The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-08 00:00:00

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Dee. 15. j CITY OF WA/011140TON, W Dec. 19. and every Wednesday and Saberosy. c ab punap by the mall seamen sallied IT!" Wednesday, end 21 guineas, according to ate scomansotbooe. ,d pumice 'nelson a tali supp a cooked for Caned* and the United Slates booked cm Sr& to tal muctir. a. Eteg ynolem.best. Loudon. THE PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1867. SACRED HABXONIC SOCIETY• (azum's Txt.sowts.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Die. 7, EVZNIZW. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, High llolbora.—This very el .wnt and spacious establishment having been entirely redecorated, OM EVERY EVENING The grand bend conducted by Mr. W. M. Packer, will perform nightly • choice melodies of operetta and dance mimic. Open at half past 8 ; close at 12. Admission, ls. To-day the Ring gave audience to Baron von Ow, who presented his credentials as minister of Wurtemburg to the Italian court. The italic of this evening, referring to the in structions received by Signor Tonello for his mis sion to Rome, says that with regard to the bishops the Italian government would not insist upon the oath of allegiance and the exequatur, should those formalities form an obstacle to an arrangement with the Holy See. show of but ands wov e • The o ft w.. ex qr. ebtiorre7. t is short, and Iy at 3a. to 4 1 , P len tiful, and ith do loot 'reek, 3d. on 3.. 6d wn . d oir , ), and 9d. down L. , upon overs e . ; oats, ak to received a:ge e d general 4444 uder pricy tha n waa __ Calve* a Ter; Pli * • clearance tkl. to 96 . per *re ; LnklY of best at or animal was s on offer were w Food on Ik:station of the t to be held next from 70e. to figure was from ° P s, which ow prises were ant an Menge h samples were attle continues to is not quite so ply of sheep, but marked =Am. 0 Bd. per lb., and There we. a very arrived from Ire. , however, is very dull, prices being ny mouths hoes porken, but in Be. Pd. per more d prices drooping, icy fair samples. e number of (Nuts wee pri being secon k, d 84. to ees Pe. 6d. beep, at from 71d. d for coarser soils L 9d. to 7s. 3d. per from tis. to 6s. (id. per lb. Steck st 318. Wednesday: we pinned, and the lount owing fo the &I. per lb., sad m of cattle this ;his day weak, the re good. Top prise and inferior, 7c 6d. 1111 4,596, being 502 11. Top prim Bd. ; lb. Sa to eight Number in market : ; milch cows, ; go, 239. = Ns. Mer- situ. Task handles. 181 A. VA A A 6.1 i V 73 WI 3,956 RAW 7,08 - 7,b70 7,915 - 1,547 4C! eta • ita 273 304 1,066 2.166 2,0 5 176 366 84 51,849 79, 446 .93,605 278 Ca 663 3,12 E 6,170 • 5,877 19:284 16, 658 Z ,886 38 4 .5 5 67,347 66,a4 :910 43,736 38498 15,757 24,727 31,848 1.=. , )01...—The Mersey al decisions are rasa and menu and greed to mdote the r one-half, a nd a hope ce the railway comP."' a ppears that the rail their rates for the car lead. It was resolved distress and landed on d) shall not be cl!erged 5e reloaded within one h the vessel wu bound m d ec ided to make the 'the finest in the *arid. liture already incurred , a sum of 4001. fa Po> rag compasses, boucle SUICIDE IN BFlt wbo was found !rug in the bed onvered in ter was disco ber 3wbury, on Wednnitin, his death completing ! uddenly been cut short. s everal medical rale' rere of such a diamet er eons useless. All Wee cAY's PILLs. —la ve ! s.—lt Is impnigible his medicine ln tlte regularities of the howen_. at bile, these lu b mei cntol4 lo° M then be taken ntalli'""-- arm of an aperient 011:10T ad, though a gentler sr, Aera t e doses. hes t to the prin ted hole I Impro ve the w 11,..• AND DEATNE. re, Lessee n Heath, the 41 lebrook-row, the witex4 ,:raharu-ruad..N.W., dr ~.square, 11". W. ?$3 e' . im ge-ereticent, lirusPrtia l • alter. I . PPer iughter. r 4, at the WWII q i nt Es ~ o f Iftdsotac. of the late E. Cam l Sero nla uls ', Alo n LaaffrO . Lyndon.V, • ° Z.u.101.1 fighter G J• • Bucks c L io , at St. Ster heus ' of Th e Abbe2.,.7 0 7107. ti O ' f the late Yr. se. • , t • ot Trioltr.quare, itoo.‘ I ,andsworth, Surrey, 11.6 lath. the wife of 31z. C Iff. met, Lleutenant-Geoef4ll' Harriet, the daughter R. o za , rirlsbeth go+ _ a woo a Landon. indsow— the pct ~ulre, W. rip IMPORTERS, Rappers, Steam Shipping Cempaatea and coaaannee of Fordipi Goods, by Mamma R MbarMie Into the Port of Losidon.—TM proprietors at goo wide Wharf. Radallff, and Upper Ikea Triad. Whin/. Dow peek, tipper Thames-street, OFFER FACILITIES to the E—lfortber intormation may be obtained on application. by Of in pent" to It. CLAY and Co., wbarengen sad ware- IteePerL--016014, SS, Upper Thanseseitriot. MONEY READY to be ADVANCED on • YURNTITRE, Goods, Dock Warrants, or other approved wo rdy, by Mr. W. BAYNE, Orcevanor-hosae and EWAN Avery, WA, Brook-atreet, tin"" yro be LET, or SOLD a bargain, at a very mode . rite groundeent. an elegant detached TULA NJSIDENCI etth Venetian gsa fittings, , and itaate No. 7. eerceossor Villu, Janctiownsad, Upper Hone with eheszalng week wtth /whim& toentain, tuella gaiankle 14 The AN sultans Unborn, en dining roomy wow hr 16 rt. alawervies how Pwi = four bat bottrooots and zoom, two oirranta• ditto. t tq w e l ea km s per 3. SurreYor, &num.—Apply ion the pr .. oft to Yr. ste-l&wok L. le - o. 9, GREPrk•AT RUSSELL-STREET, Lida tree. ' fIarTION. The PERMANENT STEAM lJ DYED G COMPANY'S BAYSWATIEIL BRANCH is 24, Welt. b og reeveve , sed the chief °Mee, ',Meet RetessiteireeATeitee • seet.esert-res4. Pelee Ibis free. PORMACES' CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES have arOved. R I : B oamg NSE SALE of CHRISTMAS TURKEYS , • &Bottle of Perfume, price IL Iveryboo= ' sod Wtma osc—CORMACIC Biolllll3, BIL QIAL SKIN PURSES, 3a. 6d. ; Cigar Cues, 1.7 Fusee Boxes, Is. Sd. ; Bags, 17s. Id. ; card CRAM 110. Glove and lialkiliAtChilli Bozos, an endkee variety. made he. the ADM , skim. NEW BAG and LADIES' MUFF coin , T aß bishea real Seal Skin, SW ; Yrench Sable, 91a. ; Grebe, Ifs.; Ermine, Sba ; • variety of others, made of real Fur, Qom lbs. WORK BASKETS and WORK BAGS, the cleaptat and beat in the world, from 8a ad. to ads. 1011 HOTOGRAPHIC BUMS, , A from 2s. 6d. to Ms. A really good one delete. Large size morocco ditto, to hold 200 Photograplul, lit 'FIRMING CASES, Desks, Writing Cases , .1.1 Inkstands, Work Boxes, Tea Caddies, Bookend's. do. MBAVELLING BAGS, Hand Bags, Waist I. Satchels, Reticules, Purses, Card Cases, Pocket Beei li' bt a ic. The public are supplied at wholesale prices at COItbIACK manufacturers, 37, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's, Loudon. (*slopes post tree. OVERCOATS for the present Seeson.—The IiZW WM= OVNECOATS, of but materials, are kept es load sad made to order, at lIAMILTtS and 10111PTON'S. Tailors and Overcoat Makers , 106, STB.AND, opoeidte Eseter-balL BOYS and their CLOTHING.