The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-18 00:00:00

N°. 23,037

MR. SAUNDERS' NEW NOVEL.
On Friday next, April 20, in 3 vols.,
BOUND TO THE WHEEL.
By JOHN SAUNDERS.

Author of "Abel Drake's Wife," &e.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

NOTICE.—PLAIN JOHN ORPINGTON,
the New Story by the Author of " Lord Lynn's 'wife"
and •" Lady Flavia," IS NOW BEADY at all Libraries, in
3 vols., post Svo.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1866.

TO WEST-END DINERS:
" THE WELLINGTON,"
ST. JAMES'S-STREET, PICCADILLY.
LADIES' SALOON DINING ROOM on the First Floor
The SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS are now OPEN.
Terms—Twelve Months..£l lts. 6d.
Six Months...... I ls. Od.
Apply, D. CAMERON, 49, Et. James-street.

MISS BRADDON'S NEW NOVEL.
At all Libraries, in 3 vols.,'
THE LADY'S MILE. A Novel.
By the Author of "Lady Audley's Secret," &c.
London : Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Paternoster-row.

NO TI C E.-THE LADY'S MILE.-
An abundant supply of this New Novel,by the Author
of "Lady Audley's Secret," &c., will be ready on We Ines-
day, April IR. Subscribers to circulating libraries should
order "The Lady's Mile," by Miss Braddon.

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No.
cCxxxvm., Is Published THIS DAY,

CONTENTS.
I. Sir Joshua Reynolds.
11. Children's Employment Commission.
M. Foss' Judges of England.
IV. Coal and Smoke.
V. Science of Language.
VI. St. Patrick and the Irish Church.
VII. Female Education.
VIII. Ecce Homo.
IX. The Government Reform Bill.
John Murray. Albemarle-street

TO- BE lIAD AT ALL LIBRARIES.
Now ready, In two volumes, crown Bvo.,

TAMES MEETWELL ; or, Incidents, Errors,
0 aLd Experiences in the Life of a Scottish Merchant.
*** This book is not a work of fiction ; it is a genuine
narrative of real life, written by one who has experienced it.
Edinburgh : William P. Nimmo. London : Simpkin, Mar-
shall, and Co.

ROBERT COCKS and CO.'S NEW SONGS—
the favourite Songs of the Day.
HILDA'S ANSWER. Song written and composed by
Miss S. J. REILLY, finely Illustrated. 2s. 6d., free for 16
stamps.
THE MOUNTAIN QUEEN. Song. Words by Mr. Wat••
HILLS. Music by the Composer of "Jenny of the Mill,"
finely Illustrated. 2s. 6c1., free by post for 16 stampa.
THERE IS NOT A MERRY BIRD THAT SINGS.
Words by Jowl ORENFORD. Esq. Music by GAMBERT.
2s. 6d.. free by post for 16 stamps.
Gratis, and Postage Free.
Catalogue of Abt's Songs.
Catalogue of Miss M. Lindsay's (Mrs. J. W. Bliss) Songs.
Catalogue of W. T. Wrighton's Songs.
Catalogue of Stephen Gloyer's sixty Vocal Duets.
Catalogue of Geo. F. West's Piano Music.
Catalogue of Brinley Richard's Piano Music.
Catalogue of W. Vinceqt Wallace's Piano Music.
Each application must state the Catalogue required.
London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S BADEN:BADEN
and UP Iv THE AIR, an entirely New EntertNin-
ment, EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday);
Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL,
King William-street, Charing-cross
Luxurious sofa stalls, 6s. ;.balcony stalls, 35.; area, 23.;
amphitheatre, ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen and scats
secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five.

DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIST. - INVEN-
TOR of the CARTE de VISITE. Patent the 27th of
November, 185 t, 70, 71, 72, Brook-street, Hanover-square, and
for Equestrian Portraits at Hereford Lodge, Gloucester-
rnad, Old Bromp'on-roal, and S. Boulevard des Italiens,
Paris.
Mr. DISDERI has on SALE 65,000 CARTES do VISITE
of all the CELEBRITIES of the Day, and PANORAMIC
VIEWS. Establishments in LONDON, PARIS, MADRID,
and TOULON, for enlargements up to lite size.

