biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-17

IMPERIAL MEXICAN.

An extraordinary general meeting of this com-
pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern for
the purpose of raising further capital for the com-
pletion of the undertaking—Mr. R. W. Crawford,
M.P., in the chair.
The report was taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN said, with respect to the transfer
of the contract from Messrs. Knight and Co. to
Mr. Crawley, while it was necessary that the former
should bo relieved from their engagements to a cer-
tain extent, it was at the same time desirable that
the completion of the works should fall into the
hands of a gentleman who had carried on the con-
struction of the line with satisfaction to the direc-
tors, and who they believed would be able to continue
the progress of the works in a manner equally satis-
factory. (Hear, hear.) Another point was of para-
mount importance for raising a portion of the
capital, which it was intended to borrow in Conti-
nental markets. They had explained, in their report,
the necessity of having the capital called up in full,
and therefore they asked the shareholders to super-
sede the arrangement mentioned in the prospectus
of not making calls exceeding £3 per share. The
directors had no desire, under the proposal now
made, to press unfairly on the shareholders who
might not feel it convenient to pay up at once the
call of £7 per share, and they would be happy to
enter into arrangements with shareholders individu-
ally at the office for that purpose. Mr. Samuel, their
n -chief, had given them a very able and
clear statement of the progress of the works. They
expected to be able to complete a considerable portion
of the railway by the middle of the present year.
The contractor was carrying on the works with great
vigour, and preparing the line for the rails, which
were being conveyed to places on the line. There
was a very large amount of internal traffic, as well
as an extensive external traffic, which must pass
over the railway when completed. The Mexican
Government had met the whole of their obligations
to the company. He concluded by moving that the
report be adopted, and that the directors be autho-
rized to take all such
measures as they might think
fit to carry out the objects referred to therein.

The motion was seconded.
In answer to questions it was stated that the num-
ber of shares in the original prospectus was 60,000,
of which 10,000 were to be taken by the original con-
tractors, who were to pay on them by deductions
from their certificates; but the position of those
contractors did not admit of their taking them up.
Of the remaining 50,000 shares, about 47,000 had
been taken, and nearly all were paid upon.
The motion was carried unanimously, mad a vote
of thanks to the chairman zonchided the proceedings.
London, England, 1866-01-17

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Tay.

The market opens with a slightly better demand.
Sales probably 4,000 or 5,000 bales.

A NOBLE LIFE. By the author of " John Hali-
fax, Gentleman," "Christian's Mistake," &c. 2 vols.—
" This is another of those pleasant tales in which the
author of John Halifax' speaks, out of a generous heart,
the purest truths of life. Of the mere skeleton of the
story there would not be much to tell, but in the clothing
of it with warm flesh and blood the author uses her own
magic arts. The chief of them are her sympathy with all
that is right and kind in human intercourse, and her habi,
tual solution of all problems of life by reference only to the
highest grounds of action."—Examiner.
ME. JOHN BRIGHT AND THE ROOIIPALE NEW
TOWN HALL.—At the request of the General Purposes
Committee of the Rochdale Town Council, Mr. John
Bright has deferred his visit for the purpose of laying the
corner stone of the new Town Hall, which was arranged
to take place on the 24. th inst., to the 31st of March, on
account of the unpropitious state of the weather.

11 18i ANECDOTE OF TILE PRINCE lIIPERIAL.—One of
12 2* the Zouaves of the Imperial Guard some days back received
12 2 1,500 f. on re-engaging himself, and was about to send the
25 55 money to his mother, when by some unfortunate chance
25 55 he lost the notes. The journals published an account of
gthe circumstance, but the man never recovered the money.
25 52
His comrades, who knew him to be an excellent, well-con-
-25 55 ducted soldier, made a subscription for him, but the amount
121 k was very far horn making up the sum lost. At the end of
10
10 85 85 last week the company of the poor voltigeur was on duty
30 at the Tuileries, when the Prince Imperial sent for the
6 28f officer in command, and handed him 1,500 f., with a re-
-461 quest that the sum might be given to the soldier. " I have
47k heard," said his highness, "of the loss, and of the use for
25 12 which the money was destined. Have the kindness to give
25 72
25 72 him this from me—it is a little present from a grenadier to
28 72 A voltigeur."
London, England, 1866-01-17

