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The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-07

1111HW EDI I' .

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocit.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

-4.-
LIVERPOOL RACES.--Tins D Al.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
HANDICAP PLATE.

A Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap), for throe year olds and up-
wards ; winners this day 101 b extra. T.Y.C.
Sylph
Panacea
Queen of Trumps 8

Six ran.
VETERAN STAKES.

Genievre
SELLING STAKES.

The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for two
year olds and upwards; two year olds 7st 71b, three 9st
101 b, four 10st 121 b, five and upwards list 31b; the win-
ner to be sold for 120 Boys ; if entered for 100 sovs al-
lowed 51b, 80 81b, 50 121 b, 30 201 b; fillies and geldings
allowed 41b; maidensihaving started allowed if two year
olds 31b, three 71b, four and upwards 121 b; winners in
any year 61b extra ; five furlongs.

Musa
La Muette
Ida a
GOLD CUP.

Tally •ho
Tiger
Forlorn Hope 3

Six ran.
LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.

Tha Liverpool Spring Cup of 200 sovs, added to a Handi-
cap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft ; winners of any handicap
after Feb. 6, at eleven a.m., 101 b extra. One mile and a
half. 28 subs.
Foresight 1
Wandering Minstrel 2
Fortunatus 3
Skirmish was scratched.
STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP.

A Steeplechase Plate (Handicap) of 100 goys; winners of
any hurdle or steeplechase handicap after Feb. 26, at 11
a.m., 101 b extra ; about three miles.
Despatch 1
Benazet
Lightheart,

Seven ran.
Doctor was scratched at two this day.
MILITARY HUNTERS.

Newcastle
Others refused. Three ran.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
12 to 1 agst Wild Agnes (taken freely)
DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Hermit (taken freely)

NOTICE.—CHANGE OP ADDRESS.—Joni:STnt, late of
Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his best thanks for the
patronage he has received during the past year, and begs
to inform his friends that he has removed to 25, Wel-
lington-street, Strand, London, where commissions will be
executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual.

T. and G. LEE, of tho Wheatsheaf, Worship-street,
Shoreditch; at Three King-court, Lombard-street; and
at One Swan-yard, Bishopsgate-atreet.

W. 110EKINS tend JOHN AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's
Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all
races throughout the year. Address-33, OXENDEN.
TREET, HAYMILEBET.

Mr. GRORGE WEBB, Commission Agent, 125, Queen's-
crescent, Haverstock-hill. Commissions executed from
10s. upwards. Post-office Orders to be made payable at
the Haverstock-hill Branch. Price Lists sent on receipt of
a stamped envelope. Mr. W. has Lists posted daily at the
Arches, noar Farringdon-street, and in George-yard ; also
through his Agents, Mr. F. Butler, near Meax's Brewery ;
and at Mr. Roberts', Tobacconist, 19, Seymour-street,
Euston-square. Evenings after 7 at Mr. O. Durham's,
Freemasons' Arms, Long-acre, near Drury-lane ; and at
Mr. Roberts' as above.

NOTES

ruom
TRAINING QUARTERS.

(THIS DAY.)

NEWMARKET.

As the weather was so wintry this morning very few
horses were out, and those that appeared patronised the
roads or the straw beds. The Rake, D'Estournel, Knight
of the Garter, the Hermit, Julius, Dragon, Hippie, and
Opoponax were all trotting and cantering. Nothing
galloped.
London, England, 1867-03-07

TA PANE SE.—FLORAL HALL, Covent-
, garden.—The JAPANESE TROUPE will have the
honour to give their Gymnastic and other Performances
EVERY EVENING (including SATURDAY) at Eight;
and WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY MORNINGS at
Three. Stalls, ss. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Admission, ls.
Ticketito be obtained at the Box-office from 10 till 5; also
at Mr. Mitchell's, Old Bond-street ; Austin's,' St. James's
Hall; and Keith, Prowse, and Co., CheaPside. N.B.—lt is
respectfully intimated that the Free List is suspended.
London, England, 1867-03-07

COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES,
and BUSINESSES.
FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application.
Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the
month at .their
AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES,
5, Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the
Charing Cross Railway Station.
London, England, 1867-03-07

SURREY AND SUSSEX JUNCTION
RAILWAY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Ordinary
Half-yearly Meeting of this Company will be held at the
Offices of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail-
way Company, Loudon Bridge, on THURSDAY, 21st
of March, 1867, at One o'clock precisely, for the general
,mrposes of the undertaking. The Transfer Books will be
closed on the 14th instant, and remain so closed until after
the meeting.
LEO SCHUSTER, Chairman.
FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary.
London Bridge, March 5, 1867.
London, England, 1867-03-07

VXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION,
IL.j who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have the
SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose
address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a
perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi-
ness, and has good connections. On application to " The
Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will
obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons
who may have other business in Paris, or who' may go
there for pleasure only.

PRINTING.—TO PROPRIETORS OF
NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print-
ing and Machining of Newspapers, Ste., done ou exceed-
ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing
Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of
particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply.
Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3,.Church-
row, Savoy, Strand, W.O
London, England, 1867-03-07

ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO,
Windmill-btreet. Piccadilly.
These elegant and popular Rooms. lmina been entirely re-
decorated. are now OPE,' EVERY EVEN'S.; for Concert
and Dancing. Conluctor, Signor LUGI Cum. Manager.
GRENET.

Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.
Reserved Seats, Two Sh•llings.
London, England, 1867-03-07

MIDDLEIIADL

Lord of the Dales and Policy are in preparation for the
Metropolitan, and The Miner is going in his old form,
having the Northamptonshire in view. Frost gallops e.
mile and a quarter fast. Harrogate is going clipping, and
so is Weather Star; both should be remembered fur the
Chester Cup. Holstein, Mendicant, and Bracken, also
engaged in the Roodee race, are in stronger work. The
Priest and Tynedale look fresh and well, but have no
chance for the big three year old events of the early part
of the season. Arkenside is doing good work for Croxton
Park. Windham, Audax, and East Lynn are in long,
steady exercise.
London, England, 1867-03-07

HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.—The
AZ TRCS will leave for Italy on Monday next. No
Complimentary Ti .kets will be received after Friday. En-
tram. daily from One ti 1 Three. ss. ; from Three till Five.
2s. ed. histories, Is. ; photogra hs, qt.
London, England, 1867-03-07

VOCAL MUSIC.—G-ratis and post free, THE-
MA. FIG CA ALOfiUM 01 recentt, publ shed VOCAL
MUS.C. To secure accur,ey please order ":,elect Adden-
dum" and " Thematic Catalogue of Vocal Music." Address
noberc,..ocks and Co

HAMILTON'S MODERN INSTRUCTIONS
for the PIANO 1, ORTE. 571st Edition, 4 . ; free for
2s -tamps.
"it is unapprosehed by anything of the find that h:is
!lithe' to benn.pr/duced.' Oriental Circular. Mulch 25

London:" ijObert Cocks and Co., New Burlitv:ton-street
and of all mustesellers and books. hers

Now published at 3d., per post 4d.,
RAINLESSTOOTH EXTRACTION ; or,
Antesthesia Locally Applied. By A. _ESKELL,
surgeon-Dentist, Author of "Dental Surgery," • pare
Dentislry," stc.
Shnp,in, Marshall, and Co.; all booksellers; or of the
author, at his resideuce, 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street.
London, England, 1867-03-07

FINDON.

William Goater has been driven, by a renewal of wintry
weather, to the covered side with his team, where Thalia,
Rama, and the rest of the early engaged ones, are trotting
and cantering freely.

At Stockbridge, Mallon, Ilsley, Lambourne, Middleham,
Lewes, and other districts, training has been stopped, the
fall of snow keeping the horses in-doors.
London, England, 1867-03-07

H YAM & Co.'s ATTIRE.

HYAM & Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST.

FIYAM & Co.'s WINTER OVERCOATS.

H YAM & Co.'s SILK-FACED OVERCOATS,

YAM & Co.'s REEFER

HYAM & Co.'s SUITS.

HYAM & Co.'s MORNING COATS.

11YAM & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE

HYAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS.

H YAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS.

HYAM & Co.'s LIVERIES.

JJYAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY.

EIYAM and Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN
66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Overcoats
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Reefer 2ss. to 555.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Suits
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Jackets ... 21s. to 425.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats 3os. to 70s.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Vests 6s. to 14s.
Hymn & Co.'s Winter Trousers l4s. to 255.

H YAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING,
66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.
The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile
Clothing.
Boys' Sandringham Overcoats
Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer
Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys
Boys' Knickerbocker Suits
Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355.
Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits 255. to 425.
Boys' Jackets for Sehool and Homo 9e. to 21s.

IJYAMfind Co.s SELECT DEPARTMENTS:
L 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for Immediate Wear.
2. Bespoke or Order Department.
8. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department.
4. Hats, Craps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department.

HYAM and Co's ONLY ESTABLISHMENTS.
LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET.
BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, NEW-STREET.
LEEDS - 42, BRIGGATE, and
DEWSBURY—WESTGATE.

NOUCE O 1 REMOVAL.

T DEFRIES and SONS'
ei• NEW CITY SHOW 1tt:0313 cou.ain an entirely new
an •1 extensive Stock of TABLE GLASS, China, and Chan-
deliers.-147, Houndeditch.
London, England, 1867-03-07

STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH BREMEN.

It is most gratifying to us as journalists to an-
nounce that through the enterprise of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company another immensely
important project, looking to the advancement and
prosperity of Baltimore, has just been successfully
terminated, which will secure the establishment of
another line of steamships from this port to Europe,
plying between Baltimore and Bremen. This pro-
ject has been the subject of negotiation between
the company and the North German Lloyd Steam-
ship Company for several months past, but owing
to the European difficulties was not successfully
concluded until a few days since, the gratifying in-
telligence being first announced yesterday by John
W. Garrett, Esq., President, to the directors of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at their regular
monthly meeting. It is agreed to run two large
iron steamships of not less than 2,500 tons burthen,
for a period of not less than five years. The vessels
have already been contracted for at a cost of i
i £700,000 ; and are now in actual course of con- 1
struction on the Clyde, in England to be completed
in time to begin their voyages in February next, I
one year hence. Fur the purpose of providing
suitable berths for them in our harbour, and facili-
ties
for receiving and discharging freights, the rail-
road company have agreed to erect immense covered
piers, similar to those now in use in New York,
which will not only add immensely to the commer-
cial prosperity of Locust Point, where they are to be
erected, but will also afford ample accommodations
for other steamships now in use. The affairs of the
company in Baltimore will be confided to the able
management of the firm of A. Schumacher and Co.
We cannot express in too" strong terms our hearty
congratulations upon the success of this all-impor-
tant enterprise, the 'vast advantages of which are
almost beyond calculation to our city ; and amid
the present political fever, which seems to possess
the public mind to the almost entire exclusion of all
else, it is exceedingly gratifying to note that we
have among us men of sufficient enterprise and pub-
lic spirited energy to still have thoroughly and en-
tirely at heart the welfare of our city. The project
is one which must prove eminently successful, and
we repeat our congratulations to the commercial
community upon its successful termination. —Balti-
more TV eekly Commercial.
London, England, 1867-03-07

