The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-24 00:00:00

A--- , / 9 ,-7-,--- 1 U. I It 1' 1 ' . I. ' I,)sc. 21. result of the spa filuotc. ISlnibtrilitp 3Entettigenct. Potion. pi id. aad as r alma it iis A Ole additic a and Greek seem thy on heal s " called ant a studnits ZOOM son, leats se. gado hard* this acidi CAICBRIDOEi DkC. 22. B.L. EXAMINATIoN.—Dse. , 18136tv—K John Thomas Ably, LL D., Trinit7 Hall' Edwin Charles Clark, M.A., Trinity College ; Richard Saul FergUae in us M.A., St. John's College; Bryan Walker, M.A., Corp Christi College. Honour.—Fuel Class. Ds Griffiths, Trinity ; Lawrence, Trinity Hall ; Sowerby, Trthity Hall ; Collier, Trinity ; Wood, Emmanuel. Soma Clam — Ds Tuck, Trinity ; Burfield, Trinity Hall, and Wheeler, Magdalen, equal ; Joramett, Trinity ; Abraham, Trinity ; Armstrong, Trinity. Third Class.—Ds Boyes, John's; Agabeg, John's ; Hon. A. D. Ryder, Trinity. Examined and approved for the Ordinary Degree : Dyer, Care ; Fraser, 8.A., Peter's ; Glades, as., King's ; Gurney, Emmanuel ; Kotze, Trinity ; J. L. Walker, Trinity. 01210.5. l'"--------'1°IS'EYAM sad STT A S C 'g I c to AUSTRALIAOOI4. I NII (Portittlinillllp) Direct the Docks on MONDAY. JannarLlS k_ lug ly (I ° .. the splendid Mippvr akiso NORMLL, 1,000 tone, , 4 . 1. e AN TONKIN, Commander in the Seat India Dock. '''' joommodatimm Mr all damn et saossiten my Wlenr 11rjli 16. will calLYaarranrigltOgurigr with Penn. rioelgrAtralWail SONS, 7, LeadeshalLatreet Win. ------------- --------- ) STSAM to NEW YORK—UNITED STATES RAIL un.—REDUCED YAILE&—The tieeedid and ' tomete side-weel steamers of the New York and Havre Steam ... ft ( *many arpointed to leave let New 'Lock as tollmn : -- - - - - - - __. 3—-# i 0 i a - 11±=v r• . * ------- C r ' 1.1"1 , Jae. le _ :oati.L ii iriksouth. Thuriclay. Feb. 14 amity, liar. 14 ~.. ......... IT • - ......... 'Wednesday, Fen. 13 I ......... Wednesday, Mar. IS ,aol;---------Yirst-class, Viand 419; taeood alum 414 and LB— yasEirtharrrraloalsre apply to JAB. A. WOTTON, Rana KANE, and Co., Pula ; G. C. and E. W. TON. aad Istokouth or U. STARR and Co., 146, Chesprido, London. • CUM 11021IPTIRPOOL ICE 011. Q vrxxx. UIENSTOWN TO NEW YORK. TW A LIVERPOOL, NSW YORK, and VIMILADELPIILA. STILAIINIMIP COMPANY Intend dri wendiss their hill-pmwerml Clydirbaili Iron beam litassa-dhins, ;AIM the Dated Ustas most LITER n a. tor MEW YORE: CITY OF BALTIMORE, Wednesday, Dec. 26. ETNA, Eaturda), Dec 29 And meryy. W e d n esday and 'Saturday. COM WOE" by the mail ml ev mann ery Wednes&M is, 41, and 21 &nem, armeding to g eooßed tato ozoontatoOotion. 11."44 11topsairgitiadumismand:Its VIZ lings bashed vizi aa Str iug7.'7l-I:II4— EY, 51 . lam II 11"jr.stii°r1Yillitsn-gtriet London. and 611:41.1 OVERLAND ROUTS. OONEKUNICATION by STEAM to LNDIA. AUSTRAL/A, dm., via EGYPT, Igen Southampton and Marselllee.—The PENINSULAR and OM STEAM. NAVIGATION COMPANY BOOK POSEN gag and receive (Argo and Parcels for Gibraltar, Malta, ESYDI, gdm, Ceylon, Madru, Calcutta, the Strait; Chinn, and Japan rams' by their strainers leaving Southampton on the 4th SOth of every month : tor Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, Aden, MA Smabay, by those of the 12th and 27th of each month ; and George's notunl, Melbourne, and Sydney, by the bra leaving Southampton on the 20th of every month. 2lss steamer leave 31arsv diet on the nth, I.2th, 20th, and Mb d die month .— tor further particulars ap' at the Company's Oflcen 122, Leatlenhall-street, London, E.C. ; or orteow.puo.. lisditiMpten. B R RMEN.—Direct Route to Hanover, Bruns- I wick, and Central German7.—Tho North Ger man Lloyd's Up first -alai sercw steamer ADLRR, Captain KC HLKEN, la be despatched from Horselydown on THURSDAY, Dec. 27 =ffiaperulitting at 10 a.m., calling at Brunswick Pier, for passengers, at 12 noon.—Fares to Bremen, LE sad 41; return tickets, 43 and 41 Ds—Apply at CHAPLIN'S em's! Office, Regeut-circua, W. ; or to PHU.LIPPS, GRAVES, ilina.u•rs and Co., St Dunatan'a.bouse, St Dunatan'sehill. B.C. TEAbI to GOTHENBURG from London Sdot. —Only Regular Communication. —The unrivalled twin screw.steamers NI ARE, Captain LEIGH, 1,000 tone, 250- licesepower. from City Canal Buoy, and the GUSTAN WASA, optain STIEHL 00 tons, 100-horse power, from Horselydown, are despatched alternately every week, weatire permitting. Me, al Sa..• E 2 2a. ; al —For freight or passage. &c., applypl to C h tinitersal Mike, W. ;or to PHILLIPS, GRAN' , yiffLLIPTS and Co., t..q. Dunstan's-house, Cross-lane, Great Toweratreet. E.C. ETROP OLIT AN inutRAILWAY. Trains every Flee Mes. • ------- ETROPSIOLIToorgate-streAet ation. N RAILWAY. St ETROPOLIA N RAILWAY. Alilers T Fateatreet Station. ETROPOLITA e N tatiRA.ILWAY. Farringdon-atret Son. METRO POI cros s o on T . RAILWAY. IC L g' s. ETROPO LITAN RAILWAY. cower street Station. ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY. rortland-road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Regent-circus Station (opposite the Polytechnic Institti- Iteitent.street . The Metropolitan Railway Company's Special Omnibuses to and from Portland-road Station meet every ETROPOL r -s I t T reet AStaNtion. RAILWAY. }take METROPOLITAN Etigware.road Station. ETROPo hop's-road LITAStaN tion.RAILWAY. Bii METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Trains every Ave minutes. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN RU LW AY s.—CIIR Vali AS HOLIDAYS. EXTRA TR.t INS bet,%eoi the City. King's-eross, Gower-street, l'ertlawlrnatl. Regent-rit , ns. Baker-street, Edgware.road, and Patna:ton. Hnnonersinith, Kensington, Shepherds-bush, Not ting-hill, and NV esthourne-park. T HE GUARDIAN FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1821. No 11. T.onibaril-street, London. E.C. REDITTION oF FIRE INSURANCE DUTY. • siih,cribed Capital Two Millions. Total Invemed Funds upwards of L 2.750,000. Fiat Income upwards of k320,e00. NOTICE 1,4 DEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES which expire at CIIVISTMAS roust he RENEWED within fifteen days at this attire. or with the Company's agents throughout the klagdetu. otherwise they become void. All insurances now have the benefit of the Reduced Duty of Ia Gd. per scut. For prse, etas and other information apply to the Company's Agents ; T. TALLEMACIL Secretary. ------- UNITED STATES 5-20 COUPONS BOUGHT. An erb:m Government and Railway Securities of all descriptions purchased and for sale, by GLENN and Co., 32. New broa.l,treet. x 10.000,000 Debt of the United States paid a since 14 Jannary. 1366. GLENN and Co.'s American Finan- Ski Circular, issued every Friday, forwarded on application. 1110 IMPORTERS, Shippers, Steam Shipping c om p a mes, and Consignees of Foreign Goode, by steamers re otherwise into the Fort of London.—The proprietors of Free Trade Wharf, Eatcliff, and Upper Free Trade Wharf, Dow ell* Duck, Upper Thame,street, OFFER FACILITIES to the above-1 urthcr information may be obtained on application, by letter or In person, to R. CLAY and Co., wharfingera and ware hone keepers. —Offices, 63, U pper Thanseretreet. NO. 9, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET Price Lists free. C UTION. The PERMANENT STEAM - DYE' No (*OM PAN V ISAYsIVATER BRANCH Is Si, West bouree.2Tort, : and the chief ethce,9, °rest ausiell-streetjottem bazo-ekun.roa.l. II tee Lists tree. Two THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED Pot' N W NMI , . for three years, on mortgage of first class long leasvliold property, at pre,eut producing more than MO per mma. to Mr. M . \ ILLLAMS, surveyor, la, Queen-street, Cheap,,ide. FURNITURE, Merchandise, ikc., BOUGHT for ready mney, or imAi advanced on same, with or without timnval. 