--------.
andoffal must afterwards be carried away. Ivithin
the last five years the officers of the Commissioners
of Sewers have condemned 946,9441 b., or rather
more than 420 tons of diseased and putrid meat.
This consisted of 4,289 sheep, 1,445 pigs, 272
calves, 6,074 quarters of beef, and 11,424 joints of
meat, besides 1,917 head of game, and 13,748 head
of poultry. Last year the amount of meat con-
demned in the city markets was 247,8271 b., and of
this 126,6141 b. were from animals that had died
from natural causes. A large proportion of this
was condemned during the last quarter, and it con-
sisted for the most part of meat from animals
affected with the plague.
London, England, 1866-01-17

SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d, ss. 6d., and 10s.
6d..; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.— AL EX. ROSS, 248,
High Holborn, London.
London, England, 1866-01-17

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)

EMERY 7. JEWETT.

This was an action brought by Mr. Samuel Emery, the
comedian, against the printer and publisher o.7,the Gloworm,
for a false and malicious libel published on the 7th of

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EV ENIN(xI, JANUARY 17, 1866.

Palestine Exploration Fund.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
London, England, 1866-09-14

tre& •
,i tti•
V;it

LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 14, 18G6.

There are some people who have not discretion
enough to know when they have said enough on
any given subject, and Mr. GOLDWIN SMITH seems
to be one of these. Not content with the excite-
ment produced by his first letter, he has written
another to the Beehive, in which he reiterates his
charges against the aristocracy, and renews his
comments on the Jamaica question generally. It is
much to be regretted that he should have adopted
this course, because some are sure to be influenced
in h wrong direction by his extravagant assertions,
and in many respects it is undesirable that the jar-
gon about class against class should be carried on.

Mr. G OLD WIN SMITH is the most vehemen

and vituperative of all the orators who have de-
claimed about the Jamaica business, and yet we
have had most fierce invectives and indignant re-
joinders on all sides. Why he should rush in at
the eleventh hour and excite himself after this
fashion it is difficult to say ; but so it is, and the
result is to be regretted. Unfair and unseemly as
the course pursued by the Jamaica Committee and
their friends and coadjutors has been, it is not likely
to be so mischievous in its tendency or effects as
the style taken up by Mr. GOLDWIN SMITH. He
seems to be endeavouring to excite and
inflame the passions of the lower orders
against their rulers, because of the tyranny of
their superiors; and in every respect, social, political,
and moral, this is to be deplored. It is, indeed,
hardly to be credited that a man of education and
experience should so misrepresent things, and seek
to convince the people of this country that they are
in a state of bondage.
Only the very ignorant or the very prejudiced
can be led away by such language as that in which
he concludes his letter, telling them that they have
before them the alternative of remaining " quietly
London, England, 1866-09-14

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
Oac hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual
expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at
£6,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends
have promised to pay for one boy each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 41, Lothburv. and 214, High-Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, Pail-Mall East ; and by
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FO
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 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, chilaren, and orphans
%re, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and have
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 £1,00.0 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 bo most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute Will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will bo
gratefully received by the Ileat.Nv! 22,
Fiusbury-ciroug Da,
London, England, 1866-09-14

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to the 12 now In operation. Last year no fewer
ban 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.
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 gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street. Cheapside; er by Messre
Barclay and Co., Lombard-street.
London, England, 1866-09-14

TILE HOLBORN-VALLEY EXPULSIONS.