—HYAM and Co., 66 And 67, OXIOkD.STREET, W. Unfavourable reputation which HYAIf and Co. have so long en)oyed as deslezers of Clothing for the Young of all ages will hs fully mstiii in the following NEW STYLES for the present enson, The materials u well as the workmanship are of line =adorable quality, and the moderate profit at which the Gar ments are sold must operate as a further inducement to all clams of purchasers. DOYHOOD OVERCOATS and CAPES. H 1 A5l and Co., G. 6 and 67, Oxford-street, W., feel they an pained in tusking allusion to these leading garments tor boys and youths at tile present season. If ever equalled, they certainly sere never excelled In either quality of cloth, style, make, or finish. Price, 10s. 6d., 16s. thl., 18a. ad., 215., and 2.5 e. BOYHOOD, PRINCE ARTHUR REEFERS. SIAM and Cu., 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET, W. To' Parents who object to a general adoption of an OVER COAT the reefer is specially recommended, being designed to serve the double purpose of OVER or UNDER COAT, in Wit- Wt. Piluts..Napped liud Fur Demers, d - . 0. Prices, 15atid. to 35s • BOYHOOD, FIRST STAGE of HYAM and , 116 snd t 7, Oxford-street, W., invite particular attention to their neat end elegiuttly-trinumed Knickerbocker flues for little Loy, froto tive to seven years of age. Yrices, 11.5 a 6d. to 2.. v. BOYHOOD, SECOND STAGE of — HYAM and to.. N.: and n;, Oxfor.bstreet, W. recommend their novel Suit, in Westminster, Osborne, and Wind or Styles, for Boys of eight, nine, ten. and eleven years. Adaptation to age and growth Is c..nspictious ill these welt-made and seasonable Suits. him, 21s. to 355. BOYHOOD, THIRD STAGE of—HYAlki and Co., and 67, Oxford-street. W.. have introduced new and Impnoed Styles In Emu, Harrow, and dinghy Suits for Boys and Youths, varying to age from twelve to sixteen. The Suits see carefully cut from matertaLs of the best and newest descrip tion. Yricej, 2:41. to W,s. BOYHOOD JACKETS for Rome and School. 11 VA NI and Co., 66 sail 157, Oxford-street, W.. feel con fident that their newly-introduced Jackets for School and best wear will continue to elicit approval from all. Prices, 10a flak to 21s, BOYHOOD TROUSERS and VESTS. — HYAM and to 's Trousers and Vests, as designed for the present season. tram fashionable lola durable materials. Vests, to ;3. . Trousers ~true-titting., prices, 9e. tel. to 145. 6d. HYA3I and Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS, G 6 and 67, OXFOR.D.STitiIET. The attention of gentleuieu is Invited to the following arrange talents Into a hieli BY All and Co.'s Establishment is laid out icor Mac aceonmioslation No. I. Clothing for Immediate Wear. No. Select order Department. No 3. Juvenile and 1 ..uths Department. No. 4. !lat. hosiery, and Outfit Department. The mmt experienced cuttm..ai workmen are employed, end the newest and beet materials, with due regard to economy, are guaranteed. "[YAM and CO.' 3 ONLY ESTABLISIIMEN Lu> DoN--b6 mid 67, OXFORD-6111E17r. B 1 ENII N GIIANI -21, 22. an,123, NEW-STREET. LEEDS--42. BKIGOATE, and DEWSBERY— FIELD'S PRIZE MEDAL PARAFFIN CANDLES (the Orienal , , Is. Sd. per lb. FIELD'S PATENT SELF-1 , 1711M: CANDLES, In all sixes. from Is. per lb. upwards. To be bad of all dealers. VIIRTAINS,CIIINTZES, &c.-111essrs.WAUGH vv and beg to eull attention to their superior nasortment of all the \GW FABi:iIS for Window Curtains and Furniture suitable for every desei iption of furnishing. Chimney Glasses, and other Gilt Decorative Furniture.—London Carpet Warehouse, 3 and 4, Goudge-rtruet, and n 3 and 130, Totteuham.court-ruad, W. . _ MPETS. —Best Brussels 3s. 6 d. per :yard ust price ss. Od.) Many patterns to select from Tapes try, Kidderminster, Dutch, felts, blankets, sheeting% and floor cloths, enually cheap. Also £16,000 worth furniture being Mitred It very reduced prices, to make room for extensive alterations, at WM. WAIN ES, 133 to 139, Newington Butts, S. --- • - • BROWN BROTHERS. — PATENT CHAIRS and COUCHE.S, Barr.eck Furniture, Trunks, Portman. Maay ge., at 165. PRIM CONSIDERABLY REDUCED. PICCADILLY. Catalogues free. ASPIIALTE ROOFING FELT. ONE PENNY per Square Foot . CROGGON and Co., Manufacturers. 163, New Berl-street, 1. London, E.C. 34, Bread.etreet, 60, Georee.aquare, Glasgow. 2, Goreepianas, Liverpool. DR. scorrs BILIOUS and LIVER Pru.s, • never failing remedy, prepared witho ut an y mercurial algredlent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizzi. Um of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family %Went medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly ezeelkot; mild in their operation and grateful W the stomach, war create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whets nervous system—hold by W. Llifuhoft c aemia ‘ 8 1, 0 1426 lifilliametreet, Chasing-crow, and by most diuggitts. In ICI, k ltd. and three thnes the quantity in onok2s. ed. Be sure to ask or Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Fins. The genuine are in a = green package. with " William Limber 'waved on the rpm BEST REMEDY for Indigestion, Bilious and Liver Complaints, FRAMIMOWB PILL of HEALTH sold b 1 an Medicine Vendors, at ia led. and In lid. par bon, or imetnieg through an; Chemist. KINA H AN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN lIIIIBITION, UNA This coletested oid LlllBli WHISKY soloed the DUBLIN PRIM IdIDAL.—It is mild, mellow, delicious, and very wholesome. Bold In Yu Bd. each, at the rsiall booms ia London; by the agents in e prindpal testae in Begiand ; or wholesale at IL Great Windmill-stmt., London, W. Observe the red seal, pink label, and cork branded "Kinsban's LL Whisky.' 10/ARLOW'S PATENT CASK STAND, a new Invention, so admirably contrived that a full butt, as well es mailer casks, may be raised or tilted on it without labour or , trouble. Its action is so Impalpable that the sediment of the most limpid fluid by no possibility can be disturbed. Price 95., lb., Its., to salt 4, 9, and Id gallon casks. nARLOW'S SELF-ACTING SYPHON TAP. 190 veapeg required. No more flat beer or soar wins. Price Sa. Od. ; d itto, electroplated, Pa —Apply . direct to JAMBS BARLOW, patentee, la. lths Wlliism-feet, Mansimnhouse. See that his name and address are on every article ; all others are spurious imitationa knglwringe Established in& Tris CHEAPER THAN EVER. —h. 6d., 95., it. ad. per poand are the prices at which PHILLIPS and tea Mir .ThenU, 8. King William-stmet, City, London, KC., are selling good and line BLACK TEA. A price current poet free 40s. worth carriage tree to any railway station or market town In the United Kingdom. Ohaerve.—PHIIIIPS and Co. have no agents, nor say connection with any house In Worcester orliwan sew Sugars are supplied at market prices. AA VALUABLE CILRISTMAS PRESENT.-A MINIM CADDY, centahtlest falba. of reallygood BLACK TEA. sent carriage free to say railway statism or market Sawa to Ka d, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales , on receipt of { us., by PHM.ITS and Co., tea merchants, 8, King Wiltisotetreet, City, HAVANA SEGAR AGENCY, 2, Canute-road Docks, Southampton, and 77, REGENTSTREET,LONDON (two doors from St. James's Hall).