly Farts.
With Illustrations by MARCUS STONE.
London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

MR. W. S. WOODIN' S
ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY,

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Lace, Banner, Gill and Lace, Liverpool.
BROR,RS.
Liverpool.—Messrs. Thomas Tinley and Sons.
London.—Albert Ricardo, E • q., 11, Angel-oourt.
Manchester,--Messrs. Shore and Kirk, 14, St. Ann's-square.

and _
BACHELOR'S BOX,

an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall,
King William-street, Cnaring-cross, EVERY EVENING,
at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.—
Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. A
Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall
from e !even to five.
Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three.

KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
BRANDY.
This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest
FRENCH BRANDY,
It h Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. 3d., at the Retail Houses in London ; by
the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale
at

SECRETARY.
A. E. Pelly, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES•
17, Brown's-buildings, Exchange, Liverpool.

PROSPECTUS.

The Eastern Exchangeßaiiii(iiinlied), is formed to supply
a want which has been long felt, and its value will be imme-
diate y recognised.
Although Liverpool enjoys an immense export and import
trade, and is the port through which the valuable manufac-
tures i f Lancashire and Yorkshire pass, it his not a single
Bank connected w,th the Mediterranean. the East Indies,
China, or Australia.
The exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures
to the above countries for the year 1863 amounted to about
forty millions, and by far the greater portion was shipped
from Liverpool, whilst the produce received in return into
Liverpool was of a va'ue of upwards of sixty millions, making
a total of one hundred millions sterling.
Whilst London has upwards of fifty Banks, with branches
in different countries, established for the purpose of affording
every facility in Exchange transactions, there is no Bank of
this description, with 1 s head-quarters in L:verpool, con-
nected with the East.

CANTE'RBUIiY HALL,
Westminster-road, London.

THIS EVENING,
Will be produced, with alterations and improvements
in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet
attempted, entitled THE TERCENiENARY ; or,a NI HiT
WITH SHAKSPERE, written expresslyby W. le. Vander-
vell, Esq., in which ➢lr. W. Randall will re-appear.
ALSO, PRINCE BLOSSOM;
OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE
FOREST OF SHADOWS I

The profitable n4ture of Exchange business is we'l known,
and the practice which has become so general of attaching
Bills of Lading to Bills of Exchange renders this the safest
description of Banking business.
Some evidence of the safety and profitable character of the
business is afforded by the present values of the undermen-
tioned Banks, whose chief sources of profits are in coc•neetion
with Exchange operations, _ _ _

" The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing and
repgssing through the Magic Fountain, i•s so complete an
illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illuso-y."--Morning
Star, Feb. 19. _

Prince Blossom, Miss Townley.

Paid up Present
per Share. Price.
Agra and United Service Bank £5O £145
Chartered Mercantile Bank ot London,
India, and China
Oriental Bank Corporation
Chartered Bank of India, Australia,
and China
Bank of Australasia 4O
I Mperial Ottoman 13ank lO

Batik of New south Wales..

.. 20

The Eastern Exchange Bank (Limi • ecP, will have its head-
quarters in Liverpool. Branch Banks will be formed, in the
first instance, at Alexandria, Bombay, Calcutta, China, and
Australia, and as the business develops, at other places.
The Directors of the Eastern Exchange Bank will make
arrangements for London business, constituting a first-c'ass
London Banking Agency on mutually advantageous terms.
The business of the Bank will chiefly consist in negotiating
mercantile bills of exchange, granting drafts, in negotiating
and collecting bi is payable at paces where the Bank has
Branches or Agencies. It will issue circular notes and let-
ters of credit, will undertake the purchase and sale of secu-
rities, the receipt of dividends, and eft', ct remittances between
the several places, including London, at which its Agencies
and Branches will be established.

The Bank is founded under "The Companies Act. F 62,"
whereby the respective liability of each Shareholder is
limited to the amount of his Shares.
There will be no fee for promotion; the remuneration of
the Directors will be fixed by the Shareholders at • each
annual meeting ; and the preliminary expenses will be con-
fin ?d to indispensable outlay.
The Articles of Association He at the Office of the Solicitors
for inspection.

