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'''' - DIE clt ., I + . 7 1aPil'i 1 46 5 VI 'k - 1)ROIT l'' -. 'a; ' ---'l'*- 6 ~ ' Aft..oo '‘.. l. —^" . , -..a.-- :it . ' k ' l , t , • R IN &lIAN'S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXIBITION 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH , WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. some Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- Sold in Bottles, 38. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; b y the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or elesalA at R. -GREAT W INDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observ e the RSeal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Rinaha n ' s LL Whisky." 111- THE SUN, LUNDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1866. N°. 23,224. PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION ' 7 (I ncorporated by Act of Parliament.l3so), , RU SSE T.L-ST RE ET, COVENT -GARDEN. LONDON. ,rPrompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forme I ec o n application by letter to COLONEL STODARE.-EGYPTIAN-HALL, Piccadilly.---Madame S rODARE, widow of the late Colonel Stodare, announces that, having taken a very pro minent part in all her late husband's Inc )mparable Feats of Magic, she has made A RRANGEMEN (with the assist ance of Mr. Firbank Burman, Pupil of the late Colonel Stodare) to RESUME the ENTER VAINMENT which has been given by Colonel Stodare at his Theatre of Mystery. Eg y ptatu- Hall, with such remarkable success for a period of rie lily two years. The FIRST REPREz+ENTATIONS will take 'place on SATURDAY MORNING and EVENING, Nov. 17, at 3 and 8. and will be repeated every evening at 8, and on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at 3. The sur prising illusion of the SPHINX, the famous INDIAN BASKET TRICK, and the MARVEL OF MECCA, all originally invented• and introduced by Colonel Stodare, will be produced in the varied entertainment. Admission-Is. and 2s. ; stalls, 35., which may be secured at the Box-office Egyptian-Hall, from 10 till 5, and at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. MR. JAMES WEAVER, Manager. THE MADRAS I R RIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that the Fifteenth Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholderei of the Madras Irri gation and Canal Company will be held at the Company's Offices, 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, in the City of London, on Thursday, the 29th day of Novem ber instant, at 1 o'clock precisely. ~APO The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 19th to the 29th instant. both days inclusive. By order of the Board of Directors, JOHN wEsTwoon, Secretary. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark -bridge, London, E.C., November 1, 1866. BANK OF FRANCE. MR. DIXON'S NEW WORK. Preparing for publication. In 2 'vols. Bvo., NE A ME R A. By WILLIAM HEPWORTH DIXONi Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborougfi-stre64 PARIS, Nov. 15. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, PTTRNT and RIJSINESSES. - --ESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at th e i r ACC rIoN AND 'HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 5, A g.'ar-street, Strand W.C.. and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. Nov. 15. c. fr. c. 182,500,000 DEBTOR. Nov. 8. fr. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches L ,105 Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 00( Notes in circulation 958,124,575 Banknotes to orderand . receipts payable at sight 19,272,993 85 19,401,078 55 Treassry account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 212,488,681 90 219,225,481 02 Do. branch banks 30,093,194 32,805,449 Dividends payable 990,506 75 933,295 75 Discounts and sundry interests &discounted the last six months `,372 Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 14,085,590 69 12,557,496 62 By INDIA OFFICE, Bth NOVEMBER, 1866. Order of Secretary of State for India in Council. Notice is hereby given that the Director-General of 19th pthfor India will be ready on or before Monday, the instant, to receive p ro p osa l s i n writing, sealed up, from,u persons as may be willing to supply 200 Pieces of SERGE, Vand that the conditions of the s a id nontract may be bad ;.413plication at the India Store Office, Cannon-row, iTtleinster, where the Proposals are to be left any time 3 ; 6 "Dre two o'clock p.m. of the said 19th day of November, 6, after which hour no tender will be received. GERALD C. TALBOT, General Director. Limp cloth, price Is., SYSTEMATIC MEMORY ; or, How to Make a Bad Memory Good, and a Good Memory Better. By MACLAREN. TIIE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that the Eleventh Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of the East India Irrigation and Canal Company will be held at the Com pany's Offices, Nos. 8 and 9, Queen-street -place, Southwark Bridge, in the City of London, sikli Friday, the 30th day of November instant, at one o'clock precisely. The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 20th to the 30th instant, both days inclusive. • By order of the Board of Directors, JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark Bridge, London, E.C., November 1, 1866. 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. T H 0 X F ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. Successful Revival of Offenbach's " ORPHEE AUX ENFERS." and "TROMBALCAZAR." 4,000,000 - 966,115,625 - THE HIGH PRICE OF MEAT. Just published, 250 pages, hoards is. 6d., cloth 28., VEGETABLE COOKERY, PASTRY, &c. ; containing Five Hundred healthy and tasty dishes without •he use of Meat. Full of information of thegreatest value to every housewife and Ccok. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. --•-- - --- ----- Comedy by Dutiah and Davies, and Harry Sydney (the political Momus). Gymnastic Performances by the Zamezou Family, Les Freres Victorelli, Great success of " Les &mazones au Champagne " Divertissement, by the Misses Tessy and Kara Guinness, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. In - preparation the Lyric Drama of the "RUINS OF AT HENS," by BEETHOVEN, the argument of which will be read by a distinguished member of the theatrical profession. CONTRACT FOR STEARLNE CANDLES. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, THE Somerset House, 7th November, 1866. COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING LANthe OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the 3capD of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-- , do hereby give Notice,lhat, on MONDAY, the b e 7oelmber next, at Twelve o'clock. at Noon, they will Contract ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Victualling for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Vittualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of r Ol ll STEA CANDLS, • for the use of Her Maj RINE esty's Indian Troop Ships, as may time to tim e b e d eman d e d un d e r a C ontract f or Twelve Calendar Months, certain and further, until the eXPiration of Three Calendar Months' warnin . , unpleS{ni)t Was' than 6. Itis. - of eitaffies ue, produc e d b y t h e parties teudering, and none to be ten uered the material of which is of a solidifying point below 12 , n 0 degrees Fahrenheit. 