The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1866.

THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET
(Entrance 160, Piccadilly).
Set Dinners as usual. The carte varied, choice, and mode-
rate. Turtle, thick and clear, always ready.
The Billiard Rooms now conducted by J. Roberts, the
champion.

Suppers until One a.m.
Elegant Saloon Dining Rooms for Ladies.

T " 0 X F 0 D,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.,
THE MUSICAL ESTABLISH lIENT OF LONDON.
Successful Revival of Offenbach's " ORPHEE AUX
ENFERS." The Sisters DEL EPIERRE, aged 9 and 13
years, the wond,rl al performers on the Violin and Xilo-
phone.
Comedy by Duriah and Davies, Fred. Laroche, and Harry
Sydney (the political Momus).
Feats of Atlas by the Brothers Pentland, and Gymnastic
Performances by Les Freres Viciorelli.
NOTICE.—Mr. DAVID FISHER, of the Princess's,
Adelphi, and Haymarket Theatres, will make his first ap-
pearance in his DRAMATIC SKETCHES on MONDAY,
October 1.
In preparation the Lyric Drama of the "RUINS OF
ATHENS," by L. VAN BEETHOVEN, the arguments in which
will be read by a distinguished member of the theatrical
prof( ssion.
Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, 15 ; private
boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. &I.
Open every evening at 8.

ARGYLL ROOMS. GRAND CASINO,
Windmill-street. Piccadilly.
These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re-
decorated. are now OPEN EVEItY EVENING for Concert
and Dancing. Conductor, Signor LoGI CURTL Manager,
M. GARNET.

Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.
Reserved Seats, Two Shilliogs.

111/4ADANIE TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.
17_1_ BAKER-STREET.

NEW EDITIONS. —A MARRIAGFC GROUP of their
Royal Eliztmesses the PRINCESS HELENA rnd PRINCE
CHRISTIAN; also a variety of COURT DRESSES of the
most magnificent and costly description. Several life-size
Portrait Models of the most distinguished Men of the Day
are likewise to be seen.

Admittance, le. ; children, under ten, half-price ; extra
rooms, 6d.

Open from 11 azu. till 10 p.m.

WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
HOLBORN.
Under New Management.
Proprietors—Messrs. Sweasey and Holland.
Grand Selections from TROVATORE and MACBETH by
50 vocalists and a band of 30, conducted by P. Corr!.
GEORGE LEYBOURNE, the Lion Comic, his first
appearance at this HaII—JOLLY NASH, the mirthful—
GEORGINA SMITHSON, the Charamteristic Singer and
Dancer—EMMA WEST, Burlesque Actress and Ssrio-Comio
—JAMES lI,MMINGS in his Wonderful Globe entertain-
ment—Great Success of the Eighteen STAR MINSTRELS
—W. WES r (Stump Orator), Principal Comedian—Champion
Dancer, JOE ALIEN—Songs, Duets, Glees, and Choruses
by a company of first-class talented artistes never before
heard in 'Negro Ministrelsy.
Box-office open from 10 till 4.
Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past.

CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH.

CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast.

CHOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and
delicious.

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THE CULTIVATION of TEA in the East
Indies is an important feature, and the EAST INDI
TEA COMPANY have, on account of its great strength and
exquisite flavour, promoted its sale by every means. The
Company are now selling Assam, Cachar, Darjeeling-, Ac., at
the reduced duty—viz., from 2s. Bd. to 3s. Bd. per lb , and
China Teas as usual at ts. 4d. per lb. and upwards.—Ware-
houses, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate.

DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY,
BELFAST,
Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords.

" V.R." IRISH WHISKY.

DUNVILLE and CO.'S V. R." OLD IRISH
,
WHISKY BELFAST.
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London Offices and Stores,
4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, IV.C.
Established 1808. Quotations on application.

FALKNER'S OLD IRISII 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.

JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the
world."-I.oi.don Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C.,
next the " Times."

TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork, beg. to announce that they are able to supply the
trade with their celebratt d Whiskies, in casks or cases, and
to take orders in bond at d for exportation, at their offices, 7,
Printing-house-square, London, E.C., the only house In the
square not occupied by thA "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 Gd. per gallon and is. per case over the next
best, and ls. Gd per gallon and Gs. 6d. a case over the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve•y old
mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the
most reasonable terms.

STARCH MANUFACT (JEERS
TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &o. &o.