—The proprietors draw atten tion to the 010005111 which has attended the establishment of this 7. sod which has resulted in the supply of their importa tions to many of the most important clubs, hotels, and private consumes in the kingdom. The stock offered to the attention of connuiseeurs comprises nearly 500 kinds of the choicest productions of the most celebrated Havana manufactories, and la the finest selection of Havana segars at present existing in Europe, the whole being the exclusive importation of this esta blishment from Its agents and resident buyers in Havana, who, from loug experience, exercise the greatest care in selecting only the finest brands and sorts, and who ship the same direct to the warehotuse in the Southampton Docks. These advantages enable the proprietors to supply GUARANTEED HAVANA BEOA RS, wholesale and retail, at prices lower for the respective Winks than it is possible for other houses to quote Terms, cash, or an undoubted introduction. Prospectuses on application to the proprietors, WOLFF, PHILLIPS, and Co. Havana Seger and Commission Agency, Southampton. and 77, Regensatreet, London. T°LADIF.B.—ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, an Orlental Botanical Preparation for Improving and Beauti fying the Complexion and Skin. The radiant 'loom it impute to We cheek, and the softness and delicacy which it induces of the hands and arms, its capability of soothing irritation and re moving al redness, tan, pimples, spots, freckles, discoloration', and caller cutaneous visitations, render it indispensable to every toilet. It obviates all the effects of climate on the skin, whether with reference to cold and inclemency, or intense solar heat. Price Sa 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle.--Sold at ID, Hattowgarden and by chemists and peatunera Ask for " Itowlands' Kalydur,' and beware of spurious and pernicious articles wider the name of " Yalydor." N OW PUBLISHING. MUGBY JUNCTION. THE PALL MALL GAZETTE. NOTICE TO NEWSVEN DORS. On and after the 26th of December the PALL MALL GAZETTE wilt be printed at NNW PREMISES In NORTH UKIIERLAND STREET, STRAND, where additional machinery, capable of printing copies with great rapidity, bar been erected by Messrs. Hoe and Co. The publisher regrets the inconvenience to which newavendorshave too often been subject in consequence of his inability to meet their demands promptly. It is hoped, how ever, that the resources of the new establishment will obviate all such difficulty in future. •• Pall Mall Gazette" cubes, 14, Salisbury-street, Strand. THE PALL MALL GAZETTE. An Evening Newspaper and Review. Price Twopence. Apart from its sale as a London Evening Newspaper, the " Pall Mail Gazette" has a large circulation iu the country. It is found peculiarly acceptable to reaidents in the provinces who are desirous of receiving early every morning a journal which con tains the latest news of the previous day. and which co mprises, in addition to the ordinary contents of a daily newspaper. a large number of Original Articles of various character. The First Edition of the " Pall Mall Gazette" is published at S p.m, and a Second Edition is published iu time fur despatch to the country by post. For the OillVClliellee of persons residing in the country, sub scriptions will be received by the Publisher : and a single copy will be scut to any place out of Loudon cm receipt of three postage stamps. Terms (inclusive of postage. Quarterly 1 In 0 llalf yearly 1 ea 3 Is 0 rly A new volume will he commenced on the lst of January. Pall Mall Gazette" Office, 14, Salisbury-street, strand. THE SUNDAY GAZETTE ; containing all the Latest Telerams and Expresses of gaturday ; exclusive and early Political Information, and comprehensive City intelligence; the Professional Nevis and Epitome id Public Opinion of Satur day ; Sporting, Theatrical, Fine Arta, Lega, Medical, Clerical, Literary. Naval and Military, and Civil service News ; is pub hatted EV P.ICY SUNDAY iu time for distribution in the neighbourhood of London by U o'clock. ----- MAGIC LANTERN AND DISSOLVING. VIEWS. EGRETTI and ZA.NIIIRA'S NEW ILLITS N• TRATED BOOK. describing the °VI-HYDROGE eff N and °NY -CALCIUM LIGHTS painting on glass, spectral ect and ghosts. Price 000 shilling. —l. Hatton.garden; 59, ; 12 Iteout-street : and 153, Fleet-street Catalogues ot lanterns, ke., post free. ATTEMPTED POISONING ON THE HUMBER.—A somewhat extraordinary case of attempted poisoning has occur red on board a sloop in the Humber. It appears that a vessel called The Brothers (the uaine of the master being Aaron, of Louth), bound from Goole to Spalding with coals, called at Hull and shipped a youth, 18 years of age, as cook and cabin boy. On the 3rd instant, whilst the sloop was lying at anchor off Grimsby, this lad got to the captain's medi cines, and poured a quantity of laudanum from a bottle into the teapot, which the crew were in the habit of using for tea, but again tilled up the bottle with tri so that the laudanum might not be misse d . Upon the teapot being resorted to the drug was discovered from its peculiar taste. The boy was handed over to the Grimsby police, and charged before the magistrates on Tuesday with attempt ing to poison Captain Aaron and his son, upon which charge he was committed for trial at the Lincoln assizes next March.— Yorkshire Gazette. CAPTURE OF A POI BY A SINGLE HOUND.-011. Saturday, Mr. John Nelson, of Gateagarth, Buttermere, while out looking after the sheep, on that part of the mouutain known as Scarth, heard a hound at some distance, as if in full chase, and apparently approach ing. On looking round he perceived a hound de scending, at express-train speed, the mountain's brow, in full view of a fine fox, which was only a few yards in advance of the dog. Both pursuer and pursued were stretching every muscle in running, the one to compass a kill, the other to escape it. The hound gradually crept to a closer proximity to the brush till within a few yards of the river, which descends into Ennerilale Lake. Here the dog with one bound, caught the fox by the back, and they both rolled over into the river. Mr. Nelson then sent his sheep dog to assist the gallant hound to despatch the '• varmint," which was in a short time accomplished. It proved a tine dog fox neatly litlba. weight.— Westinorlantl Gazette. A MAN WILFULLY BLINDED EY A FELLOW-WORK MAN.—The cowardly and horrible crime of throwing corro sive substances has been perpetrated by a mason, named Charles King, of Old Shildon, who was on Wednesday brought before the magistrates at Bishop Auckland, and remanded till Moueay, charged with attemptlng to burn with a corrosive substance a fellow-workman, named Henry Scott, on Tuesday night. Prisoner, complainant, and his brother are all masons, and on Tuesday night were working overtime, by candlelight at some new houses at e Shildon. A bad feeling had sprung up between th brothers, who are Irish, and King, and the latte r threw a handful of new-made lime into complainant's eyes, blinding him. There is not the slightest hope of the in jured man ever recovering the sight of one eye, if he does not also lose the other.