The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-01 00:00:00

ONDON rtinst have a SUPPER and MUSIC riatitreAsNS' vit-OONI for (3entlemen. Remember, we watt for you Th ea the atter the Co v ent- g a r de n Pant mimc and 'S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXH I BIT lON, 187 , 5. hYhis ee'eh ra t ed Old IRISH WHISKY gained the. Dublin , rizQ It 1, Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delioious, and very Wholesome. t,, 8 °. 1,1 in Bottles, 3 s . Bd ., a t th e Retail louses in London; by at Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale obaerve the Red Seal, 8, GR EAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. iit oahan'a LL Whhay." Pink Labol, and Cork branded IWUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION anclrporated by Act of Parliam.mt, 1810), 14 , Itit , 14:LL-ST RE ET, CO V P:NT-G AK DEN, LONDON'. 4!)Ar A A T „,„ -er, — ` ,,, S 14rONTEY on Parsonal Security, Rills of Sale, fee :. lola or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry th reA ° ' any deduction what e ver, for p er i, m is of one, two,. or Ye:vs yabl,, wey ,or q. 3ills bl,",?,ol.luted: repa greatest Al sec're m cy onthly observed. uarterl Advan y ces l also 15 towards th:.! Purchase of [louse, repayable in 5, 10, or e t; j'ar' Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped velope.— EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. ' of HAVANA and :MATANZAS (Cuba) RA, . l lmo At) SEVEN PER CENT. LOAN of £ 00, 1 00, Halt-yearly INTEREST on the above Bonds, tuer " ' 4 l the 15th February, will be paid on that day sod , any ge;Faintr day at Ow Counting-house of Messri. J. II EN ttlODEq hours and CO.'S, T 145 Leadenhall-street. betwei n the mentor examination Eleven and Two' o'clock. The Coupons must be I,ele'nftor examination two clear days before applying for pay- Lo ' l - o n, Feb. 1, 1566. JOIEN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY p ow . ,,TOOTR PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth Lani br e e s a . t s h tr . .er; gives the teeth p whiteness, protects the ;Mel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to eet! ) L ri . 6d. —Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper o e e n d os IV RAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY bri t , NOW?—That the FIERY CROSS has arrived, g ap Ong some magnificent KAISOW CONGOUS of delicious th,." 11 % and which may now be had, at a mere commission on N o „ i nDort price, of the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, 0 , Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. It. H. THE PRINCESS OP WALES. Q-LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED TIM PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &a. 6r.c. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in prod A LEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily (sq . :lees Whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d, ss. 65., and Os. li f : , ,Bent free for 54, 84, and 141 stamps . — ALEX . ROSS, 248, 'gn llolborn, London. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. e in4 ,..9aration gradually dissolves the corn in a few hours, ! r %lg the very root. Price 4s, sent by post for 60 stamps. tugrb Holborn, London. RAM-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, Lad; London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls kt 3,;" or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold Stan;loB. 6d. sent free for 151, Bf, and 144 Ps. itosee'Toilet Magazine, ls. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— itain AL EX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour t ur cliately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly al in ev effe.' o r 54 84 t and 144 Price stamp. 3s. tsd 58. 61, and 10s. 6d. ; sent by et f . AIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX.!ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, ne c uvut effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, and arms. 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ; sent the same ' 47, ta ordered by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. Lately published, Id., sent free by post for two stamps, AN ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : Its . Close Analogy to Vegetation, and its Reproduction by TOSS, Stimulant Spanish Fly or Cantharides.—By ALEX. 7-'SS, 248, High Holborn, London. LATPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin arc improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE 'LE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness, AL 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d. ; or by post for 40 and 100 stamps.— E L ROSS, 248,1110 Holborn, London. ---....._ ItU PTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. VHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFT.i;TED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT N';',...I!ITIONB OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of It lve "'„2undred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective Th e - "on in the curative treatment of HERNI A. la h use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, boe„ere avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the tt o , ,,,,w•lifle the requisite resisting power is supplied by the ' Da ;lain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease c.oseness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn tr us li g sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the 5 41 4 , Which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the dr ittrence of the body, two inches below the hips , being 4 ' to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A / Sin-1?e Truss, 165., 215., 260. 6d., and 31s. Bd. Postage, ls. ,Üble Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. Id. Postage, is Bd. Inimical Truss, 4 9 5. and 525. ed. Postage, ls. 10d. o,,toat-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post- Plocadilly. NEW PATENT PLASTIC STOCKINGS, w --- ,2iNEE-CAPS, &c., for kraricose Veins and all cases of pq r , - -4 n Ces and Swelling ot the Legs, Sprains,They are lik e " 8 . light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on e )4 , "xi, or din a g ry 6 stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., to 16s. Posae d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 22.5. Piccadilly. RUPTURES CURED BY CIIANDLER'S NEW LEVER TRUSS. it has the following advantages: —No steel spring re -941,ed round the body, Is easily applied, does not chafe or ~c .e()lla te the skin, admits of any kind of exercise being to cen , and is imperceptible when worn. r Meea —Single, 10s. 64. and 215., postage Is. ; Double, 21s. 4 : 41 428,, postage 25.; sent on rece i pt of pos t-office order aul 2 e round hips. Sure to fit. rfLEQ PROLAPSUS ANI, and UTERI instantly re and ultimately cured by some entirely new and very "erlious appliances. Prices from 10s. od., sent by post on receipt of size round hips. ti LASTIC STOCKING S, KNEECAPS, ti SURGICAL BELTS, and appliances of every b ! a criPtion, with all the latest improvements, and of the "t quality, SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs "TUE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public are respectfully cautioned against worthless Imitations, and should see that Lea and rerrins' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper. ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Propr'etors, Wor cester: Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, 41c. dco. ; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni versally. AT CONSIDERABLY REDUCED PRICES. P OUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, and j P ORMITIES cured by CHANDLER'S IMPROVED ao. I:I ST-EXPANDING BRACES, for both sexes, of all They strengthen the voice and. lungs, relieve indiges tion, and are especially recommended to children for assist :4 t he growth, and for promoting health and symmetry of fir e. Price 10a. 6d. All the a b ove i ns t rumen t s are highly recommended by ti iele ading members of the medical profession. Illustrated v a ' a lognes forwarded. MR. H. r. CHANDLER, S urgical Mechanician, 65, Berners-street, Oxford- street, London, W. E AFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER, and p ,„ Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits into the ear, not ti; e re vntible; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in t o , l ead is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief o h "cal persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at I,,, li rch and public assemblies. Every other kind of hear ..........2_ttrbeeitnsptrincemaceiniltly.. Messrs. SOLOMON, 39, Albemarle- :1)NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. U BARRY's delicious health- r estoring Invalids' and Infants' Food, THE REVALENTA ARABICA, 41 .elds three times as much assimil a ti ng an d s t reng th en ing tr o arishment as the best meat, and restores perfect diges 4, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing eeP, functional regularity, and energy to the most disor 4?I'M or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually in b!Restioil (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, ha- Illtnal constipation, diarrhcea, all gastric derangements, he l , lll orrhoids, liv e r complaints, flatulency, nervous -acTsi biliousness, f evers , sore throats, diphtheria, e ;iZ arr lisi colds, influenza, noises in the head ears, rheumati out impurities, eruptions, a j s _ t . e .ria., neuralgia, irritability, sl . eglessness, acidity, Intatton, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, sick s, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, . ) ,aig fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, IC.aa in the pit of the stomach - and between the shoulders. Pali most digestible of • all foods and suitable for in '4B and infants in all complaints. + L e 'Moto a few out of 6'2,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 (1)4a.'.410 Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver com vitll,4t, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, con a 'IX sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous tgietation. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. Waterford:Lort de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the county ,5.` 1 have derived much benefit from your 7zeollent food.—Stuart de Decies Dromana, Cappoquin, I WY Waterford. Cure No. 54,816,' from the Rev. James Syderstone Rectory, near Falcenhani, Nor th, in all cases of indigestion, and particulari y when b e li ver is m ore th an usua lly a ff ec t e d, 1 consider it the „ rig' of all reme di es . It regu l a t es th e bil e , an d makes it mi l :" in cases which would not admit of mercury in any earl and, a healthy flow of the bilo is ono of the Tease lest best symptoms. You can make what use you r of this communication.—l am, gentlemen, James ley C ampbell. Cure No. 52,422. —Bridge House, Prim tl)iit, Surrey : —Thirty-three years' diseased lungs, 1 , -- ng of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in ears, constipation debility, shortness of breath, and 1 4 - , 11 6 41 , have been removed bv your Revalenta Arabica. My i il "ga, liver, stomach head, and ears are all right, my hear ang Perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaint- Of f i es 6 , rames Roberts, TiiuberMercliant. Cure No. 49,832. i aess '3 7 3 ears' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervTis n,3s„' a ''thrint, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sick vomitinp,-. —Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure indibeMiss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, O tn nt l4l ion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. 48%r 0 . 56,814.—Mr. Saml.Laxton,Leicester, of two years' ;cea• The food is sold in canisters, 11b. 2s 9d ; 21b., c . (1 - ; 121 b., 215.. 241 b., 40s. Super-refined quality, 11b., 1b.21b., 12s. ; 51b., ; 101 b., 335. The 10Ib., 121 b., and 21b., carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, al so , I TY Du Barry and Co., 77. Regent-street, London ; „ Tea Dealers, 8, King William-street ; like- A'tit 65, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishops rt;einstreet 'Within ; 63, 150 , and 298 , O x f or d- s t ree t ; 330, r oad 54 , Upper Baker -street ; 103, Tottenham-court 010_2 Upper-street, Islin g t on N. ; H arve y, N o tting-hill ; _ Brothers 65, Hi gh-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's , St. John's-wood, London ; and all respectable "II 444 ChwAst4.—koyare 0 spurious imitations. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. _ Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of *A LE S, K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.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 ou voluntary contributions and t ::zactes. 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 cowiderable period averaged between 1,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several nundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas :crman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; HArries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co.: Nisbet and Co. Berners-street ; T. Barned and Co.. Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. fr0r1ii_2.0...1.111?.. ST&NFORD SMITFI. Secretary. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to ill , . 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young temales were rejected Irom want of FUN DS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases: F. ie., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead. deserted by her mother S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen. mother dead, A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents; M. 11. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. IL, aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. M. A. W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the mmittee wish to form would be for young girls, almost c dren, 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, Hr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen•street, cheapside; or by Moore Barclay and Go., Lombard-street, Y. 22,97 2. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 215., ENG LISI f TRAVELLERS anti ITALIAN BRIGANDS : A Narrative of Capture and Captivity. By W. J. C. ➢IOENS. "These volumes will be read with engrossing interest."— 'ost. " Mr. Moens' :dory is suffi. iently inlerestinir and is well enough told to be distinctly worth reading."— Saturday - Re view. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Publisbed by J. Clements, Little Pulteney-street, price 7d., in cloth 13d., a New Work on the Tteth, entitle,' PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES FOR US. By A. EF KELL, Surgeon• Dentist, Grosvenor-street, W. "The present may be looked upon in some measure as a popular supplement to the author's former work, ' A Treatise on Dental Sun.:cry ;' and should b 2 perused by those who are troubled with their teeth."—Morning Advertiser, Aug. 31, 1865. Sold by Slmpkin and Marshall, and may be had of all book sellers. CHO COLATE.-MENIER'S CHOC OLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast. CIIOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. MENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE. Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Sold everywhere. DEFRIES and SONS beg to call the special ey • attention of Merchants and the Trade to their NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER, With Circular Wick, which for simplicity of construction. great brilliancy of light, perfect combustion. and its entire freedom from heat, sur passes everything that has yet been introduced. ASTRA LAMPS can be obtained from the METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 417, Strand, and from all Ironmongers and Lamp Warehouses in Town and Country ; and the Patentee, 10 and 17, Commercial street, WhitechapeL ASTRA, PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.) ASTRA (Patent) LAMP, for MINERAL AS TR A LAM P.—Five hundred NEW PATTERNS for the Season now on Show. TABLE GLASS, ENGRAVED AND CUT. DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. J. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, CO3IMERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, £1 ]Bs. 6d. BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, £1 is. T DEFRIES and SONS, v• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL -STREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Drawing-room. either for Gas or Candle. UD EF RIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, In the Grecian and Venetian Designs, _T DEFRIES and SONS, •16 and 17, COMMERCIAL -STREET. BRONZED AND ORMOLU CHANDELIERS, New designs, for the Dining-room, JDEFRIES and S ONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYSTAL LAMPS AND WALL LIGHTS (Registered) for India. JDEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS for the above Goods promptly executed. Works —LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. DEFRIES and SONS, t , • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. I DEFRIES and SONS cf• Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free. DEFRIES and SONS' J• T EMPORARY SHOW ROOMS. 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. WHITEC [TAFEL, Five Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. PHILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE BEST AND CHEAPEST. STRONG to FINE BLACK TEA, Is. 6d., 25., 2s. 6d., 3a., 3s. 4d. Most Delicious Black Tea is row only 3s. 111. Vier pound. Pure, Rich, Rare, Choice C, ffee, ts. 4d., is. 6d, is. Bd. PHILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCHANTS, c, King William-street, City, London, E.C. A price current free. Sugars at market prices. PHILLI es and CO. send all goods Carriage Free within eight miles of .No. 8, King William-street, 40s. worth Car riage Free to any Railway Station or Market Town in Eng land. Phillips and Co. have no Agents, nor any connection with any house in Worcester or Swansea. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. O RN AAIENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlikid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Maiesty, 10, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary oollections of ROCKS, Al EN ERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geolo gy ; they will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20. 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr.TENNANT,F.G.S., at 149, Strand. NOTHING ThIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARE LL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores tne human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agna Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guineeper bottle, or in half bottles, 108. 61 Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, Is aO. mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which pl'ovokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Preparea only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 1301., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address are engraved on the stamp. . N. EVVSPAPER p --'1,4,-44--‘e----t‘ 1 'Y . - e-C.."--dor-Ze...‘i ,•,' - - .e./ 41(e.---ie---‘-e-ci .. . . . •-- . . - ...,.,; -.....-.,:: 1 , ,,,- --- ---,.,,------ , ........ . • .. . . , ....._ The Wellington Meno a......a„.._,,., ~,...„,.......„._......_„. ~. 1 1— ......._....____ NI fl S .‘iit , 'kr* - . f; 444 , 4 d. rr , -,,,, ~,,.. . , ~..„,,,,,,„ ~,. .„,,,i,S , - - m644,, , ,i, - -*,)f4.,,: __ ~, i .. ..Y.." ',.' , • ;. -''' 7 ~-.:•, - 0° .. ~ -- ._-_,-,- ~ .,.,, f / e . --,_,., • .„4 , - 1i„,, , , , _ • , ~,, „ : „ . ..„,,,,,,,,,,,_ 6 .„„, ~, ~A • ,.., Am, ...., , i O. ..- . „titer ..-.. , , i , , :•,-,. , 4, .. . a. -,: -,,- : :3. .. • itl6. ,ir. ... , , A11114 4 $ — ) 1 , ~., ,--.0 , i - , I IP. .. - .1,19 , .. t 4 DrIAT •t• t • , •du is. of &.#4.74 , DRoIr. tv ..._ I -,-",,,,„ ~ ,,,,i hpinitifullv po li shed, arrivea at Li.o .a.c,..,..- r't r I. '7e The Wellington memorial at Strathfieldsaye may now shortly be expected to be completed. The base ment and column, which are of Cornish granite, grey, and beautifully polished, arrived at the Read ing station of the Great Western Railway a Lwv weeks ago. The basement, which is a huge block, and encased in wood, weighs upwards of 31 tons, and was brought up by a train from Cornwall, and transferred from the railway to a strong carriage supplied for the purpose by a London firm. To con vey this mass of stone two traction engines were en gaged from Messrs. Aveling, and Porter, of Roches ter, Kent. One of these arrived in Reading on Monday morning, and caused no small commotion among the people in the streets through which it passed ; the second engine was delayed several hours at 'raplow, it was stated, in cen, , ,equence of some damage to one of the tubes. In the interim, at a somewhat late hour on Monday evening, it was thought desirable to make a start with the one en gine. Accordingly, it was attached to the carriage upon which was the stone, and the road being on an incline, it proceeded at a steady pace from the lower station to the Caversham-road, but the flatness of the surface at this point proved the load to be too heavy for the engine, and it came to a standstill. Another effort was used to goon; the engine strained, and actually reared up, so ponderous and heavy was the granite block when on the straight line of road. In the course of the night the second traction engine arrived, and about 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning a start was made. The soft state of the roads several times checked the progress of the train, but the longest delay occurred opposite the railway gates in Friar-street, where the wheels of the carriage had sunk several inches in the ground, and further pro gress for a time was impossible. Screw jacks and other implements were brought into requisition, and. in about an hour another start was effected. The train went capitally along the upper part of Friar street, and in the Market-place one engine sufficed. A careful examination had been made of the various culverts and bridges over which the train would have to pass, and as the arch way over the Holy-brook, which passes under some houses in High-street, was feared to be in too weak a condition to admit of such a pressure as the train, timbers were laid across so as to ob viate injury to the arch. The arrangement proved highly successful. Some anxiety was felt with re gard to High-bridge, though engineers expressed their belief, from the nature of its construction, that it would bear any amount of weight. Then the ascent was conceived to be too great for a traction engine with thirty tons' load to get up. 