The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-06 00:00:00

lirP I _ . vi: z t e r ft& I Ntlit „.., nog 11-IV AIL meiroo Will. TO , ceIRISTY MINSTRELS, ST. JAMES'S HALL, 1 NEW PORE TWICE A WILE. NJ NOW OPEN for the BEASON every night at eight : I avotpooL, NEW YORK, gad 1 weeineedeye and Saturdays, three arta eight. Rail newly and I ew he new rillue%Dgllffiterederattil TOlreetril air=i 6 P:: , ben. b c t eitly th de e e g ail ceigh %s m O7 P CLA reati ; ex celle n ce and . aTt i l r l„ ns T, : 111011:1:610t:Oidemarsfee 111W ssithig T011.1( avry : wedniedsx season. Fauteuil; Sa ; stalls, fa ; area . 45.: ererytldns new glary. Is .car a ry ls:n or g leroN, accoran wedneeday to ,Dee. sh L e t sooommoutim Tickets at Austin's once , 28, Piceadill.—Meesra. Moore . Crocker, grf ologe lf or is i m MER . i e c a K fen , saterd sumo ay, Drool necked. IS. vcoic and Ritter, proprietors.—Manager, Mr. Frederic Bargees. cm or WASHINcritoM. Wednesday Dec. 19. And every Wednesday and thesresg. (hulls aid the United ftates booked es =terms —For further parllcsims ap to 22. Waterwtreet, Uverpoel ; and to swa y, a , Ki m irunimeweet, London. NUM's TILIGRAMB.) MEXICO. PARIS, DEC. 5, Emma. The Patric of this evening states that the French troops in Mexico will be brought home by the vessels sent out for the purpose, by the end of January or the beginning of February. • CHATHAM, DllO. 5. This morning an order by telegraph was re wired by Major-General Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., from the Horse Guards, directing the 28th company of go . Saginaw' to be bald in readiness for immediate embarkation for Cork, to be employed in engineering ope rationa in Ireland. The oompauy is to be augmented to its full strength from the depot and other companies at head-quarters, and will take the whole of their engineer ing implements and material with them. The akar" and men underwent their oillcial inspection at Brampton barracks to-day, and they are expected to embark for Ire land to-morrow. ANTI-FENIAN DEMONSTRATION. The Earl of Erne writes to the Dublin Evening Mail : " Oran Castle, Newtownbutler, Dec. 3. THE AUSTRIAN LEGION IN MEXICO. VIENNA, Delft 5. " Etir,-- I have lately received letters f ro m several lode. ential magistrates and landowners in Ireland, consulting ! The Bee/sing Post (evening editio n of the official me as to the propriety of holding a meeting in Dublin, Vienna Gazette) publishes information from Com dmilar to the one held in the Rotund° last winter, which ' piegne, derived from a reliable authority, according / took an active part is psomottng, for the purpose to which- the Emperor Napoleon has notified the of expressing loyalty to the crown, and willingness Austrian ambassador that instructions have been to assist the government in every way possible in putting de „ the gen i e , meeemm t. I rep li e d . sent to Marshal Ramble, ordering him in the event that I considered it more advisable to organise of his withdrawal from Mexico, to act towards the county meetings, as these would enable many to attend members of the Austrian Legion in the same who have not time, means, or inclination to go to Dublin ; manner as though they were French troops, and to they would also reassure the well-disposed but timid in secure a free pa sage for all of them who may wish their several localities, by showing them that their safety to return ho me was not being neglected by those whose duty it is to look I • -_- shot their interests. A requisition to the high sheriff PRUSSIA. et this 'ease, (Forsesnagh) to eaffveree a meet- Jamul?, nua it mysintca. tag is now to course of signature, and I hope The Provincial CorrespondeWe of th i s owing the lame plan will be adopted in every other .aye that the scheme of a constitution for Northern scanty in Ireland. This, I think, will be the best answer ~. _ to the taunts of the Times that the loyal portion of our uermenyr which has been drawn up by the Prue population ars doingnothing to defend themeslves, but axe than government, is above all calculated to satisfy trusting entirely to the soldiers and police. I would take the general desire of North Germany for a united this opportunity of suggesting that declaration s ex p ressive an d p owerful state, and a common national of loyalty, condemnation of the Fenian conspiracy, &c., • development. should be printed, and left for signature at all the petty i Count Bismarck has resumed his former custom eerie= courthouses in Ireland, in order that loyal men of every denomination may have an opportunity of recording , of personally making a daily report to the King. their sentimente,-youe o b e dient servan t, .. Ewe,. i General von Roon, Minister of War, will repro- I sent the government in the debates upon the ------ military budget in the Chamber of Deputies. A congratulatory address from the non-sub- . .- - --- ARMY. scribing prethyteriane of Ireland was presented on Tuesday HANOVER, DEC. 5. to the Lord-Lieutenant. His excellen c y , in the course of ! THE HANOVERIAN his reply, said that the many ties by which he had been so long connected with Ireland made him the more anxious 1 , A royal order has been issued empowering the that during his period of office no means should be left un tried which might cont r ibute to the prosperity of the Governor-General of Hanover to at once eus p and country and the happiness of her people. He believed all functionaries who may fail t o carry out the in that by impartially administering the law to all classes and conditions, by repressing crime and disorder, antra, tentions of the government ; to remove to the as far as possible, stimulating the development of natual fortress of Minden under arrest all officers or resources, the government will see the earnest wishes soldiers of the late Hanoverian army taking part which they entertain for the public good completely realised. in agitation against the Prussian authorities, and The Bishop of Oxford narrowly escaped injury ' to try before a military tribunal all persons who by a carriage accident whichoocurred on Saturday eveuing • may insult military men wearing the Prussian The right rev, prelate presided in the afternoon at a public , m eeting in the Town-ball, Reading, held to 'promote the ; unu°rln• objects of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in ' Foreign Parts, at which the Bishop of N e wfoundland the Bishop of Sodor and Mn, the Bi s hop of Illinois, Mr. 11low bray, M.P., Sir Charles Russell, 51. P., Mr. Benyon, U.P., and other influential gentlemen were present. The pro ceedings lasted threo hours, and between five and six o'clock the Bishop of Oxford, who lwas the guest of Mr. Benyon, M.P., of F.nglefield-house, near Residing, left the town in Mr. Benyon's omnibus, which was nearly filled by Mr. Benyou's friends. The carriage and pair proceeded safely along the road as far as Tilehurat, when the whole party were greatly shaken, and the springs of the vehicle iuddenly snapped. It was dark at the time, and upon the road being examined it was discovered that some persons traox oua OWN coarneleownrarr.) had taken a pair of shafts from a timber carriage standing ; a short di s tance off, and placed them directly across the ; MALTA, DEC. 1. turnpike road, the carriage passing over them as described. ' The principal topic which is just now engrossing The police authorities at Reading were communicated ' public attention in this island is the expected arrival of with, and every possible inquiry has been made in the his Excellency Sir Henry Storks, Governor of Malta, on neighbourhood of 'Filehurst, but as yet the guilty parties , h is have eluded discovery. 