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, HIS LAST LEGS. Mr. C. Verner,
Mr. C. IL Fenton ; Mrs. Buckingham White and Miss Went-
worth.
Followed by. at half-past 8 o'clock, a new and original
Drama, by T. W. Rob rtson, entitled SHADOW TREE
8 HAI,' V. Character. by Messrs. Vining. J. G. Shore, C. Ver-
ner, F. Villiers, H. Forrester, H. Mellon, and Cathcart ;
Misses Montagu, Minnie Edmonds, and Katherine Rodgers.
London, England, 1867-03-07

navy, attended by his secretary, yesterday inspected
the manufacturing department of the Royal Arsenal
at Woolwich, under a special order from the Secre-
tary of State for War to the heads of departments,
to afford thegallant Admiral every facility to inves-
tigate our newly-adopted method of warfare in its
entirety.
The following appointments were made on Tuesday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. K. Wilson, additional,
to the Rodney, for instruction of Japanese; C. W.
M'Conachy, master, to the Fisgard, for service in
the Nymphe; R. J. C. Grant, master, to the Rod-
ney, for iustruction of Japanese; and IL Cranford,
midshipman, to the Virago, as supernumerary.

Spirit of the American Press.
-
A PROPOSITION TO GRANT.

We really wish that General Grant would issue a
daily bulletin of his opinions. As things now are
his authority is claimed in favour of every political
scheme that any member of Congress, any editor,
or anybody takes it in his head to propose. A
short time ago be issued a sort of proclamation pro-
hibiting any one whatever from attributing any
opinions to him, and declaring the utter impossibi-
lity of any one but himself telling what his opinions
were on any current subject. But this only fur-
nished a new stimulus to the enemy. Since then
General Grant has told every member of Congress,
all the Senators, each Cabinet officer, as well as the
President, that he entirely coincided with the opi-
nions of each, and considered them all gentlemen
and scholars. As late as Thursday last the bill for
the establishment of military despotism acquired
great strength in the house by the declaration of
Mr. Farnsworth that Grant favoured it, and the
member who announced the news was regarded
for the time being as an oracle to be respected.
Owing to the importance of the matter, Grant
took the earliest opportunity to inform a prominent
member of the house that he had been misrepre-
sented—that he did not favour the erection of a
despotism, with himself as chief despot—and that
he was really surprised that such a notion should be
attributed to him. It is now announced, however,
that he has just given out that he is in favour of
another scheme, all but quite as bad, and it is pos-
sible it may be enacted into law on the strength of
this announcement. We see no way for the poor
man but to issue a daily bulletin of his views on all
topics of current interest—political, fashionable,
moral, and African, with an occasional remark as
to the proper price of rents and rations. He should
sign his full name to each opinion, after the style of
the writers in the French journals, and then he
should be held responsible for the authenticity,
consistency, legality, and logic of each. He would
find that the scheme would save him a world of
vexation and annoyance ; and if he should consider
it too expensive and bothersome we will save him
expense by giving him half of the Times for his
daily use, and we will save him bother by sending
to Washington a reportorial Boswell to take down
his waking ideas and nightly dreams as fast as they
are generated in his brain.--New York Times.
London, England, 1867-03-07

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

(By Telegraph.)
G RATE 112 ND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, March 7.—Esk, steamer, from Guernsey; Bose
Eliza, steamer, from Dieppe.
Sailed —Cologne, steamer, for Boulogne; Maria Pia,
steamer, for Lisbon.

DZAL, Thursday Morning.

Passed, March 6. —Balaklava, for Algoa Bay ; Vestafor
Otaga ; Sam Slick, for westward; Burton Slather, for
Port Natal ; Armida, for Dunkirk—all from London.

Anchored.—Queen of the South, from Hull, for Liver-
pool, not as reported.

Sailed in tow.—Lanarkshiro and Emulous, for London.

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed half-past
twelve o'clock on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace, to re-
ceive the address of congritulation of the Corporation of
the City of London, on the safe delivery of her Royal.
Highness the Princess of Wales, and the birth of a Prin-
cess. The Lord Mayor, with the Recorder, the Sheriffs of
London, and deputations from the Courts of Aldermen
and Common Council, including Mr. Stapleton, the chair-
man of the City Lands Committee, and Alderman and
Sheriff Waterlow, the mover and seconder of the address
in the Court of Common Council, will first assemble at
Guildhall, and proceed thence to Buckingham Palace in
carriages.

EVANSIS.—Duriug the early portion of the
century the place was held in high repute as a
dinner and coffee-room. It acquired the name of the
"Star" from the number of men. of rank by whom it wag
frequented. It has been said that previous to the forma—.
tion of clubs it was no unusual circumstance for nine
dukes to cline there in a day. The present hall,
to which the cafe department forms a species of
vestibule, was built on a plot of ground at the
rear of the Covent Garden Hotel. It was erected
at a time when the improved quality of the
performances attracted more visitors than could
well be accommodated in the music room. The
garden, which during the last stage of its existence de-
generated into a receptacle for stunted and sooty shrubs,
was famed for having been the property of the well-known
Sir Kenelm Digby (1662). At a later period it contained
a cottage in which the Kembles occasionally resided when
in the full tide of their popularity :t the neighbouring
theatre. According to tradition it was iu this cottage that
their talented daughter, Miss Fanny Kemblo, was born.—
Once a Week.
London, England, 1867-03-07

RICHMOND.

The frost is so severe, and the snow falling sc.! 'heavily,
that training operations are suspended for a time. Plaudit,
h3wever, continues quite well ; rs also do the Oaks mares
arid Newland.

FINDON.