Applications for Shares must be accompanied with a
Banker's Receipt for £1 per Share.
In case the amount so paid should exceed £3 rer Share on
the number of Shares allotted, the surplus will be returned ;
but it it should fall short, the balance must be paid within
seven days after notice of allotment, or in default, the allot-
ment will be cancelled and the deposit forfeited.
If no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full.
Applications for Shares may be sent threugh the Solicitors
or Brokers of the Company, from whom Forms of Application
may be had.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES,
To be retained by the Bankers.
EASTERN EXCHANGE BANK (LIMITED).
First Issue 50,000 shares.
To the Directors of the Eastern Exchange Bank (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to the bankers of the above-
named Company the sum of £ , I hereby request that you
will allot me shares in the said Company, aril I agree
to accept such shares or any smaller number that may be al-
lotted to me, and to become a member of the Company ;
and I authorise you to place my name on the register of mem-
bers in respect of the shares to be allotted ,o me, and I agree
to be bound by all the conditions and regulations contained
in the memorandum and articles of association of the Com-
pany. I further authorise you to forward by post to my ad-
dress as below, the certificate for any shares which may be
allotted to me.

Dated this day of
Name in full
Firm (if any) . • • •
Business or profession
Place of business
Residence

1881.

In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish.
meta. supported by the whole of the talented company. in.
eluding. Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly rowiT, Air. T. Maclagan,
G. W. Jester, ite.

Admission—Area, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, le.
Open every Evening.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA.-
The Proprietor begs to announce that this popular
pace of Amusein nt wii I be CLOSED for Fourteen Days
from this thy, for a teralions. in consequence of his &termi-
nation to return to the former successfu. class of EntertAin-
n er,t. It w.ll RE-OPEN on WIIIT-310NDAY with that
Charming and accomplished Gymnast, NATII 4 Elk, Monitor
to the Prince Imprrial, ho will be accompanied by her
equally attractive isters, Leontine and B anche, forming a
trio of the most daring and elegant f.male prefe4 ors of the
gymnatic art in the world. The Musical Department will
be under the able superintendence of a well-known professor.
Pric:s of Admission will be:—Private boxes, ; reserved
seats, ?s. 6d.; stalls, 25.; balconies and promenade. is ; grand
hall, 6d. Further particulars will be shortly announced.
Monday, May 2, 1861.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL
GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar,
Baker-street. _ _ _

RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi-
dent Davis ; Ancient Effigies of Henry IV. and his Queen
Joan. in magnificent costumes of the period (1399); and I's
the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo.
Victor Townley.
Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night.
Admittance, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d.

ARGYLL ROO M S, Windmill-street,
Piccadilly,
IS OPEN EVERY EVENING.
During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance
Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele-
brated Argyll Band, forty in number.
Doors Open ct Halt-past 8, commence at 9.
Admission Is.

Manager, M. GRENET.

29, GEORGE-STREET, E- STREET, HANO VE R-SQUARE, W.
THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the
Astecs ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant;
Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000
Models, Natural Preparations, &c. Egyptian Mummies,
unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (for
Gentlemen only).

NEW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that
requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for
many purposes. To be had of all shops in town or country.
Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C.

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
",Kinahan's LL Whisky."

THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING
DINNER, consisting; of Soup, Fish, Made Dish,
Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on
Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m.
Private Rooms for largo or small parties.

Ey order,
JOHN CATES, Manager.
The Wellington, St. James's.l3trcet
Entrance, 160, Piccadilly.

f2ARIBALDI FUND. for the purpose of secur-
ing a permanent income for General Garibaldi and his
family after him.

The Duke of SUTHERLAND, Chairman.
CHAS. SEELY, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
Ron. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Treasurer.
At a SPECIAL MEETING of the Committee of this Fund,
held at Stafford House on the 6th inst., it was resolved unani-
mously:—
I. Th it Ihe CommMee having deliberated on communica-
tions made to it on the authority of General Garibaldi, and
being fully convinced that the General will decline to accept
the permanent provision for himself and his family, which
this Committee was formed to secure, desires to record its
respect for the high and honourable feelings which have dic-
tated his resolution, and in deferencetc.his expressed wishes
feels itself called upon to withdraw its appeal to the public.
11. That the money contributed to the Fund be imme-
diately returned to the subscribers without deduction.
CHAS. SEELY, Deputy-Chairman.
A. KINNAIRD, Treasurer.
No. 8, Craig's-court, Charing-cross, May 6, 1864.

