The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-14 00:00:00

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'-ORO rr. -a; .... .\----- y is the, Ao•ents in the p rincipal towns in England; or \' , ..•:Ff• . :,, , / -,,,... . wuniesale ' at .___ . _, R GREAT WIND In into ti e the nstead MILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ""ierva tbA R A d RAO, Pink Label, and Cork branded Ki naban's LL Whisky." THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 186 G. No. 23,248. PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. IUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION 14 flnc)rpor•tted by Act of rarliarnAnt, 1830). LL-ST RE ET. Coy i 4 rirT- GAR DEN. LONDON. freeronomp ap t ploation by VANCE 3 on all description of Security. Forms letter to EDWARD [IARPER. Secretary. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MR. MARK LEMON'S NEW WORK "LEYTON HALL," and other Tales. iII i TADAME STODARE (widow of the late A_ Col, Stodare) begs to announce that the TIIEATRE Ole MYSTERY, Egyptian Hall, is OPEN for the SEA- S() VI. Madame Stodarc will present the SPHINX, MARVEL OF MECCA, and BAKE I' TRICK, assisted by Mr. Fir bank Burman (pupil of the late Colonel Stodare), in Colonel Slodare's ROYAL; ENTERTAIN HEN of MAGIC. Doors o en every evening at 7.30 ; ‘A. ednesday and Satur day mor nines at 2.31 Admission—ls. and 25.; stalls, 3s. Schools ant children hilt-price. Seat* may be secured at the Box-office, from 11 till 6, and at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. GL 0-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COM PANY (Limited). CIIA.NS-E OF OFFICES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Offices of this Company are RE UOVc D from 73, Cornhill, E.C., to 28, OLD i3110.1.1)-ST itE ET, E.C. By order, JOHN C. DEANE, Secretary. London, Dec. 14, BM gerous proximity" to the Lea, at a point where that tidal river is full of foul sewage ; the deaths here were at a very different rate—namely, 63 in Beth nal-green, 65 in Mile end Old-town, 93 in St. George's-in-the-East, 85 in Poplar, 78 in White chapel, 111 in Stepney. There are two sub-districts on the east side of the Lea, also supplied by the East London Company, and the deaths were at the same rate as on the west side. from Spithead, called at Plymouth on Tuesday to ship stores, and left in the evening for Ireland. The War Department screw steamer Lord Pan mure, from Woolwich, arrived at Devonport on Wednesday with military stores for the gun-wharf. The iron screw steamship Achilles, 26, Capt. E. Vansittart, will be placed in the long dock at Devon port to-day, to have her bottom cleaned and valves and screws overhauled. Her decks are fitting with larger radius plates for the use of her new guns. • Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great 11.1Arlborough-street. COUNTRY HOTEIA, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. , cSS and KNEE'S List on application. 4 ..`artic tiar a f or insertion received unt i l the 27th of the mith At their AU C 2 ION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 6, ` l gar - street. 'MC., and nearly opposite the CITY OFFICES COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a Meeting of the Board a CALL f £5 per share has been made this day on the shares of this Company. payable on the 31st January next to the London and County Bank, No. 21, Lombard strcet, London. MR. JAMES WEAVER, Manager. Charing Cr . ,:ls Railway Stition; Now ready, in crown Bvo., ICa. 6d , T HE CURIOSITIES OF CLOCKS AND WATCHES, from. the Early TimeL,. " X F OR 1), 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. Brilliant Revival of Offenbach's SIXTY•SIX." Misses Russell, Fitz Henry, and Barrie; Messrs. St. Albyn, Mader, and Bury. Comedy by Harry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser (Buffo Vocalist and Comedian—a great success), Mons. Peterson with his high'y trained troupe of Performing Dogs. EXTRA ATTRACTIONS during the CATTLE SHOW WEEK, Great success of LES AMAZONES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERTISSEMENT, by the Misses TESSY and SARA GUINNESS, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. Open every evening at 8. A most gratifying and conclusive proof of the good effects of improved water supply is afforded by the experience of the South London districts, which were undrained and were supplied with the foul sewage water of the Thames by the Southwark and Lambeth Companies in 1849. The Lambeth Company got purer water from the Thames above Teddington Lock before 1854, but the Southwark Company only succeeded in supplying the purer water after the year 1854. In the present year, both companies have supplied this better, if not per fectly pure water, of the Thames ; while the shallow pumps have been dried up by the drains—with the following remarkable results :—The deaths by cho lera to 10,000 inhabitants of South London were 120 in the year 1849, 87 in 1854, and 8 in the year 1866. From cholera and diarrhoea the deaths out of the same numbers living were 142, and 104, and 15 ! As the water improved the deaths declined to this marvellous extent. Similar, if less striking, evidence of the effects of pure and impure waters is supplied by the experience of the other Loudon companies. The paddlewheel steam tender Medusa having the gunboat Nightingale in tow, from Ireland, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday evening. She brings old muskets exchanged for modern breechloaders. The Nightingale will be placed in Devonport dockyard for repairs. The Ist Battalion 18th Royal Irish Regiment, under command of Col. G. Call, arrived at Alder shot yesterday afternoon from Shorncliffe. Two special trains on the South-Eastern Railway were provided for the conveyance of the regiment. Major-Gen. C. Hay, Commandant and Inspector- General of Musketry, has been engaged at Chatham in the half-yearly inspection of the records and re turns of the firing of the officers and men of the several corps at the garrison, previously to the classification of the several depots, and the distribu tion of the prizes and badges to the most experi enced marksmen. STARCH MANUFACTI7RERS By EDWARD J. WOOD. Richard' Bentley, New Burlington-street By order, • G. W. BENWELL, Secretary, St. Clement's House, Dec. 13, 1866. GTO IL . It. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. LEN FIE LD PATENT STAItCII, Used In the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED TUE PRIZE MEDAL. 1362. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. Am PRESENTATION EDITION. This day is pnblishe.l a New Edition of EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND CANAL. COBIPAN Y. FELIX HOLT, THE RADICAL. By GKORGE ELIOT. lianchomely printed in two volumes, in extra cloth binding, suitable for presentation. Price 12s. William Blackwood and Scns, Edinburgh and London. NOTICE IS HEREBY. GIVEN, that the TRANSFER BOOKS of this Company will be CLOSED from the 29th instant to the 11th day of January next, both days inclusive, for the purpose of making up the Interest Accounts to the 31st instant. Interest Warrants will, on or about the 11th proximo, be forwarded to those sharehold ers w h ose names shall appear registered in the Books of the Company on the 31st inst. Deeds of Transfer will not be registered whilst the Books are closed. TN the LONDON HERALD for SATURDAY, the Vith December, will appear the opening Chapters of an entirely New Tale of deep domestic interest, by Mrs. GORDON 'SMYFIIIES (Author of " Cousin Geoffrey," "The Jilt," "Hope Evermore," "The Woman in Black "), entitled ' R OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch, JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary to the Company. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place. Southwark -bridge, London, E.L.. Dec: 6, 186 ANGELA; OR, THE WIFE OF HIS BOSOM: Proprietor—Mr. G S. PAGE. GREAT ATTRAdTION3 for CATTLE SHOW WEEK. The ROCRI -MOUNTAIN WONDERS (four in number) in their astounding gymnastic performances at 9 and 11 o'clock- BUR HA FOOLAK, the Marvel of the Fast— Lillian Lascelles, Mr. and Madame Herbert, J. H. Stead (the "Cure"), Russell Grover, Jerry Wood, and Duriah and Davies.—Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. Greville. The Times. in a critique on this popular and charming writer's w.)rlcs.. says :—" The style is perfect, the moral ex cellent, the dialo2uo sparkling, the stories interesting and amusing in the extreme, and every page bears witness to the waiter's eot:ndness of heartand shrewdness of discernment." And the great poet and critic, rhomas Campbell, justly styks Mrs Gordon Sznythics "The Queen of Domestic Novel." Published at 13, Catherino street, Strand ; and to be had at all booksellers and stationers. MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. "TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRANSFER BOOKS of this Company will be CL‘rSE l) from the 28th instant to the llth day of January next, both days inclusive, for the purpose of m.tking up the Intere 4 Accounts to the 31st instant. Interest Warrants will, on or about the 11th proximo, be forwarded to those shareholders whose names shall appear re;ristered in the Books t.f the Company on the 3lst inst. Deeds of transfer will not be registered whilst the Books are closed. JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary to the Company. 8 and 9, Queen-street -place, Soutirwa,rk-bridge, LoLdon, E.C., Dec. 6, 1366. Major-Gen. E. Hodge, C. 8., has assumed the command of the division at Aldershot during the absence on leave of Lieut.-Gun. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., until the sth of January, 1867. ROBERT COCKS and CO.'S NEW MUSIC. Col. Boyle, 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment, has assumed command of the 3d Infantry Brigade at Aldershot, vacant by the temporary absence on duty in Ireland of Brigadier-Gen. Sir A. Horsford, K.C.B. w heat )reig ° Once , j a rlel I t was taiue d It late t an d ;fer ia r 36ats4. O Beau° eit he tut ' to to dBl - ,AiOg eT3 cg ' t ine qUire - 01901 • n 1 i fr°6. is, 4 00 • ]p °f Po N° X i ll : goi• DO C se d to 1) 313i : 5 9 " 6115 ‘ 31 , 1 0, ss ol3l n 454 of ' ll of oge 01'1°1 s to o° ; ;s I*, - 24fP• .' ife °I Lag 0 001 g r°. P l 3 o no gS C I 4 yt•' the bora 411 , i. ,yolh 01 t l ige I et 1141. Office, Oct. 22 1866. INDIA OFFICE. 11th December, 1856. nr ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE xo for INDIA in COUNCIL. send Peg IS HEREBY GIVEN, that it is intended to cdtv...o, India, at the, nd of 1869, five young men, trained and th„'ittd for:ulti ma t e emp l oyment i n t h e h i g h er b ranc h es o f peWf Part rnent for the conse rv atio n and man a gement of the T eta under the Government of India. d e l e salary will be at first .£3no a year, awl promotion will high s n , d upon efficiency, and the occurrence of vacanci s in the A T ;', grades. Tl,P,ioants must be British subjects above 17 years of age. see,37; Must produce satisfactory certificates of . being pos aed of ~, a competent knowledge of the following su , jests, the i e. r ePared, if required, to undergo an examination in Ar' ish com position. on.A t h metlo tieWpbra, elementary principles, simple and quadratic eque. ge,-"•jall apd proportions, logarithms, arithmetical and Qeo,,rical progression. plan nl etry. let, 2 onometry. 1, ad, 4th, and 6th books of Euclid, and e tri th e rood colloquial knowledge of French or German, with A s tla4„e o ci,litY of readiJg and translating the works of some at writer in one• those languages. kno Preference will be given to those candidates who have a fre:gge of Chemistry and Physics, and who are practised If B , ‘ , and and plain drawing. s pore : they will be further required to go through a sei en Z. 0, training and instruction 1R forestry and cognate vi o ,.`'s for two years and a half in France or Germany_spre pm,s to their departure for India; and the Secretary ef State exp"econtribute £3) at the end of each half year t)wa , ds the lay o ::,! of this training in the case of such candidates as are ,no.ably reported on by their instruotors. for , a t ,,e d ( t ietailed information as to the qualifications sought to th ! _he advantages held out, may be had on application Vieto".. Under -Secretary of State for India, India Office, dres_rla-street. 'Westminster, to whom candidates must ad- JAMES applications before the Ist February, 1867. JAMES FERGUSSON. IVRAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS Sen S k is. YOUR MOTTO si 6d. to CULLETON Heraldic Office for a 'S k a p, .etch, or O s . f or a C o l oure d one . The Arms of Th' and Wife bl en d e d t oge th er i n p ro p e r heraldic form. butt pro per heraldic Colours for servants' liverjr, what foe 10 to b e use d , an d h ow t h e carr i age s h ou ld be painted, • Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Tamil 1 '3• 4 , arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every phi Cie kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, gr e IN ; printed in several colours. Family Fedi obtJ boa authentic records, information as to the Dew grant of arms, how to change one's fatal' 2'. IJiiildton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal bo n 2 ; Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Oran -41-4reet (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. PR,INTINGf-TO PROPRIETORS OF n WSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print liachining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceed (V favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Parti eB, If required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of Asi c i etil ara, with stamped directed envelope . for reply. ro w re ,, s —The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church , ,3 avoy, Strand, W.C. 0 GUNMAKERS and Others. ree l ile S ECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of tpAlng PROPOSALS fr m Gkers an for —4Oll-LOA.DING RIFLES , either repeat d ing Others or not fun zianufactu re. whicli may replace the present Service Rifles m Th 'ae repi, 'T non-re following are the conditions considered essential in 4 peating Rifles:— A. WEIGHT. 11(4 to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. bolo ts,.. B. LENGTH. h o u r , - km 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the "w of the butt-plate to muzzle. le . WEEGIIT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. fi,4 y l t e st not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for 'te. D. CARTRIDGES. M ust carry their own ignition. E. SIGIITS. f xed foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet a ccording to the present system. Ittukt r: STOCK all ow - - be such as to carry a light . metal cleaning-rod, and a ' Sling to be used. lit n G. RECOIL. 10 ~8 ' net exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by moro than 4,r cent. U. THE ABM AS A WHOLE. to ti , l , 4 De as little liable to injury bylong-continued firing, br e r, Ileage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to alg o -eu- loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable, men of being used without accident by imperfectly trained . 111 qualit fer 44(1 Of being manufactured in quantities and of um -4 T. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. t om ust be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, kiii:Posure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for dealB converted Enfi e ld r ifl e — a l so as littl e li a bl e t o acci , bei t explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of qii a P ' M anufactured in large quantities, and of uniform Op t l o K. CALIBRE. i otio. 0,,I; THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. el4Qual . Opti onal. M. THE LOCK. N. RAPIDITY FIRE. hi n e l.aPable of firing ges at least 12 roun OF ds per minute, without 4 cartrid being arranged on a table. 'OURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. tt la ll6 „ arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more It4e,? 6 in. at 1,000 yards, 30i n . a t 800 yar d s, 12 i n. at 500, Tual. at 300. th ot ha inean to be taken upon at least five targets o f t wen t y 8 °aOh. dadoo t o P. TRAJECTORY'. t require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 Q. FOULING. 4t I m e „shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. l'uu yards after firing 250 rounds. Th e R. PENETRATION. "gat 13:1 „ eau penetration of five shots not to be less than i 2 of the present service muz z le-loading Enfield Rifle— Le i ? ' 2 half-i nc h e l m p l an k s, wh i ch have been soaked 48 1) 1 : 8 i e . laance 30 water yards. \lr e S. LUBRICATION. 'day l , l on bullets is indisp ensa bl e , b u t an y o th er lubricant LecOS4 by the suPeradded or applied to the cartridge, if thought 111. competor. t, Ae eteP'llea will be received without the usuftl'proof marks. ca tions, and drawings of the methods proposed, 4 41 8 1 1, 1 ,Vh0 probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a, sPecimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu- OC, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War Nil -mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. uy th e a Pecifications and specimen arms will be considered lie rB e Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem 'kai). 13 ° Will be selected by the Secretary of State for 44 14' 41 who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, 44 and recommend for further trial such of the systems appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all 411, • 4 -14 may not bo considered to offer sufficient merits to tliti -.lit their being included in the competition, the con -41,81 ( 4 'which are stated in this advertisement. t ° ?ell ia ccepted competitor will then be required to furnish h,7'ritnent, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity , ~'4 l 4,lB B l 3 e chnen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am "Aliell,,Per arm, within four months after date of de e6l4,, Each competitor will be required to disclose to the Dio s gate° the exact nature of the lubrication he may em %lllPetit Bum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted the ors, to cover the exp ense o f the six rifle; and of 11:11)Ply of am mun iti on requ i re d. , e k Secretary o f State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the %"„uiell, on combination of all qualities, is considered t . „: c ommittee to be the hest submitted. 1.' 41. • 1) - . c°114 ' reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu d 84'lve ward merit in respect to its breech mechanism. litie third rof £4OO for the best cartridge. The qu!t -,,4,1/:thich will prize principally taken into consideration in eL i ng this prize will be economy of manufact . ure, power ' 4l lo l i a teing rough usage, freedom from . deterioration in 1▪ '68,0i/bates, and general serviceability. th e ; s eooting qualities of the cartridge must be . fair ; but 1.114 .3 , depend upon the rifling of the arm with which iiiriereltridge is associated, they will not be so much con- Will i 4 its those above-mentioned. will ;8 Clearly to be understood that under no circumstances It tleh" e°ippetitor be entitled to more than one, prize ; but klize will be l4 irrespective of any reward which may be 4 ryio the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the I v. MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. givea' a zinu and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re thAilittg(l examined in a manner similar to the Breech es.. They must not be less in length than 48 0 rile emit the stock. iti % i ve mut of weight for these arms is fixed at 9ilb. cx hajt the charges in the magazine. Y. °tief itiai sPensable that the arms be made to take a 4., ne R e t cretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best p ° , 4 li t i o n e or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the abroye t r gel lt lß and in the absonce of experience does not at f„L'ellne the standard of accuracy or other conditions fli ;"" 110 d before such au arm can be adopted. aragazine orßepeating-Art . ns, which are accepted ler trial, will be paid fo rounds rate of .£6O each. "1/). ' Rums to include 1,000 of ammunition per Th e :I°"3velty'ecvetary of State will take care that noin s g h e a n l i l o t u e s lited l l r °clnced in answer to this advertisement ) , 1(1 tl i th at the service without proper acknowledgment,. ' l ls :1; te name of the individual with whom it °rip ; th - azi be recorded in connection with it. 'No th e lige to which the first prize is awarded is adopted 84 vice, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance, THE WISHING CAP. Song. Words by CHARLES MACKAY. Music by W. T. WRIGUTON. 3s. THE WEARIED DOVE. Ballad. Music by W. T. WRIGHTON. 3s. VALSE HELENA. Piano Solo, Duets, and Quadrille Band, each free by post for 26 stamps. VALSE ROSABELLA, for Piano. By ADAM 'WRIGHT. Free for:.6 stamps. • London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. MANSFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BUItUESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.--15. Gd , 2s.' 25. 61. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon don. E.C.. are selling good and tine BLACK TEA. A price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway station or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe — PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. H YAM & Co.'s ATTIRE. JJYAM & Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. H YAM & Co.'s WINTER OVERCOATS. H YAM & Co.'s SILK-FACED OVERCOATS. H YAM & Co.'s REEFERS. H YAM & Co.'s SUITS. H YAM & Co.'s MORNING COATS. UYAM & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. H YAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. HYAM Sc Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. H YAM & Co.'s LIVERIES. H YAINI & Cu.'s HATS and HOSIERY. I.IYAM & Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, AG and 67, Oxford-street, London. Ilyatn & Co.'s Wintee'rweed Overcoats 215... to. 30s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Overcoats 3os. to 81s. Hyain & Co.'s Whiter Reefer 2ss. to 555. • Hyam & Co.'s Winter Suits... .I.lyani4.l3o.4aVintor jackets 2ls. to 425. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Frock. Coats Hyam & Co.'s "Winter Vests Cs. to 14s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers l4s. to 255. TYAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING, C 6 and 67, Oxford-street, London. The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits • 15s. to 355. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits Boys' Jackets for School and Home 9s. to 21s. ITYAM & Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. 8. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. ITYAM & Co.'s ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE ; and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESIT DY.