'he Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to th ,_aroselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting t he Tenders. No Te n d er w ill b e rece i ve d unless made on t h e P r i nted ' O ral provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained 1 :41 application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con loller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where loe conditions of the Contract may be seen. 1:N0 Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at I °oll on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that Zue party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should i t l teod at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of e offer received from each person will be communicated t ° him and his proposed sureties in writing. .A i v ,ary Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the ~,n lt raltY, and bear in the left-hand corner the words at the for Stearine Candles," and must also be delivered tt,he Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi 41"Y, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, il i ga g i ng to become b oun d w ith th e person t en d er i ng i n e Sum of £l,OOO for the due performance of the Contract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, --...._ Registrar of Contracts and Public securities. Second Edition, extra cloth, price la. 6d., I - 11HE LITTLE THINGS OF NATURE. ji By LEO H. GRINDON, Author of " Lite : its Nature," Am NERBUDDA COAL and IRON COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY . GIV e:N, that an EXTRAORDI NARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street , on MONDAY. the 26th day of November. at Two o'clock p.m. precisely, for the purpose of enabling the Direct)rs to lay before tne Pro prietors the bases of a Contract with the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company. By order of the Board, HERBERT HEATH, Secretary. Offices-9, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury, E.C. 2,372,304 91 2,372,304 91 " It has seldom been our lot to read a book more beauti fully written and more deeply interesting than the one before us"—Christian News. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, le ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s, 6d. Open every evening at 8. ' " He presents scientific facts, whether physical or metaphy sical, in a form which makes them far more relishable than the most imaginative novels."—Norfolk News. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. jIIMADAME TUSSAITD'S ExiaßrnoN, BAKER-STREET. NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marriage Group of the PRINGESS ~ . NA and PRINCE CEIRISTIAN. Admittance, le.; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a m. till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till 10. Total CREDITOR. Nov. 8. Nov. 15. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Feap. Bvo., extra cloth gilt, gilt edges. prioe 3s. 6d., y OVE : a Selection from the best Poets, by IA THOMAS SHORTER, Editor of "A Book of English Poetry," so. Branch banks Commercial bills over- due Commercial bills dis- 157,077 57 87,992 93 London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. N ATIONAL PII.OVINCIAL JERATED BREAD COMPANY (Limited). NO TICE IS HEREBY that the ANNUAL 1114:NERA.1. MEE I'ING - 20 - 111143" Corapaby mail by-held at the Company's Offi.;es, No. 14, Buckingham-street, Strand, on MONDAY, the 26th inst., at Twelve o'clock noon. By order, R, W. MAC ARTHUR, Secretary. 14, Buckingham-street, Nov. 16, 1866. connted, not yet due 294,219,411 13 310,573,636 21 Do. branch banks 360,418,262 361,113,290 Advances on deposit of bullion 29,771,800 30,900,600 Do. branch banks 9,884,100 9,890,000 Do. on French Public Securities 14,422,200 14,347,900 Do. by branch banks 8,155,300 8,119,300 Do. on railway shares Viand debentures 36,167,900 36,088,500 D. branch banks 25,603,200 25,700,400 Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches 579,300 583,400 Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalis4es (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment 2,035,481 33 _2,072,331 63 - ' -1;:t Just published. 1 vol., cloth, price 10e. Od., It-I P lAt — ifotilug. —dRA - NIT — CABINtr Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having* been entirely re decorated. are now OPEN- EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luc' CURTL Manager, 31. GRENET. L" TON GRANGE. A Novel. By J. R. S. HARINGTON. lent sen t d State , [t afford s munica lished in last) has s bearer/ er Press under- London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row. Cheap Reissue of Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two. Shillings. LECTURES by the Rev. HUGH STOWELL BIRO WN. GABRIEL, Mayor.—A COMMON COUNCIL, holden at the Mansion House of the Lord Maym of the City of London, on THURSDAY, the 15th day of November, 1866, Resolved unanimously— _ . _ Vol. 1, containing "Five Shillings and Costs," and eleven other Lectures, price lOd. Vol. 2, containing . Twelve Lectures, price lOd. Vols. i and 2, bound together in cloth, price 2s. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY. BELFAST, • Is regularly supplied to the House Of Lords. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. "That the thanks of this Court be presented to Benjamin Samuel Phillips, Esq., Alderman, and late Lord Mayor of this City, for the efficiency a td fidelity which have charac terised his conduct during his year of office, " I hat in the display of great administrative ability, in an intelligent appreciation of the privileges and obligations of hie office, in his devotions to the claims of charity, philan• thropy, and social progress, and in the exercise of a weli directel and graceful hospitality, the late Lord Mayor has admirably illustrated the true qualities proper to the chief magistrate of the City of London. "That this Court has witnessed with high satisfaction the distinguished attention paid to this City by their Majesties the King and the Queen of the Belgians, on the occasion of their recent visit to London, and it heartily congratulates the late Lord Mayor on the signal honour received by him at tne Court of Brussels, and on his decoration as a Companion of the Order of Leopold. "That this Court records its conviction that the exemplary conduct of the late Lord Mayor has contributed iu no. small degree to raise the tone of the public sentiment in reference to the Corporation of London, and has given universal satis faction to all classes of the community." WOO DTHORPE. GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC TION:4, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell'a Elements of Geolagy" and facilitate the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be, had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 500 guineas ; also single Specimens Of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, and Re.;ent Shells,Geological laps. Hammers. ali the recent Publications, tc., o' J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. TUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH W HISKY, BELFAST. The n y of the the read- Club, h' ne to the a ', e arl lit be in London offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. VALKNER'S . OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real Malt," 19s. per zallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered to the trade for the sale of this gennina old spirit, winch is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lists apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.C. Established in Grafton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780. T 0 GUNMAKERS and Others. 1.,,T1143 SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of 481,1vi,g PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for v-,011-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not kr,... i ng, which may replace the present Service Rifles in manufacture. B OYS and their CLOTHING.—HYAM and Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET, W.. The favDurable reputation which HYAM and Co. have so long enjoyed as designers of Clothing for the Young of all ages will be fully sustained in the following NEW STYLES for the present season. The materials as well as the workmanship are of flue and durable quality, and the moderate profit at which the Garments are sold must operate as a further inducement to all classes of pur chasers. Sundries 1060;153 39 1095;651 03 ofession• .on the JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the " Times." Total 1,652,520,419 801,668,022,899 04 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) EGULAND. O N, OP' membe r friendly and said the two JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond at d for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-hou,e-square, London, KC. the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian end other Colonial markets, F s may be observed by reference to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next best, and Is. Od pee gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old mellow whibky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable id quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. OSBORNE'S STILTON The Jamaica Committee and Mr. Coleridge. taiTlitall y i° n ll on-repeat °l7ing 11. are the conditions considered essential in i ng R:— A. WEIGHT. 