The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1865.

BOARD and RESIDENCE.—CIiff House, near
Warrior-square, St. Leonards-on-Sea, two minutes'
walk from the Parade. Address, Mrs. RiChardson, as above.

G --
REAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.WORLD of
MAGIC, Second Sight, and " Begone,"Dull Care,"
every evening at 8. A Day Performance, Saturday, at 3.
" The most varied entertainment in the metropolis." —Vide
the Press. Admission, ls.

PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON.—
Farewell season. —World of Magic. Second Sight, and
the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre-
deric (the great) Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic,
and character actor.

VREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic,
zut, in his original entertainment, " Beg, oue, Dull Care,"
"Miss Mary May," " Early in the Morning." Balcony, 2s. ;
reserved seats, 3s. ; stalls, ss. ; at Mr. Austin's office, St.
James's. hall, 28, Piccadilly.
A. NIMMO, Acting Manager.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall,
Piccadilly —The only original and veritable legitimate
CHRISTY MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Saturdays at 3
and 8, retaining all the specialties and old favourites who
originally created the reputation of the Company. Faut-uils,
55.; stalls, 3s ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; gallery. is. Tickets at
Austin's, 28, Piccadilly.—Manager, Mr. Frederick Burgess.

T " 0 XFORD.
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited)..

- - -
SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by
Misses Russell, Barrie, Waimealey, Tyrell, Ellen Reid, Ma-
dame Maria, and Miss Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn,
Husk, Evans, W. Williams, and Senors Tivoli and Spagnoli,
with full Band and Chorus.

Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Belle, Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated D'Au-
bans. Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY
and SARA GUNNISS.

NOTICE.—The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated,
Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of
the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN
EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock.

The Classical Ballet, ehtitled THE BRIVAT. of REAI7TY.
in which the Misses TESSY and SARA GUNNISS will
appear THIS EVENING.
The HUNGARIANS —The Brothers and Sister KIRALFI
will have the honour of introducing their National Dances
in costume every evening.
Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, la. ; private
boxes. 108. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
KO KO RI KO.
This wonderful entertainment, having proved the „„o'reatest
hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad-
dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole
talent of the establishment.

Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall,
Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the D'Anbans, Mons. Alex-
andre, mimic, and the Sisters Dashwood, their first appear-
ance. . _ _

Director, Mr. F. Jongmans.
All visitors to London at this season should see the above
entertainment

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.-
Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street.

NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the
Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of
the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description,
faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been
renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de-
scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London,
and probably never equltlled or surpassed, are now on view.
Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and
CONSTA.NCE KENT are now added.
Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piceadilli.—G RAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO-
MENADE is NOW OPEN for the Season.

Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTL
Manager, Mons. GRENET.

The Band plays nightly Selections from. the most eminent
Composers.
Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12
o'clock. _

Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.

THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET.
Set DINNERS served, at five minutes' notice, from Four to
Niue p.m., at 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., 4s. 6d., and 7s. each.
ELEGANT SALOON DINING ROOMS,
for Ladies and Families.
Prices on the "Carte" moderate.
Private Rooms for Large or Small Partiev.
Reading, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms.
BREAKFASTS and LUNCHEONS.
D. CAMERON.
Entrances-160, Piccadilly, and 49, St. James's-street.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat Office,
Aldershot, 10th October, 1865.

TENDERS will be received at this office, until 12 o'clock
(noon) on Thursday, 26th October, from persons who may be
willing to enter into CONTRACTS for the supplyot FLOUR
(Ration and Hospital) and MEAT, in such quantities as may
be required for six months, from Ist December, 1865, to 31st
May, 1866, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at
Aldershot Camp, and within the command.
These being three distinct Contracts, separate Tenders are
required for ealh description of Flour and for Meat.
Forms of Tenders aed Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on applicat on at this office, by letter addressed to the
Benito. commiaaartat Officer, or in person, between the hours
of ten and four o'clock.

The T.nders must be properly filled up, signed, and de-
livered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the
outside " l'ender for Commis.aria Supplies"), by the hour
appointed, and no Tender will be noticed that bha 1 not be in
compliance with these conditions.

