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1411•••••••••• nS, but intends form of tins itS I by an aDENT; old the l an the e wore t of the ;, then, ationsl ion was tddenly lied to tern of list the ted by men to ve held elation Bea , coaxed would that expen - A con- ion of well being [gaged ed ; a he in' ;great pp ly of tan last ,ss Po' vo v( 3 l dales I aitto, !Jelling ighing 521 b 36s t ), o [e), 309 Ly, the was.' pater b u t the t qu a " offer p •cee , er qr. n eor ' Oat" ir, 4a a (By 0 0 acted , r sorts r more I do, at • old , ? 80 , to 345 per 2 4 one, i arket 3inerit * ,1 late lower per 3 6 Idingl etole• 0 1 Vll ee ' 14 .29 19 Mate n' t to ,eet WY+ s et, 110 -~: -~ f'j • ~ « :~. Lu - M. THE LOCK. ~~ LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. D celeVrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the üblin. Prize Medal. eo° It is Pure, Mild, Mallow, Delicious, and very Whole , Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; DY the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or u holesale at R. GREAT. WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ( Nerve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Rinahan's LL Whisky." prim, LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION O(lncorporated by Act of Parliament, MO). ITSSELL-STREET. COVEN T-GA.R DEN. LONDON. 14,.r0re pt ADVANCES on all description of Security. irJrnis ° ll application by letter to EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. Pun --NEss and KNEE'S List on application. P articulars for insertion received until the 27th of the Louth at their A.IICTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. °. Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. 'WAN - FIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectlyk pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers , 4 _a Wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand warner of Savoy-steps), London. ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY (Limited). CHANGE OF OFICS. N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, F that E the Offices of this 140 'Pliny are RE AZOV.C. D from 72, Cornhill, E.C., to 26, OLD 4D-ST REET, E By order, JOHN C. DEANE, Secretary. LOndon, Dec. 14,1866. PRINTING.-TO PROPRIETORS OF , NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print g and Machining of Newspapers, ere., done on exceed 'ugly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing ° glees, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of Particulars, with stamped directed envelope for rel. Address—The Manag er "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church- OW, Savoy, Strand,c'W.C. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR ? Spud 3s. Gd. to CULLETON'S MOTTO Heraldic Office for a Alain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of flan and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. l n,, ge proper heraldic Colours for servants' liver:es, what b ; 4l ttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, . 1 :2 8 10e. J us t com pl e t e , a very valuable book, with 3,500 E ngravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every , s mindy in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, 410 10s, printed in several colours. Family Pedi grees traced from authentic records, information as to the °°t aining of a new grant of arms, how to change' one's 1 18311 e, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal 1 1 41111 Y ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25 , Oran -01112-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. CONTRACT FOR BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset • House, 14th Dec., 1866. TJIB COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING r , the' OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the T ' i NITED KINGDOM of 'GREAT BRITAIN and IRE 'L'AND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on TUESDAY , t he Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract py supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with l eyredWedges of Beech, under a Contract for twelve Calendar months certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar months' warning. The average annual consumption, together with a Form t! the Tender and Conditions of Contract, may be seen in t he Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, '-cludralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the Party attends, or an Agent for-him duly a uthorised in writing. Eve r y Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the 1 1 1 - daliralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words - Tender for Beech Wedges ;" and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, B fterset Hduse, accompanied by a Letter signed by two I, e artonsible persons, engaging to become bound with the arson tendering in the sum of £2OO for the due perfor ce of the Contract. By Order, ANTONIO BRA Y, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. • 1U GUNMAKERS and Others. I. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of tece, lying PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for :"EECH-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not Treating which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. The following are the conditions considered essential in mi litary non-repeating Rifles:— A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. B. LENGTH. be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the no T llo o wof the butt-plate to muzzle. ~o. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. .Da-ust not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packod for oerviee. D. CARTRIDGES. Rnst carry their own ignition. B. SIGHTS. The foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet fixed according to the present system. F. STOCK. „Nrust be such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and illinrw a sling to be used. G. . Rust not exceed that of RECOIL the Enfield Rifle by more than 10 p er cent. H. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Rust be as little liable to injury bylong-continued firing, I ",?ligh usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to uree, eh-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable , 4 ' 8 % of being used without accident by imperfectly trained i l l en, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni °rni qualit— L THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. _ Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for tiller's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform X. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. „Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without Ir tling, the cartridges being arranged on a table. ". ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. Th e arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more t han 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, a nd bin. at 300. The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty s hots each. P. TRAJECTORY. Not to requ i re at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 d eg. 30 min. Q. FOULING. „The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent , •. 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. R. PENETRATION. The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— V s 4 ., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. s. LUBRICATION. Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant nY be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought 4 ecessary by the competitor. 111. N arms will be received without the usual proof marks. s pecifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, sting the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a hished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu 4itien, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War r, uface, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. 1 , specifications and specien arms will be considered the Ordnance Select Committee m and its associate mem "viers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for i ar, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, t ried and recommend for further trial such of the systems 8 may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all s uch as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to dWarrant th e ir being included in the competition, the con tions of which are stated in this advertisement. Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish tort experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity munitionhe secimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am per arm, within four months after date of de mand- Each competitor will be required to disclose to the Zrunittee the exact nature of the lubrication he may ern "m:s% A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted ; ae rnPetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of Supply of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the trrh 'which, on combination of all qualities, is considered Y the comm itt ee t o be the best submitted. ta n second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at 'lei9g a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. . i .A• third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua :Lies which will be principally taken into consideration in Yrarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power ~ sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in v arious climates, and general serviceability. - It The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but t they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which le cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con "▪ 'dered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances ,r 1 a co m p e tit or b e en titl e d t o more th a n one prize ; but " it eh prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the : otryi ee. • Iv=, MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. „ 'Tap, - azine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re rtved and exam i n ed in a manner similar to the Breech ;lading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 Breech ;lading es, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. bay' tolet i l s!n dispensable that the arms be made to take a he ag Secretayry eaof State offers a reward of 300 for the b boest azine or ReptingArm produced that fulfils the ave o nditio ns ; and in the absence of experience does not at r e sent define the standard of accuracy or other conditions ° ,he fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. hose Magazine orßepeating Arms, which are accepted r further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. ttr Zhis sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per 1 , The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious tt°velty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be luopted into the service without proper acknowledgme . n . t, ; I t'd that the name of the individual with whom it origi aies shall be recorded in connection with it. if tho rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted in to the service, it will bear tbe inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance. 'face, Oct. 22 1860. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now In the Refugee. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at .cs,ooo, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lotbburv, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. 