The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-26 00:00:00

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Post free for six stamps, deducted from a pur '-4,i,t,t'ga'et' ' ,; , _ ','" -1 - ,6„, 57 , 1 4 wr Ito . t"e,- ' \ ..., / \ ~_ - ; / 4 c hase.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS, merchant tailors, 50, . _ Ludgate -hill. . . - curvemummarerirmanws. ___ _ - VERCOATS, lls. 13. - 1F - ""G" "I'S - ---- .nces —as )pose facts Eieve. facts actly a the itude THE SUN, LONDON, WEDISTE6DAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1866. _,s., _ss. OVERCOAT 0 for BOYS.—Read following 80 advertisements.- Ludgate-hill, 50,—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. No. 23,258. (IVERCOATS, 125., 145., 16s.—OVERCOATS V for BOYS.—Road first and last advertisements.- 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHFRS. M ANSION -HOUSE of the SUFFERER; EXPLOSIONS. PRICE.... ....... 4d. STAN PED.... 5d FUND for the RELIEF ; by the recent COLLIERY ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every I five minutes. COMM I' VERCOATS, 175., 195., 21s.—OVERCOATS N.-7 for BOYS.— Note prices throughout the column.— Ludgate -hill SQ.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, lls. ' 135., 15s.—OVERCOATS kJ in great variety, a t the above prices, for BOYS.— Ludgate-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. Uv. ERCOATS, 17s, 195., 218.—OVERCOATS in superior textures and newest style for BOYS.— Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, lls. ' 135., 153.—OVERCOATS in very useful cloths, at above prices, for BOYS.— Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 17., 10s., 218.-0 VERGO AT S for immediate use, at all prices to 355., for BOYS.— Ludgate -kill, 50.— SAMUEL, BIWTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS, at all prices, have silk velvet collars.—Ludgate-hill, 50 . — SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS ,ill made to order by new self-measure rules.—Ludgate 50.—SAMUEL, RROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 83s.—OVERCOATS hill are ordered from patterns sent post free.—Ludgate 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. 11VERCOATS, 425., " 555., 635. OVERCOATS not approved taken back and others made.—Ludgate uill; 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS hill for clerical u se , i n a ll f a b r i cs an d prices.—Ludgate -1 54.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVER COAT hill, 50. professioS AMITE naI, in all L, BROTHERS and prices. —Ludgate . ,O OVERO OATS, 215., 285., 3:35.-0 VEECOAT 8, for every purpose, in the suitable fabries.—Ludgase uill, 50.—SAAMEL, BROTHERS. OVEROOATS, 425., 555., 635. 0 V ERCOATS made from thoroughly shrunk cloths only.—Ludgatti 611.—EAVIEL, BROTHERS. O VER(I 'OATS, 215., 285., • 33s.—OVERCOATS in the new brown and gold mixed Meltons.—Ludgate bill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS in beautiful fur-faced. gold-mixed beavers.—Ludgate bill, 50. - SAMUEL, BROTHERS. 0 , - - VERCOATS, 215., 285., 338.-0 VEROOATS in every kind of plain and fancy coatings.—Ludgate hill, 50.—SANITTEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. -OVERCOATS in the new rich bronze and gold mixtures.—Ludgate ',sO.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS , in all weight s f or ever y season an d climate.—Ludgate nin. 50.—SAMITEL, BROTHERS. ov ERCOATS, 425., 555., 33s.—OVERCOATS - in rich gold and olive mixed treble beavers.—Ludgate 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 21s. 285., 335. OVERCOATS of the new reefer shape, beautifully made. —Ludgate hill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. ( IVERCOATS, .425., 555., 63s.—OVERUOA in very beautiful-Meat of England fabrics.--Ludgate -14111, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOAPS in elegant, double-breasted Chesterfields.—Ludgate hill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 428., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in rich brown, Oxford, black, and steel cloths.— Ludgate -hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. ,OVERCOATS 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS in new style sing,le-brcasted Chesterfields.—Lud gate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOA'T'S, 4-25., bss., 63s.—OVERCOA'T'S in new style Albions and all other shapes.—Lud -st) —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS this season are excellent value for the money.- 50.—SAIIIIEL, BROTHERS. VERCO AT 8, 425, 555., 635.—0 - VERCO AT'S at these prices are made of very choice fabrics.— Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 28.4., 338.- -OVERCOATS \--1 are very necessary in this variable climate.—Lud gate-hill, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in black Beavers, thoroughly tested and shrunk.— L udgate -hill, 50.— SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS in Melton cloths, thoroughly tested and shrunk. — Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425. 555., 63s.—OVERCOA TS in black Melton cloths, west of England make. 50.— SAMUEL, BROTIIERS. OVERCOATS; 215., 28s, 33s.—OVERCOATS Lill' in Pilot cloths, for hard, serviceable wear.—Ludgate 59.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVNRCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in very beautiful wost of England Petershams.- 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. ( VE itcoAirs, 215.. 285., Ms.-0 VE R,OO sent to any part of the kingdom. Patterns free. Ludgate -hill, 50.—S A. 141 EEL, BROTHERS. RC A. '6, 425., ;Zs., 633. Al • in high-clas3 Witnnv textnros. Patterns free. Luthrtte-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 283., 33s.—OVERCOATS made with every rozard to strength and comfort.— "lulg•ate-bill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 535., 63s.—OVERCOATS in very rich, heavy, seal-black black beavers.— Ludgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS at these prices are in the mqst fashionable style.— L 'udgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS in very rich, heavy, seal-back brown beavers.— ""tulgate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., Ms. OVERCOATS are represented in the new illustrated book.—Lud 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OO OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. °VER ., &TS in very rich, heavy, seal-back Oxford beavers.- 50.—SAMIIEL. BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS lined with silk, and very beautifully quilted.—Lud gate-hill 50, SAMUEL, BRO THERS. - - OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS in all the plain, strong, and most useful styles.— L Udate-hill, 511— SAMUEL , BROTHERS. • OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS lined with Italian cloth, and thickly quilted.—Lud 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. AVERCOATS, 21s. 285., 335. OVERCOATS rednced in nr , - - ready-move - 'stem.— need in price by a strict reh. sy 11111 1 gat- hill, 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS Vv at these prices are fit for any gentleman.—Ludgate hill, 50. S AMITEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS with warm woollen lining's, for winter wear.—Lud 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS of all weights, to suit every kind of climate.—Lud gato-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 42a., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS made to measure by high-class scientific men.—Lud gate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285.. 33s.—OVERCOATS for liveries are made of well-shrunk cloths.—Lud- Rate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS guaranteed to fit by the new self-measure rules.— Sg.