c,TODARE'S 399TH REPRESENTATION.—
THEATRE OF MYSTERY.—EGYPTIAN HALL.—
STODARE'6 celebrated MARVELS of MAGIC and VEN'-
TRILuQUISM, Hs performed by him, by command, at Wind-
sor Castle, before her Majesty the Queen, Nov. 21, 1865 ; and
twice before ti.R.H. the Prince of Wales, June 6. 1865, and
March 10, 1866.—The New Sensation, the MARVEL of
MECCA, the SPHINX, and Stodare's celebrated INDIAN
BASKET FEAT, EVERY EVENING at 8. Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 3.
Stalls may be secured in advance at the Box-office, Egyptian
Hall, open daily from 10 till 6; and at Mitchell's, Ole Bond-
street.—Admission. ls., 25.; stalls, 38.
" Almost miraculous."—Vide the Times.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS,
ST. JAMES'S HALL.
EVERT EVENING at Eight. WEDNESDAYS and
SATURDAYS, at Three and Eight,—The original and veri-
tably legimate CHRISTY MINSTRELS. First Season in
London these five years. The only company in existence
which possesses a legal claim to the title, from the fact oflits
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 18.57. 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 respect, their entertainment being unani-
mously pronounced hi the metropolitan press to be the most
sparkling in London.
Prices of Admission—New and luxurious fauteuils, 55.;
stalls, 3s. ; area. 2s. ; gallery, Is. ; juveniles, under twelve,
half price to stall,' and are t 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.

T HE XF ORD,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.

The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited,,

IF--
I WERE KING, Comic Opera, by ADOLPHE ADAM,
havin4 been enthusiastically received, will be performed,
together with IL TROVATORE and 3IASANIELLO, by
the whole of the talented Operatic Company EVERY
EVENING in addition to the other novelties of the estab-
14shment, including the cerebrated HUNGARIANS in their
new entertainment, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr, RANDALL,
and Messrs. PERSIVANI and D'RHONDE.
Admission—Area, ed.; stalls and balcony, Is ; private
boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d.
Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8.

DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST to
11. I. MAJESTY the EMPEROR NAPOLEON
and the IMPERIAL FAMILY; to 11. I. MAJESTY the
EMPEROR of ALL the RUSSIAS ; also to H. I. MAJESTY
the QUEEN of SPAIN and the ROYAL FAMILY; to H.
MAJESTY the KING of ITALY; to IL MAJESTY the
KING of HOLLAND; to 11. MAJESTY the KING of
PORTUGAL ; to the IMPERIAL ACADEMY of MUSIC;
PHOTOGRAPHER of the PALACE of the UNIVERSAL
EXHIBITION of 1855, Jzo.

DISDERI, PHOTO PAINTING.—In oil on
canvas.

DISDERI, PIIOTUGRAPIIIE on SILK.—IIIB
own new process.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET, EASTER 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
norious CHARLOTTE WINSOR.
Open during the first three days in Easter week from 10
a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, Is. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra
Rooms, 6d.

DISDERI, PIIOTOGRAPIIIE EMAIL.—New
proces Q.

DISDERI, NATURAL PHOTOGRAPHY,
without retouching. Reproductions and Enlarge-
ments of trery kind.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Pic-:0111y.
;:elections from all the favourite Operas will be performed
by the celebrated ARGYLL BAND every Evening.
Chef d'Orchestra, Signor L. CURTL
M. LEVY, the Groat Cornet Player, at Nine, Ten, and
Eleven o'clock.
Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock.
Admission, is.

DISDEM.—The Excellent Situation of Mr.
DISDEICI'S Studios enables him to OPLII.ATIC .bE-
GAIIDLES of the WELVTIIEIt.
•

LADIES MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN
EVER.—Dr. CULVERWELL'S LADIES' TUE-
KIS II BATHS, Tuesdays. Gentlemen other days.--a, Great
3larlborough-street, W. i's. Aso the Post (Om Turkish
'laths, 10, St. Martin's-le-Grand, Is. (d. Saturdays and
Sundays, is. ; at both establishments, Is. Greatest purifier
of the blood and beautifier of the skin.

