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LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN
EXHIBITION, 1831
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin
Priz3 Modal.
Iti Pure Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
.
Sold in Bottles, 35. ,at the Retail Houses in London; by
the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at
8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label, and Cork Branded "Kina-
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DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY,
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" V.R.' IRISH WHISKY.

ALDERSHOT.—ARMY CONTRACTS.—FORAGE.
Commissariat, Aldershot, South Camp,
September, 1868.
TENDERS will be received at this Office until
noon, on Friday, the 25th September, from persons who
may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS for the SUPPLY of
OATS, RAY, and STRAW,
between the Ist November, 1868, and 30th April, 1869, that is for
six months, at Aldershot, and within the command.
Parties may tender for any of the above separately, or for the
whole.

WESTON'S'
ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN.
Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Svreasey.

DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH
WHISKY, BELFAST.
London Offices and Stores,
4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C.
Established ISO 3. Quotations on application.

TILE FLYING FARINIS
Every Evening.

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
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For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in
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Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
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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,

Oats, per 1001bs.
Hay, per ton.
Straw, per load of :;6 trusses of 3Glbs each.
Also, at the same time and place, Tenders will be received for
the Supply of the following Articles, when required in substitu-
tion for Forage :7
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WESTON'S
ROYAL MUSIC HALL, lIOLBORN.
Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey.

Froin Ist November, 1368, to 30th April, 1869.
Bran, per 1001bs.
Oatmeal, per 1001bs.
Carrots, per 1121bs.
From Ist April, 1869, to 31st October, 1869.
Green Forage, per 1121bs.
The deliveries will be made into the Commissariat Barns or
Granaries as required, and the Commissariat will undertake the
issues to the troops.
Forms of Tender and conditions of Contract can be obtained
on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., where any further information that
may be required will be furnished.

THE SPANISH MINSTRELS
Every Evening.

WESTON'S
ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN.
Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey.

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THE JUVENILE ACTRESSES
Every Evening.
Free List entirely suspended, Press excepted

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

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS,
Lombard-street, Lotion, and Liverpool.
EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867.
The "ROYAL" has never had a larger body of Constituents
than now.
FIRE BRANCH.

R. ROUT if,
Deputy Commissary-General.

CANTERBURY HALL.
Sole Proprietor, W. HotrAND.
PiT.he Sensation of London, the Great Wonder, NOLO, on the
gr),,:g Trapeze, on two bars only; performq.nce surpassing the
Illasters by throwing double somersaults; the greatest feat
ever Performed by any artist in the world —in addition to George
~Ybourne
—The great Fred. French—lmmense success of
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Manager—Mr. James Ellis.
Musical Director—Mr. Jesse Williams.
Stalls and Crystal Saloon, ls.; Area and Balcony, 6d.
Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8 o'clock.

BARRACK CONTRACTS
For the Supply of

PAILLASSE STRAW
IN GREAT BRITAIN.
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, LONDON, S.W.,
Ist September, 1868.
NOTIC F IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Secretary of State
for War is prepared to receive Tenders for the supply of Straw
for Paillasses at the various Barrack Stations in Groat Britain,
for a period of One Year, from the Ist November next.
Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the proper
printed Form, which may be obtained, with every requisite in-
formation, upon application at this Office, or to the various Bar-
rack Masters, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock each day,
Sundays excepted.
The Tenders must be setft tortis Office, addressed to the
Director of Contracts, marked on the outside, "Tender for
Paillasse Straw," on or before Saturday, 12th inst., after which
day no Tender will be received.
The Secretary of State for War reserves the right of rejecting
any or all of the Tenders.

Puumiums in 1867 £460,553
being a larger revenue than in any preceding
year.
LOSSES by Fire in 1867 £202,125
NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex-
penses
LIFE BRANCH.
Annual Average of new business in 1865-6-7 £BOl,OOO
Do. during previous Quinquennium £688.000
'Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £128,583

. £56,373

Lugs PROPOSALS nolv effected will participate in the
increased share of Profits recently conceded to Policy-
holders.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.
August, 1868.

11ADAME 1 USSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
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ici,
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THOMAS HOWELL,
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Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock.
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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1868.

13th August we passed the Taeping, when she was
77 days out." _ _ _

The captain of the Spindrift stated he sailed at
50 minutes past four on the 29th of May ; light
wind from about E.S.E. ; midnight calm ; off the
White Dogs. May 30, four a.m.—Light airs from
east Ward. At six wind veering to N. ;. noon, Turn-
about bland bearing west. May 31st —Light
S.E. winds ; west from Chapel Islands ; light
variable winds as far as Cape Vanilla ; and
from south-west and south to Gaspar. June 22d,
six a.m.—Passed. Gaspar. 23d, six a.m.—Abreast
of Anjer Light; experienced strong S.E. winds;
from Anjer t] 100 deg. Hence to the Cape mode-
rate; breezes from SE. to NW.' July 30.—Passed
Cape Agulhas, 21 days out ; had light SE. trades
to the line, which was crossed in 22 W., on the
68th day out. From thence had light SE. to SW.
winds to Cape de Verdi. Fresh trade winds from
about NNE. Passed Corvo on the 22d August at
noon ; and from thence to the Channel had light
variable winds.