—Sandertand Herald. MAIL PACKET'S BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND JAP.U7.—The American steam-ship company that is about to establish a snail packet line from California to Japan and China own 22 steamers, aggregating 72,000 tons, and they have a paid-up capital of 20,000,000 dollars. The ships that will be put on the new line are the Colorado, Great Republic, Celestial Empire, America, and Niphon. The pioneer steamer will call at Honolulu. The distance from San Francisco to Japan Honolulu is 5,508 mike, and by the direct route she distance is 5,551 miles. On the latter route Unwinds and currents are more favourable than on the fmnier.—Coliforsion paper. THE PAPAL STATES. ROME, Inc. 7. The 71st Regiment of French troops left Rome to-day for Civita Vecchia, on their way home. ROME, Dsc. 7, Evavrac. To-day the Pope proceeded to the Church of the Apostles to officiate at the close of the Novena in honour of the Immaculate Conception. On his way to the church his Holiness was enthusiastically cheered by large crowds of peep* NEW SAXON LOAN. DRESDEN, Dna 7. A loan of 4,000,000 thalers has been Contracted by the Saxon government with Megan. Botha: child, of Frankfort ; Messrs. Oppenheim, of Co logne ; Messrs. BleichrOder, of Berlin ; the Saxon Bank of Dresden, and the Credit Company of Leipsic. The loan is obtained at par. AMERICA. (Per the Persia, via Queenstown.) NEW YORK, Nov. 28, Moornia. The Governor of South Carolina's message to the legislature of that State strongly opposes the Constitutional Amendment. General Butler has harangued an audience in Brooklyn, urging the impeachment of President Johnson. (ET ATLANTIC TBLEORAPH.) NEW YORK, Dsc. 6. The National Steam Navigation Company's steamer Scotland, which went ashore off Sandy Hook, has broken in two, and will prove a total loss. Wreckers have been contracted with for the sal vage at the rate of 25 per cent. NEW YORK., Die. 6, Evatunra.. G01d,139i. Sterling exchange on London, 1091. 5-20 United States Bonds, lON ; Illinois, 117/ ; Erie, 711. Cotton : Middling upland, 33i. THE FENIAN AGITATION IN IRELAND• FEIDAT NIGHT. The Gazette of this evening contains the Lord Lieutenant's proclamation of the county Clare, and of all parts of the counties Kildare and Mayo not before placed under the operation of the Anna Act. No arrests have taken place to-day in Dublin. BELFAST, Duper NIGHT.. Fifteen arrests were made to-day, seven from the Fleetwood steamer and eight from a Liverpool vessel They were brought before the resident magistrates, and discharged. , Norman horses along the deep-rutted roads. But i for a moment or two it was so gorgeous, that many (Met OUR mom. oinuszsrommarr.) I of the workmen stood still in wonder and delight. M. Despbebel has hired the Great Eastern for a!ln a few minutes it was gone. Let us hope that = st to carry exhibition visitors from New York to many fine sunsets will be seen by happy thousands Another speculator is hiring suburban under the broad open feasting galleries next villas by the dozen. The question how to lodge summer. the hosts of English workmen who threate n the Let me add some interesting notes of recent pro- Ohamp de Mars is being studied by many keen - g reas. The fine art jury the decides on the witted caterers ; but no very satisfactory solution French pictures and sculpture to be admitted to has, so far as I can learn, been reached yet. The the Exhibition has been finally constituted—two- French authorities are preparing in every direction thirds of the jurymen having bee reanders, elected, their as I to help the poorer folk of their provinces t o make have already informed your by an appearance next year. M. Duruy, for instance, brother artists, and one-third having been norne the Minister of Public Instruction, has just formed nated by the Imperial Commission. The following a committee to collect subscriptions in order to is the list of the elected and nustr i ominated. It will furnish country teachers with the means of visiting be seen that it includes many illous names : the Exhibition ; and people are invited to send pAreentes Atm Dsawiaas. MM. Pils, Cabanel, pears their subscriptions to the ministry. To us this ap - Giereme, Ingres, Bids, Hebert, Fromentin , Breton (Julesh strange work for a minister to undertake : Baudry, Meissonnier, Mere, Theodore Rousseau, Francais, but if French provincial schoolmasters be so poor, that they cannot afford even the omnibus train to Brion, Jalabert, Couture, Cotner, J. H al p hen, Mears, Ch. Leroux, le Marquis Maison, Frederic B ejaia, Paul de Paris at the reduced exhibition fares, they w ill be Saint-Victor, le Comte Welles de La Valetta. grateful to M. I)uruy for his intercession between Scoter:nut—MM. Guillaume, 13arye, Cavelier,Dumont, them and the benevolent public. The deter mine- Bonnesaieux, Thomas, Sellout Jouffroy Pe ud Cabot Charles Blanc, de Long* rier, ' liikhaux -, So ' elk, Theophile tics that the way to Paris shall be op en to all , classes and-to all countries next year appears to be Goner. general. Foreign governments' have taken up the ARCHITECTURE --MM. Due, Cornier Dub= Ballu,Vaa question o! conveying workmen at low fares, and darer , HenriHenri ' ,b ete ,* d e ceeetee , i, Bi : ‘ ,,, E , Gi ii., ' hive sent - officiVill to make arrangeinents to Ilia b„,,lm; ' e , Alb er t Lenoir . end with the French railway authorities. But " ILA ENOVING MID ....TBOORAPBT. KM. Henriquel French railway directors are not a liberal or far- D unn e., Adan a Martinet , Alphonse Peeing class of men as a rule. It is well known Char les — Jacque Gsucherl, Ad. de B F erunr is ont ' , X le millem4 Vioosate that the short-ifithte_d obstinacy of the governors H. H ea rn & H in du. of the Western Railway of France has long been ' an impediment to the development of a great nom- . The Count de Nieuwerkerke, senator and super intendent of the fine arts, has been appointed menial traffic by the Newhaven and Dieppe route. repsident of this jury. Man who have endeavoured to create long lines of through traffic at low fame have seen their schemes frustrated by the petty spirit of French railway selle. It is difficult to comprehend at once, how There is to be a creche de I' Exposition linker authorities. There are seventeen international there should be any necessity for a public nursery lines which link France with the other nations of at an universal exhibition, unless it be anticipated the continent. Of these, nine pass through Bel- that the mother of all nations will come with the gium ; three cross the Swiss frontier ;one, that of babies of all nations. It is true, nevertheless, not Luxembourg ; one, that of Italy - one, that of only that there is to be an exhibition crèche, but Rhenish Bavaria ; and one, th at of Rhenish also that the Pope has sent a quantity of useful Prussia. Now, if these seventeen lines of commu- articles for it, which