The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-18 00:00:00

Skin Tonic, ss. 6d.

pIAIPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
skin are imnioved I,v one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S
VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness,
sallowness, &c. 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d.; or post for 40 and 100
stamps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and
all Chemists.
Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d.

_HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By damping the
head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in
seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and
remains so by an occasional using. lOs. 6d. ; sent for
stamps. ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London,
and all Chemists.

U•lust published, 2d.; sent by the author for 3 stamps,
GLINESS and BEAUTY ; being a Pamphlet
descriptive of articles and means used for improv-
ing the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Hol-
born, London. Had of all booksellers.

HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE.
DU BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Invalids'
and Infants' Food.

THE REVALENTA ARABICA
saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores
Perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver,
refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the
most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and
effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con-
sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhea, all gastric de-
rangements, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency,
nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria,
catarrhs colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears,
rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu-
ralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation,
heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, crampo, spasms,
nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking
fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at
the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is
the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable
for invalids and infants in all complaints.
IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many Unsavoury
and more than slopy imitations to which, without autho-
Pity, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached.
Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of
Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids'
and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it
has already received from invalids whose position had
been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holi-
bess the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored
it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment.
e quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No.
"„8,413) :—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the
'9'oly Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all
other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du
Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a
plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly
neficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot
praise this excellent food too highly."
Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness do Brehan, of seven
Years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervous-
ness, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad
digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable
nervous agitation.
Cure No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord
Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Water-
ford :—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent
f°°cl.—STrART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County
Waterford."

Cure No. 49,832. —Of fifty years' indescribable agony
front dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation,
flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly,
ofnn, Norfolk.'
Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme
nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner-
vous fancies. Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Lawton, Leicester, of two
Years diarrhcea.
21b.he Food is sold in Canisters, at I.s. ; 11b., 2s. 9d. ;
: • 6d. ; 121 b., 225. • 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b.
3c3antsters, carriage free on' receipt t of Post-office Order, by
4
,11-RY DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-s treet, London ;
,so at Fortnum and Mason's,:and soldaby all respectable
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EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament,
For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in
Situations of Trust.
Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, F.R.S
Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to
Forfeiture.
The ROYAL, NAVAL, MILITARY, and EAST INDIA LIFE DE-
PARTMENT, affording Peculiar Advantages to Officers and others
in the Navy and Army, is under the especial Patronage of
Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
The EUROPEAN Society is specially authorised by the Im-
perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Government
Officials.
New Premium Income in 1858, 1859, 1860 £76,000
1861, 1862, 1863 £117,000
it Li 1864, 1865, 1866 £171,000
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Forty Thousand
Pounds.
The Return of each Week's NEW Business may be obtained at
the Offices, or of any of the Agents.
The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to
applicants post free.

HENRY LAKE, General Manager.
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
HARROW RACES,
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, February 20 and 21, 1868.
SPECIAL TRAINS will leave EUSTON STATION
on both days of the Races as under :-11.30 a.m. and 12.15
noon; returning from HARROW at 5.0 and 5.40 p.m.,.
calling at CHALK FARM and WILLESDEN JUNCTION both
going and returning.
Trains in connection will leave BROAD-STREET
(CITY TERMINUS) for Willesden Junction at 11.10 and
11.40 a.m. calling at Shoreditch at 11.13 and 11.43 a.m.,
Dalston a.m.,
at 11.18 and 11.48 a.m., and Camden-
road at 11.28 and 11.58 a.m.
Trains will als) leave KENSINGTON for Willesden
Junction at 11.10 a.m. and 12.10 noon.
Passengers from Kensington, Broad-street, Dalston, and
Shoreditch will have to change carriages at Willesden
Junction both going and returning.
FARES TO HARROW AND BACK.
First Class. Covered Cars.
From Euston 3s. Od. ... 2s. Od.
~ Broad-street
„ Shoreditch 3s. 6d. .. 2s. 6d.
„ Dalston
„ Kensington
~ Camden-road 3s. Od. ..• 2s. 3d.
By order.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, February, 1868.

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

JUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH
WHISKY, BELFAST.
London Offices and Stores,
4, BEAUFOBT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, V,T,c.
Established 1808. Quotations on application.

vF. THOMAS & CO.'S PATENT
. SEWING MACHINES.