1 s return f rom Jamaica and England. It is proposed to give his excellency a warm and hearty reception, and to CAB AND OMNIBUS MEN'S SUNDAY REST SOCIETY. I resent him with addresses of congratulation from the -Last night a number of the cab and omnibus men of P London, with their wives and families assembled by in- various public bodies. A meeting of the principal medi vitation of this society and took tc:a together in St. ! cal men, native and English, was held yesterday in the Thomas's schoolroom, Waterloo-road. The meeting 'PI' ' public library, when an address was voted imanimonaly ; of a highly interesting description, presenting as it did a 1 and a meeting of barristers is also to be held next Thurs. inucleabused class of men in a light very different from that in which they are commonly regarded. The society ; day for the purpose of "deliberating on the mode of ex aims at securing for cab and omnibus men their natural " pressing the congratulations of the members of the bar on and scriptural rest on Sundays. Twelve years ago the Sir Henry Storks' return to his seat of government." It Is six-tiny cabs were only 570 in a total of 2,745. Now they are ' evident that during his twelve months' administration of 2 347 in a total of 6,112. Out of the 1,200 em- om nibuses e- ; 1, the pu blic affairs sof the island Sir Henry succeeded in ob oyed in London, only 108 had a few years ago the Sun day's rest. Now one Lap company allows 142 of their . Limning the affection and confidence of all classes of the vehicles to lie still on that day. The receipts of the inhabitants-a f act which augurs well for the f uture society last year were 1161. 12s. 11d. ,• the expenditure government of Malta. It is only to be hoped that the 1071. Favourable progress has been made with the move- . blaltese and their representatives ir. council will know ment in the provinces. At the meeting last night the Hon. A. Kinuaird, occupied the chair. Letters how to make good use of the high administrative abilities apologising for the absence of Lord Ebury anti Mr. Payne of Sir Henry Storks-a governor who evidently has every were read, the latter learned gentleman wishing the intention of ameliorating the state of these islands, and eabnieu freedom from strong drink and sixpenny fares, removing every well-founded complaint. There are many a sentiment which was received with a pp lause. The questions, of comparatively great importance to Malta, chairman, in an address to the meeting, observed that he chanced to be at Beaufort House grounds the other day, . which are awaiting the consideration of Sir Henry, at and was glad to hear one speaker dwell on the necessity ; whose hands, there is no doubt, they will receive prompt there was for improved dwellings for the labouring classes, , and satisfactory solution. His excellency is expected here which he trusted would he the result of an improved in the l'eyche, about the 12th or 13th inst. parliament. The hon. gentleman then gave some remarks , The greater part of the Mediterranean fleet, under the on the benefits, from a religious point of view, that were to be expected Iy a cessation from Sunday labour. Further command of Lord C. Paget, is still lying in the Grand observations in support of the movement were made by Harbour. The screw steam transport Mevera, Captain the Rev. W. Seaton, In of the parish, who hail Si. B. Bunn , left yesterday for Gibraltar and England, lent the J. Stewart , the Rev. G. Copeland. Mr. Mac- conveying naval invalids and time-expired men. Captain gregor, Mr. J. Stewart, the secretary, and others. There . ( ~ nffin, of the 84th Regiment, proceeded home in the were about 100 persons present, all of whom manifested c l o se attention to the speeches. i hlegada. COUNTERFEIT SOVEREIGNS.-It appears neces I A government notice was issued yesterday, increasing eery to warn the public of the appearance of counretfeit ' the terns of quarantine on arrivals from Algeria to fifteen sovereigns and a half-sovereign of a particular description ' (lays, in co nsequence of the receipt of that officicoualntr information which were lately stopped when presented at a bank in that the cholera is on the rease in y. - ' Manchester. The counterfeits in question are not rough DR. scams BILIOUS and LIVER PIIJA, casts taken from the real coin, but have been struck in al never failing remedy, prepared without any mercurls press from false dyes; and, what is more remarkable, they , m 1 a lIE EMPEROR ALtx.rxitrax.-The ..-\ -,, 0/ reports etzedient, mil be found invaluable to all who suffer frombilious all contain gold, although, of course, in a less proportien rati ev er comp l a ints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dial- than the standard. The fabrication of such counterfeits that the Emperor Maximilian sent a telegram to a member an of the eyes, dtc. For habitual c ostiveness, sa a s, lankily requires arrangements for engraving and stamping, and also of his court at Miramar. announcing that he would soon 'portent medicine, and as a ponder of the blood, they are trilly the use of a certain amount of capital, quite beyond the land at Gibraltar, and that Si. de Bombelles, a member of suellent; old In their operation and g rateful to the stomach, . bey create appetite, promote di g estion, and strengthen the means of the ordinary forger. They consist of a sovereign his household, has gone to Gibraltar to receive him. Whole nervous system-Sold by W. a-abort, chemist. a, King of George IV., dated 1822 (a George and the Dragon), con !Mom-street, Charing.cross, and by most druggisU, in boxes, training gold to the value of about 145.; a sovereign of the 1 CAPTAIN SEXIMES IN A NEW CHARACTER. -A aQd an d t h ree t i mes th e q uantity in one, 21. Otl Re sore to present reign, dated 18re, worth 171,. fld.• and a half-sove- . despatch from New Orleans, dated Nov. 23, published by ant for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver rills. The genuine are in a reign of 1a49, worth about 7s. The 'half-sovereign is the New York Timts, says :-" Raphael Semmes, late = g reen w iu gv• with " William Lambert " eng raved on the under weight, but the sovereigns are not. To detect the admiral of the rebel navy, has accepted the chair of Pro forgery will require a close inspection of the piece on the fessor of Moral Philosophy and English Literature in the ART-JOURNAL for DECEMBER, price part of most people, and a companion to be made with a genuine coin. It will then be perceived that the engraving Louisiana State Seminary of Learning at Alexandria." T HE 2s. M., contains ,-Line Engravings---" The Post-boy," is coarse and light, to give the appearance of wear, and THE CANDIAN INsurutecnox.