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~ 1J& LOYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and itakepENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Estoa p,oe "LLondon, S.W. oy e tt, .. • •C's. AZ5l*. /1:1100111" • 4A14 0.:: Ar A , CZ_ \wo k ., •„_ 1‘ 404 ,5 ) ,a10:41 '17 ; t • t L : tit + j-t IX pr. its ki\c%" .111 I 77, k.,-• , a, 0 .5 • ~, \\\\ u- • „ aq 0, dicated; at the height' f one mile the temperature of the /- • dew point was 12/ deg, which was th* driest print. Through the kindness of Mr. Browning-4 was furnished with an additional spectroscope, which was adjusted tl sun before starting, and when possible I directed it to the sun, and on each occasion saw a great number of lines at the part of the spectrum under examination than when viewed from the earth. The lines were beautifully defined. No ozone was shown either at the Observatory or in the balloon. ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wanted in towns not yet represented. ESTABLISHED 1837. 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The time of vibration of a delicate horizontal magnet kindly lent to me by Captain Evans, of the Admiralty, vi brated in about 2077 at the height of one mile, and on the earth vibrated in about 2001. NEW NOVEL BY THE REV. J. M. BELLEW. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in Three Vols., Revised, T HIRD EDITION of BLOUNT TEMPEST. By the Rev. J. C. 31. BELLEW. CRYSTAL PALACE.-TO-MORROW.- WET or DRY.—Always charming. Performances by the Orchestral Band at 12.30 and 4.30, and Great Organ Performance at 3.30. Picture Galleries, Fine Art Courts, Shakspere House, Chimpanzee, Armour Plates (lent by official authority), and the thousand and one other attractions of the Crystal Palace. Open from Ten till dusk. One Shiling; children under twelve, Sixp• nee. EMEMBER ! WE WAIT SUPPER JA, FOR YOU, after the Pantomime, at EVANS'. Fail not! useful service, have a rightito complain that their claims are postponed to those of one who is not even the senior unprovided for. 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CRYSTAL PALACE.-GREAT TRIENNIAL lIANDKL FESTIVAL. MESSIAH, Monday, Tune 26, 1865. SELECTION, Wednesday, June 28, 1865. ISRAEL, Friday, June 30, 1865. - - • ANNUAL PREMIUM. ' AGE. ANNUAL PREMIUM. 1 12 5 35 2 6 9 • 1 16 0 40 2 15 1 _20845 3 6 3 From the Times, Feb. 4.—" A more charming story to our taste has rarely been written. Even if tried by the standard of the Archbishop of York, we should expect that even he would pron,,unce ' Christian's Mistake' a novel without a fault." 3, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S exclusive PATENT. The right to this patent was secured t Mr. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-street, B on d -street, by a Royal seal (July 17, '860), a d can only be procures at his residence, where speci mens may be seen, and every information can be obtained. Under this patent, artificial teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth and protect tender gums; their re semblance to nature is perfect and undetectable, and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. consultations free. Terms strictly moderate.-8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street Naval and Military Intelligence. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. Now ready, at all the Libraries, is 3 vols., Fearful Tragedy at Hackney. --4. MURDER OF A NEPHEW AND ATTEMPTED ude Iger all ads 5 for t he ePre" loo t loa leo 1 . utiol Tb ° ford ~ f t he tiler; .9 6 ( 1,6 [1(.- t - 0 ~o s • if go A tli 0 0 30 ° 1 11 69 4C54 ,sc r 0 00 , os• ‘ ,113 ' „ c ot l iA toe, Lvidb 45 .../ . .. ' V 0%. of pp ' ,09 Th e \--; (LI ' t P ERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION Ila Zed) are authorised to offer 30,009 Shares of the Varna sp eetu ? Company, on the terms of the following Pro 1p lI E VARNA RAILWAY COMPANY ecin t' (Rustchuk to Varna',. ituted by Statutes under the law of Turkey, with Limited Liability. Concession 99 years. 1 4 15, ,, Share Capita', £900,(r0. int: u ° Shares to bearer of £2) each. bearing a minimum r-_ern/, est n of 5 per cent. p e r ann um guaritateed by the Turkish I s : oeat , Sh ares have been taken, 9,000 of which are under offer , 4 1 Turkey, according to the terms of the concession. 1, b e Price of isme of the Shares £l2. eci 11 0t Posit on Application ~ dito on Allotment L 2. 8 to oceeed Z 2 10s. per £l S a c re, at intervals of not less • At th• than three months. evr 11 , 1 ,', 8 price of issue Shareholders will receive Pi per cent. 41 ' p a . '""ru, and interest will be allowed a* the same rate on Tilynients. Shareholders may pay up in full. hni te ` S hares will be redeemed at par by a sinking fund gua eora,ed by the Turkish Government by annual drawings, to 12A An ee the year atter the opening of the ine 4s 003- hares during the first 33 years ; 2 1 ,000 during the 'OO3 - 33 Years ; 12 4 50.)- during the. third 33 years; total, 1'h,,,, 4 4, - "oider of each share drawn and paid off at £2l will re l N a t: d ividend warrant enti'ling him to participate in all ate r e arned by the Railw y in excess of the guaranteed , Toest during the remaining term of the concession. kdai t e l 4 t l lnate the advantages offered to the Shareholders, in Kiel' to the min.nium interest of si per cent., and the Mir y 4 erived from the annu , il drawings at par,.reces to 2 ‘ ) ? state tba' the Railway is estimated to yi hi from 10 de an 'OOO per annum on the entire capital expended, of s '''e'a tic ,') ; of this amount £ 1,100,0 0 has been provided by N 'edr,, r ",, ° ' obligations at the rate of 7} rer cent. interest. and 41 k,'Ttble by the sinking und, likewise guaranteed by the Gra nt Government; the entire profits above the .ggregate. liar,Pee will in consequence become divisible among . the RN .