The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-21 00:00:00

IN PARLIAMENT—SESSION 1867. riUNDALK AND GREENORE 'RAILWAY. LExtension of Time for completing Railway—Repeal of parts of Irish North-Western Railway Act., 1862 and 18 63, and transfer of powers thereof to Dundalk and Greenore Railway Company,—Construction of Railways at Dundalk, --Further Further Money Powers—Repeal of yro visions of Newry and Greenore Railway Acts as to Joint w orks an d vesting of powers in Dundalk Company,— Pl()int u niur, powers to Nowt.) , and Greeuore Company over Luc —Purchase of Slob Lands at Greenore Point, Working and Traffic arrangements with Irish North irtern Railway Company and London and North , tern Railway Company, Powers for London and or th - Western Railway Company to subscribe to under kinga of Dundalk Company, and to raise money fur that Npurpose. Amendment of Acts.] OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That appli the cation is intended to be made to Parliament in ob. "suing Session for leave to bring in a Bill to effect tbe sa y j :_ z _ ets and purposes following, or some of them, that is to No. 23,228. THE SUN, LONDON, WI , DNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1866. 3 • and 28 and 29 Viet., cap. 30 7 , relating to the Newry and dreenore Railway Company. And Notice is hereby further given, that on or before the 30th day of November, 1866, Plans and Sections of the intended Railways and Works, together with a Book of Reference to such Plans, a published Map with the line of the intended Railways delineated thereon, and a copy of this Notice as published in the Dublin Gazette, will be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Louth, at his Office at Dundalk, in that Coun ty ; and that on or before the said 30th day of November, a.copy of the said Plans, Sections, and Book of Reference, together with a copy of this Notice, as published in the Dublin Gazette, will be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Poor Law Union of Dundalk (in which Poor Law Union. all the aforesaid Parishes, Townlands, and places aro situated) at his Office in Dundalk. And that .on or before the 22d day of December next printed copies of the intended Bill will be deposited at the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons. Dated this 12th day of November, 1866. MACRORY and CO., Dublin and Belfast. T " X F OR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., KIN AIIAN'S •Lb WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GRF,AT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe thn Rod Seal, Pink Label, and Oork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. • Revival of Offenbach's "SIXTY-SIX" snd " TROM BAL CAZA ;" also of LA SONNAMBULA and MARTHA. Comedy by Harry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser, his first appearance in London ; Mons. Peterson, with his highly trained troupe of Performing Dogs ; and Miss Euun t Kerridge. her first appearance here. Great success of LES ANIAZONES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERTISSESIENT, by the Misses TESSY and SARA GUINNESS, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. In preparation the Lyric Drama of the " RUINS OF ATHENS," by BEETHOVEN, the argument of which will be read by a distinguished member of the theatrical proftssion. IffUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION L. L (Incorporated by Aot of Parliament, 1850), :4, ttUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of security. Forms [rec on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans • Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, 15 ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. Open every evening at 8. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. NEW EDITIONS. Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE. a Marriage Group of the PRINCESS HELENA amt PRINCE CHRISTIAN. Admittance, ls. ; children, ante ten, half-price ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from-11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till 10. 3. • . . . , ~ , :,. .e . 0"A::?417.,rt: r i.i.t . i . ;,... •-: , ~. ' - . . •-= -: -,- .. .. -- - ,i,; ,--, .'''' (Iti ."73 '7' .."- 1 4 - - -,-, r r:1- . 7 . -. !--, 7, I -. ..., ',.. :. 1 ., , , .. „„rA -; ..- 2.: .; • -i . -- : -.,-) , 1 L . . . , e s d . --- ---2 - 1 -7-z . 7/e/0-- -- / SZ---- - . 6 :7 ----;) 7 ,• e 4 r; € 6, , Z • il f : y . ,___ , . . _ . . ~ _#' 0 , ...;;?....,-4, - -\ , 04- „, -.,.. • ~... :, , • ~...._.......,,,,„„...„.2 4, / . ~._ ix - ~77 li , c.:,,„,‘ • •„ 4 :32,. „ J ai .-' 4 ,4 f i:.-:' Et - - ,:.., .---, ---' - 1\, :‘,1... ,-X . ;,..,:;:. 1t..• - 7: , v 4r Atiiir L, ,,, ,, crs . 0. - gi • A r 2, 1::: 7: /. . "14,. ....043 2- ' •\t, - -.,:....,,-- , --- -- .:,,tA , .) t ll ''C' . - V,AI ' f (i. ( . • ''..iY. , ~., -, 0 . 'i..,,., ; '• . ' t t ; ' \ -:.: ~.... , v ‘,,,,- „ k .... \, , p‘• . .---\'‘ - v ' j i ji%ili‘ l i -..4 - ' • 1 1 1 ' .. it ..-%. „„.,,;.e..t. _ ..,.._,,,,,, ' l %, 1 1.1'.. . 4 I .. r 0 ' l / 4 . 4. 4. - -,ff .-----..._ 4.,,-. • V., ;-. -..i' I DIE tA, ;.14 _:_.: : 14 . ! , , 440 Iv id. ~,d i ptik: • Dizo rr. 0 \ 5 : , - -- ----a• • . At., + . . ~~~~d~~ PRICF STAMPED THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) RAILWAY AND OTTER COMPANIES. GREAT NORTHERN. In the week that ended on Saturday, Nov. 17, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,134 ; the deaths registered, 3,080. The annual rate of mortality was 26 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,035 boys and 953 girls, in all 1,988 children, were registered in the week. in the corre sponding weeks of ten years 1856-65 the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,026. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,428. It was the 46th week of the year; and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for in crease•of population, 1,519. The deaths in the present re turn are less by 91. than th 3 estimated number. Thus the mortality has been below the average for two weeks in succession. • _ _•_ and o , i‘r - '"'elad the time for the completion of the Railway 1963 , ?r ke hy the Dundalk and Greenore Railway Act, a uthorised to be constructed. ai or rgeal, alter, or amend all such parts of the Irish or Trim °stern . Railway Act, 1862, as relate to a Railway way in that Act described as a Railway or Tram- L Y (I%r ` l • 2 ), commencing in the townland of Marshes a rer, in the parish of Dundalk, and county of Louth, by or u n tl e e .i ti r en with the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, at thereof to the Goods Store at the Dundalk Te'minus p ar k; and terminating in the Townland of Town the the same parish and county, at or near to cianc:v estern end of the Quay, on the River of Dun , G en n°ve or late in the possession of Mrs. Mary IT - o ; t r h u_de Russell ; and to repeal, alter, or amend the Irish Co if W estern Railway (Quay Extension) Act, 1863 ; to er to and vest in the Dundalk and Greenore Railway o o ° de llnY (hereinafter called the Company), as part of their ri se r king, the said Railway or Tramway (No. 2), autho the NI I T I the Irish North-Wtern Railway Act, 1862, and th e t u i rks and conveniences connected therewith, and also W ee ; il lvay and Works authorised by the Irish North laolp-ru Railway (Quay Extension) Act, 1863, and all Ran; ar d Property acquired by the Irish North-Western or e i - tii Y Company under or by virtue of the said two Acts, and \v " or e L i them, for the purposes of the said Railways meat .as respectively, and all contracts and agree- Westg l g i l l ti t s, Powers, and pleges of the Irish North aod wo le rit ilway Company, in respect of the said f ra t il o w n ay o s f 444 e, whether with reference to the acqu si i an d .e construction of works, the levying of tolls, rates, I r i ati "„„utms, or otherwise ; and to discharge and release the tad '" u rtil-Western Railway Company from all contracts „„. agreements whatsoever, with respect to the said Rail and? Works, or any part thereof. • folle,.., em Power the Company to make and maintain the th e Zi e laß Railways, or either of them, or any part or parts e si w di i o th g : , ll necessary and proper stations, approaches, works, and conveniences connected there is.s.re4sPe,ctively, that is to say-- l oad nailway or Tramway commencing in the town of Marshes Lower, in the parish of Dundalk and We -- ; t 2:_of Louth, by a Junction with the Irish North dani-La Railway, at or near the goods store at the Dun e) W rrail2llB of such railway, and terminating in the er land of Townparks, in the same parish and county, at (le r . ' the western end of the quay, on the River of Dun biz 11,1;11311y called Russell's Quay, now belonging to the ilaib m f'urth-Western Railway Company, which intended th r ,„" a 7 or Tramway will be made or pass from, in, 'P o „..."gu, or into the said townlands of Marshes Lower and ah - o ""Parks, in the parish of Dundalk, and the bed or 2 re of the River of Dundalk. Railway commencing in the said townland of fenCli'aris and pans' h of Dundalk, by a Junction with the Northseu Dundalk Quay Extension Railway, of the Irish Yard "'astern Railway Company, at a point twelve of t s., or thereabouts, north-west of the northern comer tau: Steam Packet Stores, on George's-quay, and term was, g an the said townland and parish, at or near the am t. end of the Dundalk Steam Packet Company's Quay, th e at Pr near the northern end of that Company's office mad Which said intended Railway and Works will be toe,,, er Pass from, in, through, or into the said several T0,,,,, -- "„nda o Parishes, extra-parochial and other places of 41k - i• ar its, Dundalk, and the bed and shore of the Dun- And it Coo l is intended by the said Bill to confer upon the ieII o P T I Y all necessary powers for effecting the purposes Towrg (that is t o sa y) :- to deviate laterally from the lines of the intended works and extent shown on the plans hereinafter mentioned, th e to deviate vertically from the levels as shown on i3eo along hereinafter mentioned. Perm cm as, stop up, alter, or divert, either temporarily or p ath anently, any turnpike or other roads, highways, foot atreas,,,:itreets, railways, tramways, canals, aqueducts, tearae7' r ivers, bridges, sewers, drains, ways, and water tow 'within or adjoining to the aforesaid parishes, th et l'ands, and extra-parochial and other places, orany of or d o Which it may be necessary to cross, stop up, alter, ak re l vert for the purposes of any of the intended works T o sa id, or of the intended Bill. h ew% Purchase by compulsion and by agreement lands, Nv or k s s, and hereditaments for the purposes of the intepde or tni and i of the Bill, and to vary or extinguish any rights Th eges connected with such lands, houses, and here- T ill j nts • said° -e vY tolls, rates, and duties upon or in respect of the In, u nte nded Railways and Works, to alter the tolls which Pao, ra laany and the Irish North-Western Railway Com resPectively are authorised to take on their respective tioas?frised lines, - and to confer, vary, or extinguish exemp to eratf r una the pay men t of such tolls, rites, and duties, and vary, or extinguish other rights and privileges. werl -P P I Y to the purposes of the proposed Railwayrand Co re : , and of the Bill, any pait of the funds which the he r ' an Y are now authorised' to raise, and which may not tak, e lnired for theurposes of their now authorised under a,sß, and to enable the Company to raise further money th e rally I,PurPoses of the Bill, and of their undertaking gene latto,; L'Y the creation of new shares and stock in the Com et R ,' ,_Pd (if the Company think fit) toattach to all or any te r Wfu new shares or stock or preference or priority of in . 