The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FIODAY EVENING, J UNE 8, 1866.

vriss RUSSELL'S ANNUAL BENEFIT
CONCERT, FRIDAY, June Bth.
All the Novelties of the day.

CJODARE'S 459TH REPRESENTATION.-
THEATRE OF MYSTERY.—EGYPTIAN HALL.—
Colonel STODA RE'6 celebrated MARVELS of MAGIC and
VENTRIL,,QUIS s performed by him, by command, at
Windsor Castle, before her Majesty the Queen, Nov. 21, 1865 ;
and twice before J. Rai. the Prince of Wales. June 6, 186%
and March 10, 1816.—The New Sensation, the MARVEL of
Si ECCA, the SPHINX, and Stodare's celebrated INDIAN
BASKET FEAT, EVERY EVENING at 8. Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 3 and 8.

Stalls may be secured in advance at the Box-office, Egyptian
Hall, open daily from 11 till 5; and at Mitchell's, Old Bald-
street.—Admission, is., 25.; stalls, 3s.

" Almost miraculous."—Vide the Times.

NR. W. S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BADEN
and UP IN THE AIR, an entirely New Entertain-
ment. EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday);
Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL,
King William-street, Charing-cross.
Luxurious sofa stalls, es.; balcony
stalls, 35.; area, 25.;
amphitheatre, ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats
secured at the Hal: from Eleven to Five.

-1/ AD AME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
_LTA_ BAKER-STREET, WHITSUN HOLIDAYS.

NEW ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models
of the most distinguished 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
notorious CHARLOTTE WINS OR.

ARGYLL ROOM'S, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
Open every evening with the celebrated ARGYLL BAND.
The Programme this week will include Selections and Ar-
rangements from the works of the following masters :
Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer.
Musical Director, Signor LUIGI CURTL
Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock.
Admission, ls.

THE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT
ASSOCIATION (Limited).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an EXTRAORDI-
NARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders in the
Imperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited)will be held
at the London Tavern. Bitshopsgate-street, in the City of
London, on THURSDAY, the 14th day of June, 1Q65, at
Twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of confirming-, or
otherwise, a Special Resolution, passed at an Extraordinary
General Meeting of the Shareholders in the said Assn( iation.
held on the 28th day of May, 1866, for Winding up the said
Association voluntarily; and for the purpose of appointing
a Liquidator or Liquidators to wind up its affairs, with such
special t owers, if any, as the meeting may determine ; and
also for the purpose of passing such other Resolutions as may
be deemed desirable or expedient with reference to the
liquidation. •
By order,
W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary.
27, Lombard-street, June 1, 1866.

SECOND-HAND FIRE-PROOF SAFES and
IRON DOORS.
Call and inspect the Largest Assortment in the World. by
Miner, Marr, Leadbeater, Mordan, Thos. Perry and Son, and
Geo. Price, at half the cost of new. Sketches and prices free.

GRIFFITHS, Cannon-street, West.

CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH.

CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast.

CHO COLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and
delicious.

yi[ENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE.
Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
Sold everywhere.

LADIES MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN
EVER.—Dr. CULVERWELL'S LADIES' TUR-
KISH BATHS, Tuesdays. Gentlemen other days.—. 3. Great
111.rlborough-street, W. 2s. Also the Post Office Turkish
WIN 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, Is. 6d. Saturdays and
of the blood atilt dn'atitrEk..blialaments. is—Greatest nurifier

DINNEF ORD 'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
The medical profession for Thirty years have approved
of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for
Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn, Gout, and Indigestion
and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted for ladies and
children. Prepared by
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, etc.,
172, New Bond-street, London ;

And sold throughout the world by all respectable chemists.
CAuTunq —See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle

and red label over the cork.

LONDON LABOURERS' DWELLINGS
SOCIETY (Limited).

Issue of 300 ADDITIONAL SHARES of £lOO each, to be
fully paid up.— Th )se who desire to do good, and are content
with a moderate dividend from a safe investment, may ob-
tain full information regarding this Society from the ecre-
tary, Dr. Greenhill, No. 2, Carlisle-parade, Hastings. The
Society has been in existence five years, during which period
it has paid the members 5 per cent. per annum. The Re-
serve Fund amounti to £1,400.

TONES' PATENT VOLUNTEER PRESS,
ti suitable for Pubic Companies, Architects, Surveyors,
&c. This press will stamp card, drawing, parchment, or the
thinest paper, by means of a regulating wheel, which no
other press will do.
DIE SINKER, EXBOSSEIt, AND ENVELOPE MAKER.
WILLIAM JONES, 240, High Holborn.
1,000 Blue-laid Business Envelopes, 3s. 10d.

DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
Scott, of Bromley, Kent. will be found invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind.
spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes.ls. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2e. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green package. with "William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.

OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
arl, q
earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
uire

-
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge. 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--CON-
TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required.
WIT. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuse. The annual
expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at
£5OOO, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends
have promised to pay for one bay each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East ; and by
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

SUBSCRIPTION TESTIMONIAI:
TO
GEORGE CRUIRSHANK.

PRESIDENT.
JOHN RUSKIN, Esq., LA.
VICE-PRESIDENT.
Sir W. C. TEEVELYA.N, Bart.
TREASURER.
Louis Huth, Esq,
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, B.C.

"Before the century was actually in its teens. we believe
that George Cruieshank was amusing the public. Is there
no way in which the country could acknowledge the long
services and brave career of such a friend and benefactor ?"--
THACKERAY.

The public in general is invited to co-operate in this move-
ment. Subscriptions receivable as above, or by the under-
signed as honorary secretary,
CHARLES A. HOWELL.
3, York-villas, Brixton, S.

pROVIDENCE ROWR NIGHT REFUGE,
FO
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodging; 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 are 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, refusedadmittance, 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 requests ot and will be
Eratefully received by the Rev. D. (FILBERTp.D., Nc.. 22,
rinobury-circup, E.O.

ROYAL EXCHANGE. ASSURANCE
OF F•ICE.
Royal Exchange, London, May 23, 18E0.
The Court of Directors of the Corpora ion of the ,royal Ex-
change Assuratee DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that
their TRANSFER BOOK, tvia be SFIUT ofrom Thursday,
the lath of June next, to Thursday, the sth of July follow-
ing; and that a GENERAL COURT of the tt,ild Corporation
will be holden at their Office, at the Royal Exchange, on
WEDNESDAY, the 20th of June, at Twelve o'clock at
noon, to consider a Dividend.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.
1 CHANCERY-LA:NE BRANCH, 124, CHANCERY-LANE.
The Directors HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that THIS
BRANCH is NOW OPEN for BUSINESS.
P. H. HEWITT, Manager.

May 1, 1866.

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY
COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRANSFER
BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 25th to the Nth day of
June, preparatory to the payment of the Half-year's Inte-
rest due by the Contractors on the Ist of July next.
PROVISIONAL SCRIP CERTIFICATES
FULLY PAID UP £lOO BEARING 6 ,PER CENT.
PER ANNUM and
ORDINARY .£lO PAID BEARING 5 PER CENT.
PER ANNUM,
must be forwarded to the Registrar at the Offices of the
Company, in order that the Dividend Warrants may be
duly prepared.

GEORGE HOPWOOD, Registrar.
C'Westminster-ehambers, Victoria,
street, S.W.

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.-
The fear of pain and dread of operation inherent to all
deter very many to whom ARTIFICIAL fir E ii;TH are of
vital importance from availing. themselves of the services of
a dentist. In a practice founded in 1830, and now ex.ending
over greater part of the kingdom, an experience unequalled
has been obtained, enabling us to offer even the most sensi-
tive sufferer a system of dentistry perfect in its absolute
freedom from pain, a speciftlite pertaining only to our prac-
tice, and for which her Majesty has granted her royal letters
patent. This system embraces the non-interference with all
stumps, however decayed, the supporting instead of extrac-
tion of loose teeth unril they become firm and useful in mas-
tication, and the utter absence of all and every operation, so
that the most nervous person can be supplied without fear of
pain or inconvenience. These teeth are cheaper, more dur-
able, natural, and comfortable than any yet produced.
Consultation free. Teeth from ss. Sets from 5 to 25 gm.,
warranted.

For the efficacy, utility, and success of this system, vide
"Lancet."

Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS,
30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.
Daily attendance at 13, Whltefriargate, Hull ; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade. Leeds ; 14, St. Nicholas-
street, Scarbro' ; and 33, Coney-street, York.
Established 1830. No connection with any one of the same
name.

ages ; entrance 1 soy, to go to the second horse ; winners
extra. One mile.
Mr. J. Milling's Radcliffe, by North Lincoln—Zuleika, 4
yrs, 7st 31b
Mr. Webb's My Cob, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Ward) 2
Mr. Maund's Stockinger, aged, Bst 101 b (Pearson) 3
Betting-7 to 4on Stockinger. 2to 1 agst Radcliffe, 4to
1 agst My Cob.
The favourite made play for a quarter of a mile, when

My Cob took up the running and held the lead till ap-
proaching the distance, where the favourite was beaten,
and Radcliffe immediately headed My Cob and cantered in
a winner by three lengths ; a length separated second and
third.