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 been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, aro given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. Tho Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans %re, for want ac commodation, refusedadmittance, andhave 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 £l,OOO 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 broad 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, 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. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Roy. D. GILBERT. D.D., No, 22 E.O. ROYAL FREE lIOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-oross. Patron—Her Alost Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free adm:ssion to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support o.i voluntary contributions and I - .,ra.ctes It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the .lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4.000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable et containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch•lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; llerries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and (.10., Bernere-streets and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFOIW SKITIF, Secretary, ,v„,O, No. 23,250. 11 X F O it 1), 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. Brilliant Revival of Offenbach's "SIXTY-SIX." Misses Russell. Fitzlienry, and Barrie; Messrs. St. Albyn, Mader, and Bury. Comedy by Harry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser (Buffo Vocalist and Comedian—a great success), Mons. Peterson with his highly trained troupe of Performing Dogs. EXTRA ATTRACTIONS during THIS WEEK. Great success of LES AMAZONES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERTISSEMENT. by the Misses TESSY and S AALA GUINNESS, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghtnans. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. Open every evening at 8. WESTO N' S GRAND MUSIC FA LL, 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. CORM. Prices of admission Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. I:an 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.. MADAME BrrAUKMTUERTE NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE, a Marriage Gr.up of the PRINCESS HELENA and PRINCE CEIIIISTIAN. Admittance, is.; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. 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 OPE N EVEItY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor Luor Guam Manager. if. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shilihigs. DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the louse of Lords. "P.R." IRrstr WHISKY. D UNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Ofil.:C3 and Stores, 4, BEA.UFORT-BUILDINGS , STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. FALKNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real Malt," 19s. per gallon, is sold in bottles and jars, bear ing his label and trade mark. Most liberal terms are offered to the trade for the sale of this genuine old sArit, which is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lists apply at Offices, t 4, Strand. London, W.C. Established in Gratton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-houie-square, E.C., next the " Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, E.C.. the only house in the square not occupied by th. "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and Is. per case over the next beet, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. THE OCEAN. ST.• LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taeping to her Captain, viz., winner of the race, having distanced all com petitors, as the EAST I IDIA TEA COMPANY have in variab y done in their clioi• e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. Warehouses-2, Great St. lielen's-churchyard. AVALUABLE - CHRISTMAS. PR ESENT.— A CHINESE CADDY. containing 16lbs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England. Ireland, Scotland. or IN ales, on re ceipt of 405., bj PHILLIPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City. E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-18. 6d , 25., 2s. 61. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO.. Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon don. E.C.. are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. A. price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway Ration or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe— PHILLIPS and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at market prices. 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, 5(1 to 500 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, and Resent Shells, Geological Maps. Hammers, all the recent Pub'ications, of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, lio, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand. W.C. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. BOISEtAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London and North-Western line, and fluty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, me idow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. DINNEF ORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profession for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Headache, Heartburn, Gout, and Indigestion • and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared by DINNE FORD and CO., Chemists, &c., 172, New Bond-street, Condon ; And sold throughout the world by all respectable chemists. CAuTfoN.