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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-27

CONTRACT FOR BRUSHES, BROOMS, &c.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, Jan. 13, 1869.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
17N1TED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and
IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY,
the 2d February, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to
treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT
for Supplying and Delivering into Store at her Majesty's
several Dockyards, all such quantities of
BRUSHES, BROOMS, HAIR PENCILS, and
TOOLS, Stc,,

as may from time to time be ordered, under a Contract
for 'fivelve Months certain, and further until the expira-
tion of Three Month!' warning.
Patterns of the articles may be seen, the average annual
expenditure of each article during the last three years may
be ascertained, and a Form of the Tender (including a
Schedule of the Articles), and Conditions of Contract,
may be obtained on application at this Department.
No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day
of Treaty ; nor will any be noticed unless the party at-
tends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
" Tender for Brushes, &c.," and must also be delivered at
the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty,
Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by two
responsible person, engaging to become bound with the
person tendering in the sum of £5OO for the due per-
formance of the Contract.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.
London, England, 1869-01-27

nil. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER
PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe
of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ;
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Clharing-cross
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and
three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a
square green package, with " William Lambert" engraved
on the stamp.

SCIENTIFIC' AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.
ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
kl and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as-
sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe-
lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights,
&e., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby-
shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES
TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand,
N.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROOKS,
MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition
of Lyell's Elements of Geology •, they will greatly facili-
tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and
GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500
guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY acd
3IINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at
149, Strand. •
London, England, 1869-01-27

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.—
The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap-
proved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best
remedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn, Headache,
Gout, and Indigestion ; and as the best mild aperient for
delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil-
dren, and infants.
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, _

172, New Bond-street, London ; and of all other chemists
throughout the world.
London, England, 1869-01-27

GEP,UANY.

The earthquake epidemic paid a slight visit a few days
ago to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Shocks were felt in
several places, especially at Darmstadt. One visitation was
accompanied with an alarming subterranean noise, and
listed no less than twelve minutes. Bells rang of their
own accord, furniture was mysteriously moved about, and
mortar fell from the walls. The inhabitants suffered
nothing worse than a terrible fright.
London, England, 1869-01-27

ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES,
AN IN CERNATION NE c73PA.PER,
Devoted to American Intelikence. ENLARGED to 24
AGEA. Reports of Con rress, PerAo la!, Financial, Wiring,
Rai!roa i, &a. Members of (:o,nnattrzial ltca,
c.nd tlios-3 having. an intcreat in tho tinit,!l States. will
Oats rmspAper of use.

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Pablished every S TUR 1Y HO RNI f.fG, price 4d.
15. Catherine-street. Strand.

BARRACK CONTRACTS
For the Supply of

COALS, COKE, TURF, CANDLES, AND KINDLING WOOD
IN GREAT BRITAIN.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, LONDON, S.W.,
21st January, 1969.
NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
-1-1 SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive
Tenders for the Supply of Coals, Coke, Turf, Candles, and
Kindling Wood at the various Barrack Stations in Great Britain,
for a period of Twelve Months from the Ist April next.
Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the proper
printed Form, which may be obtained, with every requisite in-
formation, upon application at this Office, or to the various Bar-
rack Masters, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock each
day (Sundays excepted).
The Tenders must be sent to the Office addressed to the Direc-
tor of Contracts, marked on the outside "Tender for Coals, dm.,"
on or before Thursday, 11th February, 1869, after which day no
Tender will be received.
The Secretary of State for War reserves the right of rejecting
any or all of the Tenders.
THOMAS HOWELL,

Director of Contracts,
London, England, 1869-01-27

DARTRIDGE AND COOPER.
MANITFACTURING STATIONERS,

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Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 45 6d per 1,000
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s
COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished
steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the
prices charged by the retail houses.
An ILLU QTR ATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
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Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling
Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free.
London, England, 1869-01-27

in Advance.

The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home
and foreign ; Reuter's Telegrams, giving commercial,
political, and general telegraphic information; Shipping
Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re-
ference. '

There is also an excellent Refreshment-room attached,
as well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur-

niched.

The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac-
turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will
be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business
engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro-
polis.
For further particulars apply to the Manager of the
Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City
Offices company, Palmerston-buildings, London.
N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. Letts, Son
and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; or at the Office in the Lom-
bard Exchange.

