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It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole- tho ;ressc,cl • prices re was Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in Loudon ;' b3' the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or' w hel , ssal e at R, GREAT. WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.' O bserve the Red Real, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Zinaban's LL WhiskY." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1866. No. 23,256. PRICE.... ....... 4d. STAMPED....Sd T made ty sold )wer In at last beans; against newhat fIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION - (Inezporsted by Act of l'arlianv,nt, 1550). •L I xUSS'E!.L-STREET. COW:NT-GARDEN. LONDON. Iry ronapt A )VA NC II on all description of Security. Forms ec on appl rc4tion by letter to EDWARD lIARPER, Secretary. ANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF ill_ of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ril" 0 X F ORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISH AENT OF LONDON. ';ISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE VOLUNTEERS. ADONNA MARY. IVA. By grs. OMNI kNT, Author of "Agnes," &c. COMMITTEE. The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR. It. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Samuel Morley, Esq. Waterlow. Geo. Moore, Mr. Sheriff Lyeett. Mr. Alderman Finnis. Mr. Alderman Bosley. J. P. Gassiot, Mr. Alderman Dakin. Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. James Mil, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. It. N. Fowler, Esq. R. A. Gray, Esq. W. J. Maxwell, Esq. Colonel Stuart Wortley. Mr. Alderman Gotten. "From first to last 3ladonna Mary' is written with even ness ant vig - ottr, and overflows with the best gn ti ties of it► welter's finey and lurnour."—Atlienxurn. hurt and Blackett, 1 1 , Great MarlbormOi-street. LE DRAGONS Dli'. VEIL.PS (Opera Cornigne) Music by A. Mailar: (II st time in thiaconotrO, TILLS E iNING, in wh'rh SLss tiLISSELL make h..r Reappearance, as si.te Iby `as-es Barrie all dritzficnry ; Mct,srs. A. St. Albyn, ;lull Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with itxtra Band and orus ; produced and conducted by sir. F. Joughalaus per 36 48s to COUNTRY. HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, ani BUSINESSES. P URNESS and KNEE'S List on application. ParticAars for 4 nser.io receivel until the 27th of the 4 onfh at Vieir ALIC:ION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 5 . AZar-street. S!rald, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Station. NEW NOVEL BY LADY CAMPBELL. Now rewly at all the Librarie9, in 3 cols, COMEDY. by Mussrs. IFtrry Sydney, Brierley, and Ef,er ton, W. J Adams, the lirctbcts Pentland, ',V. It. Julian itha c2!ebrAted Mimic), P. Evans, and Alisu Amy Rosalind, to tether with an Ent rely New Divertissement, el: titled THE OXl't tit D REVELS, arrau, , red and produced under the sunerintendence of Mr. W. 11. Payne, TIIIS EVENING (MONDAY). ho turn 1 ruled value. ices in AW 0 MAN'S CONFESSION. By L knY llurst and Blacicett, Publishers, 13, Great IllarlWrough street. /[ANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly. pure an 1 unc.lourel. To be had of all dealers r n a wholesale of JOIIN BUKGESS and SON, 107, strandlcorner of Savoy-steps), LondOn. The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by the recent colliery explosions. SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the numerous families made destitute thereby. The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204 men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance double that number are believed to have perished, there fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen dent upon them, about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund, £3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards the fund now being raised. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales H.R.H. the Princess of Wales The Corporation of London Amount already advertised £7,432 13 5 per 36 n ding, 29s to to 50:i ON SATURDAY, the 29th of December, will 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 tuose great questions—ecclesias tical, philosophical, and social—which are now agitating the intellect and heart of the country ; and, second, a truthful statement of facts as to the condition, political and religious, of Catholicism in the various countries of Europe. Foreign writers of note in France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Spain are engaged as contributors to " The 'Westminster Gazette." The true interests of Ireland, its struggles for its unquestionable rights as a Catholic nation to a Catholic system of Education, shall be dis cussed always in a spirit free from the prejudice or passion of mere political partisanship. An important feature of the New Paper will be the large space especially allotted to reviews of books, both English and foreign, non- Catholic as well as Catholic. iurADAIIIE TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. NEW EDI TIONS —Life-size Portrait-Models of JOHN BRIG ITT, Es-1., M.P., awl the late BACHAND COBDEN, Esq., M. P. Open during Christmas Week, viz., on Monday and Boxing Day from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m., and the remainder of the week from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, is.; children, under ten, half-price; extra rooms, 6d. ALL the year round, and year after year, PARR'S I.IFE PILLS are used by thousands, who thus insure V,(..(1 medic with ut pain, inconvenience, or scarcely effects Hill ne may be resorted to at any time - good effects Will result. there ar also 711 un , Peas ,13 ATENT VENTILATING CHIMNEY TOP.—Messr.. NiYERS and TODART with confi dence recommend their CiI.ISINEI £ol' as an effectual i t u t t Eof SMOKE. It has an advantage over all others, as Can be sweeped. It is alike useful and ornamental. Prices for foreign and home orders on application at 11^, Strand W. 0., where testimonials can be seen. „ICO A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street. Piccadilly. These elegant and popular Rooms, having been entirelyre decorated. are now OPEN EVERY EVENING fpr Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor LuG! CuRTE Manager. A. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. pplied prove y : the st the FIXIIIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have the S EItVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. He has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi less, and has good connections. On application to " The ,1 111 '' Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will `_tain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons ,uch may have other business in Paris, or who may go Lu ere for pleasure only. Subscriptions will be received by the Right lion. the Lord Mayor; Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. 