—See that "Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Soott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes &a and as a purifier &a For habitual votiveness, as a family aperient medicin of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera - Mon 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. lid., and three times the quantit in one, 2s. 9d. 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. T" SINGER," New Noisele ss L oc k-Stit c h FAMILY SEWING MACHINES. These machines combine all the Latest Improvements, and are now ou Exhibiti )n for the first time. being an improve ment upon Singer's celebrated "Letter A" Family sewing' Machine, of which over One Hundred and Eighty Thousand have been soil in all parts of the world. Inspection in vited. Purchasers des7rous of securing the best machines yet brought out should not fail to see them. Cata'ogues post free. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Proprietors and Manufacturers of the world-renowned " Singer" Sewing Machines. Chief Office for the United Kingdom, 147, Cheapside. London. H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLI A MS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. .' , 7 E , 4. .., : 5 1 : t l : - , t Cd ' • . - ... . , '' . 3. ' A • - • ' ' . . ''' - '2., '‘'.• ,' . V -=;/* ' '. ' = ,•-• 4' \ -,.,, Naval and Military rntelligenceati A S ....., fslftc:;‘' • fir .... ~ .:,,...4 ' , ..-., •;:c . " `4 :,:_. ...CaP ,:- , f ..--*, .. , _.. „If:4 ~... * ..... .e-,,,' Syr Rear-Ad /- - 1 -- •;. ‘ i - - • , ....- -• 's -V.);;;, A. ~ • ' i - t4 C. - .14 e- ,' ,-'- - - -` 1. % •. . i '. .4e, ' -.1~ .•... 4 ,. : 4. , k, ,% - Nii. -. -. l 'ktl';‘) - .I , >: 0 --- ~ . ....._, \.4. ... Ark r . 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An experimental trip of a newscrew propeller, pa. tented by F. and C. Hancock, agricultural imple ment makers, of Dudley, was made at Portsmouth on Saturday, with No. 25 steam launch, the vessel being fitted with twin screw engines by Messrs. J. Penn and son. The weather was unusually rough for such a trial, but it was nevertheless made, and the customary six runs taken with and against the tide, over the measured mile in Stokes Bay as follows : First run, 6.451 knots ; second run, 7.894 knots ; third run, 6.383 knots ; fourth run, 8019 knots ; fifth run, 6.164 knots i sixthrun, 8,090 knots. Mean speed of the launch, 7.1 knots. The new screw is two bladed, each blade being without any curve; and also being the fourth part of an oval. The diameter is 2ft. 2in., with a pitch of 2ft. sin. The lauuchdrew 2ft. 10in. of water forward, and 3ft. aft. The steam pressure in the boilers was 701b.,and the revolutions of the engines continued steadily throughout at 324. There was no vibration. The Toronto Globe states that the disposition of the gunboats in the St. Lawrence for the winter will be as follows :—The Heron at Toronto; the Cherub at Godcrich, protecting the Prince Alfred, also laid up there ; the Britomart at Dunnville, protecting the Rescue in same place ; and Hercules and another at Kingston navy yard: The crews belonging to the Prince Alfred and Rescue are expected to be imme diately ordered to thei r ship—the Anrbra,lanabk. The provincial gunboats will be laid up for the win ter in charge of the Government agent, Mr. Wyatt; and the crews of th e English, gunboats will protect their own as well as the other boats laid up in the same harbour in case of necessity. The Admiralty has received a telegram from Gibraltar announcing the arrival of her Majesty's ship Ocean on the 15th inst. On Saturday Major-Gen. C. C. Hay, Command ant and Inspector-Gen. of Musketry, who was ac companied by Capt. J. M'Kay, Deputy-Assist.- Adjt.-Gen., resumed and brought to a termination his annual inspection of the officers and troops - at Chatham who have completed their course of mus ketry instruction during the past 12 months. The non-commissioned officers and men who passed the examination satisfactorily, and have completed the entire course of instruction in musketry, will be awarded extra pay for 12 months. During his in spection Major Gen. Hay examined the officers and men of the three depot battalions of infantry and other corps stationed at Chatham garrison. The roof of the drill-shed in course of erection at the Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham, which gave way a few weeks since, has been made good, the with breadth with last of the principals and girders having been securely fixed in its place on Saturday. The new shed, which is i ofiron, louvre v6roe feet, skylights,and iserected at in the bk is 360 feet of the men' s quar t ers , b e t ween th e new an d the old buildings. The d r ill- s h e d i s su ffi c i ent l y commo di ou s to admit of sev era l h un d re d men b e i ng exerc i se d ac h a length, beneath it at the same time, and will thus relieve the occasionally crowded barrack-square on the occasion of the ordinary drills of the Royal Marine battalion. The following garrison order, No. 6, was on Satur day issued from the Commandant's-office of the Royal Artillery, Woolwich : —" Major-Gen. Maxwell having relinquished the command of the Woolwich division of the' Royal Marine Light Infantry on his promotion, and being about to leave Woolwich the Major-General commanding the district takes the opportunity of requesting him to accept his thanks for the uniform assistance that he has afforded him on all occasions, and also for the able and judicious manner in which he has carried out the duties of his command, the result being the high state of discipline now existing in the division, which the Major-General commanding attributes to the anxious care and earnest interest in their wel fare evinced by Major-Gen. Maxwell during the period of his command, as regards equally officers, non-commissioned officers, and men." Major-Gen. Hodge, C. 8., has been appointed to the command of the Aldershot