11°I ; to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. _____ BOYHOOD OVERCOATS and CAPES. HYAM and Co., 66 and 67, Oxford-street, W., feel they are justified in making special allusion to these lead ing garments for boys and youths of the present season. If ever equalled, they certainly were never excelled in either quality of.cloth, style, make, or finish. Price, lOs 6d 15s. 6d., 18s. 6d., 21s and 255. Is THE Cheese ! We are requested by the Jamaica Committee to publish the following correspondence which has passed between Messrs. Shaen and Roscoe, their soli citors, and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., with reference to the retainer which was accepted by the latter gen tleman from the Committee, but objected to by Mr. Rose. The first letter was addressed by Messrs. Shaen and Roscoe to Mr. Coleridge : 'OteCti °° Y 111e81:4 ter from a futose ja werecif to be Just published, price 6d., by post for seven stamps, RBIMEL'S PERFUMED ALMANAC for 1867.—This surpasses all its predecessors in design, colouring, and finish. It is a pertectgem for the pocket-book or writing-desk. :.old by all the trade.—RIADIEL, Perfumer to H R.H. the Princess of Wales. 98, strand; 128, Regent street ; and 24, Cornhill, London ; and 17, Boulevard des Italiens, Paris. B. .' h be 51 i nc h es, w i t h shortL ENGTH stock, measured from *the low °f the butt-plate to muzzle. - m e . WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. -"list not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty *rounds as packed for service. BOYHOOD, PRINCE ARTHUR REEFERS. HYAM and Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-STEET, w. Tu. Parents who object to a general adoption of an OVERCOAT the reefer is specially recommended, being designed to serve the double purpose of OVER or UNDER COAT, in Witneys, Pilots, Napped and Fur Beavers, &c. Prices, 15s. 6d. to 355. D. CARTRIDGES. dust D. their own ignition. The f oresight must be such SIGHTS as . to admit of:a bayonet Zed according to the present system. F. ST OCK ~M u st be suc h as to carry a light . metal eleanin g•rod, and 4 " ° W a sli ng to be used. G. RECOIL. 10 M pr e n e ot exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than nt. ssed be mreeible r to the had th e friendly He w As Sho uld convey YARMOUTH BLOATERS. —l2 for 2s. 6d. ; 25, 4s. ; 50, 68. ; 100.8 s. ; 500, 3)s. ; 1,000, 508. No charge for carriage to London. Cash on delivery. Country orders paid in advance.—Forwarded by FREDK. BA.RNBY, Purveyor of Fish, Great Yarmouth. DEAFNESS. —The ORGANIC VIBRATOR.— It fits into the ear, not perceptible ; the unpleasant ppeurbsloincs' and enables them assembles. Every sensation of Pinging noises iu the head is entirely rem,)ved. t l oo t t h a he fi re o a r kr d i affords sotifnimmediatechtel distinctly raint r g e c l ih i n e us f rto t r o htt m d a n e e a nd f t —Messrs. SOLOMON, 39, Albemarle-street. Piccadilly] 8, Bedford-row, Nov. 2. OYHOOD, FIRST STAGE of—HYAM B and Co., 66 and 67 Oxford-street, W., invite parti cular attention to their neat and elegantly-trimmed Knickerbocker Suits for little Boys from five to seven years of age. Prices, 15s. 6d. to 255. ORIGINAL and superior ESSENCE of AN cuevrms, SAUCES, PICKLES, Atc , pure and good, as supplied by JOHN BURGESS and SON (for more than a hundred years), 107, Strand, corner of SaToy-steps, London DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profession for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of tha Stomach, Headache, Heartburn, Gout, and Indigestion ; and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &0., 172, New Bond-street, London ; 1 whoul BOYHOOD, SECOND STAGE of—HYAM and Co., 66 and 67, Oxford-street, W., recommend their navel Suits in Westminster, Osborne, and Windsor Styles, for Boys of eight, nine, ten, and eleven years. Adaptation to age and growth is conspicuous in these well made and seasonable Suits. Prices, 21s. to 355. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Tael,ing to her Ca 'lain, viz., winner of the race, having distanced + , ll com petitors, RA the EST I s DIA TEA COMPANY have in iariab y done in their oho' e and s Ile of doe new season's teas, now selling at imparier's prides. Warthouses—O, Great St. tfelett's-c'iurchyi:rd. xica. rinericag And sold throughsut the world by alt respectable chemists. CAUTION —See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. BOYHOOD, THIRD STAGE of—HYAM and Co., 66 and 67, Oxford-street, W., have introduced new and improved Styles in Eton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits for Boys and Youths, varying in age from twelve to sixteen. The Suits are carefully cut from materials of the best and newest description. Prices, 255. to 555. 17 J AU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 1 18s. per gallon, is v, ry superio , to recent importations .ot Cognac, recommended by the medical protes , ion, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 3Rs. per dozen, or in a case 39s , railway carriage pat.!. H 101 ItY BRETT and 01., Old leurni val's DistiLery, Holborn, EA; , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? dust R. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing, 118 ag, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to e eeli-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, ra ' 3 ° , of Ding used without accident by imperfectly trained f orra quality being manufa c tured in quantities and of uni al. T. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. an rst be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, is a "Posure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for a ider's on Enfield rifle —also as little liable to acci b:ral explogion-as the saraecartrifigo, and as capable of n. manufactured in large quantities, and of unifo rm quality. K. CALIBRE. Optional. n L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. th w heat than last I' eoose" althoueh twee- d , omPftr e qualt e le easi ised from mos, 46; to 64 I tto, 13 ty is gOt purCb°° 'eat, re d, inferio r' d - g rin . oats, 260 E n gli.s l3 Ling bet' %iti wer pan t. ; 1 0 60s I ; to 51) ,: . rrao a "' Russia l:l ' 3 b jo . n 46 0 awilitel stoo o. 3S Pe r a er B 24st* is o'e r ;6 stoneOat° ' ;. 0 Dean S. 22 0 • 1 7 0 22 0 2 1 6 ▪ 21 19 9 20 ° 20 ° of 3ro t in the plecir n e for o Kod ......... ----- wifo of )100/ 0 0f A , oxoo ) roug h ugbU4' es (/g4- 'of A lt ' of gr. Peter' bran mghter i s tooel 3nP°r t ; Royal abella ' - Pear" 11Cli eS' Of SCP) gra Cei k, Ja°' 10 S ' 111s i a ty O. .~' M. THE LOCK. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. It i in e i aPable Of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without 0. n g , the cartridges being arranged on a table. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. Th e th an ann must give a mean figure of merit of not more km Gin Gin. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, at 300. sho t s e ea tl t an to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty N ot to re P. TRAJECTORY. deg 30 min. quire at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 Q. . T he sh oo ti ng not to deter FOULlNG iorate more than 20 per cent. at 1000 yards after firing 250 rounds. Th 8.. PENETRATION. that of Mean penetration of five' shots not to be less than In — of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifie— hZi 12 half -inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 7: 8 in wat er . intan ee 30 yards. S. LUBRICATION. tea b flay on bull e t s i s i n di spensa bl e, b ut any ot h er lu b ricant e supemdded or applied to the cartridge, if thou g ht —e arY' by the competr.__ - et a rtno will be received without the usual proof marks. ecißcations, and drawings of the methods proposed, finish the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a bitt °4 , B Pecimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable aminn- Ok —, 'mould be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War 'fell, P all-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. by the s Pocifico.tions and specimen arms will be c9nsidered. Vb e 'Le Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem , Who will be selected by the Secretary of State for sel ar et arld who will, after firing the 2 . 