The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-30 00:00:00

A SUMMER BREAKFAST.

A happy family looks best at breakfast, and
breakfast is at its best in summer time : albeit
Leigh Ilunt—a notable authority on domestic
graces and celebrations—says, " One of the first
things that belong t) 'a breakfast is a good fire.
There is a delightful mixture of the lively and snug
in c :ming down into -one's breakfast room of a
cold itiomilw., and fin I lig everything preparel for
us ; a blazing grate, clean table-cloth, anzi tea-
things, newly-wasted faces aLcl coinbe I heads of
a sot of gto l hantou:o 1 u....3`rini, and the sole
empty &lair ready for its occupant." I grant the
tea, toe c flee, the dry toast, the butter, the egg'',
the ham, s,a-nething potted, the bread, the salt, the
mustard, the knives, the forks ; but I will not give
up the summer time, the dislic3 of fruit, the
fresh-cut flowerc, the lilac cif Nlnv, and the roses of
Jane. P....e..kfast, I maiataia, is at its sweetest and
best wh n the lark, having bui't its nest in the corn,
is singing over the ripen:iig harvest. I can part
with the fire, in favour of the fruit and flowers, the
open window, and the insect s murmuring by the petals
of the floral riches we have briught forth from the
hothouse. 1 concede the washed faces and combed
heads—in moderation as to numborz,; and I am
particular as to the heads being only a trifle higher
than the table. A little sprightly miss is bearable
at the breakfast hour ; but no romp, nor clatter of
tongues, no confusion in the number to be helped.
Dickens's " All the Year Round.',

MUSICAL ITEMS.

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Joachim has been named Director of the School
of Instrumental Music of Berlin.

Wallace's " Lurlive" has been played both in
English and Italian during the last season at New
York.

Mdlle. Eliza de Try, the vio7oncellist, has been
giving some successful concerts at Li,bon.
Naudin, the tenor, has been engaged to sing for
five months at the Grand Opera House in Cairo.

The Emperor of Russia has ennobled Rubin-
stein, and conferred on him the Order of St. Wladi-

mir.
The Aleyerbcer foundation prize of Berlin has
not been awarded this year, none of the competi-
tors having displayed sufficient merit.
Two Russian operas are promised for perfor-
mance at S. Petersburg next season, "La Rose
des Carpathes," by Saloman, and " La Puissance du
Diable," by Seroff.

" Electricity is Life."—A nest of medical quacks
adopting the foregoing motto of Mr. Pulvermacher, of 200,
Regent-street, have recently been unearthed by proceed-
jugs taken in the Court of Vice-Clhancellor Malins, by
that eminent originator of patented appliances of medico-
galvanic science. The profession of electrical science if not
"life" to these quasi doctors was their ostensible means of
living, and even if Mr. Pulvermacher has taken their life
by taking the "means whereby they live," he has in his
exposure of their nefarious impositions conferred a benefit
upon the public, in addition to securing his own property
in inventions which are the result of thirty-five years of
scientific experiment and study which have proved a boon
to suffering humanity. Dr. Hammond, alias Dr. Watson,
Henry James, Esq., Harvey Burrows, Esq., W. Hill,
C. T. Peaphey, &c.. endeavouring to pass as
medical practitioners, and advertised colourable imita-
tions of Mr. Pulvermacher's galvanic inventions. But
the general opinion of Vice-Chancellor Malins may
be gathered from his giving utterance to the following
expressions on the case :—" It was an outrageous thing
that the public should be so deluded." "It was a pity that
the public should be victimised by these abominably false
statements ;" " the tactics pursued by the defendant was
one of systematic imposture, and he much regretted
there was not somebody on the part of the public to
put a stop to these things;" and that whilst he had
heard the defendant's affidavit, "the tactics pursued by
the defendant was. one of systematic imposture, and he
much regretted there was not somebody on the part of the
public to stop it ; anything more disgraceful be never
saw. Considering the vital use to society of Mr. Pul-
vermacher's "medico-galvanic system," as exhibited in
his beautiful apparatus and appliauces, it is clear that his
efforts for the punishment of quacks who are robbing
him of the proceeds of valuable discoveries, while de-
ceiving many unsuspecting patients, are deserving of
the public support and praise. Sir Charles Locock, Sir
Ronald Martin, Sir R. Holland, Sir Wi!liam Ferguson,
Dr. Steveking, and others of the elite of the medical
profession, came forward on the occasion to maintain
his well-earned repute, although stating at the saino
time that it was not their habit ever to give
certifica'es ; and it was upon such overpowering
evidence in the interest of medical science that Vice-Chan-
cellor Mathis decided that Mr. Glass, Q.C., should sustain
the suit, and that the case should stand over for further
hearing.
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