Mr. ISAACS gave notice that he should move at the next
meeting, " That it be an instruction to the Markets Com-
mittee in the appropriation of the improved dwellings at
the Metropolitan Cattle-market to give the preference in all
cases to the applications of such persons as have been dis-
placed for the purpose of the Holborn-valley improvements.'
London, England, 1866-09-14

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, ILG

President—Die Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.U.

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 l ac ies .
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
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benecolent, 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 Has •
Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.;
Drummou " and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Harries d Co. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co, ; Wdlianas, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co.. Berners-street ; I. Barned and
CO., Liverpool; and at the licapitai. from 10 till 5.
BTAN/PRD 3t9retar y
London, England, 1866-09-14

JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the
trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and
to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their cffices, 7,
Printing-house-square, London, E C., the only house in the
square not occupied by the " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies
bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial
markets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of
Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their
whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and ls. per case over the next
st, and Is. 6d per gallon and 58. 6d. a case over the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old
mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the
most reasonable terms.

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO H. R. R. DIE PRINCESS OP WALES.
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL. 1882.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &o.
London, England, 1866-09-14

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

LO R D S
By Athe
ANuthDor
of LADIES.

"Margaret and her Bridesmaids," (to.

" A most amusing novel. The. plot is thoroughly original.
The charac;ers are capitally drawn. The book is an admir-
able one for holiday time."— Star.

Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1866-09-14

NATIONAL. SOCIETY for the PROTEC-
TION of YOUNG GIRLS.--The Committee earnestly
solicit CONTRIBUTIONS, which are greatly needed, to
support 60 girls, under 15. at Woodhouse, Wanstead, saved
from vice, and fed, clothed, and educated for domestic service.
Many from town and country are rejected for want of funds,
although there is room and the cases urgent.

J. B. TALBOT, Sec.
No. 28, New Broad-street.
Subscriptions received by Coutts, Drummonds, Herries,
Hatchards, or Nisbets.
London, England, 1866-09-14

FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real
Malt," 19s. per gallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear-
ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered
to the trade for the sale of this genuine old spirit, which is
coming into universal consumption through England.
For price lists apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.C.
Established in Grafton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780.
London, England, 1866-09-14

WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having
been recently opened and fitted with requisites for
the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr.
BOISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab-
lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence,
easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour
and a-half by the London and North-Western line, and fifty
m'nntes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on
a sandy dOli, ar,i commanding an extensive and pleasing
prospect, are garden, me wow, plantation, and recreation
grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the
proprietor.

pR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
icott, of Bromley, Kent. will be found invaluable to all who
.uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigesticn, wind.
Tams, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual
ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
if 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, B. Ski. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green paolrage. with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.
London, England, 1866-09-14

SAUCE.—LEA and PERRINS'
wo KCESTERSHIRE SAUCE.
This delicious condiment, pronounced by cmnoisseurs
"THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE,"
Is prepared solely by LEA. and PERRINS.
The public are respectful.), cannoned against worthless
imitations, and should see that Lea auu 2a.. „„,„0. are
on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper.
ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE.
Sold wholesale and for export by the Propeetors,
eester Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and
Sons. London, Ac. dm; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni-
versally.
London, England, 1866-09-14

THE KAMES GUNPOWDER COMPANY'S
CRYSTAL Gunpowder. packed in Red Japanned
Canisters ; No. 1, Fine; No. 2, Medium; No. 3, Large Grain.
THE KAMES GUNPOWDER COMPANY, Contractors
to I I.M. War Department, solicit a trial of their CRYSTAL
and other Sporting Gunpowder, of this year's manufacture.
For strength, cleanliness. and prompt ignition they will be
found unequalled. —Sold by most respectable dealers through.
out the Country, and wholesale at the Offices, 45, Lime• street,
London, E.C.
London, England, 1866-09-14

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London, England, 1866-09-14

UNION OF BENEFICES.