—SAMIIEL, . BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 21s, 28s, 33s.—OVERCOATS can be ordered friN patterns, which.are sent free.— "Adgate-hill 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. - - - OVERCOATS, 425, 558., 63s.—OVERCOATS 1 . have become an immense business in this house.— ' l4 udgate-hill, 50.—SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 218., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS exceeding five pounds value are carriage paid.—Lud- Rate-bill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425:, 355., 63s.—OVERCOATS ordered from the country are always prepaid.—Lud 50.—SAMIIEL BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 215., 285., 83s.—OVERCOATS sent to Prance an d part of the Continent.—Lud- Ne-hill, 50. SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS y sent to Now York and any other part of America.— 50. —SA3IITEL, BROTHERS. . _ OVERCOATS, 215., 285., M.—OVERCOATS sent to all parts of British North America.—Lud- Ne-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. - - OVERCOATS, 425, 555, 63s.—OVERCOATS sent to Tasmania and every part of Australia.—Lud 50.—SAMITEL, BROTEEERS. 0 - VROOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS In a variety of undressed cloths, for hard wear.—.Lud 6.&t_e-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS of thelnverness cape class in Whitneycloths.—Lud '....t_thill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS of the Inverness cape class in Melton class.—Lud tate-hill 50 SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 638.—OVERCOAT S b made plain or with lap seams, velvet eollars.—Lud "te-Vll 50 SAMUEL. BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 425., 555., 638.—OVERCOATS " „„„`e-hill, made so u SAMUEL, BROTHERS es and velvet collars.—Lud .. 0 .-. V . tiCOATN, 215., . 2Bs , 335.--0 (7r)cYA ---- !rs in every description of plain and fancy cloth.—Lud ''4te-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, lls, 135., 15s.—OVERCOA'T'S for hew. The now Reefer and Princelet coat. - 4,ndgate-hill: 50. - SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 17s. 195., 21s. --OVERCOATS I for boys in every fashionable and useful shape.- 50.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. REAL FUR-SEAL WAISTCOATS, 255., 355., 42s.—Richly lustred and lined scarlet.—Ludgate -1411 , 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. DEAD the SYSTEM SAMUEL,' BROTHERS, L conduct their business upon in the Illustrated Price bi'.4 described athead of column. The firm has been este p).iihed 20 years on the principle of charging the lowest 1 1 ,„ — ee possible for ready money, and marking the same / 8 4 ,° 1 1 each article in plain figures, from which no deviation Mowed. --50, Ludgate-hi11... The Right Hon t' IL C. L. Bevan, Esq. Samuel Morley, Esq. Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Alder Man Vinnis, J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq, Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. G- - E, A. ti ray, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. :ITTEE. to LORD MAYOR. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow. Mr. Sheriff Lyeett. Mr. Alderman Besley. • Mr. Alderman Dakin. James Hill, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq. Mr. Alderman Cotton. The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS are- greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to moot I.he memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are believed to have perished, there fore to make a suitable provision for the families• depen dent upon them, about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the surplus• of the 'Hartley Fund, £3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund now being raised. H.R.H. the'Prince of Wales ~ £lOO H.R.H. the Prineess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £9,004 18 0 Subscriptions will be received by, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lom bard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street; Messrs. Smith, Payne; and Co., 1, Lombard-street; Messrs. Robarts, Lub bock, and ombard-street ; Messrs. Diwsdale, Fowleri and Co., 50, Co., dornhill ; the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint-Stock Bank, 5, Princes street ; Union Bank of London, and all its Branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street ; National Provincial Bank of England and all its branches ; and by the several members of the Committee. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary. Mansion House, Dec. 20, 1866. "EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 18s. per gallon, is vi ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. It bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carriage natI.—HENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1829. CONTRACT FOR BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 14th Dec., 1866. TIIIE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING IL the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE S that on TUESDAY, the Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with Hewed Wedges of Beech, under a Contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar months' warning. The average annual consumption, together with a Form of the Tender and Conditions of Contract, may bo seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Beeeh.Wedges ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in. the sum of £2OO for the due perfor mance of the Contract. _ _ By Order, ANTONIO BRAY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. TO GUNMAKERS and Others. I. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakera and Others for BREECH-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. The following are the conditions considered essential in milita►y non -repeating Rifles: - A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. B. LENGTH. To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the hollow of the butt-plate to muzzle. c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CARTRIDGES 3ltst carry their nwn E. SIGHTS. The foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet fixed according to the present system. F. STOOK, Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning•rod, and allow a sling to be used. G. RECOIL. Must not exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than 0 per cent. IL THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury byloug-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech-loaders on the Spider system. To be as capable, also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni form quality. 1. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for Snider's converted Enfield rifle —also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. K. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. Bt. THE LOCK. x. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. o. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, and 6in. at 300. The mean to be taken upon at least five !argots of twenty shots each. P. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 deg. 30 min. Q. FOULING. The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. R. PENETRATION. Tha mean penetration of five shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. s. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. • • No arms will be received without tho usual proof marks. Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance War Office, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th M arc h , 186 7. The specifications and specimen arms will be considered by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of Stato for War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, select and recommend for further trial such of the systems as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to warrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which are stated in this advertisement. Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish for experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am munition per arm, within four months after date of de mand. Each competitor will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted competitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of the supply of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered by the committee to be the best submitted. A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ities which will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-Mentioned. It is clearlyto be understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the service. MAGAZINE ANT) REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeatin7 Arms for Infantry will he re ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 inches, includinc , the stock. The'limit of Weight for these arms is fixed at nib. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a oayonet. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above conditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. Those Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. This sum is to include 1,060 rounds of ammunition por arm. V. The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall be recorded in connection with it. if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted into the service, it will b ear th e i nven t or ' s name . J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance.;; War Office, Oct. 22 1866. KIN AMIN DUBLIN 'S EXTI L I L BITI I O V N H I S B6 K S Y. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole iotn O. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; .1- the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or Wholesale at • R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinaban's LL 'Whisky." UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporlted by Act of Parliament, 1650). 4. KUSSEf.L-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON. Prompt ADVA.NCES on all description of security. Forms free on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar-street. Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. MANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be bad of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN 1313113.GE5S and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. VXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, 11-4 who ADVERTISE.in t' THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " The Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or wh.o may go there for pleasure only. PRINTING.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done ou exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. • ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. ISSUE OF 25,000 A PREFERENCE SHARES OF £lO EACH BEARING 8 PER CENT. INTEREST, AND REDEEMABLE AT £l5 PER SHARE. THE CREDIT FONCIER .OF ENGLAND (LIMITED) ARE PREPARED TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE SHARES IN THE BNLGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM PANY. (Limited). Capital £350,000, in 35,000 Shares, £lO each. Divided into 25,000 - A Preference Shares, £lO each (being the Shares now offered for subscription), and 10,000 B De ferred Shares, of £lO each. DIRECTORS. Frederic Doniton, Esq., M.P., Metropolitan Board of Works. Albert Grant, Esq., M.P., London. • - Lieut.-Colonel Edward Neville, Clarges-street. John Irving Pascoe; Esq., Highbnry New Park. Henry Pownall, Esq., Russell-square.. _ Edward Warner, Esq., M.P., London. CONSULTING ENGINEER. J. W. Bazalgette, Esq., C,E., Engineer-in-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works. BANKERS. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard street, E.C. SOLICITORS. • Messrs. West and King, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion House, E.C. BrtoKEns. Francis Cope, Esq., 1, Angel-court, Throgmortou street, E.C. Messrs. Price and Devot, Zit, Threadneedle-street, E.C. OFFICES. St. Clement's House, Clement's-lane, London, E.C. SECRETARY. W. J. L. B.eriot, Esq. RIIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT Extrinmoiss ot ISM and 1862), is allowed by upwards of rwo Hundred Mensal Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment ot HERNIA. The use of a steel ,spring, so often hurtful in its effects. is here avoided—a soft bandage he'll.; worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power i i supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the trues, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, VALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real JU Malt," 19s. per gallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered to the trade for the sale of this genuine old spirit, which is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lista apply at Offices, 14, Strand, London, W.C. Established in Gratton-street, Dublin, A.D. 17,F0. PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company is to carry out the conces sions granted by the Municipal Council of Brussels, in con cert with the authorities of the province of Brabant and the Belgian Government, for the drainage and coincident improvements of the capital of Belgium. The magnitude and value of th!se concessions will be understood by the fact that they include subsidieS to bo received by the Company in cash and Annuities, of the value together of 26,000,000 f., or £1,010,000 sterling, which have been voted by all the authorities and sanc tioned by tho. Crown. • • The Original' estimates for the principal part of these works were examined and verified by Mr. J. W. Bazalgette, Engineer-in-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works of London, under the sanction of •that. body ; and these esti mates have been further tested by months of minute and careful revision on the part of contractors and their respec tive engineers. • - - It is intended that the whole of the works shall be com pleted within four years. The importance of the undertaking is evidenced in the protracted official debates in the Brussels Municipal Coun cil, And also in the Belgian Chambers and Senate on the subject, and by the . special report thereon from Lord Howard do Walden, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels, transmitted by the Earl of Clarendon, through Sir George Grey, to th e M e t ropo lit an B oar d of Works, in London, and recorded in their Minutes under date of May 18, 1866, an extract of which is annexed to the Prospectus. His Majesty the King of the Belgians has expressed his desire to inaugurate the works by laying the first stone in State ceremony, which is fixed to take place at Brussels on Wednesday, the 22nd of January next. It will be at once seen by this brief description of the concession that it is one of no ordinary character. The capital of the company is fixed at £350,000, in 35,000 shares of £lO each, divided into 25,000 A Prefer.. ance Shares and 10,000 B Deferred Shares. The privileges attached to the respective share capital are as follows : - The A Preference Shares are to be redeemed out of the assets of the Company, - by drawing by lot, and each share paid off at £l5 per share, being a bonus of £5 per share ; the drawings will take place on the following dates, viz. : On the 22nd January, 1870, 6,250 shares, or £62,500, 72 1, 1871, 6,250 „ £62,500, 1872, 6,250 „ £62,500, If Iv 1873, 6,250 „ £62,500, Total shares 25,000 or £250,000 Until so drawn and paid off, each share to bear interest at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, on the Ist of January and Ist July in each year, for which interest warrants will be attached to tho shares. Reckoning the redemption at the dates and at the bonus named, the investment will pay subscribers a rate of in terest as follows :—thoso shares which are drawn, and thus are To be paid off on 22nd of January, 1870, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 241 per cent. per annum. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1871, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 20i per cent. per annum. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1872, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 18 per cant. per annum. The Directors do not pledge themselves to make an allotment to every applicant, nor to allot the whole of the shares, it being their desire to place this small capital it the hands of bona fide investors. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1873, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 131 per cent. per annum The 3d Deferred Shares represent the Concessionaires' interest in the Company. Those shares . will not be en titled either to payment of any interest or capital until the whole of the Preference Shares have received their capital back, with the interest and bonus before referred to ; there fore the Deferred Shares become practically and virtually a guarantee to the Preference Shares. applications for shares may be made in the annexed form, which must be accompanied by the payment of £2 per share deposit, without which no application will be considered. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No.- To the Directors of they9lßian . yublic Works Company (Limited), Gentlemen—Having paid to your Bankers. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, the sum of £ , being a deposit of £2 per Share on A Preference Shares in the above Company, I hereby request tb fit you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept such Shares, or any less number you may allot to me on the terms of the Prospec tus, and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign tlao Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, as duly registered, when required. And I au thorise you to insert my name on the register of m em b ars of the shares allotted to me. Usual Signature Name in full Residence Protession Date December, 1866 The abovo is only a short, extract from the detailed Prospectus, which can be had, with copy of the letter of the British Minister in Brussels to Earl of Clarendon, on application to the Secretary at the offices of the Company. T HE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM PANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LISTS of APPLICATION for SHARES in the above Company will be CLOSED on FRIDAY NEXT, the 28th instant, for London, and SATURDAY, the 29th instant, for Country applications. By ord9r of the Board, W. J. L. HERIOT, Secretary. St. Clemant's House, Clements-lane, E.C. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? r_y _ Send 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S heraldic Office for a Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liveries, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, fee 10 s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Cran ourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. H YAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING 66 and 67, Oxford -street, London. The First Establishment in the Kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. Boys' Sandringham; Overcoats lss. to 355. Boys' Prince Alfred Reefers Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Eton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits Boys' Jackets for Sch oo l and Home 9s. to 21s. HYAM and Co.'s ATTIRE foi GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. Hyam and Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats.., 21s. to 30s. Hymn and Co.'s Winter Reefer Capes 3os. to 84s. Hyam arid Co.'s Winter Overcoats Hyam and Co.'s Winter Suits 42s. to 70s. Hyam and Co.'s Winter Jackets ITyam and Co.'s Winter Frock Coats Hyam and Co.'s Winter Vests Hyam and Co.'s Winter Trousers YAM and 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. Q • YANISII FLY is th e ac ti n g ingredi en t i n ALEX. ROSS'S CA.NTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, Sa 6d, 58 6d, and iOs 6d; sent by post for 54, 81, and 144 stamps.—ALEX, ROSS, 248, High ,tiolborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by usinz ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. Thi , preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the veryroot. Price 4s; sent by post for 80 stamps. —2lB, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curb, Ladles' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app tied. Sold at 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. I - a REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— \( ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYiC produoes a perfect colour immediately It is used. It Is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe. Price 3s scl, 6s 6d, and iOs 6cl; sent by post for 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Cheini4s. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.--ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck. and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 6s 6d, and los 6d; sent for 51, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VE IETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, dte. 2s 9d and 75 ed ; or pest for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH. —By washing the head with this beautifully -perfum e d W as h , i n seven or ten days the hair assumes its original col our, an d rema i ns so by an occasional using. 1 0 8 fid ;sent for st am p s .—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d; sent by the author for 3 stamps. UGLINESS of articles and means used for improving the appearance. B a y nd A B LE E L AUT RO Y ss ! being a Pamphlet 248, High Holborn, London. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. La s t year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected irom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 8,087, who have been Rent away in fire years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 3 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be reoelved gratefully by the Secretary, fr. Daniel Cooper, R 5, Queen •streeL. Choapside; or by Alessrc Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street R ° .',..L. F . R .: E d, E ate'v.." , r/ r of'ttlaZirGoartaiir'u B r - tinnheru - rHoaald).! amy Terminus, King's.crons. Patron—Her nod Graciona Majezity the QUEEN. Vioe- Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WA.LILS,IIG. President—His Grace the Duke of BO COL FIJCH, K.G. the first to estab tBh2Be'sick ipoor, without lis T h h t l h a e H p o n s ist p c l i t p a l l e , f o o f un ir d e e e l ad in ni t s h e e lo y n ear to the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support ou voluntary contributions and f :gaciee. It affords relief to a large number of In-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 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 Made to maintain them. Contributions are received by thcir bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.;. Yresoott, GrOtA, and do.