54, Lom bard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Roberts, Lub bock, and ombard-street ; Messrs. Dimsdale, owler, and Co., 50, Co., dornhill •, the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint-Stock Bank, 5, Princes street ; Union Bank of London, and all its Branches ; Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of the Committee. JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretaiy. Mansion House, Dec. 20, 1866. per 86 to 383 stoue. Orders received by all booksellers and news-agents, and at the office, 112, Strand, London. Price 265. per annum. Single copies, 5d.; stamped, 6d. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every five minutes. 1 to 8s )arloy, AIrETROPOLITAN RAILWAY Moorgate st reet Station. PRINTING.--TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPEI:US, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done ou 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 l'or, Savoy, Strand, W.O. 31ET itOPOLITAr TlMLWAY—Aldersgate street Station. Ids of been METROPOLITAN RAlLWAY—Farringdon street Station. EAU -DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 185. per gallon, is vi ry superior to recent importations of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 3Ss. per dozen, or in a case 305., railway carriage paiI.—HENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent street, S.W. Established 1823. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—King's-cross Station. s. d. 21 0 19 3 20 9 19 3 20 6 ling. SO 261 ?,9 1 0 . 6. ith be )0, ; it Ll'' Of ,t 0 0" ~- 22} 40 42} 120 af iBi_ 2a 3 b. for the Wit 1\T0..---.. SECRETAI:Y. W. J. L. Ileriot, Esq. PROSPECTUS. To be retained by tho Bankers. be or of ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. 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 APPLICATIONS POR THE ABOVE SHARES IN T HE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM PANY (Limited). etipital £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 £lO each. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Viscount Bury, Rutland-gate. Frederic Doulton, Esq., 751. P., Metropolitan Board of Works. Albert Grant, Esq., 31. P., London. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Neville, Clarges-street. John Irving Pascoe, Esq., Highbury New Park. Henry Pownall, Esq., Russell-square. Edward Warner, Esq., 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 • • , - SOLICITORS. ,„.Messrs. West and King, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion tiouse, E.C. BROKERS. Francis Cope, Esq., 1, Angel-court, Thrograorton street, E.C. 11 Iessrs. Price and Devot, 54, Threadneedle-street, E.C. OFFICES. St. Clement's House, Clement's-lane, London, E.C. Tho 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 U nprovernents of the capital of Belgium. The magnitude and value of these concessions will be Understood by the fact that they include subsidieS to be r eceived by the Company in cash and Annuities, of the value together of 26,000,000 f., or £1,040,000 sterling, NYllich have been voted by all the authorities and sanc tioned by the Crown. The original estimates for the principal part of these works were examined and verified by Mr. J. W. Bazalgette, e ngineer -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. 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 oti the subject, and by the special report thereon from Lord lloward de Walden, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels, transmitted by the Earl of Clarendon, through Sir George Grey, to the Metropolitan Board of Works, in Condon, an d recor d e d in their Minutes under date of PlB, 1866, an extract of which is annexed to the peetus. Ilis Majesty the King of the Belgians has 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. n _The capital of the company is fixed at £350,000, in 6 0,000 shares of £lO each, divided into 25,000 A Prefer atice Shares and 10,000 B Deferred Shares. rr h o privileges attached to the respective share capital are as follows : The A Preference Shares are to be redeemed out of the 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, 91 1871, 6,250 „ £62,500, 1872, 6,250 „ £62,500, 11 77 1873, 6,250 „ £62,500, Total shares 25,000 or £250,000 Until so drawn and paid off, each share to boar interest at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, on t he Ist of January and Ist July in each year, for which Interest warrants will be attached to the shares. PtecliOniiihnredenPtion 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 a total interest and bonus of 241 per cent. per annum. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1871, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 20/ per cent. per annum. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1872, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of 18 per cent. per annum. 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 hands of bona fide investors. Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1873, will have re ceived a total interest and bonus of HI per cent. per annum The B Deferred Shares represent the Concessionaires' interest in the Company. These shares will not be 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. Applications for shares may be made in the annexed form, which must be accompanied by the payment of £2 Per share deposit, without which no application will bo considered. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Belgian Public Works Company (Limited). Gentlemen—Having paid to your Bankers, Messrs. Smith, ayne, and Smiths, the sum of , being a deposit of £2 per Share on A Preference 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 !lumber you may allot to me on the terms of the Prospec tus, and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to s ign the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, as duly gi restered, w on the hen required. And I au thorise you to insert my nameregister of members of the shares allotted to me. Usual Sio ature • Name in full Residence Profession Date December, 1866 The above is only a short extract from the detailed P rospectus, which can be had, with copy of the letter of the British Minister in Brussels to Earl of Clarendon, on a pplication to the Secretary at the offices of the Company. *TUE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM- PANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVbN, that the LISTS of APPLICATION for SHARES in the above Company will , CLOSED on FRIDAY NEXT, the 28th instant, for 44 °ntlon, and SATURDAY, the 29th instant, for Country 413Plications. By order of the Board, W. J. L. HERIOT, Secretary. Et. Clement's House, Clements-lane, E.C. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? Th Seod 3s. Gd. to CULLETON oure'S Heraldic Office for a ` lain Sketch, or 6s. for a Cold one. The Arms of ball and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. 'ne proper heraldic Colours for servants' liverles, what buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, ' 10 s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 E ngravings, arms , cres t s , an d mo tt oes o f near ly e very f "'lily in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, Price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. family Fedi rees traced from authentic records, information as to the obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's Parne, by T. Culleton, Engr a v er t o h er M a j es ty an d R o y a l I , at nilY ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Oran '4lllla -street (corner of St. Dlutin's-100), W.C. CONTRACT FOR BEECH WEDGES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 14th Dec., 1866. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with Hewed Wedges 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 of the Tender and Conditions of Contract, may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, 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 authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 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, Somerset House, accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in the sum of .£2OO for the duo perfor mance of the Contract. _ By Order, ANTONIO BRAY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. T O GU N 3,1 AKERS and Others. I. The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of receivinz PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for BREECH-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in future manufacture. The following are the conditions considered essential in military non -repeating Rifles : A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. BOIS RAGON, 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-half by the London and North-Western line, and filty 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. GEOLOG 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 bad at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 509 guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, and Recent Shells,Geological Niaps. Hammers. all the recent Publcations, sc., of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Private Instruction is given In Mineralogy and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, N.C. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- The medical profession for Thirty ye*rs 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 ladles and children. Prepared by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, dm., 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold throughsut the world by all respectable chemists. CAUTION.—See that " Dinnetord and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. H YAM & Co.'s ATTIRE. H YAM & Co., 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST. H YA➢I & Co.'s WINTER OVERCOATS. H YA➢I & Co.'s SILK-FACED OVERCOATS. H YAM & Co.'s REEFERS, H YAM & Co.'s .SUITS. H YAM & Co.'s MORNING COATS. H YAM & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. H YAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. H YAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. H YAM & Co.'s LIVERIES. HYAINI & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY. HYAM & Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. Hymn & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s. tiyam & 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 6s. to 148. =Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers l4s. to 255. H YAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-street, London. Tho first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile Clothing. Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys Boys' Knickerbocker Suits 155. to 355. Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355. Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits 255. to 425. 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. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. T_TYAM & Co.'s ESTABLISHMENTS. LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET. BIRMINGIIA3I-21, 22, and 23, NEW-STREET. LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE; and DEWSBURY—WESTGATE. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CAN I'HARIDES OIL, whiolk speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3a 6d, 58 6d, and iOs 6d; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 Fit imps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High tiolborn, London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by usinz ALEX. ROSS'S CHIRON). Thi preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the veryroot. Price 4s ; sent by post for 80 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. MI - AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ones Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately It is applied. Sold at 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s ed ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —Had of all Chemists. CIREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London. — j 1 ALEX. ROM's HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour Immediately it is used. It Is permanent, and perfectly na tural in erre Price 3s ed, Is ea, and los 6d ; sent by post for 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and Los 6d; sent for 51, 81, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROS 4 'S VE IETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, due. 2s 9d and 7s 6d ; or pest for 40 and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional using-. 103 fld ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Gower-street Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Portland road Station. 31ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY Regent circus Station (opposite the Polytechnic Institution. 28S, Regent-street). The Ii4ETBOPOLI rAN RAILWAY COM t'ANY'S SPECIAL OMNIBUSES to and from Port land-road Station meet every Train. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Baker-street 111. Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Edgware road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Bishop's road Station. 