'The train, as it went along, showed the great strain there was upon the engines, and so slow did the pace become that at a distance spectators imagined it never could reach the top of the arch. However, the crown of the bridge was reached, and the people gave a hearty cheer as the train descended the bridge into Lon don-street. These were the main difficulties con templated, but the journey to Strathfieldsaye was not accomplished without experiencing checks from the wheels of the stone car sinking at places into the ground. Mr. Aveliug, jun., took charge of the engines ; Mr. Weightman, of the Great Western goods department, was in attendance ; and Messrs. Freeman and Son, of Cornwall, from whose quarry the granite was supplied, were also with tbe train superintending the removal of its heavy burden. PRICE.... ld. STAMPED sd. DWELLINGS FOR THE PEOPLE. Last night, at the Society of Arts, a paper was read by Mr. Thomas Beggs on " Dwellings for the People—how to multiply them, and how:to improve them." The following extracts from Mr. Beggs' lengthy paper indicate the views he entertains on this important subject :-1 believe, after all that can be done by benevolent associations, or philan thropic individuals, or even by Government loans, that the remedy for defective and insufficient house accommodation will be found in giving free scope to commercial enterprise and the employment of capi tal in that direction. The man who will show that dwellings suitable to the requirements of all classes of the people, within the reach of their means, and of sound and convenient construction, can be made to pay a fair interest for the capital invested, is the true benefactor. It will be a still greater boon to bring the ownership of a house within the reach of that very numerous class who have now to pay high rents for very inconvenient accommodation. I propose to effect this object by an extension and further development of building societies and free hold land societies. The building society or free hold land society supplies the means by which the humblest workmen who is sober and prudent may become possessed of a freehold house. If a man obtain this he will be careful of all changes likely to affect his own possessions ; he will not be a ready dupe of the demagogue, nor will ho be the promoter of strikes and combinations. After show ing the immense development of these institutions Mr. Beggs demanded that the law in regard to them should be revised and amended. What might be suited to them when they were small friendly so cieties becomes a check and incumbrance when they have become large investment societies, with, as many of them have, an income of from £30,000 to £lOO,OOO per annum. My judg ment would be to incorporate them under the Com panies Act of 1862, giving them power to purchase land, build houses, or carry out any of the purposes for which they are embodied, on their giving the usual guarantees. I venture to suggest that it would be well to make it compulsory upon them to deposit at some public office, open to general inspection, a properly certified balance-sheet every year. I be lieve that this has been suggested as a proper pre caution in the case of all limited liability companies. It was desirable to grant these societies a more simple mode of conveyance and transfer, and the plan of the estate might be deposited in the office established under Lord Westbury's act, or any other properly appointed office. With regard to London, the great difficulty in the way was that of obtaining sites. " To meet this difficulty we must," says the author, " seek for compulsory powers to obtain land for building purposes. I ask for a power vested in the Board of Trade, the Privy Council, or any court established by the act itself, by which any corporate body, on giving the usual guarantees, and depositing plans and proposals, and showing the want of dwellings for the people, may acquire land for their erection on the same terms that railway and dock companies now obtain it, without the necessity of going to Parliament in each case for a private bill. I ask also for a power to enfranchise lease hold property under certain conditions, and a power to compel the sale of such property as may be in the hands of incapacitated persons, or where circumstances prove the inability of the owner to comply with the laws laid down for the protection of the public health. I ask also that trus tees of charitable and ecclesiastical institutions should be empowered to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of property tied up by trust, where suchmay be required for dwellings. And further that sum mary power should be given to the proper local authorities to remove from out of London prisons, workhouses, barracks, slaughterhouses, cowhouses, gas works, and all noxious and dangerous manufac tories, and to place the sites at the disposal of public companies, who would undertake to build dwellings upon approved models." The paper further advo cated the principle which exists in Scotland, of a man becoming the proprietor of a flat or floor of a house. If only obstructions were removed, and fair facilities given, the people would find plenty of means. I have never yet known (says Mr Beggs) that a de parture from sound economical principles led to satisfactory results in the long run. I believe that if we could satisfy the public mind that suitable sites were to be obtained, that a company might be formed with a powerful and influential direction, and a sum of money raised fully adequate to the re quirements of the case, in five years we should hear little or nothing of over-crowding or of deficient house accommodation. The Vestry of St. Pancras. Mr. HAWKS, who presided over the meeting, in vited a discussion of the interesting paper which had been just read. Mr. WALKER (of Rugby) said that while he agreed in the greater part of the lecture, he objected to mak ing the very poor the owners of their own dwell ings, as they would be sure to treat them as they did their own persons, viz., keep•them in a state of filth and dilapidation. Besides, these dwellings would become the object of speculation, and would soon pass away from the owners. He was strongly op posed to granting compulsory powers for the pur chase of sites. He had himself built cottages in the country for about £73, which answered very well as a commercial enterprise, and the facilities for build ing cheaply were greater in London than in the I country. Mr. Alderman WATERLOW believed that nothing was more calculated to elevate the working man in his own estimation, and to make him a good citizen, than to make him the owner of his own house ; and that no such results would f o llo w as those predicte d by Mr. Walker.. The g rea t difficulty was the ob taining sites, and though opposed to compulsory powers generally, he thought them necessary where property became a nuisance and a fever pe st to the surrounding neighbourhood. He appro ved of the principle of Mr. Beggs's paper. Mr. STUART PARKER, the chairm an, and other speakers, took part in the discussion, which was wcund up by a vote of thanks to Mr. Beggs for his interesting paper. A MONOMANIAC'S DEATH. --M. Couvreux, a French gentleman, aged 54, took up his residence some years ago at an hotel on the hill of Q uisiniana, near Castellamare. Although evi dentl y a lunatic, he was per fectly inoffensive, and passed his time in composing songs and music. His two fixed id eas were passing a life of un sullied chastity and dying Without pain. It app ears t h at ho collected every medical treatise on death by the guillo tine, and made up his mind that death by this instrument was painless. Accordingly, he constructed, in the space which separated hie sleeping apartment from his dining room, a guillotine on a n improved principle, the axe of which weighed above a cwt. Several fowls and cats from the neighbourhood were missed whose lives had evidently been victims to the preparatory experiments. Once con vinced of the excellence of the machine, M. Couvreux set about adorning it. Two magnificent cr i mson curta i ns f orm ed a background; against which h e erected a sort o f a lt ar table, the steps of which he covered with black velvet; on the table ho placed a white cushion of eider-down. At half-past 9at night, having assumed a dress of white flan nel, he performed the hymn to the Virgin on his organ, after which lie mounted his scaffold, lay on hi s b ack, head resting on the pillow, let go the pulley to which the axe was at tached, on which it fell and cut off the constructor's head, which remained on the pillow separ a t e d b y a feN :hair breadths from the body. Next mor n i ng t h e waiter the hotel found Couvreux in the position described; a will lying on a centre table by which his property was to be divided among the hotel servants. 