1 , 0 Houses, furnished or unfurnished, wanted imme diately for applicant-. —.Apply to Mr. BAY Grosvenor House sad Litate _Agency, ti.t, id-ook street, Grosvenor-square. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, an effectual remedy, without confining the bowels or stetting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, Confirmed eases of asthma, and incipient consumption. It fre quently cures person• shorn the faculty pronounce incurable admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. liiapprosubh:g consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons ikprieed of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocs- Wu, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it.— Prllmred •mly and sold by W. LAMB T, chemist, 8, King Wi ln - ileinstreet, tharinrr.cross, London, and by all druggists, b 4411 4, 130, and three quantities in one,particular lad ask f,,r L a mbert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are eiu,7av e .l on the stamp. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES: COUGHS. KEA TIN G'S COUGH LOZENGES : ASTHMA. KEAT IN G'S COUGH LOZENGES: IN el F.NT CONSUI KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES: BRONCHIAL AFFECTION& BEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES: whkh are daily recommended by the faculty. Testi monials from the most eminent of whom may be seen. Bold in boxes, lc lid.: and tins. 2s. 9d. and as 6d. each, by gIitTLNG, Chemist. 79, St. Paul's -churchyard, London. Sold retail by all Druggists, dce. (.OUT or RHEUMATISM is quickly . relieved and cared In • few d•y• by aa• W•belawa Italicise, Minns GOUT end HIIEUMATIO YELLS. oeletese ozone ler clime* at la lid. sad h N. per bez. been a fai t id full pri m clay far ti la on ths 2sa, . tton market business ; og •ia since beta Holders hare advanced I tank rate fin York 'dykes fair coating badman can the tales middle qua. tter qualities a general ire. 4.1. to id, p ee , 1 good request, to 4d. per lb. ..n advance of East India has ;nonce of the trrivals to re. many holden al advance ob. ower qualities ar..."Taace• . 23,190 bales, .360 bales. We rket remaiMag (0,000 bales, d . The following .60.; middling, - . Fur Uplaads, c. 21.—After the :et for shipping .towever, are ex tt few days have though buainer slightest giving has been quieter tAI for some days not at Liverpool ix tcd to give way in s, and in many r.ion. In the cloth to obtain prices in the Liverpool imparted greater t he quieter cotton t.turers is very de done they have he business dose en of fair amount ”or noon till Wed. tzt week will be on had a smell rep barer, particularly ite, 645. to 668.; Lie. Barley, fine ):s sold for rather csequently not sale. Average : Wheat, i'.. .ly A limited supply 'yen bad to pay ls. tte rates. Itrheat, Barley, 34i. to 52a. et to-day is very weir immediate re t Friday, and in mon barleys almost :heir value. Very c eclize. Oats and ibert's Wert Hartley, g ; South Tanbeld, ells End Pittington, oils End East Hartle -211.; Walls ails End Thonaley, 43. RN& Mar- Total. amass. 1806. 19S. a is A 2309 35,669 836 1 , 32° - 258 frei 1,16 22,283 32,217 33.020 vices from Cadiz we irwr investigation into seized by the Spanish declaration that the tivalent to the finding is b e lieved in wellin ? Spanish government ip to the owner' as as iereby they will "'lx' 1 TEX.TILES. — At ber of ConAtuerce, l4 J , mmunication from the •w minute of customs: to that of quantity and Le g oods exported, itwas moved until after the •.uuity for a larger repre: the vresent being wi thou t . ir b e i n g almost erltho iturdav Concert this sympl i„ y in D, =d Aft e r the concert the ition scene, prepnTed. b e lighted up sad taw • Surunro .; on payment. 527 ; )t&1 vimitals, 1,712. sP t lAA. Dark and o n, when the weekly deaths 1- probably diffused throstds d so prevalent of late. These I co ntaminated by foul Wes, 1„ whereby typhus, twhoid. ,d off. Hollway's Ols are I.: , 'Hon, the surest MOO" d effective of all aperients: 4.1 appetite, vigour, . certain restorative, 'ma i, AND nsexaS• S. .ttusta.terrace, Ramsgate.tbe ~, Surrey, M rs . W. Cl arL tpper ITarlepstreet, .1 : t son. ....it,e.street. Bedford -19M . _ mrhant-illas, P hut oreat. of a Dover.6treet, t h e Wife ••• • GES. ,btr 19. at St. Mary's, NOW. I CaY, Mr. Michael Made, gt• cilor, , daughter of Mr. J. Chanc r 10. by the Be!. IlusePhrel Walpole Mattis, recta 7, Emily 4:eurigatia, daughter te Captain 7t Hussar,. v ,er 19, at St. John's. BLitt , of Isockland, I3erks. . A. 'liddetuan, Eft.. 0. FRS. t Sutton Scarsdale. Derldas, 52. i nt bury, ItcrkS, Eliza "1'54 715il o uss, MOO . i. IL Jackson, of mare4 tg°4 %Oa, Sydenham, Chatlollo, 11. 10 0 aVidOCk-MillSre, London, k n, Lay., aged 78. _ - . 11.1.1.1 1 a t 1 KI Loud") UAL" r • Ay " waittistr )1 the precinct ti isB6. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LA NE. TELEGRA PHIC INTELLIGENCE. Mackenrie-park, kforiserlyst Clapham-rise), Sole Lame and Manager, 14. F. IL CHATTERTON. 1 li riTtted 1827. SPECIAL MORNING Pk'RFORMANCES of the GRAND PANTO- _____—...— For the gratuitous Board, Clothing, and Education of Destl- MIME., on THURSDAY, FRIDAY, Alla SATURDAY, Dec. 47, (amines Tzsomme.) tote Orphans Iran all parts of the istritlsh dominions, end of all 28, and 49, 1866, and on every Monday, Wednesday, sad Satur- Denoniinations, whose parents once moved in prosperous dr- day during the month of January. Children and Schools at re- ITALY. curnatances . duced prices to the following parts of the theatre : First Circle, . Subscriptions and donations will be most thankfull7 received. • Drees Circle, and Stolle ! FLORENCE, Dec. V.. The Directors desire to correct a most erroneous yet somewhat On BOXING NIGHT, Wednesday. Dec. 46,__Ger laiiistie s The Chamber of Deputies agreed to day to the n o for t ne ed of that this Charity is endowet, and stands in servants will perform the Comedletta A DAY AFTER THE ____ _ the no further need of pecuniary asaistance. and they invite all WEDDING. Hears Sinclair, Harcourt, J. Johnstone, Miss bill 'for provisional exercise of the budget for governors and subscribers and the public generally to inspect the Isabel Adams, and Mrs. Hodson. After which will be Pro • the first six months of 1867. Institution throughout, and thus to judge for themselves as to duced the Drury-lane Comic Christmas AnnuaLentitled NUMBER the nature of the Chanty and Its prominent claims for support. NIP : or Harlequin and the Gnome-King of the Giant It is considered probable that General Menabrea THOMAS TILSON, J.P., Chairman. Mountain, written by Mr. E. L. Blanchard, with gorgeous . STEPHEN REED CATTLEY, MX, Hon. See. ' and fairy-like scenery, designed and painted by Mr. Wit. w ill be appointed Italian minister at Vienna, and ALFRED MACKEN2,IS, Secretary. . Darn Beverley. Grotesque Masks and Costumes, invented and aunt Greppi at Stuttgart. Offices-73, Cheapa London. , Illustrated by Dykwynirrn. Fanciful Ballet, a rrang,ed by 