The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-08 00:00:00

STARCH MANUFACTURERS

TO H. E. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
biLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used in the Royal Laundry,
AND AlrAupsu TIIE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, dm Aso.

SII\TIA, SR FLY is the acting► ingredient in
Drod,...- -X- ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily
g"'• Whiskers and thickens hair. as. thl. ss. 6d., and los.
111.., eat free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248,
.44 1101b0
London.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
This in one city by using ALEX. ROSR'S CHIROPO.
in4rParatiou gradually dissolves the corn in a fewhours,
Are very root. Price 4a sent by post for 60 stamps
h Holborn, London.

_ CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
4,01kd0 LEX. ROSS'S CURLING. FLUID curls
at 3,-I,ol' Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app►ied. Sold
tittrnic.'''..-.58. 6d•, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 51, 84; and 144
0-• Magazine,. Is. Bd., or 20 stamps.

IinCIitAR—LIPAIR. —248, High Holborn, London.-
- ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour
itirat in bd.y it is used. It is permanent and perfectly na-
post 10„ „ened. Price 3s. id. 6s. 61., and 10s. ad. ; sent by
N and 144 stamps.

ALE
•BOSS'S ENAMEL (as used by Mdme.
N 47 its imperfections of the skin are hidden
et
11108 e. and a transcendant beauty produced to the face.
; sent for stamps. 20, High Holborn, London.
1-14Y1 COLOUR WASH.—By Washing the
I,en dlead with this beautierfumed seven or
" 1i,...; the hair assumes itsful origpinal colour, andin remains so
flosrscasional lOs 6d; sent for stamps.—By ALEX.
Holborn, London.

Iniblishet 2d., sent by the Author for three stamps,
GLINESS and BEAUTY. A closely-printed
lam Pamphlet, descriptive of articles and means used tor
11„v,tkOvincr the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 245, High
—"orti -London.
,

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S C ERRY
14,,,,,Y00111 PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
e44,sin'; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
the't,a from decay, and imparts a plea. Ant' fragrance to
Tha'til'reath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf. 93, Upper
es-street, London.

11.)R. CULVERWELL'S GRAND TURKISH
Gr BATHS,
eat Marlborough-street, 3 doors from Poland-street,
Ladies every Monday.
AisqoPPentleMe all other days, 2s. each ; 15. One Guinea.
osite the Post-office, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand.

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„,`"ntS.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
(PEAS
TED t-TE' MOC-M AIN LEVER TRUSS
AND EXHIBITED IN Tnz GREAT
in WO Ft- °N 1:4, 1861 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
th'rtvniiutdred 111 di I Gentlemen to be the most effective
L4lle -°ll4, in the ea
ati treatment of HERNI A.
e °f
a steele spring, Vo! so often hurtful in its effects,
,•-•,l3,ere avoided— c-oftn'3andage being worn round the
qoc2l‘'l',oe the reqauissite resisting power is supplied by the
!NI 4,ti Pad and Patent Lever fitting with so much ease
ttrin,,,e'Relless that it cannot be' detected, and may be worn
trati,,'„OceP. A descriptive circular may be had, and the
Qtlreiii„ oh cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
teat t:lkee of the body, two inches below the hips, being
Manufacturer,
S psi,, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
g o ithle gle Truss las 21s 265. 6d., and s. 6d. Postage, Is.
ti
a tzl Trwis '3lB " •
. 6d., '42s. U
and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd.
1,0 billeal Tines, 12s. and 528. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d
Orden tv be mate payable Lo John White, Post.
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NEW PATENT
h,g T IC STOCKINGS,
stirs for Varicose Veins and all oas of
"sine tte. They
Zea, and Sweg ot the Legs, Sp,y are
ght in texture and in and are drawn on
orauar_
postagey6stit.ockini. Price 4s. 6d., 76. 61, 102., to 16s.
WHITE. Manufacturer. 228, Piccadilly.