H. MAULE, Assistant Commissary-General.

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want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
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M. A. F., aged 13, homeles.4, both parents dead.
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A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
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S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both par. nts dead.
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.

A programme of thorough Newmarket proportions, ten
races and the matches, on what is generally considered an
off day, and necessitating commencing at 11 30, must be
considered sufficient sport to satisfy any one. The most
interesting affair promised to be the Troy Stakes, where
the Student, Robin Hood, Mr. Pitt, and Lord Lyon, ware
expected to meet; for in the other events—the two first
races, for instance—which were only gallops for The Duke
and Crown Prince, speculation there was hardly any. The
Student was an absentee in the Troy, said to be coughing,
and the Primate was Mr. Mercy's representative. So easy
a win for Lord Lyon was hardly expected by his backers ;
for Custanco never had to extend him ; while Fordham
was " riding" the speedy Mr. Pitt, and Robin Hood was
disposed of at the cords. This performance makes Mr.
Sutton's horse first favourite for the ,Derby. After the
Troy there was but little else of any great importance, but
the usual amount of Maiden Plate and 10 Sov Sweepstakes.
The Oatlands Plate and a 50 Soy Sweepstakes, the former
won by the unbacked Hersey filly, who under her new
name of Lady of the Manor, seemed not to be recognised,
and the latter by Longhorn, brought a rather tedious day's
racing to a conclusion.
The Select Stakes of 50 (love each, h ft, for 3-yrs-old ;
_colts, Bst 101b.,_ and, fillies, Bst 71b ; winners extra ; the

second to save his stake. R.M. 11 subs.
Marquis of Hastings' The Duke, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 1
Mr. Henry's Wild Agnes, Bst 71b (Custance) 2
Count F. de Lagrange's Le Mandarin, Bst 101 b
(H. Grimshaw) 3

Betting-8 to lon The Duke.
Wild Agnes, with Le Mandarin at her girths, made play
to the Bushes hill, when the favourite joined them, and
quitting his horses in the bottom won in a cantor by a
length and a half ; a bad third.

The Wilton Stakes‘of 50 sous each, 25 ft, for 2-yr-old colts,
Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst 61b. Last three-quarters of

R.M. 13 subs.
Lord Westmoreland's Crown Prince, Bst 101 b ...(Goater) 1
Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone's dam, Bst 101b...(Custance) 2

Betting-4 to lon Crown Prince.
The non-favourite laid in front until they entered the
Abingdon Mile Bottom, where he was headed by Crown
Prince, who won very easily by a couple of lengths.
The Bedford Stakes, a sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h. ft ;
colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b; winners extra. Bretby

Stakes Course. 14 subs.
Mr. Fisher's Magician, 9st 21b (inc. 61b ex.)...(Fordham) 1
Lord Stamford's The Zingyni, Bst 101 b (Carroll) 2
Lord Exeter's Hebe, Bst 71b (Norman)
Count F. de Lagrange's Faustulus, Bst 101 b (H. Grimshaw)
Ben Battle also ran.
Betting-6 to 5 agst Magician, 4to 1 agst The Zingyni,
and 5 to 1 agst Faustulus.

The favourite with a clear lead made play for a quarter
of a mile, when he was pulled back, and Faustulus came
on in advance to the Abingdon Mile Bottom, where he was
beaten, leaving Magician once again in front, closely at-
tended by The Zingyni, the pair finishing the race home,
the former wihning cleverly by three parts of a length ;
Hobe and Faustulus finished with a dead heat for third
several lengths in their rear. Ben Battle who exhibited a
temper and ran all over the course, was beaten a long way.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for 3-yr-olds and

on, and won in a canter by half a dozen lengths; Benvoglio
was a bad third, Sister to Ascham was fourth, General
Hess fifth, and Wild Poppy next. Then came Prince
Plausible and Roarer side by side beaten off. Saladin
walked in some time after.

