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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-26

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Groat Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing]

870 children.
£l5 will koep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed,
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON,
Rev. J. W. Ayre I Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield I Herbert M P
. .

Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R. G. Baker
Rev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton
Rev, W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain
Rev. E. Capel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox
Octavius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. C. W. Furse
C. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F. Hessey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be recei
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyc
man-square, to whom comp'

Re 7. J. E.4lempe
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhouse
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. Canon Nepean
Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. F. Pigou
R. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
R. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigram, Esq.
ived by any of the above ; by
and Co; and by the Hon.
d, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
urications may be addressed.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-bill, Putney-heath.
Established 31st July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with
incur-
able bodily disease.
Relief is afforded-Ist. By sup plying
.a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.
atients at their
2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to p
own homes.
A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed
at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election.
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary.
10, Poultry, London, E.Q. September, 1868,
London, England, 1869-01-26

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
1M boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing]

370 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41 Lothbnry, B.C. ; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
London, England, 1869-01-26

LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 26, 18C9.

The great experiment in Manchester is over, and
it may be said that the Ballot test has been success-
ful. As regards personal feeling and political senti-
ment, no doubt many are disappointed at the rejec-
tion of Mr. MILNER GIBSoN, but the question of in-
tere.t to the public is the result of the working of the
Ballot itself. So far, then, its supporters may well
consider that their cause has had a decisive triumph,
and fully borne out their assertions in the midst of a
great constituency. It is true that the
affair was not attended with all the attri-
butes of a general election, but it is important
to notice the difference that existed between the order
which prevailed at Manchester on the occasion re-
ferred to, and the riot and confusion which seem to
be the inseparable attendants of a regular election.
It is not necessary to cross the Irish Channel to find
misrule in the ascendant, and sober-minded people,
well nigh distracted with conflicting claims and
divided interests, many a quiet hamlet and many a
monotonous country town of England are transformed
on the eve of an election, and only recover when
the desperate game has been played out. Then the
chief actors in the scene have to fight the
battle over again in another place, and the pains and
penalties of petitions go far to take the zest out of
Parliamentary honours, and to compel the unfortu-
nate aspirant to Senatorial dignity to declare that it

is all vanity and vexation of spirit. If Manchester
has not pointed out a royal road to voting, it has at
least shown one of a most advantageous kind, and at
this especial juncture the lesson should not be lost.
We cannot any longer shut our eyes to the convic-
tion that bribery is most extensively practised, and that
few are so immaculate as they might be. Tile manner
in which elections are generally carried on affords so
much scope for party tactics to be displayed, and
offers so many temptations to the unwary, to say
nothing of the unscrupulous, that if a candidate is not
personally guilty of exercising undue influence it is
next to impossible that he is not ecrnprotnised through
his agents. The public at large are not likely to be
much edified by this knowledge, and it is indeed a
mortifying reflection that those who are to make cur

nc Iv laws and alter our existing statutes cannot con-

trive through themselves and their agetts to respect
them. There are, however, graver considerations
than these, for the dignity and decorum of
the national character are compionisA by
the scenes which take place at coatest3d elections.
The after contest over the petitions that flock in so
numerously serves to add bitterness to the existing
prejudices, and from the first feeble efforts at can-
vassing to the wearisome close of the vexed affair of
the petition, anger, strife, and batred are the ruling
spirits of the controversy.

If we compare these stormy scenes with the calm
which reigned at Manchester dw ing the two days
in which the Ballot experiment vit. is tried, it may be
London, England, 1869-01-26

A B C PATENT DESPATCH BOX.—JEN-
NER and KNEWSTUB'S newly-invented Patent
A B C and 1,2, 3, Despatch Boxes, "for general conve-
nience, for ready access to papers and methodical
arrangement, have received the highest commenda-
tion." Price 10s. 6d. and upwards. " This is a valuable
contrivance."—Punch, Nov. 14. " Cannot fail to be aseful
in the library and office."—Record. " Will meet espe-
cially the requirements of literary, legal and official per-
sons."--Star. "A boon to all lovers of order."—lllus-
trated London News. "There can be no question as to
the value of this invention."—Morning Post.—Jenner and
Knewstub, Inventors of the Elgin Writing Case, 33, St.
James's-street, and. 66, Jermyn-street.
London, England, 1869-01-26

FRANCE.