are now on view at the creche nication could be thrown open so as to make an of the quartiers des journauz in the Rue Sainte exceedingly low rate of through fares from every Barbe, by the Bou(erart Bonne Nouvelle. part of the continent possible, a modest approach I have just received an important bit of infor to the vision which excited French journalists are oration that will create no little excitement among funning for next year might be realised. A writer the gunmakers of England. M. Devisme,t a tho cele- new in the Libertf is prepared to see universal peace brated gunmaker of Paris, will ex inaugurated on the Champ de Mars, where, 78 infantry musket, which he has just invented. I years ago, we are told, the great Federation " laid have been favoured with a glance at it. It the basis of liberty, of civil and political equality, is a breech-loader. I am at liberty to say of the enfranchisement of the peoples." For the that it is not a needle-gun, but that it present there we impedimenta. It is not the fear may be fired as rap i d l y as centra a needle-gun. of lack of house-room or of dea r p roviaions that will It is described as La percussion le et directe, keep the stranger from the gates of Paris so much A great merit in it is its simplicity. Nearly all of as the dread of all those petty annoyances it may be made by machinery, and therefore it is to which the French habit of over-regulating every- an exceedingly cheap gun. M. Devisme will also thing will subject them. There is the custom- exhibit some curious guns of most formidable house to begin with. Conceive the delays, the aspect, adapted to the killing of whales a nd other heart-burnings, and the quarrels that will mark big animals. I have a list of the eleven competi next year at the Great Northern terminus and the tors who will dispute with the Emperor the honour Great Western terminus here in Paris ; while a of having constructed the cheapest, meet commo band of provokingly cool officers exercise the manly dioue, and most salubrious dwelling for working art of examining ladies' luggage. And if passim- men. They are :—The tiocioft4 d'Economie Sociale ; gore were smugglers, one and all, how much could M. Dollfus, the mayor of Mulhsusen ; the Mining they smuggle I These petty custom-houses at Company of Blauzy ; Japy Brothers and Co., of great railway termini are surely ridiculous rein- Beaucourt ; a company of Paris workmen ; the manta of an old and stupid time. Could a better Co-operative Building Society of Paris ; M. opportunity offer than that which this universal Richebb, maire of Lisle ; MM. Francois de Wendel, exhibition presents for doing away altogether with of Hayonge • M. Serire, of Mareq-en - Baroeul ; the examination of personal luggage in the two and M. T rouchon, of Paris. A very inter leading nations'? A vast impetus would be given to eating Paris art industrial of the Boulevard the intercommunication of the two countries were Sebastopol is to be an exhibitor of some fine the custom-house to be swept out of the railway works in ivory. He is a learned man on billiard station. It will be remembered to the honour of balls, and his are sought, for It their pe hi. Poisson rfection of ,hlapoleon the Third that he ha d the coura g e to finish, by the great players. was abolish passports. Wo have now become so who was employed by M. niers, many years ago, accustomed to land without a question at Calais or to draw up complete statistics of the tabletterie of Boulogne, that we wonder how we possibly en- • France. dured so long the insolence of those old passport The Minister of Commerce has ordered the p prei - officials, who treated us, one and all, as so m an y paration of a work on maritime and flal iac highly suspicious characters, ripe for an appear- culture. In it will be found pictures of every con ance in the next edition of a French "Hue and ceivable detail of the great establishments of Cry." Let us hope that the same feeling Huningue and Cuncarneau. M. de la Blanchine, of wonder will come over us a few years the scientific photographer, is to execute this int hence on thinking over the Rabelaisian portant scientific work. Next year will be great in quarter of an hour we used to endure official albums. The l'refect of the Seine is super in musty waiting rooms, pending the arrangement intending the preparation of a gorgeoue descriptive of our luggage in the draughty railway customs work on his Paris improvements. room. Our neighbours have the °etre& as well as Austria has announced her intention of erecting the donne ; but no perfidious son or daughter of a monumental drinking-place in the south-western Albion would, we apprehend, smuggle a sirloin of section of the park, at which the wines of Hungary beef into the French capital. As the Economist and Austria, and the famous beer of Vienna, will has pointed out to the two govenunents, this olli- be sold by the glass. cial prying into ladies' bandboxes—this canto ide M. Dentu's lawsuit against MM. Lebigre-Du exercised over a reticule—while it is galling to quesne does not progress, 1 suspect, quite so fast passengers, is ridiculously expensive to the nations as he could wish. MM. Lebigre-Duquesne have which keep it in force. Both England and France announced a " Guide Livret International," to be would actually make a saving in money, while pas- published in five languages, and M. Dentu pre sengers would make a saving in time and temper, tends that he can prevent such publication. The by boldly abolishing railway custom-houses, once case has been heard before the Sixth Chamber of and for ever. the Correctional Tribunal, and is adjourned for The custom-house, however, is not the only diffi- further hearing. It is almost impossible to culty in the way of the free coming and going of believe that M. Dentu really has the extent of the two leading nations. The letter-currying be- monopoly to which he lays claim. We shall tween England and France is under the most galling ascertain, however, in time, the exact nature of regulations. There are faults on both sides of the the great pamphlet publisher's monopoly. If Channel. The regulation of the English Post- his pretensions be justified, the Imperial Commis office, which permits only a letter written on the sioners have undoubtedly made a blunder. I almost thinnest paper, and charges double for a note on wonder M. Dentu permits your special correspon paper commonly used, is a meanness which causes dent to carry away an impression from the Exhibi much bitter feeling on this side of the water. A lion building and park and print it. more generous arrangement between the two post- . -- offices is urgentlycalled for, and would undoubtedly „ oSITTRYIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. —Throughout i increase the commercial rela tions of the two cone the whole of yeaterday , an d up tos. late hourlast evening, the infinities. There is yet another and a greater draw- i Bisif or ELL teorr. —lt is with more of sorrow than back. A French writer, reve ll ing in statistics, arrivals of cattle and other stock at the Apicultural Hall continued in rapid succession, and underwent the process every figure of which is drawn from his lively of classification by direction of the stewards of the S i h surprise that we have to announce that the Right Rev. Charles John, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, has judged the present to be the fitting time to request that imagination concludes that next year's tide of field Club, and judgieg from the cursory view obtained of of the list of the V ice-Presi visitors will ' ebb and leave 150,000 new foreign will be an unusually tine one. Amongst the earlier arrival many of tie- specimens, indications are given that the show dents of the British and Foreign Bible Society firmrd. residents within the fortifications. These happy his name may be struck out of stock were sowe tine cattle scut by the Duke of Sather. PUBLICATION or BANNS.