NOTICE.—By a new process of Mr. DIS-
DERI'S the "PORTRAITS CARTES Di VISITE"
are ENLARGED CANVAS to any size. The PUBLIC
an thus obtain ant HOTOGRAPHIC DRAWING, by
means of which skilful art sts attached to the house can,
on simple indications: such as the colour of the complexion,
the eyes and the hair, obtain a splendid and truthful OIL
PAINTING.
Mr. DISDERI'S new process is valuable In this respect,
that it avoids the tediousness of long sittings, and also adds
to the charms of oil painting the great advantages of the
truthfulness and accuracy of Photography.
SALOQ:. S and STUDIOS, 70, 71, 72, Brook-street, Han-
over-square; and for Equestrian Portraits at Hereford Lodge,
Gloucester-road, Old Brompton-road.

H YAM and CO.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN,
66 and 67, Oxford-street, W.
Gentlemen about t, purchase their clothing for the season
are requested to bear in mind the following recommendations
of II Ali and CO.'S Attire for Gentlemen.
1. Novelty. 'Beauty, and Ex -ellenceof Fabril.
T. Perfect Adj us m, nt of F,t.
3. Becoming and Fashion
4. Ornamenta and general Finish.

REFRIES and SONS beg to call the special
et • attention of Merehauti and the Trade to their
NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER,
With Circular Wick,
which for simplicity of construction, great brilliancy of light,
perfect combustiothan
as its entire freedom from heat, sur-
passes everything h yet been introduced.

ITYAM and CO.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN,
66 and 07, Oxford- street, W.
Hyam and Co.'s Spring Overeats
Ilyain and Co.'s Spring Suits 4's. to 70s.
liyam and Co.'s Spring bilk-faced Capes 2ss. to 455.
Hyam and Co.'s Spring Jackets
Hyam and Co.'s Spring Dress Coats
liyam and Co.'s Spring► Frock Coats
Hyam and Co 's Spring Vests Os. to 14s.
Hyam and Co.'s Spring Trousers l4s. to .ss.

YAM and CO.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS
No. 1. Grntiemen's Clothing for immediate wear.
„ 2. Bespoke or Order Department.
„ 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department.
„ 4. lists, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department.
HYAM and CO., 66 and 67, Oxford-street, W.
Provincial Establishments at Birmingham, Leeds, and
Dewsbury.

PHILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE
BEST AND CHEAPEST.
STRONG to FINE BLACK TEA, Is. 6d., 25., 2s. 6d., 35.,
3s. 4d.
Moat Delicious Black Tea is row only 3s. 61. rer pound.
Pure, Rich, Rare, Choice Coffee, Is. 4d.. Is. 6d, is. Bd.
PHILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCMANTS,
8, King William-street, City, London, E.G.
A price current free. Sugars at market prices.
PHILLIPS and CO send all goods Carriage Free within
eight miles of ;\ o. 8, King. William-street, 40s. worth Car-
riage Free to any Railway Station or Market Town in Eng-
land. Phillips and Co. have no Agenta, nor any oonnection
with any house in Worcester or Swansea.

A gritA LAMPS can be obtained from the
Al. METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 4t7, Strand,
and from all Ironmongers and Lamp Warehouses in Town
and Country; and the Patentee, 16 and 17. Commercial-
street, WhitechapeL

ASTRA, PETRO
SHOVV LEUM,
(New Designs.) and KEROSINE
LAMPS on .

ASTRA (Patent) LAMP, for MINERAL

CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH.

WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY
NOW?—That the FIERY CROSS has arrived.
bringing some magnificent KAISuW CONGOUS of delicious
flavour. ard which may now be had, at a mere commission on
the import price, of the EAST INDIA TEA CO 4PAN Y,
No. 5, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate-street.

AS TR A LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW
PATTERNS for the Season now on Show.

TABLE GLASS. ENGRAVED AND CUT.
T DEFRIES and SONS,
tY • 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET.

TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS.
Newest Patterns, Correct Measure.
JDEFRIES and SONS,
• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES,
For 12 Persons, ti 18s. 6d.
BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES
in great variety, Li ls.
T DEFRIES and SONS,
0. 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET.

CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS,
In the Grecian and Venetian Designs.
JDEFRIES and SONS,
• 16 and 17, CO SIMERCIAL-ST BEET.

BRONZED AND ORMOLU CHANDELIERS,
New designs, for the Dining-room.
.DEFRIES and S ONS,
tr• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

CRYSTAL LAMPS AND WALL LIGHTS
(Registered) for India.
JDEFRIES and SONS,
a 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS
for the above Goods promptly executed.
Works -LONDON and BIRMINGHAM.