0 preliminary rounds, as ,„ a nd recommend f or f ur th er trial such of the system s su e - CY aPPear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to tlii n —tt their being included in the competition, the con es, of which are stated in this advertisement. for e l" accepted competitor will then be required to furnish to ti - ,:P e ritnent, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity tsttii.BPecimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am bland.oou,Per arm, withip four months after date of _de co/xi .c , ach competitor will be required to disclose to the naittee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em s° 4 A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted th e 'elacirs, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of siPPPIy of ammunition required. lirt l `2Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the by ti ;intch, on combination of all ualities, is considered e committe e to be the best sub q mitted. taibt a "mtd rew ar d o f £6OO f or t h e arm which, while at ler„ I .'g a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu -4' !!!ielected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. liti e Littrd reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The gill avvestrlich will be principally taken into consideration of 8 4 , in g this prize will be economy of manufacture, power vttri e s ' a ining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in a 5 tllB c limates, and general serviceability. tir shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but th e e e n 7 maY depend upon the rifling of the arm with which tdde r " c i t lidge is associated, they will not be so much con- I t 7 8 those above-mentioned. will , 8 clearly to be un d ers t oo d th a t un d er no c i rcums t ances 13 110, - „e°l:npetitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but giv et rize will b e i rrespect i ve o f any rewar d w hi c h may b e ser v i e o the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the eeivelazine /4 MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. ()- and Repeating Arms for Infantry will ne r !oa c ii, 'V examined in a manner similar to the Breech 'ellobe-g:e3fles. They must not be less in length than 48 TO, Including the stock. Q 4B r lr e limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 91-Ib. ex it .e the charges in the magazine. an d be k'rSt . iePensable that the arms be made to take a ka ga e zi ßecret arY of State offers a reward of 300 for the best eoocoedit,.`"or Rep ea ti ng Arm produced that fulfils the above t Ates e f l ee ; and in the absence of experience does not . a to define the standard of accuracy or other conditions Th A utfil led before such an arm can be adopted. for f,i-'3° Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted Thirether trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O tfaeh. i trio. s eta is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per Th. c, V. H ope]- klecretary of State will take care that no ingenious al oi 'Y AP ro duced in answer to this advertisement shall be and tCytto the service without proper acknowledgment,. tat e , a „,'' the name of the individual with whom it origi if ti s l und be recorded in connection with it. lilt° -tie °rifle s to which the first prize is awarded is adopted • ervice it will bear the inventor's name. J:ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director War 0 4 , of Ordnance. I_ '"coi Oct. 22, 1866. R _ I) 1%,,,3,,u0TT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS g4 l :ect viiiiZ'S.--A. NEVER FA lI.ING RplEp oi Y. e — of Pf ) e r - . ti. .. _ out any mercurial ingredient, from the s tare; `'._ -uroniley, Kent. will be found Invaluab s l r e vo to n p all w r d o . spkimirnta bilious and liver somplaints, coativeA Oddlness, dizzinece of the evee.lll24'o - purifier 11 thp b ee, a. 48 a family aperient medicine, anu as - ra 7FOr habitual "on. a,,A' °o d. they .re truly excellent ; mild in their ope Inot e -La. grsteful to rh stomach, they create apps ite, pro- Bahl . 2 18. 1 1 b t_ by e i - on, and strengthen eS 'the whole nervous system — .do - • .4atabert, B, King William-street, Charing-cross. tittle, Tend bY most druggists, in boimajs. 14d.. and three r ..„ B°° tt's e in, qu lntlty In one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for D . ..._.etta p, 44 - -: ,, , mac Liver Pills. The genuine are a sq -1.41 D• --"' with " William Lambert ," engraved 0.21 t h e BOYHOOD JACKETS for Home and School. HYAM and CO., 66 and 67, Oxford-street, W., feel confident that their newly-introduced Jackets for School and best wear will continue to elicit approval from all. Prices, 10s. 6d. to 21s. BOYHOOD TROUSERS and VESTS.— HYAM and Co.'s Trousers and Vests, as designed for the in esent season, from fashionable and durable ma terials. Vests, 4s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. ; Trousers (true-fitting), prices, 9s. 6d. to 14s. 6d. HYAM and Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. The attention of gentlemen is invited to the following aiTangements into which HYAXI and Co.'s Establishment is laid out for public accommodation : No. 1. Clothing for immediate Wear. No. 2. Select Order Department. No. 3. Juvenile and Youths' Department. No. 4. Hat, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. The most experienced cutters and workmen are em ployed, and the newest and best materials, with due regard to economy, are guaranteed. HYAM and Co.'s ONLY ESTABLISHMENTS LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. 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By ALEX. ROSS, 248, high Holborn, London.' T HE " SINGER," New Noiseless Lock-Stitch FAMILY SEWING MACHINES. These machines combine all the Latest Improvements, and are now ou Exhibiti for the first time belt an improve ment upon Singer's celebrated "Letter A" Family sewing Machine, of which over One Hundred and Eighty Thousand have' been aol i in all parts of the world. inspection in vited. Purchasers dee'rous of securing the best machines yet brought out should not fall to see them. Cata o A ues post free. . . THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Proprietas and Manufacturers of the world-renowned "Singer" Sewing Machines. Chief Office for the United Kingdom, 147, Cheapside, London. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, lii/101-CroBB. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA LE q, F u. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. E.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and tzgwies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,ooo.weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite 'undo to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brow'', Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by klesors. Coutts and Co.; Urummona' and Co.;• Giyn and Co. ; _ Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bertkere-street ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. • • -srairaw MTH, Efecreuzy. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. It. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862. Sold by all Gropers, Chandlers, &o. " T H E" SAUCE. (DR. SOUTHWOOD SMITH'S DIGESTIVE.) Delicious with every dish. Wholesale and Export by A. q. Stocker, Lamb's Conduit-street; Barclay and Sons, Batty and Co., London; and George Edmonds, Crown chambers, Liverpool. Retailed everywhere. Ask for " rhe" Sauce. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON DENTIST, 52, leet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip- Li• nof ARTIFICIAL r H, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly re-emb.e the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro fi the originals by the closest ouserver ; they w , ll never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require t , :e extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastication. 52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. RUPTURES.