The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1808.

AFTER THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
• COVENT-GARDEN—EVANS' TO SUP.
After Covent-garden Opera EVAN,p' to SUP
After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SUP
After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SUP.
After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SUP.
After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SUP.
London Singing and Supper Club, EVA. \ S', Covent garden
Vocal Entertainment at Eight.

CONTRACTS FOR VEGETABLES.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 2d May, 1868.
THE 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 MONDAY, the
Ist June next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
CONTRACT for supplying all such quantities of
VEGETABLES

as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and
Vessels at the following places from the Ist July, 1868,
to the 31st March, 1871, both days included, viz.:—
ENGLAND.

Fleetwood
Fowey

Newhaven
Netley

Torquay
Wivenhoo

Lymington

Scilly
SCOTLAND.
Aberdeen Ardrishaig
IRELAND.
Bun cram). (Lough S willy) Killibegs.
Separate Tenders must be made for each port, and at a
rate per 100 lbs. instead of at per cwt., and no attention
will be paid to any offers not so made. Contractors in
claiming payment !for Vegetables supplied are to make
out their Invoices in pounds at per 100 pounds.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves an unlimited power of sAection in accepting
the Tenders.
Forms of Tender may be obtaiued, and particular atten-
tion is called to the Conditions of the Contracts, which
may be seen at the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House ; or by
applying to the Collector of Customs at Aberdeen, Fleet-
wood, Fowey, Newhaven, Scilly, or to the Postmaster at
each of the other place
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 be
necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed
by him, should attend at this office, as the result of the
offer received from each person will be communicated to
him and his proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be delivered to the Department of
the Controller of Victualling. Admiralty, Somerset House,
and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to be-
come bound with the person tendering in the sum of
£lOO for each of the Contracts.

The Contractors to pay half the amount of the Stamps
on their Contracts and Bonds.

By order.
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N. •
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouveria, 1, Pau-mall—lion.
Sec., F, famith, Dick gm fiec.

4FTER HER MAJESTY'S OPERA,
DRURY-LANE—EVANS' TO SUP. . •
After Drury-lane Opera EvANs' to SUP.
After Drury-lane Opera EVANS' to SUP.
After Drury-lane Opera EVANS' to SUP.
After Drury-lane Opera EvANs' to SUP.
After Drury-lane Opera EVANS' to SUP.
Loudon Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden;
Vocal Entertainment at Eight.

iILAPLIAINT.—APARTMENTS well Furnished
kJ and highly Respedtable in a Getitleman's Private,
Family, pleasantly situate, with large G4r.lett. Attend-
ance and every comfort. Very convenieLt 'for Vail or
Omnibus to City and West-end. Apply at Vie lOsidence,
34, Larl Hall Page, Clapham, S.W.; or to Mr. STEVENS,
The Pavement, Clapham Common.

rpo BE LET, UNtURNISITED, a PARLOUR
and TWO BED ROOMS, with Gas, &c., in the most
eligible part of St. Paul's-real, Camden- foam N.W.
Apply at 44, St. Paul's-road, Camden-square, N.W.

11UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
LT It (Incorporated b Act of Parliament, 1859),
11, RUSSELL-STREET OVENT-GARDEN, LONDON,
ADVANCES MONEY upon ersonal security, Bills of Sale, Free
hold or Leasehold Propert for one, two, or three years, repay-
able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted.
Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope.
EDWARD HARPER, Secretary

lOIIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
J TOOTH PASTE is; greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decry, and ;imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 6d,—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.
NUTHIN4 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 onn of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
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in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each.
including brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passago, 93, Upper Thames-
street, London. E.C.

NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
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the diseases to which we aro subject, being a medicine so
uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice
called the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach."
Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape-
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have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of
20 years.
Sold in bottles at Is. 111., 2s. 9d., and lls. each, in
every town in the kingdom.
CAUTION.

Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not
beqiersuaded to purchase any of the various imitations
which have sprung up in consequence of the success of
"Norton's camomile Pills."