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-old colts, Bst
I.olb, and fillies, Bst 71b; winners extra; maidens allowed

31b. Criterion course. 6 subs.
Mr. W. G. Craven's Fortunatus, Bst 101 b (Goater) 1
Mr. B. E. Oliver's Nisida, Bst 71b (Challoner) 2
Count F. de Lagrange's La Germaine, Bst 71b
(11. Grimshaw) 3
Mr. R. Boyce's Antique, Bst 101 b (Snowdon) 4
Mr. M. Dennett's Langham (51b extra), 9st lib
(J. Adams) dis
Betting-2 to 1 agst Fortunatus, sto 2 apt Langham,
and 7 to 2 agst La Germaine.
The favourite took a clear lead at starting, and with For-
tunatus and Nisida in attendance came on with the running
to the top of the hill, when Mr. Craven's colt made his effort
and got to his quarters, but was defeated cleverly by three
parts of a length. There were three lengths between the
second and third. On returning to scale Goater made an
objection to the winner on the grounds of foul riding. Dur-
ing the evening the stewards heard the evidence thereon,
and awarded the stakes to the owner of Fortunatus.
The Beaufort Stakes of 150 sovs each, h ft, for the produce
of mares covered in 1861; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b;
untried mares or stallions allowed 31b, if both, 51b. R.M.

3 subs.
Mr. Merry's Mmtissima filly (51b), Bst 101 b (Edwards) w.o.
Match, last half of Ab. M., £lOO, h ft
Admiral Rous's Saffron, sst 71b
Mr. H. Chaplin's Breadalbane, lOst

Official Correspondence on the Shenandoah

A correspondence between Earl Russell and Mr.
Adams, the American Minister, on the subject of
the depredations of the Shenandoah, was published
last night in a supplement to the London Gazette.
The first communication, dated April 7, 1865, is
from Mr. Adams. After referring to the captures
made and the outrages committed by the Shenan-
doah, the Minister proceeds to say :
" Were there any reasons to believe that the ope-
rations carried on in the ports of her Majesty's
kingdom and its dependencies to maintain and ex-
tend this systematic depredation upon the commerce
of a friendly people had been materially relaxed or
prevented, I should not be under the painful neces-
sity of announcing to your lordship the fact that
my Government cannot avoid entailing upon the
Government of Great Britain the responsibility for
this damage. It is impossible to be insensible to
the injury that may yet be impending from the part
which the British steamer City of Richmond has
had in being suffered to transport with impunity
from the port of London men and supplies, to place
them on board of the French built steam ram
Olinthe, alias Stoerkodder, alias Stonewall, which
has, through a continuously fraudulent process, suc-
ceeded in deluding several Governments of Europe,
and in escaping from this hemisphere on its errand
of mischief in the other. lamby no means insen-
sible to the efforts which have already been made,
and are yet making, by her Majesty's Government
to put a stop to such outrages in this kingdom and
its dependencies. Neither can I permit myself to
doubt the favourable disposition of her Ministers to
maintain amicable relations with the Government
which I represent. Whilst perfectly ready to bear
testimony to the promptness with which all the
numerous remonstrances and representations which
it has been my painful duty heretofore to submit
have been met and attended to by your lordship, it
is at the same time impossible for me to dispute the
fact that the hostile policy which it is the object of
all this labour to prevent has not only not been
checked, but is even now going into execution with
more and more complete success. That policy, I
trust, I need not point out to your lordship, is sub-
stantially the destruction of the whole mercantile
navigation belonging to the people of the United
States."