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4, Rue de la Pais. Phris.
FRENCH MAIL. STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New York.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From lIAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First ':lass 7OO fr.
Second Class 426 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to New York, via Havro or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr.
London, England, 1869-01-27

TB AME 3.

MAMMY ON THE RIVER.—Two audacious boys. named
Coghlan and Tuscan, were brought before Mr. Benson
charged with stealing rope, heaJfasts, and warps from
barges, the property of Edward and John Sholbourne,
licensed lig'utermen and steam dredgers, 38, Fore-street,
Limehouse.

Mr. Pelham, who stated the case for ne prosecution,
said the damage done by hordes of mischievous boy thieves
was immense. A few nights since the prisoners and an-
other boy, named Myers, cut the warps and headfasts of
Messrs. Shelbourne's craft at Limehouse, and besides the
loss of valuable ropo, there was damage to the amount of
£3O caused by the barges getting adrift, and on a former
occasion damage was caused to the amount of £lOO. A
boy named Myers detailed the cutting of the warps and
head fasts, and admitted he was an accomplice. His story
received confirmation. Goghlan and Tuscan said that
Myers cut the ropes, and that a person named Butler, in
court, bought part of the stolen rope. Butler denied this.
Mr. Benson had no doubt the prisoners, Myers and
Butler, were all equally guilty, and belonged to a lawless
gang. He sentenced the prisoners to three months' im-
prisonment and hard labour, and was sorry ho could not
punish Myers in the same way.
London, England, 1869-01-27

Just published, price ls. 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks,
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. Bafflers, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.

l'l4-It. WEBB, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of "The
In Latest Improved System of Dentistry," second edition'
just published, and sent free for two stamps. "Will well repay
perusal." -- Express. Attendance nine to six. Consultations free.
—27, New Bond-street. N.B. -Many years with Mr. Eskell, of 8,
Grosvenor-street.
London, England, 1869-01-27

WESTMINSTER.

ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A BARMAN.—John Pencker, a
barman, was placed at the bar charged with stealing four
postage stamps.

William Smith, proprietor of the Queen's Arm; Marl-
borough-road, Chelsea, said prisoner entered his service
on Tuesday week. Yesterday morning prosecutor received
a purse from his potman which contained a great many
postage stamps. Four of them corresponded in the tearing
away from a sheet of stamps in a glass in the bar. Pri-
soner shortly after this asked to go out to get shaved, and
although he (prosecutor) said ho could not spare hint ha
suddenly left and never returned. The potman was at that
time gone to get his pots.

Mr. Arnold—Have you any question to ask this witness
prisoner ?

Prisoner—Not till I have consulted a lawyer.
William Moore, potman, said prisoner gave him the
purse yesterday to take care of, and he gave it to his
master. Prisoner
_did not take his things away, and left
in his slippers.

William Bopkins, 276 B, said he took the prisoner into
custody on the Marlborough-road last night. He told
him the charge, and he said nothing.
It was stated that prisoner had tried to incite the pot-
man to assist him in robbing his master.
Prisoner was remanded.
London, England, 1869-01-27

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE.

The explorations of the famous correspondent of the
Telegraph in high French society have taken a new direc-
tion. It is impossible to believe that this gentleman is on
friendly terms with any femmes de chambre, and the inevit-
able conclusion therefore is that the übiquitous journalist
is admitted to confidential chats in the Empress Eugenie's
dressing-room, and, like gentlemen of the time of Addison,
pays morning visits during the process of robing. Her
Majesty, i t seems, has brought ad vanced science to bear upon
the art of dressing. Nothing, we should imagine, would more
forcibly illustrate the maxim, ars Tonga, vita brevis, than
the process of changing an elaborate toilette several times
a day. The French Empress has experienced this difficulty,
and, what is more, has met it. She has also solved the diffi-
cult problem of dressing with wonderful quickness. " The
arrangements that have been made to compass this
end are very intricate, and resemble the transforma-
tion scene in a pantomime. When the Empress
is about to pass from her apartment to her dressing-room,
the first femme de chambre touches an electric bellthat corre-
sponds with the room over head. Thereupon a trap door
in the ceiling of the dressing-room opens, and the toilette
the Empress has signified her intention of wearing is
lowered from above—petticoats, slip, dress, tunics, all
ready to put on, one inside the other, with their
trimmings of flowers and ribbons, flounces, and lace. A
quarter of an hour after she is dressed, necklace, jewels,
and ear-rings are in their places, and then the hairdresser
is summoned ; for the Empress, contrary to the usual
fashion, leaves her coiffure to the last. The whole process
is completed in less than half an hour." It is only to be
wished that the blessings 'of this invention be extended,
that a cheap form of the apparatus be devised for the
public at large, and that a modification be adopted for the
suffering stronger sex. The story suggests another con-
sideration. If half an hour be required for dressing under
these favourable circumstances, what amount of torture
must have been undergone previously?
London, England, 1869-01-27

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IFE AND CHILD.
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y By MISS WHIM.
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London, England, 1869-01-27

QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE.