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co, Berners-street : and at the ilcoPital. from to till 3. sramirogr) 6M1T13 , Searcsaty, jVO'riIING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AQUA A MARV, L liesera. JOHN GOSNELL and CO. ' Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the publics this truly marvellous Bill which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hae—no matter at what age. The Agua 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. ?rice one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, fee. 61 Testimonials from artistes °tithe 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. THE BEST REMEDY f'ol, INDIGE3TION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple but certain Remedy for Indigestion, which I the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so uniformly grate • ful and beneficial, that it is with justice called the "Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach." " Norton's Pills " act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient; are mild in their operation, safe under any circumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they have been a never-sailing Family Friend for upwards of 20 years. Sold in bottles at is. lid., 2s. 9d, and lie. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION. Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations which have sprung up in consequence of the success of NORTON'S CA lIIOMIL E PILLS. H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,A00 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. EIOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON . —CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLI 1118, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen -street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—Th e 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 £ll,OOO, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, lireat Queen-street. W.C. pROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, I4A, Providence-row, Finsbury, 8.0. 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 ar c h es . 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., ceceives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, e ac h night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhavo 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 .El,OOO more will bo 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 tamilies 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 ? Tho 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.)). GILBERT D.D., • N0:22 •7 Finsbury-circus, E.O. . NEV NOVEL BY LADY CAMPBELL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole , A WOMAN'S CONFESSION. .By LADY CAMPBELL. Hurst and Blackttt, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough. street. SATURDAY, the 29th of December, will bo published, at No. 112, Strand, "THE WEST MINSTER GAZETTE," a new Catholic Weekly Paper, supported by a large number of known and approved writers. Its two main objects are, first, the exposition of Catholic principles on all those great questions—ecclesias tical, philosophical, and social—which are now agitating the intellect and heart of the country; and, second, a truthful statement of facts as to the condition, political and religious, of Catholicism in the various countries of Europe. Foreign writers of note in France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Spain are engaged as contributors to " The Westminster Gazette. " The true interests of Ireland, its struggles for its unquestionable rights as a Catholic nation to a Catholic system of Education, shall be dis cussed always in a spirit free from the prejudice or passion of mere political partisanship. An important feature of the New Paper will be the large space especiall) , allotted to reviews of books, both English and foreign, non- Catholic as well as Catholic. Orders received by all booksellers and news-agents, and at the office, 112, Strand, London. Price 265. per annum. Single copies, sd. ; stamped, 6d. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel fram decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 61—ited Bull Wharf, tia, Upper Thames-street, London. THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What LO - rd Lyon wag to his owner was the Taeving to her Caotaia; - sdz., winner of the race, having distance I vll com petitors, as the h.Asp I 'DIA TEA COMPANY have in (ariab y done In their choi e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-9 Great St. Helen's-churchyard. , ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT, 0 PENN V per Square Foot. . C .R OGG 0 N and C 0., Manufacturers 63, New Earl-street, 1 London, 111. C. 1 34, Bread-strret, . . .59, George-square, Glasgow; 2, Goree Piazzas, Liverpool. WE ST N' S jmis c i p iiio tN MUSIC HALL, Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. The most triumphant success ever attained in any Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASANIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Terr,fic ovation of the Irish Minstrels, with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Corri. A new and original overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic supported by Arthur Lloyd, Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Miss Fanc,ourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King. Majilton as Messestophles ; and Pis Watkin, the Persian Juggler. Band of 30 first-class mers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRI. Prices of admission Stalls and Balcony, Is.; 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. Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Sinde Truss, 14., 215., 26s 6c1., and 31s. 6,1 Postage, Is, A Double Truss. 31s. 6d., 42a., ant 525. 6d. Postaee, Is. Bd, An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post. office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, J KNl,jiz_CAPA„te,., for Varicose Veins aind all cases vi Weakness and Swe!lin; or the Legs, ' , prattle, Ne They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, aid a-e drawn on .ike an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s. aad 16s. each. Postage, 61. JO IDT - 0, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. "V.R." IRISH WHISKY. ------- •• ----- DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH wRISKY, BELFAST. London Offiei and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. B OYS' ATTIRE. BOYS' & HYA\I ani CO. BOYS' at 66 and G 7, OXFORD -ST. B OYS' NEW STYLE OVERCOATS. BOYS' NEW STYLE REEFERS. B oys , KNICKERBOCKER SUITS. BOYS' OSBORNE SUITS. BOYS' HARROW SUITS, BOYS' JACKETS for ALL PURPOSES. BOYS! TROUURS and VESTS. B OYS' HOSIERY and SHIRTS. B OYS' lIATS, CAPS, &c., &c. QTODARE'S (Madame) CHRISTMAS. "DIS TRIBUTION of PRESE 'TS for the Juveniles, Magic and Mystery, SPHINX, MARVEL OF MECCA, BASKET TRICK, a c , assisted by Mr. Firbank Burman (pupil of Cal. Stodare). Admission-Is, and 25.; stalls, 3s. Schools and children half-price. Seats secured at the Box-office, from 11 till 6, and at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. MIL JAMES WEAVER, Manager. H E OXF OR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. C LUST MAS ENTER r AINM urs: LES DRAGONS DE YELL (RS (Opera Comique). Music by A. Maill4rt (first time in this country), THIS E V ENING, in which Miss RUSSELL will make her Reappearance, as sisted by Misses Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Extra Band and Chorus ; produced and conducted by Mr. F. Jonghtnans. COMEDY, by Messrs. Harry Sydney, Brierley, and Eger ton, W. J. Adams, the Brothers Pentland, W. R. Julian (the celebrated Mimic), F. Evaus, and Miss Amy Rosalind, to gether with an Entirely New Divertissement. entitled THE OXFORD REVELS,, arranged and produced un d er t h e immediate superintendence of Mr. W. IL Payne, THIS EVENING (MONDAY). MADAME TUSSA UD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW EDITIONS.