THE NATIONAL PROVINCIAL MARINE
INSURANCE COHPANY, Limited.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that this Company will
commence BUSINESS at their New Premises, COWTER'ti-
COURT, Cornhill, on the 16th May instant.
4. Clement's-lane, May 2, 1161.

SOHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL
BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring
Freehold or Leasehold Property, or haring. Business and
Houses to be disposei of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES
MUURAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street,
Soho, W.

Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail.
way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected.

SPECIAL NOTICE,

CLERICAL, MEDICAL. AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

EASTERN EXCHANGE BANK,
Limited.
NOTICE IS HEREBY' , that the of Arrm-
CATIONS for SHARESGIVEN
will be CLOSED THIS DAY,
SATURDAY, the 7th May.
LACE, BANNER, GILL, and LACE,
Solicitors to the Company.
17, Brown's-buildings, Liverpool, May 7, 1861.

MESSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND CO.
execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the
year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances, London and
Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber•
well-park.

Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World " Wine
Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London.

IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any
one with in the , Indigestion, or
Biliousness,troubled take PAGEWind WOODCOCK'SStomach WIND PILLS.
Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit.
Of all medicine vendors at Is. lid. slid 2s. 9d. ; or free by
post for H or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist.
Lincoln.

THE BENEFACTOR OF THE 'SKIN.

MOLLARMS PERFUMED SULPHUR
SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes,
and ' "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free
from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving
the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual
remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma-
tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most
eminent physicians see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from
Nos. 1 to 5, according to the degree of sulphur they contain,
sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London,
W., and at all chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent
on application.

TEETH.—Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in
the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the
following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work-
manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the
most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without
pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes
of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without
wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the
gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option
of the wearer. Invalids or residents In the country can ad-
just these tenth to many changes of the mouth without the
aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always
useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea-
tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps.
Inspection of specimens and consultations free.-B,Grosvenor-
street, Bond-street, W, Pi 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir-
w.higham.

Established 1824,

All persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale
before June 30, 1864. will be entitled at the Next Bonus to
one year's additional Share of Profits over later A saurers.

Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal, and the last Re
port showing the financial position of the Society, can be ob•
tained from any of the Society's Agents, or of

GEORGE CUTGLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary.
13, St. James's-square, London, S.W.

matpralcuLly limited to the
B 0 NEL LP S ELECTRIC TyE,sLAEctG,
by
yAwhPilich
COMPANY (Limited).
Retghiestleiraebdflfutnydoefr
et
ahceh Jaohianrte-bSotocid
okrCfos
amount of his shares.
Capital, £250,000, of which 2,,0' 0 forma the original capital
of the Company.
Present issue, £ 225,000, in 2?,500 shares of £lO each.
Deposit, £1 per share on application and £1 on allotment.
Calls of £2 each at intervals of not less than two months.

CHAIRMAN.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot.
BANKERS.

London—The Agra and United Service Bank.
Manches er—Manchester and Salford Bank.
fratoxEßs!

London—Messrs. Johnson, Longden, and Co., 22, Token,
house-yard.
Liverpool -Messrs. Taunton and Co.
Manchester—T. Warner, E.
SECRETARY (PRO TEM.)
James Gutteres, Esq.
OFFICES.
7, Angel-court, City; 2A, Victoria-street, Manchester;
2, Dale-street, Liverpool.

B ONE LLI'S ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
COMPANY (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SHARE LIST
of this Company will CLOSE for London on SATURDAY,
the 7th inst., and for the Country on the 14th.
By order,
J. GUTTERES, Secretary, pro tem.
7, Angel-court, London, E.C., May 3, 18,64:

