The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SA.TURDA.Y EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1865.

QT. GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL, Southwark.—
Next SUNDAY, the 17th inst., the HIGH MASS and
VESPERS will be sung, with full instrumental accompani-
ment. Sermon in the morning by the Very Rev. Canon
OAKELEY. Music—Lutz's Mass in E flat. In the evening
Lutz's "Miserere." Collections towards defraying the ex-
penses incurred ia improving the Organ and enlarging the
Choir.

E ALLEGHANIANS.
-REAM ST. JAMES'S BALL.

G_
ne ALLEGHANIAN VOCALISTS and BELL PER-
FORM ERS, organised for Nineteen Years, will give their
CONCERTS in London every Evening; at Eight o'clock; and
a ',RAND MORNINd CONCERT every Wednesday and
Saturday, at 3.
Area, Is. ; balcony, 2s. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; sofa stalls, 58.
Tickets and places may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal
Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at Mr. Austin's Ticket
Office, 28, Piccadilly.
The full programme now ready at all the Libraries and
Music-sellers.

J. M. flour. Director.:
1). G. WALDRON, AgeL t.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall,
Plocadilly.—The only original and veritable legitimate
CHRISTY MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Wednesdays and
Saturdays at 3 and 8, retaining, all the specialties and old
favourites who originally created the reputation of the Com-
pany. Fauteuils, 55.; stabs, 3s ; unreserved seats, 25. ; gal-
lery. Is. Tickets at Austin's, 28, Piccadilly.--Manager,
Frederick Burgess.

T"OXF O R D.
6, OXFORD fITREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
THE MARKET GIRLS byJ.
Offenbach, and a New CANTATA, by Meyerbeer, will be
performed by Misses Russell, Barrie, Waimesley, Tyrell,
Ellen Reid, Madame Maria, and Miss Fitz Henry ; Messrs.
A. St. Albyn, Husk, Evans, W. Williams, and Senors Tivoli
and Spagnoli, with full Band and Chorus, THIS EVENING,

BEAUTIFUL FOR EV E R.—Madame
it &CH EL'S CIRCASSIAN BEAUTY WASH,
ALA RASTER POWDER, and CIRCASSIAN GOLDEN
HAIR WASH. These costly delicacies of the toilet impart
a youthful, blooming, and brilliant appearance to persons
however far advanced in years, acid can only be obtained at
her residence, 47A, New Bond-street

PANISII FLY is the acting ingredient in
1.3 ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair. Ss. 6d, ss. 6d., and 10s.
6d..; sent free for 54, 84, and 141 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248,
High Holborn, London.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.--Corns cured
in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO.
This preparation gradually dissolves the corn in a few hours,
removing the very root. Price 4s , sent by post for 60 stamps,
—248, High Holborn, London.

"'AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourli
Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold
at 3s. 6d., ss. Ed., and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for s*, 84, and 144
stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps.

rREYH ATR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour
immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na-
tural in effe,:t. Price 3s. ed , ss. 61., and 10e. ed. ; sent by
post for 54, t 4, and 144 stamps.

HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX.'ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes,
without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face,
neck, and arms. 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10a. 6d. ; sent the same
day as ordered by post for Si, 84, and 144 stamps.

Lately published, id., sent free by post for two sumps,
AN ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : Its
Close Analogy to Vegetation, and its Reproduction by
the Stimulant Spanish Fly or Cantharides.—By ALEX.
ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London.

PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin
are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE-
TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness,
&e. 2s. gd. and is. 6d. ;:br by post,for 40 and 100 titamps.—
ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London.

RUpTCTRES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHa7E'SERFt.TEDMOC-MAND EAIN
IT ED IN TIIF. GREAT
LEVER TRUSS
T
0:xHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
nvention in the curative treatment of 11 ERN I A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
s here avoided—a soft andage being worn round the
oody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
sloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
tnd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the air-
mail erence of the body, two inches below the hips, being
;ent to the manufacturer,

Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is.
Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 428., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is Bd.
&u Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
)ffice,

AILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and
Ly 11011 E, Hampstead. Offices, 77, Cornhill
PATRON—The QUEEN.
TRUSTEES.

J.