PARIS, Jan. 26.

A report of Marshal Niel, dated the 23d inst.,
has been addressed to the Emperor, proposing that
measures should be taken for granting facilities to
re-enlisted non-commissioned officers to piss from
the military into the civil service of the State.

The report concludes by saying that such rcea-
sures would give to the lower military grades a
greater attraction, and serve as a stimulant which
could not fail to produce an excellent effect through-
out the army, and realise within a short time the
benevolent intentions of the Emperor.

The above report has been approved by the Em-
peror.

BOURSE, Jan. 25.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows
per Cent.
End of month...
Itsl!an Loan
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 37i Mexican Loan 24 50
Credit Mobilier
End of month... 275 Spanish Threes 33 50
Credit t
ofr' mouth...oncior.. Deferred.ls_ss Home Debt —
Cash
Orleans ................................ 935
Northern ....................... . .....
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 590
Western
Eastern ............
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard . .
North of Spain
Saragossa .••• ..........
Roman . ................ 47f

RAILWAYS.
London, England, 1869-01-26

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, 1869.
NOIIOE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
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 T;welve 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, &c.,"
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, 1869-01-26

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London, England, 1869-01-26

CONTRACT FOR BRUSHES, BROOMS, ecc.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, Jan. 13, 1869.
11HE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED 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
BRUgHES, BROOMS, HAIR PENCILS, and
TOOLS, dm.,
as may from time to time be ordered, under a Contract
for Twelve Months certain, and further until the expira-
tion of Three Months' warning.
Patterns of the articles may by seen, the average annual
expenditure of each article during the 1..6 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, Scc.," and must also be delivered at
the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty,
Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by two
responsible persons, 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.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
HEAD OFFICES:
Royal Insurance Buildings Lombard-street, London.
Royal Insurance Buildings North John-street, Liverpool.
CAPITAL, TWO 3IILLIONS STERLING.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds £BOO,AOO
Accumulated Funds in hand £1,500,000
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Life and Annuity Funds....
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES—
Exemption of Assured from Liability of Partnership.
BONUSES among the largest ever declared by any Company.
Profits divided every five years.
All new Life Insurances now effected will become entitled
to an Increased Share of the Profits.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Premiums in 1867 £460,553.
REDUCTION OF DUTY.—Since this first took place the increase
of business of the ROYAL has exceeded that of any other Office,
as shown by Government Returns.
:_Prompt and liberal settlement of Losses.
JOHN H. MCLAREN, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

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reply. Address—The Manager, "Sun" Printing Offices,
8, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C.
London, England, 1869-01-26

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rill-1E ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
1 the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
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500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
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tarn Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.
London, England, 1869-01-26

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Calodonian-road, Islington, N.

Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbeclat King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
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street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon.
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London, England, 1869-01-26

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Vessce and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30. THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs.
Jlirke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Bui An and Maitland.
After which. THE FIELD OF TLI CLOTH OF GOLD.
Messrs. Thorne, James. and Robson Mesdames M. Long-
more, F. Hughes. L. Maitland. &c.
To conclude Rlth HUE AND DYE.

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
M 7. A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9. 0,
BROWN AAD THE BRAHMI NS : Messrs. Marshall, Warner,
David fisher, Andrews, Huriston, and J. Clarke: Mesdames C.
Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnoll, Henrade, Be-
rend, Hughes, and Stephens.

%.,IT. GEORGE'S THEATRE (ST. GEORGE'S
AJ HALL).—Great Sucaess of SABDANAPALUS.
The new Drama, SAVED, and the original Ninevitish Burlesque
of SARDANAPALUS (received with roars of laughter and ap •
plane). Every Evening (except To-Night,) at half-past 7.
The best Shilling Pit in London.
Morning Performances on Thursday, Jan. 28, and Saturday,
Jan 30, at Two n.m. Preceded by a Farce

AVED AND S ARDA NA PA LUS. —NoTic .
SATURDAY, January 3'th, will be p-sitively the Last
Night's performance of these immensely successful pieces at
St. George's Theatre, prior to their reproduction with entirely
new Scenery and increased stage convenience, particulars of
which will be shortly announced.
London, England, 1869-01-26

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbeJ at King's-cross in 1856. Patients aro admitted
free.
Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co, 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverio, 1, Pall-mall.—Hon.
Sec., / . Smith. Ego. GEO. REID, See.
London, England, 1869-01-26

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THE EARNINGS OF A LONDON CROSSING-

SWEEPER.

