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Prospectuses (which contain a copy of tho Memo randum of Association) and Forms of Application for Shares, and Memorandum and Articles of Association, may be had of the Bankers, Brokers, Solicitors, or of the Sec retary, at the Offices of the Company, St. Clement's House, Clement's-lane, London, E.C.; also of the Credit Fonder of England (Limited), Clemcnt's-lane, Now ready at all the Libraries, iu 3 vols., T II 6 E , OXFORD-STREET, W.,0 f D ' P HE LATE MR. T. 141 BRADLEY, Founder of the "LAMP," raving left a Widow and young Family totally unprnvided for, a SUBSCRIPTION has boon started to enable hor to open a small business. Subscriptions received by the Rev. Father Lockhart, St. Schnlastica's Retreat, London-road, Clapton, N.E.; George White, Esq., Bellevue House, Kentish-town-road, N.W. ; Mr. Dillon, 12, Fulham-road, S.W. evidence will be adduced, but that the inquiry will be adjourned for two or three weeks. trade to obtained sale, and 'ration in AI R. MARK LE d MO h N'S Tales LEYTON HALL, " We commend • Ley ton Hell' most heartily to our readers. The story is an extr •mely r.r,ODCI one..extremAy w 11 told, and the shorter tales are all of a very effective character. There la not one that is not cheery and pleasant."—lllustrated News. THE MUSICAL ESTABLISEDIENT OF LONDON. Brilliant Revival of Offenbach' s •' SIX nr.six." Misses Russel!, Fitz llenry, and Barrie; Messrs. St. Albyo, Mader, and Bury. Comedy by Thrry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser (Buffo Vocalist and Comedian—a great success), Mons. Peterson with his high!) , trained troupe of Performing Dogs. ; oats, Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great 3l+rlborough-street. 3 tone of Wheat ncl ay, 1.7 dat full at barely rs to-d B l ,i - actlYß• hn, ~ _ d white, trio, for novel peath our of Oats s per 3 6 er 30 st. ins, 010, d trade ow, and 210 61 , 278 Oa 238 04 268 04 228 Od 19 8 64 3es o d 468 Od 32 8 od 2/. a 28 ;. 23. C. 2i) 1. .3 E 0 tbig I just )at iauce after anlel us st so. n. 4 . 2Z. 14. 27 s. 20 .1. 27. 29 1 1 L 29 mer i, that beau 3 in a , ;d, of E l had Ed be , a ble, inis ,,aves but iron- ;0 of r j° coil" 5 , I, of CREDIT FONq.EII OF ENGLAND (LIMITED), T ARE PREPARED TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS F OR THE ABOVE SHARES IN THE BELGIAN. PUBLIC WORKS COM t!Pital PANY (Limited). 1.350,000, 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 .CtO each. Fred er i c Doniton, Esq ritED ., M.P crons. Metropolitan Board of Works. Albert Grant, Esq., M.P., London. Li eut.-Colonel Edward Neville, Clarges-street. John Irving Pascoe, Esq., Highbnry New Park. l, Esq., Russell-square. Edward Warner, Esq., M.P., London. CONSULTING ENGLNEER. 3. • W. Bazalgett e , E sq ., C.E., E ng i neer -i n -Chi e f t o th e Metropolit an Board of Works. BANKERS. 1 1essrs. S m ith, P ayne, an d S m ith s, 1 , Lombard .4ombard- SOLICITORS. „Ressrs. West and King, .3, Charlotte-row, Mansion $ o . says. E.C. • BROKERS. Pr ancis Cope, Esq" o 1, Ann , el-court, T hrogmorton street E 0 4 essrs' Price and Duvet, 51, Threadneedle-street, E.C. OFFICES. St. element's Rouse, Clement's-lane, London, E.C. SECRETARY. W. J. L. Reriot, Esq. PROSPECTUS. 8 . 1 The object of this C om p an y i s t o carr y ou t th e conces °" granted by the Municipal Council of Brussels, in con ,ert with the authorities of the province of Brabant and Il ta Belgia n Government, for the drainage and coincident ' e aprovement s of the capital of Belgium. ',The concession, for the due execution, of which £50,000 eattion money has been lodged on behalf of the Company, ,ettqn - ises the construction o f an un d ergro und channel for e river S enne (at present an open main sewer) running tr oughi the City, togethe r w ith a b roa d thoroughfare or oulevard above that course; a complete system of Main °ewers, an d important branches above, through, and below 'ue ° Iltfal City ; the rectification of the river channel, and an tl station for exhaustion of the sewage ; it provides o for the erection of an Exchange, a Market-place, a ..enumental Fountain, and such works as may be neces "'ry in connection therewith. ta The concessions also give the exclusive valuable right the sewage fur_a period of sixty-six years, subject to the 'al ntenance of the recantation IVorks in connection therewith. The magnitude and value of these concessions will be Understood by the fact that they include subsidies to be received by the Company in cash and Annuities, of the 1 1 , 1 9 0 together of 26,000,000 f., or £1,040,000 sterling, mtuela have been voted by a ll the authorities and sane 'oiled by the Crown. , The caution money will be repaid to the Company in vt( 4,portions as the works progress. he concession also gives the right confirmed by Royal decree of expropriation along a belt embracing frontages ( 1 ) 1 11 both sides and in the vicinity of the proposed new oulevard and suburban in addition, the free grant (fee simple) of all town and suburban land derived from diverted streets, ° Pen public places, and closed river courses, that are in- L .ll (led within the limits of the concession. f The value of those stipulations will be readily discerned rein the fact that (apart from the land, not to be paid for at a ll, being received as free gift), the town blocks to be turchased and cleared are at present mostly occupied by a PY indi ff erent buildings, whereas the site will become on the most imp or t an t B ou l evar d f or t ra ffi c , bu s in ess , t "an d t residential purp oses , o p en i ng u p, as it does, a dir ec t oad between the North and South Railway Termini, and e land will become saleable by the Company at th e %%Ay -enhanced anticipated value. -he many thousand s o f our coun t r y men w h o h ave re !e ml n tly visited Brussels cannot b u t h ave o b serve d a scarc ity of unoccupied dwellings ; in addition to the existing want additional accommodation, it should be considered as '`ut'cling the after value of vacant town blocks in such Zu,leently desirable situations, that th e wor k s alone will, is estimated, displace upwards of 1,200 families. After a long course of laborious official inquiry, extend- It ig over several years, as to the most effectual sanitary p l tn to be adopted, the Belgian Government finally accepted the report of a special Government deputation c,caumis- L i eued to make a personal examination of the important sage and main drain age wor ks o f London and the Sub urbs a? The original esti ma t es f or th e pr i nc i pa l p ar t o f these Lorks w ere exam i ne d and verified by Mr. J. W. Bazalgotte, og i neer-iu-Chief to the Metropolitan Board of Works of Zudon, under the sancti on o f th a t b o dy ; and these esti (7atea have been further tested by months of minute and sa r eful revision on the part of contractors an d th e i r respec tive engineers. The contracts for the execution of the whole of the main I : t illage works, and the formation of the Boulevard, have "II concluded with experienced and responsible Belgian L ett ractors, approved by the Belgian authorities, and who a ve placed at the disposal of the Company sufficient gua rantees for the due per,ormance of their