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bONDON must have a Gentleman's SUPPER elloaa n Con M eM IC ROOM —" EVAN'S " after Alfred I(INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC Tots ncle c rated Old IRIS H WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It 13 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by tile Agents in the p r i nc i pa l t owns in E ng l an d ; or wholesale at 8. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. . Observe the LL Red isky Seal, 19 Ptak Label, and Cork branded illahan's Wh .1 MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inc3rporated by Act of l'arliament, MO), 14, BUSSE LL-ST RE ET, COVE NT-GAR DEN, LENDS Of on Personal and other Security, in sums Of £2O to 45 0 0 , to be repaid by instalments extending over ;!me, two or three years. The large C tpital of this Associa on enables it to complete Its transactions without delay. n ° i nquiry or office fees. and strict secrecy observet jscounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelop.. doThe Association also lends Money for the purchase of a use by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on moat advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary, • RE TRANSATLANTIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY (Limited). capital, Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling. First Tssue, 10,000 Shares of £5O each. £1 Deposit on Application. £4 on Allotment. It is not anticipated that over one-half of the Capital will be called up within the next 12 months. In the event of the desirability of an extension of the Company's ope rations, either by additional steamers for the New York service, or for the South, the Directors will consult the proprietary as to whether the same shall be provided by further Calls, or by an issue of additional Capital. DIRECTORS. / C aptain Charlss E. Mangles, Chairman of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and of the London and ,South western R a il wa y. Russell Gurney, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman of the Royal Iran Steam Packet Company. Charles Capper, Esq., Chairman Southampton Dock Com pany. George Moffatt, Esq., M.P. ' l ° }l / 1 }Topton Forbes, Esq., Director Southampton Dock Comp any . ' T e°rge Hunt, Esq., Chairman Hampshire Banking Com pany. • (With power to add to their number). ANKERS. London—Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Curries, and Co. Southampton —The Hampshire Banking Company. AUDITORS. Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, Maenna, and Co. BROKERS. Messrs. Hutchinson and Sons, Angel-court, London, E.C. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) J. IL Vincent, Esq. SOLICITORS. London—Rowland Miller, Esq., 2, Copthall-court, E.C. Southampton—Messrs. Sharp, Harrison, and Sharp. • TEMPORARY OFFICES. London-9A, New Broad- s t ree t. - - Southampton—Canute -road. PROSPECTUS. The Transatlantic Steamship Company (Limited) is formed under the auspices of the important Interests con tooted with Southampton, for the purpose of establishing a line of first-class Passenger and Cargo Steamships be tween Southampton and New York, for which there is now all admitted necessity. Southampton, from its central position, its close proxi b% to London aim the Continental ports, its safe and easy taTaccess in all states of the tide, possesses unrivalled advan s for the American trade. he Southampton route to America is very imperfectly B s eed by the pr esen t li ne o f s t eams hi ps un d er f ore i gn gs, Which touch at So u th am pt on f rom H am b urg h an d emen on their way to New York, and clear out with im mense freights of German, French, and British manufac tures, and large numbers of passengers of all classes, and 41.0 eminently successful. A line of steamers under the British flag between South 4rcpton and New York direct would bring very large im portations of American butter, cheese, bacon, pork, flour, 'rd, oil-cake, and other articles of practically unlimited ,r°csumption ; and such goods would be delivered in the 44,0nd0n market in the best condition in 12 days from New ork, at moderate through rates of freight. The T ransa tl an ti c S teamsh i p Company therefore pro p the first instance to provide for a regular fortnightly ' 3 ervice between Southampton and New York, by means of ,crew steamships of 3,500 to 4,000 tons burthen, to perform Re voyages within ten days, and each capable of carrying 40 first-class, 120 second, and 600 steerage passengers, 41 4 2,000 tons freight; added to which will be the Conti -I,lleutal service between Southampton, Antwerp, and ot h er N orthern Continental ports. Two screw steamers of about 600 tons each will be necessary for this purpose. „The Directors propose to a va il th emse l ves i n th e d es i gn - "Q equipment of the ships of the most modern improve s so that the utmost speed may be obtained and the atest amount of available space for cargo and passengers ured, together with economy in the consumption of I) .N:ding the construction of the necessary ships, the ' r ectors will be in a position, if needful, to open the traffic an early date by means of existing steamers, which may uernchartered or purchased for the service. The Company, by its contemplated arrangements on both sides of the Atlantic, will command facilities possessed no other line of American steamers. At the port of uthampton important advantages are secured ; the Lon ,,°ll and South-Western Railway Company and the South ,lcpton Dock Company have adopted a liberal tariff in Z'avour of this Company, and will promote its success by °l "9 means. Through rates of freight from Antwerp, ofavre, London, and Southampton will convey merchandise . European origin, not only for the supply of the New ork market, but to the whole area of railway communi cation comprising the chief cities of tho United States. styhere can bo no doubt but that the proposed line of here will bo highly remunerative. The calculations r eade by parties of admitted experience have been based 1 1P°11 the existing trade only, without regard to that largely ;Icreasing development which the restoration of peace must vitably bring with it. mediate 4 roposed capital is considered adequate for the im- Oepurposes of the New York service ; but as opera -I:r's in connection with the Southern ports are also con -IPlated, the Directors will take advantage promptly of ePening that may arise to establish a line to a so n port, Port, by steamers expressly . adapted for that service, st eam ni as circumstances may n justify the step. A line of communication betwee the continent of Europe, 41 Southampton, an d a port in the Southern States must an d be tua highlllY become a commercial necessity of the first class, y remunerative. rat u e P° ll all moneys paid in advance of calls interest at the tient. °f 7 per cent. will be allowed from the date of pay- FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. (To be retained by the Bankers.) No. To the Directors of the Transatlantic Steamship Company (Limited). sum -Gent £ lemen,--Ilaving paid to y our B ankers,* the of, being a deposit of £1 per share on shares in the above Company, I 'hereby request that you Will allot mo that number, and I agree to accept such stares, or any less number you may allot to me on the terms of the Prospectus, and I gree to pay the deposit due on allotment, and to sign the Articles of Association of the Company when required, and I authorise you to insert haresme upon the Register of Members for the number of allotted to mo. Usual signature Name in full Residence Profession Date * Insert Banker's Names. --- SWEET OPOPONA X, PIESSE and LUBIN'S It em new Perfume.