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These machines combine all the Latest Improvements, and
are now ou Exhibiti.m for the first time. being an improve-
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Machine, of which over One Hundred and Eighty Thousand
have been soli in all parts of the world. Inspection in-
vited.
Purchasers des'rous of securing the bsst machines yet
brought out should not fail to see them. Cata'oz,ues post
free.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
Proprietors and Manufacturers of the world-renowned
"Singer" Sewing Machines.
Chief Office in the United Kingdom, 147, Chespside,
London.

itTOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
II mostusefulinvention of the da
AGIJA ARA RE LL
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93,
Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect-
fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which
gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no
matter at what age. The Agna 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
Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
SHIP. £2,000 required.
WM, WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Ref age, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

1.1 OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON-
ILA TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required.
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street, W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
Cue 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, 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.

T)ROVIDENCE ROW
R NIGHT REFUGE,
FO
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have boon given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they aro homeless and starving. The Manager &c.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
%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 £l,OOO more will lie required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is propJsed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give broad and coals to poor families
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT, D.D.,!No, 22,
l'iusbury-cinua, 8.0.

ITICOLL'S GUINEA WATERPROOF
11 TWEED and their TWO GUINEA MELTON
CLOTH OVERCOATS are patronised by Travellers allover
the world.

LADIES' WATERPROOF TWEED CLOAKS, One
Guinea.

H. J. and D. NICOLL,
114 to 120, Regent-street, W. ; 22, Cornhill. E.C. ;
10, Mosley-street, Manchester; and
50, Bold-street, Liverpool.

JJOHNGOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.

COLD BATH.--The celebrated OLD ROMAN
BATH is RE-OPENED with Arent improvements.
Strand-lane, near Somerset House.—Adwission, Is.

BARRACK CONTRACTS for the SUPPLY
of PAILLASSE STRAW in Great Britain.
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War-office, Pall-mall, London,S.WT, Sept. 22, 1566.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SECRETARY
of STATE for WAR is Prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS
for the supply of STRAW for PAILLASSES at the various
Barrack stations in Great Britain for a period of one year
from Ist November next.

Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the pro-
per printed form, which may be ottained, with every requisite
information, upon application at this office, or to the various
b,rrack masterN between the hours of ten and lour o'clock
each day, Sundays excepted.
The renders must be sent to this office, addressed to the
Director of Contracts, marked on the outside " Tender for
Paillasse Straw," •on or before Saturday, 6th October, atter
which day no Tender will be received.
The Secretary of State for War reserves the right of reject-
ing any or all of the Tenders.
THOMAS 110WELL.Dircctor of Contracts, .

YARMOUTH BLOATERS.-12 for 2s. 6d. ;
25, 45.; 50, 68. ; 100. Bs. ' • 500, 3')s. ; 1,000, 50s. No
charge ibr carriage to London. Cash on delivery. Country
orders paid in advance.—Forwarded by FREDK. BARNBY,
Purveyor of Fish, Great Yarmouth.

MADAME RACHEL begs leave to CAUTION
Ladies against gross IMPOSTORS who are advertis-
ing under the pretence of forwarding receipts for Female
Beauty, and who for a few stamps are vending dangerous,
spurious, and destructive compounds in imitation of the
beautiful art of which she stands the sole professor. —47 A,
New Bond-street.

"7P H E" S A U C
E.
(DR. SOUTHWOOD SMITH'S DIGESTIVE.)
Delicious with every dish. Wholesale and Export by A.
S. Stocker, Lamb's. Conduit-street; Barclay and Sons.
Batty and Co., London; and George Edmonds, Crown-
chambers, Liverpool. Retailed everywhere. Ask for " The"
Sauce.

SAUCE.—LEA and PERRINS;
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE.
This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs
"THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE,"
Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS.
The public are respectfully cautioned against worthless
imitations, and should see that Lea and Terrine' names are
on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper.
ASK for LEA and PER RINS' SAUCE.
Sold wholesale and for export by the Propr'etors, Wm-
cester ; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and
Sons, London, etc. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni-
versally.

31[R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip-
tion of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires,
or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth
as not to be distinguished fro.n the originals by the closest
observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will
be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This
method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain-
ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are
loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica-
tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful
in mastication.

