The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-09 00:00:00

THE POSITION OF THE MINISTRY.

Some persons, observes the Economist, think that there
are great dangers close ahead to the Ministry arising out
of foreign questions. And we admit that foreign ques-
tions, when of magnitude, are, above all others, dangerous
to a Government. They are very apt to divide its fol-
lowers. A member of Parliament may have the best confi-
dence in a Government on a set of familiar and known
subjects ; but if, on a sudden, some strange
and unfamiliar foreign question arises, he may
without blame or inconsistency be dubious, or
oppose. And the constituencies may and will
do the same. In this shifting world a Ministry elected
upon one set of questions is apt to be instantaneously
weakened if another set is suddenly substituted. But
though this be the unfavourable general doctrine, we do
not for ourselves in this case much fear any especial
danger. We have much confidence in Lord Granville,
and even more confidence in the tendency of the world.
To turn out a very strong Government,' the critical
issue must be of immense importance—must affect
peace or war, national honour or national dis-
honour. Now the principal Power in the present political
world is Prussia, and Prussia must want present
peace—temporary rest. She will not seek to quarrel With
us, and without her consent and instigation no one else
will. And therefore, though prophecies are rash, we ex-
pect and believe that no foreign question will destroy"this
Ministry, but rather that their adroit and sound dealing
with foreign affairs will support and strengthen them-.
But the new foreign questions are not the only new ones.
The war has on a sudden changed " army reform" from a
future possibility to a present necessity. And the subject
is in a most singular state. The present generation of
Englishmen-are very ignorant of military matters ; they
have scarcely thought of them; they have never had the op-
portunities and the means of thinking effectually about thew.
We know that we ought to obtain a better army than
we now have, but we do not accurately or sufficiently
know iu what it should be better, or how we should begin
to make it better. Naturally, therefore, we look to the
Ministry, and we look in vain. On military matters we
have a crammed Minister speaking to an ignorant nation,
and this is very dangerous. Very likely the defect will
not shake the Government. The professed army reformers
are wholly disagreed, and we may have to accept what
Mr. Cardwell gives us, though we distrust it, because we
do not at all know how to get a better. Yet such
grudging acceptance is almost as fatal to the
-prestige of a Ministry as a defeat itself.
But Mr. Disraeli and his followers cannot fairly claim to
treat the new subjects better than Mr. Gladstone and his
followers treat them. And on this ground we believe
the Ministry will stand firm. If they had only a ma-
jority of ten—if they were watched by an active and
enterprising Opposition, believinc, in itself and trusting
its leaders—if these leaders could. make a Cabinet better
for the impending problems than the existing Cabinet--
we should think a change probable, or at least, not im-
probable. But a strong Ministry with a weak Opposj.
tion is an army without an enemy, and till there is an
enemy it cannot be overthrown or conquered.

REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICIL—Mr, Baxter
Langley, acting on the petition calling on the Premier to
resign his seat for Greenwich, is already in the field, antd
asks the electors not to forget their old and tried friend.'
THE PopE.—To allay any apprehension as to We
health of the Holy Father it is only necessary to say that
on Christmas night he celebrated Mass at midnight in his
private chapel, again at dawn, and at nine o'clock des-
cended to the Sistine, where, in presence of. several car-
dinals and bishops, he again celebrated and gave Com-
munion with his own hands to his household and a number
of strangers present.— Weekly .Register.
IRISH FLAX.--A competitve exhibition of flax
grown in the county Louth was held on Wednesday in
Dundalk, under the auspices of the Flax Association of
from
Belfast. Most of the competitors were cultivators of
half an acre to three acres. The quality of the flax exhi-
bited evoked high encomiums ffromthe judges, who said
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nitorwth. tould bring the highest price in the markets ok the

THE CO-OPERATIVE SUPPLY
ASSOCIATION (LIMITED).
SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, £20,000.

THE CO-OPERATIVE SUPPLY
ASSOCIATION (LIMITED).

CENTRAL STORE-343, OXFORD-STREET, W.

THE CO-OPERATIVE SUPPLY
ASSOCIATION (LIMITED).

BRANCH STORE-
ALBERT GATE, KNIGHTSBRIDGE, S.W.