In an article on beggars, the Daily News puts down the
probable daily value of a sweeping near the London Clubs
as six shillings. A competent authority, Mr. H. Cecil
Sykes, of the committee of the Crossing Sweepers' Bri-
gade, now writes that that conception of the subject was
lamentably poor and inadequate. He has had to do with
dozens of boys who have followed crossing-sweeping as an
occupation, and he vouches for the following facts :
" One boy who has swept a triangular crossing in the
neighbourhood of Camden-town for 15 years, states that
one Christmas morning he earned thirty shillings before
dinner. Another, hardly as tall as his broom, earned
fifteen shillings in the two hours preceding divine service.
Many such extraordinary harvests are on record ; while
all my informants agree that for a boy who sticks to his
work, in any neighbourhood, two, three, and
four shillings a day are the average earnings, ac-
cording to the tact and address of the youngster."
The boys in uniform, belonging to the Brigade,
bring home no such sums nightly, though it seems
impossible to ascertain what they actually receive.
They seldom make their appearance with more than the
regulation tenpence demanded for their keel . To shew
the way in which people encourage mendicancy, Mr.
Cecl Sykes mentions that some actually give the boys
money not to be put into their boxes, as their rule re-
quires, but to spend on themselves, and adds, " What can
we do when thwarted by such pig-headed stupidity
London, England, 1869-01-26

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23,N9.

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

ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES,
AN IN TEUNAT lON A L NEWSPAPER,
Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24
PAGES. Reports of Coniress, Personal, Financial, Mining,
Railroad, &o. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men,
and those having an interest in the United States, will dud
this newspaper of use.
Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d.
15. Catherine-street. Strand.
London, England, 1869-01-26

country.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Jan. 26.

The Presse of to-day says that the Turkish Go-
vernment has instructed its foreign representatives
to state that the rumours of extensive warlike pre-
parations in Turkey are exaggerated. The Otto-
man Government was certainly compelled to take
some precautionary
steps in view of the serious
events which might occur, but no measures of an
extraordinary character have been adopted. The
Porte has no fears that peace will be disturbed.

AMERICA•

QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 26.

The royal mail steamer Aleppo, from New York,
arrived here to-day at 8.50 a.m., with forty passen-
gers and $7,000 in specie. She landed passengers,
&c., and proceeded at 9 a.m. All well.

Victor Hugo, on being asked by M. Alfred Ser ven
if the report were true that he was going to start a news-
paper, replied—" A false report, my dear friend. I have, as
you know, pledged myself never to co-operate with any
French political paper until American, or, at least English,
liberty prevails in France."

Great preparations are being made by Mr. Ash-
bury to enable the Cambria to meet the yachts of New
York next summer. She has been hauled into dock to
have three tons of lead attached to her keel, and her masts
lengthened three feet. Other alteration', to bring out
every quality of sailing she possesses, will he made, and if
she is beaten no Britisher can deny that she fairly repre-
sents the yachts of England.
An attach 6 of the American Legation at Paris
hal to knock the heads together of two French policemen
who insolently refused hint permission to enter the French
Chambers, about to be opened, to witness the ceremony,
last Monday. On his card being produced, however, the
officers of the law changed their tone, and the misua-
derstandin
ance of French.
g, perhaps, grew out of the Attache's ignor-

A I'aris correspondent says :—The sudden death
of the young Countess do
niece of M. Ferdinand
do Lessops, has excited much sympathy in the great
world. The countess went otus as usual to drive in the
Bois, on Tuesday, and a fly bit her nose. Before returning
home, inflammation had set iu. Nelaton was summoned;
ho decided that amputation of the nose was necessary.
The operation took place ; gangrene set in, the poison hav-
ing already spread through the whole system, and within
twelve hours the young countess expired.
London, England, 1869-01-26

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tailed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach."
" Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape-
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have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of
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every town in the kingdom.
CAUTION.

Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not
be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations
which have sprung up in consequence of the success of
' Norton's Camomile Pills.'

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
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bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant,
is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re-
lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma., and inci-
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Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8,
King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all
druggists, in bottles, 141., and three quantities in ono,
2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Larnbert's Asth-
matic Balsam. The name and address aro engraved on the
stamp.
London, England, 1869-01-26

THEATRE-ROYAL OLYMPIC.

This EVENING, at 7, SLASHER & CRASHER: Messrs Atkins,
raughan. G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield.
After which 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.
Limier the Management of Miss M.Oliver.

Tilts EvENINa, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss
M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Dewar,
&c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND.

PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE.
Under thp Manag.m,,nt of 11 is., Marin 'Wilton

TUTS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, 11. J. Montagne,
Addison, Clover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Mies
C. Addison, and Miss Mario Wilton. After which, A WINNING
HAZARD. And INTRIGUE.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, notnonN.
Tins EVENING, The Great Carr® Troupe and magnificent Sind
of Hor,ies aiso Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, and THE
MARVELS OF ELECTRICITY.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8
We:lnesdays awl :a.turtlays, at :1 anti S all the year ru und.

ROYAL AL ti A 318 R A PALACE. THU EE BALLET 4,
Fromenado Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. ls. Box-office
open from 11 to 4.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS' ' Ilec,crt's-pmk, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission,
Is.; on Mcndays, 6d.; Children
under twelve, ed.
London, England, 1869-01-26

THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN."
S. II )12_11ES begs to inform his friends and the public
?mu-ally that he surplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE
S " as soon as published.—No. 10, Hampstead-road N.W.

lIHE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at
J. SMITHS, IA Bow-street, Covent-garden.

THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at
W. SMITH'S " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden

THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-L ANE.
ole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, at 7. MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the
Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, lIAYMARKET.

THIS EVENING, INTRIGUE. Messrs. Howe, Kendal, and
'Miss F. Wright. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chip-
pendale, &c. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, ctn. Concluding
with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal,
Buckstone, jun., Weathsrsby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke,
Gwynn, ts, Commence at 7.
London, England, 1869-01-26

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repeated the
Liam Rea, now
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is robbing the
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ho, aged 30
Mr. Benson
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lisorderly and
nights ago,

in the house
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PROPERTY.--
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ng a quantity
,heeting.

the Windsor
last evening,
the two pri-
2duced him t 0
of the women
r of the party
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station. At
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qa there was a
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London, England, 1869-01-26

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr._F.)3, Chatt.rton.

Special Morning PerformanCes 'of the Grand Pantomime on
every Wednesuay and Saturday during the Christmas Holida3 s
THIS KVENING, will b. performed MY WIFE'S OUT.
To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime. entitled
GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN PUSS IN BOOTS,
IND THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery
by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire
strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe
of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of
any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at
half-past 5. commence at 7. Box-office open from In till 5 daily.

rHEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET.
Sole Lessee. Afr. l3uckstone.

THIS EVENING, INTRIGUE
Clark, and Miss Fanny Wright.
After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chrnpendale, Comp-
ton. A stley, ke,; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, Hill, kc.

Meser3. Howe, Kenlel,

Coneluding With THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR. essrs. Comp-
ton. Kendal, Weaihershy, Buckstone, jun., fie. ; Mesdames
Wright. Burke, Gwynn, fie.

Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPIII.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
IYreetress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon.

THIS EVENING, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
TO CA MBE ft WELL. Mr. G. delmore, Mrs. L. Murray.
Kt it quarter to S. MONTE CRISTO. Mr. Fechter, Mr. Benja-
min Webster, Mr. G Belmore, Mr. Arthur Stirling, Mr. Ashley,
Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C H. Stephenson, Mr. C. J.
smith, Mr. 'Romer. Mr. W. H. Ehurne, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss
Carlotta Leelereq,M.rs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Nelly Harris.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.

List 12 Nights.