Manager. Mr. W. H. Liston.
'I His EVENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H
Stephens. C. Wyndham. and L. Brong,h ; 3' esdames Montague,
Rignold, Mae, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING
Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER

THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC.
Tim EVENING, at 7, SLASHER &CRASHER: Messrs A tk!ns,
caughai, G. Vincent. &e. Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield.
After w'iich at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H
Neville, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H.
Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield

ROYALTY THEATRE.
Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver.
THIS EVENING, at 7.Z0, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar Miss
M. Oliver. To be followed by CLA FIDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar,
&c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S DUSBAND.

PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE.
Under the Management of 51 iss Marie Wilton
Tars EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne.
Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss
C. Ad lison, and Miss v arie Wilton. Alter which, A WLNNING
HAZARD. And INTRIGUE.

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London, England, 1869-01-27

Just published, price Is. 6d., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks,
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.

MR. WEBB, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of "The
Latest Improved System of Dentistry," second edition'
just published, and sent free for two stamps. "Will well repay
perusal." - Vxpress. Attendance nine to six. Consultations free.
—2', New Bond-street. N.B. -Many years with 31 r. Eskell, of 8,
Grosvenor-street.
London, England, 1869-01-27

LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING

WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 29.
Commissariat Department—Deputy-Assistant Commis-
sary-General Edwin Lichfield to be Assistant-Corn-
missary-General, vice Petrie, placed on half-pay ;
Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General Robert Dalrym-
ple Ross to be Assistant-Commi,sary-General ; Deputy-
Assistant Commissary-General Foster Shortt to be As-
sistant-Commissary-General.
Chaplain's Department—The Rev. E. B. Kitson to be
Chaplain of the Fourth Class.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 22.
Charles Douglas Shephard, Esq., has this day been
promoted to the rank of Staff Surgeon in her Majesty's
Fleet.

ADMITALTY, JAN. 25.
In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure Admiral Sir
William Bowles, K.C.8., has been promoted to be Admiral
of the Feet, with seniority of the 15th instant, and
in consequence thereof the following Flag Promo-
tions, also dated the 15th instant, have been made:—
Vice Admiral on the Reserved List William
Hargood to be Admiral on the same List ; Vice-
Admiral Sir Robert Smart, K.C.8., K.H., to be Admiral in
her Majesty's Feet ; Rear-Admiral Wm. Henry Anderson
Morshead, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral in -her Majesty's
Fleet; Captain Charles Fredetick Alex. Shadwell,
to be Rear-Admiral in her Majesty's Fleet.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Even:lig.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 19i ... 12 0
Do
Rotterdam — .12 1 12 11
•••
Autworp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40
Brussels —
... '25 35 ... 25 40
Ilamburgn
... 13 10
... 13 101
Paris
... 25 15 ... 25 20
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfurt-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 120/
Vienna
... 12 221 ... 12 3U
Trieste
... 12 '22f ... 12 30
Petersburg
Copenhagen ...........
Berlin
... 6 26f ... 6 27
Madrid..
... 47 ... 48
Cadiz —
... 48 ... 481
Leghorn
Milan — ... 26 95 ... 27 0
Genoa
Na
ples
••• 26 95 ... 27 0
Palermo — ... 26 95 ... 27 0
Messina
Lisbon — 521 ... 52t
Oporto ...
521 52.
Rio Janeiro — ... '''
New York
London, England, 1869-01-27

DEAFNESS.—Acoustic Instruments, for the
Relief of Deafness, to enable persons to join in general
conversation, to hear distinctly at church and public assemblies.
—The SPIRAL EAR TUBE fits spirally in the ear so close, and
being flesh-colour, is unseen. Also Conversational Tubes, Cor-
nets, Trumpets, and every other kind.—SOLOMONS, 89, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1869-01-27