RUPTURES CURED BY
CIIA-ODLER'S NEW LEVER TRUSS.
qkti, "" the following advantages : —No steel spring re-
expo road the body, is easily applied, does not chafe or
tlike-tillte the skin, admits of any kind of exercise being
1,13) load is imperceptible when worn.
inltitl4ces —Single, 10s. 6d. and 215., postage Is. ; Double, 21s.
the .28' Postage 2s. ; sent on receipt of post-office order and
t.;0:134 hips. Sure to fit.
lle,red PROLAPSUS ANI, and UTERI instantly re-
ir, and ultimately cured by some entirely new and very
tettibt 'a
apliance& Prices from 10s. 6d., sent by post on
'hep round hips.
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lIta;IIITIES cured by CHANDLER'S IMPROVED
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tiot, hey strengthen the voice and lungs, relieve indiges-
11l t'llaalld are especially recommended to children for assist-
/1 hr- Zrewth, and for promoting health and symmetry of
v, Price 10a, 13,1
411 the above instruments are highly recommended by
tat: g Members of the medical profession. Illustrated
4211 es forwarded.

UR. H. P. CHANDLER,
as fr.
- cal Atechanician, 66, Berners-street, Oxford-

street, London, W.

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TIOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN,
49, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square.
Patron—Her Majesty the QUEEN.
The Committee have much pleasure in announcing that A.
J. B. BERESFORD HOPE, Esq., M.P., has consented to
preside at the FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY FESTI-
VAL of this Charity, on February 12, at Willis's Booms.
FIRST LIST OF STEWARDS.
The Most Noble the Marquis Vice-Admiral Sir Augustus
of Abercorn Clifford, Bart.
The Right Honourable the The Rev. Sir C. Macgregor,
Earl of Shaftesbury, S.G. Bart.
The Right Honourable Earl Sir Archibald Alison, Bart.
Amherst Admiral Sir William Bowles
The Right Honourable Vis- Col. Beauchamp Walker, C.B.
count Gort Colonel Home Purves, C.B.
The Right Rev. the Bishop of Colonel F. R. Waldo Sibthorp
Chichester Lieut.-Colonel Frederick C.
The Right Rev. the Bishop of Heppe'
St. David's Lieut -Colonel Playf air
The Right Honourable Lord Michael T. Bass, Esq., M.P.
Leigh Allen A. Bathurst, Esq., M.P.
Right Honourable Viscount Stephen Cave, Esq., M. P.
Milton, M.P. W. W. Fitzvvilliara Dick, Esq.,
Colonel the Hon. Percy E. M.P.
Herbert, M.P. Albert grant, Esc., M.P.
The Hon. and Rev. Charles K. D. Hodgson, k.sq., M.P.
James Willoughby J. Dyce Nicol, Esq., M.P.
The Honourable Arthur Kin- Arthur J. Otway, Esq., ar.P.
naird, M.P. Charles Waring, Esq., M. P.
Sir R. N. C. Hamilton, Bart.
The complete List of Stewards will shortly be published.
Additional names will be thankfully received. The expense
to each steward is limited to one guinea.
Subscriptions in aid of the funds are earnestly solicited, and
will be thankfully received by the Treasurer, Henry Sykes
Thornton, Esq. ; or by any of the Stewards.
SAMUEL WHITFORD, Secretary.

January 16, 1866.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few
of the most recent eases:
F. V., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
IL A. F., aged 13 homeless, both parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother
S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen. mother dead,
A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead.
11. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents.
M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
M. A. W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue?!
Contributions will be received grattfully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •ssreet.. Cheapside; ur by Mesons
Barclay and Co., Lombard-street.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, E.G

President-111s Brice the Duke of BUCCLE UCH. K.G

This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t :4actes
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
1,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mae ,
Berman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by, Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
Drummond and Co. ; (Torn and Co. ; Hsries and Co. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, I'ayne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; W dliaras, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Cp.; Nisbet and Co . Berners-street ; L Barned and
CI, Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 6.
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STANFORD SE. Secretary.