—Fre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. iron, of Bromley, Kent. will be found invaluable to all who , uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, 41,a14M11, giddiness, dizziner.s of the eyes, &o. For habitusd ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a puriner of the blood, they ire truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and P tren zth en the whole nervous system. 3old by W. Lambert, Chemist, E 3, King William-street, Char ing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,lB. and three times the quantity in one, 29. 04. Be sure to szk for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver rills. The genuine are a square zrecn package. with " Wllliam Lambert." engraved on the stamp. PANISH FLY is the actin► ingredient in kj ALEX. ROSS'S CANTMARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, 5s ad, and tOs 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 ‘t%mps.— AL MX. ROSS, 248, Iligb ttolborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. Thi , 3 preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s ; sent by pos t for 80 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladles' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app tied. Sold vt As 6d, 5s 6d. and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 81, and 144 stamps . —Had of all Chemists. CIREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— N.A ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour lmmediatelyit is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effet. Price 3s ed, 5s ed, and :es 8d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all Cheml"ts. HAM DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the lace, neck. and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; scat for 54, 64, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness. &ii. ?s 9d and 7s ad ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 245, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. H AIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the heal with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional usin. , . lOsod ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d; sent by th e aut h or for 3 stamps, UGL IDTESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wi s h es to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 155 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, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Vr. Daniel Cooper, 45, Queen •street. Cheapside; or by Messrs Barelay and Co.. Lombard-street. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, &Id in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vlee-Patron—lllB RoyplUighness the Prince of WALE 3 ,BG President—tile Grua the Duke of DUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of lice admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is whol;y de: pendent for support on voluntary contributions and It affurds rend to a large number of in-patleats, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the Jestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,004 - 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 funds to maintain them. Contributions are received b; tin ir bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by *teem. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.;• Giyn and Co. ; Ilerries and Co. ; Hansom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Plums, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. : Bernell-street : and at the Re.apital. from 10 till 5. S TANI' 0 ELDB U7U, Secretory, WEST° N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. The most triumphant success ever attained in any Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASANIELLO," produced on a scale of mag nificence never before attempted at any Music Hall. Terr.fic ovation of the Irish Minstrels, 27 in number, three and four calls nightly. A new and original overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic supported by Fred. French, Mrs. Bryan, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Les Freres Risoralis. Majilton as Mesetopolan. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRI. Prices of admission - Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Area, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock, commencing at Half-past. CATTLE SHOW WEEK. Extra Attractions at WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, Holborn, the most' elegant and comfortable Hall in London, entirely redeco rated. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BARER-STREET. NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marriage Group of the PRINCESS HELENA and PRINCE CHRISTIAN. Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a nt till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till 10. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirelyre decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor LUG! CURTL Manager. M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. OSB O RNE'S STILTON Is THE Cheese! EW YORK via HAVRE and BREST, by 1 1 the COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT LANTIQUE STEAMERS, NAPOLEON 111. (paddle) l,OOO-horse power. EUROPE (paddle) 9OO-horse power. VILLE DU PARIS (screw) l,OOO-horse power. PEREIRE (screw) ST. LAURENT (screw) l,OOO-horse power. The following dates aro fixed for the sailing of those Steamers : FROM HAVRE. From BREST. Gth December. Bth December. 20th do. I 22d do. Fares—First elms, £2B ; second, £l6; third, £l2. For particulars apidy to STRINGER. PEMBROKE, and CO., 8, Ausfinfriars, and 511, Old Broad-stivet,London, E.C. WEST INDIES, SOUTH AMERICA, PANAMA, PACIFIC. iHE Magnificent STEAMERS of the CO M .PA GNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE leave St. NAZAIRE on the Bth of each month for PANAMA, MARTINIQUE, Santa Martha, Colon, Aspin wall, Guadeloupe, Sainte Lucie Saint Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, Demerara, Surinam, Cayenne, Central America, California, Equador, Peru, and Chili. • On the 16th of each month for SAINT THOMAS, Havana, Vera Cruz, Porto Rico, Cape-Hayti, Santiago de Cuba, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, and Martinique. For freight or passage apply at 12, Boulevard des Capucines (Grand Hotel); 108, Rue du Faubourg, St. Denis, Paris ; or to M. Bourbean, St. Nazaire; MM. Iselin. and Co., Havre ; MM. Kerjegu and Villeforon, Brest ; or to STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO., 8, Austinfriars, and 54fr, Old Broad-street, E.C., London. DIINVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R." IRIS!! WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London OfILTs and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. FALKNER'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 thli zennine old spirit, which 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. FAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."— London Offices, 7, Printing•house-square, next the " Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Di s till ers , J o h n - s t re et, 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-house-square, London, E C., the only house in the square not occupied by the " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reverence to tae "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be Lem that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next best, and Is. 6d per gallon and Ss. 6d. a e. se over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a lar A e supply of ye y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Ca ;fain, viz., winner of the race, hdving di s t ance d a ll com petitors,rarlaby as the EAST INDIA TEA. COMPANY have in done in their Choi e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses--1, Great St. Helen's-clturchyard. EAU -DE-VIE.