AGRICULTURAL STATIST

Mr. Tomline, M.P., who migrated from Shrews-
bury to Grimsby at the last election, calls himself a
Liberal, but in respect to agricultural matters would
seem to be a Tory of the Tories. As a Suffolk
county gentleman he writes to the East Suffolk
Chamber of Agriculture with regard to the recently-
published agricultural statistics. Ile says that they are
worthless, because many freeholders make no return
to the Board of Trade, and never will. By way of
rendering these statistics more valuable, he adds :
"Most of you have threshed your corn and know
the statistics of your corn fields, which if you are
wise you will keep secret." He goes on to assert that
a Statistical ',Department has lately been formed at
the Board of Trade, and, having nothing to do, is
endeavouring to make work in order to justify its
existence. With this object police ,magistrates are
ordered to inquire into shipwrecks, and one was sent
from London to Liverpool in order to inquire
into the loss of a vessel off Yarmouth.
With this object inspectors of many things which
they are not qualified to inspect are appointed. For
the same reason foreshores have been placed under
the Board of Trade, after all that is valuable or that
belonged to timid proprietors has been sold by the
Crown. Happily, Mr. Bright has checked the activity
of the department by refusing to appoint an inspec-
tor for bottle-nosed whales. Mr. 'Tomline con-
cludes that the taxpayers ought to insist upon the
abolition of this department. Economy is the order
of the day, and officers, soldiers, and marines who are
reduced without hesitation have a claim upon us for
impartial reduction.

THE MALT TAX.

The malt tax is in danger. Some clever farmer
has discovered that he can get what he wants out of
London, England, 1869-01-27

ELECTION EXPENSES IN LANCASHIRE.

Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Grenfell had to pay dearly
for their defeat. The South-West Lancashire elec-
tion cost them £11,500. Mr. Gladstone has been
consoled by a seat elsewhere and the Premiership ;
Mr. Grenfell, who left a safe seat at St. Ives to fight
the battle of his party in the palatine county, has
no such recompense. The expenses of Mr. Massey
and Mr. Rathbone, the unsuccessful candidates for
Salford, are between £5,000 and £6,000.
TTIE MANCHESTER BALLOT.

The Ballot at Manchester has raised a discussion
on the best plan to be used. It is admitted that, as
a matter of fact, all the voters who obtained cards at
Manchester did not dispose of them; and this being
so, it is not a great stretch of imagination to
suppose, in case of a real election, the cards being
sold outside to the highest bidder. Mr. Brodfick
writes to the Times suggesting that the card
and the envelope should be made in some way to
correspond. The objection to the " figure system "
is patent—it would afford a means of identifying the
voter. But if card and envelope could be of the same
colour, nobody being allowed to go out without
depositing the envelope, a vote given in colours which
did not correspond would be instantly detected, and
might be pronounced void. Thus Mr. Brodrick
solves the difficulty. The objection is that perfect
secrecy (without which the Ballot is nothing)
would be very difficult to maintain with such a
system. It would be difficult to find a different
colour for each of the 30,000 electors of our largest
boroughs.
London, England, 1869-01-27

SPAIN.

MADRID, Jan. 26, Evening.
A monster indignation meeting against the Papal
Nuncio took place this evening. The people, ex"
cited beyond measure by the news of the assassina-
tion at Burgos, and treating the refusal of the Bo-
man Court to recognise the Spanish Envoy as an
insult offered to Spain, assembled in a dense crowd
before the palace of the Nuncio, and tore down and
burnt the Papal arms.

The crowd went afterwards to the official reg'
deuce of the Minister of Public Worship, and
demanded the immediate removal of the Nuncio.

The tinder Secretary of the Ministry appeared!
and declared that the Government had alreadi
suppressed the salary paid by Spain to the Papal
Nuncio, and withdrawn the powers granted to 101
by former Governments.

The accounts from Burgos are full of horrible
details of the assassination. The Dean and several
Canons of the Chapter are among the prisoners.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 26, Evening•

The decision of Greece relative to the declars'
tion of the Conference is still unknown. It
is asserted that the Emperor of Russia has
written to King George and M. Bulgaris regarding
that declaration, and that both replied that, being
still unacquainted with its contents, they were tin'
able to give any opinion thereon.
London, England, 1869-01-27

.AMERICA.