—OPOPO SAX fa a native flower of fo r ot cl of rare fragrance. This scent, and a thousand others theoe i ce, 28. 6d. and ss. each. Soli by all fashionable a om sta ta. and rfu pemers.— Laboratory of Flowers, 2 , New eet, London. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and nonE, Hampstead. Offices. 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. Cap, ' TRUSTEES. 1. " . t he non. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon Champneys j Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. TREASURERS. P... L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Banbury, Nell, Institution is designed to supply a great national 111 7 it, an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in it.,oYal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. ser.v, clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic in to . ie e, and provides a home free of exoense for former ten i "‘ea While out of situations, thus shielding them from the Trations they might otherwise be exposed to. Ttort,,%Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRlBU tecciii' to meet the increasi'.g applications through the eve io .., Storms and loss • f life at sea, and t o enable them Ile, ' 4ll l' to obtain premises more comnfensurate with the Bitt4BBllles of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 *llO a nnually by casualties alone, without including those ,fi nv ,`'ay perish by war tiarrW s eriPtions thankfully ream by the bankers, Messrs tati`ay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre , at the Offices, No. 77, Comilla It. SWEETING, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH, Sea. r ,1 114E RESCUE SOCIETY w i s hes to add another span. 4.40.tne to the 12 now in op era ti on. L as t y ea r no fewer 1 ant ,74,',,p_00r, friendless, you ng f ema l es were re j e cted from en v 'UNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have ° I th e nt away in five years. Here are brief details of a few .01nost recent cases: k ,a,ged 16 Mien, mother dead, deserted by her father. 4. aged 13, homeles4, both parents dead. 5 . D" a ged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. C. i t , a ged 15, fallen, mother dead. t. A aged 15, fallen, mother dead, S'' aZed 16, fallen, both parents dead. -81 aged 14, , fallen, both parents dead de•erted by her parents. C, aged 17 . A. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. ie a ged 18, fal:e n , fath er d ea d . aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, 8 1. a Zed 17, fallen, both parents dead. D A' W.. aged 17 fallen, both parents dead. Th e aged IS, fallen, both parents de td. 0 11 4.,,w, home the committee wish to form would be for ape b;1 1 , 8 , almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who vont `" led astray from the path virtue. g t '• r)at i l i b 4 t iptlfi will be received gratefully by the Secretary, laV 1 -ooer •i 5. Queen 'street Cheapside; or by Messrs and Cop obard-street. IA 14 t finO'''„ FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-i nn - roa d, Y? ' Tei''''ll immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail -13, King's Vi eo.l.a a t tron—lier Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Preat,i!"—llis Royal Highness the Prince of WALE, G li Thte Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, th_ 4 i snit , e foundel in the year 1828, the first to estab pgelet,-`e.W freee of admission to the sick poor, without cien t i and. difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly s . i au PPort on voluntary contributions and legac i es. Qti oo 8 relief to a lar - re number of in-patients, and, in k ooo t ut o e -l ick th,lB, the average number of attendance of the /11 and 4 cocilias for a con Iderable period averaged between h'll4 ee l weekly. c o !moot , e e earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the the'tining'BeVenral emises of this hospital are capable of rilegnisite funds hundred more beds , had the Committee tru _ sq. _ iftre t r ? eoe ola i tri b li r tributions them. arid ilTitnovn. r:fiNci c.holas,-lane; the Treasurer, Edward Mas • also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; 11:!e co. C °. ; G , yn and Co. ; llerries and Co. ; Hansom . la c(tt,,(.3 rote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. , ..;, c : Mt c o. ;'ll,,i,ablel, lliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, d Gur7 t and co. , Berners-street ; T. Berne and v" Peo> 4.11 d at the hospital. from 10 till 5. sraNfoito secretary. / v/// 4. ;//,6d 0 . 22,844. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1865. MISS KING'S NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols., T HE LADY OF WINBURNE, By ALICE KING. Author of "Eveline," dz.". Burst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough. street. Breech-Loading Firearms. The expediency of arming our troops with breech instead of muzzle-loading rifles has, ever since the success attendant on the use of the breech-loader by the Prussian soldiers in the late Danish war, occu pied the attention of the War Department. They found it impossible altogether to ignore the results which were produced in that contest by the Prussian needle-gun, or the efforts which were being made by the French and Belgian Governments to secure for their troops a weapon constructed upon a princi ple which had proved so advantageous. A select committee, consisting not simply of inventors or scientific men, but of officers who had seen long and varied service, was accordingly appointed in the early part of last year to take evidence on the subject of small arms, and to report on the comparative merits of breech and muzzle-loading rifles. The members of that committee were Brigadier-Gen.Lefroy, RA., president ; Capt. L. G. Heath, C. 8., R.N., vice president ; Col. Rogge, C. 8., R.A., Col. Young husband, R.A., Lieut.-Col. R. S. Baynes, Lieut.- Col. Gallwey, R.E., Lieut. -Col. Conolly, Coldstream Guards, and Capt. M'Crea, 45th Regiment, the five lastmentioned officers forming a sub-committee, of which Lieut.