' unable to bear with calmness, and those dangers of evil
counsellors which more and more gravitate towards him.
So long as it was possible I have been silent upon Mr
Johnson's faults, and now speak so plainly only lest I seem
to approve or cloak them. And now allow me to express
some surprise at the turn which the public mind has taken
on my letter. If I have never before spoken my sentiments
Ican see how friends might now misapprehend my position.
But for a year past I have been advocating the very prin-
ciples of the Cleveland letter in all the chief eastern cities—
in Boston, Portland, Springfield, Albany, Utica, Rochester,
Buffalo, Harrisburgh, Pittsburgh, and Brooklyn (at the
Academy of Music, last winter). These views were re-
ported, discussed, agreed to, or differed from, praised and
blamed abundantly. But no one thought, or at least said,
that I remember, that I had forsaken the Republican party,
or had turned my back upon the freedman. My recent
letter but condenses those views which for twelve months
I have been earnestly engaged in urging upon the atten-
tion of the community. lam not surprised that men dis-
sent. But this sudden consternation, and this late dis-
covery of the nature of my opinions, seem sufficiently sur-
prising. I could not ask a better service than the reprint-
ing of that sermon of last October, which first brought
upon me the criticism of the Tribune and the Independent.
I foresaw that, in the probable condition of parties and the
country, we could not carry suffrage for the freedman by
immediate political action. When the ablest and most
Radical Congress of our history came together theyrefused
to give suffrage to negroes even in the district of Columbia ;
only indirectly, not as a political right, but as the hoped-for
result of political selfishness, did they provide for it by an
amendment of the constitution. What was prophecy with
me Congress has made history. Relinquishing political
instruments for gaining the full enfranchisement of men, I
instantly turned to moral means ; and enunciating the
broadest doctrine of manhood suffrage, I gave the widest
latitude to that, advocating the rights of black and white,
of men and women, to the-vote. If any man has laboured
more openly, on a broader principle, and with more assi-
C uity, Ido not know him. More ability may have been
shown, but not more directness of purpose nor.undeviating
consistency. I attribute recent misunderstandings partly to
the greater excitement whieh now exists; to the narrowing of
issues, to the extreme exacerbation which Mr. Johnson's
extraordinary and injudicious speeches have produced. To
this may be added my known indisposition to join in criti-
cism upon the President, and the fact that I urged a mo-
dified form of that policy which ho, unfortunately for its
success, holds.
Upon Mr. Johnson's accession I was supremely impressed
with the conviction that the whole problem of reconstruc-
tion would practically pivot on the harmony of Mr. Johnson
and Congress. With that we could have secured every
guarantee and every amendment of the constitution. Had
a united Government said to the South, promptly backed
up, as it would have been, by the united North, " With
slavery we must take out of the constitution whatever
slavery put in, and put in whatever slavery, for its own
support, put out ;" there can scarcely be a doubt that long
before this the question would have been settled, the basis
of representation in the South conformed to that in the
North, and the principle, the most fundamental and im-
portant of all, might have been established in the constitu-
tion, viz., that manhood and full citizenship are identical.
Such great changes required two things, viz., promptness
and unity of counsels. To secure these I bent my whole
strength. I urged the purgation of the constitution. I
reasoned against mutual distrust, and pleaded for unity of
governmental action. I did all that I knew how to do to
confirm the President in his war-begotten zeal against
slavery ; to prevent such suspicions and el iminations as
would tend to revive in his mind old prejudices, and bring
on a relapse into his former hatred of Northern fanatics.