—The Bishop of Oxford dwellers in " the centre of civilization" are to see asserts that the publication of banns of marriage should the early splendours of the new era the Exhibition metiopolitan show. The Prince of Wales's Sandringham laud, who for the first time has become an exhibitor at the take place in the church service immediately after the . Nicene creed. Whether this error is adopted blindly or is to inaugurate. They would exchange gladly, specimens have not yet arrived, neither have those eo.nitar,ii however, many of the brilliant promises of these wilfully it ought to be authoritatively refuted--not only dreamers about universal peace, for the liberty of ba;tedafroineidtihnethltome and 111..ryaolilleeameri.,slIfisoromd.s a ll t , : . 0.,g8t ' grea t authority, the ll Lit s 7 , t o ll Re . I , ronnt statement e n o t ( c o such niea withextensive receiving newspapers and books through the post bea utiful Devons eNbibited by the Marquis of Exeter. also because y an unanswered assertion of this a sort tends to those which t arrival 'a during ne the t i afternoon are stated to be without any interference on the part of the police. The Duke of Richmond's South Downs, and the Earl of unsettle, in an unnecessary and hurtful manner, the minds We English at any rate do not understand a censor Walsinaham's Leicesters are in their plaoes. The imll to e. of the public. We can ouly reiterate what has been already in the letter-box. We fret and fume exceedingly men" were all Ilte:slitti'ltieadmitted respective s t show u ' yard stated, namely, that the puhlication of banns is regulated when we fi nd that a busybody of the Rue Bellechasse theA G el that action t tio 7 n 6 'i l i l i'dTe ' ri a te n s d :K a t t te he tiFiie for r goes through our London papers every morning, apprehensions ale entertained of cattle plague or other i n terpre tation eir pblication is immediately after the second leesou.— and that the postman must have the consent of the disease amongst the an them,i t n o l eioe n o ' c l oc k this evening. Although not the slightest !' animals, the club have engaged a sairit ,,, joorim ,. police before he can deliver them to us. The staff of veterinary surgeons, who will be on th e premises M ETROPO LITAN BOARD OF WORE B . — The w e ekl y 10. hand that abolished passports should let news- meeting of this board was held yesterday at Spring field throughout the ape papers pass freely through the post-o ffi ce. The S ci r ou l s "li ar i ea. am Tuo'-inonow divine FurVi , e is lobe performed in garden? 1 Sir John Tha dt aites r in the chain The t world and day and night duns; ; t he carts for distributing examination of luggage abolished; French railway the boardroom by the Rev. Daniel Wilson, Vicar of Is- 8- directors ~ aid:tread services subject of the retorted of weekly paid directors coaxed or driven into a liberal mood ; a lington, to which tithe ) razier shepherds, fie., more generous postal arrangement e ff ected between sited. On Monday .to one of the clerks of works on the Thames Embankment Works, North, and were of opinion that the principle of u . t i l l s mak to e their t ez h art .. l nte s, a t ri - d . payment for overtime was highly objectionable, and re ore policeman from the elbow of the postman cone EMBEZZLEMENT England and France ; and the withdrawal of the in the afternoon the show iu N ied and concluded an inquiry lasi commended that it the salaries t f o t t h h a e rcial . corrittee mended, and John Bull would be more inclined I..:"SuiciTen.—Mre fvni. Payne the City coroner,auy'steHospital, touching the death of Mr. o fra n t than he is now to cross the Channel in force, en William George Williams, aged 37 years. On Tuesday, an d repor e t a w n hether n factory arrangement could not be adopted. After a f aa r o t , he to revis s i route for the Champ de Mars. the 4th instant, the deeem:ed was admitted into the hoed short discussion, the recommendation of the committee There is now extraordinary activity apparent pith suffering from the effects of ie arsenical d ilso rt n l int fanore was approved of. both inside the Exhibition building and in the in three _li y th ohersatalte,erl hist thelgnpital-surgeon Mr. , .yDenne, 111PoRTED 30INERY.—On Wednesday last MOTS various structures dotted about the park. From tuletao had taken two ounces of arsenic. He also said than a tlifouall.drl mo a u n ldlll i i rt icra, w , i d tp f many s tbo l imu ir r the south-eastern corner of the park it has been that be was a commercial traveller, and that he lived at owfefreeesot of e n auc l tio in n g a s t the Albert ng iareho m use m , Limehouse: my good fortune, and that of many watchers about Newport, Monmouthshire. He told the nurse of theward did We have se en the doors. They are well made, Principally by the Exhibition works, to see two or three of the in which he died that , he ad _sr , i , t ,d so b o ee t. ll that m i o r te l y: in ora machinery had from England, and to our usual sizes. There most gorgeous and varied sunsets. One showed not riot! to him,n l thi b pocketbook t he had written. " This Pocket. are several other cargoes to conic ; and there is little the vault of heaven like a vast aisle of fretted gold, ZoarTk'belonplato W. G. Williams, clerk, Newport, Mon- doubt they can be sold ayawofit for ii :ry little or o o v a e l r d wbat of infinite perspective, extending off and deepen- m outhsbire. My wife is quite innocent. I mean to die the or ail tor iIA e clean ing producing off the w doore w might lie ing in intensity of colour to the horizon. The on Monday. My wife had none of the money dl'elease Eng lishimproved, hut this could be done here. Even that part of entire western half of the park appeared to be take care of her. I die the da f y ',l a the re orm b ina •Imetnten; the work, however, is not W.—Budder. covered with an arched roof of exquisitely wrought strstion.b" th ln e de tl e!eaas t e t d% wife n was re p ad to thicou a rt, and leszers.