Division from Dec. 11 until January 5, during the absence on leave of Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. The necessity for putting in force at Aldershot the provisions of the Contagious Diseases Preven tion Act has formed the subject of a memorial from the Farnham Board of Guardians to the Secretary of State for War, the Guardians complaining of the heavy expense entailed upon the Union by the ad mission to the workhouse infirmary of a large num ber of women requiring a long course of medical treatment. The following reply to the memorial has been received, addressed to the Clerk of the Guardians : " War-office, Dec. 10, 1866. " Sir,--I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6ch inst., and to acquaint you in reply that he is anxious that arrangements should be made for putting the Contagious Diseases Act into force with out delay at Aldershot, a building for an hospital having already been selected, and that he has called for information which ho hopes may enable him to do so effectually. lam to add that the delay which has occurred has been mainly due to the difficulties interposed by the Hampshire magistrates in occu pying the War Department building (chosen for an hospital) by the constabulary at Aldershot.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " EDWARD LUGARD." The military gymnasium at Aldershot, which has been closed lately in order to effect some improve ments, was to be re-opened to-day (Monday), and classes formerly attending will resume their course of training. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments iu the Civil Service. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--Mr. Francis Gerard St. John Tupper has been appointed to be clerk in the Committee-office. WAR -OFFICE.—Mr. Edward John Lawless has been appointed to be an established clerk in the purveyor's department. BOARD OF TRADE.—Mr. George Mudge has been appointed to a temporary clerkship. PRISONS DEPARTMENT.—Mr. Henry Essex Wil liams has been appointed to be a clerk at Penton- Ville Prison. ADMIRALTY.—Mr John Hardinge Giffard has been appointed to a clerkship, Whitehall ; Mr. Alpine Macgregor has been appointed to a clerkship, 'Whitehall ; Mr. J. Buttery, second schoolmaster at Chatham Dockyard, has been appointed to be schoolmaster at Pembroke Dockyard. TEE POST-OFFICE. —Mr. Edwin Lloyd has b een appointed to be postmaster at Stamford ; Mr. Wm. Wynne Caruthers has been appointed to be a tem porary clerk !n the Savings Bank ; Mr. William Thomas Aston has been appointed to be a clerk at Northampton ; Mr. Robert Binns Halstead has been appointed to be a sorting clerk, Manchester ; Mr. William Collins has been appointed to be a clerk at Rugby ; Mr. John Henry Flowerden Cattermole has been appointed to be cl er k at D er by. INLAND REVENUE.— Mr. Robert William Broom field has been appoint e d to be clerk in the Legacy Duty Department, Somerset House ; Mr. Walter Walker has been appointed to be a clerk in the Registry of Licenses-office ; Mr. Daniel Northwood has been appointed to be an assistant surveyor of taxes. EXCISE BRANCIL—Mr. Laurance Counsel, sur veying-general examiner, second class, has been appointed to be collector, Ripon collection ; Mr. Ambrose Martin, surveyin,g-general examiner, third class, has been appointed to be surveying-general examiner, second class.—Civil Service Gazette. 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METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN nal LWA Y S.—C 'UST MA S HOU DAYi.—Ext ra trains between the City, King's-cross, bower-street, Port land-road, liegent-eireits, Baker-street, Edgware-r ad and Paddington, Hammersmith, Kensiugt3n, Shepherd's-bush. Notting-hill, and Westbourne-park. BiLLIARDS. THE GREA r BILLIARD TOURNAMENT. Ou Saturday the results of the sixth night's play were as follows: Twenty-seventh Game.—Green (30) beat Bennett (30) by 31 points. Twenty eighth Game.—Evans beat Roberts (who owes GO) by 133 points. Twenty-ninth Game.--Hughes (30) beat Evans (30) by 34. Symes (70) beat Green (30) by 124. GREAT BOAT RACE ON TILE IYNE. A scullers' race of considerable importance, and which, inasmuch as great expectations have been formed regarding the principals, hadcreated much excitement among aquatic circles in the north, took place on the Tyne on Saturday, the competitors being Jas. Taylor and T. Bright. The race was for £lOO, and the distance the champion's stretch of two miles and a third—from the High Level at Newcastle to Meadow's House. Both men are members of the Albion Rowing Club, NeWcastle, and their "career has hitherto been peculiarly successful. Taylor is looked upon as one of the neatest and most scientific pullers on the Lyne. He handles his sculls with wondrous ease and dexterity, and having only recently beaten Percy (in whose interest a match had almost been made several days ago with Harry Kelley, and who took up a match with Chambers after the championship of the Thames had been settled, but whfch is now off), it may well be understood how fondly Tyne— siders are looking to him as being the coming man. He is ono of a number of brothers, who have often competed against the Claspers; but he himself is the only member of his family who has come so prominently forward. In the course of a long series of performances he has only lost one race of importance, that being a match with the late Tom Candlish. After that defeat he retired for some time, but coming forward last season he beat Matfin and Wakefield, while this season he came out successfully against Percy and T. Clasper. Bright's performances, although not so numerous, have been equally promising, be having beaten Wakefield, Cleland, and several others. He is not such a clean and easy puller as Taylor, but is full of game, and is remarkable full is lasting powers. Both men were considered well matched, and each well supported. Betting on Friday night, when the preliminaries were settled, was tolerably even—if anything Taylor had the preference. The start was level. The men shifted their positions frequently till within a short distance of the winning post, when Bright fell back, Taylor winning by a length and a half. A capital race. NOTICE OF BONUS MEETING. 