engagements. h filet is intended that the whole of the works shall be corn d within four years. The importauce of the undertaking is evidenced in the l) ' o tracted•official debates in the Brussels Municipal Coun nand also in the Belgian Chambers and Senate on the 11 I `°t, and by the special report thereon from Lord ,uward de Walden, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary 1;‘, B russels, transmitted by the Earl of Clarendon, through / It ' George Grey, to the Metropolitan Board of Works, in padon, and recorded in their Minutes under date of IlaY 18, 1866, an extract of which is annexed to the ru allectus. The late distinguished Monarch, Leopold 1., to whose Aislora and sagacity Belgium is so deeply indebted, always 4 Warmest interest in these projected works ; 'infeste dl : 4 l the reigning Sovereign, his Majesty Leopold IL, after 1 7rnestly forwarding every stage of the negotiation from 1 8 inception, has further te s tifi e d his c onclusive approval qhavin g ex p resse d hi s d es i re to i naugura t e t h e wor k s b y tithe place at Brussels on Wednesday, the 22nd of January It will be at once seen by this brief description of the ::incession that it is one of no ordinary character, whether l a considered in the imp or t ance o f th e wor k t o be done— „done— t th e Governmental identifi ca ti on w ith it s success —th e na leual character of its object—and the directors believe i z i l 'ey may fairly add without entering into details (which A aatle a Public SUM statement S& they cannot do), from its prospect of ial 3. 11 e capital of the company is fixed at £350,000, in „ MOO shares of £lO eac h, divided into 25,000 A Prefer "a„,ee Shares and 10,000 B Deferred Shares. he Preference Shares represent the capital to be sub jelbed by the public for working o u t th e c o ncess i on , an d i " Deferred Sh ares are accepted by the Concessionaires o ` t l c onsideration of the assignment by them to the Company the concession. are The privileges attached to the respective share capital as follows : 'rho A Preference Shares are to be redeemed out of the "sets of the Company, by drawing by lot, and each share Id off at £l5 p er s h are, b e i ng a b onus of £5 per share ; t V Vi drawings will tak e pl ace on th e f o ll ow i ng dates, z, • 01 1 the 22nd January, 1870, 6,250 shares, or £62,500, 17 It 1871, 6,230 „ £62,500, 77 77 1872, 6,250 „ £62,500, 77 11 1873, 6,250 „ £62,500, Total shares 25000 or £250,000 tintil so drawn and paid off, each share to bear interest at the rate of 8 per eent. per annum, payable half-yearly, on th e Ist of January and Ist July in each year, for which ` 4 tereSt warrants will be attached to the shares. On repayment of th e s h ares o f £l5 eac h , th e s hares will h ave ti to be given up with all i n t eres t warr ants attached ereto that have not become due, and the shares so paid °_ft are to be transferred for the benefit of the B Share .ll,Olders. Should the realisation of the concession permit, a 3 Directors reserve to themselves the right of making, e L thei r di scret i on, e i ther earlier or larger drawings, but in filth case the £5 bon us p er s h are i s s till t o b e p a id, not "thstanding such earlier or larger redemption of share e aPital. 4 Reckoning the redemption at the dates and at the bonus :fled, the investment will pay subscribers a rate of in „rest as follows :—those shares which are drawn, and , kin s aro To bo paid off on 22nd of January, 1870, will have re bejed 8 per cent. interest and at the rate of 16k per cent. aus, or total of 24 . per cent. per annum on amount of ' v estment for the period of 3 years. Those to be paid off on 22nd January, 1871, will !have received 8 per cent. interest and at the rate of 12k per Z l t. bonus, or total of 201 per cent. per annum on amount investment for the penod of 4 years. Those to be paid off on 22nd January, 1872, will have teivod 8 per cent. interest and at the rate of 10 per cent. I lus, or total of 18 per cent. per annum on amount of 'vestment for the period of 5 years. Those to be paid off on 22nd January, 1873, will have ;received 8 per cent. interest and at the rate of 81 per cent. or total of 161 per cent. per annum on amount of v estment for the period of 6 years. f,, These A Preference Shares are now offered to the public subscription. v The payments are to bo made as follows : X s. d. 2 0 0 per share on application. 8 0 0 „ on allotment. 210 0 „ on Ist March, 1867. 210 0 „ on Ist July, 1867. or £lO 0 0 14 all may be paid up at once, either on application or e i le tment, at option of subscriber—interest accruing from 3? of payment in all cases. aliThe Directors do not pledge themselves to make an o.otutent to every applicant, nor to allot the whole of the t;, 4l ttes, it being their desire to place this small capital in me hands of bona fide investors. late B Deferred Shares represent the Concessionaires' tt ,rest in the Company. These shares will not be en- N ;; 40 (1 either to payment of any interest or capital until the 41 1 1ole of the Preference Shares have received,their capital ell, 131. e With the interest and bonus before referred to ; there -4 the Deferred Shares become practically and virtually gu arantee to the Preference Shares. ii„l i he Concessionaires ha v i ng th us expressed their wil , ( ;FRuess to endorse substantially their opinion of the value tha concession, it follows that the Deferred Shares will they receive the surplus, whatever it may amount to after ,redemption of the preference capital, the con cess i o n fi k u Property t ahlen remaining will belong to the Deferred ers one. ti r , l ' ro Purchase-money for the concession and no promo- ChThltoney will be paid, and:the expenses will;be strictly t i ::"ted to the actual preliminary disbursements necessary Q„ a cquiring the concession and the establishment of the e a l: : PatlV • the Credit Foncier of England (Limited) re- Ifi :ing their profit entirely from the B Deferred Shares. B the A Preference Shares aro intended to be paid up p v ,: t 1", as before mentioned, no further liability after such r ,enentg will exist, and power will be taken to ineorpo al,: the Company acc or di ng t o B e l g ium law, as a societe be a - ,?Ytne, with a view to having the shares issuable to E e r. v ' • t 7 information can be learnt by applying to the chore, both as to the concession, plans, Articles and th - e a lerandu m of Association, drc.; and it is the wish of Directors applicants should inform themselves on any p o int they desire information. I:if l PP lt cations for shares may be made in the annexed _ t a, 'which must be accompanied by the payment of £2 , oti r share deposit, without which no application will be th a Bid Ored. Should a less number of shares be allotted are appli e d f or t h e d epos i t w i ll, so far as required, bo ap e are towards the payment due on allotment. should FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No.