-13Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS Ot 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of two Hundred Me-final Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects. is hoe avoided—a sott b indage l'eing worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 26s 6c1., and 31s. 6d Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Pustage, Is. 1 0 d. 2ost-of f ice Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FL ASTI C STOCKINGS, KNEE:-CAPS; &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, ate. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Plocadilly.l 'TOMBLESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS arl , earn r e e s q tl u y ir s e Teited for fitting up the TRAINING WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Ref age, 8, (*rest Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--CON TRIBUTIONSiuL are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLI UM, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now In the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £i,ooo, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secret4ry. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. • - THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer 'ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. the new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, w h o have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street. Cheapside; or by Messrs Rernlay and Co.. Lombard -street. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FO HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want acc ommodation, refusedadmittance, andhave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Av. D. GuoratTp.D.,! i lio. 22, , riusbury-cirew B.C. • Send 3s. 6d. to CtlLEEiloiNTCSlieraldil, Office for a Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants liveries, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the rose; of thirty years' labour, price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's name, by T. 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Given the events of the summer at home and abroad, and the principal topics debated during the Session, one might almost predict for weeks before what will be said on each succeeding eve n i ng of October and November. Colaton's-day in B r i sto l f urn ishes one of these gatherings at whi c h t h e speec hes are rather more readable than usual, for philanthropy does not fuse all the Bristolians in a flat and unmeaning accord ; but there are a Conservative Society and a Liberal Society, each of which reverences the common bene factor, while prepared to do on the proper occasion stern battle with the other. The speeches of the Liberal Society generally make their way into print, we know not why, except that perhaps the world expects our old f r i en d , Mr. H. Berkeley, to say something which it would not willingly let die. This year we have had a very fair speech from Sir Morton Peto, and a speech which we have endeavoured, without success to understand from the great cham pion of the Ballot. Mr. Berkeley, as the senior member, has the first place. After " dropping some mental tears," to use his own poetical expres sion, upon those Colstonians who had been taken away since the last dinner, Mr. Berkeley made haste to the subject of the past and coming Re form Bills. So far from being surprised that hon. members, or after-dinner speakers generally, should at once begin upon Reform, we are rather inclined to wonder that they should ever leave off, for no other subject with which we are acquainted can learn can be talked about for any given length of time with such ease by any gentleman who takes the trouble to read the papers. From these not very 11 1 1 . Bright and Mr. and Totnes, the agitations about Yarmouth recondite sources heca Beales, the solemn conclaves and the deter mined reticence of the Government, the prudent retirement of Mr. Gladstone, and feel certain that he knows as much as any Statesman or any States man's private secretary in the kingdom. We do not complain, then, that Mr. Berkeley should have talked all the time about Reform, but merely wish that his ratiocination had been a little more intel ligible. He begins by expressing the determination, in which all but a small minority of the Liberal party are agreed, to wait for Mr. Disraeli's bill before j o i n i ng in any party move against the Go vernment. As for Mr. Gladstone's bill of last ses sion, he had great doubts whether it could succeed on its own merits, and he only accepted it as a step to something better. So he will accept the Con servative bill. In this Mr. Berkeley is almost osten tatiously Liberal. "If Lord Derby should produce a measure of Reform which he thought even one on ward step, it would receive his support," for he " is for measures, not men." But he greatly doubts whether he will bring in any measure of Reform, and, if he does, he believes it will be so hollow and deceitful that it will fail from the opposition of the Liberal party. So far Mr. Berkeley speaks the ordinary and conventional language of his political section. But then he changes his tone, tells us that not sufficient credit has been given to the electoral body as it now exists, and bids his friends " see the noble struggle which their £lO men had made in that city against electoral corruption." 'This, how ever, is only to draw the contrast between the vir tuous citizens of Bristol on the one hand, who struggle spinet intimidation an d rote for Mr, Ber: keley, and the degraded slaves of Totnes on the other, who are driven or corrupted by a Whig Duke, or his not less unscrupulous opponents. Then the speaker changes his tack again, and concludes by saying, " Would they tell him that the £5 holder was not just as liable to that sort of corruption as the £lO holder? Would they tell him that if they lowered the franchise they did not at the same moment give a greater opportunity to the tempter? How was it that they remained quies cent under that state of things ? How was it that they submitted to the degradation, and still cried out for Reform, when it was quite certain that Reform would give them an increase of intimida tion and an increase of bribery ?" It may.be that this reasoning was connected in the speaker's mind in some way with the question of the ballot, but it is certainly rather a singular argument for a popu lar Liberal M.P. at this moment. We must have the ballot, because the working men who would be brought into the constituent bodies under the new franchise would be more easily intimidated and more accessible to bribery than the present ten-pound householders. Are the working men to frame and glaze and hang up in their sitting-rooms this dictum of the veteran Liberal? On the whole we are in clined to see in the speech of Mr. Berkeley the re flection and the doubts which beset even the most stubborn minds when a great decision is to be taken. The foundations of the political structure under which we have lived.in honour and prosperity are to be relaid, and all who value the edifice are inclined to seriousness and moderation. " Compare this country with any other country," exclaims Mr. Berkeley, " and they would find a better state of things here, and that more liberty existed, and re volution, therefore, to them would be ruin." This is the spirit in which an honest Member of Parlia ment ought to speak, and though it is difficult to connect the sentence with Mr. Berkeley's argument, he is entitled to commendation for - having utterer it. Sir Morton Peto was frank in his acknowledg ment that he was not anxious for a Reform Bill last Session. He had recommended a Commission, and that the Reform Bill should be postponed for a year, because with seventeen years' experience of Parlia ment he knew thatin a newly-elected House of Com mons, with 200 new men, no measure would be re ceived with favour which tended to send them back to their constituents. There was not, he thinks, any strong feeling in the country for a bill at the beginning of last session, and the feeling in the house was quite the other way. To turn to the future, Sir Morton Peto, like his colleague, will accept a bill from the Conservative Government. Though he does not expect a sound Reform Bill from such a source, yet if such a bill be produced he is pre pared to accept it, and where it is wanting he is prepared to add to it what is wanting. Thus with sufficient reason and moderation speaks the second Member for Bristol on the eve of one of the most important periods in our national history, and we have reason to believe that he expresses the opinions of the great bulk of the Liberal party. POST.