MADAME RACHEL'S intended Visit to Ame-
rica, at the close of the present season, will be to
appoint agents throughout the United States for the sale
of her costly Arabian TOILET REQUISITES, which
render the Hair, Teeth, and Complexion beautiful for ever.
All persons desirous to be appointed her Special Agents
should make early application to her residence, 47A, New
Bond-street.

DEAFNESS.—TheSOUND MAGNIFIER, and
Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits into the ear, not
perceptible ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in
the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief
to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at
church and public assemblies. Every other kind of hear-
ing instrument. Messrs. SOLOMON, 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly.

PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
JC FOR
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they aro homeless and starving. The Manager, &c.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittanco, andhave
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. Gna3nnT, D.D., No. 22,
Finsbury-circus, B.C.
DONORS AND SUBSCRIBERS TO THE REFUGE.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE Or WALES, K.G.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G.
His Royal Highness the Duke D'Aumale.
His Excellency the Count D'Apponyi.
His Excellency the Count Lavradio.
The Earl of Abergavenny. Messrs. Dimsdale, Drewett,
The Earl of Desert. Fowler, and Barnard.
The Earl of Denbigh. Mews. ganbury and Lloyds.
The Earl Grey. K.G. Messrs. Prescott, Grote, Cave
The Earl of Harewood. and Co.
The Earl of Eglinton. London Assurance Corpora-
The Earl of Kenmare. tion.
The Earl of Durham. Royal Exchange Insurance
The Countess of Albemarle. Company.
The Lady Ellen Browne. Sun Fire Office.
The Lady Camilla E. For- R. W. Barclay, Esq.
teseue. J. Bethel], Esq.
The Viscount Gage. Mrs. Barnewall.
Field-Marshal Lord Gough, Miss Burton.
K.P. Mrs. Curling.
The Lord Dormer. J. Henry Challis, Esq.
The Lord Petro. Dr. Carvalho.
The Lord Leigh. R. Crawford, Esq., M.P.
The Lord Chelmsford. H. Cazenne, Esq.
The Lord Cranworth. Mrs. Chesterton.
Baron de Rothschild, M.P. A. H. Campbell, Esq.
The Hon. C. Langdale. Miss Douglas.
The Hon. W. Browne. Messrs. Durant & Co.
The Hon. H. G. Campbell. Messrs. Dawson & Sons.
Sir Charles Price, Bart. Miss Dobson
Sir Robert Gerard, Bart. Cursetjee Furdonjee, Esq.
Sir Pyers Mostyn, Bart. Miss Franklin
Hon. Rustomjee Jamsetjee Dr. Gull.
J eejeebhoy. C. Gould, Esq.
The Governors of the Bank H. E. Gurney, Esq.
of England. Messrs. Hills & Underwood.
The Worshipful Company of Capt. Hogg.
Armourers and Braziers. Miss Kaye.
The Worshipful Company of J. Kynaston, Esq.
Tallow Chandlers. J. Knight, Esq.
The Worshipful Company of L. Lloyd, Esq.
Drapers. J. Lewis Mieville, Esq.
The Worshipful Company of Miss M'Mahon.
Grocers. C. Manning, Esq.
The Worshipful Company of Miss Martin
Saddlers. Breton Martinez, Esq,
The Worshipful Company of Messrs. Ponsford and Sou-
Salters. thall.
The Worshipful Company of F. X. Pereira, Esq.
Merchant Tailors. Mrs. Palmer.
The Directors of the Bank of H. W. Prescott, Esq.
Australia. F. Philips, Esq.
The Directors of the Bank of N. 11. E. Prowett, Esq.
Australasia. M. R. De Quadros, Esq.
The Directors of the Colo- G. A. Shoe, Esq.
nial Bank. H. Riddell, Esq.
The Directors of the National T. Riddell Esq.
Bank of Ireland. Messrs. Ralli Bros.
The Directors of the Provin- Messrs. De la Rue and Co.
cial Bank of Ireland. Miss Rombold.
The Directors of the Char- Mrs. Simpson.
tored Mercantile Bank of Mrs. Scott.
India, London, and China. Mrs. Southby.
The Directors of the Impe- Messrs. Tucker and New.
rial Ottoman Bank. F. Ward, Esq.
The Directors of the London G. Basil Wood, Esq.
and County Bank. Miss Young.
The Directors of the Union J. Young, Esq.
Bank. Messrs. Zulueta and Co.
Messrs. °mats and Co. &c. dro.