-Col. Baynes officiated as president, the secretaries of the committee and sub-committee being Capt. Heyman, R.A., and Capt. Haig, R.A. Having taken some evidence, and having brought to bear upon that evidence Itle test of their own experience, the committee unanimously repqrted in favour of the use of breech-loaders as a more efficient weapon than the service Enfield. Bat then the War Depart ment had in stock for the use of the regular army, as well as of the Militia and Volunteers, an enor mous number of the latter —something like 800,000 stand of arms, so that their replacements by breech loaders became, on economical grounds, a matter for serious consideration. Under those circumstances the attention of the department was naturally directed to ascertaining whether any system could be discovered by means of which a sufficiently large number of Enfield rifles might be temporarily con verted into breech-loaders, and the necessity of hasty and, as a consequence, unsatisfactory action in the matter be thus obviated. Proceeding upon this view, an invitation was in August last, through the medium of an advertisement in the public journals, ssued by the War-office to gunmakers and inven tors to send in plans for the conversion of the En field rifle into a breech-loader, the only conditions laid down being that the shooting power of the con verted arm should not be inferior to that of the Enfield, and that the cost of conversion should not exceed £1 per arm. Fifty different systems were, in answer to the invitation submitted to the notice of the committee, and from these eight were chosen for trial as being, prima facie, the most likely to secure the object which it was sought to attain. The plans selected were those of Messrs. Mont-Storm, Westley Richards, 'Wilson, Green, Snider, Joslyn, and two plans distinguished as plan A and plan B sent in by Mr. E. C. Shephard. Of these the last and the four first-mentioned are systems in which the charge is ignited by cap and nipple in the ordi nary manner, the other three being adapted for cartridges provided with their own means of ignition. As soon as this selection had been made, 48 Enfield rifles—or six rifles for each system—perfectly new, chosen by the superintendent of the Royal Small Arms Factories, and previously tested for soundness as well as for accuracy at 500 yards range, were issued to the seven competitors already named to be con verted into breech-loaders in accordance with their respective plans, and to be returned so converted within a period of two months, accompanied by 1,000 rounds of such ammunition as each compe titor might deem most suitable to his system. The committee entered upon the first series of experi ments—the results of which they detailed in a report to the War-office, dated February G--on the 9th of last January, but owing to the circumstance that it was found impossible to load the rifles converted on Mr. Shephard's plan B, inasmuch as the cartridges supplied by him invariably broke to pieces, the powder clogging the breech, the trial of the plan was abandoned without a single shot having been fired. Neither were any experiments made with Mr. Shephard's plan A, because of imperfection in the arms and the dangerous nature of the cartridges. The detention in America of the six rifles converted on Mr. Joslyn's system, and the unavoidable exclusion of the systems of Mr. Shephard from the trials thus caused the experiments with cartridges containing their own means of ignition, much to the regret of the committee, to be confined to a single system— that of Mr. Snider. There remained only this one breech-loading system and the four already men tioned, in which the charge is ignited in the ordinary manner by cap and nipple, to be put to the test with the service Enfield. Of the five systems with which it actua,lly cameinto competition, the first, Mr. Mont- Storm's, is described as chamber-loading. In the case of the Enfield rifle converted by him, 2i inches of the barrel are cut off, and a chamber capable of containing the powder and bullet substituted—the joint between this chamber and the barrel being closed by an expanding ring, by which the escape of gas is effectually prevented. The chamber moves on a hinge at its front, and is secured in firing position by a bolt worked by the lock. The system of Mr. Westley Richards is identical with that of his breech-loading cavalry carbine, with the exception that there is a hook at the end of the plunger, which is intended to withdraw the paper case of the cartridge and the wad at its base after each dis charge. In Mr. Wilson's plan, the breech of the Enfield rifle being removed, the barrel is prolonged backwards for several inches, the upper part of the added piece being open at the top to admit of its re ceiving the cartridge, and having attached a plunger by the sliding in of which the breech is closed. The system of Mr. Green resembles that of Mr. Wilson as regards the closing of the breech, but the plunger is secured in a different manner ; while, in the case of Mr. Snider, who dispenses altogether with the is:is stopper a nipple and percussion cap, th e me th o d o f conversion is very simple. In accordance w ith hi s p l an two inches of the upper part of the E n fi e ld b arre l are cut away at the breech, and a solid breech stopper w placed in the opening thus m piston passes, , causing the other end to on o e rk end finorgsideways dd. whichew Throughasn a hinge o this when the bre ec h i s closed receives gement for withdrawing the old cartridge cases after each disch arge . Th e fi ve it. There blow T h communicate from e re is theal so with hammer a t n he a rcentrer of the ca r t r id ge an d fi re a n systems thus briefly described were in the first in stance tested with the service Enfield for rapidity of fire with the following result:.,Themean time oc cupied in firing 20 rounds on the Mont-Storm sys tem was 3 min. 1 sec. ; on Westley Ri c h ar d s ' s , 3 min. 29 sec. ; o n Wilson's, 2 rai n . 44 sec. ; Green ' s, 2 min. 26 sec. ; Snider's, 2 r u i n. 46 sec. ; while in progress of. the trial th e car t r id ges readiness close to the h an d the case of the unaltered Enfield it was 6 m i n . 52 in n guns we re fi red, so that the actual servi ce , w h ere t h e am munition would have to be taken from a pouch, the relative rapidity of fire would be still in NEW NOVEL BY LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON. Now ready, at ail the Libraries,, CONSTANCE SHERWOOD. A Novel By Lady GEORGIAN& FULLERTON. Author of " Too Strange not to be True," "Ladybird," dec. 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This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in a d_ dition to the Operatio Selotions, supported by the whole talent of the establishment. Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall, Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the Do 'Aubans, and Arth ur Lloyd. Director, Mr. F. Jongmans. All visitors to London at this season should pay a visit to the above establishment. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,__ Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London. and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. will RE-OPEN for the Season on SATUR DAY, Sept. 9. The above Rooms have been entirely re decorated by Herr Rubardt and assistants. Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTL Manager, Mons. GRENET. Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 1! o'clock. favour of the system m which caps would not be required. As the matter stands, it may very fairly be assumed that the repeating power of breech over muzzle-loading arms is as two to one in systems in which the percussion cap is used, and as three to one in systems adapted to cartridges carry ing with them their own appliances for ignition. The ammunition employed by Mr. Westley Richards, it thatmay u s e b d e added, b y te odthiffereredN'eryconsiderably from competito rs in the form of the bullet, which has no cavity, but is solid, with a The power of penetration of the respective sys tems was put to the test by firing five rounds from two rifles of each class at half-inch elm boards, which had been previously soaked in water, and which were placed in a frame half an inch apart, at a range of 30 yards. The result of the ex periment is given in the report in the following form :—Penetration of the Westley Richards arm, 1.3 . :1 planks ; Storm's, 14 ; Wilson's 111 ; Snider's, 11; Green's, 101. The superior powers of penetration thus exhibited by the Westley Richards rifle the committee believe to be due to the heavier charges of powder used, as well as to the construc tion of the bullet. Since the date of their first re port the committee have also made a further expe riment to test the comparative rapidity of firing of the five systems under their notice, the arms being loaded as they would be in actual service, the caps in the case of the systems which required them being carried in the service pouch and taken out for every round in the usual manner. The time taken to fire 20 rounds under these circumstances was— with the Snider rifle, 2 min. 35 sec. ; Green's, 3 min 18 see.; Storm's, 4 min. 23 sec. ; Wilson's, 4 min. 34 sec. ; Westley Richards', 4 min. 44 sec. ; and the service Enfield, 7 min. 20 sec. On the score of rapidity of firing, therefore, Mr. Snider's system stands first in order, and the committee while stating that in point of accuracy it was inferior to to the unconverted Enfield, express a hope that Mr. Snider will be able so to perfect his principle as to rim at its . base which projects beyond the body. In order, however, to place the diff eren t sys t ems on equality so far as ammunition was concerned, 500 additional rounds of cartridge for each system, made up in the same way, were supplied, and after three nights' exposure to the weather, and daily' design an ammunition that will realise all the ad vantages afforded by the form of construction which he has adopted, as contrasted with that in which caps are employed. After a careful consideration of the various experiments which form the subject Of both their published reports, the committee state that they have arrived at the following conclu- SiOllS :-- " That none of the altered arms, except, perhaps, that of Mr. Westley Richards, come up to the condition, as to ac curacy of shooting, of the advertisement of the 25th of August, 1864 —namely, that the shooting of the converted arm shall not be inferior to that of the unaltered arm. That, of the systems of conversion in which the ordinary mode of capping is employed, Storm's is, on the whole, superior to the others in its general efficiency, its :shooting qualities being nearly equal to those of the Enfield rifle, and there being no escape of gas at the breech ; but looking to the obvious disadvantages which a breech-loader requiring a cap presents when contrasted with one adapted for a cart ridge carrying its own ignition, the committee do not feel themselves justified in recommending the system of Mr. Montgomery Storm for the proposed conversion of the En field rifle, although it is the one which on other grounds has most nearly united all the qualifications desired in an arm to be obtained by conversion, and the committee think that great credit is due to Mr. Storm for the degree of perfection to which he has brought it." _ . The committee having also stated that the systems of Messrs. Wilson and Green did not approach the required standard of accuracy, end their report by making the following observations on the whole question submitted to them for investigation : " The ultimate armament of the infantry with breech loading weapons is determined upon. It would be done at a comparatively small cost by conversion; but it is now well known that the calibre, twist, and form of rifling of the En field is not the most favourable for fine shooting, and it is quite certain that no converted arms can possess the preci sion which will bo easily attained in a new breech-loader of smaller gauge and quicker twist. Nor will the soldier be able to carry that increased quantity of ammunition which is so desirable without a reduction of calibre. If under these circumstances, and notwithstanding the great outlay which will attend it, the Government adhere to the decision to in- .roduce a now small-bore breech-loader as soon as there is a pattern ready, the committee do not think it desirable to Proceed at present with conversion on a large scale ; but as there are purposes which may be answered by the converted arms, and as the experience to be acquired by the conversion may have some bearing on the larger question, they recom mend that Mr. Snider be encouraged to pursue his experi ments by the promise that, on the production of a pattern arm which shall give satisfaction to the committee, 1,000 muskets (or enough to arm one battalion) shall be placed in his hands for conversion. The extension of the operation should depend upon the success of the experiments about to be entered upon with the new small-bore weapons, the pro bability of their early introduction, and the reports of the battalion or battalions to which the converted arms may be issued. There are certain circumstances in which, notwith standing all the inconveniences which will attend the co existence of unaltered arms, converted arms, and new arms, with their different ammunitions, it may still be desirable to proceed with the conversion, on the ground of its small cost, and of the less time in which the arms can be turned out, but the committee do not feel in a position at present to recommend such a measure." It may be inferred from these remarks that, al- 7gitt.- 1 :44v 4„ A/ - 4.:4J,11 111 " \INF ya ,'" ./ 4 / I 4' ,/ • . . _ . .4\ - r; 2 ' t ibl 01 \ ~'u, • - • ti I DIE • ;i; til,lllNt . • .agg h • t IL/ • tog .V:VA• 4°l'l ff'e."- 41 Dr OIT. .w' 4 ,1 - firing in accordance with the programme laid down, three targets of 20 shots each were ordered to be made, with the rifles constructed on the several plans, on fixed rests, at 500 yards range, with a view to test their relative liability to fouling. The result showed a mean deviation in the case of the Mont- Storm plan of 2.58 ; in that of Westley Richard's, of 1.81 ; Wilson's, of 2.19 ; Green's, 3.59 ; Snider's, 5.00 ; and in that of the service Enfield of 1-64. By this time 270 rounds had been fired from each rifle uncleaned, the number of miss-fires being—Westley Richard's 1; Snider's, 8, some due to the imperfect manufacture of the rifle used, and others to faulty caps ; service Enfield, 1. The first series of experi ments having been concluded, the rifles were taken to pieces and carefully inspected by Mr. Gunner, inspector of small arms at Enfield, who reported that, while the breech arrangements in all con tinued in a sound state, the stocks of Nos. 1 and 2, those of Mr. Westley Richards ; of No. 7, Mr. Wilson's ; and No. 9, Mr. Storm's, were broken. A further examination of the whole of the arms be longing to each of the five systems led the commit tee, as stated in the report, to the conclusion that Mr. Snider's plan was that in which the wood of the original