The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-24 00:00:00

THE p ALL-MALL GAZETTE. A o Evening Newspaper and Review. It is difficul ft to des ribe the plan oi an enterprise like the PALL- SAL L GAZ ETTE without seeming , to boast, or to decry the efforts of others. But we are unwilling to lose the advantage oi a few words of exp'anation, and we therefore trust the can tdour of the reader for a just interpretation of our meaning, The PAL - I GAZ ETTE will contain all the news proper to ao• E vening journal. But, addressed as it will be to educated me and women, the space of the paper w ill not be occupied by trifling chronicles, nor by hat excess of words w hich adds no thing to the interest of newspaper records, while it destroy s their significance. Literary considerations alone would det ermine us to have our News Reports written IA plain Englist t ; bat beyond these there is the fact that the lessons to be hound in many an accident of human life or so,ial polity are lost in the turgid language in.which they are Commonly narra 'ed. Events made '.known by the Morning p a pers may be dis cussed in the PALL-MALL GAZETTE of the same day, but they will not be reported anew. Trustworthy advices from the Money Market will be included in the news of the Lay. The rest of the paper tby far the greater part) will be made np of original ,rticles. upon the many things which engage the tho ,, ghts, o r employ the energies, or amuse the leisure of mankind. Put lie Affairs, Literature, the Arts, and all the influences whic stren _then or dissipate z , cciety, will be cussed by men 'whose independence and authority are equally unquestionable , and who are arcustord to regard the public ex, ression of .opinion as a serious t tug. This is the (hie aim of the PA_LL-MALL GAZETTE: to bring into daily f journalism that; full measure of thought and culture which is now, found only! in Re. At the same time, we by no means intend to make the paper pedantic or solemn. Humour is too powerful, as well bs too pleasant, to be left out of the design; which will lose none of the attv . antages of occasional trifling. if a thing can be said better =verse than in prose, it will be said in verse. Ep i gr am, but not spite—burlesque, but not vulgarity—will be readily admitted into its columns ; and since a joke is ofte n as illustrative as an argument, good jokes will be wel come too. It will be understo,xl that this advertisement is rather proclamation of idea and of effort than of promise. But t he proclamation is not made before a large number of able writers have accepted the idea, and pledged themselves to the effort. Office of the "Pall-Mall Gazette," It, Salisbury-street, Strand, W.C. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mesdames Anna Hiles, rovrington, Cotterell ; Messrs. Swift, Forbes, H. Corri, and 3iarpLesl. Conductor, Signor ARDITL Followed by the Grand Christmas Pantomime, THE LION AND THE UNICORN. MORNING PERFORMANCE on:SATURDAY, at Two. -------- ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) CONTINUED SUCCESS OF CINDEREL DONATE LA AND THE WONDERFUL THIS EVENING, 2nd time, a new Op( ra, the music by F. Clay the words by T. W. Robertson, entitled CON STAN CE. Mdlle. Martorelle, Bliss Thirlwall, Messrs. H. Core , A. Cook , C. Lyall, and Henry Haigh. Conductor, Mr. A. MELLON. Alter which, at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly Faceessful Pantomime, CINDERELLA ' thet magnificent sc, , nery and gorgeous accessories. In Harlequinad. bettor Donato will perform his celebrated and astonishing Dance avec Manteau. Commen:e at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, and during the week, A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COUNTRY. After which, the Grand Christmas PalltollllMe, HOP O'MY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven -League Boots : Messrs. G. .Bel more, Torn Jiattliews, G. Weston, Master Percy Roselle, ko, inisses Lydia Thompson- R. Lcciercq, Atc. ; Messrs. Boleno C. L a uri, W. A. Barnes., T. Morris, Cormack, Saville ; Mduie: Boleno, the Misses Gunnies, and Signor Tescano. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckatone. 'Ems EVENING, Jan. 21, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea oersby, dzo. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, Le. After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. Messrs. Sothern, Bnckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, ; Mesdames Snowdon, Mill, &C. With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. And MRS. WHITE. To commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. l"echter. THIS EVENING, GRANDFATHER. WHITEHEAD. Messrs. Emery, C Elorsman, t,ollett, Garden, Moreland, Cliff rd : Mesdames Hamilton, Henrade, U. Hor man. Atter which, at halt-past 8, a New Drama, entitled THE 40ADSIDE INN. Ebert Maaaire, Mr. t echter. Messrs Widdicomb, C. Horsman, Fitzpatrick, Garden Moreland Itaymosid, Collett; Mesdames Eisvuorthy and B. ' Percy. To conclude with BEARFACED IMPOSTORS. Mr , Widdisonah Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elortn till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— Rio Yrourt.tir and Managor, ‘.lt. vb ouster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole. At er which, at 8, LEAH. Miss Bateman, supported by 'Wean', George J,rdan, Swinbourne, R. Phillips, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Bii.ington. To conclude with DARK DOINGS IN TIIE CU.'- BOARD BY TUB KNOT 1:INO'S BRO 3lessrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, lt. thill ps, Billington ; Mrs. A. Mellon. Miss A. zieara4n. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAT.—Morning, 11h. 33m.—Afternoon, h. m. To-Monno-w.-Morning, 12h. 10m.—Afternoon, 12h. 40m. . tic , g LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 24, 1865. It is a curious proof of the immense extent of the British dominions that peace and war may reign simultaneously in them. So widely are our depen- dencies scattered, that hostilities may be going on in one of them, arising from a cause of which another has not even heard, and we were some months ago involved in a war on the African coast without the fact being known to many men even within the walls of Parliament. The struggle in which we are now engaged is scarcely so restricted in its interest, although there is every reason to hope • hat it will be much less fatal in its results among our men. Most of us have heard something about the quarrel with Bhootan ; and if the first that was generally known of the Cape Coast Castle affair was by hearing of the sickness and mortality among the troops engaged in it, we have at least had the satisfac- tion of hearing the Bhootan story from the be ginning, and of being informed what the dispute was about. The narrative of Mr. EDEN'S unfor tunate expedition, his rough reception, and tragi comic disasters, has been public enough, and it has been generally felt that, however great our reluctance to go to war, we could not suffer such unprovoked insults to be heaped upon a British envoy. Bhootan, though not of much im- portance in itself, is in close contiguity to Assam, whose planters naturally looked with considerable anxiety on the hostile dispositions of their neigh bours. The absurd treaty, too, which Mr. EDEN was forced to sign, ceded Assam to the Bhootans, and though they might, perhaps, have hesitated to act upon it at present, it laid a foundation for future complications, and afforded an awkward pretext for any stronger Power that might be disposed to pick a quarrel with us. Under all these considerations, therefore, notwithstanding the Viceroy's dislike of internal wars, it is not sur- prising that an active course was unanimously decided upon, or that British troops should be at present once more engaged in active hostilities on Indian soil, though the war scarcely deserves the name after the terrible struggles of which that country has been the scene. The Bombay Mail, just arrived, brings us intelligence of the first fight and the first success of this Bhootan expe• Commence at 7. iteYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Leisgee and Manager, Mr. lieu. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Extravaganz entitled THE MAGIC HOUSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN iitINCES3. Alter which, THE bTREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forre , ter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Maiston, Miss Emilia Xaruett, and Miss F.,nny Gwynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and• Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. Till EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT. Mr. Parselle ; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Hughts. Afttr which, the Grand Christmas Burhsque, THE " GRIN" BU ,H ES ; or, the Mrs. Brown of the Missis-sippi. Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, &c.; Mesdames ada swanborough, Raynham, Simi son, Johnstone, Su. To °include with 3i RS. GttEEN'S SNUG LITTLE BUSINESS. Mr. Belford. GRATIS AND POST FREE E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DItESS. MOSES AND S 0 N E • respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVEN ILE CLO r !NU. The newest taorics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. 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The people of the United States have constructed and sustained railway construction at the rate of one mile to every one thousand of population, and there is no reason to doubt that the communities organised over the great plains and mountains between the Missouri river and the Pacific will demand and support continental railways in the same proportion.—dmenc ,paper. At the beginning of December an attack was made on the fortress of Dalimkote, which dition. was carried after a resolute resistance. The posi tion was naturally very strong, and had been well fortified. Situated at the top of a hill, it could only be approached by a narrow, winding road, up which, as the troops advanced, showers of stones and arrows descended upon them. The Bhooteas aimed these primitive missiles with force and skill, and kept up a fire of musketry throughout the day ; but the worst part of our dis- asters, like those of the Federal fleet off Wilming. ton, were due to an unfortunate casualty. A shell, through some accident, burst in the mouth of one of he mortars, killing three officers and several men whereas during the whole struggle only eight men were killed and only three officers wounded, though the fight lasted eight hours. Fifty-six men were disabled, which proves that the weapons of the Bhooteas were less fatal than they might have been, notwithstanding the accuracy of their aim. After many hours of firing a carcass from one of the mor tars set fire to some of the buildings,' whereupon a storming party was formed and the place carried by assault. The satisfaction of the triumph was considerably damped by the melancholy accident which had cost so many valuable lives, but the fort was gained, and an important step towards the settlement of the war was achieved. Another fort remained to be taken in the same quarter, which is said to be also very strongly defended, but not in so difficult a position. When the latest intelligence was received from the right column they were close to the strongholds of Devangiri, and impatient for its capture. The other two columns were also ad vancing, and happily no cases of the formidable Dooar fever are as yet reported. In Bombay all is tranquil, so tranquil as to permit of a census and an Exhibition being the chief topics of the day. The census has not given satisfaction, for it is believed to be incorrect, though why it should not have been accurately compiled is not very apparent. It was taken in February last, and returns the population of the island of Bombay at 816,562 persons—being 530,450 males and 286,112 females. As we have said, its figures are not relied upon, whether rightly or wrongly remains to be proved. As for the Ex hibition, that is to be a positive fact, and active steps have been taken towards its promotion. A company has been formed with a capital of half-a million, and application has been made to the Government for a grant of land for the purpose. Bombay and its citizens are proverbially liberal, and the rich Parsees will probably come forward very readily to support it. It will give a stimulus to the productive and manufacturing industry of India, and turn the thoughts of its people into those pacific channels which are the surest highways to the wealth and prosperity of a nation. The Indian quarter of the Great Exhibition of 1851 was by no means the least attractive, and surely the "gorgeous East," in its native sphere, can produce something worth looking at. Such exhibitions have a tendency to refine and cultivate a people, and our Indian subjects are not without their need of such elevating influences. It is to be hoped that the Bombay ex periment will prove sufficiently successful to set an attractive precedent. Perhaps, too, it may do some thing towards breaking down the barriers that exist between the European and native. It is no secret that the old traditions of Company ex clusiveness still linger among the civil and official class, who for the most part are still disposed to regard all planters and merchants, &c., with disfavour. The shrewd, energetic bu s i ness c l ass, to whose enterprise and industry we must look for the future progress 'of India, are regarded as inter lopers, while they on their side, no doubt, cherish no very friendly feeling towards the antagonistic element of Anglo-Indian society. Most probably in this, as in most other cases, both sides are to blame, and unquestionably the old spirit of routine still lingers, • and quarrels with every step taken out of the old beaten track. Such as look with suspi cion on the new school should Indiarem w emb: t r he th u attt lae long reign of the Company left rail ways, canals, or public works of any great extent , that vast tracts of land, now turned into flourishing plantations, lay waste and profitless, and that the revenue of India, though it had of course to be estimated by the years immediately f o llowing the mu tiny, bore no comparison to its present buoyant and prosperous condition. There is enough for every and woAnrkgi: it t anal a greater unity o f th ough Anglo-Indian to do in his adopted country, may, the p resen t gen eration will hardly aton e f or the neglect aofa its predecessors, but sympathy of feeling must exist between the several classea