William Goater has been driven, bye renewal of n•i atry
weather, to the covered fide with his team, where T.fiaii,t,
anal the rest of the early engaged ones,' are 'Vetting
and cantering freely.

At Stockbridge, Mahon, Ilsley, Lambourne,
Lewes, and other districtS, training has been stopped, the
fall of snow keeping the horses in-doors.

(The following appeared in our third edition. of yes-
terday evening.)

RICHMOND.

We have a strong frost hero, which has necessitated
the easing of the various animals for the last day or two.
This morning, however, Plaudit resumed good work, gal-
loping a mile and three-quarters steadily. As soon as the
ground gets into order he will be sweated, as he is still
very lusty, and the Two Thousand is drawing near.
Newland is forward in condition, and to-day went nearly
two miles at ball speed. Strathconan, Empress of India,
Violet, Rose, Begum, Moldavia, Geant des &tallies,
Louisa, Proctor, and Orange Blossom severally did a mile
and a quarter; but Hawkswell, Sunderland, Chelsea, and
Polecat were only trotting. Molinara galloped a mile
mad a half slowly;_,- and Burablekita about the same
length.
London, England, 1867-03-07

WE ST ON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
HOLBORN.

Sole Proprietors, SWEASBY and HOLLAIVD.

Enthusiastic reception of the Grand Selection from
Donizetti's favourite Opera of " LUCIA DI LAMMER-
MOOR," Principal vocalists —Edgard°, Mr. H. De Brenner ;
Arturo, Mr. Rowland Lascelles ; Henrico, Mr. P. Corti ;
Lucia, Miss Annie Tremaine.
Irish Minstrels, every evening at Nine o'clock, with songs,
dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat
Cord. Arthur Lloyd's Burlesque Drama, entitled " Mug-
get's Brook : or, the Wicked Squire ;" Jolly Nash, Louie
Sherrington, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry
and Kattie King ; Le Petit Blondin, from the Crystal
Palace, engaged for a limited number of nights previous to
ills departure for the Paris Exhibition. Band of 30 first-
class performers, and largo Chorus chosen from her Ma-
jesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Direc-
tor, Mr. P. Conn'.

Prices of admission—Stalls and Balcony, Is.; Area., 6d. ;
Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can b 3 secured at the Box Office,
between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every
Evening at 7 o'clock.
London, England, 1867-03-07

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HER MAJESTY, &c.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 6.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian,
drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four,
attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe.

Prince Leopold also drove out.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, March 6.

Her Majesty the Queen left Windsor Castle at
half-past 3 o'clock this afternoon for London, ac-
companied by their Royal Highnesses Princess
Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, Princess
Beatrice, and Prince Henry of Prussia, and attended
by the Duchess of Roxburghe, Lady Susan Melville,
Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Flora Mac-
donald, the Hon. Florence Seymour, Lieut.-General
Hon. C. Grey, Major-General Hon. A. N. Hood,
Colonel Hon. A. Hardinge, Mr. Legg, Capt. von
Schroetter, and Mr. Sahl.
The Royal party left Windsor by a special train
of the Great Western Railway.
Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness Princess Louise, and escorted by a detachment
of the 14th Hussars, drove from Paddington to
Marlborough House, and visited the Prince and
Princess of Wales.

Her Majesty and Princess Louise afterwards drove
to Buckingham Palace, attended by the Duchess of
Roxburghe, Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood,
and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge.
The lion. Caroline Cavendish has succeeded
the Hon. Flora Macdonald as Maid of Honour in
Waiting.

Tho Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
visited the Prince and Princess of Wales yesterday
afternoon.

Mr. Dickenson, of New Bond-street, had the
honour to submit yesterday to his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales the enamel of the Queen which
has been just completed by Mr. Tilt.

The Earl of Zetland arrived at his residence in
Arlington-street, Piccadilly, on Tuesday, from his seat in
Yorkshire.
The Countess Percy will have assemblies at
Northumberland House on Tuesday, the 12th and 19th
instant.
The Countess of Malmesbury continues in the
same precarious state at Heron Court, near Christchurch,
Hants.
The Countess Cowper had, a small and early
party last evening at her residence in St. James's-square.
Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Right
Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., entertained a select party
last evening at dinner at their residence in Carlton-gardens-
London, England, 1867-03-07

BRITISH ORPII AN ASYLUM, Mackenzie
Park, Slough, Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise. In-
stituted 1.627.
PATRON—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
AID tl this Institution will be gladly received by the
Secretary, at the Offices. No. 73, Cheapside, E.C.
HENRY SYKES THORNToN, Treasurer.
THO3IAS TILSON, J.P., Chairman of the Board.
sTkri-t EN REED CATTLEY, ILA., Hon. Sec.
ALFRED MACKENZ IE, Secretary.
London, England, 1867-03-07

NOTES

FitONl

TRAINING QUARTERS.

(THIS DAY.)

NEWMARKET.
As the weather was so wintry this morning vel:7 iew
horses were out, and those that appeared patronitied the
roads or the straw beds. The Rake, D'Estournel, Knight
of the Garter, the Hermit, Julius, Dragon, --HiC)Pia, and
OpoPonax were all trotting and cantering. Nothing
galloped.
London, England, 1867-03-07

TAMES DALY aryl CO., Distillers, John-street,
99 Cork, bez to announce that they Ere able to supply the
trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and
to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their ,fnies, 7.
Printing-hous "'Mare, London, E C the only house in the
square not occupied by tp... Times." D. and Co.'s whiskies
bran._ the hi•lhest prices in the Australian and othe- Colonial
markets, as may be observed by reerence to the "Journal of
Commerce of Victoria," by which' it will be seen that *heir
Whiskies fetch fm. per Irallon and ts. per case over the next
best, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. fid. 4 case over the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large Supply of ve y old
Mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
casks, tinsurpaasableln quality and flavour, supplied on the
Most reasonable terms.
London, England, 1867-03-07

The Murder and Suicide in Bermondsey.