---- To be retained by the Bankers. To the Directors of the Belgian Public Works Company (Limited). Gentlemen—having paid to your Bankers, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, the sum of £ , being a deposit of £2 per Share on A 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 number you may to me on the terms of thei Prospec tus, and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, as duly registered, when required. And I au thorise you to insert my name on the register of members of the shares allotted to me. Usual Signature . Name in full Residence Protession Date December, 1866 THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COMPANY. (Limited). EXTRACTS from MINUTES of the METROPOLITAN BOARD of WORKS, .of 18th MAY, 180, and RE FERRED to in PROSPtOTUS. 52. The Clerk laid befol4 the Board the following com munication May 14, 1866. Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to transmit to you, for the information of the Metropolitan Board of Works, a copy of a despatch from her M►jesty's Minister at Brussels, respecting seine important improve ments which are about to be made in that city, and which have been Contracted for on the part of the English Credit Fonder and Mobilier Company. I am, acc., (Signed) 11. WADDINGTON. The Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works. (Enclosure.) Brussels, May 4th, 1866. _ My Lord,—A great public work in Brussels of remark able extent and proportions has just been contracted for on the part of the English Credit Foncior and Mobilier Com pany. The object is to arch over the river Senne, which runs through the lower part of the city, and is in fact an immense open drain, receiving the greater part of the sewage of the town, which is, at present, most dangerous to health, and often the cause of destruct►ve epidemics. The plan combines lateral drains to intercept the sewage, reservoirs outside of the town for deodorising and collect ing for manure, and works to prevent inundations. Au extensive Boulevard is to be run over the vaulted course of the Senne quite through the town. The houses on each side, which are now of the most inferior class, aro to bo pulled down, new ones of a superior character, on a widened way, are to be erected all along the new Boulevard, with great, facilities for lateral access to it on either side. A building, which is to unite Halls for an Exchange and Gal leries for artistic exhibitions, is also to be constructed. The estimated cost of these works is 26 millions of francs. The amount is contributed by the town of Brussels, by the province of Brabant, and by the State, in the following proportions -the Town, 16 millions ; the Province, 3 mil lions ; the Government, 7 millions. I enclose herewith a copy of the Report presented to the Chamber of R. R., on the part of the Central Section, which explains fully the nature and importance of this projected transformation in the lower part of Brussels. As an engineering work, the plan is one of the highest interest, from its extent and projected effects as combining ornamentation and facilities of intercourse throughout the whole of the lower quarter, with incalculable benefits in point of healthy action on at least half of the population of Brussels.--I have, &c., (Signed) HOWARD DE WALDEN & SEAFORD. The Earl of Clarendon. CI_REAT WESTERN RAILWAY._ "01 CHRISTMAS "L./LID/U . ARRANGEMENT& Ordinary RETURN TICKETS issued at any station on the Great Western Railway on FRIDAY. Dec. 21, and fol. lowing days, will be available until SATURDAY, Dec. 29 inclusive. On CH itISTIHAS DAY the Trains will run as on Sundays. Ihe CHEAP RE ruttN TICKE rs to Windsor. Wey mouth, and certain other Stations, issued on Saturday and suuday. Dec. 22 and 23, will be available until Wednesday, Dec. 26 inclusive. Third-class Return Tickets Hill be issued from London (Paddingtpn, Victoria, Baiterrea, Chelsea, West lirompton, and Kensington Stations) to Plymouth, Exeter, Yeovil, Weymouth, and Dorchester, and vice versa, on Friday. Dec. 21. and following days, available for Return up to and in cluding Saturday, De-.Y. 29. Third-c'ase Return Tie,ceta to E ;e'er and Plymou'h will be issued at Paddin2ton by the P.lO p.m. train oa Friday, Saturday, and Monday, the 2ht. VA, an i ,4.11. of December. For fattier particulars see hand-bills, which can be ob tained at the Company's Offices and Stations. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. Paddington, Del. 12. T HE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. V.stablislied 1821. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. REDUCTION OF FIRE INSUI;ANCE DUTY. Suh-eribed Capital. Two Ik1;111on.. Total Inve-tt d Fund+ u ward. of 42 7.5(,000. Total Income upwards of £32.1,h00. 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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. Orders received by all booksellers and news-agents, and at the office, 112, Strand, London. Price 265. per annum. Single copies, sd. stamped, Gd. BLACKWOOD'S DIARIES, 1867. RLACKWOOD'S SHILLING SCRIBBLING - 1 -- , and six other useful DIARIES are now ready, various sizes, °lnt s. to 2s. 6d. in price. Inquire at any stationer's for them. London : James Blackwood and Co., Lovell's-court. NEW AND REVISED EDITION OF " LADY LISLE." This day thoroughly revised and in parti re-written, uni form with Library Edition of Miss Braddo;i's Novels, price 65., .AD Y L I S L E. By s he Anthor of "L Audley's Secret," ke. " Miss Braddon has written nothing stronger or fuller of human interest. . . The story is intens.•ly readable to its last line." —The Globe. Dec. 8,188 i. Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Paternoster-row. A CHARMING ILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOK. THE BOOK of PERFUMES. By EUGENE RI3I %11.11, With upwards of 250 11.ustzations. Octavo, extra gilt and gilt edges, ss. (free, by post for 63 stamps). ' - "An amuslng, and not only amusing but also instructive, history of perfumery."—Times. • London: Chapman and•Trall, 108, Pica :dilly. To ballad alas of the Author, EUGENE RimmEr., 95, Strand; 128, Regent-street; and 24, CornhilL XTR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip ti‘ nof ARTIFICIAL rEE rii,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly re-emb'e the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro u the originals by the closest observer; they well never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. Tins method does not require Vie extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and win support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful In mastication. 52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. This deliciou. condiment, rtonounced by c - nnoissetirs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public Are respectiul;y ca , tioned azainst worthless Imitations, and should see that Lea and t'errins' names are on wrapper, label, bottle. and a' opper. MI( for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE. So'd holesale and for export by the Propr etors, Wot - cosier ; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Bitchy &Ili Sons. London, z.c. A:c.; and by tirocera and o:tmeu uni versally. 1: ETPTETRES.