--Life-size Portrait -Models of JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., M.P., and the late RICHARD COBDEN, Esq., M.P. Open during Christmas Week, viz., on Monday and Boxing Day from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m., and the remainder of the week from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. . . Admittance, la.; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL 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 Luce CURTI. Manager, GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. IiUNVILLE'S VAL OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, _ Is regularly supplied to the . Douse of Lords. • JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and sarest drink in the world."— Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, 8.C., next the " Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-st r e e t, Cork, bez to announce that they ire able to supply the trade with their celebrated IVhiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond ar d for exportation, at their offices, 7. Printing-hou , e-square, London, E C., the only house. in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brine the highest prices in the Australian and othe- Colonial markets, as may b observed by re.;erence to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. i.er zallon and Is. p.sr case over the next best, and is. 6.1 per gallon and ss. 6d. as case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old mellow w:dsky in the ant st cmadition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassai.ile in quality and flavour, sit plied on the most reasonable terms. VALUABI E CHRIS - PA INS PRESENT 12, A CHINES g - 1 h: CADDY, containing 16lbs. - of re ally rood Black Tea, sent carriage free to any iaihray station or market town in England, Ireland, SnAtand. or Wales, o ceipt of PITILLIP:i and CO, Tea Merchants, 8, rrEA IS CHE kPER THAN EVER.-18. 61, per lb. are the pric,s witi•lf PEI lI.LiPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King Wililam-stroet, City, L-in don. E.C., :,re selling good and fine BL A.CK T v..A. A. vice curre,t post. free. 40s worth earriag, free to anv railway 'tenon or markot town in the Uni'ed Kingdom.—Obs• rye— Prin.LtPs and Co. have no Agents or ally connexion with any house in Worcester or Swan-ca. Sugars are suppad at market prices. GE 0 LOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC TION to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell'a Elements of Geology" and facilitat, the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, •.!0, 50 to 500 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, lto3ts, Fossils, and Itexnt Shells, Geological Maps. Hammers, al' the recent Pubiecions, &a.. or J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 119. Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geo!ogy by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149. Strand, W.C. • DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.--A NEVER FAILING RESIEDY.—Pre- Jared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. icon, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who oder from bilious and liver nomplaints, inii.gestion, wind, , pasms, giddiness, oizztne.s of the eyes, &c. For habitual ostiveness, as a fa:nily aperient medicine, and as a purifier it the blood, they ere; truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to :he stomach, they create appe:ite, pro -note digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and s.ild by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug gists, In boxel.,lB. lad., and three times the quantity in one, •ts. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott'e Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square green package. with " William Lambert." engraved on the stamp. 31ET11 Street Sta tion. VIETROPOLITAN RAlLWAY—Ald e rsgat I'M street Station. e T OP 0 LIT AN. 4Y—Farringdon -11 Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—King's-cross 111. Station. • METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Gower -street Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Portland road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Regent circus Station (opposite the Polytechnic Institution, 288, Regent-street). The METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMPANY'S SPECIAL OMNIBUSES to and from Port— land-road Station meet every Train. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Baker-street lII_ Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Edgware road Station. ATETROPOLITAN 11 Y Bishop's road station. RAIL' ek Y—Traliis every 3IYLES FENTON', General Manager. METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN ItAILWAYS.—CHRISTSIAS FIOLIDAYA.—Extra Trains between the City, Kin.es-cross, bower-street, Port land-zoad, Begent-circas, Baker-street, Edgware-read and Paddington, Hammersmith, Kensin,gtm, Shepherd's-bush, Notting-hid, and Westbourne-park. SPIRI L' OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—It would perhaps be premature to say that the Government of the United States is about to undergo a complete change ; but the more we hear of the proceedings of the current Session of Congress the more apparent is it that elements are at work which must speedily transform the Consti tution, unless their action is checked by the national opinion. The Republican party, flushed with vic tory and overwhelming in strength, hurries on to its ends without listening to a word of remonstrance. It is for a time the uncontrolled and uncontrollable master of the situation. The minority which passes for an Opposition in the Senate and House of Re presentatives is literally s il ence d .. Th e power of the President is go ne . U na bl e to reckon upon a suffi cient number to support his veto he sits at the White House an i mpotent witness, ofhe powers alegislative T action which he canno t impede. one con ferred upon his office are taken away from him by one, and his duties are reduced to those of the most formal character. The sm a ll remnant of autho rity which he might exercise during the interval be tween successive Sessions of Congress he will not enjoy, as an act has been already passed making the next Session follow immediately on the termination of the present. The Republican supremacy is thus complete. But perfect as their position now is, the leaders of the party are conscious of its insecurity. They have endangered, if they have not sacrificed, the Constitution that they might turn to the utmost profit a triumph probably temporary. Their victo ries in the autumn were in the most important States the direct consequence of a reaction against the violence of the Chicago tour, and the majorities won by the indiscretion of their principal opponent may be lost by the extreme course they have them selves taken. Without considering the possibility of the admission to the national Legislature at no distant time of representatives from the excluded Southern districts, it is manifest that the Republi can party cannot depend on the continued fidelity of the middle States. It is not unnatural, there fore, that they should he eager to consummate all their projects now, in their time of power ; although should delay from any cause intervene, it is possible than their eagerness may prove their own destruc tion. The present Congress may not have time to complete its plans, but enough has been done to show the essential character of the changes the majority desire. The Legislative has conquered the Executive Department of the Government, and would now proceed to absorb all a:lm. power through out the country. It is not diirigul,t to see that a collision between Congress and seand of the middle States is the thing to he next apprehended. The policy of the Republican party in dcalieg with the. conquered