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that been s ia a .... e d, of k bad Id be ;a ble, finis D f t" -- A,f4 ... 1 I t t 4.1 I t t [ N E W BOOK on GENTLEMEN'S ATTIRE. ponTr-Two PHOTOGRAPHIC FIGURES (36 being p or t ra it s o f Ki ngs an d P r i nces) represent the mi s t fashionable and becoming attire for every age and occasions. The book contains also new rules for self qeasure. e Post free for six stamps, deduct e d f rom a p ur - OW—SAMUEL, BROTHERS, m erc h an t t a il ors , 50, OVERCOATS, lls., 135., 158. 0 VERCOATg "dgafior ehill 50.—SAMUEL BO BROTHERS S.—Read following THERS 80 advertisements.— . OVERCOATS, ' 12s, 14s. 16s.—OVERCOATS T"d4ate-b iII O ,SO.—SAMUEL t BROTHFRS. for BYS.—Read firs and last advortisements.— , OVERCOATS, 175., 195., 21s.—OVERCOATS 1. for Y BO O.—SAMU S. Note EL, BROTHERS YO.—SAMUEL, throughout the column.— 5. OVERCOATS lls., 135., 15s.—OVERCOATS in great variety, at the above prices, for BOYS.— ll'ucigate-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 17s, 195., 21s.—OVERCOATS I , in superior 50. textures and newest SAMUEL, BROTHER S. for BOYS.— Ci V ERCOAT I S, lls., 13q., 15s.—OVERCOATS in very useful cloths, at shove prices, for BOYS.— gate-hill. 50• —SAMUEL,. BROTHERS. • OVERCOATS, 175., 195., 21s.—OVER00 kT S Lug for immediate use, At all prices to 355., for BOYS.— 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 21s, 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS, so *--SANIUE at all pri L, ce BROTHERS.s, have s . ilk velvet collars.—Ludgate-hill, O V ERCOATS 425., 55i., 63s.—OVERCOATS hill 50. m SAMUEL, R ade to order byROTHERS new self-measure rules.—Ludgate- OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS Lill, S !ire SAMUE L , orderedL, from BR patterns OTHERS sent post free.—Ludgate -. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS bil so irt approved t a k en b ac k an d others made.—Ludgate -SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVEHCOATS, 215., 28s, 33s.—OVERCOATS h ill _for clerical use, in all fabrics and prices. Ludgate- SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS hill Professional , in all fabrics and prices.—Ludgate -50. -8 AMUEL, BROTHERS. , oVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS, k ,, for every purpose, in the s u itabl e fabrics.—Ludgate , 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 428., 555., 635. OVERCOATS . made from thoroughly shrunk cloths only.—Ludgate 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS L ., in the new brown and gold m ixed. Meltons.—Ludgate .!Lll, 50 . --SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555. 63x.—OVERCOATS L., in beautiful fur-faced gold-mixed beavers. —Ludgate - SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 21s. 28s 33s.—OVERCOATS g I . in every kind of plain and f a ncy coatings.—Ludgate 50.in BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. —OVERCOATS 1,;1, 50 in the new rich bronze and gold mixtures.—Ludgate .—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. 0 VERCOAT6 hill' in all SAM weig EEL,hts for 2 every season and climate.—Ludgate -311.218 VERCOATS, 425., 555., 335.—OVERCOATS l e in rich gold and olive mixed treble beavers.—Ludgate 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS L , of the new reefer sh a p e , b ea utifully made.— Ludgate 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS 421 in very beautiful West of England fabrics.—Ludgate 1, SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS hi)," el , 50, S in egAMUEant, doL,uBROTHE RS. bIe-breasted Chesterfields.—Ludgate- OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS _ in rich brown, Oxford, black, and steel cloths.- 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS in new style sinzle-breasted t O.—S AMUEL, BROTHERS. RCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS in new style Albions and all other shapes.—Lud gitehill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 28s, 33E4—OVERCOATS L thig season are excellent value for the money.- 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VERCOATS, 428., 555, 63s.—OVERCOATS L at these prices are made of very choice fabrics.— 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. 0 - VERCOATS, 21s„ 28- , „ 335.- -OVERCOATS are very necessary in this variable climate.—Lud- Rate-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. U VERCOATS, 425., 555., 635.-0 VERCO ATS , in black Beavers, thorouzhly tested and shrunk.— 50.— SAMUEL BROTHERS. 0 VERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. —OVERCOAT S a. • L in Melton cloths, thoroughly tested and shrunk.- 50.—SAMTJEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 638.—0 VS in black Mellon 50.— SAMUEL cloths,, BROTHERS. west of En g land m a ke.— OVERCOATS. 215., 288, 33s.—OVERCOATS hip in Pilot cloths, for hard, serviceable wear.—Ludgate ' 50 . —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 428., 555.. 635.—OVERCOATS t in very beautif u l west of Eitel:mil Petershatns.— 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 288., 333.—OVERCOAT t sent to any part of the kinedom. Patterns free. 50.—SIMUEL, BROTHERS. OrERCOATS, 428., 555., 635. —OVERCO ATS in bizh-class Witnev textures. Patterns free.- 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 238., 335. —OVERCO ATS made with every reeard to strenzth and comfort.- -Mg . ate-hill, 50. —SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 558., 63s.—OVERCOATS I in very tie'. heavy, seal-black black beavers.— 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. 0 VERCOATS, 218., 285., 331 —OVERCO AT S t at these prices are in the most fashionable style.— 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 638.—OVERCOATS L . , in very rich, heavy. seal-back brown beavers.— ' l z:de-bill W.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 218., 285., 83s. OVERCOATS are represented in the new illustrated book.—Lud- FLILe-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCP &TS , .3 in very heavy. seal-back Oxford beavers.— 50.-SAMUEL. BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS n , lined with silk. and very beautifully quilted.—Lud '4te -hill,, 50, SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS in all the plain, strong, and most useful styles.- 50.—S AMIIEb, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOATS lined with Italian cloth, and thickly quilted.—Lud te-lsill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 335. OVERCOATS reduced in price by a strict ready-money system.— 50.—SAMIIEL. BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555. 635. OVERCOATS I!!1_50 at these prices are fit for an SAMIIEL, BROTHERS y gentleman.—Ludgate .— . OVERCOATS, 285., 335. OVERCOATS with warm woollen linings. for winter wear.—Lud hill. 50.—SAMIIEL. BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 288., 83s.—OVERCOATS of all weights, to suit every kind of elimate.—Lud -11, 50.-SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 55s 63s.—OVERCOATS made to measure by bigh- c lass scientific men.—Lud e-hill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285.. 33s.—OVERCOATS for liveries are made of well-shrunk eloths.—Lud 'eta-hill, 50.—S AM TEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 635. OVERCOAT S t i guaranteed to fit by the new self-measure rules.— A—SAMUEL. BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS can be ordered from patterns, which are sent free.- 50.—SAhlUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS have becom an immense business in this house.— 50.— e SAMIIEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 218., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS exceeding five pounds value are carriage paid.—Lud . 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 425., 355., 63s.—OVERCOATS „,„,, ordered from the country are always prepaid.—Lud ",_,Lie hill, 50.— SAMUEL BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 83s.—OVERCOATS sent to France and any part of the Continent.—Lud '",e-hill, 50. SAMUEL BROTHERS. J VERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS 1 4 „, sent to New York and any other part of America.— 50. SAMUEL, BROTHERS. VEROOATS, 21s, 28a., 33s.—OVERCOATS sent to all parts of British North America.—Lud 44,____te-hill, 50.— SAMUEL. BROTHERS. ( 'CVER COATS, • 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS sent to Tasmania and every part of Australia.—Lud ill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 21.5., 285., 83s.—OVERCOATS - ate.b i a variet SA y MIJEL, e BROTHERS. of undrssed cloths, forbard wear.—Lud --____l 1.? , 50. OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS NA , of tbelnverness cape class in Whitney cloths.—Lud 50.—SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS , of the In SAMUEL, B verness cape ROTHERS class in Melton class.—Lud- -.___ 50. VERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS r,„, mill,dso. pIainSA MUEL. BR or with lap OTHERS . seams. velvet collars.—Lud- OVERCOATS, 425., 555., 63s.—OVERCOATS Rate... Made up with velvet edges and velvet collars.—Lud 'ill, 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OERCOATB, 215., 285., 33s.—OVERCOATS RAte in every description of plain Anil fancy cloth.—Lud ------13111, W.-SAMUEL, BROTHERS. O V ERCOATS, lls., 135., 15s.—OVERCOATS ' for boys. The new Reefer and Princelet coat.— 50.— SAMUEL, BROTHERS. OVERCOATS, 17s. 19s, 218.—OVERCOATS L io for b oys in every:fashionablo and useful shape.— 50.— SAMUEL, BROTIIERS. EAL FUR-SEAL WAISTCOATS, 255., 355., SAMUEL, llustred BROTHERS and lined scarlet.—Ludgate . IttA.D the SYSTEM SAMUEL, BROTHERS, iBt conduct their business upon in the Illustrated Price bli m uesoribed at head of column. The firm has been esta- Dr e d 2 0 years on the principle of charging the lowest Up o ' Possible for ready money, a n d mar ki ng the sa me ' 1 oaoh article in plain figures, from which no deviation Ludgate-hill. 6.---..... ;t. The kiy than by much hat two for the will be growth ind far to pre; place.--- trade to obtained sale, and ration iri 4d; oats, 3 tone of Wheal ‘ady, an d t, at ful l at Weil rs it active• d whito, Lrloy for L ts, neVr9 Poo, sour of 1. 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' • .' • - • , ' \ ".". • 13 - \ V 8 0" '.- ,9 -..;„.. t . - .•.. ~. _ - .. , •7'N‘l l liriik - _ v ' f -f: 2 , • .„ /PL. (55 4 ' l / 4 -* - _.;,,, N:i, A LW' '+, . ' AI ' ~...6.—. as . .., ,bi a S We have presented our readers with a digest of the general regulations which have been issued for . the guidance of exhibitors, and we shall now enter upon the appendix, which treats of the classification of the objects exhibited. In 1851, .30 classes were thought sufficient ; in 1862, 36 classes ; but next year there will be 95. The system extends over 10 " Groups." The First Group, in which are assembled Works of Art, contains five classes. Class I.—Paintings in Oil: Paintings on canvas, panels, and other grounds. Class 2.—Other Paintings and Draw ings : Miniatures, water-colour paintings ; pastels and drawings of all kinds; paintings on enamel, earthenware, and china ; cartoons for stained glass and frescoes. Class 3. Sculpture and Die Sink ing. : Sculpture in high relief, bas-reliefs, repousse work, and chasing ; medals, cameos, engraved stones ; niello work. Class 4.—Architectural De signs and other Models : Studies and details ; ele vations and plans of buildings ; restorations, based upon existing ruins or documents. Class 5.--En graving and Lithography : Mezzotints ; coloured engravings ; lithographs executed with pencil and with brush ; chromo-lithographs. The exhibition of this group is allotted to Gallery I. The Third Group is to embrace Furniture and other Objects for the Use of Dwellings: Thirteen classes are enumerated in this group. Class 14. Fancy Furniture : Sideboards, bookcases, tables, toilet tables, bedsteads, sofas, couches, billiard tables, &c. Class 15.—Upholstery and Decorative Work : Bed furniture, stuffed chairs, canopies, curtains, tapestry, and other hangings ; objects of decorative furniture in precious stones and materials ; moulded objects and ornaments in plaster, statuary,pasteboard, &c. ; frames, decorative painting ; furniture, orna ments and decorations for the service of the church. Class 16.-- Crystal, Fancy, and Stained Glass: Drinking glasses of crystal, cut glass, plated, mounted, &c. ; window glass, plate glass, and mirrors ; engraved, enamelled, crackled, frosted, &c. ; glass and pebbles for optical purposes, ornaments, &c. ; stained glass windows. Class 17. —Porcelain, Earthenware, and other Fancy Pot tery : Biscuit, hard and soft porcelain, fine earthen ware, with coloured glazing, &c.; biscuit of earthen. ware. Class 18. —Carpets, Tapestry, and other Stuffs for Furniture : Carpets, moquettes, tapestry, velvet pile, &c. ; carpets of felt, cloth, cloth shear ings, silk or floss silk ; straw matting and mats, Indiarubber matting. Furniture : stuffs of cotton, wool, or silk, plain or figured; horsehair tissues; leather cloth, moleskins, &c. ; leather hangings and for covering furniture ; oilcloth. Class 19.—Paper. Hangings : Paper hangings, block printed and ma chine printed ; flock paper and paper marbled, veined, &c. ; paper for making mill board, for bind ing, &c. ; paper with artistic designs ; blinds, painted or printed. Class 20.—Cutlery : Knives, pen. knives, scissors, razors, &c. ; cutlery of every de scription. Class 21.—Gold and Silver Plate Church plate, ornamental plate, and plate for the dining table ; gold and silver toilet articles and writing materials, &c. Class 22.—Bronzes and other Art Castings and Repouss6 Work : Statues and bas-reliefs in bronze, cast-iron, zinc, &c. ; bronzes for ornamental and decorative purposes ; imitation bronzes in cast-iron, zinc, &c. ; cast ings coated w ith metal by the galvanic process ; repousai work in copper, lead, zinc, &c. Class 23.