11r. Bankeri— Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane ; John Cormack, with popular and chiaracterlstiewir, selected 1 FLORENCE, DEC. 23. and new& a oo2eyw Brothers, sisecasetse. ,and ; is. comi i o a s composed * MLA . Tun E. lOclenham, ;Its find Vial ' The Florence journals announce that orders have ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Cardona Miss Seymour, 3lies L. Wilmot, Miss E Brouidsam. ISSUE of ss,oos A PREFERENCE SHARES of tie each, 3I dile. Ferena &nosey, and Ilro H. Vandenholf, &a ; Mr. Tom Matthewa, Mr. C. Seyton, Mr. F. BarsV, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. been given to. arm two veasels of war under the bearing 8 per Cent Interest, and Redeemable at £l5 per command of Commander Ribotti, to support the Share. THE CREDIT YONCIER of ENGLAND (Lbnited) are J• Robins , Mr. E in l e r t'M the and servi ces of " th m o y ee Rcaelle. • pre erect to receive APPLICATIONS for the above Shares in Bolero and Me se . C. Lauri Clo ; P a Pu W lar claims of Italy upon the Turkish government in BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COMPAITY Th Panetalimimiiia Harry A. Barnes and mr..l. Morris, pantaloon: Mr. J. Corrnack 'and the affair of the mail steamer Prince Thomas. (Limited). Mr. B. Saville, Harlequins: Idodame Bolen° and Wine. Adele ; The Opittione publiahea a letter from Rome, dated each. Diviit i tto 25,friillre' ,000 terene Sh e Shares s, I 0 7:10 each Marion, olumbines. The smallest Drummer in the world, the 2oth _. Infant La kin; o kins: an Irish Jig, by Misther Paddy's Son ; The Devil's (Being the Shares now offered for Subscription.) inst., which states that Signor Ponca° has ChePeae ' " Maintea ' the °Tetelaine ' a new Tree" of l'ee " dt had several conferences with Cardinal Antonelli, And 10,000 li Deferred Shares, of £lO each. Dancers. 16 in number. The whole produced underthe direction DIRIVIVIPS. of Mr. Edward Stirling. bat that the court of Rome appears but little &s -ine Right Hoe. Viscount Bury, itutlsnd-gate. _ Prices : Private boxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 guineas : stalls, Is. ; ; Frederic !Mullen, Fey., M . P.. Metropolitan of works. dress circle, Ss. ; first circle, Y. balcony sesta I , pit, il s . , posed to come to an arrangement. The same letter Albert Grant, Seq., li. P... London. tr ess gallery, Is. ; upper gallery, Oct. Box-office open tro.n io till pays : Lieut.-Colonel Edward Neville, Clarges-idreeL I ..tily. Doors open at hall-past 6 ; commence at 7. " France supporta the efforts of the Italian John Irving Pascoe, Esq., Highlittry New•park. • i government, which up to the present, however, Henry Pownall, Esq., Ruseell-equere. have remainedwithout result. Counsels arrive from Edward Warner, Eeq. : l E l ' i). r u nti a o sekb. n. aq., c 5.... zagtioce. all parts in favour of moderation being shown by t i -Mo l 1 1 1 1 14 =_ p ? Man Beard of Works . . Bsslll33.—Meters. ffinun, Payne, and smiths , .l,Lombara-dreet, r the Pope towards Italy. The Pope has declared E.C. S otte rroas.-31 ours. West and King, 3, Charlotte-row, Manaion- that he will not abando n Rome." house, E.C. CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS. The twelfth concert of the season, and the last of these entertainments for the present year, took place on Saturday—the resumption of the series being deferred until the close of those Christmas amusements which form eo important a feature in the attractions of the Crystal Palace at this period. The programme of last Sapirday's concert was as follows: Symphony In D 'No. 2) Beethoven, Csatique. - Neer pound. Aria. •• Dt tanti palpitt," Miss Julia Eton Russia Arta, " Soprai," Miss Louisa Fyn* &Mrs. Ova rtmb •• lislusius" ltendelasohn. Cantata, " Christmas" o n were M. The two special features of the occasi Gounod's " Cantique," given for the first time in l and; Eng ' and Mr. Macfarren's Cant ata, for the it time at the Crystal Palace. The general excellence of the instmmental perf orman, and the constant succession of novel and specia ature* in the programmes of the Crystal Palace Concerts, have rendered these entertainments a permanent source of at traction to distant as well as to neighbouring visitors. POLYTECHNIC. ...,-, • ----- T. JAMBS'S GR AND HALL l' THE CHRISTY'S CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL In order to afford theirristtors an Increased amount of snout- modation during the Holidays the Proprietors of the CHRISTY MINSTRELS have secured the abo ve magnilicent hall for a se-its of EXTRA GRAND DAY a nd EVENING PERFOILM.A.NE as under : Wednesday Afternoon, Boxing-day, at S. Wednesday Evening, 1108itut-daY. at 8. Thursday Afternoon, Dece*nber 27, at S. Th u nday Evenlog, December 27, at 8. Friday Afternoon, December 28, at 3. Friday Evening, December: 8, at 8. Saturday afternoon. December 29, at S. Saturday Evening, December 29, at 8 DOUBLE PROGRAMME. DOUBLE COMPANY. TWENTY-SEVEN PERFORMERS. New COMIC SHADOW PANTOMIME by NELSON LEE. Eight STAR Comedian'. Two thousand comfortable seats. ONE SHILLING. Balcony 25.: Stalls, 3s. Fauteuils, se. Open at 2 and T. i Afternoon performances terminate in time to admit of visiting I the Pantomimes at night RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 22. The Journal de St. Peterstxturg of to-day says : " The obstinacy of the polemic) in which the public press is at present engaged respecting the Austro- Russian relations originates in party intrigues , the instigators of which, by endeavouring to hr duce a belief in the existence of unfriendly rela tions between the two Powers, hope by that very means to render those relations unfriendly. There is no ground whatever for the supposition that the present good understanding between the Russian and Austrian Cabinets, which it is the 1 earnest wish of both to foster, has been in any way disturbed." BROIL/MA Angel-court, . ~_ - . • ... . , NEVN;tI.A pi.: It . ) . - • : ' - 1,e - rrn ), :- ' I I .-.. , 1 t 1 ..Ati . , t 03t 1 lI r t '‘ -mi -I_, r 4. 1. . 4 . '• - ...".. , '...ei: ~- •:: , '- . 4 tsa b tilt. [STAMPED, Id. ADDITIONAL.] [TWO PEIie ---"onTa. DECEMBER 24, 1866. [TWOPENCE --_-._..----------. ------- `CE. . CRYSTAL I The twelfth ooncem . these entertainments t 'A -mazy—the :wimp N. dose of those Ch -et a feature in '4i period. • •me of lad i 4) , Wu 'a P) ......... • ' I t ' ' ir r • i . i i 1 , It, r Francis cope, TAq., l, Angel,.. Messrs. Price and Derek 54, Threadneedle-street, E.C. Offices—St. nefurrear— Clement's-h W. J. L. H e OT, ouse, Clemnt's-lane, London, E.C. Eeq. PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company Is to carry out the concessions granted by the Municipal Council of Brussels, in concert with the anthorities of the province of Brabant, and the Be ents lgian G overn ment, for the drainage and coincident improvem of the capital of Belgium. The magnitude and value of these concessions will be under stoo C o m pany the fact that they include subsidies to du e ive by the n cash and annuities of the together 26,000,00 u franca, or £1,040,000 sterling, which have been voted by all the authorities and sanctioned by the crown. The original estimates for the principal part of these worka were examined and verified by Sir. J. W. Bazalgette, Engineer in-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works of London, under the sanction of that body; and these esthnates have been further tested by months of minute cud careful revision on the part of contractors and their respective engineers. It is intended that the whole of the works shall be completed within four years. The importance of the undertaking Is evidenced In the pro- _______.