11VIETROPOL1TAN RAILWAY—Trains every fire minutes. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. METR OP 0 LITA N and GREAT WESTERN RAI L WAYS.—C !UST BIAS HOLIDAYS.—Extra Trains between the City, King's-cross, Gower-street, Port land-road, Remit-circus, Baker-street, Edgware-read and Paddington, Hammersmith, Kensingt)n, Shepherd's-bush. Notting-hill, and Westbourne-park. .k 7 ALKNER'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 spirit, which is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lists apply at Offins, 14, Strand. London, W.C. Established in Grafton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1750. DIINVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R.' y IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WEIISKY, BELFAST. London 0111!es and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 18C8. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, Ji.C., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork, be.; to announce thst they ~re able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders in bon.' ar d for exportation, at their offices. 7, Printing-house-square, London, E C.. the only house in the square not occupied by the " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brim!' the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial markets, as may be observed by relerence 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 best, and is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve.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. 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A price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any railway station 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. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre- Jared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. -;e,ott, of Bromley, Kent, will be }maid invaluable to all who .uffer from bilious and liver complaints, inligesticn, wind. Tams, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual :ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier )1 the blood, they Are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthenthe whole nervous system. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug gists, In boxes, is. 14d., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 4d. 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. ;:LENGT H. To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the hollow of the butt-plate to muzzle. c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. Must not exceed Glb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for service. D. CARTRIDGES. Must carry their own ignition. E. SIGHTS. The foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet fixed according to the present system. .r. STOOK. Must bo such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and allow a sling to be used. G. RECOIL. Must not exceed that of tho Enfield Rifle by more than 10 per cent. n. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing, rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech-loaders on the Snider system. • To be as capable, also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni form quality. a. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for Snider's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality. K. CALIBRE. Optional. L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. M. THE LOCK. x. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table. o. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yard; 12in. at 500, and bin. at 300. The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty shots each. P. TRAJECTORY. Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1 deg. 30 min. Q. FOULING. The shooting not Co deteriorate more than 20 per cent. at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. R. PENETRATION. The moan penetration of five shots not to bo less than that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 hours in water. Distance 30 yards. a. LUBRICATION. Was on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought necessary by the competitor. 111. No arms will be received without the usual proof marks. Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed, stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu nition, should bo sent to the "Director of Ordnance War Office, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. The specifications and specimen arms will be considered by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, select and recommend for further trial such of the systems as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to warrant their being included in the competition, the con ditions of which aro stated in this advertisement. Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish for experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am munition por arm, within fuur months after date of de mand_ Each competitor will be required to disclose to the committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em ploy. A sum of £3OO will bo paid to each of the accepted competitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of the supply of ammunition required. The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered by the committee to be the best submitted. A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. A third reward of £lOO for the best cartridge. The qua ities which will be principally taken into consideration in awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power of sustaining rou g h usage , f ree d om fr o m deterioration in various climates, and general serviceability. The shooting qualities of the cartridge must he fair; but as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con sidered as those above-mentioned. It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted iuto the service. IV; MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will bo re ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech loading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48 inches, including the stock. The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 91.1 b. ex clusive of the charges in the magazine. It is indispensable that the arms bo made to take a bayonet. The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best Magazine or Repeating Arm produced th!lt fulfils tho above conditions ; and in the absence of exparience does not at present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. — ii;:se]ifaia . " - zine orßepeating Arms, whicli are accepted for further trial, will he paid for at the rate of £6O each. This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per arm. Tho Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment, and that the name of the individual with whom it origi nates shall be recorded in connection with it. if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted into the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance. ) War Office, Oct. 22 1866. being a Pamphlet ; ns used for improving Just published, '2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps, U GLINESS o a t n ar d ti ß el E es A a y i T: ea the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another LOUIC to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer Shan 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in flee years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, 51r. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen .street. Choapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, .i.to in the turaediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, icing's-oross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Ifajesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—Ms Royal Highness the Prince of W ALE 8, T. G President—His Grace the Duke of 13IICCL EUCIL E.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1823, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and actes 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 oensiderable 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 of 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 liessrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.;Giyu and Co. ; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. szdarOlLD Otoretuy, HOMELESS BOYS OP 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 pay for one bc . ,y each year. S u b scr iptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bauk, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High iiolbo n; Mears. Ransom and CO., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. PROVIDENCE ROH R NIGHT REFUGE, FO 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. 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, children, and orphans ere, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and have to spend night atter 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 10 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 iu want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has boon 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 bvtheßev..D. GILBERT. D.D,, No 22, En.4bury-circus, A General Order has been promulgated from the Horse Guards, dated Dec. 12, notifying that it has been decided, on the recAninendation of the Coun cil of Military Education, and with the concurrence of the Secretary for War, that officers, candidates for the Commissariat service, who obtained their commissions in the Artillery and Engineers from the late Hon. East India Company's Military Semi nary at Addiscomhe, shall be permitted to share in the privilege allowed by the last paragraph of the General Order, No. 892, dated Oct. 6, 1866, under which the obligatory examination was in certain cases reduced to qualifying in one foreign language only. Officers who obtained their commissions in the Indian Cavalry and Infantry from Addiscombe are not, however, to share in this concession. The mess quarters of the Royal Artillery at Wool wich were on Saturday re-opened for future use after being closed during the past six weeks for the purpose of being renovated throughout. Field- Marshal Commanding-in-Chief the Duke of Cam bridge, as Colonel, and the officers of the Regiment of Royal Artillery, gave a special banquet on Sa turday on the occasion, at which covers were laid for 130 persons. The following is a list of the in vited guests :—Gen. Peel, Secretary of State for War ; Lord Cranborne, Secretary of State for India ; Sir J. Pakington, First Lord of the Admi ralty ; Lord Longford, Under-Secretary of State for War ; Lord Sydney, Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Kent ; Mr. Merivale, Under-Secretary of State for India.; Lord H. Lennox, Secretary to the Ad miralty ; Lord W. Paulet, Adjt.-Gen. ; Sir J. Bur - goyne, Inspector-Gen. of Fortifications ; Sir J. H• Grant, Quarter-master-Gen. ; Sir E. Lugard, Un der-Secretary of State of War ; Lieut.-Gen. Sand ham, Gen. Willoughby, Gen. Maxwell, Capt. Ed monstone, Superintendent of the Dockyard, Wool wich ; Col. C. Kennedy, Commandant Military Train ; Cols. Johnson, Hay, Shaw, Hawkins, and Suther ; the Revs. Hnleatt, Sen. Chaptai nto the Forces at Woolwich, and H. Brown, rector of the parish ; Major Sutherland, Barrack Master; Capt. the Hon. G. Wrottesley, Aide-de-Camp to Sir J. Bur goyne ; and Mr. Peel, Secretary to the Minister for ) War. The division at Aldershot has been exercised in route-marching by brigades during the past week. On Tuesday the Cavalry Brigade, consisting of the 3d (King's Own) Hussars, under command of Lieut.-Col. Vyse, the 17th Lancers, under Major the Hon. W. 11. Curzon, and the 15th (the King's) Hussars, commanded by Capt. Humphrey, formed up on their respective parades at half-past 9 o'clock. The 3d Hussars were subsequently marched off over the common towards the Long Valley, where they were exercised in different field manoeuvres. The 15th Hussars marched in the direction of the North Camp railway station, and returned by the Farnborough-road to quarters. The Lancers pro ceeded to Farnham, and returned to quarters shortly after 12 o'clock. On the same day the Ist Infantry Brigade, consisting of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment and the 81st Lincoln Volunteers, com manded by Cols. Garrett and Gildes respectively, marched to Farnham and thence to Caesar's Camp, where a halt was made, and the regiments were exercised in judging distance,outpost duty, and field evolutions, returning to quarters about 1 o'clock. The 2d Infantry Brigade, consisting of the 18th Royal Irish, under command of Col. Graham, and the 65th Regiment, under Major Macgregor, also marched out on Tuesday to Halecommon and Farn ham, returning to quarters by the high road from the latter place. On Thursday, the 3d Infantry Brigade, now reduced to the 89th (the Princess Victoria's Regiment), under the command of Major Kirk, marched out to Farnborough and Cove, re turning by the same route. Oa the same day the artillery proceeded along the Hog's Back, towards Guildford, taking up a position when within a few miles of that town and exercising the guns. The general appearance of the troops on each occasion was highly satisfactory. After preparations have been made at Aldershot Camp for giving the troops a substantial Christmas dinner to-morrow. The officers have subscribed libeaally for this object. The screw steam frigate Liffey, 31, will be