This morning Mr. Carter held an inquest on the
bodies of Eliza Catford, aged 37, and George Cat-
ford, aged four.
Mr. Catford said on Tuesday morning he left his
home to act as a juror on an inquest held by Mr.
Carter in the neighbourhood. lie resided at 23,
Grange-road, Bermondsey, where, with his wife
and children, he occupied the ground floor. llis
wife appeared in her usual health, but expressed
some dissatisfaction at the loss of time resulting from
the inquest. He told her the case could not occupy
the jury long, and that he should be back to dinner.
On his return at a quarter to one o'clock he found
the wretched woman and her son lying on the bed
quite dead, with their throats cut in the most shock-
ing manner. The child's head was nearly severed
from the body, and the wound on the neck of the
woman, although not so formidable in extent, was
deep enough to divide all the respiratory passages.
The deceased woman, it vas said, was subject to
fits of depression and symptoms indicating aberra-
tion of intellect.
The jury returned a verdict of temporary in-
sanity.

MADAME VIARDOT.—It is true that Glack's
music, written originally for Guadagni, a male contralto,
and afterwards altered for M. Legros, oneof the high nasal
French tenors, of which the race is, unhappily, not yet ex-
tinct, had never before Such a perfect exponent as it found
in the sister of Malitran --the accomplished and impas-
sioned Madame Viardot. Art ou the musical stage
cAn go further, and rise uo higher, than in her imperso-
nation. Who that saw her will ever forget her absorbing
sorrow at the tomb of Eurydice, the rapture which burst
into every feature, animated every fibre of her
fatale, and thrilled in every tone of her voice, when she
was permitted to hope that the beloved one might still be
rescued back to life—the pleading grace, bleut with indo-
mitable resolution, with which she cleft her way among
the grim wardens of Death's prison-house, subduing them
by the charm of song—the anxious, eager questioning
step with which she wont to and fro among the spirits of
the Elysian fields—the inexpressible triumph of the
moment of recognition, with its celestial music, when her
hand closed on the well-known hand of the wife so bit-
terly mourned, so courageously sought—the desperate
after-conflict and despair, when hope was all but wrecked
by her discbedience of the condition of ransom ? Taking
every circumstance and difficulty into account, it may be
truly said that there has been no such personation on the
opera stage iu our time—not forgetting nor undervaluing
the Medea, the Semiramis, the Romeo, of Queen Pasta.—
Dickens's " All the I ear• Round."
London, England, 1867-03-07

LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1867

The public will learn with regret the serious
state of affairs in Ireland. There is every reason
to believe that the disturbances will be immediately
repressed, and that the agitation can only be of a
very temporary nature, since the authorities are
fully prepared for any contingency. Still this
London, England, 1867-03-07

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

To-day's market was but moderately supplied with
beasts. The best breeds moved off steadily at Monday's
prices ; otherwise the demand was heavy at barely late
rates. The top figure was 5s 2d per Blbs. The sale
for sheep was very inactive on former terms. The
best Downs and half-brads were sold at 6s to 6s 2d per
81bs. Lambs were firm at from 7s to 85 per Blbs. The
few calves in the market found buyers at full prices, viz.,
from 5s to 6s per 81bs. The inquiry for pigs, although the
supply was small, ruled heavy on former. terms.
Per 81b to sink the offal.

s de d
CrSe do inf. beasts... 3 4 3 6
Second quality do ..3 8 4 4
Prim: large oxen ..4 g 4 10
Prime Scute, &C.. •.5 0 5 2
Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 i 0 4 2
Second quality do ..4 4 5 0
Lamb....os
_ -

s d s
Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 4 5 10
Prime b'thdOWll (10.6 0 6 2
Lange coarse calvcs.s 0 5 2
Prime emial d0......5 6 6 0
Large hogs .3 2 3 6
Smal! porkers 3 8 4 0
Od to 0, OA.
London, England, 1867-03-07

LONDON HOUSES,

154, 155, 156, 157, Minories ; 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89,
Aldgate ; 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street ; 1,2,
3, Hart-street ; 137, 138, Tottenham-court-
road ; 283, Euston-road.
Courrity BRAIW it—Bradford, Yorkshire.

APOPULAR HISTORY of LONDON from
the Invasibn of Julius Creiar to the Present time
Part the Second—From 1066 to 1867.

E. Moses and Son, corner of Minories and Al'l ate ;
New Oxford-street, and Tottenham-court-road, London
And Bradford, Yorkshire.

Gratis and post free on application,

Ft 1 Gil WATER. AT LONDON BP.IDGE.
Tins DAY.—Morning, 211.8 n, 24. 24re.
T3-Monstow.-Morning, 2h. 44m.—Afternoon, 3h.
.om,

Mt
London, England, 1867-03-07

Death of "Artemus Ward."