B ONE L L I':S ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
COMPANY (Limited).
TUE CHALT.ENGE.
Office of the " Telegraphic Journal," 5, Suffolk-lane, E.O ,
May 5, ]Kt.
To the Rigbt Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot,
Chairman of the Bonelli Telegrapa Company (Limited).
My Lord,—ln answer to your inquiry, I beg to say that
having been duly appointed electrical referee by the Bonelli
Company, I was present at what should have been the com-
pe itive trial between the Bonelli and Hughes' instruments.
I have no hesi ation in saying that I consider the work done
by the Bonelli instrument conclusively proved all that has
been stated in its favour. Extraordinary, however, as was
the rapidity and precision both of type-setting and trans-
mission on that day, the public work done on Monday during
and after heavy rain was still more satisfactory; the correct-
nessY, attested by the returns,
on Saturday was absolute, and toe large amount of
general messages, as well as the steadily increasing business
of the c mpany, afford ample evi-
dence that in this the essential quality of telegrsphy, the
ordinary work is not wanting. lam preparing a report of
my observations, in which I
shall have occasion to notice
rainy other excellent points in the system. but I feel bound
to say thkt I saw none with which I see reason to find fault,
the necessity for the use of five wires being, in my opinion,
sully compensated by the immense advantages secured.
I am
my Lord,
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
(Signed) OWEN ROWLAND,
Electrician to the Telegraph Committee
of the Board of Trade.

MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS,
TRADERS, AND EXECUTORS.
ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets
prepare
onerations organised and Banking
es arranged.— oat, Advances made on Trade Stock,
Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected.—
The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken.
Address, Messrs. BANRES and Co., Accountants, 20,
Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
men tof VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, and Dining-room, consisting
Ink-
stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a., in Italian,
Alabas 'er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a
of a new and eiegant assort-
Imported and manigacttred by JAMES TENNANT, Majesty,Mine-
ralogist 149, Stand, W.C., London.
es elementary collections of SHELLS,
MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS,
et on n heran t
arr g
which will greatly
facilitate the intersting study
of MINERALOGY, CON-
CHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas
each.
ralmoginsTt
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE-
RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
Dm ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S FRIEND
is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail-
lid.,_2s. 9(12 1 Is., and 225. each. Also his
ing remedy for wounds of every description. burns, scalds
chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, &c.
NTISURuPRUL LE, confirmed by sixty years'
experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever
offered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family
pSolduiLnampots. ls.
Aperient, that may be taken
Soldi " all times without confine-
ment or change of diet.in boxes, is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.,
ils., and 228. each.
Sold wholesale by the j3roprietors, Beach and Barnloott,
Bridport, by the London no3,!ses, and retail by all respectable
medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies.

THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—At the
weekly meeting of this Board yesterday the engi-
neer (Mr. Bazalgette) reported that, at the present time,
ba by ot
the one-sixth
Northern Outfall
of the an
Sealertr metropolitan
the Thames at ebb tide at Barking, whence it was carried
eovrtorks, and discharged into
sewage was intercepted
to the sea. This sewage, about 14,000,000 gallons in quan-
tity, was formerly discharged into the river within the me-
tropolis at low water. The progress made with the main
drainage works was thus stated :—On the Main Drainage
Middle Level Sewer, work to the amount of £306,000 had
been done; on the Western Sewers, 31 miles of sewer had
been constructed at the cost of £151,000; at the Northern
Outfall Reservoir works had been executed to the estimated
cost of 4163,000 ; at the Southern Low Level Sewer, 31 miles
of work had been completed at the cost of £110,000; at the
Southern Outfall works at Crossness, work to the amount of
£213,000 had been finished. With respect to the Northern
Thames Embankment, the engineer reported that the works
of the first contract (from 'Westminster-bridge to the east
side of Cannon-street) had been much delayed by the diffi-
culty in obtaining possession of the wharves on the side of
the river, and by the necessity there was for making expe-
riments as to the best form of iron caissons for excluding
the tide. Works had been done on this contract to the
amount of £30,000, and on the second contract (between
Waterloo-bridge and the eastern side of Temple-gardens) to
the value of £12,000. The report was ordered to be entered
on the minutes. A deputation from the Marylebone Vestry
urged upon the Board that it was desirable to give vestries
the power of granting superannuation allowances to aged
officers. The subject was referred to a committee. The
names of various thoroughfares were altered, and the villas,
terraces, crescents, places, rows, cottages, and other subsi-
diary names in the old thoroughfare known as Lower-road or
Lower-street, Islington, were ordered to be abolished, and
the whole thoroughfare was re-named Essex -street.
Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against
imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release
from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by application
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HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 6.
INTOXICATING LIQUORS (SALE ON SUNDAYS),
Motion made and question put, " That leave be given to
bring in a bill for restrictions on the sale of intoxicating
liquors between the hours of 11 of the clock on Sattirday
night and 6 of the clock on Monday morning." The
house divided—Ayes, 87; Noes, 123.
AYES —B7.
Adderley, C. B. Grogan, Sir E. Miller, T. J.
Agnew, Sir A. Grosvenor, Earl Moor. 11.
Ayrton, A. S. Grcsvenor,Lordßd. Newdegate, C.
Barnes, T. Gurney, S. O'Neill, E.
Biddulph, Col. Hadfield, G. Owen, Sir It
Blake, J. Hamilton, Lord C. Papillon, P. 0.
Brady, Dr Hamilton, 1. T. Powell, .1. J.
Bridges, Sir B. W. liassard, M. Pritchard, J.
Brooks, R. Hennessy, J. P. Pugh, D.
Brown, J. Bibbert, J. T. Quinn, P.
Bruce, Sir 11. Hodgson, R. Redmond, J. E.
Buckley, Gen. Rood, Sir A. Robartes, T. J. A.
Buller, Sir A. W. -Rol stall, T. B. Selwyn, C. J.
Cave, S. Hotham, Lord Smith, Abel
Chapman, J. li
Cholmeley, Sir M. lluurninep,e.wrst.owne.,
FP.. S.
Stuart,
Jc.oill..
Clay, J. Ingham, R. Taylor, Col.
Collins, T. Johnstone, Sir J. Thompson, H. S.
Cubitt, G. Kendall, N. Tollemache, J.
Davey, R. Kennard, R. W. Torrens, R.
Duncombe, A. Kinnaird, A. Ite. Tracy, C. R. D.
Duncombe, W. E. Langton, W. H. G. Trollope, Sir J.
Dunlop, A. M. Lawson, W. Verner, Sir W.
Ennis, J. Leeke, Sir H. Verner, E. W.
Ewart, J. C. Lefroy, A. Vivian, H. H.
Forster, W. E. Long-field, R. Westhead, J. P. B.
Gaskell, J. M. Lyall, G. Wynne, W. W. li.
Gower, F. L. Mackie, J. TELLERS.
Gower, G. W. L. Maguire, J. F. Somes, J.
Greenall, G. Mainwaring, T. ,-_ Pease, H.

NOES —123.
Acton, Sir J. Forde, Col. O'Loghlen, Sir C.
1 Angerstein, W. Forster, C. Puke,
I Annesley, Col. H. Fortescue, F. D. Paget, Lord C.
Antrobus, E. Galway, 'Viscount Parker, Major W.
Astell, J. H. Gard, R. S. Paxtoß, Sir J.
Bagwell, J. Gladstone, W. E. Peacocke, G. 3L W.
Baring, 11. B. Gore, W. R. 0. Peel, Sir R.
Baring, T. G. Goschen, G. J. Pevensey, Viscount
Bar ttelot, Col. Greaves, E. Phillips, G. L.
Beaumont, S. Greene, J. Pollard Urquhart W
Bective, Earl of Grenfell, H. R. Portman, W. 11. B.
Bellew, R. M. Grey, Sir G. Ramsden, Sir J. W.
Bentinck, G. C. Hamilton, Viscount Repton, G. W. J.
Blencowe, J. G. Hankey, T. Roebuck, J. A.
Booth, Sir R. G. Harvey, R. B. Rothschild,Baron M
Brand, H. Henley, Lord Russell, A.
Browne, Lord J. T. Herbert, H. A. Salomonq,Aiderman
Bruen, 11. Ilesketh, Si: T. Scourtielo, J. H.
Calthorpe, F. H. liornby, W. IL Seymour, A
Cardwell, E. Jervoise, Sir J. Shafto, R. D.
Cartwright, Col. Jones, D. Sheridan, 11. B.
Castlerosse, Vist. King, P. J. L. Smollett, P. B.
Clifton, Sir It. Kinglake, A. W. Stacpoole, W.
Clive, G. Kinglake, Seri. J. Steel, J.
Cobbett, J. M. Kingscote, Col. Taylor, P. A.
Cox, W. Knatchbull-Ilugess Tollemache, F. J.
Crawford, R. W. Lacon, Sir E. Trefusis, C. H. R.
Dalglish, R. Lennox, Lord H. G. Treherne, M.
Dalkeith, Earl of Leslie, C. P. Vane, Lord 11.
Dillwyn, L. L. Lever, J. 0. Vansittart, W.
Dundas, Sir D. Lewis, 11. Vernon, H. F.
Edwards, Col. Locke, J. Villiers, C. P.
Elcho, Lord Lopes, Sir M. 'Walcott, Admiral
Elphinstone, Sir J. Martin,J. Watkins, Cpl. L.
Enfield, Viscount Matheson, Sir J. Weguelin, T. M.
Evans, T. W. Merry, J. White, L.
Farquhar, Sir M. Moffatt, G. Wood, Sir C.
Fenwick, E. M. Morgan, Major Wyvill, M.
Fenwick, 11. Mundy, W. -Yorke, J. R.
Fermoy, Lord Naas, Lord TELLERS.
Fitzwilliam, C. W. Noel, G. J. Jolliffe, Sir W.
Foljambe, F. J. S. North, Cot Shelley, Sir J. V.