of Europeans as well as between Englishmen and native, if the social system is to move simply and harmoniously on the road of progress and civilisation. Sir ARTHUR BULLER has made a lively and sug gestive speech to his constituents, which, if it does not make much impression, neither is it likely to confuse or disappoint its hearers. The chief failure in his discourse was the manner in which he touched upon the Schleswig-Holstein question. Certainly that subject has proved to be foolishness and a stumbling block to many wise and learned members both in and out of the house, but Sir A. BULLER seems to have gone out of his way to commit him self to absurd opinions, and to make very singular declarations concerning the matter. Thus he averred that we had given the " best and most rea sonable advice to both sides." Competent judges have affirmed that we have done exactly the con- :rary to this, and led the victim into danger, while we suffered the oppressor to proceed with impunity. At any rate, there is no good in trying to put the burden of our errors and shortcomings on the shoul ders of others, and there can be no comparison be- meen our conduct and that of the French on the occasion referred to. Things have come to a strange pass, besides, if England can never act alone, but must be dependent upon the skill displayed and the spirit exhibited by France and Russia, instead of standing upon her own merits and judging inde pendently as to her course of action. It is not likely that the hon. baronet will find many to sym pathise with him in the " proud satisfaction" that we have done our best, and may be more proud of our defeat than others of their success. If he does, we and they will alike discover that theirs is the pride that goes before a fall, and awaken to the con sciousness of the emptiness and absurdity of their boastful assertions. It is really going too far, and we must protest against Sir A. BULLER'S assuming that the Ministers have a consistent policy of peace, and that the country is satisfied with it. " JOHN BULL is extremely well satisfied with the manner in which his business has been conducted." This is a libel upon the discern ment and an insult to the spirit of the nation, and in no respect is it true ; for deep, if not loud, have been the execrations passed upon the cowardly con duct and perfidious style of our relations with Denmark, and it was only the pressure of peculiar circumstances that prevented the manifestation of popular indignation from being more strikingly elicited and strongly expressed. As we proceed in the perusal of this speech, we find that even the sanguine spirit of the orator becomes a little de pressed, and the rainbow hues of hope that illumine his horizon are a little overshadowed when he sur veys the position of his party. Thus, he says, that " it is a misfortune certainly that the Liberal majo rity is not greater in Parliament ;" but he buoys himself up with the consoling reflection that it is better to have a small majority than a large minority. Why, he does not very clearly explain, but after all, whether small or large in their majori ties, the Liberal Ministers alike pursue their do nothing policy. There was a time when it was con stantly dinned into our ears that Lord PALMERSTON had a hundred majority ; but what became of it ? A series of little attempts and large failures, until he was ignominiously turned out, and refused a hearing in the very House he had so proudly called his own. Unless there are sound principles to fall back upon members will not do much ; and if there are, no matter how small the figure, a defeat cannot take away the dignity of the position or bring a lasting disgrace. Sir A. BULLER touched upon the question of Reform, as was naturally to be e,pectecl ; but he was not very fcrrtuitate in his allusions to it. He had no right to affirm that " the Government, and especially Lord J. RUSSELL, were the most honest movers in the matter." This is simply a contradiction in terms, for how could any thing have been more politically dishonest than the course pursued by the noble earl, and more unfaith ful to the public trust than the manner in which his immediate adherents followed suit in the affair. It is of no use for the followers and supporters of the Ministry to persist in their efforts to patch up this very awkward subject ; they had better pass over that effort sub silentio, for it involves the considera tion of a dark passage in the annals of our public men, and an unworthy episode in the Parliamentary history of the country. In this sentence of Sir A. BULLER'S we find the clue to the conduct of many who opposed the Reform Bill of the Derby Govern ment : "He was ready to support that bill which was brought in by his party." It was considered in past days that no greater censure could be passed upon a statesmen than - to declare that he gave up to party what was meant for mankind, but it can not be said that there are none who now deserve the reproach and merit the implication that their acceptance or rejection of a measure depends chiefly upon who brings it in, and not what it is. All that is stated about the " apathy of the country," and the difficulties which Lord RUSSELL experienced in his task, only make it more apparent how egre gious was the error committed in refusing the intro duction of a measure brought in by those whose op position to Reform had been considered for years an excuse against attempting to carry out anything of the sort. It was a mean jealousy, and a party envy that actuated the course of the Opposition, and the blame of the affair rests with them con spicuously. Mr.BRA SSEY, the intended candidate at the next election, made a few observations which were well received. He did not enunciate any particular plans to be pursued, but contented himself with dwelling upon affairs in general, and made some wise suggestions relative to the conduct of Govern ments. There was much truth in his observation, that " great innovators " did not do so much service to a State as those who, by experience and position, comprehended the requirements of their day, and thus were able to " grasp the thoughts of their fellow-men and give them expression in legislation." Perhaps if this notion prevailed to a greater extent there might be less of promise, but more of per formance, both in the Cabinet and the Parliament. Mr. BRASSEY considers that we are governed by a narrow circle of Statesmen, and before long we must reconstruct parties. He also has arrived at the satisfactory conclusion that the Liberals should always have a majority, and that the Conservatives do very well in the Opposition. This is very kind, doubtless, and certainly it is more than he can say of but ionffia lc g en o .e r on n e. nß t t h hß e Ae ys m saE o ry s e t , his own party, for they do not shine in adversity precludedi a n p a t n i o a u s m u sf a r n i on d n e t x sh t t e r r los. strain, o r i n a r y g o a n dm in it h t i h s at di :w er as tat b io u n t sss iairan d to w gi a y s e c b a e n t di h d sid e e n e ou a g as t w h ur eno t n o t : and it might even prove beneficial to the country to do away with the monopoly of power. Then, he said, the Opposition will acquire some practical knowledge of details, and be enabled "to exercise