401 14 or dividend, and other special privileges ; to borrow D e b :Y 01 1 mortgage or otherwise, and to create and issue inure And Stock. , 11 . is also intended by the said Bill ere l'iP,Perd or alter all such parts of the Newry and Green lY l 'u r ay Act, 1863, and the Newry and Greenore Rail aa th e ' r urther Powers Act, 1865, as relate to the works taitLein• referred to as the "joint works," and the Corn an tee therein called " the Greenore Works Committee," Po w ~t ° enable the Company to exercise and enjoy all Won " I ' s ! rights, and privileges, and to perform and fulfil Rations and liabilities of the Newry and Greenore ej all e cu llPany and of the Greenore Works Committee, or of them, with reference to the said joint works. aod? vest in the Company all lands and property or rights I::::l(llnitereeet s therein acquired by or vested in the Newry Co o , r .eenore Rail Way Company or the Greenore Works for the purposes of the said joint works, and to a a rriver the Company to pay and refund to the Newry by t:reenore Railway Company all moneys contributed T o a _ t Company for the purposes of the said joint works. pa t , empower the Newry and Greenore Corn ir ay e , t and all persons and Corporations using their . Rail card,!ia? run over, work, and use, with their Engines an kri bt •ges, and for the purposes of their traffic of every de la the the portion of Railways and the Pier and Works and r every and Greenore Railway Act, 1863, described stati - 'erred to as "the Joint Works," together with all 111 3 ,0 8 1 roads, platforms, water, water-engines, sidings, upo n su e h, works, and conveniences connected therewith, Dill "'null terms and conditions as shall be defined by the 4, 0 ,1 ° P as (failing agreement) shall be determined by arbi aod n al or otherwise; and also to empower the Dundalk Clr e X r eenore Railway Company, and the Newry and t s ell e - _ - ,... ?r e Railway Company, or either of them, to levy eot4 ' 4 tes, and duties in respect of passengers and traffic e t . 1 : 4 8 eer the before-mentioned joint works, and to the l : In tolls, rates, and duties now authorised to bo taken te r ,, ee n t and to provide that the Company, and their offi ailtaaleteitillu Servants, shall afford and render all services and e for giving full,effect to the powers afore ttkr e nable the Company to purchase by compulsion or laad ee a tne nt, and to vest in the Company all slob and other Ir ate between high and low water-marks, and below low sue • rr aark, situate at or near Greenore Point and Mullate, o r & In or adjoining the townland of Greenore and Mune e, t111t,.5,,er of them, which may be required for the purposes ttaii v rist works mentioned in the Newry and Greenore viai o Aet, 1863, and to remove doubts and make pro- T o oB respecting the title to such slob and other lands. o empower the Company to enter into and carry in o to_ e tt 'L a nd from time to time alter and vary contracts, agre and arrangements, with the Irish North-Western Rail Y ,Company, and the London and North-Western to th e - Y "Papally, or either of them, for or with reference eoth - co nstruction, maintenance, working, and using, by IDay s s3r either of the contracting Companies, of the Rail liaeand works authorised by the Dundalk and Greenore Alt v,, Act, 1863, and to be authorised by the intended liate„,.. 4 nY part or parts thereof, and with reference to the s loe 141 Re, regulation management, collection transims alaitand delivery of the traffic thereon, the supply and tiot l manse Of engines, stock, and plant, the fixing collec the PiaYment, division, appropriation, and distribution of trae e d a and other income and profits arising from such i latn,?,! l lad the employment of officers and servants,. and to said d'se then ppointment of a Joint Committee of the eiket ( 2 111 Panies, or any two of them, for carrying into c °lle r ,„' v erY or any such agreement as aforesaid, and to lettehr,,, any agreements which have been, or may be made r , of the matters aforesaid. jon m el tiPower the London and North-Western Railway :he 1, 1 11 3 7 V take and hold shares in and subscribe towards a `?. 11 1 , - art-Oking of the Company, and for those purposes ,7 1 1 4 a a nY part of the funds which the London and " estern Railway Com'pany are now emporred to tier-Lair' which are not required for their authorised wa llet/ shares ; and to raise further moneys by the creation of 4 , 4 y „ - nres or stock in their undertaking, with or without mene' e lerence or priority in payment of interest or divi lug oth e • oa r privileges attached thereto, and by borrow nieetin n l4°ll Pge or otherwise, and also to empower the a nd North-Western Railway Company to vote at e t .,,Zer e Lgs of the Company, and to appoint Directors of and ‘j°lll Parry ther powers and privileges with reference to the T o „,, ttr Y er extinguish all rights and privileges which 11, and Might in any way interfere with the objects of the t ° Confer, or extinguish other rights and e ges vary, And • abl e _ o f , 18 intended (so far as may be necessary or desk jePeal tiny of the purposes of the said Bill) to amend or 4 13 ,". 1 11g: g o e ProYision - s of - the several Acts of Parliament fol eee,, some of them,-that is to say, The Pundalk and Vi e ee , ll :: l lvay Act, 1863, an . d 8 & 9 Viet., cap. 96 ; 10 I r . , 18 P..65 ; 13 & 14 Vict., cap. 7 . 6 ; 15 Vict., .cap. , let 19 Viet., cap. 105; 20 &21 Viet., cap. 104 ,21 ,a v P ; is : 22 &23 Viet.,slViet., cp. r tt elaii..o a 27 Viet., cap. 236 ; and 27 and 28 Viet., cap. 203, Erg 9tevt.he Irish North-Western Railway Company ; 08. 9 le t ea 36, 37, 43 105 111 112 123, 156, and 152 - ps. 80, 82 IR , ) CRP • 67 • 9 & 10 Vict., caps. 2 61 18 4 3 6 , 262 , 192, 193, 204, 231, 232, 233, 244, 248, 259, 38 0 ' , 300, 309, 322. 323, 324, 328, 331, 309, 368, 1 7 18 1 o',and 396 ; 10 & 11 Viet., caps. 73, 107, 114, 0 : 2 7 g 1 1 -, 131, 132, 139, 159, 161, 178, 188, 228, 236, iR I3 Ire q ' 294 ; 11 & 12 Vict., caps. 58, 60, & 130; 12 lgll t ea,,P. 74 ;13& 14 Vict., cap. 36 ;14 Vict., cap. „ a :" - a let, cap. 94: 15 Vict., caps. 98 and 105; 16 & 9 7, 110, 157, 160,205, 216, and 222 ; 17 & 19& 20.1)6•201and204 ; 18 & 19 Viet., caps. 172 and 194 ; 44(1104. let. el "Ps. 52 69 and 123 ;20& 21 Vict., caps. 64, 98, 1' 215 °' 2 Vint 130 and 131; 22 &23 Vict., caps. an t' 79' .1 4 11 3, 124, Vint., caps 134. 