—Clocks and Watches : &Tarlac part of clocks, clocks, time-pieces, watches, chro nometers, regulators, seconds-indicators, stop watches, &c. Apparatus for measuring time : Hour glasses, water-clocks, electric-clocks. Class 21. Apparatus and Processes for Heating and Lighting Fenders, fire-places, grates, stoves, and hot-air stoves ; accessory objects for heating, kitchen stoves, apparatus for heating by gas ; apparatus for heating by the circulation of hot water or hot air, ventilating apparatus, drying apparatus, drying stoves ; ena- Alers' lamps, blow-pipes, portable forges ; lamps for illuminating purposes fed with animal, veget . able, or mineral oils; accessory objects for lighting matches ; apparatus and accessory objects for lighting by gas ; lamps fur the electric light, appa ratus for the use of the magnesium light, &c. - Class 25.—PerfuMery : Cosmetics and pomatums, perfumed oils ; essences, extracts and scents, aroma tic vinegar ; almond paste, perfumed powders, pas tilles, and scent bags ; pei fumes for burning ; toilet soap. Class N.—Leather Work, Fancy Articles, and Basket Work : Small articles of fancy furni ture, liqueur cases, glove-boxes, caskets, &c. ; lac quered articles; boxes, jewel-boxes, dressing-cases, purses, pocket-books, note-books, cigar-cases ; turned, engine -turned, carved, engraved articles in wood, ivory, tortoise-shell, &c., snuff-boxes, pipes, combs and brushes generally ; fancy basket-work, wicker-work for bottles, and articles in fine straw. This group is to be found exclusively in Gal lery 111. N°. 23,252. ISSUE OF 25,000 A PREFERENCE SHARES OF .£lO EACH BEARING 8 PER CENT. INTEREST, AND REDEEMABLE AT £l5 PER SHARE. THE CREDIT FONCIER OF ENGLAND (LIMITED), ARE PREPARED TO RECEIVE APPLICATIOANS FOR THE ABOVE SHARES IN THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM PANY (Limited). Capital £350,000, in 35,000 Shares, £lO each. • Divided into 25,000 A Preference Shares, £lO each. (being the Shares now offered for subscription), and 10,000 B De ferred Shares, of £l.O each. Dm=Tons. Frederic Doulton, Esq., M.P., Metropolitan Board of Works. Albert Grant, Esq., M.P., London. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Neville, Clarges-street. John Irving PaScoe, Esq., Highbury New Park. Henry Pownall, Esq., Russell-square. Edward Warner, Esq., M.P., London. CONSULTING ENGINEER. J. W. Bazalgette, Esq., C.E., Engineer-in-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works. BANKERS. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard street, E.C. Somcrrons. Messrs. West and King, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion House, E.C. BROKERS. Francis Cope, Esq., 1, Angel-court, Thrognorton street, E.C. Messrs. Price and Devot, 54, Threadnoedle-street. E.C. • OFFICES. St. Clement's House, Clement's-lane, London, E.C. SECRETARY. W. J. L. Heriot, Esq. PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company is to carry out the conces sions granted by the Municipal Council of Brussels, in con cert with the authorities of the province of Brabant and the Belgian Government, for the drainage and coincident improvements of the capital of Belgium. The concession, for the due execution of which £50,000 caution money has been lodged on behalf of the Company, comprises the construction of an underground channel for the river Senne (at present an open main sewer) running through the City, together with a broad thoroughfare or Boulevard above that course; a complete system of Main Sewers, and important branches above, through, and below the City ; the rectification of the river channel, and an outfall station for exhaustion of the sewage ; it provides also for the erection of an Exchange, a Market-place, a Monumental Fountain, and such works as mly be neces sary in connection therewith. The concessions also give the exclusive valuable right to the sewage for a period of sixty-six years, subject to the maintenance of the Eecantation Works in connection therewith. The magnitude and value of these concessions will be understood by the fact that they include subsidies to be received by the Company in cash and Annuities, of the value together of 26,000,000 f., or £1,040,000 sterling, which have been voted by all the authorities and sanc tioned by the Crown. The caution money will be repaid to the Company in proportions as the works progress. The concession also gives the right confirmed by Royal decree of expropriation along a belt embracing frontages on both sides and in the vicinity of the proposed new Boulevard ; and, in addition, the free grant (fee simple) of all town and suburban land derived from diverted streets, open public places, and closed river courses, that aro in cluded within the limits of the concession. _ _ The value of those stipulations will be readily discerned from the fact that (apart from the land, not to bJ paid for at all, being received as free gift), the town blocks to be purchased and cleared aro at present mostly occupied by very indifferent buildings, whereas the site will become at once the most important Boulevard for traffic, business, and residential purposes, opening up, as it does, a direct road between the North and South Railway Termini, and the land will become saleable by the Company at the largely-enhanced anticipated value. The many thousands of our countrymen who have re cently visited Brussels cannot but have observed a scarcity of unoccupied dwellings ; in addition to the existing want of additional accommodation, it should be considered as affecting the after value of vacant town blocks in such eminently desirable situations, that the works alone will, it is estimated, displace upwards of 1,200 families. After a long course of laborious official inquiry, extend ing over several years, as to the must effectual sanitary plan to be adopted, the Belgian Government finally accepted that upon which the present concessions are based, upon the report of a special Government deputation commis sioned to make a personal examination of the important sewage and main drainage works of London and the suburbs. The original estimates for the principal part of these works were examined and verified by Mr. J. W. Baz•dgette, Engineer-in-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works of London, under the sanction of that body ; and these esti mates have been further tested by months of minute and careful revision on the part of contractors and their respec tive engineers. The contracts for the execution of the whole of the main drainage works, and the formation of the Boulevard, have been concluded with experienced and responsible Belgian contractors, approved by the Belgian authorities, and who have placed at the disposal of the Company sufficient gua rantees for the due penormanea of their engagements. It is intended that the whole of the works shall be com pleted within four years. The