Liberal Governments are taking up in earnest the cines-
tion of economical administration. The Republican party
in the United States Congress has already shewn its
determination to bring down and keep down expenditure ;
the chairman of the Appropriation Committee has
publicly announced rigid economy as the policy of General
Grant's Government, and the figures in the Appropriation
Bills contrast remarkably with the items of former years.
There was a debate on this great subject on the 6th, during
which Mr. E. B. Washburne, the chairman of the Appro-
priation Committee, made a very important speech. He said
the time had come for the country to make a fresh start.
The war bad greatly increased the burdens of the nation,
but there were other causes of extravagance which might
be at once avoided. Incidental to the war was the lavish
and unguarded expenditure of public money, the
granting of immense contracts, and the inflation
of the currency. The base, venal, and unpatriotic
hastened to take advantage of the misfortunes of
their country. If this jobbery was to cease, Congress
must aid the Ministry. The latter was willing to do its
share. Coming to the practical, Mr. Washburne said
that whilst the expenditure for 1866 had been 520 millions
of dollars, the estimates for the current year were 330
millions, and he believed that for next year they might be
reduced to 290 millions.
Congress met the Ministry in a kindred spirit. Mr.
Washburne seems to have excited verygeneral enthusiasm.
Mr. Fernando Wood, one of the leading Democrats, said
he was certain that he spoke the sentiments of the Demo-
cratic minority of the House when he said that so far as
General Grant would faithfully either initiate or carry
out any reform, the minority would give him its feeble
support. An attempt was made to economise so far as to
strike off the item granted for the support of the fleet
engaged in suppressing the slave trade ; but this motion,
which would have violated the treaty with England, was
rejected. As Mr. Washburne pointed out, money might
be saved in every department of the Government.
London, England, 1869-01-27

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London, England, 1869-01-27

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stamps. _ . .

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OH, CHIDE NOT MY HEART; an easy and
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would do well to notice this morceau."—Vide Bath and Chelten-
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• POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ASSAULTS AT THE LONDON PAVILION MUSIC-HALL.—
William Hall, a builder, of No. 72, Miles'-road, Kentish-
town, and John Wm. Henderson, builder, of No. 85, Bar-
tholomew-road, Kentish-town, were charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with being drunk and disorderly in Tichborne-
street ; and Hall was also:charged with assaulting Police-
constable John Harris, 77 0, and Henderson with attempt-
ing to rescue Hall, and assaulting Sergeant Houlton, 2
C li, and Harris, 77 C,

The evidence showed that on the previous night the
defendants were ejected frotn the London Pavilion Music
Hall in consequence of being drunk and behaving in a dis-
orderly manner, and when requested by Harris, 77 C,
doing special duty at the place, to go away they refused.
Hall knocked Harris down, and while down on the
ground Harris was kicked on the hip by Henderson. Ser-
geant Houlton went to the assistance of Harris, and he was
also kicked by Henderson.

Hall admitted being drunk, and Henderson said that he
was drunk, and did not recollect anything that occurred.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined Hall 405., or a month, and Hender-
son, who had kicked a man while he was down, and ano-
ther who cane A to his assistance, would have to pay 40s.
for the first assault, or a month, and 10s. or 7 days for the
second.
London, England, 1869-01-27

ONE HUNDRED NEW MUSICAL WORKS,
consisting of songs, vocal duets, piano solos, duets, and
dances. The list may he had gratis and postage free, of the
publishers.

London: Robert Cocks and Co.
GOD BLESS OUR SAILOR PRINCE.—The
new National Song; played nightly at Drury-lane Thea-
tre, by kind permission of F. B. Chatterton, Esq. 35., free for 19
stamps. Four voices, three stamps; and for a brass band, six
stamps. _ _

Loudon: Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street.
OH' CHIDE NOT MY HEART ; an easy and
elegant Ballad, by the composer of "Her Bright Smile
Haunts me Still." 3i., free for 19 stamps. "Singing masters
would do well to notice this morceau."—Vide Bath and Chelten-
ham Gazette.

London: Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street ; and
may be had everywhere.
London, England, 1869-01-27

'TED STATES.

1875

Term
Expired.

LoUisIANA.
William Pitt Kellogg
John S. Earns
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Per. A. Sawyer 1873
T. J. Robertson (?)