stock was least cut away and weakened ; Mr. Storm, being placed next in order in this res pect, and the remaining three on very much the same level. Upon the first series of experiments being concluded. a second soon followed, which had reference principally to the value of the several sys tems tried for range, accuracy, and power of pene tration. The details of these experiments are fur nished by the committee in second report, which is dated the 14th of March, and from them it ap pears that the mean radial deviation of the dif ferent arms at 500 yards range was as follows : Westley Richards, 1.73 ; Storm, 2.07 ; Wilson, 2.09 ; Snider, 4.63 ; Green, 4-67 ft. while the mean deviation of the guns as ascertained at Enfield before the conversion was only Fl 9. Tried at a range of 800 yards the Westley Richards' system showed a mean deviation of 2.55 ; Storm's, 4.16 ; Wilson's, 4.35 ; Snider's, 4.87 ; and Green's, 7-56 ft. ; the average deviation at the same distance obtained in practice with the Enfield in 1864 being 3-93. It will be seen, therefore, that at 800 yards' range Mr. Westley Richards's system alone gives a result more favourable than that shown by the uncon verted arm, while none of the systems equal the average shooting of that arm at a range of 500 yards. The bad shooting of the Snider rifles at the latter range the sub-committee attribute chiefly to insufficiency of powder, while the comparatively good results secured at 800 yards they believe to be due to the use by Mr. Snider of the service charges and bullet. The superior accuracy of the Westley Richards system is, in their opinion, considerably promoted by the ammunition employed, which con tained six grains of powder in excess of the service charge, as well as by the construction of the bullet, to which reference has already been made. A further trial of the several systems, they add, at the same ranges iust mentioned proved that the service powder cha- ge and bullet could be employed in the different am ..,except those of Mr. Richards, which were not meant by him to be used with that ammunition. The shooting of the Mont-Storm rifle was found to be nearly the same with the ser vice ammunition as that prepared by himself, while the accuracy of the Snider breech-loader was greater with the service ammunition at 500 yards than with its own, although at a range of 800 yards the result was not so favourable. At both ranges the shoot ing of the Wilson and Green rifles exhibited a less degree of accuracy when tried with the service ammunition. ~,2' PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd.' though the Enfield rifle might be converted into a very serviceable breech-loader, yet it could scarcely be made to comply with those conditions which would be absolutely requisite in order to secure a perfect military weapon suited to the requirements of the British army in every climate. The ultimate object which the Government, therefore, have in view is the construction of an entirely new breech loader, with a small bore, having a cartridge with some appliances for ignition. If, in the interim, a certain number of service Enfields can, at a reason able cost, be converted into breech loaders, much will have been done towards providing for any emer gency that may arise, while time will be allowed for proceeding in the construction of a more efficient weapon with due care and deliberation.—Times. Naval and Military Intelligence. As soon as the work now remaining to be com pleted in the iron-cased vessels fitting at Chatham dockyard, on which every available hand at that es tablishment is employed, is finished, relays of ship wrights and labourers will commence taking down the frames of the fine unarmoured screw frigate Belvidere, originally intended to be completed as a 51-gun screw frigate, of the Constance class, but the further building of which has been discontinued for several years past. The Belvidere was ordered to be taken to pieces some time back, and her name re moved from the official Navy List, but the amount of work remaining to be completed at the dockyard in the way of completing the iron-clad vessels build ing would not allow of the hands being employed in that undertaking. The fine old-fashioned wooden two-decker Bulwark, 91, 800 horse-power, with her square stern and bluff bows, one of the type of ves sels which has now passed away, still lies idle on the stocks at Chatham, the order for discontinuing operations on her having been given several years ago. The engines constructed for this vessel are now on board the Royal Oak, but although powerful enough for a wooden ship of the Bulwark class they are scarcely adapted for an iron-clad frigate like the Royal Oak. The Admiralty are at present undecided as to the ultimate fate of the Bulwark, but it is probable that as soon as the exigencies of the dockyardmay permit she may be taken in handand completed, either for a store or receiving ship at one of the foreign ports, for which her great size renders her well adapted. The only other wooden vessel now on the stocks at Chatham on which no hands are employed is the screw gun vessel Myr midon, 4, 695 tons, 200-horsepower, which is about three-fourths completed. The Reindeer, 250-horse power (unarmoured), building on No. 2 slip at Chatham dockyard, ori ginally designed as a 17 gun corvette, is now being completed and strengthened throughout by a system of knees and bolts, in order to enable her to mount six guns of heavy calibre, including two of the 100- pounder 63. ton guns. She has but comparatively few hands employed on her, and according to her present rate of progress will not be completed for several months. She is to be fitted with a topgal lant forecastle, but the original proposal to supply her with a poop is not being carried out. The autumn inspection of the Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light Infantry by Major-General Stransham commenced on Monday, and was brought to a close yesterday afternoon. The bat talion, composed of ten companies of 30 files each, assembled on Woolwich-common for the Inspector- General's official inspection, and after a very close inspection of the battalion in line they marched past in open column of companies, in slow time, in grand divisions at company distance, in quick time, and in quarter-distance column. They were after wards put through various manoeuvres by Colonel Maxwell, the commandant, mlder the direction of the Inspector-General, the whole of which were executed in a manner which called forth the Gene ral's warm commendations and thanks. The firing and marching in line received his especial approba tion also, and after about two hours' active exer cises the battalion marched back to quarters, and were dismissed until the following morning, when the entire division, including "duty men," servants, ex cess of employed, and every available man actually off duty paraded in three battalions for brigade drill. They assembled on the common in line of contiguous quarter-distance columns for the reception of the Major-General. After marching past in quarter- , distance columns by battalions the brigade counter marched and marched past in line of contiguous quarter-distance columns, which movement