re moved on Wednesday from Keyham steamyard to the Sheer hulk in Hamoaze, for the purpose of having her masts stepped. Three courts-martial were held on Friday last, on board the Royal Adelaide, at Devonport, under the presidency of Capt. S. J. Napier, of the Canopus. M. Edwin J. R. Williams, second master; and M. Albert C. Allen, supernumerary midshipman, of the Caledonia, were tried for absenting themselves from that ship,beingiat the time under stoppage for leave. Mr. Williams was adjudged to forfeit one year's seniority, and be dismissed from the Caledonia ; and Mr. Allen to lose one year's service, and have his leave stopped for three months. Wm. Painter, sick berth steward of the Impregnable, was tried for in decent conduct, and was sentenced to be imprisoned with hard labour for two years, and to be dismissed the service with disgrace. In addition to the models of the various ironclad broadside, turret, and other vessels built during the last few years at Chatham dockyard which are now in course of preparation to be trans mitted to Paris, to be placed in the French Exhibition, an order has been received at the establishment directing a speci men of every description of boat used in the British navy to be constructed at Chatham dockyard, for foewarding, with the models, to Paris. The boats will include the various descriptions supplied to a man-of-war, from the 42-feet launch down to the smallest dingey, all of the exact size. Besides one of the ordinary ship's launches a specimen of a steam launch is also to be sent to Paris, with the high pressure engines complete fitted on board for driv ing the double screws. Two of the models of the vessels in course of preparation have been completed at Chatham dockyard, and transmitted to the Ad miralty for approval. An official letter has since been received at the yard expressing their Lordships' un qualified satisfaction at the execution and finish of the models, and directing that those in hand may be completed and finished in precisely the same manner. The boats and models are to be ready for transmission to the French Exhibition by the Ist of February. On account of the effective nature of the experi ments and trials made with Capt. the Hon. A. Coch rane's vertical tube boiler, now completed at Wool wich, it is stated that the Lords of the Admiralty have ordered a tabulated detail, with full official re marks, to be drawn up for their inspection, in order to satisfy the board of the utility of the boiler for the general service of the Royal Navy. From the fact of a saving of 10 per cent in c -a's alone having been realized by the trials, the subject has become one of general interest. It was stated on Saturday at Woolwich that some of the large ocean companies have entered into negotiations for the supply of Capt. Cochrane's boiler, by which they calculate upon an increased dividend of from £15,000 to £20,000 a year. Her Majesty's paddlewheel vessel Vivid, Com mander T. W. Sulivan, having completed repairs, went down the river from Woolwich on Friday, on trial of her engines, and made a most favourable run of 144 knots per hour at the measured mile. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :--Henry D. Stanistreet, W. Fredk. Ryall, and Wm. Anderson (B) assist.-surgs., to the Princess Royal for disposal ; C. G. Woclsworth, E. W. Leet, and E. V. de Meric, acting assist.-surgs., to the Princess Royal, for disposal ; E. Mulcahy, assist.-surg., to the Pallas; H. G. S. Baker, mid shipman, to the Gladiator ; A. W. M. G. Finlay, naval cadet, to the Gladiator ; and R. M. Parker and L. D. Sampson nominated naval cadets. England and France consume less paper than America, which has only half the population of the two corabinod. On Saturday evening was held nearly the last of this year's pleasant assemblage of Vo!unteers, their friends and supporters, at what is termed the prize night--viz., the occasion on which the prizes won during the preceding volunteer year are presented to the winners. This presentation was that of the 19th Surrey Rifles, and it took place at the Horns Assembly-rooms, Kennington. Col. Richards, the commandant of the 3d City Mos, presided, and there were present Cul. Warden, of her Majesty's 19th Foot; Lieut.-Col. Labrow, the commandant of the 19th Surrey; Capt. Paine, the commandant of the 4th Middlesex Artillery (the Authors); Drs. Ladd and Martin, the honorary surgeons, the Rev. Mr. Stat ham, the hon. chaplain; and Capts.'Prewett, Grady, Hill, Driver, Harding, and Alsop, and a very large company. The commandant, Col. Labrow, entered into the usual statement with regard to the strength of the regiment. The facts he adduced proved that the corps was advancing, not only numerically and in shooting efficiency, but in acquiring those aids which are the mainstay of a corps such as a good drill-shed and good rifle range. He mentioned that Colonel Erskine, the Inspector-General, had decided that the Volunteer officers were not to wear the marksman's badge, and Dr. Ladd, who for two years had made the highest score in the classes, entitling him to be considered the winner of the rifle and three stars won by the best shot of the battalion, had had to resign the wearing of this honour. He congratulated the corps upon having present on that occasion a distinguished soldier in 'the person of Colonel Warden, who had won the highest honours of the army before the enemy, and had done his country good service in many a hard fought field, as the honours decorating his breast testified. Colonel Richards then addressed the assemblage, and said that as soon as he saw the Inspector-General's decision with regard to officers wearing the marksman's badge he cut his own off, as he con sidered he was bound to do ; but, as the shooting distinctions were the only distinctions Volunteers could at present win, he thought the decisions with regard to officers wearing them might be re-consi dered. He dwelt at some length upon the advance the Volunteer institution had made in the general regard of the country, and remarked that oven the boys of the streets had come to be respectful to Volunteers, sa it was left now for the very few weak witted people who could not understand the move ' ment to cast ridicule upon them, but for these no one cared. With respect to drill-sheds he said his large regimen.; had often to march about the dark and dirty streets of a night because they had no drill-shed, and he thought some provision should be made to meet this almost general want by the Volunteers of these means necessary for them to perfect themselves in the duties of soldiers. Colonel Warden, who was loudly cheered, made a short speech before presenting the prizes. He said that