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RACING FIXT JANI Manchester FEBRI Lincoln Spring Harrow 2l MA Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 Bromley Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Igurragh Chester (continued) i York Spring 7 Salisbury 9 Doncaster Spring Bath JII - • Ascot Summer Windsor Summer Manchester Summer .. 12 Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB JU Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hungerford Nottingham July AUI Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham ... . l3 Wolverhampton Stockton Oxford • .... 15 Hastings SEPT Warwick Margate Curragh Leicester Abingdon 5 Doncaster OCT , Northampton Autumn. 1 Edinburgh Autumn 2 Newmarket 2d October 7 Cheltenham l5 TRES FOR 1867. -ARY. ARY. Nottingham 26 Derby Epsom Spring 26 Lewes Spring Croxton Park 29 Thirsk Durham .. 22 Newmarket st Spring 22 Catterick Chester 3O Y. Newtonlraol.l29 C Summer oa Epsom lE. Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Newcastle .. 25 Curragh Worcester Summer 27 Ipswich 27 .Y. Down Royal Corporatn l7 Stamford Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton Goodwood York August Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth Canterbury Lichfield Derby Summer Weymouth Tunbridge AMER. Richmond l7 Hendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 Walsall 25 IBER. Curragh Newmarket Houghton Worcester Autumn ~ 29 NOVEMBER. Liverpool Autumn 5 I Leamington Hunt Shrewsbury ll STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867. JANUARY. Manchester 1 FEBRUARY. Carmartl►on Birmingham l2 Derby Windsor COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. DECEMBER. Name. Judge. Days of Running Cockenuouth, Cumberland Mr. Warwick Leinster Club Kenilworth, Warwickshire Mr. Spafford Amicable Club, Ashdown Pk Mr. Warwick Ludharu, Norfolk Ince Blundell, Lancashire - 2 O, 2O, 21 Aston, Cheshire Mr. Warwick Conic*, Lockerbie ... Mr. Warwick JANUARY, 1867. Huntingdon Club Mr. Warwick Lincolnshire, Holbeach Mr. Spofford Coole, co. Cork (Open) Third S. Lancashire, (South- port (Open) Spelthorne Club Mr. Warwick Border Union (Longtown) Cumberland Arr Warwick Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln. Mr. Spafford. Altcar Club, Lancashire Wigtonsb. Club (Strauraer) Mr. Boulton Little Crosby Mr. Welding _ . County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spaffor(l Ridgway Club, Lytham 30, &c. FEBRUARY. Rufford, Lancashire - . 6 Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick Waterloo, Lancashire - Taiuworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), county L out Ardrossau, Sharphill South Lancashire (South port) Champion Leinster (Open) Courtowu... Mr. H, Springall l9, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire 26, ,te. SEPTEMBER. 6, 7 7, Sic. Brampton, Cumberland Mr Warwick -26, &c. OCTOBER. Ancastor and Willoughby, Lincolnshire Mr. Spafford ALTCAR CLUB.—Mr. Westropp is elected judge of the meeting in January. SWANSEA CLUB.—The old club has been dissolved, and another, with an infusion of new blood, formed in its place- Already upwards of 23 members have entered the lists. The first meeting is fixed for the 18th inst. AIIIA7EUR ATHLETIC CLUB. Considering the wet weather, this dub was well repro sented on Saturday afternoon at Beaufort House. The first event was A 150 Yards Handicap, 14 entries, which was ruri off in two preliminary and a final heat, as follows : First Heat.—J. H. Ridley, 3 yards start, 1; Lieut.-Col. Wynne, 2, 2. At 30 yards from the finish Ridley was leading by four yards, but finding that Colonel Wynne could not catch him slackened his speed, and won by two yards. Second Heat.—W. Collett, scratch, 1 ; R. W. Vidal, 3, 2. Won easily by a foot. C. C. Ross, 6, did not arrive in time, but was allowed to run in the final heat. Deciding Heat.—Ridley, 1, Collett 2, Vidal 3. Won by fully two yards ; a yard and a half between Collett and Vidal. Time, 16 secs. Four Miles Walking Race.—R. M. Williams, 50 yards start, 1; R. M. M'Kerrelj, scratch, 2 ; G. 0. Whitely, 150, 3. Williams won in 35 min. 7 secs.. beating M'Kerrell by 15 secs., the last named being Whitely by 20 secs. Hurdle Race, 120 Yards.—Martin, 4 yards start, 1; A. Arthur, 4, 2. Won by half a yard. Only two finished Time, 22 sees. One Mile Race.—W. M. Chinnory, 20 yards start, 1; T. W. Fletcher, 35, 2 ; J. H. Ridley, 0. Won by 20 yards in 5 min. 3 secs. Considering the state of the ground it was a very excellent performance. 