JDEFRIES and SONS,
. 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

T DEFRIES and SONS
• Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free.

CIIOCOLAT-DIENIER, for Breakfast.

CLLOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and
dolidous.

ITENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE.
Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
Sold everywhere.

SWEET OPOPONAX.—PIESSE and
I.I3IIIN'S flaw PERFUSI.E. This and a thousand
others for chol-e at the laboratory of fhwers. 2, New Bond-
street, London. Sold in all parts of the world.

110IIEASANT REARING for 1866.— JAMES
CHA SIBERIAN'S (opposite Corn Exchange, Nor-
wich) is the' on'y depot in the world for proper FO ,D for
PH EASAI T FE E DING. Between `zol and 300 testimonials
of last year's success. Treatise on Hatching and hearing,
with other valuable hints, posted free on application. Land-
owners. pheasant rearers, and gamekeepers can raise any
number of birds by using his fOod. The aristocracy of the
kingdom constantly use it. Gentlemen requiring game-
keepers, or gamekeepers requiring situations, are requested
to apply to Mr. James Chamberlin, wine merchant and phea-
sant fool dealer, opposite Corn Exchange. Norwich.

TEETH. Mr. DAY (for many years principal
assistant to Mr. Eskell. surgeon-dentist, of 8, Gros-
venor-street, W.) may be consulted on all cases of Dental de-
fect or deficiency. He has made arrangements for the use of
Mr. Eskell's Patents, by which means exquisitely enamelled
ARTIFICIAL TEETH of the utmost durability are con-
structed (in a few hours when necessary), and are worn upon
tender gums or roots of teeth or by nervous persons for any
length of time, without pain. unpleasantness, or discomfort.
The invention applied to teeth of ordinary or inferior con-
struction. Painful teeth or diseased stumps extracted with-
out pain. No chloroform ! and per ectly sate. osrEo-
PLASTIC ENAMEL, the exact valour of the natural teeth,
used in all cases of stopping. Discoloured teeth restored,
loose teeth fastened, and all operations on the most approved
principles. Terms strictly moierate. Consultations free.
291, REGENT-STREET (3 doors from the Po ytechnic).

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to ilut 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
I ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected irom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years.
The new home the Committee wish to form wonld 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 gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85. Queen-street, Cheapside; ur by Messrs
Barclay and Co., Lombard-street

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.-
The fear of pain and dread of ope-ation inherent to all
deter very many to whom ARTIFICIAL TENTH 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 moss sensi-
tive sufferer a bystem of dentistry perfect in its absolute
freedom from pain. a specialite 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 mull 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 53. bets from 5 to 25 ge.,
warranted.

For the ellicany, utility, and success of this system, vide
" Lancet."
Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS,
30, Berncrs-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.
Daily attendance at 15, WhitefriargatiN Hull; 10, Norfolk-
street,stre sSoaherfli bre 4, East-parade, Leeds ; it, St. Nicholas-
et oldq
and
33,
Coney-street, York.