elicited the Inspector-General's marked approval. The brigade afterwards went through a variety of man oeuvres, all of which were covered by light infantry, and were executed with a precision and celerity of action remarkable even to their ordinarily high state of drill. At the conclusion the Inspector-General desired Colonel Maxwell to express to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, his great satis as dear. The demand for brown nets was very inactive, and prices remained without material change. ROCHDALE, 4 th. —To-day's flannel-market has been rather more animated than has been usual of late, the attendance being large of buyers who had really business purposes in vie w . Th e sales have been in the plain and fancy departments, but espe cially in the latter, without any appreciable change in prices. There is again to-day a pretty good in quiry for Yorkshire goods of the best quality, but the commoner sorts are very difficult of sale, even after offers of concession by the sellers as to price. The wool-market is firm, and price compels those who are driven to make purchases to act with great caution. HEALTH OF LONDON. ♦ It appears from the weekly return issued by au thority of the Registrar-General, that in the week that ended on Saturday, Sept. 2, the births regis tered in London and 10 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 3,773 ; the deaths registered, 2,477. The average rate of mortality was 23 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,002 boys and 1,017 girls, in all 2,019 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1855-64 the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 1,899. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,131. It was the thirty-fifth, week of the year, and the average number for that week was, with a correction for increase of population, 1,248. In the week 89 deaths by diarrhoea, and four by cholera were registered. Two men died of cholera ; one a chairmaker, aged 24 years, is said to have died of " English cholera;" another, a painter, aged 25 years, of "choleraic diarrhoea," after 24 hours' illness. Cholera is not a new disease. It is described in the earliest medical writings ; and cases occur sporadically every week in summer in every country of Europe and Asia. During the last ten weeks 127 deaths from cholera have been registered in London; and the deaths from the disease in pro portion to population have undoubtedly been still more numerous in the other cities of Europe, where the causes of death are either unrecorded or unre vealed. This form of cholera, called here English, or more correctly summer cholera, when fatal, differs little in appearance from epidemic cholera ; which is, however, well characterised by the short duration of fatal cases ; by its attacking and destroying great numbers in its progress. The matter of cholera, therefore, exists in nearly every ill-conditioned population, and under unfa vourable circumstances, it assumes periodically the active form ; which is diffusive, and travels far from the centre of its origin. An epidemic of cholera broke out in England in the years 1831-2 ; another epidemic prevailed 17 years afterwards, or in 1848-9 ; and passing over 1853-4, we are at the end of another cycle - of 17 years in 1865-6, threatened with an epidemic which has already ravaged some of the unclean cities on the shores of the Mediterranean. The epidemic has generally begun in the autumn of one year, and raged in the autumn of the year following; but up to the present date there have been no el-aces of the epidemic in England, which may escape with a slight visitation. But against such an enemy no precaution should be neglected ; an I the defences should be com menced, and completed without any delay. The conditions on which this disease is fatal are now well known ; and its causes and its progress in the diarrhceal stage are more completely under con trol than those of any other epidemic. A supply of pure water to every house ; drainage ; the abolition of cesspools and of all accumulations of dirt ; the chemical destruction of choleraic matter (cholerine) —house to house medical treatment—do not exclude the entrance of the poison into districts, but de prive it of nearly all its dangers. The death of a man, aged 30 years, was caused by " bronchitis, accelerated by exposure and desti tution." He died in the Ratcliff 'Workhouse. faction at the appearance and discipline of the divi sion, and Colonel Maxwell, in consideration of the General's high approval of the proceedings, gave the division two days' free holyday. In the account given on Monday in The Sun of Mr. Richardson's boiler experiments at Woolwich with the petroleum and other oils for steam purposes the word " whale" oil was given, instead of " shale" oil. Shales, it appears, on reference to a work on the subject, have been discovered in large quanti ties under all the north-western and western dis tricts of the American coal measures. The rate of mortality last week was 20 per 1,000 in London, 27 in Edinburgh, and 21 in Dublin ; 29 in Manchester, 30 in Salford, 21 in Birmingham, 26 in Leeds, 17 in Bristol, 33 in Hull, and 27 in Glas gow. The rate in Vienna was 27 per 1,000 during the week ending the 19th ult., when the tempera ture was 4.4 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the same week in London, where the rate was 20 per 1,000. In Manchester the births 232, the deaths 195 ; in Salford the births 86, the deaths 63 ; in Birming ham the births 219, the deaths 132 ; in Leeds the births 162, the deaths 111 ; in Bristol the births 116 ; the deaths 52 ; in Ilull the births 50, the deaths 65 ; in Edinburgh the births 112, the deaths 89 ; in Glasgow the births 305, the deaths 216 ; and in Dublin the births 123, the deaths 130. There were 289 deaths in Vienna during the week ending the 19th ult. The return from Liverpool has not been received. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.956 in. The mean temperature of the air was 61.4 deg., which is 2 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The mean degree of humidity of the air was 78, com- plete saturation being represented by 100. Only the smallest amount of rain fell. But on Monday there was much in the north of England. The Herring Fishing. DUNBAR, shing app ears to b e u a boats that ca me t in this morning had any success. Ab ove sixty lsr : A a R' close Sept.S here, 4.—The none of herringhe as boats came in this afternoon from the mackerel fishing, with from sixteen to thirty dozens each, which were readily sold to the buyers for the Eng lish markets at 3s. 6d. to 4s. per dozen. WICK, Sept. 2.