—The rumours which float in the atmo sphere of our courts are occasionally as unsubstantial as the meteors which the other night flashed across the heavens. We do not know what amount of truth is to be attachad to the statement which has recently appeared, that her Majesty's Ministers intend to divide some of the circuits and to appoint three addi tional common law judges. These changes, how ever desirable in themselves, cannot be effected without the intervention of Parliament, and there fore the question will no doubt receive ample discus sion. It may be admitted the existing arrangements of the circuits is inconvenient, and that with the progress of population and wealth the fifteen judges are oppressed with an amount of labour which it is unfairto impose upon men who have generally passed the meridian of life before they reach the judicial bench. The question, however, must not be con sidered solely in reference to the comforts of the judges or the interest of the profession. The public are the great sufferers. Cases which have been pre pared for trial at great trouble and expense are de layed from one assize to another, or are referred to arbitration, because the judge has no time to hear them. It may, therefore, be desirable on every ground to make the proposed change; and if the Government were to let it be known that the three additional judges would be selected from the most eminent men at the bar, without regard to political allegiance or party services, we think the House of Commons would not begrudge the annual sum of £15,000 for so useful and beneficial a purpose. But if the claims of the common law courts for addi tional judicial strength are thus to be recognised, there are other tribunals of equal importance the judges of which are quite as much over worked—tribunals in which arrears are accumu lating to an extent almost unknown in recent times. We allude, of course, to the Court of Chancery, with its six separate branches, presided over respectively by the Lord Chancellor, the Lords Justices, the Master of the Rolls, and the three Vice-Chancellors. Notwithstanding the industry and energy displayed by these judges arrears have accumulated, and must continue to accumulate unless some relief be afforded. The arrears are not confined to the appellate business, but extend to the ordinary business taken by the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellors in court and in chambers. The pressure arises chiefly from the multitude of winding-up cases which literally choke up the court. It would seem as if voluntary or compulsory liquidation is to be the Nemesis of the rash and wild spirit of speculation which the system of limited liability has facilitated. In saying this we do not depreciate limited liability, but we only condemn the manner in which it has been applied by design ing persons to foist upon the credulous public under takings which never had the slightest chance of permanent success. The great panic which occurred in the spring of this year has brought to the court a vast crop of these visionary undertakings, the only valuable portions of which will be gathered by soli citors and official liquidators. The latter are almost invariably professional accountants, and it may be hoped that early next session some patriotic mem ber of Parliament will call for a return showing the sums actually received by these gentlemen. The Judges' Chambers and the courts themselves are filled with these winding-up cases: Unfortunate shareholders who are made liable for calls either engage in litigation (that is, appeal from the chief clerk's decision) to postpone the day of payment, or, if they have no property, adopt the short and convenient mode of filing a petition in Bank ruptcy, and thus get rid of the call altogether. The ordinary business of the court is neces sarily seriously impeded, and the glut which pre vails in the Judges' Chambers extends even to the Appellate Court. We therefore would urge that the present condition of the Court of Chan cery requires the attention of the Government just as much as the state of the common law courts. Another evil quite independent of the arrears arises from the circumstance that the chief clerks are most improperly permitted to exercise judicial func tions. When the office of Master in Chancery was abolished by the Act of 1852, Parliament never contemplated that the office would be restored only under another name. The Masters in Chancery were lawyers of position at the bar. The chief clerks are only attorneys. No doubt they are respectable mad intelligent men. They were intended to make in quiries and to perform other ministerial duties as mere clerks to the judges. They have, however, been permitted to decide cases, and the judges, as a rule, almost invariably confirm their clerks' certifi cates. These persons, therefore, now discharge the duties which formerly belonged to the Masters. They are practically entrusted with the conduct of the winding-up business—they make orders for and suspend calls—they settle the list of contributories, and all this in addition to the usual business which passes through the Judges' Chambers. The late Sir James Graham and Mr. Henley, who were members of the Chancery Commission, stated several years ago that they never contemplated that the chief clerks would have been permitted to assume and exercise such powers, and that it would be infinitely better to appoint an additional Vice-Chancellor than to sanction the settlement of important questions by a clerk in Chambers, before whom, of course, no barrister would appear. Under these circum stances her Majesty's Government may well consider whether it would not be desirable to act upon the suggestion just referred to, and to appoint an additional Vice-Chancellor to have exclusive pri mary jurisdiction in winding-up cases, and to act as judge of the Court of Bankruptcy. The experi ence of the last five years has proved that a chief judge in bankruptcy is absolutely necessary to give consistency, uniformity, and dignity t o th e a nip nistration of the bankruptcy law. The win din gries of the estates of insolvent joint-stock Co and of insolvent persons are matters so cog e n n p a e te tr a i_ s naturally to fall within the jurisdiction of bunal. When it is proposed for theal b en efit of the public to appoint three addition uttcinogmmon law in a plea judges, we cannot refrain from p for an additional Vice-Chancellor, whose services under that name, or as judge of the court of com mercial causes, are urgently required to relieve ve the Court of Chancery from its p resent oppressed state, and thus to confer a be nefit upon the community at large. Dear Sir, —In reference to the objection which has been taken by Mr. Rose to the retainer which we have left with you on behalf of the Jamaica Committee, we of course have no wish to take any opinion or decision except your own, and in reference to it we venture to submit that the Ja maica Committee, as is well known from its advertisements and other printed papers, consists of Messrs. J. S. Mill, M.P., P. A. Taylor, M.P., treasurer ; F. W. Chesson, hon. secretary, and others ; and that if they are incapable of re taining counsel, it must, of course, be upon grounds equally applicable to all other voluntary societies. As a matter of fact such societies have been constantly in the habit of tendering retainers, which have been as constantly accepted and acted upon by counsel for mluy years. Some months ago Mr. E. James, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Fitzjames Stephen accepted retainers on behalf of the Jamaica Committee. It is, perhaps, not altogether imma terial that in this particular case, after we had left, the re tainer at your chambers, a correspondence ensued in refe rence to it which resulted in a note from yourself, intimat ing that you accepted the retainer. As a matter of reason it is frequently