--This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is vi ry superio^ to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profes3lon, and ex tensively used In hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carriage Dal I.—HENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,n00 required. WM. WILLIA.MS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO requited. WM. WILMA ItS, 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 45,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one bay each year. Sulsscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothburv. and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East_ and by_ WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR 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, chilaren, and orphans are, for want accommodation, rofnsedadmittance, 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 boon raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £1,300 more will ho required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is propesed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give broad 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 siliallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, tbo prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT ,D.D., NO ) 22, Filubury-circus, E.C. AVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 16Ibs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, ttcottand. or Wales, oa re ceipt of .108., by PHILLIPS and CO, Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. YARMOUTH BLOATERS.-12 for 2s. 6d.; 25. 4s. ; 50, Os. ; 100. Bs. ; 500, 3 )s.; 1,000, 50s. No charge for carriage to London. Cash on delivery. Country ordeis paid in advance.—Forwarded by FREDK. BAANDY, Purveyor of Fish, Great Yarmouth. GE 0 L 0 G Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC- TtoNi, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facllitat 3 the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can he had at 2,5, 10, 20, 5l to 500 guineas ; also single Svecimens of Minerals, Roll, s, Fossils, and Recent Shells, Grologi , tal gaps. Hammers, all the recent Pub'ioa:ions, sc., o TENANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 1;9, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Gcology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. TINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medicaf profession for Thirty ye 'is have approved of this pure solut.on ot Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity ot th... Stomach. ileadsc'ie, Heartburn, Gout. and Indigestion; and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted for ladles and children. P. epared by DINNEFOED and CO., Chemists, ac., 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold through-..ut the worid by all respectable chemists. CAUTION —See that " Dinnetord and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. The New Liverpool Underwriters' Rooms, The west wing of the new Liverpool Exchange Buildings is fast approaching completion, and will in a short period be completely occupied by public institutions and private offices. In this portion of these buildings are located the Exchange News room and the Newsroom and various offices con nected with the Liverpool Underwriters' Associa tion. The Underwriters'-rooms and offices are so far advanced that they are to be occupied next week, as the following notice intimates : Underwriters'-rooms, Liverpool, Dee. 11, 186 g. Members and subscribers are requested to take notico that the now premises taken by the association in the op posite wing of the Exchange Buildings will be opened next week, and that the business of the association will from that time forward bo carried on there. Subscribers aro further informed that Mr. Court, who has held the office of secretary fer nearly 31 years, has now re tired from the service of the association, under an arrange ment mutually satisfactory to himself and the committee, and that Mr. M. W. Rundell has been appointed his suc cessor. Mr. Court, in retiring, is desirous that his thanks should be conveyed to the gentleman who frequent the rooms, not only for their kindness to him individually, but also for their readiness at all times to supply him with any information ho might need in tho discharge of his duties. Wm. Ht. JONES, Chairman. In the above intimation our readers will observe that Mr. Court retires from the secretaryship of the association. Holding the position that Mr. Court has done for the third of a century, that gentleman must be widely known—certainly in every seaport of the world,--and very many of our readers will recognise in the graceful acknowledgment Mr. Court makes to the frequenters of the news-room that geniality by which, throughout the past 31 years, he called forth the individual kindness he received and the information proffered him. We write this as journalists who have always received every facility the underwriters'-rooms could give for the public information, and from personal acquaintance with Mr. Court over the whole of the long period he has so ably fillcd the position of secretary of the Underwriters' Association.—Liverpool Chronicle. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The following is the weekly return of the Registrar-General of Births and deaths in London and in 12 other large towns of the United King dom : General Register-office, Somerset-house, Dec. 10. In the week that ended on Saturday, Dec. 8, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,018 ; the deaths registered, 3,330. The annual rate of mor tality was 28 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 983 boys and 987 girls, in all 1,970 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding week of ten years 1856-65 the average number, corrected for increase of popula tion, was 2,001. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,584. It was the 49th week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,525. The deaths in the present return exceed the estimated number by 59. The excess is amply accounted for by bronchitis, a disease of cold weather. Only one death from cholera was registered in the seven days ; it Ras the death of a labourer's Child, aged 21 years, at 37, Church-street, Poplar. The deaths from cholera in the last five weeks have been 67, 32, 8,3, and 1. Thesupplement a h district eyes definitively the deaths by cholera to every 10,000 i n h a bit an t s , i nec and the results may be thus briefly summed up ; in St. George, Hanover-square, 12 in 10,000 died of cholera ; Chelsea, 4 ; Westminster, 6 ; Marylebone, 3 ; Kensington, 4, all on the north side of the Thames, and supplied with water by the Grand Junction, the Chelsea, and the West Middlesex Companies. The following districts on the south side of the river were supplied by the Southwark and by the Lambeth Companies, and the deaths by cholera to 10,000 inhabitants were in Newington, 3 ; St. George, Southwark, 7 ; Wandsworth, 5 ; Camber well, 6, Rotherhithe, 9 ; Lambeth 7 ; St. Olave, 6 ; BerrOondsey, 8 ; St. Saviour, 7. The New River, taking about 82 per cent. of its water from the river Lea; supplies St. Martin-in the-Fields, where the deaths were. I. by cholera in 10,000 inhabitants ; in the City of London, 5 ; West London, a part of the city without the walls, 12 ; Strand, 7 ; Islington, 4 ; Holborn, ; Luke, 16 ; St. Giles, 10 ; Clerkenwell, 11. In Pancras, chiefly supplied by the New River, the deaths were 6 ; St. James's (Westminster), 4 ; Hampstead, 1. The East London Company draws all its water from the river Lea, but it has pumps at two dif ferent stations, the one at Lea-bridge, and the other two miles belew. at Old Ford, where it has a small covered reservoir and two open reservoirs in " clan- At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-68 in. The barometrical reading increased from 29.37 in. on Friday to 30-34 in. by the end of the week. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 46.9 deg., which is 4.8 above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 56.3 deg., on Thursday. The lowest night temperature was 30.9 t d u e r g e . , i o n n t S h a e t u w r d e a e y k . w T a s h , e t h e n e r t e i r f e n r r e a , n 2 g s e 4 o f d c r . p eTr The e mean of the highest temperatures of the water of Thames was 44.5 deg. ; that of the lowest was 414 deg.. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 3.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 88, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.99 in. The general direction of the wind was south-west. According to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames at the southern out fall works, Crossness, was 222,840 cubic metre,. Dr. Frankland's analysis of East London water taken, on Nov. 8, from the Stamford-hill Reservoir of the company gives the following results :—The solid matter in 100,000 parts, 31.30 ; organic and other volatile matter included in the preceding, 1.28; oxygen required for oxydation of organic matter, •0467 ; degrees of hardness, 21.7. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Dec. B.—Her Majesty's despatch ves sel Caradoc, 2, Lieut.-Commander E. N. Wilkin son, which had been ordered by the Admiraltyom HenryH Constantinople to Marseilles to convey Sir Storks to Malta, broke down in her machinery on the passage, and put into Zante and Messina. She arrived here on the afternoon of the 4th inst. Not having communicated with Sicily she has been placed in only 10 days' quarantine, the term imposed on arri vals from Constantinople. As the Psyche, despatch vessel, 2, Lieut.-Commander Sir Francis Blackwood, Lad already been sent to Marseilles on other ser vice, she will remain there to carry out the Cara doe's original orders, and may be expected at Malt L with Sir H. Storks, who has written to say he hopes to land on the morning of the 17th inst. OrtleA.s were received a few days ago by telegraph from the Admiralty to send home the Gibraltar, 81, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. Coote, to be paid off. This vessel has been upwards of three years on the sta tion. The Ocean, 23, ironclad, Capt. C. Stanhope, is expected from England to relievj, her on this sta don. Her Majesty's screw storeship Memra., Capt. Dann, left Malta on Friday last for Spithead. The Enterprise, 4, screw ironclad, Commander Bosan quet, will sail on Monday for Patras, to relieve the Tyrian, 2, Lieut.-Com. llon. V. Montague, which will probably be ordered to Malta. The Wizard, 2, Lieut.-Coln. Murray, is under orders to proceed to Candia. It is reported that the Cruiser, 5, screw sloop, Commander M. Singer, will also leave port soon. Her destination is said to be the coast of Syria, to relieve the Racer, 11, screw sloop, Com mander L. Brine. The Bishop of Gibraltar and family returned last night from England, via Mar seilles, by the Poonah. The Malta and Alexandria telegraph has been repaired by the Hawk, and com munication by the cable has been re-opened to the public. Much of the delay was occasioned by the late tempestuous weather. An official trial trip of a ship's launch intended for the Spanish Government took place on Wednes day down the river. The craft is similar to those in use in her Majesty's navy, and was engined by the Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding, Engineering, and Dry Dock Company, at Blackwall. The boat got under way at 12 30 p.m. from the Thames Iron works yard, and proceeded down to the measured mile in Long Reach, doing the run from Roff's wharf, Woolwich, to Erith-pier, against a strong flood tide, in 55 minutes. Four runs were made on the measured mile, with following results :—First run against the tide, 7.004 ; second ditto, with the tide 10.112 ; third ditto, against the tide, 7.143 ; and the fourth, with the tide, 9.626, giving a mean speed of 8.548 knots per hour. The engines made from 340 to 350 revolutions per minute, which, with a pressure of from 751 b, to 801 b. per square inch at the gauge, gave 55 indicated horse-power. The total weight of boat and engines ready for steam is 9 tons 0 cwt. 2 qrs. 91b. The weight of machinery, water, and chocks is only 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 141 b. per indicated horse-power, which, it is stated is the lowest weight yet obtained in this class of engines. The boiler, it should be remarked, is made of wrought-iron throughout. The boat is to be at tached to the Spanish ironclad frigate Victoria, launched recently from the same yard, and near completion in the Victoria Docks. The boat drew 2ft. of water forward and 3ft. aft, with one ton of coals, some stores, and 16 persons on board. Sh e was in command of Capt. Gammence, who will com mission the Victoria, and who was present on behalf of the Spanish Government to inspect the proceed ings. The trial was very satisfactory. It was yesterday announced at Chatham that the screw wooden frigate Galatea, 26, 3,227 tons, 800- horse power (nominal), is to be at once placed in commission by Captain his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, for whom she is to be forth with prepared for a cruise in the Mediterranean. The Galatea has been attached to the Steam Reserve since she was last in commission, and but few of her bulkheads and fittings having been disturbed when paid off, a short time only need elapse before she can be made ready for sea. The line-of-battle unarmoured screw steamer Rodney, 78, 500-horse power, Mr. W. li. Harris, master in charge, is being hastened forward for com mission, in the fitting basin at Sheerness, a large number of shipwrights and other hands being em ployed on board in preparing her for the pennant. She is being fitted with a dditional cabins and offices for a flag-officer's retinue, as she is intended as the flagship for the China station. Her lower and run ning rigging has been set up, and she is nearly com plete aloft.. The screw steam sloop Rapid, 11, Commander W. B. Stubbs, from the Cape of Good Hope, and the Gibraltar, 81, Capt. Robert Coote, and the storeship Meora, 4, Capt. Montague B. Dunn, both from the Mediterranean, are hourly expected at Plymouth. The armour-plated screw steam sloop, Research, 4, THE VOLUNTEERS. On Wednesday evening the spacious board-room of the Euston station was the scene of an interest ing ceremony, an occasion for which it was gaily festooned and decorated, that of the presentation of prizes to the 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps. Colonel Erskine, the Inspector-General, presided, and among the numerous company present were : Lord Ranelagh, Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P., Mr. Thomas Chamber:, M.P., Colonel Bigge, the Com mandant, Colonel ilodgoon, of 79th Highlanders, Captain Scovell, of the 96th, Captain Mahon, of 9th Royal Lancers, Captain Rogers, late of the Came ronians, and other officers and gentlemen. Colonel Erskine opened the proceedings by giving the gene ral comparative statistics of the corps, showing that its effective strength remained exactly the same as last year, that the " paper men"--i.e., the non du cients who had not reported themselves for drill, had been struck off the rolls, and that the shooting capabilities of the regiment had greatly increased this year, there being 58 marksmen against 15 of last year, and 102 first-class men as against 47 of last year. Ile pointed out that there were still a great number of non-effleients on the rolls, and he urged several points for the consideration of the non-efficients, with a view of showing them the ne cessity for their rendering themselves efficient. Ile stated that the comparatively small numbers who attended drill at one time led many people to sup pose that the Volunteers were not in earnest, and though he was fully convinced that England in the hour of danger, if such an hour should ever arrive, would have no lack of her sons in the field, yet he thought that for the honour of the service all who had enrolled themselves as Volunteers should prove their love of it by attending as often as possible on the parade ground. Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P., then addressed the assemblage on the occasion of present ing some special prizes. He expressed the great pleasure with which le - took part in that ceremony, and the deep interest lie took in the great movement of which this corps was so creditable a part. lie said nothing had shown the determined independence of the English character more than this movement, and it had proved that they were so attached to their institu tions and their couutryas to be ready to uphold them with their lives. He looked upon the Volunteer in stitution not only as important in proving the at tachment of Englishmen to their country, but as of importance iu training the young men of the nation to the use of arms, as they thus gained physical strength, and were imbued with the most patriotic feelings. He assured his hearers that Parliament as well as the country knew the value of the force, and regarded it as a most valuable auxiliary of the army, and he was sure that it would be most heartily sup ported. He concluded by saying that he was con vinced that if the country required her sons they would prove themselves in every way worthy of their forefathers. The prizes, which were very numerous, were then distributed. The champion of the year was Sergeant Rudd, and the winner of the chief bat talion prize was L a nce-corporal Snowdon, who re ceived a gold watch, value ten guineas, given by Col. Bigge, and the honour of a few bars of a triumphal march. Thanks having been voted to the prize donors, Lord Ranelagh was called upon to speak, and, after claiming acquaintance with the regiment as one he had met on many a muddy field, he went on to speak of the relative force of the great Powers of Europe, and said it was unquestionable that we were rather behindhand, and thatwe must put our fighting house in order. lie was sorry that the Conservative Go vernment, which in former days had done good ser vice in strengthening the fighting power of the coun try, had not yet shown auy sign of life, and he hoped the press would call upon the Government to show what was being done in this respect. He went on to speak of the great advantage given to the country in having the breechloading rifle, and concluded by observing that the force would be greatly strengthened by having one uniform for all infantry regiments of Volunteers, and this uniform, he urged, should be o f the national colour—namely, red. His lordship was warmly cheered, and the proceedings concluded after a pleasant speech by Mr. Chambers, M. P. The New Organisation of the French Army. PARIS, Dec. 11, The Constitutionnel of to -day publishes the fol lowing article, signed by M. Limayrac, upon th e new Theimportant organisation of the events Europe have produced a strong feeling in France, which should neither be misrepresented nor under rated.the signification of this f ee li ng spread g classes? Is it a mean thou g ht o f j ea l ousy? amon No. France is too great to be envious, and rejoices to seeideas of progress and civilisation develop them selves among other nations—if necessary, she assists in the development. is it a menace, or a thought of revenge? Still less. France has been in no way con cerned. Neither her honour nor her interests have been engaged. What agitates the country is a pa triotic movement, and the most legitimate national feeling. New facts have been revealed, new forces • have manifested themselves in Europe, and it be came a question, as M. de Lavalette stated in his circular, of maintaining intact our rank and influ ence in the world. The Emperor and his Govern ment have thought and felt with the public mind ; and we know with what care, what . wisdom, and with what patriotism the high cornulk;Aon ho.; ela borated the project the principal bases of which have been settled to-day. 800,000 men, such is the stre ng th of the effective considered necessary, after mature deliberation, to assure the defence and maintain the dignity of the country; 400,000 or 420,000 men form the active force, and nearly the same number con stitute tLe reserve. The period of military service is reduced by one year, and will be six years in all, either in the active army or the reserve. The re serve, exercised during a certain period every year, and divided into two portions, will be incorporated in the event of war with the active army of the ' peace establi s h ment, and as may be requi re d . Of the serve, the first w ill b e under thL der of War, t o meet the necessities of the active force. The second can only be called out by decree. In addition a Mobile National Guard, the strength of which is estimated in the project at 300,000, will be destined for internal defence; that is to say, the defence of the frontiers, strong places, and the coasts. In time of peace the Mobile National Guard will be relieved from all service and all displacements. With respect to the principle of exemption it is maintained, and its application will be regulated in proportion to the re-engagements of the preceding year, since exemption only applies to the active army. But this does not prevent any extensive system of substitution being authorised between the young men of the active army an l those of th e reserve of both classes. The reserve service will bo rendered still less onerous by the greatest facilities for marriage being accorded to the young soldiers. Further, all those will be relieved from duty at the depots who shall have been declared sufficiently in structed in the manual exercise. The reception which public opinion will accord to such a project is not doubtful. The public, let us repeat, know with what scrupulous care it has been elaborated and discussed, and with w h a t i nformation the Em peror was provided. His Majesty himself has made military matters the study of _his whole life, and possesses a familiar khowledge-of the organisation of all the great armies of Europe. The public will, above all, appreciate in this project the perfect con sonance with which he adapts himself to the require.. ments of our intellectual and democratic society, while meeting the necessity for the defence of our territory. If we are a military nation by tempera ment and aptitude, we arc no less a nation inclined to the noble labours of the mind, and the profitable application of tho sciences, agriculture, industry, and the arts. There could be no question, then, of making a soldier of every French citizen, of bri gading all France, as some journals at first pre tended to