Earl Russell, in replying to the note of Mr.
Adams, under date May 4, vindicates at greatlength
the course taken by her Majesty's Government.
Adverting to the arguments employed by Mr.
Adams, the noble Earl says :
"Allow me to observe, in the first place, that I _
can never admit that the duties of Great Britain
towards the United States are to be measured by
the losses which the trade and commerce of iie
United States may have sustained. The question
is not what losses the United States have sustained
by the war, but whether in difficult and extraordi-
nary circumstances the Government of her Majesty
have performed faithfully and honestly the duties
which international law and their own municipal
law imposed upon them. Let me remind you that
when the civil war in America broke out so sud-
denly, so violently, and so extensively, that event,
in the preparation of which Great Britain had no
share, caused nothing but detriment and injury to
her Majesty's subjects. Great Britain had previ-
ously carries on a large commerce with the Southern
States of the Union, and had procured there the
staple which furnished- materials for the industry
of millions of her people. Had there been no war
the existing treaties with the United States would
have secured the continuance of a commerce mutu-
ally advantageous and desirable. But what was
the first act of the President of the United States?
He proclaimed on the 19th of April, 1861, the
blockade of the ports of seven States of the Union.
But he could lawfully interrupt the trade of neutrals
with the Southern States upon one ground only,
namely, that the Southern States were carrying on
war against the Government of the United States ;
in other words, that they were belligerents. Her
Majesty's Government, on hearing of these events,
had only two courses to pursue, namely, that of
acknowledging the blockade and proclaiming the
neutrality of her Majesty, or that of refusing to
acknowledge the blockade, and insisting upon the
rights of her Majesty's subjects to trade with the
ports of the South. Her Majesty's Government
pursued the former course as at once the most
just and the most friendly to the United
States. It is obvious, indeed, that the course
of treating the vessels of the _ Southern States as
piratical vessels, and their crews as pirates, would
have been to renounce the character of neutrals, and
to take part in the war. Nay, it would have been
doing more than the United States themselves, who
have never treated the prisoners they have made,
either by land or sea, as rebels and pirates, but as
prisoners of war, to be detained until regularly
exchanged. So much as to the step which you say
your Government can never regard otherwise
than precipitate,' of acknowledging the Southern
States as belligerents. It was, on the contrary, your
own Government which, in assuming the belligerent
right of blockade, recognised the Southern States as
belligerents. Had they not been belligerents, the
armed ships of the United States would have had no
right to stop a single British ship upon the high
seas."

In the same communication, Earl Russell, in allu-
sion to Mr. Adams's admission that her Majesty's
Government has always been actuated by a friendly
feeling towards the United States, says
g, The question, then, really comes to this : Is her
Majesty's Government to assume or be liable to a
responsibility for conduct which her Majesty's Go-
vernment did all in their power to prevent and to
punish ?—a responsibility which Mr. Adams, on the
part of the United States' Government in the case
of Portugal, positively, firmly, and justly declined.
Have you considered to what this responsibility
would amount? Great Britain would become
thereby answerable for every ship that may have left
a British port and have been found afterwards used
by the Confederates as a ship of war ; nay, more,
for every cannon and every musket used by the
Confederates on board any ship of war if manufac-
tured in a British workshop."
The rejoinder of Mr. Adams is dated May 20,
and in this document he says, in reference to his
former note :

"It was my wish to maintain-1. That the act of
recognition by her Majesty's Government of insur-
gents as belligerents on the high seas before they
had a angle yowl afloat was precipitate and unpre-

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cedented. 2. That it had the effect of creating
these parties belligerents after the recognition,
instead of merely acknowledging an existing
fact. 3. That this creation has been since ef-
fected exclusivel.y from the ports of her Majesty's
Kingdom and its dependencies, with the aid and co-
operation of her Majesty's subjects. 4. That during
the whole course of the struggle in America, of
nearly four years in duration, there has been no ap-
pearance of the insurgents as a belligerent on the
ocean, excepting in the shape of British vessels, con-
structed, equipped, supplied, manned, and armed in
British ports. 5. That during the same period it
has been the constant and persistent, endeavour of
my Government to remonstrate in every possible
form against this abuse of the neutrality of this
kingdom, and to call upon her Majesty's Govern-
ment to exercise the necessary powers to put an ef-
fective stop to it. 6. That although the desire of
her Majesty's Ministers to exert themselves in the
suppression of these abuses is freely acknowledged,
the efforts which they made proved in a great degree
powerless, from the inefficiency of the law on which
they relied, and from their absolute refusal, when
solicited, to procure additional powers to attain the
object. 7. That by reason of the failure to check
this flagrant abuse of neutrality the issue from British
ports of a number of British vessels, with the aid of
the recognition of their belligerent character in all
the ports of her Majesty's dependencies around the
globe, has resulted in the burning and destroying on
the ocean a large number of merchant vessels, and a
very large amount of property belonging to the peo-
ple of the United States. 8. That in addition to this
direct injury, the action of these British-built,
manned, and armed vessels has had the indirect effect
of driving from the sea a largeportion of the commer-
cial marine of the United States, and to a correspond-
ing extent enlarging that of Great Britain, thus en-
abling one portion of the British people to derive an
unjust advantage from the wrong committed on a
friendly nation by another nation. 9. That the in-
juries thus received by a country which has mean-
while sedulously endeavoured to perform all its ob-
ligations, owing to the imperfection of the legal
means at hand to prevent them, as well as the un-
willingness to seek for more stringent powers, are
of so grave a nature as in reason and justice to con-
stitute a valid claim for reparation and indemnifi-
cation."