440 Yards Ram—W. Frere, 14 yards start, 1 ; C. C. Ross, 17, 2 ; R. W. Vidal, 3. Won by two feet. Time, 56 secs. AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. A paper was read at the meeting of the Farmers' Club in Salisbury-square, Fleet-street, London, by Mr. James Howard on " Things in America," which is well worth a careful study both there and in England. Mr. Howard was no idle gentleman wandering over the country in search of amuse ment and adventure ; he was no sportsman return ing full of thrilling anecdotes of tussels with bears and encounters with Red Indians, but he was a practical manufacturer, a man well versed in farm ing operations, curious about the great nation now so rapidly taking the lead on earth, anxious to add to his store of knowledge, and willing to put aside prejudice and accept improvement where his clear judgment showed the Americans were ahead of the English. Mr. Howard is liberal in his ideas—there is no selfishness in retaining the knowledge he has acquired ; he appears to have an earnest wish that the great people who received him so kindly should benefit by his experience equally with his own countrymen. The able paper, so carefully pre pared by Mr. Howard, is replete with that sort of information which is of all others the most useful. His " Things in America" embrace a great variety of subjects, condensed and classified so as to be taken in almost at a glance. After a short introduction in a few sentences, he gives the extent of the country, and goes on to describe the people who occupy it. Then, having fixed in the minds of his hearers the territory and its citizens, he passes to the real business of the meeting—the agriculture of America. He shows, first, that it is on agricul ture that the progress of the country mainly de pends ;" its manufactures being comparatively un important, as from three-fourths to seven-eighths of its population are engaged in agricultural pursuits. It is not within the power of legislation to alter a state of things which Nature has decreed. America is, and must be, the granary of Europe, and the largest corn-growing country in the world, and no system of protection to manufacturers can alter this state of things. " Although," says Mr. Howard, " we may learn a good deal on va rious subjects from our go-a-head kinsmen in the art and practice of agriculture, the old country is in the position of teacher. As might be expected in a comparatively new country, the agriculture, as a rule, is rough and behind that of England." We believe this to be the case with all countries when compared with Great Britain, and it is true wisdom in our cousins to recognise the fact, and obtain the information where it can best be given. That information is best supplied by those who are thoroughly conversant with British agri culture—who have made it the study of their lives, and whose business it is to manufacture machinery on the most improved principles for agricultural purposes. Mr. Howard is well aware, as a manufacturer, that without a thorough know ledge of the objects to which his manufactures are to be applied, that he cannot attain to eminence in his own branch of industry. An agriculturist should know not a little, but a great deal of the manufac ture of the instruments he uses; but the converse of this is still more true, and the manufacturer of these implements should be thoroughly up in his knowledge of agriculture. When treating, there fore, of agriculture, Mr. Howard was on ground of which •he had an intimate knowledge, having studied in the best school. He moves on to discuss 'agricultural machinery, and here he is even still more at home. "In Amer ica, owing to the high rate of wages and the difficulty of obtain ing an adequate supply of labour, agricultural machinery, calculated to save manual labour, has been an absolute necessity. Without the reaping machine the crops could not be harvested, and with out the thrashing machine they could not be brought to market. Hence the trade in agricultural implements has reached gigantic proportions. From inquiries I made, I found that at least 100,000 reaping and mowing machines are made annually in the States. I was there during the harvest. Everywhere the reaper was to be seen going—the scythe and the sickle was just as exceptional as the reaping machine was in England 10 years ago. The thrashing machines were very inferior to ours, though the Americans were apt to think they were far ahead of us, and that we were a very slow people." An erro , neous opinion like this, generally entertained, is MISS BRADDON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. On December 18th, Price One Shilling. “IIIitELGRAVIA:" JUP A London Magazine, Conducted by M. E. BRADDON. CONTENTS OP THIRD NUMBER:- 1. " BIRDS OP PREY." A Novel. By the Author of Lady Andley's Secret," &c. Illustrated by M. Ellen Edwards. Book the Second :—The Two Macaires. Chap. 111. " Heart bare, heart hungry, very poor." Book the Third :—" Heaping up Riches." Chap. I. A Fortunate Marriage. Chap. 11. Charlotte. 11. 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Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street. UST. 4d. STAMPED W. productive of evil. The first necessity is to con vince the people that they are wrong, and that they can improve their implements by adopting those in use elsewhere. A Hindoo scouts the idea that his wooden plough, used by his ancestors from time im memorial, is not a better instrument than the costly production of an English. manufactory. So from generation to generation he trudges to his field with his stick over his shoulder, driving his wretched half-starved bullock before him. He himself, and his bullock also, will remain half starved on his rich agricultural land, and so will generations to come. And why ? Because he will not adopt and appro priate to himself the improvements introduced by the intellect and years of toil of wiser men. The benefactors of the farmer have been stubbornly resisted, and denounced even by the far mers of England, and we cannot therefore wonder that the "gentle Hindoo" remains immovable. It would be well, then, for the American agriculturists to recognise the fact that England is in the position of teacher. Thousands of their agriculturists will soon spread themselves over these islands on their way to the Paris Exhibition, and they should dis abuse their minds of prejudice and judge for them selves whether they cannot pick up some useful hints for the improvement of their agricultural machinery. Mr. Howard mentioned this circumstance. He found the prairie farmers desirous of seating the men on the