-The following atter F. Gaesiall, R.A. ; •• The Confessional; " after Sir D. Wilkie, ILA. ; "The I.avOner, - utter J. E. carew. And in addition to the letters of the inscriptions not sharply cut, nor sr- • despatch was received yesterday by the Greek consul at usual Literary Contributions, •• Memoirs of C 1,,, Anthers of ranged with the regularity of the genuine coin. the Act-Allan Cunningham ; ' by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, illus- THE " NEW YORK TIMES" ON THE ALABAMA ' Liverpool. It is dated . Corfu, the 4th inst., 9 p.m.:— the listed ; and Sixteen Engravings On Wood. "54 Cretans, of whom 340 were women and children, Als, will be ready on loth December, cloth gilt, price ll S ails. 6.1. CLADIs.-It would not be amiss . for the Engl i s h writers ' who were besieged in the fort of Arcadia, south of Rhe- THE euLeste for ISOO. contng 15 Engravings on teel, and who deal with this subject to bear in mind that - our inter !RP Engravings on Wood. eats are now against the concessions we have been demand- thynes, fired the magazine, preferring to die rather than London : Virtue and Co., 26, Ivy-lane. RC. largest England during our war asserted for neutrals the ' surrender. By the explosion 2,000 Turks were also killed. largest possible liberty of trade with belligerents. She This heroic action has produced an immense effect." The Oa December 10 will be published, stitched in a cover, price 4d., claimed the right for her merchants and shipbuilders RUGBYJUNCTION, the Extra Chriatmas to build, equip, arm and man steam vessels following telegram has been received by Renter ' s Tele- Number of ALL THE TEM!. ROUND. Conducted by of war, for one party, even if it had no recognised gram Company (Limited) from the Greek consul at cuur.s nrcxxas. flag and was on l y ' a colony or State in 1 Manchester :-" Corfu, Dec. 4, 9 p.m.-540 Cretans, of CoNTZSS: Narbox Brother,. By Charles Dickens. rebellion, to prey upon the commerce of the whom 340 were women and children, closely besieged in label Brothers and Co. By Charles Dickens. other party to the war-although that other party was the Convent of Arcadia, south of Rethymnos, fired the lain Line. The Boy at ilugby. By Charles Dickens. an established nation, whose commerce covered every sea, , preferring to die rather than surrender. Ne I Branch Line. The eignalmitn. isy Charles Dickens. world, 1 •h ' Pwder mag&zine , whose flag was known throughout the an( with Na s B reec h Line. The Enable Driver. By Andrew Halliday. whom England herself had treaties of amity and friend- By the explosion 2,000 Turks were also killed. This heroic No. I Branch Line. Thecompensation House. By Charles Collins. s ei-. p Anti it was the exercise of these rights by subjects ' action has produced an immensely good effect." No iel lingich Line. The Travelling Poet -°l2l "' B y flesh ' Stm t. of the British government, which has led to our claims , Tux ISTHMUS or SUEZ CANAL.-By reliable in ffe 5 Branch Line. Th e Engineer. By Amelia . B. Edwards. upon them for losses inflicted by the Alabama. We are . formation recently received we learn that the works of the Lorator,; e i,, W e llington. Street, Stniud, W.C. ; Chaplitan anti neutrals now, and likely to be so in wars among the Euro- . Suez Canal are being very actively carried forward by Ball, Hig, Flecadilly, W. ; and all railway book-stalls, booked- peanpowers. We shall reap the benefit of the principle now Si. de Lessepa, who at present, however, is not in Egypt. ism and newdoen. reelected by England, if it is recognised as consistent with . An average depth of seven to nine feet has been obtained ------- international law, anti England is very certain to suffer between Port Said along the salt-water canal, and the rest b a fresh- THETRADES' REFORM DEMONSTRATION, seriously from its exercise. So far as ou r interests are of the distance to Suez is traversed temporarily y Nor leg.- For the Trades' l'ilion view of the Deinonstra. concerned, therefore, we have no occasion to press for the . water canal about seven feet deep, connected bon. with exclusive details, read the BEEHIVE Newspaper of concession of our claims in this matter. Thb ad option of with the other by means of looks and power. SATURDAY next. Price id.---Oince, 10, Bolt-court, Meet-street. the principle asserted by England will worth to t t pumps. As far as 60 station the full us tenfold more than the whole of the Alabama ! WITH the GARDENERS' CHRONICLE and claims. The prompt payment of eats- width of the proposed ship canal has been excavated of 60 metres, but from that point to 73 station at Ismalia the AGRICULTURAL GAzKar. of SATURDAYS Dec. 8 all clearly blislied claims for damages by the Alabama would i width is incomplete. All that has been done has been tad 15, The weeks before and after the Cattle Show; will be pub- be the wisest step England could take in this done well, and reflects the highest credit on the science, oftet S tuck sti eIq.ESIENTs. containing full particulars ot tho Show matter. The amount will be trifling compared with the and Im plements at the A g ricultural-hail, Islingtam. prin . ; skill, and persevering energy of the French engineers. The cost of settlin g the dispute in any other way. The Advertisements for either of these tointhers should be sent to the . . . d eff dto real difficulties of dredging in a constantly dissolving sand dere net later than llturelay In each week. A copy sent for ciple involved is one upon which Englan cannot or are now commencing. But well•informed persons enter al: a snipe _ o e lee f o r Advertisements, 41, Wellingtou-stroet, stand, and which, on the contrary, our interests incline us lain but little doubt that these and all others may be Wane. to concede. And the act would be so graceful, so frank - overcome by time and money. As to what amount of ' and so clearly prompted by friendly and honourable • these important necessaries will be required to bring the LONDON STREET IMPROVEMENTS. ROMAN REMAINS.-The BUILDER of TlllB WEEJK, _ motives, that its e ff ect upon our people would and e in ii the highest degree conducive to the future peace and friendship great work to a successful completion it is scarcely possible P at the present stage to hazard a conjeeture.-Afalto Times, 14.,._ L or by post tal., contains tine View of new gothic Rouses of the two coun • tries -New York Times. !Nov. 29. " r°°tOrY ; Plan of Roruan Buildings in Cheeworth. Moo- ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.- At the even- ; SOCTHAMrION, Die. 5.-The Hamburg and astethe rthire ; A Qter of a Century's Street Improvements: • old Way in A T r a d es of David Roberts ; Sanitary Matters • m ead; eeting on Monday next the following papers will be American company's steamship Saxonia, from New York 0 Scoots bye Unionst District Survey ; and r l. 'On the Physical Geography of the Lower ;on the 24th ult., has arrived - here with ninety-eight pas lWwhhabia other articles, with all the cognate news.-1, York - Indua •" by Colonel C. W. Trement sere , R.E., C.R. • 'e ngem for this port, Havre, and Hamburg, 184,469 dots. liked, W.C., and all newsmen. 2. " O'n the Pangong Lake in Tibet ;" by Captain H. i n specie for England, 227,552 dols. for France, 2.000 doh. H. Godwin-Auden. ' for Hamburg, eleven hundred tons of cargo, and nineteen MAGIC LANTERN AND DISSOLVING VIEWS. THE GREAT Easrsax.-There are now abont b a gs of mails. On the 2nd she stoke the steamer NEGRETTI and ZAMBRA'S NEW ILLUS- . 