• • ADDRESS.
THE excessive and constantly increasing prices
charged by retail tradesmen for almost every article of
consumption have attracted universal notice and consequent
complaint.
The causes leading to this result, so disastrous to the house-
keeper, whether of affluent or of moderate means, have been
frequently pointed out, without provoking any adequate remedy.
The many profits which are charged upon every article by each
of the numerous persons through whose hands it passes before
ultimately reaching the consumer ; but, above all, an extrava-
gant and reckless system of credit, the losses consequent upon
which have to be counterbalanced by a system whereby those
who pay are made to bear the burthen of those who do not, are
amongst the reasons why housekeeping is now found to exceed
. all reasonable limits.
In certain branches this has been sought to be remedied, and
with marked success. Co-operative stores have been established,
and the result has been that the articles in which they deal
have been supplied equal to, and in many instances exceeding,
the quality of those ordinarily furnished, but at prices in
marked contrast, and offering the most considerable advantage
to the consumer.
This movement has, however, been limited to the supply of
certain goods, and to sections only of the community. This
Association has been promoted by gentlemen who are desirous
to remedy, as far as it is practicable, the existing vicious state
of affairs by procuring, in the most direct manner from the pro-
ducers, all kinds of provisions, and disposing of them at the
smallest possible margin of profit for ready money, and thus
avoiding all the manifold causes which tend to place articles of
ordinary food at almost prohibitive prices.

THE ASSOCIATION offers to its Customers the
following advantages :-
1. TT entirely dispenses with the ruinous system
I which adds so considerably to the cost of all kinds of
provisions, whereby the good are made to pay for the debts of
the bad.
2. ALL goods are obtained direct from the pro-
ducer, and all intermediate profits at present in vogue,
and which have, of course, to be paid ultimately by the Con-
sumer, being avoided, a considerable saving is effected, and the
benefit of which is derived by the public.
3. THE Shareholders of this Association requiring
only a reasonable and moderate return, all articles are
sold at the actual cost price of production—plus, a very small
margin of profit.
4, THE fact that this Association is a public
Company, incorporated under the provisions of the
Companies' Acts, and having an adequate subscribed capital,
offers a sound guarantee for the character and quality of its
goods.

THE BENEFITS of this ASSOCIATION are
OPEN to the ENTIRE PUBLIC.

N 0 ENTRANCE FEE or other SUBSCRIPTION
is CHARGED.

THE COMPANY, having determined to carry
on their operations with a view to the utmost economy
and efficiency, have, under the direction of their architect,
erected entirely NEW STORES, Cellars, and Warehouses, both
at Oxford-street and at Albert-gate, the premises in each case
being expressly designed to secure the convenience of pur-
chasers, combined with the judicious arrangement of the
following Departments :

QROCERIES.-
This department will be found most complete in every

respect.

FOREIGN PRODUCE.-
The prices charged by Italian warehousemen for all kinds
of foreign produce are too much matter of notoriety to require
comment. Articles which should be in daily use in every house-
hold have therefore been regarded as matters of luxury. It is
the aim of this Association to supply goods in this department
at prices which cannot fail to bring them into more general
requisition.

TINE AND SPIRIT DEPARTMENT.-
The greatest care has been devoted to the selection of
goods in this department, and only such as are of pure and
excellent quality have been admitted.
. . .

The enormous profits realised by retail wine merchants enable
this Company to supply Wines of fine quality at the prices
usually demanded for inferior wine.

PROVISIONS.—
The Association supplies Hams (large and small) of the
finest flavour and quality, Butter and Cheese in all varieties,
English and foreign: Eggs, X iltshire and Strasburg Bacon, and
every description of preserved provisions and comestibles.

FISH and POULTRY MART.
A Fish and Poultry Mart will be shortly opened. These
necessary articles of daily food will, so soon as the necessary
arrangements are complete, be supplied by this Association at
rates which must necessarily vary according to season and
circumstances ; but it may fairly be predicted that the prices
oharged will be considerably below those the public is in the
habit of having exacted.

DEPOTS.—The following DEPOTS arc NOW
OPEN:—
CENTRAL STORE-343, Oxford-street, W.
DISTRICT BRANCH—Belgravia : Albert-gate, S.W.
FISH and POULTRY MART will be shortly opened.
Arrangements are in progress for the establishment of
branches in several of the London districts. The directors will
be prepared to consider any requisition that may be presented
to them by a sufficient number of the inhabitants of any district
desiring to participate in the benefits of the Association by
having a Store opened in their neighbourhood.