___'"oiders, repre entng a capital of Z90' , ,000, and taking 1 pe,."' oo „ lint ofthe-price at learned te Shares are totals isued, each kit- e - t 'i s ent surplus profit on the cost would 4 030 11 : 4 e Shareholder an addition of nearly 4 per cent. on the keg . '" Paid by him. ta ttlet tir k „ Pet,. Betts, and Crampton have contracted to con t.tailn, Lue Railway aud Works, and provide rolling stock, for feet C ons w hleh will leave a suffic ent margin in the h inds of '"eet ,i",Pany to pay interest during the construction, 'aid to tit,t-a-t contincrencies, thereby ensuring that under no cir- The ;' t , e ,a shall the expenditure exceed Z 2,000,000. •"s be e " 4, way was commenced last June, and great progress Ztrth,.. Made in all branches of the works. Fifty miles or ha ?rk are ready for laying the rails, and the contractors ,411qira'llade arrangements to open the entire line in the ` II N y e ' ) ; 6 6. For this purpose all the rails will be delivered ,_Pi - tr i . DIRECTORS. 4 \V - ' l Alt GLADSTONE, Esq, Chairman qa, ° Heaton Blake, Esq. li e „',!es lielson, Esq .it t . '„•,. 3 ', M'Chlery, Esq. 41 0 .c e J. Posno, Esq. O . L Emeri u ' k'•P• P q ' on. r auwels. ow. • Tercelin-Monjot. CONSULTING ENGINEER. • G. P. Bidder, Esq. ENGINEER. Wm. M'Candlish, Esq. CONTRACTORS. Messrs. Peto a , O ß Ll e o tt l s T , O a ß n s. d Crampton. Messrs. Freshfields and Newman. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co. SECRETARY. • J. F. Walsh, Esq. BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co. OFFICES. hNB It • 15, Angel-court, E.C. ~4 1 lia, al'vray will connect Rustchuk, on the banks of the i 7 111 144 with Varna, the principal port in the Black Sea, and I,.leti 1 ,, "se for the entire distance of about 133 Englibh t ,, ft pr Most populous districts in the province of Bulgaria. , tr,,, 'wince remits yearly to the Turkish Government a latiti,..enue of about one million sterling, and provides Con ri,The4,ol)le with cattle, timber, grain, and ther product '. th e ."ean4 attached to the Prospectus will show the route „,Ntkere.,osed Ralway, an i the oTi.at saving of time and ):st co • both by sea ant:nand. It will form the shlrtest and f i kvielyenient route to and from the East. It will also t „ c 'tl h e 'i.,...le cheapest and most d reo ' means of communica 04trf,,weett the Moldo-W•illachian Principalities and the i h ,tn e ,,. - 1 of the upper Danube and the Port of Varna. The ' l4 ai r ".. s r ept London to Constantinople will be accomplished th' he t;;' ,l days. kr',hl,l e ';,Y of Varna is one of the best natural harbours in 1 , , 11 41 .' sea, from whence there is a large expo , tation of 144,1,11'd other merchandise at all scas ns of the year. The ht th„ Government are now negotiating with a company bp'. i„,e„ o nstruction of a breakwater and quays within the Trey' Q II these are :ompleted the Harbour of Varna will tll t he finest in 1 urope. 4 14 11 t Y . R Pier has neen constructed, extending into 16 feet Ilve l ., water, where vessels of large tonnage may loa I and To , „lien connection with the Railway. i l i P ,klq i. ~', s ot the annual payments guaranteed by the ?„,' , ,1) r Tvernment the ea tire Sh -re and Debenture Capita (i i , iie 1 , deemed with n the term of the concessisn. tOail l ,„,:ah Gorernment have the optionurcha , ing rati o -4 y on terms favourable to the Company, at the tila 1. fort of 50 3, ars. 0, e o ,.."her details reference is made to the original F . t h ' , oth,"vention, Cahier des Charges, Plan for Redemption, 4 f„ inActa ducum , nts, which, with translations, are tpiNicaspe3tion at the Company's Office. h 11 erne tions for Shares, in the annexed Form, to be left hl , e 7 Pankers upon payment of the de , osit of £1 per /4 1 tili ; . 1 1 0 al tment is made the deposit will be returned it h e „' l'e,.."_lt a les number of shares be allotted th on is ap- Os tVoe deposit will, so far as required, be applied to thtrospe' payment due on allotment. 4afti4e4ctuses and Forms of appli.lation f-r Shares mar be ettki a ,,°f the Secretary of the Imperial Mercantile Credit b 4 ,?0 6, 4 l l (Limited`, 95, Rishopsgate-street ; of the Brokers, 'I , r hreadneedle-street ;or at the offices of the C0m ,15 ~ ' '.-lagel-court London. 1 Brussels. Fp ItAI OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. * ( .:it To th e A, lo ui e ,, Directors of the Varna Railway Company. tt.ttiC e n , Having paid to y our Bankers, Mes4rs.Robart s, kV b e a nti Co., the sum of being a deposit t Rhare ou shares in the above Corn tsi' I a.,eby request that you will allot me that number. t01411,3r. to accept such shares, or any less number you 41, the toe on the terms of the prospectus, and I agree deposit_due on allotment. Usual Signature Name in full • ••• ••• ••• •••• Residence Profession piN Date of vARNA RAILWAY COMPANY. — til t ' re IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in consequence yiNesentations having been made to the Directors that ii i , l itait,, a ,Mounced for receiving Applications for Shares was the LAST DAY for Applications is extended to 1 11,,IPlA t ihe 7th March next, at Four o'clock, for London, ESDAY th Bth M h at Twelve o'clock, for ° kilt e arc Lr By order, 28, 1865. J. F. WALSH, Secretary. It 1 1 . Y CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, ki Aldershot, ist February, '865. ( 44 bb,, 1 0 41 'US will be received at this Office, until 12 o'clock Nlet'. B th March, 1865, from parties who may be willing into Contracts for the supply of 14, 4 11 h COALS, quantities as may be required, for the use of her )71, from BoPorces and Military Depar_tme_n_t_s_at the following 41 April 1. 1865, to March 51, ]866 ° 4- MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDRIIRST.—WaIISend t o 'll 4 ;tetßxs, BOURLEY.—SmaII Coals, such as that Al 'Newport Smalls." tl T enders are required for each of the above-named "O, t4tt d. °t Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob lic'h'ell a rVicition at this office, by letter or in per nf son, m b a e: t '1` " 0. th e e h ° ll rp of ton axd four o_'c e loc_ k, when evert i or T"ubiect will be furnish t d. Anneo.r must be made on h t e t tri is n o ttd oe forms, properly M (under closed 1 %4' 013 onaud delivered uside a tliaDkintelft the_o t "Tender for Coals"), by the 1e4 4 .,,, and no Tender will be noticed that shall not 14,ki'lance with 'hese conditions. 