A communication was read from the Lord Bishop of
London requesting the Corporation to nominate two persons
lay members of the Church of England— to be members
of a commission about to be issued by his lordship, under
the provisions of the Act of Parliament of the 23d and 24th
of Victoria, c. 142, to inquire into and report upon the ex-
pediency of a proposed union of the benefices of the perpe-
tual curacy of Allhallows, Staining, and the rectory of St.
Katherine Coleman. Upon the motion of Mr. Deputy
Perkins, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Gibbons and Mr. De-
puty Burnell were appointed members ofAhis commission.
London, England, 1866-09-14

Ciralrat
,

HER MAJESTY.

- - -

BALMORAL, Sept. 12.

The Queen, accompanied by Prince Christian,
rode on ponies yesterday morning in the neighbour-
hood of the Castle.

In the afternoon her Majesty, with the Princess
of Wales and Princess Christian, drove to Castletou
and round the Lion's Face.

Extraordinary Cure.

A BOY BITTEN BY AN ADDER CURED BY Vs

TURKISH BATH.
London, England, 1866-09-14

Total 1,678,133,704 04 1,696,162,707 51
CREDITOR.

Sept. 13.

Cash in hand and in
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

Sept. 6.
fr. c.
746,917,991 33

212,813 44 2,203,234 45

due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 266,171,012 46
Do. branch banks 336,529,002
Advances on deposit of

262,955,141 08
337,395,288 -

bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public

15,100,700 -
11,586,300 -

20,969,300 -
11,410,600 -

- .
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares

13,0453000 -
7,869,800 -

13,263,300 -
8,072,300 -

and debentures
L. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fancier

34,470,500 -
23,727,000 -

84,748,200 -
23,094,400 -

- ------
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857)
Government Stock re-

689,900 -
5`29,500 -

688,800 -
514,400 -

60,000,000 -

60,000,000 -

serve
Do. disposable
Rentes Inunobalisdes
(Law, June 2, 1857)
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-
t.ment

12,980,750 14
36,158,987 91

12,980,750 14
86,138,987 91

100,000,000 -

100,000,000 -

8,292,917 -

8,292,9/7 --

1,123,955 78
15,802,462 90

1:41001:5628
9 44
1505 21

Sundries

----- -
Total 1,678,133,704 04 1,696,162,707 51
Certified by the Deputy-Governor of the Mulk of France.
(Signed) nO VLAND.

A call has been made by the Merchant Banking
Company (Limited) of £5 per share on those num..
bered from 10,001 15,000 both inclusive, payable
on Monday, the Btto h October next, at the offices of
the Affiance Bank in London, Liverpool, or Man.
cheater.
London, England, 1866-09-14

DEATH OF LORD PONSONBY.

Lord Ponsonby, Baron Ponsonby, of Imokilly,
in the peerage of the United Kingdom, died at Ply-
mouth on Monday. Ile was on a visit to the port
in his yawl yacht, the Lufra, 205 tons register,
Pearce, master, on board of which his lordship died
as she lay moored in the inner basin of the Great
Western Docks. He was formerly an officer in the
British army, but had retired from the service seve-
ral years ago. For some years past he had been
more or less an invalid, suffering from disease of the
kidneys, which ultimately terminated in the affection
known to the medical profession as Bright's disease,
from which he died. During the past summer, in
order if possible to recruit his health, his lordship
took a long cruise in the Lufra in the Mediterranean,
and on his return was somewhat better. The Lufra
took part in the recent ocean race from Ryde to
Plymouth, and was present at the Plymouth Re-
gatta of this year, in the sports of which his lord-
ship took a lively interest. Subsequently she visited
some other of the western regattas, and then re-
turned and moored in Plymouth Sound, lying inside
Drake's Island. On the sth inst., his lordship's ill-
ness increasing, Mr. Whipple, surgeon, of Plymouth,
was called in, but Lord Ponsonby was then iu a
.sinking state, and continued rapidly to get worse.
On Friday last, on account of the rough weather,
it was found desirable to move the Lufra into the
Great Western Docks, and she was towed into the
floating basin by a steam tug. HiS lordship was
attended during his last few days by Sir Henry
Edwards, an intimate friend, who had been cruising
with him. Lord Ponsonby was never married, nor
has he any brothers living ; the peerage, therefore,
becomes extinct. his lordship has, however, a sister
living, at present residing on the Continent. The
body of the deceased nobleman was enclosed in a
leaden and an outer coffin, and the Luffra left Ply-
mouth with it on Wednesday morning for Vett tnoF,
in the isle of Wight, in the churchyard of which
a sister of Lord Ponsonby is interred. The late
William Brabazon Ponsonby, Baron Ponsonby, of
Imokilly, county Cork, in the peerage of the United
Kingdom, was the only son of the Hon. and Right
Rev. Richard Ponsonby, D.D., Lord Bishop of
Derry, by Frances, daughter of the Right Hon.
John Staples. He ,was born 18th August, 1807,
and succeeded his cousin, the third lord, 2d Octo-
ber, 1861.
London, England, 1866-09-14