INSTRUCTIONS.—All goods must be paid for
before they can be despatched .
In the case of goods to be sent home, the order should in all
cases be given to a clerk, at the counting-house, who will enter
the same in the order book, and see to its execution.
For the convenience of customers, forms of orders will be
supplied gratis ; and it will much facilitate business if customers
will fill up the same, either at their own home or at the depot,
and hand the same to the clerk. Where it is desired to take
away the goods at the time of purchase, a written order is
unnecessary. In that case, application should be made to one
of the countermen. Orders may be sent by post, either for
town or country, but must, in every case, be accompanied by a
cheque or post-office order.
Cheques sent by post should be crossed and mand ade Post-office
to
the Co-operative supply Association (Limited),
orders made payable at the Regent-street Branch, to GEORGE
DRUITT.

DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.—
For the convenience of the public, the Association
receives DEPOSITS of sums of not less than £2, for goods to be
delivered to order.
Special printed forms of order are furnished, which depositors
have only to fill np and send by post, or otherwise ; and, upon
the receipt thereof, the order is forthwith executed, and the
amount debited to their deposit account.
This system is specially recommended to those resident in the
country, as its adoption renders a remittance each time an
order is sent unnecessary.
Orders may be given in advance extending over any length of
time, and the goods ordered will be sent, either daily or in any
other manner that may be directed.
Customers who keep deposit accounts are particularly
requested to write their orders on the forms furnished for
that purpose.

FREE DELIVERY OF GOODS.-
All goods will be delivered daily in the London districts
by the vans of the Association, without charge. Goods ordered
for the country will be delivered free to any railway station in
the London district.

m E A S.—
.1. Black Congou, per lb., ls. 6d. ; fine ditto, ls. 10d. ; supe-
rior ditto, 2s. 2d. and 2s. 6d. ; choice Souchong, 3s. ; scented
orange Pekoe, 3s. 6d. ; the " Co-operative Mixture " (a blending
of the choicest teas imported), 48. Green : very choice young
Tyson, B.s. 10d.; finest pearl leaf Gunpowder, 39.10 d.

.-10FFEES.-
v.) Wilole or ground, per lb., is ld. ; finest Plantation, Is. 4d

SUGARS.-
Double refined loaf, per lb., sd. ; good ditto, 44d. ; castor,
; moist (straw-coloured), 3d. ; ditto (white), 4d. ; fluesi
crystallised Demerara, 4&d. ; centrifugal, sd.

CHOCOLATE.-
Powder, per lb., 11d. ; Menier's Eating, ls. 6d.; ditto I la
Vanilla, ls. 6d. Cocoa.—Epps's Ihnnceopathic, per lb., ls. ld. ;
Iceland Moss, ls. ; soluble, 7d. ; nibs, finest Trinidad, ls. Cocoa-
tina (Schweitzer's), plain or flavoured, with Vasilla, per packet,
ls. 3d., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 10d.

QPICES.-
Carraway seeds, per lb., sd. ; cinnamon, 3s. ; cloves, Bd.
ditto Penang, is. 6d.; ginger (finest), is. ; ditto (ground), 19.
mace, 4s. 6d. ; nutmegs, 3s. ; mixed spices, '2 ozs., 3d ;
tin, sd.

FRUITS.-
Currants per lb., 34d. and 44d. ; very choice do., sd. Rai
sins: Valentia. 40. and Md. ; Sultanas, Md. ; Muscatels, 10d,
Ruelin and Son's Dehersha (selected), ls. 3d. Finest Jordar,
almonds, Is. Bd. and 2s. 6d. Figs, in 21b. boxes, 10d. and Is.
do. per lb., 4d., 6d., and Bd. Dates, 6d. and Bd. Candied Peel.—
Orange, per lb., Md. ; lemon do., Md. ; citron, 11d. ; mixed,
9d. French plums (Dufour's), per 41b. bottle, 3s. Bd. Crystal
lised Fruits, ls. 10d., 25., 2s. 2d., and 2s. 6d. Bottled Fruits,
64d., 7d., and Md. Cosaques, a large and varied assortment,
from 2d. per dozen.

T A M S.-
') Finest quality, assorted, per doz., 6s. 6d. ; Jellies, per lb.
pot, is. ; 41b., 7d. ; Ih., 4d. ; table jellies, pts., ls. : qts., ls. 10d.
Marmalade, 51d. ; in 71b. tins, 35. ; Keiller's Dundee, 71d. Honey,
per lb. pot, 81d.

PICKLES-
Per ordinary size bottle, 71d. ; double size, is. ld. ; Cap.
tain White's Oriental, is. Id. ; capers, half-pints, 7d. ; pints,
ls. ld. ; olives, French or Spanish, per pint bottle, 9d., &c.