LAMBERTS ASTHMATIC BALSAM. —AN
EPFEOT GAL REMEDY, without confining the
bcpvels or affeCting the head, ttruly efficacious and pleasant,
is admitted to be 'the best medicine for immediately re-
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faculty' pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the
ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach-
ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons
deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca-
tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it.
Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8,
King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all
druggists, in bottles, 131 d., and three quantities in one,
2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth-
matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the
stamp.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
are as follows:
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, nanlP- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. ' Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
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For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Ilome—St. James's. street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapsido.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
e„,„,,,i, who o Mom-les are recortlett lu the applicant's book.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Oommitteo
have under their charge throe homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be lead on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee veryeenaprsniedset.ly commend its work to the
hbenevolent. DANL. CODPER c.
, Sec
85, Queen-street,c

PERFECTION j 1 DENTISTRY.
[jESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established
1815), of
London
56, Harley-street, Cavendish-squarB;
71
Liverpool 134, Duke-street, and
Brighton h-street,
have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining
their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Artifi-
cial Teeth without springs, at MODERATE CHARGES, which
may be had free by post for four stamps.

Mr. Merry weather said that the defendant's case
was this :—The mare was let to Elliott for her
racing career, and he let her to Arkell, who, ac-
cording to racing law, retained that power over
her, not only during 1866, but 1867, and had the
right of " scratching" her for any race.
Mr. justice Mellor—That may be racing law,
but it does not look like English 11w. (Laughter.)
Mr. Merryweather said the defendant had paid
over half the stakes to Arkell, and he was sought
to be held responsible for the whole by Messrs.
Wetherby, who had originally paid them over to
him.

Plaintiff's cross-examination continued—Elliott
had the mare under agreement for her racing
career, but the agreement terminated when he re-
turned her.

Re-examined—Never had any contract with
Arkell on the subject of the mare.
Mr. John Pratt deposed that Mr. Forster entered
the mare on the 7th May, 1867, for the Ascot
Stakes. Messrs. Wetherby, of Old Burlington-
street, in whose house he was, received the entries.
Me mare Zenobia won the race, and a cheque for
the amount was paid to the defendant by Messrs.
Wetherby. (Cheque produced.)
Cross-examined -There is a prac'ice on the turf
to let a horse for certain periods, and he can be let
by either of the owners. If a horse be let, he is
the property of the person who hires him. Never
heard of a letting of a horse for his racing career.

i‘Tfhri 8.
i‘\ivearsr
yt hwee
apt)
ha
ei nr t
sitrtastecad sdeefendant's case, which
was that the legal owner of the mare at the time
she was entered by the defendant for the race was
not the defendant, but Mr. Arkell. Elliot held the
mare for her racing career, and he transferred her
to Arkell for the same term ; but, on having a
dispute with the latter, he availed himself of a
clause in the agreement as to returning her, and,
having the mare in his possession not under the
agreement, but as trainer for Arkell, he returned
her to the plaintiff.
Mr. W. Robinson Forster was examined, and,
having stated the manner in which he became pos-
sessed of the mare for the year 1867, went on to
say that in January of that year Arkell laid claim
to the mare. He claimed damages frcm Elliott for
allowing her to go out of his possession, and an
action was taken, which, with a cross action, is now
pending. Met Arkell after the race in Fleet-street,
and he claimed the stakes. He said he was going
to Messrs. Wetherby to prevent the stakes being
paid over. In consequence of what occurred, wit-
ness received the stakes, and some days afterwards
paid over half the amount to Arkell. No claim was
made on witness on behalf of the plaintiff until
August, two months after the Ascot race. At the
Goodwood meeting some gentleman claimed half
the stakes for Mr. Peckett, and he thereupon wrote
to plaintiff stating that he held the stakes on suf-
ferance, as he had been served with a notice that ha
was held responsible for them.
Mr. Pratt produced a notice servel on Messrs
Wetherby by Arkell, cautioning them not to pay
over the money to defendant.
To the Court—That notice was served the day
after the money was paid over. (Laughter.)
Defendant cross-examined— Meant by " holding
the stakes ou sufferance" that Arkell had given
him- a guarantee on receiving half the stakes. Wit-
ness fell into difficulties, and in a list of creditors
included Mr. Peckett for £5O, but that was for a bet
over'the Ascot races. Enterel the mare for half a
dozen races, but she only ran twice. The last race
she was entered for was the Warwick Handicap in
November last.