The HAYDOCK TWO-YR-OLD STAKES of 5 sovs each, with
50 added ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners extra.
About half a mile.
Mr. H. Moore's Taraxippus, by Fright—Olympia, Bst 101 b
(Sellers) 1
Mr. D. George's ch by Fandango—Southampton's dam,
Bst 101 b (Britton 2
Mr. Dobson's The King's Daughter, Bst 71b (Ruby) 3
Mr. T. Mills' National Dance, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne) 4
Betting—Even agst National Dance, 3 to 1 agst Ta-
raxippus, 8 to 1 agst The King's Daughter, 10 to 1 agst
Southampton's daM colt.

After going a short distance the latter took up the run-
ning, and held the lead for a quarter of a mile, when Ta-
raxippus went to the front and won cleverly by a length •
a neck separated second and third, and three lengths third
and fourth.

The MANOR CUP of 100 sovs in specie, added to a Sweep.
stakes of 5 sovs ; winners extra. One mile.
_ _ _ _ ___

Mr. Harenc's King of Spades, by King of Tramps—
Humming Bird, 3 yrs, sst llb (Kenyon) 1
Mr. Buckley, jun.'s, Wynnstay, aged, 7st 101b...(Morris 2
Mr. Barber's Contract, 4 yrs, Est 111 b (Ward) 3
Mr. Goodlass's Begun; 3 yrs, sst 111 b (J. Edwards) 0
Mr. Wadlow's Kenilworth, 3 yrs, Est (Cameron) 0
Mr. Osborne's Lady of Coverdale, 4 yrs, Est 121 b
(R. Chalioner) 0
Betting—Even on King of Spades, 4 to 1 each agst
Wynnstay and Lady of Coverdale, 10 to 1 bar three. Won
by three lengths ; bad third.

The GARWOOD HANDICAP of 100 nova; winners extra

About five furlongs.

Captain Barron's Hidalgo, by Cannobie —Donna Sabina,
3 yrs, sst 101 b (Kenyon 1
Mr. Wadlow's Kenilworth, 3 yrs, 6st 21b......(Camer0n 2
Mr. Clayton's Amulet, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Sleigh 3
Mr. Lincoln's Zisca, 4 yrs, 7bt 81b (Matdment 0
Betting-7 to 4on Hidalgo, 3to 1 agst Zisca, Bto 1 agst
Amulet. Won by two lengths ; three lengths between
second and third.

The VISITORS' STAKES of 60 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes
of 3 sovs each ; winners extra. About one mile and one

furlong.
Mr. A. W. Clayton's Grapeshot, by Artillery—Princess,
4 yrs, 7st 61b (Hoystead) 1
Mr. Harenc's King of Spades, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (Kenyon) 2
Mr. W. Hudson's Duty Free, 3 yrs, Est 101 b
(ft. ChaHoner) 3
Mr. Lincoln's Lord Conyngham, 4yrs, Bst 81b (Maidment) 4

Betting-7 to 2on King of Spades, Bto 1 each agst
Grapeshot and Duty Free. Won by a head ; a length and
a half between second and third.

BETTING ON THE COURSE
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
1000 to 80 agst Honesty (taken)