23 and 24 Vict., caps. 77 a,ad and 25 Viet., caps. 66, 110, 123, 128, 130, 208 4 'lB, 1 7 i' , 25 and 26 Vice, caps. 55, 66, 78, 98, 104, 118, ea.r2,,t,06:.15,,31:021876601; .12;: 198, 200, 2 , 08 and 209 ; 26 and 27 Vict. 26 77 , 208. and 21 • 27 and 28 Viet., caps 194, and 296 ; 28 1 and 29 Vict., caps. 22, 72, l a ps 8 7,13 tni, 316, 333, and 334 ; and 29 and 30 Vict., ,- 111 g to the' l6 B, 189 190 233 , 24 9, 276, 284, and 311, re -7 ; ale n ndon and North-Western Realwa Com ' 46 and 27 Via, cap. 229 ; 27 and 28 riot., cap. ti~~ ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY (Limited). REDUCTION OF TARIFF. On and after Ist NOVEMBER, 1866, and until further Notice, the following will be the Charges for the Trans mission of Me,ssages TO AND FROM AMERICA. BETWEEN ANY TELEGRAPH STATION IN GREAT BRITAIN OR IRELAND AND ANY TELEGRAPH STATION IN. AMERICA : Twenty Words or Less, including the names and address of Sender and Receiver, not exceeding in all 100 Letters ... •._ £lO For every Additional Word, not exceeding on the total average five Letters, each Word ... 10s. All Messages in Code or Cypher double the foregoing Rates. By order, JOHN C. DEANE, Secretary. London—Temporary Offices, 72, Cornhill, E. 0., Ist November, 1866. CONTRACT FOR STEARINE CANDLES. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, Somerset House, 7th November, 1866. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, do hereby give Notice, that, on MONDAY, the 3d December next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of STEARINE CANDLES, for the use of Her Majesty's Indian Troop Ships, as may from time to time be demanded under a Contract for Twelve Calendar Months, certain and further, until the expiration of Three Calendar Months' warning. Samples (not less than 6 lbs. of each description) must be produced by the parties tendering, and none to be ten dered the material of which is of a solidifying point below 125 degrees Fahrenheit. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Stearine Candles," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of .Cl,OOO for the due performance of the Con tract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. I-I YAM and CO.'S ATTIRE for GENTLE MEN, 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET, W. Gentlemen about to purchase their CLOTHING FOR THE SEASON are requested to bear in mindthe follow ing points as peculiar to lIYAM and CO.'s Attire, Novelty, and Excellence of Fabric, Perfect Adjustment in Fit, Becoming and Fashionable Design, Ornamental and general Finish. Many improvements in stitching, braid ing, and binding with cloth have been introduced, and the following Garments can be selected either ready made or made to order. 9110 GUNMAKERS and Others. I. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for BREECH-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. 11. The following are the conditions considered essentialin military 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. w . D. CARTRIDGES. Must carry their own ignition. E. SIGHTS. The foresight must be such as to admit of . :a bayonet fixed according to the present system. F. STOCK. 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. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injurybyloug-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech-loaders on the Snider 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. t. 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 acti dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. IL CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. THE LOCK. Optional. N. 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 targets 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. The 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. . B. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. 111. No arms will be received without the 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 March, 1867. 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 State 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 lities 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 climate; 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 clearly to be understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to mere 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. Iv MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will bo re ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 inches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 9Pb. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a bayonet. 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 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. 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 bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance. War Office, Oct. 22, 1866. ORIGINAL and superior ESSENCE of AN CHOVIES, SAUCES, PICKLES, Bz3, pure and good, as supplied by JOHN BURGESS and SON (for more than a hundred years), 107, Strand, corner of Savoy-steps, London. DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, _ _ _ Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." IRISIT WHISKY. D UNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." 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State of Trade. s N it o iv v e . 2 i o m .— pr T o h v e: m m e a n rZe t t ho c u on g t h in i u n es so fl m at e f a e n pr d MA o s u any cin t sn p ß o i with descriptions of yarns and cloth the low prices quoted have brought in buyers. In shipping yarns sellers report a mo derately fair amount of business, at last Friday's rates. There have been considerable offers made at still lower prices—in fact, at rates too low to be accepted by spinners. The market for home-trade yarns is much the same. Prices are, so far as any change can be noted, rather weaker than last week, but there is more disposition to do business at the decline. In cloth the low rates now submitted to have brought in a few buyers, and although the position of manufacturers as well as that of spinners is very unsatis factory, because of the sacrifices .they have to make, the holders of goods have obtained some relief by the diminu tion of stocks. In most kinds of goods suited to the mar kets of India some business has been done. The market has been somewhat depressed by the rumours of further expected failures. As compared with last Tuesday the quotations of leading agents are uniformly 3d. per piece less on madapollams, printers, and shirtings up to 91b. weight. For 101 b. shirtings quotations are 6d. per piece lower ; 111 b., at 18s. 6d. last week, are offering at 17s. 9d.; and 121 b., at 20s. last week, are quoted 19s. 3d. per piece. Jaconnots and T-cloths are mostly quoted lower than last Tuesday, the former in some instances id. to upwards of ld. per lb. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of to-day's cloth-market : "We have to-day to report a very flat market, with little or no inclination on the part of buyers to operate. During the week prices have gradually declined, and though to-day we have reduced our quotations, they must be considered entirely nominal." CARDIFF, 19th.—For Welsh steam coal there is an active demand, and, while the several collieries are in full opera tion, steps are being taken at many of the works to increase the output. The Mediterranean and French ports are taking large quantities, and very heavy supplies are being cleared out for the coaling stations of the mail packet com panies. Orders continue to come iu regularly from the foreign markets, and everything indicates the keeping up of the existing activity. The home trade isbeing rapidly ex tended, as evidenced by the increased quantities sent by railway to Birkenhead and the markets for the metropolis and the midland counties. The improvement noticed last week in the demand for home qualities is maintained, and coasting merchants are purchasing more largely, especially for the West of England and Irish markets. At the various ironworks the men are fairly employed, and although the orders are not numerous, there are several good ones in hand, particularly on Anierican account. Trade with the 'United States is moderately active much better than was anticipated at one time, and the export of rails is, if any thing, above the average. With the other foreign markets business is rather quiet, andin the home trade there is very little stir. There is much difficulty in obtaining fresh home orders, buyers evincinglthe strongest objection to burden themselves with heavy stocks. In pig iron there is very little activity, and quotations are in favour of buyers. During the past week a slight falling off has been experi enced in the demand for tin plates, and orders are accepted on somewhat easier terms. s — b T e e h n e o a f t t a en dan ace e moderate of e b b s u r a y n e t e r s r, i a n n d t h t e h e c b l o n t s h i haIIs LEEDS, to-day2o tbha. ha ness done was aboutlan average of the last few weeks. Still things wore a rather quiet aspect. In the coloured cloth hall there was a little more inquiry for both tweeds and meltons than last week, and of the former the stocks are not at all in advance of the supply. A few parcels of heavy goods and hair lists were purchased in the white cloth hall, and generally at late prices. There is, however, no disposition on the part of merchants to increase stocks at present, and hence the markets continue quiet, as they have done for the past two months or more. RoCUDALE, 19th.—There was a moderate a mount of business done in the flannel-market to-day—at least, quite as much as for the last few market days. The finer flannels continue to find purchasers more readily than heavy ones, and the manufacturers of such goods are well employed. The home trade and export demand, upon the whole, are both rather dull. The demand for the Australian colonies has been and still is good, which has helped to make up for the falling off in the demand for Other parts. The Yorkshire goods trade is steady, and fully as much business is doing as for some time past. The local wool trade participates with the state of the flannel-market, not much business having been done to-day. Prices are without change. Notice of intended application to Parliament has been given for the transfer of the Edgware, Highgate, and Lon don Rail way undertaldng, whether completed or in progress, to the Great Northern Railway Company ; to confirm an agreement made between the two companies on May 10, 1866, subject to such modifications as might be concurred in by two companies ; to abandon the construction of the branch from near Crouch-hill to the Tottenham and Hamp stead Junction Railway at the Holloway -road ;to abandon the Barnet extension of the Edgware lino sanctioned last session, and to authorise the construction of a substituted line to Barnet ; to transfer to the Great Northern the Wat ford and Edgware Railway undertaking, to dissolve the latter company, to extend the time for the purchase of lands and execution of works, and to raise additional capital; also to enable the Great Northern, the Great Eastern, and the Midland Railway Companies from time to time to enter into agreements with respect to the working, use, manage ment, and maintenance of their several undertakings, the supply of rolling stock and machinery, and of officers and servants for conduct of the traffic, the interchange, accom modation', and conveyance of traffic coming from or destined for the respective undertakings of the contracting compa nies, and the division and appropriation of the revenue arising from that traffic ; and to authorise the appointment of joint committees for carrying into effect any such agree ment, and to confirm any agreement already made in refer ence thereto. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. Notice of intended application to Parliament in the next session has been given for power to enable the company t•o raise, under the name of " creditors' stock," additional ca pital, to be applied exclusively to the payment of the debts of the company, including arrears of interest on mortgages and money due for the purchase of lands, and for complet ing the linos authorised by Parliament, to attach to such stock a perpetual rate of interest, taking precedence over all other stocks and mortgages of the company ; to defer for a period, to be fixed by the bill, all actions, suits, judgments, and other proceedings against the company for recovery of debts, including interest upon mortgages, and to provide for the appointment as directors of certain members repre senting mortgagees ; to issue permanent debenture stock to be applied in discharge of the mortgages of the company ; to enable the proprietors of capital in any particular section of the company to unite, upon such conditions as the bill shall define, their capital, interest, and control in and over that section, together with their rights and liabilities, with those of the proprietors of capital in the general undertak ing, or any other section; and making the necessary ar rangements for the merging of the capitals so united into one capital stock, and for creating a capital stock or stocks in the nature of a preference stock or of an ordinary stock, chargeable upon the whole undertaking or particular parts thereof, to bo allotted in lieu of such separate stock, and the transferring to the united body of all rights and liabili- ties incident to the particular sections ; to enable the com pany to grant leases of surplus lands, to extend the time far the completion of certain works, and to purchase cer tain houses and property in Belgrave-square, Eccloston square, and St. George's-road. VARNA AND RUSTCHUK. This railway has been lately opened for general traffic, and will form an important link in speedy transit from London to Constantinople. Commencing at Rustchuk, which is now the chief city of Bulgaria, it passes through the latter country by way of Sininki, Stei tanjik, and Pravadi, leaving Rasgrad and Shumla a few miles to the right. Tho scenery from Pravadi to Varna is in some places very beautiful, and, with the exception of a abort tract of marsh, there have been comparatively few engineering difficulties. The line is about 120 miles in length, and when the Danube is open next year this route will probably be made available for the carriage of the Anglo-Turkish mails that have hitherto been sent by way of Tohernavoda and Kustendjie. It should also open out the immense cereal resources of Bulgaria, for there is. no doubt that if roads were made in this country, in con junction with the railway and the harbour now in progress at Varna, the agricultural wealth of this semi-civilised country could be developed to a marvellous extent, and that, too, with an infinitesimal amount of aid from the Ottoman Government. HUDSON'S BAY. A general meeting of this company was held yesterday at ;heir house, Fenchurch-street ; Sir E. Head, the Governor, ,resided. The report stated with regard to the ordinary trade the the two Hudson's Bay ship, Prince Rupert and Lady Head, had delivered safely their cargoes out and home, and had made successful voyages. The quality of skins which they had brought, however, fell short of that which was received last autumn, and the deficiency was visible especially in martens. At the same time the comparison between this year and last was not so unfavourable as it might at first appear, inasmuch as the returns of last year were swelled by the accidental detention in the previous season of the furs from Moose Factory, so that double the quan tity of skins from that district were included in the sales of last spring. A third vessel, sent to the northern part of Hudson's Bay for the purpose of wintering there and securing their interests in the trade with the Esquimaux, had arrived safely at Churchill. The usual interim dividend would be paid to the shareholders in January next. In Vancouver's Island business was depressed, and the relations between that colony and British Columbia remained on an unsatisfactory footing. No com munication on the main points at issue between the company and her Majesty's Government had been received by the Committee from the Colonial-office, and no offer had yet been made on the part of the Government of Canada to pur chase any portion of the rights or territory of this company. On the other hand, if any such offer was hereafter made in connexion with the scheme of consolidating the British Provinces in America, or on other grounds, the committee had entered into no engagements which could fetter the dis cretion of the shareholders. With regard to the arbitration pending at Washington on the claims of the company under the Oregon treaty, they had every reason to hope that the Government of the United States had now taken all the evidence which it expected to obtain, and that the matter ought to be ripe for decision. They had no doubt that the interests of the company would ultimately be materially benefited by the award made. At the general meeting held in July last a resolution was adopted to the effect that a letter should be sent to every shareholder, asking him to answer "Yes" or " No" to the question whether the colo nisation of Rupert's Land should be undertaken by the company itself. The shareholders returning answers (un qualified by any remark) on one side of the question, re presented more than hall the existing capital of the com pany. From the statement prepared by Mr. T. Fraser, the secretary, it appeared that the number of shareholders to whom the circular was sent was 1,493, and they received answers from 637. Of this number 122 voters, holding £106,160 stock in the company, had voted in the affirma tive ; while 496 voters, holding £1,078,840 stock of the company. had voted in the negative. The result was, therefore, that the proposition for commencing the colonisa tion was negatived by shareholders representing morethan one half the capital of the company. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he had nothing to add to it, as affairs were exactly as stated in the report. They would probably soon know whether any offer was to be made to the company. The committee had not pledged themselves in any way ; so that the shareholders would have to decide on any important question that might be submitted. Sir C. M. LAMPSON, Deputy-Governor, second ed the motion for the adoption of the report, which was agre ed - to unanimously. a nd Mr. The retiring auditors, Mr. E. W. Watkin, AL• P '' Quilter, were re-elected. Mr. WATKIN said the establishment of telegraphic com munication in their territory would be being extended the company and also to the public, by great value to lhe compan:: had across British territory to the Pachifi had the materials for the telegraP of the company. He in ' their possession for three years at the various stations mentioned that the American toenegraph to San Francisco year, and he estimated had paid for its capital cost. that their telegraph would, t would not be e ifincompleted, pay on its cost 20 per cent. per annum• • h in connection with the fore they had a f ile t e h l g p a d p r ight across British territory to the Atlantic telegrapihine. ed that their wintering partners in portion to be represented by a cer tPhaecitfiercr.itoUrye sinhaoiunitrlniave an interest in the amount of divi pro Ho also suggested that the com mitteedend declared ; the tain number of shares. right of banking should develop° the compan y 's ove r the Hudson s Bay territory • and all those things pro ', per ly carried out would tend to increase the sum available for dividend. Th e ORAutuas said the whole of those matte's had often been considered by the committee. The reason the tele graph had not been laid was that it would be useless across the territory if it were not extended east and west of it. They must have some terms or pledge in the interests of the shareholders from the Canadian and British Govern ments that the necessary outlay should be remunerative, and that the 700 or 800 miles of telegraph to the coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific would be completed to join the Hudson's Bay line. This formed part of the general sub ject now before the Government in connection with the whole question. There was a legal difficulty in making the chief factors and chief traders interested in the com pany's dividends. The bank could no doubt be turned to good account if the pending matters were settled. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and committee for their prudent and able management of the company's affairs. The eruption of cholera in October, partly duo to the sanitary defects of Woolwich and Lower Charlton, is sub siding ; and the small houses of Lower Charlton are now supplied with a system of drains. Thirty-two persons died of cholera, 22 of diarrhoea in the week. The decline of the disease is decisive; and with due vigilance in London it will before long be extinguished in the epidemic form. The deaths from cholera in the last five weeks were 144, 112, 73, 67, and 32 among more than 3,000,000 people. Dr. Frankland has investigated some of the physical properties of cholera stuff (cholrine) ; he has shown that it passes through filtering paper, and that water containing 1-500th part of the matter is not entirely, purified by transmission through animal charcoal. Whether the pro perties of the remaining molecules or organisms undergo any change in the filtering process, depriving them of their zymotic character, has not been determined. The inves tigation proves the importance of destroying all the do jections by disinfectants, and of drawing water from sources free from contamination. The annual rate of mortality last week was 24 per 1,000 in London, 28 in Edinburgh, and 37 in Dublin ; 20 in Bris tol, 20 in Birmingham, 29 in Liverpool, 30 in Manchester, 29 in Saiford, 25 in Sheffield, 28 in Leeds, 19 in Hull, 37 M Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 31 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 37 Per 1,000 during the week ending the 3d inst., when the temperature was 1.7 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week to London, where the rate was 24 per i,ooff. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-6931 n. The barome trical reading increased from 29-06 in. on Friday to 30.181 n. by the end of the week. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 45.6 deg., which is 24 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years, as determined by Mr. Glaisher. The highest day temperature was 58.5 deg., on Tuesday. The lowest night temperature was 30.8 deg., on Saturday. The entire range of temperature in the week was therefore 271 deg. The mean of the highest temperature of the water of the Thames was 48.5 deg.; that of the lowest was 46.5 deg. The difference between the moan dew point tem perature and air temperature was 54 deg. The mean de gree of humidity of the air was 82, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell during the week to the amount of• 0.58 in. At Manchester the rainfall on Thursday amounted to 1.24 in., and on Friday to 0-89 in., at Eccles on Thursday to 1.39 in., and on Friday to 0-75 in. The river Irwell rose on Friday 25ft. above its ordinary level. An extraordinary shower of very brilliant meteors occurred during the early morning hours of Wednesday; fully 10,000 meteors were seen at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. According to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames et the southern outfall works, Crossness, was 197,542 metric tons. Agricultural Prospects. Last week opened with a fine day, after much rain dur ing the previous night. Monday morning was threatening and doubtful, but it held up, and no rain fell until 4 p.m., after which time the evening was wet; wind, S.W.; ther mometer, 48 deg. in the morning, up to 52 deg. at midday; barometer, 30in., and falling. Field work was proceeded with in most counties and went on well throughout the day. Tuesday morning was very wet, and the rain conti nued up to 11 a.m., the barometer down to 29.50 in. All field work was of course stopped by the state of the wea ther. From Northumberland our advicos stated that "dur ing the past week we have had several heavy westerly gales, but since Saturday the weather has for the most part been fine." Wednesday proved a clear, fine, and breezy day, which would enable the farmers to progress with field work, and a good finish has been effected in the wheat sowing in all the early districts, while what had been committed to the ground first has come up strong