THIS EVENING, THE SEC'RET.
After which (at 8 o'clock) Dion Boucicault's new drama. in
f-ur acts, entitled AFTER DARK. a Tale of London Life.
Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray. C. Harcourt,
J. 13. Shore; Miss Emma Barnet. end Miss Rose Leclercq.
Entirely new Scenery by Ur. F. Lloyds an 4 ass stunts.
To conclude with 11 ASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY.
%ors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open
daliy from 10 till 5.
CW" On "Monday. Feb. 8, a new Drama. entitled MARIE
ANTOINETTE, in which Mdlle. Beatrice will appear.
London, England, 1869-01-26

f\LIE 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, 1869-01-26

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
Ifospitalfis now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-26

THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC.

Tars EVENING, at 7, SL A SHER & CRASHER : Messrs Atkins,
Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield.
After which at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT Messrs. H
Neville, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H.
Wigan; Mesdaroaa Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield

ROYALTY ThIEATRE.
Under the Management of Miss M.

Tara EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss
M. Oliver. To be followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar,
&c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND•

PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL TIIPIATRE.
Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton

TWTS EvzNING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague,
Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss
O. Addison, and MiFA dare Wilton. After which, A WINNING
HAZARD. And INTRIUUE.
London, England, 1869-01-26

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.

India Office, Ist December, 1869.
NOTICE is Hereby Given, that an examination
of Candidates for 20 appointments as Assistant-Surgeons
in her Majesty's Indian Medical Service will be held at
Chelsea Hospital on the Bth February, 1869.
Copies of the regulations for the examination of Candi-
dates, together with information regarding the pay and
retiring allowances of Indian Medical Officers, may be ob-
tained on applicati n at the Military Department, India
Office, Westminster, S.W.

T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military Secretary.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.

Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th
June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Pt oprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES
WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in
the Chair.
The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last
annual general meeting a report was made to them for the
quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
£208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences
with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this
bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d.

SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30= JUYE, 1868.
DR. it,NO6uCNE OP TUB YEAR.
Balance of accourt tn
June, 1867, £981,514 13 9
Less amount distributed
as bonus

Premiums on new assur-

208 774 0 0
:____.- £772,740 13 9

ances
Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3

X 380,811 8 3
Interest from invest-

mints 117,584 7 3

£498,395 15 11
Profit and loss, balance
of account 46,070 13 3
Total income - 544,466 9 2

£1,317,207 2 11

. .
CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR'
Dividend to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives
assured
Additions to those under
£265;
' ' '
participating policies 22,816 4 7
Policies surrendered,,,,,, 28,642 11 3
Re-assurances, new
Ditto, old 50,365 0 8

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.
London, England, 1869-01-26

FRANCE.

PARIS, Jan. 26.

A report of Marshal Niel, dated the 23d inst.,
has been addressed to the Emperor, proposing that
measures should be taken for granting facilities to
re-enlisted non-commissioned officers to pass from
the military into the civil service of the State.

The report concludes by saying that such mea-
sures would give to the lower military grades a
greater attraction, and serve as a stimulant which
could not fail to produce an excellent effect through-
out the army, and realise within a short time the
benevolent intentions of the Emperor.

The above report has been approved by the Em-

peror.
BOURSE, Jan. 25.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows
44 per Ceut.
End of month... Ital'an Loan
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 371 Mexican Loan ... 24 50
Credit Mobilier '273 75 Do. Bonds
End of month... 275 Spanish Threes 33 50
Credit Foncier ...1555 Home Debt —
Ead of month... Deferred
Cash_
Orleans ......
Northern .............................
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern...• • 590
Western
Eastern ............
Sardinian
Austrian ............... .............
Lombard
North of Spain 6l
Saragossa
Roman

RAILWATII.
London, England, 1869-01-26

NOTHING;, IMPOSSIBLE.