Capt the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon Champpgs
R.N Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
TREASURERS.
R. C. L.-Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq.
This Institution is designed to supply a great national
want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in
the Roya Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines.
It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic
service. and provides a home free of expense for former
inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the
temptations they might otherwise be exposed to.
The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the
recent storms and loss of life at sea, and: o enable them
eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those
who may perish by war.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs
Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre-
tary, at the ()Mom No. 77, CornhilL
R. SWEETJNG, Hon. Sao.
CHARLES NA.SH, Box

NEW NOVEL BY MRS. MARSH.
Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole..
C RONIC
BLyEmSps. OMAFRSH DARTMOOR.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

G N E S. By MRS. OLIPHANT.
Author of " The Life of Edward &c.

'•• Agnes ' is a novel superior to any of Mrs. Oliphant's
former works."—Athenmurn.
-Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

In a Few Days, in Two Vols., crown Bvo., 218.,
CLUB LIFE OF LONDON. With Anecdotes
of the Clubs, Coff, e-houses, and Taverns during the
17th, Bth, and loth Gently
By JOHN TI3IBS, F S.A.
Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY.
Now ready, 35th Edition, in t vol.,with the ArMs beautitully
engraved. 318. Bd., handsomely bound, gilt edges,
LODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE
for 1866.
Corrected by the Nobility.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THE LATE KING LEOPOLD.—To appear
in a few days, the BEST and most COMPLETE
BIOGRAPHY of that lamented Sovereign, translated by
special permission from the INDEPENDANCR BELGE,
with a Portrait from a Drawing by his late Majesty's special
artist. Price ls. 6d.

13, Burleigh-street, Strand, and all Booksellers.

DOCTOR MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS.
TITLE OF TILE
CHRISTMAS NUMBER

OF
ALL THE YEAR ROUND.
Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS.

PRESCRIPTIONS.
TO BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY.
NOT BE BE TAKEN AT BED-TIME.
TO BE TAKEN AT THE DINNER-TABLE.
NOT TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
TO BE TAKEN IN WATER.
TO BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
TO BE TAKEN AND TRIED.
TO BE TAKEN FOR LIFE.
DR. Ms/tlx..lLlGo.oaLDafter2t,e
7th instant.

CRIST MA S.-MUSICAL PRESENT.-
ROBERT COCKS and CO.'S MODEL PIANO, in
Walnut or Rosewood, trichord, check action, 7 octaves, £33.
N.B.—Price lists, with drawings, sent free to all parts of the
globe.

THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS' WALTZ,
for pianoforte, solo and duet, Is. each ; United Service
Quadrille, ditto; United Service Quadr.lle, fbr a quadrille
band, free for 22 stamps; United Service Galop, piano, solo
and duet, 4s. each ; United Service Waltz, piano, solo and
duet, 4s. each. All composed by A. F. GODFR, Y, and may
be had at half price, w*th an extra stamp to each for postage.
MADAME LEMMENS - SHERRINGTON'S
FAVOURITE SONGS: " Sbylic Bawn" (Irish Bal-
lad); "The Liquid Gem" (W. T. Wrighton); "My Early
Home" (Is' Abt). 2s. 6d. " Thee only I love" (F. Abt):
" 0, ye Tears" (F. Abt); each free for 16 stamps ; and "Jenny
of the 1/1111,10 ~ free for 19 Stamps.

STEW SONG.-WARBLINGS AT EVE.
Poetry by H. FANNIE. Music by the Composer of
" God bless the Prince of Wales." 3s. ; free for 19 stamp,..
London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, W.

Published by J. Clements, Little Pulteney-street, price 7d.,
in cloth 13d., a New Work on the Teeth, entitled
PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES
FOR US.
By A. ESKELL, Surgeon-Dentist, Grosvenor-street, W.

"The present may be looked upon in some measure as a
popular supplement to the author's former work, • A Tre Aloe
on Dental Surgery ;' and should bs perused by those who are
troubled with their teeth,"—Morning Advertiser, Aug. 31,
1885.
Sold by Simpkin and Harebell, and may be had of all book-
sellers.

CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH.

CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast.

CIIOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and
delicious.

MENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE
Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
Sold everywhere.