The Address of the French Senate.

Parts, Feb. 6.
The draft of the Address in reply to the Speech
from the Throne was read to-day in the Senate.
The text of this document is as follows :
Sire,—ln announcing to France that peace continues to
be the basis of her relations with foreign Powers, your
Majesty has strengthened the confidence 'placed by the
country in the sustained development of the resources that
elevate nations. France, powerful and respected abroad,
has nothing to demand from war ; but she has much to ask
from peace. The triumphs which especially occupy her
attention aro those which crown in peaceful pomp the great
industrial festivals France is preparing for 1867.
Agriculture stands first among the peaceful arts. France
will be grateful for your solicitude on its behalf. In the

departments where, from tinlimmemorial, wheat has
formed the staple of cultivation, tiiiipprodtra-er--seffers-frora
the present insufficiency of the selling price. On the other
hand, although considerable progress has been made in

agriculture generally—although since 1852 produce has
everywhere increased in a very large proportion, there still
remain local burdens and inequalities to be removed, trans-
formations to effect, and economic problems and questions
of credit to resolve. The thorough inquiry promised by
your Majesty will throw light upon the good that has been
effActed and that is still expected by the rural population.
This modest and devoted population, which silently-fur-
nishes its most ample contingent to national labour, merits
your Majesty's particular interest and that of the great
bodies of the State.

The working class in towns and manufactories are
equally worthy of this interest from their intelligence and
activity. They are discussing among themselves questions
of organisations and salary, often obscured by theories, and
which liberty of practical discussion might simplify and
unravel. Your Majesty has adopted a liberal idea in leav-
ing to workmen the greatest latitude for meeting and de-
liberating upon their exclusively commercial and indus-
trial interests. It is an experiment which, in maintaining
intact the principles established by our laws, will show, we
hope, the enlightened moderation of the working classes in
the exercise of their private rights. The master will also
profit by this authorisation.
Supply and demand will enjoy facilities for mutual in-
struction and agreement.

Let us also thank all workers, of whatever order they
may be, who, seconded by the confidence of capital, have
contributed to the ever-increasing progress of our trade
and manufactures. Let us congratulate ourselves upon
this happy state of things, in which the redoubled laborious
ardour of a people is encouraged, upon the whole, by in-
creased prosperity.

But whatever may be the wealth of a country, it is
necessary that its expenses should correspond with its re-
ceipts. Your Majesty has desired that the budget should
be presented upon the basis of an equilibrium guaranteed
by surplus resources. Economies are proposed in order to
secure this result, and what is satisfactory is that they do
not reduce the budget for Public Works, nor that for Public
Instruction. It is particularly in that direction that the
money spent is well employed. The great enterprises of
the State generalise prosperity to the benefit of private
individuals, while public instruction renders citizens more
capable of fulfilling the mission reserved for man among a
great people.