14 1 1Aeli CONTRACTS for the Supply of (4,9tet--1,8 COKE KINDLING WOO 0, and CAN DLES Bri'tain • 'and COALS, COKE, TURF,S in and Ireland, q'r War-office, Pall-Mall, London, S.W., ot, 23th February. 1E65. 11 1 1 „ot' t °1 ' W, 1 ,1 HEREBY GIVEN, that the , Secretary of y Na l t le f ollow s Ar et epared l to s receive TENDER*, for the sup ti at the various Barrack Stativns o 4 D hr its.ta ' e q 18 5 viz • a -! 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THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.- MOL LARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothin 2 . equals the properties and qualit;es of the Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes. and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, Regent-street, I.ondon, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay And Sons. Edwards, Keating, Sanger and Son, tonaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and test - montals free on a plication. Agent for Edinbargh—Mr. John /May, chemist. 119, George-street THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected trom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases : F. aged tfl, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. H. A. F., aged :3, homeless, both parents dead. A.. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen. mother dead, A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless , deserte by her parents. M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. M. A. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for oung girls, almost children, from the age ofd to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen -street s Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lodibard-streets ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, witho u t the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It aff,rds relief to a large n umber of in- p atients, and , in addition t , ) this, the average number of attendance of th e lystitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward 31as terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W Mame, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. /STANFORD b/ALITII beoretary. The Programme of arrangements, with the price of Tickets, and the block plan of Stalls, is ready for issue, and may now be had, on written or personal applicaiion, at the Festival Ticket Offices, Crystal Palace, and Exeter Hall. It may also be had at the principal Music Warehouses in London and in the Provinces; and besides numerous other places abroad, at the offices of the South-Ems ern, and Lonaon, Chatham, and Dover Railway Companies, at Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Calais, Boulogne, Ostend, Ghent, Antwerp, dm The two Ticket Offices as above will be open from 10 a.m. on Monday, Marchl3, for the issue of vouchers securing seats according to the numbered plans which will then be open to inspection. Written applications, containing remittances, and arriving at either of the Ticket Offices on or before the first t. ost on the 131 h, will be attended to alternately with personal applications. 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John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY CP TOOTH-PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth Powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price is. 6d.-12, Three King-court, Lombard mob, London. The National Rifle Association, The winter general meeting of the National Rifle Association was held on Saturday afternoon in Willis's-rooms, St. James's. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided, and there were present—Earl Dalhousie, Earl Grosvenor, Earl Cowper, Lord Elcho, Lord Colville, the Right Hon. the Speaker, the Hon. Frederick B3rng, General Sir John Burgoyne, Colonel Kennedy, Major Russell Sir John W. 4.t. Anson, Colonel. Al`Murdo, Colonel Erskine, Colonel Tyrwhitt, Colonel Wright, General Eyre, Lieut.-Colonel Warde, Lieut.-Colonel Cochrane, Captain Templer, Captain Edward Ross, Captain Palmer, Mr. J. C. Luxmore, Mr. R.. H. Dunlop, Captain Macgregor, Major Oxley, Mr. G. W. Hemming, Rev. Harcourt Shrine, Capt. Page, and others. Captain St. John Mildmay, the secre tary of the Association, was unavoidaly absent in consequence of severe domestic affliction. The CHAIRMAN, who was warmly received, said he had to make the annual statement.of the position and prospects of the National Rifle Association, and it gave him great pleasure to state that he was en abled to give as favourable report ache was in a po sition to do last year. The total receipts of the Association from all sources during the year amounted to £16,183 15s. 2d., and the expenditure to £13,453 4s. Bd., leaving a balance of £2,730 10s. 6d. There was an addition to this balance of the sum of £262, the part of a sum total of 500 guineas collected among the British residents in China, at the instance of the Hongkong Volunteers, for a prize to be shot for under the title of the " China Cup." (Cheers.) The financial statement of the Association showed that there was invested in Ex chequer-bills the sum of £5,746 15s. 6d., and in India Bonds £427 155., which, with £558 6s. Id., the balance at bankers and in the secretary's hands, made a total of £6,682 16s. 7d., and adding the bill to be received for £262 10s. for the China Cup, there was a balance in favour of the Association of £6,945 6s. 7d., which might be said to be £7,000. This was a very satisfactory position for the Asso ciation with regard to finances, and he was happy to say that the number of members of the Association had shown a satisfactory increase during the year, 218 having joined since the last report, making 2,817 in all. The affiliated associations in con nection with this parent institution were the associations of 37 counties and 14 colonies, which were not so many as might be wished, but there was an increase, and he hoped this in crease would continue. (Hear.) The sum given in prizes during the year at the different meet ings of