Established 1830. No connection with any one of the swmc
name.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.—The debate on the Malt Duty last night
took an entirely new turn. Sir Fitzroy Kelly
opened the discussion with his usual arguments and
statistics, and the House of Commons . listened
patiently to the extraordinary statements -which
aroused our astonishment when they were first
made two or three years ago. Members were once
more told that £20,000,000 out of the £60,000,000
spent every year by the consumers of beer was paid
on account of the duty ; but the calculation, though
remarkable, has ceased to excite attention. The
only question of interest was at what hour would
the Chancellor of the Exchequer demolish the argu-
ment of the learned member for Suffolk. It was no
doubt true, as Mr. More afterwards said, that an
unusually large number of members had come to
the House pledged to promote a reduction of the
duty, but it was perfectly well known that there
would be no surplus this year to make a reduction
possible, if even it should be attempted. The amend-
ment of Mr. Neate, however, seconded with great
ability by Mr. Mill, gave a new aspect to the whole
question. The amendment was subsequently with-
drawn, and the motion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly rejected
on its merits by a decisive majority ; but Mr. Mill's
argument was the novelty of the evening, and its
effect upon the house was unmistakeable. For the
first time it was seriously maintained in the House
of Commons that our financial prospects were now
such that it was the duty of Parliament to consider
the propriety of reducing our debt rather than of
abolishing taxes. A comparison of our resources
and of our expenditure showed the necessity of
transmitting to later generations diminished -bur-
dens as well as diminished wealth. If we are con-
suming at a rapid rate the stores of fuel which give
us the advantage we enjoy in the world—the mas-
tery of its markets, and our unrivalled powers of
powers of production—itis but just that we should
at the same time take steps to pay off the debtwhich
is now but a " fleabite," but which might prove fatal
to energies otherwise crippled and enfeebled. We
shall not be suspected of a desire to detract from
the weight of Mr. Mill's argument. We are, indeed,
glad to welcome so distinguished a supporter of a
position we have ourselves repeatedly enforced.
The duty of making some provision for the reduc-
tion of the national debt is so plain that it need only
be stated to be acknowledged, and it could not have
been introduced to the consideration of the House
of Commons under happier auspices than it was last
night. The nation is by this time pretty well en-
lightened on the subject of the malt duty. It is not
an unobjectionable tax, and it is easy to conceive
modifications in the mode of its collection which
might make it less burdensome to the taxpayer
without diminishing the receipt of the Exchequer. It
is very possible that a re-arrangement of the impost
may some day be made. The abolition of the tax is,
however, entirely out of the question, and we may
be certain that whatever happens a duty will still be
levied on the consumption of beer. The gravest ob-
jection that has ever been urged against the duty
was that it interfered with the feeding of cattle on
malt, but the experiments of Mr. Lawes last spring
showed that the advantages of malt as a food for
cattle were, except in very special cases, imaginary.
Another objection, very properly made at one time,
that a uniform duty levied by measure discouraged
the cultivation of barley on light lands, was met by
allowing the duty to be paid by weight. The malt
duty is therefore only one item of our system of in-
direct taxation, accompanied by no special disad-
gesandlf pressing upon the consumer at no un-
usualany peculiar drawbacks remain of
whichvanta rate.
we are unaware, it would probably be found
easy to remove them ; and if the alterations which
have already been made in the mode of collecting
the tax have been rendered partially inoperative by
the excise officers, as Mr. Read maintained, it can-
not be impossible to compel excise officers to carry
practical The speech, that the tax
out to the fullest extent the altseurgagtieosntisonwhmichadPeabry-
liaduty on beer, adopted
rm.
should enn
et
bade
ti has
as
his
nis
smc t
very
ot ne de d .
into a
and ably enforced by Mr. Du Cane, is a fair sub-
ject for debate and consider
the way of adopt-
ation. Mr. Gladstone
isnagid
tthheersengwgeersetindniffi,
nldti
general concurrence of opinion, but
the difficulties would vanish if the alteration
difficulties itn i
sup-
ported by a t was not yet
were vigorously pressed. All this, however, can-
notquestion.
and
the argument of Mr.
A duty on malt or
beer must be levied if our 'system of indirect taxa-
tion affect
sto
bt he
maintainedem ai
n
Mill—that it is a national duty to keep up such a
revenue as will allow us to reduce the national debt
—was not met by any of the speakers who followed
him. County member after county member ex-
pressed the sentiments of the tenant-farmers, who
form, as Sir Edward Bu lwer-Lytton said on Friday,
the most powerful section of their several constitu-
encies, but as they were not prepared for Mr. Mill's
arguments they did not find it convenient to notice
them. They must make up their minds, however,
that they will have to overcome his reasoning before
they can hope to persuade the. y country that it is
desirable to abolish the Malt nut—.
The bulk of
the revenue is raised from a few taxes producing a
large income with comparatively a small pressure
on the resources of the taxpayer. The taxes are so
adjusted that their rates of incidence are nearly
uniform, and they affect all classes in the kingdom
in a proportional degree. If one tax be diminished,
all must be diminished, and we at once come to the
question whether it is desirable that an important re-
. duction should be made in any. We cannot believe
it is desirable, unless, indeed, a corresponding re-
duction be made in the national expenditure. If
we could see our way to a reduction in the estimates,
we might fairly apply some portion of the surplus
in diminishing taxation, but the expenditure of the
current year gives us no reason to suppose that any
stich result will be achieved. However reluctant
we may be to make the admission, it seems that we
have arrived at a stationary condition of expendi-

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, H.G
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLE UCH. K.G.