South must be supplemented by consti tutional changes in the States still in the Union, and it is certain that these changes will not be accepted without 'au opipsition wliic!i must first be crushed by enlarging the sphere of Congress. One of the great—perhaps we should say the great —question in relation , co the South is that of the , suffrage. Last spring Congress was willing to allow the reconstituted States to settle the suffrage at their own discretion as heretofore, subject to the proviso that representatives should be allotted in proportion to the electors, and not to the inhabitants, of a district. No such compromise is now possible. The accession of strength which the Republican party has received emboldens its leaders to insist upon " impartial " suffrage in the South— that is to say, a suffrage limited, it may be, by property or educational qualifications, but admitting of no dis tinction of race. It would, however, be wholly in consistent to insist upon an impartial suffrage i n the South so long as it is not conceded in the North, and at present, with some exceptions iu New En g _ land, persons of colour are hindered in acquiring, if not absolutely debarred from, political privileges in the North. Congress has accordingly shown its temper by a Suffrage Bill for the distri c t o f C olumbia. district—specially In this peculiar subject to the National Legislature—negroes will, after the pre sent Session, be admitted to vote lik e the other in habitants. The next step will be the application of the same law to the Northern States. At present it is uncertain in what propo r ti ons the Senate would be disposed to support a bill i nterfering with the liberty each State has to d e t erm i ne who shall have the privilege . of the suffrage within it, and until it is well ascertained that a sufficient number of Senators would favour t he proposal t o p ass i t over the Presi dential Veto, its introduction will be delayed. But already there is a cry that the Senate is a clog to the House. Its tendencies are too conservative for the extreme.. Republicans in the House and the country ; and it is very possible that some wavering Senators ‘ may give way rather than provoke a hostile feeling. .E . vents are at present marching fast in that direc tion, and we may anticipate that the 40th Congress, if not the 39th , w ill pass a l a w which will be a more striking innovation than anything of which we have yet heard. The threatened interference of Congress with the qualification of voters in every State will, if effected, be an essential alteration instance the charac ter of the Federation, and the first of the aggrandisement of the central authority by the re moval of the checks which were designed to limit its power. The tendency of Congress to encroach on the functions of the separate States is a sequel to it s ab sor ption of the Presidential powers, and is i n comp l e t e agreement with the conduct . of the majo rity towards the minority with in itself. The " Caucus" has always bee n a great institution at Washington, but never hitherto has its power bee n a nything like what it is this Session. The " Caucus" is King. It supersedes discussion in House and Senate. In this conclave of the dominant party the measures are hatched which are then brought to light in the Legislature, and hurried through without debate. A dissident in the ranks of the Republican party itself must give way in every par ticular to the resolutions of his associates, as he knows that Otherwise his name would not be in cluded in the " ticket" of his party at the next election, and his political career would be sum marily closed. In the " Caucus," however, there may be debate, though it is a debate in secret. In the Legislature there is no discussion worthy of the name. The bill, for example, providing that when the present Congress comes to au end on the 4th of March the new Congress shall immediately assemble for the despatch of businesswas carried in the ouse of Representatives, after scarcely half an hour's dis cussion, by a majority of 127 to 30. If the bill be important, and an attempt at opposition is expected the " previous question" is called into play. `Phis device absolutely precludes debate, since when it is demanded a vote is immediately taken whether the discussion shall be continued. If the majority de cides this 'in the negative, a vote is at once taken on the bill itself, and a measure thus becomes law, al though no opportunity has been given to its oppo nents to argue against it. The minority is thus sub ject to the caprice of the majority, and the temper of intolerance fostered which forbid s any express i on of independent opinion. The man w h o i s i n a par t y is its slave ; - the m an w h o i s i n a b eaten party is a silent slave ; the man who attempts to be indepen dent of party is now h ere. In o b serving the c h ange - which American institutions are suffering, it muse be observed that we pa ss na o pi n i on on the immediate objects of the dominant party in Congress. The views of the Republicans may be unexceptionable, but the means by which they endeavour to attain them appear to be destructive of the scheme of Go vernment designed by The Government of the United is not a representative Gove not a deliberative body. Th the authorsof the Federation. States at this hour rnment ,Congress is ose are acts of obser vation, and to insist upon them no more implies a criticism of the R e p u bli can policy than to say that uslsnilapeisriaaul to re c g ra im ti e c . inßvoulvtesthea • condemnation e n o t f of th ß e failure of Congress as a deliberative body and of the representative institutions of the States is a fact of the highest importance, and it may be questioned whether any ends can be worth such a cost. We have been accustomed to believe free govern ment to be of more value than any perfection of administration, and to think it the peculiar glory of Parliament or Congress that every opinion could find an utterance in it, every class could secure•a representative and a hearing. America is in danger of losing, if it has not lost, this inh er it ance. Its Congress is engrossing power to itself on all side; and yet it is not Congress that is supreme, but a power behind Congress— secret, irresponsible, al most unknown. The decrees of this self-elected Council, matured in private, are launched upon the Legislature, which accepts them without discussion, and the destinies of the nation are committed to the keeping of a few unseen men, who direct the ma chine of legislation. To what lengths the trans formation t e trans formation of the A mer i can Government may be carried we know not ; individual members of Congress are powerless to resist it, and the only hope of arresting its progress lies in a recoil of national opinion such as has landed the Repub lican party in its present triumphant position. POST.