___ &acted °Metal debates In the Brussels Municipal Council, and . also In the Belgian Chambers and Senate, on the subject, and by • NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, High the special report thereon from Lord Howard de Walden, her -LI Holborn. —This very elegant and spacious establishment Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels , transmitted by ' having been entirely redecorated, OPEN EVERY EVENING. The Earl of Clarendon, through Sir George Grey, to the Metro- I grand bend, conducted by Mr. W. M. Packet, will perform nightly the politan Board of Works, In London, and recorded in their ~ ,_ a choice selection of operatic and dance music. Open at half minutes under date of May 1 -8, 1888, an extract of whic " `" ; past 8 ; close at 12. Admission. la annexed to this prospectus. his desire , 1 His Majesty the King of the Belgians has expressed to Inaugurate the works by laying the lint stone in state oere I - mony, which Is fixed to take p lace at Brussels, on Wednesday, the '_'2nd of January next. It will he at once seen by this brief description of the conces - stun that it is one of no ordinary character. The capital of the Company is fixed at £350,000, in 35 shares,,ooo shares id clO each , di v i ded into 25,000 A preference and 1 10,000 B deferred shares. The privileges attached to the respective share capital are as follows: The A preference shares are to be redeemed Out of the assets of the Company, by drawings by lot, and each share paid off at £l5 per share, being a bonus of £5 per share. The drawings will take place o n, the following dates, viz. : on the 22nd January, 1170, 6,250 Shares, or £62,500 „ „ 1871, 8,250 ~ ga2,500 • , 1872, 8,250 „ 482, 508 „ ,', 1873, 6,250 „ £02,500 ROYAL ALHANIBRA. PALACE.-SPECIAL NOTICE fur TO-NIGHT 'Monde)), Dec 24, 1806—In consequence of the elaborate and gigantic character of the New un til toxin. the FAIRY BALLET will NOT BE EXIIIISIf ED until Boling Morning. The perfinmanees to-night will consist (,1 the new Pantamiinic Ballet, the New Brigand Ballet, the usual miscellaneous entertainments, and concert by the band of sixty performers. :__----_ KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DULLIN EJUTIBITION, 1886. This celebrated old IRISII WHISK V' gained the DUBLIN Plant MEDALIt is pure, mild, mellow, delicious, and very wholesome. Sold in bottles, 311. each, at the retail healed la London. by the agents In the principal towns In land .or wholesale at 8, Great W{ cork London, W. (Theme the 1 red seal, pink ~I • and cork branded " Yinahan's LL Whisky.' -------- Ais CHEAPER THAI EVER.-Is. 6d. 25., ' T E .. Bd. per pound are the prices at which PHILLIPS and Cu., tea merants, 8, King Willism.street, City, London. KC. are selling good and flue BLACK TEA. A price cuirent post tree. 40a worth carriage tree to any railway station or market town in the United Kingdom. observe.—Pli I LLIPS and Co. have no agents, nor any connecti on with any house in Worcester or Swan sea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. VA LUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESEN T. —A ACHINESE CADDT, containing 161bs. of really good BLACK TEA, scut canine free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, tealscotand, or n receipt of 40s, by PHILLIPS and Co., merchants, 8, King William-street, City E.C. . Total Shares.... 25.000 E 250,000 until so drawn, and paid off, each eller, to bear interest at the rate of S per cent. pe r annum, payable half-yearly, on Ist January and lit July in each year, for which interest warrants will be attached to the Shares. Reckoning the redemption at the dates and at the bonus named, the investment will pay subscribers a rate of interest as , follows .—Those shares which are drawn, and thus are • miTo be paid off on 22lid Jenne/y.1670, will have received a total interest and bonus of 24 per cent. per annum. Those to be raid off on 22nd January, 1071. will have received a total interest and bonne of 20; per cent. per annum. Those to be paid off on 22nd January, 1012, will have received a total interest and bonus of la per cent. per annum. Those to be paid off on 2 hid January, 1573, will have received a total interest and bonus ,d DI per cent. per annum. The Directors do not pledge themselves to make an allotment to every applicant. uor to allot the whole of the shares, it twine their desire to place this small capital in the hands of bona tide inveators. The it Deferred Shares represent the cocessionaires' inrest in the company. These h p ea will not be n ntitled either t o p: - met of any interest or capital until the whole of the Preference Shares have received their capital back, with the interest and bonus before referred to; therefore the Deferred Shares become practically and virtually a guarantee to the Preference Shares. • Applicatkms for shares may be mule in the annexed form, which must be accompauied by the payment of £2 per share de posit, without which no application will be considered. TO HOTELS and large consumers. Fine YORK RAMS, per lb. Aylesbury and Dorset Butters, Cheshire, Cheddar, and Stilton Cheese, in tine condition; game, and all descriptions of poultry cheaper than any other house In London. At W. and . 1 . IL TAYLOR'S, 35, LITTLE PULTENEY-STREST GoLDEN -SQUA RE. Families and hotels waited on with regularity. Carts to all parts of the NVest•end every OSBORNE'S STILTON is THE Cheese. THE GUINEA CIGAR. A box of 100 really good IIAV AN NATI CIGAILY sent car riage free to all parts of the United Kingdom on receit ut Yost °Mee order or stamps for 21s. ; or sample box of Atop lls. W. U. ROSIER., Importer of Mars, 2, Tichborne.street, liceadilly, W. CARPETS. —Best Brussels 3s . Gd. p er yard usual price Ss. Many patterns to select from. Tapes try, Kidderminster, Dutch, felts, blanket s, sheetings, and Boor cloths, reducedp.A;l6,ooo sourth 11,11111: offered at very prices, to make room for extensive alterations, at WM. WAINKS, 133 to 139, Newington Butts, S. -• • FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARI To 1* retained by the Banker% No. TO THE DIRECTORS OF TIIR BELGIAN PL WORKS COWART LINITEiO. Gentlemen,—llavlng paid to your bankers. Il b essrs. eing. ad Smith, R a yne, and Smiths, the su m of E , up./Alt of £2 per share on A Preference shares in the above 1 Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that untidier, • and I agree to accept such shares or any leas number you may , allot to meon the terms of the prospectus, and I agree to pay • the deposit 1.0 allotment. rind to sign the memorandum mut art nsh,s of ass...et:anal of the Company as duly registered. when required. and I authorise you to insert my name on the mgister of members for the number I'r of of sharessignature allotted to me. l Name in full Residence Profession Date. December, ISM. The slave is only a sh ort extract from the detailed Prospectus, wlodi can i.e hail, with copy of the letter of the British Minister in Brussels to Fart of Clarendon, on applicatkm to the Secretary, at the offices of the Company. . _ MECHI and BAZIN'S TABLE CUTLERY has 1 long been celebrated for Its admirable q ualities. Prices I moderate. Catalogues sent free. Cases of platednd for RIO river des- Ex sert knives. Also the best electro-plated spoons aks. cellent penknives Is., and scissors at Is. the pair. Their riaor and magic strops, whose utility and comfort in applkation have licen recognised for so many yeses, will lie found especislly ser viceable to all who shave.