1,000 men employed upon the Great Eastern, lying in the Reverie, bound west, and the English ave . o n n er Wil 4 l t ifrmi ~,__, TRATFD BOOK, describing the (AY-HYDROGEN and Mersey. She is to be thoroughly overhauled, and to re- Prince Edward's A l ik , s tt_ .1•CALC11.11 LGHTS, painting on glans, spectral effect aa a Cheats. Price g l a nd shilling -I Hatton.garden •59 COetthili: •iii 1 4 .nt-ttreet ; l3s fleet-arrest' Catalogues a lanterns, Will leave r ho 000mene0 plying bet Start g I" t d ' est. ceive two ew boilers. On the *Or of March next she Hamburg barque It glands,tow , w wean New York and The Saxonia was detained in the west channel owing to a slides, an, po st . ' Brest, under the command of Captain Sir James Anderson • heavy south - westerly gale and the thick weather. rBRITISH NORTH AMTAICA. ~,corxted by Royal charter. fri. Care of Directors HEREBY OWE NOTICE, that • ,rig 'EARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six per Coot. pet a ss." ..-- on the capital of the Bank, will be PAID, tree of 111004011 'be the 6th day of January next, to the Proprietor' of shares kbs this country. fillostlen can be made between the 24th inst. and the 6th so the books must be closed during that :Or el the Court, C. WNAB, *ll‘. gishopagatertreet Within, Loudon, 4th Dec., 141161 ADMIRALTY, Dge. S.—APPOINTKENTS.—Lieute nant L. Dames to the Bellerophon. Second Masters W. K Striven, additional, to the Black Prince, for the Advice ; K Bran additional, to the Challenger. Assistant-Surgeon J. B. Nicoll to the Asia. First-class assistant engineers J. Taylor and T. Burnes to the Black Prince. BURNING OF RER MAJESTY ' S STEAMER BERENICE. —We regret to report the total loss by fire of her May's steamer Berenice in the Persian Gulf. The partimi of th e digester are at present very meagre; but it would appear that the Berenice has been cruising in the Gulf for some months past, and about 6 o'clock on the morning of October 31, while about 25 miles of the eastern end of Sheik Shoal Island, she was discovered to be on fire on the orlop deck. An alarm was given and officers and men enceimPlagnmeirses thentasestifie excingsaish the Barnes with such means as were amenable ; but their effrais were unsuocesdul, and the flames had soon made such that saving the vessel was perceived to be bopossilr im Ari hands then took to the boats, and succeeded in meshing Sheik Shoal Island--an island about ball way down the Gulf on the west side—in gaiety. Among those who escaped in this manner was Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pally, the political resident. In consequence of the rapidity with which the flames spread the crew were amble to save any of their clothing, and the only property which they could take ashore was the treasure chest and its con two tents. On arriving at the island, the officers engaged native vessels, purchased provisions, and proceeded to Bassidore in company with the crew --amounting altogether to 134 persons. A detachment of 52 men and an officer waa to left at Makkiloo, in charge of the boats. According t latest telegrmn the crew were all well, but quite destitute of clothing, end it was the captain's intention to aen which d the officers and A new to Bombay by the first opportunity presented itielf. Intelligence of the digester was telegraphed to Commander Robinson, Acting Superintendent of Marine at Bombay, and by order of that o fficer the g overnment steamer May Frere, under command of Lieutenant Aruot, was des pa tched to render assistance to the unfortunate crew. The Berenice, which is well known in Eastern waters, has seen much service. She was rought to Bombay in 1837, and was em ployed to carry t b he overland mail between Bombay and Sues before that office was undertaken by the Peninsular and Oriental Company. In 1842 she was almost entirely rebuilt of teak, and from that time was often employed as a troopship. During the Bur mese rear she was commanded by Cape-Robinson, and while in command of the same experienced officer she took part in the war with Persia, and also saw much service at China and J a p a n. The Berenice was a brig-rigged steamer of /10. horse power, and she carried air guns. Her registered t o nnage was 600 tons , but being a very roomy vessel her ac t u al tonnage was about one-third more. —Bombay Timm, w. 13. 00 IMPORTERS, Shippers Steam Shipping es, and Consignees oi Foreign Goods, by steamers i ik gpeleinto the Port of London.—The proprietors of Tiede Wharf, Batclid, and Upper Free Trade Wharf, Upper Mimeo-We/A, OFF= FACILITIES to the -Further Information may be obtained on apsuession. try og •as to Z. CLAY and Co., wheals's,' rod weav ed. Upper Tlismisirdresk be LIT, or SOLD a 11: ieD : at a very mode- • ate grown-mut, an elegant 10 VenuMilm ~lt, gm Mesa MO, NMI Mo. T. rra i tgork fo"='UntsliPare f=tonnew".r. TM colltans handsome entrance-ImM, dining TOOW. amens oi ptt. fry in ft topeting the lawn, good dostalk tour best badroomsand room, two ante ditto. goo i w or im per annum —Ap ly ozhies=crerespoies: to Mr. Surveyor, 18, S.C. QINAHAN'S LL WJI I 8 HY. DVBW( =Lummox, uss. a ds rated old IRISH WHISKY gained the DTIBLIN SEIX laiDAL—lt la pare, mild, mallow, &Odor la , and my Odom" gold la bottler, an Id. each, at the Mail houses was, the agents in the principal towns in Zagland ;or owls as a, Great Windmill-street, London, K. Observe the onik pink label, and cork branded " liinahan'a LL THE GUINEA CIGAR. A box of 100 really good LIAVANNAH CIGARS sent ear s. free to all parts of the Unlted Kingdom on receipt of Post &a cedar or slam" for tic ; or sample box of 50 for W. G. ROSIER, Importer of 2, Tiebburne-Street. CHRISTMAS NOVELTY in CANDLES. rraorspAßENT CANDLLS In luau colours sod for "Me Mica. Lustre% Pianos, &c., ow ready with FIELD'S PATENT TAPEktING ENDS. Wag all Candlesticks without souping, or the use of paper. Se W had everywhere in lib. fancy boxiest Tsi 6d. per lb. ..,------_ A. REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY. —Must be SOLD (no offer refused), 174 splendid FUR WRAPPERS Of kegs, made from real leopard, tiger, wolf, bear, fox, meow', aperem, and buffalo skins, immense dzes, beautifully lined with a pse scarlet cloth, coat from £ to £lO each in Canada, will Wald separately or the lot at Ws. to 1.51. each ; adaptedd par- as wan, carriage, or railway rugs. Warranted fresh an ka For sale by LH. PHILLIPS, 213, Leman-street. White dppeL also a few splendid hearthrugs for drawing-rooms bear and be dr oom s, made from the above skin s, a bargain. 250 large al other skin mats, Is. each ; 147 gentlemen's rea l sealskin Illiitcutts. Lis. tech. AMERICA. Or ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Dac. 4, Evaxmc. Gold, 141. Sterling exchange on London, 109/. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1081 ; Illinois, 118/ ; Erie, 72i. Cotton, middling upland, 34c, gHER Ana GLENNY, OUTFITTERS. IrrelySestabliahraent in London, next door to Somerset- Woe, Strand. N.B. Lista of necestary outfit for every purpose lad appoinizoent to India, anon, and the Waage. will be tee , mailed an application. TILE MEDITERRANEAN. O VE RCOATS for the present Season.