The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-03 00:00:00

52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5

DR SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A I\EVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Prepared
without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott,
of Bromley, Kent, will be foundinvaluable to all who suffer from
bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddi-
ness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a
family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are
tray excellent; mild in their operation and grateful to the
stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen
the whole nervous system. Prepared' only and sold by W. Lam-
bert, Chemist, 6, King William-street, Charing-cross, London,
and by most druggists, in boxes, is. 14d., and three times the
quantliy in one, 2s. ed. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and
Liver rills. The genaine are a square green iackage, with
William Lambert" engraved on the stamp.

CANDLES, GLYCERINE, and SOAP.—A
Gold Medal was awarded at the Paris Exhibition to
Price's Patent Candle Company Limited, for "Candles,
Glycerine, and Soap"—the only one to any British exhibi-
tor for these three things combined. The chief Candles of
the Company are their " BELMONTINE" and "PRICE'S
PARAFFINE" for those who must have the extreme
transparency of pure Paraffine ; their "GOLD MEDAL
PALMITINE" and "SHERWOOD PALMITINE," for
those who, while desiring candles of great beauty, require
also steady brilliancy of light and freedom from smoke
and smell; their goodold-fashioned "BELMONT SPERM
AND WAX," and "BEST" "No. 2," " No. 3," and
"BATTERSEA" COMPOSITES for those who require
only perfect burning without caring for transparency; and
their "CHAMBER" Candles, hard, and of small diameter,
to avoid the dripping of grease when cared. Thai r new
toilet soap, "PRICE'S SOLIDIFIE tiLYCERINE" con-
tains half its Iv,- ight of their distilled Glycerine, and should
be the one toilet soap in use, especially in winter, because of
its admirable effects in preventin gchapPing of the hands and
face. There ought also to be in every house one of the sealed
bottles of their patent distilled Glycerine, known every-
where as " PRICE'S GLYCERINE," two or three dr ps
of which, mixed with three or four times as much water,
will in a day or two remove chapping and roughness of
skin, whether of adults or children ; and when this is
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" PRICE'S NEW PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS" for
burning in the wide glasses, are believed to be the very
best Night Lights made. " PRICE'S CHILD'S NIGHT
LIGHTS" are known everywhere, and are excellent for
burning without a glass.

H YAM & Co.'3 GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING,
66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.
For immediate Wear or to Order.
The assortment is most extensive and varied, comprehend-
ing every possible description of Attire, both costly and of
moderate price. All the articles are designed, trimmed,
and made in strict accordance with the prevailing styles
of the day.

HYAM & Co.'s SANDRINGHAIVI OVER-
COATS.

HYAM & Co.'s SILK-LINED OVERCOATS.

HYAM & Co.'s FASHIONABLE REEFERS.

H YAM & Co.'s SUITS.

HYAM & Co.'s MORNING COATS.

HYAM & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE.

11YA111 & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS.

11YAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS.

HYAM & Co.'s LIVERIES.

HYAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY.

HYAM and CO.'S PRICE Llsr for GEN-
TLEMEN'S ATTIRE, Ready-made or to Order.
New Styles in Tweed Overcoats 2ls. to 30s.
New Styles in Sandringham Overcoats 255. to 635.
New Styles in Silk-lined Overcoats 425. to 84s.
New Styles in Reefers
New Styles in Dress and Frock Coats
New Styles in Morning Coats
New Styles in Dress and Undress Suits 42s. to 70s
New Styles in Vests
New Styles in Trousers l4s. to 255.

HYAM and CO.'S LATEST STYLES and
PRICES for YOUNG GENTLEMEN'S ATTIRE.
Sandringham Overcoats 2ls. to 425.
Prince Alfred Reefers l6s. to 30s.
Overcoats for Little Boys l2s. to 30s.
Inverness Capes
Knickerbocker Suits Braided
Patent and Silk Velvet do 3ss. to 902.
Harrow and Rugby Suits
Wimbledon Suits for Elder Youths
Trousers in all the New Materials
Waistcoats for all purposes

TTYAM & CO.'S SELECT DEPARTMENTS.
No. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear.
No. 2. Bespoke or Order Department.
No. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department.
No. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department.

HYAM and CO.'S ESTABLISHMENTS.
LONDON— 66 and 67, Oxford-street.
BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, New-Arcet,
LEEDS-42, Briggate, and,
LDEWSBURY—Westgate.

CONTRACT FOR ITALIAN HEMP.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
SOMERSET HOUSE, JAN. 1, 1868.
rrHE COMMISSIONERS for executing the
JIL Office of Lord High Admiral of the United King-
dcm of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby Give Notice
that on Tuesday, the 21st instant, at two o'clock, they
will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing
to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into store at
her Majesty's dockyards at Chatham and Devonport 300
tons cf ITALIAN HEMP.
A distribution of the hemp, and a form of the Tender
and conditions 9f contract, may be seen in the lobby of
the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somer-
set 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 authorised in
writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear, in the left hand corner, the words
" Tender for Italian Hemp," and must also be delivered at
the I iepartment of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty,
Somerset House.