Since the above arrivals the St. Lancelot passed
up the river on Thursday. She left China the
same time as the Ariel. The Lahloo, which sailed
two days afterwards, arrived in the Downs yester-
day (Friday), and it is doubtful whether she will
not be the third in the race. Two other ships are
reported in the Channel, the Taeping and the
Belted Will. As yet, the laurels fall on the Spin-
drift, unless some of the ships which left China
later beat her by time.

G. '~i

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THE 117-11:. LV PAILIGILI Y.

The most stirring news from the seat of war in
Paraguay arrived by the mail on the Ist inst. The
fall of Humaita, so long prophesied, has at last
taken place, and, contrary to our expectation, does
not bring the war nearer to its end. Nor has this
news renewed the confidence of Europe in Brazil :
quite the contrary. Brazilian securities have fallen

nearly 3 per cent. since the de.tails of the taking of
Eiumaita have become known, shorn of all the fa-
vourable phases as set forth by the Brazilian press.

Since the last news by the French pa2ket accounts
had reached Europe by the Pacific mail steamer
Panama very disastrous to the Allies, but were
without details, which we can now give in
full, showing that the Allies cannot conquer
Paraguay. Marshal Caxias having heard from
deserters that Humaita was to be evacuated on the
16th of July last, and wishing.to prevent the escape
of the little but valiant garrison, ordered a well-
provided force of from 12,000 to 15,000 men, under
one of his best generals, Osorio, to attack that for-
tress, but was repulsed with a loss variously stated at
from 3,000 to 4,000 men. In the Buenos Ayres
Standard's review for Europe, of the 26th July, is
the following on the battle of llumaita :—The
Proveeder yesterday brought further details respect-
ing the battle of the 16th in front of Humaita.
Osorio, with some 12,000 men, advanced on the
lines to reconnoitre the enemy's position, and ac-
tually passed up to the second fosse, having
taken a redoubt. "He at once sent despatches to
Caxias, asking for reinforcements. Caxias re-
plied, ordering Osorio to evacuate the position
and retire. Then followed one of those awful
passages which we read of in wars—the Para-
guayans opened fire from every point on the Bra-
zilians. General Osorio had three of his aide-de-
camps killed, two horses shot under him, his poncho
fairly riddled with balls, but he got back. The re-
treat of the Brazilians could only be effected under
the most terrible fire of grape and canister, but it
seems that the Paraguayns hid in the ditches, and
when the Brazilians began to • retire they .came
out and did effective havoc with hand grenades.
The loss of the Brazilians in this affair is not pre-
cisely known, and as a matter of course is exagge-
rated. A. letter from a physician in Corrientes
states that the hospitals are all full, and that the
wounded will have to be sent down to Buenos
Ayres or Montevideo. After this defeat, iu which
the Brazilians mostly suffered, the Argentine
troops with a Brazilian reserve were ordered on the
18th of July to storm a battery of only a few guns,
an outwork of Timbo, which greatly harassed the
Allies. This undertaking was entrusted to two
of the best Argentine otiicers—Martinez do 11oz
and Gasper Campos—who, at the head of 9,000
men, attacked the Paraguayan fort, but with as
little success as their Brazilian comrades two days be-
fore at II umaita,and 2,oooArgen tin es are said to have
perished, their commanders being made prisoners.
This battle has been named Guaicuru from a little
stream flowing near, and which is also the name of
some of the wildest and most savage Indians of the
Chaco. According to the Standard the Brazilian
reserve did not come up to sustain the Argentines,
which might have turned the tide. " Gen. Rivas en-
trusted the expedition to the command of the brave
and much esteemed Colonel Martinez de Hoz, it
being understood that on the taking of the posi-
tion Gely y Obes would come over to lead
in person the subsequent attack on Timbo—
but man proposes. Colonel Martinez de Hoz,
with the Riojano regiment commanded by Gaspar
Campos, and about forty picked men as an
escort, accompanied by a Brazilian reserve
numbering some 500 men, advanced along the
path, meeting no opposition till they wheeled to the
right and faced the bridge ; there they found the
enemy posted. Colonel Martinez de Hoz, sword in
hand, charged the enemy, driving them back
with very little loss. Pursuing his advantage
he deployed down the road, still following the
retreating enemy, until lie suddenly felt a
simultaneous attack on both flAnks from the ad-
joining woods ; meanwhile the guns at Guaicuru
opened a murderous fire, the position was critical
in the extreme, and had Rivas cone up then with
reinforcements, doubtless the Allies would have
carried the place by storm, but the Brazilians
who brought up the rear finding the enemy
sallying from the woods at all points, and
already having nearly halt their number
hors de combat, could push on no further ; thus, in
fact, the Argentines were, as it teems, cut off, and
when Rivas came up it was the day after the fair.
He rescued the retreating Brazilians from the
victorious Paraguayans who crowded along the
road. After these disastrous defeats, the loss
of the Allies being as heavy as on the memorable
attack of Curupaity, nothing took place till the 25th,
when the death-like silence of the ever-speaking
batteries of Humaita announced to the bewildered
Allies that Humaita had been deserted without their
having the slightest notice, and in they marched
by the leave of the Paraguayans, not firing a
shot, but to find the empty shell of that
great fortress, which has checked the largest
and best equipped army and fleet ever raised
in South: America for nearly three years, and
the lives of tens of thousands of innocent people
and millions of money all sacrificed to the
grasping policy of Brazil. The fall of Hu-
maita will not end the war, as Marshal Lo-
pez, it is stated, is fully prepared to receive
his enemies on his new lines of fortifications on the
Tebicuari, which equal Hnmaita in every respect,
being more inland, and not exposed to the fire of
the fleet. But it is hoped negotiations will now
take place, as the Republics of Chili and Bolivia
have offered their good services, and a gentleman
connected with one of these Legationshas left B uenos
Ayres for Asuncion to have an interview with Lopez,
to ascertain under what conditions he was willing
to make peace. The news of the battle of the 18th
July, in which so many Partenos fell (inhabitants
of Buenos Ayres) was deeply felt, and spread
gloom and mourning in every household. And if
peace had long been wished for before, and the
unnatural alliance with Brazil openly descried,
now it was asked with loud lamentations, and
Congress has revoked the protocol to the
treaty of the triple alliance, as well as passed
Senor Marmal's measure calling upon the Na-
tional Executive to give the fullest information
about the offered mediation, and the terms Lopez
proposes. To stir up the hatred against Brazil still
more, is the publication of some diplomatic notes
exchanged at Rio Janeiro inFebruary,lB67, between
the Minister of Uruguay, Senor Andres Lamas,
and the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
on the proffered mediation of the United States of
America, repeatedly declined by the empire, the
necessity of acceptance the Uruguay Minister fully
explains, as Brazil was even then unable to raise a
new army after the defeat of Curupaity, and only
prolonged the war to carry out, if possible, her
sinister policy in the river Plate, against all the
protestations of her Allies. The resolution in
Paraguay against Lopez is only to be found in the
Brazilian press and Brazilian official telegrams,
which show a wonderful disregard for truth.