as a soldier he was not surprised at the warmth shown by Volunteers in the early days of the move ment, but he owned himself surprised at its stability, and from all he had seen of the Volunteers he said there were were no soldiers he would more con fidently command than a body of them as they now stand, for he knew that every man of them who took the field would have a friend at his back, and no men would fight better. He gave an instance of the manner in which comrades held together by relating that when in the Crimea a soldier came and said, " Me and my comrade want leave to take yonder rifle-pit," and " me and my comrade" were very disappointed because they were not allowed to sacrifice their lives, and he urged that the system in the army of having men in comrades of two could not be advantageously altered to the continental system. In conclusion, he paid a tribute to an old Crimean comrade he had found in Capt. Lidwell, the adjutant. The prizes were then presented, Ser geant Childs winning the first, giien by Captain Prewett, who himself won a prize, and several were won by Volunteer Sergeant-Major Elwood. The proceedings closed with the presentation of a bugle by one of the officers. The seventh annual amateur performance in aid of the band fund of the 40th Middlesex Volunteers (distinctively known as the Central London Rifle Rangers) took place on Friday at the New Royalty Theatre. Perhaps on no former occasion has this pretty little house presented so animated an aspect. The stalls and boxes were filled with Volunteers iu uniform and elegantly dressed ladies, the regimen tal band occupied the orchestra, and the gallery was filled to the utmost capacity with a company who gave full vent to their expressions of appro bation. The entertainments commenced with the drama of " The Chevalier St. George," in which ,Quartermaste-Sergeant Scott sustained the part of the hero with considerable power and feeling, and the elegant bearing and refined manner of Miss Ada Cavendish were admi rably employed for the effective representation o the character of the Countess de Presle—the heroine of the piece. " Tom Taylor's " Sheep in Wolf's Clothing" followed, in which the calm but resolute spirit of the Puritan outlaw was well de picted by Captain Isaacs, who was assisted by bliss Kate Rivers as Anne Carew. Little Miss Florence Terry moved the audience to visible emotion by her now familiar impersonation of the Puritan's daugh ter ; and a word of praise must be given to Quarter master Sergeant Scott for the faithfulness with which be sustained the dialectic peculiarities and local characteristics of the West country domestic. In the farce " To Paris and Back for Five Pounds," which was the third and last piece on the pro gramme, Captain and Adjutant Cowper, as Mr. Samuel Snozzle, kept the house in a high state of hilarity till the close of the performance, which ter minated shortly after 11 o'clock. In the course of the evening Private 0 wden danced a hornpipe with great skill and accuracy in time, and was tumultu ously encored. Altogether, the entertainment was attended by a success rarely attained by unprofes sional aspirants to histrionic excellence. The annual meeting of the Essex Rifle Associa tion was held at the Shire-hall, Chelmsford, on Fri day, Major Coope presiding. The financial position of the association appeared to be not altogether sa tisfactory. Southend was fixed upon as the place of meeting far 1867. Captain Luard was appointed to act upon the council in the place of Captain Pelly. A competition for the ownership of a handsome subscription cup has just taken place among the members of the Salisbury Rifle Corps (Ist Wilts) who bad previously won it at the monthly competi tions during the year. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards (five rounds at each), and the follow ing scores were made. Private Wheaton 45 marks (winner), Sergeant Butler 40, Corporal Parton 40, Private Robins, 39, Private Harris 39, Lieutenant Brown 35, and Corporal Watson 32. The daughter of Queen Pomaree, of Otaheite, fell in love with a French pianist, Leon Roqueo by name. He "will take this savage woman," thereby making himself and his dusky race heirs to the throne of Otaheite. A severe earthquake shock was felt very distinctly on the 13th ult., 13 miles from Quebec. A gentle man residing at St. Isodore de Lauzon writes that he experienced two shocks of an earthquake at ten minutes past 11 in the forenoon, which was violent enough to cause the window panes to jingle. IADVERTISEMENT.I - Holloway's Pills—Self Treatment— The remarkable powers of this well-known medicine are manifested with such striking success that they should not fail to attract the attention of all invalids. No deep knowledge is required to secure the good effects of these purifying and corrective pills; a slight study of their ac companying "directions" will enable any one to use this remedy to the best advantage. In low, moist, malarious districts, where ague, gout, and rheumatism are almost rs garded as birthrights, Holloway's medicine is invaluable for effecting a safe and permanent cure. deaths which annually resulted from preventible or c 'Thousands urab of i o diseases kayo, in the most absolute souse, been averted by the early and diligent use of these cheap and peerless s o u f l t te h d e dense . ly po,p.un ltahtedufthtohrroeusgplieLlso ibouitiur,.hood_ _l4 ,. e s a u t t h h e e r rs -I . an Leather-lane, h H e ol e bo xp rn l us , Shortly before six o'clock on explosion of a very serious:charak. ahpapsenreed iwonhichh 1113, a — nd e4i6i seri g o l us ii w narrow thoroughfare known as Summer's-street, Eyre -street-hill, lying between Little Bath -street and Back-hill, in which several men had been em ployed for some days previously, under the Char tered Gas Company, ill laying down a gas main in the centre of the roadway. The men so encraosed, it is said, left off work on Saturday at about two o'clock, and at a quarter to ix o'clock the inhabi tants were startled by a lon 1 explosion, and soon after two of the houses in the thoroughfare, Nos. 4 and 5, fell with a crash. The ruins at once becam e ignited, and the greatest excitement was created, the shrieks of the unfortunate persons who had fallen with the houses being heard by those around. The first thing done was to send for the engines, a number of which soon arrived, and the fire was not long in being extinguished. The house No. 4 was at the time of the occurrence occupied by Luigi Brazini, an Italian, who it is stated let out portions of it to his countrymen, some of whom were street musicians, but in consequence of the explosion hap pening at so early an hour in the evening most