—The NEW WINTER OVERCOATS, of best materials, are kept galena sad made to order, at RAMIE lON and EIIIPTON'S, Tailors and Overcoat Makers, 105, STRAND, opposite Exeter-hail. TE and SOUND TEETH are india p ens- NIVIII4III to Personal Attraction, and to Health and Londe- TRy , by the proper mastication of fo od. RO W LAND'S ODONTO, ▪ PEARL DENTIFRICE, compounded of O riental ingredients lel latetimable value to preserring and beautifying the Teeth, eging{pacing the gums, and in giving a pleasing fragrance to *breath. It eradicates tartar from the teeth, removes spots of imetplent decay, and polishes mid preserves the enamel, to whidi it Imparts a pearl-like whiteness. Its invaluable proper ties bare obtained the iintronage of royalty and the aristocracy el Emile, and it Is universally in high repute Price 2s. 9d. per Ina Sold at 20, liatton-garden, and by and perfumers. Mks Rowlands' Odonto. DEICATE and CLEAR COMPLEXIO NS, wih a delightful and lasting Fragrance, by using the esiebrated UNITED SERVICE SOAP TABLETS. 4d. and &I. sseit.—Manufactured by J. C. and J. FIELD, Upper Marsh, lembeth. Order of your chemist, grocer, or chandler. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGE S. —What Diseases are more fatal in their consequences then neg lected Coughs, Colds, Sore 'Eliroats, ur Lungular Affections? The Past and best remedy is Keating's U"tigh Lozenges. Soil in boxes, Is. and tins. 2s. 9.1. each, by THOMAS KEATI NO, Issralt. de.. 75, St. raurs-ehurclisard, Loudon. uttati b) all ~~ s~. TiIINIrIGOItATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE. e most scientifically prepared and most powerful nutri• lies cordial ever introduced; restores to their normal condition IBMs secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health do. 'oda It Is a specific for delility of all kinds, and from its con• Meted among other ingredients pepsine and phosphate of soda, prove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. lilts k per back, or tour (inanities tn 1 for 225. Sole Agents, Ewan BAUMGARTEN and, Co., HO, Oxfordutreet W.C., and Oilbirs-street. Fenchurds-street, L C.. Loudon. TOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGE, the only u }lentil preparation adopted by the Paris Academy and 'torten College of Sort:eons on the report of Messrs. Cullerier, Wad, 1.1o).1. Poland awl Lerroa (lark Lancet," Nov. 6, 6.1., at G. JOZEArs, Yreuch chemist, 49, Haymarket. het firm on receipt of 4s. ed. - e-• •4 IR . S ; H 6 ._ • si N EWS PAPER, S I"-- • • pi 7 . 7 " • „ t 111 tit P i . I • • k \ S. 41111111 r _ bisakid,xa [STAMPED, Id. ADDITIONAId] [TW OPENCE LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1866. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. I Sithat snit erniberditp Entritigentt. ME. 00SCHEN, M.P.. ON THE EDUCATION QUESTION. OXFORD, Die. IS. In a convocation to be h olden on Tuesday, Dec. HALIFAX, WZDNISDAY 11, at 2 o'clock, it will be proposed that the Vice-Chan • cellos be empowered to pay WO/. a year to a secretary and accountant, instead of 100/., t ill it be found possible to pas a statute on the subject. The Bight Hon. Mr. Goachen presided heat to night at the annual soiree of the Halifax Mechanics' Insti tution, and delivered a speech on the subject of educa tion. He admitted that mechanics' institutions had not made that program which might have been expected ; at the mine time he considered that the question et their partial failure was assigned to a wrong view. The question ought really not so mush to be regarded as to whether they promoted most heavy scientific education or light reading, but whether they elevated the tastes of the people, and whether the people appreciated the advan tages which they afforded. He also spoke at length on the subject of state education. He thought that the arguments in favour of a compulsory system of education ought to be mare closely considered. He approved eg something more being done for the education of the children of the poor in the direction of the Factory Amts. In addition to a compulsory system of education, to ensure the children of the poor the elements of educa tion, the efforts of the voluntarist@ need not be super seded. .~ SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING TBE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN. The committee of the above society (in ennnec tion with the National Association for the Promotion of Social Scienos,l9,Langham-place, London,W., anablished A.D. 1859.) desires to call attention to the distress now existing among women, and to the necessity of opening out new branches of industry for them. Many thousands of women of the educated classes have to earn their daily bread ; and as most of these devote themselves to teaching, Mis profession is extravagantly overcrowded. Many ladies are quite unable to obtain situations, while many more accept situations in which they are ea wretch edly underpaid that the best years of their lives are passed in continuous and exhausting labour, which yet does not enable them to make any provision for sickness or old age. The introduction of the sewing machine is rapidly dimi nishieg the demand for needlewomen, and, though a con siderable number of women are employed in machine work, they form but a very small proportion to those who before the introduction of machines supported themselves by the needle. Hospital nursing affords employment for ' some, but only women of thoroughly good constitutions I and in sound health are eligible for this occupation. The 1 work is hard, and to many persons peculiarly trying. It I should be remembered also that the demand for nurses is always limited, the sick being happily few in proportion to the healthy. It seems desirable, then, to open up fresh branches of industry to women, and the committee have constant evidence that, while the demand for trained labour is ever increasing, those who have re ceived no spatial training are unable to obtain remune rative employment. Those who have received only the education given at girls' schools cannot take up a profes sion or trade when the necessity comes upon them, and it is of the utmost importance that girls should receive such specific training in early life as will enable them to maintain themselves with self-respect in their own rank should they be thrown on their own resources. The com mittee wish it to be clearly understood that it is not their intention to encourage such employment as will draw I nine away from their homes, or to promote the introdue lion of wpm !? it trade, which proper)?hf;long to mem. i • It is worthy of particular notice that the mosi aisiahaftli: cases which come under the cognisance of the society are those of married women. Of these, some jhave become widows, others have been deserted by their 1 husbands, or aro involved in their misfortunes. They often have a family of helpless children dependent on . them—sometimes even a husband incapacitated by sick. ness of body or mind. The main object of the society I then is to introduce respectable girls to suitable profes sions and trades. This can be done efficiently only by apprenticing them ; but in all desirable businesses pre miums are required with apprentices, and perenta are often unwilling, often unable to pay premiums for their daughters. Many facilities are offered to parents in needy circumstances for apprenticing their eons, but very little help is given for daughters, and it is the desire of the committee to establish an appren ticing fund, for the assistance