A few minutes past four o'clock, yesterday
. -
after-
noon, died, at Southampton, the well-know
American humourist, " Artemus Ward," whose
name, reserved for the affection and esteem °f
private intimacy, was Charles Brown. The ex-
treme delicacy of his constitution was evident to a..
his newly-formed English acquaintance,. from th°
first day of his arrival among them ; but latterly.
the audiences who crowded to hear his quaint n':
playful "lecture," at the Egyptian Hall, rails
have felt that the peculiarly original enter;
whose real
tamer was making them laugh in aPitt
of a melancholy certainty that he would 13%
long retain the power of appearing daily on the lit tit
stage, to explain the details of the panorama than
was " rather worse than panoramas generally are.
0
One Saturday morning's performance, at which an ,
extraordinary crowd of notable personages a,g th r---....
as though .by some sad and silent determinationtte.
take farewell of their favourite, proved the la.eg
li
Mr. Brown quitted London that same day7 h°l3ll3a
al
to return, but hoping against hope. e America,
have liked, he said, to get back again to 0
just to tell the folks there how kind all yoti hari..
been to me," meaning the many hundreds of " .13 0
fishers" who saw in him a pleasant, graceful type
vu.'
of American fun, as free from a speck
ill 0,
Lre•
garity as it was from a shadow of -
a CO.: nattie
,
Some of Mr. Brown's best productions as
brio
essayist have been penned during that visit
and closing passage of his life, the ero
t
to the t°
" old country." The series of
PP-
he wrote for Punch gave a fresh star
_od,
his fame, showing as they did a keen, though ge ti
i
humoured power of observation, able to deal %v
_ontri-
il'
new themes better than with old. His last - little
bution to literature was a clever and tirae;iy_ 00
article, about " Converting the Nigge,'
se.,,
New Year's volume of " Savage Club FaPeri3rota
Those who had the fortune to meet Air. .01
knew bin) ',rill
very soon knew him ; and those who
~ 0 in
mourn the loss of a gentle-barted compar__,,,,,
whose shrewd, sensible say It is et
fulness were most charmingly blended. riot'
in P •
man, not of the jester on platform and _ of his
ings, gravity and P7lO
that we are all thinking, now that then ews
but 00
death has come by no means unexpectedlyoia "ouf v..
natural and spontaneous was his assuinpu f
fitneaB
titious character, that there seems no lack 0. , re.
in that form of mortuary language in which:gad,
i 4 Artouvii Ai
gretfully chronicled the death of
London, England, 1867-03-07

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, March 1.

The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending to-clay shows the following changes corn.
pared with that of last week :

INCREASE.

Cash in hand 18,330,000f.
DECREASE.

Commercial bills
Advances
Notes
Treasury balance
Current accounts

74,000,000 f.
500,000 f.
53,200,000 f.
100,000 f.
3,000,000 f.
London, England, 1867-03-07

_
THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Y. B. Chateerton.
THIS EVENING, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
Messrs. Phelos, T. Swinbourne, Barry Suliivan, Barrett, F.
Barsby, C. Warner, J. Robins; Alesdaaaes Hermann Vezin,
ii. Vandeuhoff, Isabel Adams.
To conclude Iv th the Pantomime. entitled NUMBER
lily; or Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant
/to untain.
Commence at a Quarter to Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Slanag-er, Mr. Bucks. one,
TO-NIGHT. ALE ON FuR LIFE. Messrs. Eothern,
Chir;pendale,Com,ton,HOWO, Rogers, Clarke, Braid, ndal,
Gord.u, Vincent, itc. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Hill,
Wright, Laws, &c.
Alter which, DIAMONDS AND HEARTS. Messrs.
Chippendale, ilo , e, Farrea, Hog, r , Clark, Braid, Wel:tilers-
by ; 31esdanics Burke, m, orc, y, Mathews, &c.
To cotelude with MRS. Will tE. Mr. Comp:on.
Commence at Seven.

OYAL LYCEUM THENTE, E.—
B) Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. 1, e. liter.
rrIS EVENING, ROUGE Ef Nullt. Maurice D'Ar lad
a Gambler), .$; r. Fechter ; Messrs. Emery, Evirns, )lore and,
Yitzpatrics. Dalton. Reynolds, Lomas, :Newboun.l, Aintre,%s.
Anderson, Viv.an, Bennett, and Edwt.rd Prize; )1 iss ll
rade, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta
,Leclercq.
rrecede3 by THE' TWO POLTS. Mr. H. Widdicomb.

THEATRE
:ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
T jIS EVENING, Seven, by the kind permission of J.
B. 131131c.tone, Esq , the Comedy ot PAUL PRY. Messrs.
J. L. Toole, Biting on, It Phillip., Ashley, C. J. Smith ;
Mrs. Allred Mellon, Miss E. Pitt.
To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque ot TUE
MOLT?.:f AIN DH U; or, TUE KNIGHT, IHE LADY,
AND THE LAKE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Pd.ul Bediord,
Ashley, R. Korner, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Altred
Aiiss Furtado, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt, 45re.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
New Management.
Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. ig BAD
THIS EVENING, LAVATEIL; OR, Nor A BAD
JUDGE. Messrs. 11. J. Montague, O. Murray, and Charles
Mathews ; Mesdames Harris and M Palmer.
After whi,h, A COMICAL COUNTESS. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles MatheWs.
Yellowed by A ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. Addison,
Murray, and C. Mathews ; Mesdames E. Farren and C.
Mathews.
To conclude with an ATROCIOUS CRIMINAL. Mr. J.
Clayton.
Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven.

HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. tiefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr.
Belmore, Miss Foote, miss Lennox.
4fter which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD.
Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Wake, a
Grden,Vollaire; Mesdames
F. Jrisephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Raymond.
London, England, 1867-03-07

THE LAST CHANCE FOR THIS CONGRESS.