—If there is, as Mr.' Newdegate seems to think, " something very inconvenient in old Tory notions," many people wh o rea d th e speech which he delivered at Birmingham the other day, in the light and heat thrown out by a Christmas log, may be of opinion that, so far from 1, -,:a(s either inoon venient.or inopportune It ;:,,,'1 ,- a' - seaVimable stimu lant. The plain thitliV"that the question wilds Mr. Newdegate expatiated upon never has been, and we trust never will be, a mere question of party. Indeed, seeing that he insisted on the European status of this country, and humorously protested against the British Parliament meeting in Calcutta, his tent may be said to be pitched on neutral ground. Isolated it certainly is not, for the flag which covers it still inspires respectful consideration in every quarter of the world, but national principles stand alone in the sense that their proper position is high over the heads of parties. However, Mr. New degate's remarks on the events of the year which is now fast drawing to its close, together with the augury which they have suggested, claim attention from another point of view. Some of those events have been explained and im pressed on the public mind by the prescient states man who shaped their course ; and it is noticeable, in the first place, that the effect of Mr. Newdegate's exclamation, " Alas ! for the prophecies of peace," is to a certain extent neutralised by Count von Bismarck's declaration that Prussia halted in her victorious career and modified her high-handed policy to avoid a war the end of which could not possibly be foreseen. This statement, which appears to have been made somewhat :gratuitously, should surprise no one; but it proves— if proof were want ing --that there are limits to the abuse of interna tional forbearance, and Mr. Newdegate can, if he is so minded, give it a more comprehensive inter, pretation. For our part, we are content to take note of the fact, as the Prussian Minister has done, and to hope that it affords the security for peace which Mr. Newdegate despairs of finding. He says the treaties of Vienna have been torn into shreds, which is perfectly true in so far as there was any thing left to tear up in the tattered threadbare rem nant of the European settlement which they esta blished. It is, too, matter of history that the great Powers parties to those treaties created or resuscitated certain small States for the purpose of strengtheninc, the guarantee whi c h th ey d es i red to obtain; but Mr.' Newdegate omitted to mention how they departed from the rule by compelling. Austria to bear again the burden of her former Italian dependencies, and how, in effect, that mistake eventually opened up the opportunity which Prussia improved. The treaties of Vienna apparently gave Europe peace for over 30 years, and yet, inasmuch as during that period their i rovisions were repeatedly violated, it may be thought that, practically, they contributed to bring about what has since come to pass, and therefore, which if really the matter to be considered, that their destruction may lead to a better state of things. At present it is impossible not to perceive that the situation is dangerously complicated by the very measures which it exacts. All the Powers of Europe are reconstructing their armaments, and, as Mr. Newdegate puts it, in homely phraseology, " if everybody is afraid, somebody must think that somebody means to break somebody else's head." No doubt that is the case. Count von Bismarck admits as muck, anv.! - it..ir.:lnanifest. that liberty of action represented by lirtitidable arAies allows of no other constructioa s What took place immedia tely after the battle of Sadow . h, when " negotiations were impracticable," leads, however, directly to the conclusion that such an understanding, abnormal ma it is, may be effective and worth its cost. Of course, in any emergency of the kind a great deal would depend on the nature of the ultimatum. If condi tions of peace are imposed, the power so exercis, d should be suscepale of no misgiving. Whatever negotiations may be possible under the circumstances ought to be positive and intelligible, and sustained by a force which could be brought to bear in stantly. Such, then, is the requirement, and Mr. Newdegate argues, as from an accomplished fact, that what France and Russia are doing we must do. But the point, after all, is whether when a country its has done ev eryt hi ng that is prescribed—w h en second and third lines of defence are organised —it will be suffered to live in peace with its neighbours, and, if n o t, w h at i s to become of Powers that can not compete with France and Russia ? This ques tion, however, suggests another, for if the change to which it relates is not for the better, it does not fol low that it is for the worse. Mr. Newdegate rea sonably enough concludes that the prospects of pea ce are precarious, but is there actually more uncer tainty than prevailed at invasion of Denm ar k ? this time last year, or at any time since the The independent German States were then i n existence, and the Bund was nominally intact. We cannot but think, therefore, that too much importance is attached to the supp ress i on o f the . .., r, t rea ties of 1810. They are confessedly obsolete, even i n Germany, and no one is bound by them, because no one cared to enforce them. From first to last England alole, among the contracting Powers, observed their provisions. It is true that they were, as Count von Bismarck says, intended to protect the Continent against France, but ho seems to forget that they were discredited at the outset by the formation of the Holy Alliance, very much as Mr. Newdegate fails to recollect that the first step to what is called our policy of non-inter vention was taken by the Tory Government, which declined to do more than formally dissent from the principles acted upon at Troppau and Laybach. Rightly or wrongly, Lord Castlereagh laid the foun dation of the policy which, although sensibly modi fied by Mr. Canning and Lord Palni.rston, was re cently carried out to the advantage and instruction of Prussia. Count von Bismarck saw his way from Duppel to Sadowa, and, as he himself expresses it, Prussia stopped there rather than jeopardise her success. The statement speaks for itself. It is not for us to appraise an admission on the part of Prus sia that France was competent to arbitrate in the late war ; but, taking it at Count von Bismarck's valuation, we can conceive that it might be made the basis of an arrangement from which the aggran disement of the Prussian monarchy, or the restora tion of the German empire, could be regarded with equanimity. Treaties which were ignored with im punity may only b© described as a . delusion and a snare, and it remains be ascertained if the substi tuted to security, which is at any rate substantial, can be realised as the assets of their failure. NEW THEORY ON THE ORIGIN OF COAL AND COAL OlL.—The origin of coal and petroleum has awakened much discussion. A writer in the New York Tri belle takes a decidedly original view of the case, and argues that there is no other possible way to ac count for the deposit of coal, in the situations where it is now found, than to suppose that an impure liquid carbon—what is petroleum or asphaltum but that ?—was ejected from the interior of the earth in such quantities that it overwhelmed small districts, and in some instances districts where au immense growth of vegetables already existed. Some very few of these floated upon the surface of the liquid macs, where they were afterwards embedded in the shower of ashes, which afterwards became slate, supposepreviouslyThaodtrees, vines, that and and retained the imprint of these vegetable forms. tlia t bee coaln embeddedwas for herbaceous plants like ferns, or of mosses of such as med ino out of form the peat beds, will bring us constantly in con tact with such stubborn facts as this. The coal fields of Pennsylvania, like those of all other coun tries, are made up of a succession of seams, one above another, separated by intervening strata, sand stone, iron ore, and other mineral substances, to the depth, perhaps, of 800 feet. Were these veins of coal formed of successive growths of peat or other vegetables which must in turn have been covered with earth to produce new deposits of vegetable carbon until the whole superstructure was built up to its present height ?—Pittsburgh Mining Journal. On treat at tg,ht trial and rms. .ans nerf ; per Bar ;per r 2 4 one• old rlef r BO one• 'eas . )d• - • )p& 3 ) 3 I 6 re xn- ng- [or the the vill