-3Y ROYAT, LETT II K.S PATENT. W I i r TS ER E :EcTF 11IO DA C N - D M l L : k x T u N th T L E D t V I N E R T El GBEAT TRU SS EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 18621, Is allowed by upwards of rwo Hundred Me goal Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in 'he curative treatmmt of f 1 Ii;RNIA. The use of a steel spring, so cy tea h.trtful in its cfr,,ts, is lute soft b , ndatte l'eln, warn round the body, while the requisite resistin7 pow,r supplied by the floc-Main Pad and Patent Lev r Why!: w•th as nuch ease and ;..lo ,e -'less that it cannot be 41 ttected, And tri ty be Nl orn durinz deep. A descriptive circular may be ha 1, sill truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by po,t. on the circum ference of the body, two Inches below the hips. being - sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE. 228, Piccadilly. - - A Sin^:le Truss, 1-'5., 215, ?Os GI, and 31s. fid Postatre, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. &1.. 42s ,an 1 525. Bd. Poatarze, Is. Si.t An Umbilical Truss, 41s. and 525. 61 I".,staf.re, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White. Post office, Piccadilly. NFM PATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS,&c.. for Varicose Veins and all cases a Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, 'prains. No. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpen4ve, and are drawn on tike an ordinary stocking. Prioe 4s. 6d., 78. 6d., 10s. and 16s. each. Postage. 6d. JOAN WIHITir,, Manufacturer, 223, Piocadilly. ITOTFIENG IMPOSSIBLE. The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AQUA A af A R ELL A. afessra. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty. respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores tug human hair to Its pristine hue-- no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary. is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, les. et Testimonials from artistes c4the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re apeotability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and iOs 6d; sent by poe4 for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.— AL ka. ROSS, 245, High Holborn, London, end all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. Thi. preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the veryroot. Price ls ; sent by post for 00 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. ['AIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at Xs ad, 5s 6d, and lOs ad ; sent free for 64, 84. and 141 stamps. --Had of all Chemists. ri REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— NI - ALM. ROSS'S HAIR DY PI produces a perfect colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe Price 3s Bd, 5s ed. and 106 6d ; sent by post for 64, 84, and 14t stamps ; and all Chemists. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes superfluous hair from the f ace, neck. and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 8s 6d, and los 6d; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VE3ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness. dse. 2s 9d and 78 6d ; or pest for 40 and 100 stamps. --ALEX. B,OS$, 248. High Holborn, London, and all Che mists. HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head with this beautlinlly-perfumed Wash. In seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occasional ulna-. 10s ed ; sent for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to thn 12 now,imoperation. Last year no fewer ban 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 fire years. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of s to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be rewired gratefully by the Secretary, Ntr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen .8 treet. Cheapaide; or by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lornbar&strect. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, tor in the immediate vicinity of the Great northern Rail way Terminus, King's-croas. Pstron—rler nost Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vine-Patron—llls Royal 111.rhness the Prtnoe of WALT KG. Preedent--111e Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII. K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' ordem is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and i• ; nes. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendanee of the lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite iunds to maintain them. Contributions are reoeived by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co. Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutta and Co.; Drummoni and Co.; (Lyn and Co.; lierries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; l'resoc?t, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay end Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street : and at the licapititl. tram 10 till 5. STANYOILD WITH, Bearetay, EXTRA ATTRACTIONS during THIS WEEK. Great success of LES AHAZONES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERTISSEMENT. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonglunans. TUN; BOY AT MUGBY. a Musical Sketch, founded on Mr. Charles Dickens's Christmas Story, written by Mr. P. Green, composed by Mr. it. Coote, person tted by Mr. ROBT. FRAAER, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq , will Shortly be produced. WESTO N'S GRAND MUSIC -HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. The most triumphant success ever attained in any Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASANIELLO," produced on a scale of mag nificence never before attempted et . any Music Hall. Terrific ovation of the Irish Minstrels, 27 in number, three and four calls nightly. A new and original overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. 11. Baker. Comic supported by Fred. French, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, Watkini, the Persian Juggler, and Les Freres Risoralis. Majilton as Messestophles. Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr: P. CORRI. Prices of admission - Stalls and Balcony, Is.; Area, 6d..; Private Boxes, 10s. Gd. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock, commencing at Half-past. ATADAME TUSSAUIVS EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. NEW EDITIONS. —A Life-size Portrait-Model of the PRINCESS MARY OF CABILDRIDqE, a Marriage Gr sup of the PRINCESS HELENA and PRINCE CHRISTIAN. Admittance, IS.; children, under ten, halt-price; extra rooms. od. Open from 11 a in. till dusk, and from 7 p.m. till 10. ARGYLL ROOMS.- GRAND CASINO, Windmill-street. Piccadilly. These elegant and popular 'Morns, having been entirely re decorated, are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert and Dancing. Conductor, Signor LUGI CIIRTL Manager, GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shil:ing. Reserved Seats, Two shtia,gg. m ETRo r O t LITAN RAILWAY—Trains every ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY —Moorgate street Station. MET R °POUT AN R AlLWAY—Aldersgate street Station. METROPOLITAN RAlLWAY—Farringdon atrect Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—King's-cross —TI. Station. NIETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Gower-street stlt on. 31ETROPOLITAN RAILWAY Portland road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Regent circus Station (opposite the Polytechnic Insti:utif , n, 288, Regent-stiTet). The MET OPo LI VAN RAILWAY CO3IPANY'S SPECIAL OMNIRU6ES to and from Pert— land-road Station meet every Train. ATETROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Baker-street _LT a. Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY Edgware road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY -- Bishop's road Station. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY—Trains every five minutes. MYLES FENTON, General 31anag,er. METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN RA I L'WAYS.--CII RIST 11A S HOLIDAYA.—Extra Trains between the City, Kim's-cross, (Owen street, Port land-road, Iteaent-eircu4, Baker-street, Edgware-r- ad and Paddington, Hammersmith, Kenßingt in, Shepherd's-bush, Nottin , „l-hi il, and IF estbourne-park. FALICNER'S OLD IRISH WHISKY, " Real 31a1t," 11 1 a per ;ration, is sold in b , ittles and Jars, bear ing his label and trade mark. iloat liberal terms are offered to the trade for the sa!e of gennine old sdirit, which is coming into universal consumption through England. For price lists a9ply at OM ,es, 14, Strand, London, W.C. Established in Gratton-street, Dublin, A.D. 1780. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. _ _ _ Is regularly supplied to the Efonpe of Lords. "V.R." MISR WHISKY. TUNVILLE and CO.'S "V.R." OLD IRISH WpISKY, BELFAST. Lon:Ion 0111..eA and Stores, 4, BEAUFOUT-BUILDINGA, STUAND, Establl.ll, d 18.8. Quotations on a2plication. FAMES D.A.1.117 and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and sarest drink in the world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, KC., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO., Di s tillers, John-street, eCork, bez to announce that they r.re able to supply the trade wits their ce7ebrated Whiskies. in cases or cases, and to take orders in bond ar d for exportation, at their cflices, 7, Printing-hou-e-square, London. E C the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brine the highest prices in the Australian and othe , Colonial markets, as may be observed by re i er e n ee to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that thPir whiskies fetch 6d. per gall on an d i s. per case over the next best, and Is. 6,1 per gallon and ss. 61. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve y old mellow w:,isky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality most reasonable terms. and flavour, supplied on the THE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Lord Lyon was to his owner was the Taer.ing to her Captain, viz., winner of the race, having distanced 01 com petitors, as the kAS V INDIA THA. CONIt'ALNY have in ariab y done in their c'ioi e and sale of fine new season's teas, now selling at importer's prices. IFarchouses-9, Great St. Ifelen's-churchyard. itVALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.-- A CHINESE CADDY, containing 161bs. of really good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or market town in England, Ireland, Scotland, or %' ales, on re ceipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, E.C. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d , 25.. 2s 8 1. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS and CO . Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon don. 8.C.. fire selling good and fine BLACK TEA. 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. _AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM,:-AN AA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepared on,y and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be partleular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SLIP.. O required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. £l.OOO required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge. 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now 1n the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at btlng £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury. and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLLAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.e. PROVIDENCE ROW S NIGHT REFUGE, FO HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodging; 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. with Suppers and present week. The poor nearly given y w tO n o g N ra ig tu h i t t s o ' u L sl o y dg e in ve g r N y from all.parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., :eceives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 his been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. Besides providing shelter for tho homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the. Rev. D. CILLBERT, - ,D.D.,1N0 1 21, Finsbury-circus, E.C. DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. -A- Persons wishing to Invest Large or Small Sums, re ceiving Half-yearly Interest Warrants at Four per Cent. per Annum, with Power of Withdrawal at fixed periods, according to amount Invested, may Deposit Sums Daily at the Offices, No. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C., with out becoming Members of the Society. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Prospectuses of the Share, Deposit, Land, and Building Advance Departments will be sent free of charge. T HE • EAST INDIA IRRIGATION and CANAL COMPANY. NOTICE OF CALL.—Notice is Hereby given, that in in pursuance of a resolution duly passed by the Board of Directors, the Shareholders of this Company are requested to PAY at the Company's Bankers, Messrs. Ransome, Bouverie, and' Co., No. 1, Pall-mall East, London, S.W., a CALL of £1 10s. per SHARE, making £l6 10s. per share paid, on or before the 15th day January next, upon which sum of £1 10s. per share interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be paid from that date. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. will be charsod upon such portions of the above call as shall not bo paid by the day named. JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary to the Company. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge, London, E.C., Dec. 6, 1866. KIN ARAN'S LI; WHISKY. DUBLIN -EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd.; at the Retail Houses in London ; , y the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or Wholesale at GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observn thR Red Real, Pink Label; and Cork branded " Rinahan's IL Whisky." LIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inc)rporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 4, ti USSE LL- ST RE ET. COVg NT-GAR DEN. LONDON. Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forms tree on application by letter to EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application. Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the month at their AUC NON AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES, 5, Agar-street. Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Chasing Cross Railway Station. [OHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOO FR PASTIC is greatly supcior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleas Ant fragrance to the breath_ Prioe is. 61—Red Bull Wharf. 