Mr. Adams then enters into an elaborate statement of
the proceedings which took place as regards the fitting out
the Alabama, contending that, if there was not prima fade
evidence enough to justify the seizure of that vesssel, there
was matter to make it the bounden duty of her Majesty's
officers to lose no time, and omit no effort, to obtain the
evidence on their own account to verify or to disprove the
allegations respecting her.
The controversy on the questions forming the subjects
of the preceding notes is continued by Earl Russell on 30th
August, in which he reviews the facts and circumstances
which led to the adoption of the policy of her Majesty's
Government, strongly urging that there is no reason or
ground whatever to accuse her Majesty's Government of
failure in the performance of their international obligations
during the four years of civil war, and consequently no valid
claim can be made for reparation and indemnification.
The noble earl, in closing his communication, says:—" I
cannot conclude without taking this opportunity to ask you
to join with her Majesty's Government in rejoicing that
the war is ended without any rupture between two nations
which out to be connected by the closest bonds of amity.
The Government of the United States have carried on to
a successful issue, with great fortitude and perseverance,
a civil war of unequalled magnitude. In the course of this
war they have resolved to abolish slavery. The British
nation have always entertained, and still entertain, the
deepest abhorrence of laws by which men of one colour
were made slaves of mon of another colour. The efforts
by which the United States Government and Congress
have shaken off slavery, have, therefore, the warmest sym-
pathies of the people of these kingdoms. The same sym-
pathies will accompany the President and Congress of the
United States in endeavouring to reorganise the Southern
States on the basis of equal freedom. Nor is there any
question in dispute which seems likely to disturb the friend-
ship of two nations which, the one in Europe and the other
in America, are distinguished for their love of liberty. Lot
our two nations, therefore, instead of captious discussions,
respect the honour and believe in the friendly intentions
of nAAh nth Ar. Tn this manner we may preserve unbroken
the ties of peace, and exercise a beneficial influence on the
future destinies of the nations of the world."
The last document in the series is a " confidential "
note addressed by Mr. Adams to Earl Russell, dated
Sept. 18, in which he examines and replies to the reasons
adduced by the noble earl in vindication of the policy of
the Government, concluding his letter as follows :
"I take great satisfaction in concluding this note by cor-
dially responding to your lordship's request 'to join with
her Majesty's Government in rejoicing that the war has
ended without any rupture between two nations which
ought to be connected by the closest bonds of amity.' I
receive with great pleasure your lordship's assurances that
the efforts by which the Government and Congress of my
country have shaken off slavery ' have the warmest sym-
pathies of the people of these kingdoms.' If from painful
observation in a service extended through fouryoars 1 can-
not in candour yield my entire assent to this statement, as
applied to a large and too influential portion of her Majesty's
subjects ; if it has been my misfortune to observe, in the
process of so wonderful a revolution, a degree of coldness
and apathy prevailing in many quarters, from which my
countrymen had to expect warm and earnest sympathy ; if
throughout this great trial, the severity of which few not
well versed in the nature of our institutions could fully
comprehend, the voice of encouragement from this side of
the water has too often emitted a doubtful sound, I yet in-
dulge the hope that the result arrived at will ultimately
correct the hasty and harsh judgments that flowed from
lack of faith and of confidence in our fidelity to a righteous
cause. Of the friendly disposition in this. regard of the
members of her Majesty's Government, and especially of
your lordship, I have never permitted myself to doubt.
Under such circumstances, I pray you not to be surprised
if I am compelled not to disguise the belief that with my
Government, as among my countrymen at large, ther? is
still left a strong sense of injured feeling, which only time
and the hopes of a better understanding in future, held out
by the conciliatory strain in your lordship's note, are likely
to correct."