a constant and beneficial vigilance over the Liberal Governments." Certainly this last-mentioned reason is a desideratum, for the incongruous sets that come into power under that cognomenrequireto be subjected to close scrutiny and to pass under very searching ordeals. Mr. BRASSEY, however, gives the present Government a long tenure of office, for he wishes them to stay in until the great questions of civil and religious liberty have been solved. If his desires are granted, who will Ace the termination of THE St3N, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING , JANUARY 24, 1865.1 their administration, for what prospect or proraie is there that the future will see more energy than the past, and that by a dexterous management the Premier may not. go between the parties, now supported by one and now by the other, very much like the position of IVIAHomEr's coffin. It is often easier to find fault with others then to act for one self, but seldom has this fact been more clearly ex emplified than in the course pursued by our present Government, whose epitome can be best summed up by comparing their conduct in and out of office with the discrepancies of action said to be observable in a certain personage when in sickness and health. Death of Mr, J. B. Neilson, C.E., F.R.S. Mr. Neilson, of Queenshill, whose death we announced in our obituary of Friday last, was a distinguished man, having played an important part in the industrial history of Great Britain, as well as of other nations, during the last half century. He was the inventor of the hot-blast, a discovery of great merit, which has revolutionised the iron trade, and added largely to the sources of wealth and happiness throughout the world. The West of Scotland has especially benefited from the stimulus which this wonder-working invention has given to the development of their mineral treasures during the last 35 years. Lanark shire has become, by that means, not only one of the largest iron-producing districts in Great Britain, but has vindicated for herself a full share of many of those kindred branches of manufacture out of the raw material of iron which go to enrich an industrious people. In 1828, when the hot-blast was invented, the produce of the smelting fur naces of Scotland was not more than 29,000 tons per an num. In 1864 the produce was 1,160,000. In 1828 the average selling price of a ton of pig iron was above £7, while in 1864 it was £2 17s. 3d. A large, if not the largest portion of this increased production and money-saving is to be traced more or less directly to the general adoption of the hot-blast process. By scientific as well as by practical men the hot-blast has been characterised as a " wonderful discovery," and by one of the leading Scottish ironmasters it has been said to have been " the making of the iron trade of Scotland." In fact, without it the extraordinary seams of blackband ironstone which Mr. Mushet had brought to light in Lanarkshire about the beginning of the century could not otherwise have been rendered fully available in the production of the superior quality of metal for all foundry uses for which the ironworks in that cowl try are now celebrated. Is it, then, extraordinary, that from 1828 we have to date the rise of those colossal fortunes which have been made in the iron trade of the West of Scotland, in the foundries, the forges, the rolling mills, the machine shops, and the iron shipbuilding yards of Glasgow and the Clyde ? But it is not alone in this country that the hot-blast has been adopted. Even before Mr. Neilson's patent expired in 1842, the process had become general in all the iron-producing districts of Europe and America, and was even practised in India. Some of our readers, we expect, may ask us what sort a man was this that worked so large a change on our industrial occupation in Glasgow ? For Mr. Neilson bad of late years retired in a great measure from Glasgow and its busy marts, and, although well known to a large circle of our elder citizens, he may not have been personally familiar to many even of those whom his genius has helped to raise themselves into wealth and distinction. Mr. Neilson was a native of ShettleSton, near Glasgow. He was born in 1792, and was brought up by his humble but respectable parents as a working mechanic. His edu cation had not been neglected, and he possessed consider able advantages in the fostering care of the late Mr. John Neilson, his elder brother, and in finding employment under various ironmasters of skill, such as Dr. Roebuck and Mr. William Dixon. But his rise in life was chiefly owing to his own energy and talent. Some of our readers may remember the subject of this notice engaged in the erection and superintendence of the Glasgow Gasworks in 1817, and for some years afterwards. In that em ployment he showed himself an earnest, useful man, desirous to improve his mind, and willing always to lend a helping hand to the improvement of others. It was while thus engaged that some accidental circumstances led him, in the course of his studies and experiments, to direct his attention to the process of smelting iron, and after many trials, and not a few failures, he ultimately satisfied himself that a vastly increased and improved action of the artificial blast employed in furnaces could be attained by heating the air in its passage from the blowing cylinder into the furnace. This was the hot-blast. A patent was secured, and by the aid of three of our public-spirited fellow-citizens, to whom a portion of the profits were made over in return for capi tal and support—Messrs. Chas. Macintosh, Colin Dunlop, and John Wilson—the invention was rapidly introduced into the trade. The royalty or license duty asked was very moderate, only ls. per ton ; but, like all other valuable patents, its validity was disputed, and much litigation en - sued. After many years thus spent, to the great vexation and loss of Mr. Neilson and his partners, the patent was pronounced by the court of law both in England and Scot land to be unassailable, and heavy damages were awarded for its infringement. The general result was the realisa tion of a very large sum of money, of which Mr. Neilson of course had his share. Before and since the hot-blast patent expired Mr. Neilson has also been engaged in extensive and lucrative mining and manufacturing works in and near Glasgow. In 1851 he bought a beautiful small estate in Kirkcudbrightshire, where he has since resided. Mr. Neilson was, like many men of real genius, a quiet, reflective, unassuming, and earnest man, thoroughly ho nourable and straightforward. He was kind-hearted and fond of harmless mirth and social intercourse ; he was ever anxious to perform his duties towards God and his fellow men. He had been twice married, but both his wives pre deceased him. He has left a numerous family to lament his loss, some of whom are settled amongst us.