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
aim Dining-room, eonsiating of a new and elegant assort-
me it of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, I nk-
ata ;de, Deautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, Ste., in Italian,
Ada,aster, Perim, Marble, Bronze-, Derbyshire Spar, Atc.
Impqrted and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine-
ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS.
if IN ItRALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition
of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate
the interesting study of MINERALOG! and GEOLOGY,
and can be had at 2, 5. 10, 20, 60, to 500 guineas each. •
PRAUTICAL INSTRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MINX..
R ALLOllir is given by M.r.TENNANT,F.G.S., at 149, Strand.

XTOTHING EMEPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
L most useful invention of the day, AGUA A I%IA R ELL A.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.' Red Bull Wharf, 93,
Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her likfajesty, respect-
fully offer to the public. this truly marvellous flui., which
gradually restores tne human hair to its pristine hue---no
matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the
properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61 Testimonials from artistes
of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re-
spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Govnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Prinoess of Wales.

RUPT (MRS.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Me-Heal Gentlemen to be the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of- lIERN lA. The use
of a steel spring*, so oiten hurtful in its effects. is bete
avoided—a sot t bandage ben; worn round the body, while
the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main
Pad and Patent Lever, fitting' watt so lunch ease and close-
ness that ii cannot be detec'ed, and may ue worn during
sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss,
which cannot fail op fit, forwarded by post, on the circum-
ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to
the manufacturer,
London, England, 1866-09-14

HART STREET, IS THE DEPART-
MENT for llA:rs and CAPS,
At E. MOSES & SON'S.

HART STREET, IS THE DEPART-
-3 MENT for LADIES' RIDING lIABITS, LIVERIES, and
other CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER,
At-E. MOSES & SON'S.

Iq7 TOTTE NII AM COURT 1-I.l)Th.
r.--f yIS SUN Whled into Departments for HATS told
CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES, and SHIRTS, HOSIERY,
PORTMANTE
E.
M AIL
and RWAY RUGS,
At . OSES SON'S.

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COLONIAL

TEA.—The public sales of China and Assam have con-
tinued to proceed steadily, and superior descriptions are a
shade dearer.

SyGAL —A moderate business has been done in West
India at fully late rates, to a slight advance. Refined goods
have also been in better demand, common lumps being
quoted 435. per cwt.
COFFEE.—The demand for plantation Ceylon has con-
tinued active, superior descriptions selling readily at full
rates.
has prevailed for cleaned
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ys.
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Price Current published DAILY, and forwarded on receipt
of stamped directed envelope.
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London and Westminster Bank."

The Late Eince de Conde.