Q A.O C E S.-
Cock s Reading, half-pints, Bd. ; Brighton, 10id. ; Lea
and Perrin's Worcester, 10(1. ; Tomato, sd. ; E. Lazenby's Har-
vey, Sid. ; Burgess's essence of anchovies, 11d. ; Indian soy,
od, ; ketchup, sd. ; small bottles (assorted), 4,jd. ; chutney, 10d.

ARROWROOT.-
St. Vincent, per lb., 4ld. ; Natal, 74(1. ; choicest, is. ;
Isinglass. per oz.. 6d. ; gelatine, Nelson's opaque, in 1 oz.
packets, 34d. ; ditto, finest amber, per lb., 3s. ; Baking Powder
(Borwick's), per 6d. tin, 4(1, ; per 2s. 6d. tin, ls. 7d. Pearl Bar-
ley, per lb., 2(1. Rice.—Patna, 2d. ; finest. 3d. ; Java, 34d. ;
ground, 24d. Sago, 3d. ; fine pearl, 24(1. Vermicelli, 7d, ; Semo-
lina, bd. ; Tapioca, 3d, ; Yeast Powder (Yeatman's), per 6 Id.
packets, 4d. Corn Flour.—Kingsford's, Oswego, and Maizena,
per lb., ad.

(IANDLES.-
Best wax, 2s. 4d. ; pure sperm, is. 10d. ; Greenwich
sperm, 10d. ; paraffin, lid. ; composites, 7d., Bd., and 9d. ; ozo-
kerit, is. id., (tc.; night lights (Price's, Star, or Simpson's), per
box, sd. ; blacking (Day and Martin's), 10d. ; black lead (Nixey's),
six id. packets, Bd. ; soaps, plain and fancy. Blue (Colman's).
best stamped, per lb., ls. ; pale ball, sd.

QTARCH.-
(GLENFIELD), per lb., 6d. ; Coleman's patent rice ditto,
per lb., 4d. Soap.—Knight's pale primrose, per lb., 4d. ; yellow,
tine quality, 4d. ; scrubbing, 3d. ; mottled, best, 4d. ; fancy
soaps in every variety, per tablet, ld., 2d., 3d., and 40., and in
11b. bars. lid. and 9d.

PRESERVED SOUPS.-
Hogarth's, every varisk, pints, 9d. and 10d. ; quarts,
Is. 4d. and ls. 6d. Liebig Ckampany's Extractuth Cam's, 20z.,
ls. 4d. : }lb., 2s. 4d. ; *lb., 4s. 6d. ; 11b., Bs. " Ramornic " Pure
Extract, same prices. Potted Meat, Bd. and 9d. Truffied Game
Pates, 2s. and 48. Preserved vegetables.—Asparagus, per tin,
2s. ; French beans, 9d. ; green peas, 10d. ; petit pois trds fins,
ls. 3d. ; mushrooms, 11d. ; tomatoes, 7d. ; sardines, per large
tin, ls. ; do. boneless, is. 2d. ; herrings ala Sardine, 2s. ; lob-
sters, per tin, Bd.

pROVISIONS.-
Hams, per lb., 10d. and 11d.; bacon, Bd. and 10Id.; White
Cheddar, 10d.; coloured do., 904 N. Wilts, lid.; American,
Bd. and 10d.; Dutch, 74d.; Parmesan, ls. 6d.; Gruyre, 10d.;
Roquefort, 25.; Butters, Is. 4d. and ls. 6d.; Eggs (best breakfast),
ls. 4d. per doz.; smoked and pickled tongues, 3s. 9d. and 4s. 6d.