the associations amounted to the large sum of £15,956, - and this showed the general sup port which rifle shooting was receiving in every part, not only in this country, but in the colonies and this last was a point not to be overlooked at the present moment as having a peculiar and political significance. (Cheers.) With respect to the prizes for the forthcoming meeting he was happy to say that there was no reason to apprehend any falling oft in the amount to be given for competition. There was a prize in the China cup, the Daily Tele graph had given the sum of £5O annually, the Lon don and South-Western Railway Company had given a prize of equal value—an example which might be followed by other companies. (A laugh, and "Hear.") And Mr. Bass and other gentlemen and firms continued their prizes. (Cheers.) It was a subject of congratulation that rifle shooting was thus kept up and stimulated, and the impetus given to it in this country had led to matches in all parts of our colonies—in India, China, Canada, and other colonies. All things considered it was most desir able that the colonies should be encouraged to add to their defensive powers within themselves, and their turning their attention to rifle shooting was, as he had said b e f ore, a matter of great political importance, and was a most acceptable fact for the Association. (Cheers.) been considered by the COounnecil the double " aperture sight." In' importantthnea report epel matter oyr, t the e ssaid sid h e a —o d f " It is a matter for consideration whether double aper ture sights should not be forbidden in future. They add greatly to the chances of accident, as when a man is tak ing aim with the double aperture sight he can see nothing but the bull's-eye an d a portion of the surrounding target. The danger signals might b e s h own a t th e t arget, and all markers might be out of their butts, red flags in hand, and yet it would be imp oss ib le for the man firing to see them through the narro w open i ng of his foresight." The decision of the counc i l was that it was dangerous to allow the use of th ese aperture back s i g h ts ; an d i t had, therefore, been decided that those sights should be no longer used at Wimbledon. (Cheers.) There could not be the slightest question as to this decision being most judicious, and as there was last year a most painful accident (quite, however, unconnected with the use of these sights) and which had a very depressing effect upon the close of the otherwise most successful meeting, exertions ought to be made to prevent any accident in future. There was a cer tain amount of risk and danger in the use of the an d h e trusted that no one wapeouirtdurseeekbatock sight, havethisdecision reversed. (Cheers.) The report, showing the success of the Association during the past year—a success, he trusted, which would continue—was now before the meeting, and it only remained for him to ask that the meeting would listen to any observations which any gentle man present might have to make. The report stated that in the previous year, while " chronicling another year's success," the Council stated that the continued prosperity of the " Aiso ciation was uncertain, owing to the precarious na ture of its income, and that an endeavour must be made to place it on a more secure and permanent The present report showed th a t thi s en deavour our g had been made, and would show " to the satisfaction of members that while the success of the A ssoc iation has been in every respect greater than inanyprevious year, it now rest s on a soun d b as i s, and, financially, its permanence may be considered as secured." The annual small-bore rifle trial had shown a gradual and progressive improvement in the shooting, the figures of merit being—for the 500 yards' range,in 1862 .95, in 1863 .75, and in 1864 .64 ; for the 1 , 000 ya rds ran ge it was, 1862 , 3 . 53 ; 1863, 2.77 ; and i n 1864, 2.36 . This year's s competition for the supply of rifles for the stage of the Queen's Prize had been, through various causes, confined to one com petitor, Mr. Rigby, who had himself freed the Association from any obligation to take his rifles if they did not make the average figure of merit attained by the Whitworth, and this without the " scraper," or loading-rod, used with that weapon, and if the Rigby should be thus disqualified the Council will borrow Array Whitworths from the War-office for the competition, and give the com petitors money instead of match rifles. The report entered at length into the details of the last meeting, and with respect to the tramway said—" This was a great success, notwithstanding one or two trifling accidents that unfortunately occurred to passengers, the result of too great speed, as is freequently the case in railway travelling. . . The Association Wimbledon line was opened by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales when he visited the ground and inspected the preparations for the meeting previous to its commencement. . . The scrip of the As sociation Great Wimbledon Trunk line is not, it is true, quoted in the market, as it may be considered to a great extent a private concern, but it would be well if railways showed as good a dividend ou capital expended. The total cost of construction, plant, &c., was £404, and though the line was only six whole days in actual working the total receipts amounted to £44 14s. 11d." The number of persons encamped on the ground during the meeting was 1,238, in ad dition to the Staff of that association, the gun makers' assistants, the persons in the refreshment contractor's employ, and others. In the first year there were 67 prizes, value £2,238, and this number and amount had gradually increased until last year there were 627 prizes, and their value was £5,918 12s. Colonel WARDE, of the London Rifle Brigade, moved the adoption of the report. Colonel COCHRANE seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. A. Z. PALMER then moved the second resolution which was " That the Vice-President be re-elected that the Earl of Lichfield, Mr. Laird, Viscount Bury, Earl De Grey and Ripon, Colonel North, and Sir Joseph Paxton, the retiring members of Council, be re-elected; that the Master of Lovat, extraordinary member of-Council, be elected ordinary member of Council, vice—Lord Radstock, resigned ; and-that Colonel Erskine, Inspector-General of Volunteers, be elected extraordinary member of Council." This was also carried. Lord ELCHO said there was only one otherresolu tion, and that was that his royal highness should be asked to consent to hold the position which he had held for so many years, and with much marked ad vantage to the association. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said he should be happy to con tinue as President. (Cheers.) Captain TEMPLER, in response to an invitation given by Lord Elcho to any one in the room to speak, referred to the rule which excluded winners of the Queen's, Albert, and one or two other prizes, from again winning them, and suggested as this rule had not been attended with any good results, either to the association or rifle shooting, it should be ab rogated. He also suggested that the match in the sliding bar of the Enfield back sight should be abo lished, as it had been proved that this match was an obstacle to good shooting with the Government wea pon. Mr. LUXMORE thought that if the use of the me chanically fitting bullets were abolished small-bore shooting would be greatly encouraged, the cost of the ammunition, in his opinion, operating as a bar to that branch of practice. Mr. EDWARD Ross contended that the abolition of the mechanically fitting bullet would not be at tended with any good result, and the small-bore shooting, he thought, ought to be encouraged by more prizes being given. Lord ELCHO, in reply, said that the question raised by Captain Templer with respect to the exclusion of the great prize winners was a subject which was worthy of reconsideration. As to the change in the back sight of the Enfield, it was to be remembered that the weapon was a Government one, and the Council had done all they could ; they had made the same recommendation which Captain Templer noticed. This was all that could be done, for the council in allotting prizes to be shot for by volun teers could not but rule that those prizes should be shot for in the position and with the weapon ordered for class firing. (Cheers.) The council, as represent ing an association for the encouragement of shoot ing, had come to the decision that they could notfor bid the use of mechanically fitting bullets, and, with respect to the encouragement of small-bore shoot ing, the great want had been a rifle at a lower sum than that generally charged for such a weapon. The Council had, they thought, got over this by the match rifles of Mr. Rigby, for the second stage of the Queen's, and which, he believed, would show that a thorough good rifle could be obtained for a smaller sum than riflemen had been in the habit of paying. With regard to the breech-loader compe tition to come off, he said the rules had been framed with a view of obtaining the best weapon. In answer to a further question, he said that the decision of the Council with regard to aperture back sights only applied to the round apertures. The SPEAKER, in moving a vote of thanks to his Royal Highness for taking the chair, said that his own connexion with the volunteers had been con fined to the country districts near his residence, and it had been his experience that the movement had been productive of the most unmixed good. The motion, which was carried by acclamation, was briefly acknowledged, and the proceedings ter minated. The New Colonels. All the vacant regiments have been disposed of. Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Lucan becomes Colonel of the Ist Life Guards, in the room of Lord Comber mere. The 19th Hussars, vacant by the death of Gen. Pattle, will be filled by Lieut.-Gen. John Hall. Major-Gen. Lawrence succeeds to the Bth Hussars, vacant by Lord Lucan's removal ; and the 73d Re giment goes to Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. R. F. Davie. We cannot say much for the happiness of the selections on the whole. Lord Lucan's appointment to the regarded as inevitable. Thoc H ofi o toe use heocp old Cavalry maybe m on the ground service. i c e e vs ; of wt hhGßaotouael But on office ne S ge t ea i n inc future sat !breeofficers filledvacancy associated Lb oyr Lord LwithpeermuaLucan ;nth esewellah iaas the best cim ? of seniority and respon siblebe a question whether the choice of colonels for the three Household Cavalry regiments should be re stricted to peers. They are in point of emoluments and dignity almost the highest prizes of the service, and as such they ought to be conferred on the worthiest and most distinguished soldiers, irrespec tive of their social rank. We have now half a dozen peers available for future vacanies—Lords Rosslyn, Melville, Cardigan, de Ros, Rokeby, and Temple town ; and, with all respect for them, it cannot for a moment be maintained that they are the men who, above all others, should have a first class prize, on the ground either of their stand ing in the army, or the importance and gal lantry of their services. Without indulging in an in vidious comparison, we may say that the warmest admirers of any one of them would not deny that there aro on the list of Generals several men whose professional claims are far above theirs. The Foot Guards' colonelcies are not restricted to peers or even to Gardsmen ; and we hope that in future a custom—for it is nothing more—will be departed from which tends to shut out the most eminent members of the profession from some of the highest professional rewards. So long as these colonelcies were filled by men like Combermere, Raglan, and Seaton there was no room maintained f or noblemen o b s t h e r v at a fw t u i eollnh. have veß named rewardsu But m in he have v he iet care ncoa of t tn bscarcelye n he already half dozen b e given to them. We are sure that during the un ennobled Generals of her army her Majesty can find old soldiers