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TimEs.----Last night the House of Commons went
into committee on the Reform bills, but scarcely
had it done so when an attempt was made to inter-
rupt the order of debate. No sooner had the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer proposed the adoption of
the £l4 clear annual value as the future occupa-
tion franchise in counties, than it was moved that
the consideration of the franchise clauses be post-
poned till the redistribution scheme had been set-
tled. The motion was not only unsuccessful in it-
self ; it was the efficient cause of the rejection by
a majority of 14 of Mr. Walpole's amendment
later in the evening. We regret very much that
such a proposal should have been put forward
without even a word of warning, still more that
Lord Stanley should have given the proceeding the
weight of his authority. No doubt, there is some-
thing to be said in favour of the suggestion taken
by itself, but no excuse can be made for the way in
which it was brought forward. The Government
were fairly caught in an ambush, and it was by
great good luck that they were not beaten. Mr.
Gladstone had no suspicion of the snare laid for him
when he moved the County Franchise clause, and
TV WIRY& 21z .mitininatinn the arguments of Mr.
dreaming that the moment he sat down a mine would
be sprung at his feet. Lord Stanley's argument in
favour of his proposal was a repetition of what he
said on Lord Grosvenor's Amendment. He declared
the franchise qualification could not be settled with-
out reference to the constituencies in which they
were to be operative. This is perfectly true ; no one,
except, perhaps, Mr. Bright and Mr. Gladstone, who
have some hazy notions that a reduction of a quali-
lcation is an act redressing a wrong inflicted upon
" our own flesh and blood," would attempt to dis-
pute it. It is true, and, when the Franchise Bill
stood alone, it was an unanswerable reason against
proceeding further. It is now no longer relevant,
for we have before us a bill which deals at once with
the Franchise and Redistribution of Seats. To
give it any force it was necessary to impute to the
' Government a baseness which would be suicidal as
well as dishonourable. It was suggested that the fran-
chise clauses might be passed, and the rest of the
composite dropped for the lack of time. This is pos-
sible, and the Government might urge, as Lord Stan-
ley said, that they were only carrying out their origi-
nal idea ; but how could they meet the charge of
broken faith with the House of Commons ? The
Government brought in a complete Bill, because it
was the deliberate opinion of an overwhelming ma-
jority in Parliament and the country that a complete
scheme ought to be passed, or none at all ; and it is
now imputed to them that towards the end of the
Session, when independent members become languid
and the Opposition has begun to disperse, they may
throw overboard the complete scheme, retaining only
the original franchise clauses. We doubt that any
one seriously entertained such a suspicion ; the sup-
posed " dodge " would have been discreditable in it-
self, it would have been found impossible of execu-
tion, and we very much fear that rude observers out-
side the House of Commons will agree with Mr.
Bright in thinking that Lord Stanley's motion was
nothing but an underhand attempt to get rid of dis-
cussion. Lord Stanley's motion was defeated by a
decisive majority, but it was not, and it will not be,
forgotten. Mr. Walpole's Amendment perished in
consequence of it, and, hope as we may, it is im-
possible not to know that it will prejudicially
influence the future discussion in Committee. It
is too late for the Opposition to learn wisdom ?
They ought to know by this time that the shape
which the Reform scheme will ultimately as-
sume does not depend so much upon the num-
ber of staunch Government supporters, or on their
own ranks, as upon the independent members whom
they are doing their best to alienate. In spite of
the adverse vote, we have no hesitation in express-
ing our belief that Mr. Walpole had the best of the
argument, but in the House of Commons confidence
is more powerful than argument, and the confidence
which Mr. Walpole and Lord Stanley have hitherto
inspired is in danger. Let them do their best to
retrieve their position as fast as possible, if they wish
their reasons to have their former weight. Mr.
Walpole's speech last night, indeed, deserved care-
ful attention. We do not mean to say that there
were no defects discoverable in it, for both he on
the one side and Mr. Gladstone on the other intro-
duced into their speeches arguments drawn from the
stores of the last century, which never had any real
weight, and ought by this time to be forgotten. lt
is idle to talk about the principles of the. Constitu-
tion before the Reform Bill. Examined strictly,
the phrase has no meaning, and the sense
.which is
sometimes forced into it lost its.. significance in 1832.
The only point to be determined. is what. is the
limit of the occupation franchise in counties and
towns which promises best to secure the objects
of reform. In other words, what franchises will
make the House of Commons the truest repre-
sentative of the thoughts, interests, and aims of
the nation? No one will deny that there does
exist in England a great diversity of classes, and
that it is essential to the pefection of represen-
tative government that all these classes should
be represented in the Legislative body. One of
the simplest modes of securing the representation
of this diversity is furnished by the existence of a
diversity of constituencies, and any proposal simply
confusing 'Parliamentary Boroughs and Counties
ought to be carefully watched. The Chancellor of
the Exchequer allowed in the speech in which he first
introduced the Redistribution Bill that the distinc-
tion between Towns and Counties may be obliterated,
for he excused himself from giving another member
to Middlesex on the ground that Middlesex was
practically a metropolitan constituency.
that
thehe
same way Sir George Grey said last night
infusion of the urban element into the constituencies
a
of manufacturing Counties by the adoption of
be
£l4 franchise-limit would be considerable ,
was
seemed to think that the effect of the admissiona
neutralized by the additional singt that e
agri-
cultural counties it would be
Mr. Walpole
deduc-
tion was, in fact, the other way.