13, Upper Thames-street. London. NEANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure ant unc.loured• To be hid of a!I dealers and wholesale of JOAN lIIJKOESS and SON, 107, Strand (come: of Savoy-steps). London. LUCERNE -MEWS—a New Block (private mews for gentlemen only', the Mall, close to Ren-ing ton-palt.ce-gardens, FtrA-class STABLE:I 4 , coach-hcuse and rooms over, fitte I up with every modern improvement, to be LET, on LEASE, direct from the free holder. For terms apply to Messrs. Swain and Son, the ocige, Notting-hill; or to Messrs. Debenham, Tewson, ana Farmer, 60, Cheapside. SPLENDID SPECULATIONS. GREAT SUCCESS. With a single stake of £l, you can rea'ise £25,00 I ! With a single stake of £2, you can realise £27,5 0!! With a single stake of £B, you can realfse £:1'.0001 ! With a single stake of £lO, you can realise £45,000! ! For prospectuses and particulars apply without delay to lir. EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. ATKINSON AND CO. Cabinetmakers, Upholsterers, Carpet Warehousemen, Furnishing Drapers, and House Agents, Westminster Bridge-road. A BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, with illustrative Sketches of CABINET FURNITURE and DECORATIVE UPHOL STERY, sent free pettost, or given ou application. The Stock, corresponding to the List, is marked in plain figures. TO CHARITABLE DONORS, the Managers of - 2 - P ublic Institutions, Asylums, and Ifornes., The peculiar circumstances of this year, the late mone tary crisis, and the consequent depression of the markets, in the midst of which ATKINSON and CO. made large cash purchases, enalde then now to offer nun-aril B , lva u tages in the supply ~f BEDDING, BLANKE VS, COUN TERPANES, and SIIEETINGS. besides every descrip tion of material for warm Winter Clothing. Atkinson and Ca., 198, 200, 202, 201, 2XI, 208, 210, and 212, Westminster Bridge-road, London. The Explosion in North Staffordshire. Yesterday morning six more bodies were found in the workings by the men employed in repairing the damage done by the explosion to the ventilation of the mine. Four of these were lying behind a sheet which had been put up for temporary ventilation purposes in the extreme part of the seven-feet seam, and two near the bottom of the shaft. All six men had been suffocated, and were but little injured by burns. The bodies were, however, much decom posed, and the features scarcely recognisable. The " sump" still remained to be explored, for the re pairs of the pump-pipes were not nearly finished. The manager of the colliery (Mr. Johnson) was of opinion that not above one more body would be found in any part of the mine, and this corresponded with the number recovered and claimed. It was by no means certain, however, that there were not fur ther remains in out-of-the-way places, avid hitherto passed by, as had been the case with the four bodies found behind the sheet yesterday morning. The inquest was opened on the newly-recovered bodies yesterday, but the evidence was confined to their identity. It was stated that the four first re covered were found 100 yards from their proper place of work. The Coroner said at the adjourned inquiry a plan would be produced showing the places where every man in . the pit ought to have been, and where he was found. The further inquiry before the Coroner was ad journed until the pit has been cleared of water, the sump searched, and Mr. Wynne, the Government inspector, has concluded his examination of the mine. The number of deaths up to yesterday was 91, and there are 11 suffering from injuries. Subscriptions to the fund for the widows and orphans continue to be received. The Rev. M. W. M'llutchin's fund amounted yesterday to £1,135, and among the fresh contributions were £lOO from Messrs. Minton and Co. ; £25 from Mr. Alderman Copeland, and a number of smaller sums. The letter and subscription of the Queen received yesterday appeared to produce the most heartfelt gratifica tions throughout the district. The total amount of subscriptions to the local fund reported up to yes terday afternoon was £3,185 10s. The Barnsley Colliery Explosion. BARNSLEY, Wednesday Afternoon. There is no news of much importance to commu nicate to-day. The filling of the upcast or drawing shaft is going on with as much activity as can be brought to bear upon the work, which is attended with both difficulty and danger. Explosions con tinue to take place from time to time, three or four have occurred since last night ; one to-day about 10 o'clock, and another shortly after 12 were of a heavy character, and for some time after their rever - berations had ceased black smoke ascended from the pit. The pumping engine is kept at work, and it is not too much to say that everything is being done that can be to quench the fire which still rages in the mine. Tho Archbishop of York yesterday visited the vi►lage of Hoyle Mill and delivered an affectionate and sympathetic address to a great number of the widows, children, and other relatives of the dead. Some festive meetings, including the inauguration of a co-operative company at Barnsley, have been postponed in consequence of this lamentable catas trophe. Among the additional subscribers to the relief fund at Barnsley are Mr. Winn, of Nostell Priory, £lOO ; and Mr. R. Micklethwsite, of Ardsley, £l5O. The coroner's inquest will be resumed to-morrow (Thursday); it is not expected, however, that much In the meantime, every possible exertion will be made to get access to the mine, and if that desirable object be accomplished, then the most important scientific evidence will be produced before the coroner and the jury sworn to investigate the cause of death of those whose bodies have been re covered. MANSION-110USE RELIEF FUND. Yesterday £1,300 was received by the Lord Mayor, in aid of the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans and aged parents of the miners who perished in the colliery explosions near Barnsley and in North Staffordshire. The total amount re ceived at the Mansion-house up to last evening was about £4,500 in round figures, and subscriptions were coming in rapidly. The Corporation of Lon don at the meeting of the Court of Common Coun cil yesterday made a vote of £3OO to the fund, and it was stated by Mr. R. N. Phillips that a sum of over £2,000 was set apart by the Committee of the Hartley Relief Fund for any colliery ae,cidentsthat might happen in the Yorkshire district, so that sum or part of it may be applied for the relief of the suf -ferers by the Barnsley accident. Among the sub scriptions received at the Mansion- house yesterday were the Goldsmiths' Company, through Mr. Alder man Copeland, £100: Messrs. Baring, Brothers, £lOO ; the Illustrated London 'Vertu, £52 10s. ; Messrs. Fortnum and Ma50n, , .125 ; De Lacy Evans, • G.C.8., £26 ; Mr. William Fox, £2O Messrs. 11. E. and M. Moses, £l5 los. ; the Messrs. Solomon Moss Gideon and Co., £l5 15s. ; the Lord Chancellor, £10; Sir John Hay, M.P., 110 ; Messrs. Doulton and Co.,'£lo 103. ; Messrs. T. Brankston and Co , £lO 10s. ; Messrs. Samuel, Montagu, and Co., £lO 10s. ; Messrs. William Ritchie and Son, £lO 10s. ; Mr. J. Dunnington Fletcher, £lO 10s. ; Mrs. Admiral Thornborough, £.lO ; Mr. John Fuller Maitland, £10; Mr. William Henry Poynder, £10; Mr. George Smith, £lO 10s. ; Mr. Octavius Wig ram, £lO ; Messrs. Rucker and Co., £lO 10s. ; Messrs. Randells, Howard, and Co., £lO 10s. ; Messrs.lGebhardt, Rottman, and Co., £lO ; and the gentlemen of the Alliance Bank, £8 Bs. 6d. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a ' court of aldermen was held in the Council Chamber, Guildhall (the aldermen's court being occupied by one of the courts of law), for the despatch of business. The report of the sheriffs as to the state of the City prisons showed that in Newgate there were 119 prisoners, of whom two only were in the infirmaries; in the Debtors' Prison, Whitecross-street, there were 124 prisoners, of whom four were in the infirmaries ; and at the Holloway House of Correction there were 338 prisoners, and only 10 inmates of the infir maries. After some routine business and the swearing of brokers had been disposed of, Mr. Alderman SIDNEY requested to know why there did not appear on the paper of business for to day the questign as to the swearing in of additional constables by the magistrates, which had been in terrupted at the last court in consequence of the insufficiency of members. The TOWN CLERK—I beg to say that the Lord Mayor is the party to whom the omission was to be attributed. The LORD MAYOR—I beg to reply, Mr. Town Clerk, that I did not give any directions on the sub ject. The Tows CLERK said he wished to explain that he had been requested to ask his lordship to appoint this as a special session simply for the admission of brokers and other routine business, and his lordship had consented to that arrangement on the ground that business likely to create a discussion should not be brought in during the sittings of the Central Criminal Court, when the Recorder and the CJIII mon Sergeant would necessarily be engaged in their. judicial capacity. The Loin MAVon remarked that the town clerk must have been mistaken in what he had stated. His recollection was that he had given no such di rections as to the paper of business for that day, and certainly the town clerk .must have misunder stood him. The TowN CLERK reminded the Lord Mayor that he had spoken to him on the subject in the pre smce of Mr. Alderman Wilson at the last court, and it was then arranged that the order of the court should not be interfered with. A somewhat personal and acrimonious conversa tion ensued amongst the members of the court, in the course of which the Town Clerk repeated his declaration, when The LORD 111YOR, with some warmth, declared hat he had already made his statement of his re membrance of the facts, and, having done so, he would not submit to be contradicted by any officer of the court. (Sensation.) After considerable discussion, the adjourned question as to the power to swear additional con stables by the aldermen was resumed on the ad journed. report, when eventually the report was agreed to on a division of 11 to 4, with the amend ment moved by Mr. Alderman Wilson that from the report should be excepted the officers employed at the justice-rooms at Guildhall and the Mansion H ous e, and that the power should be reserved to the magistrates to swear their own officers, with an appeal to the commissioner of police. The court then adjourned. Combinations and Strikes. At the second ordinary meeting of the Statistical Society for the present session on Tuesday evening —Col. Sykes, M.P., one of the vice-presidents of the society, in the chair—there was a pretty nume lons attendance of fellows. Several gentlemen having been elected fellows of the society, and other business having been disposed of, Mr. Jacob Waley, M.A., read a paper " On Combinations and Strikes, with reference to the Rate of Wages." The lec turer in the first instance considered the question whether strikes were in any case economically jus tifiable, and laid down the principle that unless by this means the workmen c ould obtain any important advantage, or any advantage which could not be more readily and bene ficiall y obtai ned by other means , strikes could not be economically justified. Upon this point there existed the greatest difference of opinion. Some persons who were enabled to speak with authority upon the subject had asserted that strikes were never attended with advantage to the workmen, while the investigations of the Social Science Association and the authority of other writers tended to an opposite conclusion. The in fluence of a strike depended a goad deal upon the condition of a trade. In some instances, no doubt, demands for the increase of wages might prevent the profitable carrying on of a trade ; but in the in stance of the building trades, the iron and coal trades, the ceramic manufactures, and the cotton manufacture, there had been, notwithstanding the disturbing influence of strikes, a constant increase of production. There was also a good deal of doubt as to whether Wages were ever increased or the hours of labour diminished except through the influence of strikes; and the balance of evidence citqd by Mr. Waley appeared to be that such increas3 of wages or diminution of hours of labour were g enerall y ob tained as the result of strikes. Strikes against the introduction of.tn ac hinery were always unjustifiable, and could not be too strongly condemned, and, therefore, it was not necessary to consider them minutely in reference to this question. In order to deduce some inferences as to the real influence of strikes, the lecturer briefly narrated the circum stances of several important strikes. Among these were the engineers' strike in 1832, the Preston strike in 1853-54, that in the building trades in London, 1859-60 ; the flint-glass makers' strike in JI ' 18.58-59 ;* that of the Staffordshire iron trade in 1865 ; the recent strike and lock-out in the Potte ries, which terminated last November ; the strike in the northern iron trades, which terminated on the 23d of the same month. The more these great strikes were considered the more, he said, was one impressed with the loss and misery which they oc casioned to both masters and workmen. They might well be compared to war, and it should not be for gotten that the prize for which both sides were con tending might be borne off for the benefit of a third party. The frequency of strikes •argned some un soundness in the relations between masters and workmen, in which the blame was not all on one side; and the magnitude of the evil bad naturally excited a desire to find some remedy for it. At one time great importance was attached to the establish ment of courts of conciliation, on the model of the French conseils des prnd'hommes, but after further consideration it was found that these tribunals had no judicial authority, and it was recognised that the establishment of tribunals of arbitration, which should fix rates of wages or hours of labour, would be incompatible with the freedom of bargaining between employers and employed. At present some attempts were being made to obviate the evils of strikes by allowing workmen to participate with their employers in the busi ness which they were mutually engaged in carrying on ; and, although there had not yet been sufficient experience to show how this system would operate, it was possible that in some form of combination of the sort the solution of the question might