of whose presence about her Court she need feel no shame ; an d we h ope to h ear t h at t hi s restriction will no longer be maintained. In the present instance, as we have said, the appointment of Lord Lucan was scarcely a matter of choice. To the vacant colonelcy of the 19th Hussars, Lieu tenant-General Hall succeeds. He has never, we believe, done a day's service out of England ; and the selection of two Life Guardsmen (Lord Ros and Hall) in succession for cavalry regiments is not just to those from the Line, although they are few, who have good service to show. Another appointment, that of Sir H. F. Davie to the 73d, is equally open to objection. If we do not err, that officer's ser vices have also been restricted to his native island ; and men like Generals Eyre, Ridley, Braybrooke, Straubenzee, and others who have done good and The motion of Mr. Seely in the House of Commons on Thursday evening on " Dockyard Accounts," and " the apparent excessive cost of fitting out, re fitting, and repairing certain of her Majesty's ships," would have obtained greatly increased weight had he included the cost of " conversion" or " recon struction" of certain of her Majesty's ships. No case selected from her Majesty's navy could have given greater weight to Mr. Seely's motion than that of the Royal Alfred. First laid down on the stocks as a screw liner, she was afterwards, in one stage of reconstruction, cut down and altered to an iron-cased 34-gun frigate (with 4iin. plates extend ing round stem and stern, but with an inclined tim ber planking onhsgun : deck), to carry Bin. smooth bore guns T -and-110-potinder rified - Armstrongs. In the meantime, the gun and plate experiments at Shoeburyness, and American experience, were teach ing us that the Royal Alfred class of ship as then de signed was in any future contest with an enemy's iron cased forts or ships, utterly useless for offence or de fence, and that she must therefore again be "recon structed." On the condemnation by the Admiralty of armoured ships carrying only 4f in. armour-plat ing upon a timber side of some 18in. in thickness, without any inner skin of iron, the Royal Alfred, as the only vessel of that class yet under the hands of the shipwrights, was fixed on to be altered in some way so as to fulfil the idea of a more perfect armoured ship. Rear-Admiral G. Elliot, Superin tendent of Portsmouth yard, sent in to the Admi ralty a plan for the ship, on which she would have carried a 9in. iron belt at the water-line, a square 6in. iron box amidships, capped by a turret mount ing two rifled " Big Wills," or 600-pounders, and other guns for shot or shell in the unprotected por tion of the ship's gun deck fore and aft. This, how ever, was rejected by the Admiralty on " advice,' and it was announced in the House of Commons on Thursday evening by Lord C. Paget that the Royal Alfred was one of the ships selected to carry, as part of her armament, a certain number of the new 12- ton guns. To enable her to do this, she is there fore being reconverted at Portsmouth on a plan sent down from the Admiralty. When launched some few months since she had the ordinary number of 15 or 16 ports on each side of her main deck, which gave sufficient space .to work 68 or 100-pounders. As, however, the ship is now to carry 300-pounders in a square 6in. iron box amidships on her main deck, all previous arrangements and deck fittings have to be altered. As a 34-gun frigate of the ordi nary converted iron-cased type, the main or gun deck of the ship presented a fine appearance, pierced with ports or embrasures for the guns throughout its entire length on either side, with evident space for the proper working of the guns. Now the alternate gun ports are being blocked up with short tim bers, and others opened to receive the monster 300-pounders, of 12 tons weight each, while the planking of the deck has been torn up to allow of the fixing of the machinery which is to "train" the guns. In examining the Royal Alfred's main deck line of gun ports it will be seen that the ports being stopped up are only being closed with short pieces of timber that have no assisting strength from the framing proper of the ship, and can give no support to the external armour plating when struck by an enemy's shot. In cutting the new ports for the larger guns, however, the ship's frame is weakened in a much greater awl very serious de gree. Many of the arms from the upper deck, which are bolted on the inner side of the ship on the main deck, between the guns are cut through. Even the iron diagonal bands which brace and hold the ship's frame together from her keel to her topsides are re morselessly cut away in every instance where they cross the line of a port. It must be evident, there fore, that but slight " backing" power will be given by the sides of the Royal Alfred to her armour plating with the short unsupported pieces of timber in the filled in ports, the destruction of the iron diagonal frame fastenings by the opening of the new ports for the 12-ton guns, and the absence of any iron inner skin to the ship's side on the gun-deck. In fact, if finished on her present plan, she will be, when ready for hoisting her pennant of commission, a monstrous burlesque upon what will then be con sidered a first-class ironclad, and if ever sent to the Channel she will be in constant danger of breaking in two amidships and sinking from sheer weakness of body and overweight of armour and armament. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Commander E. A. Porcher, to the Sparrowhawk, commissioned ; Commander C. J. Bullock, to the Formidable, additional, for service with the Serpent ; Lieut. Francis T. Hamil ton, to the Pembroke ; George Christie, master, to the Sparrowhawk ; Arthur M'Kenna, surg., to the Pelorus Alfred Boys, paymaster, to the Sparrow hawk ; Hugh A. llaswell, assist.-paymaster, to the Meander ; Fredei ick W. Lanes, clerk, to the Royal Adelaide ; H. C. W. Gibson, clerk, to the Sparrow hawk ; and George B. Collier, assist.-clerk, to the Victory. Mr. Glaisher's Third Winter Balloon Ascent. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The results of the balloon experiments of different times of the year having been found to be different, it is with regret I have been able to make so few during the winter. On both those I have made, our course was to the sea, so limiting the period of observation, that I resolved I would not go again in that direction. For a whole month Mr. Coxwell and myself have been waiting for a wind that would take us inland. So far as I have been unable to de termine, there has been in the higher regions of the atmo sphere a general prevalence of W. and S.W. winds all this year. On this day (Feb. 27) the direction of the wind was nearly N., and apparently steadily there ; and the balloon began to be filled. When completed, the wind was south, and pilot balloons went towards the N., and I still looked forward to experiments of four or five hours' duration. At lh. 58m. we left ; at 2h. 2m. we passed over the river, and were near Barking Reach. At an elevation of I,oooft. the direction changed to S.W., and at 2h. 5m., at 3,000 ft. high, to west. We then passed over Barking level, Dagen ham Marsh, Rainham Marshes, which were remarkable for innumerable dykes, and moved due west, or directly to ward the sea, as before, All this time Mr. Coxwell watched carefully the lower clouds; their motion was at right angles to our own. Before we reached the sea ho opened the valve. The sun was shining brightly on the balloon, expanding the gas rapidly, so that he had to part with many thousand feet of gas before the balloon took a downward motion.rr , descending to 3,000 ft. we fell in with th e S.W.dcuentinland and at 1,500 ft. we met with the S. currentl p nearly over Langdon Hill, near Great Bursted, passed the wood known as Forty Acres. Be in g at this t t o im w eL s ,oo o th ft e . high, we turned to move westward, or o again r sea, and descended at South Hanningelduast. Within the 4h. lm., hav ing travelled about 40 miles in the t:v same interval, at the Royal Observatory,o fi h Greenwich, the h or i zon t a l movement of the air t vas 15 miles. e a refore remarkable ; up to The currents of air `mer e h 1,500 feet it was ne arl y sou b e tween this and 3,000 feet it was and due W. at heights exceeding this, and for c l o uds, which were fully three or four m iles higher, as the. miles high, moved towards the east. The temperature of the air on leaving was 52 deg. ; was 35 deg. from 3,500 feet to 4,500 feet, chiefly in cloud, and rose to 39 deg. above the clouds at the height of ono mile. These variations were beautifully followed. by an exceed ingly sensitive thermometer, with a corkscrew -like bulb, made by Mr. John Browning, of 179, Stiand. We passed through several clouds; some were approach ing saturation, the temperature of the air and that of the dew-point being nearly alike, others were less damp. When out of cloild the air was dry, and to the senses much warmer than the difference between the thermometer readings in- On SaturB d U a l y e i I m D m E e n O s F e e x T c e E m e M n i t a l w D a s E e R r e E a S t e S d . through out the neighbourhood of Hackney and Dalston in conse quence of a rumour th a t a d readful tragedy had taken place in a villa in the Nightingale-road, Hackney. Upon insti tuting inquiries the following were ascertained to be the facts. For some time past a gas-fitter and bell-hanger, of the name of Henry Carmichael, has been engaged in fitting up a row of newly-built houses, called Nightingale-villas, situated in the Nightingale-road, Hackney. The man and his family, consisting of his wife and nephew, were allowed to live in No. 3of the villas. The villa in question was a large empty house. It is stated that for some time past the wretched woman, Elizabeth Cat-Michael, who murdered her unfortunate nephew, has been subject to fits of religious fanaticism. She was very desponding, and, as her husband expressed it, "often sulked." On Friday morning at h a lf_ past eight o'clock the husband got up and left his wife Elizabeth Carmichael, aged 41 years, and her nephew, a boy named Henry Smith, aged 10 years, lying on a bed, which had been laid in the corner of the first-floor back room. He went downstairs, lit the fire, and prepared breakfast. He then brought his wife and her nephew their breakfast upstairs. Much to his surprise he found the door locked. He knocked, but received no answer. He thought, he stated, that his wife was sulking. The husband then went to attend to his bell-hanging in the other houses until dinner time, and he then brought his wife up her dinner, but, upon knocking, he again received no answer. At tea time he again brought her up her tea, but his knocking elicited no remark from his wife. At half-past seven o'clock in the evening he, for the fourth time, went to his wife's room, and no notice being taken of his knocks, he said, "I tell you what it is, I'll have no more of your sulking. If you do not open the door or answer, I shall send for the police, and have the door burst in." He then burst open the door with his shoulder, and was horrified in discovering the dead body of the boy lying across the bed with his head thrown back, and a fearful gash in his throat. He then turned to his wife, and said, " Aunt, aunt, what have you done ?" She gave a moan, and pointed to the dead body of her nephew. There was a dreadful cut across her throat, severing the windpipe. Dr. Charles Welsh was instantly sent for. Upon the arrival of the police, Inspector Morris, of the N division, had her removed to the German Hospital. On Saturday afternoon, at one, she was partly sensible, but unable to speak. When asked if she wished to make any statement she wrote the word "No." Large crowds of persons yesterday proceeded to the locality in question to view the scene of the murder. The house which the Carmichael family had temporarily charge of is a genteel, newly-built villa residence, at a rental of £4O or £5O a year. A respectable family, it is stated, were to have occupied it as tenants within a