A MAN ATTACKED BY A CAT.—As a man was
crossing the temporary bridge, Blackfriars, on Monday
morning, he was seized in the back part of the leg by a cat.
So tenacious was the animal in her hold that it required
the assistance of three persons to free the man from his
ferocious assailant, and then not until the brute had been
several times struck over the head by an engineer's rule.
Summary punishment was inflicted upon puss for her
audacity, as she was carried to the middle of tho bridge
and thrown over into the river. •

CANADIAN CHEESE.—The chief feature of the
New York State Agricultural Show which has just
been held was the monster cheese from Canada. They fancy
they know something about cheese in the State of New
York, but Canada carried away the palm. Mr. Smith, of
Norwich, exhibited a cheese of just a little over 4,0001 b.
in
weight, which laid the New Yorkers as flat as pancakes. At
first our Yankee cousinswore not inclined to succumb, and
were clear that the cheese was not as good as it was great.
They did not succeed in picking that hole in the Canadian
grey coat of Mr. Smith, however. The cheese was carefully
examined by the judges and pronounced fully up to the
mark. The great Cheese which has won such honour is to
be shown at the provincial exhibition in London, Canada
West. Afterwards it will be shipped to England, and there,
also, it will spread the name and fame of Canadian dairies.
—Toronto Globe.
ADVERTISEMENT.I -Avoid medicines: they always aggra-
vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious Ilealtl -
Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which yields three times
the nourishment of the best meat, saves fifty times its cost
in other remedies, and invariably restores perfect digestion,
strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, re-
freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most
o
disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out olf3'reaii,an,
Cures:—Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de e
of seven years' liver complaint, was, in; away,
dbilgiles-
ncr:ousness, with a nervous palpitation a
agitation.—Cure No. 1,771. Lora Stuar
I No
ears dyspeps
tion, constant sleeplessness, and the most
tinlldtooelvepr;ecblicesn.erLvooruds
Lig-utenant of Waterford, of many
agony from dyspepsia,
49,832. "Fifty years' indescribableh
oitutehiNdoy
g constipation, fiatulen y,
lsuer
nervousness, asthma,
spitting
s46p,a2s7mo. s,
ri c. k
Jamesness, andao
bveorcit:Bl,ut vomiting.—Maria
}TorMrairei
blood,
ya Jsoul
Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth
nervousness, indigesintadoing,staitohnetainndgst,orplowi.
Jacobs, of extreme ludneagi.n,ess._
derange-
ment,ycars' and d Iscpaasret'L 1
all medical treatment."
spirits, and nervous, fancies. Lure No. 54,816, The Rev. Jas
,hNadorrfeoslik,ste7,!f
In tins.l lb., 28. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; 51b., 118. ; 121 b., 225. ;
dityCamot pthbeellivera,kewnhhiachm
408.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London;
also 7S, King William-street; likewi e
at 61
4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate-
Gilrlaipees, hour tea
ch.str dealers,ee ; t
street Within ; 63, 110, and 298, Oxford-street 330, Strand;
54, Upper Baker-street ; 193, Tottenham-court-road ; 96,
Upper-street, Islington, N. ; Harvey, Notting-hill ; Close
Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terraoe, St.
John's -wcod, London ; and all respectable grocers and Oho'
mists.—Beware of spurious imitations.

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Ironmaster's Quarterly Meeting.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday Evening.