and healthy. Taking the uncertainty of the weather into account, the work has been well accomplished on all the light soils, heavy clay land being the exception, and that at times needed more rain than had fallen to make it friable and fit for the plough. Our advicos from Scotland stated that the weather had been wet and boisterous," awl that in the northernmost part gases had been very violent and haystacks overturned. The fluctuations of the barometer have boon very remark able, and a sharp frost has been experienced. Fortunately the bulk of the potato crop is lifted, so that there has been little damage done." Another account states: "We have now got our harvest concluded, after excessive labour, front the weather being very unfavourable for harvest ope rations, scarcely two days dry being upon end, or with damp foggy weather. Worse harvest weather has not been experienced in this locality in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. Previous to the hail storm we anticipated that the cereal crops would be an average ; but we are now forced to alter that figure, and say that thew crops are be low an average. The grain and the straw are very much damaged by the rainy weather and thunder-storm. The turnip crop is doing well, and will be a goodone. Potatoes are a fair crop, but rather small in size and deficient in quality, and not quite free from disease. The pasture grass is still green, and will most likely continue so for some time if the weather keeps open. We conclude by saying that the prospects of the farmers are not very encouraging, from one drawback or another." In another report it is remarked : " Harvest operatiois were going on along the coast here during the months of September and October under very trying circumstances to the farmer. The unsettled state of the weather rendered the harvest more protracted than for many years past, and involved farmers in additional expense and extra labour, besides a consider able loss in sprouting and heating. The bulk is nearly equal to that of last year, but the quality both of grain and straw is deficient. The delivery of oats is free, the weight ranging from 34 to 41 lb. per bushel. Potatoes are a fair crop as to quantity, but in many cases considerably dis eased. Turnips have advanced rapidly on the past two months, and are still sound and healthy. Cattle are now for the most part housed for the season, by which farmers will shortly be in a position to give a more correct estimate of the yield than could be ventured on at present." Thursday was a dull morning, but the day held up until 3 p.m., when slight rain fell, and the night proved Bret.an d _ On this day the rains were incessant in Lanc ashire Yorkshire, causing great floods and much loss to Pre . PeLY . on the various rivers from M a nchester to Waxe d a y proved Friday morning was threatening, and the nto 29.50 in. Our showery, with a very low barometer, o down on that day advices from the East Riding nightY was still favourable stated : " The weather up to Isn o t: g must in some degree for sowing , but the rain now falling bracing day, after a cause delay." Saturday was slight frost, wind blovringupstronagly from N. ; thermometer to 44 at noon, barometer having in the morning, 88 deg, favourable day for out-of-door risen up 30.10 in. 22 -A. a most suitable for thrashing wheat, work, as also will 0 more encouraged to bring this and farmers now be . prices having so improved, and pointing to corn forward , be still higher. The amount returned this week was 13,142 Ors. than that of last week, which is the more sur prising4rlossas deliveries of all grain aro generally increased and l ar ge in the month of November; but this year may be the exception. The supply of barley was only 345 qrs. less than the previous week, but 4,150 qrs. more than the wheat returned ; and of barley there is no doubt that as much as possible will be brought forward whilst the de mand is so keen upon it, with the prices of the most select malting so very high. The Burton ale brewers have assisted the agriculturists most materially this season in starting off barley so well, and this has been done without loss to themselves, inasmuch as the public are to pay for it in the enhanced price for their ale.—Mark-lane Express. A COLLIER'S IDEA OF A WIFE'S DUTIES.—AN AMUSING SCENE.—A few days ago a couple went to be married at a village church near Wakefield. The bride groom was a miner and was evidently one of the most ignorant of his class, and his intended spouse was one in the same station of life. The ceremony proceeded unin terruptedly until the question was put—" Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife ?" At this point the man turned round to the woman, and to the intense horror of the officiating minister, coolly asked her —" Wi to clean mi booits ?" The bride vouchsafed no answer to the in terrogation, and although repeated three times, each time with greater emphasis and force, before the clergyman re covered from his surprise, and ordered the " fratching Pair" Out of the edifice. This was an eventuality as as tounding and as unexpected to the bridegroom as his own conduct had been to the parson, but it had the effect of bringing him to his senses, and he piteously begged of the clerk to ask the minister to come back, promising lieas most v abjectly to go through the ceremony " all reef " he wor nobbat an ignorant mon, he said, and didn 't doin' wrung. The fact wor he and his missis w hanswdheardh rnhoen,yd fettle a rumpus about booit cleanin' job and he'd ,em. The ne'er wed her if she did'na promis e to clergyman was at last induced to ret urn, and after reading the couple a lecture on the sacredness of they were about to go throug h, and the. solemn the ceremony character of the building in which theywere, proceeded with the service, and the two were made (neon. It is to be hoped th a t when resumed th e e, the " booit" con troversy being adjourn“ebd e eic itself will not be turned into a powerful auxiliary°iu the diseussion.—Wakfield Journal. MISS M. B. 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