DEIFIES and SONS beg to call the special
to • attention of Merchants and the Trade to their
NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER,
With Circular Wick,
whi3h for simplicity of construction, great brilliancy of light,
perfect combustion. and its entire freedom from heat, sur-
passes everything that has yet been introduced.

ASTRA LAMPS can be obtained from the
METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 417, Strand,
and from all Ironmongers and Lamp Wart houses in Town
and Country ; and the Patentee, 16 and 17, Commercial-
street, WhitechapeL

A STI3A, PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE
LMSIPS.on StIOW: (New Designs.)

, . .
ASTRA (P4ent)
OIL.
for MINERAL

TR A LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW
PATTERNS for the Season now on Show.

TABLE GLASS, ENGRAVED AND CUT.
DEFRIES and SONS,
16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS.
Newest Patterns, Correct Measure.
JDEFRIES and SONS,
• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES,
For 12 Persons, £1 18s. 6d.
BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES
in great variety, £1 ls.
T DEFRIES and SONS,
t 1 • 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET.

CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS,
In the Grecian and Venetian Designs.
JDEFRIES and SONS
• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

BRONZED AND ORMOLU CHANDELIERS,
New designs, for the Dining-room.
T DEFRIES and SONS
• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

CRYSTAL LAMPS AND WALL LIGHTS
(Registered) for India.
JDEFRIES and SONS
• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS
for the above Goods promptly executed.
Wez•ks—LONDON and BIRMINGHAM.
JDEFRIES and SONS,
• 10 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

JDEFRIES and SONS
t/ • Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free.

JDEFRIES and SONS'
• TEMPORARY SHOW ROOMS.
16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITEC ETAPEL,
Five Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment,
147, HOUNDSDITCH.

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
Messrs. LEWIN and simEoN MOSELY and
SONS, Dentists,
30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.
Their painless artificial teeth are unequalled for economy,
durability, comfort, and all purposes of articulation and mas-
tication. Operations of every kind being unnecessary, the
most nervous patient can be supplied without fear of pain or
inconvenience.
Consultation free. Teeth from ss, Sets from 5 to 25 0.,
warranted.
For the efficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide
" Lancet."
Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-strNeet, and
448, Strand, London • 15, Whitefriargate,'Hull ; 10, _street, and
Sheffield ; 4, iast-par lade, Leeds ; and 14, St. Nicholas-
street, Scarbro'.
Observe—Established 1830. No connection with any of the
same name.

SIR MORTON PETO AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.—The
members of the Bristol Reform Union recently met,
and passed a resolution expressing dissent from Sir Mor-
ton Peto's suggested proposals respecting inquiry before
legislation on Reform. The resolution having been for-
warded to the hon. baronet, he has replied in a letter to
the secretary of the union, in which he states that he has
been seriously misunderstood, and that nothing was further
from his desire and intentions than to delay the passing of
a Reform Bill even for ono hour. He explains that he was
only anxious to secure the defeat or indefinite postpone-
ment of legislation by giving the enemies of Reform an
excuse for asserting that sufficient information to warrant
legislative action door not exist.

American Financial and Commercial.