The celebrated No. 2 Machine, unequalled for general
work, £lO. The new Domestic Machines complete (Lock
Stitch), £5 55., £6 Gs., and £B. Catalogues free.
W. F. Thomas and Co., 1 and 2, Cheapsido, and Regent_
circus, Oxford-street, London.

GEOLOGY.-KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.
rIIOFESSOR TENN ANT, F.G.S., COMMENCED A
COUP- of LECTURES u.... EOLOGY on FRIDAY, January
24, au ,t. a. They will be ..utinued on each succeeding Wed-
nesda: . Friday at the came hour A shorter course is also
given fharsday evenings, from Bto 9. Text-Book, Lyell's
"Elem,nis of Geology." Professor Tennant accompanies his
students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological in-
terest in the country.
R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal

STOOPING HABITS, ROUND SHOULDERS,
PIGEON CHESTS and other Deformities, are pre-
vented and cured by wearing CHANDLER'S IMPROVED
HYGIENIC CHEST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all
ages. It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indi-
gestion, pains in the chest and back, and is especially re-
commended to children forassisting the growth, promoting
health and symmetry of figure, superseding the use of
braces and stays. Price from 10s. 6d. each.-66, Berners-
street, Oxford--street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded.

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
EFFECT UAL REMEDY; without confining the
bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant,
is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re-
:ieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci-
pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the
faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the
ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach-
ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons
deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca-
tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it.
Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist., 8,
King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all
druggists, in bottles, laid., and three quantities in one,
2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth-
matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the
stamp.

ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary.
Office, 93, Cheapside, London, E.O

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, 0-rett Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing

370 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London end Westminster Bank,
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, 14'.C.: and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common,
Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861
Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G.,
whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan
Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of
the kingdom.

The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house,
and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other-
wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain
suitable situations for them.

The Committee P4rnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions.
HENRY KINUSCOTE, Treasurer.
W. H. WARWICK, Secretary.

Office, 121; Pall-mall, S.W.

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STITUTION. _

President—Rev. CANON DALE.

CONTRIBuTIONsfOiaje support of the Homes in 1868 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bosan-
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, E.C. ; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C.
E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road,

THE RESCUE F.
are as fol.

SOCIETY'S HOMES
[lows :

For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. I Maize-hill Cottage, Greon_
205, Great Portland-street. with.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John's-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Homo-85, Queen-street, Cheapside,
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee aie deeply anzinus to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. COOPER, Sec.
85, Queen-street, Cheapside.

MISS BRADDON'S NEW FORTHCOMING NOVEL.
On Feb. 15. Never before Published. In 3 vols.
CHAIILO'I7E'S INHERITANCE.—

NEW NOVEL. NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. BY THE AUTHOR OF
"LADY AUPLEY'S SECRET," &C.
In 3 vols. On Feb. 15. At all Libraries.

CHARLOTTE'S INHERITANCE.

Just published, price ls. 6d., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks,
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
" Medical Circular."

London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Public Opinion, snd other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.

TEETH PAINLESSLY STOPPED, with
permanent enamel cement of the exact natural colour,
guaranteed not to turn black or make the teeth look unsightly.

MR. WEBB, DENTIST,
27, NEW BOND-STREET,
Many years with Mr. EsKELL, of 8, Grosvenor-street,
Bond-street.

DISCOVERY OF GUNPOWDER (TEA.)-
Large quantities of the very finest descriptions have
been discovered in Great St. Helen's, at the Warehouses of the

" EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,"
and are going off rapidly at importers' prices. Also the most deli-
cious Kaisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s. 6d.
upwards. Family Tea, 25.; in half-chests, ls. 10d. Tea for the
million, ls. ld. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great
St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street.

ANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per-
fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers,
and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107,
Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London.

CANDLES.—A Hint to Purchasers.--Do not
V make sure that you know what price you are paying per
pound foryour candles until you have stripped them and put
them in the scale. Some candles are right weight with-
out the wrappers, some with moderately thick wrappers,
some with very thick wrappers, and some are not nearly
right weight with wrappers however thick. PRICE'S
" U .ID MEDAL PALMITINE," " SHERWOOD
PALMITINE," " BELMONT SPERM," and " BEL-
MONT WAX," " BEST," " No. 2," "No 3," and " BAT-
TERSEA" COMPOSITES, "PRICE'S PARAFFINE,"
and " BELMONTINE," and all other candles of Price's
Patent Candle Company Limited, are full weight without
the wrappers.