importance of the undertaking is evidenced in the protracted official debates in the Brussels Municipal Coun cil, and also in the Belgian Chambers and Senate on the subject, and by the special report thereon from Lord Howard de Walden, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels, transmitted by the Earl of Clarendon, through Sir George Grey, to the M e t ro p o lit an B oar d o f Works, in London, and recorded in their Minutes under date of, May 18, 1866, an extract of which is annexed to the Prospectus. . _ The late distinguished Monarch, Leopold 1., to whose wisdom and sagacity Belgium is so deeply indebted, always manifested the warmest interest in these projected works ; and the reigning Sovereign, his Majesty Leopold 11., after earnestly forwarding every stage of the negotiation from its inception, has further testified his conclusive approval by having expressed his desire to inaugurate the works by laying the first stone in State ceremony, which is fixed to take place at Brussels on Wednesday, the 22nd of January next. It will be at once seen by this brief description of the concession that it is ono of no ordinary character, whether it is considered in the importance of the work to be done— the Governmental identification with its success—the na tional character of its object—and the directors believe they may fairly add without entering into details (which in a public statement they cannot do), from its prospect of financial success. The capital of the company is fired at £350,000, in 35,000 shares of £lO each, divided into 25,000 A Prefer anco Shares and 10,000 B Deferred Shares. The Preference Shares represent the capital to be sub scribed by the public for working out the concession, and the Deferred Shares are accepted by the Concessionaires in consideration of the assignment by themto the Company of the concession. The privileges attached to tho respective share, capital are as follows : The A Preference Shares are to bo redeemed out of tho assets of the Company, by drawing by lot, and each share paid off at £l5 per share, . being a bonus of £5 per share ; the drawings will take place on the following dates, viz. : On the 22nd January, 1870, 6,250 shares, or £62,500, t 7 1871, 6,250 „ £62,500, „ 1872, 6,250 „ £62,500, If tt 1873, 6,250 „ £62,500, Total shares 25,000 or £250,000 Until so drawn and paid off, each share to bear interest at the rate of 8 per eent. per annum, payable half-yearly, on the Ist of Jain:LlT and Ist July in each year, for which interest warrants will be attached to the shares. On repayment of the shares of £l5 each, the shares will have to be given up with all interest warrants attached thereto that have not become due, and the shares so paid off are to be transferred for the benefit of the B Share holders. Should the realisation of the concession permit, the Directors reserve to themselves the right of making, at their discretion, either earlier or larger drawings, but in such case the £5 bonus per share is still to be paid, not withstanding such earlier or larger redemption of share capital. Reckoning the redemption at the dates and at the bonus named, the investment will pay subscribers a rate of in terest as follows :—those shares which are drawn, and thus are To be paid off on 22nd of January, 1870, will have re ceived 8 per cent. interest and at the rate of 161 per cent. bonus, or total of 241 per cent. per annum on amount of investment for the period of 3 years. Those to be paid off on 22nd January, 1871, will lhave received 8 per cent. interest and at the rate of 121 per cent. bonus, or total of 20i per cent. per annum on amount of investment for the period of 4 years. - Those to be paid off on 22nd January, 1872, will have received 8 per cent. interest and at the rate of 10 per cent. bonus, or total of 18 p er cen t. p er annum on amoun t o f investment for the period of 5 years. Those to be paid off on 22nd January, 1873, will have received 8 per cent. interest and at the rate of 81 per cent. bonus, or total of 161 per cent. per annum on amount of investment for the period of 6 years. These A Preference Shares are now offered to the public for subscription. The payments are to be made as follows : £ s. d. 2 0 0 per share on application. 3 0 0 „ on allotment. 210 0 „ on Ist March, 1861. -2 10 0 „ on Ist July, 1867. £lO 0 0 or all may be paid up at once, either on application or allotment, at option of subscriber—interest accruing from day of payment in all cases. The Directors do not pledge themselves to make an allotment to every applicant, nor to allot the whole of the shares, it being their desire to place this small capital in the handA of bona fide investors. The B Deferred Shares represent the Concessionaires' interest in the Company. These shares will not he en titled either to payment of any interest or capital until the whole of the Preference Shares have received their capital back, with the interest and bonus before referred to ; there fore the Deferred Shares become practically and virtually a guarantee to the Preference Shares. The Concessionaires having thus expressed their wil lingness to endorse substantially filcir opinion of the value of the concession, it follows that the Deferred Shares will only receive the surplus, whatever it may amount to after the redemption of the preference capital, the concession and property then remaining will belong to the Deferred Shareholders alone. No purchase-money for the concession and no promo tion-money will be paid, and;the expenses will;be strictly limited to the actual preliminary disbursements necessary to acquiring the concession and the establishment of the Company ; the Credit Foncier of England (Limited) re ceiving their profit entirely from the B Deferred Shares. As the A Preference Shares are intended to be paid up in full, as before mentioned, no further liability after such WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? Send 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S Ileraldi3 Office for Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured oue. Tho Arms of man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. The proper heraldic Colours for servants' liveries, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Oran bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1806. payments will exist, and power will be taken to ins.orpo rate the Company according to Belgium law, as a socidte anonyme, with a view to having the shares issuable to bearer. Every information can be learnt by applying to the Solicitors, both as to the concession, plans, Articles and MeMorandum of Association, ; and it is the wish of the Directors applicants should inform themselves on any point they desire information. Applications for shares may be mad 3 in the annexed form, which must be accompanied by the payment of £2 per share deposit, without which no application will be considered. Should a loss number of shares be allotted than are applied for the deposit will, so far as required, be applied towards the payment due on allotment. Should no allotment be made the amount paid will be at once re turned, without deduction. Prospectuses (which contain a copy of the Memo randum of Association) and Forms of Application for Shares, and Memorandtim and Articles of Association, may bo bad of the Bankers, Brokers, Solicitors, or of the Sec retary, at the Offices of the Company, St. Clement's llouse, Clement's-lane, London, E.C.; also of the Credit Foncier of England (Limited), Clement's-lane, E.C. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No.--- To the Directors of the Belgian Public Works Company (Limited). Gentlemen—Having paid to your Bankers, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, the sum of £ , being a deposit of £2 per Share on A Preferencf; Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept such Shares, or any less number you may allot to me on the terms of the Prospec tus, and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, as, duly registered, when required. And I au thorise you to insert my name on the register of members of the shares allotted to me. tfsual Signature Name in full ... Residence Profession Date December, 1866. THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COMPANY. (Limited). EXTRACTS from MINUTES of the METROPOLITAN BOARD of WORKS, of 18th MAY, 18G6, and RE FERRED to in PROSPECTUS. 52. The Clerk laid before the Board the following com munication : May 14, 1866. Sir, —1 am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to transmit to you, for tho information of the Metropolitan Board of Works, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Brussels, respecting some important improve ments which are about to be made in that city, and which have been contracted for on the part of the English Credit Fonder and Mobilier Company. I am, ecc., (Signed) 11. WADDINGTON. The Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works. (Enclosure.) Brussels, May 4tb, 1866. My Lord,—A great public work in Brussels of remark able extent and proportions has just been contracted for on the part of the English Credit Fonder and Mobilier Com pany. The object is to arch over the river Senne, which runs through the lower part of the city, and is in fact an immense open drain, receiving the greater part of the sewage of the town, which is, at present, most dangerous to health, and often the cause of destructive epidemics. The plan combines lateral drains to intercept the sewage, reservoirs outside of the town for deodorising and collect ing for manure, and works to prevent inundations. An extensive Boulevard is to be run over the vaulted course of the Senne quite through the town. The houses on each side, which are now of the most inferior class, aro to be pulled down, new ones of a superior character, on a widened way, are to be erected all along the new Boulevard, with great facilities for lateral access to it on either side. A. building, which is to unite Halls for an Exchange and Gal leries for artistic exhibitions, is also to be constructed. The estimated cost of these works is 26 millions of francs. The amount is contributed by the town of Brussels, by the province of Brabant, and by the State, in the following proportions -the Town, 16 millions; the Province, 3 mil lions; the Government, 7 millions. I enclose herewith a copy of the Report presented to the Chamber of R. R., on the part of the Central Section, which explains fully the nature and importance of this projected transformation in the lower part of Brussels. As an engineering work, the plan is one of the highest interest, from its extent and projected effects as combining ornamontation and facilities of intercourse throughout the whole of the lower quarter, with incalculable benefits in point Of healthy action on at least half of the population of Brussels.—l have, Jrc., . (Signed) HOWARD DE WALDEN & SEAFORD. The Earl of Clarendon. NEW NOVEL BY LADY CAMPBELL. On Frilay, Dec. 21, in 3 vols , A WOMAN'S CONFESSION. By LADY CAMPBELL. Hurst and Bl;:ekett, 13, Great 3larlborough-street. Now ready, in Sao., w:tl DinstraVons, 15s. bound, AWINTER WITEL THE SWALLOWS IN ALGEaII,. By It ATIL DA BIC FRAM E DIVA !IDS. •• A pleasant volume—a genuine g,•aphic record of a time al thorough enjoyment"— Athenmum. Ilurat and Blackett, 13, (gent Marlborough-street. rIN SATURDAY, the 29th of December, will VY be published, at No. 112, Strand, "THE WEST MINSTER GAZETTE," a new Catholic Weekly Paper, supported by a large number of known and approved writers. Its two main objects are, first, the exposition of Catholic principles on all those great questions—ecclesias tical, philosophical, and social—which are now agitating the intellect and hedrt of the country ; and, second, a truthful statement of facts as to tha condition, political and religious, of Catholicismin the various countries of Europe. 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One of the best gifts that could be presented by a father, or a teacher, or a guar dian to young men for a New-years Gift. London Virtue and Co., 26, Ivy-lane, E.C. T . H E 0 X F U. It I), 6, OXFORD - STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISH WENT OF LONDON. Brilliant lt,vival of 011'enbaell's "SIX CY•SIX." Mive3 litusell, Fitz Henry, and Barrie; 31e:sre. St. Albyn, Marler, a nd Bury. Comedy by HArry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser (iluffl Vocalist and Comedian—a great success), Mons. Peterson with his high'y trained troupe of Performing Dogs. EXTRA ATTRACTIONS during THIS WEEK. Great success of LES AMAZONES AU CHAMrAGNE DIVERTISSEMENT. Musical Dircztor and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonglunans TIIJR BOY AT MUG BY. a Musical Sketch, founded on Mr. Charles Dickens's Christmas Story, written by Mr. le. Green, composed by Mr. K. Coot e, person .ted by Mr. ROBT. FILA.sER, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq , will shortly be produced. WESTO N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. The most triumphant success ever attained in any Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASANIELLO," produced on a scale of mag nificence never before attempted at any Music Hall. Terrific ovation of the Irish Minstrels, 27 in number, three and four calls nightly. A new and original overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. H. Baker. Comic supported by Fred. French, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, Watkini, the Persian Juggler, and Les Freres Risoralis. Majilton as Messestophles. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRI. Prices of admission Stalls and Balcony, Is. ; Area, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock, commencing at Half-past. IAI ADA,ME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BARER-STREET. NEW EDmoNs. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marriaze Gr,up of the PRINCESS HELENA and PRINCE CHRISTIAN. Admittance, ls.; chlldren, under ten, half-price; extra rooms. 6d. Open from 11 a nt. till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till 10. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEV EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor LUG! Court Manager. M. (GENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every .131 five minutes. ATETROPOLITAN RAILWAY Moorgate- IM street Station. METROPOLITAN RAlLWAY—Aldersgate iti. street Station. j[E TR OP OLITAN RAlLWAY—Farringdon street Station. AITTROPOLITAN RAILWAY—King's-cross ITAL Station. NEETR 0 P OMAN RAILWAY—Gower-street stit on. ETROPOLITAN RAIL WAY Portland -Itt. road stauon. TRO P 0 LIT A N RAILWAY Regent- JJIL Station (opposite the Polytechnic Institut! , n. 288. Reg•ent-str , et). The MICTROP , ad VAN RAILWAY COMPANY'S SPECIAL 03INIKUSES to and from Pert lani•road Station meet every Train. ETROPOLI FAN RAILWAY--Baker-street ITJL Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Edgware -1.71. roid Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY -- Bishop's road Station. N E I R 10L1TAN RAILWAY—Trains every MYLES FENTON, General Manager. NOTICE OF BONUS MEETING. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL ASSURAACE SOCIETY, 13, St. James's-sqqare, Lonlop, S.W. An EX MAORI , INARY GENERAL 111:E rING of the Pro,.riCiors and Versqns assured iu this Sole y will be held at this Office. on I . IIUBSDAY,_ the third day oi January next, at One o cleck preci ely for the purims , l of ile„lartng a BONUS out of the pr‘ fits arising from the general busimss durin; the five years ending June 31111 • GEORG CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, December 11, 18C6. HYAM & Co.'s ATTIRE. H YAM & Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. H YAM & Co.'s WINTER OVERCOATS. H YAM & Co.'s SILK-FAC Ell OVERCOATS. YAM & Co.'s REEFERS H YAM & Co.'s SUITS. H YAM & Co.'s ➢IORNING COATS. HYAM & Co.'s PRO FESSIONAL ATTIRE. HYAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. H YAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. H YAM & Co.'s LIVERIES. H YAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY. H YAM & Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Overcoats 3os. to 84s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Reefer 2ss. to 555. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Suits 42s. to 70s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Jackets 2ls. to 425. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats Hyam & Co.'s Winter Vests Gs. to 14s. Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers l4s. to 255. H YAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. The first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits Boys' Jackets for School and Home 9s. to 21s. HYAM & Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. 8. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. HYAM & Co.'s ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE ; and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT, O N'E PENNY per Square Foot. CROGGON and C 0., Manufacturers, 63, New Earl-street, 1 London, yam. C. 1 at Bread-street, 59, George-square, Glasgow; 2, Gores Piazzas, Liverpool. GE O L O G Y.—ELEMENTARY COLLEC TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 503 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, Rooks, Fossils, and Recent Shells,Geological gaps. Hammers, alt the recent P.ubleations, ac.. of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majtsty, 119. Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. Tr:NRANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. EIXIIIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, .1124 who ADVERTISE in " THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " Tho Sun" Office. Ho has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " The Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who may go there for pleasure only. PRIN TING. TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.O. METR OP 0 LITAN and GREAT WESTERN ItA I LWA VS,- 1 11 1 :1STMAS Y Kx tra Trains between the Gly, Kines-erois, tower street, P.,rt land-road, itetrent-eirea., Baker-kr. et, Edgware-r ad and Paddinaen, Ifamnr.v.atith, Kl.main4t , a, Shepherd's-bush, Nottin4-hil, and Westbaarae-park. FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real 19s per zall 41, is eolil in blttlea and jlra, bear -109: 111. Itthel and trade mirk. terms at*, off,rel to the trsde for the sa'e of thi ilenain a oil a :frit, which irt coming into universal consumption throu4h Englllll. For price lists apply at oat Ta, 14, Straw!. London, W.C. li,tiblished in Gratton-street. Dublin, A.D. 17,0. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, 11 EL FA iT, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. "V.R." 'rasa WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " R." OLD IRISH w [INKY, BELFAST. London Offi.es snd Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDING STRAND, W.C. Establt.hed 18C& Quotations on alplintion. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—'The purest spirit and sa:eat drink in the world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-home-square, E.C., next tl:e "Times." JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their cerebrated Whisktea, in casks or casoa, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at nett offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C.. the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s wlritklea bring the highest prices in the Australian and othe, Colonial markets, as may be observed by reverence to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be a , r 1 that th,ir whiskies fetch 6.1. per gallon and Is. list case ovcr the next st. and Is. 5d per gallon and ss. CA. rcse o, the lowest quptation. Always on hand a large upply o; ye y old mellow whisky in rite finest condition, makured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, su, , phed on the most reasonable terms. THE °MEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owrer was the Taeping to her Captain, viz., winner of the race, havinir distanced •ll com petitors, as the EAST I'DIA TEA. COMPANY hate in fariab y done in their olio' e and sale of tine new season's teas, notv telling. st imporLer's prio s. Wan.hou.,es-9, Great St. tfelen's-churchyard. AVALUABLE CHRISTMAS P RESENT.— A. CHINESE C.IDDY, containing of really good Bias is Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town EnOand, Ireland, Scotland. or Wales, of re ceipt of 405.. by PHILLIPS and CO, Tea Merchants, 8, lima William-street, City, E.C. [IEA IS CHEAPER TIIAN EVER.-I.s. 61, 25.. 28 6 f. rer lb. ate the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO , Te:t Merchan s, 8, K;.ig William-street, City, Lon don. E.C., are .elling good and fine BL,ICK TEA. A price current lust free. 40s worth carcia'e tree to any railway ..t-tt ion or market town la the United Kingdom.