be found. Upon the whole, the conclusions at which the lecturer arrived were that strikes might be justifiable, or even necessary, and that, to pre veht their occurrence or mitigate their evils, greater forbearance than had hitherto been exhibited should be shown to each other by both masters and work men, and that trades' unions should avoid meddling and'officiou.s interference between them. The read ing of the paper was followed by a discussion, in which the views of the lecturer were pretty gene rally accepted as sound, and the proceedings termi nated with the usual vote of thanks. The Institution of Civil Engineers. -- -+ - The annual meeting of this institution was held on Tuesday-111r. Charles 11. Gregory, vice-presi dent, in the chair. In submitting a report upon the present state of the institution, the council commented upon the in creased interest manifested in the meetings by the members of all classes, from which it was inferred that the subjects selected for consideration had met with approval. Although, from the length to which the discussions had been extended, it had only been possible to bring forward a limited number of papers, yet it was but fair to the authors to state that others -of equal merit had been thin unavoidably postponed. There had been 24 ordinary general meetings, when 10 papers were read, all of which had been deemed worthy of reward. It was remarked that, as a rule, the communications, both written and oral, were ac companied by an elaboration of detail, and by a profuseness of illustration, testifying at once to the care with which they had been prepared, and to the desire to sustain the character of the proceedings. During the recess all the volumes of the minutes of proceedings that were in armar, as wellasthevolumes for the last session, had been issued to the members. These volumes together contained 2,325 pages of let terpress. and 90 plates, besides numerous woodcuts. Since the last annual meeting there bad also been printed and circulated to the members a new cata logue of the library, in itself an Bvo. volume of 412 pages. With regard to a resolution passed at the last annual general meeting, the council stated that they had still under their earnest consideration the ques tion of the best and most feasible means for provid ing additional accommodation for the meetings and for the other uses of the members of the institution, and that they were engaged in the investigation of the various plans which had been suggested for that purpose—but they were of opinion that it would be premature to enunciate any definite views in the temporary absence of the president, of whose fur ther advice the assistance the council were anxious to avail themselves. The council had much pleasure in complying with a request made by the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to allot to the intending exhibitors of machinery in the British section of the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867 the space sot abut by the imperial commission for that purpose. The council regretted that, as the actual net area available for division was only one-tenth of that asked for, 'they were unable to laccede to a larger number o f th e app li cat i ons, and that they were obliged greatly to limit the space assigned in other cases. In order to show the pro gress of the institution during the latter half of its existence, extending over a period of 241 years, or from June 30, 1842, to November 3), 1866, two tables had been compiled, from which it ap peared that at the former date the total number of memberi of all classes was 525, as against 1,339 at th e 30 t h November - last, showing an actual increase of 814, or 155.2 per cent. The annual increase per cent. during the past six years had been 1 . 61, 5.81, 1.00, 5 . 99, 9.86, and 11.39 respectively. During the same period the honorary members had been relatively diminished from 6 . 6 to I 's per cent., and the graduates from 12 , 9 to 0.5 per cent. ; while the number of members had been increased from 34.5 to 40.4 per cent., and of associates from 45.9 to 57.6 per cent. Or, in ether words, taking the honorary members and the gra duates together, they bad, at the first date re ferred to, amounted to nearly one-fifth of the whole number of members, whereas at the present time they only constituted the one-fiftieth part of that number. Nearly one-half of the members and associates were readent in London and its vicinity, I one-third in the other parts of the United King- Id o m, and the remainder ' in British possessions abroad and in foreign countries.- An analysis of the statement of receipts and expenditure for the year ending Nov. 30, 1866, showed that there had been received, including in each case dividends on invest ments, £4,945 on the general account, £994 in re spect of the building fund, and £360 on trust funds, making together £6,299. The expenditure had been £4,153 on the general account, and £l3l for pre mium under trust, while £2,971 had been invested, on different accounts, in Consols, and in debenture stocks of the Great Northern, the North Eastern, and the London and North Western Railway Com panies. This showed an excess of disbursements over receipts of £956, by which amount the avail able balance at the bankers had been reduced. The nominal value of the different funds now belonging to the corporation together amounted to £26,709 11s. 2d. as against £24,983 ls. 6d. at the date of the last 'report. After the reading of the report Telford medals and Telford premiums of books were presented to Messrs. R. Price Williams, J. Grant, and E. Clark ; a Telford medal to Sir C. T. Bright, M.P. ; a Tel ford medal and the Manby premium in books to Mr. R. Manning; and Telford premiums of books to Messrs. W. Humber, G. R. Burnell, W. Ridley, T. A. Rochussen, and AV. H. Mills. The thanks of the institution were unanimously voted to the president for his attention to the duties of his office ; to the vice-presidents" and the other members and associates of council for their co-ope ration with the president, and their constant atten • dance at the meetings ; to Mr. C. Manby, honorary secretary, and to Mr. J. Forrest, secretary, for the manner in which they hal performed the duties of their offices ; as also to the-auditors of the accounts and the scrutineers of the ballot for their services. The fullowing gentlemen were elected to fill the several oflices on. the council for the ensuing year : John Fowler, president ; Joseph Cubits, Gregory, Th omas 1-1 --awksley, and John C. nu . ton Scott Rus sell, vice-presidents; James Abernethy, Witham Henry Barlow, John Frederic Bateman, Nathaniel Beardmore, JameS Brunlees, Th omas Elliot Har rison, George Willoughby Hemans, John Murray, George Robert Stephenson, and Charles Vignoles, members ; and the Lord Richard Grosvenor, M.P., and Charles Lucas, associates. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—It has been arranged that the oration in honour of the memory of the late John Hunter shall be delivered on the 14th of February next by Professor Hilton, F.R.S. Henceforth an oration will be delivered in alternate years. 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