FLORIDA.
T. W. Osborn
A. J. Welch

J. C. Abbott
We do not give this table as complete or absolutely
correct, but as closely approximating to the mem-
bers forming a legislative body to whom, we believe,
the world concedes the highest place, at any rate
after the British House of Commons. he number
is so limited, and therefore so much importance
attaches to each Senator that we desire to be as
early as possible in the field with the information we
can gather about each. Virginia, Mississippi, and
Texas have no place, as they have not yet been re-
constructed, and it is not impossible that Georgia
may be expelled, while Mississippi may be admitted.
e may here add that we took the trouble to write
to the Times to point out a gross blunder in the
spelling of a Senator's name (Lupton for Tipton),
but we presume it matters little at Priuting-house-
square what they call the Senators of the United
Statcs, for the correction was never made nor the
error acknowledged, although they come down
quick enough on an unfortunate Frenchman who
announces that the Lord Mayor, meaning Lord
MAYO, had been appointed Viceroy of India.

DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, •are the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re.
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports
tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co.,
Belfast; cr 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London W.C—[Ad,
vertiscmcnt.]

THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
•Pole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
Tins EvErrrim, at 7. MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the
Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, INTRIGUE. Messrs. Howe, Kendal. and
Miss F. Wright. After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chip.
pendale, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, kc Concluding
with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal,
Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &e.; Mesdames Wright, Burke,
Gwynn, 8:0 Commener, at 7.
London, England, 1869-01-27

THE TAXATION OP TIIE KINGDOM.

Mr. Dudley Baxter has replied to the strictures of
Professor Leone Levi on his estimate of the average
in omes of the three classes of the community. Mr.
Baxter points out that Professor Levi's criticisms
apply with more force to his own book on the sub-
ject. The Professor complains that Mr. Baxter's
estimate of a working man's income is too high at
£7O, but he has himself calculated the proportional
income of Ze .4orking classes at £l.O per head,
or £B5 per fi.Jtiily of four and a half. Mr.
Baxter's estimate applied to a family of four, so that it
is actually lower than Professor Levi's. In the pro-
portion of tea consumed by the working classes, Mr.
Baxter finds that his estimate is L 3 per head, while
Professor Levi's is only-k 1 per head ; yet he blames
Mr. Baxter's estimate as too small. The Professor
in his book arrives at the same conclusion as Mr.
Baxter. " Our worlAnen," he says, " have no reason
to complain of the extent of taxation pressing upon
them." Mr Baxter intends shortly to ni,"- "; his
paper with an appendix.
London, England, 1869-01-27

THE POOR-LAW ACT.

What was called the break-down of Mr. Tiardy's
Poor-law Act was discovered some time since. The
Holborn Union was ordered by the Poor-law Board
to provide, in company with the neighbouring union,
a sick asylum for the district. The hospital wards of
the workhouse had previously been declared too small
and inconvenient by the medical officer, who
had been called upon to answer for a dying man
being placed in one of the ordinary wards. The other
workhouse was not better provided. The guardians,
however, had a great objection to uniting with any
other body, to a separate infirmary, or to expending
any money at all. The order was to provide a hos-
pital with a sufficient number of beds. But the board
of guardians declared it would be the imposition of
fresh taxation for no purpose. They memorialised
the central board two or three times on the subject,
receiving only a confirmation of the order.
At last they succeeded in getting the
Party Papers to take the question up.
They again petitioned the Board—this time, it was
thought, with some effect. The reply of the Board
hasjust been issued, and confirms the order more
strenuously than before. Our workhouse infirmaries
have long enough been the source of perpetual sensa-
tional disclosures, of lunatic nurses, and neglected
rules. The Act passed by the Legislature was
designed to make the sick poor—in the large majo-
rity of cases poor because they are sick—comfortable.
To this the guardians object.

COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS.
Mr. Clare Sewell Read, the tenant-farmer Norfolk
M.P., writes that he is not in favour of county
financial boards ; but he wishes that reuresentAtivd
of the ratepayers should take their places
at the
quarter sessions, He adds that, the Government
having determined to deal with the question of
county financial arrangements, his colleague, Mr.
Howes, will postpone his measure.

'ORK POR A NEW DEPARTMENT.
The Chamber of Agriculture Journal urges the
establishment of a special Government department
of Agriculture. At present the only matter relating
to agriculture which Government officials are com-
petent to deal with is statistics. The Journal would
have the following subjects handed over to a
professionally - informed departinent : Sanitary
regulation of the importation of animals and
of the home trade and traffic in animals ;
national insurance of live stock ; the national
food supply ; tenure of land ; arterial drainage ;
water storage and irrigation ; utilisation of town
sev age ; supply of artificial manures ; public roads ;
regulation of markets; weights and measures;
statistical returns ; regulation of agricultural labour
and education; veterinary education ; agricultural
colleges; experimental stations ; poor relief, local.
taxation, and county expenditure ; enclosures, tithes,
and copyholds.
London, England, 1869-01-27

SPECTACLES.—The Achromatic and Tinted
SPECTACLE LENSES, registered by S. and B. SOLO-
IdONS, Opticians to the Government, give extraordinary relief
to weak, dim, and defective vision. Copies of Testimonials from
the Ophthalmic Hospitals post free.-39, Albemarle-street, Pic-
adilly.