--O --

The mortal remains of the Prince de Conde,
eldest son of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess d'Auxuale, were on Wednesday afternoon
placed in Miss Taylor's Roman Catholic chapel at
Weybridge. It will be recollected that the prince
died at Sydney in last May, to the deep grief of his
illustrious parents. The body was embalmed and
brought to this country for interment. On 'Wed-
nesday- morning the body was conveyed to Wey-
bridge from the Shadwell Basin of the London
Docks.
London, England, 1866-09-14

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WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL•

WORCESTER, THURSDAY.
The weather to-day has been as fine as could be
desired, and the streets have been crowded all dal
by flocks of gaily-dressed people wending their way
to and from the cathedral. The influx of people
to-day has been beyond precedent, and as all the
tickets for to-night's concert and to-morrow
oratorio are disposed of, there can be little hesita-
tion in prognosticating the largest return over
shown at auy one of the preceding 146 meetings
the three choirs.
The attendance at last night's concert was ranch
larger than on the first night. The floor had WI
seat occupied, and some people, rather than be dill'
appointed (having failed to procure tickets), were
fain to stand in the lobbies and on the stairs of the
gallery. There was, however, much disappoint"
ment experienced at the absence of Mr. Sin°
Reeves. Before the opening of the concert Dr.
Williams, the new hon. secretary to these festivalgl
came forward, and, addressing the audience, said
he was sorry to inform them that Mr. Sims Reeves
had a bad cold, and would be unable to sing, but
that he hoped to be sufficiently recovered to take
his share of the oratorio music at the cathedral pelt
morning, which announcement was received
hisses and other demonstrations of disapproba,tion•
Dr. Williams added that Mr. Cummings had under'
taken to supply his place in the operatic selection/
and Mr. Santley would sing a song in the place °I
Mr. Reeves's " Leoline." (Applause.) The pro'
gramme for the morning was an unusually long
one, and it was nearly four o'clock when the bells
of the neighbouring church of St. Helen (al
mother church) rang out the thousands that hads.
been for more than four hours listening to some of
the finest compositions of our greatest composell•
The carte, so to speak, included Beethoven's' Ser-
vice in C, a selection from Handel's " Joshua," an",
and Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise." This wasalmost too much for one morning, not that it Nvenla°
possibly tire, but the strain of excitement was al-
most too great. The mass was preceded by Spobre
overture to the "Last Judgment." The collection
at the doors of the cathedral to-day reanhecii.
£233 14s. 10d., making already over £1,035 secured
to the charity, besides to-morrow's collection, Be.
that there is a certainty of the prophecy that 0210
would be the most successful meeting ever held'
being correct.
London, England, 1866-09-14

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to the trade for the sale of this genuine old spirit, which is
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For price lists apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.C.
Established in Gratton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780.

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whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next
b.st, and Is. 6d per gallon and Is. 6d. a case over the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old
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London, England, 1866-09-14

ELECTION OF A RECTOR.

The Court then proceeded with the election of a, rector
for the parish of St. Peter-upon-Cornhill. There were
orignaliy eight candidates for this office, four of whom now
attended, but upon a show of hands these four were reduced
to two—the Rev. T. Grose, M.A., of Clare-hall, Cambridge,
curate of the parish of St. Peter's, Cornhill, and the Rev. R.
Whittington, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, one
of the Masters of Merchant Taylors School, and Evening
Lecturer at St. Peter-upon-Cornhill. Upon another show
of hands the former of the two gentlemen was elected by
a large majority, and amid loud applause.
The Rev. Mr. GnosE, in returning thanks, said he was a
citizen of London and a Churchman. The corporation had
elected him to fill the vacant benefice of St. Peter's, Corn-
hill, under a feeling that he would discharge his duty reli-
giously and honestly. He trusted he should have the grace
to do so. Whatever differences of theological opinion that
exist in such an assembly as he then addressed, one thing
they all demanded, that he should be an honest and con-
scientious person, and this he believed himself to be.

THE HOLBORN-VALLEY EXPULSIONS.