V/-

PRICE ...... ...4d.
STAMPED.....Sd.

was all. At last, as a favour, Mr. Chalmers per-
mitted the 300-pounder, with its formidable steel
shot and 451 b. of powder to be tried against it, and
this went through it, as every one knew it would
do, though doing far less injury to the backing than
such ponderous missiles: ordinarily it filet. On the
svhole, the target was pronounced the most success-
ful ever tried, though all the officers then present
were of opinion at the close of the day that a slight
alteration would improve it, by reducing the thick-
ness of the iron plate between the beam of teak by
three-quarters of an inch, anti adding the metal thus
gained to the 21in. external plate, so as to bring the
latter up to 4ire in thickness. Such a change, it
was confidently expected, would, without adding at
all to the weight of the target, add nearly 25 or even
30 per cent, to its powers of resistance. At all
events, it was then conclusively established that Mr.
Chalmers's system of backing armour was one which
required to be attentively considered and examined
with a view to the construction of future ironclads.
It was lighter than the iron frigates now building,
it was proved to be stronger, and its inventor
claimed that it was nearly 25 per cent. cheaper. The
lightness and cheapness are, of course, most im-
portant considerations, which when superadded to
the all-important one of increased strength, spoke
loudly in favour of a careful trial of the new plan.
The Iron Plate Committee have, we believe, re-
ported on the success of Mr. Chalmers's system in
the strongest terms, but from that day to this the
Admiralty have refused to adopt it or allow of its
adoption in any way, or even to permit Mr. Chalmers
to make a fresh target with the improvements which
we have said were suggested by the officers on the
ground. They have since admitted the perfect success
of the target by paying not the £1,650 they agreed
for it—that is, £1,250 for the target, and £4OO to
Mr. Chalmers for his time and labour as an engineer
in constructing it,—but by paying for the cost
of construction, £1,250, and refusing to allow Mr.
Chalmers a single shilling for his time and trouble.
How they can possibly defend the expenditure of
£1,250 on the ground that the target was an im-
portant public benefit that justified the outlay, and
yet maintain that the gentleman who canstructed it
deserved so little that they are entitled to break
their agreement with him and refuse him payment
for his time and labour, we are at a loss to conceive.
Such, however, is the fact as the matter now stands.
Mr. Chalmers, however, brings a far graver com-
plaint than this want of payment against the Ad-
miralty. Since his target was tried, another and a
very successful one, called the Bellerophon target,
has been made by Mr. Reed, the chief naval con-
structor. In our notice of the performances of this
at Shoebury last autumn we stated at the very out-
set that its designer had apparently derived some
most valuable hints from having seen that made by
Mr. Chalmers first. Certainly in the tests to which
it was subjected Mr. Reed appeared to be favoured.
The 300-pounder was fired three times at the
Chalmers' target ; twice with 1501 b. round shot
fired with 501 b. of pounder, and once with a 300-
pounder steel shot driven by 451 b. of powder. On
the contrary, the 300-pounder was only allowed
to be fired once at the Bellerophon target, and that
with a reduced charge of 351 b. of powder. In short,
3,6001 b. of shot, with a proportionate mass of
powder, were discharged throughout a long day at
the target of Mr. Chalmers, and only 1,5001 b. of
shot, with a proportionate reduction of charge,
were allowed to be fired against Mr. Reed's. It
was to show how different would have been the re-
sults had the trials been fairly made between
the two that the Chalmers' target was again fired
at yesterday with the maximum charges used
against Mr. Reed's—namely, a 1501 b. shot and 351 b.
of powder. These were spherical cast iron shot,
tin d from the 300.-pounder at 200 yards' range.
The first shot almost missed, as it struck just on
the edge of the lowest plate, and passed under it
into the earth. The second struck fairly, and re-
mained, with its larger half imbedded in the plate
to a depth of three inche., at the bottom of which
it bad made a crack in the reelal about half an inch
wide and four long. It broke two bolts which had