K EA TIN GB'
cSNTCTOLTGIIAL.LOZENGES.—

August 23, 1863.

Dear Sir,—Having tried your Cough Lozenges In India I have
much pleasure in testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of
Incipient Consumption, Asthma, and Bronchial affections ; so
good a medicine ought to be known to be appreciated. I have
prescribed it largely with the best results.
W. B
Apothecary MM. Indian Medical Service.
To Mr. Thomas Keating.
Sold by all Druggists.
London, England, 1869-01-27

THE HOSPITAL, for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation. _ . _

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-27

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GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.

Tats EVENING, at 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S
SUCCESS. 9.40, BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs.
Marshall,Warner, David Fisher, Andrews, Hurlstone. J. Clarke:
Mesdames Henrade, C. Thorne, Brennen, Berend, Hughes, Ar-
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THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
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THIS EVENING, at 7. MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the
Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, INTRIGUE. Messrs. Howe, Kendal, and
Miss F. Wright. Atier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chip-
pendale, &c.: Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding
with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal,
Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c.; Mesdames Wright, Burke,
Gwynn, ctc, Commence at 7.
London, England, 1869-01-27

THE MALT TAX.

The malt tax is in danger. Some clever farmer
has discovered that he can get what he wants out of

raw nariey, with a little acunfxture or malt. ny
varying the common routine of temperatures, times,
and stirrings, he has brewed beer from roughly-
ground barley, mixed with crushed malt, in the pro-
portion of three bushels of barley to one bushel of
malt.; and he affirms that the beer so produced is
as strong, sound, and bright, and as good in every
respect as the beer he brews from malt alone. Ile
saved 10s. Gd. upon three barrels of beer. The Chamber
of Agriculture Journal, referring to this matter,
points out that chemical researches have exploded
the old-fashioned idea that in order to obtain the
object of malting—the conversion of the starch into
sugar—it is necessary to germinate every grain of
barley. A small portion of malt mixed with a large
quantity of unmalted barley will do all that is
required, so that the above-mentioned experiment is
strictly in accordance with scientific experiments.
This being so, there is a waste and destruction of
8900,000 a year in obtaining R 6,500,000 for the
national treasury, a less equal to nearly one-seventh
of the tax, and this is over and above the loss
incurred in the collection of the duty. Mr. Lowe
must be on the alert, or he will be finding himself
bankrupt before he knows it.
London, England, 1869-01-27

GERMANY.

The earthquake epidemic paid a slight visit a few days
ago to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Shocks were felt in
several places, especially at Darmstadt. One visitation was
accompanied with an alarming subterranean noise, and
lasted no less than twelve minutes. Bells rang of their
own accord, furniture was mysteriously moved about, and
mortar fell from the walls. The inhabitants suffered
nothing worse than a terrible fright.
London, England, 1869-01-27

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 2G.
No intelligence has been received by the Court
Newsman from Osborne to-day.

LATEST INTELL CGENCV•

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

SPAIN.
MADRID, Jan. 26, Evening.
A monster indignation meeting against the PaPal
Nuncio took place this evening. The people, el-
cited beyond measure by the news of the assassiaa-
tion at Burgos, and treating the refusal of the En"
man Court to recognise the Spanish Envoy as an
insult offered to Spain, assembled in a dense crowd
before the palace of the Nuncio, and tore down and
burnt the Papal arms.
The crowd went afterwards to the official resi-
dence of the Minister of Public Worship, and
demanded the immediate removal of the Nuncio.

The Under Secretary of the Ministry appeared'
and declared that the Government had already
suppressed the salary paid by Spain to the P&P'
Nuncio, and withdrawn the powers granted to h 1
by former Governments.

The accounts from Burgos are full of horrible
details of the assassination. The Dean and several
Canons of the Chapter are among the prisoners.