By order.
ANTONIO BRADY, R..gistrar of Contracts and
Public Securities.

PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
NIESSIIS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established
1815), of
London. 6B, Harley-street, Cavendish-square,
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Liverpool B4, Duke-street, and
Brighton
have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explainlng theft. Pain-
less System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth without
springs, at I.IODBBATZ CflitltilES, which may be had free by post
for four stamps.

THE ROYAL NATMNAL LThEBOAT
INSTI7U7ION.

Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held
in its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thos. Chapman,
Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also
present Lord Henry Cholmondeley, Sir E. Perrott,
Bart., Admiral Sir W. 11. Hall, K.C.8., Caj taro
Arrow, deputy master of the Trinity House; Col.
Fitzroy Clayton, W. 11. Barton, Esq., Col. Palmer,
Captain Ward, inspector of lifeboats to the institu-
tion ; and Richard Lewis, Esq., the secretary.
The minutes of the previous meeting having been
read, rewards amounting to £2BO were ordered to
be given to the crews of the following lifeboats
of the institution for their gallant services during
the storms of the past month :---The lifeboat Edin-
burgh, and R. M. Ballantyne, stationed at Port
Logan, N. 8., saved 15 men from the barque Strath-
leven, of Glasgow, on the 17th ult. Twelve months
previously to the very thy, the wife and children of
the captain of this ship had given a contribution
in aid of this lifeboat. The Donna Nook lifeboat,
the North Briton, saved the crew of six men of the
schooner Esk, of Montrose, and rendered other ser-
vices to distressed vessels. The Licensed Victuallers'
lifeboat at Hunstanton saved 15 men from the
screw steamer Harmonia, of Hamburgh, making in
all 31 persons rescued by this lifeboat since she was
placed on her station in September last. The St.
Andrew's lifeboat saved the crew of four men of
the sloop Christian and Charlotte, of Peterhead.
The late A. W. Jaffrey, Esq., of St. Mildred's-
court, presented to this institution the cost of this
lifeboat, and of those at Whitby and Thurso, and
since Mr. Jeffray's lamented death these boats have
saved 48 lives from different shipwrecks. The
Royal Berkshire lifeboat, at Aberdovy, North
Wales, brought safely into harbour the schooner
Jane Sophia and the smack Hope, both of
Aberystwith, with their crews. This lifeboat has
been instrumental, altogether, during the past
year, in bringing three vessels into harbour which
would have been totally lost without its
aid, and of bringing ashore the crew of another
vessel, which broke up immediately after they were
taken off. The Parsee lifeboat, stationed at Palling,
rendered considerable assistance to the distressed
vessel Neid, of Colchester. The lifeboat Willie
and Arthur, at New Brighton, rescued 13 men from
the ship Thornton, of New York. The Thomas
Wilson lifeboat, stationed at Whitburn, brought
ashore the master of the brig John, of Hartlepool,
and the Padstow lifeboat saved the crew of three
men of the sloop Telegraph, of Port Isaac. The
lifeboats at Hoyle, Margate, Berwick-on-Tweed,
Bridlington Quay, Scarborough, Ballywalter, Rams
gate, Drogheda, Caister, Fraserburgh, North Deal,
and Great Yarmouth, had also rendered various
-services to distressed vessels during the past month.
Various rewards were also glinted to the crews of
different boats for saving life from shipwreck on
our coasts. Payments amounting to upwards of
£2,000 were made ou various lifeboat establish-
ments. During the past year•the 'lifeboats of the
institution have saved the lives of 785 persons,
in addition to 35 vessels rescued from destruc-
i Lion. The institution has also grauted rewards fur
saving 303 . persons from various wrecks by shore
boats and other means; so that the society has con-
tributed altogether, during the past year, to the
rescue of 1,088 lives from different shipwrecks. A
sailor's daughter has forwarded to the institution,
through Messrs. Drummond, a fifth donation of
£lOO. A legacy of £lOO had been received during
the past month from the executors of the late ars.