—Observe — Primmrs anti Co. have no Agents or a Ay connexion with any house i i Worc.a.er or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market pt icos. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PIL LS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre cared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who 4tiffer from bilious and liver complaints, inligesticn, wind, spurns, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, Ac. For habitual votiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Char ing -cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. and three times the quantity in one, 2a. sd. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. OMBLESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,100 required. WTI. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Ref age. 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY 11011 E. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLI 4.113, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £4.000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to nay for one biy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothburv. and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and CO., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WH. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C• Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have boon given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, eltilaren, and orphans ire, for want accominodation, refused admittance, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £1,300 more will be required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless z and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. S LIBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the . :Rev. D. GILBERT. D.D , No ! 22, riucbury-eircuF, E.C. PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. IN 'S EX TT I I 4 TI L T TiO " N ri 11 18 S 6 K- Y. This celebrat e d OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Med a l. It is Pure, Mild, Mallow, Delicious, and very Whole .orne. DUBLIN Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Loudon; 1, 5 . the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Rod SA3,I, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kino.ban's LL Whisky." UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inclrporltei by Act of Parliament, 1850). '4, RIME LL-STREKT. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON. Prompt ADVANCE -3 on all description of Security. Forms tree on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC lIOUSES, till and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar-street. Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOO r a PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay. and imparts a pleasant fragranoe to the breath. Price la. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf. 93, Upper Thames•street. London. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 183. per gallon, is re ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession. and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in a case 395., railway carriage pal t.—HEN RY BR ETT and CO.. Old Furnivars ilolborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1821. MANSION -HOUSE of the SUFFERER EXPLOSIONS. COMM The Right Hon th R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. 1 Samuel Morley, Esq. Goo. Moore, E sq . I Mr. Alderman Finnis. J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. 'UND for the RELIEF by the recent COLLIERY le LORD MAYOR. Colonel Stuart Wortley. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Watorlow. Mr. Sheriff Lyeett. Mr. Alderman Besley. Mr. Alderman Dakin. James Hill, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. At the first meeting of the Committee held at the Man sion House on Tuesday, the 18th Dec., 1866, the Lord Mayor in the ehair, it was unanimously resolved—" That the funds raised be devoted to the relief of the families of the sufferers by the recent colliery explosions, and that in the event of public benevolence furnishing funds more than sufficient to meet the requirements of these objects, the balance will be retained in the bands of Trustees as the nucleus of any similar subscription that may be thought necessary at some future time to raise for the purpose of meeting a like calamity." Contributions are earnestly requested for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans left destitute by these dreadful accidents. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales £loo 0 0 Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales 50 0 0 Amount already advertised 1,967 3 4 Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lom bard-street ; Messrs. Gly n , Mill s , an d C o., 67, LoinbArd street ; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and C o , 1. Lombard-stre e t ; Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Messrs. Di tn . Allah-, Fowler, and Co., 50, Combat ; the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury ; the London Joint-Stock Bank, 5, Princes -street ; and by the several members of the Committee. JOSEPH GII3BS, Secretary. Mansion House, Dec. 17, 1866. The Homeless Boys of London. The ceremony of inaugurating her Majesty's ship Chichester as a training school for the homeless boys of London took place yesterday in one of the dry docks in Mr. .Oreen's shipbuilding-yard, Poplar. The movement, of which the Constitution of the Chichester as a school for nautical instruction is an extension, began in July, 1852, when a refuge for homeless and destitute boys was opened at 19, Broad-street, Bloomsbury. At first only six could be received, but as the friends of the refuge were augmented the number was increased, so that in 1857 the present premises at 8, Great Quen-street, Liecolu's-inn-fields, were taken, and since that time the returns show th.tt about 100 strays and waifs of the London streets have been received weekly into this admirable institution. Since the establishment of the refuge down to the end of the year 1863 1,016 boys were admi' ted, and during the same period 758 left for the navy and merchant services, for situations at home, and for emigration to the colonies. During the present year, in consequence of revelations which showed that boys of tender years were oblige , 1 to associate with men of the most debased character in the casual wards of the metro politan workhouses to which they were compelled to have recourse for shelter, the l romoters of the re fuge resolved on making a strenuous effort to rescue as many of these poor children as their influence could reach from the contaminating evils to which they were exposed. Accordingly, on the 11th of February last, an invitation was given to the boys accustomed to sleep in the casual wards of London