been hastily put in without elastic washers (for the
whole target had to be roughly rebuilt for the pur-
poses of the experiment), but it did not penetrate

the plate or injure the inner skin. The third shot
struck on the edges of two plates near where they
had been injured before, but, in spite of this, it
failed to penetrate to the backing, and, in fact, its
entire mischief was, when compared with the missile,
slight beyond all expectation. These three shots
were considered so satisfactory to all as to the
strength of the target that further trials were

thought unnecessary, and it only remained to judge
by comparison from this how the positions of the
two targets would have been reversed if Mr. Reed's
bad been tested so severely as Mr. Chalmers's, or
vice versa, Mr. Chalmers's had been only tried with
the comparatively light missiles which were chosen
for Mr. Reed's.

After this trial was over experiments were made
with steel shot of various tempers, manufactured
from the Bessemer metal by John Brown and Co.,
against a 51-inch plate, also of John Brown's. It
will be sufficient on this occasion to say that all the
shots were of excellent manufacture as to toughness
and quality of metal, and all gave that enormous
increase of penetration over projectiles made from
any other material which seems to prove conclu-
sively that in warfare against iron we must rely on
soft steel, and soft steel only, for our missiles.
They at least do some mischief, but wrought or
cast iron in any shape—round, conical, or flat-

headed—are as useless as so much mud. But, good
as were the results effected by these shots, which
always made a serious indent varying from 3in.
to 31in,, they were quite eclipsed by the really
wonderful performance of Messrs. Brown and Co.'s
armour plate, This was pronounced yesterday to
be the finest plate yet fired against. It had been
badly battered before the experiments commenced,
and had been penetrated through and through in two
places by the Armstrong 600 pounder. Yet, though,
in addition to these injuries, it received ten more
steel shot yesterday in a space of some six feet by
three, it never gave even the most trifling indica•
tions of cracking, but to the last was as tough and
firm and uniform throughout as a slab of copper.
Experiments were then tried as to the best
mode of fastening on armour plates—whether
by rivets, by the improved Warrior bolts, or by
a new method proposed by Capt. E. M. Palliser, of
the 7th Hus Ears, a young officer whose scientific
attainments are well-known in the service. In this
competitive trial Capt. Palliser's plan achieved an
easy and conspicuous victory, as all the engineers
on the ground knew it would from its adherence in
principle to the plainest mechanical truths. All the
iron bolts in armour plates having been showing,

as plain as iron could show, that the reason
of their continually breaking was the diminu-
tion of strength caused by their screw threads
being cut into the substance of the bolt. OW'
tain Palliser has perfectly remedied this defeat
by turning down his bolts so as to leave
their screw thread at the end en profi/e—tli,a
,t is
to say so much thicker than the bolt itself. 1 hus
the bolt has a certain thickness, and therefore
strength, plus the screw thread, instead of minus
yesterday all his
the screw thread as hitherto.
a
bolts held firm, and none snappedrd their screw heads,
though the 68 pounder was trittriedagainst the plates
they fastened
and agin. lhe other three
pans for rivetting
or bolting on armour plates
all gave way sooner or later, so that in the
result of this exPerlment we may record another
important step gained towards the complete effi-
ciency of our armour-frigates.
The Armstrong and Whitworth competition is
fast approaching its crisis as regards the real prac-
tical question,, now at issue—the endurance of the
Gans. The details of the last week's trials are,
however, far too important to be dismissed at the h
close of a long article, and we must therefore defer
our weekly resume of these experiments to another
uceasion.

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