The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-07 00:00:00

THE HABITUAL DRUNKARDS' BILL.

At a meeting held at Norwich last night a resolution in
support of Mr. Dalrymple's HabituarDrunkards' Bill was
adopted.

THE PARIS BOOKSELLER'S RELIEF FUND.
A numerously attended meeting of publishers and
others connected with the book trade was held in the hall
of the Stationers' Company, on Monday, for the purpose
of raising a fund in aid of the distressed assistants of
publishers and others connected with the trade in Pars.
The chair was taken by Mr. Thomas Longman.
A letter had also been received from Mr.
Murray, suggesting that before distributing any
of the money it would be as well to wait until
they heard from Paris, whether Messrs. Dids and Hatchet,
the well-known publishers in Paris, would form a com-
mittee for the distribution of the fund. Mr. J. Whitaker
had already forwarded a sum of money to Messrs. Dids
and Hatchet.—Mr. Kent urged that as a special fund it
should be devoted to the special purpose for which it
would be collected—Mr. Kelican, of the firm of Messrs.
Dids and Hatchet, stated that his firm were willing
to undertake the distribution.—A resolution was
then passed appointing a committee to carry
out the objects of the meeting, of which T. Long-
man, Esq., was appointed Chairman, Mr. Marston, Hon.
Secretary, and Mr. John Miles, Treasurer.—Mr. S.
Chappell remarked that by collecting a sum for a special
fund they would probably obtain a larger sum from the
trade than would be given by it to a general fund. A second
resolution was then passed to the effect that the fund should
be distributed among publishers, booksellers, music sellers,
and other persons connected with literature. And it was
al o resolved to commence the distribution at once.—The
Hon. Secretary then announced that he had already
received subscriptions amounting to £5OO.

We are happy to hear from the Inverness Courier
that the health of Mr. Bright is so far re-established that
he is expected to go to Invergarry about the end of the
present month for sahnon fishing.

CRYSTAL PALACE—One Shilling day, February 0,
1871. Admission by season tickets, 1,403 , ditto on pay-
ment, 915 ; total visitors, 2,318.

CABINET COUNCIL.—A. Cabinet Council was held
yesterday in Downing-street. The Ministers present were
—The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chancel-
lor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, Viscount Halifax,
the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Earl Granville, the
Earl of Kimberley, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the
Duke of Artgyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the
Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, the Right Hon. C. Fortescue,
and the Right Hon. W. E. Forster.
PRESERVED MILK.—The difficulty of obtaining
good milk has always hitherto been a vexed question with
housekeepers, they being entirely at the mercy of the
dairyman who has the monopoly of the locality in which
they may chance to reside ; but it is pleasant to be able to
note that an immense improvement has of late made itself
apparent in the supply of this truly household article.
Milk can now be obtained from all grocers and chemists
in a preserved state, being transported direct to England
from the rich pasture-lands of Switzerland, and sent
hither firmly secured in tins hermetically sealed, so that it
will remain goad for any length of time. In its preserved
state the milk has a pasty appearance, which is caused by
the fact of sugar being mixed with it to assist the proces
of preserving; and the only thing necessary to render the
preserved milk ready for immediate use is to pour hoe
water upon as much as a person may wish to use, when it
at once dissolves, and is both milk and sugar in one. It
the present Franco-German war the Anglo-Swits Miln
Company, of 38, Leadenhall-street, London, have hale
their resources taxed to the utmost to supply the hostild
armies; and large orders were received from Paris prior
to the investment, but for want of time they could not all
be fulfilled. The rate of importation into Great Britain
of this article is, on an average, 1,500 cases of four dozen
11b. tins per month; and it should be borne in mind that
each tin is equal to five pints of crude milk. The well-
known medical authority, Dr. Lankester, at several recent
inquests held by him, has commented in a most favourable
manner as to the advisability of the product of the Anglo-
Swiss Company being substituted for breast milk where
it was not possible for a mother to suckle her own infant ;
and it is to be hoped that, from the high encomiums from
all quarters that have been gratuitously passed upon this
preserved milk, it will become more generally knowu'and
appreciated, and meet with the success which such spirited
enterprise deserves.