—MECIII and kiAZLN. 112, Regent , street. ------ THE TR CHRISTMAS CAND N LOVELTY hairs a in CANDLES. ANSPARENT Es in all eond sizes, for Dining TablesF, lELD'S P Lustres, ATENT TAP Pianos, Am, are RIND:E no read ENDS, with fitting all Candlesticks sk itliont scraping, or the WA' of paper. To be had everywhere in 11b. fancy boxes at 2a d. per lb. MAGIC LANTERN AND DISSOLVING VIEWS. NEGRETTI and ZAMIIRA'S NEW ILLITS TRATE") now:. describing the OXV-11ADIUnIEN and ONN-CAl.t'll.ll I.IGIITS, painting on glass, spectral effect and ghosts. rrice one shilling —l, s e tt 50, Cornhill; 121, Regent-street .. and 153, Ileet-street. Catalogues of lanterns, 1 slides..S:a. postL._----ree _ _ __. .. T HE I3ELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COMPANY ;limited . NOTICE IS lIERF.BV GIVEN, that the LISTS of AVI'LI oATioN for SHAES in the shove C o mpany will he CLoSED n FRIDAY next, t ß he lath instant, fur Loud on, and SATURDAY, the '2.toth instant, for Country Applications. By order of the Board, W. J. L. RERIOT, Secretary. St. Clemente-house, Clement's-lane, EC. NEW AND REVISED EDITION OF "LADY LISLE." This day, thoroughly revised. and in parts re-written, uniform I with Library Edition of Miss Braddon's Novels, price M., LADY LISLE. By the Author of " Lady Audlcy's Secret." &c. " Mis.s Braddon has written nothing stronger or fuller of human interest. • . The story ls intensely readable to Its last line. - -The Globe, Dec. 8. late. Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Paternoster-row. ---------- , A CUARNIING CHRISTMAS GIFT. RIMMEL'S BOOK of PERFUMES ( 4th edition), w ith above 250 illustrations, Svo, cloth, gilt edges, ss. ; by poet for tis stamps. .• .tit amusing. and not only en amusing, but an instructing history of perfumery,"—Times. Loudon: Chapman and Hall, Piccadilly. To be had also of the author, 96, Mrand , l'2B, Regent-street ; and 4. Corhll. _ _ _ CHARLES M EEKING and Co., having been compelled by the Corporation to give up their premises nett St. Andrew's Church for the Holborn Valley Im provement, have opened TENIPORA EY PREMISES, 45, HOLBORN -HILL. CHARLES MEEKINO and Co. Gen a arc n ow sELLING Litize ourgs, ys or Winceys, Dress Serg i , Reps, Epinglines, ppes, Cub French Merime, Fancy Dresses, Coloured and Black Seal Skins, Reversibles, Astrachans, Whims, Tweeds. Flannels, Iffankea. Sheeting% Calicoes, Longclotlis, Prints, Table Linen, Silks. Co loured and Black Velvets. Coloured and Clack Plashes, Fur% Opossum, Miniver, Grebe, and other Fur TriMlllilig9 ; taftleoe. Saxony, and other Winter wls; Ribbons. Trimmings, Haber dashety, Hosiery, Gloves. &c,, Black Paramattas, ItaratheAs, Crapes, Mourning Silks, &c., all of WARRANTED GOOD QUALITY, Faint EXTRAORDINARILY I - LOW PRIC, even cheaper than they offered such goods at their old premises. FEMALE EMIGRATION. —The Umberley, Captain The Temporary Building is on a part of the site upon which Brown, a large iron sailing ship, of the White Star Line, the New Premises will be erected for the re-establishment of the left the Mersey on Saturday last on her first trip, carrying business. 93 single young women and ten families as emigrants to She Shop closes at 7 o'clock until Ist March, 1367, " 4 always I Melbourne. This is the second shi d hed by Miss on Saturdays at 2 o'clock. li "Pam CH ARLES MEEKING and Co., 45, Holborn-hill. I Rye since her return from New South Wales in June last, The Carpet Mid Furnishing liu.iness is removed ,temporarily) ' and under the regulations of an improved system of female to Nos. 3:. and an. Holborn- hill, two doors front Fetter-lane. ! emigration. Like the Red Jacket, the ship is divided into Broike !louse will shortly be re-opened. compartments—for single women (aft), married people CONINC.DAY, the 26th inst., will be 2 2 :CLOSED DAY 1 (amidships), and single men (forward), with the same dis cipline which was adopted in that vessel and described at OVERCOATS for the present Season.—The ' the time in the newspapers. Mrs. Graham, an experienced NEW WINTER OVERCOATS, of best materials, ors kept i matron, and Dr. Newbold, an experienced emigration on hand and made to order, at HAMILTON and KIIIITON'S, ' practitioner, accompany the emigrants, and Miss Rye, Tailors and Overcoat Makers, I assisted by Mr. Chant, the despatching emigration officer, 106, S'PRAND. opposite Exeter-hall. superintended their emlxirkation. Many of the young women --------------------- sent nut are very poor, and many are orphans (hut not direct OH RISTMAS PRESENTS and NEW YEAR'S from orphanages), and in these cases assistance has been ‘J GIFTs Sir all who court the gay and festive scenes.— rencler by Lord Shaftesbury and a number of his lord- ROWLAN DS' MACASSAR OIL, & preserver and beautifyer of ship's friends, whose liberality has obtained outfits for the lisle beyond all precedent. 'Lowlands' Kalydor, fur impart- them. There are girls from every part of the United fig a radiant bloom to the complexion, and a softness and deli- Kingdom , all capable of hard and useful work ; and the cacy to the hands, arms, and neck. Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl utmost ca , re has been taken to secure those of good Dentifrice, fur giving a pearl-like whiteness to the teeth, and fra grance to the breath. The patronage of royalty throughout character. The theory upon which Miss Rye works is that Europe, their general use by rank and fashion, and the univer- eroigration in such cases should be offered as a reward for sally known efficacy of these articles, give them a celebrity un- good conduct, and not held out as a punishment for wrong paralleled. -Bold by chemists and perfumers.—Ask for " Row- doing. The orderly and cheerful demeanour of these mni hunts"' articles. ' grants during the week in the depot at Birkenhead, under I Miss Rye's care, has given great promise for their future OHRISTMASTIDE. —At this, and at all seasons ' career. Another ship, we believe, will sail under the ‘../ of the year, the BEST ARTICLE for Improving the appear- same direction early in the coming year, with 100 girls and race of the Hair is that well.known and old.established prepa ration, OLDRIDGES BALM of COLUMBIA. It has stood the tea familie s. test of half-a -century, and the numerous flattering testimonials ROYAL INFIRMARY FOR CHRST DISEASES, ClTY from tune to time received by the pniprietors is a positive proof ninau.--Since the foundation of this hospital for all chest of its excellence as a restorative ev ents beautifier of the Hair. It diseases, 69,850 cases ba'e been admitted. The number imparts strength to the roots, prev its turning grey, and under treatment last week was 487. Acute cases are thickens It. Children's Hair Is greatly improved, and the growth promoted by its application. as It softens the texture, obviates the ceived for indoor treatment without any letter of admis use of pomade, and keeps the head perfectly tree from scurf and sion. The coming winter is already being felt, •and public &adrift The BALM Is also asure producer of whiskers and mous- benevolence alone can help this hospital to keep pace with tachlos. Sold by all chemists and petieTS, in bottles, at the claims on its resources. Ss. Od., 6s , and Ile—Prepared only by the sale proprietors, C. THE WEST INDIES.