and other nightly haunts to come to supper at the refuge, and nearly 200 accepted the invitation. During the evening Lord Shaftesbury, who pre sided, having questioned the bays as to their mode of life, asked them if they would be willing to go on board a ship if such were provided for them, and the hands of nearly all the poor and destitute guests were held up as an answer to the inquiry. Among those who accepted the invitation of the committee there were few who were not suffering from some infirmity, and we were struck ourselves by the large proportion of them who were lame. Ophthalmia was perceptible in the tender eyes of many, while skin diseases had manifestly set their marks on almost all. Some bad lost one or both parents or had been deserted ; others had never known their fathers or mothers. They slept at night in the casual wards, under sheds, on doorsteps, on carts or waggons ; in fact, wherever they could rest their heads, after trying to eke out existence during the day. Yesterday the Chichester was arrayed in her gayest bunting, and an awning, on which the flags of all nations were tastefully distributed, was erected over the whole length of the upper deck, on which the ceremony of inauguration was held. At 2 o'clock Lord Shaftesbury took the chair, being supported by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, Sir Stafford Northcote, M.P., President of the Board of Trade; Mr. R. Culling Hanbury, M.P., and others, while the body of the temporary en closure was filled to its utmost capacity by a fashion able audience of ladies and gentlemen. On his lord ship taking the chair, the boys who had been chosen to occupy the ship were introduced, and the little blue jackets,attired in their new naval costume, pre sented a most interesting and picturesque appear ance. Prayer having been offered up, Mr. William `Williams, the secretary, read a statement detailing the history of the institution, after which Lord Shaftesbury proceeded to address the meeting. lle said he felt unspeakable delight and gratitude at seeing so large an assemblage around him, notwith standing the time of the year and the distance from town of the place in which they were collected. It betokened a vast amount of feeling an d sympat h y with the work they had in hand, and God grant that their feeling and sympathy would be matured into practice to sustain the institution amidst all the difficulties which surrounded it. He could in his own experience support the statement made by Mr. Williams, whose zeal in this good cause could not be overrated. What that statement said of the miserable condition of the boys of Loudon was far below the mark. 'This project was no longer an experiment ; its efficacy had been proved. Take the most naked, ragged, wretched children of the streets, breathe upon them the breath of life, and they be came equal to the highest in the land. A year ago a large number were taken into the refuge, and 70 or 80 added every week at haphazard. What was the result? That not a single act of insubordination was recorded. It had been said that the children of the poor should have recourse to industrial and cer tified schools. Where were the industrial and cer tified schools ? After all the inquiries they were able to make they were not able to find more than twofor the population of 3,000,000 souls in the metropolis ; 400 could be received on board the Chichester, and 200 could be sent away every year to recruit the number of our active seamen. He trusted the time was near at hand when the English sailor would be r,,ma.rkable, not for drunkenness and insubordina tion, but for sobriety and self-control. Sir Stafford Northcote, the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Sheriff Wa terlow having addressed the meeting, the proceed ings closed with three cheers for Lord Shaftesbury. The ship will shortly leave the dock and go to Greenhithe, that being the spot appointed for her destination. MADAME STODARE. Not long ago we were shocked to hear of the sudden and premature death of a gentleman whose reputation was widely extended. Colonel Stodare had but just announced that his performance was about to be varied by a new series of tricks and illusions, when the announcement was followed by that of his death. We have no doubt that many young people grieved over the gifted magician with selfish grief at the loss of an anticipated plea sure. We certainly had no expectation of seeing the magician's vacant place so admirably filled. The secrets of his art had been confided to a pupil, and the Colonel's mantle fell on one every way qualified to take the wand he dropped. To the wonder of the performances by sleight of hand, c ompletely deceive the senses a n d b a ffl e iwnligiecoll so completely to discover the means, are added three illusions which are such marvels of ingenuity that they must be seen to be appreciated. The first is the Sphinx. Madame Stodare appears on the stage ; s he places a box on a stand having four legs under neath, which every one in the llall can plainly see. The stand is a simple stool, with nothing more than a mere framework. The box is about a couple of feet square, and one which is easily moved by the lady. The dialogue is kept up between Madame Stodare and a head inside this box. She opens the lid and a Sphinx's head is revealed to the audience. She then seats herself on the plank com municating with the audience and directs the Sphinx to open its eyes, to turn its head from side to side, to smile, and then to give an account of Egypt. All this is performed in so natural a way that the head must be the head of a human being, yet it is perfectly incomprehensible where the body can be. The Marvel of Mecca follows, and again the illusion is complete. In this Madame Stodare seats herself on a high ottoman, her dress is gathered and pinned up in folds around her person, the magician removes the ottoman, and Madame Stodare appears to the spectators floating in the air. We were about to write suspended, and sus pended, we suppose, it must be, for there are no props beneath her. About this there can be areno mistake, for the mag ician p asses a stick beneath the reclining figure, and a hundred keen eyes looking around in amazement to obtain some clue, but the curtain falls and leaves the bewildered au di e nce wrapped in mystery. 'rho third illu s io n is Colonel Stodare's celebrated Indian Basket feat, which has for years continued to puzzle the citizens of London. Madame Stodare now steps into the basket, which is first shown to the audience with its bottom complete. It is placed on the skeleton stand, the sword is drawn, and the magician stabs the basket in every part, the cries of the lady are loudly heard, the sword comes out covered with blood, and, illusion though we know it to be, there is still a sensation of horror, so completely are our senses deceived. 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