I thought I understood his nature, and the extreme
dangers at such a critical time, of irritating a proud
sensitive, and pugnacious man of Southern sympathies,
little in sympathy with Northern feelings or ideas, and
brought into the very leadership of those men and that
train of principles which he had all his life hated and
denounced. That he was sincere and tenacious would
make the case all the more difficult. I thought I foresaw
that a division between him and Congress would be the
worst disaster that could befall us ; that the practical test
of true statesmanship just then was not to be found in
theories or philosophies, however sound, but in securing
and confirming Mr. Johnson in his then dispositions. Upon
the assembling of Congress I went to 'Washington. I found
Southern men lying prostrate before Mr. Johnson, and ap-
pealing to his tender-heartedness (for ho is a man of kind
and tender heart), disarming his war rage by utter submis-
hirfidel4W,C6naiTuTOF
mont. The men who seemed alive to this danger were
unfortunately not those who had the management of affairs.
Bad 'counsels prevailed. The North denounced and the
South sued ; we see the consequences. Long after I de-
spaired of seeing the President and Congress harmonious, I
felt it to be the duty of all good men to leave no influence
untried to lessen the danger, and to diminish the evils which
are sure to come, should the President, rebounding from
the Republicans, be caught by those men who were iu sym-
pathy and counsel with the South throughout the war. I
shall not attempt to apportion blame where both sides erred.
It is enough to say that unity secured at the seat of go-
vernment would have been a noble achievement of leader-
ship. Deeming the speedy admission of the Southern States
as necessary to their own health, as indirectly the best
policy for the freedmen, as peculiarly needful to the safety
of our Government, which, for the sake of accomplishing a
good end, incautious men ate in danger of perverting, I
favoured, and do still favour, the election to Congress of
Republicans who will seek the early admission of the recu-
sant States. Having urged it for a year past, I was more
than ready to urge it again upon the various conventions
which preceded the nomination of representatives to
Congress this fall. In this spirit, and for this end, I drew
up my Cleveland letter. I deem its views sound : I am
not sorry that I wrote it. I regret the misapprehensioir
which it has caused, and yet more, any sorrow which it
may have needlessly imposed upon dear friends. As I
look back upon my course, I see no deviation from that
straight lino which I have made, without wavering, for
now thirty years of public life, in favour of justice,
and the elevation of the poor and ignorant. The attempt.
to class me with mon whose course I have opposed all my
life long will utterly fail. I shall chose my own place, and
shall not be moved from it. I have been, from my youth,
a firm, unwavering, avowed, and active friend of all that
were oppressed. I have done nothing to forfeit that good
name which I have earned. lam not going weakly to
turn away from my settled convictions of the public weal,
for fear that bad men may praise me, or good men blame.
There is a serious difference of judgment between men as
to the best policy. We must all remit to the future the de-
cision of the question. Facts will soon judge us.
I feel now profoundly how imperfect my services have
been to my country compared with its deserts of Roble ser-
vices. But I am conscious that I have given all that I had
to give, without fear or favour. Above all earthly things is
my country dear to me. The lips that taught me to say
" Our Father" taught me to say "Fatherland." I have
aimed to conceive of that land in the light of Christianity.
God is my witness that with singleness of heart I have
given all my time, strength, and service to that which shall
make our whole nation truly prosperous and glorious. Not
by the lustre of arms, even in a just cause, would I seek
her glory, but by civilisation that would carry its blessings
down to the lowest classes, and nourish the very roots of
society by her moral power and purity, by her public con-
science, her political justice, and by her intelligent homes,
filling up a continent, and rearing up a virtuous and nobler
citizenship.
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By night and by day this is the vision and dream of my
life, and inspires me as no personal ambition ever could.
I am not discouraged at the failure to do good I meant, at
the misapprehension of my church, nor the severity of
former friends. Just now those angry voices come to me
as rude winds roar through the trees. The winds will
die, the trees will live. As soon as my health is again
restored, I shall go right on in the very course I have
hitherto pursued. Who will follow or accompany it is
for others to decide. I shall labour for the education of
the whole people ; for the enfranchisement of men with-
out regard to class, caste, or colour; for full development
among all nations of the liberty wherewith Christ makes
all men free. In doing this I will. cheerfully work with
others, with parties, any and all men that seek tho same
glorious ends. But I will not become a partisan. I will
re serve my right to differ and dissent, and respect the same
right in others. Seeking others' full manhood and true
liberty, I do not mean to forfeit my own.
Better days are coming. These throes of our day are
labour pains. God will bring forth ere long great bless-
ings. In some moments which it pleases God to give me,
I think I discern arising beyond the present troubles, and
over the other side of this abyss in which the nation
wallows, that fair form of liberty—God's dear child —whose
whole beauty was never yet disclosed. I know her solemn
face. That she is divine I know by her girdle of purity,
by her sceptre of justice, and by that atmosphere of love,
that issuing from her, as light from a star, moves with her
more royal than a king's apparel. In this, too, 1 know
her divinity, that she shall bless both friends and enemies,
and yield the fullest fruition of liberty to those who would
have slain her, as once her *aster gave His life for the
salvation of those who slow am your true friend
and pastor, HENRY WARD BEECHER

BURIED ALIVE.—A man named Vaughan was
engaged in getting stones from a quarry at Laneside, Fo-
rest of Doan, a few day ago, when a landslip took place,
and ho was buried in the rubbish. When recovered the
unfortunate man was dead and his head frightfully bruised.
The poor wife, on hearing of it, became insensible. The
dog, which had not forsaken its master, wailed in a most
piteous manner. Deceased has loft a large family.