The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-01 00:00:00

THE RETTENi

The revenue returns for the past quarter have just, been
published. In comparing the receipts of the quarter
which ended on Tuesday with those of the corresponding

period of last year, the Times says :—ln 1867 the total
receipt of the quarter was £17,78.2,060 ; in 1863 it is
£18,284,000, shewing a nominal increase of L'5C2,000. But
in 1867 the quarterly receipt for income tax was £1,577,000,
and in 1868 it is £2,269,000 ; and, excluding these items, we
have a quarterly income of 1868 amounting to £16,015,000,
against £16,205,000—a net decrease of £100,060 on the
quarter. This, unfortunately, does not represent the whole
truth. The miscellaneous receipti of the quarter just
elapsed, compared with the miscellaneous receipts of the
corresponding three months of 1867, shew an increase of
£261,000, and these miscellaneous receipts, as is sufficiently
well known, depend upon repayments on account of
certain charges on special services, and do not in any
degree rcpreSent an increase in what can be pro-
perly designated as . revenue. Discarding, as we
must in any comparison of revenue, the item of
miscellaneous receipts, we find that the net de-
crease on the quarter has been £453,030. Every
source of income but ono has proved less productive
than it was, and the single exception is a pitiful increase
of £l,OOO in the return from Crown lands, itself a
thoroughly exceptional item. The customs for the quarter
have produced £5,453,000, instead of £5,499,000—a decline
of £46,000 ; the excise returns, £4,857,000, instead of
£5,028,000 a decline of £171,000 ; the stamps
yield £2,372,000, instead of £2,547,000—a decline
of £175,000; the assessed taxes, £1,476,000, in-
stead of £1,506,000—a decline of £30,000 ; the
post office i itself brings in but £1,120,000, instead
of £1,150,000—a decline of £30,000. The income tax,
through the operation of the increased rate to which we
have referred, shews an increase, but when the return is
analysed the same tale of a decline is found. In the
quarter ending the 30th June, 1807, a fourpenny tax
produced £1,577,000, and a sixpenny , tax in the
quarter ending the 30th June, 1868, ought on the same
proportion to have produced £2,365,500. But the pro-
duce of the quarter has actually been £2,269,000 only, or a
comparative decline of nearly £lOO,OOO. The year tells
the same tale as the quarter. The customs shew a small
increase of 273,000 in the past ;tulye months, but tlre,
excise duties have fallen off by 2563,6007 M stamps by
£llB,OOO, and the assessed taxes by £17,000. The post
office shews an increase on the year of £50,000, but it was
entirely realised on the first two quarters, the revenue
from this source having been declining throughout the
last six months. On the whole, the net diminution in the
items of pure revenue in the twelve months has been
£575,000. .

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE-",`

CLAsGoNv.--At an adjourned meeting held on Monday
of a number of the Liberal electors of Glasgow, to confer
as to the ensuing election, the following letter was read
from the Right Hen. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.:— " 11,
Carlton - house - terrace, S.W., June 27, 1868. My
dear sir, I beg you and those with whom you
communicate to accept of my best thanks for the
great honour they have done me in proposing I should
become a candidate for the great city of Glasgow.
I fear, however, I would not be justified in encouraging
you to take any step with that object in view. For if I
had a seat now to seek, probably prudence would counsel
me to be content to ask the suffrages of a much more
limited constituency. But in truth I have no reason to
suppose that I am likely to part from the representation
of South Lancashire.—l have the honour to be, sir, your
faithful servant, W. E. GLADSTONE."
IVoncEsTEn.—The statement that Mr. Laslett (C.) will
contest this city is denied. The Conservatives have
settled upon the ;:entleman who is to represent them some
time since ; and Mr. Laslett is pledged to the Eastern
Division of the county.

A.NG LIISEY. —Mr. diehard Davies, a wealthy merchant
and Nonconformist, has been invited to stand in the
Liberal interest for Anglesey.
B U RNLEY. —Lieutenant -G eneral Sir J. Scarlett,K.C.B.,
of Bank Hall, will be the Conservative candidate for the
new borough of Burnley. His great personal popularity
will ensure his success.

SHEFFIELD.—A largely-attended meeting has been held
for the purpose oF. hearing an address from Mr. A. J.
Mundella, of Nottingham, who has been invited to come
forward as one of the candidates at the forthcoming
election.

THE BORDER Bungs.—Mr. G. 0. Trovelyan, M.P.
for Tynemouth, has offered himself as a candidate for the
representation of the Border burghs in Parliament. His
political principles are those of a thorough-going Liberal.
DEwsnunr.—At a public meeting of Liberals hold at
the Royal Hotel, in this town, Mr. Handel Cossbam (L.)
was unanimously chosen as candidate.

Nonwicu,--A large meeting of the advanced Liberals c°
Norwich unanimously adopted on Tuesday night a resolu-
tion calling upon Mr. Jacob Henry Tillett, solicitor, and
editor of the Norfolk News, to offer himself as a candidate.
Mr. Tillett was received with enthusiasm.

NOTTINGHAM.— In declining to contest this borough,
Mr. Samuel Morley, in an address just issued, says that
" while he shall always be bound by many ties of per-
sonal and commercial associations to the town of
Nottingham, and shall ever take the liveliest interest
in its prosperity, it is impossible that he could consent
to represent it in Parliament. His doing so would bo
certain to revive recollections, and would in all proba-
bility lead to a repetition of scenes through which he
passed three years ago, which (while he is conscious of
his own integrity) are the most painful experience of his
political life, and he desires to be free from the turbulent
associations of party politics in his future intercourse
with the good old town." The only Liberal now in the
field is Mr. Osborne. Sir R. Clifton will again come
forward.

FOUR AT A Birrir.—The wife of Jamei Strang,
residing in Kelvinside-street, Sandyford, Glasgow, has
been safely delivered of four daughters, one of them still•
born.

The approaching marriage of Mdlle. Patti is not
now contradicted. A Paris paper announces that she will
become Marquise de Caux on August 1, and that the
wedding will take place in London.