Mr. ISAACS gave notice that he should move at the next
meeting, " That it be an instruction to the Markets Com-
mittee in the appropriation of the improved dwellings ai
the Metropolitan Cattle-market to give the preference in al]
cases to the applications of such persons as have been dis-
placed for tho purpose of the Holborn-valley improvements.'
London, England, 1866-09-14

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1866.

the Fench army is not now deemed advisable, so
we may presume that it has been found in a toler-
able state of preparation. With one thing and
another the aspect of Continental affairs is bad
enough, and it is disheartening to find a sanguinary
war has produced no satisfactory results, while the
schemes for the re-organising the Constitution of
the Great German Empire are based on such false
principles that the whole work must, sooner or later,
meet the dissolution it deserves.

CORRESPONDENCE FROII PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Thursday Evening.
The Moniteur states that the ratification of the
treaties concluded on the 18th August last between
the Governments of Oldenbourg, Saxe Weimar,
Brunswick, Anhalt, Altenbourg, the two Schwartz-
bourgs, Waldeck, the two Lippes, Cobourg, Reuss
(younger branch), and the Ilanseatic took place on
Saturday last. The ratification of the treaty with
the two Principalities of Mecklenbourg took place

in specie.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

DISTURANCES IN SYRIA.

CIATIONS.

ITALY.

FRANCE.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

BOMBAY MAIL.
ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 12.

The Massilia and Syria left at 11.30 a.m. to-day.

The former may be expected at Marseilles on the
18th, and the latter at Southampton about the 25th
instant.

The Massilia has £B,OOO and the Syria £91,000

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 13.

Intelligence received here from Syria states that
the tribe of the Bedouins, which had been expelled
from Ilaurar on the 3d inst., has effected a junction
with the Druses. The combined forces have defeated
the troops of the Government, inflicting upon them
a loss of ten killed.

The Druse chief, Ismail Atrach, has invaded the
Lebanon. Fifteen Maronites were killed in the
attack, and Joseph Karane has been wounded.

THE AUSTRO-ITALIAN PEACE NEGO-

FLORENCE, Sept. 13 (Evening).

Intelligence reeeived here from Vienna of to-
day's date announces that the Italian and Austrian
plenipotentiaries are agreed upon all points except
the luestion of the debt. It is believed that Austria
will accept the precedent afforded by the treaty of
Zurich without restriction, in accordance with the
treaties concluded by Austria with Prussia and
France. The special debt of Venetia will thus alone
pass to the charge of Italy as that of Lombardy in
1859.

The signature of the Austrian-Italian treaty of
peace is expected to take place in a few days.

HEALTH OF KING VICTOR EMMANUEL
FLORENCE, Sept. 14.

The King of Italy has left for the Castle of
Sommariva, in Piedmont for the benefit of his
health.

His Majesty will return to Padua at the end of
the month.

PARIS, Sept. 14.
London, England, 1866-09-14

use. Little has been done in the way of engineer-
ing ; a suitable creek affords on either side of it
plenty of space for ponds ; indeed, there are a great
many lagoons
.ready made, requiring nothing, as is
the cafe also at Comacchio, on the Adriatic, but to
be separated in some way from the greater body of
water which supplies the fish. According to the
plans shown by M. Bosiere, be has erected sluiced
passages for the admission of the fish and for the
regulation of the water supply. At these passages
there are nets to let in the fish and to prevent their
getting out. Most of the young fish enter of their
own accord, and live and feed in the lagoons till
they are " wanted " for the markets. These riviers
are cheaply worked, and yield large returns ; half-a-
dozen men and a boy or two are all that are re-
quired en the largest, and the profits of M. Boisere
were
.recently stated in a Parisian journal to be
about £1,500 per annum. This kind of fish farm
might easily be tried on some parts of the British
coasts ; there are many suitable spots, and with the
quick and plentiful communication from every har-
bour of importance to the great centres of popula-
tion such an enterprise could not fail to be popular
and remunerative.