This Hospital, founde 1 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 g actes •
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
lestitute 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 Commiit-
the, reqnisite inn.l9 to Maintain them.
t (mfr. ar( reAvlved b, iii i'reasurer, hOwaret bias
'nS•h• NicoolllP- lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
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its.re!y and Co.; Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
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. I.,lverptx}!.: and at the Hospital, from 10 11115.
STANFL,r,r, ki iT hi a etvx et4ry,

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM. AN
EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is at
mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving
rinivgedof consumptionsleep, or
coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty
pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
iprovokestseirec ts frequent gut
truly
coughing.beneflcial.9
Inrerasppnrs deprived
even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief
in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by
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three quantities in one, 2s. Od. each. Be particular, and ask
for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are
engraved on the stamp.

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tore, and with a revenue system simple in itself and
moderate and just in its incidence, we are bound
to consider the mitigation of permanent burdens
before conferring boons on the present generation.
The debate of last night, even more than the
division at its close, must convince the advo-
cates of the abolition of the malt duty how im-
possible it is that their end can be accomplished,
but the discussion will not be in vain if they learn
from it what can be done. It was scarcely neces-
sary for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to defend
the revenue from the attack made upon it ; the
good sense of the House came to its rescue, and re-
jected Sir Fitzroy Kelly's motion by a majority of
eighty-five. The result would probably have been
the same had Mr. Mill not spoken, but there can
be no doubt that his arguments, heard for the first
time in Parliament, will sink into the minds of his
hearers, and make future agitation for the uncon-
ditional repeal of the Malt Duty more hopeless
than ever. Any proposal, however, for the trans-
formation of the tax, which, not effecting its net
produce, offers a way of escape from the evils now
alleged to be incidental to it, will at all times re-
ceive full consideration from the Chancellor of the
Exchequer and the House of Commons. Beer is
not an " evangelizing power," but there is no reason
wliy the making of Malt should be interfered with,
except for the purpose of maintaining the revenue.
Let Mr. Read mature his plans in full confidence
that they will be accepted if they prove to be feasible.
But the produce of the tax cannot be given up, and
justice requires that it shall in some way continue
to be levied on the consumers of beer. The main-
tenance of a surplus, and its application to the re-
duction of the Debt, are not the crotchets of soli-
tary thinkers ; recent events have to some extent
lessened the danger of competition to which
English labour and English capital seemed at
one ' time destined to be speedily exposed, but
the danger is postponed, and not averted. We
have been often told of late " to be wise, and to be
wise in time," and the advice could not be better
applied than by determining that now, when our
superiority is unquestioned_and our advantages un-
diminished, we will make it an object of legislation
to reduce the burdens which an unthrifty and un-
just policy would leave undiminished to our suc-
cessors.
lIERALD.—" God bless the King, but save the
dinner"—God help the bill, but save the Ministers,
is a tolerably exact resume of the prayers of Down-
ing-street at this moment. We do not feel at all
sure that any very satisfactory ans ever is likely to
come. The bill is past praying for. If it had not
come to grief enough Lord Stanley has finally settled
its fate. Nobody has ever tried to answer him. No-
body by any possibility could have succeeded if he
had tried. Vague talk about the need of reform
a la Mill and Forster, and wild gesticulation of the
Grey and Layard sort, are all that can be done for
it. In truth, the thing was doomed long ago. There
was for a time a hope that the Whig houses and
their followings would have mercy; that they would
help the bill through a second reading on the un-
expressed understanding that it was to expire by a
slow death in committee; an-1 there was a good
deal to be said in favour of this hoinceopathic pro-
cess of extinction. The bill appeared, in fact, to
have been constructed with a special view to an
emergency of the kind. First, the stupid proposal
to disfranchise the dockyard men gives at once a
decent opening for a hostile majority. The clause
has nothing whatever to say for itself. Nobody
pretends that the men are under influence of any
sort ; they may occasionally (as at Devonport) be
browbeaten by a Radical attorney fishing for evi-
dence under the patronage of their superiors; but
the experiment is hardly likely to be repeated ;
they are the elite of the working classes, if anybody
in England can be so-called ; in short, the parents
and god-parents of the measure have provided
themselves at the outset with a capital chance
of flinging their bantling overboard. Then,
there is the savings-bank question. Nobody
but Mr. Gladstone cares much for this par-