The quarterly assemblies of the ironmasters of
this district commenced in this town to-day. All the
principal firms connected with the trade itself were
represented ; but as regards consumers, or the agents
of shipping firms, or buyers of any class, there was
a very poor attendance, and few transactions were
reported, everything being reserved for the meeting
to be held at Birmingham on Thursday. It was
stated that at all the works at which marked iron is
produced they are very fairly supplied with orders.
These, with others which are to be given out this
quarter-day, and with the prospect of an increased
demand on the part of the Liverpool and some other
shipping houses, render it probable that so much of
animation as now prevails in the trade will be main-
tained. Prices are firm for all the best brands of a
finished iron, and the trade is in a healthier state
than it has been at any period of this year.
The transactions in pig-iron to-day were almost
nominal, which is to be ascribed to the circumstance
that the bulk of the current quarter's make of that
class of iron, of good quality, had been previously
sol ; and for cinder-pigs there is very little demand.
Sales were reported of calcined ironstone raised
by the Ilednesford Company at 20s. per ton.
The tenour of a discussion which took place at the
preliminary meeting relative to the excessive railway
charges for the transmission of bar iron from this
district to London was reported in The Sun. The
subject has been agitated a good deal during the last
fortnight, and various plans have been suggested by
which the ironmasters of this localitymaybe relieved
from the very serious restriction imposed upon them.
Yesterday a number of gentlemen engaged in the
construction of independent lines of railway had an
interview with some of the heads of the trade. This
deputation represented that there are portions of new
railways already made, and that Parliamentary
powers for the construction of others have been ob-
tained, which would form a complete line of railway
from London into South Staffordshire, connecting
it with the Great Eastern line and station in the
metropolis, the only small gap or link wanting to
make the new system perfect being the country be-
tween Coventry and
thought no serious difficulty would interpose if the
necessary legislative authority was sought. The im-
portance of this project to South Staffordshire was at
once recognised by those to whom it was communi-
cated ; if carried out it would relieve the trade from
the heavyte
beenrmisnuabli
eted, chargesanindin
Londonoreovteor wgihvicehrietandays
hitherto
access to a terminus situate in a part of the metro-
polis which, so far as the iron trade of this district is
concerned, is of far greater value than that which is
obtainable by the existing through lines. The pro-
jectors of this scheme are also ready to enter into
engagements, upon terms, that the charge for the
transmission of bar iron, &c., from this district to
London shall not exceed 10s. per ton. The subject
will be further discussed at Birmingham, and, in all
probability, the details gone into. To South Staf-
fordshire it is of the utmost importance that there
shall be a line of railway to London unfettered by
other connexions, and a great effort will now be
made to obtain it. The proposal to construct a
barge canal, referred to in The Sun a fortnight ago,
is by the Grand Junction Canal Company.
Naval and Military Intelligence.

Field-Marshal the General-Commanding-in-Chief
the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., arrived at Ports-
mouth yesterday on his annual inspection of the
troops and fortifications in the South-west Military
District. His Royal Highness was met at Win-
chester by Lieut. - General Sir George Buller, K. C .8.,
the general officer in command of the Southwest
District, and proceeded thence, by the South-
Western Railway, to Gosport. The Duke, accom-
panied Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Buller and their re-
spective staffs, rode out to Haslar-common, where
the troops on the Gosport side of Portsmouth har-
bour, were drawn up for inspection. As soon as
the arrival of the Duke was signalled to Portsmouth
Royal salutes were fired from her Majesty's ship
Victory and the King's bastion saluting battery of
the garrison, the Royal standard being hoisted at
the same time on the chief flagstaff of Portsmouth
tower fortifications. The troops drawn up on.
Haslar-common comprised the 12th Brigade of
Garrison Artillery, the 71st and 87th Regiments of
Infantry, and the Royal Marine Light Infantry.
At the conclusion of the inspection of the troops
his Royal Highness and Sir George Buller, attended
by their staffs, rode out to the new lines of fortifi-
cation and detached fortified works, completed and
in progress west of Gosport. On returning from
the fortifications his Royal Highness crossed over
to Portsmouth and alighted at Government House,
where he will remain the guest of Lieut.-General
Sir George Buller during his stay in Portsmouth
garrison.

