The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-26 00:00:00

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public
in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 38. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each.
including brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-
street, London, E.C.

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

War-office, Pall-mall, London, SM.,
14th February, 1868.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared
to receive TENDERS for the Supply of Coals, Coko, Turf,
Candles, and Kindling Wood at the various Barrack Sta-
tions in Great Britain and Ireland, for a period of T wolVo
Months from the Ist of April next.
Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the
proper printed form, which may be obtained with every
requisite information. upon application at this office, or to
the various Barrack Masters, between the hours of 10 and
4 o'clock each day, Sundays excepted.
The Tenders must be sent to this Office, addressed to
the Director of Contracts, marked on the outside "Tender
for Coals, .1r,c.," on or before Saturday, 29th February, 18687
after which day no Tender will be received.
The Secretary of State of War reserves the right of
rejecting any or all of the Tenders.
THOMAS lIOWELL,
Director of Contracts.

THE LEGAL APPOINTMENTS (S THE
PRESENT GOVERNMENT.

The death of Mr.
Justice Shee, and the conse-
quent vacancy on the Judicial Bench, have attracted
attention to the extraordinary amount of legal
patronage which has fallen to the disposal of Lord
Derby's third Government. It is without any
parallel in the history of modern Administrations,
and forcibly contrasts with that which fell to the
lot of Conservative lawyers in 1852 and 1858.
During the existence of the present Premier's first
Ministry only
one important legal appointment was
made, and that was the elevation of Sir John Stuart
to the Bench as Vice-Chancellor. In 1858 a Com-
mon-Law judgeship fell in, through the retirement
of Sir John Taylor Coleridge from his seat in the
Court of Queen's Bench. The post was given to
Sir Hugh Hill, who, however, retired three years
afterwards, and was succeeded by the present Mr.
Justice Mellor. The patronage of the third Derby
Government has amply compensated for the scar-
city of judicial prizes which characterised the first
and the second. Within a fortnight after the Tories
reappeared at the Treasury Benches in July, 1866,
Sir F. Pollock, then 83 years of age, resigned his post
as Chief Baron of the Exchequer, of ter having held
it 22 years. His successor was Sir Fitzroy Kelly,
who had been successively Solicitor and Attorney-
General under Sir R. Peel and Lord Derby. Sir
Hugh Cairns had not been Attorney-General more
than three months when the retirement of Sir Jas.
Knight-Bruce called the then member for Belfast
from the House of Commons to the Equity bench
as Lord Justice of Appeal. With Michaelmas
Term came the resignation of Sir William Erle as
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, an office which
was given to Sir W. Bovill, who had been Solicitor-
General four months. The beginning of December
witnessed the retirement of Vice-Chancellor Kin-
dersley, and the appointment of Sir R. Malins, who
had represented Wallingford in the Conservative
interest for thirteen years, as his successor. In
July, 1867, the death of Sir G. Turner again
placed the office of Lord Justice of Appeal in
Chancery in the hands of the Premier, and it was
given to the Attorney-General, Sir John Rolt.
Within a few days of this appointment, Dr. Lush-
ington, who had been Judge of the Admiralty
Court for nearly 30 years, placed his resignation in
the hands of the LDrd Chancellor, and was suc-
ceeded by Sir Robert Phillitnore. Early in the
present year the unfortunate illness of Lord Jus-
tice Rolt rendered that important position vacant a
third time within 18 months. Ills place was taken
by Sir Charles Selwyn, who had been Solicitor-
General rather more than half a year. A Puisne
judgeship in the Court of Queen's Bench is now
vacant, through the death of Mr. Justice Shee.

In Ireland the run of patronage has been no less
remarkable. When the Government came into office,
the Irish, like the English Chancellorship, fell vacant
as a matter o 4 course, ,Lorcl Derby wished to give