Mr. Josh. Arkell examined—Entered into .an
agreements with Mr. Elliott in reference to the mare
Zenobia. It was a transfer of • his agreement with
the plaintiff. The inare was trausf.!rred to witness
for her racing c weer. The "racing career " does
not mean for a year, but for the entire period dur-
ing which a horsy can stand training. Has hired
horses on the same terms for the last f..rty years.
Had a disagreement with Elliott about a charge of
£2OO for a bet. Found subsequently that he
(Elliott) had sent the mare Zenobia away. Had
given him no authority to do so, as Elliott held her
to train. Brought an action against Elliott, which
is pending.

At the close of the evidence it was arranged that
a verdict should be entered for the plaintiff for the
full amount claimed, with leave to the defendant to
move that the verdict should be changed to one for
him on the ground relied on during the hearing.
Verdict accordingly.

UNIVERSI7 Y INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, May 9.

Members of Convocation have been informed that
a copy of the general accounts of the University
for the pastyear, as audited by the delegates in De-
cember last, will be deposited in the Justice-room
for their inspection on Monday next.
The Examiners 'in the School of Law and Mo-
dern History have given notice that one compen-
satory book is required for such students as are
extra Ecclesiam Anglicanum, who may select-1, any
one of the historical books of either period (except
the special subjects) taken up by classnaen ; or, 2,
Political economy, international law, or Indian his-
tory, as given in the published lists for this school.
In a Congregation to be held on Thursday, the
14th May, at two p.m., a form of Statute will be
promulgated, repealing the penalties which now
exist for non-attendance ou University sermons.
In a Congregation to be held on Saturday, May
16, at 2 p.m., a new Statute will be brought
forward on the subject of the University accounts.
—Clauses 1 and 2 relieve the Vice-Chancellor from
the burden of keeping all the accounts, and estab-
lish a Board, or committee of finance, under the
title of " Ciste Academics Curatores." The Board
is to consist of six persons, two elected by Congre-
gation, two by the Hebdomadal Council, and two
by the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors.

Clause 3 assigns to this Board the duties now im-
posed on the delegates of estates.
Clause 4 authorises the appointment of a secre-
tary, with a salary of £3OO a year, and of a clerk
or clerks at a reasonable stipend.
Clause 5 is intended to obviate the necessity of
making a vast number of small alterations through-
out the Statute-book, similar to that which is made
by No. 10, in page 3 of this paper.
Certain alterations are also proposed.

No. I. reduces the number of Delegates of
Accounts to three, and authorises them to employ
a professional accountant when they think fit.
No. 11. repeals the statute concerning Delegates
of Estates.

No. 111. repeals the statute "Da computo Vice-
Cancellari."

No. IV. abolishes the formality of the proctors'
accounts, and substitutes for it directions for the
payment of all fines.and fees to the credit of the
University.
No. V. changes the lemma, or title of the statute
Deo feodis.
By Nos. VI. and IX. advantage is taken of this
opportunity to repeal certain obsolete portions of
the same statute relating to admissions to privileges
comitatis causa, to the Professor of Logic, to the
last Superior Bedel of Arts, and to the late Divinity
Clerk.

No. VII. repeals a clause in the same statute,
the fiat half of which, making the Vice-Chan-
cellor the sole receiver of all University moneys,
is inconsistent with the -new statute here
proposed, while the second half, authorising annual
subscriptions to certain parochial charities, which is
now somewhat out of place, is re-enacted (with
some requisite alterations) by No. XL in a more
suitable context.

No. VIII. repeals a clause inconsistent with the
yew Btattite.

4d.
STAMPED bd.

THE PREMIER AND HIS ASSAILAN7S.

Our debates would not only bo dull, but really
wanting in an essential element,' if speakers were not
absolutely free to hold up for censure, and, if need-
ful, for scorn, the personal demeanour and language
of any member of the house. But this right of per-
sonal crimination should be sparingly and judiciously
used, and we can hardly apply that approval to Mr.
Bright's attack on 1:r. Disraeli last Thursday
night. The Premier, having lounged into the
itues, after the contest between the two sections of
the Liberal party, on Mr. Ay toun's ill-conceived
amendment, launched a little shaft of sarcasm, in-
timating that, not only into the house, but " into
the country," had the Liberals' " introduced the
elements of confusion." There is nothing very
biting in the words, and a thrice-d-feated Minis-
ter might have been allowed to fintg the little
Parthian arrow as he drew off his broken
forces in retreat. But Mr. Bright--who, by
the bye, is not yet the leader of the Oppo-
hition, rushed to the front and resented the
taunt. Why he was so provoked we cannot dis-
cover, unless Mr. Disraeli accompanied the not
very scathing words with some. offensive gesture
occult to other eyes, but obvious to Mr. Bright.
For the tribune rose, and, with great eloquence,
lashed himself into a rage. He taunted Mr.
Disraeli with "pompousness and servility," in-
sinuating very broadly that he had "deceived his
Sovereign, bad committed a very high crime
and great misdemeanour," and was " as guilty as
the c )nspirator who would dethrone her." We
confess that we should think it better if Mr..
Bright on this occasion had kept his temper and
held his tongue. Mr. Disraeli has plenty of
real faults, and, as regards his tone and language,
they are certainly sometimes inflated enough to
justify the epithet " pompous." But Mr. Disraeli
has no " servility" in his nature, and never had.
His worst errors havebeenof the very opposite kiud.
He commenced his worst attacks on Sir H. Peel
when Peel was at the height of his power, and no
self-made man in this country is so little open
to the charge of undue deference for rank. It seems
to us that in recounting his interview with the
Queen he simply followed the usual etiquette in
speaking of the Sovereign. As to the grave charges
of " deception," " guilt," " crime," " conspiracy,"
such rhodomontade can do no injury to any one
but Mr. Bright ; they remind us more of the ab-
surd diatribes flung by American orators at Mr.
Johnson than of the language which is usual in our
Parliamentary debates. Mr. Disraeli was quite
right in replying that if these things were true Mr.
Bright is bound to substantiate them. If Mr.
Disraeli has been guilty of all the offences insinuated,
Mr. Bright strangely neglects his duty in not fol-
lowing Mr. Chisholm Anstey's old precedent and
moving an impeachment.
_ _