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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1866. BOARD and RESIDENCE.—CIiff House, near Warrior-square, St. Leonards-on-Sea. two minutes' Hall: from the Parade. Address, Mrs. Richardson, as above. T II E 0 X F ORD) 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. • The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limite(l). Trim EVENING, and during the Week, EXTRA PERFORMANCES by all the available talent. Opera, Burlesque, Pantomime, Ballet, and Comedy Every Evening, performed by the entire company, including Misses Russell, Fitzllemy, Barrie; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, W. Williams, .Spagnoli, &e. THE HUNGARIANS in their new entertainment, Messrs. Duriah and Davies's Life;illustrations of j`,'egro the ENCHANTED HASH, eleven characters performed by Mr. E. Marshall, the enter tainment written expressly for him by Mr. W. T. Vander yell ; and a host of other talent, for which see programme and small bills.—EVEltY EVENING. Admission—Area, Gd.; stalls and balcony, is.; private boxes, 10s. Gd. CANT,ERBURY HALL. PI-FEThI ! During the Week will be performed the above most extraordinary Entertainment, containing all the novel ties now in this country, and including the services of Les Montagnards, their first appearance ; Mr. E. Mar shall, Mrs. and Mr. W. Randall, the renowned Talliott, Les Freres d'Etoile, Signor Tescano, a .la, Donato; Les Tableaux d'Amour, illuminated by the Magnesium Light; Fairy Orches.ra, designed and painted by Mr. T. Burgess and Mr. W. Gowrie ; and Grand Ballet of upwards of one hundred ballerines. The whole written and composed expressly for this establishment by William Vandervell, Esq. In addition to the vocal and instrumental entertain ment. EVERY EVENING. Admission—Area, 6d; stalls and balcony, ls. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street. - • NEW ADDITIONS.—In the Chamber of Horrors are full-length Portrait Models, taken from Life, of CHAR LOTTE WINSOR and. STEPHEN FORWOOD, alias ERNEST SOUTHEY. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Children under 10, half-price ; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. A RGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. Musical Director and Conductor, M. LUIGI CUIITI. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. M'Eleney. Euphonlon, the celebrated Signor Luigi Mosca. Programme this Evening and during the Week—Grand Selections, IL TROV ATORE and IL LUCIA. Solo vio loncello, M. sloman, jun. DAIRICAIN VALSE and ECLIPSE GALOP. Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager, M. GRENET. D R. CULVERWELL'S GRAND TURKISH BATHS, 3, Great Marlborough-street, 3 doors from Poland-street, Ladies every Monday. Gentlemen all other days, 2s. each; 15, One Guinea. Also opposite the Post-office, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, 49, Great Ormond-street, Queen -square. Patron—Her Majesty the QUEEN. The Committee have much pleasure in announcing that A. J. U. BERESFORD HOPE, Esq., MP., has consented to preside at the FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY FESTI VAL of this Charity, on February 12, at Willis's Rooms. FIRST LIST OF STEWARDS. The Most Noble the Marquis Vice-Admiral Sir Augustus of Abercorn Clifford, Bart. The Right Honourable the The Rev. Sir C. Macgregor, Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G. Bart. The Right Honourable Earl Sir Archibald Alison, Bart. Amherst Admiral Sir William Bowles The Right Honourable Vis- Col. Beauchamo Walker,C.B. count Gort Colonel Home Purves, C.B. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Colonel F. R. Waldo Sibthorp Chichester Lieut.-Colonel Frederick C. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Keppel St. David's Lieut -Colonel Playfair The Right Honourable Lord Michael T. Bass, Esq., M.P. Lel. ; h Allen A. Bathurst, Esq., M.P. Right Honourable Viscount Stephen Care, Esq., M.P. Milton, M. P. W. IV. Fitzwil liana Dick, Esq., Colonel the Hon. Percy E. M.P. Herbert, M.P. Albert Grant, Esq., M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Charles K. D. Hodgson, Esq., M.P. James Willoughby J. Dyce Nicol, Esq., M.P. The Honourable Arthur Kin- Arthur J Otway, Esq., M.P. naird, M.P. Charles Waring, Esq., M.P. Sir R. N. C. Hamilton, Bart. The complete List of Stewards will shortly be published. Additional names will be thankfully received. The expense to each steward is limited to one guinea. Subscriptions in aid of the funds are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by the Treasurer, Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. ; or by any of the Stewards. SAMUEL WHITFORD, Secretary. January 16, 1866. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.G. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to tho 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 accommodation, refused admittance , and have 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 Rev. D. GILBERT, D.D., No. 22, Finsbury-circus, E.C. DONORS AND SUBSCRIBERS TO THE REFUGE. His ROYAL HIGHNESS TAE PRINCE Or WALES, K.G. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G. His Royal Highness the Duke D'Aumale. His Excellency the Count D'Apponyi. His Excellency the Count Lavradio. The Earl of Abergavepny. Messrs. Dimsdale, Drewett, The Earl of Desart. Fowler, an d Barnard. The Earl of Denbigh. Messrs.Hanbury and Lloyds. The Earl Grey, K.G. Messrs. Prescott, Grote, Cave The Earl of Harewood. and Co. The Earl of Eglinton. London Assurance Corpora- The Earl of Kenmare. tion. The Earl of Durham. Royal Exchange Insurance The Countess of Albemarle. Company. The Lady Ellen Browne. Sun Fire Office. The Lady Camilla E. For- R. W. Barclay, Esq. teseue. J. Bothell, Esq. 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Grocers. C. Manning, Esq. The Worshipful Company of Miss Martin Saddlers. Breton Martinez, Esq. The Worshipful Company of Messrs. Ponsford and Sou Salters. thall. Tho Worshipful Company of F. X. Pereira, Esq. Merchant Tailors. Mrs. 2almer. The Directors of the Bank of H. W. Prescott, Esq. Australia. F. Philips, Es q . The Directors of the Bank of N. H. E. Prowett, Esq. Australasia. M. R. De Quadros, Esq. The Directors of the Colo- G. A. Shoe, Esq. nial Bank. H. Riddell, Esq. The Directors of the National T. Riddell Esq. Bank of Ireland. Messrs. Ralli Bros. The Directors of the Provin- Messrs. Do la Rue and Co. cial Bank of Ireland. Miss Rombold. Tho Directors of the Char- Mrs. Simpson. tered Mercantile Bank of Mrs. Scott. India, London, and China. Mrs. Southby. The Directors of the Impe- Messrs. Tucker and New. rial Ottoman Bank. F. Ward, Esq. The Directors of the London G. Basil Wood, Esq. and County Bank. Miss Young. Tho Directors of the Union J. Young, Esq. Bank. Messrs. Zulueta and Co. Messrs. Coutts and Co. &c. &c. &e. TEETIi AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Messrs. LEWIN ani SIMEON MOSELY and SONS, Dentists, 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 143, Stra4d, Opposite Charing-cross Railway Swim. Their painless artificial teeth are unequalled for economy, durability, comtort, and all purposes of articulation and mas tication. Operations of every kind I sing unnecessary, the most nervous patient can be supplied without fear of pain or inconvenience. Consultation free. Teeth from 55, Sets from 5 to 25 gs., warranted. For the efficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide „ Lancet." Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, London ; 15, Whitefriargate,triull ; 10, rforf olk street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; and 14, St. Nicholas street, Scarbro'. Observe—Established 1830. No connection with any of the same name. THE CLOSE OF PARTRIDGE AND PIIEASANT SII 00T ING.—Yesterday terminated the partridge and phea sant shooting season, and for the next seven months it is unlawful to kill any of this feathered game. In all counties there aro plenty of birds left for breeding purposes. Hare and rabbit shooting maybe continued, and there are already many " stocks" of young rabbits, but which winter weather will destroy. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. Qt EENSTOWN 7 Wednesday. The Inman Company's steamship City of Baltimore, from New York on the 20th inst., arrived here at 11 o'clock to-night, with the mails, 111 passengers, $131,400, and £2,000 in specie. She lauded 17 passengers, and pro ceeded fur Liverpool at 11.15 p.m. Her telegraphic advices have been anticipated. The Houses of Parliament. Among the great national works which are ever advancing towards completion, and which seem de stined never to reach their termination, are the two Houses of Parliament. Each recess affords oppor tunity to Mr. Barry to add something here, to finish something there, but there is always a vast amount of work still to be finished. For sonic years there existed a royal commission to promote the fine arts in connection with the new buildings, but since the death of the Prince Consort, who was really the guiding spirit of the commission, the labours of that body have grown small by degrees, until at the present time the commission has ceased to exist. The consequence is that there are large vacant panels which were to have been filled up with frescoes, niches destined for statues which have not been completed, and walls and ceilings which are yet undecorated, and which give a blank and dreary aspect to some of the noblest apartments and cor ridors of the building. A quarter of a century has now nearly elapsed since a commencement was made with the new buildings, and the work of completion promises to rival, in regard to time, the erection of St. Peter's at Rome. Considering how much of wealth and property there is in the country, how large are its revenues, and how great are its re sources, it must appear strange indeed to foreigners that a few thousands of pounds cannot be spared for completing the greatest of our national works. The French budget of this year contains one single item of £lOO,OOO for repairs to cathedrals in France, but, if the Right Hon. W. Cowper were to propose such a vote to the House of Commons, the indignation of economical members would know no bounds, and the unhappy First Commissioner would no doubt be but too glad to withdraw the vote, and shelter himself as best he could from the censures which would be cast upon him. Every year some trifling expenditure takes place in connection with the works, and at the commencement of each session the members have the opportunity of seeing some new fresco or sonic new statue added to the decorations: This year hon. members will find considerable addi tions and alterations. In the first and foremost place they will notice another and a most important step made in the beautiful restored chapel of St. Stephen, in the crypt, towards fitting it for that purpose to which it is in every respect adapted, and appro priately fitted, viz., the celebration of Divine worship for the residents and officers connected with the Houses of Parliament. On a former oc casion we gave a very full description of the beauty and decoration of this interesting gem of Gothic ar chitecture—the Saint Chapelle of London. We have now to record the erection of a beautiful re redos in the best style of art, and in every respect worthy of the position which it occupies. This re redos is of Purbeck marble, richly inlaid with marbles of different colours. The panels are filled with Salviati's gold mosaics. The reredos stands a few inches from the wall, and is about seven feet in height. The front is of alabaster, and the sides and portions above the altar are panelled with quatrefoil tracery, filled in with gold mosaic. At each end there are clustered columns of polished Purbeck marble, with carved alabaster mouldings between the columns. Above the altar is a horizontal cor nice of Purbeck marble, partly gilt, and over this is au elaborately carved brat tishing of alabaster, dis playing the passion flower as its principal detail. The altar cloth is of crimson and purple velvet, or namented with embroidery of gold and various colours ; the whole being in perfect harmony with the rich decoration of the chapel, which may be hoped will soon be used as the chapel of the New Palace at Westminster. The Queen's Robing-room is still incomplete, the throne undecorated, and five only of the nine fres coes of Mr. Dyce, representing the story of King Arthur, are completed. These are carefully boarded over ; but the remaining panels arc as yet untouched. The finishings of the room are, how ever, now in progress, and some advance has been made with them during the recess. The ceiling is now richly decorated in gold and colours, light blue predominating, but nothing has yet been done to the walls and panelling, which call aloud for deco ration to correspond in some way with the ceiling. An elaborate chimney-piece of Purbeck marble is being fixed at the end of the room opposite the throne. The Royal Gallery, one of the noblest apart ments in the palace, is still incomplete. On one side of this gallery is Maclise's large fresco, 45 feet in length and 12ft. hi height, representing the meeting of Wellington and Blucher after the battle of Water loo ; and on the opposite side Mr. Maclise is still at work upon his magnificent companion fresco of the Death of Nelson. It is proposed to place eight statues of kings in this gallery, and a plaster cast of Charles I. has been placed in position to test its effect. The Peers' corridor, which leads from the great central hall to the House of Peers, consists of four bays roofed with groining, and in each bay, on the side walls, are two fine works by Mr. Cope, R.A., painted by the artist in fresco. Unfortunately, this corridor, with many others in the new palace, has hitherto been so dark that few could see and none could appreciate the labours of the artist. Since the dissolution, however, it hasbecome one of the lightest and most cheerful in the building. The windows consisted of two lights, with gothic tracery, and one window was placed over each painting. The win dows have been (widened, and now consist of four lights, filling in an effective manner the whole space over each painting. At the same time most of the coloured glass has been removed, and its place sup plied with glass of a different and lighter descrip tion. The improvement is so manifest that one would think every dark corridor in the palace should be treated in the same way, as in many cases the windows are not large enough to allow for fogs and the constantly-recurring density of a London atmosphere. The Peers' corridor is now one of the best lighted, and in consequence the most effective part of the building. The statue of Sir Charles Barry, one of Foley's most successful works, has been placed at the foot of the staircase to the committee-rooms from the witness-hall o' the principal floor. It represents the deceased architect in a sitting posture, and contemplating a drawing he has just completed. The right hand holds a pencil, and the left is extended to hold up the drawing for inspection. The likeness is excellent, and the whole work is an interesting and striking addition to the art treasures accumulating in the building. During the recess Mr. Edward Barry has altered the panelling behind the statue so as to