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The following commercial intelligence is taken from the
New York Shipping and Commercial List of Dec. 2 :
" The movement in trade continues slow, though the
growing ease in the money-market has stimulated rather
more inquiry for merchandise ; so that the volume of busi-
ness for the last three clays shows some improvement over
that for the three days immediately preceding. While the
speculative inquiry for certain commodities continues, we
notice a more general demand for merchandise, both im-
ported and domestic. As a general thing, however, domestic
produce is rather lower, while prices for foreign are gene-
rally pretty well sustained.
" In answer to the remonstrances of the managere of the
New York Savings-banks against paying the revenue tax
imposed on State and National Banks, the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue states that, in his Opinion, they are not
exempt from the payment Of the-tax, but adds that no
fines will be enforced on account of their failure to render
their returns of deposit, provided they at once pay the tax
specified by law. The Commissioner states that they are at
liberty to pay the tax levied underprotest, and he will give
them every facility for testing the legality of the case be-
fore the courts.
" Gold has ruled firm, under a moderate demand for cus-
toms, and the bulk of the business has been at 148 to 148 f,
though sales have been made at higher rates.
" Foreign exchange is in moderate demand, but rates are
firm, especially for sterling bills.
" The money market is rather easier, and there is now no
difficulty in borrowing at 7 per cent. for call loans—A 1
securities. 'Commercial paper is also more- readily dis-
counted, though there is no appreciable reduction in rates
of discount. High grade paper is discounted at 7to 9, but
little under 7i. Second-rate paper is done at 9to 12 per
cent. We quote : Per Cent. Per Annum.
Loans on call, stock securities to 7
Do., bond and mortgage 7 to
Prime endorsed bills, 60 days 7 to 81
Do., three to four months 7l to 9
First-class single names
Other good bills lO to 12
" Government securities are rather firmer, with a fair
demand, and quotations yesterday showed considerable im-
provement. The clearing rates were as follows :
United States 5-20 Sixes, Registered, 1862 ... 101 k to 101
Do. Coupons, 1862 lOl to 1011
Do. Coupons, 1865 99 to 991
Do. Coupons, 1864
United States 10-40' Fives, Coupons 904 to soi
Do. Registered sof to 901
United States' Sixes of 1881, Coupons 106 f to 106 f
Do. Registered 1054 to 105 i
United States' Debt Certificates of 12 months
(interest in currency)
7-30 Treasury-Note Bonds, let issue
Do. 2cl issue
Do. 3d issue
United States' 5 per Cent. Legal Tenders par to
American Gold 148 to
American Silver — to
" The stock market ruled dull and heavy until yester-
day, when the let up' in the money-market exerted a
favourable influence, and stimulated considerable activity
in the railway shares, 'most of which sold at improved
prices. The market was somewhat irregular, however, but
closed firm. Petroleum and mining stocks have partici-
pated in the improvement, and a firm business has been
done since our last, generally at full prices."

" Gold has ruled firmer within the three days past, and
sales have been made as high as 147 k per cent. Tho market

has become somewhat feverish, and the changes are more
radical and more frequent. Foreign exchange has been
fairly active, and rates are firmer for both bankers' and
commercial bills. The money-market is scarcely so easy
as last week, capitalists evincing more caution and greater
disinclination to put out loans until after the assembling of
Congress shall have given more stability to financial affairs.
Commercial paper is offering very freely, in view of which

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rates are a trifle firmer. We quote :
Per Cent. per Annum

Loans on call, stock securities -
Do., bond and mortgage 7
Prime endorsed bills, 60 days 7 to 8}
Do., three to four months
First-class single names 8 10
Other goods bills
" Government securities have been depressed, and prices
have still further declined. Both the Gold-bearing and
Currency Bonds have sold quite freely, but at lower prices
for all kinds, closing, however, with more firmness. The
prices of all these securities are controlled to a certain
extent by the uncertainty as to the future policy of the
Secretary of the Treasury, and should he recommend the
funding of the Short Currency Bonds, Interest-bearing
Certificates, Notes, &c., into Gold-bearing Bonds, and thus
add to the already large volume of Government Bonds in
market, a further decline wculd be almost certain to follow.