implements, as they considered that more work could thus be obtained. He naturally suggested that the labour of the men could only in this way be saved by throwing extra labour on the horses. The land is generally, much lighter than English soil, and the depth of ploughing he con siders very much too shallow, a fault not at all un common on this side of the Atlantic. "Steam ploughs have not yet been introduced ; several at tempts have been made, but as all the schemes have been with engines to travel over the surface after Romaine's plan, no wonder they have not suc ceeded. On the prairies there would be no difficulty in constructing machinery capable of breaking up 20 or even 25 acres of such land per day, and this with only three men. Where labour is so scarce, and time such an object, the advantage of the steam plough would be immense." This has been proved on the plains of Canterbury, in New Zealand, where the land is not unlike that of the prairies of America. The introduction of this machi- nery has been of the highest benefit to the Canter bury farmers, and the importers have derived large profits from the venture. "In lowa I saw a very simple and efficient apparatus, called a horse pitch-fork,' for raising crops on to the stock---:a horse simply drawing the load over a pulley. I also saw a hay-loader attached to the rear of a waggon, which gathered up and elevated the crop on to the vehicle, thereby saving much manual labour." The next subject treated is The Live Stock of the United States." "The cows and other horned cattle, according to the census of 1860, amounted to about 17 millions, about double the estimated number of the United Kingdom. Two and a quarter millions of the cattle were returned as working oxen. The sheep, on the other hand, fell short of the estimated English number by 2/ millions ; whilst the pigs exceeded by 10 times our number, reaching the fabulous total of 33 millions, or about as many pigs as people. The bulk of the cattle I saw were of the short horned type. Alderneys and Ayrshires are much in repute for dairy purposes, but, as in England, the short-horn is the prevailing breed. The sheep of America are of a very nondescript character ; gene rally miserably bred and ill-looking things, about half the size of the English Flocks of Leicesters, South Downs, and Merinos are to be found." Mr, Howard's estimate of the quality of the meat is not. high, and he is at a loss whether to attribute it to the climate, the food, or the cooking, or the three combined. The subject is a most impor tant one, and deserving the most careful considera tion of the American farmer. We have little doubt that means will be discovered of conveying butchers' meat across the Atlantic, for the consumption of European cities. Several companies have been formed in London, for the purpose of transporting beef, mutton, and pork, in a state of preser vation, to any required distance. The neces sity is recognised, and the minds of intel ligent men bent on ascertaining the process by which it can be accomplished. There are few rational things impossible when the case stands so, and we cannot suppose that this will be one of them. The American farmer should be in a posi tion to avail himself of the means when those means are open to him, and those who are prepared are likely then to reap a rich harvest. The importance of paying more attention to sheep is urged on the American farmers by the press, more from the ne cessity of raising wool than of raising meat. Five millions sterling were paid to England for woollen goods in 1865. " The draught horses used in America are much smaller, very different from our English type. They are well-bred, clean-legged, and active. The Kentucky thorough-bred, as it is called, is the favourite breed. I could have picked out of Mr. Cobb's team a good many weight car riers which would fetch fancy prices at Tattersall's. I did not see on the whole of my travels what I call a good, stout draught horse, such as I win the prizes with in my own county.* At the railway stations at Philadelphia, and elsewhere, are to be seen horses of the cart breed, raised, as I was informed, in Ohio and Pennsylvania. When the Americans g row bigger crops, as I am sure they might do, they will want bigger horses in their reaping machines ; and when they stir their land deeper, which I am sure they ought to do, they will, if they do not adopt steam, require horses of greater weight. In some districts I visited horses are shod with malleable cast-iron shoes, which are fastened without the use of nails. They s i mp ly clip the hoof and secure th e s h oes by rivets. I have a speci men on the table which I intend to try . " Our space is drawing to a close, and for the pre sent we will drop this interesting paper. It is one that should be extensively circulated through the States, as the information it contains is of a very valuable character. We -have had enough of lite rary notices of America with their sarcastic com ments, for which a fit of momentary national spleen secures a wide circulati on, benefiting the author at feeling which should e x i s t n k a in t i d o l n y s . Mr. James Howa r d' s b th e e tw e e x e p n en t s h e e of t w th o e remarks are conceived in the broadest and kindest spirit, with the one object of giving all the benefit of his experience. Where the Americans excel he explains to the English ; and where the English excel he points out to the Americans. His subse quent remarks, although of almost equal interest, are general, including ag r i cu lt ura l meet i ngs, schools, more ools,and a concluding summary, which we feel should not be passed over without a further notice from us.—Anglo-American Times.. * Bedfordshire. 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