set it off to the best advant age, while not unduly interfering with the architec tural features of the building. A gold diaper con stitutes the immediate background, and over head are the shields of King Edward the Confessor, King William IV., and her present Majesty. Under the shield is placed an inscription in black and red letters on a gold ground to the effect, first, that the place was first erected in the Reign of King Edward the Confessor ; second, that it was de stroyed by fire in the reign of King William IV. ; and third, that it was rebuilt during the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, from the designs of Sir Charles Barry, whose statue has been here erected by public subscription. The panelling round the statue is slightly decorated with gilding and colour, so as to form a kind of frame enclosing the statue, and defining the composition, which is very effective and appropriate. The chief fault of the site is deficiency of light, arising from the window near it being filled with dark-coloured glass. It is very desirable that this glass should be removed, and its place supplied by glass of a character to admit more light, as has been so successfully done in the Peers' corridor. Her Majesty will be present to open the House on Tuesday after the swearing in of the members; but the Robing-room and the Royal Gallery will not be made use of as on the occasion of the former State openings of rarliament, ARRIVAL OP THE MORAVIAN. NEW YORK, Jau. 20. President Johnson is said to be unalterably opposed to trying Jefferson Davis or any other person for treason ex cept by civil tribmtals. lie will make no exceeion. It is stated that the delegation from Canada to Washing ton consider a renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty out. of the question, but were for interchanging views upon the subject of commercial relations between the colonies and the United States. The delegation had gone to Rich mond. The passage of the bill by the House of Representatives permitting universal and unqualified negro suffrage in the district of Columbia (Washington city) was considered a great Radical triumph. The vote was a, decisive one, being 118 against 52, and the announcement was received with loud cheering, especially by the negroes, who crowded the galleries of the houso. There was no doubt as to the pas sage of the bill by the Senate, but opinions differed as to the course the President would adopt when the bill was presented for his sanction. • Commodore Winslow, who commanded the Kearsage in her memorable encounter with the Alabama, had ar rived at Washington ; and, upon the arrival there of some other witnesses, the trial of Captain Semmes would be commenced. Governor Worth, in his message to the North Carolina Legislature, advises the adoption of a judicious military code, and the re-organisation of the militia of the State. The debt of the State, exclusive of the war debt, is $14,000,000, and the Governor advises the issuo and sale of State bonds with which to pay the interest. He recom mends a " stay law" for the benefit of debtors. He thinks there will be no necessity for continuing the freedmen's bureau after the jurisdiction of courts is restored. The blacks can get justice from the courts, and all conflict of authority will be prevented. He expresses regret that the senators and representatives from North Carolina had not been admitted to Congress at Washington. CANADA. A Toronto despatch states that General Sweeney's pro mises of hostages for Fenians convicted in Ireland had created fears of another Canadian invasion, and stirred up the provincials to renewed excitement and wrath. The Canadian papers to hand by this steamer contain little evi dence of any such excitement. MEXICO. Mexican despatches, published by the New York press, report the arrival at Mexico of the French Admiral to con sult with Marshal Bazaine on the relations between the the United States, France, and the Maximilian Govern ment. Rumour had it that the admiral was to be followed by a largo fleet of naval vessels ; but at the same time, while some contended these vessels were to be used in a manner hostile to the United States Government, other ac counts said they would prove to bo only transports to con vey the French troops from Mexico to other parts of the American continent. Tolucca, which had been captured by the Juarists, under Munoz, was the ancient capital of Mexico, and contained 12,000 inhabitants, and so critical was the emergency con sidered that Marshal Bazaine, with all the imperial troops at hand, had started from the city of Mexico to attempt the recapture of the place. There was a rumour, apparently well founded, that a couple of valuable silver mines had fallen into the hands of the Juarists. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday. Tho North German Lloyd's steamship Bremen sailed this afternoon for New York, with the German, French, and English mails, 08 cabin passengers, and a full cargo, in cluding French jewellery of the value of £5,400. The Reciprocal Trade between the United States and Canada. On the 4th of January there was a large attendance of the members of the Board of Trade at Boston, Mass., to listen to an address by Ex-Governor Fuller, of Utah, on the Reciprocity Treaty between the United States and British North America. Charles G. Nazro, one of the Vice- Presidents, occupied the chair. Governor Fuller, in commencing his address, read an extract from the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the treaty, and then reviewed the various treaties for reciprocal trade with the British Pro vinces from the time of the Revolution to the last treaty in 1854, dwelling at length on the question of the fisheries, on their importance, and giving many interesting and valu able statistics in relation to them, and also in regard to the imports and exports of the Canadas. After the question of reciprocity had been considered by each successive Ad ministration, finally a treaty was prepared by Lord Elgin and William L. Marcy, and went into effect in 1855, and next year the Chamber of Commerce of New York peti tioned Congress to remove all commercial restriction on trade between the Provinces and the United States by admitting into the respective countries the natural produc tions and manufactures of each, and to open to their vessels the coasting trade in the intervening water of each country with all the advantages existing between adjoining States. The sentiment of this petition, the speaker said, verified by the experience of the last ten years, continued to be the judgment of public men and merchants of New York, and of a large majority throughout the country. From that time the population became more numerous in the country bordering on the Lakes and the St. Lawrence, and the trade between th e two coun t r i es i ncrease d f rom ten to an average of twenty-three millions of dollars per year. Many other statistics were given of the increase of products, imports, exports, &c., going to prove the benefit of the treaty. which was derived by b oth countr i es f rom t h e existence Taking a general view of the subject, the speaker said s be a 'whol e t o b e o ne o f more f avor t o mighty oppressive in some details, althoughit didnot theappear treaty a Canada or injury to the United States. As Canada is not her agricultural productions and a manufacturing country , lumber must constitute the staple export to this country. But even if the provinces were the sellers and we the buyers of the same productions, it would be no more than to exclude them from our markets by the abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty. we thus compel them to go abroad by routes outside of this country to take our foreign market away from us as well as to take away the trade of the eastern provinces. The