—LIVERFOOL, DEC. 23.—The and A. OLDRIDOK, 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W. I steamer Bolivar, from Port-au-Prince on the December DELICATE and CLEAR. COMPLE'AIONS, Minivan° in Hayti, has been entirely with a delightful and lasting Fragrance . b 7 Ulini the has arrived hero. , the h a s h consumed by fire, and t e whole of ware oused crops oelebrated UNITED SERVICE SOAP TABLETS, 441. ma ed. destroyeL The fire was the work of incendiaries. Colon, each. Manufactured by J. C. and J. FIELD, Upper Marsh, Jamaica, and Hayti are healthy . and the.oongestive forms farabsth. order of your chemist, grow, or chandler. of fever which prevailed in Colon have HUNGARY. PEMI'II, DEC. 22. Previous to his departure yesterday, Baron Beust, replying to a deputation from the munici pality of Peath, declared that the appointment of a Hungarian Ministry was merely a question of time. The Tavernicus entertained Baron Beust at a dinner, at which a number of the most prominent I members of both houses of the Diet were present. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, DEC. 21. The Federal Assembly have voted a loan of 12,000,000 francs for furnishing the Federal army with breech-loaders. BELGIUM AND HOLLAND. BRUSSELS, DEC. D. In the Senate to-day, MM. Hoffschmidt, Tkint, and Michelo-Loos, made speeches urging the government to act with firmness in the question of the Scheldt dues. M. Rogier, Minister for Foreign Affairs, declared that if Holland refused to recog nise the rights of Belgium, the Belgian govern ment would refer the question to the guaranteeing powers. TIIE HAGUE, DEC. 22. The statement published by the 0,14,g1ie Gazette, that Holland had protested against the appeal made by Belgium to a foreign power relative to the ques tion of the Scheldt, is devoid of foundation. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. . A brigade of troops from Mouastir has been despatched to Albania. At &tilos, in the island of Candia, continual engagements take place between the insurgents and the Imperial troops. The blockading squadron has been strengthened, and the greatest activity 1 is being displayed by the Turkish admiral. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 22. The government has issued a notice that pro sion has been made for the punctual payment oi the January dividend of the general debt. The official intelligence published from Candia is of a reassuring character. THE ARREST OF JOHN SURRATT. ALEXANDRIA., DEC. 22. John Snrratt was received yesterday on board the American corvette Swatara. INDIA. (BT DIRECT OVERLAND TELEGRAPH.) BOMBAY, DEc. 14, 4.20 P.M. 71b. shirtings, Gr. 12a. 40's mule twist, I.sia. Cotton quiet. Dhollerah, 255 a. Shipments of the week, 14,000. Exchange on London, Is. 111 d. Government securities :—Four per Cents., 871; F i ve-an d- a -H a lf per Cents., 1101. Freights to Ltverpol, 20s. The latest London date is the 6th inst. CALCUTTA, Dec. 13. 811 b. skirtings, Br. Ga. 40's mule twist, Ba. Exchange on London, 2s. Ord. Government secu rities :—Four per Cents ., 87 ; Five per Cents., 101; Five-and - a - Ha lf p er Cents., 109.}. Freights to England, 50s. AMERICA. (Br ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The French mail steamer Saint Laurent arrived at New York on the 20th inst. NEW YORK, Dec. 22, Evzinec. Minister Campbell has returned to New Orleans. His mission is believed to have been a failure. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 1331. Sterling exchange on London, 109. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1061. Illinois, 1154 ; Erie, 08. Cotton, middling Upland, 34. EARL RUSSELL AND ITALY.—An address havin, recently been presented to E.srl Russell, at Florence in accordance with Garibaldi's suggestion, the nobl e ea r l has written a rep l y , of which the following is a trnsl tion :—" To Signor Bertani.—Sir,—l have received u. with muc h pleasure the address transmitted to me through yo The deputies who signed it have rendered me an honour far above my merit ; they cannot, however, exaggerate the ardent sympathy I have felt forltaly during her struggle for liberty and independence, nor ascribe too much importance to that solemn occasion in which the deputies from the Venetian provinces joined their colleagues as representa tives of a free State. Lady Russell unites very cordially with me in congratulations at the favourable issue of the great conflict in which the Italian nation has been engaged, and requests use to thank you for associating her name with that of her father, Lord Minty, also a true friend of Italy. Begging you to accept the accurance of my esteem and consideration, I am, he., RUSSELL." QUEENSTOWN, Dire. 23.—The steamer Menhat tan, from New York, arrived here at 8.30 t Livhis er morning. She landed 19 pass enger s, and proceeded for pooL LONDON ORDINATION. At this familiar resort of the many a programme is provided that is stated by the managerial announce ments to be the " strongest ever mooned." Nor is it undeserving of so forcible a distinction. The object of the Royal Polytechnic Institution has always professed to be the combination of instruction with amusement, and the marked pecuniary success of the company may be taken as a pretty good proof that the public do not object to a judicious admixture of the two elements. For the present season, however, the instructive portion is re duced to a minimum , while the purely amusing is ma d e proportionately prominent. The first en tertainment is a series of pictures from the We of Scrooge, of Christmas Carol fame, the representations being separated by drop-scenes of snow laden vehicles in frost-bound country lanes, town and country life in manifold wintry garb, and portraits of Christmas as it used to be, sufficient to remind us of the mild, damp characteristics of these more modcan times. The liberal supply of ghosts which Mr. Dickens invoked for his " Christmas Carol," affords Professor Pepper an irresistible opportunity of " working up" some of his most skilful optical illusions. The spirits moil silently about on the stage in continuous illustration o the selections from the Carol that are read by Mr. Darner Cape. In the smaller theatre Professor Pepperintroduces the Otto scope, as a rival of the chromatrope. Two small plates of perforated zinc, moved about upon each other, and thrown, powerfully magnified , u p on the canvass, assume all manner of fantastic shapes an d beautiful patterns. The idea was Professor Wheatstone's, and as it is capable of appli cation upon a parlour window blind, no doubt the Eido scope will become an amusing object of the home circle. A number of optical illusions follow, commencing with the novelty made familiar to the readers of play-bill hoardings as " The Decapitated Head," and ending with a reme sentation of Ariel (or rather Ariel . ' head) in the centre of a brilliant star, on the principle of the Cherubs of the pest summer. Appropriate