—Nortit British Daily Mail. European Recruiting for the Federal Army. The New York Herald contains the following in regard to the recruiting in Europe for the Federal army : eislands(about r 1 0 ,10 s m the t O eo ) s , put landed them vicinity of Boston,,oftm ph into aey " It is generally known that agents of the State o f Massachusetts imported from Europe, as labour ers, afiemoiesvrteeoni liberal in ral preparationsp en large a rm number yb one andoof h t ehato m the numerous clothing, land, &c., to be credited, of co urse , on h er rs ot h quota. But they, as a general thing, utterly refused to enter the army, though some of them assented. They were finally, however, all sent to Washington, when, on an investigation of the whole subject con nected with their importation, deceptions practised, and moneys promised, of which they had received little or none, the Government positively refused to muster them into the service of the United States or credit them to the Massachusetts quota ; conse quently they are lost to that State, and all the ex pense she has been to concerning them is thrown away, to say nothing of the loss of character to her citizens. Large numbers of these men were wholly un fit for military duty, and how Government officers could have been found in Boston to have passed them is a mystery of which Boston alone holds the secret. Now, these men are afloat upon the world, and most of them have arrived in this city penniless, and in want. The able-bodied ones—and there are men among them who would do credit as soldiers to any army in the world—are willing and anxious to enlist if they can - keep clear of Massachusetts. • With this object a squad of twenty or more visited Mr. Blunt's office lately, and, though foreigners, would answer for substitutes were any of our citizens, wanting substitutes, present to secure them. Yet the misfortune is they desire as a body to go into the New York Battery Regiment. The War De partment having just issued an order that all future en listments must be for the infantry alone, the w supervisor is deprived the privilege of receiving these men, and the consequence is we are likely to lose men enough out of this Massachusetts lot to fill our quota. It is hoped that the difficulty in the way of their reception may be overcome. Mr. Blunt was in consultation recently with General Hays in reference to the subject, who immediately telegraphed to the War Depart met for a special order to enlist these men, who are able-bodied, in a New York artillery regiment. It is hoped a favourable answer will be received. In the meantime Chairman Blunt has placed them in good quarters, where they will be well fed and 'taken proper care of, much to their delight, it being, they say, the first good treatment they have received since arriving in this country. This man , ner of filling State quotas Massachusetts has dis covered will not work." A RESCUED CREW.—On the night of the 13th inst. the captain and crew of the Dutch schooner Brazils Packet was driven on the coast of Cornwall. Not long before she went to pieces her captain and crew were rescued by the Portuguese schooners• Mercurio and Sereira. Mr. H. Nyman, the master of the shipwrecked vessel, who has no other means of expressing his gratitude, requests us to state that but for the exertions of Captain Domingo dos I Santos, of the Mercurio, and Captain Manoel Joze de Loura, of the Sereira, he must have perished with the wreck. ThAy and the seamen under their command dis played the utmost courage on the occasion referred to, and for their exertions and their kindness afterwards he desires ,through our columns to express to them his most sincere gratitude. • !LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) OVERLAND MAILS. MALTA, JAN. 23. The Nyanza left here at six a.m. to-day ; she may be expected at Southampton about the Ist of February. The Ceylon, from Marseilles, on the 20th inst., reached Malta to-day at one a.m., and left at eight a.m. for Alexandria. _ - The Syria, from Southampton, on the 12th inst., arrived to-day at five p.m., and leaves at midnight for Alexandria. She suffered no damage inthe bad weather she had encountered. ROCHEFORT, JAN. 24. M. Bethmont, the Opposition candidate, has been elected member of the Corps Legislatif for this town by 13,000 votes against 9,000 obtained by the Government candidate. FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 24. The Moniteur of this morning says "The Duke of Bellune has addressed a letter to the Emperor, which he has thought proper to publish, complaining of being recalled from his post. " The Marquis de Lavalette and Gen. Montebello, whose names are mentioned in the letter, had nothing whatever to do with his removal, a step, moreover, which the Government have no reason to revoke." The Progre's of Lyons says, that owing to the late heavy fall of snow, the works of the railway in course of execution between Tarare and Arbresle have been suspended, except in the tunnels, where the men work as usual. The General Transatlantic Company's steamer Imperatrice Eugenie, which is to carry the next mail for the West Indies and Mexico, will leave St. Nazaire on the 16th February. A Cologne letter states that an international exhibition of horticultural and agricultural pro ducts is to be held on the 15th May next, on the extensive grounds in the suburbs of that city be longing to the Flora Horticultural Society, founded under the patronage of Queen Augusta of Prussia. The Prince dd Chimay has died at Brussels, aged 55. Post office money-orders in Belgium are now made payable to bearer, and circulate throughout the kingdom like bank-notes. No further disturbances have taken place at Tulle. The second day's fair passed over without any unusual movement, and the town is now per fectly tranquil. The Courrier de Bourgss states that the report of the Emperor having presented a pair of carriage horses to the archbishop of that diocese is alto gether unfounded. BOURSE, Jan. 23.—The market continues dull, but prices are well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 95c. Mobilier have slightly declined, and are now at 953 f. 75. Rail way Shares continue firm, with scarcely any change in quotations. The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cents 95 Italian Loan 65 Do. end month — Do end month 64 90 3 per Cents. 66 85 Ditto Threes — Do. end month 66 90 New Mexican Credit Mobilier 955 Russian 9O Do. end month 950 Bank Shares 3505 Credit Fonder 1270 Roman 73 75 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lOOO ... 997 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 933 75 ... 933 75 Southern 572 50 ... Western 537 50 ... 537 50 Eastern Sardinian 305 ... 300 Austrian Lombard 538 75 ... 538 75 North of Spain 328 75 ... 328 75 Saragossa 4lO ... 395 Ditto to Barcelona — ... 