—Grest Britain pays annually 1,000,000 gold. Here and there there were exquisite glances iwnnittteSe b y d, "I am quite destitute, Ido not know where dollars for dried carcasses of that tiny insect celled the of emerald, and aqua-marine, and amber tints, , to get bread. He surely cannot Lave spent all the money cochineal,while another insect,which produces gum sheltie, and against the western sky the Egyptian temple he took away with him." The deem was charged win is i scarce s e ly ve leas ri their sco ' re b e le ; X rt from the culture and b m n a m n an u stood in dark outline, and behind it the Moorish extensive embezzlement, custody metropolitan policelh lie ng d of toe fibre bth . 1k f hich th yon that charge. efacture e spun ye si worm, o w e building of Tunis, and some red reys touched orders to ta ke htummmtenrup", the - jury after a deliberation annual value is 200,000,000 dollars. England spends the crescent of the Turkish standard. It coroner the ha v in g a rt, and the foreman said, "We find that 500,000 dollars every year in the purchase of foreign honey, is not possible to convey to the reader ad we cannot excuse the act of self - murder on the ground of and she imports annually 10,000Ibs. of bees' wax. Then the whole glory of this vision that buret ~,,,,„u ng „,,,, a m ind through drink. He was of sound there are d those insect f a r:ructions . of g o 7l= ai tuard for suddenly upon the swarthy men who were raising mind when he committed the fatal act." The Coroner— dyi in ng mine.—C n e g nadiais paper. fly, used girders, and glazing roofs, and driving teams of That is a verdict of Edo de se. • The mmond concert of the thirty-fifth BOWE took place last night, when the performances consisted of ' Mozart's "Requiem" and Handers "Dotting= Te Daum" — a weßelilleen smeekitiou, since the bright and jubilant toes of some portions of the latter piece are an tamable ear trait to the solemnity which necessarily characterises the preceding work. This effect of contrast and climax has been sometimes overlooked in former seasons, when the "Requiem* has formed the latter half of the performance, after Ressinrs semi (we might almost say entirely) theatrical Statet Mater, a work that should scarcely be coupled in any way with music of such profound character and awful associations as Mozart's service for the dead. The " lettingen To Deum," like Mozart's Requiem, bas frequently been given by the Sacred Harmonic Society, end the performance of last night may compare with say former occasion in general efficiency. We should prefer, however, leas alteration of the trumpet parts of Handers more, which have been very much transposed in the Termini given at Exeter-hall. Nowhere has Handel written more floridly for the trumpet than in this T. Deum, having had in view the special talent of the great trumpeter of that time, Valentine Snow. We question, however, whether the solos for this inetru. meat mom errerismee thisir *gee thserfignfirrilsomee Harple last night. In the *WOW to the edo mid chorus, " Thou art the Bing of Glory," and in the chorus, " Day by day," nothing could exceed the beauty of tone, end peeekvka of execution displayed by Mr. Harper ; end this made It the more to be regretted that so many Mei dental trumpet plumage, were altered and omitted, to the sacrifice of much of the Milieu* of the effort. We hope to see mane reaction against this custom cl altering Handers scores ; otherwise that great composer's works may soon be hashed and slashed as Shakespeare's plays were by Cibber and other such stage cobblers. The base solos in the "Te Deum" were snag by Mr. Weise with good declamatory style, and the certainty de rived from long experience in such meek. The next performance will be on December 14, when will be given. The Christmas performance of the Messiah by the National Choral Society, under the direction of Mr. Q. W. Martin, will be given with a hand and chorus of 700 performers on Wednesday next, at Exeter-hall. In order that all classes may have an opportunity of bearing this great work, a portion of the ball has been set apart for holders of tickets at ore shilling. THE CATTLE TRADE. Yesterday afternoon a deputation from the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England— consisting of Mr. W. F. H. Thompson (president), the Earl of Powia, Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, Mr. Cartrell, and Mr. 11. Hall Dare (secretary)—had an inter view with the Duke' of Buckingham, Lord President of the Privy Council, on the subject of the cattle trade. Mr. THoMSON submitted to his grace the points to which the council particularly wiahed to draw the atten tion of the Lords of the Privy Council, namely The importation of foreign cattle; 2nd. The re-opening of fairs and markets ; and 3 rd. The necessity of extending the time during which the powers granted to the Privy Coun cil under the seta of the last session maybe exercised. With respect to the first point, the council believe that the exist ing restrictions are probably sufficient for the present, but they think that unless they are made permanent, it will not be considered worth while to erect lairs for the purpose of carrying out regulations which may be only of a temporary nature, and that consequent)y_ such as relate to quarantine will become inoperative. With respect to the second and third points, they think considerable danger will be incurred by re-opening fairs and markets at the present time. A conversation then took place, and in reply to goes. tions put by the members of the deputation, The LORD PHILKIDENT said that in regard to the im• poriation of foreign cattle, there was no power to make the restrictions permanent. It was probable that one large place for importation would be opened in the course of a week at Harwich. The plans were not yet sent up, but from two interviews they had had with the railway authorities, the land appeared to be well isolated and convenient for landing. There were a number of acres of pasture land divided by salt-water creeks, which were said never to have less than three or four feet of salt water at the lowest ebb. The northernmost of the two piers it was propored to set aside for the landing of cattle. Harwich was the only port which had applied which had sufficient area. His grace read a rough draft of the regu lations which it was proposed to make with regard to the pens, and which were still under discussion. The pens were to be entirely in charge of the Boerd of Customs, just as if they were bonded warehouses, and it was pro posed that the inspector of the quarantine's certificate that the animals had remained 38 days ind had bad no disease should be equivalent the order ordinarily given for the removal of stock. Wit to h regard to the second point, the re-opening of fairs and markets, of course that was a ques tion of time. They were re-opened in Scotland without any ill consequences. A Mem lite of the DEI'I*TATII —Scotland has been free of all plague fur a greater length of time than England. The UAW P11E.411,1.2.4T—The markets were opened within one mouth of the