trade between the United States and Canada was not merely for the purposes of tran sit, but reciprocal in the proper sense of the term. The traffic for which wo negotiated in 1854 we had got pretty much as stipulated for, and wo had been greatly advan taged thereby. Many persons have supposed that the reciprocity treaty was purely a commercial arrangement between this country and Canada, yet it embraced not only Canada, but New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, and Newfoundland. The trade with the Provinces was very valuable, as he showed by figures of the amounts exported and imported for several years past. The British North American market is very important and valuable to the United States. The trade has advanced with rapid strides since the adoption of the Reciprocity Treaty, and the Chamber of Commerce in New York had declared unequivocally in favor of its continuance. Although in some of its details it might be improved, there was enough of advantage in it to warrant its pre servation in all essential points. Many of the merchants of Canada are in favor of concession, and policy and duty alike dictated that we should meet them in a corresponding spirit. The Reciprocal Treaty was a special arrangement which the United States and the British Possessions found to be required by the circumstances of an extended frontier, rich fishing grounds, and the impossibility of defining accurate boundaries on the sea. It had been sug gested that the measure of reciprocity hindered the opera tion of the revenue law. It had become necessary for the Government of the United States to change its tariff and establish a system of internal revenue which some had supposed brought the provisions of the Reciprocity Treaty into conflict with our legislation, and that it contravened the power of the House of Representatives to originate revenue bills. But this construction, the speaker thought, was a forced one, which the framers of the Constitution did not suspect to be possible, and it could, if it was valid, be obviated by proper legislation. It was unwise for the Government to levy taxes upon any producing interest. Agriculture, manufactures, and mining, as constituting the source of public wealth, ought not to be crippled or in any ' way embarrassed, and in this respect England was far in advance of the United States. There has been a second great destruction of steamboats at St. Louis by the breaking of the ice. On the 12th the ice broke in the Missouri River, and sweeping down into the Mississippi and past St. Louis, destroyed eight steamers and injured many others, involving a loss of nearly $1,000,000. The current runs so strong and the ice is so heavy that the frail boats are ground to powder ; yet there seems to be no remedy, as the same disasters occur year after year. EXTRAORDINARY CONTEST. Yesterday a special and most exciting meeting of the Vestry of St. Pancras was held at the Vestry hall, Camden Town, for the purpose of considering certain motions, of which notice kid been given by Mr. J. R. Collins, for withdrawing the parochial accounts, amounting to upwards of £200,000 per annum, from the London and Westminster, and to transfer such accounts to the Camden Town branch of the National Bank. Mr. Churchwarden Law ford presided. Letters were read from Mr. Ewings, general mana ger of the London and Westminster, and from Mr. Chester, manager of the Camden Town branch of the National. That from Mr. Ewings expressed re gret at learning a proposal was to be submitted to the vestry to remove the banking account of St. Pancras from the London and Westminster, and to appoint the National treasurers in their place. It reminded them that the London and 'Westminster had held the accounts for over 26 years, had from time to time made considerable advances, and trusted that their long connexion would not be severed so sum- Marily, but that the claims of the London and West minster would receive that courteous and deliberate consideration they were entitled to by length of service. The manager of the National applied for the account on the ground of the advantages which its central position in the parish afforded to the local boards and their officers, offering every facility, and security to any amount. Mr. J. R. COLLINS moved kis resolutions, which enforced the advantages afforded to the inhabitants —" That it was advisable the vestry should avail itself of the advantages thereby afforded by appoint ing the National treasurers to the vestry and direc tors of the poor; that the resolution dated Aug. 28, 1839, be rescinded, appointing the London and Westminster treasurers ; that notice be given to the London and Westminster that they would cease to be such at the close of the collection of the current rates on March 24 next ; that the National be ap pointed as such treasurers from that date ; and that the necessary steps be taken with that object, and with respect to security, &c." Mr. Collins went into statistics to show that the commercial stability of the National was quite equal to the London and Westminster, and that being ratepayers, and afford ing the advantages of local banking accommodation, the latter was deserving support. He pointed to the fact that Islington, Holborn Union, and Clerken well had placed their accounts with the London and County, and Paddington and Kensington with the National, from a similar cause. Mr. STOCKTON seconded the resolutions. Dr. COLLINS very warmly denounced this pro ceeding as most unfair to the London and West minster, and ridiculed the idea of the National being at all equal to the former bank. He moved an amendment expressive of confidence in the London and Westminster as the treasurers of the parish, and regret that any proposal for the removal of the ac counts should have been contemplated. Mr. DOUGLAS seconded the amendment. Ile looked upon this movement as having originated in the connexion of a certain gentleman who was a direc tor of the National with that borough. (No, no, and hear.) The fact was that the National was a series of Irish banks, and if this Fenianism got the upper hand what mould become of their security ? (Laughter and hear, hear.) He contended, if they carried these proposals they would be going from a good security to an indefinite one. Mr. EAMES, Mr. CAMERON, and Mr. FURNESS supported the original proposals. The National had been established thirty-one years, and twenty-one in England, and it was contended that after the services the National had recently done the parish, in lending it £50,000 for paving purposes at low in terest, were deserving of every consideration. Mr. NODES and Mr. ELDRIDGE supported the amendment, and the latter contended that by taking this step they were involving themselves by taking the liability of all the Irish banks on their shoulders. (Laughter.) The amendment was negatived by a majority of 52 to 11, a second amendment by 51 to 10, and on a division the motion was carried to rescind the ap pointment of the London and Westminster a s treasurers by a majority of 53 to 10. An amendment to postpone the subject for six months had but four supporters. An amendment to divide the accounts betw een the National and the London and South-Western, another local branch bank, was negatived by 46 to 5. Ultimately the whole of the resolutions withdrawing the account from the London and Westminster, and appoint ing the National as the parochial treasurers, was carried by an equally overwhelming majority ; and after a discussion of three hours' duration the pro ceedings closed. )1e In en n- of iat 3ry ul- eery late lean• vut 'rout 403 0$ 121 Ltich one. I par ow here Lad but trer• the iiiiiy Y v for ❑©Rt rgol 1 0 . 13. bell gal . ; 10,4 Mrs• _col. w ife itivg Ilifi nt St )g .6° "ptOli J l, froY , gall: On" 0 7 ll' 'enrY abier 1 46' .!` _- ;WS 11 2 . of