L..
A GUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing tLis wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public
in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, Be. each ; also 58., 78. Gd., and 15s. each,
including brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C. •
London, England, 1869-01-26

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical men to bo the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
rot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 268.6 d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

•
NEW PATENT
ULASTIC STOCKINGS,
J KNEE-CAPS, ecc., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They
are porous, light in texture and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary sacking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d.,
108., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

GAME LICENCES.
,r HE COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND
REVENUE hereby give Notice that LISTS, containing the
Names of all Persons who have taken out LICENCES to KILL
and DEAL in GAME in the current Year, to 30th September last
inclusive, have been printed for each Excise Collection.
A Copy of the List, applicable to any District, maybe obtained
GRATIS bn application at the Offices of the respective Collectors
or Supervisors of Inland Revenue, Distributors or Sub-Distribu-
tors of Stamps, by whom Licences are issued.
The Commissioners further give Notice that instructions have
been issued to their Officers to take the necessary steps t o prefer
informations for penalties against all persons found in pursuit of
or dealing in Game without license.
WM. CORBETT, Secretary.
Inland Revenne, Somerset House,
London, October 23, 1868.
London, England, 1869-01-26

SPAIN.

MADRID, Jan. 26.

Further details of the assassination of the Gover-
nor of Bugos has been received. Tbe crime aroused
profound iudignation. The Volunteers of Liberty
immediately ranged themselves on the side of the
Government, and the civic authorities had resigned
their powers to the military. An investigation had
commenced, and several arrests had been made.

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, Jan. 25.

The King has assigned to the Treasury 8 per
cent. of the annual income of the Royal Family, in
consequence of the financial difficulties of the
London, England, 1869-01-26

A M ONG a VARIETY of USEFUL
INFORMA TION,

IT CONTAINS the FOLLOWING :
ALMANACK.
TRANSFRII DAYS OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
STAMP DUTIES.
FORFIGN MONEYS.
MINISTEF:S OF STATE.
CORN/RATION OF LONDON.
POSTAL INFORMATION.
LIST OF BANKERS.
ARMY AND NAVY AGENTS.

CAB FARES.
READY RECKONER.
A DIARY. arranged on the rongf approved plan,
And neatly Printed on good Writing Paper.

IT MAY BE HAD, GRATIS AND POST
FREE,
London, England, 1869-01-26

iMBER.

Shrewsbury 15, &c.
Leamington Hunt 23, &c.

CHAMPION PAIR-OARED RACE ON THE TYNE FOR
.£lOO.—Yesterday afternoon a pair-oared boat race came
off on the Tyne for a stake of £lOO, between James Ren-
forth (champion rculler of England) and James Taylor on
the one part, and Matthew Scott and Andrew Thompson
vn the other. Renforth and Taylor took the lead, and at
the mile led by five lengths, Thompson and Scott after a
poor race being beaten by 80 yards.
FIGHT BETWEEN TO3I ALLEN AND BILL DAVIS.
NEW YoRK, Jan. 13.--loua Allen, the English pugilist,
yesterday in a fight for the middle-weight championship
beat his opponent, Bill Davis, of Ireland, punishing him
badly, in 43 rounds.

MALTA.—VALETTA, JAN. 25.—The troopship
Serapis, from Alexandria, arrived here last night after a
rough passage, and left again this afternoon for Ports-
mouth, where she may be expected on the 3d February.
She has on board the 101st Regiment, and drafts number-
ing 884 rank and file, and six naval officers. Her Ma-
jesty's ship Enterprise has left for Gibraltar.—Reuter's
Telegram.

Galignani says that Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who
recently arrived in Paris with her husband, has been se-
riously ill. Her medical attendant, Dr. Christopher Smith,
however, gives hopes of her speedy amendment.
Mr. Jefferson Davis, accompanied by Mr. Slidell
and two well-known officers of the Confederate army, went
on Tuesday to visit the military school of St. Cyr. He was
received in state by the authorities, and the pupils man-
ceuvred before him.
London, England, 1869-01-26

THE GOVERNMENT REDUCTIONS.