quite as important to a voluntary association to retain theservices of counsel as to a corporate body or an individual. It is unnecessary to do more than refer to the litigation which has of late years been becoming more and more frequent and important, con nected with provisional committees for the formation of joint-stock companies. In Chancery, indeed, voluntary associations are every day parties to litigation, as they are also as individual members in the courts of common law. We happen at the present moment to be engaged in a case of considerable importance in Chancery in which the Bishop of Natal is plaintiff, while the defendants are the counsel of the Colonial Bishopric Fund, a voluntary body without any incorporation or legal status to distinguish it from the Jamaica Committee. If the objection is good, it is good against all voluntary associations, and this would, in fact, outlaw all societies for the promotion of literature, science, and the fine arts, and all clubs, and all the numerous societies which are formed for the express purpose of enforcing certain branches of the law, such as the Society for the Suppression of Vice, for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Society for the Protection of Women, &c. Should you deem it advisable that the question shall be submitted to the Attorney-General, we shall be glad if you will kindly lay before him this letter as what we have to say on the subject.—We are, dear sir, yours faithfully, (Signed) SHAEN AND ROSCOE. To this Mr. Coleridge replied as follows : Westminster Hall, Nov. 3. Dear Sirs—l consider your retainer binding, and, for m the e a m matter, bound but ae i a f I m a a m t t e t r o told my own part, think there is nothing at a ll i n M r. R ose ' s objec e s r te al ps th i a n t e I A tt shall er e take ey-G n e n o b ti y on th professional rule to act for Mr. Eyre, of course I must do so. I can hardly conceive he will do so, and I shall not myself ask him any questions. Why, under the circum stances, it is thought the least worth while on either side to contest the matter I cannot understand ; but that is no concern of mine.—Believe me to be, your faithful servant, (Signed) J. D. COLERIDGE. On learning the decision of the Attorney-Gene ral, Mr. Shaen wrote the following letter to Mr. Coleridge : Nov. 10. Dear Sir,—The Attorney-General fm has stated it to be his Rose pr i le . tvoa il .el t does,meknow d e that the opinion that the retainer of requesting the Attorney-General retainer of my firm does not, I took the liberty of of his opinion,kno grounds but he declined to do • so, saying that such a course was not usual. If you consider yourself bound by thi • s opinion I must of course sub • mit, but I respectfully protest, on behalf of my clients, that they ought not, on unexplained and technical grounds, to lose the benefit of a retainer which has been given and accepted in good faith. I have always under stood that the relations between counsel and client wore fonnded, understanding, upon any law of contract , but upon an hon ourable and that the etiquette of the bar, which I presume regulates the practice as to retainers, was designed only to protect counsel from conduct unbecoming gentlemen. If lam right in this, Iventure to su bmit that the retainer which was given in the case by my firm forms an honourable understanding which cannot be upset by the offer of a retainer which is substantially that of another reques t e d you in vain to lend committee, who have alre ad y them the support of your name. If zny retainer is to be upset o n ac count of any e peculiarity in its wordingintroduc- , then in th e nam e of the pro fession I protest againgt th tion or the maintenance of unpublished technical rules, upon a subject in which they are unnecessary and for which they are unfitted. if my retainer is to be upset on the ground that such a body as the Jamaica Committee is unable in any form to retain counsel, then in the name of the general public I protest against a doctrine which rests upon no intelligible grounds, which, if enforced univer sally, would p ractically outlaw vast numbers of • associa tions formed to promote the best interests of so • u3t - y, and w hi c h is, in fact, v i o lated b y the ever y day practicesociety, of the l ea ders of the pro fession.— I am, dear sir, yours faithfully, (Signed) W. Sii"N. Mr. Coleridge replied as follows: The Athenaeum, Nov. 12. Dear Sirs,—l regret the decision at which the Attorney- General has arrived, but you will remember I told you some time ago that, whatever his decision, I should feel myself bound by it, whether I agreed with it or not. I must adhere to that determination. I cannot set myself against the authority of the head of the bar, in a matter as to which he is the recognised judge. 1 hope you will see, as plainly as I do, that it is really of extremely little con sequence.—Believe me to be your faithful servant. (Signed) J. D. COLERIDGE. Messrs. 511aer and liscoe. Tuesday being the anniversary ston, it was celebrated in Bristol demonstrations. The friends of the Dolphin Society (Conservative) dined at the Victoria Rooms, under the presidency of Major Bush, and the Anchorites (Liberal) dined at the new St. James's Hall; Grey hound Hotel, Broadmead. Sir J. ROLT, M.P., replied to the toast of "Her Majesty's Ministers," given at the Dolphin Society's dinner. The At torney-General, on rising, was received with loud applau so. After some preliminary remarks, he said the toast told hint that they not only permitted but encouraged the introduc tion of political topics—(hear, hear)—especially those hav ing reference to those groat Conservative and Liberal prin ciples with which they were all identified. (Hear, hear.) Now, he did not think he should be wrong in pronouncing the political era in which they lived one of the most im portant long known in this land. Ho was aware it was the tendency of human nature always to magnify the import ance of the present moment—to forget the difficulties of the past, while their political vision was not strong enough to see into the future; and therefore they were often too dis posed to think there was something special and peculiar in the present moment, and that they had trials to which they • had not been subjected before. But making allowance for all this, he would venture to think—and could not too much impress it on those present—that they were livingin an ors of the greatest importance and danger to their Constitution. (Hear, hear.) And he would tell them why he thought so. The wisdom, firmness, and moderation of their ancestors had giventhem aConstitution consisting of a mixed monar chy, under which they had obtained an intellectual, civil, and religious freedom in a degree and manner which cer tainly never before existed in the known world. Coupled with this there had been from time immemorial, as the founda tion of all civil society, a recognition of the rights of pro perty, the supremacy of law and order amidst all our free dom. (Hear.) Their freedom had never degenerated into licentiousness. That being so, he would say that the pre sent was an era of importance, because democracy was mak ing a desperate effort to take the stronghold of our Con stitution, and notwithstanding the large measures and in fluence of democracy in their councils, it would not be satisfied unless it Lot the absolute ascendancy. (Hear.) The leard gentleman then drew a comparison between the theory of the present political agitators and the practi cal results that would follow the' adoption of their views, and contended that the trades unions were beginning to merge into ono—the questions of the rights of labour and the rights of property. Political economists and theorists led those whom they addressed to believe that if they car ried universal suffrage, and extended their number in the House of Commons, all they needed would be obtained, and the rights of labour being triumphant, they could attack their rights of capital and property. (Hear.) It was this par tisanship between the theoretical politician and the trades unionist that he so much dreaded, and which he believed was making steady advances. But he believed also that all classes of the community, and of all politics except ex treme