recitations are given by Mr. Darner Cape in accompaniment of the Shaksperian subjects. A ventriloquial entertainment by Mr. Jester, and a new and excellent musical tale by Mr. G. Buckland, founded upon the story of Whittington and his Cat, are other items in the programme. During the latter Whittington is recalled to London to be Lord Mayor three times, not only by the touching peals of Bow bells, but also by airy figures pro duced by " the ghost illusion apparatus." The instruc tive "—save at all times, of course, the abundant specimens and models for which the Polytechnic is cele brated—is left to Mr. J. L. King, who mot s ot the briefly and pleasantly on " the bit of balancing" —n balancing that Christmas makes familiar to so many, but • balancing that is illustrated by balls, slabs, wands, and automatons. The slight superstructure of science, no doubt, is meant to " lead up" to the entirely new feature of the institution—" the automatic Leotard." This is a well made figure of an athlete suspended from a trapeze some 25 feet long, and which, by being exquisitely balanced, is made to perform many of the astonishing feats introduced to us by Leotard. It cannot be expected that a mere dummy will execute such graceful flights as those of that clever artiste ; but during its swing uf feet it certainly is made to imitate the movements these of a human being with as tonishing fidelity. Respecting en t er tainments it is only necessary to say that the who le resources of the establishment, and the best efforts of Mr. Pepper and his sta ff , have been p forth to give the public a bill of fare worthy of the season. The rooms I have been rede corated, and improved in other way s, and the comfort and safety of the visitors have been increased by some additional means of egress from the different • theatres to the main building and the street. AGRICULTURAL HALL. Sanger's nippudrume and Circus makes its first public appearance in London today, and to judge of its merits from a dress rehearsal which took place on Saturday under very unfavourable circumstances, it will take a pro minent place amongst the attractions of the season. It has the advantages of being the only entertainment of its kind now in the metropolis, and of a building singularly well adapted for equestrian perforrnances,but it has also iu itself powerful claims to patronage. 'The old familiar ring, round which horses of the genuine circus breed gallop and canter, and submit to Le danced upon and jumped upon without a sign of impatience, occupies the centre of the ball, and in it all the time-honoursil deeds of equestrian daring with bare-backed steeds, hoop, ribanda, and hideous, and the jests and tricks of the clowns losing nothing by their quity, are represented. But there is also au oval course tracing the full extent of the ball, in which fia t handicapidde n raoesy a nd steeplechases ar e run by oro-beds r b " gentlemen" in jockey colours, and in which there are chariot races by ladies, contests of gallant Romans on bare backed chargers, and races by ponies with monkey jockeys. The principal feature of the entertainment is a proces sion remarkable for its extent and for the ela hichborate and gorgeo us display of the property-maker's art wit pre sents. The " Congress of Monarchs," se it is ld, calledrom the , in troduces potentates from all parts of the wor f sovereigns of Europe to the King of Dahomey, gives to each q numerous suite in recognisable, and at all events a far as the guropeans are concerned, correct and brilliant uniforms. The royal family of England, the Pope, and the Sultan with his harem, figure in heavy gilded chariots, while other exalted personages ride with dignity on horse back, or are jolted ungratefully on camels, dromedaries, or elephants. The attractions of the ring include some very graceful riding by Millie. Gaertner upon a trained horse, the clever performance of another trained horse under the guidance of Wale. Eclair, and marvellous vaulting and somersaulting throwing by Messrs. Purvis and Elbin. The trapeze occupies a prominent place in the programme, and many truly wonderful feats of agility and muscular power are exhibited by its aid, but the actors are some thirty feet from the ground, and their movements have too much the appearance of danger to give pleasure to the majority of the audience. On Saturday apologies were offered for the incomplete fittings of the ball, the possible inexpertness of artistes from want of practice in a ring fifteen feet larger than the urinal size, and the absence of some of the promised attrac tions, but in spite of all these obstacles the exhibition had scout it a promise of success, even though the Bedonin Arabs had not a rrived, and " numerous artistes" did not 'ar for " want of practice." Cardinal Cullen has published his opi aw, nion he onsays, the Sunday sale of intoxicating liquors. The l which forbids the sale of other articles on that day should make no exception in favour of liquor'. Almost a ll the crime of Ireland, he adds, is traceable to drunkenness, which can never be successfully combated until the public houses are closed on `Sundays. In the Roman catholic dioceses of Cashel and Ferns, the bishops have induced the people to refrain from selling or buying drink on Sundays. ()RESEAL PALACE. -- HALY-A-CROWN DoT. -- SATURDAY. D. 22.—Adndesions on payment, 705; ditto by season tickets, 4,452 ; total visitors, 5,157. Yesterday morning the Right Rev. Dr. Ande rson, Chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral, and Rector of Clifton, formerly Bishop of Rupert's Lend, held a passel ordina tion at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, under a commission from the Bishop of London. It was simply a matter of precaution that the Bishop of London, after his severe illness, did not come up from Brighton at this inclement season to hold the ordination in person, as his lordship's health has steadily improved ever since his arrival there. To secure his thorough recovery Dr. Gall, ILr. Seymour Haden, and Mr. Oldham (of Brighton), the bishop's medical advisers, insist on his lordship keeping as fns as possible from all public and official business uutil after Raster. Morning prayer having been read, a sermon was preached by the Rev. George Granville Bradley, SLA., of Univer sity College, Oxford, head-master of Marlborough School, who selected for his text the words of Bt. Matthew's Gospel, "Ye are the salt of the earth." The rev. pro fessor J. B. Lightfoot, D.D. , of Trinit y College, Csm ' bridge, presented to the bishop the gentlemen who were i admitted into holy orders. flabsti anti iftititarg. CHATHAM, Dze. Z. An order hail been received at this dockyard, directing a specimen of one each of the boats used in the Royal Navy to be constructed at this establishment, for transmission to the Paris Exhibition. Oils of the large steam launches is also to be built and fitted with a pair of the high pressure engines by Messrs. Maudslay and. Co., and this will also be forwarded to the exhibition. A num ber of the hands are busily employed in the modelling department, executing the models of the various ships built in this yard, to be forwarded to the Preach Exhibition. The subjoined general order, dated Horse Guards, 12th December, has been issued by command of his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commiuidinipin- Chief :—" His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Com manding-in-Chief desires that it may be notified that it has been decided, on the reoorumendatiou of the Couecil of Military Education, and with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, that (Aileen:, candidates for the commissariat service, who obtained their commissions in the Artillery and Engineers from the late Honourable East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscom, shall be permitted to share in the privilege allowed by the last paragraph of the General Order, No. 892, dated fith October, 15416, under which the obligatory examination was in certain eases reduced to qualifying in ono foreign language only. Officers who obtained their commissions in the Indian cavalry and infantry from Addiscombe are not, however, to share in this conceasion.