We annex the closing quotations :
United States' 5-20 Sixes, Registered, 1862 lOl
United States' 5-20 Sixes, Coupons, 1862 lOl
United States' 5-20 Sixes, Coupons, 1865 991 to 99f
United States' 5-20 Sixes, Coupons, 1864 9Bl to 99
United States' 10-40 Fives, Coupons 9014 to 901
United States' 10-40 Fives, Registered
United States' Sixes of 1881, Coupons 10512 to 106
United States' Sixes of 1881, Registered lO5l to 106
United States' Debt Certificates of 12 months
(interest in currency)
7-30 Treasury-Note Bonds, Ist issue 961 to 97
7-30 Treasury-Note Bonds, 2nd issue
7-30 Treasury-Note Bonds, 3rd issue
United States' 5-per Cent. Legal Tenders par
American Gold 148
American Silver — 142
The following commercial intelligence is taken front the
New York Shipping and Commercial List of Nov. 29 :
"Business continues to be restricted by the causes pre-
vjously adverted to—to wit, the apprehended tariff revi-
siOn, the uncertainty regarding the financial Problem, &c.,
and as the time for the meeting of the Congress approaches
commercial transactions Weenie more and more cireum-
scribed, while commercial values, with few exceptions,
have an unmistakably downward tendency. There is
almost a total absence of speculative feeling, while the
chief aim seems to be to await the action of Congress before
assuming new obligations. "
" Stocks have been irregular, and nearly all kinds of
railway shares have fluctuated considerably. There has
transpired a fair business in all the principal shares, while
in some of the leading shares business has been largo.
Pretroleum and mining stocks have been fairly active, but
prices have been irregular.
" The following are the closing quotations of stocks of
the Second Board, Nov. 28 :
Bid. Asked. Bid. Asked.
Tennessee, 6's ... 88 88/ Mi. South R. R.... 76 761
Missouri 6's
Canton Co 45 45/ Ill. Central 133 1331
Cum Coal Company 43/ 44 Clev. and Pitts. R. 921 93
Q'ksilver Min. Co. 46/ 47 Chi. and N.W.R. 351 351
Marip. Min'g. Co. 141 14/ Do., Preferred 651 651
P. M. S. Co 220 230 Clev. and Tol 104
N. Y. Cent. R. R. 961 97 Chi. and R.I.R. _lOBl 112
Erie R. R.
Ditto, Preferred B3/ 841 Tol., Wab. and W. 45
Ilud. Riv. B.R. lO9 1091 Ditto preferred 70
Reading R. R ..... -1151 116 Pit., Ft. W., and
Mich. Cent. R. R. 115 316 Chi lO4l 165
ti 281

Panama RR. 235 240 I 0.& M. Certif. ... 28
Petroleum Quotations, Nov. 28 :
Bid. Asked. Bid. Asked.
Bennehoff It ...19 50 19 70 Heydrick Bros. 070 085
Buchanan Fm. 068 070 Manhattan O3B 043
Bradley Oil ... 095 1 4 M'Kinley
Brevoort
Central 26 0 29 0 Montana
Cherry Run ... 025 026 Northern Light 260 8 0
Empire City ... 075 079 Oceanic e42 044
Everett
Excelsior
Fee Simple
First National 064 065 Shade River ... 025 030
Germania
Hamilton and Tack, of N.Y. 025 035
M'Clintock 690 7 0 United Pet 053 060
Heydrick
Highgate
Adamantine
Alleghan 0 b Maple Grove... --, 065
Allen Wrightg 065 Monongahela and
Bergen C. &0.0 35 039 Kanawa ...... -- 2 0
Brooklyn Pet —040 N. Y. Phil. &8.0 85 090
Bunker-hill ... 075 New Y&. P. Oil 016 075
California Pet 10 0 N.Y. & Newark 058 064
Cherry Run and Palmer .......... 270 280
Chenango - 060 Pit Hole Con. 270 290
Consol, N.Y O9O People's Pet ... 050
Forest Pet O2O 035 Phillips Pet ... 250
Fountain Pet 075 3 0 Rawson's Farm 060 1 0
G. W. Cons'd O6O Sherman and
Hickory Farm 5 0 Barnesdale... 038
Home
Inexhaustible ... 0150 30 Titus. Oil
Ivanhoe ......... 2 5 215 W. Vir. O. Coal 012 018
Knickerbocker 012 020 Watson
Liberty ......... 025

MR. GLADSTONE'S SPEECHES.—The important ad-
dresses which the Chancellor of the Exchequer de-
livered during the past few months have just been reprinted
in a pamphlet which has been published by Mr. Murray.
The title-page bears a motto from " King Lear," " He'll
shape his old course in a country new." An appendix con-
sists of the speech delivered at Chester, on May 3, in favour
of his son, Mr. H. Gladstone, now member for that city ;
and to make all complete the right hon. gentleman has in-
cluded in the pamphlet his farewell address to the mem-
bers of convocation in the University of Oxford, and his
address to the electors of South Lancashire, with his letter
of thanks to them after he had been returned.
THE REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES POST-
MASTER GENERAL.—It is stated that the forthcoming
report of Postmaster General Dennison, although very
short, will be the most satisfactory document that has
emanated from that department since the organisation of
the Government. During the last fiscal year the depart-
ment was not only self-sustaining, but it has accumulated
three-fourths of a million of dollars.