of those girls whose friends cannot provide premiums fur them. They feel that this will be the surest way of rescuing girls, now growing up, from the trials and privations endured by so many hundreds of women at the present time. The society does not, however, confine its operations to this department only. A register is kept at the office, from which can be obtained female secretaries, clerks, book keepers, matrons, photographic colourers, saleswomen, Am Orders are also received for the copying of manu scripts and law papers, directing envelopes, writiug circu lars, and various kinds of miscellaneous weak. Specimens of fern-printing are shown, and orders received for screens, wardrobes, and boxes thus ornamented. Effectually to car ry out the objects of the society considerable funds are needed, and the committee have confidence in soliciting the assistance of all who desire to further the welfare of the community by cultivating a spirit of helpfulness and self-respect among women. POLYGRAEIIII: H A LL. —A new company of black comedians, Ethiopian serenaders, or American minstrels, made their first appearance in London last night at this ball, with a full and varied prof amme of comic and sen timental songs, concerted pieces, burlesque scenes, and step dances. The performers are eleven in number, and they possess one good stolid comedian, Mr. Hassey, and one accomplished clog-dancer, Mr. Mudge. Most of the American comic songs, descriptive of life in the flowery and elsewhere, have had an English colouring given to them, and the conundrums and anecaotes that fill up the intervals between the singing are outrageous and amusing, This kind of entertain ment is very popular in London, and the " American Minstrels," as they style themselves, will tkubtless get their fair share of patronage. SA/ 'ILED HARMONIC SOCIETY, lix ETER- HA LL. Mozart's Ikquion and Handel's Dttlinfon Ti Mont will be performed to-morrow evening. Principal vocalists — Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Montem Smith, and Mr. Weiss. Solo trumpet—Mr. Harper. UNioN SOCIETY.—It is reported that MT. Char f l es N es t e , M.l'. for Oxford City, has removed his name rom the books of the Union, of which he was an honorary member, in order to mark his disapproval of the motion brought forward this term, attacking Mr. Bright's public and private character. L EGAL " OPINIONS" ON RITrALISM.—Four emi nent counsel, including Lord Justice Cairns, the late Attorney-General. and `fr. Mellish, were consulted, some six months ag o, on behalf of severa l Archbishops and Bishops as to the legality of certain vestments, of incense, a ltar-lights and some othe r dis p uted points of ecclesiastical ritual. Of all these the four eminent conned pronounced a sweeping condemnat ion. The English Church Union, who were disinclined to accept the conclusions thus ob. tained, have proceeded tostrin themselves with the opinionshief of nine eminent c ounsel, including the present C Baron and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Queens Advocate, Mr. Coleridge, and Mr. W. M. James. The nine counsel, with remarkable unanimity, reject that construction of the Rubric which was adopted by the four counsel, and agree in holding that the use of the vest ments mentioned in the First l'myer-book of Edward VI. is now lawful. As to altar-lights, wafer-bread, the mixed chalice, and the use of anthems, hymns, or introits before and after the Communion service, they are not agreed ; Sir W. Bovill and Mr. Coleridge holding all these things unlawful, the rest allowing some, and differing among themselves as to others. liyulus during the Communion , service and incense are disallowed by all. Sir F. Kelly ' answers the first question only, being one upon which he had expressed his opinion in consultation before he was - raised to the bench. A meeting of the oaths inquiry commissioners was held yesterday, at 2, Victoria-street, Westminster. Present :—The Due of Richmond, Lord Lyveden, Bishop of Oxford, Right Hon. Russell Gurney, Q.C., M.P. ; Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P. Riht Hon. H. Wad dington, and Mr. J. H. Patti:eon, ; secretary of the can _ , missi A correspondent of the Bristol Times says that " two Sundays ago a notice was sent in to the incumbent of a very ritualistic church in Bristol requesting the prayers of the congregation for the souls of an d who had committed mortal sin." The names given lIETO these of a male and female member of the local Berke- very di. rer rats, 4 ss. per Iton fee, 1ey,1%. ; End Het• 44 ToIN, 246. 11111. 7;5 WA 9.C8 .54,111 t7B IJ,K6 ,tsl7 17,810 xts A 13 111 140 Iht U 5 SI • 532 1,031 444 401 416 - t. 44 1.418 t.sti 36.01 14 054 KM 5,:43 7.686 I,tql 1,900 7,0 P,t o 5 116,410 UAW 2,045 20,481 1,30 3 1,685 50,073 49.643 9,512 9,781 9,112 ",046 1,61 S ma'am, and 1 yer cent. ?OC y's steamer ad yesterday and port•au nticipated bl ifoN BIN'S& as a saloon lesion. The 31r. from Bristol I p revai l on dons did not plontifid are f thew would also nodose salmon world ieir 'Ferran/ passer, " 1 " oe of the lower d with &Almon her they would could be tested e expose., sad g interests end Won ma w ine r their opera' ry many of oar 11 more Ot.lBlll SlllllO O cork by 0P0414 ixo DO. "" meat, 37 8 ; OW nA AltAnla mu, couran Deimos!. .07,F r % we lts *Dent, counsel. lees el"'" di. SW/ this, i s at la IP. armee, DSATHB• of tha B ey IL r e, flanirnellnie. Igbaidon , Bl m. inghteri.anidovo. rrace, A a non- „,,„ w its at Keut, the idiot Eaton tes, 11 7 / : mi D " ° of as. daughto Yford-green• '- S. --- - the ivesbil l :. r J. Forbes4 o 4 . 0 / Mr. A. I°` w.. Mari. / r 41 iinburgb, 711.16 racto°4lll4 place, door, swab Ln Tri°lll.l4l4l - CUi r Tialfil s „, ; late '• • 4 .4 toe. rr ins w atineW nce eg THE DIOCESE OF NATAL. PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO THE LATE BISHOP OF Catemrra.—The proposal which has been circulated for raising a fund by public subscription, under the head of " The Bishop Cotton Memorial Funds for Schools in the Hills and in the Plains," will, we have no doubt, receive universal approval and support from all classes of the co mmunity 111 this country. 'The object itself is 0110*! i 'ith the great and good man who hat rrs ased away had con stantly at heart throughout the who e period of his labours in India, Mom the day when he preached a thanks giving sermon in the cathedral after the sup pression of the mutiny, and appealed for funds in behalf of a memorial school in the Himalayas, down to that dark night when he was carried away for ever. It was with this end in view that he es tablished the Calcutta Diocesan Board of Education in 1863, and promulgated his Hill Schools scheme in 1864; and it is impossible to conceive a more appropriate memo rial to the late bishop than that which is now contemplated. The money raised will be placed in the hands of the Dio cesan Board which he himself established ; half to be ap propriated to the Hill 'Schools scheme for an endowment in each of the schools under the name of " The Bishop Cotton Memorial Endowment," and the other half to be invested by the board under the same title for the promo tion Of ed exclusi v elyhe plains • such sums being deducted as may be devoted b'y the donors to one or other of these objects.