Mr. Stevens did not get a vote of the house on
his Military Government Bill on Saturday. Mr.
Banks made a speech, and Mr. Raymond proposed
to send the bill to a special committee of seven, but
no action was taken. Mr. Banks opposed both the
military Government plan, and that of universal
suffrage and amnesty, and advocated such a recon-
struction of the Southern State Governments as will
place them in the hands of loyal men, beginning
the experiments with Louisiana. His plan is much
less objectionable than that of Mr. Stevens, but it
is equally exposed to the Presidential veto, and if
passed over the veto, will have the President's op-
position, as in his opinion unnecessary, unconstitu-
tional, and oppressive. It would practically be
worth nothing unless the President should first be
superseded, and General Banks intimated that
this must be done if the President does not give
the action of Congress his support. There is
no need of argument to show that it is desir-
able to complete the work of reconstruction
without conflict. The true reconciliation of the
South and the welfare of the whole country de-
pend upon it. And it would seem to be possible.
For the protection of the white and black Union
men nothing is required but the enforcement of
existing laws. We do not know that the President
has interposed any obstacles in the way of the
Freedmen's Bureau or the enforcement of the Civil
Rights Bill, but be has probably made no special
exertions to help either. If General Howard needs
more military support, it is his duty to say so, and
of Congress to provide for and order it, if the Pre-
sident will not do it without such prompting. There
is machinery enough already ; the motive power is
what is needed, and this can be supplied without
doing violence to the Constitution or bringing one
department of the Government into collision with
another. The second and most essential thing is
to establish equal suffrage throughout the Union.
Everybody sees that this can only be done surely
and radically by a Constitutior.al Amendment.
The President and his Southern friends have al-
ready given in their adhesion to the principle in
their new scheme. Surely the Republican Con-
gressmen cannot allow themselves to be distanced
by the Johnson pafty in this genuine Radical mea-
sure. Let Congrea now propose this amendment,
and make it the condition of the admission of the
condition of the Southern States to Congress, and
the work is done. We can conceive of no excuse
they can render for neglecting this most auspicious
opportunity to secure the great aim of all their
efforts and struggles. These things achieved, there
is but oueothiug more to be desired by loyal men,

Und.thS,tl is the exclusion of the rebel leaders from

office. Let Congress provide for this by law. There
is no danger that the law will ever be repealed. No
party will ever dare go to the people with such an
issue as the restoration of the rebel leaders to power.
These are the three vital measures, and they will be
carried it Congress has but the courage and faith to
London, England, 1867-03-07

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

DEFRIES and SONS'
P NEW CITY SHOW iioo3l.4.—The New oval-shaped
ALEXANDRA. DINNER SERVICE, from £1 18s. 6d.-
147, Ilound.ditch.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL

REFRIES and SONS
e./ • NEW crry SHOW R. )011S. BRKAKFLIST and
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t 47, Houndsditeh.

NorrcE OF REMOVAL.

DEFRIES and SONS'
• NEW CI SHOW ROOMS contain a beautiful
assor meat of DESSERT At4l-1V1C!.,,., from Zi Is. to 100
vnineas. C•c is and Monograms engraved ou same.-147,
Hountisdltch.
London, England, 1867-03-07

P ANES E.—FLORAL HALL, . Covent-
t/ garden.—The JAPANESE TROUPE will have the
honour to give their GymnastiC and other Performances
EVERY EVENING (including SATURDAY) at Eight ;
and WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY MORNINGS at
Three. Stalls, ss. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Admission, is.
Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office from 10 till 5; also
at Mr. Mitchell's, Old Bond-street; Austin's, St. James's
Hall; and Keith, Prowse, and Co., Cheapside. N.B.—lt is
respectfully intimated that the Free List is suspended.
London, England, 1867-03-07

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

DEFRIES andSONS'
J. NEW CITY SHOW ROOMS.—Thc NEW PATENT
AST RA LAME', for Petroleum and Mineral Oils; also
CRYSTAL LA MPS and WALL LIUHTS (registered) for
INDIA.-147, Houndsditch.
London, England, 1867-03-07

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN
EFFEuTuAL rtEmEDy, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad-
mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving
coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty
ironounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption
its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or
even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief
•n a few minutes after taking it. Prepared oniy and sold by
W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing-
cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask
tor Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address are
enzraved on the at Triti
London, England, 1867-03-07

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the ilimetliate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Stoat Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
trice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE 9, EG.
President-111s race the Duke of BUGCLEUCH. K.G.

Phis Hospital, foundel in the year 1828, the first to estab-
'ish the principle of free adalission to the sick poor, without
he delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
.endent for support on voluntary contributions and ;a :,e5
It affords relief to a large number of in-pa nts, and, in
~ddition to this, the average number of attendance of the
.iestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
trcnevolent, as the pr nines of this Hospital are capable of
containing several iii.odred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
f7ontributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutte and
o.; Drummond and Co. ; G.yu and Co.: Berries and Co.;
ransom and Co.; Prescott Grote, and Co.; Smith, Pae,
tnd Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; i Burns, DowCo.;n, and Co. Niabet
and Co.. Bemere-street : and at the EicApitai. from 10 till Si.
STANFORD SMITH, Scactlay,

HELP for the DESTITUTE SICK,—
METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, Devon-
shire-square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratuitous
Relitf of the Sick Poor of every Nation and Creed, without
letters of recommendation. FUNDS are urgently needed to
maintain its efficiency.
BANKERS—Messrs. Barnett, 'Mares. and Co., 62, Lombard-
street. JNO. GURNEY FRY, Chairman.
OEO. CIiOXTON, Secretary.
London, England, 1867-03-07

FYFIELD.

Adam Bede, Dulcimer, and Arcade have not been out
this week; and the remaind.a of our lot are merely can
tering. The frost, however, is breaking.

LAMBOURNE.

Marksman, Liddingtob, and the rest of Mr. Merry's
team have been trotting only this week, in consequence of
the frost; and most of Mr. Saxon's string have bees eased
from the same reason.
London, England, 1867-12-19

TILE PARIS EXPOSITION.