--The John o'Groat Journal Her ring Circular says :—" Our fishing, we regret to say, has done nothing since our last publication, and the season's average stands at the same figure as in the Journal of Thursday-76 crans, making a total catch for the season among 977 boats of 74,470 crans. This, though a very short fishing at this advanced period of the season, is not unpa ralleled, for we had at this date only 68,000 crans in 1852 ; 72,000 in 1862 ; and 65,000 in 1863. There was no encouragement to the fishermen to prosecute the fishing with spirit this week, owing to the broken weather and dead tides ; but, as most of them are engaged to fish till the Bth, we have still another week with better pro spects, as the tides will be - more favourable, and appearances indicate that there is no want of fish on the coast. Lybster is in the same position as regards this week's fishing, not a cran having been added to the general average, which still stands at 74 crans for 206 boats. At ITelmsdale, the state of matters is still worse, the fishing there being virtually over, and the crews leaving with not more than half an average fishing. At the stations on the Banff and Moray coasts the fishing has proved very unsuccessful this week. With the exception of Gardenstow n , at which there was a very heavy fishing—the av erage for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday being 15, 10 and 18 was absolutely nothi ng crans respectively—th ere cations that the fi s hi ng i n done, and there are indications these districts is about over for the season. Markets. —On Tuesday and Wednesday last some purchases were made of full crown brands at 315., and 245. for crown spents. On Thursday, with the appear ance of no fishing, and the break-up on the Latheron coast and Helmsdale, the price rose to 325. for full, at which rate, on that and the following day, several hundred barrels were bought. Offers of 245. for spent were freely made, but refused, and few would sell now at either of the above prices. Some un branded full were sold at 31s. 6d. per barrel. Various estimates are made of the quantity for sale here, and we believe 10,000 barrels may be about the figure, but there are orders in town to cover the at reasonable rates. whole if they are to be had THE RUSSIAN NAVY.—A Russian steam frigate has put into Harwich harbour this week short of coal. Tho frigate, which carries six guns, fell short of fuel when within a few miles of Harwich, and in order to get up suffi cient steam to reach that port was compelled to burn nearly every available article of furniture on board. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Now ready, boards, price la. Bd., "TITS ; a Collection of the Best Tales contri butedXX to "Temple Bar." "Once a Week," " Cham bers's Journal," &c. By LEWIS HOUGH, M.A. With Two Illustrations by W. Schwench Gilbert. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Demy 4to , cloth, price 76. 6d., THE PSYCHONOMY of the HAND ; or, the Hand an Index of Mental Development. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA direct to the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY. China, Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from Is, 10d. per lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, city. BOYS, Tottenham, N., 1 all parts of the Kingdom, of and those verging on crime, HOME for LITTLE for the Reception, from Outcast and Destitute Boys, underlo years of age. President—ROßEßT E VICE-PREI Stephen Cave, Esq., M:P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Samuel Morley, sq. Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M'Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. 111 r. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett. Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C . Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. tharles, 26, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W. Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- lANBURY, Esq., M.P, :SIDENTS. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart, M.P. Abel Smith, Esq., 11,P. COMM sired, E:C, • `, The mode of admission to the House is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and t tught till they are 11 years of age. With the view 1 o secure the election of the most deserving oases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a deecription of each case, as care ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. This Home was opened in April, 1861. It was designed to take in the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify the for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are those who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly 10^, and the Committee would joy fully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to plead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they ask--I sit right to make a widow and her ramily paupers for life because one of them (the naughty boy of the family) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not h 1p her to put one of them into a Home, but that they must ail go into " the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others as we would they should do unto us that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by ill- treatment to " Ina away," none of us shou d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe them ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, pi:aging, by on the other side, or .else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper ?" The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi dent from the police statistics, which show that in London alone. in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too young to punish. though not too young to learn th e beginnings of crime. On the other hand. there are numbers who, but for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli ance and seit-help. be permanent burdens to the State. the Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. The daily routine of the Ins: itution presents all the fea tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones are cared for as children; they have their regular meals, their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every morninc , is devoted to scho ,, l work—reading, and writing, and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in oljects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early period in life, earn nor living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and white t aper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c other, &c. Some a.sist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are being made useful in the hou.e, scrubbing and sweeping, while the elder ones ( lean all the boots, knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working life. 2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by the Committee, Elections of children to be ad.aitted free will take place as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, till the home is full ; they will then be held periodi cally Forms of application for the admission of children may ba had at the Home, and of the Honorary ,Secretary, STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER, Sept. E. n s hipping yarns we have had a very st r ong market to-day, with a con siderable business doing for various markets. The demand continues strong, but spinners, who are deeply under contract, have been asking prices which in many cases have quite prevented operations. The business actually done has been at about id per lb. above the rates of last Friday, and these prices have been freely paid by nearly all classes of buyers. This branch of the yarn-market continues strong to the close, and with a decidedly upward tendency in prices. In home trade yarns there has also been a strong market, with a moderate business doing. Prices of these yarns are about id. per lb. in excess of the rates of Friday. In cloths we have had a steady inquiry during the week. Prices have been very well maintained, and a fair amount of business has been done. The recent advances of cotton in Liverpool, coupled with a heavy business there, this morning have forced quotations up here to some extent, and beyond the point to which, in many cases, buyers are disposed to follow. But we have had a good demand to-day, and in many classes of goods, especially the better descriptions of long-cloths, and in goods requiring finer counts of yarns, which have considerably increased in value, better prices are commanded. As a rule, manu facturers of these makes of cloth are well engaged, and we have a decidedly improved scale of prices to-day, with a fair general business. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report this day's cloth-market as follows : "Our market has been firm since last Tuesday, and a fair business has been done. The large sales and advanced rates in Liverpool necessitate higher quotations bore to-day, and operations have consequently been somewhat restricted. The inquiry is, however, very general, and for some sorts of long-cloths, and also for goods requiring the finer counts of yarns, a considerable advance is obtained." LEEDS, sth.—A good attendance of both buyers and sellers in the clothhalls, and the market wore a cheerful aspect. The reports from manufacturers, and also from dyers and finishers, continue cheer ful, and prices arc firm, having an upward rather than a downward tendency. The rates of wool keep quite firm. NOTTINGHAM, sth.—At our Exchange -hall the attendance was limited. The demand for lace yarns continues fair and previous rates are fully realised. The inquiry for hosiery yarns was steady, and high prices - were obtained, For spun silks rather more money was made ; thrown silks quite CRYSTAL PALACE.-THIS EVENING.- ILLUMINATED FOUNTAINS. THIS EVENING.-PALACE LIGHTED.- Nothing can exceed the beauty of the Palace ilium nated with long lines of glittering light, —All shuuld wit nese it. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. MARK YOUR LINEN.-BOND'S PERMA NENT MARKING INK is by far the best for marking CRESTS, NAMES, and INITIALS upon House hold linen, Wearing App irel, &c. Price ls. a bottle. No Od. size ever made. Sold by E. R. BOND, 10. Bishopsgate street Within, Lon'on, E C., and by all respectable chemists and stationers in the kingdom.—N. B. Purchasers should be careful to observe t.e address 10, Bishopsgate-street Within, E.C.—upon the label, without which the Ink is not genuine. T AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, it L London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app.ied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing tho hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. ed. ; Gentlemen's from es. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d, or sent tree for 51 stamps. It Is most easy of use. HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX.'ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 51 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free fors4 stamps.— AL EX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Essay on Hair, Id. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &e. 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 stumps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London_ ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 3s. dd., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45,,, or du stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. Bd., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn. London. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED TUE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c. WOTHERS POON and CO., Glasgow and London. TEETH, 2s. 6d. each.--ESKELL and SONS' improvements in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH enable them to make and fit in from One to a Set, in a few hours, without springs or wires, and without ex tractions, upon the principle of se lf-adhesion, painless and perfect. Guaranteed, or no fee accepted. Sets, £2 ; stop pings, 2s. 6d.; extractions, is.; and the same moderate fixed prices throughout. Punctuality in all appointments, and constant daily attendance from Nine to Eight o'clock. Their Treatise on the Teeth, with printed terms, and all consulta tions free, on application to ESKELL and SONS, 13, Tich borne-street, Quadrant. Note the address. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. HEALTH WITHOUT MEDICINE. Being the only Sovereign and unfailing Remedy for Indi gee ion, Constipation, Nervousness, Debility, Torpidity of the Liver, Headache, Biliousness, Despondency, Low Spirits, Couvhs, Asthma, and Incipient Consumption. Full particulars sent to any address on receipt of two stamps, by Mr. KEARSLEY, 23, Kentish-town-road, Lon don, N.W. "'rhe most efficacious remedy for those diseases extant, a boon to the afilloted."—Nedioai Review. " This invaluable discovery has attaine i a world-wide cele brity, being of inestimable value, and most admirably adapted to remove tho.se maladies which tend to embitter lire, and shorten its duration."—Scalpel. "The unprecedented success of this remedy is without parallel; this is demonstrated by the innumerable cures effected." —Medical Journal. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, &Id Dining-room, consisting of a new and etegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, ceautifni inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Sia.iesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, SI INERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; 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 GICOLOGY and MINS- R &LOGY is given by Mr.TICNNANLF.G.S., at 149. Strand. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre cared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who ,uffer from bilious and liver complaints, inlig?sticn, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual :ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier 01 the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Bold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. 14d., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver The genuine arc a square are en package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the stomp. TERRIBLE FATALITY IN A SLATE QUARRY.—An accident of a very appalling nature, which threw a gloom over the busy locality of Festiniog, occurred on Friday in a slate (pally belonging to Mr. M. Lloyd, barrister-at-law. Four young brothers were working a level mine into the heart of the rock by means of blasting, when, through some inexplicable cause, a hole exploded whilst being rammed home by one of the brothers. Two of the young men, who, it appears, stood close by heedlessly witnessing the opera tion. were instantaneously hurled into eternity, whilst the operator mysteriously escaped with severe, but not mortal, injuries. Fortunately, the young brother had just previ ously made his exit from the scene of destruction. N. , in cone h is Kirk pre- its nd of I