few hours after the time at which the murder was discovered. The murdered boy, Henry Joseph Smith, was the son of parents who reside in the country, and he was adopted by Henry Carmichael and his wife, who had no children of their own. The family are said to have been for some time past in considerable poverty. The only furniture in the room which they occupied in Np. 3, Nightingale-villas, consisted of an old press bedstead, apparently too ricketty for use, as it was stowed away in a corner, and a flock bed laid on the floor, and upon which the three persons slept. There were neither chairs, tables, nor other furniture in the room. Under theie circumstances the despondency and religious monomania of the miserable woman, Eliza beth Carmichael, naturally increased, and it is said that she more than once threatened to destroy her husband's life as well as her own, but unfortunately due heed was not given to the indication of the growth of a homicidal tendency, her husband attributing everything to sulks and ill-temper. It appears from the statements of the medical gentlemen who have been called in that the unfortunate boy must have been murdered for same hours before his murderess atteinpted to commit suicide. Dr. Charles Welch, who was called to see the boy immediately after the discovery, was of opinion that death must have taken place at least two hours previously. At the German Hospital Dr. Beaumber examined the woman, and found her windpipe cut through. There appears to be every reason to believe that if the wound had been inflicted two or three hours before, death must have inevitably taken place before her husband burst into the room. When the police entered the room where the occurrence took place they found the floor stained with marks of bloody feet in every direction; the woman was undressed and partly reclining against the wall. She was sensible, but was too weak from loss of blood to do more than to point to the body of the murdered child that lay beside her. Next the corpse, on the bed, was found a large brown handled table knife, covered with blood. It presented indications of haying been recently sharpened, no doubt for the perpetra tion of the horrible deed. The sharpened edge appeared to have been turned by the use to which it was put. It is supposed that the wretched woman had concealed the knife on the previous night, and that she had it in her possession in the bed in readiness for the accomplishment of her dread ful purpose. It is certain that the knife was not found by her accidentally in the room. Last evening (Sunday) our reporter was informed by Dr. Beaumber that the wretched murderess was in no immediate danger of death. The late Fatal Catastrophe in Erith Reach. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Carttar, the coroner for Kent opened an inquiry at the Pier Hotel, Erith, on view of the body of John Newman Harrison, aged 13, one of the ten naval cadets who were drowned by the upsetting of a boat belonging to the Worcester training ship. Mr. Bullivant, the hon. secretary, and Captain Whether the master of the school, attended to watch the proceed ings. The Coroner, in Opening the inquiry, briefly adverted to the melancholy occurrence. The school on board the Wor cester was established for the education of youths to serve as officers in the mercantile marine, and it was necessary for their education in the profession that they should be exercised both in the sailing and rowing of boats, and which was attended more or less with a certain amount of risk. He was informed that they also were instructed in the art of swimming. The institution was managed by a committee of gentlemen whom he understood took every care to ensure the safety of the y ouths placed at a the t school. theend He trusted that would be foun d to bethe case of the inquiry. On the present occasion he did not pro the identity of the lad they had sen, pose to go further into the matter than t n o d tak the e n e t v e id n e d n je ce nr o n f e hi a ch time some of the the proceedings for seven days, y other. Btil bodies of t, hethtelandsen. niisgehertebetabryre:vcsoaviderietdw.as the desire Mr son. joined He o f Thetheßev.committee John r t i h s e e rne, the should v ie a b r e e t f h e rt e f g l n e t s e t i t n h q e u n ir . e - posed the v d t o h r a e e t ste the r tn deceased jsn n ary l a 41 , I w B6 a 4 s . his second he did not wish to p ress any poit re in respect to the melan- In answer to the co roner, then v. gentleman stated that choly event. It was beyond the power of man to avert. He believed every care was taken with the boys. A Juryman inquired whether in the event of any of the bodies being found in another part of the river there would be any difficulty in bringing them to Erith. The Coroner thought not, unless they were really landed. The investigation was then adjourned for a week. A visiting committee of the school instituted an inquiry on Friday on board the ship, but nothing conclusive could be elicited as to the upsetting of the boat. It is stated that the boys were quietly seated in the boat, and the sail was lowered, when she went over. It is alleged that there were two or three fearful gusts of wind from the north west ; but considering the size of the boat, it is difficult to imagine how they could have had such effect upon the craft as to capsize it. Amongst other things it is conjectured that she might have struck some hidden obstruction, and it has been sup posed that the boat might in some way have fouled the piles which have been driven in the river in forming the wall of the pumping station, at the southern outfall of the main drainage works at Crossness. The catastrophe, how ever, is stated to have happened in mid-stream, more to wards the Essex shore, and the boat does not bear any mark of being stove or coming in contact with any obstruc• tion of this kind. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mile pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. Nil per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London.