The most picturesque part of the fishing industry
carried on at Arcachon is the night fishery. When-
ever it becomes dark enough the fishermen go out
with the leister,;and fish, as they used to do long ago
on the Tweed, from an illuminated boat. Three
men are required for each boat for the night fish-
ing, two to row and one to hurl the spear. As many
as a dozen boats may seen at this work of a night,
each with a brilliant flame of light flashing from its
prow ; the fish speared are mullet, and they are
mostly used for local consumption, the accession of
visitors in summer rendering a large supply of fish
necessary. There are illuminated fisheries in some
other parts of France, but that of Arcachon is the
most prominent. The yield of fish, however, is not
large—indeed, it could not be, when it is taken
into account that each individual fish has to be
speared. Some more economical mode night fishing,
if night fishing be necessary, ought to be invented.
A few scores of mullet are a poor reward for the
three or four hours' labour of three men.

The French oyster fisheries of Arcachon and else-
where will form the subject of a concluding article
on the French fisheries.
London, England, 1866-09-14

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THE BRIDGE-HOUSE ESTATES.

Mr. Boit= TAYLOR withdrew a report which hadbeen
presented by the Bridge-house Committee, recommending
that advatibes should be made to the contractor for the
building the new bridge at Blackfriars, in respect of iron-
work prepared for but not delivered at the bridge. He said
that since this report had been drawn up the easy state of
the money market had enabled the contractor to go on with
his contract without requiring any advance, and that the
ironwork, of the value of £40,000, would now be supplied.
Mr. 110I3ERT TAYLOR next moved the adoption of a report
from the Bridge-house Committee, in which they recom-
mended that the management of the iecepts from the bridges
be placed in the hands of the Chamberlain of the Corpora-
tion. He said that it had been recently ascertained that
the Bridge-house Masters received £2O a year for doing
nothing, and that, without exactly denying them of their
office, their monetary matters might with propriety be trans-
ferred to the Chamberlain. The motion was adopted.
London, England, 1866-09-14

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Invested Funds Z 3 177,166
Fire Premiums received in 1865 739,332
Life do. 253,103
The last year's Fire duty paid by this office amounted to
£1(2,985 9s. lld , exceeding 1w upwards of £31,000 the amount
paid by any other country office.
The duty ia now reduced to ls. 6d. per cent. on every de-
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In the Life department policies are issued with Liberal
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METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY
COMPANY.
LOANS ON DEBENTURES.
The DIRECTORS are prepared to rec ive TENDERS far
LOANS in sums of not less than £lOO, on the fo.lowing
terms :
6 per Cent. per Annum for a period of Three years.
51 do. do. do. Five do.
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11th September, 1866.
London, England, 1866-09-14

the Admiralty :—Capt. R. Dawkins to the Zealous,
commissioned ; R. H. Davies, midshipman, to the
Achilles ; Hon. F. H, Cecil, C. Lewes, M. W. Pye,
and E. J. Sanderson, midshipmen, to the Topaze ;
E. Hodgson, naval cadet, to the Topaze ; H. W.
Badger, master's assistant, to the Zealous ; E. E.
Greaves, master's assistant, to the Lord Clyde ; and
G. Pine, master's assistant, to the Topaze.

Railway and other Companies.

MADRAS.

The total receipts on this company's lines, 611
miles in length, amounted for the week ending July
14 to £7,597, and for the corresponding week last
year on 571 miles to £6,842, showing an increase of
£755, or 11 per cent.
London, England, 1866-09-14

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN.

The traffic receipts on this c.nnpany's lines, 507
miles in length, amounted for the week ending the
23d of August to $141,965, and for the correspond-
ing week last year on 490 miles to $159,614, show-
ing a decrease of $17,649. The total receipts from
the Ist of January to the above date amounted to
$3,457,436, and for the same period last year to
$3,085,157, showing an increase of $375,279.