ticular feature of the bill. The persons who have
invested their capital in this way are peo2le to
whose admission to the franchise there is no parti-
cular objection, and Mr. Bright's dislike of the
proposition tells strongly in its favour ; but the
Conservative party claim leave to admit many
others along with them—the llochde,le and other
co-operative societies, for instance, the freehold
building companies (excellent borough voters,
though not, perhaps, a desirable addition to the
county constituencies) ; professional persons of all
sorts ; schoolmasters, everybody whom the posses-
sion of brains entitles to a voice in the government
of the country--all these will have their hearing
with thoughtful people • they have not got it with
concocters of the flurried farrago which is at
present before the House of Commons as a Fran-
chise Bill ; and the hearing allows any number of
opportunities for an adverse division. These are
only a specimen or two of the way in which the
bill seems to have been framed with a direct view to
the possible expediency of infanticide. This mode
of getting rid of difficulties has become almost a
science in certain strata of society ; it seems that it
is now to be extended to politics. Whether, how-
ever, the bill may be lost and yet the Ministry
saved is very far from being clear. Some 40 or 50
of the habitual supporters of the Government are
understood to be in grave doubt what they mean to
do. Possibly they may vote for the secbnd reading
of the bill, on the understanding that accidents are
to happen in committee, and thus save the Ministers
from the more immediate consequences of their
folly. But people do not readily forgive a hoax,
especially when it involves an insult to their under-
standing. It rather appears as if the less kindly
disposed part of the victims were going to get help
from an entirely unexpected quarter. Mr. Bright's
paper of Monday is in a serious tremble about the
matter. Certain Irish Liberal members were
supposed to have declared their intention of sup-
porting the bill, by the mouth of a Mr. Cogan at
Lord Russell's exhibition of " the happy family,"
to an admiring circle in Downing-street the other
day. This gentleman's vehement rebellion against
Whig dictation a couple of years ago was thought
to have added some peculiar weight to his utterance
on this occasion. Unfortunately he seems to have
represented nobody but himself and Mr. Maguire.
It was observed that among others The O'Donoghue
and a few others were significantly absent on that
occasion. Mr. Pim has dispelled any illusion that
may have been produced by the officiousness of the
member forKildare; the Tablet has taken the earliest
opportunity for unpleasant plainness of speech ; and
the recent intelligence from Ireland is not reassuring.
People, there are asking themselves, as people here
have long been doing, what on earth they have to
thank the Whigs for ? That the bill is a caput
mortuum they know as well as we do. That the
present question is very simply, as Mr. Gladstone
has put it with unconscious innocence, one of mere
confidence in the Ministry, is equally clear. The
Irish members not unnaturally ask, what is Ireland
like to be the better either for the bill or its authors?
As regards reform, obviously nothing is likely to
be gained, though a good deal may be lost. A
diminishing population can scarcely be advantaged
by a measure, which, so far as it means anything,
means mere representation of numbers. As regards
anything else, the Government has been unluckily
driven into a premature exposure of its views 'upon
all Irish matters ; and what does the exhibition
amount to ? Irish difficulties and Irish needs were
set forth at the beginning of the session with a
vigour and exactness hitherto unequalled. On the
Conservative side of the house the statement met
with an honest sympathy, which was unmistakeable.
From the Ministerial bench all we learn is, that the
" Catholic University" is a silly speculation, that
the land question is beyond its comprehension, and
that the Church business is not "ripe," though
(if Lord Russell was on a somewhat celebrated occa-
sion anything better than a rank charlatan) it was
ripe some 300 years ago. In plain English they
have been told that Irish questions are capital foot-
balls for party play, but that nobody expects any-
thing to come of the game except here and there a
few broken shins. Ireland, very naturally, does
not see any good result from this sort of treatment ;
and there is some vigorous bargain-making going
on, notwithstanding Mr. Cogan's magniloquent
profession that it would support her Majesty's
Ministers " without condition." The light that his
maladroit speech shed on former majorities he had
probably forgotten, or he would have observed a
more discreet taciturnity on so slippery a subject.
But the Irish difficulty is very far from being the
only one. The stupid wrong-headedness which
produced a single-barrelled bill, in the hope that
people would walk blindfold into a trap, open their
mouths, shut their eyes, and see what the chapter
of accidents would send them, will only begin to
produce its suicidal results when it has been, for
the moment, successful. The second reading of th. e
bill will be far more fatal to the Whig p.e. artyvvlne
the long run than its rejection can possibly, b
do not pretend to regret the queer dilemma in Wyich
the policy of Earl Russell has placed a party which
has allowed itself to be led for years past by noble
instincts into a very ignoble position. \Ve have only
to chronicle the dull upshot of all its toiling through
so many years—either the establishment by act of