believe. But it was necessary, without overthrowing the admirable system of our army, to revise and adjust it to the necessities created by the military progress of neighbouring nations and new circumstances. To attain this end without wound ing the sentiment of equality and justice so deeply rooted among us, without injuring the other great interests of the country, without placing useless obstructions in the path of youth, or in the develop ment of individual aptitude, such was the difficulty. It has been resolved, and this happy solution will certainly obtain the adhesion of the whole country, who will find in it fresh motives for gratitude to wards Napoleon III." CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. The report of the directors, to be submitted to the general meeting on the 21st inst., shows a bal ance to credit of £59,211 10s. 11d, on the revenue account, which, when added to £1,284 6s. 2d., the balance carried over in January last, makes a total amount of £60,495 17s. ld. applicable to dividend. After deducting the dividends on the preference and debentuire stocks, and the balance of interest account a net sum of £28,339 3s. remains to the credit of re venue. Out of this the directors recommended that a dividend of 2- per cont. be declared on the ordi nary stock, which will leave a balance of £3,272 ss. 6d. to be carried forward to next year. The num ber of visitors during the year has been 2,067,598, a number larger than during any previous year, and exceeding those of the preceding twelve months by no less than 309,082, of whom 149,525 were visitors paying the price of admission for the day. The directors continue to keep a careful watch over the expenditure in all departments of the palace and grounds--both the ordinary working expenditure of the establishment, and the special outlay for at tractions. The former of these, when not before the full board, is in the charge of a committee of directors, whose enleavour is to keep it down to the lowest level reached in former years, without neglecting the' works necessary to maintain the undertaking in full egiciency and repair. The amount under this head has been swelled during the Fist year by the renewal of the boilers for imlting the building, by the completion of the internal illumination, the enlirgement of the con cat-room, and other works, amounting in all to about 4000—works which, as necessary and as ma terially improving the palace, are satisfactory in themselves, and might very fairly have been charged to capital. Under the head of outlay for special attrac tions, the expenditure during the past year also calls for remark. These undert ►kings are invariably submitted to the full board, who have for their guidance a complete system of returns represent ing the outlay and results of similar events in former years. It would be gratifying to the board to dispense with many of these special events, but it is evident that the company's returns, dire'A and indirect, increase in a proportionate ratio as such popular attractions are presented, and the necessity for their continuance, in a greater or less degree, as circumstances arise, is therefore obvious. The board think it requisite thus specially to allude to the cost of these attractions, as they caused the re ceipts of the past year to exceed those of any former year except 1862, when the Exhibition took place, in which (as was al , o the case in 1864-5), the pro fits of the Handel Festival were included. The chancre in the mode of issuing the guinea sea son tickets, by which they date from the commence ment of the month in which they are purchased, has continued to work well, and 3,000 more have been sold than in the previous 12 months. The attraction of the Saturday concerts is still on the increase, as is conclusively shown by the crowded state of the concert room on every occasion, and by the large advancee itoamount taken for reser ve d seats. Th department has fully m a i n t a i ne d i ts ex hibitors' in t r h; position, and the receipts show a slight increase over those of former years. The refreshment department participates in the general increase in the number of visitors, and it will be observed that the revenue from this very importan source has reached the large sum of £19,613 163. 7d. The directors con tinue to be satisfied with the manner iu which the service of this department is conducted by the con tractors. Since the meeting in June last, the com pany has sustained a truly severe loss in the decease of Mr. Thos. Newman Farquhar, the chairman, who died after a very short illness on the 30th July last, after having filled the chair for nine years. The board do not recommend that the vacancy created by Mr. Farquhar's decease shall be filled up before the June meeting, the regular time for the election of directors. In the meantime the directors have elected Mr. Arthur Anderson as their chairman. KING GEORGE OF HANOVER.—The National Gazette of Berlin says that King George of Hanover does not consider himself as at all deprived de facto of his sove reign functions. He has just dismissed Colonel Gundell, who had invited his officers to state if they wished to enter the Prussian service. General Bulow-Stolle has obeyed this order, and transmitted Colonel Gundell's command to the senior officer in the regiment. CLOSE OF THE GROUSE SHOOTING IN LANARK_ SHIRE.—The season for grouse sh oot i ng closed on Tuesday, and notwithstanding its rou gh preface a most success f u l season's sport has been generally obt a i ned unfavourabl e weather which prevailed throughout the country, and birds upon the whole ha ve been consequencen u numerous, and of the unusually ve t a n dm wild, particularly in the reg ions of the Upper Ward and other exposed situations. euteinLg days, it Leamington, was Carmichael, butpurie (l v e a ,i islyedtoCrawfordob during ta irna the two as t ,g w .t o , or opening p s tl however, ra pidly i mprove d anything in condition, and the quantity of grouse and other game shot far exceeded that in any ea In the north- eas t ern districts o s ft s h o e n e f o o u r nty the grouse last six was, some of the hill s, unusually scarce, and birds small; while 120 ou other sh oot i ng grounds in the north-west grouse were abundant, and sportsmen bagged large numbers. On all the moors iu the Lesmahag•iw and .A.vondal, districts the ?rt, was excellent. The Walst - m range produced but a small number, and shooting Was, ill a Brest OPMSllrft, tanta• doued in that quarter by the end of August. In the south eastern parts of the shire the sport was pretty fair, though not so good as formerli; but grouse shooting altogether was bettor than on average soasons. The cover shooting with regard to number and condition of game has not been equalled for years, and the keepers and others represent that, notwithstanding the great slaughter, all kinds of game Hamilton, and Drum areiltop still plentiful. Oa t he l ands of Dou g las Castle, Car s t e a n i e iss ; C a I : o lr n n e w t a h t e h i ,. o l\ w Ti e s r h e a ‘ bagged within a few days nearly v, Mn ' 2,500 head of game, including pheasants, woodcocks, par tridges, snipes, hares, rabbits, &c. The season has been highly favourable for game of all kinds, and on protected grounds they are reported to be thriving well.—Scotsman. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole , • MAI)ONN A MAIt Y. By Mrs. OLIPHANT. "From first to last• Madonna Mary' is written w:th even ness and vigour, and overflows with the best clualtties of its writer's fancy and humour."—Athenaeum. Hurst and Ellackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.