It may be asked why we Liberals, anxious for
the abolition of the Irish Church, and giving our
hearty support to Mr. Gladstone's great work,
should deprecate these unfair personal attacks on
Mr. Disraeli. We do so in the interest of the
Liberal party itself. In the first place, we do not
believe that any man on the Liberal side is Mr. Dis-
raeli's'equal in purely personal debate : many sur-
pass him in much higher things; but in cool temper
and cutting taunt he always excels his opponents.
It is, therefore, clear that he gains by making the
debate personal, and that we lose. Our strength is
in the justice of our cause, in the nobility of our
principles, in the wisdom of the measures we pro-
pose. The Tories gilin when the question is di-
verted from these great issues. We have a case ;
then why should we abuse the plaintiff's attorney?
We have already denounced Mr. Disraeli for his
Unsuccessful attempt to rouse itthe No,POpery pre-
judices of the land, but, beyon 1 that, we Teti)" no-
thing in his policy to provoke hatred or contempt.
His idea—it is perfectly clear, though he is half
afraid to confess it—is, that Ireland might be tran-
quillised by the impartial endowment of all sects.
Well, it is a policy comme an attire; many emi-
nent Tory and Whig statesmen have held it in the
past. It is utterly impracticable now ; but it is
not a dishonourable or a disgraceful policy, and
it is a very legitimate idea on the part of a Con-
servative Minister. Here, then, we have Mr.
Gladstone, with his clear policy of impartial dis-
establishment ; Mr. Disraeli, with his vaguely-
hinted policy of impartial endowment—two op-
posite schemes for the pacification of Ireland,
offering most worthy topics for . ample debate.
Instead of last session, when "no one knew
where to have him," we have Mr. Disraeli say-
ing "No,", with novel obstinacy, and indicating,
though darkly, a policy of his own. This is pro-
gress ; this is as it should be, and we confess that
we see no reason why the question should not be
discussed with energy, but without bad temper, on
the merits, and not on the impulse of personal
acrimony and party heat. As Mr. Buxton re-
minded the house, two great principles are in
conflict, and we might proclaim a truce for a few
nights to the lower rivalries of men. Of course
we can understand the irritation excited by Mr.
Disraeli's refusing to resign ; and we ourelves
believe that he has done wrong to himself, to
his party, and to the country by clinging to the
Treasury Bench. But, strange as it may seem to
us, he may honestly think that, in the appeal to the
new constituencies, there is a chance for the Irish
Church. At all events let us give him the benefit
of the doubt. Of course there is no question of
the result. Keats, in " Isabella," telling the story
of the doomed lover riding to his death between the
intending assassins, says, by a bold anticipation,
3 So the two brothers and their murdered man rode
past fair Florence." Now, it is hardly hyperbole
to say that, as Premier, Mr. Disraeli is already
dead. He may " brokenly live on" for weeks or
months, according to the period of the dissolution ;
but, as in the well-known German painting, the
sword of retribution is over his head, and when the
blow shall fall is only a question of time. Mr. Dis-
raeli does not ride between Mr. Gladstone and Mr.
Bright to his fate, but he sits opposite them politi-
cally executed, and surely we can afford to be gene-
rous to one whose days of official life are already
numbered.—Daily Telegraph.

ELECTORAL STATISTICS OF IRELAND.—The Go-
vernment have laid before the House of Commons a
statement showing the operation of the proposed Reform
Bill for Ireland. The thirty-two counties now returning
sixty-four members had in 1867 176,093 electors upon the
register, of whom 164,552 were occupiers rated at £l2 or
upwards, and the remaining 11,541 had other qualifica-
tions, being most, of them freeholders. The population
of the counties at the census of 1861 was 5,001,099 ;
and the valuation, exclusive of property exempt from
assessment, £11,422,166. The proposed division of four
counties will make the county members 69 ; East Down-
shire returning one member and West Downshire two;
East Tyrone one, and West Tyrone two, East Cork two
and West Cork two; North Tipperary one, and South
Tipperary two. These divisions of counties will have
constituencies ranging in number from about 2,800 t 3
to nearly 10,000. The five additional Bounty members
being obtained by the disfranchisement of Downpatrick.
Dungannon, Bandon, Kinsale, and Cashel; and the seat
for Portarlington being transferred to Dublin, the 33
Parliamentary boroughs will become 27, and tho 39
borough members 31; the two University members
remaining undisturbed. The thirty-three boroughs
had in 1867 32,517 electors, of whom 21,460 were
occupiers rated at £8 'or upward:. The population
at the census in 1861 was 767,467 ; the valuation
exclusive of property exempt from assessmen s, £1,642,750,
Excluding the boroughs to be disfranchised, the number
of borough electors in 1867 was 31,530, and the estimated
maximum eincreaso by giving the franchise to occupiers
of houses of a net annual value exceeding £4 is £9,313,
making the borough constituency 40,813. The county
constituency of 176,093 in 1867 may receive an addition.of
616 persons in the disfranchised boroughs who can res-
tir for their county at £l2.
The committee who managed the successful ball
given to the Prince of Wales in the Dublin Exhibition
Palace have a surplus, after paying all expenses, of nearly
£6OO, which is to be distributed aniang the charities o.! the
city, without divtinctioa of creed.