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Parliament of a democracy which it hates, or a
damning confession that its leaders are incompetent
to guide the policy of the state through a crisis
which, but for their unimaginable folly, could never
have arisen.

up the cords, where he came out and won e.
lengths; half a length between second and third.
Mr. Walker claimed The Sharper, and Mr. Hughes
claimed Melinda.

Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for 2-3-r-old colts, Bst I.olb,

and fillies, Bst ilb. The winner to be sold for 100 sous,

if demanded, &c. Last half of Abingdon mile. 5 subs.
Count P. de Lagrange's Rosa Nera (H. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Chaplin's Ruthven (T Challoner) 2
Sir F. Johnstone's Elburg (Parry) 3
Mr. Padwick's Florican (J. Goater) 4
Betting-2 to lon Elburg, and sto 1 agst any other.
Rosa Nera mado all the running, and won by three-quar-
ters of a length : head between second and third.

Plato of 100 sous, for 3-yr-olds, 7st 21b ; 4-yr-olds, 8:4101b;
5-iYurn-olds,to
9stsielid lb;G-yr-olds and aged, 9st 21b. The
wfor £3OO, if for £lOO allowed 71b, if not
for sale to carry 71b extra. One mile 17 yards.
Marquis of Hastings's The Duke, 4 yrs, 71b ex (Cannon) 1
Mr. B. Walker's Christmas Carol, 4 yrs (71b ex)
(T. Challoner) 2
General Angerstein's Diego's dam filly, 3 yrs (.£300)
(S. Adams) 3
Mr. J. Wood's Rose, 5 yrs (X 100) (Wheeler) 4
Betting-100 to 30 on The Duke, who waited till half-
way up the hill, when he headed Christmas Carol, who
had been running at his side, and won easily by a length
and a half ; three lengths between second and third.
The Coffee-room Stakes of 50 sovs each, for 3-yr-old colts,
Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 71b. 1 2 furlongs, 73 yards.
7 subs.

Mr. Savillo's Claverhouse, 8.3t101b (Doyle) w.o.

MIDNIGHT BETTING.
CIIESTER CUP.
6 to 1 agst Dalby (taken in great force)
7 to 1 agst Redcap (taken)
Bto 1 agst Treasure Trsve (taken)
12 to 1 agst Baragah (offered)
15 to 1 agst Mr. Pitt (taken)
25 to 1 agst Sandal (taken)
DERBY.:
1.00 to 300 agst Lord Lyon (taken)
800 to 200 agst Rustic (taken)
18 to 1 agst Delight (taken)
100 to 6 agst Redan (taken)
25 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (offered)
1000 to 30 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken):
2000 to 30 agst Hawthorn (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Westwick (taken)
REFORM BILL.
200 to 100 on its passing (taken)

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866.

Chester
Curragh 24

Epsom Summer l5
Uxbridge
Manchester
Ascot Summer 29

Liverpool l9
Beverley. 2O
Ipswich 2l
Hungerford
Tyne Newcastle-o- 26
Curragh 2B
Worcester
L

C urragh

FRENCH RACK

Bruxelles 3, 6
Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13
La Marche 2l

,Y.
Stamford l9
Radcliffe 23
Winchester 24
Southampton 25
Huntingdon 26
Goodwood 3l

16, 17 18

LTG FIXTURES.

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Vissernbourge 2l.
Paris (Summer) 26, 27

JU.
Vincennes 3
Montaüban

Toulouse l., g.
1
St. Omer
Rouen
Metz B, 9
Amiens

Toulouse 24, 28

Abbeville
Le Pin 22
Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23
Salutes 2B, 29
Cacn 29, 80, 31
UST.

AUG
Deauville.....
Rochefort 5
Bourge5...
Valenciennes
Moulins
Cherbourg l9

Le Mans
Laon l9, 20
Tarbes l9, 22
Blois 26, 28
Baden-Baden 3l

SEPTEMBER.

Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 I Paris (Autumn) ')3, 30
Chantilly