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 2G, Evening.
The decision of Greece relative to the declare

tion of the Conference is still unknown. n
is asserted that the Emperor of Russia 1138
written to King George and M. Bulgaris regarding
that declaration, and that both replied that, being
still unacquainted with its contents, they were un-
able to give any opinion thereon.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Jan. 21.
The Prince and Princess of Wales left this morn-
ing at 7 o'clock for Trieste.

The Presse and the Debatte of to-day publish in'
telligence from Athens expressing the belief that e
conciliatory answer will be given by Greece to the
notification of the Great Powers. It was supposed
that the Ministry of M. Bulgaris would then
resign.

R UMANIA.

BUCHAREST, Jan. 26•

Alexander Cocin, the Postmaster-General, has
been ordered by the Prince to open negotiations
with Baron Oppenberg, who has been delegated 11
by Russia for the same purpose, with the view to
conclude a postal convention upon the same prin'
ciple as the treaty recently concluded with Austria

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

MESSINA, Jan. 27.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Bangalore passed through the straits of Messina at
11.15 p.m. yesterday en route for Marseilles.

SOUTH AMERICA.

PARIS, Jan. 27.

The Official Journul, in its bulletin of to-cl3l'
says that it was entirely owing to the
prompt aid afforded by the war vessels is
port that the fire at the Custom House °I
Rio de Janeiro was quickly extinguished, and the
destruction confined to tvk o warehouses. The bul-
letin also states that official confirmation of the fill:
of Villeta has been received. Lopez, however, Oil'
held out at Angostura, and a decisive engagement
was considered imminent, upon which the issue of
the campaign would depend.
London, England, 1869-01-27

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

GUA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair
to its pristino hue, no matter at what ago.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public
in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each.
including brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C.
London, England, 1869-01-27

ZXPLA NA'

Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The
letter r, rising ; f. falling ; a, steady—indicates direction of motion
of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in
shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours.
Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; C.—clouds, detached ; f.— fog ;
b.—hall ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.—
rain ; B.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted)
daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance.
London, England, 1869-01-27

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London, England, 1869-01-27

IMPLANA'

Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The
letter r, rising ; f. falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion
of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in
shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours.
Weather
I.—lightnin:
I.—lightning
m.—misty, hazy ; (I—overcast, dull ; r.—
—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog ;
rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted)
daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance.
REMARKS.

Since last evening barometrical pressure has recovered somewhat in
the north from the sudden depression of yesterday afternoon ; but a
decrease of similar nature has occurred in the west, the reading
at Valencia being o'44in. lower than it was yesterday. Pressure is
now least at Valencia, where the reading is o's2in. lower than that at
Cape ris Nez. Temperature has risen a little generally, except at
some of our S. and S.E. stations. During the night a southerly gale
appears to have commenced in the south of Ireland, and winds there
continue strong from S. this morning, and fresh in the Irish Channel.
On our east coast the winds are light from W. ; in Scotland light,
and generally south-westerly : and on the west coast of France they
are moderate from the south-eastward. A little rain has fallen in
the N. and W. The sky this morning is cloudy or overcast, with fog
and mist iu the east. The sea is high at Valencia. Warnings to
west coast.

The statement that Mr. William Roupell, the ex-
-31.P. for Lambeth, had been liberated from prison in conse
(pence of the state of his health is denied by a London cor-
respondent. Mr. Rouen is still in prison; but is in avert'
bad state of health, and a memorial on his behalf has been
presented to the Home Secretary, which is now under con-
sidera

In spite of the extreme cold of the last two or
three days, an immense crowd, such, says the Independence
Bel ge, as to defy description, gathered together at
T.aelcen on Monday morning to witness the funeral of
t lie Prince Royal of Belgium. The multitude was, in fact,
so great that but few witnessed the spectacle, the short
distance from the royal chateau to the parish church of
Laeken permitting but a portion of the spectators to
arrange themselves by the way ; the great majority was
shut out. The coffin of the child was in ebony,
with a silver crucifix, and had been deposited
in a mortuary chapel in the chateau. Of course
all the dignitaries and functionaries of Belgium
were presmt at the ceremony. The Archbishop of Ma-
lines and several of the Belgian bishops took part in the
last rites. As chief mourners came the King and his
brother, the Count of Flanders, clad in the uniforms of
lieutenant-generals. All the houses in Laeken were clad
in black, and incense was burned at the windows.
The imposing spectacle was the outward manifestation
of a nation's grief. The funeral cortege entered the church
at a few nainutem after twelve half•paa3/4 one the ow,
moiw no.over. .