After being baffled by the strong appearance pre-
sented
by the present Cabinet, thwarted in the hope !
that the new Government was already " split " into
factions, and confounded over the decided action
expected to be taken on the Irish Church question,
the Conservatives have now commenced to vilify the
new Administration for the extensive reductions
already foreshadowed in the army and navy esti-
mates. The cry repeatedly raised by the Liberals
while in Opposition, that the expenditure of the
country had increased, was increasing, and ought to
be diminished, had no effect on Conservative
financiers ; and now that the Liberal party
are endeavouring to justify the hopes held
out before they entered office, their oppo-
nents have determined to attack them on that
point. We have already alluded to the remarks
made by Mr. Stewart Hardy at Rye a few days
since ; we have now to supplement his statement with
one recently uttered by Lord John Thynne, at the
inaugural dinner of the " Salisbury Constitutional
Union and Working Men's Association." The noble
lord—who was described by one of the speakers at
the gathering as being " one of the best specimens
of the House of Commons "—thus spoke of the
reductions at the several dockyards which are now
considered useless :—" At this very moment, at
Christmas time, when, as they all knew, work was
slack, those friends of the working men (the
Liberals) had selected this bitter cold weather,
when living was dear and food and fuel were
required, to discharge thousands and thousands
of men, under a mistaken economy, from
the Government dockyards. (Cries of ' Shame.')
Had they considered the interest of the masses of
people they employed, they would have waited until
the summer, when men could get work, before they
made those reductions." The noble lord spoke a
little too fast. The Government do not intend to
discharge thousands and thousands of men "in this
bitter cold weather." On the contrary, one of the
yards—that of Deptford—will not be closed until the
Ist of April next, and the other—Woolwich—is to
remain open for nine months longer ; thus ample ~
notice is given to all the men before
they are discharged. The concluding sentence
of the noble lord's speech, wherein he again alludes
to the subject o economy, is worthy of perusal.
" The last time," he said, " Mr. Gladstone was in
office he did a great piece of economy. He went to
Corfu, one of the possessions of England—one of the
great resources of the maintenance of our shipping
interest. Now they talked of giving up Gibraltar,
and next of giving up India, on the same principle.
After that they would be giving up New Zealand,
where we had friends among the natives ; and then
we should be giving up Ireland, where we had no
friends amongst the Fenians." Is it to be wondered
at that even Conservative working men greeted
such balderdash as this with dissent, and that
"great confusion " followed the noble lorry
remarks ?
London, England, 1869-01-26

LORD ELCUO ON THE VOLUNTEERS.

Lord Elcho has written to the Times representing
the grievances of the volunteers with respect to the
Government grant. The Secretary of State for War
has said that the Government wish the volunteer
force to be maintained, and that it is not right that
volunteers should be called upon to pay their
money for necessary expenses as well
as to
give their time and service. The question is,
therefore, whether or no the present capitation grant
is sufficient to cover expenses. The volunteers have
decided through their delegates that it is not, and
yet this Government, like the last, refuses to enlarge
the grant. Lord Elcho informs us that there is to be
a meeting of volunteer commanders in London soon
after the meeting of Parliament, and as there are ninety
volunteers in the Commons, besides many. in the
Lords, he hopes they will succeed in obtaining a
hearing from the Government.
London, England, 1869-01-26

ATTEMPTED MURDER.

An inexplicable case of attempted murder has just been
investigated by the county magistratets at Southampton.
They committed the accuscd, a man named Morris, for trial,
but prison will Le nothing strange to him, for it tranphed
that he has been 20 times tried by court-martial, and LO
times in prison, and at last was discharged from the Royal
Artillery, "unworthy of being a soldier" being the endorse-
ment on his discharge. Being abroad when discharged, ho was
sent home, and arrived at Southamton on Saturday last.
Here a staff sergeant received him, but ho became so pas-
sionate on finding that his papers were not at 01103 forth-
coming—they were sent by post by the same steamer=
that the sergeant handed him over to a sergeant-major of
the Army Hospital Corps stationed at Netley, who, on ac-
count of his running away and declaring that he would not
stop there, placed him in a ward usually allotted to
convalescent lunatics and directed two men to see that he
did not run away. He became very much annoyed at hav-
ing to give up his bundle, and repeatedly complained to the
attendants that he was not at once discharged. During
Sunday night whilst one of them, named Coppins, was
sitting in a chair, it is supposed asleep, the prisoner, with a
rasor, which he must have secreted, cut his throat and shut
him out of the ward. The second attendant hearing the
noise got up and tried to pacify him, but he threatened
to serve him the same, and then he quietly conversed with
him for a time until assistance arrived. The prisoner, was
then secured. His papers arrived by the following post, and
he would in duo course have been discharged that morning.
His only defence was that the men had told him that he
was to meet with his death there, but-this was denied- The
wounded man is likely to die. Morris's papers make no men-
tion of his showing traces of insanity.