Tho Exposition Universal of Industry at Paris has
passed, and seems to have fully realised the high expec-
tations which were formed regarding it by the French
Government. If due allowance be made for the recent
political derangement of industry hero, the part which
the United States has borne in this exhibLion of inven-
tion and art may be regarded with vory high satisfaction.
London, England, 1867-12-19

THE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND
CANAL COMPANY. _

NOTICE IN HEREBY GIVEN, That the Transfer
Books of this Company will be CLOSED from the 6th to
the 11th day of JANUARY, 1868, both days inclusive,
for the purpose of making up the Interest Accounts to the
31st inst.
Interest Warrants will, on or about the 11th day of
January, 1868, be forwarded to those Shareholders whose
names shall appear Registered in the Books of the Com-
pany on the 31st inst.
Deeds of Transfer wiU not be registered while the books
are closed.

JOHN W EST WOOD,
Secretary to the Company.
8 and 9, Queen-street-place, London, E. 0.,
•
19th December, 1867.
London, England, 1867-12-19

THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.

No arrangement has yet been reached for the settlement
of onr claims for British depredations upon the commerce
of the United States. I have felt it my duty to decline a
proposition for arbitration made by her Majesty's Govern-
ment, because it has hitherto been accompanied by reser-
vations and limitations incompatible with the rights, inte-
rests, and honour of our country. It is not to be appre
hended that Great Britain will persist in her refusal to
satisfy these just and reasonable claims, which involve the
sacred principle of non-intervention—a principle hence-
forth not more important to the United States than all other
commercial nations.
London, England, 1867-12-19

n YAM and CO.'S PRICE LIST for GEN-
TLEMEN'S ATTIRE, Ready-made or to Order.
New Styles in Tweed Overcoats
New Styles .in Sandringham Overcoats 2ss. to 635.
New Styles in Silk-lined Overcoats 42s. to 84s.
New Styles in Reefers •
New Styles in Dress and Frock Coats
New Styles in Morning Coats
New Styles in Dress and Undress Suits 42s. to 70s.
New Styles in Vests
New Styles in Trousers l4s. to 255.
London, England, 1867-12-19

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No. 23,563.

ON and After the Opening of the Queen's Theatre,
Long-Acre, EVANS' to SUP.
After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP.
After Queen's Theatr. EVANS' to SUP.
After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP.
Atter Quetnis Theatre EVANS' to SUP.
After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP.
LONDON SINGING AND SUPPER CLUB.
AT EVANS' COVENT GARDEN VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT.
At Eight o'Clock.
London, England, 1867-12-19

TIIE WAR DEPARTMENT.

The report of the Secretary of War ad interim exhibits
the operations of the army and the several bureaus of the
War Department. The aggregate strength of the military
force on the 30th September last was 56,315. The total
estimate for military appropriations is $77,124,707, in-
cluding deficiencies in last year's appropriation to the
amount Of $13,600,000. Payments at the Treasury on ac-
count of the service of the War Department from Jan. 1
to Oct. 29, 1867, a period of ten months, amounted to
$109,807,(:00. The expanses of the military establishment,
as well as the numbers of the army, are uow three times
as great as they have ever boon in time of peace, while
discretionary power is vested in the executive to add
millions to this expenditure by an increase of the army to
the maximum strength allowed by law.
London, England, 1867-12-19

TILE INDIAN DIFFICULTIES.

The comprehensive report of the Secretary of the Interior
furnishes interesting information in reference to important
branches of public servica connected with his department.
The menacing attitude of some warlike bands of Indians
inhabiting the district of country between the Arkansas and
Platte Rivers, and portions of Dacotah territory, required
the presence of a large military force in that region. In-
stigated by real or imaginary grievances, the Indians occa-
sionally eommitted acts of barbarous violence upon emi-
grants and our frontier settlements. But a general Indian
war has been providentially averted. The commissioners
under the act of the 20th of July, 1867, were invested with
full power to adjust existing difficulties, negotiate treaties
with disaffected bands, and select for them reservations
remote from travelled routes between the Mississippi
River and the Pacific. They entered without delay upon
London, England, 1867-12-19

This day, in royal Bvo. price 10s. 6d., with numerous
illustrations.

ON THE VENTILATION OF DWELLING
HOUSES, and the Utilization of Waste Heat from
Open Fire. places. By Frederick Edwards, juu., author of
" Our Domestic Fire-places," &c.
. London : Robert Hardwick°, 192, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1867-12-19

THE PURCHASE OF ALASKA.

It will hardly be necessary to call the attention of Con-
gress to the subject of providing for the payment to Russia
of the sum stipulated in treaty for the cession of Alaska.
Possession having been formally delivered to our commis-
sioner, the territory remains for the present in care of a
military force, awaiting such civil organisation as shall be
declared by Congress.

NATURALISED CITIZENS.
The annexation of many small German States to Prus-
sia, and the reorganisation of that country under a new
and liberal constitution, have induced me to renew the
efforts to obtain a just and prompt settlement of the long-
vexed question concerning the claims of foreign States for
military service from their subjects naturalised in the
United States.
in connection with this subject the attention of Congress
is respectfully called to a singular and embarrassing con-
flict of laws. The executive department of this Govern-
ment has hitherto uniformly held, as ,it now holds, that
naturalisation in conformity with the constitution and
laws of the United States absolves the recipient from his
native allegiance. The courts of Great Britain hold that
allegiance to the British Crown is indefeasible, and is not
absolved by our laws of naturalisation. British Judges
cite the Courts and law authorities of the United States in
support of that theory against the position held by the
executive authority of the United States. This conflict
perplexes the public mind concerning the rights of natura-
lised citizens, and impairs national authority abroad. I
called attention to this subject in my last annual message,
and now again respectfully appeal to Congress to declare
the national will unmistakeably upon this important ques-
tion.