185 Weaving by Compressed Air. None of our great mechanical contrivances when in the full tide of work contribute more importantly to the national prosperity of the kingdom than our power-looms. Their number is close upon 500,000, the manufacture to supply their wear and tear amounts for home consumption alone to 40,000 looms yearly ; they give employment to nearly 800,000 men, women, and children ; and before the great disaster of the American war fell upon our cotton districts they produced exports to the value of £72,000,000 sterling. Immense as are the interests thus engaged, the industry seems yet as capable of almost indefinite extension as it did 20 years ago. As recently as 1862 Lord Derby in the House of Lords spoke of there being 110 new cotton mills then in course of erection in the manu facturing districts, and some of these buildings were, as his Lordship stated, of unprecedented magnitude. For the germs of this stupendous branch of national industry the country is indebted to the genius of Dr. Cartwright, who, towards the close of the last century, invented a power-loom, in which mechanical pickers" were substituted for the hands of the weaver in throwing the shuttle to and fro. This rough though ingenious piece of mechanism he afterwards brought to the highest perfection it was capable of attaining by driving the loom by steam, for which inven tion he very deservedly received a reward of £lO,OOO from the Government. His invention indeed, as compared with that which it soon every where superseded, deserved all praise, though, viewed now by the light of its own merits as a mere mechanical contrivance to perform a certain amount of work with as little loss of power as possible, it can never take very high rank as a piece of ma chinery. The whole design of the " pickers" which replaced the weaver's arms is more remark able as showing the bent of Dr. Cartwright's original surgical studies than as a good mechanical contrivance—just such a machine, in short, as we should expect an anatomist, but not an engineer, to invent. The " pickers" are at best but clumsy iron arms, to the rigid movements of which some supple ness is imparted by what we may call the muscles of buffalo hide. So far is the power exerted from its source, so ill adapted are the means through which it is conveyed, that a pressure of 481 b. has to be exercised at one end of the arm to educe a pressure of some Bor 9 ounces at the other. Since that time, now 80 years ago, no great improvement in principle has been made in Dr. Cartwright's power loom. Many alterations have been made in detail, such as the protector loom by Mr. Miller, the crank loom by Mr. Horrocks, and without which Cartwright's loom could not well have been worked with safety to the weaver or the weft ; but, as we have said, no change has taken place in principle, though some of the details have been undoubted improvements and of great practical value. What the grievnnces were which were remedied may be guessed by those which still remain behind, and though we have neither j time nor space to recount them all, . nor would their technical phraseology be very intelligible to _ _ our readers if we did, still enough may be told to shOw how much yet remains to be accomplished. First, the picker, to perform its peculiar duties and throw the shuttle to and fro, has to work its leather muscles over an iron spindle at a considerable loss of power from hard friction. To relieve this fric tion the spindle has to be kept oiled, or it heats, and is torn out bodily by the picker. If too much oiled, as it generally is to enable the weavers to work fast, the picker throws the oil on the weft, and for every spot the weaver is fined 6d ; while the spots deteriorate the value of the piece from 2s to 3 s. If the picks work too fast or too slow then the loom " bangs," or the shuttle turns over, or the selvages are bad, and the piece is spoilt. Then again the picker cuts the weft, blacks the weft, breaks the thread, or knocks off the " cops," be sides other less serious evils, all due to the direct action of the picker, or some one of its very many complicated parts. As we have said, the attention of all loom-makers has been constantly fixed on the improvement of their looms, in simplifying or in creasing their powers of motion, but the alterations have had no reference to changing the principle or dinarily employed in propelling the shuttle, the imperfection of which are so detrimental to its full working effect. But now an inven tion, or we might almost term it a discovery, has recently been made by Mr. C. W. Harrison of a means of driving the shuttle, at once so novel, yet so perfectly simple, that the only wonder now is why it was never thought of before. It consists not in improving the picker, or lessening its cumbrous appendages, but in doing away with them at once and for ever, and substituting for all that imperfect motion the driving of the shuttle by means of compressed air on a principle as simply as it is beautifully applied. This total change from the old system may be said to at once remove all those contingencies which disturb the action of the present looms, and which we have already described, and to reduce the conditions of velocity of the loom to one consideration only—the strength of the staple employed. To realise the superiority of this simple improve ment over the ordinary calico loom worked with pickers, those interested in this question have but to visit the Swan-wharf, London-bridge, where, side by side, the two looms can now be seen in action every day. The comparative silence of the pneu matic loom, almost only broken as its jets of com pressed air lightly blow the shuttle backwards and forwards, the rapidity and certainty with which the shuttle flies, and the beautifully even texture of its work, show at a glance that the present method is really distanced beyond a chance of competition by the new. Both machines, it must be remem bered, work under precisely the same conditions as to amount of steam power, yet the useful maximum and working velocity of the picker loom is 180 strokes or picks a minute ; while the pneumatic throws its shuttle with the most perfect ease and precision at 250 and 260 picks a minute. At these comparative rates of speed, although the yarns are of precisely the same quality and number in both machines, breakages are common in the picker loom and rarely, if ever, happen in the new. Nor is the difference less signally demonstrated when both are disconnected from the steam engine, and the visitor tries to work them by hand. The pneumatic loom can be kept in rapid motion easily, while the heavy nature of the parts and the great waste of power which the pickers occasion require the efforts of a strong man to keep the present loom going even slowly. The saving of steam power from this in creased facility of movement would of itself be an enormous gain, if there were no other, as it is cal culated that the steam power now requisite to drive eight of the present looms will suffice for 15 on the pneumatic principle. This economy of power, how ever, Mr. Page, the engineer who has been called in to make a report on the comparative merits of the new and present loom, thinks even of less moment than the saving in cost, lightness, durability, and immensely increased powers of production which the new loom offers. In practice, and as far as it , has yet been tried, the new loom beats the old under all circumstances by at least one-third greater powers of production ; but allowing it only a gain of 25 per cent., this, Mr. Page estimates, would give, taking the average production of present looms at 222 yards per week, or 11,100 yards a year, an annual increase of 2,800 yards to each pneumatic loom. This calculation carried a step further, and supposing the pneumatic principle ap plied to all the 500,000 looms in the kingdom, as it is presumed such an improvement will be gra dually, their increased powers would represent an aggregate increase of production of 1,400,000,000 yards of fabric—an almost unappreciable number, but which may be better understood when we say a strip of calico a