The Viird portion of the Thames embankment
on the Middlesex side of the river has been commenced.
The work extends from the Temple to Blackfriars Bridge,
and although there are many engineering difficulties in
the way, the undertaking must be completed in a yea!
according to the terms of the contract.

The F-•aentait's Journal believes that it is the
retention of the Irish Railway Commissioners to present a
supplemental report. The secretary has gone to Belgium
to inquire into the nature and working of the railway
system in that country. The expenses of the commis-
sion, it is added, have been £20,000.

Leeds is to have a rival, on a small scale, in the
matter of art exhibitions, one of these interesting collec-
tions being about to be made at Ruthin, for the Princi-
pality of Wales. There are several valuable galleries in
Wales, and it is expected that the owners will contribute
liberally. The exhibition will be opened during the month
of August.

A portion of the royal stock bred by her Majesty
the Queen'on the Flemish Farm, Windsor Park, under the
supervision of Mr. Brebner, has been forwarded to the
East India Docks, en route for New Zealand. The con-
signment consists of a fine Hereford bull-calf, about nine
months old, named the Duke of Edinburgh, out of com-
pliment to the recent royal visitor to the southern hemi-
sphere, and a bear and sow of the pure black Berkshire
breed. The animals will be shipped in the Siam. Ths
stock has been purchased from the royal farm by a gentle-
man in that colony for breeding purposes.

A shocking affair has occurred near Wem.
It ap pears that a man named William Kelly was sitting
in the kitchen of the Trench Farm, eating his dinner.
A lad named Williamson came in and took up a gun
which was standing in a corner of the kitchen near
the fireplace. By some misadventure the stock of
the gun, which was a common fowling-piece, caught the
leg of the table, and the gun exploded, and the sight
that presented itself was something horrible, the
entire right side of Kelly's face and head being blown off.
Medical attendance was at once sent for, but the doctors
declared that death must have been instantaneous. The
poor lad who was the cause of the accident has, so it is
stated, gone out of his mind, and was discovered
attempting to drown himself soon. after the melancholy
occurrence. _ _

An explosion, attended with fatal results, has
occurred at the memises of Mr. Kynoch, percussion cap
and cartridge manufacturer, Witton-lane, Birmingham,
the victim being a middle-aged man, named George
Southey. The deceased was employed in the mixing
department, and was wetting some of the fulminate, the
composition of which the cartridge is composed. He
shook the contents of a paper he had in his
hand into a bowl, and as he did so it was followed by an
immediate explosion, by which deceased was struck, and
blown with great violence into a corner, where he was
shortly afterwards found with his head severed. Life wax
quite extinct, and it was evident that he bad met with an
instantaneous death. It is conjectured that he did not
exercise quite so much care as usual, and that in shaking
the paper he caused the friction which resulted in the
exPlotien• The deMee4 ICAne a_rgc g§aci fir) 411400.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 19 1868
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(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ____e______
:FP.OII OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.).
1; LASSES are now to be had at •very reduced prices. VAI -4' % . , VIEl.a-
- '1.43_.
,•I:te4 , ' 3•, lilt could he make." Parties will come aAing for an
CALL A.GHA N, 23A, New Bond-street,
PARIS, TUESDAY, June 30.
increase of fares, " the decision of the House will be
Corner of Conduit-street, W.
THE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD'S. . There are contradictory political rumours to-day. One
—.7-- . __ ---
cnted against 111.3, and my hands will be tied." We
account says that M. Roulier has prevailed, and that the
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COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED LO2,'D.2V, IITEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1868. .
BREMEN, July 1.
elcatlons will take place at once ; another that the war
VICTUALLERS.
______ 4b. --- - have no doubt that the railway interest has suffered
A general meeting of the shareholders of the party are in the ascendant, and that the Emperor has
THE only article really suitable for that purpose,
ss. 6cl. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address Probably no one was sanguine enough to antics- like that of many others by the bad times through
kO5, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. f pate that the Quarter's Revenue for the Midsummer which we have passed, but there is always semething North German Lloyd's took place here yesterday, made up his mind that a conflict with Prussia must come
off shortly. The two rumours are contradictory. All that
when it was unanimously resolved to construct two
we know certainly is that Ar. Rouher and Marshal Niel
GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED of 1868 would show a very flourishing result, and to regret in a change which interferes with public
new steamers to ply between Bremen and Balti- have been to see the Emperor at Fontainebleau since his
VICTUALLERS, 78. 9d. PER DOZEN. we ought to be thankful thato , notwithstanding the convenience. The House of Lords came to the rescue
• more, and to make a fresh issue of shares to the return thither from the camp at Chalons.
in some other cases of railway exclusiveness this
Vir I . 1.1 lAM HOLDICH and CO., No. 105, unusual list of items under the head of Decrease,
If the debate on the Budget do not last too long, of
which unfortunately, there is a nearly certain pros-
-1: l' Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, amount of 700,000 thalers. It was stated that the
The Pavement, Clapham-corn:nom we can yet boast of an increase on the quarter of year, so that it is somewhat disappointing to find
reserve fund of the company is more than sufficient ' .
pact, it will prove extremely interesting. The question is
£502,078, and on the year of £349,468. The more that they have not stood firm in this instance. It
to cover this amount.
not one off gures, but of principle. As a financial state-
: ABLE CLOTHS, in every Width an-I Length,
will astonish no one. When there expressly for Licensed Victuallers. Damask Napkins gloomy picture is to be hoped that the evident unpopularity of the
The steamers are to be finished and handed over meet' nothing can be more simple. The expenditure for
1869 is estimated at 1.800 millions of francs. Ordinary
for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings of has
been a long continued depression of trade of scheme will deter others from resorting to similar
ivory description. Patterns gratis and post free. to the company within ten months, and are.to run
Budgets recinire 1622 millions ; extraordinary, 100
every kind, great scarcity of employment, stagna- expedients. The Duke of RICHMOND defended the
every fortnight between the two ports. Messrs.
millions ; and
80 the . s.pecial BudF et of the. Loan is
C ARDIG AN JACKETS made expressly for Bar tion of speculatioa, and the necessaries of life have Committee, and thought it was inadvisable for
set down at millions. During the reign of the
use, Warm and Elastic, from6,l. each, for Baird, of Greenock, are the contractors for their
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Inc. WILLIANI IiOLDICH been at au exorbitant price, it would have been idle their lordships to take a course which would throw
construction. Emperor the public debt of France has increased at
and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet-
--- an average rate of 250 millions a year. The ordinary addi-
street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. to expect that the Excise, the Customs, the Stamps, blame upon them. It was owing to this decision of .
INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN MAILS. tient° the burden of national interest is eight millions annu-
- and the Taxes, would not be sensibly affected. the Committee that the AnAlgamation Bill had
ally; this year it wi.l be nearly three-fourths as much again.
.1
MESSINA, June 30.
WILvLIAM L HO,
DRAPERS,LDICH Establishedandpo., 1L8412C LICENSED S 1 i .O:SD Even the Post-office shows the consequences of the not been pressed, as it had been very unfavourably ,
• ~' .
Fleet-street, City ; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave- dulness of business. The year indeed boasts of an received by the House of Lords. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
Itlhe total interest on debt now paid is 340 millions. These
gures certainly do not appear to me to require explana-
ment, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free,
tion. The exact time required for such a financial policy.
increase of £50,000, but it is due to the earlier In the Commons a good deal of business was ship Ceylon passed Messina at 3 p.m. te-day en
with Price List-
to end in utter insolvency is a calculation upon which
quarters, the June quarter showing a decrease of got through with one thing and another. Mr. route for Marseilles.
TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS.
of £30,000. The great deficiency lies with the MONK'S long-deferred Revenue Officers' Bill was ----- I will not venture, because nations carry on business
after bankruptcy, and the expedients adopted with public
ESTABLISHED 1812.
LIVERPOOL, July 1.
Excise and the Stamps. It needs no conjuring again brought on, and passed through committee
credit at the the e of the Republic, to say nothing of the
WILLIAM lIOLDICII and CO.,
The Inman steamer City of Paris, which left
LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. to discover why the Excise should exhibit a without any amendments. Mr. GLADSTONE and dangerous doctrines preached with regard to national
debt, leave speculation on such a subject extremely di.ffl-
-105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No.
deficiency when bread has been dear and work the Chancellor of the Exchequer both spoke against New York on the 17th ult. for this port, brings 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch).
cult. But as the burden of debt is embarrassing now,
slack. There is no surer test of national prosperity it, but it found many supporters in different parts 1ta150,000 in specie.
it may safely be concluded that serious consequences will
LONDON AND GENERAL WATER
than the Customs and the Excise, and the decrease of the House, and there seemed a general impres-
FRAN CE. speedily ensue. As to the remedy, the Chamber may
PURIFYING- COMPANY (Limited).
PATENT CISTERN FILTER, charged solely with animal of over half a million iu the year, and of £171,000 sion in favour of it. According to the explanations
PARIS, July 1. debate the entire year without finding more than one-
reduction of expenditure. Taxation or increased income
charcoal. The latest patented Filter in general use, and requir-
ing, when once fixed, no attention whatever. Patronised and in the quarter, under the latter head was only there is a general deaire on the part of the Revenue
by any means can at most accomplish little. Hitherto it
used by her Majesty the Queen at Osborne, by H.R.H. the Duke
Sir Robert Napier arrived here this morning at
of Cambridge, the elite of the Medical Profession, and at the what experienced financiers looked for. The saving officers to be relieved from the disabilities under 7 o'clock. .
has accomplished nothing, for the expenditure has always
Fusilier Guards', Middlesex, St. George's, German, and London
kept pace with the revenue, and very often outrun it.
Hospitals, and at the Regent's Park and Tower Barracks, and clauses of the Tables are the Property Tax, with which they labour. An Irish dispute took place
numerous institutions, breweries, &c.
The time of his departure fur London is not yet
Yesterday two speakers only took part in the opening
Professor Frenkland, F.R.S., in his analysis of the waters for an increase of £692,000 on the quarter, and and occupied some time. An attempt was made known.
December, 18n5, in the report to the Registrar-General, states,
of the debate. M. Magnin, to whom the Opposition
" With regard to the filtration of this water (New River) through £1,189,000 on the year, due, of course, to the in- to prevent the military appearing at Irish elections, The Vienna Presse has the following anecdote. entrusted the first attack, demanded retrenchment, and
animal charcoal, it will be observed that, although the total daily
aomustie supply of a house on Tiaverstock Hill has passed crease of the tax ; the Crown Lands, with a trifling and among the arguments which were abundantly One of the principal citizens of Prague is a certain commented upon the blunders committed in the manage-
through the same filter for seven months, the animal charcoal .
Dr. N-, well known for his eccentricity. The merit of the finances. M. Louvet, the other speaker, caste
still retains practically unimpaired its power of abstracting or- increase of £l,OOO ; and the Miscellaneous, show- employed was the one daclaring that the ganic impurities."
doctor headed a deputation to the Prince Napoleon his vets on the side of the majority, and is, moreover, on
ae* The above Filter was supplied by this Company. ing on the year a decrease of £279,532, but on the consequence of the soldiers being there was that
the Budget Committee ; but he did not fail yesterday to
The Filters may be seen in operation, and full particulars ob- quarter an increase of £261,078, bringing the they compelled the voters to follow their landlords' on his recent visit, and commenced his harangue tained on application to the Secretary, at the Offices,
by saying-" I had rather address your Imperial assert his independence :n I spirit by a vigorous demand
for reform, and a declaration that past management had
157, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. (FOUR DOORS FROM quarter's tables, as we have said, up to an iu- dictation instead of protecting them from violence.
SOMERSET HOUSE).
Highness in bad French than in good German, and crease of a little over half a million, though The Attorney-General for Ireland hail to withstand I wish you to understand tht tI am not here merely not been of the best. M. Louvet made some excellent
HE R MAJESTY'S OPERA. since the Miscellaneous items must not be calcu- the charge alone, but he did it so successfully that for the sake of saying I have spoken to Prince points. " A Budget," be remarked, " after preparation,
(THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE).
diacussion, and the vote of the Council of State, Legisla-
31dlle. Christine Nilsson. fated in any comparison of revenue, being due to the bill was thrown out on a division by a majority Napoleon." Here the Prince interrupted him by tive Body, and Senate, ought to be a sacred de-
Grand Extra Night
TO-MORROW EVENING (THURSDAY). July 2 (first time repayments and alterations of charges, not to any of 41. To judge from the various accounts that saying laughingly-" I understand perfectly ; you cision, only to be modified in case of absolute
this season), Gounod's Opera,
have had the kindness to come here in order that I necessity. But with us, when the Budget has been sub-
FAUST. regular source of public income, we must acknow- have been received, we may venture to say that the
Faust, Signor Ferensi; Valentin, Mr. Santley; Mephistopheles,
might have the honour of saying I have spoken to mated to the three bodies of the State, when it has cost
Signor Gassier; Wagner, Signor Casaboni; Siebel, Madame ledge the returns to be unfavourable, bill is not a desirable one ; for who can positively
Dr. N-- !" time, care, and labour, it is looked upon as a canvas upon
Trebelli-Bettini; Martha, Mdlle. Corsi; and Margherita, Mdlle.
Christine Nilsson. Still this is no news to any one who has mixed affirm that at one of these exciting junctures there BOURSE, June 30.-Three o'clock.-The market which one can paint at will, and modify in the course of
Conductor -Signor Arditl.
Doors open at Eight o'clock. Commence at half-past Eight. freely in business circles during the past twelve may not be some small disturbances and some awk- closed as follows :-
41:c,p
lire
,ricCoe actual expenditure."
Stalls, One Guinea; imphitheatre Stalls, 7s, and 55.; Reserved
A meeting took place on Sunday under the new law,
Box Seats, its. C.l; Gallery, 23. 6d. months. It would certainly have been matter of ward contretemps arise. And in that case the presence
of month.,, tit... 17-001. which does not require previcus authorisation by the
Boxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box- astonishment if the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the soldiers would be an advantage, and 3 -8-271 BitlEnPni:duSoLhfaonraienosniii..:.3lL-7 --- Government. The object of the meeting was to devise
ollee. Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second
End of month,., 70 80 Mexican Loan ... 23 -
daer from Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super- had been able to boast of a surplus. The prevent confusion and outbreaks of a serious cha-means for the professional education of adults. Several
inten fence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal,
Credit Mobilier ... 312 - Do. Bonds
D.eiry-lane (under the portico in Brydges-street), open from 10 real question which concerns us, however, ratter. A long discussion took place on the Prison End of month... 320 - Spanish Threes
till S. Tickets also at all Librarians' and Musie-sellers'.
Credit Fancier -.1510 - Home Debt - -
._ 'be proceedings were most orderly.
is not a mere temporary depressron of Ministers' Act, and Mr. MaGtHRE made several Eal of month... - - Deferred -..37 25 Letters from Italy deny that Garibaldi has any inten-
t AST MORNING PERFORMANCE. the revenue which England of all countries is compl.aints upon the way in which it was put into RAILWAYS. Cash tion of invading the Pontifical territory. They say that
Doors open at half-past One o'clock. Commence at Two
Orleans
~, 887
precisely. well able to afford. The point at issue is whether force, but he subsequently withdrew his motion for lie is fully convinced of the impossibility of doing anything ;
Mdlle. Christine Nilsson.
Northern
WEDNESD k Y next, July s Donizetti's Opera, the deficit is owing to permanent causes, or whether making the act compulsory, which was a very wise Lyons and Meditorrauean
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. • !
Southern . . 6so rather for waiting to 8(,, what events will bring forth. At
Edgard°, Signor Mongini; Enrico Aston, Mr. Santley; Rat- .it is due to reasons which are likely to produce a thing to do, considering all the circumstances of Western
mend., Signor Full ; Arturo, Signor Agretti ; Normannio, Signor :
552 the same time there' is, no doubt, a large number of Gari- '
repetition of the same results. On this very ino-' the case. Mr. HARDY said that more thne should Eastern •
Casaboni; Alias, Mille. Corsi; and Lucia, Mdlle. Christine 1
baldians close to the frontier, who would cross it if the
Sardinian
Nilsson.
Box-offices of Her Majesty's Opera open daily. 1 portant question we have every reason to feel satis- be given, in order that a gradual adoption of the Austrian - French troops were recalled. In fact, the Florence official
Lombard 395 Gazette has admitted this, and has cautioned the Garibal- 1
!fled. Business is improving, our foreign relations act might take place. The Irish members were,
'ON'S BENEFII at the
North of Spain
dians against violating the law. Under these circumstances
31[RC.RYINSTIIAkLPLP,EALSACE. on WEDNESDAY, the 15th, are pacific, and there is less apprehension of Con- indeed, on the alert yesterday, for Sir C. O'LoGit- Saragossa
Roman 46 it is not at all likely that Napoleon will withdraw his
supported by all the strength of
I:Ert MAJESTY'S OPERA. ! tinental disturbance than there was a twelvemonth LEN endeavoured to alter the custom which makes force. There are still rumours of approaching insurrec-
tion in Sicily ; but it would seem that the Sicilians, :
-
I ago. Our communications with America are on a the votes of members irrevocable, when they DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES.
T
. II E A.T R itl ROY A L, II AYAIA. It KID T.
soic L313C0, Mr. Backstone. 1 more satisfactory footing. Fenianism is well nigh have unawares strayed into a wrong lobby ; but he - -, - , --- though greatly discontented, are at issue among each
TdIS EVENING. THE LADIES' CHAMPION. Mr. Ken - 1 • •
(I' roin the Timed other as to what they wish. Very few of them are for
Oat, Mr. W. Gordon, 3lisa lone Btrke, and Miss F. Wright. annihilated, and social confidence is restored. Be- met with no support in his benevolent wish to help , Jane 20, 1868.)
restoring the Bourbons. The great majority are for a
Referring to the Parliamentary Returns of Fire Insur- .
b.Tobefoll
Messrs. L7tli le
rin),:i 41. .? OF ItXII.NC E. Chaacter3
_owileZ, RUomtton, Chippendale, Rogers, 1 yond all, we have fair prospects of a good and the ;wandering and bewildered. Mr.Dtseauf, npon ance Duty for 1867, just published, it appears that the In- republic. These are split up into two factions
(-Iles &c.; MeS I tans 11 ibertson, Fitzwilliam, Chippendale,. I
•- •of D t from • • l last
abundant harvest. We new have no longer to being appealed to, gave his most " uncompromising crease u y )eat to year has been leasyear that which would have an independent Government,
and that. which would see all Italy, including Sicily, cen-
ts
Dalton, Laws, an 1 Datibigny.
than in either of the three preceding years. The proper-
c,essie ling with A CO-OPERATIVE myarny-,Nr. Messrs. complain of excessive drought, and every kind of opposition ;" and very wisely, because to alter the
C,),n)tou and Rend Ll ; 31eviarn3s Chippendale, Dalton, L,,win. !
tion in which the Total Increase is effected is divided warted into a republic. Meanwhile General Medici has
, natural product is in fair condition. Tha all- law which at present exists would lead to inextri-
among the various Companies as follows :- been appo!iited, with full powers to preserve tranquillity
Commence at Seven. I '
in the island.
important wheat looks promising ; the hop- cable confusion, and suggest doubts and difficulties INCREASES IN 1867 ovEr. 1866.
111. I
Royal. £2,671 Alliance
-
11l fl. EATItEROY A L, A D E L P growers predict a fine season ; the fruits of a complicated nature. On the whole, the
meat Ly the Sultan. His Imperial highness arrived in
1. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Phoenix
D:re'etrLess, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. , are abundant. If the quartern loaf goes House made good progress. Sun 2,929 Scottish Provincial ...
369 his yacht at Constantinople from Varna on Sunday. The
TiIIS EVENING, at 7, GO TO PUTNEY: Mr. G. Thlmore. down two or three pence, we shall very soon Law l,B:a London and South-
After which, at a tarter to 3, A DAY OF RECICoNING. i
County
Me. C'tarle:i Mlthew A. Mr. C 4, Beimor,,, Mr. Bmington, Mr. Ash- see the effect in the Customs and the Excise. The Liv rpool and London [rand-in-Hand
ley. Mr. Stuart, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. C. J. Smith; Miss Car- ,
and Globe
AGGRIEVED PARISHIONERS' RITUAL.-Oue or two - 334 visited the Sultan, who decorated him. with the Order of the
10.1:1142*: an 1 Mac Emily Pitt. Abyssinian Expedition, which last year furnished Norwich Union 1,286 Lancashire and Bir- •
To condo 11 with THE MA t. Ma Charles Mathews, Mr. '' aggrieved parishioners " have taken upon them- Guarliae - Medjidhs set in diamonds, and conducted his visitor to the
Ashley, Mr. C. H. Stephens-ca, Mr. G. J. Taylor, anl Miss L. material for gloomy forebodings to the croakers
235 great staircase of the palace. The Prince has declined the
31.J0r.
. Iva() are now mourning over the revenue tables, has
i . selves to complain to the Archdeacon of Cornwall Scottish Imperial 1,182 mated
Scottish Commercial... 1,113 Atlas
of one of the Launceston clergy. It is iutercsting
186
Ctledanian 950 Essex and Suffolk
mains on board the Prince JerOmc.
ROY A L PRIN C E S S'S I'll EATIt E. been brought to a speedy and a triumphant conclu- to see what the effect of allowing " aggrieved Westminster 763 National of Ireland ... 169
SO4I Lee-,e me 1 Manager, Mr. Vining. , •
North British and Royal Farmers
sum without the British taxpayer having much parishioners " to regulate our services will be.
trim; EVENING (Wetineslay), HAMLET. ITsnOet, Mr.
Mercautilo -
',Merton. Messrs Dominick Murray. J f; Shore, Leeson, B
„tor complaints cornea that of wearing Quieen
' reason to complain. We have t, f , 1 Among other
aer, ore gooL.
Cages lately, and the Turks arc so " discontented, dis- 1
Potter, 11. Ellis. M telean, Herwyn, Crallin, Cathcart, and Ores-•
ham; Mesdames Eisworthy, Kemp, anl Emily Cross. 1 " strange " vestments, the strange vestments COll- Law Union
re.a,on to be thankful that we have pa4,aid Oa oagli
Ueiau * 658 Wales
Preceded by THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING.
sistin, of an Oxford ALA. hood. The rev. gentle- Etna,
Patriotic
N.8.-Daors open at 7; cornet ri..',e at 7.31. a ti ne of trial and uncertainty without exnerienc- ' dill, European, and
- _--
man in question has been solemnly told that the British
QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. ing worse consequ,ences, an Iwe may contilently red silk hood of Oxford is not in accordance with Amalgamated
Le3see an 1 Mae •• ;ter. Mr. W. 11. Liaon. hope, an le Providence, that next year's tables will London - General
HATA. Nle.,srs. Alfre.l Wigan, J. L. Toole, &c. exhibit a very different result. posed it was? Another complaint is of a hymn Provincial
T) e mettle with "FOWL PLAY;" or, A Story of Chilezin Yorkshire
book which has been used in the church for some-
Litz tel. Mr. J. L. Toole, &e.
Scot ish
The difficulties respecting the reconstruction of thing like fifteen years. But the amusing thing is Northern and Homo Oldham 2
E
gifIEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN.—Elegantly
and Colonial Amal- - that one or two complainants dared to put the
491 TIIE -ILA TIIER, TABLE.-THIS D-4 Y. f
1.. repainted and redecorated.-Under the management of the Southern States still continue, althotiah the ganiated that prince.
j 1,
13/%1: 'I,IrI'...O;LLC;II.CA L 1
irt,Ro. E_EF_E.O II„7 Tr
eSEE e i 9 ;
,lisi4 Fanny Josephs.
names of the churchwardens to their proceedings
DECREASES.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, WHO'S TO WIN HIM ? Radicals to be likely to succeed in
seem reinforcing when they most solemnly denied all concurrence Western and Albert, , Imperial 515
After which, at 5.15, FOUL PLAY.
1,086 London and Lanca-
their party in the Senate. The Florida Legislature, with the affair. Of course aggrieved Protest- Amalgamated '
I
To conclude with TIIE RENDEZVOUS. Mr. H. Cax.
Commercial Union 987 : shire 4lO
For particulars see bills. Bas office open daily from ten to we learn by the mail, has elected two Radical ants may complain, but is it fair that they should Royal Exchange - 795 Birmingham Alliance. 64
9 ve.
Senators for Congress, an addition to the numbers forge the names of respectable men ? Church West of Engla -laud. . 633 Norwich Equiteole.... 52
Empire and City and Emperor 27 1 p W R.l3!eteal IdC
ROYAL ANIPHI ['FIE A.TRE AND CIRCUS, of the Upper House, which will be very welcome to limes. County and Friend- Midland Counties We
jsdunale.y,s,:ll:ay ,
9 Nnirn
HOLBORN.
Aberdeen - 1 'll
AZ 'MI, 1. the Fe rttlo LeJtar,l, Every Evening. Mr. SUMNER and his coadjutors. We must At a chapel at Peckering, near Scarborough, in-Need Amalgtd... 620;
- Leith
Vie other day two rival Dissenting ministers ....- Shields
" The swift ant gra.--sful evolutions of the darin:c Mallle. naturally look with suspicion upon the elea- 1
Scarborough -- 56 155 1 N.E. 1 3 N.E .' -Liu - 4 ,
A7,ella, excite equal a.:touishment and admiration."—Daily Tel actually had a fight for the pulpit, one endeavour- MELAND. Yarmouth 3o''Af. 58 Its ' N.N.E. 4 4 N. o. 4 1.1
graph, June 55.
tion of Radicals by the Southern States. H
lletier - -I - - - - - _
........._ ing to dispossess the occupant. The fierce 4.---- Cuxhaven .. --_ , - -
-, iii
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS. -'3 53 . - •
moderate Republicans were returned by them physieal opposition to the minister entering the A corraspondent of the I),tily Express rap a t'ildreil,iT.'.. Ai,. !6,,63_L• ar • • ? i NN- -N. ri. j, v. - 11), :E3 ' v
Thre Summer re3ort for an evening's entertainment,_ The ' it be butwhen
, a .. 3 .);..r.l• ! NN v 1 2 N.N.W. c.o. --1 t•
, evia,:.;:icie:ciair.. 300 24f. 1 G7t !
66:3) N.E. comprehensible, men of pulpit was such that he was two or three times curious by-battle in the Church Militant, WhiCtl nee! e't Pt. .t 0 24f. 167163 E • 3 3 N. ,','.W. i,l ...7_ 2 C
greateAt juvenile h,,li,lay attraction in tha metropolis. 'Ara ap- might..
we must either
pearan,e of Mr Sanrv.,lls and his trAined Dogs, the most highly extreme views are sent to Congress, thrown down on the dais and floor, and once, when commenced in the county of Kilkenny, and ~,oi .. 33'41r. ,t 3 58 E. 02 N W b.o. 1
eaucate 1 canine stud in the w.trid. Scenes in the Arena. M.
(1,1(1_,1,!;-n;;%. 3J
)3r. 1 665 t 5760 SNkrir 11 2 N.N.E.' re.nbill.l)l 1--1 'll
Agouste's novel, pleasing. and surprisin4 entertainment. The believe that the votes have been unfairly obtained, by a stratagem he did gain access to the pulpit, was fought oat in au action at the Wexford Quarter
itnv spectacular piece of diversion, "THE CHINESE, FAIR" a
brilliant suc....ess, supported by nearly two hundred artistes, and or the registration has been purposely ,he was seized by three or four parties and pitched Sessions, The Rev. Mr. Helsham, vicar of a parish I:7,i7L'il, •• ,k 3r. 1 1F:96 rC,G3 'ilft.• * i ~,TlN.,,,z'_l:l,3'i'',. bc.:
jaib•
..71 1 110
arrangea
introdlcing a host of amtnements characteristic of an Eastern violently over the pulpit door head-foremost to the in that county, having for sufficient reasons found weyiliouth'. -- -
festival, in which both stage and ring are brought into requisi- with a view of excluding Democratic voters. This Portsmouth 3a 31s. ,59, 55 E.N. E. 3 , 4 S.S. E. c.o. 2 , •
tion,
we may believe to be in most parts the case, since floor, where lie fell on his head, which was some- it necessary to become non-resident, the Bishop of Laialaii .... 3,-';',2:. 18 55 N.E. 4I 4 N.E. hag
- _ it
p-G•.' Nei 3u" 6' ' 53 ' r,4
"These varied performtnces, enacted firnultaneonsly, are
what bruised and injured. During these proceed- the diocese appointed the Rev. Mr. ♦Reeves,
crowned by a brilliant display of Ilreworlzs: It may be rag 'll-
- we anow that the dominant party secure the ap- ings a large number of the people were in a state to take charge of the
a curate, (iTas- t'''' - 300t-.7.;. !63 ..,,, N.
?. I, ; ict.l,," 7: -7- 1 at
L'Orient. .. 30'17r. 59 ; N.E.. 4 i 7 N.P..'. C. 2 t,
e:mol tided that a picture is presented likely to leave an enduring
parish at a ;Mary of £BO a Rochefort... 3011. 161 It 7 N.. 7I 7 N. E. b. 2
mpreasion on tha min 1 "—Daily Telegraph, June 20. i pointment of men of their own set as registrars, of the most intense and frenzied excitement, and year, together with the use of the glebe. A. few Narritz .... FO2s. .1 63 iet ..V.N.w. 4 4 W.N.1% b. —1 NI
Opel) at Half-past Seven; commence at Eight. Grand 3lern-
Corinna.... 30' 4172 1 N. 1 b. 2
ing Performance, We inesds,y and Saturcla eat Half-past Two. and thee wilfully ignore troublesome voters. the shouting, stamping., and clapping of hands, months ago the vicar desired to resume, if not the Pairliris ....
3g:13 1 g = N.E.
1 = g: I" (
54ame programme as at evening representation.
_____ __... i Besides, the terms of the reconstructioa sane- hissing, threatening of vengeance, and calls to "pull spiritual care of the parishioners, at least posses- SiLtgsib,,ourg..
33 12 63
. -7--- N.E... 6 :-- :--- :-- :--- a
pi o,:ii." :11.,,L , a SI 'll.r'ill,,iett.,N,,D\r„.
sTaHh E,A TRE.'ti on ed by Congress are. all partial and them down," " tear 'em out of the pulpit," "mash sion of the glebe and enjoyment of the net income Toulon .... - - - - _
i Heart's Con- d
them," &c., formed a scene of violence and uproar and aclordingly served notice to quit upon the tout (6 a.m. t 1
Tins EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE: Messrs. one-sided. The text of Mr. JOHNSON'SIocaI time) , 30'435. ,47, 41 S.S.W. 1I I W. ~b. - 1
si
Belford. Harcourt; Miss Sheridan.
curate. wlin be atr..-.. +ha authority of the Trish.,,, .
After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF floras , veto of the Arkansas Rill ;a ..,,,..._ , - rarely witnessed.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanhorough.
'THIS EVENING. at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE: Messrs.
Belford, Harcourt; Miss Sheridan.
After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.
Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swanborough,
Lydia Thompson, Sheridan, HugheP, fie.
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The difficulties respecting the reconstruction o.
the Southern States still continue, althoUgh the
Radicals seem to be likely to succeed in reinforcing
their party in the Senate. The Florida Legislature,
we learn by the mail, has elected two Radical
Senators for Congress, an addition to the numbers
of the Upper House, which will be very welcome to
Mr. SUSINER and his coadjutors. We must
naturally look with suspicion upon the ele2-
tion of Radicals by the Southern States. If
moderate Republicans were returned by them
it might be comprehensible, but when men of
extreme views are sent to Congress, we must either
believe that the votes have been unfairly obtained,
or the registration has been purposely arranged
with a view of excluding Democratic voters. This
we may believelo be in most parts the case, Silica
we know that the dominant party secure the ap-
pointment of men of their own set as registrars,
and these wilfully ignore troublesome voters.
Besides, the terms of the reconstructions sanc-
tioned by Congress are. all partial and
one-aided. The text of Mr. JoHNsox's
veto of the Arkansas Bill is now before us,
and is worth notice, though the veto of course was
immediately overridden. The PRESIDENT says that
his approval of the bill would be an admission of
the constitutionality of the Congressional recon-
struction ; but his opinion of it was unchanged.
He denies the right of Congress to impose perpetual
conditions on the Southern States, and advises
them to adopt a simpler and more effectual plan.
He reminds them that their legislation has so far
proved ill-timed and unfortunate with respect to
the Southern States—a fact which no one can dis-
pute.

At the present time the subject of railways is
very prominently put forward for discussion, and
naturally just now the public is much interested in
the matter, for we are approaching the season when
most people are preparing for a change somewhere.
It cannot be said that affairs are very promising
for the holiday folks, at least for that portion of
them to whom economy is an object. The House
of Lords yesterday took into consideration the
third reading of the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Bill. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE
proposed to omit clause three, which " empowered
the directors to raise the maximum rates for passen-
gers" on the line. The noble marquis very truly said
that when a railway company had undertaken to
make and maintain a railway at " certain fares,"
Parliament ought not, without close inquiry, to
grant an application for raising such fares, and a
case like this ought not to be drawn into precedent.
For twenty years thew has been no precedent to
the bill, and that is a matter of consequence to
dwell upon. Ile wished in the interests of the
public that the amendment of the noble marquis
had beerl carried, but he subsequently withdrew it,
and the bill was passed. The worst of it is
that the other railway companies will be
now thinking of raising their fares, and
so the mischief will not be confined to its
nresent limits. Lord REDESDALE said he felt bound
to protest against the principle of allowing a com-
pany to raise its fares. "Up till this tune," the
noble- lord said, "he bad always resisted suck de-

Under the heading " Involuntary Ritualism,"

the Church limes says the surplice was worn for
the first time in the pulpit by the preacher of St.
John's, Bethnal Green, on Sunday morning last,
the reverend gentleman having been forced into
this Ritualistic practice by the fact that a mad
dog had entered the church just before the sermon,
and having taken possession of the vestry, had
prevented the clergyman changing the surplice for
the black gown, and, worse than all, the sermon
was in the vestry too. The congregation, there-
fore, had to put up with two Popish innovations
in one morning, the surplice in the pulpit and an
extemporaneous discourse ! Some profanely
thanked the unhappy dog for the circumstance,
and hoped that his valuable co-operation might
be secured permanently, so that both practices
might be continued. Others tittered at the awk-
ward fix his reverence was placed in, and others
doubtless thought it was a Jesuitical plot to aid
the spread of Popery. The dog, it may be
added,
was speedily despatched by two police-
men.

The Archbishop of Armagh on Monday night
tried to explain away his unfortunate but ex-
tremely insignificant argument that the Irish
Church had especial claims on England, seeing
that the bulk of the members were of " one blood,
one language, one religion " with the English. If
words have any meaning, says a contemporary, it
is perfectly clear that the Primate implied that the
Irish Protestants belonged to one nationality with
the English, while the Catholics were no better
than aliens. Lord Granville's eloquent rebuke
prompted the Archbishop to disclaim any intention
of insulting the Irish Catholics. lie tells us he
never slid they were aliens, and in one sense this
is true. He did not say it in so many words, but
it followed inevitably as the direct inference from

A correspondent of the Daily Express reports a
curious by-battle in the Church Militant, which
commenced in the county of Kilkenny, and
was fought out in au action at the Wexford Quarter
Sessions. The Rev. Mr. llelsham, vicar of a parish
in that county, having for sufficient reasons found
t,
it necessary to become non-resident, the Bishop of
the diocese appointed the Rev. Mr. Reeves, a curate,
to a ketocgheathrgeer
wofiththtehe me of the glebe. A fewparish at a salary of £BO a
months ago the vicar desired to resume, if not the
spiritual care of the parishioners, at least posses-
sion of the glebe and enjoyment of the net income,
and acx,rdingly served notice to quit upon the
curate, who, having the authority of the Bishop
for remaining, paid no attention to it. The vicar
went to the place, accompanied by a bailiff, and
demanded possession. The curate refused to
surrenthr unless required by the Bishop, and
threatened to send for the police if his rev.
brother did not retire. A
man was then posted at
the hall-door, and another paced the grounds, while
the curate, finding himself in an unpleasant predi-
cement, opened the window and called out for a
policeman, complaining that his personal liberty
was curtailed, and that he required protection.
Two magistrates and a posse of police having then
come and raised the siege, he went off and swore
informations against the vicar. The latter, how-
ever, was not deterred by his first impulse, but re•
turned to the attack, and the curate, finding his
position fortified by the legal proceedings, adopted
still more active measures of defence, and ordered
his man to remove Mr. lielsham. In his evidence
at the Quarter Sessions the vicar excused himself
for returning to the charge by the plea that he
thought he had been sent for with a view to
a settlement, and he alleged that ho was
very badly used, his clothes torn, and
himself so injured that he could not walk
home. This statement was disproved by Mr.
Moore, the resident magistrate, who deposed
that no more force was used than was " necessary
to remove a man who was unwilling to go, and who
struggled to remain." His lordship
explained the
law, and having regard to the wishes of the com-
plainant, who desired not damages,
but to be
allowed to have peaceable possession, gave a decree
against the vicar for £5 and costs.
The recent rains have much benefited the grow-
ing crops, but the farmers earnestly desire more,
and we have now a prospect of dry weather.

ICXPLANATION.

his remarks. To appeal to the English to stand
by the Irish Protestant 3 as against the Irish Ca-
tholics on the ground of a " common blood, lan-
guage, and religion," was in effect to say that the
Catholics were a foreign body as plainly and dis-
tinctly as if the idea had been conveyed in express
words. 'rho truth is the Primate only betrayed
that spirit of arrogant ascendancy which has never
ceased to characterize the Protestant minority in
Ireland, and is necessarily fatal to all efforts to
conciliate the Cathoiic population, which is thus
insulted by the stigma of an inferior and separate
race.

Barometer con ected and reduced to 32 deg. a sea level. Theletters
r., siring ; f., faliii:g ; s., steady—indicate direction of motion of the
mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade.
Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm
Weather b.—blue rlcy ; c.— clouds, detached ; L.—fog ;
I.—lightning ; m,—misty, nary ; o.—overcast, dull; r.—rain; a.— snow;
t.—thunder: I:Mi.-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours.
Sea disturbance.

REMARKS.
There has been no change iu barometrical pressure exceeding
0.06 in. at any of our stations since yesterday morning, with the ex-
ception of Coruna, where a diminution of more than three-tenths
has occurred. TenK:erature has risen at most places in the north and
west, but elsewhere it has altered very little. The winds are chiefly
from N.E., but hare a westerly tendency on our north-west coasts.
They hare become lighter, except on the Channel and French coasts,
where they are moderate-to strong. Tit weather is generally fine,
but the sky is cloudy in the south east, and mist and kg prevail at
places.

The money-lenders are determined to be first in the
field to welcome home the conquerors of Magdala. Every
officer in a regiment which has just returned from Abys-
sinia has received no fewer than three offers of pecuniary
assistance from those benevolent gentlemen who are so,
disinterested as to charge only from 10 to 50 per cent.
interest for loans.

The question of the Brindisi route for the India
mails has evoked a letter from the secretary of the
Peninsular and Oriental Company. He says the directors
have always been ready to meet any application from the
English Government respecting a postal communication
between Brindisi and Alexandria. He denies the state-
ment that the Italian Minister of Public Works offered
three years ago to_ apply six millions of francs to
improving the port of Brindisi, on condition that the com-
pany should run boats between that harbour and Alexan-
dria. No proposition of the kind, he says, was ever made
on the part of the Italian Government.

An extraordinary spectacle was witnessed on
Sunday on St. Brendan's Mountain, Kerry. The
Right Rev. Bishop Moriarty celebrated mass on the
top of the mountain, which is about 3,000 ft. high,
and is specially dedicated to St. Brendan, the pa-
tron saint of the county. There is a holy well at
the top which is held in great veneration by the
peasantry. An immense congregation assembled
from all sides to witness the service. The people
brought refreshments with them, but no tents were
allowed to be erected.

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The controversy on the Suez Canal threatens to become
perennial. M. Lange, one of the directors of the com-
pany, writes to the Tin/e3 once again in defence of the
scheme. Ile does not think it protable that within a
short time the canal will be rndered useless by the accu-
mulating of sand, &c., at its mouthy. It would obviously
be nh,re presumption to say that in the process of time
" a bank might not be formed, requiring a large sum of
money to keep it in order." But that time is, M. Lange
thinks, sufficiently dis',ant for this generation at least to be
happy concerning it. He admits that the question
whether sand will or will not accumulate is one on which
engineers disagree ; but against one authority he
places another ; against Captain Spratt he ad-
duces Mr. John Hawkshaw. The last-named gentle-
man does not think the tide will bring down sufficient
sand to be appreciable. The summing up of the whole
matter, as it appears to us, is that the Suez Canal is a grand
experiment, of whose success, even as a piece of engineer-
ing, there are doubts, and which as a mere monetary
speculation is sufficiently dangerous to doter men who de
310 wiskto lose_thOr money from egtcthlg ou.

EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE
aro the properties of Lamplough's Pyretic Saline, curing the
worst headszhes, sickness, skin, or binary affections. Ploasan t,
palatable, and invigorating. 6old_by all Chemists.—[Advt.]

t..) wa.