politicians, seeing the danger in which .they were' placed, were endeavouring to oppose the movement. (Hear, hear.) Should this movement succeed he supposes they would begin by abolishing the laws of primogeniture. The next step would be to stop settling property on the next generation. All that could be done at present. Then they would be deprived of the power of disposing of property after death ; and then they would limit the extent of pro pertyl:se c e ir ac c h um i s n t d a i n v em id a ua it l b sh eh ou ov ld ed be al a l ll c o las we se d s t to o e co nj o e s y i . der ti w n h de a r t course should be taken to avert the evil. It was impossible for him to enter into details, but it was their duty to main tain the Constitution with firmness and moderation. With those who advocated the handing over the whole power of the House of Commons to a mere numerical majority they must hold no parley—they must keep them at arm's length. (Cheers.) There must be no surrender. (Cheers.) If this course be pursued he ventured to think that, as in the 17th century the wisdom, firmness, and moderation of their an cestors saved them from an absolute monarchy and in the 18th century from a narrow oligarchy, so in the 19th cen tury their Constitution would stand as it had hitherto stood, and would resist democracy as in earlier centuries. (Cheers.) Moderation was desirable, but moderation was not inaction. (Cheers.) Mr. BERKELEY, M.P., responded at the Liberal dinner to the toast of " The Health of the Members for the City of Bristol." Touching on the subject of Parliamentary reform, ho said if Lord Darby should produce a measure of reform which he (Mr. Berkeley) thought to be an onward step, it should have his support. But he disbelieved in their bring ing in any measure of reform at all, and if they did, lie be lieved that it would be so hollow and deceitful that it would fall to the lot of their members to oppose it. (Hear, hear.) And now did not those present think that they were going a little too fast ? How were we to have reform in this country under the existing state of things ? While the composition of the Honse of Commons was as it was, while the electoral body who sent the members to Parlia ment was it was, he said, reform was almost useless. (Cheers.) When he looked about the country and saw the state of degradation into which the constituencies were plunged, when he saw noblemen standing up and equivo cating in the meanest manner when under examination, and setting an example to all witnesses, whoever they might be, who might be called upon to tell the truth, anything but good, he must say that it presented a fearful spectacle. (Hear.) He took Totnes purposely, because it reflected upon the Liberal party. There were but two ways in which we could obtain reform. One was by altering the whole state of election, by altering those miserable committees of the House of Commons, in which no justice was done either as regarded law or equity. That must be done in order to obtain reform, or there must be a revolution to gain it. Who was there prepared to say they would have a revolution ? None of those present. They knew in this country that bad as the state of things might be, they could compare this country with any other in the world. (Hear, hear.) Sir M. PET°, on rising, was received in the most flatter ing manner possible. When silence had been restored, the hon. baronet observed that he thanked his friends most heartily for that very kind reception. Last year he made ationh yattuh Lordsien _b 0 some remarks which he feared were misapprehended by many persons in the country. He recommended the ap pointment of a commission to fully ascertain all the facts which could be known upon which a Reform Bill should be based, and that the Reform Bill should be postponed for a year. A great many of their friends in the country deemed that rather to be the advice of an insincere Re former; but he could not help feeling, with 17 years' expe rience of the House of Commons, that their object was the obtaining of a sound Reform Bill, and that a year lost in the preliminary investigation would not be practically a year lost in the cause of reform. (Hear, hear.) They were met that night to look at things as they existed, and he asked them whether there was at the commencement of last year that earnestness on the part of the people ogene rally which was calculated to impress a 'new House of Commons with the necessity for a Reform For one, what was the position of the present MinistryE e forin Bill from hear.) He said unaffectedly there was eot.7Allnd(now, he was not prepared to expect a sou course which his any such source—(hear, hear) —but forward, he was prepared to take the (Applause: ) And if honoured colleague had indicated to accept it— the bill was a sound bill he w w as es prepared Ivantiug he was prepared, iinda bill was brought n t t h in e g H . o ( u H se ea o r f , li C e o a m r (applause)—and wher© .) to mention an in- They would, perhaps, now when Lord Palmerston and Lord stance which occur mans, the help d h d e t l o p of a t hoatthnewimi allowcem sv b a er s s ihv o ia f m had the honour of bela in g de by Lord Hartington, stating coed a m otion to be Russell resumed the l . idini a s s t i r t y od in by th L e ord last Parliament H se e - Tory Administration. He ventured humbly to write the the House of Commons had no confidence in he would not do g o f the kind, and he declined to take that action, becashould committ themselves by some overt act, to show that they were not Palmerstonf lt thatun tisltatthi stating Toryt that t party in accord withtheprinciples of the majority of the country, it was a short-sighted policy to turn them out. (Hear.) He therefore declined the honour, and it was undertaken by the hon. member for Middlesex. He was not prepared to be a party to anything like an action to turn out the Tory :Administration without giving them a fair trial— (applause)—and he knew that his honored colleage would not be wanting in the same act of justice. As to a Reform Bill, he was not prepared to take anything less than the o a us. r isl m odi da y , h,oaaftnvhadee fewhave oaovk hen. ed e ads b ye a eus np o not upon t e withoutts collapsed i at war e e a flr ma n w betweeni t h Aaunsy bill of last session. (Hear.) Referring to th e i mportance of reflection efficient could ec of ti ngo n Austria whatin t t h r i e a s a h n o d r t P p r e a t might possibly be: the fate of his own country. There was no greater friend of peace in that room than he was ; but he was prepared to say this - that it was the bounden duty at the present moment of every party in this country —whether Conservative, Liberal, or whatever they might be—to see that the various services in this country should at the present time be placed in the highest possible state of efficiency. (Applause.) He then touched upon the pre sent position of our navy. With regard to the Board of Admiralty, be had often stated that he did not conceive it possible that whilst the board existed as at present consti tuted we could have an effective or useful administration. The first thing we should do was to alter our plan entirely with regard to our foreign stations. We had 91 small and effective vessels ; and he said that in the place of them wo should have asmaller number of thoroughly effective ships. Then he said that the second thing requiring to be done w as by the replacing of our obsolete wooden line-of-battle ships iron frigates. We had the Victoria in the Mediterranean,. the Duncan in North America, and the Princess Royal in China-till wooden line of-battle - sh i p s with somethin g like 800 souls on board of each—and if war were to break out to-morrow morning with America she had a vessel in those seas which would ann ihilate either of these vessels in five or ten minutes; and he asked if that was the posi tion in which the country should be placed ? Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols , 215., N G S F 0 D K. I By the Author of " Son and Heir." " One of the most interesting stories we have read this season, and we are sure our readers will thank us for recom mending to them a work so attractive and enthralling."-- Sun. 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