yard wide, long enough to reach from the world to the moon and back again more than 20 times. In first cost it is stated that the new loom is cheaper than those now in use, and, if cheaper and more handy to work, all the rest is easily enough demonstrated, for on examination with a strong magnifying glass at once shows the great superiority as to texture and neatness of work by the pneumatic over the fabric turned out by the present looms. The means of applying the compressed air to the new loom are as simple as all other parts of the invention. There is, of course, in the first instance an air pump, which may be readily connected with the ordinary steam-engine. The air is forced into a small cylinder, and is conducted thence by pipes to each loom. A flexible pipe connects the tube in each loom with a service pipe on the floor, and at each revolution of a wheel with a graduated cog a small valve is raised, which immediately admits the air as required into the shuttle-box at either end. So far as• the other working portions of the loom are concerned there is really no difference between the present power-loom and the new one. The mode of forming warp and weft, and of carrying the thread by the shuttle, remains the same. The great feature of difference is that the shuttle is wafted to and fro by a breath of air instead of being driven backwards and forwards by the blows of the " pickers" attached to the flexible arms of the me chanical levers. The principle, it is scarcely neces sary to say, can be applied equally to looms re quired for cotton, flax, woollen, or silk fabrics. Another and not an unimportant item in the use of the new machines is the sanitary improvement they would effect in the rooms of the factories them selves, which are now kept hot to keep the oil on the spindles fluid, while the oil itself gives off a very offensive smell. The oil would be dispensed with, together with the:spinclle, and their place supplied by the jets of cool air which each " pick" of the looms, of course, liberates with the discharge of the shuttles. Altogether the new loom seems to justify the high expectations which have been formed of it in Man chester, Glasgow, and our leading manufacturing towns, and, apart from its own peculiar merits, we gladly hail the principle of the machine as the fore runner of other adaptations of the pneumatic motor, which seems capable of almost indefinite extension to light mechanical contrivances of a similar kind. Even, however, if only the results anticipated are gained from this important application of com pressed air-power the country will be a large gainer, and Mr. Harrison's invention be entitled to take rank even before that of Mr. Bessemer in the im portant list of ourrecent manufacturing discoveries. —Times. MARKETS —This Day HAY MARKETS. • SMITIVIELD.—bIeadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 lOs to 16 lOs ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 10s ; clover £5 10s to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load ' . A steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 108 ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade firm. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of China terminated yesterday and the rates realised were a shade under those previously current. SUGAR.—The market has remained inactive, and inferior descriptions have barely supported previous values. In the refined market, also, prices have shown less firmness. COFFEE.—There has been a fair demand for most descrip tions, and steady prices have been obtained for both plan tation and native Ceylon. RICE.—The inquiries for East India have been mode rately active, and full rates are current. TALLOW.—The market has been well attended, and a good demand has prevailed for consumption. PYC on the spot is quoted 425. ; for delivery 13s. ; and Oct. to Dec., 435. 3d. to 6d. per cwt. The Empress Eugenie has lately had most of the crown diamonds not mounted in the diadem and necklace arranged as a ceinture by the State jeweller Bapst. His bill for resetting these jewels was 80,000 fr. OSTRICH FARMING.—By late news from the Cape of Good Hope we learn that the farmers of that colony are beginning to find it profitable to keep flocks of ostriches, for the feathers of those birds are worth £25 sterling the pound. For 35 ostriches there must be 300 acres of grazing ground. The plucking takes place once in six months ; the yield of feathers from each bird being worth from £lO to £l2 10s. The original cost of the young ostriches is said to be £5 each. Some of the far mers who have tried the experiment are of opinion that ostrich feathers will pay better than any other produce of the colony.—Chambers's Journal, \ 411 6 & ll° 11 rt kr-- I')' ortubt HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 'D. Her Majesty the Queen, and Princess Hel ena and, Princess Louise, received the sacrament of the 04 Communion yesterday morning, at Whipping ha l Church, which was administered by the Hon. 511 Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor and the Rev. Prothero. co The Prince and Princess of Wales and pace Arthur attended the morning service. The Queen, Princess Helena, and Princess Lou ise attended the afternoon service. The Archbishop of Canterbury returned to L°ll - on Saturday afternoon. Cardinal Wiseman's Health. The bulletin of last evening in regard to theo health of His Eminence Cardinal Wiseman a follows : " The Cardinal's improvement is sustained• " W. MUNK, M.D. , " CHARLES HAWItIN S : " EDWARD TEGART• Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of C 31:13 ; bridge is expected to arrive at the residence of the Plic ia : ll9 of Cambridge in the Ambassadors'-court, St. Jamee',s7: ir week after next, from a long visit to their Royal :..th, nesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Ale cklen l9 7 o Strelitz. Colonel Clifton, equerry to his Royal He n 0 the Duke of Cambridge, leaves town this week in o rder • accompany her royal highness to England. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester WI: arrived in town, and leave in a day or two for Sireb°lto Castle, Huntingdonshire. Adi Colonel the Hon. Wellington P. Talbot and .-- Emma Talbot are expected to leave Knowsley, the ao f and Countess of Derby's seat in Lancashire, at the el' the week, for their town house in Cornwall-road. cit DEATH OF THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF TA 1 ‘ 15 11 : VILLE.