BARRACK CONTRACTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF
COALS, COKE, TURF, CANDLES, AND KIND-
LING WOOD, IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRE-
LAND.

War-office, Pall-mall, London, S.W.,
14th February, 1868.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared
to receive TENDERS for the Supply of Coals, Coke. Turf,
Candles, and Kindling Wood at the various Barrack Sta-
tions in Great Britain and Ireland, for a period of Twelve
Months from the Ist of April next.
Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the
proper printed form, which may be obtained with every
requisite information, upon application at this office, or to
the various Barrack Masters, between the hours of 10 and
4 o'clock each day, Sundays excepted.
The Tenders must be sent to this Office, addressed to
the Director of Contracts, marked on the outside "Tender
for Coals, &c.," on or before Saturday, 29th February, 1868,
after which day or War reserves the right of
reP.Cting" any or all of the Tenders.

THOMAS HOWELL,
Director of Contracts.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AGIIA ANIARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing this wonderful liquid. It, is now offered to the public
in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each,
including brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-
street, London, E.C.

---
POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for
COUGHS, CCLDS, ASTHMA,BRRONCHITIS,
Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affec-
tions of the Res. iratory Organs.
Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout
the World. In Bottles only, price ls. lid., 2s. 3d., and lls.
each. Established nearly half a century.
SATISFACTORY LETTER.
5, Wood-street, Millbank, Westminster,
October 5, 1867.
Sir,---Some months back I bad an attack of Bronchitis,
which left at times a tickling in my Throat, with other
unpleasant feelings. I was advised to try the BALSAM O.F
ANISEED; I did so, and have found very great relief ; it is
most comforting in allaying irritation, and giving strength
to the voice.
You are at liberty to make use of this as you think pro-
per, and I earnestly hope that others may benefit by it as
I have done.—With many thanks from your obedient ser-
vant,
SAMUEL DEAR,
Dean's Verger, Westminster Abbey.

To Mr. Powell.
Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED.

RUPTURES.—I3Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 18(32) is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred
Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided -a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the Hoc-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
not fail to fit, forwardel by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,

Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 165., 21s. 268.6 d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
ls. A Double Truss, 31s. dd., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
ls. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
-pLASTIC STOCKINGS,
irj KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d.
10s. and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

p R INNTvLNAPGER.—s7OPR3RIETORS OF
EI
PERIODICALS
&c.The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., deue
on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and
Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on
receipt of particulars, with stampe,d, directed envelope for
reply. Address—The Manager,
W.C.
Printing Offices
3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, WA,.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Co.,Pa 611-inall. Hon
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
Lombard-
street. This Hospital has ;olieved 481,954 patients since it was
established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
strßecatn, Akelress—sr. 318 eßsasnrss.oßmaranned B
t,oLlouyvdenstea,nld,
Sec., F. Smith, Esq. GEo. REID, Sec. •

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern'
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QuEEN.
Vice-Patron—

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
President—His Grace the Duko of BUCCLECCH, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co, r
Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote and
Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and (101, Berners-street • gnd
- at
the hospital, from 10 till 5,

BETTS'S CAPSULES.-111r. BETTS, of No. 1,
Wharf-road, City-road, desires to give public no-
tice that the Lord Chancell)r's judgment of the Bth inst.
(see Times of the 10th inst. (do not in any way affect any
person using any Capsules made by Mr. Betts, and bear-
ing his name, or name and address, all of which may be
used without risk or question.—Feb. 15, 1868.

CAUTION.—Dog Licenses.—The Commissioners
of Inland Revenue give notice, that all DOG LICENSES,
granted in the year 18C7, EXPIRED on the 51st December last,
and that every person keeping a dog in the current year is re-
quired to take out a new license, the duty payable for each dog
kept being 58.
The penalty for keeping a dog without license is £5, and pro-
ceedings will be taken for the recovery of such penalty in all
cases of default.

Post-office orders payable at the Chief Money Order-office. In-
land Revenue Receipt Stamps, or postage stamps, may be re-
mitted in payment of duty on dogs kept in London and its
vicinity to the undermentioned Collectors of Inland Revenue,
or such licenses may be obtained on personal application at the
offices of said collectors on any day from 9 to 3 o'clock :
Collector, London West, Somerset-house, W.C.
Collector, London Central, Winchester-buildings, Winchester-
street, E.C.