of his lodgers were from home. The other house wa s tenanted by Joseph Balls, a pipe manufacturer. Two inmates of the house No. 4, namely, Luigi Scartici, aged 62, and Mrs. Susan Grego, aged 63, fell with the house, from the fi rs t and from the second floor, and also a nephew of the occupier, named Pietro Brazini, a boy aged 15 years. At the same time Mrs. Domenico Villa, a marri e d woman, aged 30 ; William Cole, a labourer t an d another labourer, named Joseph Ince, fell with the house. The whole of these, after some delay, with - , ption of the boy Pietro Brazini, were soon got out of the ruins, and at once removed, some to Bartholomew's Holiaital alid others to the Royal Free Hospital. After the fire had been ex tinguished the search amongst the ruins was con tinued, and at about midnight the body of the poor lad Pietro Brazini was discovered, he being quite dead. The body was removed to the dead-house of the parish, where it now remains, awaiting the coroner's inquest. Inquiry last night elicited the fact that two of the sufferers who were taken to th - e Royal Free Hospital died yesterday. One of them named Wm. Cole, a labourer, aged 48, received a most severe fracture of the nose and skull ; and the other, Mrs. Domenica 4 Villa. Cole was, we were in formed, standing at the door of the house No. 4 at the time of the explosion, and he at once rushed up stairs to save some of the inmates, but upon reach ing the landing he was carried with the falling house, and, as stated, severely injured. He has left a wife and five young children. The poor woman Villa was severely burned about the body. The other sufferer at the Royal Free Hospital is Joseph Ince, a labourer, who is suffering from severe inju ries to the spine. He lies in a critical condition. Every attention was paid to their case by Mr. H. H. Fagge, the house surgeon. At St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Mr. R. V. Moore, the house surgeon, has under his care two sufferers, namely, Luigi Scartici, aged 62, and Susan Grego, aged 63. The latter has received a compound fracture of the left leg, a frac ture of the right foot, and two severe scalp wounds, and is much shaken. She lies in a dangerous condi tion. It is stated that she was standing on the land ing on the first floor of one of the houses at the time of the explosion, and her son, a young man aged 23, was attempting to save her, when she fell through the flooring into the ruins. The son then took a younger brother in his arms and made his escape with him through the back part of the house and over the house tops. The Italian Scartici, who is in this hospital, and has received a scalp wound and several contusions, is much shaken. Collision on the Great Western Railway. On Saturday afternoon a collision took place on the Great Western Railway, between Wolverhamp ton and Birmingham. A local train, composed partly of mineral and partly of general merchandis e trucks, all laden, usu Illy arrives at about 2 o'clock at Wednesbury, which is about midway between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, after leaving the Victoria goods station at tho former town at 12 o'clock. On Saturday, however, it was very late in getting out of Wolverhampton, and when it arrived at the Bilston station the express passenger, dated 2.38 out of Birmingham, was over-due, and Joseph Martin, the guard of the goods train, desired to shunt his train at that station, that he might be out . of the way of the express. But the pointsman there told him to go on to Wednesbury, where there was another siding. Martin then told Buckingham, who was the driver of the goods train, to go on to Wed nesbury, and pass over the points to shunt there. The driver carried out these instructions, and had reached the points at Wednesbury, when the ex press, which does not stop between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, was seen approaching by the ser vants at the Wednesbury station. Two of them, a switchman and a platelayer, immediately ran down the line about 300 yards and signalled the express to stop. The driver of the express put on the breaks and reversed his engine, and at the same time the driver of the goods train was motioned to move forward. Martin was in his van, and hearing a whistle for a break to be applied thought it was a signal for him, and he applied his break, and also looked out from his van door-way to see if the express was coining up. At the same instant the express dashed into the goods. The collision caused Martin's van to be shat tered to p i ece s, as it was tossed up by the express engine, upon the top of which its dislocated frame work reared as Martin was thrown out insensible upon the permanent way. The express engine was thrown off the metals by the collision, and stuck fast in the platform embankment on the Wolver hampton side of the Wednesbury station, having ploughed up the earthwork to a considerable extent. Martin was picked up bleeding from a wound near the right temple, his left arm was broken near the shoulder, and his left side sadly bruised. His escape from death is due to his having been looking out of the half-opened door of his vau when the collision took place. He was conveyed as soon as possible to the South Staffordshire Hospital, in Wolverhamp ton, where he is now lying. Further than being well shaken, and, of course, considerably alarmed, the passengers in the express were not regarded as injured. The line was blocked for about two hours. The financial report of M. Fould was published on Thursday. The Minister shows that, owing to an increase of 45,000,000 fr. in the revenue raising from indirect taxation, the Budget for 1866 will be definitively balanced. Relative to the rectified Budget for 1867 the Minister estimates the surplus revenue yielded by indirect taxes at ninety millions, and points out other resources. He concludes, therefore, that this budget will also be in equili brium. Notwithstanding the considerable expendi ture necessitated by new armaments and the return to France of the troops from Mexico, it will not be necessary to impose new taxes or to appeal to public credit. The Minister estimates that the ordinary Budget for 1868 will show a surplus of 121,000,000 f r ancs. No credit is demanded in the Budget for 1868 in respect of the new organisation of the army, reaaonget for t A the Emperor having de t e rmined that the necessary x. Foul ofa t p end u i i d ctu presentationrs e t a t shouldstates t be h the er rectified is provided ev rfeoryßby special bills on ou d expenditure i antici pate that the State will then be in possession of more than sufficient resourcesto meet ments. 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