last care, and there had been no re-sp pearance. As he understood, the opinion of the Royal Society was that all hem urkets for stxwe cattle should be clo,ed ; and that the regulations should be of a permanent character. Ifid they apprehend great danger from animals imported under strict quarantine? Mr. Teonll4oN—Not if the samemachinery was keptnp. The Loup Per:AfDENT adverted to the fact of the local authorities getting rid of their inspectors, awl said that if, as might possibly occur, the disease bloke out again and spread over the country, they would bees bed as they were last year if the procera of reduction went on. It would take some time to reorg 'nine the staff again. A MEN BIM of the Deer' trios—Would it not be well to issue a &cull]. calling tbe attention of the local authorities to the inexpediency of reducing the number of inspectors? The LORI' Pere serer said that had been already done. The deputation then thanked his grace for the cour teous manner in which he had received them, and with drew. SEAMEN FOB THE MERCHANT SERVICE. The deficiency of British sailors for the supply of our mercantile marine is, month by month, assuming a more serious aspect, and the causes which lead to this de ficiency are daily becoming more clearly manifest. Few more emphatic examples of cause and effect can probably be found, and it requires no nautical or scientific knowledge to discover that the evils existing are beyond the reach of cure by the establishment of training ships alone. A memorial from 170 seamen belonging to the north-east ports of the United Kingdom has been forwarded to the Registrar-General of Shipping for transmission to the Board of Trade, containing an enu meration of grievances appertaining specially to colliers and coasting vessels. Among these grievances are found the undermanning of shies, five hands being employed in vessels of from 154 to 19ii tons, whereas seven is the re cognised and proper number ; that these vessels are very commonly unseaworthy, being leaky in the hulls, and de ficient in canvas and cordage, and that, as a consequence, the pumps are constantly at work, and the running gear continually in want of repair, to the exhaustion of the scauty crew employed ; that the boats are frequently worth less, and useless as a means of saving lite ; that the forecastles are deficient in length, width, and height, so that in some cases a man must go to the hatch for room to put on his clothes. The memorial goes ou to observe that the various sections of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1554 have remained, to all intents and purposes, a dead letter, andthat inconsequence of the continued existence of these evils, " we (skilled labourers as we are, and valuable ones) gladly take any employment on shore, where even the farm labourer, although he runs little or no risk to life and limb, gets better paid." So much for the coa stin g trade. Is the tale better as to our ocean-going ships? During the past two years upwards of 200 accredited cases of scurvy have been brought into this port alone, in so bad a state as to require immediate treatment in hospitd, this very inadequately representing the number of victims to the disease, as the superintendents of Sailors' Homes in London and elsewhere can attest. Several inquests have been held during the present year on the bodies of seamen who have died from this malady, at one of which it was proved that the mixture served out at sea was not lime juice at all, and useless as an anti-scorbutic ; and, in con sequence of the verdict pronounced at another, the master of a vessel was convicted and fined at the Thames police court for not having a sufficient supply of that article on board. During the pant three months. no less than 20 ships have arrived in the Thames bringing cases of scurvy, and, in some instances, from 20 to 70 per cent. of the crew were practically disabled by that disease from efficient duty. The root of this increasing evil is mainly due to the fact that it is the exception rather than the rule to carry drinkable, far less pure, lime or lemon juice on long voyage ships. A want of variety and deficiency of qual , ty in provisions is sometimes a helping cause, but of direct causes the above is first and foremost. 4o medical question is involved in the matter, or anything about which doctors can differ, inasmuch as no scientific arguments, however sound, or theories, however plausible, are required to establish a fact that has been known for the last two centuries, and acted upon for the last seventy years ; that fact being that, if good lime or lemon-juice be vegularly given to the crew of a ship, that crew will remain free from scurvy for a period of twelve or eighteen months, a far longer term of water-passage than is ever reached by any of our seagoing ships (except ; I whalers) in the present day.— Times. the I SEVERE STORM AT BELFAST. —A telegram from Belfast, dated last night, states that there had been • severe storm there, during which several houses were blown down, and others partially destroyed. The channel steamers were late. Wolfhill Mill, near Belfast, had been burned, the damage being about 8,000/. MR. MILL, M.P., ON METROPOLITAN MCNICIPAL REFORM.—The Metropolitan Municipal Association, esta blished to promote the better local government of the metropolis, intend to hold a meeting at St. Jaines's-hall,on Tuesday evening next, at seven o'clock, under the presi dency of Mr. Chas. Buxton, M.P. Mr. John Stuart Mill, M.P., was invited, and at the usual weekly meeting of the association held yesterday at the offices, 6, Whitehall, the following letter from the hon. member for Westminster was read by the secretary :—" Avignon, Dec. 1,1866. — Dear Sir,—l have only just received your letter of the 26th ultimo. The time has decidedly come fora move in advance, and I highly approve the project of • public meet ing and a deputation to the Home Secretary. The intended resolutions seem to me strong and judicious. Were I in England I should make a point of attending the meeting, and should be quite willing to take part in the proceedings; but as it is I must content myself with helping you all I can in the House of Commons. It would be very wise thing in the present government, both for their interest and for that of the public, to bring in a good bill for the municipal government of the metropolis, but if they do not, other people must, and that too in the coming seecion.—l am, yours very truly, (Signed) J.S. Fowler, Esq." MgTY MINSTRELS, ST. JABEEEPS HALL, ' OPEN for the SEASON, eervsajpry night at eight; Wednesdays and Saturdays, three and a ht. Hall newly and beautifully decorated ; company greatly Inncressed ; new Mean' ben, twenty performers of known excellence and ability, M ai:Wing all the original members everything new for the new season. Fauteuil; be ; etalla, is. ; area, be. : gallery, is Tickets at Austin's office, ta, Piceadilly.—liessrs Moore, Crocker, and Nitta, proprietora—Manager, Mr. Frederic Burgess.