—The Countess Dowager of Tanker et died yesterday morning at her residence in Hertforgre-t, Park-lane. The countess, as already announced , t, i 5 . ‘ 1,4 tacked with paralysis on Thursday week, and since The last but remote hopes were given of her recovery • a deceased countess, Corisande Armando Leonia° s°l3„a• H6lene, was daughter of Antoine, Duke de Gramont, grlfrcio sire of the present duke, by Aglae, daughter of the P tic of Polignac. The countess had attained the advanced t,i,g,ettv 82 years, and up to the time of her attack retaille",,"•ed prising mental and physical vigour. Her ladyship 111:01e, July 28, 1806, Charles Augustus, fifth Earl of Taill'' e ' nc i by whom, who died in 1859, she had issue a se tt s of daughter, the Earl of Tankerville and the Countess Malmesbury. th e Address to the King of Prussia by Upper House. BERLIN, Jan' 220 e The following is the address in answer to royal speech, passed unanimously by the ar o , House yesterday, at a sitting of the Address ° mite e iot o " Most Illustrious and Most Mighty King, Mos t Gil, oe King and Lord,—The Upper House has received wi t ' • most respectful thanks and the most joy - qui assent the S I ? cious words with which your Majesty has deigned t° ° Ol t the present session of Parliament. Similarly Wi th 1 00 4 Majesty, the Upper House returns thanks to Alnaigh t h tbo for the events of the past year. To Him be honour it'', rich blessings He has shed upon the exploits of the rtli" r, army, which went into the battle for the rights of 6e,tiol countries in fraternal union with the troops of Inl Austria. otri s ! " The victories gained under the Prussian and flags are new guarantees for the common and u nited a- 0 05 of both the great German Powers, for the rights of 0 0 1 countries, and for the preservation of the bond s li de ed encircle all the German States. In the glo rintiS of the Prussian arms we recognise with just pri de ,stl 7 fruit of the new army organisation, which is your bra bo ot' own special work. Thanks to your Majesty for that begun at the right time, and carried out with a t- f tY whose justifiable object it is, by careful economy° oflo strength of the country, to preserve Prussia for he r advantage and the advantage of the whole of On'lo upon the stage of power to which she is entitled' de bts peace concluded with Denmark has added commo n f Ol d to the common victories, and has led the future ° mainly German Duchies towards a settlement. Wef upon your Majesty's wisdom that this resettleMe ot ,i ° , countries ceded by the treaty of peace to Prussia 0 _,,;0 0 tria shall correspond as well to the interests of 00iti and therefore of Germany, as also to the sacrifices readily made by your Majesty and your subj ects ' to ff shall place the Duchies themselves in a position t° , l ,o l ' their rich resources to account for the common fatite.cvA In this respect your Majesty's Government may 11°,, upon the unconditional support of the Upper Ilett.ifsecoti.' Upper House will be no less ready to support your '-';',,,orrt Government according to the extent of its ability 111 er t))6.; thing which the welfare of the country demands, t° .soir" discussion of the bills promised to be laid before I f t i ty t ° it is in duty bound. It was reserved for your 71Ts:ewitIlt wage a short war, yet one demanding great exsrt*°recogill? out an increase of the national debt. We joyfal'J ,,,, Aiil iaistf fl ; in this fact the proof of faithful and sagacious E de tion of the resources of the State, an d entertain th e f wish that the careful use of the financial means ° Tl a country may everywhere be estimated as it d es erce s ' firm and successful policy of y our Ma j es ty has been (313,54c1e4 by the conclusion of new treaties to remove the op';l2. which threatened to imperil the continuance of the fil et cus t o ms union, to impart free movement to trade 0 .4 ' 1 0 1; extent by the treaty concluded with France, and to I 'o4 a fresh guarantee to the friendly relations of neigh l9434l , to io t peoples by common development. With thankful he ° ;:cif your Majesty's wise and paternal care, we surreode; f ol ic selves to the hope that the negotiation undertaken Majesty's Government with the neighbouring friena4 030, of Austria may be conducted to a firm and prosp erous corresponding to the welfare of both nations. .01.7 " Most Gracious King and Lord,—As in your O gi st3o til t/ paternal heart, in all of us exists the urgent wis h i no d ° 11 ; lamentable misunderstanding removed which ha s it na tamed for years between your Majesty's Gove rli t e t our te' portion of the representatives of the country is °w. gret at this misunderstanding in no way preltositt alterable conviction that the independence of ..-„„cor; her powerful position among European Ws°, I ti ona lly demand a firm and strong Government' resent the prosperity of the country requires that i ts reP sn ot 's tives should exercise the rights to which theY are :oo ° with that moderation and regard for existing 6trell „ditf° /1 „ which secure the maintenance of that first e()'-i, Prussia's greatness. In the defence of all well-W°,-40.rf but in especial of the sacred rights of the Crown, ; 13 00 1 the department of the organisation of the arull aJe 4 other respect, we shallunflinchingly support y our 0 Government. „ e ec e 4 l " We look back with confidence in these din e. : e the elevating experience of the past year. W i tt ' tio tif'l wherever the Prussian arms appear upon the fiel u ',,c e eej standing the divisions of parties, the Prussiao Int one in Prussian national feeling, one in readin e t n tr.ll sacrifices for the fame and honour of the cou,loo'oo gratitude to its valiant sons. We look up with bi l „0 to the illustrious royal house conferred upon llioirtys grace of God, and which,..with the help of the of has constantly led Prussia through all the storl' times to new prosperity and to new glory. " With the deepest respect, &c." J llll' ROYAL INSTITUTION.—On Friday eve 27 (in consequence of the indisposition of Csr c '' ) Po l man), the Discourse will be given by Sir 1 101/ 1 th e son, on " The Results of Cuneiform , DiscoverY sent Time." SUNSHINE IN A SHADY PLACE.-011 FriO'rite,ll ing last the National Hospital for the l II ' and Epileptic, Queen-square, Bloombury, P re feo j unwonted cheerful aspect, a "Soiree" having be e rr it ll4 o , in celebration of the opening of the "Lacii - te a Wards." The institution was tastefully dec°ll:det)/, flowers, &c., by the poor patients and their P- t •;s beautiful series of dissolving views, ill: fo a rr oi " Pilgrim's Progress" and other interesting subi ee k t)° the great objects of attraction, the far-famed alles-yil)iito most eloquently interpreted by T. Brooker, a pp of friend Harris, Esq., generously supplied t ile e l 9' 4 at his own cost. Then followed other recres;:o lighter character. After the patients had pes tg , - freshments, the ladies' committee adjourned to t ' e l e o ;, l where a musical performance took place. g al l ij lof,{ of the board of management were present a j3 h .' - OP; assiduously to promote the happiness of t il , h e- 0 at friends. It was also gratifying to notice strj, ance of several of the distinguished nieclica- oc y a i 0: 4 the hospital, who by their presence on suet' sill further evinced their deep interest in the /ge ,.tie l 'O i° .sufferers confided to their charge. A character" 00 tell' in the administration of this noble charity' is he endeavour to instil a homelike feeling aniong_ a t :Ao t f4 l ' and to relieve, as far as possible, the dreary '" - o f e f hospital life. Impressed with the importa llee if orif Of f occupation as a means of promoting the re c %a 01' 1 patients, the committee have given up 00 A ll spacious Board room, which is now converte: room, wherein such as are able may eng t f; - ; v ' e 0 04 P i light employments—making up warm c loio — i ' ai tl ej the more destitute of the out-patients. 19 Pit i esa tj : self-improvement will also be provided for e oeP, e able to avail themselves of it. The com mit t satisfied with the results of the entertaioltella t Jiave determined to repeat it from time to ti•"'".