Among the feudal beauties than we cannot bring
back is, I repeat, an aristocracy which shall supply
the natural leaders of the people. The force of
circumstances has repealed the heavy protective
duty on natural gifts, without which an hereditary
aristocracy, such as that of old England, cannot
exist. Even yet, no doubt, we are a considerable
distance from free trade in qualities of heart and
brain. Even yet the aristocracy have the best
chance of getting the readiest and most pro-
fitable market for their statesman-like and
soldierly wares. If two suen of equal abi-
lity, one the son of a duke, the other the son
of a grocer, enter Parliament, the scion of nobility
has the prospect of a seat in the Cabinet 20 years
before the other; the one has a good chance of
some day being Prime Minister, the other has
almost none. On the other hand, the son of the
duke is much less likely to be a hard worker than
the son of the grocer. At Eton and at Oxford he
finds it difficult to become a reading man, when
boating and cricketing offer so many immediate
rewards. When, on coming to town, he takes
chambers in the Temple, and reads law as a pre-
paration for political life, he has to stand a host of
temptations to idleness, to dissipation, and to
vice. Contact with some of the ablest young
men in the country soon tells him also that nothing
short of eight or ten hours' hard work a-day for
years will put him ou an intellectual level with his
plebeian rivals. The prizes for which those men
struggle at the bar, or in Parliament, are so bril-
liant that, in sporting phrases, the " pace is tre-
mendous ;" and if a young fellow has a title, au
assured position in society, a handsome allowance
from his father, and the certainty of falling heir to
some thousands a year, we cannot wonder that he
declines to work like a dray horse in King's Bench
Walk, Inner Temple, or in the committee-rooms
of the House of Commons. Nor can we wonder
that his ambition lessens with advancing years. If
at twenty he aims at the premiership, at twenty-
two his ambition is very likely to soar no higher
than a secretaryship of state. At twenty-five
it may have come down to a junior lord-
ship of the Admiralty, whose chief duty is "to
cheer the Minister." At thirty it is, perhaps, con-
tent with a seat for one of the family boroughs,
and with the prospect of place at some future time
when billiards have lost their charm, and a blue-
book shall have more fascinations than the Racing
Calendar. So, between late hours, brandy and
seltzer, Pall Mall and Newmarket, the chances are
that the son of a duke, instead of going to the
Treasury bench, will go to a very different sort of
place. That is one of the merciful provisions by
which nature guards the poor multitude against
the tyranny of the rich few. Nothing is more
clear than that, in the long run, circumstances make
men. Take a thousand men of equal ability ;
put five hundred to the blacksmith's forge, so
that their muscles shall be exercised all day long,
and their brains never; put the other five hundred
into a philosophical class-room, or the House of
Commons, so that their wits shall be sharpened by
constant practice; and if no malign influence come
in to defeat the experiment, a few years will place
as great a difference between the ability of the hand
workers and the brain-workers as there is between
a mechanic and a North American Indian. Nor
will the distance remain stationary. Day by
day it will grow ; for while intellectual work
affords a constant stimulus to mental development,
manual labour stimulates only up to a certain
point. Manual work demands thought dur-
ing the process of learning, and then becomes
mechanical. The intellectual benefit which a skilled
mechanic reaps from his toil is mostly got during
the years of apprenticeship, and not during the
years when the hand has become attuned to obey
the impulses of the mind with the regularity of a
machine. Nor does even that fact measure the
disadvantages of toil. The children of the black-
smith will not start on an intellectual level with the
children of the thinkers, though the two sets of
parents were originally equal in natural endowments.
Physiology has left no doubt that the one class will
begin life with a much finer intellectual fibre than
the other ; with a better made, better oiled,
more powerful brain-machine. And even if that
fact be denied, an incontestible and hardly less
signal advantage rests with the scholarly families.
The blacksmiths on the one hand, and the thinkers
on the other, have been generating an atmosphere
of ideas ; but while the ideas of the one are
poor and closely connected with the anvil, those of
the other are a mighty crowd, rich, subtle, highly
organised,and running up into every crevice of human
life. In each case they form links of association
with problems which the full-grown man has to
solve ; they are seeds which will fructify and grow
under the heat of active life ; they are the primary
materials with which thought is to work. Hence
by the time that the children of the 500 black-
smiths and the children of the 500 students begin
the task of formal education, they are already sepa-
rated by a mighty intellectual distance. The one
set understand nothing beyond the forge ; and if a
thoughtful book be put into their hands, they have
not light enough in their own minds to see its
meaning. The other are so richly dowered with
links of association that they easily find their way
through intellectual labyrinths in which their poor
relatives would be hopelessly lost. Since they pos-
sess the materials of thought in abundance, the
suggestion of an event, or a word, or a sound, or an
image, leads them, as if by instinct, to fresh ideas,
which, in turn, form new starting points. Hence, if
an malign influence check the growth of those men,
they will reach a higher mental stature than their
fathers ; and in like manner their children will
attain ahigher stature than themselves. Now, brain-
power rules in despite of laws passed to handicap it
in the race with mediocrity ; and since the offspring
of our five hundred students would always be grow-
ing more able than the offspring of our five hundred
blacksmiths, it follows that, in the absence of any
malign influence, we should in time have an aristo-
cracy which should be the lord and master of the
iuferior caste ; which should hardly need to ch4l.