Collector, London East, Tower-hill, E.C.
Cullector, London South, Elephant-buildings, Newington-
butts, S.

Collector, London North, 183, Great Portland-street, W.
Licenses may also he obtained on personal application on any
day until the 29th February inst., at the following places, between
the hours of 10 and 4 :
Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, E.C., Supervisor's Office.
Stepney, 31, Stepney-green, Supervisor's Office.
Dalston and Haelmey, 229, Hackney-road, Supervisor's Office.
Islington andHolluway, and Highgate. 6, Pullen's-row, Super-
visor's Office.

Paddington, 9, Porteons4road, Harrow-road, Supervisor's
Office.

Hampstead and Camden-tewn, 40, Gloucester•street, Camden-
town, Supervisor's Office.

WM. CORBETT, Secretary.
Inland Revenue-office, Somerset House, Feb., 1868.

PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
NIESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established
1815), of
London 5B, Harley-street, Cavendish-square,
64, Ludgate-hill, E. 0.,
Liverpool 34, Duke-street, and
Brighton
have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining
their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth
without springs, at MODERATE CHARGES, which may be
had free by post for four stamps.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The officers of the Small Arms Select Sub-Coin.
rnittee of 'Woolwich Arsenal, composed of Lieut.-
Colonel H. C. Fletcher, Ist Battalion Scots Fusilier
Guards, President ; Lord Spencer ; Captain John
Rawlins, 48th Light Infantry ; Mr. E. Ross, Capt.
Mackinnon, 3d Regiment (the Buffs), members,
and Captain Haig, secretary, assembled yesterday
at the official range, in the Plumstead-marsh, be-
yond the Royal Arsenal,ifor the purpose of witness-
ing the trial of some breech-loading rifles which
have been submitted for their inspection and ap-
proval, and which were not ready to be tested dur-
ing the trials recently completed. The committee
commenced their proceedings at 1 p.m. by firing
over the 500 yards' range from shoulder rests. The
first weapon fired was that of Mr. Kerr, of the
London Armoury Company. The trial consisted
simply of a few rounds, with a view of showing the
system of his invention, to which some interest is
said to be attached. The second and last tried yes-
terday was the Carter and Edwards i-inch bore,
tested in various ranges, as reported in The Sun.
This was fired a total of 113 rounds, charged witb
the new Buxer cartridges, consisting of 75 grains of
compressed powder and a bullet weighing 410
grains. The Carter and Edwards Rifle Company
was represented on the ground by Mr. Bush. The
firing party consisted of Sergeant Bott and three
privates of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, in
command of Lieut. Lecky. The weather was ex-
ceedingly favourable for the occasion, with the
exception of some gusts of wind which blew across
the range, to the detriment, probably, of the accu-
racy of aim in a few instances where the shots flew
gram of the se'verai`,ll2' mark. Nevertheless, tli- ciuk4,
as worked out by Sergeant Ward, Coast Brigade,
on duty for that purpose, was as follows :—No. 1,
,
2.74 ; No. 2, 3.77 ; No. 3, 2.71; and No. 4, 2-75.
The test for accuracy and mechanism having been
thus completed, the committee proceeded to the
back of the range and witnessed a test of rapid fir-
ing from the weapon, when 20 rounds were fired in
58 seconds by Sergeant Bott. This was pronounced
by Colonel Fletcher very satisfactory, and this was
succeeded by 10 rounds steady firing, as from the
ranks. The committee then proposed filling the
muzzle and breech of the muzzle with fine sand,
similar to that with which the troops are assailed on
their march in India. The barrel and breech piece
were then thoroughly smothered, and three rounds
of ball cartridge were fired at repeated intervals
with complete success, after which the weapon was
handed to Private Cross, Royal Marines, who ob-
tained 20 rounds in 49 seconds. The committee
were then desirous of testing its power of endur-
ance, and lashing the rifle to a temporary rest, with
the assistance of a dozen yards of line, so as to ad-
mit the riflemen within the shelter of a brick wall
in case of accident, the weapon was fired with six
rounds of damaged and imperfect cartridges, which,
from the facility they afforded for the escape of gas,
made the trial more than ordinarily severe. This,
also, was successful, and terminated the trials.
The 64-pounder Palliser rifle gun has completed
its test at the 'Woolwich butt of the 2,000 rounds
ordered by the War Department, and has undergone
the usual searching and examination, without the
appearance of any blemish or signs of weakness.
In consequence of the smallpox having broken
out on board the chartered troopship Isabella, taken
up by the Government for the conveyance of troops
from Chatham to Bermuda, the Royal Engineers
who were about to proceed in that vessel, have re-
turned to their headquarters, Brompton barracks,
and the remaining troops sent into quarters at
Gravesend, until the vessel is pronounced free from
infection and fit to receive them on board. The
troops selected to proceed to Bermuda in the Isa-
bella consist of detachments selected from the Royal
Artillery, Royal Engineers, 61st Regiment, Com-
missariat Staff Corps, and Army Hospital Corps,
together with the following officers :—Capt. E. S.
Tyler, Royal Engineers ; Capt. H. A. Tracy, Royal
Artillery ; Ensign A. B. Wilby, 61st Regiment ;
Purveyor E. Goodrich, and Staff-Surgeon Leslie, in
medical charge.