There is an excellent article in the New York
Evening Mail, of August 19, on George Francis Train.
"Ishe a fool ?" it asks, "No ; a lunatic ? Not exactly ;
what then ? He is a man of superbintellect, with nothing
whatever to guide it. He is a steam-engine with no
governor-valve and a high pressure of steam. He is a
locomotive under full motion with no engineer to manage
it. He is a steamship without a pilot. Chain-lightning.
An intellectual whirlwind. Chaos. A power—active,
irresponsible, irrepressible—without reason, aim, or guid-
ance." To the suggestion•—there is method in his mad-
ness, that he has a purpose in keeping himself before the
public, the Evening Mail replies :—" Not a bit of it." He
is restless, must be doing something; fight, keep moving.
During the war, while in London, he attacked the pre-
vailing sentiment. On returniag to America he sought on
the other side the best opportunity to fight. This he
could not find iu Pacific Railroad matters, so he
joined the Woman's Rights' movement. That being too
tame he went into Fenianism. As it was one-sided in
America, and that the wrong side for him, he threw him-
self into Ireland and "flew at the British Lion." Touching
his incarceration, we aro sorry to say that another flaw
was discovered in his application for release last Tuesday,
and the interests of this most energetic gentleman are
ruthlessly sacrificed to a pretended informality. The opi-
❑ion is universal in America that he is confined by the
British Government, who use the claimants of a doubtful
and disputed debt as a mere instrument. Mr. Train would
be in his element if he wore now in the United States, and
it is a great pity that there should be people so ill advised
on this side as to detain him. The Evening Mail concludes its
article in these words: —"Nature meant Train for a man
of influence and true power. She made a blunder some-
where : she omitted a governing force. This, we believe,
is a misfortune to America. That is, it is a misfortu-ne
just as the loss of a great man by death is a misfortune.
Great men often do harm. But when great men die we
say the nation has suffered loss. America lost a great
man by the mistake, whatever it was, which omitted the
regulating force in Train's character."

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