-11y cominand of his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Coraniatalieon. Chief, Lord Wir.i.r.or l'Aettir, Adjutant-General." THE FooT UUARDS.—The entire division of the Foot Guards are to be armed forthwith with the new breech -loading rifle (Snider's), in lieu of the Enfield muzzle-loader. ADMIRALTY APpourrmiewrs.—The following ap pointments were made on Saturday :—Assistant Surgeons —Henry 1.). Stainstreet, William Frederick Ryan, Wil liam Anderson (additional for disposal), Edward Mulcahy to the Pallas. Acting Assistant Surgeons—Edward Leet, Eugene V. de Merle to the Pallas. _ . BARNEYS BANK. Mr. Church, the chief clerk of the Master of the Rolls, in giving his decision on Saturday, with reference to the application fora call of -10/. on the shareholders of Ranted Banking Company, satil—l have to looked into this ease, and I have made up my mind as what is the proper course for sue to adopt. This is a summons as to a call for the purpose of paying a dividend. This is usually a simple matter enough, because the list clef oou tributosite shows who are to pay, and the list of ,liters shows who are to receive. In the preseut case, however, the list of contrilimeries is imperfect, and there is no list of creditors. That, however, is nut by any means indispensable, because if it was shown that great inconvenience would &lbw were the calls to be delayed till the lists were deposited it would be productive of great earthier. rids question has been settled by the Lords Justicen. In the case of th en Cont Corporation, they determined that the court might intik° a cull, provided it was made out to the satisfaction of the court that a call was, in the state of the t hink I the bank, indispensable. The only question I think I have got to consider is whether the affidavits lodged in this case do intiafactorily show that a call on the amount required is a proper step to be taken. The official liquidators have brought before me two affidavits. They go into egad deal of detail, into which I do nut propose to follow them. The result of the affidavits is simple enough, awl it is comp rised in three etate 4170ent. They say that the nominal :tkiii't% 4 heoo4N,i thero resultlikab,lbeilititof the of taerall ban wo k utl are be ;. and ju th te nt the first of these sums, the nominal assets -1 - tho,ooo/.—l have not the slightest doubt that that is perfectly correct. The official liquidators have the books and documents on the subject. It is to be observed that that is the amount of the nominal assets, but the real meets will, I am afraid, fall considerably short of the amount. Su far as that goes that is an additional reason in favour of a call. I see nreason to doubt that tint is as good an estimate as can be made. The third figure is liabilities, 1;00,000/. As to that, I do not see my way clear, and the real question I have to consider is whether that figure is correct or not. Now, Mr. Emanuel in the observations he made drew attentim to three points. I First of all, be said that debts to a large amount of J. Waned and Co. had been ta ken over by the bunkin id tg comat - pany, now being woun d u p ; end, seneelly, he sah during the course of its period of trailing, the bank now in liquidation--or rather the directors of that bank— , had contracted debts to a large :mount beyond their powers as directors. There is very little in support or in opposition to these two statements. There are, however, two important facts which are not dis puted. One is, that at the time when the banking company took over the business of J. Beamed and Co. they took over liabilities to the extent of eOO,OOO/.; and the other fact is this, that the bank—tile joint stock company—was formed in ISOS, with a subscribed capital in cash of 400,000/., and stopped in April, 1800 —eight months after warda—and that during the eight mouths in which it carried on business the whole of that 404000 'eoo/. was lost, the liabilities exceeding the assets by ,000/. ; and this, as you know, is not all, because, as I said just now, that is assuming the nominal assets to be good. Now what is the real value of the nominal assets the official liquidators do not profess very acourately to say, but from what Mr. Burton has told me, 1 think that the amount of these nominal assets must certainly be reduced by a sum of not less than during hit may beam good as that. The result is that he eight months of trade the bank incurred iw.ws to the extent of 1,000,000/. at least—that is to say, at the rate of 200,000/. per month. Now, this is a fact which has st ruck me as b ein g very i mportant. In the course of the judgment which he gave so the case of the Contract Corpo cauti ration, Lord Justice Turn er said—" I think that great on and great care ought to be exercised by the court in work ing out the provisions of this act of parliame nt, and if there were reasonable ground for supposing at would not bean es t a blishment of debt against th this there com pany to the amount which will probably be raised by the call, it is possible that the court might be in clined not to make the call." New, looking to these facts and objections, and to that state ment, I do not think I should be exercising that caution and care which the Lord Chief Justice says ought to be exercised by the court if I were to make the call before the list of creditors is brought in. I think the proper course is to let this summons stand over, and to let the liquidators bring in the list of creditors at the e.rliest possible moment. Mr. llandson, from the office of Freshfielil and Newman, the official liquidator, said this decision amounted almost to an indefinite postponement of the question. Mr. Church—l do not exactly think so. If the official liquidators think it undesirable to do as I have suggested, I should not feel sorry then if you were to take the case be fore the judge himself. Mr. Hudson said he would take it into court. Mr. Church said in that case he would put it down be fore the judge on the fist Saturday after term. -- - 1 This was accordingly done. all the ANOTHER STRIKE IN LIVERPOOL. —The men connected with iron shipbuilding, boiler making, and en gineering, are now on strike in Liverpool. the masters having been obliged to lower the exceptionally high wages hitherto paid, in order to compete w i t h the iron a s Z g t builders of other porta. The masters are, in consequence, advertising forrreah hands.