We have been no less gratified to learn that the economy
effected in the budget for War will not affect our military
organisation, and will form no serious obstacle to the regular
progress of advancement. You are, sire, the natural guar-
dian of the interest of the army. It is not your Majesty
who, after having led it to victory, would forget its glorious
services in time of peace. Is not the army, besides, at all
times the defender of French honour and the rampart of
order and the laws ? It is the army which, at the present
moment, :MOMS 1U um umuaat %-- 1....1.r.wirn an tommple
of discipline, constancy, and all the military virtues which
are as fruitful seed sown upon its way.
Your Majesty has announced that this memorable expe-
dition to Mexico approaches its termination, and that you
are making arrangements with the Emperor Maximilian to
fix the period of the recal of the troops. This declares to
satisfied France that protection for her commercial interests
will be ensured in that rich and vast market to which by our
aid security has been restored.
With respect to the United States, although by a mis-
understanding the presence of the French flag on the Ame-
rican continent appears to them less opportune than at
another very illustrious period of their history, the firm
communications of your Government have shown that it is
not haughty and threatening words which will decide our
return. France is accustomed to move only at her own time.
(Very good ! very good !) Bat she wishes to recollect her
old friendship with the United States. What you ask of
them is neutrality and international law. By that they will
more promptly see that a war undertaken with the object,
so many times declared, of protecting our countrymen
against a Government destitute of good faith, does not,
from being successful, become a war of conquest, of domi-
nation, or of propaganda. (Applause.)
It is also at no distant future that the corps of occupa-
tion at Rome will return to France. It is not to open for
Italy the way to Rome that we withdraw. Italy is self-
interdicted from that, and to prove the sincerity of her in-
inaugurated Florence, the city of
tentions has solemnly
great Italian memories, Which henceforth stands as the
capital of a separate State, confronting Rome, the city of
the Holy Father and of Catholicism. In this State, which is
his own, the Pope is actively engaged upon the question of
public order, and in providing for the wants of his Govern-
ment and the organisation of his army. Already in two
delegations from which our soldiers have withdrawn, the
energy of the Pontifical troops against brigandage has
shown to the people the efficacious protection secured to
them by the temporal sovereignty of the Pope left to itself.
Everything, therefore, is being prepared for the scrupulous
and loyal execution of the Treaty of the 15th of September.
Your Majesty has always desired two things - that Italy
should be respected by Europe, and the Papacy respected
by Italy. The new Kingdom is recognised by nearly all
the Powers. The indispensable maintenance of the power
of the Holy Father will complete the realisation of your
idea of conciliation.

Algeria will long remember the year 1865. After the
sanguinary agitation caused by fanaticism, your Majesty
came to bring peace and hope. In his rapid but studious
progress the Emperor saw everything ; he pointed out evils,
and provided their remedy ; he enumerated resources, and
showed how they should be utilised. Your programme,
Sire, inspired by the living study of facts and places, will
be a rule of conduct as well as a subject for meditation ; it
will be an encouragement for colonisation, and an appeal
for the harmony of races.

This will not be the sole result of your visit. The Em-
press replaced you in France, as she had already replaced
you during the war in Italy. Then, as well as now, she
nobly justified your solemn words of Jan 22, 1853. "En-
dowed with every quality of mind, she will be the orna-
ment of the Throne, as, in time of danger, she should
become one of its most courageous supports." France ac-
cepted that augury. She knows better than ever that the
Emperor has at his side a Consort of great heart and
elevated mind.

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has recalled to us thoir principles. We seemed to hear the
echoes of the Constitutional proclamation, which laid down
the principles upon which the
.French people were sum-
moned to vote. Since that period this people, less fickle
than innovators believe, has not changed, for its faith
rests upon two of those immense facts which pro-
foundly fill the heart of a nation-1789 and tho 10th
December.

France of 1789 founded liberty, but this was only half
the task; it was necessary to establish power. As power
had been too strong, she now made it too weak, and poli-
tical revolution engendered convulsions. The difficult
problem of later times was to confer upon power the
strength only the people could give. The national
comitia of the 10th December and of the following years
have solved that problem. Liberty and power have now
issued from the midst of the people, alike in their origin
and equal in their rights. It is to bind them together in
just agreement that the Constitution of 1852 has been
made, not the less opposed to Power without limits as to
liberty without check. To disturb its equilibrium would
be to repeat the fault of those who constituted liberty
without doing enough for power. The French people
wishes nothing of the kind, it does not intend that its
work shall be undone, and that it shall be brought back to
rejected forms and to certain phases of liberty it has only
known in the shape of licence. It enjoys the most ea.-
tended civil liberty, and an expansion of thought so large
that it is sometimes necessary to correct its boldness
towards persons, morals, and religion by the intervention
of justice; it possesses independence in its tribunals, uni-
versal suffrage in all plenitude, the right of petition, de-
bate, and efficacious control on the part of the great poll-