To-day the troops quartered in Portsmouth are
ordered to parade on Southsea-common by 9.30
a.m., for inspection by the Duke. The force will
be drawn up in three brigades in line of contiguous
columns, with field artillery on either flank, and
will be under the command of the Lieut.-Governor
of Portsmouth, Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Buller,
K. C. B.

Major-Gen. Warde, C. 8., commandant of the
garrison at Woolwich, made his half-yearly inspec-
tion yesterday of the local division of Royal Marine
Light Infantry. The battalion, consisting of 10
strong companies, under the chief command of Col.
W. R. Maxwell, were formed in line in the barrack
field for that purpose at 11 a.m., and underwent a
thorough and searching inspection front and rear.
They afterwards marched past in slow time, in open.
column of companies, and• in grand divisions at
company distance, in quick time, in which they
manifested their usual superiority and remarkable
precision. Col. Maxwell, their commandant, then.
put them through several difficult battalion.
manoeuvres, which were performed in a style to cal/
forth the General's marked commendation. Lieut,
Col. Stewart was subsequently called to the front.
The bayonet exercise in quick time and a series of
eschelon and flank movements were then executed
under his command. These were likewise highly
applauded, and at the conclusion of the inspection.
the Major-General called the officers forward and
informed them that ', he had great pleasure and
satisfaction in being so fully enabled to express his
thorough satisfaction at all he had witnessed at
their hands. Their soldierly bearing under arms
was most creditable to every one in the division.
Their general conduct off parade and their clean.
and smart appearance out of barracks were excellentb.
evidences that they were well cared fores secT
thatthelz
oseffilfc-errses,paecntdantdhaestptrhiteyde themselvescorp s
son ,
thethe
dicharacteristics..en.The
markerjlisin whichp they had acquittea
d the entire clivi-
oond swolasdintisaethfrla.eg'ecc:rteaossryTtsslahrarecyreaGethpthioeoeiniertoalacfz
said he should make a mosterssoa
the satisfactory manner
di
vi.
and to
possible from duty ana
sion to be obfaattgalio
to be granted ageneral holiday. The medical report
themselves, Col.
stated that the division is exceedingly healthy, the
tl'asfaxfwarellasoprdere*
small amount of 4 per cent. only being at present
on the sick list.
Lieut. Halahan, of the 44th, has proceeded to
Lathe ndguard Fort, Harwich, to relieve Lieut. Safford,
97th, as assistant instructor, the latter to join
the Bth depot battalion, temporarily, as musketry
instructor, vice Captain Annesly, 97th, who .1
-,as'
been appointed on the Staff of the T:fythe
and
invalidede
of Musketry. Good conduct med:als have
bseeerng.
Ai, presented to Colour-Serg. M'Ca'ae, Colour-.
Cormick, Private J. Dixon, 84th ; -Serg,t.
Kelly, 44th ; and Private Sullivan, Ist Foot. Each
of the sergeants will also receive a gratuity of Xl.O,
and the privates £5.
The paddlewheel steamsloop Styx, 6, Commander
William Urmston, from the West Indies, arrived in
the Sound yesterday afternoons
James promotions
am e
sh aAvie
.
tcl the Victoria; Sub-Lieut.
beTenhemfealicleewaithgthaPePeAiviLtemeirehpialyntk:y7—
Bruce,Hen S.
HthueteNhiigneor,,
E.G. Festing and &fp-Lieut. R. F. Castle, to the
Vi J. Way, promoted to Staff Commander;
Dr.e Victoria ;
J. Wilson Elliott to be deputy Inspector-Gen.
on the ti Retired List ;" Henry G. Hayward and
W. Fletcher Cole, first-class assist.-engineers, 4a7
the Gibraltar ; Peter Colquhoun and J. Green, first
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clam migt.-ogineersi to tho.Corlazdo.

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