WINES AND SPIRITS.-

po It T S.-

Per Dozen Per Qr. Cask.
Full-bodied.. 21s. .. £l2
5uperi0r.................... ..
Very Superior ..
Choice Old Tawny 38s. .. £2l
Old in bottle ........ 435. .. -
Ditto very choice Tawny (Graham's.
shipping) ..
SHERRIES -
Per Dozen. Per Qr. Cask.
Pale Dinner ......... •• • • ........... 225. .. £l2 10s.
Superior ditto, dry .28s. & 34s .. £l6 & £2O
Golden .. ... ...... ......... 225. .. £l2 10s.
Sur erior ditto • • • • • ...........28s & 345 .. £l6 & £2O
Sclera... . ... ......... ...... 38s. -
Manzanilla, very dry ...... ........ 30s. .. £lB
Amontillado . -
Amoroso
Very fine old brown ...... .. 655. -
CLARETS.-
Ordinaire, 12s. per doz.; Medoc, 155.; St. Estephe, 255.;
St. Emilion, 325.; St. Julien, 285.; Larose, 365.; Cos d'Estourn el,
405.; Pontet Canet, 455.; Château Giscours, 485.; Pichon Longue-
ville, 605.; Château L6oville, 605.; Château Margaux, 60s. ; Châ-
teau Lafltte, 605.; Haut Sauterne, 355. and 465.; Château Latour
Blanche, 60s.
BURGUNDIES.-
Beaujolais, 15s. and 245.; Macon, 155.; Beaune, 285.; Pom-
mard, 385.: Volnay, 455.; Chambertiu, 505.; Clos Vougeot, 605.;
Chablis, 255.; Montrachet, 525.
CHAMPAGNES, in addition to the usual
brands.-Very superior dry, 405.; and Cr6mant Rose,
545.-N.B. - These wines have been specially imported for this
Association.
HOCKS AND MOSELLES, still and sparkling ;
Hungarian Wines, Madeiras, Marsala, &c.
SPIRITS.-
Cognac brandy, three years old, 405.; five years, 455.; ten
years, 545.; choicest, twenty years old, 85s. Whisky.-Irish, John
Jamieson and ions', 395. per doz.; Kinahan's LL, 388.; Scotch,
old malt, 38s. Gin, unsweetened, 285., old tore, 28s. 6d. Old
Jamaica rum, 345. Liqueurs (various).
SIN GLE BOTTLES of any of the WINES or
SPIRITS may be had at proportionate prices. Export
orders executed.

GLOVES and PERFUMERY DEPARTMENT.
—Ladies' and Gentlemen's, of all varieties, at prices
commencing at is. and 2s. per pair. Perfumes (Breidenbach,
Please and Lubin, and other makers) finest quality, per is. 6d.
bottle, is.; per 2s. 6d. bottle, ls. 6d. ; Eau de Cologne, cos-
metiques, hair washes and restorers, pomades and oils, tooth
powders, toilet vinegars and waters, brushes for toilet and
general use, &c.

PRICE LlSTS.—Detailed Price Lists may be ob-
tained at the

CIO-OPERATIVE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION
(Limited).
CENTRAL STORE, 348, Oxford-street W. (between the Circus
and the Pantheon), and

CO-OPERATIVE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION
(Limited).
BELGRAVIA BRANCH, Albert Gate, Knightsbridge, S.W.,
and will be sent post free on application.

p MOSES and :LON'S
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v INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to £5

BOY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455.

MOSES and SON beg to remind the public
• that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its
pifoity. and they venture to say that their prices will compare
favourably wlththoso of any other nuase in England.

INIuSES and SON'S

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OXFORD COATS, 17s. to 503.

CAMBRIDGE COAT a, 198. to 50s.

KERTCH JACKETS, 15s. to 428.

SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. od. to 60s.

BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 00s.

EMOSES and SON'S easy and accurate systom
. of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post
with the guarantee of a faultless At.

1.41 MOSES and SON'S
EJ.

FROCK 00 STS, 245. to 635.

DRESS COATS, 255. to 60s.

M ORNING TROUSERS, lls. Gd. to 21s.

DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265.

MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5.

rMOSES and SON invit,) special attention
• to their large stock of GEN ILEMEN'S DRESSING
ROBES, at 18s. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled
for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance,
of finish.

MOSES and SON'S

BOYS' IC DTHING :

KNICKERBOCKER SUM'S, 9s. W. to 40s.

ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s.

BR GIITON SUITS, 18s. to 48s.

DRESS SUITS, 255. to 635.

MOSES and SON supply every description of
Jam. clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all aces,
all occasions, and all classes; also Hosiery and Drapery, Bats
and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates.
All Goods marked in Plain Figures.
Any tide exchanged if not worn or injured.
List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and
Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free.
E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday
evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when bust-
ess is resumed until Eleven o'clock.
The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON :
LONDON.
CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGA_TE.
NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET.
CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD.

COUNTRY BRANCH.
RA DFORD. YORKSHIRE.

CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION of WAXWORK
kj now OPEN at 369, Oxford-street, W. (nearly opposite the
Princess's Theatre). Historical Tableaux. Moveable Figures,
a splendid (krman Christmas Tne.—Admission, ls., Children
half-price.

NATEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith,
\V.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee
earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on
their useful work, T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup