The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA Y E VENING, SE PT EMBE R 21, 1868.

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

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ti)UNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH
WHISKY, BELFAST.
Loudon Oftlees and Stores,
4, BE&IIFORT-BUILDLN.GS; STRAND, W.C.
Established 1308. Quotations on application.

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, K.H., F.R.S.
Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to
Forfeiture.
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds.
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.

I'IOYAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
ROYAL INSURANCE. BUILDINGS,
Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool.
EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867.
The "ROYAL" has never had a larger body of Constituents
than now.
FIRE BRANCH.
PREMIUMS in 1867 .£460,553
being a larger revenue than in any preceding
year.
LossEs by Fire in 1867 £292,125
NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex-
penses £56,373
LIFE BRANCH.
Annual Average of new business in 1865-6-7 £BOl,OOO
Do. during previous Quinquennitun £688.000
Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £128,583
LIFE PROPOSALS now effected will participate in the
increased sham of Profits recently conceded to Policy-
holders.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.
August, 1868.

C 0 MPAGNIE GENE RALE TRANSAT-
LANTIC/17E.
4, Rue de la Pais, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New York.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From HAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First Mass 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Thirc; Class
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class,
285 fr.
WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago do Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAAN, NORTH AND sours PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, dr& Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japai..
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austiufriars, London, E.C.

CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR SAN PAULO
DE LOANDO.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, ept. 1, 1868.
rrtHE COMMISSIONEaS for EXECUTING
1. the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and
IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on TUES-
DAY, the 29th inst., at Two o'clock, they will be ready
to treat with such persons as may bo willing to CON-
TRACT for supplying and delivering on board her Ma-
jesty's Steamships and Vessels at San Paulo de Loando
all such quantities of
SMOKELESS SOUTH WALES COALS
as may from time to time be ordered under a Contract for
Twelve Months certain, from the Ist of April, 1869, and
afterwards, until the expiration of six months warning.
A Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract may
be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's De-
partment, Admiralty, Somerset House.
No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day
of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends,
or an agent for him duly authorized in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
" Tender for Coals for San Paulo de Loando," and must also
be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-Gene-
ral, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a letter
signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become
bound with the person tendering in the sum of £5OO for
the due performance of the Contract.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—The
Ill_ EXTENSION from PADDINGTON to BROMPTON will
shortly be opened for traffic.

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY WESTERN
EXTENSION.—FREQUENT TRAINS will run between
Moorgate-street, City, and Paddington, Bayswater. Notting-
hill-gate, Kensington (High-street, near the Church), and
(Gloucester-road), Brompton.

-METROPOLITAN RAILWAY WESTERN
EXTENSION.—A STATION at BROMPTON, five
minutes' walk from the South Kensington Museum and Horti-
cultural Gardens.

ATETROPOLITAN RAILWAY WESTERN
Y_L EX PENSION.—A STATION at High-street, KEN-
SINUTON, opposite the Vestry-hall, near the Old Church.

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY IV ESTERN
EXTENSION.—A STATION at NOTTING-HILL-

(ATE.

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY WESTERN
EXTENSIOg.—A STATION at QUEEN'S-ROAD,
Bayswater, close to Kensington-gardens and the Royal Oak.

ITETROPOLITAN RAILWAY WESTERN
Yl EXTENSION.—A STATIO OPPOSITE the GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY HOTEL, PADDINGTON.

METROPOLUAN RAILWAY WESTERN
EXTENSION.—The Date of Opening will be shortly an-
nounced.
MYLEt3 FENTON, General Manager.
September 11, 1858.

CONNORREE MINING C OMPAN,Y
(Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an ORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING of this Company will be held at
their Offices,27, DAME-STREET, DUBLIN, on SATUR-
DAY, 3d OCTOBER next, aii.)tte ololock p.m., for the pur-
pose of submitting the Report of tho Directors and State-
ment of Accounts for the Half Year endod 30th Juno,
1868, for the Election of Two Directors and Two Auditors,
and for the transaction of the ordinary business of the
Company.
N.B.—The Transfer Books of the Company will be
CLOSED from the 19th instant to the 3d proximo, both
days inclusive.
By order.
RICHARD L. McALPINE,
Secretary.
27, Dame-street, Dublin, Sept. 18, 1888.

S
are
PAEN PICKLES
uncoloured. To be had of all dealers,r
AleeNctlFyipEure an'
and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and lON, 107
Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London.

SCIIWE PPE'S MINERAL WATERS -
By Special Appointment to Her Majesty and H.R.H. the
Prince of Wales.—Every bottle is protected by a label, having
name and trade mark. Manufactories London, Liverpool,
Derby, Bristol, Glasgow, Malvern.

MR. ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, the Author
of "PURE DENTISTRY, and What it Does for Us,"
"PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION, or Anaesthesia Locally
Applied," "DENTAL SURGERY—a Practical Treatise," &c., &c.,
may be Consulted Daily as hitherto from 10 to 4 o'clock, at his
ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUIRE (a
few doors from Bond-street).

CONTRACTS FOR SALT PORK.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 10th Sept., 1868.
rIIE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, Do hereby give Notice that on TUESDAY, the
13th October next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be
ready to treat with such Persons as may be wiliing to
CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at the undermentioned Ports
the following quantities of
SALT PORK,

all of the cure of the present season, viz. :
N4vy Pork.
DEPTFORD 4,800 tierces 4,800 barrels.
HAULBOWLINE ...... „ 1,800 „
Each tierce of Pork to contain 75 pieces of 41b. each, and
each barrel 50 pieces of 4lbs. each, instead of the number
of pieces formerly contained in the tierces and barrels.
The Pork to be delivered into the respective Stores as
follows, viz.—one-third of each quantity for each place by
the 15th day of January. 1869; another third thereof by
the sth day of March, 1869 ; and the remainder thereof by
the 30th day of April, 1869 ; or any greater portion, or the
whole, at auy earlier period, if preferred by the party ten-
dering, and to be paid for by bills at three days after date,
which will be sent to parties as usual.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the
whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit,
or for a greater quantity, or of pot contracting for any,
and also au unlimited power of Selection in accepting the
Tenders. _ _

Every Tender must specify the name of the person by
whom the Meat is intended to be cured, the Brand of the
Meat, and the place of cure.
Tenders for Pork of the cure of the United States of
America will not be admitted.

Persons tendering for more than one Port must give a
separate Tender for each Port.
Persons tendering must give a reference to a Banker for
each surety proposed ; and they are desired to take special
notice that the use of Wooden Hoops is abolished, and that
Iron Hoops only will be required for the Casks in accord-
ance with the conditions of the Contract.

A Form of the Tender may ba obtained, and the recently
altered conditions of the Contract, to which particular at-
tention is called, may be seen in the Lobby of the Depart-
ment of the Controller of Victualling, Somerset House ; at
the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth ; or by ap-
plying to the Victualling Storekeeper at Haulbo Arline ; or
to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at Bristol, Lime-
rick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry; or to the Secretary
to the Postmaster-General at Dublin; or to the Comman-
der conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool.
No Tender will be admitted for a less quantity than 100
tierces, or 100 barrels.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the
printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not bo
necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed
by him, should attend, as the result of the offer received
from each person will be communicated to him and to his
proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and boar in the left-hand corner of the enve-
lope the words " Tender for Salt Pork," and must also be
delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victual-
ling, Somerset House.
The Contractors will have to pay one-half the amount
of the stamps on the Contracts and Bonds.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

stakes 91b, all other winners of 100 sovs in plates or
stakes 31b extra; those got by Arabians or out of
Arabian mares allowed 141 b ; the second to receive 50
sovs out of the stakes; the last half of Ab. M. 30
subs.

Cautine colt, Thor, ?Juicy colt, Chattanooga, Juanita,
De Vero, Clara, Glenmore, Albania, Flower Girl, Lady
Cecilia, Bagpipes, Basilia, Morna, Nyl Gau, Bretby,
Spirite, Mdlle. do Guise, Chatsworth, Wellington, Absti-
nence,Rttuaway, Burton!, Sagax, Skyscraper,Queen of the
Vale filly, King Alfred's dam filly, Scintilla, Lord Fal-
mouth, and Strathnairn.
The Great Eastern Railway Handicap of 15 soya each,
S ft, with 100 added; winners of a handicap value 200
sous after Sept. 14 (at ten a.m.) 71b, of any other handi-
cap 31b extra ; weights accumulative; the second to re-
ceive 25 soya out of the stakes. T.Y.C. 76 subs.

Age st lb
Xi ... 5 9 10
Hermit ... ... 4 9 10

Laneret ... ... 5 9 10
King Victor ... 4 9 9
Pericles ... ... 4 9 3

Wroughton ... 4 8 13
Silenus ... ... 4 812

Moonbeam ~. 4 (pd)
Abergeldie ... 5 8 10
Satyr ... ...4 8 9
Dragon ... ...4 8 9
Lord Ronald ... 6 8 9

Van Amburgh ... 4 8 8
(Incas ... ... 3 8 7

Leonie ... ...3 8 7

Vale Royal ... 3 8 7
Bismarck ... ... 4 8 6

The Parson ... 3 8 3
M. de Basco ... 3 8 3

Tumbler ... ..„ 4 8 1

Bouneeaway . . 4 8 0

Monitor ... ...6 7 13

Boinbastes... ... 4 7 11

St. Ronan ... ... 3 7 10
Master Willie ... 4 7 9
Prof. Anderson ... 5 7 9

Nemea

Age et lb
Goojerat ... 5 7 2
Reindeer ... a 7 1
St. Angela... ... 3 7 0
Tympanum ... 3 7 0
Clairon ... 3 7 0
Court Mantle ... 3 7 0
Cedric (pd)
Belphogor ... 3 6 13
Jeanie Deand 4 6 13
Contempt ... ... 3 6 12
Freemason ... 4 6 11
Harebell ... ... 3 . 6 11
Wolsey ... 5 6 11
Lady Highthorn ... 3 6 10
Roland ... ... 5 6 10
President Lincoln 3 610
Sunstroke ... 3 6 9
Pyrenees ... ... 3 6 7
Choral ... 3 6 5
Porter's Knot ... 4 6 4
Head Centre ... 3 6 4
Benevolence 3 6 3
Tremble ... 4 -6- *-
Ritualist ... 3 6 2
Kettleholder 3 6 2
Melbourne... 3 6 2
Prince George 3 6 0
Sea Serpent 3 6 0
Bassoon ... ... 3 6 0
Snowdrop ... 3 5 13
Miss Cauterine 3 5 13
Nally ... 3 5 12
Casse Tete 3 5 12
Epworth ... 3 5 10
Benfleet 3 5 7
Lucetta 3 5 7
Cannon Ball 4 paid
Barrington ... 4 dead

.. 4 7 8

Chapel Royal ... 5 7 8
Cellina ...4 7 7
Rodomonte ... 5 7 7
Monarch of Glen ... 5 7 6
Chelsea ... 3 7 6
Vex ... ... 3 7 4

olOire de Dijon ... 3 7 4
Haymaker... ...3 7 4
Russian Bear ... 3 7 4
weet Annie ... 5 7 2
Historian a 7 2

The Bishop's Hall Stakes of
Bst 101 b; fillies Bst 71b.; u
T.Y.O. 5 subs.
Meteor (31b), Ellerslie (51b), Stromboli (Mb), Alma
Mater, and Stronghold (51b).
The Buckenham Stakes of 300 sovs each, h ft, for two year
olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; each subscriber to
name three and to bring one to the post. T.Y.C.

f 100 sovs each, hft ; colts
I:itrieds allowed 31b, both 51b.

9 subs.
Vestminster, Duke of Beaufort, Burley colt, Danae
Birthday- filly (dead), Maud filly (dead), Flaxman, Reform,
Lord Warwick, Merrymaker, Belladrum, Crocus, Vladi-
mir, Ivanowitch (dead), The Martyr, Vanichka, Harle-
quin's dam colt, May Morning filly, Zenana,
Little Lady filly (dead), Islam, Lady Alice colt, and Scan-
dal filly (dead).
Match 500, 200 ft.—Mi Hodgman's Paul Jones, Bst 121 b,
agst Mr Stephenson's Socrates (late Philosopher), by

Newmiuster, Bst 51b; last two miles of the Cesarewitch
Course (both three year olds).
Match, 100, h ft.—Mr. H. Savile's f by Skirmisher out of
Buckenham's dam agst Admiral Itous's Amara, Bst 71b
each ; Brotby Stakes Courso (both two year olds.)
WEDNESDAY.

Fifty Pouuds—three year olds 7st 91b, four Bst 10Th, five,
six and aged 9st llb ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b

the winner to be sold for 300 80VE. D.I.
A Handicap of 15 sous each, 10 ft, for two year olds.
T.Y.C.

A Handicap of 20 sous each, and only 5 ft if declared by
ten o'clock on Tuesday evening. (to go to the second),
for three year olds and upwards. D.M.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for two year olds; colts
84 I.olb, fillies Bst ilb ; the winner to be sold for 50 soya
if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M.
The Twentieth Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 sous each,
for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; the
second to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent, and the
third a sum equal to 5 per cent. on the whole stake.

A.F. 55 subs.
Pic-nic, Franchise, Belle Sauvage (paid), Fuglemma,
Queen of Italy, Herald, Lady Grace, Merry and Wise,
Booty, Sir David Gam, Tregeagle, Pear!feather, Lady
Ravensworth (paid), Samson, Lady Tattoo f, Amiral,
Gabriella d'Estrees f, Lorenzo di Lardy, Carbine f, Rose
Dew, Slarderer, Skedaddler (paid), lincas, Rosee, Alice
Gray c, Phtebus, Miss Ann c (dead), Suustroke, Lady
Lurewell f, Loudoun (dead), Lady Seymour, Post Haste
(pd), Citron, llminster, Northerner, Nyanza, Maria c,
Queen of Beauty, Happy Thought, Idalia, Stamford,
c by Parmesan —Skirmisher's data (dead), br c by Parme-
san—Skirmisher's d, f by Skirmisher—Buckaaham's d,
Mary f, False Alarm, The Laird, Weather Isle, Drum
Major, Haricot f, 2Egiva, Mysotis, Discord (lead), Qui
Vive c (lead), Molinara.

A Biennial Sweepstakes of 500 sovs each, 200 ft; colts
Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 711 ; each subscriber to name six
colts or fillies, two to the post. Bretby Stakes Course.

4 subs.

Duke of Boaufort, Standard Bearer, Vestminster, c by
Birdhill out of Lurley, Scottish Queen, f by Trumpeter out
of Farfalla, Brother to Cambuscau, Brother to Chattanooga,
Chanoinesse, Brother to Union Jack, The Orphan, Bertha,
Brother to General Peel, c by Young Melbourne out of
Miss Sarah, c by First Flight, dam by Young Melbourno,
c by Knowsley out of The Drake's dam, f by Young Mel-
bourne out of Maid of Masham, c by Knowsley, darn by
West Australian, Tenedos, Athanor, Vladimir, The Mar-
tyr, Abstinence, and Chillianwallah.

The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs each, with 200 added, for
three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst Gib ; the win-.
ner of the Epsom Derby or Doncaster St. Leger 71b, of
the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, Prince of Wales's
Stakes at Ascot, or the Oaks 51b, of any two of the above
stakes 121 b extra; maidens allowed 71b; the second to
receive 50 sovs and the third to save his stake ; D.I. ;

49 subs.
Pic-nic, Frailty colt, Amelia c (pd), Typhoeus, Apol-
lonious (pd), Thorsgill, Tympanum, Wardour, Grandee,
Cad, Curlowrie, Moslem, Melbourne, Courtmantle, Capsi-
cum, Lymington, Angus, Lanark, Arran, Boreas, See Saw,
The Piper, Virtue, Lady Ravensworth (pd), Cactus (pd),
La Sarrazin, Capitaine, Sunstroke, Phcebus, Birdseeker,
Head Centre, Cluiron, The Don, New Broom, Cork Jacket,
Cap-a-Pie, Thunderstorm, Restitution, King Alfred, Puff,
Legislator, Helvellyn, Vale Royal, Brother to Claverhouse,
Rodivivus, Madrid, Earnley, Socrates, Geant des Batailles.
The Granby Stakes of 30 sous each, 20 ft, for two year olds
not named in the Rutland Stakes; colts Bst 101 b, fillies
Bst 71b ; winners of a sweepstakes value 200 sovs (in-
cluding the winner's own stake) 41b, of two such stakes
71b extra; Criterion Course; 15 subs.
Typhon, Standard Bearer, Aftermath, Brother to Union
Jack, Candidate, Portsmouth, De Vero, Nightjar, Arch-
duke, Artemis, Poinsettia, The Bgean, Burford, Bagpipes,
and Amity.