—Friend of India, Nov. 1. REDUCTION OF WAGES IN THE SOUTH \VALES leonvoitem—A step which has long been foreseen by those who had any knowledge of the state of the iron trade dur ing the past four mouths has just been decided upon by the ironniesters in South Wales, who by a notice simul taneously posted up iu their works announce their inten tion of reducing the wages of the lien throughout that district. The notice is dated on Saturday last, the let of December, and will take effect in a month. It will be re membered that the issue of a similar notice was agreed upon so far back as July, but was prevented from being then carried into effect by an absence of unity among the employers. Coming now at a time when winter is setting in, and when provisions are exceptionally dear, the prospect of lower wages is unusually depressing, but as far as the feeling of the men has yet bad time to evince itself, it is not anticipated it will result in any ill feeling towards the employers. The men appear to accept the statement made by the masters, that the existing stagnation of trade and the heavy losses sustained leave them no choice be tween a reduction of the expenses or the entire closing of their works. The amount of the proposed reduction does not appear from the notice, it being left open to see what change the month may bring forth, but it is generally believed that it will not be less than 10 per cent. all round. LIFE AT LAHORE. A most successful attempt has been made in Lahore to establish municipal self-go vernment. The visitor, full of Sikh history and associa tions, has hardly entered the Delhi-gate when he sees a signboard " Honorary magistrates' court." In this and other cities there are 35 native civil judges and 22 magis trates, who sit as boards, and last year they decided 3 , 226 civil and 2,632 criminal cases. The great work of the Lahore mu nicipality, the members of which are the leaders of society, and some of them were Runjeet Singhthe 's councillors and warriors, has been the filling up of no isome ditch round the city an d the laying out of fine gardens, which are ever green. There the whole popu lation go out in the evening, and the canal supplies bath ing-places for the women now that the Ravee is so far away. A few years ago Sir Robert Montgomery made use of these native gentlemen to initiate a great movement in female education. It has been so successful that last year there were 333 schools with 6,534 girls directly under go vernment, and 695 schools with 12,727 girls aided by go vernment, but established either by missionaries or native local committees. Perhaps the best of these schools is that for the members of the ex-royal family near Delhi, where the pupils read and translate the Gulist an ' and answer questions in Indian history. Another purely native institution worthy of a visit is a debating society, called tbe Auger:nen-1- , Punjab. Here essays are read and discussed in the ver nacular, and all purely Oriental scholars who desire to gain a reputation appear from week to week and read their productions, whether essays, poems, or grammars. Dr. Leaner. of the Government College, presides ; but ' otherwise the whole management is purely native. The Imorning I was present one youth read a rather fulsome essay on the benefits of English rule in India ; Rada Keshan, who was Runjeet Singh's pundit, and tutor of Maharajah Dbuleep Singh, expounded Hindoo astronomy • a blind Arabic scholar was introduced and held a conversation with the pre - sident ; a pundit submi tted a grammar of Goer mookbee, or old Punjabi, for approval ; and the proceed ing., extending over two hours, were wound up by 30 a l ea rned treatise on the origin of alphabets. There were members present—Rajabs, Nawabs, Faqueers, Pundits, , and Moulvies—the leaders of native society, and not, as in I Bengal, youths of poor families to whom an English edu cation has given a position and a career. This " Auga man " has lately, with the Resistance of Sir Donald Macleod, himself a good orientalist, begun a movement for the establishment of a university (in the Scotch sense)—a college for purely oriental studies. The object is not the retrogressive one of discouraging English but of applying the thoughts and science of the west to the learned i native mind.—Letter from Lahore. AN UNEXPECTED RETURN.—The Cornish Telegraph states that an elderly woman of 72 was alone in her cot takedge, in Penzance, one Sunday morning, when the 1 itch clic, the door opened, and in walked a husband sh u e bad d n to ot seen for twenty-eight yea h . She shrieked, rshe a neighbour's house, and resolutely declined to might me or speak to the man who, if he h ad not deserted her, soon have held a golden wed din g , for nearly fifty years ago they were made man and wife in Mawgan Church. We mentioned no names at the time, but last week, Mrs. Jane Green, the wife so surprieed, applied to the Penzance magistrates for an order to _protect her savings against James Green, the truant ana returnable husband. mere Be dded that on the 24th of March,. 1818, they were wedded at Mawgen Church, and that, in May, 1838, be being then butler the service of the late Mrs. Peel, of Alverton Cot, deserted her, " without reasonable cense." Since that event she Ins brought up a family most re spectsbly, and the magistrates, without any ireeitirtion, granted ha protection. TO THE =MR OT THE ETPUBB. beg to enclose copies of an address to the Bishop of Oxford, which, at the request of the con gregation of the Cathedral Church of Pietermaritzburg, in the diocese of Natal, I forwarded in due eourse to h is lord ship, and of the reply which I have rewired. May 1 ask the favour of their publication? I may add that the ad dress to his lordship was signed by 240 members of the conregation, including many persons holding high official positions in the colony.—l am, So., WM. HENRY DOMVILLE. Lincoba's-inn, Dec. 4. Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Sept. 28. My Lord,—ln the report of your lordship's speech at a meeting of convocation of the province of C a nterbury you a re represented by the Guardian newspaper, of the tth July last, as having need the following words :—" I know well one clergyman at Natal. He wrote me by the last post, and he says that a considerable number of people flock to hear Dr. Coleus°, but they are almost all pro honed Wade ; that they p, slot to worship, but, judging from their whole demeanour, s imply from curiosity, while the whole body of the faithful adhere to the dean. As this statement was publicly made, and in so far as it concerns the congregation referred to is entirely the reverse of the truth, completely misrepresents the reli gious views, feelings, and demeanour of that congregation, and is, moreover, an utter libel upon the teaching of the Bishop of Natal, which we have the high privilege of listening to, we, the members of that congregation, have resolved to ask your lordship to give us the name of your clerical informant, in order that we may take such mea sures for our own vindication and that of the Bishop of Natal as may seem to us necessary or deeirable. We feel sure that your lordship's sense of justice and fair play will overcome any hesitation you may feel at revealing the name of a correspondent whose statements, in whatever form they may have been sent to your lordship, have been used by you publicly to scandalise us. We append a number of the Nara/ Witness newspaper, 'from which your lordship will observe that the editor, who is not a member of the church of England, in commenting on the remarks of which we complain, says that the only instances of indecorum observed by him were on the part of the clergy. One of these gentlemen attended the bishop's services for several weeks, for the purpose, as it appeared to us, of showing personal disrespect to the his l o rdship during Divine service, and in the presence of co ngregation. We have the honour to request that your lordship's reply to this letter may be sent to Mr. Henry Doraville, 6, New-square, Lincoln's-inn, London.