The nuarmoured screw corvette Wolverine, 21,
400-horse power, Capt:r. Cochrane, has arrived at
the Nore, from a term of service on the North
American station, for the purpose of being dis-
mantled and put out of commission. The Wol-
verine on her arrival saluted the flag of Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Baldwin Walker, Naval Commander-in-
Chief,acial inspection she will be
basin to be stripped, preparatory
pennant and being put out of
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The Bristol, 31, 3,027 tons, 600-horse power
(nominal), Capt. F. W. Wilson, fitting in the steam
basin as a training ship for junior naval officers,
received her Royal Marines on board yesterday
from the headquarters )f the Chatham division, the
detachment consisting of two non-commissioned
officers and 52 men, vith Capt. A. 11. F. Barnes
and Lieut. H. E. Mortiner. The officers appointed
to this vessel have joired and taken up their com-
missions, and the frigtte will shortly be ready for
proceedingosn her first channel-going cruise for the
practicalin instruction it seamanship of the young
officers appointed to Inr.

A selected armour-Hate from a number made at
the rolling mills of Sii John Brown and Company
(limited), Sheffield, far the turret-ship Monarch,
now building at Chatlam, was tested yesterday on
board the Thunderer target-ship at Portsmouth,
under the superintendmee of Capt. A. Hood, C. 8.,
commanding the guniery establishment of Her
Majesty's ship Excelleit. The plate weighed 6 tons,
was 12ft. in length by :ft. in breadth, and Bin. in
thickness. Nine shotswere fired at the plate, all
striking in a space measuring 35in. by 18in., and
seven of the shots ins, central space I.Bin, square,

The plate proved to be of unusual excellence, and
will receive a high classification. Messrs. J. Ellis
and J. C. Bayley were present as representing the
firm of Sir John Brown and Company.
The unarmoured twin-screw composite-built gun
vessel Beacon, 2 guns, 120-horse power, 465 tons,
Commander E. T. Parsons, recently fitted at the
eastward for service on the West Coast of Africa,
was put through her final trial of speed yesterday
over the standard measured mile in Stokes Bay, off
Portsmouth, prior to her departure from England
for her station.TCapt. W. Chamberlain, command-
ing her Majesty's ship Asia and the Steam Reserve
at Portsmouth, conducted the trial, having on his
staff Messrs. W. G. \Vratten, chief engineer of the
Steam Reserve, and Mr. Stall, of the Factory De-
partment. Six runs were made (the engines work-
ing at high pressure), which gave their respective
speeds in knots :--9.302, 9.890, 9.399, 9.890,
9.302, and 9-785. These figures gave the ship a
mean speed on the mile of 9 491 knots per hour.
The machinery of the vessel consists of two sets of
60-horse power engines, manufactured by John
Penn and Son, formerly belonging to gunboats
that are now broken up, and converted now from
two distinct sets for service in one twin-screw
vessel. This conversion of the machinery of two
of the old class of single-screw vessels for service in
one of the new class of twin-screw vessels is being
followed with all the composite-built vessels of the
Beacon class. The Beacon's engines drive a pair
of twin Griffiths' screws, each of which has a
diameter of 6ft., a pitch of 6ft. 10in., and a length
of 18in. The Beacon at the commencement of her
trial drew 7ft. 11in. of water aft and 6ft. forward.