The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1866.

rro -WEST-END DINERS.-
"THE WELLINGTON,"
ST. JAMES'S-STREET, PICCADILLY.
LADIES' SAL' N DINING ROOM on the First Floor
The SUBSCRI lON ROOMS are now OPEN.
Terms—Twelve Months..£l L's. 61.
Six Months...—. I ls. Od.
Apply, D. CAMERON, 49, St. James-stieet.

/VT R. W. S. \VO.ODIN'S BADEN-BADEN
AL and UP PT THE AIR, an entirely few Entert .in-
meta, EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday);
aturtlay Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL,
King William-street, Charmg-cross
Luxurious sofa stalls, 38 • balcony stalls, 35.; area, 25.;
amphitheatre, ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats
secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS,
ST. JAMES'S HALL.
EVERT EVENING at Eight IVEDNESDATS and
SATURDAYS, at Three and Eight,—The °rig nal and veri-
tably legimate cintisTY MINSTRELS. First Season in
London the,e five years The only company in existence
which possesses a legal claim to the title, trom the fact of its
being the only one which retains all the marked specialities
and distinguished favourites who originally gained the re-
putation of the company first in the United States, and sub-
sequently in this country, in 1857. No other company as-
suming the title of Christy Minstrels possesses a single in-
dividual member of the least distinction who belonged to the
original troupe. The Christys (after an absence of five years)
return to London with their band strengthened and im-
proved in every respecr, their entertainment being unani-
mously pronounced b,' the metropolitan press to be the most
sparkling in London.
Prices of Admission—New and luxurious fauteuils, ss. ;
stalls, 3s. ; area. 2s. ; gallery, is. ; juveniles, under twelve.
half price to stalls and are% only. Fauteuils and stalls may
be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-
street; or at Mr. Austin's, 23, Piccadilly. -Manager, Mr.
Frederick Burgess.

ATADAINIE TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION
INIL BAKER-STREET, EASTER HOLIDAYS.
NEW ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models
of the most distin7uished Personages of the day (including
those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and GUS-
TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last
Holidays ; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies,
taken from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the
norious CHARLOTTE WINSOR.
Open during the first three days in Easter week from 10
a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, ls.; children, under ten, half price ; Extra
Rooms, 6d.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT THIS EVENING.
Dancing at fen. Open until One o'clock. Admission,
gentlemen, 55.; ladies, 2a. 6d. Door open at half-past Nine.
Chef d'Or.hestra, Signor L. Curti.
N.B.—Dining the evenino- the eminent M. Levy will per-
form some of his favourite solos on the cornet.
Manager, M. GRENET.

TO DEBTORS IN DIFFICULTIES.-Mr. S.
T. COOPER, Public 'Accountant, arranges Compo ti-
time with Creditors, advises persons in troub7e how to
arrange their affairs, or to pass through the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, and prepar,s all forms of accoanfs, public or private.
Twenty years of experience. Consultations gratis.— Office,
10, Basinghall-street, opposite the Court of Bankruptcy.
French, German, and Italian spoken.

THE ATLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.
NEW YORK— PENNSYLVANIA—OHIO.
OFFICES.
5, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster,
S.W.
26, Throgmorton-street, City, E.C.
CONSOLIDATED BONDS OF THE ATLANTIC AND
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
QUARTERLY PAYMENT OF INTEREST.—
COUPON No. 2.
The COUPON No. 2, duo on 15th April, 1866, will be
PAID, free of income tax, on MONDAY, the 16th, and
after that day at the Company's Offices in London, and
by the following named Bankers :
England Barned's Banking Company (Limited),
Liverpool.
77 The Consolidated Bank (Limited), Man-
chester and Norwich.
77 The National Provincial Bank of England
and Branches.
Ireland
Scotland.. The Bank of Scotland and Branches.
Wales The North and South Wales Bank and
Branches.
Amsterdam Messrs. Boissevain Brothers.
The usual delay of two days for examination being
waived, the Coupons will be paid on presentation.
THOMAS HOLLIS, Secretary.
London, 2nd April, 1866.

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CHASE of a fleet of fine CLIPPER SHIPS on unusually
advantageous terms, for which immediate and most profit-
able employment can be ob•ained. As this is bona fide, and
an opportunity which seldom meta's, none need apply vtrio
have not large capital at como:and.—Address, with real
name, C. P. A., 8, Birch:a-lane, E.C.

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Caithness who built 'sheiling bothies' exactly simi-
lar to Mr. Laing's moorland mound. The walls
being of large flag stones set on edge,' are the same
as are to be seen to this day in many modern build-
ings similarly situated, where the largest surface
any stone can be got to present is of the utmost im-
portance in a turf building. The shells found on the
floor are just such as the young women who at-
tended their cattle in these moorlands were sure to
go on to the shore to gather, after they had finished
their day's work, or were waiting for the return
of their cows. To the present day young
women and men, too, go to the shore, a distance
of three or four miles to gather such mol-
luscs. The bones found were only such as were
sure to be sent from home for the regular food
of these girls while living in a sort of banishment
in the hills during the summer. The bench or bed'
along the walls is simply the place on which the
milk was set in dishes, a portion of which dishes
Mr. Laing found ' having a coarse blue glaze,' and
which he mistook for a piece of pre-historic pottery!!
The two large stones opposite the door in the fur-
ther end of the building is the fireplace, and these
stones, with the assistance of one or two more,
though not so permanently fixed, were used for sup-
porting a large pot, in which they boiled their milk
for making cheese, and also saved them the trouble
of carrying up to the hills a large iron hook and
chain, on which pots in country houses are usually
hung. The stones projecting on each side of the
doorway are the foundation of a turf erection
merely for shelter. It reached to the height of the
walls, and was covered on the top ; and in a day's
walk in the interior of the country, I will now point
out a half a score of similar erections."

Dr. HUNT, who visited Caithness last year, and
travelled over part of the same ground as Mr. Laing,
also threw much doubt on his alleged facts, and re-
gretted that he was not present to explain the in-
congruities which had been pointed out in his work.
Dr. Hunt said that the statement made by Mr.
Laing, that kists were to be found at regular dis-
tances of 15 feet from each other in the burial
mound, was not borne out by his experience ; and on
examining the kist of a chief, from which Mr. Laing
bad taken one skeleton, he was surprised to find the
pelvis and leg bones of another. The doubts thrown
on the statements seemed to show that Mr. Laing
had relied on the reports of others without having
depended alone on his own researches.
There was a brief discussion after the reading of
the papers, in which Mr. Carter, Mr. Higgins, and
Dr. Charnock took part. The meeting then ad-
journed.