—We have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient servants, J. Hatairason, J.P. (239 signatures follow.) The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Oxford. County Hall, Oxford, Dec. 1. My dear Sir,—l am desired by the Bishop of Oxford to acknowledge your communication, and to say that his lordship respectfully declines to enter into any discussion faitfoutsidefully, oi of dear co-ivocatyours very ion a t s o what in convocation.— m si? JoHN M. DAVENPORT. To Mr. Wm. Henry Denville. 'OE FENIIN MOVEME.NT. DUBLIN, WVDNB-SHAY NIGHT. Mr. Mackay, a respectable grocer, living in Kingstown, was arrested this morning and sent to Mountjoy Prison ; three arrests were also made in Dublin—two blacksmiths named Kearney, cousins of Richard Kearney who shot the police constable last winter, and a man named John Conno l ly, apparently a returned Irish American. A military guard has been placed on Richmond Bridewell Prison at the request of the governor. THE REFORM LEAGUE.—The weekly meeting of the council of this league was held last evening at the offices, No. 8, Ailelphi-terrace, Lieutenant-Colonel Dlckson in the chair. Mr. Guedalla moved the following resole. tion :—" That this council desires to express to Mr. George Potter and the trades delegates intrusted with the supreme control of the recent Reform Demonstrat'on, its deep gratification at the imposing nature of that gather ing, and its congratulation upon the emineat and well merited success attending their earnest and ircessant labours." The resolution was unanimously adopted. On the motion of Mr. Bubb a vote of thanks was given to Mr. Connolly, for his successful establishment of a branch of the Reform League in Ireland. The resolution paxsed at the last meeting of the council in favour of holding a reform demonstration on the Monday previous to the meeting of parliament was rescinded, the members being of opinion, on re-consideration, mud in deference to the sug gestion of Mr. Beales, that it would be more advisable to hold the demonstration after the assembling of the house. POPULAR REAniNo,—The following " List of some of the books in greatest request," showing the num ber of times each of the volumes was issued during the y ear, is taken from the report of the Cardiff Free L ibrar y for 1'865-66 :—Butler's Analogy and Sermons, 8; l'ascal Thoughts, 6; Moses Right and Colenso Wrong , 14 ; Mill on Hamilton's Philosophy, 6 ; Coleridge's Aids to Iletkc , tbm, ; Abercrombie's Moral Feelings, 14 ; Murchison's Siluria, 8 ; Lyell's Geology, 6 ; Burn on the Steam Engine, 12; Buskin's Stones of Venice, 8; Buskin's Elements of Drawing, 10 ; Cherubini's Counterpoint, 16 ; Carlyle's Frederick the Great, 18 ; Strickland's Queens of England, 26 ; Kinglake's Crime', 12 ; History of ('ardiff, 41) ; Du Chaillu's Travels, 24 ; Speke's Nile, 16 ; Enter prizes in the South Seas, 20 ; Gordon Cummings Lion Hunter, 20 ; Swift's Works, 16 ; Grantley Berkeley's Sportsman, 21 ; Females amongst the Mormons, 24 ; Thackeray's Irish Sketch Book, 21 • Sunsets on the He brew Mountains, 15 ; Boy's Journal, Good Words, 34 ; Mills Representative Government, 12 ; Fawcett's Political Economy, 23 ; Goschen's Foreign Exchanges, 8 ; Mills s Logic, 10 ; Tennyson's Enoch Arden. 60 ; Tennyson Poems, 26; Milton s Paradise Lost. 14 ; Ingoldsby Legenda, 18 ; Midshipman Easy, 88 ; Pickwick Papers, 86 ; Frank Mildmay, 64 ; Dog Fiend, 60 ; Jacob Faithful, 74 ; Hattie the Reefer, 76 ; Jack Hinton, 54 ; Seer Slick, 44 ; My Novel, 36; Oliver Twist, 52 ; Westward Ho, 52 ; Blas, 35 ; Ivanhoe, V ; Fair Maid of Perth, 32 ; Adara Bed, 30; Tom Jones (Fieldi n g' s), 30 ; Vanity Fair, 36;ill's Political Economy, 14. OXFORD LOCAL E xamirla vioNa.—The distribu tion of prizes for the Lon don district took place yesterday at Willis's Rooms, and notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather there was a large attendance of candidates and their friends. The chair was taken by the Right Hon. Lord Taunton, who opened the proceedings with a few o b serv ations ; and having expresse his pleasure a t the adoption of the system by the Un d iversity of Oxford, he w i s hed to impress upon the successful candidates that they must not look upon what they had done in as an end, but nd, but as a means. If they considered their tell training to have terminated with their obtaining heirt present position, a great evil would have end on the education of the country. His lordship then referred to the middle class education c essed om mission, over which h e had presided, and expr his confident hope that its laours would result in a ut g great impulse being given to middle class educatiho the country. Schools would be increased in numbers, and those which were already in existence would be rendered more efficient than at present. In conclusion he noticed the forward step which had been taken in the city of Lon don in promotion of middle clans education, and thought that those who had assisted the movement either by their subscriptions or their personal exertions were entitled to the best thanks of th e p ublic. (Cheers.) His lonlahip then p ro ceeded to distribute t he prizes, which con The following nre the names of the gentlemen " in honorms "to who prizes have been warded—(a S er rell, A. W. K. Miller, A. W. Boulden, J. Lake, G. B. Browne, It. De A. Goodwin, C. 0. Mack G. R. W. Perks, G. W. Plow men. A. Richards, R. P. Rudd, T. A. Bas'ehurst, S. ley, of H. t hanks t ai The Tqocedinga termnated with a chair vote of thanks to the presiding examiners and the man. THE OVEREND AND GURNEY ESTATEA—THE NUTFIELD rItOPERTS.—We are requested to publish the following :—" Sir, —I observe a paragraph in to•day's Express stating that I am the purchaser of Holmesilale at a cost of 19,500/., and timber at a valuation. The pur chase money stated is far in excess of the real am Farm.ount, and the Ilolmesdale property includes Cormonger's It is further stated that I am the purchaser of two farms at 12,6001. These I did not buy at all As you have thought proper, when introducing my name, to mention that lam the tuary of an assurance company, and am this has led to the inference that the company had some thing to do with the purchase, I beg leave to inform you that the portions of the property I purchased were bought by me exclusively on my private account, and in every way independently of the company.—l have the honour to be, sir, yam very obedient servant, W. P. PATTISOL-6, King's Bench-walk, Temple, Deo. 5." 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